the feedback with cpa's. it was very good. the outreach that the city treasurer's office has done, his name, greg cato has done especially with the cpa's that were in attendance. there is about 30 of them. i just want to give a shout out to greg and jose cisneros on that outreach. there were people complaining and it wasn't perfect, but greg was able to answer all the questions and i was very impressed with the outcome of that. that's it. >> any other commissioner reports? okay. that's it on that one. new business? any new business. >> item no. 9. no new business. that leaves us to item no. 10. adjournment. >> i motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is

part of the cpa deal was that south sudan would benefit from oil profits. billions of dollars were now flowing into the south >> during the 6 years after the cpa was signed, south sudan became one of the most corrupt places in the world. that money could have been used for massive rehabilitation and development. huge amounts of it were pocketed or simply stolen by south sudanese elites. blatantly, without a word being said internationally. the spla generals were not only among the best paid in africa, their salaries doubled after the cpa was signed. with oil money leading the way the movement for full independence grew among the southern leaders. they worked to secure the loyalties of generals and their proxy militias, who might otherwise side with sudan. >> the strategy of salva kiir was "we'll pay you more. so they paid them more in cash houses, cars, bodyguards, etc. the spla was not really and army, it was just an enormous machine for soaking up cash and turning it into military units which were stationed all around the country loyal to their immediate

o e wd is responsible for meeting their management plans and reports for cpa financial reviews and providing to you all a memo which is a part of your board packet. i do want to note for the civic center that there was a minor amendment to the memo we submitted to supervisor bree's office that we put in a budget. it was listed at over $700,000. it is in fact 91. this parcel map in front of you shows the geographic area that civic center cbd covers. it is a property based district and the budget is in fact $691 ,000 and set to expire june 30.th. >> we have staff to report on public applique bsh accomplishment. in terms of bench marks that we review, the first benchmark between the budget amounts for each category was from their management plan. with respect to benchmark to represent that centers came from other sources other than assessment revenue. benchmark three, their budget to actual is within percentage points and benchmark for whether or not they call into the next fiscal year. with respect to benchmark one, management plan versus annual budget, the civic center cbd was well within the

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peggy lee but i also have with us a member of the cpa person i'm going to start off with the summary and i'm going to turn it over to our audit team she has a few words and sum up the report the purpose of the oversight committee so insure that the procedures from the proposition passes in june 2008 that brought in revenue approximately $36 million or rough $22 million are expend for the purpose described in the proposition and formality for thein the s p oversight committee quote to the public for the expenditure of parcels and actively review and report on this taxpayers money generated by the tax the q ta or oc meets approximately every other month they're complimented of reports from the budget staff and presentations if the program managers like the teachers matter and of september 2015 ucsf professionals who conducted on orientation for new members of the orientation seemed to be a value and focused the taken into consideration attention on the work thank you to each of those professionals and the dedicated san francisco unified school district finance and budget professionals

kim coats was there we want to thank her also the sf c voted to support of the cpa campaign and ms. kathy listen if the project management talked about the use of educational technology every sf c representatives had an opportunity to complete a tax survey experienced other evaluations sf sfusd and police department so tomorrow after school we'll be able to provide their student computed regarding the sfusd this meeting will be at the pupil services at 4:00 p.m. newcomer immigration safer in an ongoing safer this thursday our sf cc will coordinate with city hall to provide newcomers immigration services for all new students here at the sfusd our goal is to welcome all students with open arms and provide any support needed safety crossing guards the sf cc is reducing all preyed pedestrian accidents tonight with supervisor yee office we're coordinating for students and schools to be part of the program that week ear next meeting is april 27, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. the sf ac ask a public council anyone that with me welcome to attend our meeting dinner will be provided for all our s ac c re

now is the accident for a comprehensive plan the wissop has proven time after time such a plan in our cpa as well as your type of plan with this magnitude things can change that makes we think so that's where we're at i respectfully request you ask the plan to be presented to you by may first that concludes any remarks i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> commissioners questions. >> none for you you've been very clear (laughter). >> that's correct i'm going to turn it over to mr. kelly. >> so as you probably know we've been talking about the mountain tunnel for awhile and been in conversation with bosco and working on a schedule there are so many options so we pretty much have a schedule but there are some things we're accounting the details so we can come to the next commission meeting and present the status with a schedule because we pretty much have a schedule we just are reviewing it and there's so many other options so at the next commission meeting you'll have a line item to go over the schedule and what are some of the options that we're still looking at and i think where we a

were not asking for more staff to do the work that lafco thought was coming because of the lack of a cpa so lafco thought it was going to kip kick up the schedule and rather than asking for more staff we absorbed those duties so we moved the 45u6789 excuse me. the lafco carried forward understanding that there is a description that you point out we'll had had billable hours scenario. >> it is with the ed and the attorney and the clerk as well i mean the reality is yes we need to continue with lafco but things are definitely changed considering and the expectation of implementing cca we've been pushing a real possibility but as that

they protect themselves with their attorneys and cpa's.ndividuals caught in the middle with the estate taxes. you hit the nail on the head. these people have already paid taxes on this income. now because it is transferring to their family, to their child they are going to pay taxes again. that is not really fair here in america. host: representative james renacci, thank you for joining us. on our spotlight on magazines segment, we look at "time's" cover story, taking a look at the shooting death of walter scott and south carolina. one of the authors joins us next as "washington journal" continues. announcer: at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies. during the revolution, she was considered an enemy by the british, who threatened to take her hostage. later, she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. martha washington, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span's original series "first ladies," examining the public and private lives of the first ladies and their influence on the presidency, from

afco thought was coming because of the lack of a cpa so lafco thought it was going to kip kick up the schedule and rather than asking for more staff we absorbed those duties so we moved the 45u6789 excuse me. the lafco carried forward understanding that there is a description that you point out we'll had had billable hours scenario. >> it is with the ed and the attorney and the clerk as well i mean the reality is yes we need to continue with lafco but things are definitely changed considering and the expectation of implementing cca we've been pushing a real possibility but as that comes down to life the need for lafco becomes less of a need so i'm just trying to understand i do not like to waste money i want to make sure we're using our current dollars efficiently where it is almost as if we would not be in this situation to ask for additional fund if we billed by hours in the ways your proposing not only with the clerk but everything that we're required to pay for i just wanted to make sure we're keeping in mind and moving forward in the future i'm presented to move this budget along

we have cpas and we're going to be here until 8:00 tonight. so go get your paper work and give us a call or get your questions answered on facebook. there is another room there. so give us a call, or go online. reporting live from the 7 on your side offices i'm michael finney. >> there is more still to come here tonight. just ahead what some big developers may have to do to help the city and the state get through the drought. >>> a tea party favorite's vision for america, coming up. >>> certainly rain is welcome but not going to do much to quench california's drought. one supervisor is looking toward a long term solution with a new proposal changing the way developments use water in the city. abc7 news explains how it would work. landscaping may not look like much but doing work for headquarters. >> mimicking what happens into a compact building so the plant is treating waste water to the point we can use it. >> these show what the water looks like. the process takes about two and a half days. scott weiner wants to see other developments and s

we have cpas and we're going to be here until 8:00 tonight. get your paper work and give us a call or get your questions answered on facebook. there is another room there. so give us a call, or go online. reporting live from the 7 on your side offices i'm michael finney. >> there is more still to come here tonight. just ahead what some big developers may have to do to help the city and the state get through the drought. >>> a tea party favorite's vision for america, coming my name is bret hembree. i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. pg&e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. i love living here and i love the community i serve. nobody wants to be without power. i don't want my family to be without power. it's much mo

john's first mistake was being a cpa in the land of noble ideas. >> i'm actually one of the 30 originaland light came into my office on another issue and was telling me about this cool company. they were going the create local jobs, they were going to make something out of it, but they ran out of money in two months. so i volunteered to help them do some strategic planning and figure out how they could do it. >> john helped them get the business off the ground and planned to step back. the business had other ideas. >> they said, we know your heart is in it. they were about to shut down. >> what did you say? >> i don't know. but there was a martini and we toasting. >> i don't know what i said, but there was a martini involved. and the next thing i know, we're making colored glass. back then, the mcclurgs probably couldn't have told you why they went out on a limb to save this difficult enterprise, but the last few years have made it pretty clear. >> the recession was pretty tough. people got moved around from one place to another, and jesse who's worked for us from out of high school, he

makes no sense but i wasn't old enough to take the cpa exam when i graduated from college.ears old and i got myself talked into law school. i was persuasive. >> and so you graduated from law school at age 22? >> yes sir. >> and then you get a job with johnny carson. >> i did. ♪ >> i was sitting in somebody's office that i had been introduced to. i sent 500 resumes. henry bush came walking in what are you doing. >> carson's manager. >> i was so impressed he said what are you doing here i said looking for work. what do you want to do here. >> work for you. >> come see me tomorrow i think he was being polite. i showed up at 11:00 and i got the job. >> what did the job entail. >> i had to go to the tenth show. david letterman getting start. joan rivers was filling. in probably the most exciting time to be around johnny carson and i had that privilege. >> let's turn this dump over, all right? >> his businesses outside of of "the tonight show" you were involved with that? >> i think he saw in me, bill someone very curious very anxious and very committed and loyal which i am i'm a

. >> my friends who are lawyers, writers, cpas, nutritionists are interested in.e writer of the books could never have imagined such success. >> nobody's more surprised than i am. >> reporter: her two title vs. sold over a million copies worldwide, topping the amazon best seller list. >> i just wanted to make a book that i myself would like in color. i hoped a few other people would feel the same. it never crossed my mind that a community on line would pop up. >> reporter: business is blossoming. she's having to print more koids of her first two books -- copies of her first two books and is working on three and four. >> you don't see many stressed 7 or 10-year-olds, play does help you to relax and be more productive. >> reporter: we wanted to fill in the blanks of this theory. we bought one of the books and brought them to midtown manhattan. it's a weekday lunchtime, there should be plenty of stressed office workers in need of relaxation. >> i feel better. i feel more pleasant and positive. >> the coloring book for sdmoolts yeah, no. -- adults? yeah, no. >> report

. >> reporter: american institute of cpa poll find hack is a affect credit card processing systems arempting more people to change their behavior. 82 percent verse 69 percent a year ago. 56 percent said they use cashing or checks more frequently. 40 percent have scaled back on their social media or on line presence. while millennials seem inclined to make transaction as on line and with mobile app is it is those age 55 to 64 who are reporting falling victim to identity theft more often. >> they just don't necessity how to take those is there steps to protect themselves. generational difference i see have been is concern about it younger people actually know how to take better care even though they are actually higher users of on line databases. >> reporter: comment on line missteps include making your birthday part of the e-mail address or using a maiden name on your facebook profile. the also as a security hint for on line account. best advice is to check for unauthorized transactions regularly or activate fraud alerts on your mobile device. reporting for three on your side i'm jim do

it just doesn't foot with the classified -- with the declassified transcripts of 17 months in the cpa court. but i was working -- we were working, and by 2000, we were deeply embedded in what i'm allowed to say is four clandestine security agencies and as a result of that, dick clark recommended that i jump ahead of the queue and become chairman of nstack. >> that's that national security telecommunications -- >> that's really the more important committee if i was to say it in retrospect. you don't want to say no. if the government approaches you, first of all, if you're going to make money for your company, fiduciary responsibility, look at the opportunity. but as a -- i hate to use the term patriotism because i think it is a hollow term today, but, you know if the government comes and says we need you guys to work on something, want to clear you, want to tell you why, here is what we want to do and we'll give you money what are you going to say? i don't want to be bothered? you say yes. now today if you say no to them there is other consequences. >> right. so at some point you -- >>

they are not cpas. they are not lawyers. a lot of them study hard, work hard, do it, provide a good service. there are a group of them that don't have a lot of background. much training and do their best but make a lot of mistakes. and then there's a small percentage of them that are crooks, that you can find them easily because you can drive through any center city and there will be a sign saying come to us, we can help you get a better refund. you can get you a bigger refund. just sign a blank return, we'll take care of it for you. and so across the board we think we ought to be able -- people have noted numerous times, it takes more credentials to cut your hair than to prepare your taxes. at some point there ought to be a minimum qualifications before you can ax chully go to a taxpayer and say i'll take care of your taxes for you. and we have a voluntary program. the courts ruled we didn't have the authority to require minimum qualifications so we have asked the congress for legislation that would require some minimum lev

myself, as a cpa and business owner for 20 years, i believe it needs to be done. but we need to simplify. today, 6 billion hours spent in doing taxes. $168 million to file their taxes. this is a complicated system. 4000 changes in the last 10 years. we need to simplify it. we need to make it simpler fairer flatter, not only so that the american people don't have to spend this kind of time, but so the businesses can grow and not spend their time thinking what a couple get a tax rules will they use or try to work around. host: on this tax day representative jim renacci joining us. if you want to ask him questions, you can do so. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 745-8002 for independents. and you can also send us an e-mail, if you want. mickey is in arizona, the republican line. go ahead. caller: yes, thank you so much. on the tax issue, i agree with you 100%. it is like that money has already been taxed. so why, when you die, do you have to have it tax the get? it is just kind of will -- weird. but i do have a serious question. why

it looks like you moved to cpx or cpa, whatever you want to call it meaning every metric change is a call. i'm in a forgiveness mode and san francisco is a much more live and let loose place. they open the golden gate to us. these guys fell off the golden gate. i don't think they should jump but i think the question to ask is is there another way to mono tiez people? right now, the advertisers are bucking the response. >> you mean going to a subscription model? >> we're going to talk about starwood and they put out all these in which they're examining any and all options. they need sopme help or someone else has to figure this out. >> people are upset by the fact they point out it's not that the user base is not growing. they're relatively large and know a lot about why the inability to mono tiez it to the way. they feel as though it was only in march, i believe, right here in san francisco morgan stanley had a large tech conference. anthony presented and a lot of them went away from that. you're two months away from the quarter with a positive feeling. >> all those props about sun t

biographies are on the materials you picked up coming in on your cpa i ask that you write a question on a three by five card and pass them to national council staff who will bring them forward and i will use them in the question and answers. the ambassador is due here around 11:00. he called yesterday to say i will be there. we're looking for an operational and just go feet because he has been in the kingdom in the last 72 hours and now he is coming back, and this particular event is highest on his agenda. jeremy sharp. mr. sharp: thank you, john. i wish i could do that. just go to a map and give a country's history in a broad brush stroke. thank you to the national council and u.s.-arab nations for hosting this event today, and a welcome not just to the media and our outside guests, but a special thanks to our congressional clients for coming here today. like a good panelist, i am legally obligate eyes -- obliged to note that my remarks here are my own. i also would like to thank john for moderating this morning. i can tell you firsthand that john can hike that yemeni bylines better

they are not cpas or lawyers. a lot of them study hard, work hard, provide a good service. there are a group of them that do not have a lot of background, much train and do their best but make mistakes and threns a small percentage of them that are crooks. you can find them because you can drive through any center city and there will be signs saying, we can get you a better refund. sign a blank return, we'll take care of it for you. it takes more credentials to cut your hair then to prepare your taxes and at some point, there are to be minimum qualifications before you can go to a taxpayer and say i will take care of your taxes for you. we have a voluntary program and the courts ruled we cannot -- we do not have the authority to require minimum qualifications so we asked the congress for legislation for continuing education the way c.p.a.'s and lawyers and others. senator carper: i would just ask my colleagues on the committee to see if we can address this. this cries out to be addressed. senator johnson: this may speak to the overregulation of the hair dressing industry. w

requirements so we have asked for legislation that would require a minimum amount of education the way cpas and lawyers and others. >> this is an issue that requires to be addressed. sen. johnson: it does speak to the overregulation of the haircutting industry. first year, $95 or 1% of your income. this year is hundred $98 which is one point seven times the minimum. next year will be $1176. the third-year is $695 times 1.8, $1258 times 1.5%. that is the extrapolated penalty over the next several years. mr. koskinen: i think part of the calculation is, you either pay the minimum or the one or 2%. sen. johnson: the average penalty goes probably to these ballpark figures. sen. corbin: i want to focus in on the 1095-a issue. --sen. portman: they send out any incorrect tax statements which is very important to my constituents and folks around the country because they rely on the statements. i think they were initially told , don't worry about filing your taxes until we get a corrected statement and they were recently told go ahead and file your taxes and you will be penalized based on the inform

through the aicpa's flagship 360 degrees of financial literacy program, cpa's across the country are volunteering to help all americans understand their personal finances through every stage of life. the program combines grassroots advocacy with free public resources and tools for c.p.a.'s to educate americans of all ages. there's an urgent need to improve the financial literacy of all americans. a recent survey showed that 47% of american households are not saving any of their current income for retirement. this means almost half of all americans are living paycheck to paycheck and without any savings plan for financial hardships or retirement. providing all americans with the information necessary to make educated decisions will help households understand the v.a.w. ue of -- value of savings for retirement and lead to a life time financial well-being. again, like to congraduate the afcpa and state societies for helping americans become more financially literate. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier, for five minutes