and finally, let me touch on cdbg. as mayor kautz said, there is perhaps no more a single more important program to all of you to our most flexible tool that we have come and a tool that is absolutely critical. in my prior life as a local housing official, was the biggest beneficiary of cdbg funding in the country. so i know very personally and directly how important it is to the work that you are all doing what it's building housing, whether it supporting the boys and girls club or all of the various services, infrastructure and other things it can help support. what i want to say is we are going to need to show that cdbg works, and frankly, the very flexibility that you all loved so much and we love so much at hud about cdbg makes it hard to demonstrate the results to show the difference that it's making in the communities because it does so many different things in so many different places, and so we are going to need your help i think to do three things. first, to show that cdbg was created jobs and innovative ways

finally, let me touch on cdbg.h koch -- elizabeth kuatz said, there is perhaps no more single important tool to you, as are most flexible, and most critical tool. in my prior life, as a local housing official, i was the biggest beneficiary of cdbg funding in the country, so i know how important it is to the work you are all doing, whether it is building housing, supporting a boys and girls club, or all of the various services, infrastructure, and all the things it could help support. what i want to say is that we are going to need to show that cdbg works, and, frankly, the very flexibility that you all love so much, and we loved so much at hud about cdbg, makes it hard for us, oftentimes, to demonstrate the results, show the difference is making in communities because it does so many different things in so many different places. when will need your help to do three things. first is to show that cdbg got -- cdbg dollars create jobs in innovative ways, and we have begun to show that through the recovery act. of all t

so that's why cdbg fund something so important to us. mayors at our local level know best how to spend those dollars and put people back to work. >> weeved made that case consistently. >> whyo you think that cdbg has never been terribly politically popular across the board? >> well, it's been politically popular for mayors. popular for mayors. >> right, but -- >> because if you're elected to a federal position, yod like to get the credit for a federal program. if you're at the state position you'd like to get credit for a state position. at the city level, i can tell you, those cdbg dollars have gone directly to job creation and economic development in oklahoma city and i can give you handful of examples of how impactful they've been and how $1 can turn into $2 and $3 and $4 and $5. >> but i think it's also indicative of the fact that in many cases members of congress are so disconnectedrom what really goes on the ground. you know, this is apparently a bit of a bubble here. they all talk to each other and there are things going on back h

this year, the cdbg budget was increased. the 62.5% cut proposed by congress would have brought it down to $1.5 million. in the last meeting with one of the minority staff representatives from the house, he did state that he sees that cdbg for fiscal year 2012 could be proposed to be reduced all the way down to $1.25 billion. while we did not get as drastic a cut as we had thought this year, it is still on the chopping block. it is still seen as a very vulnerable element. we are also in the difficult position of competing for other worthwhile elements. for example, the section 8 program is also under attack, so it will be a difficult balance hud to determine where to cut next year. overall, that is the portfolio we are asking you to go forward with. we plan to present this draft action plan on monday may 16. when we get the final numbers, we will ask you to comeback to the full board. we anticipate there will be virtually no change, but the full board vote, instead of going forward next week, will probably be at the end of ma

and finally, let me touch on cdbg. there is perhaps no more a single important program to all of you, and the most flexible tool that we have, absolutely critical. in my prior life as a local housing official, it was the biggest -- i was the biggest beneficiary of the funding. i know how important it is to the work that you are doing, whether building housing or supporting a boys or girls club, or all the various services, infrastructure, and other things it can help to support. what i want to say is that we are going to need to show that cdbg works. frankly, the very flexibility that you love so much and we love so much at hud about cdbg, sometimes makes it hard to show the difference is making in communities, because it does so many different things in so many different places. we will need your help to do three things. first, show that cdbg dollars create jobs in innovative ways. we have begun to show that through the recovery act. through all of the problems we funded, cdbg on a dollar for dollar basis created the

women's initiative has received $100,000 each year from san francisco cdbg funds. we have consistently surpass the majority of our goals. despite the results and its incredible economic impact, we have been recommended for a bit the thousand dollars cut to our funding. this means we will not be able to hold two of our projected 12 classes in 2011 and 2012, and it just $4,000 per job created, our program is one of the most proven, economical, and effective ways to create jobs and spur economic activity in our city. i urge you to reconsider the recommendation. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. san francisco domestic violence consortium. we want to thank brian and the mayor's office on housing for recognizing the needs of battered women and their children in san francisco. domestic violence is the second leading cause of homelessness among women and children in san francisco and beyond, and we appreciate prioritizing this population. i know it was a tough decision this year. we will do everything we can to try to solidify funding a

>> i think mayor coleman talking about cdbg is important. so many dollars comes to the states and doesn't end up in the city's hands. mayor coleman is right, it needs to be protected. >> you called the economic hardship of cities the great retreat. what do you think happened there? the federal government used to contribute a lot of money to cities. what happened in the past couple years? >> i think the congress is not listening to cities as they should. the fact of the matter is, most of the united states population lives in city. about 90% of the gross domestic product comes from our cities, in our metropolitan areas, and when you see a time when we need to create jobs and opportunities, most of the jobs are in cities. it seems to me you have to develop strategies like cdbg to invest in cities to create the jobs that we so need in the country, and if you can't create dollars from cdbg for cities and mayors to use to create economic opportunities for cities, then what are the tax incentives and the other incentives that can replace those dir

also just to kind of echo the comments elizabeth shared about women's initiative and their facing cdbg cuts and the funding that we all get was very competitive and the whole pool decreased. in our eyes the work we do ends up paying for itself because we are creating tax revenue. we are helping businesses open up, create jobs, and create tax revenue. so this is something that really pays for itself. so in terms of just in conclusion of how you can help, please send us clients. please come and visit our sites. we would all be delighted to show you what we're doing. and the last thing that i've approached regina about that we're going to be looking into is we have an idea that the small business assistance center website could develop a shared calendar. we all put on workshops, different training opportunities for our clients. and we market them individually as organizations but we would love to have sort of a city centralle place where we would send our clients to that website and then they would find out about the workshops, all the organizations are putting on. so this would be a valu

significant federal reduction, not only on the usual services that we provide but again in programs like cdbg, like homes, a number of other federal projects, you'll start to seeuts in areas where people have not seen tm before because these funds are external to our general budge. >> michael nut second quarter mayor of philadelphia, mick cornett is the mayor of oklahoma city. kevin hall, lisa mascaro, thank you all for being on news maker d. >> thank you, thanks for having us. coming up, a look at the influence of new media and campaign advertising with former white house senior advisor david axelrod and former rnc chairman ed gillespie and later, the future of media and telecommunications. next, a look at the influence of new media in campaign advertising. you will hear from former without house senior advisor david axelrod who is now heading up president obama a re-election campaign and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. they spoke at the annual convention. cnn chief political correspondent leads this 20-minute discussion. we want to talk turkey and politics. >> some people think they're th

significant federal reduction, not only on the usual services that we provide but again in programs like cdbg, like homes, a number of other federal projects, you'll start to see cuts in areas where people have not seen them before because these funds are external to our general budgets. >> michael nut second quarter mayor of philadelphia, mick cornett is the mayor of oklahoma city. kevin hall, lisa mascaro, thank you all for being on news maker d. >> thank you, thanks for having us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> defense secretary robert gates at a senate hearing on the president's 2012 budget request. >> c-span's coverage of the national cable telecommunication association's 2011 cable show continues today at 5:15 p.m. eastern. f.c.c. chairman is interviewed by former f.c.c. chairman powell who heads the ncta. then at 6:30, a look ahead to next year's presidential election with former obama white house senior advisor and former republican national committee chairman. >> the times sort of ordered the world.