>> linda chapman speaking on a former member of the knob hill association. and, you know who actually knew the people who were opposing this and still respect them. i'm going to comment that coalition of san francisco meeting it was announced by one of the officers he'd been trying to get in touch with the knob hill association and they said not one deliberate or popcorn where they able to contact because no one was associated with knob hill. it has to do with having a few people negotiating. having agree little group of people who identified themselves as a knob hill association. i was told by the knob hill officers there were knob hill they couldn't identify themselves who are the neighborhood she couldn't say and somehow they i think you traded and took over. and a share of every ticket that's about the last thing that the knob hill association wanted to do was promote sticks out. there were 9 hundred people opposing those tickets and somebody was forced to sign that. all the evidence they developed there were so many fewer events of 47 license what do yo

and neighborhood association a.k.a. rolls off the tongue. [laughter] >> it's truly a great organization. we in our capacity, we work a lot with different neighborhood associations, different merchant associations. and far and away the lower haight merchants association is one of the best we had the pleasure to work with. that holds for always, but this past year was a really remarkable year for the organization. they dealt with some challenges, notably the water and fire, some public safety concerns. and they also had some success he. they have art walks really successful art walks four times a year. but then there's always another street fair happening. it's really, you know, we can celebrate their achievements, but it's really the spirit with which they do their work, the passion and the creativity and the sense of community and bringing people to the table to figure out what's best for everybody that really lets them stand above the rest. so, bring up the award recipients. congratulate to the lower haight neighborhoo

we employ about 343,000 associates, all u.s.-based. we operate in about 35 states across the country. in the company health care plan, we have about 85,000 eligible associates. the rest are represents under collective bargaining agreements and their benefit plans are provided through taft hartly and wel funds. so where we innovate are really within the company plan and that's where the target pricing initiative is today. so that's where i'll focus my time -- [ inaudible ] -- fine jewelry stores, usually people, i got a few eyebrows raised when i say jewelry stores, but wii one of the larger jewelry chains in the country as well. to talk a little bit about what our objectives are within our health care plan, we really focus on trying to keep it simple. for 350,000 people to try and understand what we're trying to accomplish with the health care benefits that we provide to them, we really focus on two objectives. the first one is to improve the health of our associates and their family members. we truly believe if we can improve the heal

association of people would defend the interests of the most common one in gemini is the woman's association. i love the fact how islam and home at a gemini. and i gather that they are the most common one. and the and some metal on to say the sum of pounds. there are sometimes a few telling the sixteen students play a dominant students that come to germany to study and they also have an on field crops and association. so at the slow ones either. this is a killer city's failed to have found trade associations you can and so our conversation really eye of mine that both of you because you said you and heal you first met we were going to chinese school locally. i mean this is not something that a lot of you know ler some of the second generations. you really don't want to be a part of the man was added by the state mom and dad why do i need to learn and you know chinese settler colonies time in el amin germany on field basically it served ill and that was what was going through your mind when you pair has helped me build told the both of you. today he said he and the old and you know that somed

association agreement and this has within the last few months help swing public opinion so that there is a slim majority now in favor of. well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vise joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union was actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if again you don't have to be unit coverture you shango or even mickey mouse in care have to say hey that's a great deal because it's not. that's right and the fact is the european union doesn't have money to hand out ukraine needs an awful lot of money and everyone knows that the european union and its member states are broke they have debt up to their eyeballs and they can't afford to pay their own bills let alone other peoples but you ask me what is the european union offering it's a very good question and a very important one because people as you say in the medi

association. the operating engineers local union no. 23 of operating engineers aflcio, the city workers united and the plumbing and pipe fitting industry local 28, local 39, operating union of international union of engineers. supervisor probation officers, the multiunit, the transport union and the union of >> colleagues would anyone like to sever the items? call the roll. >> the clerk: roll call vote taken there are 11 ayes. >> these ordinances are finally passed. item 27. item 27. >> same house same call. this ordinance is passed. next item. >> the clerk: item 28. local firearm laws establish a item 29.[park code - harding park golf course temporary reduced greens fees] ordinance amending the park code to set temporary reduced greens fees for the harding park golf course from december 2, 2013, through no later than may 31, 2014, to accommodate the renovation of the greens; and making environmental findings. (recreation and park department) 1234 >> next item. 30. item 30: 130882: [park code - ha

if you're thinking about an alcoholic drink associated with russia it's probably not going to be one that springs into your head but they've been making it here on the black sea coast for more than two thousand kids and there's an industry which really can compete with the rest of the world. i've come to meet some of the people growing the greats and to see if i can find out the secret to the perfect. when the crisis leaves us traces everywhere. empty close rooms become the norm. children to pay for the mistakes of adults. by working in a tobacco field or in a café. they are the ones who come back home blasts. so kids games are just in their memories. and. and. i. please. welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the fate of ukraine. ok john i'd like to go back to you in paris so i looked at the media campaign for signing this agreement with the european union and it gave a choice of civilizations which i thought was quite curious because in eastern ukraine it's predominantly ethnic russians and so what kind of message

afford the association agreement and what it involves but at the same time and the short term it appears the russian deal would have a piece because we don't really have the details it's probably more suitable for good economic and political needs of the current ukrainian government ok we'll talk about the future and leave this point exactly a little bit later marc if i can go to you i want to ask you a question that nobody in western media wants to touch really because it doesn't suit their their agenda but the party of regions at the end of the summer all the way to the president was pushing for this to happen this is unocal which is party and almost no one wants to say well the party of regions is run by a group of oligarchy they don't want to reform the the economy and they just want to get in bed with the e.u. so they can clean their money and clean up their reputations because they're not so interested in integrating with russia is well another note you never really come across in western media go ahead mark i think john perhaps you've put it better than i could myself yannick over

i would like to thank julie tron from the bar association. the bar association has been our partners in terms of providing defense for poor people. in cases where the public defender is not able to provide representation, those cases are handled by the private bar and they are doing an incredible job. so thank you very much for that. i want to thank jose as a who is a public defender and here to celebrate with us. we are going to start today by showing a brief video explaining the gideon decisions >> take this empty lot. today you would never know it but history was made here. mostly all is gone and so are the people. the principle they left is still standing. it was almost as bad at life. >> it was a constitutional hero, but the cases that come to the court don't come from the winners in society. they come from the losers. clarence gideon was involved in the justice system since he was a kid. he had been getting in trouble. >> trouble seemed to find gideon. literally small change had gone miss ing from this cigarette machine, maybe $5 total.

afford the association agreement and what it involves but at the same time in the short term it appears the russian deal whatever peace because we don't really have the details is probably more suitable for economic and political needs of the current ukrainian government ok we'll talk about the future and leave this point exactly a little bit later marc if i can go to you i want to ask you a question that nobody in western media wants to touch really because it doesn't suit their their agenda but the party of regions that at the end of the summer all the way to the president was pushing for this to happen this is unocal which is party and almost no one wants to say well the party of regions is run by a group of oligarchy they don't want to reform the economy and they just want to get in bed with the e.u. so they can clean their money and clean up their reputations because they're not so interested in integrating with russia is well another note you never really come across in western media go ahead mark i think john perhaps you've put it better than i could myself yannick or bridges par

association agreement and this has within the last few months helped swing public opinion so that there is a slim majority now in favor of. well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vise joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union is actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if i think again you don't have to be unit coverture you shango or even mickey mouse in kiev to say hey that's a great deal because it's not. that's right and the fact is the european union doesn't have money to hand out ukraine needs an awful lot of money and everyone knows that the european union and its member states are broke they have debt up to their eyeballs and they can't afford to pay their own bills let alone other peoples but you ask me what is the european union offering it's a very good question and a very important one because people as you say in the me

and the mobile retail association as well. so that while maybe not everybody is completely happy, but we've collaborated and come up with what is a good reasonable permitting structure. >> and that outreach to the merchants is ongoing or -- >> is ongoing, um-hm. and they've been part -- the council of district merchants has a committee that is kind of like our advisory committee that we're working with. >> okay, well, great. more to come. >> thank you. >> thank you, everyone. next item, please. >> item 8, presentation and discussion on the san francisco transportation plan and the early action program. this is a discussion item and we have a presentation by rachel hiatt, principal transportation planner, san francisco county transportation authority. >> good afternoon, thank you for having me. and i did bring some additional handouts from our website. should i hand these over to you for disparate -- and i left some up at the -- i had one for me and one for everyone else up there on your table. could you advise me, how much tim

association, as part of the sbc's "small business recognition program". >> so, thank you, commissioners. i'm honored today to recognize rob black, but somewhat on a sad note. i don't know if you're all aware, but rob is going to be leaving the golden gate restaurant association. and, so, i thought we have to recognize him for all the work that he has done as executive director. and, so, on this monday, november 18, the small business commission is honored to recognize rob black as the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association as the executive director, you've worked tirelessly to promote san francisco's restaurant industry ~ as a strong and essential part of san francisco's economy. as an executive director, you have been excellent at

so that education alone both to the provider entity associate our associate is critical. right now it's all telephonic-based comments are getting them to really have that conversation with her provider is difficult but we are making progress, as you can see in her numbers and getting people educated. early and 14 we will be implement in an online tool so that people can access, cost, and quality transparency, cost information online so they can start to make even better decisions. so what we actually saw with the unit cost, when the blue rose here, the 2012 results for the 10 states where we have had target pricing in 2012, and as you can see were actually able to reduce the unit cost through target pricing by redirecting people to a cost efficient provider. and by about 12% on both ct scans and mris. compared to all other states in 2012 where we didn't have target pricing implemented, costs actually increased for both ct scans and mris in 2012. when you break that down by the five services, high-tech imaging services that we had in 2012, you can see each of the individua

using their associates and mr. hwang to under mine and revoke my permit unfairly, the manifest in justice is that after three years of operating and trying to operate and paying for all of the fees in san francisco, my permit is thrown out of the door for no fault of my own and over a lie which is i have never been operating. there puts me into poverty for no reason and it allows this work association to combat, and to have an anti-trust and anti-business activities against me and my business and i consider them business bullies, they try to really under mine my business and my integrity and i think that it is wrong. first of all, this here, and this is a letter that i received from the dpw. and it says that i received the initial and i followed my initial application on april 29th, and on january 30th, they received from the association, to revoke my permit. and so the work association wrote a letter to the dpw and in their letter, they stated that we would like to make you aware that since 2012, that we not witne

critics have argued that your association and other associations like it use their influence by way of lobbying to protect the groups financial interest. i'm wondering if you can respond to that and perhaps give us an idea what kind of lobbying your organization does? >> thank you. first of all let me thank jeff and the san francisco public defenders office for this 10th year of the justice submit summit. thank you and i don't have a prepared speech. i do want to address some of these misconceptions. there is a bail reform and we are part of the reform. we are proud to say that we are part of our regulatory agency with the department of insurance to reestablish the industry. but alongside of that we are not a one size fits all industry. there is a place for the criminal justice system as well as the criminal bail industry. now we have testified along with catherine, our lobbying effort are basically this is what we look like. this is the lobbyist. we are not a high paid, i represent the mom and pop businesses throughout the state of california and certainly although hopefully our assur

but with the golden gate restaurant association, you've done an awesome job. we talked earlier about entertainment and late night, you know. restaurants are part of that and the reputation san francisco has on restaurants, i mean, you carried that mantle. so, i can't thank you enough for all your help you've done with small businesses. you've done an awesome job and i wish you continued success. >> thank you. >> hopefully we'll see you up here again. >> yes. and one more thing to add. we're still going to be calling you. regina and i have already discussed this. [laughter] >> absolutely, absolutely. well, i'm truly touched, commissioners. regina, thank you so much. it means a lot -- it means a lot coming from the folks who i have spent, since my time at city government, working for alioto, ggra, a decade working on behalf of. so, i'm very honored that you would take the time to honor me. it just, it really does -- it's very touching. i have had the privilege over the last three years to represent what i would term an entrepreneurial artist in restaurantures. w

to nullify any potential economic threats to ukrainian economy if this association deal is to be signed basically this means that ukrainian government believes that the cranial economy is simply not ready for signing this association deal the first vice prime minister of the government due to boycott the former energy minister specified that the government is looking to create a three way commission consisting of ukraine russia and the european union to understand the mechanism of how the ukrainian called economy should work should it eventually sign the association deal but regardless of whether the e.u. association deal would be signed a future this does not affect in any way the gas deals the current gas deals that ukraine has with several international oil and gas companies but at the same time the government has been so keen on pushing this deal on pushing this extraction of shale gas that it completely neglected the warring calls and concerns coming from the countries of colleges have been warning that fracking is a very dangerous process that involves chemicals explosion at the d

>> the ntca is a national trade association. we represent 900 small, local providers that are in pretty much every state in this country. basicvide what used to be telephone service. they are now broadband providers. they have also become the one- stop shop service providers for immunity's. they do video, wireless, data centers, whatever technologies their communities require. we resent their interests here in washington, d.c. >> who are some of your members? >> we have everywhere from the largest cooperative in the telecommunications cooperative in south carolina with 100,000 subscribers, to numerous small companies, family-hell, locally owned. that have 400 or 500 subscribers a piece. if you looked at the map of the united states, we serve about 40% of the landmass but about 5% of the kinds -- customer base. when you think about here in washington, where you have a large provider providing service, 130 scrappers, my folks -- subscribers per mile. my folks average six or seven consumers per mile.. differentr concerns than the v

golden gateway tenant association. and the coast neighborhood association, tell graph hill dwellers and the citizens from china town, it is a blueprint for the entire north east corridor that offers plans and ideas to benefit the port, recreation, housing, open space, and it is environmentally compatible to the new cruise terminal and exploretorimu., it benefits those who live in the neighborhood but really opens up the water front to all parts of the city and those who visit our san francisco. and the a&d water front vision shows a sense of place, creating more people, space and i might point out that it was not an a&d plan but that wonderful children's playground in the park is an example of people, and vision. the water front vision plan is an integrated hall and now is the time to begin the dialogue with you and your port staff and we come with an open mind, changes may be muted to fit the present and an honest discussion, must again, the vision planner is a great starting point, and if i have time i would like to