if however the city is successful in that lawsuit -- excuse me -- the expedited process would resume. everything would be told so if it was three years of lawsuit people otherwise in the first year of the process who have been put on hold they are able to pick up at the end of the lawsuit if the city is successful. however, one of the things that we try to accommodate is that once there is a freeze on conversions there might be multiple property owners who are in the middle of the process somewhere and we wanted to think through how would we address those particular property owners and applicants? so what is in the proposed legislation is anybody who is mid-stream in the process if you can obtain a file tentative map approval within six months of the date the lawsuit is served on the city you can proceed to convert, or if you are passed that point you can proceed to convert and you won't be affected by the suspension. however, if you only have a pending application at this point and not have arrived at that point within that six month period then you have the ability to a proaf d pw,

the third set of amendments around expedited conversion to make sure we're dealing with the full universe of folks currently in the lottery or have been in tic's. one portion would extend the process for a seventh year and right now it's six and we would add one more year and add those ownered in that period listed or under contract but not yet closed escrow. there are provisions to allow the most senior pool of the lottery to convert without further conditions. the fourth set of amendments have to do with a current requirement of 10 year hold on conversions and it would establish a process for buildings that have completed the legislation that has a 10 year hold on conversions to convert to condominium through the expedited process or the lottery. fifth set concerns lifetime leases and the language simplifies the requirements for owners to comply with these provisions. sixth set of amendments deals with evictions under the future lottery and accommodate owners in the future lottery by allowing one per building by the owners and evictions to vacate units because of the need to demolish a

are being lobbied by expediters another aspect of the legislation . women contracting provisions of the minister the code to establish greater oversight and accountability for city contracting and other aspects of the legislation require that the ethics commission report close after the filing deadline for our form 700s, a list of city officials who fail to filed these disclosures . the ethics commission would also be required , the public a guy for campaign donors and multilingual services would be expanded by adding ethics commission to the listof tier 1 department required to provide additional language resources. a second item is a here a request for our budget committee related to participatory budget. as you heard in our questions to the mayor, this year when the district were allocated 100,000 dollars , in discretionary funding i decided to use our funding to launch a participatory budget process district 3 . through this model of civic engagement we had residents and neighborhood leaders the generated 50 project ideas . at a series of communit

in order to allow expedited conversions we need the benefit of not only the moratorium but the lifetime lease so the ordinance hangs together that way. that is a matter of legislative intent to determine whether the 1396 would continue under the new form or under the old form. >> can i ask a question mr. collier? >> sure. >> let's assume that the court strikes down the lifetime lease but not the moratorium. >> right. >> under this poison pill -- if i may call it that -- there would be no conversions until the 10 year moratorium expires. is that right? >> yes, the balance of the ordinance. >> and when the lottery would come back it would come back with the new rules minus the lifetime lease since that was struck down. >> if the court interpreted that as being seferable, yes. >> that means five or six unit buildings let's say in the 2013 lottery are effectively permanently banned from converting assuming they couldn't get the tenant map within six months of filing of the lawsuit. >> correct. we're talking about changing the rules in 2024. we're not talking about changing the rules in a ye

i don't believe that we need to expedite the process, i am not saying that it is not broken and should not be fixed, but in terms whaf is happening out there and these neighborhoods, that the discussions that we are engaging in that is not the priority and i do believe and recognize that it will be more work for the planning department and i appreciate that we have a hard working department and we have a lot of staff and cap able and quite frankly i do think that in these types that the additional work is probably appropriate because we need to think about how these decisions are being made and how they are impacting real people. and i have to say, that i am worried about the time line and the process that it looks, we are going to follow here. i appreciate the fact that there has been, you know, a lot of work in the last few months and that prior to that, there were many years of discussion. but, this, the context in which this change and these changes are happening is relatively new context in the sense that what is happening out there, is a very unique thing, it is a very unique tim

there is no way to expedited an individual's training. we have the guideline that mandate the type of training and efficiency that criminalist have to demonstrate when an individual is eligible they can be signed off to do independent casework. the last part, from 2010 we have 3 and 1 and today we have 2 supervisors and 13 criminalist. the lead supervisor she's part of a lot of working groups from one of the training seminars she went to. she go the the idea of creating two teams. you have a group of people doing screening and moving on to the group of criminalist who do the dna analysis, the quantity fiction and amplification. the increase in the numbers that we have is going to increase the amount of cases that we can turn around at the crime lab. this year we are hoping to add to our staff again by four criminalist. the polls that we have for the crime lab we are going to add two supervisors and criminalist and continue the regime that we have with three individuals that we have 3 entry level criminalist and they can move on to the nex

i would request we expedite this hearing and i request we expedite this hearing i have to be in court at 9:30. thank you >> thank you does the did not have anything else to say. >> i would like to know the amount of time necessary to do the work. >> i don't know we're still waiting for the estimate from the contractor. this is not a bigrng. the biggest deal is to get the property owner on board and get her to cooperate getting this done >> that said it doesn't appear to be - anything else. >> at this point, i don't think we need to get into detail but all we need to do is put the matter over until next hearing. >> any public comment? why not for the records give us a copy of the records >> sure that will be fine. >> public comment? public comment? >> okay. just for the record shall we. >> shall we show the overhead? >> this is for the - this is just first page of a e-mail from phillip lubben which describes his conversation with ms. sank and attached his documents. this was the document that he was speaking about we can put that into the record >> thank you. let me see this, please >>

moran worked closely with the expedition photographer, william henry jackson. together they selected the most impressive views. moran made drawings and watercolor sketches, blocking in forms d contours, quickly noting the colors of the terrain and the sulfurous deposits for which yellowstone is named. back in newark, new jersey, moran began what he termed his "big picture," "the grand canyon of the yellowstone." for moran, the spiritual, natural and aesthetic realms should blend to create a great impression. to that end, he combined different points of view into one dramatic panorama. moran explained, the precipitous rocks on the right were really at my back when i stood at that point. yet in their present position, they are strictly true to pictorial nature. my aim was to brinbefore the public the character of that region. narrator: reporting to congress, hayden suggested that the geyser region of yellowstone be set apart as a national park. congressman william kelly of pennsylvania also promoted the legislation, no doubt eager to please jay cooke, a prominent

i support this legislation because it eases and facilitates expedited passenger screening at airports for service members who are severely injured or disabled, along with their families. and of course the thoughtfulness in introducing this legislation is of course appreciated because it's necessary legislation. i thank you for indicating that even as a t.s.a., of which we have oversight over, is formulating policies, it's good to codify it, to make it law. these heroes deserve their law. the helping heroes fly act requires transportation security administration to maintain an operational center to provide support and facilitate the movement of these disabled service members and veterans and it requires t.s.a. to publish protocols so disabled service members and veterans and their families will be able to contact the operation center and request expedited screening. the bill also requires that these protocols be integrated into the training of t.s.a. agents. i know that there are many ports if you will for our returning heroes. i happen to know texas has had a very large number of our

i would request we expedite this hearing and i request we expedite this hearing i have to be in court at 9:30. thank you >> thank you does the did not have anything else to say.

there are lines at the passport office and we need to know how we're going to expedite getting thoseaken care of. >> what should we do? >> number one, go to the post office, have your picture taken in advance. >> where. >> you can get your pictures taken at cvs. that is the simple part. make sure you have the whole package together, the paperwork you need to have and your passport pictures and i would suggest taking a few pictures with you in case you get -- you have to get a visa which we'll talk about in a second. you need those passport pictures. >> how many pictures would you suggest a person take? >> it depends on where you're going to need a visa for. it wouldn't hurt to have six or eight passport pictures. it's all in one little package and you take those with you. going to the passport office, if you're going to take everything to the passport office, get there early. get there at 8:00 in the morning. otherwise, go to your post office. have all your paperwork and your expiring passport and they will take care of it but expect the return to take three to four weeks. >> another

one of raymond streams is to join an expedition with just from the british over the summer museums to conduct excavations in russia's regions and inflate everyone to take out the last experience of this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifty years now last year we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sides remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. archaeological excavations that people have done but signed the research i've done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. in the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally touch history. and to draw these ancient objects from. different things that they found and i need to document this way as here helped kill a good part and you have to be very prec

how can they talk about a fishing expedition when that's what they are doing against the ap. >> the whitee able to simply tweet past these matters. there are two congressional hearings two weeks alone just on theic irs. president obama had another commencement speech at moorehouse college. absent were his recent themes for these sorts of addresses talking about trust in government something that seems to be in rather short supply now. >> thanks so much, doug. we look a lot alike the blonde hair. >> i take that as a compliment. in case you are just getting up stay with us. stunning news for any one who wears sunscreen. dr. mark seigel explains next. : >> a new report out this morning from a consumer watchdog is getting a heads up to your beach goers before this weekend memorial day weekend. the report says while most sunscreens meet fda standards many sunscreens continue to carry fda readings that are misleading. we are separate can fact from fiction. dr. mark seigel of the fox the e using how are the ratings misleading? >> they can be very ak at no time. spf 30 is what you need. you don't

as i'm good at writing and i'm good at reading, and that's what i'm good at. >> this expedition has completed changed my idea of science. science is doing and science is building, and science is creating. >> reporter: what makes this school a success? it's not because of any charter status: it's a regular public school. it's not because it caters to some students over others: it's diverse with open admission. the secret, as we saw it, was relevance. >> usually in school you learn about things that are happening in the world that are bad. in social studies, you might learn about an earthquake. but i feel that schools shouldn't just be about learning about problems. i think they should be about solving them. because if you're not learning about how to solve problems, then what will you do when you're out of school? >> reporter: the expeditionary learning approach is growing and can be found in 161 schools nationwide. brown: there's one for all of you who write in asking for positive stories in our world. tomorrow, we'll have another look at new ways to engage students in science, and

expediting aid to the hundrs in oklahoma displaced and >>> our prayers are with the people of oklahoma and we'll back it up with deeds for as long as it takes. >> president obama expediting aid to the hundreds in oklahoma displaced by the ef-4 at any time. good afternoon, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. we'll get back to that in a minute. but first breaking news on the super bowl bid. the big announcement came just a few minutes ago. "super bowl l" will be played here in the bay area in 2016. >> elissa harrington live at santa clara where a new stadium may have sealed the deal. take it away. >> reporter: so much excitement here at santa clara city hall. when the announcement was -- when the 49ers were announced, rally towels were waving and the mayor over there being swarmed by media. he said this is a great thing for the bay area because hosting "super bowl l" will bring in tens of millions of dollars and it's just so exciting for the whole region. watch the reaction of this crowd. we're looking at city staff and community members who came to a viewing party to watch the

hundreds of expeditions a year. traffic jams on everest are as common as the rubbish left behind. at up to $75,000 a slot for a guided climb, everest is for sale. >> now it seems to be a commodity you can buy off the shelf. >> reporter: there are still firsts. a russian daredevil's record-breaking base jump off everest this month. a japanese man, at 80, the oldest to reach the summit last week. what did the late sir hillary think of this? here's what he said on the 50th anniversary. >> i simply dislike the commercialization of the climb of everest. i don't regard that as climbing a mountain. >> reporter: a mountain that's stood for 60 million years and changed dramatically in just 60 because it's there. jim maceda, nbc news, london. >>> that's our broadcast on a wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm

this is our expedition we've been doing it for fifteen years now last year we celebrated its if you can of our story and i have to say that many monuments have been discovered over those fifty years of excavation but we can still say that even more sites remain unknown usually the archaeology department i've done translating work about different. or here logical excavations that people have done but signed and researchers have done and also i was doing some translating on renaissance art that's definitely been the most rewarding work because it's been interesting and it also helped me practice russians. and the archaeology department is for many volunteers one of the most interesting places in the museum. you can literally touch history. for these ancient objects which are from. different things that they found and i need to document this way. to help. and you have to be very precise been doing these drawings it's not like normal and during where you might miss out some things hey you need to every every mark is important for the iris. leaving to be and to be behind with. the hermitage

still to come on tonight's program -- >> starting another believe it or not expedition. >> believe it or not, we take you inside the incredible world of robert ripley and show you some of his more curious discoveries. in afghanistan today, a gun battle erupted in the center of kabul between government forces and insurgents following explosions in the city. at least two people were killed in this, the second assault in the capital this week. the taliban quickly claimed responsibility as part of a wave of bombings and assassinations which had taken place across the country. meanwhile, the united nations issued a statement, saying all of its staff have been accounted for. >> once again, the sound of explosions and gunfire rolled across the rooftops of kabul's city center. on the ground, police quickly sealed off several streets, and the fierce gun battle began as they tried to retake the building the taliban had seized. united nations vehicles, their drivers in full body armor and helmets, arrived to take away several wounded people, including a woman badly burned when a grenade was thro

while they are reforming ceqa we might as well figure out what he can do to expedite the three projects that uniformty throughout the city that we would like to see move forward. hopefully during that time period, we can explore how to include that legislation that moves forward. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> so, is there, we have now amended the legislation. >> we make a motion to continue this to the next land use meeting which i understand is may the 6th and i understand that we will have many conversations with the public on this and look forward to that discussion. >> the motion is to continue the item two weeks to may the 6th which is our next land use meeting and we do not have a land use meeting next month. so, supervisor kim? >> well, i support the continuance, i would like it to may 20th. not just because my legislation will be ready for action at land use, but also because i really would like the time to explore what has been suggested recently, which is that we include ways of expediting projects that we all care about, pedestrian safety, affordable housing, through this