. >> we have one housekeeping item this evening which has to do with item number6, p.o. number 10-058. this matter has been rescheduled to september 8th, 2010, and will not be heard this evening. notices have gone out and no action is needed by the board. we go to item number one, public comment. is there a member of the public of like to speak on an item that is not on the agenda? if so, please step forward. >> good afternoon, commissioners. getting a permit to is at a fraction of the cost of the organized activity. our firsthand experience is that they claim and prove that they have a connection with planning and building officials able to circumvent the code. they deal with retired or those that are semi-retired architects or engineers. the professional permit to and the contractors drew the plan wherever they wished and they put their stamp on the plan knowing that it contained false information. they claim that they have an existing garage but they still do not have one. one permit is for a -- but this is a new edition. it is approved and without any public notifica

francisco general, the doctors, nurses, administrators, officials, social workers, pharmacists, housekeepers, is workers, everyone -- there is just so many of you. i cannot say the mall. i want you to stand up, and we should applaud you for all the great work you do. [applause] stand up, please. they really do an amazing job. and we are all so excited because in this new building, we are even going to be able to do a better job. remember, we are not just here simply to celebrate a new building. we are really celebrating the health-care services that we are going to be able to provide to all san franciscans. as the only trauma center in the city, we will continue to bring life-saving trauma and emergency care. we will also deliver the best geriatric care and award winning maternal child care and so much more. the new building is going to be filled with original art for the entire community to enjoy. we are really trying to create an asset to the neighborhood and be a center for well this and -- wellness and be a healing environment for the patients, staff, and visitors. as we celebrate the be

president peterson, and commissioners, one housekeeping item which is item number 11, regarding the property at 2119 castro st.. that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. moving to item one on the calendar, public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak on an item not on tonight's agenda? please step forward. these are for items not on the agenda this evening. >> hello, i'm carl with the medallion holder association. 35 years ago, i began driving a taxi. 1983 i signed the list. of 14 years later obtained a medallion. all of us felt this would be a business license fundamentally, not a work permit. for the first 24 years, operators to their business knowing the medallion was not transferable. in 2002, the taxi commission passed a resolution that it was an essential element to be a continuous driver and the commission and italy -- >> are you talking about a specific case on our calendar? >> not at all. the commission revoked 4 medallions in short order because the people or disabled. the details were so bizarre that the transcript the hearings re

she was a housekeeper in a casino. i tried to figure out why wasn't this case prosecute. i talked to the victim and the perpetrator's family and i talked to the police officer and i talked to the investigator and i couldn't fitting out. why? why? why? what is wrong with that case? why didn't this case go anywhere? i went to miss wiggs. i said why didn't this case go anywhere? she said let me look back and see when was the last time a domestic violence case was prosecuted? it turns out this prosecutor hasn't prosecuted a domestic violence case in 20 years. there are these patterns that we can't see or know because under the guise of discretion and they don't have to make it public, and if you lived in the county, all right, you might know, i know somebody who was beaten up but the case didn't go anywhere, nobody put together these patterns. that's one of the great meanings of ordinary justice. >> john, do you know miss wiggs? >> new york city but i wish i did. -- no, but i wish i did. i remember reading somewhere a few years ago that a prosecutor had never been disbarred.

she was a housekeeper in a casino. i tried to figure out why wasn't this case prosecute. i talked to the victim and the perpetrator's family and i talked to the police officer and i talked t

she was a housekeeper in a casino. i tried to figure out why wasn't this case prosecute. i talked to the victim and the perpetrator's family and i talked to the police officer and i talked to the investigator and i couldn't fitting out. why? why? why? what is wrong with that case? why didn't this case go anywhere? i went to miss wiggs. i said why didn't this case go anywhere? she said let

but, unfortunately, because of population growth and poor housekeeping, people are putting a lot of pollutants on the street and the streets are the openings to our stormwater sewer system. in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not

. >> being self-employed, i'm really not the boss of anyone, except my housekeeper.ver to find out what she does all day when i'm not here. >> wora? i'm going to go. do you want me to pick up anything while i'm out? >> okay. >> is that no? nothing? okay. listen, i hired a special assistant, like a helper to help you work today. he'll be here shortly. but you won't know who he is. i'll see you later. >> okay, mr. david. >> okay, bye-bye. what wora doesn't know is that her new assistant is actually me, in disguise. >> hola. >> hi. [ speaking foreign language ] i'm going to helping you clean mr. david casa. >> i'm not mexican. >> what? >> i'm thai. >> oh, my gosh. wora, do you think mr. david is handsome? >> he's okay. i no like bald. what? you don't like his balls? >> bald, this bald. >> oh, oh, bald. what? sometimes it was extremely difficult to maintain my cover, and my dialect. you know, mr. david is very famous comic. >> oh, okay. >> you think he's funny? >> i think so. >> oh, oh, oh. these are not mr. david's. i think wora is really starting to buy into my hector

they include cooks, bellmen, dishwashers and housekeepers. sticking points include health care and retirement coverage. the march will start in the plaza near the four seasons hotel near third and market streets. it will eventually end at union square. >>> time 6:37. could be a very interesting day on wall street after some comments from the fed. scott mcgrew checking the opening markets on the markets. >> ben bernanke saying things are highly unusual. dow industrials are up 119 points. nasdaq up 32 with kid on the nasdaq. ebay up about $1.10 after that company said that its paypal unit did very, very well in san jose. laura? >> thank you very much, scott. >>> in just hours, b.a.r.t. will consider temporarily reducing fares. riders are saying, thanks, but no thanks. 80% of riders surveyed by b.a.r.t. don't want the four-month fare rollback b.a.r.t. is paurchg when b.a.r.t. discovered a $4.5 million surplus, directors decided to roll back fares 3% for four months as a thank you to riders. but riders say they'd rather have longer service hours

but housekeeper alma mendoza says everyone in her neighborhood is afraid of what the law would mean if the injunction was lifted, even if they are in this country legally, as she is. >> it's going to be hard for everyone, especially if they're hispanic. because we're afraid the police will stop and pull you over for any reason. even if you're not a bad person, if you're not doing anything wrong. you have the chance that the police are going to stop you and they're going to ask you about your status. >> reporter: and there's one other concern for latinos-- the judge's ruling let stand a provision of the state law which makes it a crime to pick up day laborers on public property. that's disappointing for manuel moreno, a legal resident, who does landscaping and carpentry work. >> ( translated ): it's going to be more difficult to get a job. employers will be afraid to hire us because they will get a ticket. but life continues and we'll have to find a way to survive, to pay phone bills and pay the rent. >> reporter: it's because of difficulties like that, that latino activists say they wi

a little housekeeping here. the members of the subcommittee will have five legislative days to submit any additional written questions to you, and if that occur, we would request that you answer those promptly so that they can be made part of the record. and without objection, the record will remain open for five legislative days for the submission of any other additional materials. i would just like to note that i learned some things today. it's always a good day when you learn something. and as i listen to you, i became hopeful. too often here in washington we're at loggerheads, but i think what i heard today is that people who can disaee on many, many other things can come together in a thoughtful, rational, cool-headed manner to say what's good for our country, how do we solve problems that's our job. and i think you are leading us in that regard. as mr. rman said, doing nothing is the soft amnesty. you know, anywhere i go, no one says do nothing about this, whatever people think on the subject. so i do hope

lead's analogy in talking about student wellness, i think we have to begin to get a kind of "good housekeepingal. praise the people that are engaging in thoughtful conversation with the public and condemn those -- and try to do it -- at best, if i were able to do this, i would create a broad-based group across the political spectrum that would take as its mandate an insistence on -- on nuanced conversation and would begin to speak out not about the content but about the process of conversation as engaged in by people with ambition. i think universities have a special role to play in this and i think we can start modeling that -- using our campus -- because there is a lot o pressure on politicians and leaders of all kinds because of the public's demand for short-term solutions. there is pressure away from long-term solutions. and i thinking over the long-term -- the most obvious examples being health care, medicare, social security and so forth -- >> charlie: the deficit. >> climate change, the whole set of things -- what universities are good at doing is thinking long-term, ok -- of the 85 ins

before we get started with today's session, just a few housekeeping matters. i mentioned there is a survey on the tables. we are hard at work planning next summer's second aspin security form. please complete those forms so embittered compete for that. i want to mention that a number of people were featured throughout the forum are authors and books related to comment security and counter-terrorism. those books are available thanks to the generosity of explorer bookstore right outside in the lounge. please avail yourself of that opportunity to read and learn more about the various opportunities we are discussing. there will be a number of schedule changes of the course of the day. our featured luncheon speaker will be the ambassador of pakistan to the united states, ambassador husain haqqani. thes get started with morning session -- the terror threat picture in counterterrorism strategy. there are lots of vulnerability is in this country and lots of threats against this country. the key to protecting the nation, needless to say, is intelligence. to talk about

i had some housekeeping items that needed to be taken care of. i needed the starboard crane that had been changed out during routine maintenance, and i had gone up to reset the limits as part of my job scope. the electrical limits for the boom after they changed up the cable. we stayed for approximately an hour. i took the chief mechanic with me, who was new to his position to familiarize him with the operation and give him an idea of what i do verses what his responsibilities on that same job would be. we went up to visit with the crane operator. we went through the limits. we stayed for approximately an hour and conducted some tests and made sure that the boom could go all the way down and all the way back up. we tested the limits. i proceeded back to my shop to take care of the rms requirement for that job. i needed to go put notes in the system and what my man-hours -- and lock my man hours -- log my man-hours. >> was anything that indicated there was a problem going on? >> i was on the phone with my wife. i have a paga rack. there is one for

we have all lot of housekeeping rules that have been agreed upon here today. those to make sure we do not throw and anything that has not been discussed previously today's program will begin with each candidate making it a two minute statement. the candidates will then hear from selected members of our board of directors who have agreed to present topics to you. the topics for this year's meeting are -- national farm policy, international trade and marketing, health care, energy, environmental issues, physical policy and immigration and farm label. -- and farm labor. we appreciate the members of the media here today. members of the media and audience will have an opportunity to pose questions to each candidate immediately following this forum outside in the lobby in a press conference- type setting. as the members of our board% the topics, you might want it right down -- and the members of our board present their topics, you might want to write them down. former board presentations, or the presentations from our members, to be made from the podium, please. aft

we have a lot of housekeeping rules that have been agreed upon here today. i will kind of read those to make sure we don't throw in anything that has not been discussed previously. today's program will begin with each candidate making a two- minute statement. the candidates will be in here from selected members of our board of directors, who have agreed to present topics to you. the topics for this meeting our national farm policy, international trade and marketing, health care, energy, environmental issues, physical policy, and immigration and farm labor. we appreciate our friends from the media taking time to cover this forum today, but only members of the kentucky farm bureau board of directors will be allowed to ask questions during the forum. member must be to members of the media and audience will have an opportunity to pose questions to each candidate immediately following this forum outside in the lobby, in more press conference setting. you might want to write down the main points and questions as we go. you will have three minutes to respond. i wou

last, one bit of housekeeping, i request all of you to take a moment to make sure your cell phones andother electronics and the like are turned off, not only to avoid interruption bus to avoid interfering with the sound system. with that, let me again welcome the prime minister to the council on foreign relations. mr. prime minister. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you, richard, and thank you all for giving me the opportunity to spend some time and discuss the urgent problems of the day. i'm delighted that i have a very robust delegation with me here today, ambassador michael warren, ambassador shalev, other ambassadors and my own delegation from israel. today, we had a very good day in washington. i said in the oval -- i sat in the oval office with the report os they have demise of the u.s.- israel special relationship are not only premature but they're wrong. they're wrong not simply because of the unbreakable bond between our two countries, it's a bond anchored in shared values, democracy being chief among them. and shared interests. it's a bond that transcends t

a little housekeeping here.bers of the subcommittee will have five legislative days to submit any additional written questions to you, and if that occur, we would request that you answer those promptly so that they can be made part of the record. and without objection, the record will remain open for five legislative days for the submission of any other additional materials. i would just like to note that i learned some things today. it's always a good day when you learn something. and as i listen to you, i became hopeful. too often here in washington we're at loggerheads, but i think what i heard today is that people who can disagree on many, many other things can come together in a thoughtful, rational, cool-headed manner to say what's good for our country, how do we solve problems? that's our job. and i think you are leading us in that regard. as mr. berman said, doing nothing is the soft amnesty. you know, anywhere i go, no one says do nothing about this, whatever people think on the subject. so i do hope th

>> with things you have in your housekeeping it practical, crafting, imagination goes a long way to haveng m&m's jelly beans. me daughter just did this. some of the decorations end up in the mouth. this is multi-purpose here. we have a red and white theme, nothing over $5, the table cloth from walmart. it's really, really reasonable. >> let's move to under the sea, shall we? >> here we have a very creative violate. this is the invitation that you roll up in into a bottle. >> you roll it up and put it -- >> put it in the bottle. >> being able to repurpose the bottle. the kids throw the shells in. obviously, you deliver these in hand, because they don't travel through the post very well. you get on your bikes with your family and deliver those in person. the food theme is very under the sea with the gummies and sharks. >> and goldfish. >> check out the sea globe. this is made under the sea. this was a mayo jar we spray painted the lid to which we added water, one teaspoon of glycerin and the glitter. >> you screw the lid on and have it. >> we buried toy treasures inside mardi gras beads an

i had some housekeeping items that needed to be taken care of. i needed the starboard crane that had been changed out during routine maintenance, and i had gone up to reset the limits as part of my job scope. the electrical limits for the boom after they changed up the cable. we stayed for approximately an hour. i took the chief mechanic with me, who was new to his position to familiarize him with the operation and give him an idea of what i do verses what his responsibilities on that same job would be. we went up to visit with the crane operator. we went through the limits. we stayed for approximately an hour and conducted some tests and made sure that the boom could go all the way down and all the way back up. we tested the limits. i proceeded back to my shop to take care of the rms requirement for that job. i needed to go put notes in the system and what my man-hours -- and lock my man hours -- log my man-hours. >> was anything that indicated there was a problem going on? >> i was on the phone with my wife. i have a paga rack. there is one for

now, this may sound like inside baseball or congressional housekeeping, but it's much more than that. over the past month i have met with hundreds of constituents who have the same questions, where are the jobs? my colleagues need to spend this summer working to improve our financial outlook, but create an environment for private sector job growth and opportunities. instead the majority has chosen to increase domestic spending by 84% since the president took office on inefficient programs that succeeded only in adding to the public debt. the finance spending binge, or borrowing more money from nations like china, japan, and saudi arabia, the people of new jersey and people across the nation know that we spend too much, tax too much, and we borrow too much. it's got to stop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. murphy: in water bury, connecticut, where unemployment today is 14.1%. everybody wants to talk about jobs. the people of water bury have never shi

there's scout's older brother jim they housekeeper calpurnia, their neighbor, dill, and of course tom robinson, the black man wrongly accused of rape. madam speaker, this month, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of "to kill a mockingbird," we also use this as a fitting occasion to honor the life of its author, harper lee. the people of monroeville honored her legacy by staging annual performances of they are book to the delight of those throughout the south, not to mention in the kennedy cent for the d.c. and standing room only crowds in england and israel. just a few weeks ago, monroeville hosted a special 50th anniversary tribute to harper lee and her famous novel, attracting admiring fans from all across the country. a half century after the ink has dried on this first edition of "to kill a mocking bird," its pages still call our better instincts of decency and fairness to our fellow man while reminding us that prejudice, though too common, must continue to be confronted. on a personal note, i was honored to attend the 2007 white house ceremony during which nell harper lee was p

. >> one bit of housekeeping. in response to senator corker, mr. holbrook reference to a report would like to ask unanimous consent that report to be entered into the record of this hearing at that point in the testimony. >> without objection the report will be -- >> the context is important and i don't want people to read this transcript to have to refer back to previous hearings. thank you. you know, i think ambassador holbrooke, you have answered a lot of questions today and clearly you are inexperienced and long-suffering diplomat and you have demonstrated that today, too. why are we in afghanistan today in 2010? well, we are in afghanistan because of 9/11, and we are in afghanistan in 2010 because we still are not sure that the situation that a rose from afghanistan in 2001 might not happen again. i think you have made the compelling case that there are direct threats to the united states of america that could arius from that area. i think you've made an excellent case about the uniques strategic position of afghanistan and its neighbor, pakis

. >> first, a little bit of housekeeping.roceedings of this committee are open to the press and all meeting attendees. as a consideration, please take a moment to ensure that your cellular telephones are silent. meeting books were sent to the governors in advance that include our agenda, background, and policy positions. if you need any assistance, please see the gentleman to my right. we decided to combine forces to address cost cutting issues before both of our committees. efforts to end child hunger, improved child nutrition, and address the childhood obesity at epidemic. my wife and i volunteered on a mission for three years in zambia, africa, to help do what we cut to combat child hunger and malnutrition. in that community, 1/3 of all children experience childhood hunger. childhood hunger should not exist in developing countries. even today, in the breadbasket of america, children go to school hungry in colorado. in my state, one in five children have experienced too hard chip in the last year. this is not only immoral o

as a way of housekeeping, i am sure awe members know that at approximately 10:30 we are going to have four votes on the house floor. so we can plan accordingly. the committee is meeting today to conduct a hearing on a discussion draft amendment and the nature of a subs tucson to hr 3534, the clear act. introduced last year, it was the subject of two days of hearings last september and was developed as a result of a long series of investigations, hearings and prior legislative efforts, into the pressing need to reform the offshore and onshore . >> further, it would have eliminated the minerals management service and replace it with a new entity. a disaster that struck the gulf of mexico was a game changer. as a result of a number of hearings by this committee since that date, intensive investigations and review of documents by all those involved, the substitute retains but builds upon this in three main respects. it includes a focus on safety. not a prescriptive fashion, which could lead to the freezing of development, but more of a performance based approach. second, taking a lead fro