i serve at the public authority bill for now two terms. i will just try to intr some of your questions. one of the important role this committee for the new executive director for the public authority. this is the only second executive director for the public authority. i have also served in the committee to work with the union to represent the public authority and represent the voice of the consumers. in interest of what advocacies we could do to improve the ihss program and providers and addressing the needs for consumers [inaudible] and the changes coming from the state level. all the time sheet issues that have been going on and also to address the need for training for our providers and i think that was some of the most important roles that i have played in the last few years for the public authority. personally i have interest -- i have been working with advocacy for 20 something years. i was a former employee of the public authority, and i see the growth of our agency as a key element to educate the consumers to maintain the independ

then they said the president had to send an authorization to the house. the president did just that and nothing happened. 10 months since the war began, we've had no real debate and certainly no vote. this is outrageous. let me be clear what we're trying to do with this resolution, this is not about making a political point. this is about forcing congress to take up an authorization for the use of military force by the end of the year to follow through on its constitutional responsibility. it's about making us do our job. it's unfortunate that we have to do that. the timeline included in this bill gives the leadership of the house six months to bring forward an aumf but the clock is ticking. this last week the president announced he authorized the department of 450 more american troops to train and assist iraqi forces in the fight against isis. members this is textbook mission creep. mr. speaker, we're here to say, enough is enough. after more than a decade of wars in the middle east thousands of u.s. lives and billions of dollars lost, the need for congr

or of the agency not the authority? seeing none, nominations are closed. okay, is there any public comment on the election of the chair? seeing none, public comment is closed. and are there any comments colleagues? anything else? okay. then we will proceed to a vote and i think that we can just take this same house same call? >> same house came call, without objection, the motion is adopted and commissioner kim, is elected the chair. >> >> good morning and, thank you colleagues, for your support, i look forward to chairing this body. and as treasure island is in the district that i represent, but i also think that this project poses really an exciting ground on which we can really experiment with a lot of different types of traffic and congestion management and other ways to encourage people to get out of their cars and use public transit and other modes and i think that this will certainly be an exciting project both for the transportation authority and the city at this time, our nominations are now in order for the office of the vice chair. are there any

what are you hearing from the authorities? police are saying they received a call today from a resident in the area who said that he saw them he saw the two men, the two escapees and based off of that police set up a perimeter in the area they're searching now and believe they found some tracks that they are now following to see if it is the two escapees. >> you are incredibly well sourced when it comes to folks, law enforcement authorities who are dealing with this. how confident do you read them at this point in time? do they seem confident here because they get a lot of leads. >> they are. i think they are sort of being tempered because there was some sightings previously they had tracks previously that they were following that they felt could be the men. just talking to them and listening to what's going on out there, you could tell people are excited and they are trying to make sure that they sort of keep things under control and they don't want to get any of us sort of false hope in that they are finally going to get the

brison her last meeting as an employee of the transportation authority trt she'll be go the the sfmta we look forward to working with you and thank you on behalf of the authority for your service to the institution and the residents of san francisco and most recently, i want to specifically thank you for the real amazing work you did on the late night transportation master plan that we were able to put together and it was really sort of a great group of night life advocates and economic development people not a lot of transportation expertise thank you to the authority and ms. brison you stepped in and provided critical expert support and made it a much, much better project on behalf of the authority thank you. >> thank you chair wiener thank you listing for our 5 years of service it has gone by fast you're a energy girs bunny not only the late night plan but with the county wide plan and the western selma transportation and the bay area in district 10 as well as waterfront and in widen the improvements to the west side with our knowledge and experience we appreciate the work you've d

scott wiener the chair of the authority. i want to thank sfgtv for brad casting the meeting [inaudible] mr. clerk can you call the roll >> roll call. commissioner avalos, present. breed, present. compose, present. christensen, present. cohen, present. farrell, absent. kim, absent. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. we have a quarm >> item 2 >> approve the minutes of april 28 meeting >> are there comments questions or change tooz hoominutes? seeing none is there public comment on item 2? public comment is closed and do we need a roll call on item 2 >> yes >> item 2 avalos, aye. breed,ier. compose, aye. christensen, aye. cohen, aye. farrell, absent, kim, ansent. mar, aye. tang, aye wiener aye. yee, aye. the item passes >> okay,ite nl number 3 >> chairs report, this is a information item >> colleagues this month we had money transportation events and mile stones. last week mayor lee and a number of members of the authority participated with record number thofz public in the 21 annual bike the work day wh

he was noted to the authorities in 2008. t of the movement but had not been identified by the intentional services as having taken part in terrorist activities contrary to other persons who were involved in such operations or crimes during the last few months. he was not noted, he had not been been -- he wasn't closely watched since 2008 or 10 for being radicalized but not known to have connections with terrorist activities. today there are a high number of services who are mobilized in all the departments in france to keep an eye on the proximity with regards to persons who could be radicalized and those who are have contact with terrorists organizations which was not in this -- the case here. we are going to have forensics. we have an inquiry in progress. when we have the information results that the public prosecutor from paris will comment. i cannot give specific information on this point for the simple reason that there is still an investigation in progress. why was this plant targeted in particular? you will have inform

and as a technical amendment, and there are also asking the author to consider making the five-year program his bill, permit rather than a five year sunset. and one of the measure, set, the staff asked me to bring to your attention, is ab 40, we have spoken about this in the past and this started off as a prohibition of the tolls on the golden gate bridge as it passed through at december assembly and so any of the bridges that allow the prejudice the bike, and it would not be able to impose a state policy as opposed to a local policy. that is it. >> just a question on the 1560, the bill around chartered party carrier of passengers, and the individual fare exemption, did our position evolve on that? or has it always been a watch position >> it has been a watch, the bill has some what evolved if i recall the history. >> and just, wondering if you know, if we are this legislation is coming, in the middle of it is coming before the city is really made a decision, about how to incorporate the tnc and the over all transportation plan and it seems like, we are getting a foot in the door saying how

the fact is we have these authorities. many of them have not been controversial. the one controversial authority, the one that's been the subject of extensive debate, is one that would be subject to extensive reforms if the senate had just passed the bill that would -- was passed by the house of representatives. so i think that's the argument. which is why would we incorporate this unnecessary risk? apparently there are some members of congress who look for an opportunity, members of the united states senate, who look for an opportunity to build a political advantage, to gain a political advantage, and they apparently concluded that the risk was worts it. the president doesn't agree. >> if i could change subject to cuba for a moment. in panama the president said directly that the united states is no longer in the business -- yet the united states, including this administration continues to fund both the state department and usaid to the tune of some $264 million since 1994, with specific programs operating inside cuba. some of which have been embarrassing as report

the authorities say he was injured trying to avoid arrest. this was a rare opportunity to confront the members of the islamic state face-to-face about their motivation and their atrocities. they said they were speaking freely. they are waiting trial. you belong to islamic state which has carried out every possible kind of atrocity beheading, mass killings execution, selling women into sexual slavery. how can you attempt to try to justify any of that? >> this is wrong, i cannot justify it, clearly it is wrong. the commander told me i would be hitting americans, not americans. when they got too bad dad, they were given other orders. reporter: how many have you helped to plan? >> eight. reporter: you have been part of eight bombings? this is the aftermath of one of them. a bomb at a petrol station last november. suddenly, a second blast nearby. here, another explosion at a coffee shop. they are accused of helping to kill around 50 people in just two months. he told us he is not sure how many died. he avoided watching the news out of guilt. sittin

defined, which includes the cmas in the bay area as distinct from the ntc and the mp o it has the authority to develop the systems but under a language and mr. frasier's bill they have to do it in this area, in mtc would have to do it in culttation jurisdiction and to operate under the operations and it would be unders the ages of mtc and so that is the framework in the bill now that the self-help county coalition is supporting and endorsing. senator bell's major transportation funding program is on the senate floor, and for parlimentary reasons and it remains eligible and the date to remove out of the senate was last friday and however because this has an emergency clause in it it is not subject to that and emerged in the last week or so, there had been a thought about trying to embed the transportation funding solution into part of the budget process. and that was decided not to be the approach, and basically the speaker's office and the protem's office have indicated that they would like to address the transportation package, including senator bell's bill later in the session and probabl

>> i think that the kenyans they have the authority and the right to run their own affairs. so if they decide to run a targeted killing operation, i don't think that we will condemn them. >> a part of the prevention sometimes is to kill the terrorist before trial. this is a necessary option not only legitimate. >> we do not hide behind any walls and curtains. we use it in our fight against terror. it is a very effective tool. >> the israeli foreign office, however, told us: under no circumstance are "eliminations" part of any kind of training imparted by israeli experts. the british foreign office said it is aware of the allegations of extra judicial killings in kenya, adding: we take such allegations extremely seriously and raise concerns with the kenyan authorities. >> do you think the british who train and fund the atpu and the gsu know that you guys are eliminating terrorist targets? >> how? >> are the british... made aware of the elimination programs as well? >> donors who are involved in supporting and providing equipment are also apparently not overseeing these operat

to the city and county of san francisco participating member that authority is authorized notes for the other forms of indebtedness federal tax law requires the jurisdiction in which the project is located to approve the - before the bonds can be issues e.r. issued the jurisdiction nicole is the city and county of san francisco we held a public hearing after notice in the san francisco chronicle on april 21st and held a hearing on may 1st, 2015 no comments from any members of the public through the public hearing process to say a little bit about the project the school is seeking $10 million to prepay the authorities to live okay school in the principle amount of $750,000 for the finance and refinance construction and improvements facilities at 1580 mariposa that are owned and operated by the bar and will finance and reinforce the bar for capital expenditures for equipment for 5055 mariposa and the real estate released by km located on mariposa street including the compass extension 1501 mariposa street so, anyway pay the costs and other recommended costs approval of that

good morning, today is june 9, 2015 and welcome to the finance committee of the san francisco county transportation authority, my name is john avalos and i am the chair of the committee and our clerk is steven stamos and i would like to announce the sfgtv staff who are broadcasting today and jim smith. could you read the first >> roll call. >> avalos. >> present. >> campos. >> present. >> cohen. >> present. >> kim. absent. >> mar. >> present. >> we have a quorum. >> okay let's go on to the next item please. >> consent calendar, items two and three, comprise the consent calendar, they are routine, and the staff is not presenting if a member objects any of them may be removed and considered separately. >> okay. we have two items that are on here, i don't see any comments from colleagues and go on to public comment and, anybody member from the public that would like to comment on items two or three, seeing none, we will close public comment. and motion to approve these items. >> from supervisor compose, and seconded by mar and we will take that with a roll call vote. >> consent calendar, avalos. >> aye. >> camp

this as we have now learned that on tuesday, other sources called in to the authorities telling them there were other possible sightings of both of these convicted killers. it has been 14 days since they escaped from prison. earlier this week we were told the trail had gone cold. this manhunt has intensified. a local reporter was told by authorities to leave an area that was deemed to be a hot zone for activity. i want to bring in sarah right outside of that prison. what are you learning? >> we're learning that authorities are converging on this area in friendship new york just north of the border with pennsylvania and not far from where there was two potential sightings last weekend. i just got off the phone with someone who lives within the perimeter that's been set up there in friendship new york. he told me there has been a perimeter set around this town no one is getting in without showing their driver's license, that there are car checks taking place, helicopters in the air. he told me this is a one horse town. they have one traffic light, heavily surrounded by wooded areas. ver

then they said the president had to send an authorization to the house. the president did just that and nothing happened. 10 months since the war began, we've had no real debate and certainly no vote. this is outrageous. let me be clear what we're trying to do with this resolution, this is not about making a political point. this is about forcing congress to take up an authorization for the use of military force by the end of the year to follow through on its constitutional responsibility. it's about making us do our job. it's unfortunate that we have to do that. the timeline included in this bill gives the leadership of the house six months to bring forward an aumf but the clock is ticking. this last week the president announced he authorized the department of 450 more american troops to train and assist iraqi forces in the fight against isis. members this is textbook mission creep. mr. speaker, we're here to say, enough is enough. after more than a decade of wars in the middle east thousands of u.s. lives and billions of dollars lost, the need for congr

then they said the president had to send an authorization to the house. the president did just that and nothing happened. 10 months since the war began, we've had no real debate and certainly no vote. this is outrageous. let me be clear what we're trying to do with this resolution, this is not about making a political point. this is about forcing congress to take up an authorization for the use of military force by the end of the year to follow through on its constitutional responsibility. it's about making us do our job. it's unfortunate that we have to do that. the timeline included in this bill gives the leadership of the house six months to bring forward an aumf but the clock is ticking. this last week the president announced he authorized the department of 450 more american troops to train and assist iraqi forces in the fight against isis. members this is textbook mission creep. mr. speaker, we're here to say, enough is enough. after more than a decade of wars in the middle east thousands of u.s. lives and billions of dollars lost, the need for congr

with any other parties and should hand over their arms to the state authority yet the state authoritysent. the army depot and the depot of weapons are the target of the aggression. first of all the army and security forces should be rehabilitated and the state authority be reinstated, what the problem is we are in a state of anarchy, vacuum there is no president, there is no government there is elective agreement in geneva. we will come to many of the problems will come to an end simply for reason that the repercussions taking place within yemen or overseas is the continued absence of authority, meaning the president and the government. >> okay, sir, many thanks indeed for being with us and mohamed spokesman for the houthi rebel movement in yemen. a cultural revival underway in northern sri lanka and three decades of war almost destroyed it and now art is making a come back as we report. >> reporter: dance, drama, theatre, once familiar pastimes in sri lanka's northern peninsula but the realities of the civil war in these parts took over from the make believe. today artists are once a

the military authorities involved in fighting the group, not just here in nigeria, the military authorities chad, and the republic, and other countries in the region, have basically been saying for a while that the group is facing extinction. that it is on it's last life if you like. clearly as i say, there are reports that incidents like this are still going on. hay say that barack obama is being routed, it is being defeated, and any reports of attacks that we see are kind of how do i put it, last ditch attempts to be relevant, and to be impactful many the area. but because there's been this reduction, the military authorities in the region still insist that overall the picture is that barack obama is being defeated. boko haram. >> thank you very much indeed. >> mow to breaking news for you, on the scale mate in greece we thans the euro zone talks have ended with no deal. that's according to the european union remember that the finance ministers have been gathering there to try to hammer out an arrangement with greece so that greece can make a $1.8 billion repayment. so far the greek gover

joining me now is the author, jim sensenbrenner. u wrote the0> i remember interviewing you at the time and many times there after. is what is happening now what the law allowed data mining people's electronic communications meaning the american people. >> no. clearly, no. and there is a specific prohibition on data mining in the original patriot act, which former majority leader dick armey and i insisted on putting in there. the problem is that the secret fisa court termed the word relevance on its head and authorized the nsa to go data mining and collection. which the house passed overwhelming and the author of the patriot act puts an end to bulk collection of americans -- not just under the patriot act and other laws the law which was not a part of the patriot act. >> specifically, i think most americans need to know this. are many americans,+.ñ it's not all americans. they are e-mails, there text messages, are there phone conversations. are they being recorded without their knowledge right now. >> phone conversations require a cou

so far the authorities are not saying which hospitals are used to house the people, because they are worried about panic spreading. rumour is spreading. a lot of people using social media nig i know the hospital is involved. parent not wanting the students to go to schools. most have been closed. >> you are talking about the possibility of a bigger problem. how well prepared is south korea for a wider outbreak. >> they are taking it mr seriously. two briefings 2000 the health ministerize ris. the president is preparing to have a presidential level meeting on this. they admitted that there were mistakes made in the early days. the key mistake allowing the first patient to go between four hospitals over the course of 8-9 days before diagnosed with the disease. that's when he told them it was in the middle east in the run up to the matters developing. what is not clear is why he managed to spread the disease to 26 other people. the rate at which people spread the disease to other patients is much smaller that the hospital outbreaks have been able to be contained. authorities restrict pe

the authority is a lawmaking authority. that means that the state legislature has to engage in lawmaking subject to -- sotomayor: this makes no sense to me. i think it is either or. if the legislature has the power, how can the governor veto it? how can a popular referendum veto it? either they have the power or they don't. the constitution says the people hold the power and they can choose a commission or however else they want to do it. isn't that the legislative process? clement: no, it's not -- i disagree with you, justice sotomayor, but that is not particularly important. what they say is that the delegee remains the same. they say the function differs. so when a state legislature it tells you it is going to ratify something, there is no pressure or agency of anybody else in a process. but the courts is that is a delegation of lawmaking authority. of course the legislature does its lawmaking pursuant to the ordinary rules. and if they provide for a gubernatorial veto, if they say it has to spend 30 days in committee, th

the 5 years revocable license and d authorize number one to memorandum of agreement not to exceed 3 hundred and 10 thousands from january 2015 to july 2016. >> is there a request to remove any of the items from consent calendar. >> yes. >> i had a request to remove item 9-c for that a brief comment. >> may i have a motion. >> i'll content to move >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> >> opposed? the motion carries now we'll take up 9-c. >> david pill pal i had a concern reading the item about installing new toishl toishl /* initially turf i wanted to be safeguard the puc will not be on the hooks for potential liability for health concerns that may arise there is a lot of controversy in the city of artificial turf as it relates to use on to the pun suicidal. >> good afternoon real estate director this item came to our project review committee several weeks ago f it was commodity of environmental management and real estate services and sometimes our city attorney is interest and no issue brought up regarding the use of affordable turf any damages from this all the real estat