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attorney general. senator boseman has outlined how in some ways the federal government are enablers, from the post office, to the dea, etc.g drugs to one group, this is where the interagency task force needs to happen, and i think sooner rather than later. senator leahy, i know you have spoken on this and of course we are eager to hear your questions , and again your expertise in this area. >> madam chair, i appreciate about whatve said i've been doing. the attorney general and i have known each other for a long time, long before he was attorney general we have talked about this a great yield. dayw the article the other -- a great deal. i saw the article the other day post where somebody is having an overdose in new jersey and the person with them can call for medical help without being arrested themselves. we did this thing called the place in burlington, vermont, for seven or eight years back in the late 60's and early 70's, because, as chief law enforcement officer of the county i can put off-limits
attorney general. senator boseman has outlined how in some ways the federal government are enablers, from the post office, to the dea, etc.g drugs to one group, this is where the interagency task force needs to happen, and i think sooner rather than later. senator leahy, i know you have spoken on this and of course we are eager to hear your questions , and again your expertise in this area. >> madam chair, i appreciate about whatve said i've been doing. the attorney general and i have...
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attorney general. we are going to follow a five minute time limit and see if -- we will try to get to his many people as we can. if there is a chance, we will do a second round. limited right to my question. mr. attorney general, one of the biggest areas in terms of the justice department is the fundin g of federal prisons. is, anduestion to you we are concerned about two things. one, the adequacy of the funding. second, the protection of prison guards. looking back to that terrible death. number three, what is your plan? because there are now 18,000 prison guards doing a great job. we are very proud of our guards in the cumberland facility and the stress they are under everyday. but you've got initiatives here. now the prison guard population is 1/3 of the justice department. so we have got to keep the bad people off the street, but are we just loading up our federal
attorney general. we are going to follow a five minute time limit and see if -- we will try to get to his many people as we can. if there is a chance, we will do a second round. limited right to my question. mr. attorney general, one of the biggest areas in terms of the justice department is the fundin g of federal prisons. is, anduestion to you we are concerned about two things. one, the adequacy of the funding. second, the protection of prison guards. looking back to that terrible death....
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attorney general. >> good morning. and thank you chairwoman, and ranking member shelby and senator collins and senator curt. thank you for allowing me to speak to you todayi. i know we are mind full of the mass shooting at fort hood yesterday. i am being briefed regularly on the situation and i have directed that the full resources of the department of justice and in particularly of the fbi be made available to ensure the security of everyone on that base. we will work with local officials and the department of defense to provide assistance to those that need it and conduct a full and thorough federal investigation. as the investigation unfolds and we work to determine what happened, my thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been impacted and with the entire fort hood community which has displayed strength since the event of nearly five years ago. as the president said, it is heart breaking something like this has happened again and we owe it to all of our men and women in uniform and the
attorney general. >> good morning. and thank you chairwoman, and ranking member shelby and senator collins and senator curt. thank you for allowing me to speak to you todayi. i know we are mind full of the mass shooting at fort hood yesterday. i am being briefed regularly on the situation and i have directed that the full resources of the department of justice and in particularly of the fbi be made available to ensure the security of everyone on that base. we will work with local...
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general fund related costs. >> okay. the general fund related costs, but what about the other power rates that we charge to other customers? >> for example, our customers in hunters point, the shipyard area, the parse away, we are providing them power at about 15% cheaper than pg&e rates. so, we are less costly than pg&e. in the case of the airport -- >> but we're paying pg&e to distribute that power, correct? >> that's correct. so, we don't have our own distribution lines. we don't have our own transmission lines all the way into the city. we have our own generation units and some transmission, but we have to use pg&e's transmission and distribution lines -- >> what are the future conversations, discussion around how the rates that we set equate to everyone paying their fair share and not -- i mean, i understand, you know, that you believe, based on i guess the data that you have, that the general fund is not necessarily covering its costs. but i'd like to understand that a little bit more -- i want us to go a little bi
general fund related costs. >> okay. the general fund related costs, but what about the other power rates that we charge to other customers? >> for example, our customers in hunters point, the shipyard area, the parse away, we are providing them power at about 15% cheaper than pg&e rates. so, we are less costly than pg&e. in the case of the airport -- >> but we're paying pg&e to distribute that power, correct? >> that's correct. so, we don't have our own...
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attorney general? >> there are certain mandatory minimum sentences that exist with regard to how we charge -- >> i'm talking about after their sentence. they are sentence based on their statute. >> there are guidelines that are advisory, but they are no longer mandatory. >> once ea jua judge sentences a prisoner for x years or whatever, after going through court or plea, do you have the power as attorney general to change that sentence? >> i have limited amounts of power. >> like what? >> with regard to people, for instance, who as the chair was saying, people i can release on the base -- the director of the bureau prisons can release on compassionate release. somebody who is 80 years old who is no longer a threat to society. i have that capacity. but generally, -- >> statutory, is it not? regulatory. and generally the attorney general does not have the ability to reduce sentences. that is something the president can do. >> if there's any changes on sentencing, it came from congress, had come from cong
attorney general? >> there are certain mandatory minimum sentences that exist with regard to how we charge -- >> i'm talking about after their sentence. they are sentence based on their statute. >> there are guidelines that are advisory, but they are no longer mandatory. >> once ea jua judge sentences a prisoner for x years or whatever, after going through court or plea, do you have the power as attorney general to change that sentence? >> i have limited amounts of...
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that means the budgets you see at the general hospital and the mta and other general fund departments, including street light costs, would go up on your general fund, part of the budget. >> what pobltd is there possibility is there to renegotiate the 55 /45 split between power and water for the tunnel? >> one of the things we are actually -- we've done some research and we are seeing the -- sort of the -- what was behind that split. you're talking about that in our water and power, we have facilities that are joined -- they convey water, but also generate power, and 55 percent of that asset is funded by our power enterprise and 45 is of water. and mountain tunnel, which is $519 million in need of infrastructure repairs and 55 percent is power, and so the question is that we need to -- >> if we program can we renegotiate the different splits, because clearly the volume that comes out of the tunnel is greater volume even by dollar is for water, not for power. so it seems like power's covering greater part of -- >> that's something we're going to talk to our customers, but as we bring it
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how can you generalize about this generation. >> the very first part of the generation, we were like right out there on the bow wave of this voyage of exploration that the baby boomers have been on ever since, but also are very closely tethered to our parents, to the greatest generation. we sort of ended up keel hauled, dragged under the boat. if we turn up soggy and confused at the end. >> there's a good reason for it? >> right. then you get the next generation. >> those are the tech guys. >> they were worst hippies than we were. >> not necessarily bill gates, but definitely steep jobs. >> steve jobs, not bill gates, he pretty much belonged to the math club in high school. steve jobs off wandering around, looking for phone apps before they were in vented, barefoot in india. they come back and find some shoes and they've never found the neck ties. >> then you kind of, you know, i got to tell you i have to complain about my group, i'm one of the sophomores. you talked about us being m.b.a.'s and site the author of the preppy handbook, an old friend of mine as representatives of the ge
how can you generalize about this generation. >> the very first part of the generation, we were like right out there on the bow wave of this voyage of exploration that the baby boomers have been on ever since, but also are very closely tethered to our parents, to the greatest generation. we sort of ended up keel hauled, dragged under the boat. if we turn up soggy and confused at the end. >> there's a good reason for it? >> right. then you get the next generation. >>...
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they're a large generation. baby boomers were famously large generation. we're crashing threshold into old age. this is a very large generation moving into the workforce and electorate. let's find a little bit how they're moving into adulthood. i apologize for this. this is a little bit complicated. these are two charts, one on the left is the percent of people of all ages and darkest line of millenials and next line are the gen-xers, the green line are the boomers and light green line i guess are the silents. we're looking from '07 to '14 the same age cohort moving through time. what we're learning interestingly politically, we're learning from voting patterns and attitudes are quite liberal and quite democratic but if you ask them you identify with the democratic party, republican party, independent, 50% of the our millenials in the latest survey say independent. we have never seen numbers that high. see a similar pattern if you go to the same chart on the height with what religion are you. we see through the life cycle of millenials we've been tracking
they're a large generation. baby boomers were famously large generation. we're crashing threshold into old age. this is a very large generation moving into the workforce and electorate. let's find a little bit how they're moving into adulthood. i apologize for this. this is a little bit complicated. these are two charts, one on the left is the percent of people of all ages and darkest line of millenials and next line are the gen-xers, the green line are the boomers and light green line i guess...
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roughly it's like $30 for generic, the non-generic is a couple hundred bucks. it's really great to get as much out of generic as you can. >> the other question that i had was thinking about the difference between the 2 percent for 24 months, 2.77 for 12 just so i say out loud to make sure my assumption is correct. what that says is kaiser takes both the risk in the upside for year two. they are essentially equivalent from a financial perspective assuming the trends continue at the trend rate that is predicted here. if cost go down, kaiser makes the difference, if cost go up, kaiser has to eat the difference. just to make it clear, we are buying ourselves certainty but we are also potentially don't get any up sides if utilization continues to remain so low, but we also avoid the down side of it? >> yeah. i would say that is basically true. so the amount of money if you took $298 in terms of 100 $100 and $97.23 to add those numbers, they are going to increase that. i think our risk is to be not -- locke it in now. >> are there other questions from commissioners?
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general? >> again, i'm not familiar with what a relationship is in terms funding schemehe that goes to a private facilities that we might use. i don't know the answer to that. >> let me ask you this. your agency is responsible for investigating and prosecuting not just blue collar criminals, but white-collar criminals as well. ,ith the white-collar criminals ,orporate theft, for instance those corporations have a much greater ability to fight back because they have resources. has the fact that your agency's been trimmed over the years, theto five strumming of your budget, or cutting of it, actually, has it affected your ability to go after these corporate criminals? >> i would say to date, no. but i will tell you that if sequestration were to reappear , 20 16, whatever it might show up, the capacity of the justice department to do that which american people expect us to do, from a range of things, from national security to white-collar enforcement to violent crime enforcement, would be negativ
general? >> again, i'm not familiar with what a relationship is in terms funding schemehe that goes to a private facilities that we might use. i don't know the answer to that. >> let me ask you this. your agency is responsible for investigating and prosecuting not just blue collar criminals, but white-collar criminals as well. ,ith the white-collar criminals ,orporate theft, for instance those corporations have a much greater ability to fight back because they have resources. has...
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gener with the general mills last week --es reported general mills what they said on the website online you joined in an community, facebook page, --inic you -- a coupon, download a coupon, you were effectively as a consumer giving up your right to sue them in a court of law for a claim you might have against them. you are bound to forced arbitration. it is an outside of the court process to resolve disputes, which we think should not be forced upon consumers without their consent. quite a bit of pushback on general mills. social media trend to get quite a bit of pushback. we claim some of the press they got, misunderstood their intent. they said clearly they stipulate for all purposes their previous legal terms were reinstated and the arbitration would not have legal effect. that was the right thing to do and we are glad to see that happen. host: widely reported general mills recently reported a wide set of legal terms on the website. those terms and our intentions were widely misread so we listened and we are changing them back to what they were before. we have disputes with consumers
gener with the general mills last week --es reported general mills what they said on the website online you joined in an community, facebook page, --inic you -- a coupon, download a coupon, you were effectively as a consumer giving up your right to sue them in a court of law for a claim you might have against them. you are bound to forced arbitration. it is an outside of the court process to resolve disputes, which we think should not be forced upon consumers without their consent. quite a bit...
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trying to get to the interim general council right now is considered the general would you be able when we look at the budget for salaries. >> yes. i mean in a sense that there isn't a position for a deputy director and council. in the budget is two deputy director positions >> so you're saying if we get new general council we need to educate another deputy director in our budget if we needed that; right? >> yes. >> i think we've got it. >> getting an extra bang for our buck. >> okay since we're on local fees so i see there's a million dollars project specific. >> yes. and project for the city attorney's office is it only for the city attorney's office our the outside council. >> that's the total legal services. most of it it city attorney. it's anticipated to be city attorney there's outside council costs i believe if euphoric >> on 75 k it says 75 generic. >> on cover package of attachment a so you can see that our total overall is one million 3 hundred and 95 thousand for our budget. i'll have to addressing adds it up quickly and again most of that is attorney we have have specialize
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, how does that relate to any revenue outlook that the city's general fund might have. to the degree that there is less commercial activity plan or less commercial activity happens in a proposed development because it's down sized or eliminated altogether. that could have an impact on a revenue picture. those are not, the effect of that development is not reflected here in this projection. >> it's not, it more of a, i'm just trying to play out. if we see a significant reduction or elimination of the developments to port has been contemplating because apart from revenue, these development agreements require developers to do capital work on port assets. i'm just trying to gauge what the possibility is of us having no choice except to start putting general fund money and have the port deal with these problems if they are not able to generate revenue on their own. >> i know it's a complicated question. >> it is a complicated question. it's certainly not something that we've had. we haven't had a historical pattern in investing general fund dollars into our enterprises parti
, how does that relate to any revenue outlook that the city's general fund might have. to the degree that there is less commercial activity plan or less commercial activity happens in a proposed development because it's down sized or eliminated altogether. that could have an impact on a revenue picture. those are not, the effect of that development is not reflected here in this projection. >> it's not, it more of a, i'm just trying to play out. if we see a significant reduction or...
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>> at the general level, general motors is responsible for general motors parts numbers. but again, that's part of the investigation to understand how that happened. >> okay. does that seem inconceivable to you? >> yes, it is inconceivable. it is not our process and it is not acceptable. >> i would think that it probably is not. have you asked delfi if you can have access to their documentation and e-mail chain dealing with this issue? >> i have not. again, mr. valucas will go as the investigation takes them to get the information he needs to get a complete and accurate accounting of what happened. >> my time expired. thank you, i yield back. >> just for clarification, we have asked for that e-mail chain and we'll let you know when we get that. rerecognize mr. mr. dingell for five minutes. >> thank you for your koucourte. i begin by telling the families injured or killed by the defective general motors vehicles that they have our sympathy and we believe the events here are tragic indeed i join efrp expressing my condolences to the families killed or injured in those crash
>> at the general level, general motors is responsible for general motors parts numbers. but again, that's part of the investigation to understand how that happened. >> okay. does that seem inconceivable to you? >> yes, it is inconceivable. it is not our process and it is not acceptable. >> i would think that it probably is not. have you asked delfi if you can have access to their documentation and e-mail chain dealing with this issue? >> i have not. again, mr....
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. >> guest: we had generals, including one temperature general by the name of mcchrystal, that said you can't win wars by killing people. oh, yes, you can. that's what a war is all about. and general mccristal and others said -- mcchrystal said we should spend 95% of our effort persuading the people and 5% attacking the enemy. that makes no sense. if you start putting all these restrictions upon the use of force, do you know that we ended up having a lawyer in every battalion who had to decide whether we could use air in an attack for fear that somebody would be court-martialed? so we put restrictions on ourselves beyond the restrictions that police have in major cities in the united states. >> host: bing west, in your view, was the iraq war necessary? [laughter] >> guest: with perfect 20/20 hindsight? absolutely not. >> host: at the time what did you think? >> guest: at the time i did because i believed then, as did most of the american public and the congress, that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction and would give them to terrorists. that turns out to have been wrong. wron
. >> guest: we had generals, including one temperature general by the name of mcchrystal, that said you can't win wars by killing people. oh, yes, you can. that's what a war is all about. and general mccristal and others said -- mcchrystal said we should spend 95% of our effort persuading the people and 5% attacking the enemy. that makes no sense. if you start putting all these restrictions upon the use of force, do you know that we ended up having a lawyer in every battalion who had to...
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profits in general electric made it the best today. goldman sachs beat closing in the green, but for united health care, its shares were sent slightly lower. but that is only part of the story, mary thompson has more. >> reporter: first quarter profits fell in all three thursday, general electric still managed to win, thanks to strength in its energy and aviation business. >>> it was a good report, you know, back in december when general electric gave its look ahead they were talking about four to 7% organic growth possibly this year. and you know after the first quarter that we had with you know, with relatively slow economic growth, there was concern that they wouldn't make that. and they came out at eight, a point ahead. >> reporter: the company is shrinking in things like energy, this year it plans to sell $4 billion in industrial assets, like ge, its profits declined by the results beat wall street's forecast. goldman sachs helped strengthening its investment group and profits from its own investments, all of this off setting what
profits in general electric made it the best today. goldman sachs beat closing in the green, but for united health care, its shares were sent slightly lower. but that is only part of the story, mary thompson has more. >> reporter: first quarter profits fell in all three thursday, general electric still managed to win, thanks to strength in its energy and aviation business. >>> it was a good report, you know, back in december when general electric gave its look ahead they were...
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he's been one of the most effective attorney generals.ase back home. >> you know, when you look at you and i, susan, talking about joke, and you said that there's something that you think is even deeper than the dislike of the president, this attorney general has fought against voter suppression. do you think that some of what has them so animated? '. >> yeah, i think they definitely don't like the agenda this particular attorney general has. but i think joe is right, a lot of this is just paying to the base. they go after eric holder, they go after lois lerner at the irs, kathleen sebelius. the role of the congress in performing oversight has really been corrupted because it has become so political and partisan. there's a lot of stuff that genuinely needs to be investigated and should be on a bipartisan basis, but just look at the names of the hearings, the overright hearings and they already seem to have come to a conclusion before they even listen to the witnesses. that's a dangerous thing. congress has a very powerful tool in oversigh
he's been one of the most effective attorney generals.ase back home. >> you know, when you look at you and i, susan, talking about joke, and you said that there's something that you think is even deeper than the dislike of the president, this attorney general has fought against voter suppression. do you think that some of what has them so animated? '. >> yeah, i think they definitely don't like the agenda this particular attorney general has. but i think joe is right, a lot of this...
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american marketplace in general. >> will this do it? i looked back at toyota when it had its issue with the brake peddles, and toyota is back. when you think of toyota, you think of a good car, not of that. and then ford had bigger problems and no one thinks of the recall at ford. does this change g.m. or do they bounce back because everyone bounces back. >> this could be a very big moment for mary barra in her t tenure as ceo. this was the year that g.m. was supposed to get a fresh start, no longer owned by the u.s. government, and the problems of the past are dogging it. they really have to shake it off and prove to the american public that the investment was a good investment. >> does mary barra survive this? >> i think she will. it's so easterly and it's clear she's just getting her hands around this issue that at the moment i don't think anybody should be concerned about that. but look at this. you've had a 750 million charge amounts for the first quarter. basically wiping out their earnings for the first quarter. if we were to get
american marketplace in general. >> will this do it? i looked back at toyota when it had its issue with the brake peddles, and toyota is back. when you think of toyota, you think of a good car, not of that. and then ford had bigger problems and no one thinks of the recall at ford. does this change g.m. or do they bounce back because everyone bounces back. >> this could be a very big moment for mary barra in her t tenure as ceo. this was the year that g.m. was supposed to get a fresh...
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general marks, i know you know general milley who's about to do this news conference, the commander generalfort hood. i assume you served there at one point in your career. but when you heard about this, what goes through your mind, general marks? >> wolf, the first thing i think about is the families that are again going through this similar tragedy. and you put that on top of what i would call the routine stress of an army that's been in a constant state of conflict for the last 13 years. the soldiers will respond and will be able to both physically and emotionally heal as will the families. the families are amazingly resilient. we tend to focus in on the soldiers and their sacrifices. now's the time as was stated earlier, to pay attention to the families, to embrace those families, so this community will absolutely coalesce much beyond what they already do as a matter of routine and will stay very very tight together. because you know, the strength of our army belongs exclusively with those families. if the families aren't strong, the soldiers are distracted. so this is a very important
general marks, i know you know general milley who's about to do this news conference, the commander generalfort hood. i assume you served there at one point in your career. but when you heard about this, what goes through your mind, general marks? >> wolf, the first thing i think about is the families that are again going through this similar tragedy. and you put that on top of what i would call the routine stress of an army that's been in a constant state of conflict for the last 13...
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keep in mind general motors is shielded from civil liability. they may consider starting a fund, and fine berg would be in charge of dispersing funds to the families. >> david, writes for the "the los angeles times" about automobile. great to have you on the program again. >> coming up, breaking news on the earthquake off the coast of chile, measuring 8.2. there are tsunami warnings in effect. we'll have a report from santiago. bishops celebrate mass along the border of mexico. [ male announcer ] it's here -- xfinity watchathon week, your chance to watch full seasons of tv's hottest shows for free with xfinity on demand. there's romance, face slaps, whatever that is, pirates, helicopters, pirate-copters... argh! hmm. it's so huge, it's being broadcast on mars. heroes...bad guys... asteroids. available only on mars. there's watching. then there's watchathoning. ♪ >> welcome back al jazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york, following breaking news out of chile. richelle carey is here with the latest. >> it's still coming in. it's 8.2 mag
keep in mind general motors is shielded from civil liability. they may consider starting a fund, and fine berg would be in charge of dispersing funds to the families. >> david, writes for the "the los angeles times" about automobile. great to have you on the program again. >> coming up, breaking news on the earthquake off the coast of chile, measuring 8.2. there are tsunami warnings in effect. we'll have a report from santiago. bishops celebrate mass along the border of...
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>> we welcomed the attorney general to the committee. when he left, the last words he said to me was that he felt he had been treated fairly by me in the conduct of the hearing. certainly with as many controversial issues related to executive overreach with actions of by the administration in general, the attorney general and particular, many people around the country and committee .thing it is beyond the scope of what the attorney general is entitled to do in his sworn responsibility uphold the laws. those were bound to occur. those were important in the representative democracy that we have. they need to be accountable to the american people. the best places for their representatives to be able to ask very sharp and pointed questions about the issues before the congress and the conduct of the government by this administration of which the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer. >> i wanted to change gears and talk about immigration for a moment. the bills have been waiting for action on the house for some time. i am wond
>> we welcomed the attorney general to the committee. when he left, the last words he said to me was that he felt he had been treated fairly by me in the conduct of the hearing. certainly with as many controversial issues related to executive overreach with actions of by the administration in general, the attorney general and particular, many people around the country and committee .thing it is beyond the scope of what the attorney general is entitled to do in his sworn responsibility...
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francisco general. >> commissioner, was that satisfactory? >> yes. i think so. >> commissioner er malara. >> mine is very small. i don't know if your date is when things are supposed to happen by, or the mayor is going to work on sunday, june 1, and the 17th is a friday and i don't know if the budget committee >> the mayor is required to i think he does have until june 2 or in theory he could be ahead of schedule and submit it on the friday prior. and then the budget and finance committee is actually going to be meeting ing throughout the week in june so we do expect a decision on the final budget on friday, june 27. i apologize for the errors. >> that's fine. >> in addition, i do apologize for the memo and how it was -- >> that's okay. >> -- directed to -- not directed to commissioner chow. >> as long as the data is accurate and -- >> and the numbers are right. >> any other questions at this point? commissioner. >> i have a question about the call center and that new initiative which makes sense particularly with the adoption of making sure
francisco general. >> commissioner, was that satisfactory? >> yes. i think so. >> commissioner er malara. >> mine is very small. i don't know if your date is when things are supposed to happen by, or the mayor is going to work on sunday, june 1, and the 17th is a friday and i don't know if the budget committee >> the mayor is required to i think he does have until june 2 or in theory he could be ahead of schedule and submit it on the friday prior. and then the...
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i think for one thing the rose is only one element of the general plan. in and of itself has to have policies that address the open space that's in the strong it language possible and the housing element is going to have elements that address elements in the strongest manner. there are other elements european design, etc. pr so when the decision makers of the board of supervisors the planning commission, others taking a look at other specific projects or tasks or things that come down the lineup as staff said the programs they need to look at all of the general plan and to see how those specific things are balanced. between housing and open space, between housing and european design, between all the elements that are in the plan and that's the kind of analysis that we receive from staff on various issues we consider references are made to general elements relevant to the project or program so i don't feel that having strong language in this element saying when a particular program comes along it's overwhelmingly considered under one elements because other
i think for one thing the rose is only one element of the general plan. in and of itself has to have policies that address the open space that's in the strong it language possible and the housing element is going to have elements that address elements in the strongest manner. there are other elements european design, etc. pr so when the decision makers of the board of supervisors the planning commission, others taking a look at other specific projects or tasks or things that come down the...
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so a generation isn't necessarily years' generation, but a generation meaning the make-up and a generational make-up can change much quicker than just the temporal generation. >> commissioner dooley. >> i hear commissioner dwight, but i also would like to point out when neighborhood groups maybe do seem to be taking a lot of lead and things, i would urge, which i do everyday in my own neighborhood, to people to get involved, and to make changes that they are interested in. you know, an ncd, for example, is not written in stone. it can be changed. and i think that that sort of where the problem lies that we have a lot more transient residents in many districts now. but i say, if you are in dog patch and you want something different, i say get involved with your group and go to your supervisor and make the change. it can be done. >> commissioner dwight's comments of neighborhoods changing, i'm in upper market with huge changes with all of this new building and more new buildings coming and the thing that worries me the most, that we do have a lot of ground-floor retail coming on the market. an
so a generation isn't necessarily years' generation, but a generation meaning the make-up and a generational make-up can change much quicker than just the temporal generation. >> commissioner dooley. >> i hear commissioner dwight, but i also would like to point out when neighborhood groups maybe do seem to be taking a lot of lead and things, i would urge, which i do everyday in my own neighborhood, to people to get involved, and to make changes that they are interested in. you know,...
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i want to go to general james "spider" marks. we have been communicating by e-mail and you've been talking about pre and post deployment medical screening. that would indicate something to you. >> absolutely. before a soldier deploys, he or she goes through a predeployment medical screening and you get into all the details that might be affecting that soldier, physical, psychological and it has to be done online and a doctor has to validate that. when that soldier redeploys, you go through the same process. what you have is a before and an after view, and you want to overlay those two to see what the discrepancies are. what might have affected this soldier during that period of deployment. so what happened with this soldier as indicated, he deployed in 2011. if he went through the process as he should have done, he would have come back and within short order, probably a month or so, it would have been diagnosed that he was in the midst of some issues. the only thing i would raise at this point is that if he was having behavioral
i want to go to general james "spider" marks. we have been communicating by e-mail and you've been talking about pre and post deployment medical screening. that would indicate something to you. >> absolutely. before a soldier deploys, he or she goes through a predeployment medical screening and you get into all the details that might be affecting that soldier, physical, psychological and it has to be done online and a doctor has to validate that. when that soldier redeploys, you...
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i wanted to speak briefly to the benefits that the university is going to be general generating as a result of mission bay and this site. we are acquiring this property blocks 33 and 34 in order to consolidate existing operations at least and remote sites here in san francisco. we expect that we will be vacating in the next two years over a little less than 200,000 square feet of leased space elsewhere in san francisco that is currently not generating property tax revenue for the city. as a result of our vacating those properties, we're estimating that there will be a net present value of $12.7 million of new property tax revenue flowing to the city that would not otherwise be going to specifically to mission bay, but be going to the general fund i just wanted to speak to some of the ben efits. sgh thank >> thank you very much. anybody else want to keep talking on this project. any comments right now or should we go to many mr. rose's report. >> i think the department has clearly brought out the question that we have raised in our report. on page 9 in our table we show that the estim
i wanted to speak briefly to the benefits that the university is going to be general generating as a result of mission bay and this site. we are acquiring this property blocks 33 and 34 in order to consolidate existing operations at least and remote sites here in san francisco. we expect that we will be vacating in the next two years over a little less than 200,000 square feet of leased space elsewhere in san francisco that is currently not generating property tax revenue for the city. as a...
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>> today's general motors all i can tell you is today's general motors we are focused on safety. we have over 18 vehicles with a five-star crash rating. our entire buick lineup meets that requirement. >> but we're talking about these vehicles and was changed. have you had a chance to read these articles in "the new york times," florida engineer eureka moment with a deadly gm flaw? barra: i believe i read a portion of that article. >> this is from a writer, he writes in here about an engineer named mark hurd who is at a loss to explain why the engine and cobalt had suddenly shut off causing the fatal accident in 2010 in georgia. then he bought a replacement for $30 from a local gm and the mystery quickly unraveled. for the first time, someone outside gm even by the company's own account had figured out a problem that they had known about for a decade and is now linked to 12 deaths. even though the new switch had the same identification number, mr. hood found big differences, and the article continues so begin to discover that was set in motion gm's worldwide recall of 2.7 million
>> today's general motors all i can tell you is today's general motors we are focused on safety. we have over 18 vehicles with a five-star crash rating. our entire buick lineup meets that requirement. >> but we're talking about these vehicles and was changed. have you had a chance to read these articles in "the new york times," florida engineer eureka moment with a deadly gm flaw? barra: i believe i read a portion of that article. >> this is from a writer, he writes...
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the mayor propose the general fund pick it up. the general fund picked up greater share and we are now only paying $5 million of the traffic company's cost. the work orders did slightly go down initially from 13 to 14, but for the reasons of these other increases like our budget is increasing, it's still, that's what edges it up. our big work orders are for the city attorneys office, the police department, it's our share of, there is a number of general service agency cost such as our rent that we pay to real estate, it cost, department of technology. >> on may 15, when you return can you have that broken down? >> yeah. absolutely. we can send it following this meeting so you have it but we'll make sure we present this on the 15th. >> mr. riskin, can i ask a question. on the expenditures, the committee is looking at the top near term projects, i think they are top 20 or 25 projects. i'm wondering if those near term projects or short-term ones are in the expenditure budget. >> this is our baseline in the operating budget. most are
the mayor propose the general fund pick it up. the general fund picked up greater share and we are now only paying $5 million of the traffic company's cost. the work orders did slightly go down initially from 13 to 14, but for the reasons of these other increases like our budget is increasing, it's still, that's what edges it up. our big work orders are for the city attorneys office, the police department, it's our share of, there is a number of general service agency cost such as our rent that...
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he stated that the general perception was general motors is slow to act and communicate. you read that. were you aware of the concerns raised by odi? >> i was unaware of the specific e-mail but i have been in a meeting where they sat down with general motors and made it clear to have them that they have to follow an effective process. >> there was deathly some concern. >> with each and every automaker, we need to make sure they have a good and effective process to deal with this. this e-mail -- >> did the agency have similar concerns in 2007-2010 when it inclines to advance investigations into nonappointment of airbags? >> i don't know. >> you were with nhtsa at the time? >> i have been there a year. . >> do you think nhtsa is enough to get the information it needs? >> they looked clearly and carefully at the data. i believe the reason we did not move forward was because the data can -- indicated that the cobalt did not stand out and we do not have conclusive information as to -- >> in 2005, gm issued the technical services bolton. that is 12 -- tab 12. this service bolto
he stated that the general perception was general motors is slow to act and communicate. you read that. were you aware of the concerns raised by odi? >> i was unaware of the specific e-mail but i have been in a meeting where they sat down with general motors and made it clear to have them that they have to follow an effective process. >> there was deathly some concern. >> with each and every automaker, we need to make sure they have a good and effective process to deal with...
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action against general motors.hank you for being here. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >>> and right now committee chair fred upton is giving his opening statement. we do expect to hear from gm's ceo mary barra just a few minutes from now. stay with us for live coverage ahead. >>> and now first before we go let's bring you an update on missing malaysian airlines flight 370. there's more evidence that the search operation was hampered by a lack of coordination and misinformation. the "wall street journal" reports for three days up until last friday a lack of coordination between cup trees and companies led search crews that analyze the wrong area of the southern indian ocean. also malaysian authorities released a transcript of the final words from the cockpit of flight 370. it was not "all right, good night." rather it was "good night, malaysian 370." if no record is found on the surface, then the countries involved will have to decide what to do ex. >>> up next, make way for obamacare truthers. they are no
action against general motors.hank you for being here. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >>> and right now committee chair fred upton is giving his opening statement. we do expect to hear from gm's ceo mary barra just a few minutes from now. stay with us for live coverage ahead. >>> and now first before we go let's bring you an update on missing malaysian airlines flight 370. there's more evidence that the search operation was hampered by a lack of coordination...
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general electric in the open market.o happen in the next days, i do not believe that siemens will win this battle. they will not be engaged. there will be a project. we will know more about it in the next the days. siemens will not win. >> tank you for joining us today. trade cashlling to and assets to close the deal. we are heading to copenhagen for a live report. >> welcome back to "countdown." proposing a deal for merck's consumer business. joining us now is the bloomberg industry pharmaceutical analyst. what does bayer need to do to win this deal for merck's consumer business? >> good morning. whether it is an issue of what iner needs to do, it is cash terms of who is offering the best. what they can do is bid for the business and try to outbid bayer in terms of a catch bid. what bayer can do, they have an animal health unit. is some critical mass in terms of revenues. they could offer that to merck and joined up as a joint venture if merck were to take it out right, the combined entity would be the biggest animal he
general electric in the open market.o happen in the next days, i do not believe that siemens will win this battle. they will not be engaged. there will be a project. we will know more about it in the next the days. siemens will not win. >> tank you for joining us today. trade cashlling to and assets to close the deal. we are heading to copenhagen for a live report. >> welcome back to "countdown." proposing a deal for merck's consumer business. joining us now is the...
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. >> thank you, commissioners, assistant general manager for power.mbly member amaino introduced a bill that would allow the city to join a joint power authority and also allow certain over-the fence-transaction of electricity to not be regulated. that bill was heard in assembly utilities commerce committee on monday with the vote being picked up at the end of the hearing and moves on to its next committee, which is the local government committee. i understand actually mr. fried was there. i was not. so he may have some additional input for you on that piece of legislations. the second piece is assemblyman bradford's ab 2145. this bill would change the opt-out process that is currently part of the community choice aggregation law and regulatory regime to opt-in process. the bill was not addressed at the hearing on monday. we have not heard if or when chair bradford will be putting it back on the calendar. so that one is lying to the side at this point. >> is there a position the public utilities commission have a position on that or the mayor's office
. >> thank you, commissioners, assistant general manager for power.mbly member amaino introduced a bill that would allow the city to join a joint power authority and also allow certain over-the fence-transaction of electricity to not be regulated. that bill was heard in assembly utilities commerce committee on monday with the vote being picked up at the end of the hearing and moves on to its next committee, which is the local government committee. i understand actually mr. fried was...
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when matter, the largest generation. in just ten years there will make a 75 percent of our work force. if you don't already work with the millennia you will. we sort of refer to them as often influences because there absolutely influencing broke their parents and peers purchasing decisions. our study specifically 74 percent said that they believe they influence the purchasing decision of people around the. like any generation before and after them they are unique. what makes this generation unique, i think paul and harry spoke to this a little bit. they have come of age during pretty tough troubling times. they are an incredibly diverse generation. in fact our most diverse. and really what i think is a mix of traditional and non-traditional values really mean that there are a new kind of consumer. beyond statistics memo we found, this is years of studying them, counseling clients on how to reach and resonate with mullen kneels, we sort of to find them in a lot of ways. they are smart, curious, social, flexible, moral, he
when matter, the largest generation. in just ten years there will make a 75 percent of our work force. if you don't already work with the millennia you will. we sort of refer to them as often influences because there absolutely influencing broke their parents and peers purchasing decisions. our study specifically 74 percent said that they believe they influence the purchasing decision of people around the. like any generation before and after them they are unique. what makes this generation...
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>> as we clearly know today, it's not. >> general motors c.e.o.ary barra tells a house committee the company will find out why it took 10 years to recall cars with faulty parts. >> it's been 11 days since the washington state mud slight devastated the area. officials say the death toll is up to 28, with 20 others still missing. tuesday morning at the us mexico borders hundreds of worshippers rathered for mass, rath lick bishops pushed for reforms. and prayering for those that died crossing the board. >> "consider this" is next, and you can get the latest news online at the website aljazeera.com. >>> an explosive senate report blasts the cia with claims that the agency misled the public for years on enhanced interrogation. also, gm's huge recall shines a light on a completely legal practice that some call a serious conflict of interest that could affect all of us. >>> plus, who holds the keys to the internet? we will meet a member of a very select secret group. >>> how vulnerable is america's food supply to terrorism? i am antonio morrow. welcome t
>> as we clearly know today, it's not. >> general motors c.e.o.ary barra tells a house committee the company will find out why it took 10 years to recall cars with faulty parts. >> it's been 11 days since the washington state mud slight devastated the area. officials say the death toll is up to 28, with 20 others still missing. tuesday morning at the us mexico borders hundreds of worshippers rathered for mass, rath lick bishops pushed for reforms. and prayering for those that...