donald harvey wanted to play god.ut he was still trying to convince me he was motivated by compassion. >> if i was laying -- okay, look at you today, you weighed 90 pounds a year from now and you don't know nothing, do you still want to be hanging on? >> good question. because in 1983 on a case, i was in a coma for a week. i collapsed and as far as they knew, i had no brain wave activity, my digestive system shut down. i felt tremendous pain. i'm pretty sure harvey would have had no problem taking me out. what if the tables were turned? would you like somebody to treat you like yourself? >> if they wanted to come and go ahead. don't get caught. damn, don't get caught. them little cells and bathrooms you live in ain't all that. >> harvey worked pretty hard to convince me he was a mercy killer. there are plenty of cases where he was anything but merciful. but they weren't all mercy? >> no, they weren't all. >> all mercies? >> first death occurred 18 years of age with you. can you tell me about that, how that happened? >

steve harvey joins me now. that's some book record you have. >> amazing. >> 64 weeks on "the new york times" best sellers. >> crazy. i didn't really see that coming. >> don't take this personally. i'm a big fan of all your work but why have you become such a popular adviser guru relationship adviser? >> well, to be honest with you, man, that's really not what i am, you know. i wrote these books -- the only thing i really know about is how men think. that's my expertise is how men think. people took the book and they got to put a label on you. they started saying he's a relationship expert. he's a love guru. hey, man, let me tell you the truth. if i understood women and could write that book, i would be a billionaire. i really would. >> obviously you say you've been positioned as the guy that understands how men think. why do you think you represent men? there must be lots of men who don't think like you. >> well, see, when it comes to certain things like love, commitment, sex, guys pretty much think the same wa

we look across this beautiful building and see the statue of harvey milk. it is important to remember why people like harvey gave their lives. we have come a long way. but we still have some ways to go. it is not just that we have some ways to go outside of san francisco. we still fighting for equality in san francisco -- california. we're fighting for equality at the federal level and across the country. even within san francisco and the lgbt committee, there are issues we need to address. we have high unemployment within our transgendered community. it is important to recommit ourselves to the struggle. the struggle continues. it is important that we do that throughout the year. i want to thank my colleagues on the board of supervisors. i want to thank the entire elected family of the city and county san francisco. i see the city attorney's office. i also want to thank neamayor lee. you have demonstrated you do care about the entirety of san francisco and are committed to making sure the choices made in san francisco in the government reflect the values o

, i'm harvey hacker speaking for joe harney. my concern has been to attempt to interpret for joe planning code section 134-e-1-b. which says the proposed new or expanding structure will not significantly impede the access of light and air to and views from adjacent properties. this is -- the notion here is that special permission is being asked to violate a required rear yard setback and this is the standard that needs to be met for that. i'm going to put up on the viewer a couple of pairs of photographs. the first one shows a view from the window of one of the apartments in joe harney's building. and the sticks you see are the story poles erected by the project sponsor. this picture just fills in the gaps. and showings the effect on what the tenants would see when they look out the window. i should point out this particular version of the picture is based upon a version of a proposed modification that the project sponsor submitted which reduced the extent of the overhang by 18 inches. i'm not sure that that's actually the propo

supervisor weiner: you mentioned -- the harvey milk club? debate as an organization decide to support his nomination? >>right -- nclr -- >> that was a couple years ago. supervisor wiener: but they have not endorsed him as the candidate for this position? >> not that i am aware of, no. >> i am a san francisco resident, and i've worked for a number of community-based organizations. i have known dated for eight years. initially -- through our legal work. our work has given us an extensive contact with communities interacting with law-enforcement, specifically used, drug users, sex workers. i have also called sfpd on multiple occasions to intervene in conflicts. so i know that david's integrity specifically -- he does appreciate the complexity of the work, but i think that is balanced with deep empathy for the various communities that to come into contact with law- enforcement. and i think that will enhance the efforts of the commission to foster accountability, which i think we know is necessary for san francisco to stand behind its police depa

harvey rose in advance. [laughter] because i know that our cooperation will be integral to continuing the good cooperation we have had with the board of supervisors, and to make sure we make adjustments accordingly and to make sure we have a continued effort to have a balanced budget. thank you for your continued cooperation. [applause] i want to thank the great parents of our kids. as we look forward to making sure that our budget is not only balanced but continues to reflect the values of the city, the futures of the city. i have enjoyed working with you on this budget, and as we have met individually, we have the future of the city our hands, and i will continue enjoying working with you to make sure that that future is bright, that we have a great foundation for this, and that we keep the city family type. to all the apartments, thank you again for working with me. to all of the elected officials for all of your support, and to the audience and members of the public, i never grew tired of all these budge

and now the project closeouts fabbed i can ask harvey to figure out that last component. thank you. i don't believe that we'll be requiring you to come next week. thank you. ok. next department, board of supervisors. ms. calvillo. >> madam chairs, members of the budget and finance committee. angela calvillo the clerk of the board. as you recall in january, the committee directed me to repair a budget that provide for the five core functions in the budget, to maintain records both curn and historical to provide access to the record to the public, provide for the administration and operations necessary. to support the board and its official duty including legislative and analyst services. in addition the board has described other responsibilities to our department which require budgetary and administrative resources such as the assessment appeals board, the youth commission, the sunshine ordinance task force, and the clerking of the revenue bond oversight committee. please neat while the proposed budget necessary states necessary funds resources for these core service area, we have re

. >> donald harvey, a hospital care giver with a deadly secret. >> do you consider yourself a society yo path. >> that's what most consider me. >> what do you think? >> i have been rehabilitated. i'm ready to go back to the streets. >>> i'm john douglas. for close to 25 years i ran the fbi's behavior science unit. as a criminal from filer my job so is to help criminal investigators across the country looking for signs to help point the way to the killer. the only way to understand the criminal mind is to get inside

the best their economic decision that germany has made since world war two as a matter of fact but harvey it's not just about nuclear power it's really more of a way of thinking that the society has and i mean the society of global society it's easier to maintain the status quo than to make changes that will essentially harden people's lives for example katrina. new orleans the area work a train it took place should never have been built up to the state that it was i mean people simply should not have been living there because of potential flood. and yet you're not going to find a politician someone go say hey let's pack up an entire city that has years and years of years of history and go so how do we do see him as a world as a global society to be reaching this critical point where we need to take certain decisions otherwise who knows how the ecological situation play out how do we get our political leaders our community leaders to a point where they're willing to look at the difficult sacrifices that need to be taken but it's hard the country argument cuts both ways of a matter of desi

. >> harvey milk was in this parade in 1978. you can see how far we have come. what is so great to see the young people that are so involved. >> i think that harvey milk would be very proud of us, absolutely. >> he would probably say, see i told you. >> just be yourself, and come out. >> thousands hitting the streets of chicago in celebration of gay pride. the city's 42nd annual gay pride parade even illinois mayor. and rahm emanuel and in new-york city, thousands took to the streets. people from all over the world took part in the festivities. they were even made more special by the passing of the legalization of same-sex marriage in that state. this comes just days after the state of new-york passed the same-sex marriage bill. the heightened excitement of festivities down downtown. >> i am from glen cove, n.y. and it shows that the marriage it is across the country and it is great. >> they have made that change, the first step to civil-rights. >> representing the gay community from across america. >> thomas wahl and his partner are calling for the freedom to m

she is joined today by her mother. >> i just graduated from harvey milk civil rights academy. i'll be going into sixth grade this year at everett middle school. students at my school work hard every day. we are planning for our future. the same way the mayor is planning for san francisco's future, not just planned for one-half in private -- planning for what happens in five years now, not just today. in five years, i will be in high school. mayor lee is planning for five years down the road, too, to make sure san francisco is what he calls solvent. it means we will put together [inaudible] [applause] mayor lee: thank you. finally, i would like to invite up to the podium lorenzo tomayo, who just turned 13 this week. he is going into the eighth grade and plans to go to lowell high school. he enjoys playing basketball with his school and with his buddies. he plans to attend camps. he is joined by his father. >> good morning, mayor and board of supervisors. san francisco students should be proud to live, study, and learn in one of the best cities in the world. when students come t

supervisor kim: i apologize again because i forgot to bring harvey rose's report in with me, but i had a quick question. the question about having the interim deputy directors over the course of last week. i just want to know, what were the long-term plans for the third interim deputy director? i'm sorry, there are two deputy directors currently, but now there is a third interim deputy director? >> right. we have lawrence cornfield directed to the office so we have an acting as deputy director so we can make a decision as to whether that deputy director is sufficient, and we also have a vacant position. ed sweeney is filling in as both the inspection -- director of inspection services and deputy director of code enforcement. supervisor chu: including your vacant position in the interim, how many deputy directors do you have? >> we have four. supervisor chu: there was a question posed to our office, and we were not able to figure out the answer. it was whether by charter, dbi was only allowed to have two deputy directors. >> that has been taken with the city attorney. the position for t