grayson amendment 232, keating amendments 27 and 28, lowenthal, amendment 23. messer, amendment 120. without objection, so ordered. do any members seek recognition to speak on the block amendment amendments? ing all those in favor say aye. all those he opposed no. the ayes have it.ng all those i. all those he opposed no. the ayes have it.g all those in. all those he opposed no. the ayes have it. all those in . all those he opposed no. the ayes have it.all those in f. all those he opposed no. the ayes have it. are there any other -- >> mr. chairman -- >> mr. connolly. >> i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 98. >> the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment to hr 4278 offered by mr. connolly of virginia at the end of title i add the following section 110, annual report on security developments in the russian federation and their efforts on -- >> without objection, the amendment will be considered read. the chair recognizes the author to explain the amendment. >> i thank the chair. and i think this amendment has been provided both to the chairm

the amendment is agreed to. the amendment 2809 is the pending amendment. if there is no further debate, all those in favor please say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, we have had a very productive day on the childcare development block grant bill, and we have processed a number of amendments, some by voice, some with recorded votes. all members have had the opportunity to come down during the day and offer their amendments, and we continue to have amendments that are either filed or talked about. it is still the intent of senator harkin, senator alexander, senator mikulski and myself that we finish this bill tomorrow afternoon, and we see no reason that we can't do it with the level of cooperation that all members have shown. so let me try to sketch out for our colleagues what our intent will be. we intend to hopefully go to a period of morning business, length to be determined by the leaders, when we conclude after we speak.

speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 113-374 offered by mr. lowenthal of california. the chair: the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. lowenthal: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, my amendment is about protecting the health of those americans who live near mountain top removal coal mines. it's about keeping surface water from being contaminated. it's about keeping drinking water from being contaminated. and my amendment is about reducing the risk of cancer, birth defects, lung disease and heart disease for families living near coal mines. mr. speaker, all of these health problems have been con cluesively linked to the mine -- conclusively linked to mountain top stream beds. the peer-review journal in science published an article entitled "mountain top mining consequence" "and in that article, the au

the question now is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. as many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. those opposed will say no. the aye vs. it. the aye vs. it. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. hairman. the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 3826, and pursuant to house resolution 497 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the question is on the adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third readin

the amendment is not agree to. anybody else wishing to offer an amendment? >> we have it in amendment from me. what the amendment would do is add number 82 section six a. to section 6ht (a). and to also address violence against women and girls. i want to thank senators johnson, boxer, durbin for cosponsoring. and senator cardin has been asked to be added as a cosponsor. -- me point out the region reason i thought this would be important to add is because of we look at how ukraine fares when it comes to their treatment of women, they rank very low in politicalomen's anticipation. 119 out of 136. only 10% of women in parliament in ukraine are women. 45% of women in the ukraine beent that they have subject to violence at some point in their lifetime. i think this is an issue it is important for us to continue for this to focus on. i hope the committee will support this amendment. perks -- >> i were thank the senator for her amendment. >> i share the sentiments. -- there anyone who wants to speak to the amendment? it and the minute is agreed to. >> you have an a

i prec the amendment and the amendment that supervisor avlose admitted. they clireifyed my concerns. i want to make sure i understand this because it feels like transaction we haven't done before knwant to understand it correctly. i am glad we moved this to department of real state because i never [inaudible] purchase property in the past. [inaudible] is this something you know that the city has done? >> the closest analogy to [inaudible] that we have been able toidentify in consalitation with the department of real state are the [inaudible] they were cal trans property which came to sit position and up zoned and [inaudible] indicates here and to the transportation >> that is helpful. to the the second piece of that question, the concept of have option-being able to -when we transfer a seller to purchase, does that mean it doesn't transfer to the city >> [inaudible] should answer that question. from a staff perspective we think we structured this as a transforbl option so the city isn't in the chain of title. the sale would be between pg and e and the 3rd

the amendment. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, i also want to applaud my colleague, senator enzi. this is a needed amendment, makes the bill better, and let me just note for my colleagues that most recently in the 2014 omnibus appropriations legislation created two new programs including the early head start child career partnership grants funded and the race to the top pre-k programs funded at 250. i just point these out because both of these further undefine the interactions that might exist with the current programs. and i think any attempt -- i would think this would be an administrative responsibility to find ways to consolidate, but clearly this is a case where more is not better, and this provides instructions -- it requires the secretary to look at all these programs and despine -- to find ways to consolidate in a way that provides a better outcome for those who are the beneficiaries. i urge my colleagues to support t

the ayes have it and senator risch's amendment is amended as per the menendez amendment. senator risch, are you willing to accept a voice vote. >> i am. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes have it and the amendment as amended is adopted. is there any other amendment, yes, senator risch you have another amendment. >> mr. chairman, although mr. rubio is not here he is here in spirit. he has jury duty today and asked me to offer on his behalf, rubio numb per one. i'm doing so. and i do so enthusiastically. rubio number one adds some language to paragraph 15 of section 3 and that language simply strengthens the language regarding the situation with russia's participation in the g8. the most language that is in this bill puts side boards or restrictions if you would on russia's participation in the g8. this simply adds language and that in that particular language, i think it is very strong, talking about the not invading your neighbors which is a neighborly thing to do. this adds additional language, accepting at hearing to the norms and standards o

keating's amendment. i've been concerned in what i've seen in terms of our allies, the french, having a naval contract with the russians and it's a naval contract to sell ships to the russians actually beneficial in controlling the black seacoast line and one of the difficulties russia had in their illegal war with georgia was their inability to control the black seacoast line. this contract with french, with french ship builders would actually give them that ability. so i hope our eu partners look at mill to mill relationship with russia and consider doing the right thing on behalf of freedom-secking people all over the globe. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. meadows, were you seeking recognition on your amendment? so recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i'll be very brief. the amendment i appreciate the chairman's consideration of this en blanc, basically calling on a boycott joining with the president and asking other democratic states to boycott the g8 summit in sochi. to convene a g7 summit som

the amendment is adopted. is there any other amendment? >> although mr. rubio is not here, he is here in spirit. he has jury duty and has asked me to offer on his behalf rubio number one. it adds language to paragraph 15. that language strengthens the language of regarding the situation with russia's participation in the g-8. most language in the bill puts sideboards or restrictions if you would on russia's participation in the g-8. and that particular language is strong -- talking about not invading your neighbors. this adds additional language -- the norms -- that would be added after discouraging them from entering and violating territorial integrity of the neighbors. >> is there anyone who wishes to speak to this amendment? you have other amendments? >> no. >> i am inclined to be more excepting if there are limits. >> i already gave you might answer. any member who wishes to speak to the amendment? if not, all in favor say aye. the amendment is agreed to. we thank him for his civic participation in jury duty. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i contend we a

i ask that my amendment, the jackson lee amendment, be supported. and make this legislation a step better and step in the direction to get it where it should be. i ask my colleagues to support my amendment. the chair: the gentleman from ennsylvania. mr. marino: mr. chairman, um' just going to close on this thought here. my colleague on the other side says that 4 1/2 years is just simply not enough time to go through the permitting and licensing project. just think about this. ask the people in the private sector when you see buildings going up, before they are going up, when there's a statement on the land where the building's going to go up as to this project is going to take place in so much time. ask those people, get information to see how long it takes the private sector to do the same thing that the federal government is supposed to be doing. at most a couple years. not 10 years. not 12 years. not 15 years. private industry can have this done in a couple of years with all the research, with all the permitting, with all the licensing, with all

is amended as per the menendez amendment. senator risch, are you willing to accept a voice vote? >> i am. >> all those in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> opposed, no? the ayes have it. and the amendment is adopted. is there any other amendment who -- yes, senator senator risu have another amendment? >> mr. chairman, although senator ruin a owe is not here, here's here in spirit. he has got jury duty today and has asked me to offer on his behalf rubio number 3. i am doing -- number 1. i am doing so enthusiastically. rubio number 1 adds some language to paragraph 15 of section three, and that language simply strengthens the language regarding the situation with russia's participation in the g8. the most language that is in this bill puts sideboards or restrictions, if you would, on russia's participation in the g8. this simply adds language that -- and that particular language, i think, is very strong talking about them not invading their neighbors which is a neighborly thing to do. this adds additional language that says accept

chairman, amendment at the desk. -- i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 113-373 offered by mr. smith of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 497, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. chairman, we should not stand by and let the e.p.a. tear down america one regulation at a time, so i thank the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, for his work on h.r. 3826, the elect trick security and affordability act. economic growth depends on job creators, not federal regulators. we need to increase access to affordable energy, not take energy options off the table. now is the time to ensure a robust all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes our abundant fossel energies as well as -- fossil energies but by capturing things t

lerner had in fact waived her fifth amendment rights. meanwhile, the committee's investigation proceeded without ms. lerner's testimony. to date we have conducted 33 bipartisan transcribed interviews of witnesses from the i.r.s. we have heard witnesses' testimony during five committee and subcommittee hearings. because the i.r.s. is not full -- has not fully cooperated with the committee's investigation, i have issued three subpoenas for documents. the i.r.s. continues to withhold some of ms. lerner's emails from the committee. documents and testimony show that ms. lerner is uniquely positioned to provide testimony that will help the committee better understand how and why the i.r.s. targeted conservative groups. at a business meeting on june 28, 2013, the committee approved a resolution rejecting ms. learner's claim of fifth amendment privilege based on her waiver at the may 22, 2013. after that vote, having made the determination that ms. lerner waived her fifth amendment rights, the committee recalled her to appear today to answer que

can we take that -- those amendments without objection? the amendments are adopted. [gavel] >> supervisor kim? >> thank you. and i just wanted to thank president chiu's office for this legislation. i certainly knew quite a bit, i thought about the environmental impact water bottles had and learned a lot when mayor gavin newsom prohibited water bottles here at city hall and the board of education soon quickly followed as well when we learned about the environmental impact. something that you view that is just good for you to be drinking water all the time, but learn even more through this process. and wanted to also note that a lot of the impact is also just from [speaker not understood] really heavy loads of water throughout the country when you can get it from their fawcett or many other places that are much, much closer to you. so, i certainly become one of those that believe in not using water bottles when i can and really glad to see this move forward. i hope we can really move toward the city where the behavior that reduces this type of usage. thank you. >> than

he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 2 printed in house report 113-385. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. barber: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in house report 113-385 offered by mr. barber of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 524, the gentleman from arizona, mr. barber, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. barber: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer an amendment to h.r. 1459, the ensuring public involvement in the creation of national monuments act. under this bill, national monument declarations must include a feasibility study that assesses the costs to the federal government to manage the monument in perpetuity. however, costs of managing the monument are only one side of the equation. as all arizonans know well, also bring uments signif

keating's amendment. >> amendment to hr 4278. page 4 after line 7 insert the following, and redesignate subsequent paragraphs accordingly, 10, to reaffirm the sovereignty and dependence and territorial integrity including moldova and georgia and to condemn any political, economic or military aggression in the region. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as i mentioned, the ukraine clearly in the spotlight. we really can't lose sight of the regional pressure from russia, especially moldova and georgia. that's the reason mr. poe and i have put together a resolution offering allies to offer georgia an action plan at the september nato summit. it's the primary reason why the support for the eastern partnership exists. just as we condemn russia's illegal activities in the ukraine, we must condemn the threats, political pressure on georgia and moldova. in georgia they're forcing communities to part by building illegal fences along the administrative boundary line. in moldova they've threatened to cut off gas supp

i have a subcommittee amendment to the substitute amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from iowa, mr. harkin, proposes amendment numbered 2811. mr. harkin: i ask further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: so, madam president, we are now on the childcare and development block grant of twinch. i know that senator alexander and i and -- of 2013. i know senator alexander and i are anxious to consider amendments, i encourage people who have amendments to bring them to the floor so that senator burr, senator alexander, or i or senator mikulski could look at them and get things lined up. it is my intent, i hope i can speak for senator alexander in this, too, to have an open yesterday managed process with respect to this bill for senators to have relevant amendments to have the opportunity to have them offered and to be voted on. i expect that we would have a couple of votes within the next few hours. i don't even know but sometime so

amendments. this is the second day of the senate consideration of bill 1086, the child care development block grant reauthorization on which 1.5 million american children depend, including 20,000 from the state of maryland. we have been working on this bill for over two years, and now it's our second day of moving this legislation. really we've had an impressive amount of progress made. yesterday the senate agreed to nine amendments, three by roll call vote and six by voice vote. we had a great group of bipartisan amendments. of the nine adopted, three were sponsored by republicans, two by democrats, and four were bipartisan. the amendments yesterday improved the underlying bill. it streamlined early -- federal early learning programs. it made sure tribes get funding that they needed. it required states to develop child-care disaster plans. and it ensures that cdbg, as it's known, also serves an often much overlooked population: foster care. we also had a healthy debate on the floor in which wome

amendments. i'll say i have questions for the budget and analyst as well we received the report an hour before the meeting i like to get it before that but i look forward to reading that >> supervisor cowen. >> you've heard from my colleagues they've relocated several years years ago i have 4 younger sisters and to highlight how important it is and difficult to live here and my parents have lived in their home but their grandchildren are not able. supervisor campos worries about we would have done more. as i was walking out to come to committee one of my aids were being briefed on the amendments i worry about i had more time to study the amendments so i'll be focusing my questions to understanding the amendments. particularly i'm wanting to hear about the hardship in san francisco we've had the highest number of fooerz. the leandro are not represented by association but for example, a church will own >> house where the pastor and their reverend will live in and they struggle to keep the property

amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rules, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill, h.r. 2824, and pursuant to house resolution 501 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. he chamber will be in order. he house will be in order. he house will come to order. the chair will receive a message. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed, without amendment, h.r. 3771, an act cited as the philippines charitable giving assistance act. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. those in favor

we suggest those two amendments be put into the legislation >> could you repeat those two amendments. >> the amendments are to remove the inclusion of the in law units right they don't pass through costs and the second to add administrator review to the emerge process for the in law units and to remove them from the exemption if there's a no fault eviction on the unit they have to wait 5 to 10 years to remerge. >> supervisor cowen. >> thank you, mr.. >> your suggestions are they written down. >> we can submit those to our office. i'm not sure it's in the file i want to give you an opportunity to put it in the file >> absolutely we'll be happy to do that. >> so we can understand this issue i appreciate the desire to change that but this board of supervisors passed the legislation around the topic and we've adapted that standard. i understand your organization and action have sued the city and that's in the court and my prospective when it gets resolved that will have an impact but i'm not trying to create a new standard but which we merge or not remerge >> we're simple adapting a stand

we have one minor amendment. the word charter should be inserted as we point out on page 4 of our report, referring to charter section 9.101. we recommend you approve the resolution as amended. >> okay, thank you very much, mr. rose. colleague, any questions for our budget analyst? okay, seeing none, we'll open it up to public comment. anybody in the public wish to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> all right, colleagues, we have this item in front of us. can i have a motion to approve the amendment as read by mr. rose? >> so moved. >> can we take that without objection? >> do we have a second? thank you. >> we have a second. we can take it without objection. [gavel] >> and the motion to approve the underlying motion as amended? >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second we can take that without objection as well. [gavel] >> all right. madam clerk, do we have any other business in front of us? >> no, mr. chair. >> okay. we are adjourned. [gavel]

i oppose this amendment as it would gut the bill. read the text of the amendment. the amendment would explicitly prohibit the bill from affecting the executive branch's compliance with judicial decisions interpret degree constitution or federal laws but that's exactly the point of the base bill. the base bill encourages the courts to decide constitutional issues relating to the constitution's separation of powers between the branches of government. we would, of course, expect the president ooba -- obey those decisions from the court yet this amendment would grant the president the authority to defy those very court decisions by making sure that the president did not have to be quote affected, end quote, by this. this amendment only adds insult to injury. it would take a bill designed to encourage the federal courts to engage in the constitutional issues of the day and amend it to explicitly allow the president to defy the digs of those courts there is no reason to exempt court decisions from the bill's coverage. the base bill allows -- allows congress bring lawsuit

that is the fourth amendment search. >> he was speaking to the use of the term in the fourth amendment and not the use of the term -- >> querying you, second use of search, so you query your database. >> that is the term we typically use rather tha query is not a search. >> persons reasonably believed to be outside the united states and there has been some talk about there may have been some slide somewhere, i don't know where this came from, some notion that it is 51% likelihood, therefore, 49% of the time we might be wrong, the person is not outside the united states and that is permitted under 702. can you comment on that? >> the bigger picture question that gets to is how a determination is made for purposes of the statute, that you are targeting a non-u.s. person recently believed to be located abroad. as bob articulated, sorry for repeating this but just for clarity statutes does not allow you to target a person, t omm1t person, there how that means an analyst must take into account all available information, means an analyst cannot ignore any contrary information to suggest that

my amendment fixes it. there's a legitimate issue here and congress could be solving it in a bipartisan manner. we agree that the 2011 u.s. forest service directive is a problem. this could have been a suspension bill, but h.r. 3189, despite our best efforts from my side of the aisle, does not reflect a bipartisan agreement on the water rights issue. there is not one comparable federal water rights directive like the u.s. forest service directive. but the republicans couldn't help themselves here and they have instead of fixing an issue creating a job-killing, water-grabbing republican bill that will destroy jobs in colorado and in mountain resorts across the country. this process has become convoluted and the bill overly broad. this legislation only serves to cast doubt on the complicated laws and precedence and authorities that make up our nation's and states' water laws and it's critical to remain stable and predictable over time. this expansive legislation undermines jobs and recreational jobs from whit

today i have amendments to the local hire ordinance as well as, as well as an amendment to our first source hiring program that was established after welfare reform in 1996, i think it was '98 we established the first source program. i'll start with the first source program. the first source program is actually going to enable us to get a really handle on what developers' plans are for local hiring and paying prevailing wage, [speaker not understood] for a project is starting, where construction begins. we're looking now for this ordinance to establish a relationship with the office of he can economic and workforce development and city build during the entitlement process, and actually that relationship and discussion about local hiring and prevailing wage will enable the city to assist developers in creating a workforce plan and a clear understanding of what we need to do to prepare people for work that will happen a couple years later. that, to me, will make the city much more efficient in doing its work around preparing the workforce and enable many, many people from our neighborh

the amendments made by the director of real estate. can i have a motion to accept shows amendments? >> motion to accept those amendments. >> we'll take that line item. so moved. madam clerk call item 2. city clerk: item 2: [appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve for nonprofit rent stabilization program - mayor's office of housing - fy2013-2014]1400082.sponsors: chiu; kim and avalosordinance appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve to the mayor's office of housing for fy 2013-2014 establishing the nonprofit rent stabilization program, and placing these funds on budget and finance committee reserve pending a report from the nonprofit displacement work group to the board of supervisors 1234 >>supervisor mark farrell: supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: i would like to call the chair to hear in mid-march. >>supervisor mark farrell: we have a motion to continue this item. anyone wish to comment on this item? >> good morning supervisors. picarello. is there a reason why you want to fund this program at this time. it seems to me this program has not b

no amendment to that amendment in the any ture of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. all points of order against such amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the committee shall rise and report the bill to the house with such amendments as may have been adopted. any member may demand a separate vote in the house on any amendment adopted in the committee of the whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original text. without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without i

under first amendment concerns? would a traditional grand jury subpoena for bank records or credit card statements that could reveal payments to lawyers or payments to various charities or associations, would that raise first amendment concerns? would it be unconstitutional under the first amendment? so if you could just walk me through on the spectrum, where you're finding concerns and where you're finding violations. >> sure. and just to return back to miss brand's point i agree with jamil, on analysis what it would kick in for warrant requirement. the point either about the information. i feel i didn't quite answer what you were asking me. i want to make sure that do answer it. the point which you're getting information about that individual and which is different target and analyze that information then at that point i would believe the fourth amendment warrant requirement would apply. okay, so in response to the first amendment question, so, the courts have recognized there is a close link between the first and

that is the fourth amendment search. >> he was speaking to the use of the term in the fourth amendment and not the use of the term -- >> querying you, second use of search, so you query your database. >> that is the term we typically use rather than search. >> in that case aquari query isa search. >> persons reasonably believed to be outside the united states and there has been some talk about there may have been some slide somewhere, i don't know where this came from, some notion that it is 51% likelihood, therefore, 49% of the time we might be wrong, the person is not outside the united states and that is permitted under 702. can you comment on that? >> the bigger picture question that gets to is how a determination is made for purposes of the statute, that you are targeting a non-u.s. person recently believed to be located abroad. as bob articulated, sorry for repeating this but just for clarity statutes does not allow you to target a person, t omm1t person, there how that means an analyst must take into account all available information, means an analyst cannot ignore any contrary

with that technical amendment. are there those that wish to offer any amendments? enator mccain? >> i have an amendment, number one. first of all, i would like to thank you and senator corker for the hard work and other members for the hard work you have onsumer on this legislation. bject -- obviously there are issues that may be controversial, but the amendment i believe that is the support of our offices and the american ople, and i want to thank or competent staff for the effort they made on this legislation. i thank you. he amendment i'm proposing would give the president authority on targeted sanctions. that would be asset freezes and visa bans on the most corrupt officials in russia. it would be per misive and not mandatory. it gives the president discussion. it includes a waiver. did for agnitsky act human rights in russia this would do for corruption. it would not attack russian's financial institutions, it would focus squarely on the most corrupt officials in the russian government and their close associat

the holding amendment, the kennedy amendment, the kim's incher and pretend, the meadows amendment number 32, the perry amendment number 31. without objection. so ordered. do any members seek recognition for items -- mr. kennedy. >> thank you. to express support for my amendment. wouldemo i offer that include resolution to the offer passed on february 10. this has grammatical corrections to make sure the clause fits in. instability forced in the ukraine forcing peace corps volunteers out of the ukraine. i am a formerre, peace corps volunteer. on february 24, 2014, peace corps announced all arenteers in the ukraine safe and accounting for pet had to be evacuated. been working in ukraine since 1992 under an agreement brokered by president bush. 2740 american volunteers have lived and worked in ukraine. they served in ukrainian schools, bringing resources and innovative actresses. andign exchange information best teaching practices. working in tandem with ukrainian committees. serviceng -- supporting providers. government entities and private enterprises. that's most importantly for me, peac

support if amended and we have four that we want to oppose as they are written presently. so if you -- i can walk through the bills that we're recommending. >> sure. >> on page 6 of the matrix, ab 1532 by mr. gato, continues his efforts to address safety of bicycle, pedestrian by making it a crime if you -- if a person -- if a vehicle strikes a pedestrian or bicyclist even if there's no harm, if they don't stop, it's a gap in the law if the person is not harmed you still need to stop under this new law and we're recommending the support position on that to continue the bikable, walkable community of efforts that you're engaged in. the next bill is on page 11, ab 2250 by tom daily from orange county. it was intended to be a spot bill but evidently they drafted a little too carefully and it actually was being referred to committee. it deals with the issue that has risen in southern california but has the mop concerns about the toll back hot lanes or toll back transportation facilities. the administration signaled they want to have more of a share of any toll revenue generate

okay madam clerk, call item one >> it's an ordinance amending the planning and administrative code for the in-law unit within an ax letter structure. >> i'm the author of item number one so colleagues before us you today is legislation that will allow for the creation of in-law unit in the castro neighborhood for for the first place in more than 3 decades will add rent control united and was supported by planning commission. the legislation has broad support by the bay area report and the lgbt 0 democratic club and liveable city and by spur. colleagues i'm sure you're aware of we have a housing affordability countries are ♪ the upper castro area other than the projects along market street we've added very little housing in the neighborhood. we know that in san francisco between 2003 and 12 our population increased by 75 thousand people and we have 18 thousand additional unit in the city. many residents in the castro are very understandly concerned they maybe priced out of thecation electro for people who have called the neighborhood home and wondering if they can stay or if they'll be