office of economic workforce development and ceo the hispanic chamber of commerce and myself and bob davis so to go through the proposals

office of economic workforce development and ceo the hispanic chamber of commerce and myself and bob davis so to go through the proposals the port and a selection panel engaged in a comprehensive process in the packet of information we have the score sheet and the summer results so just to give the audience just a quick flavor of what some of the criteria were the swaeths evaluation was the creativity of the business plan and the

office of economic workforce development and ceo the hispanic chamber of commerce and myself and bob davis so to go through the proposals the port and a selection panel engaged in a comprehensive process in the packet of information we have the score sheet and the summer results so just to give the audience just a quick flavor of what some of the criteria were the swaeths evaluation was the creativity of the business plan and the history of the respondent and profit and loss and cashful loss and credit history the business plan and prior experience proposed use of the retail site based upon the desires that the port has for serving its mission a working relationship with the cd organization to assist the l d v and references to give you an example of one of the respondents proposals looked like in terms of sheer volume this is what we received so again, just a tremendous effort those are small businesses working and to do this and put this kind of proposal with that comprehensive knowledge we were delighted they know do this and show a professional level it made the selection difficult bec

description of the respondents, talking about the evaluation process and i'm going to turn it over to bob davis what is the principle analysts that's joined the port to discuss the recommended respondents back to the next commission meeting. >> so as you may recall this is a retail opportunity for pier 33 and a half it is a space that it was roomentd for approximately 2 thousand square feet of space on embarcadero and bay this is a former fire station an interesting space with high serials and bayview's with a glass floor that opposite on the embarcadero the utilities are stubbed to the premises summer the key objectives were to broken down the diversity among the retail tenants and provide an opportunity for the small business entrepreneurs and create a successful model throughout the port we engaged in an extensive rfp process as you can see i've got a copy this is what the respondents filled out it's daunting especially for a small business owner that probably hadn't been to the process for that i have to commend our respondents for getting through the application and providing us with a res

. >> i see bob davis is the tremendous leader in the tobacco free coalition as well. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. and yes, my name is brian davis and i am here speaking i may be the only one, speaking on behalf of the lgbt community and san francisco, today. and in regards to this issue. and i do live? san francisco and i am sender about the fact that the community does smoke, about twice as much as the general population here in san francisco. and in many other places. and that is because of the phobia and we all know that most of us, and most of all of us who start smoking start smoking before we are 18 and that is the toughest time to grow up as an lgbt person and so anything that is out there that helps to reduce the exposure to our community and all communities to tobacco, and during that period of our lives, and beyond, when we are facing greater stress as we see people and more likelihood that we will turn to tobacco as a means of reliefing that stress. so, thank you very much for your support. and we look forward to your seeing this become a law here in san francisco. >> t

davis. he will be here along with the great bob shrum to talk about the day in politics. ♪ >> when we asked ed davis is we could do they show from his home, he said yes. so long as we include him and this baby right here. this is the inspiration for his famous demon sheep ad by carly fear enough. he's never featured any possessed livestock in his clinical ads. i'm going to move the sheep now and ask a question drawn straight from the headlines. mitt romney says he's thinking about running for a third time. we will probably ask you about what the political implications are. you've worked with presidential candidates and a lot of people -- what is mitt romney thinking if he is serious? >> i don't know what bob thinks but i've always thought romney has always thought from the day he's born should be president. third time's the charm. >> i may disagree about the plausible part. >> having done a campaign against him in massachusetts, -- i'm reminded of a story george mcgovern told me about walter mondale which was three or four years after the 1984 campaign, mondale said to mcgovern when does it

davis, abc news new york. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is expected to report to prison early next month.to serve two years following a corruption conviction outside the courthouse mcdonnell apologized for his mistakes but said he did not violate his oeths of office. he insists he will clear his name. >>> president obama hits the road to outline his priorities for the next two years. he travels to detroit to talk about the resurgent american auto industry. president obama will visit a ford plant which is closed this week due to lagging demand for small cars. that's manly because of the low gas prices. >>> the president would veto the proposed keystone pipeline if passed an. >> caller: -- capitol hill. new members of congress were sworn in by vice president biden. among those, senator joanie ernst who rose to political fame by talking about castrating hogs in some of her campaign ads. as a welcoming gift senator ernst was given a hog castration device on a plaque reading make them squeal joni. going to be a great congress. >> looking forward to it. >>> a belated happy 70th wedding annivers

bob. >> listen, let me -- >> okay. because we all know this isn't going to happen what he's proposing. but all i see is a guy, the frank marshal davis guy, the right guy. bill clinton said the era of big government was over after he lost midterm. >> the fact of the matter is the biggest change we've seen in terms of legislation and policy moves in this country have been when one party controls the white house and the other controls the congress. go back to civil rights -- >> so where's obama reaching across the aisle? >> i think where he's going to reach across is on trade. there is going to be a tax deal done. look, he cannot afford to go for another two years with nothing being accomplished. nor by the way can republican congress have nothing they can show for. >> let me ask you a question if bill clinton said the era of big government is over. he learned. he changed. the end of welfare as we know he changed. give me one example where obama has cast aside his radicalism. >> trade. >> too weak, bob. colonel west. >> what's weak about that? >> colonel west. >> trade has nothing to do with our economy. >> that's a nice thing to say t

davis. coauthors of the partisan divide, congress in crisis. >> we've got partisan divide right here. >> my gosh. incredible reviews from president clinton, president july my cart jimmy carter, bobhis a good bit. you and martin have written a book about it. >> we were both campaign chairmen, he for the democrats and me the republicans. >> we didn't go head to head though. >> the analysis is basically the same. the parties are ideologically sorted, the middle has given way, three macro causes. three parties dominate the house and the senate. then you've got these media models now that basically cater to one side or the other. plus the internet. and then finally campaign finances, it's gone. it's gone. money has gone from the parties, which have been a centering force in american politics for 200 years, out to the wings. >> martin i guess you would agree obviously since you wrote the book on it but gerrymandering in part that created the hyper partisan districts, is one of the biggest problems. >> joe, there's no question about that. and one of the recommendations we make is that congress -- and congress has the authority to do this -- should pass legislation requiring states to a