is there anyone from the public that would like to speak?ally, we would have the city agencies. we have access to thecontroller -- to the controller's office. i think -- i have been coming to the san francisco county transportation authority meetings for a long time, and in the general language of this audit, basically what this audit is saying is that without qualification, meeting shall not go into the details this way or whatever way, generally speaking, accepting that general principles are audited, she finds everything to be fair, whatever that means. we listen to the san francisco county transportation authority at these meetings, as they spend thousands and thousands of dollars -- in many cases, billions of dollars. we would like to see how those monies are expended by giving out line items. bis has nothing to do directly with the audit, but it have something to do with the general sense of when such matters come before us here at this meeting. but i would like in the future -- i do not know how you are going to recommend this to the

anyone else? >> i've been down in south of market since 1974, i have been through five or six of these. i would like to commend commissioner meko on an amazing test he took on. for the most part i think there is a lot of good stuff in this plan. he is thinking about the future of entertainment venue. a lot of those entertainment venues have been there long time. there is one on seventh street that we're working on that is in a sorry state of repair. the funny zoning does not allow them to be rebuilt because there nonconforming uses. i am -- also represent slim's nightclub. one neighbor in enda loft building almost put slim's out of business. the owners were not going to renew their lease because it was too much of a hassle. that is one building. you have six or seven or eight entertainment venues. if we are going to have enclave districts, we ought to look at how we're going to protect those valuable entertainment venues along 11th street. if we had more housing i would guarantee you the housing p

but romney into anyone but gingrich.can party has hit rock bottom and needs an intervention. it's not the republicans who need an intervention. it's jon stewart. the man has got to be stopped and nothing proves that better than his attempt to stop republican voters for voting for gingrich. >> this is an intervention. it's why we are all right now at the caucus hampton in. everyone is here because they love you. tom, why don't you start us off, tom? >> i'm not inclined to be a supporter of newt gingrich having served under four years and experienced personally his leadership. >> why is that? >> because i find it lacking. >> oklahoma, you can't even find people with blue eyes in oklahoma. he's so conservative, he wants to protest against seeing schindler's list on tv because of the nudity. that's true. the nudity. that's what strikes us as obscene in schindler's list. we listen to this guy? >> you know, he's been out of government for a long time. he's reattached himself to his faith. >> first of all, he's reattached himse

anyone? anyone know the effects?t at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. >> biden, biden? look, i get it. a long speech, a calming voice, right around afternoon nap time, i get it. biden might as well washed down ambien and nyquil with warm milk while listening to sade in a sleeping bag fresh out of the dryer while chamomile tea was being administered intravenously. i get it. but isn't it a huge part of any politician's job to stay awake while other people are talking? >> and elected a democratic legislature. and in 2005 -- >> hey, expediency asked the question is a position politic >> willing to work in a collaborative fashion with the federal government. >> could we please get some red bull to the capital stat. maybe it's our problem. maybe we need to think about our politicians the way we think about babies and puppies. maybe we could learn to think they're adorable while they're falling asleep. look at this dog falling asleep on his darling little fee

there were no restrictions for anyone.s of gardeners were brought in to lanes get the area surrounding the boathouse at the same time the painting work occurred. how many to come the particulates on their clothing, hair, and skin to their children? for a few hundred dollars, standard protective netting and plastic sheeting could've easily avoided this contamination. as with so many park issues under the ginsberg ring, it is the committee taking the appropriate steps to protect our health and safety from his so- called revitalization of our parks. all while we pay enormous salaries and benefits for ginsberg's ever-growing army of public relations step that intimidate any journalist who dared tell the truth about his mismanagement ask ginsberg's public affairs chief, sarah ballard, in her role in the layoff of a beloved reporter in the sf weekly a week after he was part of a cover story. will you, parents and grandparents, let him get away with poisoning our parks? it is your responsibility, along with the mayor, to clean up

what we did anyone can do. anyone can go door knocking, but it is really hard to do it well. it is incredibly physical. there's a lot of people involved in it. i was really lucky. my background as an organizer certainly helped because all of my friends were organizers. we were very lucky to have most of the organizers in the south of market tenderloin working on our campaign, so we have that level of expertise in terms of outreach in the community. >> i think most people see san francisco, obviously every city has its issues and challenges, but as a relatively successful and prosperous city existing i am probably the most dysfunctional state in the country, california. as a local official, i am curious -- do you feel san francisco is somewhat insulated from state problems, or are these issues that really impact the city every day? how do you think about that as a local official? >> the state definitely has an impact on the city of san francisco, but we are very fortunate, i think, in terms of different revenue bases that we have the other counties do not have. also, several d

anyone? anyone know the effects?at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. >> biden, biden? look, i get it. a long speech, a calming voice, right around afternoon nap time, i get it. biden might as well washed down ambien and nyquil with warm milk while listening to sade in a sleeping bag fresh out of the dryer while chamomile tea was being administered intravenously. i get it. but isn't it a huge part of any politician's job to stay awake while other people are talking? >> and elected a democratic legislature. and in 2005 -- >> hey, expediency asked the question is a position politic -- >> willing to work in a collaborative fashion with the federal government. >> could we please get some red bull to the capital stat. maybe it's our problem. maybe we need to think about our politicians the way we think about babies and puppies. maybe we could learn to think they're adorable while they're falling asleep. look at this dog falling asleep on his darling little fe

any closing comments by anyone? i think they have said their due. >> i have one. >> ok. >> these issues are very complex. there are legitimate sides. but i do think that it requires thoughtful analysis of the issues as we try to look at a department, having been looking at a department and trying to offer solutions. i realize how complex and challenging it is to move the agenda, but if you have good will for the different sides, but we can do it if there is a commitment on the part of the department as well as the public officials. because public officials need to make a commitment to hold the police department accountable. if they do not do that, it does not matter what the lawyers agree upon. at the end of the day, the officers will be held accountable to the public officials and public officials -- if the public officials do not hold them accountable, and nothing positive happens in the long run. [applause] >> i think john is right. one of the important things about this conference is san francisco is different.

has anyone heard of s.l. a marshall man against fire that's only a marshal was the army's first real good story he was the head of the history department for world war two and one thing he noticed is that in most units only one in four people try to kill the enemy. most people at the point of looking down in time to pull the trigger became conscientious objectors and there was a lot of once he reported that it was a lot of people coming out saying yeah you know that was my experience i just couldn't kill. so the army decided well that's not good so the army said ok how do we help them overcome this. and they said let's condition people so the idea is reflexive fire training or some other torn apart. and just conditioning conditioning conditioning charge to talk. to you sure if that's what you think what you want people to do is they're so trained just. right where is the next target and that's good it becomes muscle memory you don't think about it you can do it and you raise an issue as fast as you can. thank

but he didn't know if anyone had been put in jail. finally, we were left alone to walk around. >> no, no. >> reporter: okay, all right. no one wanted to talk. she doesn't want to speak on camera. and soon, we saw why. secret police still watching. when we were about to give up, this man approached us. are you against the regime? >> yes, i am against it. >> reporter: yeah? do you think he will fall? >> inshallah. >> reporter: god willing. he told us he had been tortured. why are you speaking with us right now? >> i believe it is our duty to open the eyes of the world about this regime. >> reporter: and you think it's an evil regime? >> it's more than evil. >> reporter: "this regime is worse than animals," he said. "even animals have mercy." for "nightline," i'm alex marquardt in syria. >> alex marquardt in damascus tonight. so, barbara, what is next for this man? >> reporter: well, he says the country it is stable, it isn't. he promises reform, elections for parliament in two months. and he says in 2014, presidential elections with opp

anyone? anyone know the effects?int on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. >> biden, biden? look, i get it. a long speech, a calming voice, right around afternoon nap time, i get it. biden might as well washed down ambien and nyquil with warm milk while listening to sade in a sleeping bag fresh out of the dryer while chamomile tea was being administered intravenously. i get it. but here's the thing, isn't it a huge part of any politician's job to stay awake while other people are talking? >> and elected a democratic legislature. and in 2005 -- >> hey, expediency asked the question is a position politic -- >> willing to work in a collaborative fashion with the federal government. >> could we please get some red bull to the capitol stat? maybe it's our problem. maybe we need to think about our politicians the way we think about babies and puppies. maybe we could learn to think they're adorable while they're falling asleep. look at this dog falling asleep on his darling l

any closing comments by anyone? i think they have said their due. >> i have one. >> ok. >> these issues are very complex. there are legitimate sides. but i do think that it requires thoughtful analysis of the issues as we try to look at a department, having been looking at a department and trying to offer solutions. i realize how complex and challenging it is to move the agenda, but if you have good will for the different sides

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we can do these things by not raising taxes on anyone. in our economic times, we have 8.6% unemployment. overall, people want smaller government and not larger government. they want lower taxes and not higher taxes. >> you are the new policy chairman in the gop hierarchy. can you describe what that entails compared to your previous position. >> to make sure other members of the conference have credible, reliable information in a timely way so that they can make decisions regarding policy on bills on the floor and bills coming up an overall policy on jobs and debt and things we are focused on. specific issues like the keystone pipeline, which is being debated in the senate and the house related to jobs. you have the specifics of the issue and how it relates to overall aims -- themes. i spent a lot of time on health care and policy and messaging as a physician who has practiced for 25 years. i have given my opinion each week on the senate floor. i have focused on regulations. anyone who runs a small business knows they are burdensome and ti

if anyone is interested in speaking? if not, feel free to address anything that comes up. next i want to invite up sally stephens from the animal welfare commission and has a dogs, and martha fields. if the two of you would come out from the dog owner or guardian perspective. >> i am sally stephens. i am chair of the animal welfare control commission and the chair of s.f. dog. as a history, about eight years ago, people went to the dog advisory committee, which is part of rec and park, to get a dog walking permit. it passed the d.a.c. unanimously. the number was six they came up with, and rec and park did nothing with it. about three or four years later people went to the animal welfare control commission, and the commission at that time recommended a number of eight dogs as part of the process. again nothing has had for four years. now supervisor wiener has brought this forward. that is the history. speaking as the head of s.f. dog, we very much support the number of seven. we could live with six or eight, but seven seems like a nice compromise. there is kind of a percept

anyone? >> good evening, commissioners. questions, if you have any?resident mazzucco: any other questions? commissioner chan: with the follow-up, i know you probably summarized this, but where we are with this general order. >> 5.05 is with the command staff, and they are in conversations with the city attorney's office. commissioner chan: is that the end could >> it is still in discussion. commissioner chan: what is the time line? >> i do not have one. i have spoken to ms. porter at the city attorney's office and my commanding officer, and neither of them can give me a date. commissioner chan: i understand, i understand. i am just asking. i sensed from reading that this was a high issue and just wanted to know where we were. president mazzucco: chief, do you have anything to add? >> i would like to move it forward. commissioner chan: ok. president mazzucco: may i have a motion? please call item no. 2. secretary falvey: item number two, general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission on items that do not appear on tonight's

>> i don't think you would get anyone who wants to be chairman today. you can have an additional 30 seconds. >> that is my point -- i probably did not expect someone to say they would like to be the chairman. i think this certainly indicates a very significant problem with this commission, being able to function together for the best interests of this country, the citizens it serves, the regulatory response that they have. indeed, if this is a problem to this extent the and the administration is willing to let it go on, we in america have concerns beyond simple management styles. the function of this regulatory agency and the responsibility to the american people. chairman., mr. >> would the gentleman like to respond? >> i appreciate the opportunity. my colleague mentioned a meeting our phone conversation i had had on the development of this so-called 21-day paper. i believe the committee has an audio recording of that conversation. i am certainly comfortable with that audio being made publicly available. i believe it characterizes my passion and demons