something could be put upon it. is that going to be done? >> there is probably of mixing of terminology. and along the marina and the input, we are more constrained, so you would see an actual seawall similar to what you would see a long the embarcadero, so the similarity it would be raised. what we are talking about is an elevated area there, and we will show you how that can bee widend to provide public access along the water's edge. >> it was not decided to do a taller barrier, because that would be bad. then they talk about a monitoring program. is that going to be incorporated herrmann -- inc.? >> one requirement is that they do a program that looks of the existing record that makes recommendations for improvements over subsequent five years and the funds necessary to make those improvements. >> the final question i had, and i must add that my mother was there, and we were flying airplanes to china during your -- to china. what about the traffic of, how are we going to manage that -- what about the traffic? how are we going to manage th

you want the city to be safe, you want it to be solvent, you want it to be successful. i'm trying to resurrect -- [inaudible] and we don't do that by making, i think, unauthorized stretch against any part of san francisco that we work very closely with. so i'm just going to be bold about it and tell you from my heart, i think we go in a different direction. i think we maintain that special relationship we've had with labor. they are partners and we will work this out and when it comes to pension reform, li be honest, let the numbers speak to us. not political positions. and the numbers are saying, we've got to do things better and those numbers will be there for -- we'll correct this and make sure the pension doesn't eat away at all the services. that's what i'm here to say and do and i'm just being very honest with you and i'm not jumping off -- i'll be here, i'll be here as part of self help. the way my salary is going down, i'll be in those lines, too. dd that will have to be the last question in response. if you didn't get a chance to ask your question, you can fill

that may be. that's regardless of whether class three fits and i also acknowledge it's substantial evidence standard. supervisor elsbernd: i've got questions on that. this case seems to be on point that says this notion that it has to go into an existing facility. that case doesn't suggest that at all. it says the exact opposite. >> i would suggest that since the substantial evidence standard applies to whether something fits in a category, if there's evidence on the city's side, i haven't -- we haven't focused on that point. the more important point is that the cumulative affect of so many of these -- so it's not -- i would just move on from there and say, yes, you have a reasonable argument, i'm not aware of the case you're talking about. supervisor elsbernd: i appreciate that. the cumulative impact really is the kind of frankly lone hook the apellants have. >> and the unusual circumstances as well. i'm just telling you, that's another argument. supervisor elsbernd: the cumulative one is the one

thank you for being here. >> thank you. good to be here. madam president, members of the commission, fred blackwell, head of the redevelopment agency. i see you guys have a long agenda, so i will try to dvd less filling version of the update, but there is a lot to talk about. i wanted to do four things. give your essence of what is in the governor's -- the government proposal in a general sense and then talk more specifically about what is in the trailer bills that comes behind the governor's proposal, give you a brief update on the status of things right now, and close with a little bit of discussion about what the concrete implications are for san francisco under a couple of scenarios. the governor's budget was released on january 10 of this year, and has included a net basically have cuts and half revenue -- included in a basically have cuts and half revenue. the elimination of redevelopment was in the cut side of the governor's proposal. the dollar figures associated with -- that has been associated with the elimination of redevelopment

they're going to be required to go out and test. this could be an issue. and that could increase the application fee. if it turns out that their issues down the road with this, then we may have to improvise it. >> i have a permit for an outdoor event, in one of the conditions -- would that be an option against no audible noise outside? >> well, right now, those kinds of conditions would be not necessarily in the legislation, but it is something the administratively, it is better administratively for the director to apply those positions that would fit under this guideline. commissioner clyde: ok, i will take the recommendation of the department. president o'brien: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i prefer the broader citywide. i know in north beach, i personally think it is a little over the top that everything requires a c.u. if you have a small restaurant, in you when one person playing a guitar, you have to have a c.u. with that caveat going into it with this 10:00 p.m. limit, because it makes it harder to protest it. even with the noise, the t

pro nuclear and being anti nuclear from being pro-war to being anti-war from being pro wealthy to being working for social justice these things do work and what we found in the green energy movement as well as the social justice movement and so many of the women's rights movement and so much of the movement is what's good for justice and what's good for the environment is ultimately good for the economy that's a tough sell in the interim but in the long term it always proved to be true well it's a tough sell indeed and i guess we'll have to have you back in another decade if we're not going in the rapture first to see if the politicians are actually listening thank you so much that's harvey wasserman editor of lucre dot org. now well foresight is one thing some ideas from the past are simply left over there whether it's legwarmers bell bottoms or of the so-called paleolithic diet i don't really know who's on that but it's a weird thing yet there's one disturbing comeback that's largely under the radar it's the return of the debtors prisons and it's happening right here in the twenty fir

>> it will be 32.ervisor wiener: in a city where there is often a lot of drama, the sheriff's department, a political drama, i just wanted to thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. i appreciate it. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor wiener. i am sorry. i do have one more question for you. i see money in a great program will could you just explain what this is for it? >> yes, that is the funding we use for alternative programs inside the jail and outside of the jail. under management. -- anger management. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor wiener, and we will have one more budget meeting before we are done. if we have no other questions from the committee at this point in time, can we get to this item to the call of the chair? ok, thank you very much. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned. commissioner brandon: meeting is called to order. >> approval of minutes for the april 12, 2011 meeting. all in favor? item three, public c

day, he would be here? if it is uncertain -- do we have anything to realistically believe that next week -- i read from the packet that it sounds like there is some animosity going on here. i do not know if it is a delay tactic. >> it is a hard situation because this has been ongoing for a long time. i really do respect that the dr requester are here, but i do understand there could have been a problem with the date. he should a request to the continuance, at that point, since he was uncertain. i will go with what the commission feels. commissioner antonini: even if this item is heard today, we have mandatory dr's. we consider those just as we do any other dr. this case is stated in the paper work and we will certainly look at this, if we hear it today, in the same manner as we do any other dr. >> but if we hear it today, the requestor will not be here to present his side of things. i guess there is the possibility that if it is just one week, we would postpone it to one week, have it on the front of the ca

i wanted to be sure that there would be a public process. this would be better in five years where what is actually happening will be measured. there will be an action taken. the public and the residents of the island can participate and discuss if it is not meeting its goals, if the impacts are worse than we thought they would be, what to do about it. i would like to add this monitoring amendment to that. i will move that amendment. >> any public comment on this? >> is there a second is what you're supposed to say. >> i guess i can seconded and ask a question. >> yes. >> i am just wondering if in terms of the process and public review, having to deal with the citizen advisor board, is this something that we are going to have to now hold off on the approval so that we have to go through a process? >> no, either tid or ttma will need to prepare an update on what is actually happening with transportation, the bridge, the bus, the ferry, all of those things, and how those impacts compare to what they are projecting. so we can see we are doing a

be on time please don't. i don't welcome to business thanks for joining me this hour the exploration of russia's oil and gas which objects south is back on track as well major bt falls by the wayside state run ross they have to is in talks with shell coming to their new partner but nail in the coffin of the b.p. deal came with russian energy minister saying this to teach a class between ross and b.p. is unlikely to be revived after the split has been looking for a new partner with optic drilling experience but unlike bt charles has a chance to talk deal with is not an option show where he holds a stake in the gas pump into projects in russia's car east. and russia's accession to the world trade organization has already taken almost two decades and is still not sealed however the process may get faster after dmitry medvedev and barack obama discuss the issue at the. well there you go europe and you're going to discuss solutions achieved improving economic cooperation between our countries and russia is doubly

that would be great if it could be. >> yes. president vietor: some kind of distributed generation of around grenoble's, the local build up, that would be great. if we could make an informed decision. if that makes sense. thank you. >> coming back to the storm drain. the whole system will be replaced. the gravity system, the initial construction. we are working through some of the details with staff now on those systems, and the intent is we will of all on-site treatment before we go into the bay. chris is here to run through the treatment strategy. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i would like to start by noting that puc is the city agency responsible for meeting the state regulatory requirements for water quality control in the bay, and this project is unique in the opportunity we have to really integrate the way we deal with storm water management and integrate it with both infrastructure planning and the open face and open design. we have been able to do that throughout the process. there are a couple of key points. the ide

to everyone to be able to donate. i think journalism, and going forward, can learn a lot from that model. >> and we got many $5 donations from people who are not working right now. >> my name is luke. i worked as a generalist for seven years. currently -- journalist for seven years. currently, i worke with photographs. it is really all about the business model. patch believe they can make money based on advertising. other local newspapers believe advertising is not enough to support journalism. i am interested in your thoughts on that, brian. and pat, i know that you are looking for 20, 30 times returns. >> what is that? >> i put in $1 million and i get $10 million out. >> we do not know what that is an public radio. [laughter] >> ok, thank you. i would like to ask our guests to keep the questions short and sweet. we have a lot of questions. >> patch is built on ad revenue, but not in the -- it is not just banner ads. it is about serving the community. there is a business community as well. small business owners who k

will be be for the people of scotland to say that there was something manifestly wrong the party spoke appear to have a referendum in the voting system but were not prepared to load the people of scotland to decide their constitutional future you mentioned a referendum on the alternative fate that's now been down to that as a waste of time are you worried that the same might happen to a referendum on scottish independence or do a phone call be seen as the i think when the referendum comes it will be seized by the people of scotland we don't keep anything for granted but the same can be hawked and expect that we will win lots of people throughout my lifetime that there would never be a scottish parliament know that as i was told that they would never get a scottish national party of government yes there is i know there's a scottish national party government that's a majority government in the scottish parliament people said that could never come a vote because it devised a voting system to try and make sure there would never be a majority it said pete government and there's been a poll

the new part of the media is not a new types of stories being told, but how they are being told, short for nurses long form, and how they are distributed on your one newspaper or magazine or one website, versus to run the mobile universe, or threat the internet universe, portals. do you want to give 30% of revenue to apple in order to distribute it? lots of publishers are making that decision. it is the distribution from free tv to pay tv and the change from the free online destination media to mobile everywhere media and the creation of brands there. along with the business model, that is what we are working on. >> the want to go to the next question. we have to get to everybody. >> my name is peter bergen. i am an investigative reporter. i do not write content, i do not right product. i do news reporting. i do not write material to put ads around. there are some assumptions coming from this gathering that i find troubling. many years ago, upton sinclair wrote a classical study of journalism. he said that the advertising model does not work. clearly, it does work, but the main thing t

that cannot be opened. trash -- have a required other restaurants to market on the sidewalk? president olague: not that i remember. >> there is and the dixon -- an existing condition in your motion that deals with that. commissioner sugaya: ok. i think as far as the neighbors getting plants, is there some not vacation from building that could be done, that they would receive plans and could take a look at them? >> i am from the department's staff. typically, there is nothing in place that would require that. >> my understanding is that even the plans that you have today -- i am wondering if there is a way for them to receive the plans you have, rather than the construction drawings, which are a little more awkward. is there some way to receive the plans we have today? we could use those as a basis for further discussion. commissioner sugaya: for one thing, the plan submitted to the building are public record. i think the issue is when did they get submited and how do they know when they get submitted. do yo

-- new lots would be rf. we heard those were waved a former reagan in 1994 are planning code -- they were before our planning code. i was looking of the findings. even if we were inclined to overturn it, we would have to find all five requirements met, and i do not think that is possible. those are my comments for now. >> i would agree that the development code can show -- development potential of this particular lot has been met. the question islais whether thet split with a couple of conditions -- one is no increase in density -- if there was an acceptable position for this board and for property owners, the lot slick has very little -- lot split has very little benefit in terms of how it is handled. i would support that condition vire. i would agree but the building built in the 2000 tehran region in -- era max down the slide triggered by would support -- era maxed out. >> many of the statements made b y president goh also resonate with me, especially the -- i don't know if that wa s a failure to consider

such as who will be secretary, who will be the fiscal agent. who will be attorney staff for review and all that. it's an excellent opportunity for san francisco to be -- get in on the first steps of this and maybe make some of those decisions. and possibly get some of the funding for those positions to the city and county if we decide to be the fiscal agent. since we have two seats there, the recommendation that i have is that we move cautiously but quickly in getting on to this j.p.a. >> i -- commissioner mirkarimi: i would agree, so far to date it's been our role in the area, through the grants we have been the ones assigned to farm out those particular grants to other jurisdictions, isn't that correct? >> that's correct, supervisor. san francisco has been the fiscal agent for the region since the inception of the grants. commissioner mirkarimi: why wouldn't just be it a natural assumption we would retain that sort of leadership role as we set way into this agreement? >> that's a very good question. i spent my afternoon yesterday with the uwa

this must be done." witht asking himself what exactly is it that we can do to make it happen. >> rose: well, let's... so let's focus on that. >> that bothered me a little bit. >> let's take that question. if you were advising president obama tonight, he said'm giving my speech, spig, what should i do next, and specifically what should i do about syria? a country that's on the edge of what could be a very violent cataclysm. how would you advise him? >> i would advise him to take stock of what we can do and in my judgment sanctions are long-term solutions if they are everolutions. but ey don't result immediate problems. the immediate problem is assad. it's stability, it's perhaps an arcky, even, in syria. and i think we have to recognize the fact that we cannot enforce a solution there. but we have two parties with whom we could be working closely to try to have a more or less acceptable outcome. the two parties are saudi arabia and turkey. neither one of which wants syria to become anarchisc or subject to

nexgen will be delayed. stpwhr >> it's got to be someplace. you can't get more liquid in a quart bottle and the quart will hold. the quart was intended to hold. and i don't know how motchmadsm chairman that we can say, ok, build additional airplane building facilities, bring more airplanes into the system, and not be guaranteed that we have enough funds to supply the appropriate number of controllers. and there ought to be a formula that says, ok, you want to cut the funds that go into the f.a.a.? ok. then here's how many controllers we have. and we say there can only be x number of airplanes in the sky so that there isn't a question about that this tug of war that you find yourself in or that we find ourselves in where, oh, it's going to be cut, cut, cut. when you cut too much the blood starts running. thank you very much and thank you all very much for your testimony. >> thank you, senator. mr. babt, i would like to go back to the questions that i was asking about operational errors and just trying to understand whether you have any purview

can we be courageous? yes, we could be courageous but then we open the door for the state or someone else to come in and take us over and then they'll make these decisions. nobody here likes what we're doing this evening. but if we don't take this action, and there's always an outside chance, depending on how the budget turns out, once we get more information, that we have the opportunity to rescind as many as possible of these layoffs. but until we know what a budget is, you know, it's a whacky system but until we know what our budget is, how can we say responsibly that we shouldn't do this? we absolutely have to do this because we're given no choice under the current statute of how things operate in california. president mendoza: thank you. can i ask a clarifying question and then i'll get to you, dr. murase. the last time we went through this, we had this conversation in the actual resolution it talks about because of lack of services versus lack of funding. can that be added into the resolution because

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we recognize that a palestinian state must be big enough to be viable, to be independent, to be prosperous. all of you and the president too have referred to israel as the homeland of the jewish people. just as you have been talking about a future palestinian state, is the homeland of the palestinian people. well, jews from around the world have a right to immigrate to the one and only jewish state, and palestinians from around the world should have a right to immigrate if they so choose to a palestinian state. and here's what this means. it means that the palestinian refugee problem will be resolved outside the borders of israel. >> you know, everybody knows this. it's time to say it. it's important. as for jerusalem, only a democratic israel has protected the freedom of worship for all faiths in the city. throughout the millennial history of the jewish capital, the only time that jews, christians and muslims could worship freely, could have unfettered access to their holy sites has been during israel's sovereignty over jerusalem. jerusalem must never again be divided. jerusalem must rema

>> i have to be, yes. have to be. >> reporter: if for whatever reason they fail -- >> total catastrophe. this entire city would flood, without a doubt. >> reporter: are you angry that they're opening up the morganza spillway? >> not really. i think we all lived with the idea that, hey, we know this is the potential, this is what this whole floodway system is for. wouldn't want to live anyplace else. but that's part of what comes with it. but certainly this is a floodway. it is built as a floodway. there was no -- that decision was made way back in '28 and the '30s and all that, after the '27 flood, this was the design. so from that perspective, that's what it's here for. it's here to provide that relief valve for the river. >> reporter: the water level reached here in '73? >> that's correct. >> reporter: this is part of the wall that held it back? >> that's correct. >> reporter: we're about 100 miles north of morgan city. about 3:00 central time, 4:00 eastern, if you look about halfway down this flood stru

would be at full employment. and also that the median net worth of business owners is two anded a half times that of nonbusiness honers and the statistics are more stunning in terms of the minority communities where it's for african-american business owners they are earning 10 times more than african-americans who do not own businesses. so it's very critical in helping them become business owners. renaissance was established in 1985. they have three sights. one in the bay view, one in the south of market, one in the mid peninsula. they serve 1,600 annually. and they core is training, workshops, a business incubator, capital access to technology and graduate services. on behalf of both urban solutions and the renaissance entrepreneurship center, i did want to share with you that our two organizations collectively receive over $1 million each gleer funding from the redevelopment agency to do work on the bay view on 6th street and also for renaissance's business incubator. so redevelopment in other parts of the stat

of it. >> we would like it to be -- supervisor mirkarimi: this is very specific. >> we wanted to be identical for what we're doing for the pilot. we envision a small poster or a tear-off pad available in the window of the store so people walking by can see it, and then in the pharmacy itself. people walk up directly to ask about it. supervisor mirkarimi: i have had a little bit of experience with this. i offered the ban on plastic bags. i wanted to see volunteers with the industry, similar stores, walgreen's, to provide signage to dissuade people from using the common plastic bag and you something else. we would find some of that signage buried behind "the national enquirer" or other magazines. that is my worry here. in a voluntary program, that very well may result in that situation. isn't that a valid concern? >> i think that makes sense. it should be in a prominent location. you allow for a two-month education time for us to go to the stores and insure they have the materials and they are in a prominent location. we will help to make that happen. supervisor mirkarimi: very good.

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would like us to be. one of the issues we talked about along this line is that pier 23, in the special area plan half of it, is supposed to be removed. when you do a major project at the pier 27 through 31 location. pier 23, as part of that historic district nomination, is part of that resource, and staff have forwarded the notion that it may not be wise to remove the back half of that pier, that that could be a significant impact to an important historic resource, and the pier itself was in good condition. we found that some people were really went to the trade-offs that were made in the original special area plan. a great deal of other participants in the process of the value of keeping the back half of pier 23. that is an issue i think we need to explore more in the process. what happens towards the end of the interview process is the america's cup. it was something being negotiated concurrent with many of the interviews. it was not a direct topic area that was discussed in most of the interviews becau

built and could result in water that could be through a variety of mechanisms be shared by more than one agency. the contra costa water district would basically be intake. the utility district's system is the one that would then be the most key to actually allowing water into their system, whereby they could potentially use the water, or they could wheel that water to other areas. we could potentially share water lily of the water district, as well, so there are a lot of different options for moving water around, and there is also the possibility to use delta water, for those who use delta water. we reported previously there was a pilot project conducted at that site in 2009 to give us information on the physical characteristics of the plant that might be necessary, so what we are looking at here are four things to be determined. one is hydraulic modeling of a system to see how it would actually work, and the slide shows the dark land across the talked -- top, which is the aqueduct. they would share water into the other systems, ultimately getting to how much it would cost. the water

would it be a standard fee, or would be there -- with there be any great nation? >> would you clarify which fee? we have a processing fee to administer it, and there's a possibility in the future of a proprietary at the. >> can you go over all the fees? >> ok. right now, public works and the port bow charge an administrative fee to handle the staff cost of administering the program, and it is a minimal fee. probably does not factor in the time required to maintain the program, such as developing standards, but it does require the inclusion of permit process -- encroachment permit process that goes into it. i'm sorry i did not have the numbers with me at this time. it is not very significant. the board adopts the public works these scheduled to that. the other at the we're proposing to study would be a license to use port property, saying that this is valuable commercial advertising space, and should we pursue looking at this as a revenue source, and raises the question of with these applicants be willing to continue the use of this. we have looked at some of these

that reform should be worded -- be rewarded and applauded. i thank them for coming to us with a smart and viable solution. with the future of u.s. security on the line, there are two pass on the line. speaking cut from the defense budget. it does not address the real federal money entitlements. it will hit the pentagon and the troops hard. they will do certain capabilities. the ranks will be thin. secretary gates recently said after trimming $78 billion that we will approaching the minimum level of money needed to maintain our commitments globally. we are below that figure by an average of 7% each year for the next 12 years. that is the obama figure. we can roll up our sleeves. we can work the defense budget with a scalpel. if god forbid america does stumble, historians will ask for generations. did america push or fall? i ensure that question never has to be asked and never has to be answered. they have sounded price. continue to offer your sage advice. buzz word together to ensure the shining city on the hill burns bright for future generat

would be.e will be tomorrow in their proposal. it is a new judge. frankly, wolf, this is a pretty close case. there are some judges, i think, who would grant strass-kahn bail under these circumstances. so i think they are going at another -- just for another bite at the apple. bail applications are frequently made on fridays. mob wants to spend a weekend in prison. so -- it is not a surprise that they are coming back at this one and i don't think it is a foregone conclusion they are going to lose. >> how significant is it that he has no criminal record but another woman has come forward in france alleging that several years ago he tried to sexually assault her? >> caller: well, i think -- there is a lot of bad news for strass-kahn out there. this case looks like -- again, we are very early in the process. this case looks like it is a very serious matter. it looks like it will proceed as a full-fledged case against him. the fact he's a foreigner, biggest strike against him. the most people who a

and -- >> would that be? what impact would that be? >> they would have to save up and get cash before they can buy a home. >> in their property is what you're saying? >> exactly. so there's a trade-off then -- there is a trade-off between two good things, consumer protection and consumer choice, competition and lower prices if you raise prices consumers get less. as and give the panel agrees yes or no there are trade-offs. just as outlined. dr. evans? >> yes or no? >> yes. >> there are trade-offs. >> okay. >> go ahead. >> elaborating on the ftc is what we see is the ftc through the collaborative five member process comes up with a way of doing this. we also cftc that there is an internal check of competition, consumer choice on one side of the agency, consumer protection on the other side of the agency. and when i'd think about this -- the ftc nobody has ever said that the ftc is incompetent because they've got an agency. i never saw trading with respect to these sorts of things. what i saw was a deliberative process that internal chec

the managers are human beings. the employees are human beings. the advertisers are human beings.le are human beings. the customers are human beings. in that sense, corporations are no different from teams or orchestra or choirs or universities, which are all made up of human beings. and so in a derivative sense corporations can have rights just the same way as universities can or the los angeles philharmonic can have rights. obviously, the exact nature of the rights and how to establish it are complicated matters but i don't think that this badmouthing of corporations is somehow some super-duper monstrous entity has any justification going for it. >> host: well, here's a related email from james from new york. first of all, he says machan has been evading too many questions from the left and here's his. he refers only to the power of the government in taking away individual freedom. are there not powerful corporations that strip freedoms from individuals? why are only the government -- why assume only government creates these corporations? what is the evidence? do nonregulated ma

be. still today, i can't stand to see people eat bad food. it really does tear me up sort of like fingernails on a chalk board. for those dinner parties i would obsessed for hours and hours about the upcoming meal. i would search local markets and find the very best ingredients. i really researched recipes, spent hours and hours in the kitchen prepping and when people would come over i would swing into action. i was so busy through dinner that i wouldn't get to socialize with my guests or i wouldn't enjoy the food. i wouldn't get to sit down but do you know what? i was in absolute heaven. why is that? i had done all the work. i had spent all my money, i had gotten to eat only a small amount of the food and then i was left with the dirty dishes but i was the happiest person in the room and it gave me a sense of well-being and all i could think about was one i was going to do it again and what i would cook and how i was going to make it even better next time. what does this all tell you? i

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rtp not be? it cannot do everything. much of what we will be looking for is the back from the jurisdiction, including asset, as to what it will take to make this kind of growth happening. >> -- supervisor campos: i feel that we are being taken for granted in terms of what this means for san francisco. the goals are very ambitious. and yet, i do not know if we're being given the resources to actually do what we're being asked to do. certainly the transportation investment. supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: median 2035 we will not be in war in iraq and afghanistan and we can use those funds for transit and where we really need to rebuild. >> there are a couple of items coming up very soon. one is to identify growth for areas that would potentially expand on the resources that are now available and the assessment for individual transportation projects. that will be moving forward. that will be a big part of the discussion going forward how will we be looking at growth and relocation? supervisor

we recognize a palestinian state must be big enough to be viable, to be independent, to be prosperousof you, and the president, too, have referred to israel as the homeland of the jewish people. just as you have been talking about a future palestinian state, is the homeland of the palestinian people. jews from around the world have a right to immigrate to the one and only jewish state. and palestinians from around the world should have a right to immigrate if they so choose to a palestinian state. here's what this means. it means that the palestinian refugee problem will be resolved outside the borders of israel. everybody knows this, it's time to say it, it's important. and as for jerusalem, only a democratic israel has protected the freedom of worship for all faiths in the city. throughout the millennial history of the jewish capital, the only time that jews, christians, and muslims could worship freely, could have unfettered access to their holy sites, has been during israel's sovereignty over jerusalem. jerusalem must never again be divided. jerusalem must remain the united capita

being threat of being caught on camera will hopefully act as a deterrent.wang shows us how it works. >> the motion sensor. >> when the officer goes home his voice will be working overtime. >> the park is closed. your picture has been taken and will be forward today the brentwood police department. leave the park immediately. >> the flash cam 880 is motion activated portable camera that can capture a license plate from 250 feet away. >> in the dark. the system activates itself. >> the first mobile assignment is in this neighborhood near creek side park where groups have been causing trouble at night. >> there has been some trouble and in the paths and walkways and things are thrown over around our property. >> officer miller can wirelessly download the photos in seconds. >> gives me more peace of mind. >> similar cameras are being used to catch illegal dumpers. it's $5400 each the department thinks it's a wise investment. >> it's a tremendous amount of money replacing copper wire and metal boxes that are being stolen. if we can identify one of those persons

this is going to be a full- service restaurant selling chicken, some salads, that would be affordable to families. some families of latin american heritage might be particularly warm to the idea because it is something their families might remember from wherever it is they came from. there is another restaurant a lot of filipino families i know frequent that is also considered fast food. the families enjoy going there because it reminds them sentimentally of their homes where they come from. i do not think there is anything wrong with that. there is plenty of conditions of approval in here. garbage -- i live in an ok area. there are high and cafes, high and restaurants near me. -- high-and cafes, high-and restaurants near me. -- high-end cafes, height and restaurants near me. i get biodegradable bags in my front yard. i do not like that either. i am not sure what the implications are, what the nation of the business -- not that because of the nature of the business people who go to the restaurant will be more inclined to trash the neighborhood? i do not appreciate the in plant -- the

they'll be okay.der homes and older structures, you know, they will see some water. >> mr. core me yeah, the irony, you were suffering before a drought before this happened. >> we still haven't received any significant rain in these parties in my parish for months. it's weird that, you know, here we are fighting flood waters in the middle of a drought and it's just -- it's unexplainable. i don't know how else to say it other than the fact that we recognize that the north central part of the united states received more than 500% rainfall than they normally have and all that water has it to travel down, you know. it is a weird feeling. >> let me, you know, katrina, hurricane katrina, rita, ike, gustav, the oil spill, now the water is coming through the morganza spillway. i mean, how many people just have moved out and haven't come back or what is it about the people of your parish that makes them sort of endure all this? it has been a rough, rough few years. >> louisiana is known, we are fighting people

we know what it's going to be. we just have to talk about it. >> israel's prim minister benjamin netanyahu is still in the united states. how about president obama's message today influence him? >> well, i think president obama went a long way to making the prime minister feel better. he was really looking for a strong statement on hamas. the president did say the israelis shouldn't be expected to negotiate if hamas does not accept israel's right to exist. he's saying any country can't be expected to negotiate with someone that won't even accept its right to exist. so i think as the prime minister looks to make his speech tomorrow night at aipac and also a speech before congress on tuesday, i think president obama definitely encouraged him, made him feel a little bit better since what he heard on thursday during that speech. >> meantime, president obama underscoring that israel cannot afford to be isolated. what did he mean by that? >> well, what he meant, fred, is the arab spring, these revolutions sweeping the na

could that be measured or what kind of actions would be taken? i am trying to look at a friendly amendment as suggested by the commissioner. if we change this to a needs assessment, does it still serve the same purpose? >> we would then tried to reason with them. >> does it still not achieve the same purpose? >> if i could buy been a little bit on this -- pipe in a little bit on this, i think i feel a little bit better about this now that i understand it. it is a public body. we're going to have a public hearing. if the developer is submitting to us the plan, we're going to have a public hearing. hopefully, we can bring the residents to our hearing. we can hear about it and then we can approve a retail plan. i guess my concern is about how the plan is going to be, but at least it is a public process. we will have the developer come to us, a public party, at a public hearing, have the residents come to us, and then they can tell us what they need. >> the word targeted was suggested by staff. that does not mandate something that says this is what t

these will be community meetings being held. on may 25, our goal is to review revised concept plans for the port blue green way open spaces. project cost, draft prioritization based on available funding. then on june 16, we will review concepts for the blue green way, linking cited for the error and furnishing standards. those will be important steps as we proceed along our planning process. we hope to have a document available by may 20 on our website at sf port.com. we hope that you can attend. i think you are going to attend, commissioner brandon? >> we will take a look. >> that concludes my report. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? >> consent calendar. 8a. request authorization to accept and expend $1,612,357 in 2007 supplemental infrastructure protection program port security grant program funds from the department of homeland security for security improvements at the port of san francisco. 8b. request authorization to accept and expend $7,783,556 in 2009 infrastructure protect

that panel will be made to look like the existing stucco of the building and will be painted to match. the equipment in the basement will be very secure. the generator in the courtyard will be adjacent to the current generator that mercy terrace has for their emergency backup. antennas will be here. here is a drawing of how the antennas will look from an elevation of view. we are only putting this on the current penthouse where at&t has their antennas. with regards to comments that the gentleman made about whether they will access this. there are currently at&t antennas out. there are requests for the at&t and 10 us to not allow people to get within a certain distance of those antennas. we also had a report produced for the site that showed the cumulative a fact of all of the antennas on the site. he can address any questions you have with that. also, russ is here. he can address any questions you have about the coverage or capacity in the area. verizon had planned this site for coverage and capacity. if you have any questions, they are available. thank you very much. >> i would like

beaten, being imprisoned, being murdered. it's very intimidating. and the list goes on and on and on. mr. mccain: so could i ask my colleague, what implications, if any, does the senator from maryland feel it should have on the russian entry into the world trade world trade organization? mr. cardin: i just came from the senate finance committee hearing and we're talking about a free trade agreement, and i'm for free trade agreements. i think it makes sense. when a country wants to do trade with the united states, they all of a sudden understand that they have got to look at their human rights issues. i think all of us would like to see russia a part of the international trade community. i'd like to see russia, which is already members of a lot of international organizations, live up to their commitments that they have made in joining these international organizations. but it's clear to me that russia needs to reform. if we're going to have business leaders traveling to russia in order to do business, i want to make sure they