>> flexibility is not the ideal solution. it's getting rid of the mechanism of sequestration. >> yes. we need to replace. >> flexibility is a help if we can't do that. >> so would you all agree what we need to do is replace sequestration with a more rational approach to what you all need to do? >> absolutely. >> all of you agree with that? >> yes, ma'am. >> there were some questions relating to the unsustainability of the percentage personnel costs with a regard to all your budgets. you must have done some thinking on what factors would you apply and making recommendations to changes to your personnel costs. what would be your philosophical prospective going forward making your recommendations? >> senator, i'll take a crack at it. for example, if we were to slow pay raises or something to that regard, something when done look at the impact on the constituency and can that be reversed because we have to maintain the all-volunteer force. that's very important. two, it has to be transparent. our folks, we have to speak to them a

improve your posture, balance, and flexibility. it is easy. get up on your feet and step to the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, >> (clapping) good morning. >> good morning. thank you, don for that introduction i'm glad to be here at the tonight center again. it's also great to be here. i was telling me our deputy secretary marie this this was one of the first when we went through the translation of that to use the arresting are a fund it was such an enlightening positive effort in the tenderloin to use the federal program that president obama gave us. i'm here to welcome you to san francisco and thank you for being here for the home matters for health symposium. it is the right place to be because t n d c has been a powerful change and i'm glad their championinging the center between health. no one else can do that because you've got it it right here in the community. today's symposium is part of a commitment that our city is making. i wanted to let you know all the th

flexible enough to protect well, a well traveled and somewhat modified building. i'm particularly referring to the section on integrity. i think this is one of those situations in which were the facts ever so slightly different it wouldn't quality under article 10. i think there is the most serious concern in this regard. however, i also think that in the particular facts of this situation the building ought to be preserved. there are a large number of reasons most of which are in the report why it should be preserved. but this shows that - well, it shows to me there are implementations far beyond just this project in article 10. and i am referring to the secretary of interiors standards. over which we have heard before this commission a lot of testimony whether they were rules that must be followed or whether they are really a series of standards and guidelines that are to be applied from situation to situation without regard and offer technical viewpoint. i support the motion and recommendation as it's written. and i do want to say i think it's important that we

and partly as a result of the public anger, have we lost some of the flexibility that enabled you to make it up as you went along? how much of it was a good thing and how much of it was a bad thing? >> let's talk about crisis decision making. first of all, i was extraordinarily fortunate, because i had two partners who were in the same spot i was from day one from different perspectives in terms of ben and tim. we each knew we didn't want systemically important institutions to fail. we debated tactics. we didn't debate that. we had this huge problem in which we didn't have the necessary authorities. there was no chance we could have gotten congress to act earlier, we were working to try to get the authorities for fanny and freddie since the fall of 2006. and it took them getting ready to go down before we could get it, the house voted down the tarp the second time. excuse me, the first time. thank god it wasn't the second time, you know, or we might not all be sitting here. but the -- so what we had to do was we had to pull our authorities, make do -- you never have all of the inform

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>> it depends how you define "flexibility." if you are saying flexibility within each budget, it helps a little bit, but are my line, just around the fringes. probably different for each service. what we need is flexibility across the whole sequester action, as general wells mentioned earlier. of the frontloaded nature of it, it throws us off skew of how we sustain our balance. yearu gave us year to flexibility, there's some things we can do, but in my mind, it's only around the edges and does not really solve the problem. you,is would be to all of but in particular, general brodeur know. i was in afghanistan in late april, early may in the helmand .rovince as well we had measures we were looking at saying that if we were able to keep on these metrics by december 14, we would be in a position to basically turn everything over to the afghans with some presence of residual forces. there was some controversy -- i should not take controversy, but disagreement. are we ever going to be able to hit these metrics and stay on target? i

. >>> i want to show i don't a pleachesble pleachesble -- flexible smart phone. have my hands on one. >>reporter: we have cold temperatures on the way tonight. 45 the bay. i tell you about a warmer tomorrow and tuesday. coming up. >>> i have something really cool to show you. there are only 4 of these right now in the u.s. i got my hands on one to give you a peak. this the is the first pleachesble -- flexible smart phone. >> the smart phone is able to change. >> all of the cell phone makers are working on a flexible screen. >> it's a big phone but super light. the curve fit in the hand nicely. >> it's a better fit to your face. you get a better sound from the medical care -- mic to your face. if you drop it it absorbs the shock better. even gamers are taken care of. you get a belt -- better experience. your eyes are closer to the curve of the screen. >> the more this flexible display e involves the -- e evolves. another first this phone has self-healing skin. >> it's a like a self- healing paint. it can avoid unwanted rach -- scratches and scuffs. it's on sale in

it's important that we be flexible and that we attempt to accomplish for each project that comes before us what ought to be done in order to preserve the property if it reasonably fits within the secretaries standards or in this case, the standards set forth in article 10. >> commissioners any other comments? seeing none, i have one speaker card (calling names) >> i'm thankful for the privilege of the perfumed i want to simply ask you to support the recommendation to the board of supervisors designation of 1712 to 1716 street historically noeng known as marcus book store and jim boss bob of section of the planning code. this is a historic moment for me. i was working behind the counter of marcus book store. i think the next step needs to be national landmark designation. thanks >> thank you. two more speaker cards (calling names) >> morning, commissioners. i just wanted to ask for a little bit of clarification on the commissioners condominiums regarding flexibility and referring to article 10 as a guideline. as you're aware there's litigation surrounding this property. we're certainly i

flexibility is the best approach to achieving reductions from power plants. thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is earle mitchell. let's start with what webster says about pollution -- "a discharge into the atmosphere," "to make unclean, corrupt," "contaminant," "dirty." what we are discussing here is how dirty do we want to make our planet? the burning of coal actually harms both air and water. my remarks will be about water. case in point, the solid residue from burning coal is known as coal ash. it is stored in man-made ponds. in 2008, tva, the containment pond broke there and spilled more than one billion gallons of toxic waste. lead, arsenic, selenium, which polluted over 300 acres of private farmland and two rivers. the work is still ongoing. no one can state whether that will ever be fit for human use. i will tell you a history of something i have witnessed more than 50 years. this is no case study or computer model. these are my observations and experiences, starting in the 1950's and what i lived with. i'm talking about the bleachery. the p

that is nothing compared to the completely flexible tecology. how long until you're folding up your smartphone, and putting it in your pocket? here now are tech experts, eric and pete. changes for joining us. now the mystery is solved. we were saying to ourselves last week, two companies are raising out with curved phones and you have to ask yourself, why? who needs a curved phone? that may not be what they are really after, right? >> it may be kind of a moment about trying to differentiate a little bit. there is this dual motivation here with trying to pack more pixels and more information into

the one thing that we can do is to provide more flexibility in our housing policy and an allowing for in law units will for the addition of in law units will help. in law units according to hud, according to various academic studies are possibly the most affordable kind of non-subsidized housing that we have. they tend to be more modest units and in some ways in # inherently more afford able. they are allowed to go 1-2 units for in law units. they will not be able to expand the envelope of the building. they will have to use existing space within the building. the new units will have to comply with the building code and the department of building inspection will be instructed to be as flexion -- flexible as possible understate law to be sure the people are able to comply with the code. understanding that there are units that cannot meet certain aspects of the current code. the legislation will not allow apartments that are existing to be sdwiedubdivided or chopped off for new units. i think it's a very exciting proposal for the castro and potentially other parts of the city as well. a

that flexibility has really helped enhanced the response. we are also focusing a lot on water. as i mentioned earlier, we helped get the water turned back on in colvan city. looking ahead, we are continuing to source generators for water pumping stations to provide chlorine tablets for household level treatment of water and large-scale treatment and family water containers for transport of clean water. shelter remains an urgent priority. i know senator cardin you've seen the emergency shelter kits we are currently distributing. that is, we will have distributed enough for 30,000 families in need. i am over time. we are looking ah ed to the early recovery process. we are starting to plan on that. i want to call specific attention to the important contributions of the filipino american community in the united states. we are looking for ways to partner with them. setting up mechanisms for that. they will be a critical piece of that response going forward. thank you. >> thank both of you for your testimony. thank you for updating the dollar amount from the original $20 million. now

moore's law and path will continue on but you have to make the electronics foldable and flexible along with the display. melissa: talk about how you get there. start with the screen. in order for the screen to fold and bend and not rigid thing we're familiar wit, it has to be plastic and endure more intense heat?

be flexible. in terms of how many operators, our experience now is with two, and we are recommending one, because we think that there will be benefits to that. we think that it is an over all, it enables the operator to be, there is the other side of it is can the operator be financially, viable, what happens if we have multiple operators and from the cases and the three wall and, 322-1, and that operator then could be out of business, per se. and within, before the lease expires. >> but, all of them could be out of business before the lease expires, that is part of the contract, right? >> that is in the contract. yes. true. >> we are not anticipating that. but, we, since we know of this project, and that was our thought, and it was how to make it incentivized for both parties and how to craft the agreement for both parties and that is what we feel this provide. >> time does not unless prevent financial issues and so putting all of your eggs in one basket as all sorts of risks as well as if you di

men want to have the flexibility to spend time with their children. and women are not just saying we are rejecting the idea of marriage per se, they are saying really it's more important to have someone who is kind and loving and supportive they don't necessarily need to have a ring on it. >> one other possible interpretation and the one the city folks told us in the interview, was that women just don't expect corporations to provide family friendly benefits. and so they are thinking if i want to get ahead, it means no family. what do you think about that? >> well, i think even with benefits i think at the end of the day sometimes meetings go long and they don't move recite talls because your meeting goes long if there's flexibility at if you are going to be a senr executive it's not to be on call all the time. so i think women may be more than men understand the challenges there. but look, i think it's also something men are much more engaged with their families or at least sharing the load. >> younger men >> my dad was extremely engaged with that. b

second, you must encourage these states to be flexible to promote innovation. you have to allow the states to utilize a wide range of measures to achieve the greenhouse gas emission reductions. many of our members have achieved dramatic reductions in the past 15 years through measures and policies in cooperation with their states. you have to recognize the broad regional diversity and opportunities that are available to the states and collected generating companies. amongst our coalition with operations from oregon to kentucky, louisiana to north dakota, minnesota and new jersey. one size cannot fit all. and forth from have to allow the states to benefi benefit from ms and programs have already undertaken to address climate change. we support an approach in the hard work and innovation that leverages existing state programs by allowing the states develop more fully measures that are more appropriate a just a big existing source greenhouse gas will can achieve the deepest reductions while minimizing economic dislocations. with an electric industry some of the mo

should approach the issue in that case you could have done much more and could have been much more flexible to clawing ukraine from russia however they have been quite insistent that for example pushing the issue should not be dropped and eventually a use statement was the following if you prefer a european way of leaving. here pm standards then we're more than happy to have a decent social association agreement signed if you believe your interest lies elsewhere elsewhere then it's fine as well and i have to. in diplomatic terms this is just sit back in you ukraine relations it doesn't mean that the parties are gone forever and when the conditions are right and when the parties are ready i'm sure that these talks will bring you again if you mark what do you think about that because again you know the media will say it's russia trying to keep its hands on you. but if this kind of relationship is going to work out russia is going to have to pay a lot of money and invest and other kinds of reforms on russia's side as well who gives it away money and resources for nothing these days no one does

should approach the issue in that case you could have done much more and could have been much more flexibleto claw in ukraine from russia however they have been quite insistent that for example you should not be dropped and eventually a use statement was the following if you prefer a european way of leaving. here pm standards then we're more than happy to have a decent social association agreement signed if you believe your interest lies elsewhere elsewhere then it's fine as well and i have to add that in diplomatic terms this is just a set back in you'll ukraine relations it doesn't mean that the parties are gone forever and when the conditions are right and when the parties are ready i'm sure that these talks will bring you again if you mark what do you think about that because again you know the media will say it's russia trying to keep its hands on you. but if this kind of relationship is going to work out russia is going to have to pay a lot of money and invest and other kinds of reforms on russia's side as well who gives it away money and resources for nothing these days no one does c

each state has the flexibility to decide how they want to operate their health insurance marketplaces. as you can see on this map, there are four different categories that each of the 50 states and the district of columbia fit into. some states have federally facilitated exchanges, which means they are leaving it to the federal government, unfortunately, that would be mine. i wish i had been given that choice, but that was one mistake in the bill, leaving it up to governors, maybe not a mistake, but in some cases it was, it seems. other states are operating partnership exchanges where the federal government operates the marketplace in conjunction with the state. some states chose to do a partnership with the federal government, we'll see how that's working. another group of exchanges have split exchanges, where the federal government runs the individual marketplace and the state runs the s.h.o.p. marketplace. the final category is made up of states that run both, these states cover approximately 1/3 of the population of the united states. this is a big country. and it goes way beyond

customs union assuming ukraine were to sign it which of course it is an assumption is a much more flexible structure it does not involve anything like the amount of political engagements and ideological engagements which the european union demands so we're dealing with two radically different projects here. can you speak to that because it would it is very different here because russia is not looking to reform ukraine i mean only under the terms of having good business relations but the european agenda is very much different and we all know on this program that ukraine is in dire dire straits it needs money it needs a rescue package not do you know what i mean great i think we digital system system should be reformed but that's not their top priority at the moment is it. well no that's exactly what i was saying previously that you have short term goals and long term goals and they are not necessarily compatible at the moment in the short term as you said ukraine really needs liquidity external liquidity. european union cannot really provide all the financial needs for ukraine's financial n

customs union assuming ukraine were to sign it which of course it is an assumption is a much more flexible structure it does not involve anything like the amount of political engagements and ideological engagements which the european union demands so we're dealing with two radically different projects here. can you speak to that because it would it is very different here because russia is not looking to reform ukraine i mean only under the terms of having good business relations but the european agenda is very much different and we all know on this program that ukraine is in dire dire straits it needs money it needs a rescue package not do you know what i mean great i think there are judicial system systems should be reformed but that's not their top priority at the moment is it. well no that's exactly what i was saying previously that you have short term goals and long term goals and they're not necessarily compatible at the moment in the short term as you said ukraine really needs liquidity external liquidity. european union cannot really provide all the financial needs for ukraine's fin

that here to the extent that you know you have new requirements and we need to figure out how flexible those requirements are that clearly you have to make sure that the center operates in a seismically safe facility and i don't think that anyone, anyone, doubts that and so, i think that the intent is a good intent. that we are all in agreement on. i also want to say that with respect to laguna honda, i also want to make sure that in the discussing whether or not the move is appropriate, we also acknowledge that laguna honda is also pretty remarkable place that offers amazing service for people and there is a lot of great work that goes on at laguna honda and so, i am very gratified, you know and proud of that. so the fact that someone may be against this moving to laguna is not because laguna is not an amazing place, it is just a question of whether or not it is the right fit. but i want to be very clear about that. that said, you know, there was a lady, so many of the patients, it was so difficult to really hear them testify and it is clear that for all of them, it is a real challeng

kis k*en and his staff for their flexibility and this contract. when this was first given to me, i saw it only for believing that we had a contract that was replacing existing meters, the old meters with the holder meters and not realizing, not being told at the time there was going to be an expansion as well, and i'm on the fence about how much we can expand or should expand, certainly if we do expand, we need to have real clear identification with haunts and have a real clear criteria where we do it and there are certainly many neighborhoods in san francisco that are being made from scratch and i think those are places where meters might have let's say around the mission bay, we're going to be seeing the new hospital, that could be a place where we could be doing -- could be easily implemented where there has not been much development happening over the years, so i do believe though we have a compromise that is supportable by the board and i just want to encourage colleagues to support what we have before us with the amendments. >> colleagues, u

so it's important for treatment programs to be flexible.and barbara and ed, i want to throw out the whole issue of- there is prejudice and discrimination related to, certainly, substance use disorder and mental illnesses. but when you add to that the whole disability component, how can families begin to deal with that? barbara, i'll start with you. the biggest need for people to see in-in people with disabilities is competence. because, you know, we-we have research that says that when people see competence in people with disabilities, they are more accepting of them. and i think that that's a problem, and that's something that families can really help foster. the side of what this person is able to do. their work, their job, their contribution to the family. so that people see and get- develop a sense of competence about the person, the individual. because that, indeed, it is that competence that's going to allow individuals to go out into the work life that-to be able to secure independent living, correct? well, that's true, and i think i

yes exactly we're flexible i think this is also the strong point of the second generation it is they know you what you say no they haven't been that well is to say i would say if you go out of the house. i'm a germ that if i come back home. when he saw an old old college student and so i can really choose which one is that this situation so we cycled fun with it i want you to know what to say because i know what to expect tuesday. also with older men. most of you neil much to prepare a new quilt. many people the only become a national citizens into. in the future. this early with the global village that's the best known that in the sense that i need to take another break of a profile on the back. i did. sells. says. eye. the mag tall wind field while the host prequel will continue our conversation with this sand beach and also midst of real golf balls on the organization called the overseas company trip young talents intended. my mother as the two of you a very general question. now for the meal to start off this part of the program will then be you know the number of colonies and na

these are real tangible things that can be done to give women and men the kind of flexibility they need when they do need to leave the workplace. >> look, let's take an example. let's look at who took advantage of the family -- this is a bill that i supported strongly, the family medical and leave act. women already had leave who worked for companies, who were in the upper part of the workforce. it turned up to a thing for the average thing, it didn't do a thing for -- talking about tax laws, what does that do more minimum wage workers. and 40% of the minimum wage workers are women. what about women who are lower even on the tote temp pole who are not minimum wage workers, what about the hundreds of thousands of businesses that don't have any leave policy so that even when you are sick you go to work. this is a problem if for no other reason for human see sake that we have to confront. this is an earned government. this isn't the government putting in the money, not a cent of it, it comes out of everybody's paycheck, we can talk about how much it should be but let me -- let me guarantee

, and they could staff, up for special events, and give that everybody a little more flexibility, in addition, we believe that it should improve the customer service, as you will have one operator there, responsible for all of these lots, instead of the two operators now and then the final component of it is that, it also, will hopefully attract, operators that have the financial resources to really carry these lots in non-peak season and so you have two pretty distinct seasons for these lots and so we feel that with one operator, we will be able to achieve these objectives. the project objective is a little more clear picture of the lots. the project objectives would to off of these lots after the authorization from the port commission through the competitive bidding process on a sealed price basis and anyone who represents the highest base and meets the bid qualifications will be awarded the opportunity to enter into a lease. >> so to put these lots in perspective, i wanted to provide a pie chart on the parking operation as compared to the entire portfolio, as you can see there is

this is a 7 year contract, so it was our intent to build in the flexibility that we would need to manage an asset base of that size as well as to manage parking in the city as is our mandate under the charter based on the changing needs of the city. i think we heard clearly from you concerns about the size of the option and it is an option, and also the process by which we make new parking meter decisions, so it was based on that, that the sfm's that we developed and enhanced that reached process that was informed by your office that is we formally had the sfmta board of directors adopt last week and also reduce the option that -- the option of 10 thousand meters was really a high end projection over the next 7 years of what we thought we would need for the port meters, for maintenance, for repair and replacement, for kind of routine additions as we've done over the years and this was looking back on historical data and then a pretty sizable acknowledged sizable contingency. bringing this number down to 5 thousand will really leave us room primarily only for maintenance, repair and repla

the customs union assuming ukraine were to sign it which of course is an assumption is a much more flexible structure it does not involve anything like the amount of political engagements and ideological engagements which the european union demands so we're dealing with two radically different projects here. can you speak to that because it is very different here because russia is not looking to reform ukraine i mean only under the terms of having good business relations but the european agenda is very much different and we all know on this program that ukraine is in dire dire straits it needs money it needs a rescue package not do you know what i mean great i think we digital system system should be reformed but that's not their top priority at the moment is it. well no that's exactly what i was saying previously that you have short term goals and long term goals and they're not necessarily compatible at the moment in the short term as you said ukraine really needs liquidity external liquidity and indeed european union cannot really provide all the financial needs for ukraine's financial n

just wanted to ask for a little bit of clarification on the commissioners condominiums regarding flexibility and referring to article 10 as a guideline. as you're aware there's litigation surrounding this property. we're certainly in support of preserving his history and we don't want any of the commissions decisions made on this property to influence the outcome of litigation. that would help both parties in that common understanding. thank you >> thank you good afternoon. i'm mr. anderson. i recently helped to save the landmark of marcus book store it was a 9 month battle against city bank and we raised $175,000. i understand how important the marcus book store is to the african-american community. it's crucial it's not just african-american history it's naturally nationwide history. i would go to the marcus book store with my father. i feel if we preserve the name and the legacy of marcus book store it will serve the generates of san francisco citizens and people across the world. a lot of times the african-american legacy gets separated with the american league and that's wrong. the worl

geopolitics if they really want to get ukraine their realm so to speak they would have been more flexible they say and insisted that this is quite simple it's an association agreement that has been offered not only to ukraine but to other countries of eastern partnership as well and they didn't really feel at this moment with ukrainian interest. the same time i think the ukrainian government was also trying to look to use the e.u. negotiations as leverage on russia to see if it would be possible to renegotiate the two thousand and nine. this is not just about tariffs this is about the mandatory intake of russian natural gas and the transit volumes also at the same time trying to roll over some of the russian debt which they successfully date ok from rockwood we're almost out of time it's almost out of time you know mark i want to give you the last word in the program is this all about unocal which of the presidential election. it certainly plays a factor yannick over charles to consider his own political future and the interests of his constituency in the south and the east of the country

do you think that there should have been any more flexibility given that the flight had already been? >> certainly sounds like one way or another this could have been -- to say the least handled more optimally. again, it's tricky when you are, in this case, by the way, you are us airways dealing with an express carrier. then giving those organizations the flexibility to let their employees make some judgment calls and, yeah. sounds like in this case not the best situation that's for sure. >> can i turn to you a story that caught our eye and it has to do with aeroflot. i have through 11 time zones of russia. at the time it was not a very pleasant experience. the flight attendants were very brusk. aeroflot took notice they were losing business to other carriers and have now put in place a customer service program that has catapulted aeroflot to the number one slot in customer satisfaction among eastern european airlines. i never thought i would see that day. what do you think? >> yes. funny. i actually flew them from all the way from everyone ulan batur to miami. it was pretty good in

so this give us a little bit more flexibility. we pointed out out to the owner if they want to do a preapplication he meeting for the designer and the architect then we can memorialize in writing the steps and a hopefully be able to save a number if not all of the remaining residential units. say we are still talking. >> thank you for updating us. i want to thank the director for really i think we're going out of our way to try to work with the owner of this building to protect the occupancy. i've heard from the housing rights committee that is one of our folks that work with code enforcement outreach and tenants in the building and are very interested. there was a misunderstanding so i would ask when they get here even if we're on a different topic to hear from them. this is an ongoing problem in this city especially right now. real estate prices are going up and tenants are being evicted. we go through this periodically because san francisco as we all know is a wonderful city but this is a really, really important issue and i re

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that is nothing compared to the completely flexible tecology. how long until you're folding up your smartphone, and putting it in your pocket? here now are tech experts, eric and pete. changes for joining us. now the mystery is solved. we were saying to ourselves last week, two companies are raising out with curved phones and you have to ask yourself, why? who needs a curved phone? that may not be what they are really after, right? >> it may be kind of a moment about trying to differentiate a little bit. there is this dual motivation here with trying to pack more pixels and more information into a small, pocket-friendly, purse heavy friendly package. one way to make the screen bigger without making it bigg. melissa: do you agree with that? >> yeah, although i think curved screens are stepping stone toward fully bendable gadgets. they do have some benefits. melissa: like what? maybe if curved holding to your face more easily, but other than that why do you care it being more curved. >> lg tout that is. melissa: do you buy it? >> no because people