i have seen him in leadership positions many times. he knows how to bring consensus, resolution, he knows how to open discussion. i think that is going to be a skill that is going to really shine on the planning commission. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. aaron highland. 22 years resident of the castro. i knew dennis long before he knew me. our firm worked on the fallon building. i'm disappointed. i expected to be here to support bill sugaya. having said that, i can't think of anyone else who could fill his shoes other than dennis. i fully support his nomination. >>supervisor norman yee: any other public comments on this item? c'mon up. >> supervisors, do ug weinberg. as a resident of 25 years in san francisco. i'm here to support his nomination to the planning commission. i have worked with dna. one example of dennis' skill and fair mindedness occurred two 2 months ago when he stepped in to suggest that my next door neighbor on the opposite side of me and yes, dennis is my next door neighbor on the other side, e erect poles

i don't have the data. i would have to look at more data to change my mind on that. >> great, thank you. and one thing that i know that has been very useful for the police commission and i actually think more commissions should do this, the police commission, which meets every week, once a month it actually meets in a neighborhood

i have to say, and, you know, i don't have a really nuanced understanding of our taxi industry, but we are losing not just clients and riders, we losing drivers. and i think sfmta is going to have to have a real deep look at our system that we have a real high cost of entry to becoming a taxi driver and that's a system that's not going to work anymore given the existence of tnc companies. whether we agree with this or not, it is in existence today and probably will be for quite some time. i just -- i feel for the drivers and i know that they are -- they've lost a ton of business. when i talk to taxicab drivers they feel like they've lost up to 50% of their revenue and they can't stay. and we may lose all of our drivers soon and i just -- i think we have to rethink this model at this point and i just hope at some point we have that conversation instead of saying this is the good system and that's the bad system and we're going to keep fighting for the good system, even though the drivers and riders are leaving it. we can think we have the better and safer system, and i agree with that,

do we have any questions of the applicant? >> supervisor yee? >> no i don't have any questions, but i really appreciate the thorough presentation. and sounds like this could be a wonderful place. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar. >> yeah, thank you, and i applaud your effort for an eco-frepdly wine bar, i know that the one letter of protest seemed to object more that you are calling it the tender loin than other issues and not acknowledging that it has been vacant, for i think that you said for decades that it is actually a big improvement in the neighborhood, even though it may be another alcohol license, but it sounds like the type of business that will help revitalize the area and i wanted to thank you also for the community out reach, too. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much. >> why don't we now hear from santos and the police department. >> thank you. >> lipton on behalf of 854 geary doing business as tender has filed an application with the california department of alcoholic beverage control seeking a type 42 license for 854 geary street.

[inaudible] >> i would be so lucky as to have that problem and i would be glad to have it. yes. [inaudible] >> you said you had written a nonfiction and i know that you have but have you always thought about writing fiction because i find that fiction is just as hard to write his nonfiction. it is more fun but it is pretty difficult to write. which do you prefer and had the thought about writing fiction? earlier in your life? >> well, i was a lawyer so we were in fiction all the time. [laughter] every brief i filed was pure fiction you know but yes, one thing about nonfiction is you know the facts and you do your research. usually you can follow a timeline so that part is easy. i always felt like i wanted to tell a story. i don't know why and that's why i felt like it was so much more fun. now that i've started it i wouldn't do it. the other part was when i mentioned, when you write nonfiction and you write about any individual, i found that most people don't like what people say about them even if you say they are great. there's just something about people who don't like to read

i am panicked to have them in the car for 90 minutes and i am a mother of three. and so taking the leap, and bringing people into it and making them a part of this and then having just the kurage, and it is what you stand for, you stand for the future for these kids and they know that and you are a powerful stand for them and it is such a point of pride for this department, i can't, i can't tell you how proud i am to serve on this commission, and i can't tell you how proud i am of this city that you are an officer here and frankly, the fact that the command staff and the captain and the chief are behind this is exactly what dr. marshall said, it is just, we spend a lot of time talking about what does not work about the police, but this is one of the most powerful examples of what does work and you guys care about and stake your life, and in a lot of sleepless nights on behalf of the command staff sfo these kids and so you have my congratulations any way that i can help. >> i have a feeling that julia is going to invite me to a fund-raiser. >> behind you, thank you.

>> yeah. >> i have a connection to the city that i don't have. i'm a native anger -- angelino and have a connection to here than in los angeles. it's a fair question. maybe some day i will investigate los angeles too, but this opportunity seemed more pealing to me because i have worked up here but i'm a retiree of the city and i have friends and ties in the area. i assume the other thing i would add is that when i worked here, i was active in a county lawyers group through the county counsel's association. the association has an association and raise information and ask questions on a shared website. i was active in that association. i made a couple of presentations to the group on property tax topics and property tax administration. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. next up is james reynolds. >> hi. my name is jim. real estate -- >> raise the microphone. >> i'm a real estate appraiser license with the real estate appraisers. i have 14 years appraising residential properties. 12 in san francisco. i have about a year of commercial to two 2 years o

i have decided to nominate her to rea point her back to the planning commission for a third term. and given how in incredibly time intensive that position is for a volunteer position, i just wanted to thank her for here willingness to serve as what i know for all of our commissioners a significant labor of love. kathrin moore is an architect and urban designer and we have appreciated her expertise and her design that is for our noble character. she has plenty of experience planning and in design and how we as a city submit ourselves together and she has experience in every neighborhood and every corner of this city. i heard from many members of the public who reference her not just her deep knowledge but the fact that she knows so much history about what our city is about. i would like to encourage your support of her as we go through process. my second nominee to this planning commission is someone i wanted to choose who had i am mpeccable credentials. dennis richards has worked not only with the planning department but with neighborhood residents and communities. i think he fits

i have my wife and my family. e is my muse today, so i am really very happy. ♪ >> what about warhol? >> andy, when i came to the city, i never wanted to go to the factory or hang out. i always saw him there and i met him superficially, twice. studio 54 and once in an elevator somewhere. i knew there was a dialogue and the relevance of his work. i always thought of kind of the grandfather, you have the sun and you have andy. kind of following in the tradition of the ready made in that dialogue. >> today, we will talk about specific pieces -- you were concerned about a happy life because you want to be as creative as you can until the 80's. i have a total of eight and six young ones that range from almost two -- and justine and my oldest is 13. >> what do you think? it is the work? >> a major portion of my life is the work. my mental interest, what i can have my life he come, what i can give to my society and my culture is through the work. and i would say the last decade, especially. the kind of idea of more of an i

i understand you have an update to this story? >> i don't, greg. is it a surprise that a president wants to let undocumented immigrants cut in line would let them. this is exactly what woo show have expected. this man does not believe in american exceptionalism, but he believes in obama exceptionalism. >> that's a strong comment. what does he do, wait in line for three hours? >> first of all the secret service would not let that happen. that's a security nightmare. >> point of reference here. when was the last time either of you waited in a line? >> i wait in line at the bank every week. i am the only person that still deposits checks in the bank. >> people recognize you and want to meet you. >> the unemployment line. >> are you collecting unemployment? >> i should. how much do you think i will get? >> you have been putting enough into it for the last 20 or 30 years. >> have i to pay for the new jag. >> is that some kind of surgical implants. >> the guns need bullets. >> god bless them. >> and america. i am all about america and the fact that my shi

. >> and i have been there. >> congratulations. good evening, everybody, and we are back from the trip. the trip of a major success. i knew that it would be impactful, but not to the extent and i did not know that it would be coming back and doing what we are doing now. and so, some of the kids like, i believe that i told you before, have never been on a plane. and not even really been out of san francisco. and so, we flew from here to germany. and we got to germany and you know the kids, be in germany and calling everybody and we are in germany and we were there for about 6 hours and then we flew from germany to ghana in africa. and when we first got there, it was, it was kind of late, it was real hot, and dark, and you could not see too much and this is a little bit and so, a lot of kids were excited. and you know, to the and adequate, and debrief, and we woke up early and hit the road and first we start off and i went on a small safari where they got to meet ba baboons and we went into a bat cave and so all of the kids were like

i want to have operational control for a week, and i want to have financial control past that week. >no. it's ridiculous. i'm gonna go. >> steve's flipping about the fact that she shouldn't do this deal. i would prefer that he would be more constructive. i don't think he realizes that this business will not survive without a cash infusion. there's no money in the account today. where are they gonna get it from? >> you've done really good for a long time. you basically have a living for your mom, your daughter. and you're gonna have some guy come in that's gonna take control of your finances, and he's gonna own 50% of your business? you think you want to argue with a billionaire about what actually full financial control means? i mean, he might cause lots of havoc. >> i can't give full financial control. >> of course not. it's ridiculous. >> you're right. i can't do that. >> if you think that i can launch you in a direction to finally start to make real profits, then you should do a deal with me. and later... so what i was doing before you so rudely interrupted-- >> any interruption is

so i don't have any questions about your qualifications and backgrounds. so i would just ask also what are some of the issues that you foresee coming up? i know that obviously it's about reliability and accessibility for all of our communities and what are some of the goals that you hope to achieve if you are appointed to serve on this body? >> one of which is the bond measure that you know is coming up this november for our transportation infrastructure. i almost also supportive of the vlf and know it's not as popular now, but i feel that funding mechanism needs to go form as well. our on-time performance has been troubling and i think it's great to look at double-berthing of trains in the tunnel, because there is is a lot of congestion in the tunnel now. the necessary funding for the future and the transit effectiveness project overlaying document that will help inform how we do our rerouting of the businesses and moving our business stops and other improvements is also very critical. i was very supportive of the bicycle plan and making sure that we imple

we have lost right now. i don't care if you're convicted one year in jail for 10 years in jail, you are convicted to a lifetime sentence when you get home because you'll never have housing, job, voting rights, all those seen the two reintegrate yourselves back into society, you are stripped for the rest of your life. .. convicted of a crime. we worked in the state of new jersey and this is why i wanted a chance -- just recently i announced because it happened two weeks ago, the state legislature of trenton pass a law i worked on tirelessly for three is with the new jersey institute social justice called ben the box, which stops employers from discriminating against people with criminal records. it is not the you are going to be asked about that criminal record, just that we want you to release the second or third interview. we thought you could at least a we offered him a job, now we need to hear back before we give you this job and that is giving them the opportunity to get their foot in the door because if y

i have to stay afloat. i have to stay alive, here. >> so that's it for now, right? decision? >> you guys have to go. sorry. >> you know what, man? forget about you, all right? >> is this you changing your way of doing business? >> i'm changing everything. i'm doing a 180. >> it's your business. you gotta do what you gotta do. >> it's hard to cut ties with people you've done business with for years. but in order for this business to survive and make real money, the middlemen, the wholesalers, have to go. [engine roars] today i'm taking andrew to the recording studio to make this commercial. i am really excited. so, andrew, you ready for this? >> i am ready. >> did you write the spot? >> absolutely. >> let me see it. what i'm really proud of is that andrew did a good job preparing for this. he wrote out the script. he timed it. he put a lot of thought into the words. i'm--i'm thinking he's gonna do a great job. oh, hey, doug. >> hey. >> good seeing you. >> how's everything? >> here's andrew. >> andrew. >> hi, i'm andrew. >> pleasure to meet you. >> why don't we head on

i have have not one itch of information on the data and i have been doing it diligent to keep track on what is going on in the community as well as city hall. my question here is what in the hell is going on here today, and you are doing the lip service and i support all that have, but the bottom line, city hall and as i stated before, we are in a state of 347b8g and we could have 100 people up talking about it and i am 60 years old and since i been in the city hall, over 25 years, i have been seeing this over from the unfinished agenda to the migration. and so, what the hell is going on? >> and the bottom line is, it government will use the money and so the money is going spit around here but we don't know, and that is my job, my name is ace, and i am going to be on this case. >> thank you mr. washington. >> next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, commissioners. and actually, i was and i happen to be here at the city hall to pay my taxes. and i just thought about something and since i am here, and i am coming to tell you, because there is something that i want to share with you. beca

i have e-mails that say i don't owe any money and where they have overcharged me -- i mean on rent and all kind of stuff. and then they tried to [speaker not understood] telling me i was given $146 when i'm still owed 365. all this paperwork that i have shown your staff and when i called today, i asked how far did they get in the investigation. nobody could answer because they said there is nothing in the logbook. like i said, i'm trying to break the ice. i've been waiting for this denial letter from housing for a while now. i have not received it in the mail so i can go to small claims court. but like i said, it doesn't make sense. [speaker not understood] has a history of [speaker not understood] money. why are you taking my deposit when i have it all in print that i don't owe any money? so, somebody needs to do something about this because housing authority has [speaker not understood] my late mother alma lee lark about funds they have for housing that help people that live in housing to get education and jobs. now it is about my deposit. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> g

i have no idea. i took it upon myself to learn those things on my own time. >> if you get up purple heart in combat it is not from -- i will say something. i will withdraw that. you are absolutely right. i think it is a basic part of the claim. i feel there is tremendous disconnect with washington and the bureaucracy. as the first sergeant said, you know, we've lost that. >> you should see what we have to go through to prove that you served on that ship or that the ship was in that water. some people because of production standards to not take the extra mile to look through everything to figure out if your ship you might have served on is on the list. >> somebody commented. it was so long ago. i yield back. thank you. it. >> thank you for your service. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i first want to join my colleagues in thanking you for your service. most importantly for what we are trying to tackle tonight. what you have encountered and what it might take to turn it a

and thank you i appreciate that and just for the record we have been joined by supervisor norman yee and his night, bright yellow tie and i think that the main question is always the community out reach. and i appreciate very creative way of doing that and i hear that supervisor kim is supporting this item as well and so thank you very much unless there are any questions, supervisor mar? >> yeah, i wanted to thank you for the amazing out reach that you have done just documenting it easily and it is a great marketing concept that man cave on steroids as you call it and not competing with the existing businesses but integrating with the 11th street corridor, where the places are and you your use of the buzz kind of very creatively and visually as well, and i think that creation of a hang out, social tavern spot is needed on a street like that and i wanted to thank you especially for the hard work with all of the residents that you have contacted and even just outlining from january of this year for the 6 months that the work to reach out to people and listen to their concerns, too, but

i have a very informed daughter. she's 11 as she's on that precipice of independence and as a parent, i'm in full support of this measure. some of the opposition from the american beverage association, they have used words like this is government over reach or the nannies state. to me it's all a part of it takes a village to raise a child. we all need to work together to provide healthy options for our children to make it easier for them to make the right choice. we can't be with them as parents with them 24/7. they gives them less access to unhealthy drinks. i want to say that the argument that the nanny state that it is a knee jerk reaction manipulated by the industry many . if you look at the history you will see the policy of common sense policy such as seat belt laws and common sense such as limiting smoking in public places. those policies also vehemently argued against by industry as being government over reach. we can all agree today that they very much make sense, they work and they protect the public health.

i have a law degree, i have a good job and i have a good future. but, that being said, i don't have a future in san francisco. because i don't know, my feet are not grounded on the ground because there is no where for me to go. i live in a rent controlled apartment. hopefully we are able to maintain that. what i really ask you to consider is that there are very many people in need but also people like me who want to work hard for the people in san francisco and want to work hard for a place in san francisco that is a destination all over the world and a place that produces ideas and innovation and when we protect the intention of wealthy people, that takes away from people like me and others who want to fore go the big pay checks and really work for the community. when making the decisions for this committee, please consider the future of the people who are making this city grow and change. we all want to be here and we all deserve a place. thank you. >> thank you. before our next speaker, i want to call up five more speaker cards. >> good afternoon

i have never been to the roots concert. see them on jimmy fallon and things n person they are so good. >> they are jumping around, playing tubas and horns. hopping all over. tremendous energy. >> i just love that everybody comes. this is place to be to celebrate the fourth of july. we have nickie menaj, she brings the energy and fashion. i love when we get big names and they are tweeting out pictures and instagraming they are in philly because this is a good place to celebrate. >> it is now consider the biggest fourth of july celebration in america. it used to be washington d.c., lincoln memorial. >> the pops and everything. >> boston. >> we're number one now. besides her i just saw ariana grande in miami night, she will be here too. >> i love her. live that she is a disney star that is also good for moms. and her songs are funky but they are not overly yuckyy like they are show on tv on the weekend, where she stars; you know what, let's call her people sign see if she would come. >> do you know who i think would come in. >>

i would have been on crutches. it was pretty bad. this is so important to me and i am trying to correct something -- yeah, i shouldn't have gotten this involved with it but the case file should have been right the first or second or third time. i don't know how many people are referred to after six hearings. they would have been had a seventh if i wasn't at the end of my rope and i would have been in court and all i am asking for is proper review for my neighborhood but when there are shadow studies and not discussed it's not innocent. there is something they were trying to hide and they hid it. it's emotional to me because it's a really long road. >>i think you had more than enough time. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. any comments? any motions? >> just one last comment and then i will have a motion and that is i think people of san francisco owe a debt to you mr. ringel because for going and pushing this rock up this mountain as you have because i think for all of the people like yourself that get to this points there have been pro

i have come home every weekend. i stay close to the people and i show up for appointments and town meetings. the i have stayed in touch with the people of georgia, have a 96% rating with the american conservative union. i negotiate with the harry reid senate to do it. project, onport which my opponent has not been involved, even though he was on the board, that was our project. we started pushing that. just a savanna georgia project. it took a long time to get it done. where was my opponent? >> you 30 seconds. >> i was creating thousands of jobs in the real world. >> thank you. sturgis witheric the next question. >> i would like to start with congress and kingston. the highway trust fund is set to expire and there has been little action to this point in congress. support any, plans to to keep this fund going, particularly since georgia has so many infrastructure roads and bridges needs? a permanent fix to the highway trust fund. two of the things we need to do is push back on the superfluous environmental laws that c

so i have some cards here. let me call them out as i received them. [ reading speakers' names ] >> supervisors, i am here to support christine johnson my fellow commissioner for the community investment infrastructure commission former. she is very intelligent and thoughtful and i think she is going an excellent addition to the planning commission. thank you. >> thank you. >> i don't have any glasses on. so excuse me for holding my phone what i speak. any name is theo ellington and good afternoon supervisors. it's with great pleasure that i recommend the appointment of christine johnson. i worked with her while she served on the board of directors for the bay area opera house and currently cac and we're currently colleagues on successor agency. can i speak to her passion and dedication to this great city. i would be doing a disservice if i didn't mention her exceptional ability to be straightforward and her ability to not only ask the tough questions, but ask the right questions. her qualifications and backgroun

and that's something that i have really learned to do. d there's so many people who have read this book and said, boy, there's so many different lessons here. it's also a lesson on friendship. how to be a friend, on both sides. how to accept friendship and to extend friendship. i think it's something that is -- i know has faith, family and friends have really carried me through the most difficult times in my life. >> yeah. give me some sense of what this has done for your world view? >> oh, boy. i am not one of those -- this is the best thing that ever happened to me. i would have loved to learn the lessons that i have learned another way. not this painful way, but this is the way he wanted me to learn certain lessons. you've known me a long time. i think the person i am has not changed at all. it's been brought out a little bit more. i feel -- i take in more of the moments now. i feel a depth to me that i haven't before. it's hard to explain. it's not like i -- my sister when i got out of the hospital was in it for 30 days and much isolat

>> okay, seeing none, then we will have rebuttal from the appellant. >> thank you. obviously i will not have time to address all of the points that were raised but i will try to hit the highlights. i will start with the planning department's logic in arguing that this suspension should be issued because the statement was if it is not an 890.80 a recycling center then what it is is if? it has to be that well it is not that you have to read the statute and what is says and that i think you would agree that does not apply here because we don't have closed containers or a building. and it is a much smaller operation, that is why you don't need the public notification and you only need the public notification if what is proposed qualifies under section 312, and you read that and that directs you to what types of mixed use, need to get public notification. so, the logic does not make sense there, that section was the only section stated by the planning department as the basis for the needing to be and a new use permit. and it does not apply. you heard time and time again that someone

i have a clear head today. i want you to think about being put in that position waiting for ssdi, [speaker not understood], can't take care of yourself and can't get medicine. there used to be compassion in district 6. now there's none. please help us. we're in need. we're in real need. it's a serious thing for us. so, i just want you to please consider it and thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is greg ledbetter. i have known and worked with quite a few of you on the medical cannabis or as a medical cannabis advocate for several years. i have participated in the medical cannabis task force and served as co-chair of the medical -- of the cannabis task force. sponsored then by supervisor tom ammiano. i'm talking to you today as the director of gross kenyan foundation, a group of persons -- i'm sorry. this is a long time, okay? and i'm going to -- i'll deviate from my notes because it's something i'm very passionate about. what i have in my hands, folks, repres

why isn't it are that i have the support now we can do that. that was something that wasn't being done in san francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in san francisco to have organizations well, i thought that was going to be our speciality >> you create a conceptual idea for setting the opera and you spear ahead and work with the other sdierndz to create an overview vision that's the final product felt opera. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was very inspired to work with him because the way he looked at the key is the way i looked at sports looking at the daily. >> so much our mandate is to try to enter disis particular work there's great dancers and theatre actresses and choirs we've worked with and great video artists is a great place to collect and collaborate. i had a model they have a professionally music yes, ma'am assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor i'd be able to work with them and it's helped my growth i had a dream of hav

i still have that piece. i know that the north was trying to get all of the european powers not to recognize the south. the south tried to get them to recognize the south. they never recognized the south but they sold them stuff. so trade is trade. that is the reason they moved from montgomery, alabama to richmond. so they could get back and forth. and as proximity to europe iplomacy and such. do you top of the take one more or say good night. there was an arm over here somewhere. >> one of the neat things about that and is fascinating. in the cemetery beautiful little section dedicated to those that died in the hospital. if you have ever been there it is stunning. it has the soldiers saluting and the whole thing. t is very interesting. i wanted to ask you if you think there is a reason. i go there quite often. there is a lot of hood references. i knew exactly who that was. >> i was contacted a long time ago by a couple of ladies who or getting ready to write archive the history of the female academy. i knowle

>> i have a great relationship. ime syndicated show is partners with scripps, parent company to food network and cooking channel. i work largely with the same people all throughout my year. i film the daytime show from september to may. we do 180 episodes of that. then during the summer i do my food network and cooking channel projects. there are the same people who come back and forth with me to those places. it feels very much like family to me. i've been on food network about a dozen years or so. i like that continuity. >> those competition shows -- and i'm not talking about "top chef" itself, but some people believe those shows are rigged. >> let them believe it. who cares? >> who cares? [laughter] >> we can't focus on negative energy. >> the one thing we can't do is waste a lot of energy trying to get everybody to believe that we are putting on something that is real. it is exhausting. those people are watching, too, so we invite them in. it's ok. if you want to watch -- >> conspiracy theories sell lots of books

once the crust is set, then i have a pot here of chocolate. s poured across the bottom of it. >> very laborious. >> so-- there's no sweetened and condensed milk in this. yeah, it's just straight eggs, sugar, and lime juice. >> i don't see it working. >> all right, so i'm doing a cereal crust. it's half honey nut cheerios, half graham cracker. for the filling, my secret ingredient is vanilla ice cream. now, with the ice cream going in, i upped the number of eggs. >> that one's good. >> the crust--i don't get a whole lot of flavor from the crust. it's all pretty and everything, but you can't do that for 100. you can't do it for 20. >> mine was taken, like, right out of here with the scoop. >> yeah. >> the idea is to have some of the crust on the side. my idea behind it, just let people play. to me, it's key west in a jar as well. >> it's a pain in the ass. >> well, jim, we can have our own preferences. i have mine, you have yours, but what matters is the consumer's opinion, right? they sign our paychecks. they pay our rent. so i'd like to take th

>> i don't have the exact details. i know that there are a third country nationals in afghanistan over time we had to return back. i don't have details. working with the different countries, the state department to man the country of afghanistan to make sure that when we do release individuals that there are mitigating effects. >> believe we have 38 non afghans still at that prison, all of which are pretty hard core enemy combatants. have you been briefed on plans to release the remaining? >> i know the number 38. i know that there is a figure within that that is determined to be hardcore. i don't know the plan, how we will release them, but if confirmed that will make sure that i am tied into that process that is more than just a military peace. that is a government operation. >> assume this command, you are obviously going into a time when we will have a new president, the political winds are shifting somewhat. can you give us your analysis of the political situation now? >> both of the candidates, however eventually

i mean, if you have hostilities between the two states, i really cannot imagine americans and iranians, nations, the nation have hostilities together against each other. and i do not see a legitimate reason why we have prevented the two nations to have normal relation together. that's why civilian diplomacy is one of the major issues i have explained in detail about academic relations, tourism and many z many other issues -- many, many other issues. the other subject i have introduced is about the end state on differences. we have had many, many piecemeal approaches during last 35 years. and the reason, one of the reasons of failure of approachment between iran and u.s. is because during decades iran and the u.s., they have relied on piecemeal approaches. they have never engaged in a comprehensive dialogue, and for the future my understanding is iran-america problem does not limit to nuclear. it is not only about terrorism. it is not only about peace process. we have to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to put all bilateral, regional, international issues on the table the negotiate wi

next speaker cards that i have, i have margo kelley and i have new access, and i have tina. >> and mr. chairman. >> yes. >> is there a way to abbreviate this hearing, i think that all of the witnesses are in favor, and i certainly count my votes and i think that we are ready to vote yes, just give everybody some time. >> in the interest of expediting the item, could i show to your point, only support for the staff recommendation. are there any comment cards or any public comments because i will call them out of order that are opposed to the staff recommendation? please come forward. state your name for the record. >> hi, good to see you. >> it has been like three weeks in a row. >> thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am not against open space and i think that it is a great project but what i said to you before, previously the report which is the appraisal report, calls for open space of 128,000 of open space and housing and we have the mayor and the board of supervisors constantly hitting us over the head saying that we need housing and th

i have some specific concerns here. this would trigger a special election that would only be for one supervisorial district. that is -- it's almost inevitable that is going to be a very, very low turnout election. yes, there will be a lot of people volunteering on those campaigns because you're only going to have one thing on the ballot in one part of the city. so, we will see a lot of people converging on that district. but that's very different than having a broad voter participation in that district. and i think that unfortunately we will see very, very poor turnout in that kind of election. i also think in terms of when you look at the mayor's power vis-a-vis the board, if the mayor appoints someone who is then prohibited from running for reelection, the mayor will have less incentive to appoint someone who actually reflects that district and who will therefore be viable to seek reelection in that district. the mayor, in fact, will have incentive to appoint someone who is not necessarily responsive to the district,

and i have some prepared remarks, but i would rather speak my mind. we failed in the trust that america has placed in us to fulfill our mission. patients have clearly waited too long with the care they have earned and i would agree that it took a whistleblower in a crisis and just focus on correcting those deficiencies. as i sat and listened to the first panel, quite rightly i was very disheartened with the staff feel that they cannot fix problems that affect safety and the quality in our business integrity. i think that this is unacceptable and the acting secretary has made it clear that it is unacceptable. he sent a memo on june 13 indicating that that kind of behavior was unacceptable and we would not tolerate a retaliation. and so the stories i heard tonight clearly depict, in my mind, a broken system. and i have to believe and i have to hope that these things are exceptions and that they are not the rule. i know that there are many good employees in this organization who work tirelessly on behalf of veterans. there are many managers and executives

some of the things i have seen bother me. i don't think banning advertising per se is the route to go. at the same time, we need to be providing truthful information to the 40 million smokers out there what the products are and how to be used. i agree we need to monitor this stuff which is what i said earlier. there are things that gives me heartburn what i see in the marketplace. we need to deal with them up-front and honest manner. >> mr. haley -- healey and weiss, what are your companies doing to restrict advertisement to children. >> we adopted a policy that we got from the tobacco control act. that was that print and television and marketing efforts that the audience be at least 85% adult. as i said, which is what we decided to impose and got that from the tobacco control act. we also self-regulate. in the years that's lead up to this regulation we only advertise in programming that we have a predominant adult audience. whether on television or in print. >> senator healey, you are going to be a very good person as you are

i know we have done some things -- i know we have made american cars out of foreign steel. i know we have done these things. alabama, they had foreign steel sitting in the bay. we did some crazy things in order to make money. but i feel about my american cars -- i know is a person that knows how to build things, i know that the structure of an american car is stronger than a unibody thing they call a foreign car. >> ron from michigan on our republican line. east of aouth and spend, and north and east of toledo. in monroe county. frome been doing this 1962, we have never built them better. i would buy them every day if i could afford it. the american public is getting the best vehicle on the road. there is no question that the savings the automotive industry was the most important thing that could happen in this country in the last 50 years. >> before you go home a what do you think the number of recalls of done? john is up next, a new jersey. independents line. >> good morning. in reference -- i have been the automobile field for about 20 years. hello? >> best to keep talkin

i don't have the data. i would have to look at more data to change my mind on that. >> great, thank you. and one thing that i know that has been very useful for the police commission and i actually think more commissions should do this, the police commission, which meets every week, once a month it actually meets in a neighborhood >> i gave you the example of the tenderloin plan we were working on, but the peace plan in the mission actually has the police department at the table. and i think that you cannot work on a process within communities without involving all stakeholders, and the people who are -- who might be victims of crime, the people who are providing services and the people who prevent crime are part of that. so any time we have a community process, all of these people need to be at the table. because we can't be doing anything unless -- thinking that we do good and that we're having a collaboration and we don't have essential pieces to that. so i would encourage the police department to continu

dennis and i have served on the market octavia cac. he's a great colleague, always collegial and looking for the best answers for the entire community. while he was president of the triangle association and i was president and continue to be a member of the mission dolores neighborhood association. once again it was a pleasure to work with him even when we held differing views. he was always attentive and listened carefully. i think it's very important his experience, intelligence and judgment that he asks period tinent questions and tradeoffs and compare sons and creative in finding innovative solutions. as the new chairman of the new transbay cac, i look forward to coming to him for guidance. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is dawn tren oris, the neighborhood association and member of the neighborhood network. i'm thrilled to be here to speak and support kathrin moore. i have that had pleasure of working with the commissioner for many years now and so much has been said about her qualifications and about her experie

toshiba i have a lot of faith in our public health ~. my concern about laura's law has nothing to do with the individuals that will be implementing it. i do think we have strong leadership here in san francisco and that we have progressive values and i am certain that if dph implements it, they'll be able to do it i think in the best way moving forward. and i also really feel for the families who have individuals struggling with mental health. i think all of us know individuals that are suffering from severe mental health issues and i can't think of something that is more heart breaking and more challenging for family members to deal with. i understand the fear many family members go through that can address their son or their daughter's even violence at home and just want someone to come and take this issue away from them, whether it be the police or department of public health and just make the problem go away. i think the question that i have is of course is this the best way to move forward. i want to appreciate the work that has gone

and i have been through all of the secretaries. and you know, some of them left a lot to be desired, and some -- but the point of the matter is that i understand that v.a. has changed over the period of time. and at one time, we were serving a certain kind of veteran. now, we have expanded to the veterans. i don't want to say they're sicker. their conditions are different because of the war. they have come back with different ailments. how can you plan for that? because they want their services at the v.a. i want to make sure that the v.a. is there for them. and it's a lot more complicated than what we're saying. because like you said, they have ten additional things as opposed to at one time, it was a lot more simple than it is now. >> we have an actuarial model to forecast. part of that looks at the past practice and forecasts into the future. that's part of it. the other part, i think, though, is to start introducing more bottom-up planning and having our field give us, if you will, the statement of requirements. so if this is th

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think that i have -- in one sense i said everything want to say, but i have. all my understanding, heartbreak of the divisions, personal stories, and this beautiful, beautiful young men who are in a way trapped in their horrible system. i think my ultimate goal with the book is to humanize north korea in some way, because i think that when you look at human suffering, when we hear words like 200,000 people suffering in gulag, three million deaths in north korea during the famine, those numbers don't register because we don't think of them like one of us, you and me, and i think like the portrait of this -- i'm not a political -- it's really like a daily life, and then when you start understanding and think of them as just isn't from 19-year-olds -- innocent from 19-year-olds-year-olds and theny switch to the great leader and the world they live in, very jarring. the more and more you fall in love with them -- my hope is that leaders would begin to really care, it's not just labels, defector, or coverage, starving mass, and the comic relief of the great leader,