i want to thank the board of trustees, the board of directors, the mta. thank you for your great leadership on this, as well. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. ma. yor. he has been a steadfast supporter of this from its inception. the board president who happens to represent this the district has also been a strong supporter of this project from the start. i want to remind folks that every single action that the board of supervisors has ever taken with respect to the central subway has been approved on an 11-0 vote. there's not a whole lot of things we could say sail through with that type of track record. it speaks to the city wide importance of the central subway. it brings very specific benefits and very specific impacts to this neighborhood here. the board president and his role as district supervisor has been very focused on making sure that we do do the right thing, that we did the right thing in relocating tenants. i just want to acknowledge our real estate director, the city attorney's office, and our program manager. they all worked very har

let's turn to this week's board of directors. b kurts is the editor of "huffington post"s small business. and carol roth is author of the book "the intrapreneur equation." good to see you guys. >> you, too, j.j. >> it's fun to watched dogs have a birthday party. >> actually, i want to move in there. that's nicer than most of the places i stay at. >> it looked nicer than my last vacation. >> there's a starbucks on every corner. here in new york there's a small market on every corner. this, you want to get it close enough so that can you take advantage of the scales, but far enough that you are not cannibalizing yourself. they seem to do it right. >> i think this was a great piece, and you have to do your homework. they did an study, and what they did first was build a business that people were willing to travel to already. until you have that model perfected. th , there is no use for expansion. >> and cannibalization is one of the interesting thing, because people say if i open another one, it will take away from my business. if yo

we got together with the city, the board of supervisors, with the leadership of david chiu, eric mar, got together with the board of directors and, of course, a big thank-you to ben rosenfield who helped us all to figure out with the mayor's office, how we could put together a real state of financial support and strength to make sure the that the asian could move forward. they responded. not only with an agreement going forward, but with this idea of branding which came out of the number of ideas of how the nation can make sure it is appealing to an even broader audience, making sure that its wells, richness, not only in this place -- we have a lovely room like this for actual performances that are consistent with the asian culture. as you know, some 20,000 kids get invited to come through these halls to learn and see the exhibits. i am very excited about the next exhibit. i know the bali exhibit here will have international flavor. with this opening, with this brand name, i want to think the board of directors, the foundation. jay hsu and your work with the city. the supervisors, charlotte, the arts commission, and our cont

at age 18, i was the youngest member of the board of directors of the women's foundation in san francisco. as an advocate for public education, i was invited to speak on an educational panel the marist summit for women. after graduating from berkeley, i continue my work with marginalized populations. as a community advocate, i worked with the attorneys on issues that affect the community. i am currently the manager of the one-stop career center in san francisco chinatown and oversee and manage a team of seven full-time staff. one stock is a comprehensive and integrated workforce development center, operated by to debut of nonprofit organizations. -- two nonprofit organizations. both agencies have more than 45 years of combined experience serving job-seekers and people with multiple barriers to obtaining economic sufficiency. we have those organizations with many training programs. it allows us to assess the needs of residents of san francisco and provide services to mitigate those needs with the goal of economic self-sufficiency for residents of san francisco. i am plunge in english and t

in september 2011, news corporation announced that perkins was standing down from its board of directors blindsided by the board. >> none of the normal business reasons apply. i know that. there were no improprieties, there were no ethics issues, so i can only conclude that it was personal in some way. certainly, the way it was done was personal. >> carly fiorina on her ouster at hewlett-packard, when >> carly fiorina on her ouster at hewlett-packard, when "60 minutes on cnbc" returns. ♪ [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's going to fly people around the world. safely and better than it's ever done before. it would be a real treat to hear this monster fire up. [ jaronda ] i think a lot of people, when they look at a jet engine, they see a big hunk of metal. but when i look at it, i see seth, mark, tom, and people like

in september 2011, news corporation announced that perkins was standing down from its board of directorscoming up, blindsided by the board. >> none of the normal business reasons apply. i know that. there were no improprieties, there were no ethics issues, so i can only conclude that it was personal in some way. certainly, the way it was done was personal. >> carly fiorina on her ouster at hewlett-packard, when >> carly fiorina on her ouster at hewlett-packard, when "60 minutes on cnbc" returns. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >> if it sounds like the hewlett-packard board was dysfunctional during pattie dunn's tenure, it was just as

with businesses in our community, and before coming here to the board of supervisors, i had the honor of being on the board of directors at ss-safe and i see a number of the board members and our police department including chief sir and the captain and everyone who worked with cindy. to me cindy has been not only a leader within the organization but certainly within the mission of safe in the city of san francisco. you know, continuing to grow safe's presence not only within our neighborhoods but also as we did the community advisory boards and the different stations throughout san francisco. the block captain meetings. but really kind of continued to be a partner with our police department and cindy is going back with her family to move back to wisconsin. i think the only thing i would request is your kids don't grow up packer fans and stay niners fans. but we're going to miss you so much. it's been so much fun for me to spend time with you over the years but thanks for all that you've done and congratulations and we wish you nothing but the best. [applause] >> i didn't expect this. supervisor farrell: i know. >> tha

director of the mayor's office of economic development, the executive director of the san francisco county transportation authority, chief of staff, nancy pelosi . director of transportation, director of parks, the board of education director, vince courtney, who jim paulsen. we would also like to welcome our business associates and colleagues today. of course art swanson from the small business network. thank you for your commitment and for working with us to events are common goals. -- to advance our common goals. we could not sponsored today's key events without sponsors, so i would like to start by recognizing our presenting sponsor, j. p. morgan chase. we want to thank our host sponsor, pacific gas and electric. dignity howff, kaiser permanente . thank you to all of our sponsors. i am supposed to wait six seconds so everyone can read this list. have we screamed through that? it is quite a long period -- quite long. united airlines, union bank, and our media sponsors, the san francisco examiner and hers media services -- hearst media sponsors. thank you very much. i could not do it without you, so today we celebrate the successes this chamber has accomplished and the promise of greater successes a

let's turn to this week's board of directors. brad kurtz is the executive editor of "huffington post business. carol roth is author of the book "the entrepreneur equation." great to see both of you. >> you too, j.j. >> i love this story. first, because it's dogs. it's so fun to watch these dogs have a birthday party. >> i want to move in there. that's nicer than most of the places that i stay. >> exactly. >> it looked nicer than my last vacation. it's for the dogs. >> the research -- look at starbucks. there's a starbucks on every corner. this, you want to get it close enough so that you can take advantage of your economies of scales. far enough that you're not cannibalizing yourself. they seem to do it right. >> yeah, i think it was a great piece. i think you saw -- and this is something i preach to entrepreneurs all the time. they did this exhaustive study. that's the headline of the piece. i thing i took away as well is what they did first was build a business that people were willing to travel to already. until you have that m

that sound bite a lot of people don't know about this you know with jamie diamond on the fed's board of directors but i think that you and anyone else interested in this topic would love our interview with griffin and you can see it on our you tube channel all of our interviews are always there this was from our february thirteenth show moving on now dimitri i know this was talking with a viewer on you tube and i wanted to comment on what australian all the way said he said cool show to dimitry any chance you can get ron paul on the show that will be awesome and i want to address this because we get this request from viewers all the time and the fact is we've reached out and tried and not had success getting ron paul on the show so if so many of our viewers want him reach out tell us office tell us campaign i don't know can hurt right let's see how it goes let's try and get him on the show and might be wrote happy hour here b.c. entire twenty four hour financial news cycle on c m d c and any other cable network i can think of wow thanks mike this is making me swoon adding to this is that i really

with the girls to read his milking a cow with a federal scouts but she also set up a national board of directors. her family was involved, her mother on the first board of directors. she got her first large donation from her brother-in-law, she pressed one brother into being an attorney for the organization and another an accountant. she created and oversaw the washington headquarters and moved to washington, d.c. in 1913 when she had only a couple hundred girls, that optimism she decided she had to have a national headquarters with only a couple hundred girls, i love that. she's all the publicity as well be that she was the one who made the first initiative to the united states first lady. she copied the boy scouts, the head in national lottery president and she loved that idea so she campaigned tirelessly for more girls, leaders, training, camps, shoes modernize of her organization. she oversaw every part of it had cared about every detail she was involved in every aspect. it began and grew because of juliette low family by family and friend by friend she was always involved. world war one is

there was a loyal board of directors. it was financially sound. so she was a very content common at the end of her life. she knew she was going to die. she knew she was going to die in her life work was in front of her. she has been celebrated by her home state of georgia. she has been celebrated by girl scouts all around the world. what is her legacy? you are. all of you who are wearing green or brown or brownies. all of you are her legacy. 50 million american women and girls have been girl scouts in the 100 years since year since girl scouting began. her legacy is everyone like you and also people like laura bush, hillary rodham clinton, ann landers,, shirley temple, lucille ball, debbie reynolds, my grandmother, mother, me, we were all, all of us. here we are looking back 100 years which is quite fitting. not a lot of organizations make it 100 years. 100 years is truly worth a celebration. we are looking back at this remarkable woman whose life, his choices and choice went into the making of this organization that mean so much to so many people

. >> and on behalf of the society, its board of directors, and want to welcome you to the celebration of the 2012 black history month kickoff program here at city hall. on behalf of our sponsors, comcast, represented by linda today, i believe, and mr. chang, from comcast, on behalf of our co presenters who are in the audience and listed on the back of your program -- i will read them off to you and ask that they would stand as i read the groups of. the alpha kappa alpha sorority. we have the bayview ymca urban services program. please remain standing, if you would. we have the black women organized for political action in the crown. we have a black women's during the waters with us today. gamma phi delta sorority. the museum of the african diaspora. the national coalition of 100 black women, san francisco chapter. the it san francisco chapter of the links inc.. let us give them a round of applause. [applause] these are all code-presenters of this event. it is a portrait these organizations are here. the theme for black history this month is black women in american culture and history.

editorial board of the cayman financial review and on the governor of virginia's joint advisory board of economics. dr. rahn served for two terms as the first non-caymanian member of the board of directorse cayman islands monetary authority which regulates the world's largest offshore financial center. in the 1980s, dr. rahn served as vice president and chief economist of the chamber of commerce of the united states and as editor in chief of the journal of economic growth. previously, he was executive director of the american council for capital formation. in 1982, president reagan appointed dr. rahn as a member of the social security advisory council during 1988, during the presidential campaign of that year, he served as an economicv. bush. in 1990, dr. rahn founded the novacon companies which includeded sterling dow corning. he continues to serve on boards of private companies. the professor has taught at florida state, george mason, george washington, and rutgers university, and at the polytechnic institute of new york where he served as head of the graduate department of management. he also was an instructor for the united states air force and the washington economic -- and he was

for the past three years bart board of director says they have done similar programs in the month of december to increase ridership. >> we gave away tickets. on the weekend, when we have parking charges less in san francisco, people travel in groups. so we give away a free ticket people come with friends and we get more revenue that way than the cust of the program. why try again. >> reporter: through the clipper card program or continue giving out free ridership cards. another idea would be to slash the price for half for everyone. there are 380,000 people who take bart during the weekend. on saturday, 200,000 and sunday drops more to 140,000. >> before we give a discount, we will try it, if the trend continues to not see a drain on our bottom line if we offer a cheaper ride and get more people off the road it sawinner. >> reporter: reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> kron 4 news stalked to riders, here is what they had to say. >> prices have been rising. so you do have to dig in your pock toots get a ticket. if they decrease it would be a better deal. >> there is a lot less lines on the

on behalf of the board, i want to say how proud we are of the board of directors and the entire agency of mta. we've had a number of critics through the years to have said -- do it some other way. my question is, have you ever been to chinatown? what is another alternative? the alternatives were considered. this is clearly the best one. i look forward to the day of the dedication. when this is done, 35,000 more people per day will be able to take this system. it will be better for the entire community all the way around. on behalf of our board, i am very delighted to be here. i look forward to the grand opening. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you've heard a lot of talk about partnership. the board president and knowledge ccdc. i want to thank the reverend and the planning director. great partners in working with us. andy, the associate director of the chinatown ymca. i think they were going to bring a bunch of kids out, but given the weather, -- oh, it is a furlough day. my kids are home today. i forget about that. that's where they are. ymca. we have a lot of great community p

. >> the funding for matibabu may come largely from the united states, but the board of directors forabu, the employ employees, many of the decision makers, are kenyans so they really take ownership over it and that's made it more successful. >> my role is a connecting dot. connecting my community and communicating our plight to those people abroad like the doctors in kaiser per ma nen ta hospital to come and see for themselves and walk with us, to improve health care in my region. >> i think dan is many things. i think he is a community activist. i think he is a social entrepreneur in a way and perhaps not to create proppe-- s for himself but he's creating an economic development community. there's a lot to learn from dan with the what he's done in matibabu. >> as a kid when you see somebody beat your mom and you're powerless, you think of the frustration that you go through. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind s

chairperson nolan: members of the board? director brinkman: i will just say thank you to staff for the work on the bike lanes. i happen to a couple of the public meetings where you were gathering information. staff did such a good job answering questions and presenting all the options, and gathering community feedback. i know there is some disappointment with the timeline of the project, but it was the original timeline that was proposed. it is unfortunate that things cannot be sped up a lot in the city, but that is the reality of it. i think we will end up with a project that has really good community support. it is another example of people's appetite getting ahead of us. people are looking at this stretch to take some of the cyclists off the panhandling and move them onto the street. we will have to ask staff at some point to let me have an update on that, on whether it is something that is just as difficult or less difficult due to the extra traffic lane that exists along the panhandle. i want to say thank-you to staff for their

. >> i just want to also knowledge that i am on the board of directors for the national center for lesbian rights. we will be bringing out and honoring five of the student plaintiff's in the case that was a cluster of suicides that happened for lgbt use in michele bachmann's congressional district. this is a fabulous time to bring this forward. we are looking forward to having them as our guest and i hope we can show them this video. and have some of the officers. >> absolutely. >> this is not a shy group. >> it would be great to have them meet all of the falls. >> one more. >> will be difficult -- >> we put it out to all of our officers in the department. we had a number of volunteers. shawn beautifully, the officers that participated, and one of our dispatchers, they kept saying that it is how comfortable it makes you feel. every single officer, it was not difficult. they wanted to do this. that is something that truly touched my heart. all of us have been there. we have our own coming out stories and we all identify with kids. nobody wants to see a kid having to go through some of the s

earlier this year, the board of directors adopted a new strategic plan, and while the mission is to move people around san francisco, the number one goal of that strategic plan is safety. that is because no matter where you were in terms of moving around whether you are on foot, on a bike, driving in a car, riding on muni, you need to be able to do so safely and get where you're going safely. we need to make sure the transportation system is clean, and efficient, attractive. first and foremost, it needs to be safe. thanks to a great partnership we have with the san francisco police department and the great work they do every day to keep the entire city safe, including the part of the city that exists within our muni system, crime in almost every category is down. almost across the board, every category of non-violent crime is down in the transit system. the the problem is, there is one area where we are going in the wrong direction. that is larceny. it has to do largely with devices like these where people are not being attentive with devices like these and other people are taking the ad

my name is marvin, board of directors of the group called renew sf, a group of folks who have been working to support what we consider to be viable and appropriate developments in the northeast, particularly north beach and on the embarcadero. we sought and received a grant from caltrans to study redevelopment for columbus avenue, which was completed and we're now seeking funding through the sfcta. we are responsible for the language of the piazza at the corner of broadway and columbus. the project on columbus and the completion of the lighting of washington square park. i would like to read a letter from wells whitney and ann halstead. dear commissioners, my husband and i are long-term residents, 42 years of a 24 years of telegraph hill. we both of participated in many community organizations and in community improvement projects. we are swimmers and tennis players to belong to the club affected by the project. unfortunately we will be out of town for your meeting. we're familiar with the project. we have written letters in support and testified previously on its behalf. we have studied t

board of supervisors meeting. we wanted to take the opportunity to be here. i want to begin by thanking the board of directors, as well as the entire mta staff for the work that has been done on this project. we on the board of supervisors oftentimes are responsible for giving you unfunded mandates. many times, as you know, we have asked the board to do a lot of things. we wanted to make sure that we did not approach this issue that way. what we decided to do from the beginning, to the extent that we were going to come and ask you to provide free muni for youth, we wanted to make sure that we actually identified a source of funding to make sure that we not only had enough money to pay for this project, but that we identified sources of funding and that there would be no negative impact on the entire system. you have now, before you, a funding plan that not only covers the amount that had been identified, but actually provides a little bit more than that, not even taking into account some of the private funding we have talked about. why is it that it is important for you to make this important decision to prov

rose mary serves on various boards and commissions including the department of human resources, welfare and reform tax force and alumni board of directorsniel moss is a 16-year-old sophomore at good old high school. he is an officer of teenager publicans and for the last three years, dana has hosted his own television show called the freedom report. -- daniel has hosted his own television show. our third panelist is michael smith, a banking software analyst who serves on the board of directors overseeing the new state run college savings plan. michael and his wife live in birmingham where he is the treasurer of greater birmingham young republicans. that is our lineup for tonight. now we are getting ready to hear from one of our presidential candidates. senator richard john santorum, better known as rick, is a native of virginia but grew up in west virginia and pennsylvania. his father was an immigrant who came to the united states at age 7 from italy. santorum received his undergraduate degree from pennsylvania state university. he received a law degree with honors from the dickinson school of law. he and his wife have seven children. t

item number four, board of directors new and old business. supervisor kim: any new announcements? to go item number five, executive director's report. -- >> item number five, executive directors report. >> we will give you the quarterly report and various updates and a construction update. first, i want to mention in may we will be putting out a bid for a package that is coming up soon. secondly, i did want to mention we are going to be having the first-ever groundbreaking for a new development in the transbay neighborhood coming up soon. we have a date tentatively set for september 2. this would be blocked 1 11a. the project is a mid-rise. it is 120 units. it is going to have 108 studios. 121-bedrooms. there will be up to three retail spaces, a community room and outdoor space. the presidents of the building will be formally homeless individuals that are referred by the department of public health that are offered subsidy and funding for services and the project. a joint program of ucf will provide on-site clinic calls in support of services for the residence. it will offer treat

. >> i just want to also knowledge that i am on the board of directors for the national center for lesbian rights. we will be bringing out and honoring five of the student plaintiff's in the case that was a cluster of suicides that happened for lgbt use in michele bachmann's congressional district. this is a fabulous time to bring this forward. we are looking forward to having them as our guest and i hope we can show them this video. and have some of the officers. >> absolutely. >> this is

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. >>> abc2 news at learned that the board of directors at st. joseph's held a vote to decide who will be the next owner, the company that owns st. agnes or the university of maryland medical center. the vote has been sent off to denver. they can either accept the board's decision or pick another group. we're told we could hear more news within about a week. >>> from selling hospitals to selling our lnldmarks, how about this piece of history. how you like to buy this. here's roosevelt leftwich wearing his real estate jacket. >> reporter: the city is expected to hire an apraise tore look at half dozen properties that this wants to sell or lease to cut down on the operating costs. many are women known landmarks like the war memorial and others are not so well known like the house or the up ton mansion. some are in good shape and others not good shape. those who run the shop tower said the city is a great partner. they say with the right approach the shot tower could be something special right in the city. >> i really think there's a love and a passi