there are, for example, cost for general administration, variable costs for increases in the city general administration, police, fire, 911, public works, libraries, and we included 20% cost constituency which it cost contingency, on top of the methodology used on shipyard candlestick. in many ways, this is more conservative than that project. that is my very brief summary of the substantial reports and i am more than happy to go into more detail if the of questions. -- if you have more questions. i will move very quickly through facing. -- phasing i believe that commissioner sugaya brought up a review of phasing. in sum, the basic principle of this development agreement is somewhat unique. unlike shipyard candlestick or treasure island, where the city has money and land in the game, where in those cases we had very specific physical phases, geographic areas that are getting developed first, with particular improvements and the land uses and with a clock running on delivery, here where we have no city money and we are ultimately not giving any city land, we don't have any opportunity cost

. $215,000 out of general administration to $164,000 out of media. almost $600,000 out of political operations. and on and on and on. we also have reduced the staff at the rnc almost 40%. i did about 36%, up from 165 down to 107. obviously, those cuts will continue. this is an incredibly austere budget, as was just said by priscilla. it is a floor budget, because we are conservatives, and we wanted to have a bare bones budget, anticipating the worst possible case as far as spending and lower revenue. however, like all conservatives, we plan for the worst and we hope for the best. if we do that as republicans, and as we do that as americans, we know that that is a politically and physically winning strategy, and that is exactly what we did. so i understand the concerns, and i share those concerns. i think all of the 11 members of the budget committee share those concerns. and we made very, very significant cuts to this budget, and we do plan to be out of debt in the strategy is there to do that. but we did make a commitment to win, and when we did, wh

ordinarily, a general plan referrals are administrative in nature. in this case, the matter was taken to the commission for a full discussion and hearing on the item and successfully passed out of that process, so that referral has the commission's review associated with it. i will turn it over to mr. beck did you have any further questions or perhaps want to see more design of what would be existing above the street and below. supervisor mar: thank you. welcome, mr. beck. >> thank you, chairman, supervisors. as a director mentioned, the st. vacations are to facilitate the construction of the new transit center, and we have here a section of the building -- can we come out a little bit? there we go. thank you. this is a section through the center of the building, but it illustrates several components of the transit center design, most notably the rail levels of the transit center. the new transit center, as with the original terminal, will span over first and fremont streets. these rail levels will also extend beneath beale street. extending into the

nonetheless, this has been a target of previous administrations to redirect the general fund. they are going to try to finance transportation operations at the minimum acceptable level, which is a change in attitude in sacramento which is welcomed by transit operators across the state. finally, the last point to make is, that the governor has made proposals that would shore of the general bond plans that are earmarked for transportation. they decided to dedicate truck weight fees, in lieu of the general fund, to pay for general obligation debt service that the state would otherwise have to pay for out of the general fund. that is projected to be as much as $700 million in any one given year. so that was money that we were not counting on. that will now be used to shore up transportation general obligation bonds, which is an important thing in the coming years. commissioner mar: we have a question from commissioner elsbernd. commissioner elsbernd: we have you here, so i went to take advantage of you being in front of us. just to give us a quick primer on what the governor means

the assumption for the rest is a transfer from the general fund, as is allowed by the administrative code. long-term operating and maintenance costs -- we identified none because largely, the properties are transferred, the new landlords would bear responsibility for it. not the landlords, lieutenants, excuse me. finally, on the debt load again, the potential $25 million certificates of for dissipation issuance would increase the city's debt by $25 million. we did get last week the proposed northern waterfront alternative agreement. of course, that was not including the amendments that came forward today. this was as advanced by the port commission at their november 30 hearing. there are differences in what events and what facilities will be used. you have heard much of this already this morning. moving it to the northern waterfront. the properties that are proposed do not require as much repair and improvements to be used. the race timing would be approximately the same. some of the same facilities would be used as in the central waterfront plan, but to a lesser extent and therefore

there are generally things that the zoning administrator also has been approving some variances so we felt that that expedited measure would be appropriate. president miguel: thank you. >> i would be happy to go through any more questions that you have. thank you. president miguel: thank you. public comment? >> tom, executive director of living city. as we said we've been work k hard with your staff to try and make this work. i think actually we've made a terrific amount of progress. to open it up as a city and as a department we've done a lot of work to up grade or street frontage standards. alan jacobs talked about san francisco's mean streak. ben grant's article, i think it's great. i didn't give you the "dead trees" thing. but i think you should read it. the other part is how the buildings meet the streets. you can have lovely streetscaping and landscaping and fancily materials and so on but if the buildings are really harsh and hostile and cold, you're not going have a great street. i think the two ordinances together one that was recommended by the commission in play, that was r

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more about the inspector generals than lawyers in the white house. the sooner the administration figures out that the enemy is the bureaucracy and the wasteful spending, not the other party. the better off we'll be. >> chris: congressman upton, i want to ask you about two big issues that your committee is going to be looking at. energy and commerce. first, healthcare reform. for all the talk about repeal, as long as barack obama is president, can you really block the law? can you really stop what is going to happen between now and 2012? or are you basically going to be holding hearings to point out problems? >> chris, watch what happens. as part of our pledge, we said that we would bring up a vote to repeal healthcare early. that will happen before the president's "state of the union" address. we have 242 republicans, there will be a significant number of democrats, i think that will join us. you will remember when that vote passed in the house. last march. it only passed by seven votes. >> you're not going to repeal it. >> the house is not going to happen in the senate. >> just

generalized data. we are starting with the high school administration. we have the results of the california healthy kids survey. 57% have been bullied, hit, or pushed. >> as you can see from the seventh grade, 35% have been harassed. >> these numbers have been consistent since 1991. >> they hear fag, dyke, or so gay at school. according to students, they do not hear teachers addressed. >> the high school, 6% of heterosexual students report the same that they are skipping school because of lack of safety. >> the next slide -- our teachers can download some of the materials. our colleagues are sent to the school site to already. >> and we have links for the same information as well. >> i am a teacher, and i want to talk about the package that was given out. we want to work with both students and parents. there is also a curriculum that is listed there. their r posters and buttons that were passed out. they passed them out in forms of dvd's. i will show you very briefly. let's get real. this book is for the elementary students. >> i have a copy of that in

budget amendment would be the perfect tool for that, and it would protect future generations for, from this new administration to run rampant. like my fellow voters, like my fellow conservatives in this room i don't see storm clouds and sadness on the horizon. i happen to see some of our greatest days ahead of us. i see a bright, bright future, the future is contingent upon a return to our essential constitutional value and individual freedom. restoring a constitutional limited government will take a massive effort, but our people are more than equal to the task. surely, the people who were willing to die on foreign battlefields in the defense of freedom for others and sheltered complete stranger in the afterhath of storms like katrina that and ike have the heart and the compassion to tackle this with the continued influence of conservative groups like the heritage foundation and bold leaders from our elected class everywhere. we can surely recapture what is great about america. restore this nation to preeminence in the world as a beacon of individual liberty and economic prosperity. and there is no greater c

introduce mr ramsey clark as you all know i know as a former attorney general united states in the sixty's certainly the johnson administration set to go beat leading the defense on the issue of whether international law defenses that we want to offer should be admitted in this case is that this is a or the most important issues in this case. come down to the station. no. because it should such great importance. to our country tend to peace. in iraq you have soldiers accused of violating international law. the geneva convention. and for that matter domestic law for which you can brutalized people under any circumstances under any law. here you have a soldier. who served in iraq. you describe leader. his squad was cleared in. two abuses that were violations of international law. you know they were they were stationed out at the international airport. they were handing detainees but what condit is three cian your man who had no doubt if it cajun have. only code names and they do the actual interrogation. but they order. these young soldiers around on how you handle the detainees when the actual impaired geisha isn't going on. a

general fund. i have also tried to work with both this administration and merely -- tried to work with both the newsom and lee administrations. unless the city is willing to stand up with the forecast as probable legislation if we enact this legislation, that makes people a little concerned that this is not something we can support. i get that. so i just e-mailed the office of the mayor. i appreciate the conversation i have had with him and his staff. we agreed together that what we will do is create a trial program for one year. it will be considerably more robust than the one that has been expressed before. there has been a miniature trial program in san francisco with 10 independent pharmacies that are willing to set up a disposal receptacle program. the reason why it is independent pharmacies is because safeway and walgreen's will not play ball, and yet, they constitute the greatest majority of those retail outlets, point of purchase, where consumers are buying their drugs, but they will not really help us take them back. so i'm insisting that we increase the radius of the trial program, that we d

she will serve as the senior adviser to the attorney general, and she will serve in advance in the new administration's policies and priorities involving local law enforcement, prisons, or prosecuting white- collar crime and enforcing civil rights. clerk calvillo: think you, supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i do not know if my colleagues have had a chance to try out one of the said waves, and looking at the pathways, i have heard a number of concerns of those who use the parks, so my hope is that the meeting is not used as a meeting to bash the segues but issues being put in place after the department has already made their decision. the rest i will submit. thank you. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor mar. mr. president, i think that includes the roll call introductions. president chiu: in order to make our 3:00 meeting, we need to take public comment. what i would suggest is that we take general public comment at this time so we can then move into item 46 and proceed with that conversation, so -- clerk calvillo: mr. president, would you like me to read item 46? president chi

administration. >> when he was in the attorney general's office, she clearly played a role, but it's really a great friend role. >> reporter: a great friend and adviser who was the go-to person in his campaign for governor. but now that brown is back running the state, his wife's role will be anyone's guess. >> i'd like to introduce my husband, the next governor of the state of california, edmond gerald brown, jr. >> hi, jerry brown -- >> jerry brown raised his hand took the same oath to run california 36 years ago. the new governor told the crowd he wants to restore people's faith in government. >> jerry can do things that i don't think anybody else can do, and he started with a no-nonsense speech today. straightforward, i'm not gog lie to you. >> the budget will be painful, but it will be an honest budget. >> he admitted that digging out of the mess would not be easy. some 300,000 people packed the house. some even got a chance to shake his hand. but those who didn't get inside have high hopes for the new governor. >> i voted for jerry brown back in the '70s, and i thought he was a very good gove

he told workers yesterday at a general electric plant in upstate new york that his administration's job is to ensure that businesses can take root and people can find good jobs. that's a tall order. the white house chose the ge plant because it had recently expanded and will play a central role in a trade deal with india. the president is also forming a new council, led by ge's ceo to advise him on the best way to create jobs and stay competitive with other countries. >>> on wall street, the dow jones industrial average has now been in positive territory for eight straight weeks. the dow closed yesterday, up 49 points, closing at 11,871. analysts are watching to see if the dow can keep building on its eight-week streak, now that a seven-week streak for the s&p 500 has just come to an end. among key sectors, industrials, financials, and energy gained this week, while technology stocks slid. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now in texas, where she's already started rehabilitation. doctors say her transfer from tucson to a houston rehab center yesterday was flawless. they say she ha

there is the shift in code enforcement and general revenue out of neighborhood planning into the separate administration, and clerical management. those numbers, if they look different to you is because we have allocated roughly 50% of our clerical management time to work that is embedded in the rest of the program because we have improved our billing system. that concludes my section 4 neighborhood planning. if you have any questions, i am here. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am the acting director of city-wide planning. especially pleased to me commissioner fung today. i look forward to working with you. we have a number of changes from previous years. there are some on the table that you are looking at now, i will go through each of the program separately. regarding the general plan, with the completion and adoption of a number of planning elements, the housing element, but recreation and open space element, and the community safety element. that allows the focus on new general planning efforts. the proposed major effort is the update to the urban design element, and beginning discussion to star

the home affordable mortgage program, the special inspector general has called it a failure. even by the obama administration's our original measurement of helping homeowners get resolved and stay in their homes, it has fallen far short only helping about 500,000 people. it has been good for those 500,000 people. there have been over 700,000 who have gone into the program and have been hurt by it. they are worse off than if the program never existed. that is one example of a major failure in the tarp program. secondly, some of the decisions within tarp, for instance, the new creation of the small business lending program. in essence, it will buy small banks out of tarp and take them into a separate program. by the design of this, the special inspector general believes it is simply a way to buy them out of tarp and tarp oversight so they can go and die somewhere else and it is not on the tarp books. that is one example of the intent of congress to get small business lending going to small banks that, by its design, is fundamentally flawed. we have concern and we need oversight of that. there is so much going on

general reasons. both administrations see benefit from positive engagement in various areas. second, both administrations see that the two powers have become so interdependent that emphasizing the negatives in the relationship will heard the other side and also hurt them. both leaderships are preoccupied with a long list of urgent domestic and foreign priorities. in this situation, one of the last things they would seek is a serious confrontation in relations with one another. thank you for your attention. i look forward to respond to your questions. >> thanks to an excellent set of panelists. i will be recognizing members 45 minutes of questions and answers in order of seniority for those who were in their seats when the gavel fell and in order of arrival for those who arrived after the briefing began. i would like to yield my five minutes for questions and answers to congresswoman circle of new york. the congress woman is recognized for five minute. >> i will direct my question to larry wortzel. if anyone else would like to comment i would welcome the answer. thank you for

, for nearly eight months, the minority filibustered confirmation of martha johnson as administrator of the general services administration, certainly a relatively noncontroversial position. she was ultimately confirmed 96-0. so what was that filibuster all about? for nearly nine months, the minority filibustered barbara keenan to the fourth circuit court of appeals. she was ultimately confirmed 99-0. what was that filibuster all about? again, to quote norm ornstein. quote -- "the senate has taken the term 'deliberative' to a new level, slowing not just contentious legislation but also bills that have overwhelming support." now, secondly, mr. president, a filibuster -- the filibuster has increasingly been used to prevent consideration of bills and nominees. rather than to serve to ensure that the representation of minority views and to foster debate and deliberation by filibustering motions to proceed, the minority has been allowed to prevent debate and prevent deliberation. the filibuster has been used to defeat bills and nominees without their ever seeing a discussion here on the floor of the sen

administration. and i would think -- i think that his -- he and his national security group generally speaking had a fairly good sense that al qaeda was a big problem. now, going to the bush administration, george w. bush, they come out of this history not looking at all good, particularly in the preamble to 9-11. they were preoccupied by iraq, by anti-ballistic missile defense which does nothing to stop terrorists and received a lot of warning about al qaeda as a threat. george w. bush took the longest parfittal vacation in three decades during the summer of 2001 despite all this information in the system that something was going to happen. condoleezza rice claimed that the administration was a battle station during this period but there's almost nothing to substantiate that. and they were enormously surprised on 9-11. they overreacted in many ways. some of the more egregious overreactions were corrected over time whether it was the coercive interrogation of detainees. the biggest overreaction of course was the invasion of iraq which would deserve a whole other discussion because it's such a large i