the head center after the asia pacific center. the senator understands the value of the asian-pacific center and he has joined senator sullivan and i and the cosponsor of this legislation but what we are seeking to do here the overarching goals of this arctic security study center is to find solutions for the greatest security challenges of the arctic region to help promote greater understanding of the arctic ande we know we got to do more there as well as facilitate greater engagement and potential solutions for the many challenges that we know lightheaded. it is an evolving world of there and let me tell you. it is an evolving world and we are seeing the impact from climate change and ice recede and waterways open up and we are seeing greater access and greater threats. what are we doing to prepare? think it's important to recognize the supposed center would be additive in nature and it's not looking to take away from any of the other very excellent efforts that support the dod's mission in the arctic. we are seeking to provide

-- indymedia center.of my favorite things was we didn't do sort of daily news but we were also ready to gear up for convergences similar to mass protest like the wto here in houston at the time in 2004 and 2005 after indymedia had been around for a while. we were covering their protest against the halliburton shareholder meeting. dick cheney was vice president at time, the former ceo of the company was that many times the police outnumber the protesters here and were not on their best behavior. we would do projects that would help cover those demonstrations. just like in seattle, we knew we could not rely on the corporate tell the story. i learned about how to be a journalist. i learned all of my digital training will much about how i practice journalism today. i practiticed it with a rprpose. i practiced tactical media a and have made great friends and relationships, lifelong relalationships along the way wh people like tish. juan: yemen have an actual exhibition of various artifacts of the indymedia mov

centers in both years appropriate are in private property center former hotel and 2 former one former factory you know which is the larson there where the protests were centered bortz ago and the needle in that attack on ships disinter b.s. is a public building and. inside iran is also public and the u.s. it december to the muslim brotherhood that well we need more centers but the next door to new centers needs to be in public buildings so last year he had to resort to broad properties because simply because i did that or having my gun sleeping outside in the streets at the time people were also is leaving the view that if that letter shot so it was the only thing that was available going forward to new york ations should indeed be in poverty believes there's 2 reasons for that 1st public buildings can be a longer term solution that can be lower term solution for residue micah's but they can also subsequently be used for other purposes after they have been renovated and it's a motor term investment in these private properties word basement is months short of done ok and it's are as i

well coming out a geisha center at that site. >>the group's safe embarcadero for all says comparing the central waterfront location to the embarcadero navigation center is not an apples to apples situation says the dog patch location only has capacity for 64 people compared to the 200 expected to move in that seawall lot 3 30 and the central waterfront location is in a very isolated industrial area is a meeting depot and instructions towards st. so it's very different from this. >>stay with news that 10,000 residents. >>the owner of brian street transmission. he says the neighboring navigation center has brought so many problems at his work lives only about a block away from where the embarcadero navigation center is being constructed, but even still he's not worried as much about that 1 one of a kind of their that second floor with you know. >>this is a lot of barriers between my unit and the sidewalk and i've got my concern they're going to come in there. >>while this closer look at the city's crime data does not point to one c

the return center fell bridge doing fine. i know delays here at the toll plaza want to take you over to daly city because we do have an injury accident still working at the john daly boulevard on-ramp to south to a t that's where a car struck a pedestrian we have injuries reported. we don't know the condition of the person that was hit by the car. but we know that crews are still on scene blocking that ramp. so far it's not impacting traffic on the freeway just city streets and then in the east bay for those of you working your way through san leandro crews are dealing with the crash at the his spear ian a rapper actually it's closer to his spear ian at grant street so it's on city streets right there next to the nimitz freeway there's a big rig involved in there's also a fuel spill, the big rate at its gas hits take ruptured, and so that rap may be blocked, they're not impacting traffic on the freeway just city street history and your grand so keep that in mind you're doing fine on fire baby livermore to dublin succeed a blu

when the tennis center closed, we had people very, very anxious.y use this tennis center as part of the community, especially the seniors. we had multiple meetings with each of the three senior groups that used it. one of the big pieces of anxiety this was the only court where we had to make a reservation. otherwise you would have no idea when to meet. we had groups that regularly met. in anticipation of this displacement, we implemented a free online reservation system for tennis and pickleball courts. in april it was launched at 11 tennis complexes for a total of 21 courts and six pickleball courts in places where there were at least four or three courts. with four courts we put two in the reservation system. if there were three, there were still two walk up courting. >> we received feedback from the community. we held a subsequent community meeting in september. in october we added 12 more tennis complexes and additional courts. since seven months ago we are over 10,000 now reservations through the free system which allies the anxiety of people

today we have moroccan experts in the center who are able to develop exactly the kind of test centers that p.s.a. needs. pierce and the. degree meant is another win for what's now morocco's biggest export industry. some of the other global business stories making headlines today. new york pm central bank president god signature 2 euro bond notes on wednesday ceremonious 1st task for the position the new bills are set to enter circulation next year. autograph represents a promise to watch over european stability. more than a 1000 tractors are blocking roads in paris french farmers are protesting against government policies and international trade agreements they say e.u. trade deals with south american countries will usher in cheaper lower quality agricultural goods resentment among farmers has been growing over issues ranging from pesticides to animal treatment. now this week could be crucial for the future of europe's space missions the ministers of the member states of the european space agency meet in spain to discuss how much they want to invest in what kind of projects high on th

. >> welcome to the permit center.are now on the second floor of the building. the permit center is the driver for this project. picture this. i am a plan checker and i'm sitting on the inside of the permitting counter. >> and i am a member of the public, and i get to come in here and enjoy this big, open, beautiful space as well as tables and chairs behind to open up my plans, review them. the terrace is just outside. tons of windows, daylight views. it is very exciting upgrades and improvements. [♪] >> now we're on level three, which has a really great building amenity, the childcare center. >> in fact, we are standing at the terrace, or the outdoor space that is connected to the childcare center. >> the kids will have access to a huge area for playspace, as well as a really nice interior space for three classrooms. >> when the kids are out here playing, they will get a very close up view of the historical clock tower. >> a some of you may have seen, we have preserved a historic clock tower that one point was the coc

medical center.nd during that period of time, we had to start a civil rights movement on campus for equality. and it was at that period in time that i met mr. johnson. later on, i realized that the two of us are both veterans, both united states navy, and my relationship with him over the years and remembrance of his leadership and our organization, the u.c.f. black caucus, is more than a milestone for generations to come, to learn from. so thank you for considering mr. johnson for the naming of the david johnson photo lab. on behalf of my family, and residents here in san francisco, and also the neighborhood, thank you. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: anyone else that would like to speak before i call mr. johnson up? okay. david and jackie johnson. >> san francisco rec and park commissioners, general manager phil ginsburg, thank you for this honor and consideration. we deeply appreciate the support and effort, especially of a staff, especially from sarah medellin and lamonte bisho

welcome to the wilson center.ristian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and public policy program here at the center. thank you for joining us today for this panel discussion on

what we also learned from the health center is if we create cooling centers at places that people don't regularly go to, they won't use them. so it's incredibly expensive, and people won't use them. whereas we know that kids are spending close to seven hours a day in every single classroom throughout san francisco, and we know that seniors use senior centers on a daily basis. that's such an easy way to provide them clean air for the seven to eight hours they're there. it's a harm reduction strategy, and we should use it. and the rest, i will submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor. supervisor safai. thank you. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, ilast week, during or public safety and neighborhood services committee, we heard from the san francisco police department to hire civilian staff in order to employ more officers to important duties. last year we budgeted 25 duties for police civilianization with the expectation they would be hired by april 2019. during last week's hearing, we learned of the 25 positions, only 13 were filled. the others

do indeed show that the reality is that they are in accordance reads international centers and so he said i think the. earlier guest also said the short term focus really needs to be we need to find solutions for no student 1002500 people that are into sharks and are on the streets or who wants an agenda because if we don't find solutions there there will be most of human lives larson explicitly if there's no question that peter. how many people are being housed on in camps on private land in boston is someone making money out of this at least and if so isn't that against the conditions that the e.u. sets when it gives money to people like the i.o.m. to help cope with this problem. so last year we were in a similar situation as we are today meaning that we had lost my roots in the senate counsel that we're living in deplorable you need tarion circumstances so we needed to find centers to house my kids before winter. we and i say collectively you know dorothy's in a council loco we sabella to specifically we found ourselves in forcefully there was no public lands available at that tim

using the center and there are great activities at the center. operationally things are smooth with significant process and the great news that martha shared about the progress there and we're excited about that. and we still want to make sure that the appropriate parties are held responsible for the delays that have taken place over the last ten, 11-month period of time but we're glad there's a significant momentum. we appreciate the presentation from high-speed rail and the synergy transportation plan expose there arplans andthere ay high-speed trains and pedestrian safety but the high-speed rail teams say they have that as a priority, as well. our cac gratitude goes out, again, to lewis zernoga and his associates from the sfcta peer review update. and it sounds like we'll hear some supportive, positive news from them, hopefully, regarding releasing funds and moving forward with the agreed upon plans up to the two-year milestone and we do have some concerns if we have recommendations regarding reorganizing the tgpa and the powers that be as far

. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> ias 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually c

the center for the study of democracy at st. mary's college of maryland hosted this event. >>> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> thank you, peg. i appreciate that. i'm tuajuanda jordan, president of st. mary's college of maryland, the national public honors college. it makes me smile the say that. i am happy to welcome you to this discussion with the authors of this book. this event is sponsored by the center for the study of democracy here at st. mary's college of maryland and our department of history. the center is a skbroint initiative of the college in st. mary's city, the site of maryland's first capital. the center's goal is to promote understanding of democratic values, traditions and institutions through the exploration of contemporary and historical issues. dr. antonio ugas yur is the director of the center. he joins us here this afternoon. thank you, tony, for being here. charlie musgrove, chair of the department of history here at the college, is also with us this afternoon. our history department at st. mary's c

>>well coming out a geisha center at that site. >>the group's safe embarcadero for all says comparing the central waterfront location to the embarcadero navigation center is not apples to apples situation says the dog patch location only has capacity for 64 people compared to the 200 expected to move in that seawall lot 3 30 and the central waterfront location is in a very isolated industrial area is a meeting depot and construction starts 8. >>so it's very different from this stay with news that 10,000 residents. >>the owner of brian street transmission. he says the neighboring navigation center has brought so many problems at his work lives only about a block away from where the embarcadero navigation center is being constructed, but even still he's not worried as much about that 1 one of a kind of their that second floor with you know. >>this is a lot of barriers between my unit in the sidewalk in our guy i've got my concern they're going to come in there. >>while this closer look at the city's crime data does not point to one c

welcome to the wilson center.stian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and public policy program here at the center. thank you for joining us today for this panel discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. on november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u.s. embassy, the

we have operated a sobering center. we will build and what we have learned from that to implement this sobering center and others. we have heard stories of hope, learned about promising treatment and dug into the data that talks about the problem. we will continue to do the work. we need the community and all of you to improve san francisco and take on this danger to our families, friends and neighbors. together, we can and will make a difference. >> thank you. now a few words from mike from the san francisco aids foundation. >> thank you. thank you very much. i'm a little bit nervous. i will read my statement here. i want to comment. i agree san francisco has been courageous. i'm very passionate about the work we do at this project and we have been working with meth users for over 15 years. i am a member of the task force and i was a member of the last task force years ago and the director of the foundation. it was funded in 1997 by michael seaver and served by gay and trans men who have sex by men and some trans women

newign policy at center for american security atm 0:30 a.m. dent trump speaks to new york economic club and at 2:00 p.m. u.s. house returns for work on veteran's legislation. on c-span 2 at 8:30 a.m., the center for american progress on what at program and stake, inld ind senator todd foreign policy at hud son institute and 3:00 p.m. returns to continue work on chad wilkes nom mags to be an under secretary for homeland idahoty and at 3:00 p.m., rich speak was europe. influence in next, veterans of the iraq, afghanistan and vietnam wars iscuss america's role in those conflicts. by the event hosted nixon library and orange county navy league. >> good evening everyone. coming o thank you for out tonight. just over four years ago, i came to chapman from the history department at west point to drive a brand new graduate

i remember once you notice on account of sources there are 2 centers that are mostly the largest ones focused on single males which remains the largest population in most years of over and into smaller family gams and eastender so run in accordance with international and european standards for disciples like incense or so people have access to free food the buildings are heated their jeans every day there is access to health so there are we are working there together with our partners like units yar unicef save the children rich girls who understood make sure that the full range of services is provided to the migrants the deer the centers are currently full capacity and people are constantly and this is one of the complaints that the neighbors all the more discount where we have 1500 boats have is that their skills of the migrants are not worth trying to get in because there are no rails to go with the standards centers that are dear there are also open to journalists to human rights organizations to come and visit us and these are running according to international standards. gerald.

airs fair air faa, boston center. i came in about 825 in the morning, and as soon as i walked in the front door, someone came to me and said there was a hijacked going on. we worked hijacked in the past, and they were usually uneventful. peter zaleski, i yield the supervisor, john get over here. the plane is been hijacked. absolutely. i go, his middle eastern voices. positive. i could tell that second time. i was used to working each of there, and saudi and turkish, all of it. and definitely middle eastern voices. school bins, the pilot on american 11, mohammed ought to come the lead terrorist, stated something about warplanes. that they had more flames. it was definitely plural. that's when things really started to ramp up. then, faa a command center in virginia. i was a national operations manager on 911. that is position located in the washington area that is over our parking authority over the nations. that was my charge in the safe and efficient operation of the nations there see. carl bob barr, commander of nort

those parents that are going to treatment center after treatment center after treatment center and don't have a checklist to tell good from bad. we need you to help us push those out. we'll keep the record open. chairman wants to move quickly within the neck ten days we'd like to have recommendations to make sure that if we see this influx of money, we're not going to see it used for more fraud. >> and we'll go to him and i just like to recognize that this is exactly why we're having this hearing. this is a good very constructive conversation. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for those under the age of 50 in the united states. let me let that sink in for a moment ichlts moment. it's a sobering fact. no doubt our country is in the middle of a major opioid and meth meth crisis and we must do more to combat this epidemic. in my home state of montana it's meth destroying families and communities. in fact, from 2011 to 2017, there was a 415% increase in meth cases in montana with meth related deaths rising 375% during those same years. and unfortun

matthews, chief of staff here at the somebuchombur center poo center. i'm obviously not kevin young. listed in your program. kevin has been looking forward to this event for ytwo years an upset he's not able to join us tonight. kevin is not feeling well and not able to be here. he hopes to join us tomorrow and saturday for the remainder of the program and is watching along online. it is my honor tonight to welcome all of you who are here in the audience and welcome folks who are watching online as well. this is the second annual conference presented by our lapidus center for the study of trans-atlantic slavery. this morning public library and vch shomburg city event -- the historical analysis of trans-atlantic slavery. you'll hear more about and from mr. lapidus shortly. this is a banner week for the schomburg center. just a few things i want to mention to you. we and our director are part of a documentary, t rary premiered week at the new york film festival. hopefully some folks in the audience have seen it. one reviewer called it a treat for anyone wh

community resource center. financing should close by december 2020, a construction complete by october 2020. again, we'll return to the board for the bond issuance approvals next year. i have representatives from the project sponsor here to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report on this. any members of the public like to comment on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: subject to the terms of this resolution; and related matters, as defined herein. resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco ("city") to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $80,000,000; authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development ("director") to submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee ("cdlac") to permit the issuance of residential mortgage revenue bonds in an aggregate p

>>crime statistics from around other navigation center center already in operation. >>you know i don't want to put it all on >>just a bit. >>those who work at the auto shop right next door to the bryant street navigation center say they've seen a spike in burglaries since it opened its located in an area not unused to the homeless additional shelter has existed across the street for years you have probably. break into the buildings. member and maybe 3 times in the 20 years before that. cars out front broad daylight, got a member of my car they haven't fixed. we catch people. >>we flee in that car just going to my staff report some storm a wheelchair wheels out of there the brazen brazen exact you know i'm in and of course to the educating and the sidewalks and then why has increased they say there have also been instances of people scaling the fence and breaking into their clients cars. >>parked in their lot. >>even in the aft least there is one person one of them we some get out. and we what are you doing in there. i'm and i'm just chilling. and he's on our property

basically it creates a new heart and center to candlestick. one of the interesting things about this site is the conversion of two urban grids and for an urban designer, that was really exciting because there's kind of a collision of two different types of urban form and that collision creates a lot of sort of creative opportunity to respond to the change in the urban plan. and these are places in cities that because of that, those types of intersections become the most memorable places you see in many cities around the world. i won't go into this in detail but there's a lot of analysis on shade, so the buildings are responding to that. and of course wind is a very important consideration, so extensive analysis was done on that as well. there was a brt the previous plan took into consideration how parking could be accessed to the site without conflicting with that brt and that same principle is maintained in this plan, approach to parking going from one big structure to a series of three parking structures is the change but the principle of no

event center and civic plaza will be the center piece of a town town from scratch.fremont founded in 1956. when five smaller cities merged into one city. today the center ville, niles, mission and warm springs districts each have their own urban center. the city as a whole has lacked a central identity. >> it's important for a city to have a gathering place. a social heart. more interaction and services. >> fremonts mayor says the new downtown was four decades in the making. the project has 110 acres. bounded by fremont boulevard. and walnut avenue. >> this is the place we have the festival arts. we have festival india. july 4 parade. it's creating a sense of place making. and as the buildings go up and more resources are available, such as the downtown event center. it solidifies that. >> fremont lacks a downtown. we're the fourth largest city in the bay area without a downtown. >> when complete this new downtown will provide housing, offices and retail space. all within walking distance of bart. >> 2,500 new residential units which will bring 12,000 new residence

the journey museum and learning center and fine arts center were both buildings built after the floodal. that is the triumph, that rapid city picks itself up and builds these beautiful buildings that allows culture to thrive in an area that was decimated by flood . we talk about the 1972 flood. the 1972 flood, i am referring to a tragedy that occurred on june 9, 1972, into the morning of june 10. ae 1972 black hills flood was perfect storm of rain and dam failure. it wiped out hundreds of acres of rapid city. took over 200 lines in the process -- lives in the process, and caused rapid city to become what it is today. we knew the storm was occurring. we saw it coming in thanks to the weather station at ellsworth air force base. we were not sure how horrific it would actually be. by 9:00, torrential rain was pouring. right around 11:00 at night, canyon lake dam failed. that water went downstream into rapid creek, causing the creek to rise to 15 feet nine inches deep. it wiped out whole acres of town. in 1972, we had a national guard and counted here. -- encampment here. they were in rap

in the center of the block directly in front of the senior center is flexible plaza to allow small classes and events and includes a small stage area. on the east side is a handrail along a portion of the walking track. on the south end near golden gate avenue the design is to support community gatherings. there v there is a kiosk with bh seating. most of the confirmed funding for the project comes from the playground renovation. $5.1 million might becomes, hopefully, soon from the prop 68 grant. we have applied for an outdoor legacy partnership grant which we should know about this spring of 2020. any funding remaining from this project would be held in reserve for future capital improvements along the mall. our project schedule if we receive the prop 68 grant, things would move quickly. at grant requirement is that the site be open to the public by march of 2022. that ends my presentation. staff recommends commission approval of the conceptual design. thank you very much. i am available for questions. >> any public comment on this

usually by rain assists in other cases the families took their children or adult relatives to the centers for drug use or deviant behavior this is skipping school smoking tobacco or marijuana or even stealing from their parents. and more than a few child with autism. they say they're worth it which if i touched him maybe he's going to be worth the effort has told me a lot of people is with me for more on this story hey tony good to see you so in the last few months they've been instances where a number of fees facilities have come to light people in the chained up they've subsequently been closed just how widespread is this problem in nigeria well from what we've seen in the past few weeks where these police raids have exposed these places we're seeing them in different parts of the country 1st of all and. just all of them coming at this same time suggest that there must be many more that have been going on and it's an open secret things something people know about and that's something that for example rights groups like human rights watch are exposing like we have in this report. detaine

navigation center.the move helps increase shelter opportunities in an area that needs it. san francisco has five navigation centers currently operating with a controversial sixth one under construction on the embarcadero. the centers provide the homeless a place to stay as well as job and health services. >>> lyft is rolling out a new subscription service that focuses on rewards for frequent riders. it's called lyft pink. it will cost $19.95 a month. members will get a 15% discount on all rides, priority airport pickups, three e-bike rides and three waived ride cancellations. customer can get on a waiting list on lyft's website. >>> walmart is saying cheers to a new milestone. more than 2,000 stores offer b alcohol easier for shoppers. shoppers can buy groceries online and then select a pick up time when they check out if alcohol is on the list, walmart will check your photo i.d. during pick up or delivery. >>> let's look at what's going on with the fire conditions. the winds continue to subside around

. >>> a wildfire assistance center is opening today at the healdsburg community center. fire victims can get resources from government agencies and non-profit groups. the center will open from 10:00 in the morning through 7:00 p.m. on wednesday. the community center is at 1557 healdsburg avenue. if you would like to help fire victims, we have more information on abc7news.com. >>> breaking news at the live desk from apple. the company just announced it will give 2$2.5 billion to help with the housing crisis here in california. so here's a breakdown of apple's housing plan. the $1 billion will create an affordable housing investment fund. another $1 billion will go towards a first time home buyer mortgage assistance fund. 3$300 million worth of apple-owned land will be turned into affordable housing. 2$200 million will help with low-income housing mostly in the eople in. p the company's homestate find affordable housing. >> thank you very much. >>> more democrats are starting to back center elizabeth warren for the party's presidential nomination and support for senator ka

[applause] >> the national constitution center has been honored by a group of chairs. in his introduction, we lost two of them this year. they were followed by president bill clinton, governor jeb bush and vice president joe biden and we are so grateful that neil gorsuch has agreed to serve as our new honorary chair. [applause] >> justice gorsuch was the first to serve on the bench with his former boss and on constitution day, i was privileged to watch as he interacted with students , answering their questions and sharing his love for the constitution. i also interviewed him about his superb new book. in the book he explains why he has chosen to make the promotion of civics and civility the focus of his public outreach. we are so honored to have him. please join me in welcoming our new honorary chair, justice neil gorsuch. [applause] >> the work that you and your team does could not be more vital than it is today. everyone in this room knows the challenges that we face, like the fact that only about 30% of young people think it is important to live in a democracy, or t