approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between adam wilson and quyen nguyen, the owners of 56 pierce street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract ~. item number 10, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between jean paul and ann balajadia, the owners of 64 pierce street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract ~. item number 11, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between karli sager and jason monberg, the owners of 56 potomac street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract ~. item number 12, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, betw

approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between adam wilson and quyen nguyen, the owners of 66 potomac street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract ~. >> okay, thank you very much. i know we have some opening comments from supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today before us are 11 mills act contracts which is actually very exciting because for the first time, maybe ever, we're starting to see small properties being able to participate in the mills act program. the mills act is a state law that allows certain historic properties, particularly landmarks in historic districts and others, to enter into a maintenance contract with the city, basically agreeing to specific forms of improvements and maintenance to maintain and improve the historic integrity of these historic properties in exchange, the property owner receives a tax abatement. the contract is a 10-year contract and it can be renewed over time. in san francisco, we ha

he thought literally they should cooperate the cover so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in congress to conduct business. he brought out the president appearing to deliver deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to joint sessions of congress and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress, which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now i think a lot of presidents have failed to find this room. i'm not naming anyone. but i think they have failed to find it existed as a rather tricky name. it's called the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> yes, he didn't really he founded big time. that why so much legislation got past i think. these were guys and johnson was in many ways in the wilsonian tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves and navy cracking a few legs and arms and twisting them and that is what wilson did. with that, we immediately saw in the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering of tariffs, the introduction of th

they should co-operate the government and so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in the congress to conduct business. he brought back the president appearing to deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to joint sessions of congress and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now i think a lot of presidents have failed to find this room. [laughter] i'm not naming anyone. but i think they have failed to find it because it has a rather tricky name. it's called the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> yes, he did and really, he found it big time. that is why so much legislation got past i think. these were guys and johnson was in many ways in the wilsonian tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves, may be cracking few legs and arms and twisting them and that is what wilson did. with that, we immediately saw that in the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering of tariffs, the

and so wilson did something presidents have not done since john adams in 1800. he showed up in the congress to conduct business. he brought back the president appearing to deliver the state of the union address. woodrow wilson delivered 25 addresses to a joint sessions of the congress. and he actually showed up in a little room that sits in the congress which was designed for presidents to come and work with the congress. now, i think a lot of the presidents have failed to find this room. [laughter] i am not naming names. but i think they have failed to find it because it has a rather tricky name. is called, the president's room. [laughter] >> lbj found it. >> estimated. and really -- and he found it big time. and that is why so much legislation got past. these were guys -- and johnson was in many ways in the los onion tradition of getting in there, rolling up your sleeves, may be cracking a few legs and arms and twisting them. and that is what wilson did. in so with that we immediately sought within the first few months of the wilson administration the lowering

fred wilson of union square is involved. adam big investor. >> a lot of legitimate backers. alex, what is your take? made anve not investment in a bitcoin company at. we think it has a lot of for transactions, commerce. however, i do not think bitcoin in its current format is a great tool for commerce. the volatility, it has been up and down dramatically over the last several months. it is very difficult to quantify the intrinsic value. currency,ason is as a it is a deflationary currency. there will never be more than 21 million bitcoins created. the value of the currency will increase over time. the dollar decreases over time. people are more likely to spend a currency like the dollar. >> it seems like there are so many opportunities. marc andreessen's investment just highlights that. >> i have seen those numbers as well. a sampling of the transactions. all of this is public information and we were able to look at the transactions. there are not very many commercial uses for bit point. we believe there will be over time. i belie

wilson has left the building. we will talk about that. plus,'tis the season to be jolly. there is one investment that even warms the grinch's heart. adam will tell you about that next. ♪ >> we got an early christmas present from our friends in europe. time for insight and action. it is that time of year. europe's by signal. signal. percentageu get the of stocks to drop below 20% tom you tend to have snap back rally. that is what we are showing. the percent of stocks above the 200 day moving average for the euro stoxx 600 index. there it is, about 20 right now. i will overlay the index atop the same chart so you can see how the signals line up. there have been five of them. under 20. look what happens. look what happens when you got another, another. there have been five of these times. when stocks. oversold in europe, you had a snapback rally. the sheer.days left the question becomes, how much you think we could make in the next 21 days? average is very real returns. you know you are getting 20% of every dollar you make. you look for the trades that were. you get a lot of guys trying to play the averages. a very good track record. it h

adam smith. this gives us the opportunity and ability to oversee our forces overseas. biggestsault -- issues that we address this year. and the sexual assault caucus did tremendous work, as did joe wilson and susan davis, the ranking member. we held numerous hearings and really work hard on this issue to come up with some very good changes. as an army grandfather of a young and beautiful granddaughter, i am very pleased with what they worked out to work on sexual assault prosecution and prevention. gitmo has been an issue that has been with us for a long time. we found common ground on detainees where they will not be able to be brought into this country. some of the certification requirements for former transfers have been replaced and negotiated. i wish we a time for more full debate on this. but we are here, at this point, saying we are where we are. we ran out of time, and it is time we owe the men and women in uniform and the national security to finish this bill. our plan is to bring it to the floor this week, get it passed, send it to the senate. i would like to pass this over to chairman levin and ranking member inhofe to tell us how we're going to proceed from here. >> thank y