the department of technology.finding number five, the skills capability of the people soft system as con figured will not enable department heads to identify city employees with skill set and demand. >> we agree with finding. >> finding number six, the department of human resources, dhr effort through the information technology, it hire -- and stream line it hiring will not sufficiently impact the it and dt. >> we would disagree with this finding holding. the board of supervisors have no jurisdiction over the hiring process of that dhr and dt. have established and continued to update. >> the final finding or finding number seven, the absence of a way to bring in it services whether at will or service based system puts the city at a great disadvantage and all other risk of technology -- >> the board of supervisor have no jurisdiction over the hiring board. we have established and continue to update. would you like to go onto the recommendation portion? >> okay. chairman yee, i would be happy to go through my sugges

of the department of justice. that's why i'm so glad that you're here with us today and i look forward to your testimony. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. conyers. without objection, all other members' opening statements will be made a part of the record and we again welcome our distinguished witness and if you would please rise and we will begin by swearing you in. do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you very much and please be seated. let the record reflect that the witness has responded in the affirmative. i'll now begin by introducing our sole witness today. the attorney general of the united states, ms. loretta lynch, attorney general lynch was sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states on april 27, 2015. she began her career in public service by joining the united states attorney's office for the eastern district of new york. after nine years, ms. lynch was appoint

. >> the department of commerce, the department of energy, the department of commerce and hud and then 25 specific programs. >> you probably notice he said the department of commerce twice, he forgot to mention the department of education. later he tried to laugh off his slip. >> look, i just think the department of commerce is such a basis of cronyism, we need to eliminate it twice. >> that's a good point. >> and it's huge. we ran a cover story a year ago. what are they building in there? it's the department of commerce. i like the fact that ted cruz is out there being specific about what to cut. it's when republicans say i'll have balanced budget amendment, no, you won't because it will never pass and you never elucidate what you're going to cut. >> and cruz names things like green infrastructure program, the national endowments for the arts, the catfish inspection program and all that. we have a department of labor, transportation, agriculture. why don't they want that next? >> this goes back to the fact that marco rubio is engaged to let's just have entitlements for our people, if

>> you know, the department. the department let him down.ad they offered him the proper training, he'd never be in a position he is in today. his department let him down. >> next, how one police officer is leading the way and changing the culture. >> i hope that wellness piece is part of the culture and routine. routine. >>> retired new york state trooper mike med tats every day, trying to find peace of mind after being diagnosed with p.t.s.d. until a few years ago he abused drugs and alcohol looking for an escape fro haunting memories of responding to tragic events. are you sober now? >> yes, i came to the realisation if i kept on the path i was going, i would lose the family. i didn't want to do that. i didn't want to be known as a mental case. p drove me to become a mental case. >> on the upside of the country, retired plaintiff diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder leads a p.t.s.d. peer support group for other officers. do you think the symptoms have been improving. >> i was not able to do simple tasks. i felt like i was going cr

we have not had response from the justice department. the case of robby tolin that went up to the supreme court and indicated he had been mistreated. he lived and was shot by an officer on his driveway. and then a nonviolent person that is in the state prison of texas with a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, first offense. it is almost unbelievable. so i would like you to just answer the questions i gave you. these ones about the cases i would like to meet as soon as possible with your staff on these issues. >> i look forward to continuing to work with you on those important issues. certainly with respect to voting rights, the preclearance remedy is one we found not just to be effective but efficient. we felt it was a way in which to engage with jurisdictions as they contemplated changes to their laws and prevent them from going down a road that would have disenfranchised their citizens. certainly we felt it was efficient and much less costly than litigation. it is an important part of the voting rights act. we certainly suppo

department, the meridian, mississippi, police department, the miami police department, the missoula county attorney's office, the missoula police department, the newark police department, the portland police department -- bureau, the seattle police department, the university of montana office of public safety and the louisiana police department. the letter also mentions that nine of these 16 investigations have been closed via consent decree or settlements while seven remain open. are there any additional open investigation against state or local law enforcement agencies currently in the civil rights division? >> no. the ones that we listed are the ones that are actively ongoing. >> so, there are no additional investigations that are open? >> no. not to my knowledge. >> i want to turn for a moment to a case that has become known as the danziger bridge case. i suspect it's a case you're quite familiar with. >> i'm familiar with it, yes, senator. >> can you summarize for this committee the department's conduct in the danziger bridge case? >> certainly, senator. and first, thank you fo

, state department. it uses interviews, biometric data. it is, as i indicated earlier, a challenging process. as it everything we do in law enforcement. that does not mean we're not committed to doing everything we can to make sure that the process is as robust as possible and that we do everything that we can to protect the american people. >> i think the concern, though, is that you can do everything right but given the lack of data, the lack of information about we have on people who are being pulled out of a very, very difficult circumstance, an islamic civil war, that you can do everything right and you could still have people come into the country who mean to do us harm. this bosnian was able to get in, and probably circumstances that it would have been easier to vet than syrians. i know a lot of us have concerns. i appreciate your testimony and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. >> thank the chairman and i thank the attorney general fo

the department will get to keep what they earn. it would also require smarter planning requirements that mandate funding for that plning. this will be the key vehicle where resident input will help priorities for how reck and park spend the tax dollars. it provides for stricter accountability. the controls offer will audit the planning to insure it meets the requirements in the charter and there will be consequences for the first time if they don't. we understand the philosophical relectance some may have in locking in a funding requirement but the trend we have seen how we fund the reck and park department makes it clear. not only is setting a baseline waurnded, it is the ornl way we can stabilize the department so it better care frz the billions of dollars worth of public assets . to do anything else is [inaudible] on behalf of the parks alliance and want to thank supervisor farrell and all the cosponsored included supervisor cohen, tang, breed, mar, wiener and yee and christensen for supporting this legislation. >> thank you ver

department of justice is now reviewing thousands of old convictions containing hair analysis testimony. last april, it released a devastating assessment. in the cases reviewed, fbi testimony about hair evidence was scientifically invalid 95 percent of the time. >> this is a virus that escaped from the fbi crime lab and it infected the entire criminal justice system and it's going to take a lot of work to undo it. the integrity of the criminal justice system is at stake. plain and simple. >> this is the story of how, for years, the fbi used an untested forensic method in courtrooms across the country. and of the men who paid for it -- with decades of their lives. [crowd cheers.] >> in january 2015, joseph sledge walked out of prison for the first time in over 37 years. >> did you ever think this day was coming? >> oh yes, i did. yes, there wasn't no doubt. >> he moved back to his hometown of savannah, georgia. we met him one morning on the river, where he likes to go crabbing. >> if by chance we caught a crab, it'd be an act of god. >> aw cause, when we was coming up, that's all we did.

lee and president of the police commission suv's and greg suhr and the command staff the police department deputy smith and michael redman and gary tom and deputy chief ali and robert mows and o'sullivan and tom nolan chaplain and ann maddox and commander thank you and thank you for being here (clapping.) distinguished guests and family members and friends i'm the chief of staff and greg suhr i welcome you to the promotional ceremony between january 17th and september 26, 2015, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in >> thank you lieutenant o'connor will you rise for the posting of the colors. >> please remain stand for the national anthem present arms. >> oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brav

was a department on the take. if you are stopped, you would pay a curb side side. there were bagman going around and taking money from gamblers and prostitution etc. it was a corrupt department in that way. bill parker said, no, no, we are not going to do that. this stops now and the credo was within the lapd after parker. if you get in trouble, if you are involved in a bad shooting, you beat up someone that needed to be beaten up, we will protect you. but, if you take money you-- your is ours and that's pretty much been the history of the lapd since then, so parker did something that i think started a lot of problems for the lapd. he agreed to have a small police department on the cheap and that police department would be mobile, go cover these-- what is it? 470 square miles of los angeles and to be faceless, be in a patrol car looking around, not truly making contact anyone him as they saw someone they suspected of doing something and very very often in ghettos and berrios, that's where they suspected people of

guest: the nea actually the department of education. we believe the federal government has a role to play. we actually believe that the parents and the educators and community members who are closest to the students should be making those decisions about what their students need. we should have standards. we absolutely should know what all of our kids throughout the nation should know and be able to do. been a lot there has of backlash around common core for a variety of reasons. i can tell you the same as that have -- standards that have been set have been set with the ideal of the goal in mind that we are providing all persons to reach high standards to develop 21st century learning skills. some problems of course include not having the resources and time to prepare teachers and common core the state standards. we are try to make sure that happens and we should make sure that they have the standards to meet. what was the other question? [laughter] host: let's hear from a couple of parents. we will hear from chris in palm harbor, flori

the same can be said in the fire department in our 9-1-1 and all our dispatchers by the desire city would it be fair to say congratulations to all of you that are will be receiving pins today when i have the opportunity to pin the 3 that had a chance to work with me there might be screens of pichz i have to pay them back for the rough lives they've given me outside of that we've had an incredible time i want to say the incredible success on every single one of you're crazy we'll be a successful city and whether it is issues around retirement, or the environment you work in or the people you even though again work with we'll do our best in support because you mean that the people on the first line that is a i will sacrifice for the other safety i want to say congratulations and health felt thank you from our 43rd mayor to our success and safety and success of you and our families i congratulate all of you today thank you (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor it is my honor to welcome the president of the police commission president suzy loftus (clapping.) thank you, thank you greg suhr

department of justice? how many attorneys are serving the whole country as part of the u.s. department of justice? >> as part of the entire department of justice, there's over 100,000 professionals. >> out of 100,000 professionals, how many of them are working for the civil rights division roughly? >> just under about 700. >> about 700. i will agree with you and with the chairman that the conduct of the prosecutors in the dansinger bridge case was absolutely outrageous. conduct unbecoming. there have been sanctions by the office of professional responsibility. it is no more accurate than the describe the entire department of justice or the entire civil rights division as being out of control or outrageous than it is to incorrectly smear the entire law enforcement community nationally because of a few isolated consequences of misconduct. i've been struck by your depth of support for national law enforcement organizations. some of this was reported in usa today with the headline, "department of justice and po

of the department of justice. that's why i'm so glad that you're here with us today and i look forward to your testimony. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. conyers. without objection, all other members' opening statements will be made a part of the record and we again welcome our distinguished witness and if you would please rise and we will begin by swearing you in. do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you very much and please be seated. let the record reflect that the witness has responded in the affirmative. i'll now begin by introducing our sole witness today. the attorney general of the united states, ms. loretta lynch, attorney general lynch was sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states on april 27, 2015. she began her career in public service by joining the united states attorney's office for the eastern district of new york. after nine years, ms. lynch was appoint

rogers explain how the planning department came up with the times as proposed from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. >> and kind of how this was developed specifically for the transit center. >> this area the supervisors are aware was not tint for residential with the zoning district that happened in the mid 80s with the office it was mainly seen as part of spill over from the office district not rethroughout the signage controls that will be needed as residents proposed so in communication with our staff we looked at controls for other district and in c districts the combination of commercial and residential those are the signs typically turned off with the businesses close and in addition there are nc district are less intense in the areas in selma but in the nc districts typically the businesses maybe required to close between 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. or may seek longer hours through conditional use authorization and in any event the businesses closed that is when the signage is required to be turned off. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i have a quick question for supervisor kim. >> ma

the department will get to keep what they earn. it would also require smarter planning requirements that mandate funding for that plning. this will be the key vehicle where resident input will help priorities for how reck and park spend the tax dollars. it provides for stricter accountability. the controls offer will audit the planning to insure it meets the requirements in the charter and there will be consequences for the first time if they don't. we understand the philosophical relectance some may have in locking in a funding requirement but the trend we have seen how we fund the reck and park department makes it clear. not only is setting a baseline waurnded, it is the ornl way we can stabilize the department so it better care frz the billions of dollars worth of public assets . to do anything else is [inaudible] on behalf of the parks alliance and want to thank supervisor farrell and all the cosponsored included supervisor cohen, tang, breed, mar, wiener and yee and christensen for supporting this legislation. >> thank you ver

we are in a unique situation in which we have our police department and our sheriff's department andst of implementation of those are a large part of our city budget. in an effort to make the police department more constitution and the gel more constitution, we are sacrificing city services that would keep people from having to deal with the police or the sheriffs department. it is almost, we are doing something on her left hand to help but we are depleting all of our resources on the rights, so it is not helping. and out we have an increase in police response time that is almost one hour when you call 911. so, the question is as you all decide grandson others and look at -- when you have a unique instance can you help to provide resources so that we can one comply with the decree but to not lose critical services for youth in our public to keep them safe at the same time. >> will congressman a appreciate the question. certainly our practice of being involved with local law-enforcement jurist's actions and a and a host of areas, not just consent decrees is an important way in which w

the department's response to my recent questions on this subject that the department, quote, recently made some important changes that demonstrate its commitment to work more closely with the drug supply chain and registrants is very encouraging to me. i will closely keep an eye on this, but i am optimistic that progress is being made and i thank you for pursuing that. >> thank you, sir. >> i'm going to switch gears now to the bureau of prison and oversight. and i do have some questions pursuant. my district has three high security federal penitentiaries. i'm in pennsylvania tenth district. keenan, lewisburg, and allenwood. three correction officers have died in recent years in the line of duty. eric williams was working alone and unarmed on a cellblock with over 100 inmates at keenan. he was stabbed 129 times. a bop pilot program was put into place to provide officers with pepper spray, which i think eric and others would have had a chance to survive. will you promise and give your word to me that you will support this program and make it permanent to all the personnel? >> congressma

sanchez. >> scott sanchez planning department. >> the thing that mr. williams has summarized the issues i wanted to address just a couple of points to enforce it is within an rh1 zoning districts the exist building a legal non-compliant the proposal will reduce the volume slightly at the rear a porch entryway that will be removed otherwise the building is largely intact with the in front with a third story this 2 and in front yard and the 3 setback 50 feet from the main building wall the block is 2 story building. >> third story is come out to the setback when we have those kinds of situations we allow a third story priority the setback as provided there was a case from 2014 that found this not to be a resource which is allowed the project to move forward there was a section 311 notice last year around this time from october 17th to november 16th no discretionary review filed at that time the project is code compliant i'll put up an aerial photograph on the overhead zoom in and so showing here outlined in blue with the structure that is located at the

s/ chief dan ault/ plover police department "it's not the police department's responsibility to raise your children, you know, it's our responsibility to provide a safe community and to make this the safest place to live and be able to prosper." ...and that it's the parent's responsibility to make sure they know what their children are department "your responsibility as a parent though to raise your children appropriately, to recognize when there is a problem in their life." the city of monona, near madison, passed a similar law in 2013. the city's mayor bob miller thinks the ordinance was successful. s/ voice of: bob miller/ monona mayor "i'm happy to say it worked. the letters that were sent seem to resolve the issue so it didn't have to escalate." monona police have sent out three warnings since the ordinance passed.... they haven't fined anyone yet. police hope plover's ordinance can make america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like climate change. we face our problems head-on. with american-made clean energy, we can end our depende

john landers department staff. it's to present the landmark designation of 90-92 second street located on the northwest corner and south of market neighborhood. the building was placed on the landmark designation program may #12shgs 2015. it's in direct association with the 1906 earthquake and fire t disaster of the rebuilding that followed is the most significant event. the fire destroyed many city blocks and left more than the city's population homeless. the unique survivor of the fires. while the rest of the south market was reduced to ashes. within the entire burned district it was the only building to survive without anyone inside or outside fighting to save it. with this, commissioners, i would like to ask your indulgence to share a slide show that will give you a better idea of the south of market in the hours following the earthquake. the burdette building was located in many prominent areas and loud -- allowed us to follow the progress of the fire on a minute by minute bases. on the morning of the quake, t

>> resolution, authorizing the sheriff department to apply for accept, and expend, $950,000 of mentally ill, offender crime, reduction, grant program and funds, administered by the board of state and community corrections through the state. >> i am ally and the director of programs for the sheriff's department and the focus of the mentally ill, offender crime reduction grant is to provide incentives for traditional housing and supportive services to encourage individuals, with mental illness to enroll and adhere to the treatment plans, mandated by the behavior health court. and the transitional housing will be provided by the three, community based organizations currently and providing housing of clients of the sheriff's department, nova program that will stand for no violence and those are the bay view, hunter's point and the multty purpose, senior services and the west side services and recovery survival network. >> the grant also supports a full time peer specialist to be hired by the community service to support the court participants and escort them to the critical appointments and

first of all, i would suggest that throughout this country small departments, large departments, urban departments, departmentsments, that deal with very serious crime and departments that for the most part deal with less things crime -- the one that runs consistently through police departments is there -- their inherent, maybe learned behavior, not to discipline their own. discipline within police departments is -- i don't want to say laughable, that is disrespectful -- but the fact is it is inadequate, sorely inadequate. let me give you just a few examples of it. in a most every department in the country that we have had experience with, the discipline of an officer is he is accused iswrongdoing, and if he accused of wrongdoing and nothing happens as a result of it, if his own department chooses not to exercise this, aat charge does not become part of his personnel record. so if a police officer is accused of sexual assault on a monday and it is not sustained, using the linkage of the department, and he is accused by another individual on wednesday, when discipline is being considere

, state department. it uses interviews, biometric data. it is as i indicated earlier, a challenging process. as it everything we do in law enforcement. that does not mean we're not committed to doing everything we can to make sure that the process is as robust as possible and that we do everything that we can to protect the american people. >> i think the concern though is that you can do everything right but given the lack of data, the lack of information about we have on people who are being pulled out of a very, very difficult situation -- circumstance, an islamic civil war, that you can do everything right and you could still have people come into the country who mean to do us harm. this bosnian was able to get in and probably circumstances that it would have been easier to vet than syrians. i know a lot of us have concerns. i appreciate your testimony and i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. >> thank the chairman and i thank the attorney general for your presence an

people understand, language access was a key ordinance i think still department by department we are struggling through. some departments do a great job and others don't do as great a job. also for the gender analysis that each department has to go through as well, i know the commission on the status of women and womens movement pushed for different issues, but i think having goals of each department so there is jnder equality is another example. language rights and gender equality, but i think goal setting for hiring of people with disabilities and i think that culture change and continue to speak from my heart instead of from a script thative given tome, i will say, the culture is that people with disabilities should be tolerated and if they can get hired good, but to me the culture should have to be they are really valuable employees that bring so much understanding to each of the departments so that we can better serve neighborhoods and i thipg that is the culture change. it could be the club over department heads by creating a ordinance but think it has to happen that way otherw

okay item 6 report and employee of the month from the department of aging & adult services will recognize agonize chang from the was the adult protect serviservice (clapping.) >> well step over here and - there we go you're fine you're fine and present this to egging in a to you so all of you only today it is so interesting; right? as was mentioned agnes works in the protective services been with us 19 years that's right it says that are here but a quiz for you today agnes carries and bilingual be case load and because of that because you have bilingual capacities is often tasked with serving folks who need you're special skills actually of being able to speak to the language folks and sort things out in multiple because a person needs to what you're working with someone that comes from another place; right? another culture it also says in the write up about you because you have officer of the day duties because of your bilingual talents useless frequently called out several times at a time and opposed to twice a lot more work and folks to be sgrak with and doing our best for just to remi

okay item 6 report and employee of the month from the department of aging & adult services will recognize agonize chang from the was the adult protect serviservice (clapping.) >> well step over here and - there we go you're fine you're fine and present this to egging in a to you so all of you only today it is so interesting; right? as was mentioned agnes works in the protective services been with us 19 years that's right it says that are here but a quiz for you today agnes carries and bilingual be case load and because of that because you have bilingual capacities is often tasked with serving folks who need you're special skills actually of being able to speak to the language folks and sort things out in multiple because a person needs to what you're working with someone that comes from another place; right? another culture it also says in the write up about you because you have officer of the day duties because of your bilingual talents useless frequently called out several times at a time and opposed to twice a lot more work and folks to be sgrak with and doing our best for just to remi

the department will get to keep what they earn. it would also require smarter planning requirements that mandate funding for that plning. this will be the key vehicle where resident input will help priorities for how reck and park spend the tax dollars. it provides for stricter accountability. the controls offer will audit the planning to insure it meets the requirements in the charter and there will be consequences for the first time if they don't. we understand the philosophical relectance some may have in locking in a funding requirement but the trend we have seen how we fund the reck and park department makes it clear. not only is setting a baseline waurnded, it is the ornl way we can stabilize the department so it better care frz the billions of dollars worth of public assets . to do anything else is [inaudible] on behalf of the parks alliance and want to thank supervisor farrell and all the cosponsored included supervisor cohen, tang, breed, mar, wiener and yee and christensen for supporting this legislation. >> thank you ver

can the plan department charge for each revision? is it possible to impose sanctions or fines for repeat offenders? the planning department scuteinized the massive revision that are visible. we are grateful to the preservation team and planning department for doing is, but what about the rear yard? why are projects allowed to go up in the back of a lot at the expense of adjacent and rear neighbors who lose light and priferbacy? why is the height limit so often open to interpretation with so many loop holes? these projects are about vertical and horizontal additions with maximum square footage. can the planning department make the plan approval process more transtarant and require the developers to supply revisions to the adjacent owners? keeping effected neighbors informed of change is a win win for the developer and planning department and neighbors. it is often said a picture is worth a thousand words. picture was taken today from my year yard nob nobble [inaudible] nob >> thank you, next speaker. chaps [inaudible] rez dent of nort

. >> how do you think the police department is doing? do you have any thoughts on how the city is dealing with crime? >> i was a big supporter of chief gaston. i think he will do a great job in the district attorney's office. part of me was sad to see him go from the police department. he had come in and started modernizing the department. it's technology -- a lot of different changes that needed to happen but were not happening until he came in and start of the department on the right path. it is critical that whoever the next chief of police is continue that modernization of the department. it will have benefits citywide. in my district, we have public safety challenges. the district is often viewed as a "safe district." we do have violence. we had a bunch of violence around delores park last year. there have been robberies in glen park and parts of the valley. there have been shootings in diamond heights. one of the challenges is making sure that the police department understands that even though we may not have the same crime levels

sanchez. >> scott sanchez planning department. >> the thing that mr. williams has summarized the issues i wanted to address just a couple of points to enforce it is within an rh1 zoning districts the exist building a legal non-compliant the proposal will reduce the volume slightly at the rear a porch entryway that will be removed otherwise the building is largely intact with the in front with a third story this 2 and in front yard and the 3 setback 50 feet from the main building wall the block is 2 story building. >> third story is come out to the setback when we have those kinds of situations we allow a third story priority the setback as provided there was a case from 2014 that found this not to be a resource which is allowed the project to move forward there was a section 311 notice last year around this time from october 17th to november 16th no discretionary review filed at that time the project is code compliant i'll put up an aerial photograph on the overhead zoom in and so showing here outlined in blue with the structure that is located at the

people understand, language access was a key ordinance i think still department by department we are struggling through. some departments do a great job and others don't do as great a job. also for the gender analysis that each department has to go through as well, i know the commission on the status of women and womens movement pushed for different issues, but i think having goals of each department so there is jnder equality is another example. language rights and gender equality, but i think goal setting for hiring of people with disabilities and i think that culture change and continue to speak from my heart instead of from a script thative given tome, i will say, the culture is that people with disabilities should be tolerated and if they can get hired good, but to me the culture should have to be they are really valuable employees that bring so much understanding to each of the departments so that we can better serve neighborhoods and i thipg that is the culture change. it could be the club over department heads by creating a ordinance but think it has to happen that way otherw

>> you know, the department. the department let him down. had they offered him the proper training, he'd never be in a position he is in today. his department let him down. >> next, how one police officer is leading the way and changing the culture. >> i hope that wellness piece is part of the culture and routine. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. >>> retired new york state trooper mike med tats every day, trying to find peace of mind after being diagnosed with p.t.s.d. until a few years ago he abused drugs and alcohol looking for an escape fro haunting m

i'm jerry i would last week to make a few comments on the department of building inspection preemption of the sell last year system and the building inspection oversight of this important project dbi has spent $8 million in 5 years implementing the system and on the bic meeting last week director huey said the building inspection wants to terminate or kill the accelerator project the best results are sdounl due to the miss managing by dbi and the lack of oversight by the bic i'm encouraged in the last 14 months dbi has secured professional management to manage the project and the bic has taken an active roll in the oversight project suspending the prelims by dbi needs to be fully explained and understood is this the first step in terminating the project or the suspension of reset in the invitation of the project what we learned in last month's bic meeting the planning department of the city has successfully implemented the system it is an important initiative and killing the project has implementations beyond the department of building inspection the ceo thought the company testified m

the department has [inaudible] for emergency management service. we also have a major lease in the mid-market area that will expire in the near future and if we renew that lease it will be at market rate that will increase the [inaudible] therein near future and will have to vacate that space as well. so, we will work with the analysis we are working on trying to find options includes looking at reuse of san francisco general and lagoona honda. we brought on consultant and in the process ofbriing them on to begin that assessment process. regardless of which compination of strategies we go with the department will need to obtain more space and identify additional resources to pay for that. we anticipate if we go to market rate for space to house all the 1260 staff we will pay about 50 million dollars which is 9 million over what we currently pay. so, the department facilities capital needs are broad and multifaceted. the priorities are completion of seismic and reuse assessment of the buildings at lieu goona honda and san francisco general. finding

it was a tumultuous four years for the san francisco sheriff's department. voters overwhelmingly said enough to ross mirkarimi. take a look at the numbers. a former interim sheriff got nearly double digit votes. vicki hennessy got 61% of the vote over ross mirkarimi's 32%. hennessy is a san francisco native who joined the sheriff's department back in 1975, and in 1983 was the youngest captain in california law enforcement. she says she is a career practitioner, not a career politician. in 2012 mayor ed lee tapped her to be the interim sheriff with the department when ross mirkarimi was suspended for official misconduct. >> i never thought in my entire career that i would ever run for sheriff. but i found i felt compelled to do so. as a san francisco native, somebody who worked hard to make this department professional, wants to keep the department professional and responsive and as somebody who is pretty much -- i'm a pretty steady person. i'm not somebody that has a lot of drama. >> sheriff ross mirkarimi was elected back in 2011 and then soon convicted of

be working on the planning department i mean our planning department excuse me. the planning sessions will be working with commissioner dwight that is developed and added to the 5 year plausibleness december 18th. >> december 18th. >> i sent out invites but i don't know if you received them are get them i know that commissioner adams you relied yes and commissioner dwight you relied yes and i attended the chamber of commerce last thursday and congratulations to commissioner dwight and rachel as the finally it for the small business awards. >> we didn't win. >> sf made won. >> and then a reminder this saturday is small business saturday we'll have the kickoff at the building as we do every year. >> so with that, that concludes any director's report. >> what time is the kickoff for small business saturday. >> generally around 9 you will confirm that. >> okay. >> we're getting ready for that. >> so unless you have questions we'll monarch to the next agenda item and that's me. >> so item number 9 is that concludes my report. >> well, i guess all i have i attended the

has not letters or phone call in opposition of the proposed project the department has received one letter of support of the project from the union street association the parklet recommendation is approval with conditions that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> thank you project sponsor please. >> good evening, commissioners i'm taylor with barbary coast consulting i want to briefly introduce the project from our prospective and the uniform support we've 80 so far received as mentioned earlier we have received a very glowing letter merchant are exciting and the neighborhood and a preapplication meeting a small number of people and neighbors and shoppers were supportive of the project and excited to see joe mellone come into the neighborhood with that, i'm going to turn it over to kathy with joe mellone thank you. >> hi i can still say good afternoon we're very excited this office of this project on to my left is that's okay to my left is jonathan a colleague. >> excuse me. very quickly in sfgov could move to the computer thank you. >> thank you. go ahead. >> so i thought i'll

and to department of public health. it's a public health and not a police issue. you know people in jail cannot even pay to get out. it's time to look at things different. it's all about house. if you knew where people were housing wise we would know where people are at all times and they have a permanent address. people are doing the same thing indoors and outdoors of these hotels and apartments. we could not blame anyone. animals know how to live on the land. humans need to know how to live on the land. we could not let the rich take the housing. as you see the citizens voted to stop letting people use their apartments as hotels. that is what is happening in the city. when people don't have anywhere to stay, that's where they stay, they are going to use the restroom. that's because people in this country are not concerned about humanity. where are people supposed to live. people have been here no more than 3 years. i have been here 26 years. it's better than it's been. trust me. i moved from san diego where there was