thank you. >> good evening, i am jackie flin, i am executive director

he is the great i am. i am hope, i am peace. i am joy, i am rest. i am your comfort and release from your strength. i am faith, power, today i am your freedom this very hour. i am, i am. jesus said, i am. i am hope, i am peace. i am joy, i am rest. i am your comfort and relief from your stress. i am strength, faith, love, i am power. and today i am your freedom this very hour. i am hope, i am peace. i am joy. i am rest. i am your comfort and relief from your stress. i am strength, faith, love, power. today i'm your freedom from this very hour. i am, i am. i am. he is the great i am. [applauding] >> as followers of jesus christ, it's only right you and i would want to look our best, do our best, be our best and fulfill his purpose for our life. reach the goals he would have for us. but that's not always easy. because there's always things out there to hinder us if we let them. but as you think about your life it's not easy anyway you look at it. god has a purpose and plan for our life, the best plan possible. and people willing to walk in that plan a

. >> good evening, i am jackie flin, i am executive director of the program in san francisco. i want to thank you supervisors for something and thank you for your service to the city. but i am here to ask for your continued support in three major areas. one is in employment services. and i would like to thank you, rhonda simmons for supporting the randolph institute and for the contract around construction services. to make sure that we can recruit experienced construction workers and not only experienced workers but young folks to enter in the construction trade. a lot of training and education comes through our office. and so far we have worked with over 400 clients that have signed up with city build to get employment throughout the city. but i would like to see continued support in that effort, and maybe see a broader spectrum of employment opportunities other than just construction. youth services is another area that we would like it see your continued support. there are great internships around this summer that we recruited for throughout the city. i would like to thank

applause]d right here, because i am sorry. i am sorry to all of you. i am sorry.undred --s À la is alejandro. i took part in the invasion of iraq and in 2003 and afghanistan in 2011. i really believed in this mission and i learned the army values -- loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, a person of courage. after my experience i realize there is no integrity. integrity -- do what is legally and morally right. and we failed, so there is no honor in these wars. there is just shame. in iraq,ns of the wars afghanistan, vietnam, hurling their war medals for the gates of the nato summit in chicago. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report.as we bring you this memorial day special. honor the dead, heal the wounded. back in a few minutes. ♪ [music break] worldwide a rebel song. we returned to the makeshift stage outside the nato summit in chicago, where scores of veterans gathered to protest nato's wars. >> we begin our ceremony with the folding of the flag. plays] flew overcan flag nato military operations in afghanistan, l

. >> good evening, i am cheryl austin, i am chair of the youth first advisory board. and last friday we received devastating news that our 10-year program that had a fantastic success rate had funds totally cut. tonight i want you to see the faces of those parents and youth that it will be impacted by that decision. >> good evening, i am nirein marow, i am one of the directors at the summer enrichment program. i had something they was going to say to you tonight, however i received a letter from a young man in the program, he's nine-year-old and his name is roman banks. it says, dear people, can you please, please, pretty please with a cherry on top save youth first by giving us such bad news. you made people cry. we had great memories shared here, many of the people from the summer that are not here for the school year are looking forward to the youth first summer program and will be heart broken to hear the bad news. please give us another chance, sincerely roman j. banks. >> my name is minnard monroe, i am a program director of the youth first program. i will be re

i am pleased to be here today. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you all of you and i am privileged to be on the council as well and remind people elders are part of families too. i think elder abuse gets lost in the conversation and that's the voice i am trying to hold here today. >> and one of the -- i think many opportunities that the family violence council offers the city, both city government and providers and want public is to be a place where all of the data can be gather the and shared at once and it's fairly unprecedented just like you said commissioner about being a historic meeting this evening. we think having all of the data together on these three groups to really paint a picture for san francisco and its leadership about how important and how pervasive family violence is in san francisco and also how much progress we made, so we just finished our 2011 comprehensive report so we would like to share some of that with you this evening. >> i think i'm going first on child abuse. you're going to

i am confused. anyway, i am going to take a break.oing to take a couple months off. >> we will quit taping. i. >> i will go somewhere, someplace. >> we knew the sweater was a desperate cry. >> i am not even listening anymore. >> more stuff is on the way, joy of hate, autographed copy, g gutfeld.com. buy this book or i will kill myself with kindness. >>> in wednesday's "wall street journal" an english instructor wrote a counter po nie t to any speaker who urged a 20 something to do what he or she loves. they said to hold out for their dream job. writes the boston based language lover, do what you love is an important message, but unwise to build a career on being paid for our passions. then said, ps, bill schulz sucks. a little out of left field, but you can't not argue with those facts. jedediah, you said it takes getting used to any job. >> i like the do what you love philosophy. when i was younger i didn't take the time to think that out. i think you can do what you love and still be practical. like i care about skin care for exampl

i am my name is stephanie longextra and i am actually a partner of starbucks. in the reason that i wanted to come up here is to share i have been with the company 20 years. and i want us to look at this and we have been talking a lot about, you know, whether it is the landlord, whether we have formula retail, well, you know what? we helped to develop the economics of the communities we go into. we have proven that time after time but not only do we do that, we don't just fill jobs, we build careers and i am an example of that. i started in the stores, in 20 years later, i am here a resident and i spend money here and i contribute to the independence as well as to the organization that i work at as well. so i would like us to consider not only just the development, but the development of the economy within the communities we are in and the careers that we build for the employees that work with us. so obviously for it, thank you. >> hi, my name is stephanie sly and i am here to read a letter on behalf of the san francisco council of district merchants who could n

>> i am sorry. >> one minute? >> i am nervous and i am taking the power to talk to you, the first one that we are going to talk about is we are having a lot of relational trust issues at the elementary school. and if you ever wondered why we are hard to staff school you might want to look deeper into the practices there. and the first thing is that we have had a lot of non-reelect and we had two last year that were rescinded because they got word of them and they were rescinded, and we have one that happens to be our deaf and hard of hearing teacher. and it has torn our asl community apart and it has been difficult for our school and we have a petition that were 200 signatures from family and 30 staff of the talking about this teacher and how the non-reelect should be rescinded and also, our library teacher is going to be removed because he is not bi lingual but yet we don't have a bi lingual vice principal and i am a computer teacher and i am not bi lingual. my position was reduced to 80 percent, even though we a

am i right? >> i want a shot. >> are you hoping there is a serious amount of insecurity there so you can sneak in the backdoor. >> we can in new york. we are way out of our league. >> jedediah, last word on this. i don't have a question other than that -- >> women sometimes say i am not pretty because they want you to say you are so pretty. we are evil too. it is hard to get into our heads. >> they are a lot pretty yes, sir than -- prettier than they think they are when i am drunk. >> they probably feel the same way about you, gavin. >> they don't feel about me. >> they don't know why. >> some wild times. now that i look like a turtle with aids, they are no longer concerned with what i am. >> are you invisible on the street? >> and women come plane -- complain. nobody looks at me. they are not drooling at ugly 42-year-olds with no chin either. >> that's real facial hair. >> i grew it to hide my nonexistent chin. >> we have to close things out with a post game wrap up from andy levy. and to see cl

i am with you.much that it was on fracking, but as a hip hop scholar, i care that these kids have little flow and neither of them are lyrical assassins on the level of a rock him, juke d. >> well said. well said. >> this from the guy who pitched the story, by the way. >> it seems like a strange rap to pull out of your hat. >> i am a huge fan. >> okay. >> dana, i am not sure you should be criticizing anybody else's raping. >> i am a terrible rapper. that's the point. >> you said the earth is our mother and when you frack you are stabbing your mother. >> grandmother, actually. >> grandmother? >> the native american people described it as grandmother. >> all of them? >> well, yes, how many can there be? >> when you walk, miles, are you stomping all over your grandmother? >> i actually rub in vibra five finger toe shoes. >> it is like a massage. >> it is mother earth or grandmother? >> for me because i am a disgusting white male it is mother. if i was a native american it would be grandmother. maybe lea

so i am doing both. i am doing, as much as can i can regard to plants and educating. i take classes at the garden, enrichment classes that ch are free for me because i'm a docent, but pay to take classes that the public can and i am a parent of two as well. i support this lease and i am glad that many you came to the garden yesterday. it was wonderful. the warmer was amazing and thank you for hearing me and please reconsider the fee, if that is in this discussion at all. thank you. >> thank you. >> mary, joseph, lawrence, barry. >> good morning, commissioners. i want -- >> could you speak into the mic, please. >> sorry. >> thanks. >> my name is mary pitts a long-term resident of san francisco and volunteer at the botanical garden for 15 years and i'm currently a trustee there. i have seen firsthand as a volunteer, but more important as a parent with raising children in san francisco, going to the botanical garden and enjoying what was there, but seeing it develop beautifully over the 40 or more years that i have been here. yes, we love the trees in the botanical garde

i am denise hughes, i am a resident of hunter's view of san francisco. living in hunter's view i encourage the department leaders and effective officers to work with cbos in order to provide the desperately needed services to my community. transportation, jobs, job placement and readiness and youth enrichment services, and all other capturing a healthy environment. thank you. >> i am a resident for more than 20 years. three years ago our community had some program for our asian residen residents, which by the way is largest in district 10. last year services for us have reduced to the point this semester all of our class, citizenship classes are all gone. our once vibrant community center almost had no services for our english speaker. or whether (inaudible) senior for this budget please make sure all of the outside programs organized that ask for public funding, service responsible for our resident needs and for -- and they must got our import and not represent to us what we want in our city to make sure our city (inaudible) public funding program that

i am a good liberal democrat. in the san francisco spectrum, and probably considered more middle of the road. -- i am probably considered more middle-of-the-road. i am very independently comes to the issues. i do not vote the party line. a judge each issue on its merits. that is how i am. >> what do you feel are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco now? >> the budget is the most imminent issue. we do have a structural budget deficit in the city. we need to determ balancing of n a way that does not decimate basic city services that people rely on but also to address our long term structural budget deficit. that means implementing budget reforms that will smooth out the budget process so that it is not a boom-bust process. that means reforming our pension and retiree system so that they are stable and do not drain the general fund. that is a big aspect of it. another huge issue is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have no

i am here for you. i am kidding. >> the jobless rate may be ticking down a bit but 12 million americans still out of work, unemployment benefits are way up. one state want to make it tougher for them to push the bill to ban benefits for workers and misconduct and missing too many days. proponents say this will protect benefits for people who deserve them. are they right or wrong. >> i am dave asbin. welcome to forbes on fox. we'll go with steve, and rick and rich and john and sabrina and mike. mike, is this a good law? >> david, i am not familiar with the precise details of the law. one thing we have a sentence to work. work, the states that give the shortest dureration and lower unemployment rates to the state that is give unemployment . i am for the plan. >> steve, should workers fired for sleeping on the job receive unemployment benefits. >> the law is trying to do and it is it a nice concept and it is going to be tough to work . latch on to this. >> and this is rheums and conditions. the trial lawye

yes, i am pakistani, yes, i am muslim but that is not all that i am. i want to start with -- mira very kindly and gently corrected me with introduced -- with regards to my introduction. i said you were indian-born. youend to be insular and feel in the blank but what did you say to me when i said indian-born? >> i am not someone who really came to be an immigrant here. do nott regarded -- i think of myself as one. i am equally at home and america as i am in india. i am in indiana -- an indian as opposed to being indian-born. of howgive me a sense these distinctions, how these views, how these prisms matter when you are a resident of the world. >> i am a resident of three worlds. of america, india, and north africa and i live in new and a -- i live in uganda most of the year. i have that worldview that is expansive rather than looking at the world from where you said. and i think that the world is increasingly becoming like that. people are settling and unsettling other places that they have her decades and generations. sometimes in the media my in the w

i am up here and i am coming here from the park coalition. and it is in the upcoming neighborhood in the city and i believe that it is going to be a star neighborhood for the city and working closely with the department of public works and to work with the parks department and the mta and your honor, and the supervisors and we have a wonderful new supervisor and including tang over here and but, i did not come here to address that. what i wanted to do was to address something that i believe effects all of the whole city. and rather than it is not a criticism, it is a suggestion. this is a facility for example, if it was offered, it is not always being used it is not being used now, so we are using it during the summer and other times throughout the year it is not being used. our city has fought with what i call the assets and in other words, the assets that could be utilized to increase our revenues for the city of san francisco. and i happen to be in a particularly unique situation having visited all of the schools because i have been workin

i am also a professor,helping ct generation, and i am worried about work.e able to reach an audience? these are critical to the future of our world. tavis: talk to me about the decreasing coverage media outlets are giving to environmental issues, yet the turning up of volume in society about sustainability. how can the conversation be growing and the coverage be --inking >> is strange. it is a good thing we are talking about climate change, which is an epic issue. one of the two or three most important issues we will confront over the next century. that conversation is largely happening outside of journalism, which is a concern for me. i worry about our people getting good quality information that helps people make decisions. if all they are getting is , i really worry they are not going to be able to make a decision in the voting booth, and i am concerned that is going to happen. tavis: what say you as a journalist about the ongoing debate about the science of these issues? >> people have a funny idea about science. they think it is tantamount to magic tha

i am happy for her.he is going to have the last laugh when this single goes as plat nome as her beautiful -- platinum as her beautiful hair. and we hear her. >> how much are you going to pay oi tunes for this? >> i am getting this for free. >> this is one of the worst things i have ever seen. tmz should be charged for investigating and abetting. >> we used to care for the mentally ill. now we throw them in front of a camera. we are using the mentally ill. there is something wrong with this poor lady and we are using her because we think she is funny. crazy people as entertainment. >>> what is the future of u.s. chinese relations. my other passion is trying to get turtles to breed with cats. that's impossible, ambassador. first, are there more liberal graduation speakers than conservative? the answer may be yes or it may be no. frankly i haven't read this story. >>> are voices on the right kept out of sight? when it comes to picking a commencement speaker, the top 100 universities prefer members of a cert

i am assuming that is the scenario we will work out. [inaudible] >> commissioner dejesus has reapplied. there san expectation that she might be returning. >> as far as i know she has reapplied. as far as i know -- >> well, the ref lance -- >> she's the one that said to me the rules committee doesn't meet -- and she is waiting. she is in limbo right now. >> she is a commissioner and familiar with everybody here. >> we are running up against that. i am prepared to go forward forward tonight but i'm also prepared to wait until we have a full complement, so a couple other people want to weigh in and then we can decide. commissioner truman. >>i am fine with proceeding tonight but the commissioners decide we will share the leadership appointed by the mayor and those appoint the by the board of supervisors you're prepared? >> i am prepared to proceed tonight as long as the commissioners decide we share the responsibility for the commission between commissioners appointed by the mayor and the commissioners appointed by the board of supervisors.

i am eager to see the bill passed. my hope is it increases availability of affordable remittances to people in somalia, because i have a large community from that region. in minnesota, we have about 33,000 somali americans and they need to send money home. of course, we want you to protect the public from people who inappropriately use the money wiring system. but i believe there is no better foreign aid than remittances, and i hope the treasury recommendation can recommend the bill and help streamline the regulatory system. i just want to add this. some bankers in my district have told me that the accumulation of regulation makes it expensive for them to facilitate these transactions, that they do want to facilitate. u.s. bankers have agreed to try to make a way to do it. at the end of the day, streamlining and consolidating some of the auditing would be helpful. >> without objection, the gentleman's materials will be entered into the record. >> we would very much hope some form of the provisions we proposed, similar

but i am at cole street and i am always using 20 minutes parking and then sometimes i am going to a restaurant or to or staying for two or three hours and i just need that any kind of parking that you take away from the small business because it is the essential part of the city and when you start taking away and put ining the bike paths i am not against bicycle because i do bicycle and i know that on a busy street that we just really need to keep our parking. and i just hope that you take that into consideration. >> the other thing s that i hope that the mta would put a small business version on the commission, or on the board of directors because i think that is very important. that way they would at least have some kind of an idea of what the small businesses are thinking. thank you. >> great, thank you very much. >> next speaker, please? >> good evening, my name is neal patel, the planning commissioner to the bicycle coalition. i have been, on the committee and behalf of the census for six years now, and i want to report to get this to you ahead of time, and outlining some of the efforts t

i am kate howard, i am the mayor's budget director. i thought i would give you a brief overview of our city's budget. as supervisor cohen pointed out, the budget is one of the most important laws that san francisco passes. it's a law of our source and how we spend it. and it's a plan that sets our priority. so it's important for us to hear from you what those priorities ought to be. i have here on my right, your left, a series of charts that show you a little bit more about san francisco's budget. overall the city's budget is about $7.4 billion annually. that includes all the funds we have to spend. all the city functions and the county functions and the airport and our police department and fire department and human services agency and our health department. you can see the next chart shows you where we get most of our money. so we spend a lot of time in san francisco talking about how to balance the budget. and we tend to focus that balancing conversation on what we call the general fund. those are the funds that the city has discret

i am a little nervous, and i apologize for i am a little dirty because i just came from the carpenter's trading committee so i was in school all this week. so i would love to see this project and love to be a part of it to hone my skills and i just came from a layout leveling class and i hope to learn the layout with the journey man as well and put those skills to the test as well as learn more. and i would also love it see more of my sisters in the trade as well. and i believe that this project would bring more opportunities to women in the trades, thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, sorry. >> i am judy production support manager, we managed the civic auditor um across the street. we support 101 polk street project. our neighborhood is missing a key ingredients, neighbors, the area is busy during the day with working commuters and can be active at night when there are events in the area, in between we combat vandalism at earn turn, 101 polk will help on levels, 162 units bring new neighbors acting as eyes and ears for this neighbor 24/7. this will reduce, crime and prostitution and bliet i

i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life

>> i am not sthur. good evening to all of you,ed audience and the commissioners, and the superintendent and the other staff members, good evening. i am not sure but i did call them to see if they can make it and if they can't we still honor them. i do have the draft, actually of the program. so just pass it down. >> the filipino educators presented the high school seniors awards from recognition night last may 15th, 2013 at the manila town center at the international (inaudible) so we had actually 23 recipients scholarships but this is actually based on 152 high school seniors who are graduating with a gpa average, b and above, or a b. or a b plus and above. and beyond 4.0 and above. so, out of that 23 rerecipients we have daina, (inaudible) catriana (inaudible) and steven (inaudible) and alicia, (inaudible), and sean (inaudible) and clark reyes, from abraham, we have lauren (inaudible) and hannah (inaudible) and jessica (inaudible). from galeleo we have brent, avan (inaudible) and rosalegene vil la. an

i am ed farris and i am secretary/treasurer of iuw local 10. i consider it a privilege to address you all today. i am thrilled to see that the organized labor is being recognized on these wonderful banners and pylons on the 150th anniversary of the port of san francisco. however as a union man i would prefer to this happen on the san francisco water front. the iuw has worked since the 30s. we take pride in the work we perform on those docks. and we do not tolerate infringement of our work lightly. i am concerned about recent violations of the iuw traditional work. these violations occurred in american cup preparation work where several cargo containers were lifted and moved without i uw professionals. this unacceptable. we have met several time and unable to resolve. it's a same that we resolved with team new zealand in one meeting. my personal patience on this matter is running out. and i am concerned about longshore workers to perform work on cruise operations. this happened several times at pier 35 and needs to stop. the iuw is looking to co

>> i am not sure that we can tell him who to hire. is what i am saying. if he chooses to get certified and be his own security guard, i don't think that we can tell him that he can't. i am not sure. what do you think? >> i think that you are right commissioner, and i also want to stress the fact that if the owner hires a security guard, there is still the obligation for that owner, and therefore, somewhere of this analysis that there is no conflict of interest... but i do think that your first point is the most relevant, which is i think that we could stipulate to having the security and have it be in certain nights of the week that you wish as far as who that might be as long as they follow the law we can donate further than that, i didn't realize, i just never thought of an owner going and getting certified as a security guard you are right. >> okay. >> i have a question for officer, is there or have there been a record of any incidents directly related to this venue. >>a give you a specific number, but just the places or establishments on broad way, af

. >> my name is brian onan, and i am, the walk the city in many hours and i am a little bit perplexed because a lot of these venues that you have discussed even where alcohol is sold, where there is dancing and so forth the noise level is not a factor, the city basically closes down pretty early into the morning hours. and the it is actually a safety factor to have many of these organizations running. the other thing that i have a concern about noise in terms of civil liberties. for example, in the mission, if you go there any sunday in particular, there are hispanic christians speaking in spanish and using very homophobic hate speech and they are near the mission police station, and nothing is ever done about that. i do respect their right to freedom of speech, but they do encourage violence against transgender people in the mission and gay people. also, unions, who have protests, and where noise may be used against them and also how do you distinguish between, for example, the people on union square you are talking about, the guy that plays the drums or the bag pipe who comes occasi

i am a little suspicious of it . i am nervous . i am saying lookingalt the long term look at ggle. >> wow, that is a big one. >> interest rates spiked up on friday . that is a big trend i see. if is it a floating rate senior loan fun . not getting a lot of attention from most investors. it is it an income source and strong stock. that is the place to be. >> $15,000 this week and continue more of that? >> the trend is your friend. warenis bearish and bull markets are built on doubt. >> hold it, suspicious not bearish. >> see you next week. >>. >> tom: the president has been trying to paint the congress specifically republicans as the reason for all of our nation's problems. i get politics but stopping white house tours and cutting air traffic controllers seems to have backfired on him. will he continue this charade and why the president is calling for pain on all of us, right here and right now. >> tom: and thanks for joining us. here at the top of the stack. according to the president we are going to experience pain due to the sequ

i am wherever i am, i need to get to a mcdonalds stat. >> i am sure that appear exists. >> i am going to download it right now. we don't have a mcdonald's close to here. >> you need an appear to find out. >> yeah. close by for people outside. >> i think netta is almost here we will take a quick break and we will get herein. it's the bill press show the full court press, peter ogburn sitting in with evan mcmorris santoro from buzz feed. we will be right back. >> this is "the bill press show." to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues

bill i am with you. guess charlie wrangle has not been a big fan of the irs since 2010. >> i am thinking he forgot about it. >> and kennedy, i am with you regarding david axelrod. saying the government is too big and we can't know everything that is going on. >> thank you, david axelrod. >> you know what that is like? that is like saying i am so fat i can't possibly know how much i am eating, right? >> i might just try it out on "the five." sometimes i work my material here. >> sometimes? >> all the time. >> tom, you said all of a sudden democrats are against leaks. you mentioned julian assange and the administration. you could flip that. suddenly they are horrified that the public is going after leakers. >> i could. this started back when. the pentagon papers or whatever. th is romance about the press. we are over it. the press is like a sovereign nation, and they are no friend of the united states. >> stupid first amendment. what were the founding fathers thinking? >> they obviously didn't have tmz. >>