larkin. >> item 5. recommend appointment of three members to the geary corridor bus rapid transit citizens advisory committee. supervisor campos: now we are on the right item. >> we have a citizens advisory committee specifically for thegeary vrt projects, and we are compiling and burned into reports. we have been meeting since 2008 when the board appointed 11 members to the cac. since then, two members have moved away, another resigned due to other commitments. we have three openings at this point. we said to have a notice to all of the members in our distribution list. we do have, at this point, 11 eligible applicants. some are here today to speak. i can take any questions that you might have. supervisor campos: let us now call the other applicants who are here. please make a brief statement as to why you are seeking the appointment. before you do that, i want to thank all of you for being willing to come forward to serve the city and county of santa scope. -- san francisco. >> my name is jason. i use

reappoint brian larkin to the citizens advisory committee. supervisor.?d[,$e1v/v action?ng none, public comment is closed. ÷u< appoint jolsna john to the geary ,i/l transit citizens advisory committee. citizens advisory committee. supervisor mirkarimi:c xj&y very good. any further commentary on this particular appointee? in any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. &y4zlwithout objection. so moved. gh >> >> item 9. jadopt a baseline budget, schedule, and funding plan for phase 1 of the transbay joint powers authority's transbay transit center project. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: these j2tÑítritems were delivered on e plans and programs committee. any public comment? 7u$jseeing none, public commens closed. j accept but commissioner campos. without objection. so moved. next item. >> item 10. allocate $3,480,803 in prop funds, with conditions, to the municipal transportation agency for six requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: a denver plans and progra

guest: louisiana for catherine larkin of bloomberg news, good morning. caller: hello. ms. larkin? guest: hi. caller: i do not know if this fits in or not, but legalizing marijuana, can you talk about that some? guest: there have been grass- roots pushes for that. there is nothing that the fda has done in recent years to show that they are moving towards that. i imagine it would have to be handled the state level before national regulators. host: nation on the republican line from catonsville, maryland. caller: i was wondering, how you look into the historical basis of the regulation and the birth of the fda in this area? guest: the historical revelation in what sense? host: the broader issue of the fda and dealing with any type of a drug, approving the drug, what criteria do they take to reject certain prescriptions? guest: it has always been a risk-benefit balance for the fda and we have seen the pendulum swing back and forth over the years. right now safety is a huge focus. because there are opportunities to require post market studies and a way for the fda to feel ill but sit f

terry valen from the filipino community center for his support and larkin for their support. i want to thank the housing for their support and the contributions from the mayor' house and lisa bagen from work development and the m.t. avep a. some community members couldn't stay out tonight. that's a long list. you could see the land deal. it is tricky. the community members -- i got to introduce the architect for this project. if you have questions, we're here to answer. we look forward to meetings with the community. thank you very much, take care. >> good afternoon commissioners. i like -- just take few minutes to describe in -- much less than five minutes the general characteristics of this -- affordable housing proposal. it is located -- >> can you state your name? >> pardon me, bob hernl. architect, her -- her man oliver . >> you may call this top of the hill ocean avenue. it is a transit saturated location. ideal it sooms to everybody. for transit oriented housing. i'll pit a -- a site map on the -- on the screen. >> it'll come up. the -- the footprint of the building is

in essence, in the bay area, like on larkin street, i want to see people invest more in people. love the giants stadium, but i want to see cumins investing in a humans, instead of expensive. expensive buildings. i love to see the mayor and governor invest more in education than in incarcerations. so i am committed with the music and the platform that i have, if i have to, to give a little spanking to those who need to break up. we spend way too much on weapons. all the money that we spend on tv advertising, gears of war, that is stupidity. in new zealand, they passed a law that said that you could not sell it. all those games about killing people. they do not want it. to me, i'd equate that with columbine, with war. once you desensitize a human being, you cannot tell the difference between shooting someone in a video game and a real person. some people can be gentle and kind. i can be ghetto when i want to be. i grew up with the black panthers doing peace and freedom benefits for them. so on the one hand i like the softness of spirituel the day, but i also like the energy that y

the development of the vietnamese community in the tenderloin's western part, mainly along larkin st. there's an increasing number of vietnamese families and businesses. one of the strengths of the tenderloin is the tenderloin community school, developed 6 or 7 years ago. it's a great school. and there's a lot of kids that go there and that's not something that's thought about. jerry: i think the neighborhood is improving but at the same time we're still facing the same issues as 10 or 15 years ago or longer. there was a neighborhood planning study, the tenderloin 2000 plan published in the early 1990's that identified 5 basic goals for the neighborhood. and 15 years later, those goals... i think a lot of people would regard them as the primary goals for the neighborhood. they include: public safety, affordable housing or housing in general, economic development, the public general environment and social services. and 15 years later a lot of those concerns are the same ones that people have now. chris: new social issues do come up in this country, like the rise of crack cocaine in the

host: catherine larkin is with bloomberg news. thanks for joining us. first time on c-span. please come back again. guest: appreciate it. host: the house is in for just a moment. the senate is also in today. the white house is saying that the president will quickly sign the measure, and will also sign the financial regulatory overhaul bill. british prime minister david cameron is leaving washington. he will be in new york today. we are back tomorrow morning for "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. eastern time. we take you to the floor of the u.s. house of representatives for today's morning business. live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend herbert brook, st. john missionary baptist church, joliet, illinois. the chaplain: our heavenly father and creator, we acknowledge your presence and power on this day. today, lord, we ask your blessings upon this house of government