this is an action item. commissioner campos: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an action item. we have a motion by commissioner carmen chu and seconded by john i. avalos. can the tip of without objection? please call item three. >> chair's report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: i want to make a brief report. first of all, thank you for the opportunity to serve as the chair of the transportation authority. it has been a very busy first month and wanted to report on a number of things. first of all, we have some issues that come out -- came up in terms of the funding of the second phase for the presidio parkway. we just had a meeting with the mayor to discuss that. as you may be aware, that project will be delivered through a public-private partnership. we are very excited to see that move forward. as you know, the first phase is nearing completion. the public-private partnership provides an opportunity to

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this is an action item. >commissioner campos: before we take any action, do we have any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion by david chiu, seconded by commissioner farrell. without objection? please call item 3. >> chairs report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we do not presently have a permanent chair. unless there is an objection, we are going to skip the item. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item four. >> the executive director's report. this is an information item. >> good morning. i have a fairly extensive annual report that i need to make later in the agenda. so in deference of your time, i will skip making a separate report. the only thing i would like to do in place of that report is to offer a warm welcome to commissioner christine al-awlaki as a new member of the board. -- a olaguolague to the transpon board. >commissioner campos: i would also like to we

this is an action item. supervisor campos: -legally, are we required to take action today on this item? i know that time is running short. >> mr. chairman, the statute requires that i bring you an annual report in january. i think it is important that you hear a presentation. however, i am informed by counsel that we have complied with the spirit of the law, by bringing the item to the board and making it available to the public. i would still like to say that to your pleasure, we can go over this in february. the fact that -- february. supervisor campos: the fact that it is presented is enough to meet requirements? >> yes. i think it is better to delay the action, but consider the item as presented to you and the board. supervisor campos: colleagues, we will take public comment, but unless there is an objection, i would be inclined to bring this item back to us for a future meeting. let's open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on item number seven? seeing no

action takes many different forms. some individuals take individual action by themselves. others form groups and take group action. but the common thread among all the action is to better the community, to right a wrong, to stop an injustice. and unfortunately, h.i.v. and aids needed action on all those fronts. we are joined here today by members of san francisco general hospital, 5-a, 5-b and 8 of. i was moved to see all of them in the circle. 20 years ago, 10 years into it, and over 10,000 lost in this community, some individuals decided to take action. they decided to not stay in the dark, but instead to forge a path toward the light. and they gathered in solidarity to merely plant the seeds of life in honor of those lives that were not with us any longer. and just like 30 years ago, we had no idea what was coming, so, too, the individuals that came into this space 20 years ago had no idea what they were going to create. because what has been created here is sustaining for all-time. a memorial is a marker in history to tell future generations about what occurred . the i

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the board took no action. five more years passed before the board finally revoked his license for failing to meet the standards of medical care in the case of janet and the other patient. >> there is something wrong with the system when people die and it takes five years to look at something and move to action. >> reporter: the delay in the ramierez case isn't isolated. investigators examined hundreds of pages of disciplinary records for 49 doctors slapped with serious actions since december of 2010. suspensions or revocations. in some cases 7 years for formal action to be taken. in more than a third , the board took two years to initially suspend or revoke a doctor's license. the board's chairman tells us quote there are cases where the board has dropped the ball. >> the board has limited resources. we have to prioritize and if we find a case that warrants urgent action we prioritize that and go forward with it. >> reporter: while the cases are reviewed we found doctors are treating patients. even when the al

this is an action item. commissioner campos: this is an item that comes from the plans and programs committee. if i could not turn it over to the staff -- now turn it over to the staff. no presentation. before we take action on this, is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? please come forward. >> commissioners, this is $15 million that you are going to spend on a technology that is supposed to improve our light rail and other systems work. i was surprised, even though this was discussed at the plans and programs, nothing much was said. i suppose everything is in place and that san francisco, in the year 2012, and the mta, have a state-of-the-art communications -- that you are all looking forward to a broadband width that helps facilitate and eliminate a lot of the accidents that have taken place in the past. you commissioners should know, part of the system has some sound communications. part of the system is still manually operated in the year 2012. the maintenance facility

have a later action and of the board has not already taken action on the ordinance, your later action would be to convey to the board and be part of the record. commissioner antonini: i would favor the later action, though i doubt they will take action by march 1. i will move to continue to march 1. >> your motion needs to be to continue item 15. all of you can participate in that vote and commissioner fong cannot participate in that vote. >> on the motions to continue -- people still want to talk on this? commissioner sugaya: could i understand what we are going to do on march 1? why are we having another hearing? >> it would be helpful if you could identify the elements you are wanting to concentrate on. >> if we are going to continue this, i would ask that we get to the staff of what those points are so they can incorporate them into their amendments. commissioner sugaya: i don't like the old process. obviously, nothing is going to happen here, no matter what we do. it seems like we are getting the runaround, so to speak. the role of the planning commission has been reduced to mere

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before action is taken, let's open it up to public comment. >> good afternoon. i represent the san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization in the city. i know you'll probably get through the agenda pretty quickly today, but i cannot let this moment pass without saying how important it has been for myself and other advocates that commissioner campos has exercised the incredible leadership on this issue. between him and ed harrington at the at that -- at the sfpuc, we have made incredible advances because of that leadership. i would just say that i would very much second the idea of having supervisor of a los -- supervisor of a lusby the vice- chair, because i have worked with them on various grassroots issues for very long time, and i think that he would be a very good advocate. there things coming up that i will suggest later that will be helpful on a digital inclusion that we should start taking up here, too. i think the commissioner would be excellent for that, as well. i wholeheartedly support both your motions. supervisor campos: thank yo

obviously the lesser actions specifically of the new director? >> are mr. chairman, there are, that's the greatest danger here, it is volume of risk. the volume of risk is expansive, unlike the situation that congressman davis was describing, which is, well, every bit of litigation is subject to appeal, right? i mean, so what is the difference? what we are talking about here is an agency that is acting independent with the nlrb, it's not one or two of the cases that may be brought to appeal by one of the litigants, it's every case that they decide, it's every regulation that they implement, it every official action that they take, and that effects real people with real rights that could be hurt. two examples, a situation where an employer is told by the nlrb this coming year that they have to legally relocate work from one manufacturing plant -- >> you mean maybe to south carolina. >> let say south carolina, sir. >> wait a second, that one got sort of dropped once the union got what they wanted. go ahead and continue. >> let's said west virginia,

here we have affirmative action that is yet again going to be looked at by the united states supreme court. are you troubled by that decision? >> i'm troubled to some degree that the united states supreme court is going to revisit the question of affirmative action. affirmative action is simple a process, a step to include people who have been left out and left behind, to affirm participation of all american citizens, not just african-americans, but white, latinos, asian americans, asian americans and women. we must create a society based on civil justice that we all have certain rights under the law. >> do you think there will be a rolling back of affirmative action programs based on the fact that they're looking at them. >> it is my hope that we will not go back, we have made too much progress and we must continue to move down this road toward the creation of a more perfect union, it's part of our calling, it's part of our mission. >> is affirmative action still a vital part of the black community's advancement in society? >> i think it's still a process to move people toward a lev

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, to have action ready to report to the mtc. commissioner campos: it would be helpful to hear from the department of public works. is there ever presented a from the department of public works here? >> good morning, commissioners. i did not catch your question. commissioner campos: how is it that we got to this point that we are talking about the potential to lose millions of dollars and are asking for approval from this commission at the very last minute? i know that commissioner kim has specific questions >> of want to echo the director's comments. this is not an item that we are happy to bring to the commission today. we spent six months tried to overcome an environmental her role on the project before we initiative conversations about design. there have been some issues with this project from the beginning, not just the community -- the lack of community support. while we are sad to see we will not be able to continue, at least the implementation of the project now, we want to let you know we have a plan to move forward in t

or refuses to fund part of its actions. that happens from time to time. now, you might have a senate that decides not to confirm somebody to a particular position. perhaps because of the qualifications of the individual or perhaps they have concerns about the office or the power that that officer might wield. and i believe that it's not improper for congress to raise those concerns, raise substantive concerns about the office itself when going through the nominations process. it is at the end of the existence prerogative to confirm or nothing from and there's nothing in the text, the original understanding or the history of the constitution that suggests that the senate's prerogative to provide advice and consent to presidential nominations be the consent in fact has to be granted. >> in other words, if they so disagrees with the law, then it's your opinion that they are within their rights under the constitution to basically say i'm not going to vote to confirm a nominee, is that right? >> right. >> the underpinning law speed yes, and precisely the same

the federal appeals court banned the affirmative action. but justice o'connor has been exceeded by samuel. he wrote: right now students in the top 10% of texas high schools are automatically admitted into that state's public university system. miss fisher missed the cut off and was put in to other things that were considered like work experience and community service. the last time the supreme court ruled on affirmative action and why are they taking this up now? >> probably a simple head count. the court is much more conservative. and keegan was a very strong vote likely in favor of texas. and the swing justice, justice kennedy voted previously against the position of sandra day o'connor in the case you just mentioned. but the odd thing is really timing. one of the most controversial parts of the o'connor decision is she sort of arbitrarily said we're going to allow this to happen for 25 more years, and a lot of people viewed that as why 25 years even justice brensberg and breyer would not sign on to that opinion. but even under that analy

and taking enforcen't actions. and prior to january 4th, the actions taken in the bureau's name reference this power a presumably were approved by this secretary and his need. now, of course, all they are doing to do that. if that authority is held illegal, all the bureau's actions, including those that have recently been taken under this treasury secretary's department will be imbalanced. what previously had been clear power to exercise some of the bureau's all right authority has been replaced by significant uncertainty with respect to all the bureau's authority. to take an example on the remittance's rule that is going to go into effect on february 7th and that the bureau just issued could be challenged on this basis even though it could have been issued under the treasury secretary's authority. the same is true of the mortgage underwriting rule that is now being finalized by the bureau. you have a situation where actions that would have been lawful, at least couldn't have been challenged on the authority basis

is affirmative action discriminatory?ocal college students here in new york stand on the issue. >> my niem is at i cuss brigham. i'm a junior at nyu and i'm co-chair of the editorial board at the washington square news, nyu's student newspaper. we wrote about affirmative action this week. our general thesis is that race conscious dmigsz policy is necessary as long as systemic racial inequality is inconstitutionalized in america but also i think many students believe that the goals of the civil rights era have been achieved and america's somewhat post-racial regardless of how accurate those assessments are. they seem to be more widespread than they were so a decade ago. >> i feel that affirmative action is a good thing. it probably was more of a good thing in the past. >> universities shouldn't take into account race as a factor in admissions. >> it really isn't a big deal anymore. >> i'm particularly indifferent to affirmative action because it doesn't necessarily apply to me right now because everything that i'm getting

that's what affirmative action tried to correct. host: willy, what's your take on the "baltimore sun" this morning saying some states have sort of put forth kind of a compromise? that is that you don't do affirmative action based on race you do it on economic levels and therefore, race is out of the picture, but you end up getting more minorities and also low income white students as well? caller: well, to be honest, i believe at this stage in america , ok i think most organizations or corporations believe, do believe that sbe investigation is a good thing. it's good have different ideas. people coming from different backgrounds. everybody's not going have the same qualifications, but access -- getting back to my original point, access of course, it discriminates. but it's correcting something about a people that we're discriminated against for 363 years. host: ok. got your point. "wall street journal" front page. the obama administration will propose lowering the top income rate to 28% from 35% but would likely raise taxes overall

but i have one more thing to say to you since you are anti-affirmative action.le are still going to question you and other people of color's qualifications. that will continue until we change our minds about race and racism and confront it honestly. >> cenk can i say one more thing? >> real quick, yes. >> if you really want to start attacking the whole mechanism, i say why don't we start looking at the preferences given to legacy students. the children of alumni because they receive many preferences. >> i couldn't agree more. i don't want people to misunderstand me, when they say, look at this they probably got in here because they are black or latino or whatever they might say. what about all of those kids who's dad went into princeton. >> right. >> so i totally hear you on that. and white people ought to be a little concerned, because when we took away affirmative action in california, what happened? schools became all asian. i mean keep it real. okay? not all, but asians wound up getting a huge advantage out of it. but guys i'm going to press on this again. l

now options action fans are on a caffeine high. with the clock ticking, they only want to know one thing. what will dan do now. right before we answer that question, let's see how much money was made. you're at about 26%. that's good. dan's call calendar can be sold today for 2 $.60. a return of 52%. now, this might be a case of being too right on the trade. >> it's interesting since we laid out the trade on friday, the implied move ticked up a bit. by the time you got the trade on, you almost had to a ju the strike. so it was a tough one. for me what i did was i took the modest gain. when you look at how much you could have made if you were long on the stock, i didn't have the conviction to buy the stock. it was a controversial name. i like the way it set up. not a big gain. >> if you had to put a trade back on green mountain, would you go the opposite route? down at this point? >> the stock held it. the short interest was so high. this is what pushed me over the line. 22% going in. the shorts are still covering this. in a lot of

i have several specific actions that i would like you to do. the first one is to direct the city attorney and all city agencies to refuse any request for informational about our medical canada's program -- canada's program that is not available but public request unless under the direction of a subpoena. and requires city agencies that receive requests from the federal government to convey that information to the board of supervisors to the task force. in the second one i am asking you to do is introduced and passed an ordinance in directing and our city attorney jose office to reschedule the petition to marijuana. will be the first to send a strong central to the state of california that they should file san francisco's lead. my third request by the board of supervisors is to follow up to the board posey said yuri a., 2012 letter to the president obama pursuant ordinance no. 297-062 more appropriately reflect the circumstances of the -- and make clear that the laws are neither welcome or warranted. please protect and defend the safe access. >>

one was supporting the action we took on power rates and that was appreciated. they also raised a question about the money we provide to city apartments for their services for work orders and it suggests a couple of things. one is we try not to let those increase in to the next budget and we establish a nexus between what we pay and what we get. one thing that would help in approaching that -- i'm not sure what the appropriate budget resolution would be but if we could have a listing of what those work orders are and what they are projected to be in the next few years and a sentence that talks about what is at work, that would be very helpful. >> any other comments? >> yes. are we provided a one pager as to how much this budget is proposed to be cut? how many positions are not going to be hired so we have a macro view of the budget as opposed to individual departments? >> you have not been provided with that. at the next meeting, we can do that. you will find some much there are that many cuts. >> i think that is important, but it is also important, the various

. >> we want to see actions, we don't want to see talk.e're really tired of talk and talk and talk. we've seen no actions at all. the syrian president still has his legitimacy. until now no country said this president lost his legitimacy. until now. why did they not say that? why does he still have his legitimacy after all the killing he did? >> and that activist is talking about this weekend's lack of action from the united nations. the security council rejected a resolution to call for president bajar assad to step down, stop the violence. china and russia are the reason they voted against it. meanwhile, syrians scrambling every minute with the sky hailing on them. it seems that way, anyway, with constant shelling. cnn can't confirm the details because syria has restrictions on journalists. we do have some live in washington. we talk about the latest on the american reaction to this international crisis. the decision to close the embassy obviously not taken lightly. it does send a diplomatic message. but it was also done for safety reaso

and then, an action movie with no stuntmen. real life navy seals using real life ammo, join the fworn tonight. . >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> hello, everybody, thank you. thank you very much. grit audience. and we're delighted to have you, welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. well, over the next ten days, i'm going to be in israel taking a group of about 175 people to see firsthand this remarkable nation. and stallwart american ally and we're going to travel, and naturally visiting the biblical and historical sites that have shaped world history and bed rock for faith thousands of years. i've often said that reading the bible before a trip to israel is reading it it in black and white. after visiting this incredible land it's like reading it in living color. we will of course visit not only the places made famous from the old and new testaments, but make sure those who go with me have a clear understanding why the happenings in a country the size of about new jersey d

it would have had to have taken an action that goes to the board of supervisors. >> if i may, these actions have to be interpreted by ordinance. in the landmark designation, whether under article 10 or 11. commissioner borden: i want to make them act. >> so you leave it as it is? commissioner antonini: leave it in there. president miguel: is there a second to this motion? commissioner borden: i will second. commissioner antonini: one question. i believe we already have language that allows some flexibility in the secretary's standards as part of the legislation and has been drafted. commissioner sugaya: my understanding, if i might, is the secretary standards are there. but then the department, the commission, and the hpc will enter into the process of creating new guidelines -- president miguel: interpreted guidelines. commissioner antonini: so it is already in there. i think there is a 4-2 vote on that, with a modified language, so that is fine with me. >> may i ask for a brief clarification? do you want to add a time limit to statements in article 11 that you added to article 10, that if

even then, the board took no action. five more years passed before the board finally revoked ramirez's medical license for failing to meet the standards of quality medical care in the case of janet and the other patient. >> there's something wrong with the system when people die and it takes five years to look at something and then move to action. >> reporter: but the delay in the ramirez case ÑÑsn't isolated. abc 2 news investigated hundreds of pages of disciplinary records of 49 doctors slapped with serious actions since december of 2010. things like suspensions or a revocation. in some cases, it took seven years for formal action to be taken. in more than a third of the cases, the board took at least two years to initially suspend or revoke a doctor's license. the board's chairman sells tells us, quote, there are cases where the board legitimately dropped the ball. >> the board has limited resources. we have to prioritize. if we find a case that warrants immediate urgent action, we prioritize that and go forward with

could be counted on to back them up if they have to take action.he israelis have never asked us to join with them in a military action, never. i think a americans don't know that. we've supplied arms and we've supplied equipment, even planes, but we have never supplied soldiers to an isreali action. israel has never asked us for that. but we've always provided what i would call cover. we've provided a clear directive that we were behind israel and supported them. israelis that i talk to today, naftali, do not feel that they are confident that this administration would stand behind an isreali action. is that the view on the streets in israel right now? >> yes, it is, governor. for the first -- for the past three years america's administration has squandered the ability to impose crippling and even paralyzing sanctions on iran. the sanctions being imposed now are too little too late. we do not know for sure that america will be there for us in this current administration, and that's why we are concerned. we are being told israel, do not attack iran,

is this right for action today? of >> i would introduce a motion. >> and a second. >> any discussion? >> any public comment? seeing no one, miss jackson? >> would this include -- is the separate from the southeast facilities coming into town? >> and none of the security deposits referencing these motions belong to the southeast. >> i am just going to restate that my understanding, as i am meeting pretty consistently with staff, ms. lewis, getting a pretty clear understanding of the southeast facility. as long as there is nothing related to that, i am perfectly ready to move forward. i have kind of taken it on myself to move forward with a goodç relationship with staff n this. ç>> your answer to ms. jackso's question was that there was nothing in here that affected the a semblance? >> correct. this motion has to do with some low rent security leases and permits, where we collect very miniscule increases every year in security deposits. in response to audits that it suggested that we obtain a resolution. we do not h

is this right for action today? of >> i would introduce a motion. >> and a second. >> any discussion? >> any public comment? seeing no one, miss jackson? >> would this include -- is the separate from the southeast facilities coming into town? >> and none of the security deposits referencing these motions belong to the southeast. >> i am just going to restate that my understanding, as i am meeting pretty consistently with staff, ms. lewis, getting a pretty clear understanding of the southeast facility. as long as there is nothing related to that, i am perfectly ready to move forward. i have kind of taken it on myself to mov