federation of teachers and all other statewide management organizations, including the school board association, and whereas the other initiatives in bond corp. debt reduction act is sponsored by the advancement project, civil rights attorney, and the parent teacher association, and by the california school board, and both initiatives would benefit schools by lessening but not eliminating impacts to districts throughout the state of california, and the current reductions for the school year will result in numerous personnel reductions, and services essential to educating its children, including the increase of classicize, and whereas based on the fact that either initiative passed by the electorate would serve to mitigate the cuts impacting the district and whereas the failure of both initiatives would trigger a $5.5 billion cut it to california schools, resulting in the for the reduction of instructional days for students as well as cuts toÑ%rÑtv teached other employees, and in the event both of them pass, conflicts would be resolved through legal means and not double taxation. therefore, be i

today, the california school board association did a webinar for those school districts. we did not get an invitation because we are not among those districts. for our finance staff and anyone interested in understanding what things the district considers in that situation, you can go on the website and that will be archived. if i could -- if i could, i just want to say for carlos that today, the newsletter came out with my monthly column. if you will indulge me, i will read the last part. "one morning, the community schools from was wowed by a panel of superintendents, including my san francisco unified school district carlos garcia. i was proud of all of these visionary leaders." in the first version, i had to cut it down, i also mentioned tony smith. "i was proud of all of these visionary leaders. there were all great. their support is necessary to the development of school programs around the state. impending retirement allows carlos to be more forward. he has had to handle political relationships with care and finesse. at that -- at this event, knew what went out the

the golden gate national parks conservancy board, board associates, and staff. where are you? ional park service. [applause] the presidio trust board and staff. [applause] and the elected officials and the staff of the great city and county of san francisco. [applause] than today we want to welcome our corporate partners who have supported our anniversary with funding and communications support. we are especially grateful to our to our partners. genentech, represented by jeffrey teeter. [applause] hewlett-packard, represented today by kirsten rivera. [applause] kaiser permanente take, represented by yvette radford. [applause] wells fargo, represented by richard belite. [applause] to our cable partner, odwalla, represented by mason thorton. [applause] to our building partner, chevron, represented by russ yaro. [applause] david miller. [applause] levi strauss and co., represented by jill nash. [applause] pg&e, represented today by tony early. [applause] who proposed to his beautiful wife on the golden gate bridge. a fantastic story. [applause] speeck products -- speck products, r

the golden gate national parks conservancy board, board associates, and staff. where are you? use] the national park service. [applause] the presidio trust board and staff. [applause]

. >> i am both a resident of the panhandle neighborhood and also serve on the neighborhood association board. i would like to express our gratitude for being incorporated into district 5. i am hoping after the final lines are drawn today that the eastern and western span of the panhandle will remain in district 5. thank you for your work on that and accommodating our resident'' wishes. i would like to second the comments by bruno. i have been very involved with the event planning and community activism. it has been central to the neighbor works out of there. i would want to make sure moving forward the boundary stays at turk and the boundary south of there still stays in district 5. thank you. >> good morning. >> you are next. >> my fault. >> no worries. >> my name is tony robles with senior action network in district 6. i have worked with the filipino community as part of the heritage foundation. the tenderloin area has been a starting point for many filipino immigrants and their families historically. they have gone through a lot, the community, with three development, the high cost of liv

i'm always glad to be at the arms control association's annual meeting before coming into government i served on the board, and i know from the inside/out how important this association is. so for the work that you do and for the work that all your talented staff do, as well as the membership of the organization, i truly want to thank you, because now i'm on the inside of a different booesz, and we really do appreciate all the work that you do to support our efforts in the government. i know that many of you have heard me speak a few times about what's going on in the arms control arena with this administration. i'm not going to sing the same old song today about the standard metaphors. that is, we're setting the stage, we're repairing the way, et cetera. in the simplest terms, i would like to make clear that this president set the agenda, and we have done some important things to move that agenda forward. we are approaching the lowest level at any time since the 1950s, the first full decade of the nuclear age. we are also coming to a time in o ok of this year will we will mark the 50th anniversary of the

board of supervisors. i am also a member of the association. thank you for allowing us to speak today. my family and i live on the corner of sutter and van ness. someone mentioned that this area was known as the dead zone. the reason i became a member of the association is i wanted to be a part of bringing life back to this area of the city. we take our son to the theater and oftentimes, we walk past vacant buildings. we walk past things that are not full of life, they are not something that a kid needs to be around. when i think of a hospital, i think of a safe place. i also think about what is going to happen to the surrounding businesses. we're very closely connected with our owners and neighbors and we support this pride did 100%. -- and we support this project 100%. supervisor mar: there are about 45 more cards. if your name is called, be ready to speak. [reading names] next speaker. >> thank you to the board of supervisors. i am the president of the corridor association. i also support the rebuilding of cpmc. what stands out to meet is -- out to me is walking my children along th

this opportunity to thank the planning department, economic development staff, the boards of the sf market association, the tireless efforts of their staff. as is the case with any complex development, we would not be here today without creative and collaborative efforts brought forward by the city attorney's office. happy to answer any questions you might have about this particular vacation. supervisor cohen: any questions? all right. supervisor mar: thank you so much. let's open this up for public comment. public comment is closed. i want to thank michael and monica for the project. i agree with my colleagues that this will help smaller businesses and the whole city access a healthier and affordable produce for our businesses. supervisor cohen, would delight in the concluding remarks? could we move on items 1 and 24 without objection? -- one and two forward without objection? the motion is to refer item number one as a committee report to the board on june 26, 2012. for item number two, to go to the full committee on july 17. without objection, colleagues? thank you. >> item #3, ordinance approving

and i've been for most of that time ack tiff in the sunny side neighborhood association, including serving on the board as treasurer. as you know sunny side is one of the oldest neighborhood associations in san francisco. it was formed in 1974. it was primarily formed to save the sunny side conservatory from demolition of the city, as well as improvements and neighborhood cohesion. the map that i put up for you to see, that you have before you on the overhead are the boundaries of sunny side neighborhood association, as well as glenn park neighborhood association. based on both associations by lot. so i want to thank you for the important changes that you have made by including the 200 block boulevard west of baden. into district seven, back into sunny side where it belongs. the sunny side conservatory is a gem and pride of our neighborhood and also our namesake. so thank you for all the sunnyside residents that will now be able to vote in district seven, along with our neighbors on that block. and be part of our community of interest. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> my name is paul hogarth and i want

i am chairman of the board of the white house historical association. association is honored to be a part of today's historic ceremony and to have played a role in arranging for the magnificent portrait that is about to be unveiled. the association was founded 50 years ago with two specific missions, the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished groups of americans who have the -- inhabited it. it is an exciting time for us. we marked our 50th anniversary. to the north of the white house we have just launched the new national center for let us -- white house history. the next year, to the south, we will open a new white house this their center. it will give millions of visitors -- the visitor center. it will give millions of visitors a new understanding. of life in the white house. if we acquire something on the east and west we will havethe oe association is to preserve the white house public room and it's remarkable collection of fine arts. over the last 10 decades, the association as provide

board of the u.s. chamber of commerce. and we're the largest black business association in the world. >> on the board of chamber of commercial you chair the regulatory affairs committee right? >> that is right. >> yes. >> ashley bell was elected in 2008 at age 27 to beam the county's youngest effort commissi commissioner. he attended law school at the university of georgia and law law state university. practicing law through the state of georgia. 21st century fellow. ashley bell. [ applause ] >> you just changed parties recently right? >> okay. ruth c jones city manager riviera beach, florida. mrs. jones serves for a city that is 70% african-american. ms. jones served as deputy county manager for fulton county government in atlanta. she played a key role in the development of the county's overall budget which totalled nearly $1 billion. she is convinces that riviera beach is nearly the right place at the right time. ruth c jones. emily w murphy senior council small business committee. u.s. house of representatives. specializing and contracting in worth forworkforce issues. she has focused on federal procurement issues spendi

the publisher of the catholic league journal, he served for two decades of on the board of the national association of scholars come and continues to guest lecture at for phd's are on the road. he is also a on the board of advisors for the washington legal solvation in the educational freedom foundation, the society of catholicuessed lr scientists, the jewish actione alliance, the christian film and television commission, catholic citizens of illinois, thee georgetown academy, catholics come home from the coalition to save iraqi cchristians, and thet advisory committee for inside catholicia life.ancient he's also a member of the catholic war veterans and an honorary member of catholic social workers national association. he serves also on the editorial advisory board oalf the family f the journey of public policy.rps he has won many catholic awards, speaking for civil liberties and social issues. he asks, -- we ask our how does this man have a chance to sit down right a book? liberti [laughter] i was mentioning couple of things and then i will let bill donohue takeover and let us know what he is re

they got a radio transmission that 21 people were in life rafts following an explosion on board a boat. associatede said nine are injured at the top of the wire copy. the coast guard reports it's found no evidence of any explosion and a coast guard spokesman says inspects to the clear whether the yacht that supposedly blew up even exists. the u.s. is accusing syria horrific new ways of murdering its own people and possibly plotting another massacre. [explosion] [shouting] >> shepard: activists tell us this is new video of syrian forces attacking the city of homs after they took over a nearby missile base. united nations observer says syria is using helicopters to fire indiscriminately on rebel areas. we cannot verify any of that activists say 13,000 people died since more than a year ago. the united states is warning there will be consequences. jennifer griffin on this broken record at the pentagon tonight. those consequences still do not include military action, right? not according to u.s. officials. there does not appear to be a stomach to get involved despite the strong statements from the sta

i'm the chairman of the board of the white house historical association.are honored to be a part of today's historic ceremony and to have played a role in arranging the magnificent portrait about to be unveiled. the white house historical association was founded 50 years ago by first lady jacqueline kennedy if the two specific missions. the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished group of american that have inhabited it. in this regard, this is an exciting time as we mark her 50th anniversary, campaign for white house history. we have just launched the new david rubenstein national center for white house history. next year, to the south, we will open a newly redesigned white house visitors center. it will give the millions of visitors to washington a chance to gain a broader understanding of life in the white house. if we could just acquire something on the east and the west, we would have you surrounded. the other mission is to find bonds to preserve the public rooms and enhance its incomparable

board. issues outlined in report the president of the berkeley property owners association it was put together by al the weekend is grand jury and accuses the depended rent board with advocates for tenants of access this ended using the extra cash to pad the directors and board members pocket science in berkeley have to carry the day with the report called exorbitant as decency $194 per rental unit per year if compared to $25 per renton's differences can and does not the only thing the grand jury found exorbitant. the call that exorbitant. is this. might have the assumption is that the board felt based upon merit-based on experience base to be closer to the miller top of that range. they can dance nt that more so if you have a $4 million budgeted about 20 plays that's about 5% to the budget. >>> yes. that seems like a lot. but a salary is also based upon complexity in. >>> salary is also at $2,000 more than debt director public works makes an opposition oversees 15 more employees. still he claims that grand jury never even looked at stacks of evidence and there's nothing wrong with the board's

other medallion holders that are not in our association will have little choice but to bombard the board of supervisors and implore them to not let our due process rights be taken away by fiat. section 4.106 b of the city charter, established in 1932, provides the city have an appeals board as arbiter when ever permits are granted or revoked. it applies to the department of public works, public health, taxi, and many other entities. for you to be defending your decision to have an ordinance to take away a board of appeals protection, we could have unscrupulous regulators, if we do not now. i have sympathy with the idea that we do not want people who do not have legitimate cases to get charged for fraud. they should be able to go to superior court and keep their income flowing for five years. that is a separate issue that needs to be addressed separately. i think the board of appeals made a super majority to overturn. i think these will be slam dunk cases for the taxi. this is a separate issue. thank you very much. >> good afternoon again, directors. a lot of stuff in item 15, so excuse m

take a minute to remind you that arms control association members and i hope all of you are members, are invited to join senior staff and members of the board for a view of our programs and our work that will take place at 3:45 later this afternoon. this year has been extremely busy and productive for the arms control association. and we have lots of work to do in the future. and in part we're going to focus on promoting diplomatic solutions to prevent a nuclear armed iran, which we heard about this morning, and try to resume progress to denuclearize north korea. we're going to be working hard to help achieve further reductions in the number of all types of nuclear weapons worldwide. we're going to be encouraging the senate to reconsider and ratify the conference of nuclear test and treaty. we're going to be continuing to work for faster actions to secure weapons usable material keep it away from terrorists and to end the production of the material, promoting better implementation and full compliance with the chemical and biological conventions, and we'll be working very hard to encourage government included and effective arms trade treaty

daywalt also sits on the board of governors for the international association of employment websites where he chairs the ofccp committee, which is the acronym for the folks that are supposed to be doing compliance at the department of labor. spencer kympton is the chief operating officer of the mission continues, which is based in st. louis, missouri. i'm especially proud to welcome him here today. founded in 2007, the mission continues is a nonprofit organization that works to empower post-9/11 veterans by pairing them with fellowships and not for profit organizations within their communities. mr. kympton is a former army officer and a graduate of west point. prior to joining the mission continues, mr. kympton worked at mckenzie and company and held the position of vice president of recruiting for teach for america. ramsey sulayman, am i saying that correct? i'm glad i got it right. ramsey sulayman is a legislative associate for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america was founded in 2004 to bring together and empower the newest generation o

pro bono mediation program works through the assistance of the san francisco bar association as well as community boards. i would like to now give ms. salazar an opportunity to speak about the war and the program. -- about the award and the program. >> thank you, director hicks, deputy cashman, and i want to thank the department from the opposite is down, and i am glad that deputy chief cashman is here. he is mike doty. i want to thank the poa -- he is my go to. the trainers that do the training for them, the staff, the bar association, for helping me recruit great mediators. and finally the staff at the occ, good to find the cases for us, and we have an amazing panel of mediators, though are the boots on the ground. [applause] and i just want to say that we are so grateful for the recognition, and thank you so much. president mazzucco: i wanted to say that i was fortunate because director hicks was at her son's wedding, and i got to sit in, and i have to say, it was an experience. it was called conflict revolution, and i met some of our mediators, our volunteers, and it is incredible, that our officers

i'm a board member of the american orthodic and prosthetic association. i'm a licensed pros the cyst. for me as a practicing clinician already four elements to high quality care. the first would be access. veterans receive their care in a timely basis without having to wait weeks or traveling hundreds of mile for the that care. second, trust. veterans receive care from a provider they feel good about. one who listens to them and one who works with them. experience and expertise. clinicians serving veterans design, fit and adjust the best possible prosthetic device to address the veteran's complex challenges. finally positive outcomes. the result of high quality prosthetic care is greater comfort, higher activity levels, more independence, and greater restoration of function to those veterans. the potential quality of prosthetic and orth oddic care for veterans has never been higher. veterans experience of care is highly dependent on their able toy to advocate for themselves. several barriers seem to stand many the way of providing uniform high quality car

isn't a business question but it's something that's in the news you're one of the board members of the boy scouts association in the u.s. but you've just come out in favor of gay people being able to lead this organization do you feel attitudes are changing towards gay people in america who are i think they are nurturing young is known as almost inclusive leadership cultures in the world we're just seeking tell them in whatever shape it comes to whatever orientation comes in and so what i said is the membership policies that boys got to have are not ones that we support of ernst and young what i think the boy scouts is a great organization and i think it'll get even greater it's wonderful it's really interesting jim turley. thank you very much indeed so privatization may still this year but some worries that it has been postponed yet again as promised we'll have another guest next hour katie is that almost go test you have the latest figures from around the world hello there daniel i show day i'm going to get some european markets there at the center of it all at the moment after the fifteen banks were downg

i am chairman of the board of the white house historical association. association is honored to be part of this historic ceremony and to have played a role in preparing the magnificent portraits about to be unveiled. the association was founded 50 years ago with two specific missions, the first is to educate and inform the public about the history of the white house and the distinguished groups of americans who have inhabited it. it is an exciting time for us. we marked our 50th anniversary. to the north of the white house we have just launched the new national center for let us history. the next year, to the south, we will open a new white house the visitor center. it will give millions of visitors a new understanding. if we acquire something on the east and west we will have the police surrounded. are proud to have provided funds for financial support. through the portraits of our presidents, it is a wonderful tradition that here, our country honors those who have honored us. the tradition began with the acquisition of george washington's portrait in