you'll never get that with astroturf. i have smelled and fallen on astroturf, it is not pleasant. as a sportsman or anyone else. there are memories i have of golden gate park, and hazlet -- bin my backyard. it is a restored space. i hear the birds and the wind in the trees and smell the cut grass. there is one memory i have. i was walking through the park and it had rained and the sun had come out and it was twilight, in the gloaming. the grass was lessened. i was on the phone with my sister and she was depressed and i said you will not believe it. there are 200 robins on the grass. you will never have that possibility with astroturf. you cannot yield habitat to expedience. we have to think about what the park is, not just for us, but for the other forms of life that enjoy it. john mclaren and the founders continued -- intended it to be a refuge for all wild life. the fact we have parents and coyotes living in the park is proof that it is commodious for other forms of life. thank you for your time. president olague: thank you. next speaker? >> my name is terrance faulkner. my fath

what would a mclaren do today about a proposal for natural grass replaced with astroturf? concrete and electric lights? he would block it. that is what he would do. gotten good evening, commissioners. haven't been here since you got promoted. i am a native san franciscan, naturally i am against this project. i am john wooden, i live in north beach. it is a professional soccer stadium masquerading as a gift to the children. all the projects i am against are either masquerading as being something for children or a way to create jobs. when the city let them go to an mx suit -- a new mexico firm, a pretty much gave up. but i owe it to my mother who was a native san franciscan to be here to try to persuade you, even though you're not in a position to turn the project down, i think you could send a message if he sent it back for corrections or perhaps a few extended the public comment period. there is a reason san francisco was voted to be the second best city in the united states, it was in the paper yesterday. hot windy city let them go, what has to wonder -- and one has to wo

that is what astroturf is like. even worse given quality concerns. it states conclusions without supporting its findings, without citing studies or other data, this is not allowed by ceqa and it renders the plan flawed. i will give you an example. this will take 9 acres of the fields themselves out of use. if you look at this map, which shares to the amount of green space that is here. there are two other spots that compared to that. if you look in a broader -- within a 5 mile radius, the red dots are spots within the park that are the size of this or larger. there is not a lot of open grassland habitat even within a 5 mile radius to talk about. they just lump together open space altogether. there's many other examples of the inadequacy of the study. with flights and the noise and increased human activity. the biological impacts that will occur once this has been ripped up. they provide no basis for the conclusion it will last 10 or 15 years. it fails to provide adequate mitigation measures. nothing -- it does nothing for lights and does not consider

it does not fully evaluate the astroturf, and the benefits for new technology that have been used to insert turf in other areas of the country and throughout the world. alternative sites have not been fully investigated. [chime] president olague: thank you. >> please provide another 60 days for this review. >> i'm a physician and a 41-year resident of san francisco. i think it is really inadequate in terms of medical things and hazards. there is a hole orthopedic literature that has to do with artificial turf is not, in fact, safer. we have been hearing that it is safer over and over and i think that literature got ignored. i did submit it at one point, there are a lot of articles. there are some specifics that only applied artificial turf. like turf-toe. and the effect of playing on artificial grass that it's a very high temperatures on hot days. i would like to show you a picture. can it be turned on? these are stairs, and i looked at that at first. i thought, what is all that black stuff? that is the crumbles' coming down from the playing field. these tears are swept regularly. th

i am concerned about the toxic chemicals found in the rubber compound used in the astroturf. i am very concerned, particularly, about the stadium lighting and the eye -- and that is proposed to be put in. if you have had the privilege of sitting there after dark, looking at the waves, it is beautiful. having huge nearly spotlight's put in so close to the beach would absolutely ruin that. i do not believe that something that would benefits of your residence when they can go elsewhere to play is justifiable to ruin something as wonderful as the park for some many residents. >> thank you members of the planning commission for hearing this important item today. i will read a message written by my brother david that is a santa clara residents. the messages on behalf of the san francisco nonprofit that provides free soccer to san francisco youth. we strongly support the play field initiative plan to renovate the athletic field and urge you to close comment so that every san francisco kitten can have a place to play. the project provides free soccer for kids of all backgrounds, the

have scared the president because he seemed to backtrack as soon as he got on the card actually and astroturf in hollywood have you seen the show will go i have not see the show is just juggled it what it was. so mr president you never actually watch the card actually and really i call bull obama be honest you've watched you just never turn the sound on and personally i tune in for that cutie rob but if i may let's examine how these two families have more in common than they think and i don't just mean their penchant for hanging out with rappers or loud mouth drunks with long hair and bad spray tans kim has actually undertaken a massive jobs act of her own but instead of hiring fourteen million americans well she offers services to fourteen fourteen looked at. sorry sorry that. it's never happened before where. all right speaking of employment president obama isn't making a regular appearances on the television sets of american households to show the country that he's capable of putting jobs in the laps of americans something kim already did years earlier actually but only with her ex singer

percent of americans actually disapprove of the tea party movement but more interesting than this astroturf movement it was bought and paid for by billionaires mult multimillionaires and their corporations frankly is the real tea party i'm talking about the boston tea party is seven hundred seventy three that auto flier was nailed on people's front doors and trees all over boston in the middle the night signed by an enigmatic character who went under the pseudonym rustic us there's still some debate about who he really was it's make sure that your watchman be instructed as they go on their rounds to call out every night at fast twelve be aware of these to india company. the east india company conventional wisdom has it that the seven hundred seventy three t act a tax law passed in london that led right to the boston tea party was simply an increase in the taxes on tea paid by american colonists in reality however the tea act gave the world's largest transnational corporation the british east india company the biggest corporate tax break in world history it was an actual tax refund on millio

the website and the whole watching process looks to me more like an astroturf meet up like the tea party where average americans think they're bucking both parties and voting for a moderate when in reality they're just dancing with millionaires in another corporation it's not about political parties a truth that even americans elect acknowledges and for progressives who want to put an end to corporatism the answer will not be found in a corporation running a candidate the real grassroots movement is already in the streets the ninety nine percent movement is putting incredible pressure on democrats and eventually can lead the whole party to follow in the footsteps of past progressives like teddy and franklin roosevelt one republican the other democrat who both fought against too much corporate influence in our government so let's get to work on bracing and strengthening the real grassroots movement in the streets in front of our very eyes it's a far better hope frankly in my opinion than a million are funded web based scheme to tinker with our electoral system. and that's the big picture

and in fact, propublica found multiple instances of democrats creating astroturf organizations, misleadinging the map, manipulating it in such a way that projections -- internal, democratic projections said we would gain six congressional seats instead of the two that we deserved. so in some ways, you know, in arizona and in california, the democrats are winning this political fight. in california, they were going too far. >> it is devastating in a bipartisan fashion, as we talk about democracy and fairness in elections. >>> up next on "now," party of acceptance or party of disapproval? how each side is handling the gay vote. >>> and at 1:00, the president is going to talk about the payroll tax fight and what's at stake. we'll be bringing you that live here on msnbc. ♪ you, you ain't alone ♪ and just let me be [ male announcer ] this is your moment. ♪ your ticket home ♪ [ male announcer ] this is zales, the diamond store. hey, hey, hey, hey. i can see who's on my network people! lance? lance? yes, yes you are next. all right. dave, i'm in. ♪ katie! what are you doing, sweetheart? supplemen