you can find all of the smash mouth investigative journalism of terry bull at buell dot com terry bill welcome back to the kaiser report imax is great to see you all right terry you are out with a new investigative piece called regulators investigate sun trust bank for fraud tell us about sun trust the agency's short cut mortgage and how this fraud operated sure max you know that this is. that i've been watching for over a year now and i think it's almost as big as the library scan that you've been talking about for quite a while now central bank is a midsize american bank used to compete with countrywide and wells fargo and whistleblowers have come forward now and submitted a claim to the bank's regulators and said for at least two years from two thousand and six to the beginning of two thousand and eight they were literally cheating and manipulating a direct lending system into the enemy as a government sponsored bank to buy wholesale mortgages from banks right the one that was spelled out for hundreds of billions of dollars so the f.c.c. is currently sitting on information that bill

the horizon report thank you max stay tuned for the second half of me talking exclusively to tara buell about her investigation into fraud at sun trust bank. well. technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. thank you. do we speak your language. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles stories. you hear. that all teach spanish find out more visit i. miss it's in. my daddy. does a famous reuse benson play was oh my save. my money ransom business. good luck for a tour kirby was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything. to teach me the creation of why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care. only. by a max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to new york and speak with investigative journalist terry buell you can find all of the smash mouth investigative journalism of cherry bowl at buell dot com terry bill welcome back to the kaiser report imax is great to see you all

with that commissioner low. >> thank you president buell. first i would like to acknowledge marvin yee who has done a great job with the community and doing the community outreach to make sure all of the stakeholders are involved in the process. i had the pleasure of attending the last three hour community meeting which was a great process with the architects, the landscape architects, and i just wanted to make sure general manager ginsburg acknowledges the great work that mr. yee has done. i do want to note that while we will approve the conceptual plans for the location, the siting of the portsmouth square plan and there are many details to be decided and i would ask the department to continue the community outreach and working with the community on finalizing the architectural details and finishings so when it goes to the art's commission it's with community involvement and the great collaboration they have established. >> thank you. seeing no other comments is there a motion to approve. >> moved. >> second. >> moved and second. all those

. >> president buell, commissioners, general manager ginsburg, ms. mcarthur, my name is phil chen. i'm the chair of the committee for better parks and recreation in china town. the committee is a voluntary organization that has worked with the commission of open space issues over 40 years. we starred in 1969 despite attempt business a developer to turn a playground into a garage. i'm here to speak on the proposed regulation regarding prioritis for the transbay open space impact fees. we are recognized as a es for the transbay open space impact fees. we are recognized as a high needs neighborhood. 40% of our stock in china town is made up of sro units, single room occupancy units that are eight-by-ten. there is barely enough room for a bed. when there is a bed it is standing room only. there is no bathroom in there. no kitchen. there's no closet. if you need to go to the bathroom you need to take with you a flashlight. take with you toll let paper and towels. maybe you need to take with you alcohol or other cleaning solution to clean the toilet. if you leave your toilet paper or soa

[applause] and anne buell at the coastal conservancy and those that work with the port of san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i mean as we have said there are a number of partners that were necessary to get together to make this happen. the bi-directional bike way as part of the blue green project as we mentioned and it's an important connection from the bay view community to the heron's head park, and to 3rd street and to the gateway park that we will be building next. hopefully we will start that in about a year or so. a key player in making that by way happen was mta. they were involved in every step of the process from design to funding to construction, and i want to introduce damon curtis a senior manager with mta who is representing them. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. i think i just got a promotion but that's great. on behalf of my colleague at the mta. in particular our director ed risin and those in the street division and my boss on liveable streets and thank you for coming and i appreciate in talking about the importance of the bicycle facility that

buell. you seem to have total contempt for this city, the people that live in it.ecially people that have recreational activities in it. yes, you, my friend, are the person with the character flaw. you, my friend, are the person with lack of respect. you, my friend, are the abs salute epitome of what is wrong with this country. yes, my friend, when people have served the city and county of san francisco and their country in any capacity to get booted out at that time is unforgivable. there is nothing that you can say or do that will ever undo the gross cultural damage this recreation park department and commission achieved. absolutely unforgivable. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being none, this item is closed. we are on item five, the consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar? being none, this item sem closed commissioners. >> move to approve consent. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all in favor, opposed? hearing none, unanimous. >>> item six is the

. >> thank you president buell. this afternoon the planning commission will consider an amendment to the implementation plan for the transit district plan. a lot of parks are affected, are referenceed in this proposed resolution. it will be heard this afternoon. i would like to see the department follow the proceedings of the planning commission this afternoon, review the proposed resolution if adopted, and to have staff prepare an appropriate recommendation and possible draft resolution for the upcoming capital committee next month for the full commission next month. >> seeing no other comment i am sure staff will follow up on that. thank you commissioner. >> no other commissioners? is there any public comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. item 12 is new agenda business setting. any public comment on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. 13 is just the communications and 14 is adjournment. >> i will entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> moved and seconded. all those in favo

want to thank the rec and park commission president, head of the organizing committee, that is mark buell and carry mcclellan, for their excellent work for helping to lead the city side of it. and i want to thank, of course, all the racing teams that have made the decision to start racing in this wonderful day of hours. that will be, again, the first time ever that you will be able to see these races from the shore. the book to use the technology to get the excitement down, right on the boat itself. with that, i would like to welcome, and then i look forward not only to this race and next year, for the louis vuitton cup and america's cup, but i look for to announcing that this is, in addition to the third fourth america cup, it will be the san francisco america's cup. thank you and welcome. >> thank you. . >> good evening and welcome to the san francisco public library. i'm joan jasper and i'm with the department of exhibitions and public programs at the library and i want to welcome you it our program tonight, our incredible evening with playwright and author phillip congatongas. this pr