i want to invite ken wiener, no relation. [laughter] he spells it wrong, too. [laughter] he came down from seattle and is the founding chair of the environmental land use and national resources practice. he is the former deputy director of the white house council on environmental quality and will talk to us. >> thank you. i represent a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting responsible dog ownership. they participate with other community and recreational groups and environmental stewardship. many of our members are members that enjoyggnra -- enjoy ggnra now. our remarks are to try to be polarized issues and preserve the mission to preserve national and recreational values for current and future generations. we would like to dollars the effort that ggnra has put into this. these are difficult public lands management issues. we think the cities can help guide us. you all the san francisco's charter. it is to improve the quality of urban life. it was born of a symbol of geological promise that open space is vital to the metropolitan area. that is an essenti

as was mentioned a few minutes ago by ken wiener. even on those rare sunny days in san francisco. communities such as this are a precious resource. it should be encouraged. yet again, this plan will essentially destroy those communities. we have really only been able to walk dogs off leash on 1% of the ggrna land, and that is important to remember, and yet, they want to cut it. they're cutting more in marin. in san mateo, there is not much. normally, you need a compelling reason, and you actually read through beat pages, there is nothing there. they are not there. it is full of insects that could happen or might happen but very little evidence that any of these potential impacts actually have occurred, and believe me, they have been looking for them, and they do not see them. if you read the eis and actually read the reports, you see that dogs have very little negative impact on the natural resources. they disturb the wildlife less than people do, and they pose no threat. there is no safety issue with regard to dogs. as was mentioned, people are involved in and caused 98% of the s

wiener, and been quayle. >> this weekend on c-span2 david brooks, on intelligence and bayh's from the social animal. white house correspondent ken walsh on the long history of african americans serving in the white house. live, your calls and tweets for ismael reed. but for the complete schedule at our web site and get it e-mail directly to you. >> earlier this week, president obama outlined a new energy policy that includes a long-term plan to reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels. today he outlined a partnership of private companies and the federal government working to reduce fuel consumption in their vehicle fleets and help to create -- to reduce u.s. auto imports. he also talked about the latest gallup reports and urged legislators to read -- to reach a compromise. he spoke to the ups shipping facility in maryland. this is about 55 minutes. >> i am thrilled to be here, joined by two of our outstanding cabinet secretaries, steven chu and ray lahood. where are they? over there. we are here today for a simple reason -- ray was not home when they tried to deliver a package yesterday. [laughter] so we thought we would jus