i have several copies which i would like to take a look at. i was alarmed. i went around the neighborhood the next day to see if i could find one of the memos. the dollar was propped open at one of the apartment buildings. there was a delivery man opening the door. i collected the memos. i took a look at them. i immediately contacted the author of the memo that afternoon. i identified myself. the author of the memo is named susan posque. i let her know that pretty much every bullet point on the front page is inaccurate or outdated information. i wanted to let her know about that. she requested that i send her an e-mail with information she could share with her neighbors, which did, and invited her to contact me with any other questions, which she did not. some of the people who were here this afternoon were in fact of our meeting, our open house in september. we exchanged business cards at that time. they have been welcome to contact us for information or clarification of the past six weeks. i have not heard from any of them. i would like to finally point ou

i think he is more looking at the intellectual universe in which the law was adopted and received. he was from the reader's view somewhat more than the author's view. >> charlie: and you? >> i think far more -- they are both relevant. they're both relevant, but i think i tend to look more closely if i can at what the person who was responsible for the draftsmanship of the particular statute or the constitutional provision intended. >> charlie: is there a way for us who are not legal scholars or dn't go to law school, to look at the prism to see what the court does. >> that's an interesting question. there are of course a few central issues that recur over and over again in different context but i think it overlooks the fact of the wide variety of issues that the court has to resolve. statutory questions, constitutional questns. sometimes what the rules mean. there's ju a host. i think sometimes the public generally overlooks the fact that on a huge percentage of the court's work, the members of the court are unanimous. grants are in a certain number of cases and denial of literally

i some house cents a region which i sent contradict my idea of guest ouses and other -- this is a business model which i sense goes against my ideas. this is something with rooms in a service apartment. i want to say it is not within minor and -- within my ideas of rent control. i also feel both the applicationt and the other are doing a great disfavor. i am prepared to use that as a way to look at issues the have to do with land use and zoning. as to whether people are accusing each other of a number of wrongdoings said do not have anything to do with what i am the siting, we do what i am deciding, so i am going to withhold my vote. planning needs to recommend to consider what we are voting on. >> let me state set if you sit here, you hear a case, and if you are in the room, you have to vote. if you really believe you cannot vote, you need to absence yourself or find some reason to recuse yourself. >> sometimes i am asking if the language is within the normal language we are supposed to use to communicate with each other. comissioner antonini: i have t

i was in this group my theory group which i photographed they play many chicle and they came to play call and. what happened van sunday i get on and everybody was looking in the magazine so i looked to the magazine was full of my photographs but of course i couldn't tell them never my focus so so so so so all the time when your pictures were probably anonymous check for doug and only not only all of. my pictures of our not publish his online for sixteen years mainly for the reason that i still have good family in czechoslovakia and of course they could have problems when when you decided to immigrate to leave it wasn't for political reasons what did you get a good job offer for a month. i didn't know anything about money except with a new they they got done it happens so there's no not at all and i don't know it was not for political reasons the policy the main reason the us and probably you can understand it because you are younger than me but i was afraid. i was afraid they're going to learn who is this proud of her who would take all these pictures from pakistan and. if they knew

which is coming right up. but first, a few thoughts of my own. there's a class war i'm told. so immediately ient out to see which side i should join. then i found shock, horror, unbelievable, there's a whole class missing. i've looked everywhere for it, i cannot find it. it's the working class. my father was working class. by education i am working class. but there is no working class. that's because the politicians in trying to con us all have said we're all in the middle class, except for the very rich who are in some sort of divine class. obviously not aristocrats. i ask you where is the working class, where are the people who repair things with their hands, dig holes and not all illegal immigrants you know. some of them are honest to american. why have they been excluded from the political debate as though they do not exist? it's because politicians have wanted to persuade us all that we're doing rather better than we are and they have ratchetted us into this great lump of classlessness called the middle class. anyway, i shall be looking for the truth, i shall be out looking for the worki

you bet i don't need to be afraid so that somebody else came for some different reason which i don't know whether he was the doctor for medical con congress and he got this old smuggling anyway yeah but what was the reaction in prague your reaction your friends. your photographs your pictures started to be published all around the world that all the world publications know. nobody saw them really so you know he didn't know about it now in fact the only thing the whole way you. and of all my pictures the governor used to us on the free of voice of america somebody here they knew was then i known him was check for those who have received the call and mail and take up our prize for his picture. and by chance therefore first anniversary in august. i was in this group my theory group which i photograph they play many chicle and they came to play pool and. what happened one sunday i get on and everybody was looking in the magazine so i looked through the magazine was full of my photographs but of course i couldn't tell them never my photo so so so so so all the time when your picture

i am an absolutely accidental writer. there is nothing in my background which suggests i should be writing novels. i grew up in

i am not sure which races are up for reelection. actually, i do. but i do not want to call up my colleagues. trust me when i tell you that those who are in favor will be voting with supervisor kim on her ordinance. i am asking you to be mindful of that when it comes time for elections, like supervisor elsbernd said, being self interested. i think it is deplorable. the issue is we are out of compliance. we as san franciscans, the city and county are not following the law. we need to cast a vote so we can follow the law like other jurisdictions are doing across the country, like supervisor chu said, and then we can have a conversation about public financing. it is critical that those who are not connected and do not have family money can run for office as well. that is the true spirit of public financing. supervisor weiner: i want to disagree with a couple of the comments that have been made. with some of my colleagues i will be voting with today, i disagree with the viewpoints made. it is worth -- we should be looking at our public financing statute

before going to moscow but they have been here for eight years so before going to moscow i was the thing which i was most afraid not to get emotional. because still. it is very close to my heart. because because the first sure of the fish the word was that this invasion in prague in czechoslovakia was over but by the socialist countries by the countries of the of the warsaw pact but actually it was led by the soviet army and most of the soldiers were russians of course he was followed there isn't i would like you to excuse me because in the past of time we were saying russians russian so i would like to apologize to all the viewers if i say russian of what they really mean soviet union soldiers who were though it was a different country and yours was a different country and now it was a different country well as a matter of fact today well the face of europe has changed and there is no more socialist countries on the face of you could we say that actually your country czechoslovakia was and your people were the first to spark this change to start the process is a true. i can't talk about that

for some reason, i had trouble making the announcement. presentation, which i felt was unusual. i thought i was reasonably articulate over the years before. i did not do a very good job on that particular occasion. i decided that very day maybe giving a little thought to changing my career. >> you still have an office in the court. >> i do. >> have you sat on any circuit court cases? >> no, i have not. one of the important bits of information about retirement, i and my law clerk and my secretary, even if i do not sit on cases. if i do not sit on cases, i will not be qualified for a raise in pay. and deserves pay, but i will not lose any sleep over the likelihood that there will be a raise in pay. >> here is another justice. let's look at the clip. >> today, we do have a system in which first 5, 6, 7, now 8 of the justices pool their law clerks. that did not exist when i was a law clerk. we divided 1200 cases between ourselves. we wrote little memos to him. justice stevens still operates that way. >> was that true? you did not operate as part of the pool? >> that is true. he is e

i do not have unlimited funds and which i can peirce 0 -- which i can pursue. each of these agreements has a way by which the future project, the problem is enforcement, so we need a first agreement to reagan won agreements the fault is it leaves the ability for this to be unilaterally and which drawn from the zoning administrator, which is not satisfactory, because it is something that happens behind scenes and without input. while it has been related to me that i could appeal about, 12 years into that, i do not think a satisfactory resolution is to postpone this to a future date. some kind of realistic decision making should be agreed upon in the present. the other agreement is that it leaves the responsibility on jason bley as an individual. i do not have unlimited funds to go to court and so on, and as this is in public interest, we need your assistance in crafting

i want to address some of the concerns that were brought up about mojito's records, which i think are inaccurate and do not come near the fact. in six years, at the commission's staff. we had an excellent relationship with the various capt. said central station. we organized the neighborhood for various positive activities. the other thing i will say that in spite of all that, in spite of the fact i might have personal feelings that we were being unjustly called out by certain neighborhood associations as is their wont to do, they deserve nothing less than a fair shake to start their business on the same conditions that every business in that block in the city has, which is entertainment until 2:00 a.m., they have to abide by the same good neighbor policy that everyone else does and i have to keep their liquor license. they have to keep their building permits, all the various things that have to do to stay in business. if they do not, your staff will make sure they come back into compliance. thank you. >> hello. i own sunset promotions. also i am a former merchant of north beach and h

then there are some physical measures that i simply refused ever to have anything to do with which iwill talk about in a moment that you all know about. although the most famous one of all i will say waterboarding. i literally had never heard of and didn't know what it was until it became a public issue several years later. i am speaking about 2002 when i was involved. so i just finished an interrogation session and i walked out of this facility and i stood at a window looking at this desolate surroundings, a loan for a moment. and i thought well, when the post-interrogation meeting had ended as we meet with officers to see how things had gone what we should do next and whether we should raise the temperature or change the noise, all of the soundtrack. i walked out and i stood alone by a window, staring out into the dim and fading light. i still had to drive back to the compound where we all per -- slept in work and i wanted to get back if at all possible before dark. i had many hours of work back at the station writing cables come intelligence reports, taking care of administrative

i parsley and joy, and i like businesses that do that, -- which i personally enjoy, and i like businesses that do that, but i agree the mitigation measures are not sufficient, as well. at the same time, and i think going back to the history of how the deck came into being, it remains problematic and sort of taints the overall process, really, and that is what we have to look out for, is this process. that is what we have to look out for, and that the notwithstanding my own personal enjoyment of outdoor space, and air and whatever in an entertaining space, i think we need to uphold the concerns of the community here, and we heard it loud and clear. i do not think we can rely on that without more. we have not even reviewed the documents. i do not think we can use that for any basis. we are not going to see a good outcome even if we were to try to implement a compromise. at least, me presley, maybe not commissioner fung, but i am concerned that if we try to proceed with things as they are or even with proposal a and proposal b, it will not work, so my idea is to

i have been active on this street with a merchant's organization for well over 20 years, which is how long i have had my business. i have also been probably the key member in seeing this through. this started in 2009 sort of out of frustration of the volunteer- based merchant organization. we looked at the aspects of the cbd and talked to property owners, and we formed a plan. the aspect was discussed in merchant meetings, and eventually, we hired a consultant and drew up a management plan, after which we had several neighborhood meetings aimed at property owners and merchants and set up a website to get out the word of what we were proposing. in setting up this plan, we researched other districts, including a valid one, because we thought it was very similar in the make up to west portal, and we learned a lot from things they did right and things they may have missed stepped, and we adopted two important lessons that we learned, the budget amount. we learned a lot of districts are too shy, so we went for a high amount, and then the length, the term, we figured it should be significan

and i now live in new mexico. which is where the book ended up being finished. in the meantime, i became a magician in las vegas and just did other things. [laughing] it was too much. so that's partially why it took 17 years. there's other reasons as well. but, you know, things take their own time. you can't get a mature wine in a week. everything just needs to have its time, too, to develop and to get its flavoring. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your thoughts on that? you've practiced. you're a law professor. recently retired. you've taught at a number of different schools. any thoughts on that? >> well, yes, i have lots of though

i did a draft of one of my early books, "ugly americans," which hasn't gotten made, sadly. the books for me are my main bread and butter, but for me it's they have to want me to. i spent a long time as a struggling writer, and i don't want to go through that again. >> right. >> and, you know, the truth is they don't necessarily want you to adapt your own work for whatever reason. it's not normally the first thing they go to. >> right, right. >> so, you know, we'll see. >> who should play thad? >> i get asked that a lot. and that, again, is going to be up to the director and the producers. but it's got to be a good looking guy who could be both athletic and a geek. so it's kind of challenging in that, you know, you can't -- i've heard names like shia labeouf, and i've heard timberlake, but, i mean, there's definitely a lot of young guys who could pull it off. it's, i think, a real juice key role for -- juicy role for a guy. >> right, right. let's talk about the other aspect of the book business which i think is, also, typically interesting to folks. you're now on a whirlwind

between north beach merchants which has 30 or 40 members and the north beach chamber of commerce which i sat on the board for about five years which has 120 members. subsequently when that was discovered, there was a motion by the directors to send a letter to the telegraph hill dweller and retract the north beach business association because it does not exist. the north beach merchant association made a motion and they are generally supportive of 12:00 a.m. and there are concerns because of prior ownership. here is what i am afraid of. i asked one of the members who abstained from that blow to and said -- vote, and i said, what did you abstain? he said i am facing the same conditions that could be imposed. what i will say, city's imposing mandates on businesses which are increasing their labor costs, we have to give these businesses every opportunity to further sustain their business model. if they are out of line, this commission has the teeth now, thanks to david tchiu, for enforcement. we have to trust our commission. 1:00 a.m. president newlin: thank you. we do not do that. you have

i thought it is bads enough that we have the wrong guy. but the assessment of him which i found overwhelminglyeagu persuasive. know my colleagues are i talented i saw thes assessment and for years three have been following him in the case was strong fact he was what he was presented as senior involved person with the al qaeda who could do the things that led us to render him but i found that was not true. he was answering my questions and accurately all the time but fundamentallyo he was speaking the truth. more important, he may be a cooperative member of the al qaeda but more importantly i found his answers sitting 12 for 15 hours per day looking into his eyes and i was the first to have the chance to do that we're allment assessments were 12,000 miles removed. two fundamentally tell the truth did not what we have assessed them to be. not jihadist similar to or the news of al qaeda but quite different from an americanno but not a jihadist but not even intentionally willingly composite with some exceptions but fundamentally not what we had said. but the fact that things

corroboration with the dna. >> the next question is one of those lightning round questions i told you i have, which calls for a yes or no answer. to do this, rather than alphabetically, i am just going to go in reverse order for the last question. would you agree to a blanket policy that san francisco not use the death penalty under any circumstances, yes or no? >> i am 100% opposed to the death penalty. >> would you agree to a blanket policy against using it? >> as i said, i am 100% against the death penalty. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> going back to our offered medical questions, what are your views on the levels, if any, of wrongdoing or dishonesty by members of the san francisco police department, and how did you plan on dealing with your obligations under brady versus maryland, particularly where it may appear the police department is hiding officer misconduct history? >> i am glad that you brought the question. i am actually the one who brought the brady issue into this jurisdiction. when i came here, i realized that the county did not have a written brady policy. i actually worked in the coun