what are the criteria and priorities for which language to expand? what will it take to make sure that all middle school students have access to high-quality electives including proposals to at seventh or eighth periods to each school. whether expanding language programs will result in dismantling arts and music programs already in place at middle schools like presidio. >> and the thrid questio - -thir d -- and the third question. predictability is a major priority for some families. in community conversations over the past five years, we found that most parents have ideas about the school that will work for their family and want to be able to choose from among those schools. in our experience, when parents express the desire for predictability, they have land -- linked this with two things. they want to attend the neighborhood school, and they perceive the neighborhood school as meeting their needs. the district cozy own analysis of the assignment process shows that the vast majority of families are choosing schools outside of their attendance area

so, why don't we expand the crn program? just expand something that is working. who here. i don't want to pick on anybody. who can come up with a solution to expand something that is working? we have people already talking that are not always on the same page. but agree to disagree. >> i will throw this out there. i think that any kind of data is the ingredient that's necessary to prompt additional resources to come in. if we can tie in the crn's that we all know into data, then, and we can prove it. i think that lens itself to expansion. >> is that something you could help with? >> one thing that's happening next week. street out reach workers from oakland and san francisco will be coming to talk about best practices. it's hard to prove what's causing violence to reduce. it takes tremendous resources on what's working. certainly what we want to do is track the overall trends in violence. we are in the middle of a study and compare that to the study from 2004 to 2006. we are not just looking at the numbers. but getting behind the cases and get a story about the trends in v

with the expanded playground -- this would be wonderful aspect for the community. thank you for your consideration. >> unless there are any questions for the city staff, we should proceed to hear from the former owners of this site. we would ask you to please step up and you will have 10 minutes to make a presentation. >> good afternoon, supervisors and people watching at home. i am the rightful owner and in spite of what you have just heard, the project is an example of the worst of san francisco, the worst excesses of government and the power of eminent domain. i don't think any of you were there when we went back to the history of what took place. we spend 10 years with a plan for a small residential project. there were countless public hearings and hoops to jump through, and the need for open space was mentioned not one time. the overwhelming need for the open space on this particular postage stamp -- postage stamp sized parcel happened after we had the improvement of the planning commission at the project. this was initiated by one supervisor who went through

to be expanded in another location.

it will not measurably expand small business credit or expand -- or create jobs. i looked over to answering your questions. >> thank you, mr. wilcox. >> good morning. i am testifying on behalf of [unintelligible] i served as president and ceo since 1990. webster first is a committed the credit union with over 44,000 members. the entire credit union community appreciates the opportunity to participate in this discussion regarding business of lending and allowing credit unions to further assist in the economic recovery. when congress passed the credit union access act of 1998 it put in place restrictions on business loans, but at the same time as the treasury department to study the need for such a cap. in january 2001, the treasury department found the following -- credit union business lending currently has no effect on the viability and profitability of other injured depository institutions. it also established a business loan of $50,000 a callous toward the cap. this number has not been indexed more adjusted for inflation. some critics claim only a limited perce

building in that city, we would expand that fund in the first two or three. we have to be careful about prioritizing where do you want to expand any fund out of the repair and demolition fund because it's meant for emergency purposes where we call in contractors on an emergency basis such as the emergency with metal on this fine bladed coming off. that was declared an emergency and he could use the funds for that. it is that type of situation. >> thank you. public comment? >> thank you for discussion. the primary function of government is the health and safety of the citizenry. i'm talking about -- there was a notice of violation that was given 24 hours. i'm talking eight days without heat. five days without hot water. seven days without any electricity, no lights, no refrigeration, no nothing. i handstand there is a cost factor, but the cost factor to someone's life and safety is your primary responsibility and of the responsibility of the city of san francisco to protected citizenry. there has to be a prioritization of the process, but somewhere along the l

this is a model view showing the expanded park block, with the new library at 701 lombard. the one block of mason st. becoming additional public open space. the relocated children's playground at the center of the sides, and the tennis courts relocated to the perimeter at greenwich street. as was mentioned, in the summer of 2009, one block of mason street was temporarily closed to three project -- to through traffic. last year, it was also closed for farmers' markets on sundays, which will continue this year. the city did not observe any adverse effects on vehicular traffic and found that the area was well used for the neighborhood for picnics, library programs, and just generally joined it. the 701 lombard street site offers great opportunities. as was mentioned, it is at the crossroads of north beach, and from the new reading room, there will be great views of lombard street and the transamerica pyramid and others. the design take maximum advantage of the views and also of the abundant daylight and the connections to the hispanic park. the plan also takes advantage of the

>> we are very committed to expanding the museum, expanding the collection, the ovl

-- identified in expanding pace and three, the ability to expand pace to dually eligible. first and foremost, pace is a fully-integrated model of care that exclusively serves the oldest and sickest subset of the duals. we do so in a manner that is really focused in the communities in sense that we're community-based. our goal is to allow individuals to remain live anything their homes in the community. we reduce nursing home use, reducing hospitalization, and we do that in comprehensive family. the heartbeat within pace is the concierge team if you want to call it that, in the sense that they are fully-employed staff that on a daily basis are involved in the care, delivery and management of the care of the individuals that we serve. and the third key feature of pace is we're accountable. we're accountable in the sense that we're accountable to government for the payment provided to pace, 90% of which comes from medicare and medicaid, and we're accountable to the families of the people we serve, and i think those have effectively aligned incentives for pace. we are fully ac

what will the trade-off be to expand the proposed language programs? wh

we are expanding access to our laptop lending program. we have about 50 libraries that currently have the laptop lending program in operation, and we expect to expand that to an additional 12 in the next couple of years, completing the project. as each new library opens, we have the laptop lending program. workforce development is also really important. our lab is open for folks either i need a transition, learning how to apply for new jobs through resume writing workshops, etc., and that has become very important during this tough economic times. we continue to focus on our technology infrastructure, expanding our band with capacity and our wireline network. that is also important in terms of equity for our diverse community. our virtual presence through the website, more focused on online learning and replacing computers is also part of our emphasis, so you will see an increase in our i.t. budget for the -- for that. i do want to take a moment to talk about the five-year outlook, and a lot of it is contingent on continuing to have healt

department of housing and urban development in the amount of $1,253,445 and to expand reprogram funds in the amount of $124,000. item five, resolution approving fiscal year 2011-2012 community development block grant program, authorizing the mayor on behalf of the city and county of san francisco to apply for, accept, and expend the city's fiscal year 2011-2012 community development block grant program in thailand from the department of housing and urban development in the amount of $18,583,517 and to expand program income and reprogram funds in the about $1,966,471. item six, resolution approving the fiscal year 2011-2012 home investment partnership program and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the city and county of said it is good to apply for, accept, and expand the city's fiscal year 2011-2012 whole program entitlement from the u.s. arm of housing and urban development in the amount of $7,576,727 and to expand program income in the amount of $430,000. supervisor chu: thank you. we have two representatives on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. director of community developm

is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire. in pakistan cia drone strikes aim a terrorists but end up killing mostly civilians public outrage is growing hatred and anger foster more terror if you push them of yours the wall then if this militancy and goes in is going to increase this is not good solution because if you are judging them by goons and they're not proud of the war you have good ones on the other side who wish to argue they're going to go in pakistan in the one year the u.s. strikes killed seven hundred civilians but netted only five actual militant leaders many pakistanis are furious at their government for helping the americans kill their own people they accuse their leaders of doing that in exchange for billions of dollars from washington americans on the other hand are not too happy with what they get in return for their billions how to support governments or large ones when we say enough is enough most governments lie to each other that's the way business gets done and meet all the cheerleading about bin laden'

we have also heard questions about how the district can afford to expand language programs. we'll address that. we're hoping the presentation will adequately address all of these presentations. we're happy to come back to the board with additional information if it is not covered in tonight's presentation. we want to acknowledge that parents play a key role in staff considerations. it is not the only important consideration, but it is key. district staff have been elemental and implementing engagement efforts around student assignment effort. we're really grateful for the partnership and what it allows us to do. in addition to attending all meetings, parent comments were viewed in numerous ways by staff. survey responses and revealing how the final report. we listened to parents representatives and we believe that they are well briefed on what they are reporting. what to focus on why staff is recommending feeder patterns. we believe this is the most educationally sound direction to go. first, we want to review the main goals of the policy that the board approved last march.

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how important is expanding the strains of e. coli tested in the united states? how important is that the proposal the o for themb advances? >> americans deserve to have a safe food supply. we have been fortunate on balance of having a relatively safe food supply. until we do not have a single incident of contamination or people getting sick or tragically dying, we still of work to do. i think it is important for us to take a look at ways in which we can continue to focus on the prevention effort per as we learn more about e coli and we learn more about the strains that could cause problems, we should be willing to step forward and begin the process of testing to make sure we can prevent illnesses and diseases rather than responding to them. what has happened in europe is a wake-up call. it requires us to be continually vigilant about food safety. it is an everyday responsibilities. if you relax for a moment, it can cause devastating consequences. our hope is that we work with the industry which is just as interested as the usda is and the government is in having

had been required to expand the number of missions. it asked for the support of the department's overall. they are often put into what i would characterize as a reactionary posture, which i do not think is good from a planning point of view. our goal in 2009 was for the department to take a longer look and come up with a more strategic way of assessing the needs and requirements. i think i can say our current report was focused on the training part of the ds, and there still seems to be a gap here. ds is trying to respond to all the new missions lay upon them. we have discussed iraq, afghanistan. the fact that the training facilities are not up to speed, how they are not going to be able to respond to the increased growth in training capabilities they are going to have to develop. all lot of issues that in my mind could have been included in that strategic review. in my perspective, we would still like to see the department take a broader view of ds to give them more lead time in figuring out what their needs are. certainly, the issue

we produce as individual neighborhood based. >> crn program that needs to be expanded? is it? do you think, anybody does it? >> we have a hand over there. >> i am pretty sure, there's still people on the streets. obviously, you haven't done enough to focus on everybody. everybody isn't off the streets. where my mother lives. they started a program and everybody got involved in it. we have a garden. they have jobs. you got $100 a week. they got people off the street and every summer we do i basketball tournament. everybody likes sports. >> tyrer. who here. why can't we have more programs? jenay. >> you got it. you go girl. >> some people don't go to these programs. i am in up. i tell all my friends, you don't have to sing. you don't have to rap, and for leadership. we go out in the community and talk to people. instead of talking on the phone to me. why don't you go out in the community and talk to someone that matters. even if they don't come, a lot of my friends don't want me to come. i say, are you going to the up meeting. you have to pressure people to go to these programs.

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how can we expand it. >> i will intervene. i will talk about what we need to be to be more effective. on average, san francisco spends $60 million on violence prevention. this is not the youth development that deal with young people. i am talking about after somebody has been touched by the system. we are spending $60 million. per capita, san francisco spends more than any other city. if you look across the way. on average oak land. we've got a lot of programs that are engaged in important work. also at the city levels, our efforts are fragmented. to expand the collaboration is to really mandate the coordination. to make sure the community builders and community interveners. to make sure we are doing it in a coordinated manner. we have to be more strategic. we also have to have some shared outcomes. who do we expect from the young individuals. is that a mandate this. so we can be more effective. and we're also partnering with the community. and other financial constitutions and our intentions are to consolidate so we have prio

good we are expanding programs annually. these programs would serve our children and families and are an integral part for the underserved and should be given strong consideration. i believe the move of the main hospital to a centrally-located place at the doorstep of the tender line would only enhance our ability -- tenderloin would only enhance our ability to improve health care. serving on the board, i have worked hard to help expand quality health care. thank you very much. >> good evening. i am a staff nurse at st. luke's hospital. nearly's proposal is a food stepping stone, but san francisco -- the mayor's proposal is a good steppingstone, but sun francisco needs more. a labor contract expired four years ago. there has been minimal effort to return to the bargaining table. this is unacceptable in a union city like san francisco. the current proposal benefit of predominantly male profession. resident nurses are predominantly female, and at st. luke's, there female nurses as well as minorities and nurses, and we serve wi

they're not investing that in hiring more people is the government has made it very expensive to expand employment. >> schieffer: do republicans have any plans to do anything on the unemployment front or are you just going to let things take their course? >> no, i think what we're doing is encouraging the president to quit doing what he's doing. quit overspending. we're hoping with the debt ceiling discussions we can begin to address deficit and debt. second, they need to quit overregulating the american economy. this is something they can do on their own. they don't have to come to us for permission to rein in these regulators who are really at work across the american economy making it very, very difficult for businesses to function. >> schieffer: all right. you know, at an economic town hall that aired on cbs early show earlier this week, your colleague republican senator tom coburn said that the reason that democrats and republicans can't get together is because people in both parties are simply more interested in their own political survival than they are in doing what needs to be

if the expanded t.a.a.expanded t.a.a. is another excuse to delay voting on these important agreements. it is irresponsible and self-defeating. at the same time, by not submitting these agreements for approval by congress, the administration is doing a disservice to the american economy and at the same time is letting down some of our strongest allies. nothing good can come from this continued inaction. make mo mistake about it, failure to submit these agreements is a failure in presidential leadership. i am convinced that the window for the administration to submit these agreements will soon pass. given the upcoming election season, i am afraid that if these agreements aren't submitted this summer, they never will be. the president needs to act. i appreciate the president's goal of doubling exports. having goals is great. we all know that if you don't do the work and take action, goals become little more than false hope. they never become reality. the president and his cabinet admit thew these agreements ar