>president chiu: could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> a pledge allegiance to the flag -- >president chiu: we have board meeting minutes from the june 26 and june 28 meetings. could i have a motion to approve? seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, this meeting minutes are proof. are there any communications? >> i have no communications. items one through 13 comprise the consent agenda. these items will be acted on by the roll-call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever these items? if we could take the role on items one through 13. >> on the consent agenda, supervisor avalos, aye, a supervisor campos, a aye. president chiu:, aye. supervisor chui, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. -- absent. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor olague become what aye. supervisor mark, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. president chiu: items 14 through 16. >> affirming the final environmental impact for the california pacific medical center's long-range development plan. item 15 is reversing the planning com

is to the >> the allegiance of every federal judge as to the constitution of the u.s. and the laws that are adopted by congress. that allegiance, i think, enables judges to resolve the cases. they rely on presidents. we follow the british model of years ago in which a case resolved by the nation's highest court, the principles established will be followed by the lower courts in the future until the courts to change the models ordered the rule. i think the system works quite well. it's served us well in the u.s. through the years, i think. we have a good federal court system over all, in my opinion. >> let me ask you about that. during the primaries earlier this year, there were a couple of candidates who said that those of us in political office should be more involved in the court. one even suggested eliminating the circuit court of appeals. he disagreed with one of the opinions. we have heard others say that we have the power and the courts in the supreme court that any time we have a disagreement, we would have a hearing and we move that. i remember standing side by

[pledge of allegiance] [roll call] >> dr. marshall is headed up to the podium. >> also joyce hicks from occ and chief ser from the police apartment. president mazzucco: we have to police commissioner secretaries here tonight. sgt jacino will be the backup if needed. anyway, i would like to welcome you to the wednesday, august 22, 2012 police commission meeting. of war we had the line-item number one, i will ask that we move to line items #5, 6, 7 and 4. they are separate items regarding whether or not the police commission can recommend the higher of the system control specialist for the patrol specials here tonight. i have spoken to one other commissioner and the police commission secretary. we have had a brief conference from the city attorney and ask that these go off-caliber tonight. the commission would like to see the entire background package for each of the proposed assistant patrol special officers that will require that they sign a waiver for us to see their package. not all of them have signed a waiver. however, un

and god bless america and the pledge of allegiance, one nation under god. and we don't want anybody taking that away from us. you know, there have been lawsuits even against the pledge of allegiance. they have not succeeded with those yet, but who knows? if one of the greatest powers of the president is the power to appoint judges. if obama

can we all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. you can have a seat. i would like to acknowledge and introduce some of the people we have on the stage with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger

. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance.dge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> what happened to the student

a strong allegiance to the democratic.nd sort of problems this idea it's almost tribal in the way people feel about political parties. >> it's fascinating. we used to talk about polarization as if it was an afliction of the elites that elected officials had it. >> and the public didn't. >> and that the public didn't like it. what we're seeing in this study is this is going mainstream at this point. you can see it from what we just saw from the clip down in florida. the passions that people feel, if people say i'm a an democrat or republican, they feel that more passionately than they did before. >> michelle, look at this next number in this change from 1998 version of what the republican party was to what it is today. government controls too much of our daily lives. in 1998, that was 39%. we had a democratic president, republican congress. 2012 that number almost doubled, 63%. this is what defines the republican party more than any other issue. >> absolutely more than any other issue. i think it's going to be striking betw

see. -- allegiance. she served on both the state bench and on the highest court in the land. at the last justice not to come from the judiciary monastery. she has traveled the world to teach emerging democracies about the importance of the rule of law. she focuses on the importance of civics education. as i told to privately, barry goldwater was such a good friend. at his request, i moved into his old office and i have been there for 30 years. he would blush -- you would blush it your all of the good things he has said about you -- if you heard all the good things he said about you. >> i remember a hearing we have lasted that was very viable with justice scalia. barry m. valuable. it is very valuable to have you here as well -- it was very voluble. it is very valuable to have you here as well. you are the very first supreme just as i have ever had the chance to vote for. my first vote to the supreme court. i can say this looking back on on your years of service and performance justify the confidence that

. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> what happened to the student delegates? are they here? >> all right. welcome. sprint carranza -- superintendent carranza to his first official meeting as board superintendent of the san francisco unified school district and welcome as he assumes the position of deputy superintendent. >> thank you. >> let's see. would the student delegates quickly introduce yourselves. >> ok. >> my name is min wang, a senior at lowell high school. i'm really excited to work with everyone to change school ways for the better. thank you. >> hi, jaden braswell, a senior at balboa high school, i'm the interim student delegate until we have our s.a.c. elections on september 10. president yee: ok. so here we go. we'll go right through this first meeting. we never had any summer break. approval of the board minutes approval of tonight, t

commissioner it: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] can we have a motion, please? >> i move. no corrections? thank you. ms. -- secretary: ms. fewer, ms. wynns, mr. yee. 5 ayes. commissioner: thank you. oh, you did not call the students. now, it is time for the superintendent for this evening. superintendent carranza? superintendent carranza: good evening, and i want to congratulate you on the "r's." they get better every evening. i want to congratulate all of our faculty staff, parents, and all of our schools for a smooth opening of schools. i think i had heard some parents refer to it as silky smooth. i was pleased and proud of what i saw. schools were welcoming. students were eager and ready to learn with their new backpacks and pencils, and teachers were energized and ready to go. of course, i did get to see some that were anxious about going to a new school. i did not see many kindergartners crying, but i did see a few parents. i can also relate. the first night, i rushed home that night to hear what she had

you know, there've been lawsuits against even the pledge of allegiance. they have not succeeded with those yet, but who knows if one of the greatest powers of

and your wife allegis you have hidden assets. even though it is not proven he went to jail over 10 or 12 years because basically he was to turn over the records to a judge with the civil contempt. and you could be in prison for a longer of civil contempt their criminal because people could say you don't have the right to appeal or have a judge parker you have no right to you would have with a criminal case. >> bair many situations that they're creeping up on average people like you or may. >> is it just the state? >> when we do a search on the internet with credit cards and behavior. all of that information is out there. >> i am concerned with the ordinary citizen being a criminal. i don't think those situation could exist without state to facilities and many others by the state. i do not slam big business. in a free-market context, let it features. >> that is not mind a particular but your particularly precious. but our data, as long as i have the ability to say no, shut the door that the state does not let me do but i would hav