(applause) >> thank you, jocelyn. and now stacey, san francisco public employee advocate of the year for your support, education, training to the business development program, and encouraging cmd certified firms. thank you. (applause) >> i'll keep my remarks brief because i think jocelyn captured what we are trying to do at dpw. director nuru has set a guide or a goal for us of letting 25 micro he lbe contracts in this fiscal year and we're on target to exceed that amount. so, i'm keeping my fingers crossed, so, that's great. (applause) >> that kind of leadership is critical. i mean, i often talk about my father who is the first cape verdian in the civil service system in massachusetts. my father who had his own business as well, so entrepreneurship and being a leader in minority businesses and women businesses is definitely a critical point. i had my own business for a while myself, at another timev i want you to know that i'm also committed to let you know you have resources and access and i also offer my number --

i'll talk with jocelyn, we can work that out. >> sounds good. commissioner perez. >> if there's more than three it'll be a formal -- >> not as long as you don't talk about commission matters, it'll be fine. >> i would like to follow up with the leads, since, you know, you and i have been talking about that. i was wondering if we couldn't even get a little more pressure on lead from the mayor 's office or the other supervisors because i do really feel that it's very bad for these other languages to not be able to take advantage of this program. i would hope we could go forward and find other people who would help support this and maybe give it more weight to get some spanish and chinese lead trainings available. >> i'm happy to work on that with you. >> thank you. >> all right, any other -- inspector burke. >> thank you, good evening commissioners. big saint patrick's day weekend this past weekend. i focused mainly on the larger block party style events. on march 13, what's known as the block party at 582 washington right next door to a place of

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it was my request to jocelyn today and she suggested i come down here and answer any questions you might have >> so it's not the building but the business? >> that's right. >> and though side this help or save the business we all know what happened to the gold dust. >> that's a great question. our initial goals were to raise the significance of this industry and to create tools to market themselves as special you hear about new restaurants and bars opening all the time but to a lesser degree. so more than any other project we've been involved in trying to actually save buildings this project has garden everyday widespread recognize you've familiar with the peed piper being removed that was the third year and we're able to mobilize an online petition for people to talk about their dismay >> but the hotel didn't have to change their mind. >> that's right. >> any building be owner can evict someone. >> this project is entirely saving we have no role whatsoever. >> and in getting f this award get you what. >> this for historic preservation organization is a groundbreaking advocate strategic

jocelyn rodriguez, whose father was deported three years ago, traveled with her sister from north carolina. dad andaiting for my all of the other families that are out here, because it's not just me. it's not just about me and my sister. it is about everybody out here. >> around 30 people tried to injure on monday, seeking a humanitarian visa or asylum. he action focused on young people left without legal status after coming to the u.s. as undocumented children. entire families will attempt to reach of u.s. later this week. in the coming days, the obama administration is setting a record milestone of 2 million deportations since taking office. deportation separated over 150,000 u.s.-born children from their parents last year, the majority under 10 years old. as activists and immigrant families challenged deportation on the u.s.-mexico border, a hunger strike is continuing at a washington state immigration jail. at the750 prisoners northwest detention center are refusing meals in protest of the obama administration's record deportations as well as poor conditions that include wages of just

nd original publication in news.sciencemag.org by jocelyn keyser. this story from daily caller reports the health and human services official resigned after being -- dealing with the frustration of the quote profoundly dysfunctional, unquote, federal bureaucracy which left him, quote, offended as an american taxpayer, unquote. in a resignation letter obtained by science insider, david wright, director of the office o.r.i., integrity, which oversees and monitors possible research misconduct offers a scathing rebuke of the unwieldy and inefishen bureaucracy that he dealt with for the -- inefficiency bureaucracy that he dealt with for the two years in his position. in his letter wright explains that the 35% of his job that was spent working with science investigators in his department, quote, it's been one of the greatest pleasures of my long career, unquote. the majority of his duties, however, represented his worst job ever. quote, the rest of my role as o.r.i. director has been the very worst job i ever had and it occupies up to 65% of my time. that