the concerns raised in the dr request include the following. loss of light and shadowing to neighborhoods property and loss of mid plain clothes open space and visual openness and the fact it is out of schedule and characterly out of scale. the vice president reviewed it and determined the project meets the standards of residential guidelines in that the light loss and additional shadowing are within reasonable exception of the development impacts and the proposed you you are talking about e debt has minimal effects on the block spates. in conclusion the department finds is to be inconsistent with within the guidelines and didn't create extraordinary circumstances we ask for your approval that concludes my presentation >> thank you. can i ask for procedure is there one dr filer i heard you saying there's two. >> there are two filers to the dr the staff kurjdz people to file separate dr requests but we can't preferential people from filing jointly. >> so procedurally we only acknowledge the dr requests so their entire team ca can be provided thi

seeing none dr requester you have a 2 minute rebuttal. >> good afternoon. i'm julie living on 6th avenue. i want to point out i'm a professional musician have worked with the san francisco opera and ballet since 1987 i work in the dark for many hours it's crucial for me to have light when i come home we've preserved the light in our home with the remodel we're only asking the consideration of the our neighbors to help with that. as far as our efforts to negotiate we've hired on architect that's brought proposals that have basically been go forward. i have a couple of drawings. an example of the slopped revolver that will preferential light >> ma'am, if you want to leave time for your co- dr requester she'll only have a few minutes. >> you can see it out buildings are not visible from the living level. thank you >> we'll have abbreviate this. i lived in my home since i was born. i've watched the neighborhood there are 7 remodels mine included in our bloke and of the 7 not one has gone more than one to the past the orange structure at the time of the remodel.

some of the dr requests concerns are the scale and lot. the dr requester is particularly concerned of the masking later than the north side property line and the project doesn't comply with the code sections one hundred 34 and 57 of the open space and also the manage of the buildingable area of the bathroom that is located in the front door of the house. the department and the residential design team found exiled circumstances duce to the fact that the existing building is a non-compliant structure and we recognize this creates challenges with the design but overall felt the project clients. the building scale and form at the front is comparable with the surrounds, and, secondly, the issue of the massing located near the rear of the requesters land the team looked the site and said it provides air and light similar to a set we'll. the project was looked at and the interpretation of planning code section one hundred 34 and 5 and determined it comprises. the department has received 3 letters of support from the adjacent resident one from the

the dr requester didn't want it to be on the tenth but are reokay. on is 17th >> that's the unfortunate matters commissioner antonini april 10th would have been previous the calendar is light but tenth is cancelled because of holiday. april 1st i - may first, i closed this morning there were 7 retail formula scalding asked to calendar if you want to continue it to may 1st, you maine 8 is not likely either. this morning i closed may first, because of the edition of the formula recital. so it's one big formula recital >> we'll ask the commission to consider those. >> you have the formula retail excuse me. that's been continued but the housing and the district discussions on both of those dates. >> ms. gallagher do you want to comment on the date. >> i wanted to emphasize and bring up an alternated if you want to hear the merits the meats of the policy issues today and do a final action at a future time when everybody is present? no >> i appreciate that our challenge is the request from commissioner moore is time to digest of the materials that were han

future projects that are flag analysis and on 1 and mission street and finally, i visited the dr requester for the dr that's filed against one one one ashbury on our calendar for consideration in the near future. the other item i want to ask about making comments. i realize we have a ballot issue but motive question is not about a position on the ballot 80 but to inform the public on the existing height limits on the waterfront it's property that are inland most are port properties but if we can have an forgive presentation it would be something that the general public would find informative about the height limits where they came from >> commissioner borden. >> the speaking of the water front i know the warriors brought a site have they filed a petition. >> i was going to address that. >> perfect. >> commissioner moore. >> i see a lot of construction activity in on residential neighborhoods that's a positive sign sometimes, i only one should as to whether 0 those varies activities have filed for the proper permitting i question that because the developers and bbldz in the city that are do

dr. dodd requested this be continued for further input from her. out of respect i'm going to do that and ask that we get this input soon so we can go forward with this. any questions on this? >> just one comment from -- thank you for all your hard work on this one. have we got some alternative branded lines like have a survey from the members to stay healthy, live long? >> we did actually put some signs and i think they are in our lobby that say "live long, stay healthy". we didn't get a lot of buzz on that one.

dr. dodd requested this be continued for further input from her. out of respect i'm going to do that and ask that we get this input soon so we can go forward with this. any questions on this? >> just one comment from -- thank you for all your hard work on this one. have we got some alternative branded lines like have a survey from the members to stay healthy, live long? >> we did actually put some signs and i think they are in our lobby that say "live long, stay healthy". we didn't get a lot of buzz on that one. it wasn't catcherey as you would hope it would be. i think the idea of staying healthy people tune out to that a little bit, versus, that's why nike uses the olympic athletes. that's why you have that picture in your mind when you are trying to meet that goal. you want it to be a little bit beyond everyday. >>> couple of comments. great work. daniel pink who is an author who wrote the book drive. i think i brought that up before. his new book. i'm not promoting it in anyway. it's called "to sell is human" have you heard of that is this? it'

dr. corson. and we requested to go become to dr. corson. we found out in the last couple of days without us knowing they took her to dr. corson but he can't talk to the family. we found out about this through back door channels. that experiment has failed and she's in physical desstress and they are back where we wanted to be 14 monthsing on. and that undercuts d~ cf involvement in the case f. she is overmedical otherwised by dr. corson and needs to be psychological treated why are they taking her back to dr. corson. they are now foreful and the expiriment is failing and she is in physical distress. >> it is it an amazing case. and massachusetts appears to put the pontuous pi late and wash their hands here and want her to go to connecticut. will you have custody if they do that? and if you are neglective and abusive parent, why would they let you have care of your daughter? >> the state of massachusetts is still:'+ed playing hard ball wi this. the d~ cf can release her and stop the nonsense and tort our that is going on on. one is the judge

>> a roll call vote is requested. >> dr. price? >> aye. >> wrister derek? -- mr. garrett? >> aye. >> mr. tauber? >> aye. >> mr. mcclintock? >> aye. >> mr. langford? >> aye. >> ms. black? five aye. by mr. forest? >> aye. >> mr. whittle? >> aye. >> ms. blackburn? five aye. ask mr. nunnally -- >> mr. nunnally? >> aye. >> mr. messer? >> aye. >> mr. williams? >> aye. >> mr. duffy? >> aye. >> mr. van hollen? >> no. >> mr. your mouth that he are rmouth?ya >> no. >> mr. ryan? >> no. [applause] >> ms. moore? >> no. >> ms. moore? >> no. >> mr. mcdermott? >> no. >> ms. lee? fax no. but mr. jeffries? >> no. >> mr. lankershim? >> no. >> mr. hoffman? >> no. >> mr. blumenauer? >> no. >> mr. schrader? >> no. >> mr. doggett? >> no. >> mr. kildee? >> no. >> mr. chairman? >> five. >> are there any members wishing to vote? >> on that vote, the no votes are seen -- 16. >> the motion is agreed to. there is a concurrent resolution on the budget. it will go to the house of representatives. a form is present. >> i asked for the requisite number of days. >> i recognize the gentleman from georgia. >

dr. espanola jackson. i came before i many times and i've made requests have to ask for an audit. there's funds in this city that's been allocated since 1992 i've mentioned before. it was today with resident management for public housing and tenants. the tenants of public housing are the ones supposed to be running the housing authority. all the information is here. all you have to do is have the controller check and find out how was those funds transferred to the city when it's supposed to be going to the tenants. for them to be organized and transcribed in all aspects. but i know you're not going to do it but like i said, i need to also look at the fund for workforce and city build and the office of housing it's the money it's a gotten back in 1992 and when the mission bay plays burned the lord was behind that. it area that's being investigated you supervisors are being investigated i want to know what time the meeting is about housing i want to, so i can be there. i'm going to make copies using my inc. you can make copies i gave the papers to the committee. you are dealing with

dr. corson. he's been ready, willing, able to treat her. when we came on a month ago, we requestedk to dr. corson. amazingly we found out in the last couple days without us knowing that they secretly took her to dr. corson and he's now treating her but he can't talk to the family. we found out about this through backdoor channels. now, the psychological route, that experiment has failed. obviously she's in very severe physical distress. they're now back to dr. corson, where we wanted to be 14 months ago. so that, alone, undercuts dcs' involvement in the case. if she's being overmedicalized by dr. corson because they're treating this for medical, and she needs to be psychologically treated, why are they taking her now back to dr. corson? what's happened is they're now fearful this whole psychological experiment is failing and she's in severe physical distress. >> this is just an amazing case to me. mtassachusetts appears to be wanting to wash their hands here and get her back into connecticut all of a sudden. if they do that, will you have custody of her, and if so, if you're neglec

dr. shah, the request, your request for office of transition initiatives, oti has around a 17% increase. i looked at oti's website and it states their mission is to quote, help local partners advance peace and democracy and priority in conflict-prone countries, seizing critical windows of opportunity, oti works underground to provide, fast, flexible, short-term assistance targeted at key transition needs, end quote. if you go to the state department's relatively new bureau of conflict and stabilization operations, cso, it states, quote, that they offer rapid, locally-grounded conflict analysis in countries where massive violence or instability looms and quote, cso hopes, helps develop, prioritizes strategies to address high-risk periods such as election or political transitions. and cso also, quote, moves swiftly to mobilize resources and resource mechanisms for conflict prevention and response. the state department's inspector general just last month issued, from what i understand to be one of their most critical reports ever issued citing problems of mission management, staffing, accou

dr. shah the request, your request for the office of transition initiatives has around a 17% increase. i have looked at ots web site and it states your mission is to quote help local partners advance peace and democracy in the priority of conflict country seizing critical wonders of opportunity oti works on the ground to provide fast flexible short-term assistance targeted at key transition needs. now if you go to the state department's relatively new bureau of conflicts and stabilization of operations, csa, it states and i quote that they offer rapid locally grounded conflict analysis and countries where massive violence and instability looms. csa helps develop prioritized strategies to address higher risk. such a selection or transitions. csa quote move swiftly to mobilize resources and civilians response for conflict resolution and response. the state department's inspector general just last month issued from what i understand to be one of the most critical reports ever issued siting problems of mission management's accountability and more. .. >> thank you, senator, i am happy to fo

so with that introduction, i would like to request dr. haroon ullah to come and speak be briefly -- speak briefly. after him we will have ambassador haqqani speak, and then i'll join the two of them on the stage, and we'll have a conversation with all of you. just a housekeeping detail, if you have any cell phones, please switch them off now so that we're not interrupted, and when we do get to the questions, i will remind you again that it's important for you to wait for the microphone to reach you so you can identify yourself for us as well as the audience at home. and then please ask a question. since there is a large audience here, ideally i hope we can get short questions and good conversation going. so with that, dr. haroon ullah. >> i'm absolutely honored to be here with you today at the atlantic council and especially with shuja and his excellent team who i've followed from both here in the u.s. and in pakistan. they do excellent work. and also here to be sharing this panel with ambassador haqqani who i have great add admirationr s

dr. cilio is testing as pooh single compound. the pharmacological compound is made by requestnies in canada. low levels of thc and other coma cannabinoids. >> we decided to use pure cannabidiol. we thought it was safer. we know how much we are giving so we can evaluate the effect. and also, we thought it was the time to do tonight a way that was more scientifically sound. >> how do you feel about the gw trials that are happening here in the u.s? >> the worst thing that could happen is for that product to be too different from this one. and if it doesn't work and then the scientific and medical communities come back and say, oh, we already looked at that, so just pass it by, that's the worst thing that can possibly happen. >> people tend to see only possible benefits. and i understand, because when you have a child with intractable epilepsy your hope never ends but people have to understand that risks are associated. we want to trust the drug in a scientifically sound way to give answer he more than just excitement and hope. >> but answers could take years. specifically, why cb

dr. murase. commissioner norton. commissioner wynns. president fewer. commissioner maufas. commissioner haney. 7 i's. we request to speak for general matters we have two individuals signed up. aaron morgan and jenny. and also michael. okay. you have two minutes each, please. thank you. >> p so, please speaking press the bottom you have two minutes. >> thank you. >> hi i'm aaron morgan on behalf of the juvenile justice system we're here to support the decisions and this is really important because these particular education institution was deficient in the areas of health and physical education so we'll support them expanding this program. we know this commission is very - this board would like to preserve equality the students are systematically deprived of the education this will enhance something we're to give them it's important they thinks their worthy of this care because there's a lot of ashamed that go into this parents are afraid to step forward we'll hope that everyone will see a sense of belonging and team and we need to give them a way to feel wonderful about themselves so we support and advocate for

dr burgess. >> i thank you and thank the witnesses for being here to the committee staff request. this is an important matter. we have questions for general motors, and the national highway traffic safety administration. two chances to open up investigations in 2007 and 2010, nh t.s.a. decided twice that no investigation was need the. we need to hear from them how you intend to improve the process and we were here with the toyota investigation five years ago and heard a lot of things out of nh t.s.a. out of they say haras-- those heari. >> i recognise the ranking member of the committee, the member from colorado. >> thank you very much. like all of u i'm deeply troubled about what our investigation has revealed about g.m.'s business practices and commitment to safety. here is what we know. we know that g.m. recalled over 2.5 million vehicles because of defective ignition switches. we know they should have done it much, much earlier. we know that g.m. failed to provide federal regulators with key information, and, sadly, we know that 13 people are dead and there have been dozens of

decks that requested under e grossing ingress it was approved and that variance was appealed and the board of appeals denied it the building was the art it came to this commission in 2013, the dr didn't approve that it was an appeal 0 of the building permit and after some discussion it was denied. that was a long meeting >> thank you. commissioner sugaya >> you should start earlier. on valencia street do you remember the number of units >> the original most removed the fifth floor and the revised motion, you know, restored a portion of the fifth floor and kept the same minimum of unit which is 12 so basically, their required to set it back in the front and rear without loss of revenues. >> so that means the affordable unit is triggered still i mean reinstated. >> yes. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further we can move stone the general public comment commission. on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdictn. poovk. commission will be afforded when. the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes >> closed. general public comment is closed. . commissioners

dr. commissioner antonini. commissioner moore. commissioner fong. commissioner president wu >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4 to zero and places you on item 17 for the next case. at the 12457 request for discretionary review. >> good afternoon tucht and commissioners doug with the staff you have a request for a discretionary review the application to construct a new small space on the first story and a 50 feet third floor to the dwelling it will have a walk-in closet and others amenities it's within the west invades but a distance between a neighborhood district and the west portal district. the subject block includes 8 properties between 14 and forest avenues and the subject property is within a group of buildings that have similar north side of particularly at the street level and it is an edition this is a set back accident feet and it is proposed that this will not make it subordinate to the remain guidelines for the department recommends a setback that will minute miss it visibility and maintain the wall open this block. the existing roof will conceal the roof and therefore will not stand out. the sponsor has said this is unreasonable because it will increase the construction

committee with its 29 republicans and 22 democrats dismissed the president's request for gun violence research for the c.d.c. dr. mark rosenburg comes from a perspective you may not expect. >> you're a member of the n.r.a. >> i have been for a long time. >> and a gun sportsman. >> i love to skeet shoot, do it with my son and a friend from arkansas. >> as gun violence gained attention, he was leading c.d.c. research on violence and guns, but congress cut off the money. >> what the c.d.c. wants to do is both protect the rights of legitimate gun owners and reduce firearm injuries and death. they have been misportrayed. they have been portrayed as the n.r.a. as wanting to take away everyone's guns. >> it looks like the ban on research might end. after the mass shooting at newtown elementary school, president obama proposed $10 million for gun studies. at that time, one of the few republicans who wanted to reconsider gun control laws was from georgia, put video games, and mental health on the table. today, kingston is running for reelection and leading the effort to block the president's request for research funding

decks that requested under e grossing ingress it was approved and that variance was appealed and the board of appeals denied it the building was the art it came to this commission in 2013, the dr didn't approve that it was an appeal 0 of the building permit and after some discussion it was denied. that was a long meeting >> thank you. commissioner sugaya >> you should start earlier. on valencia street do you remember the number of units >> the original most removed the fifth floor and the revised motion, you know, restored a

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dr. brzezinski suggested we send a very public message to the ukrainian government, that if they have any requestsainly among many, that the president needs to do more than sit back. >> i think everyone understands that but why isn't everybody calling angela merkel saying you've got to do more as well? why is it always on us to do it when in fact the european union is right there and they ought to be doing equally as much or as much as they can and obviously not. >> katty obviously hesitancy among the e.u. members. why is that? >> europe has an average of 12% at the moment. a lot of countries in europe are still in recession. they're nervous there will be retaliation in terms of gas prices and other business deals and you'll see the fragile economy in many european companies slip off the brink. i was there a couple of weeks ago. there is no appetite for getting tough on russia. different countries have different regions. the french has defense ties. london is overrun with russians at the moment who are spending money in the city of london and germany has all of those gas ties. none of them sitting