he's been a nice find in the bull pen for john farrell and pitching coach juan nieves. this is his 15th game. he is on to try to do something with trout coming up. next saturday on "baseball night in america" these angels will be at home to take on the yankees. the a's host the marine mariners, tigers/twins, white sox/astros. baseball night in america presented by ace hardware begins next saturday at 7:00 eastern only on fox. breslow has as long as he needs to get loose. he was up in the bull pen prior to whatever drove buchholz out of this game. but because it was an injury, breslow has as long as he needs. i'm sure john farrell is wondering how significant that injury is, if it's an injury at all, with clay buchholz. we'll just have to wait and find out. angels fans tune in to fox sports west tomorrow for the final game of this series, coverage starts 10:00 a.m. pacific. it will be joe blanton and ryan dempster, two right-handers. dempster going for his second straight win. he and the red sox took apart the rangers the last time he made a start. joe blanton good again

the second book on my summer reading list is another book a biography of tip o'neill by john farrell a former colleague who is a traffic writer. it's an older book but i cover congress that seems like the perfect thing to read since tip o'neill was supposed to be a terrific book. a third book on my summer reading list is lean and by sheryl sandberg from facebook. it needs no introduction and it's about how women in the workplace should succeed and it's an important book to try to read. as a huge baseball fan i can go without reading a baseball book one of which is the art of fielding. if you're reading a novel he might as well have these ball stories inside of it. and the fifth book is sort of guilty pleasure reading that i haven't done yet and have put off which is game of thrones which is a popular tv show and a huge book series. my big fear is once you start reading the books i'm told you have have to read all of them so i have to carve out quite a bit of time that but i may try to tackle the first one this summer. .. fully the responsibility of mao and the communist party. it's a

the biography of tip o'neill by john farrell. terrific writer. to the nail in the democratic sens.he first book, a summer reading list. women in the workplace and how they should succeed. i can't go a summer without reading a baseball book, one of which is the art of fielding. if you get a read a novel as would some baseball stories in sight of it. the fifth book is guilty pleasure reading. game of thrones, the very popular tv show you the book series. once you start reading, you have to resolve them. >> let us know what you are reading this summer. treatise @booktv. send us an e-mail. >> up next, the hoover institution thomas hendricks and was interviewed about this book, america and rogue states in which she looks at the u.s. handling of countries like north korea and pre invasion. this interview was recorded at the hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. >> watching book tv on c-span2. on location on the hoover institution at stanford university interviewing some scholars and professors. right now we are joined by thomas hendrickson, america and the rogue

updike, welcome back to our budget committee, thanks for being here. >> thank you, chair farrell. john up dike. >> this is a lease for the department of environmental health action at fox plaza. and it is an expansion as well as a give back of some premises which is a net increase in space, but a fairly modest one taking us from.25,937 to 27,726 this is to accommodate the growth in the weights and measures areas that have occurred over the years. the suites to be leased are on the second, fourth, and 8th and ninth floors as well as storage spaces. the lease rate as negotiated here before you is just under 36 dollars per square foot per year, it is fixed for the five year term. so we find this to be advantageous rate for the city and locked in until november 30th of 2018. the lease also contains one five-year option for renewal, which could take us out to 2023, that is subject to negotiations at 95 percent of the fair market rent and that needs to return to the board of supervisors for approval. and so the only issue now is the five-year lease. as noted in the budget analyst report, the

my name is supervisor mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. i'm joined by supervisors john avalos and london breed, and will be joined by supervisor mar who is stuck in a meeting. >> clerk young: -- documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. >> supervisor farrell: thank you mr. clerk. colleagues, given that supervisor wiener is stuck in a board meeting -- we can and then dismiss those departments. -- so mr. clerk could you please call right now items six and seven. >> clerk young:( reading agenda) >> why don't we have our health service system up. >> good morning supervisors -- acting director of the health services system. we want to thank you budget analyst team for their very thorough and thoughtful work with us and we are happy that we have come to an agreement with the budget analyst on our budget for next year. >> supervisor farrell: thanks ms. copy (sounds like) >> mr. chairman mbers of the committee on page 6, recommended reductions total -- approximately 53 percent, or 111 427 would result in savings to the general fund and for 14-15 the recommendat

my name is supervisor mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. i'm joined by supervisors john avalos and london breed, and will be joined by supervisor mar who is stuck in a meeting. >> clerk young: -- documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk.

my name is supervisor mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. i'm joined by supervisors john avalos and

. >> thank you, chair farrell, members of the committee. good afternoon. john updike, director real estate. so, previously the board approved a 20,000 square foot lease at 1200 van ness for this item or to negotiate other suitable space if that did not come to fruition. obviously it did not or i would not be in front of you today. at that time we detailed the state law and charter provisions that guide our actions in this matter so i'm not going to reiterate all of those. i think those are all on record. and in the budget analyst report. since the board approval in april, the city was successful in its argument to the court as to the suitable and unsufficient size of our law library. when we learned that ownership of 1200 van ness had decided to sign a lease with a tenant who offered frankly a better deal with conditions that the city was not able to compete with, we began a search for an interim location. concurrently, war memorial veterans building development staff modified their construction project. so as to maintain their july 1 start date. ~ but also per

farrell. >> thank you. thank you mayor lee, and yes, i get to make a speech too. i am supervisor john avalos, i represent district 11, just over the hill. i want to thank the mayor and the department staff for being here. and i want to thank supervisor farrell, the chair of the budget committee to be here. he's got a very difficult task. but one that he will have help with colleagues on the budget committee and we will be joined by supervisor cohen as well. i have talked incessantly of needing a budget based on equity, on neighborhoods and their needs. in district 10 and 11, we have the most unique neighborhoods. we have a large senior population and youth population. and we have to look at our budget to support seniors and young people as best we can. we have growing disparities in san francisco and as the economy is growing and we lift all through the economy. and ways to have programs that reach into the community that provide opportunity for young people. and to have appropriate housing, that's something i am committed to. i want to hear your ideas of how to do that and strengthen

my name is supervisor mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. and i am joined by supervisor john avalos, supervisor london breed will be joining momentarily supervisor scott wiener and we are going to be missing supervisor eric mar who we will be excusing. i'd like to thank the members of sfgtv mark bunch and jeff as well as victor young. do you have any announcements? >> yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic deviceses. copies submitted to the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted on today will be on the board of supervisors june lease termination agreement - downtown parking corporation - 833 mission street unless otherwise stated. >> okay, colleagues, before we call item number 1, can i have a motion to excuse supervisor mar who is absent for family reasons? motion by supervisor avalos, we can do so without opposition. [gavel] >> mr. clerk, can you please call items number 1 and 2 together, pleat? se? >> item number 1, resolution retroactively approving the feeder agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the bay area rapid transit dis

farrell. i will be chairing today's committee joined by committee members and supervisor john avalos, supervisor scott wiener and supervisor london breed. joined momentarily by chair supervisor eric mar. want to thank the members of sfgov-tv john ross and jeff as well as the clerk of the committee mr. victor young. mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes. please silence all foexctiontionv and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be com included as part of the file should be submited to the clerk. items acted upon today will be on the june 14, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. mr. clerk, can you please call item number 1? >> item number 1, hearing to receive an update on the port budget for fy's 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. >> okay. so, we have a hearing, port budget update. we have the executive director of the port, ms. monique moyer, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. for the record, monique moyer for the port of san francisco. i want to thank you for carving out time for al

farrell. turns out we have a second commendation for today which will be provided by supervisor john avalos. >> okay, i want to call up valerie coleman who is lurking in the back of the room over there. valerie, would you please come up to the podium? i have [speaker not understood] i've done very few commendations in the board of supervisors, but i've had a string of them lately and it's just been a string of really wonderful people who have made great contribution to district 11 who are either moving on or actually at a point where they deserve recognition and valerie deserves both. you're moving on unfortunately, but you definitely deserve recognition. i just want to thank you for all your great work. so, val was born and raised in california. this is so rare here. you can let us know when you speak. she spent the last eight years in san francisco working with a number of community based organizations and most recently volunteering on the equity advisory committee within the human rights commission, [speaker not understood] creativity explored. for the last 5-1/2 years valerie has worked wi

farrell. [cheering and applauding] >> our district 8 supervisor and park champion, tallest park champion in the city, scott wiener. (applause) >> our district 11 supervisor and another park champion extraordinary narc, john avalos. (applause) >> our city treasurer who does his work to make sure we've actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. (applause) ~ >> but it's the passion of all of us. and i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, mohammed nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. (applause) >> with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] >> director of capital planning, don. our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. so, at rec and park, we're encoloneling people to get out and play. that's our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. >> get out and play. >> we say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. this is a real serious issue. according to the cent