i have been since the seventies. i am here to tell you that negotiated settlements that have been made over the past 30 years have not worked. i produced a film about the san joaquin river which had so much water to get out of it, as you no kak that sections of it, literally run dry. i have been swimming in the bay and i can tell you that the bay itself is saltier than it used to be because we get less water flowing down from the rivers. i i urge you to support the state water board's plan because it is adaptive management. it is a compromise. it is science-based. and it will work to protect the environment and the cities. i have been sitting here for several hours listening to people's say things about your plan and it almost feels like, if you say it often enough, it it will be true. but that is not the case. so i am kind of embarrassed as a san francisco resident that you are taking this position to try to thwart this plan that has been in the works for so many years. if you took a survey of san francisco residents

i have never got good vibes from him. but it's so funny to hear you say you loved to watch me fence. i felt like i've combated the notion that is a black athlete all i can bring to the table is strength. one of my strongest things is my sense of timing. i've been told your points are lucky, that's something i've heard throughout my career that i've been riding this wave of luck. to be black and fencing, to be a muslim woman and not only go to the olympics for team usa in metal, there is nothing lucky about that. [applause] [applause] >> it is so true. do you want to talk about writing? >> let's talk about the writing process. at one point did you decide you are going to write proud and what was it like? >> to be honest, i never thought about writing a book. when the idea came about to tell my story is like way, this has to happen because i think if i was a kid and i had read the story of struggle, try out and all the obstacles and saw that it's possible to come out on top, i think it would have changed how i saw myself. i

i have it constantly on my brain. i was in new york during 9/11. i think i have, i have a phobia. maybe not a phobia but my thing is technology and you've you have talked about this too. open-air events drones. if you do it over a football game that's it. terrorists learn a few of the what happened today. he was at a hotel over group. i think about this stuff way more than i should. sorry to bring everybody down. >> what about unicorns? do you have any questions on unicorns? >> what is there that's going right in the world? he has nothing positive to say. we will move on. >> the atkins diet. i like those shakes the rob lowe was selling. they are amazing. how do you stay so thin? i hate fish. why do you eat that stuff? it's the world's toilet. also i don't eat meat. if you look at fish you see what you are eating. i find that i'm comfortable. stupid eyes. >> here's a question from sierra high school is of 68. >> wow. >> they note that jesse waterston mother watches your show. is your mom alive? >> she passed away five years ago. thanks for the question and bringing up that. your mom

i have codified equity. we know that unemployment is the number one contributor to recidivism, 30% of chronically homeless have criminal records and they need housing. >> according to our producers, two minutes. congressman, the new york times treated a video from a townhall "colinar where you said, kaepernick was right to raise the issue of racial disparity on the streets. he was wrong the way he raised the issue." >> i support their right to protest. it is first amendment. i think if you are going to raise an issue like that, you should do it in a way that brings people in. i thought that particular action divided america because he chose to do it on the national anthem. i understand and agree with the concept is doing i thought, they could have been done in a way that would bring more people into a discussion, rather than anger a lot. >> you thought it was the wrong tactic? >> it has become right, -- it was not that bad -- now that donald trump has called them out, of course they will do it. i do not like

having said that? tee10? >>pressley: i do not regret working hard to elect hillary clinton because elections have consequences. >>capuano: that is port -- part of the challenge i supported clinton i worked hard but i did work with bernie sanders i like him and respect him and his wife he is a good man with good ideas some i disagree and semi- agree i disagree with some of clinton's ideas i supported her for a number of reasons but i will tie you the biggest problem we have in the internal fight within the democratic party. we have to stop that if we have any hope or desire. >> for what? >>capuano: calling each other names you can disagree with someone if you're in the same chapter or the same book i i just thank you should be calling them names i don't think that's the way to defeat donald trump or to legitimately address and advance the agenda. >> we are also in a different place from the elections election sam point if we have an administration that will give tax breaks to the wealthy. >> yesterday we learned about one o

marcy and i have remained very because she thinks like i do. jobs inn't have america, there is going to be an economic push. today, i had a call from a businessman who had read jobshing about life and somewhere, and he said, if they had listened to you 20 years ago, we wouldn't be having this problem. i said, i know, but they all thought i was crazy at that time. and i wasn't. womenthat small number of , there were quite a few from maryland? >> at that time, there were four of us. >> get a special bond emerge between the two of you -- that a special bond emerge between you? >> any of us can call each other up if there is a need what they want something, and we have. we still occasionally have lunch together. i am a republican. barbara mikulski is a democrat. beverly byron is a democrat. marjorie hope is a republican. and connie marilla is a republican. we are still all here. think we are all sad that there hasn't been a woman outside of barbara in the house for some time now. when you first came to congress, was there anyone who served as a ment

i took time to prepare. even rania asked to have her three minutes, and i would ask in honor of her. it's not fair, it's arbitrary, and i don't think it's fair. >> i've already announced that. you have a minute 26 to go. >> okay. first of all, i'd like to say spitting can hardly be considered harm to an officer as she was slammed into the body of a police car and her body went limp. i am appalled. where is the use of force training? obviously this child has deep problems and psychological difficulty. we're supposed to help children, not throw them against the car. it's appalling. it's absolutely appalling that this can happen in our community, and we want an investigation outside of the police department to get something done here so this never, ever happens to a child in our community again. >> thank you. good evening, mr. harts. long time no see. >> did you miss me? i have to tell you, i'm extremely interested in the d.p.a., particularly as it indicates to reporting requirements between this commission and the sfpd, going forward,

i never liked the tariffs. never have. i he was calling about that. he was actually calling to talk about his logic. we talked about a lot of different things. then he said, i'm sure you must have mentioned the national economic council, but it wasn't about that. he said let's keep talking, no one knows we are having this conversation. i will call you tomorrow. he was actually calling to talk about his logic.monday. he did. monday afternoon i came, we had another long talk. this time, he didn't mention the national economic council, how it was working, what the issues were, trade issues, tax cut issues, lots of things. he was in a very loquacious mood. but he was talking more directly about that. there are some people who think he offered me a job on the second call. i didn't think he did. but he said he would call me tuesday. sunday, monday, yeah, tuesday. he got a hold of me. i was having dinner in midtown new york. we have a group that has dinner. i had to get up and walk out to take the call. it was very crowded. it was pouring rain and very cold.

i have my little red button. and i ran hard. >> in any of those campaigns, did you receive support from women's groups? helen: no. they were not active in maryland at that time. i received help from the maritime people. mostly. i had a limited amount from women's groups. we did not have -- who are the ones today? >> like now? the national organization for women? helen: no, now, there are others. there were none of those active. you had to do it on your own. that is where i went. fortunately, i had the support of labor, i had the support of workers, and even though i had the support of labor, not the union heads, but the members who lived in my district, were very supportive. and they voted for me. and i was elected. it may have had something to do with reagan, i don't know. but it helped. >> was there anyone key moment in that election in 1984, -- you felt like you turned a corner, was there an event that happened? helen: not really. we just kept day in and day out on the issues. we never let an hour pass that we

i have been effective, i have gotten things done. i worked on a water resource flexibility bill. will help the city of omaha have more flexibility in their planning for the sewer separation project and it will cut costs for those citizens who live in that city. i worked for sherrod brown who stands on the floor of the senate every week and talks about climate change. he and i agree that the nuclear regulatory commission should have more flexibility in using new technology when they're looking at plans for nuclear power plants as we will support that. i worked with cory booker on a number of issues, and i have gotten things done by reaching across the aisle. >> senator fischer, this is for what areassimilar, are important to you and you do not think it is appropriate to compromise? sen. fischer: i believe there are compromises that can be made on most issues, but on core principles that we hold, there are not compromises. for me, i am pro-life, and i believe in the value of each life here to compromise in any way and to say that i would support abortion after 20 weeks, for example

i want to thank you for having me here today. i know you have a tough decision to make. cathy is an amazing leader. i want to share mytor story. at 16 i got pregnant. got connected to the institute to provide the two generational approach. internship and early care and education. i have been connected to the institutedtor 23 years as you client and now as chief operations officer of the organization. i have been committed to early childhood education. i saw the need for innovative approach between ece and k-12 system. ism advocate for system change to use my voice to represent those that don't get the opportunity to express what is working but what is not working in the system. as being a representative and advocate we have made it a point the ensure we offer services to different communities within san francisco. we serve about 350 children in san francisco, two sites. in the bayview valley and one in the mission. we have been around since 1971 providing ece services. it is turning 130 years. we are one you have the oldest nonprofits. currently i am the chief operations

i have been living in san francisco for almost 30 years. i wanted to talk about something that i haven't really heard. as a medical epidemiologist. we need to compare apples to apples. as a representative from a family, i consider us local experts on ice cream in san francisco. we need to compare a scream to ice cream. there are no homemade san francisco organic ice cream shops in the union square area. when i heard about the plan, i was so excited. i am not a shopper. everyone else in my family is. i would go down there to that truck to get the ice cream and i will pay for all the things everyone wants to buy in union square for my family. to me, it is a win-win. there may be other ice cream places, they are not the type of calibre of ice cream places. they are scattered throughout the city. this union square area is underserved in terms of excellent top-quality ice cream. thank you, very much. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i also spoke the last time we were here. i want to say that this is really frustrating. if this reheari

i have a secure life. i was always thinking of my college love missing her wondering what she was doing and wondering whether or not she was happy. when i think about her i convince myself that i would never again be happy and only abide dying and going to heaven would i ever again be happy. so i spent close to 40 years of my life yearning for death thinking of all kinds of ways i could kill myself. eventually begging god to take me right then, that i was ready to go. but all of this changed in august of 1999. at that time i was teaching a lazy sunday school class at a church in downtown -- it was a small class. i hadn't been teaching long and i didn't know the members well at all. one morning i was simply visiting with one of the members. we were sharing with each other information about our families. she began telling me about her son who was an artist and she told me that he was such a kind and awful person especially to his grandmother. and it was about then that i thought came into my mind like a light

what i have told them is only the beginning. teaching a student who i know is going to completely change gears when they go to college and they never will pick up a violin again there is so much that i need to tell them. in plain violin, it is so difficult. there is so much more information to give. every day i think, oh, my gosh. i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. think that

i don't have the other products, but don't worry, i would have your products. indra: i appreciate it. david: what about snack products? how are you trying to make them healthier? indra: a single bag of lays has less salt than a slice of bread. so you should eat your bag of lays with a smile on your face. david: i'm sure i would eat it with a smile on my face, but i wonder whether i would gain some weight. indra: you exercise, you play whatever. david: not enough. ♪ ♪ david: you've been the c.e.o. more than 10 years, and most ceos of fortune 500 companies are probably for five years or so. so you've done very well. the stock is up 67% since you have been the c.e.o. is it harder to be a c.e.o. now than it was 10 years ago? indra: i think when you look at theldst dade, the financial crisis in fact changed the world enormously, because you've had since then, really the world has not recovered from the fi you've had geopolitical upheavals all across the world. on top of that, technology disruption is rewriting the rules. what kinds of jobs will you keep in the compan

i have been at hunter's point for a very long time and i now have a clot in my left atrium and i have had a heart transplant and i'm waiting on a kidney. and i do believe that it all came from living up there for 50 years. that's all i wanted to say, thank you. >> chair cohen: thank you. all right, public comment is closed. thank you. so, coa colleagues, i'd like to table item 15 and approve item 16 and move that with a positive recommendation and send this to committee and cent i send it asa committee report. supervisor stefani? indicated yes for the record. and if you have any clarification on anything let us know so that we can get to the information that you need as well as a timeline and answer whatever questions that may persist about the proposed tax measure. and we will take that without objection. thank you. all right. madam clerk, any other business before us. >> clerk: no other business. >> chair cohen: okay. thank you, we're adjourned. >> good morning, everyone and thank you for coming my name is rosy form treasurer of the united states and the form of empowerment 2020. >>

>> you know, i feel like i have so made different people in my life who helped me believe that i could arrive at this moment in time that have planted the seed so that also watered it to help it grow to what it is today. when i think of athletes like kareem and dual jabbar or others i remember as a kid thinking like how are they playing and fasting. i could barely make it to lunchtime. i thought i was dying, but to see these athletes, to see how they can compete at the highest level of sports and fast, to see athletes like serena and venus williams to be unapologetic about who they were as black athletes in the tennis world, to me there were some parallels to my career as a fencer and if you like it wasn't something that i could directly relate to because i was, you know, not even a blip on a map of fencing when they were really starting to ascend within the sport of tennis. i think that watching them allowed me to unconsciously grab my aspirations as an athlete and i have always wanted-- i want this generation to see a muslim athlete be successful. i want our generation to continue to

i do not work for a foreign government and never have. i know this amazing discussion about how i make money every day, which i appreciate very much, but i write books. workn you talk about the you have done with t-mobile on the sprint deal? have you talked to the president about this deal, and do you anticipate approval of this sprint/t-mobile deal by the federal government? mr. lewandowski: i have no idea about approving and not approving mergers. that is outside of my realm. it is for the department of justice and those guys to make the determination. look, i do not get paid by t-mobile. i have been very clear about that. is, there are all kinds of companies who want to understand opportunities that exist within the government. that ill hire companies have strategic relationships with, all kinds of people, that i tell how it works. no difference than reince priebus or sean spicer or anybody else who leaves the government and says we know the people inside and let me tell you about the mindset to something. if the t-mobile deal was going

i have to be selfish as well. age means i am not getting younger and i want to do one more big executive role. francine: in insurance? inga: not necessarily. it might be. francine: do you feel like you have done everything you wanted to do? there was a big loss in 2017. if you had had more time at lloyd's of london, would you have not gone out with bigger banks? inga: the philosophy is driven by natural catastrophe. that was the biggest thing. at $12 billion, it cost the lloyds market but that is what we are here for. we are here to provide that financial compensation when things go wrong. we know that is what we do. it was not a shock. we have to expect it. we modeled for these large catastrophes. we have to fix underlying profitability in non-catastrophe type business. that is what we are focused on. francine: what is the role of hedge funds in your industry and lloyd's of london? inga: lloyd's of london has changed over the years. it used to be funded by lots of individuals. individuals would put their own mone

i would not have enjoyed myself. so, you know, the -- so i ask my boss, i said, i also need a serious raise, because i had two jobs. all my life, i had two jobs. i was not only at the white house, the executive pastry chef, but i'm the one that catered the first professional pastry program in washington, d.c. okay. i started that. and we were producing about chefs a year, because there was no pastry chef in washington. so i did that for ten years. so i told mr. gary water, i said, i cannot do that anymore. i cannot do two jobs. i would be finishing at the white house some night at 11:00 after a state dinner and them go home, sleep a couple of hours, and back to the white house the next day, and then that evening, probably to the school to teach for four, five horsurs. so that was a very rough time for me, very rough time. so anyway, he said, yes, to the pastry kitchen and the raise. and after a while, i was not hearing from him and i said, you haven't come back to me about the money. are you paying me something? he sa

so while i don't know we have exhaustive analysis to compare, i think we have seen significantly better compliance which ms. bryson said has safety and reliability benefits so the agency does recommend when we are doing transit-only lanes to make them more effective to paint them red. >> chair c. brinkman: i think the people have issue with the transit-only lane, not necessarily that it's red, or am i misunderstanding that? >> we hear both. >> so my first question was about the red, i think we have covered that, thank you. and the second question is exactly as director borden said about transit-only and whether a bus, 10 people or more being allowed to be in there will have some effect. now there's calls for studies and so forth and so on, we actually have some live time empirical experience we have some red carpet lanes these private busses could drive in under the way they are signed, correct? >> that's correct. most of our lanes are signed for bus and taxi state definition of 10 or more passengers. >> what is the feedback from data or operators whether having that signed that way as

remember, i get that you have opinions, and i get that you have life experiences, and i get that i don't know virtually anyone in this room, but i hope i've made my case. but you add the arrogance to that, and it's a bit of a deadly combination. right? and finally, entitlement to people of color's bodies. feeling really entitled to their labor, their emotion allay boar, their psychic -- emotional labor, their psychic labor, just reaching in and violating their space, right? a social worker who specializes in racial trauma talks about in particular black people only having dominion over their own bodies for just the last, say, 20 plus years. right? so in that a black -- so that a black man solemnly, respectfully and quietly going down on one knee causes us to erupt with umbrage. you will not control your own body. that's white fragility. when any of that is interrupted, all right, white fragility ensues. so i have never had to build my capacity really. i mean, i think part of being white is not having to bear witness to the pain of rayism on people of color -- of racism on people of color

notve a copy and i have read it yet because i am doing phd work and i am reading lots so i have not had time for normal books, but i intend to read it. i have been reading her for years. please welcome salena zito. [applause] >> we were having this discussion offstage about it. my wife from south georgia, i told her a pecan is something you flesh, but she is committed to it being applied. salena: we are going to do a cooking book and we should have a cooking show because he and i were comparing recipes all the time on line. >> is it true you want had a pie company? [laughter] did.a: i i was completely burned out. my kids were young. i did not want to work outside the home. soid not want to leave them, i figured i am italian. i can beg. i am a very good pie-maker. only old people will get that. [laughter] salena: but yes, so i went around to different restaurants, and i lived an entire summer off of that pie company. my old sister, growing up, was very much a tomboy, and her favorite team of any sport ever and still is, the steelers, and she worked for the steelers, which maybe we should

i have a reflection of prayers. i have kind of a joke beach novel. i don't even know who the author is on that. i have a book that was written by a friend called how to repair a piano bench, which is kind of, just kind of come at a self-help that are reflected one. what else do i have? on the nightstand right now. oh, i just finished one, i just finished one by a priest in los angeles who ran a home for young people who have just been released from prison, kind of reentry, and i got his second book that is sitting there as well. it's kind of a random hodgepodge of what do i feel like tonight, and how tired and my? isn't one of wha want to think t and reflect, or save for tomorrow? it's a big list. either way, i have all of the so supreme court opinions. me? youon't but those by my bedside though. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading.rs. send us your summer reading list. list. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. [applause] >> hi. thank you all for joining us tonight. i'm going to everyone get settled for a second here. thank you a

i think that is how my father must have felt. inst the creeping conviction that i might be completely useless also. at such times i understand that my father would not have wanted me to be like him. that has taken a lot of time to work through. my mother was very good after my father ‘s death about it. when you think about somebody being incredibly low, you just think, iam being incredibly low, you just think, i am so ordinary, such a com plete think, i am so ordinary, such a complete non— person and do not want my darling son to be like me. nowadays some of the taboos have been broken, talking about mental illness and it was not true when you we re illness and it was not true when you were a child. was that difficult to write? suppose it not because he is dead. i have been very lucky that all my family have been very supportive, my brothers and my sister, in saying things like that because i think they filled the same way about it eats. —— field. i never felt that i should not say because everybody... there is probably not a fami

i have spoken in sun, rain, mud. no matter how much but i tried through, hayes will not tread on me --hate will not tread on me. wake up america. he's going to be our president until 2024 because of people like that. donald trump is your president. you have tot mean separate ties than someone like the president. we'll keep it carrying on. i am from new york city. i do not care how many people told me not to come. i came for a reason. i traveled from biggest to be here. i am going to make it happen anywhere you can. it is such a shame because the only time i see predominantly white groups is a black lives matter rally. it is ridiculous. it was only white people here, america is not color blind. we are blinded by color. we have to open our eyes. i want to make america great again. stay american. if you are not american, don't you want to be? not america only. -- god bless.t press here right now have to be rotated outside. everybody here right now except for these two, everyone else can go -- everyone else has to go. all

you must have to do some soul-searching. >> i don't have many gifts but i do have self-awareness. know what i am good at and what i would not be good at. tim was absolutely the best choice for the state of south carolina. governor haley's decision has been validated on a daily basis and she picked him. number two, her picking tim scott was best for me. i got to watch you run state wide and watch you show up at barbecues and in towns i was not aware of were in the state. it's exhausting. and you have to raise a lot of money. i knew that if she picked someone like me or mick there would be others that ran the next time it was open. i'm not going to clear the field. once you run and are contested primary twice, i didn't want to do it. i didn't like being gone representing 16 of the state. i surely do not want to be gone having all the responsibilities that you had. you're expected to be in two places at the same time. it was best for the state that has been validated. but you also need to know what your strengths and weaknesses are. i would not have been a good senator. >> i am blesse

i have to have coffee or booze. if i write something really good, i drink a couple ago so wine and i notice it's the same level, like i know when to stop writing when i'm drunk. >> i noticed that when i was reading the book. >> that's coffee, that's beer. >> you can tell the repetition. he obviously doesn't remember he said that earlier. >> i want to reach you two of my favorite parts from your book. some descriptions of people and i want to ask you about the first one is about hillary clinton. you said quote hillary as the patch is still carpeting in the basement that absorbs the spills around it yet, and never gets dumped. it just gets moved around to another part of the room. in the my second one just received nobody is safe it says steve bannon is a circus peanut left out in the sun on a minivan dashboard. [laughter] >> i have no idea. it reminds me of a circus peanut, the color and the texture. do you know what a circus peanut is. be very careful on how you say. it's that horrible spongy candy. my that old? >> b

i said to them, you have got to pay your bills. the united states is paying close to 90% of the cost of protecting europe. and i think that's wonderful. i said to europe, i said folks, nato is better for you than it is for us. what happened is they asked a question. they have small countries, big countries. all these countries, we are supposed to protect them. i said it's very simple. you have got to pay up. you have got to pay your bill. somebody said sir, the president of a country calling me sir. that shows respect. i said yes, mr. president. he said would you leave us if we don't pay our bills? they hated my answer. i said i would consider it. you have to pay your bills. what if i said no, i won't leave you, you don't have to pay your bills i i promise we'll always protect you, then they are never going to pay their bills. so i said yes, i will leave you if you don't pay your bills. and you could see the check box coming out for billions of d checkbooks coming out for billions of dollars. i think we'll pick up $100 billion. then

i have to be honest right now. ma'am, i doubt seriously-- [inaudible] you are not older women and you are also white. >> i realize that. >> no, i realize you are saying that, but i want to be clear that we have to recognize what is going on with the real issues are. the majorities of our prison and jails are filled with black and brown people and the white people going in now are because they don't have the money, the money. it's going to take our community collectively to start speaking up and speaking against what's going on. right now, for a fact in new york city the governor has shut down so many things. there's hardly any programs. people have to stand up, older than you who have serious health issues have to be woken up 5:30 a.m. to stand up for a count and shot out of their seat and then again at 11:15 a.m. and then again at 2:00 p.m. and then again at 5:00 p.m. and then again during the night. they are doing this on purpose because of it as if that happened a couple years back and so the people in prison are

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and i have. and i had obamacare done except one guy at 2:00 in the morning went in and says, he went thumbs down. even though he campaigned for years, repeal and replace. but we have done a number on obamacare. we are coming out with tremendous healthcare plans. we have gotten rid of the individual mandate, the most of unpopular thing probably in our country. gone gone. no individual

i have asked the plan checker, and i think they have a lot of knowledge, but unfortunately i don't think that come back [bell ringing] this meet it is requirements. we have done a number of these and i can give you a certain page that says okay, 20% this and 10% this. i wasn't able to get a clear answer but i met with the plan checker four or five times so far and i have brought these things up, ab009 and he says how many times do you come and see me? i already told you this complyied with the city. >> okay, thank you sir. your time is up. >> only thing is i would like to request that the board of appeals upholds my building permits. >> clerk: thank you sir, your time is up. >> we will now hear from the appellant. >> i am leo branco. i am one of the owners and next door to mr. sigh syad's subject property. i received the plans late last night and spent the whole day in the city department and there were ap lot of things that were not addressed in the revised plan. the california and san francisco building code do not allow windows on the property line neither fire protected windows or sp

i have spent my life in service to our great country. [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] i learned a lot about from my father. he was the first in the family to go to college. he served in the navy and used his g.i. bill to get his law degree. he was driven to make a better life for his kids and his community. in 24 hours, when i was 12 years old everything changed. we went from a day of spending time with family to him not feeling well, to going to the hospital. he had a heart attack, and was stable but in the middle of the night he knew in his spirit that he was going to go be with the lord. he asked for his kids to come see him. him, blessed to visit with not really understanding what was going on. in that last conversation i had with my dad, he told me to make him proud. he suffered another heart attack the next morning at the age of 49, and he left us. those words make me proud. they were written on the parchment of my heart. this grief stricken journey of life without him, at times it has not been easy, but by god's grace i was

like, i just -- i have -- i actually have a very visceral reaction when i look at some of the design in those buildings. i think d-- i understand the design and the location, and the research. i think that was very thoughtful, but when it came to the amount of housing, and the amount of housing we could have, and the height and the density and the mix of incomes, i see that as a really big missed opportunity, particularly because it was redevelopment land. it wasn't just private land, it was redevelopment land, so that's what i mean. >> commissioner moore: i appreciate your explaining yourself and giving more subtlety to the question. let me say that we are blessed with a number of very, very good plans in the city. most and foremost, i think our urban design planners are strong and exemplary for the rest of the country. since that i am too, we have served many good plans. while they serve for a period of time, they then sit on the shelf and they are not used as guiding documents in areas like mission bay, which had six or ten plans by noted architects and planners, all of which were

as i might have been through google search back. i saw those have been in place. f course you know the time lines. i mean, we have talked about it a lot so you guys are aware of the timelines after that. one thing i want to point out, as a tenant here, from my point of view, and i'll be a tenant here and a tenant in other buildings, what i'm seeing is my landlord, he acquired the building last year and he has a notice of violation. actually, i'm not sure of the process but when you are going through this i learned many details here. he got a notice of violation. as a landlord, he had a lot of options and paths to go down but the first thing he did is this is a fire and safety issue i'll bring it up to code. no matter the cost and whatever, right. and he went ahead and he taught best and tried to upgrade the windows and then the whole process started rolling. now it has been kind of -- now if it turns out that this n.o.v. has been trying to make the windows fire safe, it's penalizing him in some way and punitively punish him it sets a bad precedent for anyone else w

i do not really have anything to add to this case. i am available for any questions that you may have. think you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> commissioners? >> i did not feel this met the criteria for a rehearing. i did not hear anything that was different. >> president fung: or that couldn't have been submitted earlier. >> commissioner honda: i agree. although i empathize with the project sponsor, this has not reached the bar for manifest in just. >> president fung: i am not in full agreement, but i am sensitive to the fact that the president, you did say, you didn't address the variance. but that was their opportunity. that was their opportunity as commissioner lazarus. they didn't do it. >> commissioner honda: in my case, even if they did, i don't feel my opinion would have changed. >> president fung: is there a motion? >> commissioner honda: i will make a motion to deny the rehearing request on the grounds that there was no manifest in just. >> so we have a m

i have always had to look over my shoulder. it not something that i like to put my family through. but i know that when i get the responses, it's touching their nerve. i know that i'm getting to them. and that means that i am on the right track. i was willing to die for something a long time ago that frankly was garbage. if somebody wants to hurt me now for doing the right thing i'm okay with that. but i do take these threats seriously. because white supremacist violence is on the rise. >> arraigned in district court today, 20-year-old james alex fields said he understood the charges against him. police say fields used his car to intentionally mow down a crowd of anti-hate demonstrators saturday, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. >> six months after the rally, alt-right websites claimed he is not a murderer, a martyr. forced to flee a crowd of violent protesters. >> the nationalist community defended itself against thugs. >> two self proclaimed white nationalists screamed that police, the media and counter protesters were to b

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