this is exciting to expand the program to other much-needed areas within the city and of the groups working on the related proposals at the western soma task force and i hope to see both itch implemented. and residential larger than 50 units and office development of 50,000 square feet and pedestrian levels design and ability. and follows san francisco planning code and products be applied toward the inclusion of publicly displayed art work. and for new developments, 150 thousands square feet and should be set aside for dedicated arts uses as defined in the zoning code and 1% of total construction costs may be made to the neighborhood benefits project for arts-related spaces or public realm improvement. and just to show you there are other areas and groups considering expansion pangs of related ideas and to move forward on the citywide or eastern neighborhood basis. and i am concerned with the report that public art performance will be best enhanced by returning funding and the hotel fund redirected to the general fund and we have the funding there as the city would spend the money. so plea

the working group has poured a ton of hours and time in this, myself and 15 other individuals. i think in thinking of the future, we really want this to be a true partnership and an ongoing training that happens each month. and a couple of core things i think we'll have to look at and really get some support on is getting sustained resources for this and sustained funding. it doesn't have to be a lot but when you have a bunch of us -- the department and individuals on our own time doing it, it's a lot. so i guess one really crucial component after we have the initial class is identifying those resources for administrative support. it's quite a bit of administration and trying to coordinate trainers, guest speakers, 15-20 people and without training funds for individuals, it wakes me up at night a bit worrying what if somebody doesn't show up so the financial incentives for trainers can keep them invested and keep them going on in the future. so i think with that being said, i'm excited about where we're at in getting this class going and just a few short weeks and having the de

one was a public in richmond fund that several groups work done in 2004 where we dedicated a set aside a city funding to go to our public schools. we set aside money and we have to give it out every year to the school district. for me, it has been great. i am glad we have a set aside for our schools, and it has been able to help cover some of the impact that have happened on the state level. the sec and was something back -- actually, both measures were put out by at the time supervisor tom ammiano, which is a rainy day fund. we had a time where san francisco was doing incredibly well. we had set aside a rainy day fund that has been used both by the city and county of san francisco and our school district. we have been able to weather the storm i think better than other counties and cities have. i do not know how much longer we will be able to continue doing that. at some point, that money is going to run out. >> any more questions? i want to again thank -- oh, sorry. >> hello. just curious, sort of, what is happening in san francisco with regards to policies to cope with the homeless

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it's really difficult as somebody who's part of the direct action working group who oversaw participants oversaw a lot of the actions that happened over the course of the night to figure out where these lines between legal and illegal are i mean you know we saw the police continuing to protect i mean with riot cops around the park with barricades even when this injunction had been filed and we watched a lot of the contents of the technology throughout the night so on the ground it's it's hard to say what exactly this is really going to ultimately do given that this action felt like it was illegal in the first place is there a sense that protesters are going to comply with this order and knocking. the cot apart anymore or do you think there's going to be resistance. there there is definitely. i mean we're going to see some resistance from the police and new york city but are interested in liberating space and creating these opening up sort of spaces in which people can go. with the things that they really care about and the things they want to see change and so we have a lot of us to dete

sort of a few groups working on a few things and we have. to spaces but we're really just concerned with securing war. and i think i mean it looks like people are most excited about security and it's it's really hard for me to say just being one voice in this world . and that was occupy wall street organizer and her husband. and many young protesters occupying wall street are students many of them saddled by an unknown armisen out of student that sit in that has exceeded one trillion dollars in the united states that's more than the nation's credit card that meanwhile unemployment among college graduates is at an all time high that's all makes for a recipe for thousands of i'm happy educating young people other people their frustration to the streets are the correspondent marina par and i a takes a look at the massive problem of student debt in the nation. this image of twenty three year old staff great speaks to the widespread debt at the demick among american college graduates desperate to find work right now i can't even get a job cleanin

at the same time, there's literally dozens of working groups, working on all sorts of different issueshat they are doing. for one example, there's a labor working group that's getting -- that's helping some unions in new york city and different labor disputes. there's dozens of examples like that. it's really a base. >> we've seen how it's spread across the country as well. and over the pond as well. >> right. and, i mean, there's a media working group that does a live stream of everything that's happening here. it's really sort of a base of operations where a lot of different things can happen. >> justin elliott, salon.com, appreciate your time, sir. more from zuccotti park right after this. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 there are atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and the most dreaded fees of all, hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, you won't pay fees on top of fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no monthly account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and we rebate every atm f

again, our ribble work as hard as we can to gain consensus among all of the neighborhood groups to build it in block 203. that is our intention. we do not want to have the frustration of not being able to build it at all if that does not work. again, thank you. we urge you to adopt this. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker, please. >> [inaudible] supervisor mar: actually, it is not timely for you to make that, but you can pass it on and have me take a look at it. >> [inaudible] supervisor mar: it actually permits the development of the playground anywhere, in either lot 202 or 203. it does not specify one way or the other. ok? next speaker. supervisor mar: i am the chair person of the parent committee over it the infinitely complex in san francisco. i am here to give support to the development of the playground structure over at the sue bierman park on behalf of the parents that the insanity and many of the other residents were not parents. we have had a children's fare in july at the complex, and we had well over 50 + people come in support of the waterfront playground and to provid

little or otherwise this is one cause of the deep crisis we're going through increases with the group working. according to european statistics land for that is the poorest country in the european union today. as local nationalist looks and claim russian speaking nonresidents people are leaving the country in large numbers in search of a better life. clashes population has shrunk down more than fifteen percent since independence according to latvia's foreign policy institute each year some twelve thousand people leave the country for good. the u.k. is their most popular destination. the british filmmaker cameron north described the problem in his documentary. in the philippines come clear cut. first the one of reasons is that economy left. in life not as much as a plant good living partly because the nationals i'm. mad about nash's i'm more of them getting economy now the reason is that they've got a very good social riots in the u.k. . it's now been twenty years since latvia geve sovereignty. but still independence day its most celebrated holiday and the freedom monument its main national ic

teamwork and leadership we try to do as much project learning- group work. with school choice, the best school gets the students. we can compete. >> reporter: but to others, choice, even among good schools is not enough. >> we don't need a common education in america anymore. that's the underlining thought. you can go off to your own selective religious group and the state will support you. i'm troubled by this. we're going to have people who don't know each other. it's just that simple. if we don't provide quality educational opportunities, regardless of where they come from, to all of our children, i believe we're going to see a greater separation in the long term. we're going to see the erosion of the middle-class. >> reporter: who benefits from choice? certainly it gives some students options and opportunities. but for others who require special services, and for those who haven't been successful in school, the options, it appears, are limited. and until that problem is addressed, choice in indiana is likely to be a partial solution. >> woodruff: now, mo

several different groups are working on the stem coal concept.ore research came out this month in the medical journal. >>> you get migraine headaches? know somebody who does? you know how debilitating they can be. there is now a small electrical device offering relief to people who have tried everything else. it is part of our series this week on stopping the pain. ron started getting migraine headaches in his 20s. the pain became unbearable. >> two days a week i would be in bed. wouldn't be able to listen to anything, wouldn't be able to see anything. >> reporter: but now he is back, running the family business and pain-free because of this tiny electronic stimulator. the battery powered device, kind of like a pacemaker, is implanted under the skin. two wires run to the back of his neck, sending signals through his skull to the nerves in his brain, turning off the migraine before it starts. he is one of dozens of severe sufferers who tried the device in a clinical trial. dr. steven silverstein says the results are encouraging. >> people had no l

occupy wall street or occupy to lead in ohio or occupy austin in texas but there are hundreds of groups working on issues from hoping people with foreclosure and mortgages to hoping students with their loans these groups are now being super charged by the new environment and we also need people to run for office and there are candidates now like a lizard with warren a woman running for the senate in massachusetts where tammy baldwin a woman running for the senate in wisconsin these are women who represent the ideas of occupy wall street so it will carry on in different ways so i think it can turn into a real poll for political movement you think of the civil rights movement in the sixty's it helped bring about the voting rights act the labor movement made franklin delano roosevelt a more radical president and the new deal something that was of greater help to people than it might otherwise have been the environmental movement all of these movements have brought about the transformational change that president obama spoke of but you cannot expect one man one woman one leader to do without the su

>> part of our approaches been to work with groups when possible to address some of those maintenanceeeds. we have now had support philanthropic league for pardoning time and rec center time. we continue to work on that. at the end of the day, the city needs to make a decision that it will invest public dollars in maintaining its open spaces, like supervisor wiener talked about. yes, rec and park has taken it on the chin over the last many years. having parents step up and say, you know what, we're willing to sacrifice our free time and take days off from work and raise money and organize to build this playground, i think we owe them a level of public investment that allows us to maintain our public spaces in a way that keeps them clean, safe, and functional. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> it is my understanding that the demographics are increasing. we should look at that little planning so that parks are where a lot of the families are. as one of the 11 supervisors, i am appreciative that our general manager and rec and park and president chiu are being responsive to the families in

back in sierra leone, clinics scramble to treat the children who are diagnosed like aid groups work toies on prevention. >> we work with the government, and millions of vaccines have been distributed. >> while the efforts may pay off, people are hoping sierra leone will join the growing list of countries that have eradicated ma layer yeah. >> aby news is partner with the challenge. it's to develop millions of americans with millions of moms in effect change. learn how you can make a difference. go to abc7 news.com. don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> a couple pace more than $60,000 for long-term care insurance, and when they need it it doesn't pay until i get involved. 7 on your side is coming up. the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the other guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. >> if you or your loved one are having problems getting care, turn. >> the last time we saw beverly, she was fight to go get her long-te

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robert feel will be back in court next month and hopes of finally getting the conviction vacated >>groups workingof wisconsin are expected to launch a petition drive tomorrow. the push to recall gov. scott walker was sparked by passage of a law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees in wisconsin there were weeks of protests that drew thousands of people to the state capitol in madison democrats of been working with union leaders on the recall effort the need to gather 540,000 petition signatures by january 17th to force a recall election >>an investigation by cranes chicago business says that illinois house speaker mike madigan cost taxpayers half a billion dollars. crane's suggests that madigan intentionally blocked five bills that would allow mccormick place to refinance its debt at lower rates because he wanted to punish the expo center's chief executive officer for firing a madigan allied madigan is office says that is real motivation was to prevent mccormick place from becoming another fund-raising tool for rod blagojevich. >>billionaire investor sam zell is r

it reflects over a decade of team work by our group of volunteers, working with the san francisco puc. the chart shows about a 70% increase in the water level, and symbolizes over a thousand volunteer hours by each of us in order to help save like mars said. we continue our commitment to lake merced because we believe in improving quality of life activities in san francisco, especially recreational activities. i want to thank the staff for working with us for over a decade on many complex issues facing lake merced. however, our work is not over yet. you will learn that during this hearing. the board of supervisors recognized that there was support to consolidate management at lake merced in one place in order to achieve accountability. the puc made a commitment to manage the watershed, and also made a commitment to allocate the necessary resources to do so. the resolution urged the puc and rec and park to work together to modify the old 1950 resolution that delegated vague recreational responsibilities to rec and park. it was the vague language in the 1950 resolution that set the stag

the highest journalism award in australia known as the walkley award and the panel described the group's work as a courageous and controversial commitment to the finest traditions of journalism justice through transparency when you look at the way the weaker leaks is treated here in the u.s. by officials and media organizations alike it's a very different picture so a year later let's ask how we queue leaks has helped change the world and why a play such a divisive role or discuss this with me is kevin zeese an organizer of occupy washington d.c. co-director of it's our economy and co-chair of cumhal america he also serves on the steering committee of the bradley manning support network kevin thanks so much for being here we're more titles going to voice back. from being outside so long well that's not going to who are you know when you are committed to protesting all the time and getting your voice heard can you believe that it's been or that it's only been a year since the state department cables have been released i don't know i feel like so much has happened in the world so much has happe

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we have working groups now addressing areas of concern between the two offices. it is a work in progress. the relationship for many years has not been good, but i have to say that they are much better today than they have been in the past, and we will continue to work on it to make sure we reach a level of civility. within a few offices, it makes a difference for the people we serve. >> the relationship between the two offices? >> it is a crucial relationship, and it needs to be a productive and collaborative relationship. when you are in the courtroom, you are opposing counsel, but outside, we have the same goal -- to make san francisco state for, the people coming through our courts turn their lives around once the prosecution is over. i think we need to create an environment where we can work together. i in turn in the public defender's office juvenile division for patty, who has been a longtime managing director there. i have seen it from that side, and i think we need to have a collaborative relationship, and it has not been that way in the past. i will say t

"yes, they work with that group of students before we started this bunning effort and we developed some policy ideas. we talked about the direction we are heading. these are the policy recommendations and we have not had any conflicts to date. we are heading in the same direction. >> i would be curious to see what they're thinking. >> we would forward it to you, if you like. >> that would be great. this was something that we really did embrace the idea of office use and kind of where you are going with it. we have been involved with so many other issues. >> i was one of the speakers on the walking tours. >> finally, the u.s. commission, do you remember what some of those priorities work -- were? >> they did not have any pointed comments. >> i went to the hearing. i'm just trying to build the relationship. we don't hear enough about this in the planning process. here is what we're thinking and we will see what their reaction is. >> some of these other buildings are worth saving. >> this is for the house and balance. i would like to address that from the get go. this is not as gentrifying

another intermediary group that works with nonprofits. once again, the bay area is just an incubator, just so important in terms of this whole concept. i also wanted to mention a lot of the work that's done in the private sector. michael cummings. i worked with him when i was with fritz institute. he has gone to fema. that's an important effort that fema has undertaken. something that the deputy administrator was talking about. i think the state should bring somebody in there as well. [laughter] yeah, right. i have toe say here in the state we are lucky to have the california resiliencey law and peter who has done a lot of incredible work with the private sector. so once again, so many good ideas, so many things have happened here. just remarkable. state of the art. now, the work that you have to do, we have some questions. my colleague prepared some questions. we don't have a lot of time. we have one mike there in the center, and we had way too many questions. we have 15 minutes or so. but i think maybe the best question to ask, jim, is