of numerous human rights advocates and also caught the eye of darker documentary film producer david cohen he recently made a film about mandatory minimum sentences in relation to drug crimes here's a sneak peek at the film titled the house i live in. war against drugs i think i should have wrote a prison guard on my forehead when i was born because it just puts me. right there to go to prison i would like in thirty years twenty years for drug trafficking to have life without parole for three ounces of meth instead of the twenty thousand two hundred people i've sent to federal prison i've seen three or four were cars racing for people who are drug you're watching for an education. to make. the documentary recently won the two thousand and twelve grand jury prize at the sundance film festival and producer david cohen joins me now to talk more about the film welcome sir megan thanks for all right so first off explain a little bit more about mandatory sentencing and why it's such a problem right now where you heard julie stewart in the segment you around there say when you put someone in jail

money towards rehabilitation and in the end spending a little towards no sees a lot in the long run david cohen producer of the house i live in i know that your documentary is also available on i tunes on demand and on amazon and i know you're going to be screening it tonight at the shiloh baptist church thank you so much for taking a little time out of your day before the screening to come in to talk about this it's tomorrow and thanks. thanks so much well monday is martin luther king day to day that americans used to celebrate civil liberties and a call for freedom for all but today is also a celebration of sorts cyber activists are calling this friday. day internet freedom day why well because one year ago today what started as a small online protest became a force to be reckoned with last year we reported about the stop online piracy act as well as the protect ip act better known as sopa and pipa that debate keda came up for a form to bake in congress in response to the bill's internet giants including the likes of wikipedia google reddit craigslist and boing boing ban together in an effort

>> breed for chiu. >> supervisor chiu: david chiu. >> chiu fo chiu. >> >> supervisor cohen: chiu. >> >> supervisor kim: >> kim for chiu. >> mar for chiu. >> yee for chiu. >> congratulations mr. president. you are the board president. (applause) >> could we call the next agenda item? >> at this time, it is time for you to provide brief remarks. >> president: it is time for our mayor to provide brief remarks. let me take the opportunity to introduce many members of the mayor's team who are here. i want to recognize our chiefs, police chief greg surr [sounds like], fire chief -- chief of probation bill -- city administrator, nta director, head of rec department. our port director. our director of dbi. office of civic engagement, immigrant affairs. i believe i saw the mayor's chief of staff. i want to thank our city controller ben rosenfield. i want to thank our citywide elected officials, city attorney dennis guerrera, city treasurer, public defender, sheriff. we have a number of former members of this body who are here. i want to take a moment to welcome back of the chamber former boar

who have been nominated for the election to the office a board president are: supervisor david chiu, supervisor cohen supervisor kim. board rule 5/20 states that the roll call vote will take place enough of a quarter. supervisor avalos will begin with you. please indicate your preference from among the money stated. >> president: we have a little bit of discussion. supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i want to thank my colleagues for the nomination and also thank numbers of the public who came out in support. i feel like i have home turf advantage but i did not ask anyone to come and vote. we cannot let this moment go by without some excitement. many of us walked into the room knowing what would be occurring today. and perhaps that vote will be historic in another way. malia and i did want to push the conversation about what leadership means and what it means to look at women leaders in the future. we have had meaningful conversations over the last couple of days about what it means to serve and be a woman in politics. and also some of the strength that we can showcase, whether bringing our heart and

we look for support from this board; we have had the support from david campos, maria cohen, john avalos and others who have stepped up; we look for the rest of the board to step up, fight with us, save our communities. our communities are dying and getting these mixed messages on tv that we are doing this and that for the community. the damage that you have done you have left behind and it is up to us to fight and struggle and keep our people in their homes. we have a serious issue going on and we need to address it. thank you. >> >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is [indiscernible]. scott wiener needs to be recalled; he is a puppet and a shadow government. he called for a resource purposely so that it would never show that. david chiu needs to be brought to justice. think about the future. ask yourselves, what kind of the future would like for yourselves, for your children, for your grandchildren? do you want our city implanted to turn into corporate hell? a world pollution, exploitation, tyranny, misery? every time you use your power to advance the cor

terry, linda, darren bridges, joanne, mark brian, lorenzo, cizi, karen fishkin, peter cohen, fernando, carolyn, bryce, davidd. >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is steve wu. i'm representing tenderloin neighborhood development corporation. and we are also a member of the council for community housing organizations. we've taken a position opposed to the legislation primarily because we see t.i.c.s as cannibalizing the existing rental housing stock. our rental housing stock is critical to preserve in maintaining the affordability in san francisco's housing. we believe that, furthermore, that the uncapping the conversion condo conversion cap will further incentivize more t.i.c.s forming from our existing rental housing stock, thus leading to -- exacerbating the affordability problem in san francisco. furthermore, the the fee, we have questions about the fee, for bypassing the conversion lottery. it's set as high as 20,000 but as low as 4,000. this is substantially lower than the in lieu fee that the mayor's office of housing has set forth of construction for bmr units through new condominium construction w

and michael cohen mentioned that he was in conversation with david mad way about different option whether redevelopment would be an appropriate tool along the water front or if there was another option and david mad way who's here, is former general counsel of the san francisco redevelopment agency and now works at shepherdmony and point out an object cures area in the california code and so it was really david's idea that we have been plowing over the last eight years and i want to thank mr. mad way for that brilliant stroke >>> we are the ones who make sense -- david you know the poorliment tree rules better than anyone. come to the mic afterwards so it can be recorded. >> thank you joovment elane knobs port staff and as david said this is putting the law in place and geek getting the mechanism to secure infrastructure financing proceeds and a lot of credit goes to bran son and many of my preed says cor and is monique moyer that has gotten us to this point and right now we are looking to the establish a policy with the board of supervisors that gives us a -- to support this before looki

cohen. supervisor kim? >>> thank you. hard to follow that but to go along with what david chiu said earlier about a six -years-old in a body of a 36 wraryld and people would say you are too young to serve on the board of supervisors and i would say i'm almost the age of sean he else bunches but i am i have to say i have an incredible amount of respect for you on the board of supervisors not only are you incredible intelligent but prepared and knowledgeable and everyone here appreciates and demise your passion around a number of issues here in san francisco whether it was a pension a healthcare reform or whether it was planning. and i sat in on a counsel meeting one day on an item being held at the committee and the meeting was going long and we were going into public comment and one of your staff members came in and brought in the book from the e i r and you flipped to one of the pangs and start reading and i thought wow you are actually reading the entire e i r because i think most of us skim through the e i r's and skim through and but i doubt that most of us go through the e i r's and you turned to me and said, this is

cohen would not be charged. that's the latest from the fox buzz david: so we heard about this with obamacare.l device-makers gone? costa rica with very friendly tax rule for international business, dozens of these companies are setting up shop there thanks to a government that is open to business. sandra: our own liz claman is at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, with the president of costa rica. liz: cameron, medvedev, and chinchilla. lauren chinchilla is costa rica's first female president and joining us here in our fox business studio on top of the commerce center and in davos, switzerland. what is it like? >> of course it is a privilege. i think this is a wonderful opportunity for my country because you have the chance, not only to learn from many interesting people about the best practices of many issues of the agenda but at the same time you can share your thoughts about how to do many things in best possible way. liz: look at costa rica. one of the things that strikes me recently is that, you know, medical device-makers in america, all over the world, are all setting up s

david campos of district 9. watch for the next episode when we will be back. >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor cohen from district 10. she started her first term in january, so she is new to the board. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about your background, where you grew up, where you went to school, and the jobs you have work. >> i grew up in the porthole and neighborhood. most of my childhood, i went to lakeshore elementary school. i love to talk a bell will -- about lowell high school. i studied political science with a concentration in public administration. i worked eight years, largely in the public sector. then, earned a master's degree from carnegie-mellon in pittsburgh pennsylvaniamy work . i spent time as an executive director for nonprofit on the hill. i was assistant to a wonderful person named julie middleton. the park that worked at was formally known as the hunters point community foundation. we did several programming for kids in the neighborhood. i also have a background i

cohen, staff attorney for the national consumer law center. and then if i move all the way to my right-hand side, susan walker, who's professor -- susan wanter in from the university of pennsylvania, davidoskowitz and karen thomas, senior executive vice president for government relations at the independent community bankers association of america. thank you all for being here, and perhaps we might start with you, mr. calhoun. >> thank you. today the cfpb announces one of its most important rules, the qualified mortgage ability to repay rule, along with the upcoming mortgage servicing rules that will come out next week that address failures in the mortgage market that devastated millions of families and our overall economy. the twin drivers of this were widespread, unaffordable loans and a broken mortgage servicing system that severely aggravated the ensuing wave of foreclosures. the goal of the dodd-frank legislation and the rule today are to redirect incentives so that lenders are encouraged to make loans that are long-term sustainable, not just generators of short-term fees. and to also deter and prohibit abusive practice such as the infamous 228 exploding loans and broker incentives

cohen at the national law center. if i move to my right hand side, susan, a professor of real estate and finance at university of spilt -- pennsylvania. davidmoss of its of wells fargo, and karen thomas, senior vice president for relations at the independent community bankers association of america. we might start with you, mr. calhoun. >> thank you. today, the cfpb announces one of its most important roles -- he qualified mortgage ability to repay rule and the upcoming mortgage servicing rules that will come out next week. they addressed failures in the mortgage market that devastated millions of families in our overall economy. the twin drivers of this were widespread on affordable loans and a broken mortgage servicing system that severely aggravated the ensuing wave of foreclosures. the goal of the dodd-frank legislation and the rule today are to create direct incentives so that lenders are encouraged to make loans that are long term sustainable, not just generators of short-term fees, and to also deter and prohibit abusive practices such as the infamous 228 exploding loans, and broker incentives to steer borrowers to more expensive and