eric brooks. eric, why don't you come on up? >> good afternoon, commissioners. derrick brooks representing san francisco green party in our city -- eric brooks. i was not here for the entire presentation, but in the previous meeting, i had mentioned something that is really crucial that we got nailed down on community benefits. first of all, want to commend ms. ellis and her staff. this is groundbreaking stuff, and it puts san francisco far ahead of any other city in the country. i wanted to make sure there was follow-up on what i commented on last time, which is that when nonprofit groups or even for- profit companies are out in the community advocating for community benefit, it is very important day our firewall from the actual community benefits money that is created, such that they have to bid for contracts just like everyone else -- it is very important that they are firewalled. that would be the first thing. they should also be barred from kind of serving in a godfather role of advocate for community benefits bonds. and then somehow end up sitting on a pane

. >> good evening, commissioners, eric brooks representing the green party. what happened last week was one of the most fine examples of democratic process that i have ever seen. nothing that staff presented was any kind of legal counter to this very clear argument that shows that to this will not be enforced. on other things in the presentation, transportation. shifting the line a little bit and having shuttles will not do anything to shift the level of transportation that is needed. you put it density in urban areas. this is not an urban area, this is more suburban. the density needs to go downtown. if the developer was really concerned about designing a step that would reduce greenhouse gases, why would they be enticing every tenet replacement and every new tenant with their own washer and dryer? the first thing that you do is to set it up so that people share washers and dryers and don't use huge amounts of energy to do that. i heard the transit represent of save the word it is -- if. this need to be a greatly scaled-down project as i have said. >> is the

i want to second what eric brooks said. there are a lot of documents on sustainability, open space, and the development agreements that were published tonight and handed out. a lot of people have not looked at them yet. thank you. president miguel: yep. >> in the microphone. >> i would like to put this in here. earthquake map. you might seek professional advice on parkmerced. it is high-risk territory in terms of a high-rise. it is next to the san andreas fault. we are talking about a map by have sitting here. that is from the u.s. geographic survey. we are talking about a high- risk areas. >> this is only on the continuance. >> that is why you should continue. >> on behalf of the parkmerced action coalition, we are grateful to have this extension. thank you very much. president miguel: public comment is closed. >> on the motion for continuance of the initiation to january 13, 2011. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner olague: aye. >> thank you,

eric brooks, san francisco green party. san francisco's green party -- the green party pose a position on this is that this legislation is excellent and every opportunity should be made to minimize the amount of these things that are out there -- the green party's position. based on whether or not there is sufficient coverage, especially. so many times, we have seen the planning commission approved and 10 a placement, and then it is appealed to the board. the corporations will get up and argue that their coverage is not good enough, but then it will be made clear through the appeals process that the coverage is actually good enough and the appeal is of help. this happens over and over again. so that is the standard. also, it does not just apply to cell phones. it applies to broadband access. you need to make sure there is not already sufficient coverage for an easy way to get there, and the direction we really need to head, especially in light of the fcc's recent decision to unfortunately make the internet a two-tiered syst

>> eric brooks, once again representing the green party and the local grassroots organization. you will soon be having returned to view of portion of the ceqa process legislation. i noticed you did not get a lot of folks like me that were speaking on the previous discretionary review, but i can tell you the same parties concerned about discretionary review are even more concerned about the changes in ceqa access and more alarmed by them, so that is why you are getting a piece of them back. a lot of us are working on a lot of different land use projects. i wanted to come here while you were considering ceqa, but i did not have time. there is a great level of concerns expressed of the board of supervisors, and that is why this is coming back to you. it is not something most of the folks are also just as concerned if not more about this, and we would like you to give it more scrutiny this time. >> i want to also put that out there. there were pieces we actually thought work. >> the entire package was something we want to see. thank you. >> i need to say daniel phillips has been re

good afternoon, supervisors, eric brooks, speak being as a little -- speaking as a little grassrootsnd not on behalf of anyone in particular. but i will say that i second what previous speakers said about even one week, making a huge difference in the new mayor's ability to prepare for this office. you need to get this done today. you need to do it. and as far as the choice of who, it's finally time to start saying who. and i can tell you from my experience, there's -- to me, there's only one choice. and this is a name that's been going around a lot. i would like to be able to get up here and say other names of course as well. but i think we've got to face the reality of who can get the votes at this moment in time. and so a lot of you know i've been doing work on clean energy, one of the organizers for that in san francisco city hall. and there is one person that can gather the votes together and make this happen. that has been really strong on clean energy but strong on the other things that tommy mentioned and that others have mentioned. and that person is david campos. and it's b

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, eric brooks representing seven cisco green party and the grass- roots organization in our city. i think we can see in an exchange that just took place that there are so many convolutions in what we have reached in this legislation that, frankly, the whole thing should be held up and worked on much more, probably back to square one on it. the sections that you are prepared to go forward with i would actually take issue with what was just stated by staffe. this is just an example -- on the issue of this fair argument language. in san francisco, we have adopted a precautionary principle, and that means that if there might be a problem, you do not go ahead with something. there are several places in which you are about to move forward that direct planning and the board and other agencies, when they determine on - declarations, whether a fair argument has been presented that significant prior mental impact may occur -- the significant environmental impacts may occur. there is language that states that planning and the board, etc., shall approve - declaration

commissioners, eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grass roots organization, our city. i kind of want to give a more wonky version of what you just heard laid out from another organizer, and i sent you all an e-mail. please do take a look at that. it is more detailed on what i'm about to say. and both the green party in our city, first of all, would take very strong issue with the direction that the sfpuc staff wants you to go. very strong objection to any profound amendments to the 2007 ordinance. besides perhaps the -- what supervisor come pass raised last meeting of exploring at least the start-up and some of the procurement at the beginning being rolled out by the agency itself. but with that said, both local power and the contractors that know most about c.c.a. and a lot of us as advocates for years have been hammering on some key points for the r.f.p.'s that have gone out. those points have not been included in the r.f.p.'s and it is our opinion that the reason the r.f.p.'s are not succeeding is not because of a problem with the 2007 ordinance, it's bec

eric brooks, san francisco green party. normally don't speak at regular public comment. i'm speaking at it now because i consider this to be very important. i've been a listener of kpfa radio for 16 years. i also listen to a lot of other ultimatetive media on the internet. i know a lot about what's going on at kpfa, i've read a lot from various sources on both sides about the issue, and i can tell you t sides about the issue, and i can tell you that this issue is far more complex than is addressed in the resolution with all due respect to the sponsors of the resolution who i have deep respect for all of them. i can tell you that when the resolution says that the layoffs of two members of the morning show are what created the current disruption at kpfa, i'm sorry but that's just not the case. the disruptions began much farther back than that and they have to do with democratic process at kpfa. as you heard, the previous union for the kpfa workers represented the nonpaid staff as well as the paid staff and the nonpaid staff make up 80% of the workers at kpfa. the new union

eric fehr. >> mike: played back on for malkin. ahead to crosby. has mike rupp breaking to the net. the puck deflected back out. brooks laich trying to get by.t do it. good defense by letang. held by perreault. back in. >> pierre: this is getting to be a lot of animosity down here. this is not an exhibition game. >> mike: john erskine pulls free and fires one that's blocked down. another try swatted at by fleury but the puck still loose. the jam play fails from brooks laich. alexander semin pulls free. caps having their way

brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> reporter: the shift in silicon valley yesterday due to major decisions in the board room. starting off with google, cofounder larry page will take over as ceo for eric schmidt who had held that position since 2001. and you got go back to 2001 to think that both page and cofounder sergei brin are both in their late 20s at the time. schmidt came on board to give the company operational direction and in a tweet he says that the adult day-to-day supervision is now over. schmidt will stick around with the company but more in a strategic capacity as executive chairman. and over at hewlett-packard, big changes afoot, as well. four directors out from the board, with five new directors coming on board including former gubernatorial candidate and ebay ceo meg whitman. this mainly coming in response to the ouster of former ceo mark hurd last summer. it's being looked at as an infusion of new blood. shareholder lawsuits regarding the ouster of hurd who received a rather large golden parachute of upwards of $50 million. wall street reacting positively to both changes. google shares right now up 1.4%. google coming off a nice quarter hit profit of $2.5 billion. a