this the existing logic is to have appeals go straight to the full board of supervisors. i think it would be a problem if we saw a myriad of negative declarations taking up our time. but in the last three years we've only seen one negative declaration appeal. i did want to respond to some of the planning department's response to our legislation. some of which were we're very open to discuss feedback and some we'd like to keep in place. the first which comes up a lot which is our legislation does allow the planning commission to allow testimony on exemptions when the project approval is before you. it does not require the commission to make determinations on a project capacity to be exempt. and the intent is really to give the commission an ability to send the exemption back to the ero, not to have you actually make the determination. i know one of the concerns that the sfmta had is that this would delay their exemption process. the question that i would have, first of all, is how many sfmta exemptions actually come before the planning commission for approval? but even if

you know, if you follow the logic which really doesn't exist, of his rgmeargument, it' like saying thete every single american who doesn't accurately and report their income for income tax purposes. that the purpose of an irs tax forum is to generate prosecut n prosecutions for false filing rather than income for the united states government. the purpose of the background check is to prevent those who should not procure firearms from getting them. that's the success. now, fugitives that are caught through background checks are prosecuted, but that's a tiny percentage of the overall number of rejection for other reasons. so as i say, he's smart enough to know the difference between an nra talking point and a legal argument. he's just chosen to remain firmly in the pocket of the nra. because that's his political calllation. >> right. now, lori, carly soto, the sister of victoria soto, who actually died at newtown, spoke with our nbc's chuck todd this morning. when she was speaking to lawmakers, she felt like she got this blank stare and there was no compassion in their eyes. i'm curious

and it seems to be serving them well and it seemed logical and so that's kind of where -- >> it doesn't exist anywhere we're required to do this, or this is the process we've followed up till now? >> really not. and under item 7 is where we have, you know, a legal requirement [speaker not understood] under the charter prior to going to the mayor. director hicks. >> yes, commissioner kingsley. in looking at item 17 where it indicates that the quarterly report from the occ director on investigation is a created obligation -- an obligation created by the commission. but in the charter section 4.127, and maybe this is addressed separately, the charter requires me to prepare a quarterly report to the president, the board of supervisors. and the report shall include but not be limited to the com type of complaints filed, the outcome of the complaint, review, and disciplinary action taken. >> thank you for clarifying that. some of the resolutionses come through other commissioners that have addressed or are playing out the charter requirements. ~ and the number 17 that you're addressing here, you're

exist. we should create incentives for using natural gas for transportation. it just cries out for, logically, the price of natural gas per unit of energy is one-half or even less than it is for diesel, and the technology exists to be able to expand natural gas, you could save 1.5 million barrels per day of imported oil and expand our own energy to be able to create a more competitive trucking situation. we ought to have incentives for conservation in our homes, in our cars, in our businesses. we should continue, as we have been doing, to consume heads. the simple fact is that conservation is the cheapest energy policy that we can get. the energy we don't use is the best ones, is the best means by which we can create a comprehensive strategy. we should let market forces decide where to invest. we should not resort to government venture capital. it's an oxymoron. it doesn't work. [applause] it's been tried. it's failed. let's move on, and let's trust the interaction of people in their garages, in their labs, in pursuit of their own dreams creating disruptive technologies that lower the cost of

theoretically if you take this to the logical extension, if i get in a car accident, can't i just go and get health insurance right after that because the car accident is a pre-existing condition? >> of course you can. >> of course there's already a federal law saying you must be treated for free in an emergency room. i have a friend who's a doctor who just did a liver transplant on an illegal immigrant who just walked in and the guy walked out without paying. >> now i'm with you, bernie, that sounds awesome. >> universal health care, let's do it. >> because i know i probably will need a liver transplant. >> of course you will. >> even if i don't need one, i'd like to get one just in case. >> just a prophylactic, keep drinking. >> keep one in your drinking. >> oh, look at this. before we go to break, dana used to be in the white house. she was the white house press secretary under someone by the name of george w. bush. i think you remember him. a great president. but, my, how she's changed since she started doing "red eye." if only there was some kind of montage showing you how far she's fallen. >> they have a whole range of new tools from, as i said, systemic risk a

theoretically if you take this to the logical extension, if i get in a car accident, can't i just go and get health insurance right after that because the car accident is a pre-existing condition? >> of course you can. >> of course there's already a federal law saying you must be treated for free in an emergency room. i have a friend who's a doctor who just did a liver transplant on an illegal immigrant who just walked in and the guy walked out without paying. >> now i'm with you, bernie, that sounds awesome. >> universal health care, let's do it. >> because i know i probably will need a liver transplant. >> of course you will. >> even if i don't need one, i'd like to get one just in case. >> just a prophylactic, keep drinking. >> keep one in your drinking. >> oh, look at this. before we go to break, dana used to be in the white house. she was the white house press secretary under someone by the name of george w. bush. i think you remember him. a great president. but, my, how she's changed since she started doing "red eye." if only there was some kind of montage showing you how far she's fallen. >> they have a whole range of new tools from, as i said, systemic risk a

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the existing core readership, we're seeing a migration -- a faster migration growth of readership in the replica edition of what we do, which is interesting. but then if you think about it logically, they understand how that works. if they're moving into the digital only to suddenly have an app for a web site, they don't know how to navigate that. we hope to push them over to digital assets. the real growth is on the digital only subscribers. that's where there's a lot of opportunity to bring in the digital natives, from -- the truth is newspapers like to think everybody should read us. well, that's 35-40% penetration, the majority of people aren't reading in that form so you have to see the pockets of opportunity. i believe the question is, how long will print be around? is a relatively good question but looking from everyday 10,000 baby-boomers are retiring and are living longer so there's a long leg on print but there are examples of people who have been able to turn circulation around and we lope to do that. but i don't think that digital is going to do that. >> i think that it is helping to stabilize but i don't think we're going to see a rapid ramp in print but we're seeing