we're going to start with doug johnson from m.t.c. who has been our partner in facilitating this occasion and, doug, would you please come over and say you're welcoming remarks. >> sure. >> in the interesting of being heard, i hate to stand between you and someone named hans but i will do it nonetheless. delay may also give the supervisor a chance to catch up with us. my name is doug johnson. i'm a senior planner at the metropolitan transportation commission overseeing our programs in land use and social equity. i'm also very fortunate to be a member of the transatlantic cities network, which is a project of the german marshall fund you'll be hearing from ellen. it is a network of 25 cities, 12 in the u.s., 13 in europe, and oakland is one of those cities, but i, of course, wearing my regional hat, have looked to expand what i have been learning through the network and the opportunities that present themselves to the network and to expand that. and where better to bring a cycling delegation than to the city of san francisco, a city ver

doug johnson quoted the representative as saying the national right to life committee did not want the health care bill to pass. right now, we have cost shifting that in perfectly covers people who are uninsured. the national right to life committee years before this bill came down proposed a way about how we can use this more rationally in order to get health care. the fact is we could achieve greatly improved health care without rationing. the fundamental point is, are we condemned here? not so. the american public remains strongly opposed to this bill. this is of june 14th, 2010. the worst elements will not go into effect until about 2014. what does this mean? we have the opportunity if by 2013 if we can get a repeal president, and a majority in the house of representatives and in the senate than we have to ask, what about the fact that 41 senators can filibuster? if we had 60 senators we could update -- we could achieve that. even if there is a majority in 2013, some of the pro-loss centers might have a second thought when they see this major change. possibly they could use the tec