is that a decision that the rights advocate should make? curve that turned the alleged that that decision quite should a court make that decision? was that adjudicated? who do you see as the rightful judge? >> guest: that's a really interesting question. the short answer, all of the above. now the wrong answer -- i want people to think about right advocacy in this context as an intervention in the social field, an intervention that is a lot like policy. with human rights advocacy advance the human rights agenda or describe something as human rights or put pressure on governments or other organizations on the basis of human rights. but making it a policy intervention. there's some degree of power in this respect. but hank some people do this kind of social advocacy that think we don't have any power. were speaking truth to power. we are constraining the power of other people. in some contexts, certainly the live of human rights in the nongovernmental will have a great deal of power in international politics. one answer to the question is yes

dresser's advocates of that with commissioner -- megrassroots advocates met with commissioner olague. she has a good grasp of the importance of the localized renewable. that was heartening. it was my way of reminding us that for advocates, a product that moves forward without insurancassurance that that will happen is something we would not be thrilled about. let's make sure that does occur. we really want to see that it gets a lot lower than the 40%. in the meetings that we have had with lafco and puc staff, more and more this concept of rolling and customers at the beginning of the project has renewable and efficiency share owners. but buying in the shares for billing code-ownership, things like that, what local power is coming up with, an opportunity to introduce customers to a couple meetings ago, how they think that they can use this method of getting people to sort of buy and stood of rent into the system, buying instead of renting electricity. the main thing that they think they can accomplish is price parity with pg&e. we need to make sure they are still cooking the data, once

, to advocate for enough treatment, to advocate for reimbursement. that's the way i can do one giant 12-step call is to advocate for a different system that will help millions. but if we're not politically engaged, then we're leaving this to someone else. and if we could ever tap those 20-some million people in long-term recovery in this country right now to say that they're willing to put their hand up and be a face and voice of recovery, you change this overnight. because that would be a big difference. [ applause ] >> have you met or talked with people who have been helped by your legislation? >> yes, i have, in minnesota with several dozen people who have been benefitted. families who have come to break bread with me and tell me of their happy experiences. but, unfortunately, there's still more people every day who call me, literally every day, who call me who are still suffering and who can't access treatment. but there are some very, very rewarding and enriching personal experiences that have been related to me directly. >> does the u.s. govern

to keep advocating strongly how we can protect and nurture and make sure our society is of equalness. the flashbacks of being at the human rights commission, recalling the advocates that came to meet with me and said palin pour into this for a city to sign on to united nations convention to eliminate all forms of discrimination. [applause] that is still important. a decade later to realize we are one of the very only cities to have done that. how can we still be alone in this effort? we have a lot more work to do. if you do not continue advocating, if we do not have opportunities for you to speak out and for us to listen and to absorb and integrate into our policies, you'll have voices out there that suggest that the issues that women bring not our part -- to bring up our private matters. that cannot be accepted in a city like san francisco. [applause] i join you in recognizing international women's day. i thank you for this awards and recognition, but i want to make sure you are challenged and you are invited and you are encouraged to advocate to this administration. we will listen a

and to say to you that if you do not continue advocating, if we do not have opportunities for you to speak out enough for us to listen and to absorb and to integrate into our policies, then you are god have voices of their that suggest -- then you're going to have voices out there that suggest that the issues you bring out are private matters. that cannot be accepted in a city like san fran. -- like san francisco. [applause] i join recognizing international women's day. i personally thank you for this award and recognition. but i also want to make sure you're challenged and you are invited and you are encouraged to advocate with them and to this administration, because we will listen and we will act on it those things to make sure that we're more of an equal society and that we can provide perhaps leadership to other areas of the country that have yet to catch up. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are going to make a presentation that all the honorees are going to get today. it is from an incredible artists, wanda whitacre, who was over in the corner. she has done a series of por

but that's just now we're advocating in the proposal we're advocating the use of economic data and no i based on prior prior experimental trials based on projections of demand for products in the same way to authorities use to project the effects of mergers which is a methodology that how if you disagree with it but it's one that's been used for more than forty years but but my other side of the industry is the army analogy the n.d.a. analogy is very misleading ok patrick jump in but also i think fundamentally i mean the problem i have is that using this analogy of existing data then in that case we'd never have got futures and options markets i mean there was a new demand as such that people could forsee for them yet as a result of their coming into being a huge amount of risk transfer has taken place farmers in india are able to hedge their crops in a way more efficient way than the top down indian government was ever to do able to do by to getting what they should do so i think that's the problem i would see here i think it's a very well intentioned paper but frankly i think the pr

i want to thank the staff and think the -- thank the puc and the advocates for their input on this. unless there are comments or questions, why don't we open it up to public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. eric curkes, -- burkes, san francisco green party and our city. i want to let folks know that advocates do, when we have been coming together on this and discussing this -- we definitely do want to see this finalized and under way by the end of august. we have a sense of urgency about this. we do not think waiting until after then would be a great idea. as to the improvements on opt out, it sounds like sf puc is headed in the right direction. however, in advocate discussions, we would see anything that is about a 25% up out rate, we are aiming for something pretty low. to that end, and also with regard to timeline, we know from being in stakeholder meetings with the sfpuc and local power, as the local buildup work matures and as we get toward the rfp stages of that work, we will learn about the potential, with phase one and 52 -- and face to, bringing in customers that

are not advocating a revolution you're advocating going back to what made fans before speculation went wild. yes and not just in the one nine hundred ninety s. but for hundreds of years prior to this in the common law tradition coming out of the united kingdom there's been a doctrine that you can't buy insurance against the life of someone like the present in the united states whose death doesn't affect you negatively you can't just go out there and in buy insurance against things which you have no interest in and effectively what's happened in financial markets is rather than being an opportunity like patrick said before the great for people who insure themselves against fluctuations in the value of their crops or against you know bad things that could happen to them in their lives it's just become a venue for people betting on the sorts of speculative endeavors and that's not what the financial markets were set up for that's not why that's why we have prohibitions against wagering and gambling in most countries and i think that all of that eric and i are trying to do is to restore we

she and democracy advocate married in 1999. she worked for "modern express" newspaper for five years. li also worked in import and export businesses. she arrived in the united states in january of this year, 2012, and has publicly advocated on her husband's behalf. kwo is currently serving a ten-year sentence for subversion of powers after a court found he used the internet to organize an illegal political party and publish allegedly reactionary statements online. we'll then hear from jared genser, founder of freedom now, an independent non-profit organization that works to free prisoners of conscience worldwide. he is also managing editor of a law and consulting firm focusing on human rights and humanitarian projects. he was a partner in the government affairs practice of dla piper and a management consultant with mckinzie & company. he has worked for this commission as well as for my committee. i share the human rights committee of the house of representatives, has been a great source of actionable information concerning huma

she is currently the campus and engagement coordinator, working with advocates for children and youth, she developed a strong network of leaders and empower families to be outspoken advocates for their children. she has gone from a concerned parent to that effective community organizer and leader, helping struggling families improve their children's education and when city policies that protect safety net programs. in 2010, when our city faced major deficits, she was a leader in helping to win new revenue and helping to pass the proposition which brought in $50 million and preserve essential services in our neighborhoods. she has dedicated years to improving the community and is a fighter for affordable family housing. she is not only empowering students at hillcrest but building a new generation of parent leaders, especially among the latino mothers in district 11. she is helping parents start their own small businesses providing healthy food to school communities. these are often women who are immigrants and of providing new models for employment and economic development for our com

i am here to advocate for all of the youth. it is heartbreaking. we hear the same things about the balanced scorecard. they are waiting for the right bus driver to come around that they know will let them go on the bus without any fare. they are paying the price through their education. i am here to honor their request. i urge you that you put this into motion to push this process further. we need to send a positive message to the youth and families. our kids have been very active and passionate about this from the start. they created their own facebook campaign to teach kids to be better muni riders. i pledge to give up my seat to the elderly and to not curse on the bus. do you all want to say something? >> good work. do you want to say something? ok. thank you. >> nick, sarah. >> good afternoon. hello, members of the board of mta. i m-16 and i and ted -- attend the arts and technology charter school. i am advocating for all of the youth behind me in san francisco. every age, race, ethnicity or school or district that they come from. they need to

for judgment and so on surprisingly bad to get off the hook more often than not according to an advocate group called citizens union between two thousand and two and twenty ted see c.r.b. recommended the maximum punishment for two thousand and seventy eight officers that punishment was billed out only one hundred fifty one times so based on the odds here little what happened when officers committed acts like the. and it's not just brutality against occupy wall street concerned that might be the scrutiny surveillance of muslims liberal groups corruption cases the integrity of crime data and stop and frisk practices of all have citizens clamoring for more oversight and in fact just today the new york civil liberties union filed a federal class action lawsuit against the department for their stop and frisk stop and frisk policies and civil liberties advocates contend that four million innocent new yorkers were unjustly detained between two thousand and four and two thousand and eleven and the group also says an operation called clean halls which allows police to put a part of buildings larg

and then prevent these astronomical health care costs and then something i've advocated my campaign now even give away frisbees all over this country we need to get fit america needs to take care of itself we need to concentrate on diet and exercise and i've been advocating that that will prevent a tremendous amount of health care costs and put much less pressure on our government to take care of so many americans i have a clip because you know it but basically what they were discussing today to you is that if the mandate is struck down there are some parts of this legislation that are incredibly popular i think at the latest poll from new york times c.b.s. said that eighty five percent of americans support this rule that you cannot be denied health insurance because of you know because of preexisting conditions like when mitt romney said last night i think like. people with preexisting conditions as long as they've been insured before they're going to be able to continue to have a child suppose they were never well if they if they're forty five years old or they show up and they say i