this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause]

chamber of commerce's started filing briefs with the supreme court it just started three decades ago thirty years ago and you can see here the burger court forty three percent of time the u.s. chamber of commerce big business interests won their cases from eighty one eighty six when they went to rank was the court became more conservative fifty six percent of the time from ninety four to two thousand and five now here with the roberts court with sixty four percent of the time the u.s. chamber of commerce as they did today from two thousand and six to two thousand and one are winning their cases exactly the way they were on this is judicial activism on steroids john roberts and sam alito both in their hearings said roberts famously said he's not going to be an end. activist he's not going to make the why he's going to be like an umpire he's going to call balls and strikes nonsense these guys with citizens united and now this case making it basically impossible for there to be class action lawsuits are completely rewriting the law of the land and doing so in a way that only benefits cor

chamber of commerce big business interests won their cases from eighty one eighty six when they went to rank was the core became more concerned fifty six percent of the time from ninety four to two thousand and five now here with the roberts court were at sixty four percent of the time the u.s. chamber of commerce as they did today from two thousand and six to two thousand and one are winning their cases exactly the way that this is judith judicial activism on steroids john roberts and sam alito both in their hearings said roberts famously said he's not going to be an at. activist he's not going to make the wife going to be like an umpire he's going to call balls and strikes nonsense these guys with citizens united and now this case making it basically impossible for there to be cries of action lawsuits are completely rewriting the lawful land and doing so in a way that only benefits corporations theory rich people and the republican party. president obama gave into the bertha's today and released his long form birth certificate you know the one the donald trump and fox news been tryi

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. >> we feel with ff park works as well as scombect it to, it will be a powerful example for cities around the world that's an effective solution that is easily replicated. this new approach to managing parking includes realtime information on parking availability via the web, handheld devices and soon the meant transportation commission 511 service. we will also be able to extend our parking meter time limits. we're installing new meters that have technology that makes it much more easier to pay and demand responsive pricing to charge the lowest price possible to make it easier to find parking here in the city. your presence today is greatly apprec

leading up to this conference, i had the opportunity to sit down and talk with the chinese chamber of commerce, chinese hospital, the asian contractors association, the chinatown portsmouth square rgarage, a number of business institutions, and they all felt the strong victimization of being the helpless victim of these samples. guess what? in these discussions, it was very easy to hear the helplessness people have about this program. we talked with them about the conference and about how enlightened folks in san francisco will know how to follow the pledge that fred has so descriptive limeade. if everyone -- destructively -- descriptively made. if everyone of us follows that pledge and we are able to get help to do so, that victimization of being victims of this graffiti, i think, will be a great turning point. this is why we have this conference today. at this panel, we are talking about some of the ideas we have. in those conversations with all of these chinatown grips, we decided we will be active. we are going to respond to this graffiti. we will be proactive in it. one of the ideas they

chamber of commerce or systems. even more than the koch brothers these guys are the mt everest of climate that are out there they provide they represent all the big old oil corporations they claim to represent all of american business. fifty five percent of their funding came from sixteen big companies they don't have to tell anybody who they are but it's pretty easy to figure out because they spend their time essentially trying to make the planet heat up as fast as they possibly can and they filed a brief with the e.p.a. last year saying they should not regulate carbon because in the event that the planet warmed humans would be able to adapt their physiology in order to deal with this. the oceans come up we just grow gills as that but if someone you know just on the sidewalk told us their plan for dealing with climate change was you would change your anatomy you would cut a wide swath around them on the sidewalk but if they had two hundred three hundred million in the back pocket to hand out in campaign contribution

good luck finding one item at wal-mart still made in america today now that we've left the chamber of commerce by congress and passed legislation that gives tax breaks to c.e.o.'s who ship american jobs overseas and close down factories that operated for generations in the united states are non-war manufacturing base is largely gone and this is the first time our country has tried to climb in our history the way back to george washington has tried to climb out of a depression or near depression we've had a number of them without having a non-defense manufacturing to throw back on. so that's the situation we're in today is the real backdrop behind the new unemployment numbers that came up today it's the dark secret that nobody in america wants to discuss a military that overshadows our entire economy with endless wars and occupations around the world a federal budget with an exploding deficit thanks to these very same military misadventures and a lack of taxes to pay for them and no and this is perhaps the most important part no real domestic manufacturing base to turn to other than defense bec

scared to stop using because the pain comes from withdrawal from the drug and our dealers the chamber of commerce wall street defense contractors are really pushing we need an intervention to stop funding the military industrial complex and restore our consumer products manufacturing base if we want to see actual improvements in our unemployment numbers in the future employment improvements that don't also depend on thousands of u.s. soldiers dying halfway around the world and millions of civilians being killed in displaced to the war and we need to check our country into a methadone clinic immediately wean us off these free trade economic policies to give c.e.o.'s their quick fixes but deteriorate the substrate of our economy we have by getting out of the w t o and nafta and promote uniquely american industry like we used to do before reagan sold us out maybe then we can bring home our war contractors and put into real productive work building the infrastructure of this country and the goods of the future for our country in our country. this is our only choice now we've been hooked on the milita

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. >> he has looked at the quality. he believes in people and human rights. he's one of the greatest guys i know and i'm so happy that he is our major. i bring to you mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> good afternoon. welcome. thank you very much for that wonderful introduction. i have a lot to be happy about. this is the 100th anniversary celebrating international women's day and to tell you we have quite a bit to celebrate. we probably have the highest number of women commissioners ever in the history of the city today. isn't that wonderful we have clearly a good and growing balance of women on the board of supervisors, commissions, agency appointments

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you.

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. >> did morning. welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. i am supervisor avalos. we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. >> all persons attending the meeting are asked to turn off cell phone and pagers. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board of supervisors tuesday of next week another " -- unless another date is indicated. supervisor avalos: thank you. we have a few liquor licenses to consider. >> item 1 is to consider the issuance of a tight 75 general liquor license to anthony lavia for southern pacific brewing will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county o

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the japanese chamber of commerce as well as the leader of citizens -- citizzends leagu -- citizens league. you have also been part of our great cultural fabric including playing the piano and being able to do the j-town jazz ensemble. the key for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget. -- thank you for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget. i know you came from michigan, we both came from snow. he moved here and you have been here since. you own your own gallery, and you have been housed in a number of contemporary art there as well. you have been working with our hardest locally -- at ranging from local to international. from working with yoko ono, it has been wonderful. you have been placing women in the spotlight. it has been a great value to us. the overall mission is to enrich the community with special projects and events. you have been a wonderful participant in our commission on aging. you have been there since 2007. your appointment this year has just reflected the wonderful level of service to us. to a master of arts, chair of t

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>> the private sector was involved in every level of this exercise to the chamber of commerce and the business groups. we have done locally, and there was 1 and march. the small business administration, they are at the table of these things. your legislation around the false positives are spot on. i was able to receive a briefing from people at the pentagon. this is where you have essentially the ideal environment for this sort of center. even under ideal conditions, they are still very unreliable. it is very important that we pass this legislation and knowledge the fact that there will be a fair amount of false positives. moving on to the last item, a real brief comment on st. patrick's day, a lesson we learned from new year's eve about how best to manage some of these incidents. >> at the debrief, discussions of having some alternative placed to take large numbers of drunk people of the than to the jail, the closed at 1:00 in the morning for any drunks. those six closed around 1:45. they were packed. what do we do with them. when is the next chance. saint patrick's day. we had six s

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one...

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generates social congregation. and by having these e

jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. a lot of projects have been around for a long time. there was the library and playground expansion voted on 10 years ago. the executive park planning process started six years ago. this is the tops -- 18 years ago, when the navy announced there were going to leave treasure island. there has been a process of developing a plan to rebuild this island and make it a home to thousands of people, to make a commercial hub of employment again. this is not follow land. since the world's fair in 1929 and the navy moving in in 1941, thousands of people have lived and worked on this island safely every year. thousands of vehicles a day on or off treasure island. we have an opportunity now to remake the island into a very positive experience environmentally, sustainability, and safely for people who work there, through transit improvements, congestion pricing, parking limitations, and the seismic rebuilding of the island infrastructure. this time has come. we have a great opportunity. last year, the key vote of the board was in the approval of hunt

the chamber of commerce is setting up a relief fund. some people are donating some of their revenue to that fund. >>> a few miles north in scots valley crews hope to finish a temporary road tomorrow around a massive land slide there. residents of 8 houses have been unable to drive to and from their homes since the mud slide took out part of their road last week. a geologist has been called in to help crews determine how best to permanently repair the road. >>> in sacramento, governor brown's proposals don't seem to be sitting well on either side. among other things, the governor wants to stop retroactive pension increases. >> all of them can be done with collective bargaining, that's really our issue. we need to sit down at the table, each affected group, see what's best for everyone. >> republicans don't think the reforms go far enough and right now budgeted talks remain stalled. >>> the sales tax in some cities went up today, the sales tax in union city is now 10 and a quarter percent. among the highest in the bay area. >>> a big chang

this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a wonderful group of award winners of the 2011 good government award. we heart city government. thank you all for being here. stay as long as you want, and be sure to come up and congratulate the winners. thank you. supervisor chu: hello, welcome to the regular subcommittee meeting of budget and finance. our klerk today is mr. victor young. mr. young, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please turn in a speaker card to myself. items today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on april 12, 2011, unless otherwise stated. >> please call -- supervisor chu: please call item no. 1. >> item #one. ordinance waiving the street encroachment permit fees in public works code section 2.1.1 and public works code sections 786 et seq. for stairway improvements on the unaccepted stairway locate

. >> the chamber of commerce made it crystal clear. igniting the retail economy through exports. live here at the port of oakland, mike mibach. >>> one of the last crucial pieces of the new bay bridge suspension tower is being put into place at this hour. today's work began after dawn as workers lifted the piece. it is called the grillage and it's supposed to keep the bridge together. the structure's final height will be 525 feet. the new span is scheduled to be finished in the year 2013. >>> all right. time for the weekend, it's friday. a lot of people want to know what the weather is going to be like. let's check in now with bill martin for the weekend forecast. >> highs today got into the 70s. there's the rain, and it's not that far away is it. if you take a look you can see it is just a bit, well we'll measure it out if we can find our ruler here. you can see that from about this area, from the rain bound south. we're talking about 180-mile, 150 miles, so showers to the north of us. they could shift south as we go into sunday night, monday morning. these are the highs from tod

. >> i'm laura lee from the san francisco chamber of commerce. i have two questions. one your welcome to ignore and answer the second one. the first one is, this conversation today seems apposed to issue about draining hetchhetchy. if you could assure me somewhere in your plan that you've taken into consideration the whole terrorist about and through all of your water storage that the issue is undercontrol. >> jean, you want to - i mean,maurine, i believe seattle wants to talk about that. >> chuck ought to handle that one. >> i really do. >> go for it. how about the second part of that question. the terrorist. >> an issue of homeland security we've all had to do assessments and make improvements so almost - i can't think of a major water utility that's been dealing with this. our approach has been one using technology primarily and they've invested heavily for us to use? lieu of some of the initial reproaches but i think the water industry as a whole has been a remarkable job and there's also and,isac, program where we can share with each other. >> you painted a great

apparently people are talking the berkeley chamber of commerce have held a discussion about it. according to a report some business ordinary reasons say that type of ordnance would help bring in customers. however homeless advocates say it will unfairly target the city's homeless population. >> doctors in los angeles are keeping a close eye on bryan stow. it has been two weeks since he suffered a brutal attack. they have brought him out of his medically induced coma. >>> pitching star tim lincecum is doing his part to help the giants fan. he is donating $25,000 of his own money. lincecum calls the attack a senseless act of violence. >>> the mccarthur maze is back open after being closed for several hours because of a fatal crash. one person was killed and another hurt when a car hit a pickup truck. the chp says one person was pinned under the truck and another one was trapped inside. the driver of the truck was pronounced dead under the scene. the driver of the car was arrested for driving under the influence. >>> we will give you a live look outside. that is the project. you can

rose from the chinese chamber of commerce has been a very big supporter and has contributed to making this conference pofpble peter lee from the portsmouth square garage. the president of the cung chow association. he's present with us. the director of the san francisco arts commission and cultural affairs is here with us. our city administrator, ed lee, who is a major sponsor of the event and will be speaking today about a program he will be launching in chinatown. gina grant from the clean city coalition. she's with us today. lieutenant ford, who is from the mission statement representing the captain is here with us. tom carter from the san francisco fort is also here with us. please forgive me if i forgot to mention others. i know there's quite a number of you in the room. our panelists here, the officer who is in charge of the graffiti for city. he will be here to answer any questions during the question and answer times. i'm sure a lot of you do have quite a few questions for the police department. my boss, director of public works, who you will hear from soon. and larry stringer

san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has brought thoughtful leadership to our city. we're pleased to welcome the president of the san francisco board of supervisors. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i am pleased to be with all of you today. i want to think the immigrant rights comm

i can also say that to the san francisco chamber of commerce. but most importantly, tihdi, a community organization, a nonprofit. all of the home life catholic charities have attended numerous meetings. i was told that official numbers could be from 250 to 500 at the special meetings. we can conclude that the process to this day has been a very great process. it has allowed san francisco residence to be part of the process. in fact, one of the speaker's earlier, my colleague at san francisco tomorrow, mentioned that city staff has gone beyond the call of duty to make the document accessible. that is the respect of the staff and hints at my earlier statement, thanking them for going beyond the call of duty. the other issue i have has to do with this sea wall. at this point, i am going to call staff and please ask you to read, because i think this document is very significant for you to read to the record. can you find that document, please? i will give you mine. >> dear president chiu, i understand the board will be certifying the final environmen