i'm vera hale and i'm a member of the advisory council to the department of aging and adult services. and some of us became very concerned when we read that you were considering at some point eliminating age-based discounts. now we think the senior discount is very important and should be larger, but one of the things that we need to keep in mind is that if you do eliminate it, it would be a disaster for seniors. seniors, there are 155,000 seniors in san francisco. that is 19.2% of the population. and it's growing. as you know, baby-boomers are increasing. the older americans act considers people who are 60 to be seniors. and there are 44 nutrition sites in the city and about 2,000 people go everyday -- not everyday, but go to these 44 sites and most of them go on muni and sometimes they go on one, two or three buses. to start segregating people when they are not segregated at meal sites based on their income would create big problems. people have developed social relations, in a time when few social relations are there for older people. and to tear those up by saying, no you can't, t

first is barbara hale. >> thank you mr. chairman. barbara hale assistant general manager for power at sfpuc so i wanted to update you on three items, our overall clean timeline, our recent activities at the public utilities commission and activities at the california public utilities commission so with respect to the time line. at this point we're on track. by this date we should have completed presentations at our commission on the presentation by local power on their proposed business case and financial deliverables, and have presented before the commission materials to start to get them familiar with the not to exceed rate proposal which we have been discussing with the board. those activities went forward on tuesday and i will talk about that and we might see slippage with individual elements but even with they am seeing cleanpower sf given to the customers as our published calendar projected the slippage is in part because we're still getting the rate fairness board comfortable with the not to exceed rates with how the mix of re

barbara hale. >> barbara hale, assistance general manager for power. thank you for your enthusiasias for the concept. as you know the commission adopted for the green test bed. the board granted that plan. we have concepts on the green test bed. and that's what is summarized in the memo provided to you. we are testing a light weight solar system because we have the system and invertor and capacity. we tested that technology on the roof of musconnie. the firm we are working with allowed us to see what are the business relationships we need to implement on more broad scale green test bed. this is the first effort of proof of concept. it dovetails with the mayor's office of innovation and economic development. we are partnering with them to look at other areas to have innovative clean-tech ideas in the energy sector. the mayor's office of course is looking more broadly than that. our green test bed provides a nice sector. and a list of accomplishments under that umbrella of innovative deployments here in san francisco. that the mayor's office has initiate

thank you, i am barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. updates item four i just wanted to remind you in your packets is a detailed timeline for implementation of our cca program. we also are in working constructively with lafco in their advisory role to the board in implementation our cca program we are operating under a memorandum of understanding with lafco that describes the roles and responsibilities of our respective staff and we expect that as we get to actual program launch we will come back to you with a new mou that describes our ongoing relationship at the time. the mou we're operating under this point is expired but i think we're both comfortable to serve those roles until the program takes better shape and we can then revisit roles and responds with that information in hand. then the other item i wanted to make mention of by way of update is some of our activities at the california public utilities commission. we did go forward with the filing of our revised implementation agreement, implementation plan at the california publi

this building, once it's opened will be named the vera hale building. for over 20 years vera has been a tireless advocate around senior issues, around economic security issues. she has worked at curry senior center and i have a list of the boards and commissions she has served on. i will read them to you because it's a longer list i heard many in my life. advisory council to aging and adult services, the mayor's long-term care coordinating council, the san francisco interim support task force and coalition of agencies serve the elders, and i'm sure will there are a hundred other that vera sat on. the list of things that she has worked on goes on and on. to me vera symbolized what san francisco is about. her work and the community she fought so tirelessly for and on top of the dining hall, this corner will forever be st. anthony's dining hall, but the same piece that is mercy housing will be known as vera hale housing. [ applause ] so close. i have a long list. i'm on page 3 there is only seven more. [ laughter ] i'm kidding. i'm kidding. it does seem th

. >> thank you, miss hale, appreciate that. >> we hope you will not consider that. >> thank you. >> good afternoon again directors charles rathborn on behalf of luxor cab. i would like to submit our complaint against uber. uber is installing their own dispatch equipment in our cabs without our permission. the equipment consists of a smartphone modified to acts a dispatch terminal. the terminal serves only uber's customers and not the general public. you cannot for instance order a cab using uber's equipment. but the unlicensed dispatch firms do not. unlicensed companies undermine our ability to respond to service requests through our own already strained dispatch service to the extent that our drivers are working with the unlicensed dispatch, they are unavailable to respond to service requests made through our own licensed dispatch. is the operation safe? does the device cause more driver distraction than already exists of a complex work environment of a taxi cab? what about the fare? we know that uber always charges more than the meters fare. however, their transactions are totally invi

i mean, come on, hale... i comply with everything the officers have asked me to do.'ve been in here. i ain't been kicking on no doors. i ain't been causing no ruckus or nothing. >> sign right there and right there. >> [ sighs ] that's just bull[bleep] man. lose all the way around. lose my money, lose my commissary, and lose my privileges. >> you want to sign that? >> that don't even make sense, man. you know me. collins, that don't even make sense. >> all right, let me explain something to you real quick, all right? i ain't got nothing to do with this, but i'm just witnessing this. however [clears throat] you know what this started from. >> dude's trying to steal my [bleep] >> what's it originally started from? it started from putting money on an account illegally. >> i ain't know nothing about that was illegal. >> no, man. >> come on! i ain't never had a problem with my account. >> all right, let me ask you something. >> i ain't never had a problem with my account. >> if you didn't know nothing was wrong with it, then why did you have to put it on somebody else's ac

i would beat the crap out of you like that. >> i've been waiting for this to happen to andrew hale.s like it's going to happen every time he pulls one of his pranks. >> we're doing a prank, dude. >> that's so perfect, dude. >> oh, my gosh. >> that was amazing, dude new york city one has ever done that before. >> they showed it to him and they go on to explain, you're the first person who has ever had this kind of reaction. the guy thinks it's funny. >> he still gets lucky. this guy finds it funny. the guy two seconds ago was about to kill him over a cell phone. he was able to communicate this was just a joke right before the dude gave him the old knuckle sandwich. but andrew said the whole experience was pretty scary. >> dude, i'm, no, kidding, dude. >>> what's the most annoying thing about bike riding? >> you can't look cool in a helmet. saddle sores. >> no, the most annoying thing about riding a bike is having to lock it up when you stop to get ice scream or a cocktail or whatever. well problem solved by this guy. >> i'm adrian and this is the interlock. most bike locks suck. i de

>> unfortunately there is a shift that bob hale used? basically a large and certainly that looks like a good prediction in august 2001 so that is a very dangerous thing for it does seem we need to strengthen the maritime capability not to contain china but the goal is to sustain that it has not been pacific the had a huge interest to keep it that way. and as silly as it may seem the both are bad choices. but to raise a different question with prediction i believe it was the case when cheney went with confirmation hearings i'm not nominated in this secretary of defense but joking aside if we think capability is not needed in the near term cut to talk about readiness that is important and in this constrained environment to focus feet expense of further and if i have my bias i would lean toward the long term. >> to areas to mention one specific modernization of weaponry we do need a reliable nuclear force that is that parity with russia but we don't need to modernize all three lakes they need to be refurbished and stay reliable and safe but

we just heard bob hale. we got a two month reprieve, keeping this among be not top of the list for the most unstable budgetary decision making periods ever. especially when les -- when there's no big surprise in terms of military operations, at least not at the moment. in other words, the afghanistan conflict is ongoing, but it's in its 11th year, and the pentagon has not met a lot of opposition for request for funds there. president obama may soon decide on a faster downsizing of troops, but the $88 million requested for overseas contingency operations in 2013 is relatively noncontroversial. so let me just talk about a couple of numbers, and i'm going to try to get a couple of them on the table in framing the broader strategic dialogue we're about to have. that 88 billion, which is about half of where we were, needs to be added to about 550 billion in the base budget. the base budget for the department of defense plus the nuclear weapons activities of the department of energy is about $550 billion in 2013 a

hale. may be you can address this somewhat briefly because we want to move on from this item and can you tell us and especially our last co commissioners proposition about the h bonds? it's a long question for a short answer but how are you proposing to pay for the local build out. >> we plops that h bonds be used for potentially the whole build out consisting of two major categorize of bonds one being taxable bonds and those would be for private benefit on commercial buildings but then, tax exempt bonds for p uc owned generator and is that would include the wind farm and other large generation in the city and

. >> [bleep] >> narrator: both beavers and mitchell will soon meet with disciplinary officer hale, who will determine how much time they will each get in segregation -- a solitary-confinement unit where among other things, they're locked in their cells 23 hours per day. >> they're not allowed visits. they're not allowed to go to the gym. they're not allowed to have books. the only thing they can have is legal material that pertains to their case. >> narrator: most inmates don't like to fight, but some relish violence. >> i love to fight. excuse my french [bleep] i want to fight. [ laughs ] >> are you good at it? >> fighting? i ain't never been beat. they call me the white tyson. >> narrator: brian voltz is currently serving six months for an act of violence, though the victim was anything but a heavyweight. he admits an argument with the mother of one of his sons got out of hand, but denies injuring her. still, he pled guilty to domestic abuse and returned to louisville metro once again. >> 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19 times he's been in jail. you can pretty much say he's grown u

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we are honored to have robert hale here to give the keynote address to begin things. just a quick note on the agenda, after bob has spoken, i will come up and we can have some questions again, thank you all for being here. let me say a brief word about bob

. >> barbara hale assistant general manage for power thank you members for did he go 98ing this time for local power i think and they are here to present to you their business case and financial deliverless at this point and their principal will be making the presentation. we have ten minutes allot it had for this presentation. >> thank you plaintiffs perhaps miscommunication and we prepared a 30-minute powerpoint. >> i think the first 17 slides are more than enough information for us. >> this is samuel golding our project manager. >> we will have to skip through some of the slides in order to meet your time requirement. >> yes, my name is paul from local power incorporated, we have been working here in the city since 197, i know, as i really, commissioner moran, you have upthe general manager when i started working here on c c a and the city is also involved in the proposition h bond authority in 2,000 one and the 2004 c c a ordinance followed by the c c a complement plan of 2,007 and the work that we are doing now four for which we are grateful is the culmination of that workers. v

we heard bob hale wrestling with these unnatural questions. we have a 2-month reprieve keeping this among, if not topple the list for the most unstable budgetary decision making ever, especially when there is no big surprise in terms of military operations at the moment. the afghanistan conflict is ongoing, but in its 11th year. the pentagon has not been a lot of opposition over its request for funds. we don't know exactly how many funds will be needed because president obama mesa in the size of a faster downsizing, but the 88 billion requested for overseas contingency operations in 2013 is a relatively noncontroversial part of this whole thing. let me talk a lot couple of numbers, and i want to try to get a couple of them on the table in answer to your question, from in the broader strategic dialogue we're about to have. that 88 billion which is about half where we work needs to be added to about 550 billion. about 550 billion with in 2013 according to a defense authorization bill which was passed by congress, so we do have the defense author

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hale for your presentation. thank you very much and i really appreciate the work that has been put together in developing the framework for outreach. i actually really believe that we need to move forward quickly as a city. i want to make sure we're successful in the program. while we don't have all the details of the early notification and education plan there, the framework is clear and i think it's a good starting point to move forward for the city and i believe that while we have had comments about talking about caution i think they're well meaning how to have a successful program but i think the success of the program is that we roll out quickly with the notification and the education plan. that's going to be most meaningful. i also want to make sure that we're really clear that the effort is really working in the deep green areas first and foremost where we know a particular target audience is for the message and we know how to craft that message for them as well. i think that is going to be significant. w

>> the puc is here and barbara hale could speak to that. but in terms of bringing us on as a customer, they are able to further utilize the amount -- to sell on the retail market additional energy that they would otherwise would be surplus and selling on the whole sale market. >> do they make the money back? >> they make the money back. >> thank you. that is all i need. >> director reiskin? >> just a comment, as the chair said, first of all, a very good and comprehensive report. so i appreciate that. and i also think as the transbay terminal itself is enabling a sustainability form of transportation and brings a very big environmental benefit to the region, i think it's very appropriate that we would be powering it with clean hetch hetchy power. so i commend the puc for an innovative and aggressive proposal and i think this is a win-win and good for the puc and it's good for the project and it's good for the city. so i think i'm happy to see the recommendation. thank you. >> i will just concur with director reiskin. and i think over the las

. >> hale to the redskins. >> reporter: washington can hardly contain its excitement. >> rgiii, i mean, the guy is phenomenal. >> rgiii. >> rgiii. >> rgiii. >> reporter: fueled by a thrilling redskins victory, the factory is cranking out thousands of t-shirts e-mail blazed with the words the beast in the east, champions 2012. >> it's fabulous to see the burgundy and gold and making the catches and making the plays and the hits and the interceptions and it's just -- i mean it's the best. >> reporter: in a city better known for its bonks than its wins, its bureau ras than -- bureaucracy than its blitz, washington has become a hometown sports town. >> reporter: hard to believe in 2004 washington didn't have a baseball team. now with young talent the nats clenched the best record in major league baseball. >> they surprised everybody. they did. they took it to the playoffs and i wasn't expecting that one at all. >> scores. >> reporter: washington capitals have its die hard fans too, even as the team remains benched because of the nhl lockout. there's even reason for optimism for that other

gun rights groups are haling the move as victory for the second amendment and letters are headed to therbett asking him to allow the show to go on without the event organizer and one without weapons bans. no word this morning on whether the move is gain anything traction. >>> five things to know on this friday morning. vice president joe biden heads to richmond virginia to selling the gun policy agenda and is expected to speak at commonwealth university along with experts. >>> and mitt romney is attending a luncheon at wj marriott in dchis former running mate is expected to be there. >>> it's tim geithner's last day of treasury secretary. he is stepping down after serving in that position since 2009. the president has nominated his current chief of staff to replace him. >>> senator cardin is talking about economic development and energy at a breakfast in annapolis. he will pay a visit to the general assembly and chat with lawmakers. >>> the march for life rally in washington, d.c. today coincides with the 40th anniversary of roe versus wade. the decision to legalize abortion. former rep

. >> the next item is cleanpowersf update, barbara hale. >> good afternoon, commissioners, in your packet was a revised timeline for our cca program. let me highlight the changes from the last time we met. today will be activity under item 11. on our communications contract. we also have the rate fairness board scheduled this friday to consider our rates and possible preparation of a recommendation to the commission. they also have invited the local power folks, consultants, to come and make a presentation on what they are finding. we are on january 22, scheduling a presentation on the financial deliverables that local power has prepared for us. and then finally, the anticipated consideration of the noble contract in december has been postponed until june. given the fact that we are now incorporating the customer notification plan and education period. we don't need to bring that to you until that later date. those the changes to the timeline. the next activity, with the turn the calendar year, pg & e rates will change. that means when we talk about the premium that is represented over th