but on lower end, it does harm you. why we should not pass if. >> proponents say that we have to do this to offset the tax at the state level. how do you propose that the city deal with the extraordinary budget cuts that i've come from the state? >> proponent to are mostly public employees and employees of nonprofits will have you believe the sky is falling if they don't get this raised. if they go back to 0 base budgeting, do good budgeting, good management, they have plenty of money to run the city. >> we hope that that was helpful. for information on ballot measures, visit the web site of the league of women voters at sfvotes.org. early voting is available at city hall monday through friday 8:00 a.m. to 8 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 8 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, vote on ♪ >> i am mellisa griffin, a columnist and member of the san francisco league of women voters. i am here is city hall with the league and sfgtv to discuss prop h that will be on this year's november ballot. ♪ >> prop h would make it official city po

doe was thinking. we don't have doe here. we should have doeh here. we flag in issue for doe. ok, the issue was like to read what is your view of that issue? >> the issue was flat. what is your view of that issue? all it knows that the issue was flagged. they leaked documents related to the investigation, they leaked many more to the national media. the release of this document is not tainted the investigation any more than the release of all these other documents. the majority wants to release the documents whether it supports the theory of the case and keep documents down that may contradict it. we will see what happens in this fight when we come back. i know that ranking member degette will do it and able job in putting out why this ought to be part of the record, in addition to my comments. >> i would ask for additional time if you just -- >> regular order, regular order. we do have a vote. >> thank you, mr. chairman g mr.. -- that you, mr. chairman. i would like to ask you about questions you have

it really does save money. it is the consensus way of moving forward, it is supported by the board of supervisors, the mayor's office, and virtually every public official. i am proud of the public-sector unions for putting the measure on the ballot. it is really going to save the city money. this has been done in ways that i have not seen anywhere else. people are just attacking public workers, and in san francisco, i take my hat off to the unions that are going to be sacrificing and going to be paying more into the city funds in order to save these jobs. there are going to be more moneys coming in. i could not be prouder and i am urging everyone to vote yes. i think this is a san francisco way of doing reform. we have done many things and we are urging everybody to vote yes to save over $1 billion and save cities of vergers -- city services. >> this number is based on a 7.75% investment return that people feel as unrealistic. how would you address that marke? >> we have sat down with the civil service unions t

so you're right it does make it easier. it does help the argument of a strike against iran. but. i don't think it actually advances such as the possibility of it ok matthew it's very interesting here i mean we have the election cycle in the united states and just recently iran also talked about restarting negotiations with the west over its nuclear program now with this story this bizarre cockeyed story all of that seems to be going away and now mr obama is running for reelection and he needs maybe foreign policy credentials because the economy is in a in a in a rut i mean unless it's not a conspiracy theory this is called politicking. i understand but i mean if there's one area in which president obama is doing very very well among american voters it's foreign policy it's national security so it's unclear to me why he would think that he just needs this this other point on iran and in order to bolster his credentials he's the guy who got bin laden he's been very very successful in arranging cultivating and bolstering an international coalition to isolate iran over its nuclear pr

it is a completely rigid system that does not benefit anyone. it is bad government.rop e would basically balance that out a little bit by saying that for ordinances that are put on the ballot by the board or the mayor does not in any way affect signature drive ballot measures. or the mayor put an ordinance on the ballot that, for the first three years, it would be untouchable by the board. for the next four years, the board could amend the measure with a supermajority two-thirds vote. after seven years, the board could read the legislation like any other piece of legislation, subject to the legislative process that is how it is done in every other state that allows voters to legislate, except california, and i think it is just a good government measure. >> can you think of an intense where, had we had proposition e in place, the voters would have not had to go back and vote again on some cleanup legislation? >> yes, if you look at prop f right now, we're asking the voters, among other things, should political consultants have to file with paper or electronically? sho

he does not know. i am one employer who will lose 20 or 30 jobs. expand that to see the ramifications of this. [applause] supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> i am the owner of arcadia home care and staffing. a lot of attention has been given to the restaurant business, but my business serves seniors and disabled children, many of whom are funded by government forces such as medicaid, medical. your legislation does not actually apply to many nonprofit agencies. those same nonprofit agencies many years ago stopped serving the actual population that i do serve. interestingly enough, the state of california has not raised any competitive reimbursement for over 11 years for those same clients being served, the disabled children and seniors who remain in their own home. i am against any legislation in san francisco that further raises cost to a business because when those costs go up, when you have a fixed source of revenue, people will lose their jobs. today, president chiu, i thank you for an alternate looked -- look. supervisor campos has been steadfast

does mitt romney's feith matter? caller: yes, it does. i have worked for several mormons and i would not want to work for another one. they seemed have of way of treating people. host: this write your road that the data suggest that households have responded to their troubles so far by digging deeper into savings to maintain spending levels. that would be a good sign if it was not still dropping. from the "weekly standard," and also, republicans and obama bickering over the jobs bill. president obama will be traveling to several states. it was the subject of his weekly radio address. >> and the senator out there thinking about voting against a jobs bill needs to explain why they would oppose something that we know would approve our economic situation. if the republicans think that they have a better plan, they should prove it. take one of the same independent economists that led to our plan said that their plan would not mean much for the near term. the american people deserve to know what it is the republicans in congress do not like abo

yelp does that and does it really well. >> there are a number of sites that kind of surface that the whole concept is if you're mobile and you want to find the best restaurant in the immediate vicinity that caters to your tastes, you still have to -- >> does this give you some other advantage we're not seeing? >> one of the things, we always thought reviews are very important. people want to know where am i going? and what's it going to be like when we're there. we have reviews but enough scale. they bring us a scaleable platform that is profitable and profitable for 32 years. and was actually one of the original forms of ugc. they would mail out these restaurant surveys, get them back and compile them. when you see the gatt review and the presentation was impressive, it's because one of the users said impressive. they go through all of the users reviews and pull together a synopsis that polled all the sentiments of people. >> one of my promises to my viewers is if somebody says something to me that they don't understand, they get to jump in and say user general rayed content before

it just does not work. in the attempt to meet the exposure units, which was an awful lot to decide on, the court judge has been made slightly -- the courtyard's have been made slightly larger. in the process of increasing the courtyards, the average unit i see are small. it is 20 square foot there. we are dealing with units that are average too small. when you have the smaller units and bicycle parking right outside your window, if you have them on the grounds, one of the units to see where the bicycle parking are right into the window, you are checking into a suburban motel where you have to keep the windows drawn all the time in order for those people who continue to pick up their bicycles, which you would like to use it for viewing your porch, which is impossible. this design is just, together with the technical challenges, is something which we should not approve. partially because the building has presented being redesigned to a larger extent. i am not saying it cannot be done, but it has got to be don

the plan does propose to reduce by half the amount of non- residential parking allowed and does propose that the city should investigate and pursue an overall absolute parking staff. the plan does support the notion output congestion pricing as a necessity in the future to keep digestion down in the downtown manager that transit can run and the other modes can be accommodated. the plan does have additional policies to improve the transportation demand management implementation in the downtown. in terms of open space, the plan -- the charge of trying to see what we can do to build on the proposed rooftop transit center park that will be built and augmon that with both additional street level public spaces as well as additional connections to this rooftop park -- you probably know that as part of the downtown rail extension, a small number of buildings at the northeast corner of second and howard will likely have to be demolished, and the rail extension will be running right underneath those parcels, so there is limited opportunity to build up of them in the future. so the plan proposes t

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of course it does. of course it does. >> will that help win re-election?olutely. >> will that help him hold this job? >> that is the message that will resonate in western pennsylvania for example, chris. >> okay. >> but he's also got to appeal to independent voters. our base will come out. in 2010, he visited philadelphia twice before the election, philadelphia out voted the rest of the state. the base came out. we lost because we got killed with independent voters. independent voters have to see a balanced president who is willing to reform government at the same time make it fair and you can do both you know, senator sanders, you know history as well as i do. we love american political history. i can tell. look at roosevelt's great speech at franklin field in '36. he said we're going to get to this later in the show but i can't resist now. there is a big difference in the way you sell yourself for president. fdr knew he faced the hatred of the rich, the corporations. they screwed him everywhere they went the supreme court did for four years and he said t

it does not accomplish what is supposed to do. it is legally challengeable. i am asking everyone to vote because there will be legal challenges with what it purports to do. >> proponents say it will save $400 million more than a proposition c. why should they not go with a measure that is going to save more money? >> the process was done without any input on those numbers. they are way over bloated in terms of the numbers, it probably does a little bit more money than what we did, but it was done by the same type of republicans that are attacking public workers and wisconsin, san jose, other areas around the country. it will not save that type of money. we worked with the city comptroller, we talked to workers, we had major analysis. everybody agrees, this is the way that the city will run better, it will save money and jobs. yes on c commonality. -- no on d. >> the increments they used to determine a contribution are smaller >> is a bogus argument. people claymore during bad times and not so much in good times. it is sensitive to workers that make -- police

it does not matter to me. if anybody is a true believer that it will get better and stop dividing, give him the opportunity. if you do not give a person the opportunity to show what he can do it instead of saying no, no, no, he will never get a chance to do it. my thing is being open-minded. you have people who come on and say they will not even use the word "president barack." that shows you a lot. the republicans are doing a real good job blaming everything on him. if congress are the only people who can pass legislation, you have got to have them do this. if they are not doing everything -- anything, do not just blame him. the republican congress is planning a major role in making him look bad. host: thank you for the call. guest: i think you are right in many respects. president obama is clearly going to run against congress. that is going to be his main talking point, that he has tried to do good things for the american people, and he has been up against the party of no. in his view, a party that presents

i want to be clear -- our restaurant does not charge a surcharge. i think it is horrific that restaurants are charging the surcharge and not using that for their employees. i urge you as a board of supervisors to help us. supervisor chiu: thank you. and if i could ask anyone else who wishes to speak to police lineup. >> my wife and i are the owners of san francisco suit company. we started our business in the city and continue to try to grow the business in the city. i was asked a couple of days ago from a reporter what small business is doing to create jobs in san francisco. i thought about it and said that was an amazing question. we made plans to create and grow business. the natural consequence is creating jobs. i'd not have a job plan. i have a business plan. -- i do not have a job plan. i have a business plan. one of the most important issues to everyone in the city, state, the country is jobs, jobs, and jobs. we have heard time and time again that uncertainty and fear is what is preventing economic growth in our country. i am afraid to say th

i just want to know how that does or does not relate to ceqa. there is always somebody that supersedes local authorities. i just want to make sure that we are in line with that. commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: i would just like to make a slightly different comment on the trash cans. that was a discretionary review. it was not part of any historic preservation review. >> then we were talking about how we should set standards in historic districts. commissioner sugaya: there are standards in to start districts. >> and did go to that extent. commissioner sugaya: there are standards in historic districts. >> for trash and closures? commissioner sugaya: not specifically for trash and closer -- enclosures. >> i do not think that they are of a singular mind that historic preservation is the only thing that they consider when they are looking at various issues coming before them, certificates of appropriateness and that kind of thing. they may be limited. i do not think you can characterize the commission members as being blinded by their hist

. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching. >> i am columnist who writes about san francisco politics, and a member of the san francisco league of women voters. i am here with the league and sfgtv to discuss proposition e on this november's ballot. ♪ propositioned e would allow the board of supervisors and the mayor to amend or repeal initiative ordinances and declarations of policies that are passed by the voters beginning in january 2012. initiative ordinances and declarations of policy are the only kinds of measu

how does it work? not well, they say. pretty soon, the homeowners association is charging more than the mortgages. i know at least five in my area, including the older buildings and the new ones that were very large like that, it is not a workable way to do business. instead, get the funds and and do affordable housing for sale, everybody in the building is on the same terms when they go in there. and then you can get subsidies and other things to make it work. it doesn't work, and these neighborhood groups that are saying that they support this, they did not throw this open either as a general meeting with the presentation was made, there was no discussion of this or board meetings the you could go to to discuss it. [chime] president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon, president olague and commissioners. middle p theope neighborhood association. it borders -- i am with middle pope neighborhood association. we also had neighbors very close to this building participate in our process, working on what we wanted as a neigh

so it does hold up better. but it's sometimes like a double beautled seal or a silicone then a beautle and there's a des cant which resists moisture in that little tin frame around it. they're doing everything they can to keep this thing together. the problem primarily is if the bottom -- if that seal -- if the bottom part of the glass, if your weep holes get gummed up and the glass finds itself sitting in water, not draining quite right, water and that sealant is dynamite so that makes it fail sooner. so the first thing you want to do is go home tonight and clean out your weep holes and make sure that everything is draining through your windows. but it's only going to last at this point, technology-wise until they come up with a better product and better sealants. 25 years is a wonderful thing for laminated glass. >> in the building department i see people coming in and replacing windows that they have replaced already, they replace with double glaze -- well 10 years ago, 15 years ago, and the seals have impro

but he does need mental health services. i have undergone five years of therapy there my daily work that you know i do with the committee, with the jails, with the healing circle. so this person needs to be referred and action needs to be taken with him. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. my name is mike daily. i lived since 1980 in that fair? -- thurmont district. i come from the structural steel industry. keeping with the rules of public comment on the topic of tonight, at three things to offer in terms of community service. recently i completed -- one of 23,000 san franciscans who completed the fire department's neighborhood emergency response training. it is an extraordinary program. in my industry, we train our employees, the hard workers in all kinds of rescue and retrieval. that program as well-funded as if it is, looking better than what the fire department is offering to everyone here in the city. the only problem i have with the program as it did not include the police department. the only police presence throu

it does not let the tenant of the hot. the tenants in their lease is contractually responsible to the landlord. there are ways that can be dealt with between the landlord and the tenant. i have represented landlords. i have represented tenants. at some point, i represented both because they have a common interest even in that. obviously, they both have to make the space accessible either now or later, so it is best that they work together if they can. and work together to save us -- to hire a single lawyer. they can make repairs or what ever is in their agreement. sometimes, when the tenant is the small business and does not have much cash flow, one way to do is to renegotiate the lease, where the cost is amortized over a longer period time. it is another way to spread the payments back to the less financially available person. would you do if you get one of these notices? if you have not had your property inspected already, or if you do not do it following this program -- which i recommend you do -- you should have an ins

i think any agency who does the work does this. that is another independent review with there is no link to funding. supervisor campos: i think it is good to put that information out there so people know how the process works. a final point. could there be a situation where they refuse to reimburse the specific amount because they object to whatever the scope of the review was? >> hypothetically? hypothetically if we had said or the city said we want in addition to be done -- let's say we will 100 people out there at all times, they might say this seems unreasonable and they would want to negotiate with that. i would say what we have asked for and the degree of regulation over the site is significantly above the degree of monitoring and regulation of any other development site, certainly in san francisco and probably in the state of california, maybe in the united states. supervisor campos: thank you. why don't we know hear from the bay area air quality management district. >> i am john marvin with the bay area quality management d

it does not have that many individuals in it. and a substantial amount of progress has been made, including within the rooms that are occupied. they have even gone as far because there was a bed bug infestation to create a heat room in the building to be able to assist the occupants to treat their personal belongings as they move them to newly rehabilitated rooms within the building. a lot of work is ongoing with in this property. commissioner walker: could i ask a question about the request is for an extension of six months, and the staff recommendation seems to be consistent. i mean, when i read this, it says okay to extend time to coincide with the expiration of the permit. >> with respect to the fact that this is a case within the code enforcement section, i would definitely defer to the wisdom of the inspector on that, but it does seem to be keeping within the scale of what has been going on in the building. it is my understanding that one of the issues when we did our joint inspection last september, which i was at that ins

does that make sense? >> absolutely. there are two different frameworks they have to go respond to, so it always has to be a mesh of those things. goowe should reiterate those things or give you a document, because like you were saying about kevin always being are around, a lot of us who are in its day today who are familiar with those and to do not get reminded often and not. -- often and not -- often eno ugh. >> are you going to answer nine and 10 and 11? if that is ok, can we take all of these together, and we can vote all at once? i do not know if any other board members had questions. my question is around matching core curriculum, but this is a huge chunk of money. i got not a lot of explanation. >> k-9 represents a representation to continue working with them for a smaller amount of money, but their work focuses on results-oriented activities within schools, so it is working with instructional leadership teams around a data- driven improvement cycle, so they are always looking at student work and performance data,

>> there is no question it does. when i do not have 218 in the wheelbarrow at one time, i do not have the strongest hand i can have. having said that, when you look at my colleagues -- and these are not freshmen members by and large, these are more senior members. that has been misunderstood. some of our members just what more. i want more, too. they want more change. but what if faster. i do not disagree with them. when you have a senate controlled by the democrats, you have democrats in the white house, my job is to move the ball down the field, did things done on behalf of the american people, and i tried to get as much as i can, but i want to move the ball down the field on behalf of the american people. >> will you correlate those desires with what is a historic and perpetually low assessment of congressional approval. i have been around capitol hill since 1990. i have never seen consistently a disparity of 7% of -- or more of approval or disapproval. how much of that is your fault? how much of it is the fall to