lastly, the grand jury makes a recommendation, it provides high level summaries of cases that we have closed as examples of the activity that we have had come in. this public reporting has been limited and it is typical of most whistleblower programs. it is limited because it allows someone to hunt for the whistleblower and retaliate against them. we have seen examples of reporting from other jurisdictions, we think it balances this need -- >> what is different in those jurisdictions from what we are doing? >> there are high level statistics available, what the program activity was light. where the variants happens is how specifically you report -- it is fairly typical. it is then to provide investigations of what happens. it is not a list of all the investigations. >> what do they provide more than that? >> at the moment, we are updating the annual reporting requirement to incorporate enhancements that come from san diego. of all complaints that were sustained during the last year. with this recommendation, we will provide summaries of all the investigations we do and not just jews c

common -- lastly, tomorrow the police department will be doing a ribbon cutting for the new specialave consolidated sex crimes, juvenile, domestic violence into one unit. as our resources as an flow, we want to make sure our most valuable resources are safe in the warmest possible space, and i think if you have the time to come by, you will be able to see there has been an ocean of time put into making this space for the advocates and the victims and children who come to seek comfort. >> i just want to get the thinking behind going in when the department did on sunday night and the factors that led to that decision, as well as your statement earlier that you did not have any plans or in the long-term future to have a similar action. all i know is what i learned in the press, so i would like to get a sense of what caused the decision sunday night. is there any reason to think similar circumstances would not come up in the future? we need a way to make sure folks have a way to protest. >> the demonstration has been ongoing. just yesterday i was leaving a hall of justice. i go down the

and lastly, other of allegations involving over time used by city managers and employees. and you for your attention today. i would like to thank the civil grand jury for the report. while we disagree with some of the tone and the findings, a think there are recommendations that we are working to implement that will improve the effectiveness of the program. supervisor campos: thank you for your presentation in your response to the work. one of the things i have asked is that maybe we could have the ethics commission here. i see the director, if you don't mind, just giving us a sense of the issue of retaliation, that the recommendation and the finding is outside the jurisdiction of the comptroller's office. i was wondering if you could give us some information, since this is within the purview of the ethics commission, how it handles those matters. >> the ethics commission does have authority to review retaliatory whistle-blower complaints. strangely, we have a limitation that often prevents people from using us as a solution to those issues because the ethics commission ha

lastly, we should raise the retirement age for those younger workers on a graduated basis to reflectpan of today's americans. i am going to work with congress to determine the right formula, beginning at the right age, but this is just common sense. it can help save social security for future generations. we will also reform medicare, to save it for future generations of americans as well. we will do this by working with congress on several options, including giving patients greater flexibility in choosing the plan that best fits their unique needs three things like bundle premium support of payments for the individual, or as a credit against purchase of health insurance, for instance. second, we should look at gradually raising the age of medicare eligibility. early, we should consider adjusting medicare benefits to be paid on a sliding scale, based on the income of the recipient. lastly, we must tackle the $100 billion annual waste and fraud and save this vital program for americans who live longer. my plan also restructure unmedicated, returning control over that program and the d

and lastly, we are thankful for the court who had the courage to look for the truth and overturn this conviction. we now respectfully ask that you give amanda and the rest of our family our privacy that we need to recover from this horrible ordeal. thank you. >> thank you. >> and that was amanda knox's sister reacting there from perugia, italy. so much emotion as they just learned and witnessed in the courtroom that amanda knox found not guilty in the murder of her roommate, meredith kircher. amanda knox found guilty in 2009. today, she is a free woman and will be returning to the united states. >>> a gunman on the loose. a social security administration employee is shot and robbed. wjz is live. mike hellgren brings us up to date on the chaotic scene there, mike? >> it was quite a scare there. the social security administration headquarters was on total lockdown for a period of time. that lockdown is now over. and police did a thorough search for any clues as they tried to find the man who shot that worker. >> reporter: police scoured an area off woodlawn drive near the social securit

then lastly, i'd like to mention what berkeley has done which i think has been remarkable was that the people in the city council had the wisdom to say to people when a home changes hands or building changes hand, part of the real estate transfer tax can be used to strengthen your building. to use that money that can be available for people to be able to use the money to make the retrofits to tie the building down, to put it in the sheer walls. to do the things that are really required. and as a convery against, they tell me that over 6 -- and as a consequence, they tell me that over 60% have been retrofitted for emergencies and hopefully when the big one comes we'll be in a situation where we'll see that our buildings do survive if they're strengthened enough to survive. i was amazed when i had a beautiful home in the south part of berkeley. it's on the flats. we had our home earthquake safe in the early 1970's and i talked to this guy and he was saying, you know, a lot of homes are earthquake safe but they really didn't do a very good job. they did it but they thought they were bolti

lastly, from the community benefits standpoint, they have agreed to hire 25 young people per year, tovide internship opportunities in jazz administration, production, digital music. basically provide ought to burn your opportunities for 25 units per year. -- of entrepreneur opportunities. they have agreed to open up community space, 80 hours of community free space per year. as part of the program, they are required to submit an annual report about the measure of how they perform in the community benefits agreement. what we're currently doing is we're looking to talk with the bank about if there is some way to help monetize that. i had that discussion with them two days ago. they're looking into that now to ensure that these things do not happen, that there's some other way to benefit the community. i think, in general, this is a fairly robust community development benefits agreement, particularly for this type of project. we talked to some other non- combat -- non markets, and they're basically taking our lead, the lead which we have taken from other city projects in terms of really

lastly, we got a letter from someone that is out of town. i will read it briefly and let you know what we are doing as far as that. "my husband and i are frequent visitors of -- visitors to the city. we visit giants games, the theater, and many restaurants, as well as other things to do. well there, we stayed in a hotel near the roby sky. on some thursday nights and friday and saturday nights, the clubhouse parties." the person goes into the different issues we have. i contacted roby sky, and we are dealing with that. we are talking about the good neighbor policy. he is extremely receptive. i think we will be able to take care of that. >> i apologize. i wanted to tell officer matthias, since he is here, that the new application for apartment 24 will be in front of the commission in, i don't know -- three weeks? for weeks? -- four weeks? we will have an opportunity in a formal way to consider that in terms of not just advising, but in terms of conditions. president newlin: 1 comment. i was speaking to some of my colleagues at dpt. they still

lastly, quality in school time experiences. we want to make sure that the schools that are around hope sf, along with other schools, we have the resources to engage with the community around education issues and we have the resources to address the challenges that come from being in a really stressful environment as many of these students are. we can create the programs that many of us heard about that malcolm x to create real world settings. i am going to leave it there. he will talk about some good news we received about choice neighborhoods. >> good afternoon. i am with the mayor's office of housing. school board has an evolution and there is a a little bit of an art to it. that taught us some of the power of involving be youth in the school. thinking big across five sites. what are some of the leavers of change for education? talking about really whalookingt that port in terms of the shipyard transformation in the district. i wanted to talk specifically about the work ahead and how we are feeling excited about going to scal

this week lastly i want to bad mouth them but as for the hack down of news corp oh yeah he's a graphic i like to see democrats are racist because they feel that black people as opposed to calling them and he's like the republican party like. are you revolutionary i would like to think that i'm a reformer at heart i mean you know dr martin luther king jr turned this sort of move in a revolution dr cornel west told us not to be afraid to use that word and i feel that you know the hardest thing is we're just asking the quarrying to stop that's a big thing you know they're really trying to repeal the twentieth century i don't think it's revolutionary to stand for what we fought for twenty years ago four years ago sixty years ago and say no you're not going to steal this too so if that's you know class warfare in areas that sign me off you know ok tell me exactly what it is you think this crime is right you could say that it's the crime that was great about it in terms of taking our economy hadn't ever being held accountable but it's not just wall street you know in the back by lottery and

and lastly, i just wanted to state that we do agree with planning recommendations and to stipulate the art organization or which cultural facility will receive the funds but instead that we development very specific criteria that might give special consideration to arts organizations or cultural facilities located in the vicinity of the building project. and thank you, commissioners, and thank you to director ram and kelly and anmarie. thanks for your consideration. president olague: thank you. >> you're welcome. >> thank you, president olague and commissioners. i served as the art task force that presented to you in 2006 and in that process we looked at the various programs and specifically the 1% art on site program and made recommendations that i believe all of which are included in the recommendations and the amendments from the planning commission. and i want to applaud the planning department for actually getting the arms around this great program. back in 2006 when we asked to see the benefit of the program and we know what art we have and a program that supports our artists and

lastly, there was also a great deal of smoking. that's also forbidden in our parks. i know we cannot prevent everything. there were people smoking under the neeucalyptus trees. i saw very little police presence. it was heaviest when the mayor was there speaking. compared to the other festivals, i hardly saw anyone -- i think we need to think about this. all in all, the protection of the park is much better than it has been in past years. thank you very much. president buell: thank you. is there other public testimony? i will also ask staff -- if they could give up their seats to people standing here or outside in the corridor. if you have an item later in the calendar, i would appreciate you giving up your seat. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? president buell: i have a comment. any recommendations on how to limit or better supervise the alcohol intake would be welcomed. i do not know what the solution is, but let us know your thoughts on that. thank you. >> ok, i just wanted to make sure there's no one else who wants to make gen

lastly, i want to thank each and everyone of you. i want to ask to join supervisor cohen and thank her. president chiu: thank you. >> thank you. south beach marina apartments. you guys deserve a trip. take a break. i have made a map for you where to go. this is the mission. if we were there last week and we are going to go again. what we have got here it is the little black spot. that is the driveway of our little building. it is 3 years old. will it transfer? it does not like it transfers. what we have got here is, this photograph, as you can see, but you cannot see. would it change over if i went that way? this is going to take longer than -- anyway, there we go. we are standing at this corner here. we are sitting. you can hear the noise from that hurrahs over here. -- that garages over here. this is across the street. next is a san carlos. the noise goes down, comes around, and i can sit over here, and all of these houses are pre-in world war ii, and this is coming out of 84 decibels -- 82 decibels. across the street is 67 decibel

and lastly, china is involved in activities from sudan to other places that are not good. we need to bring those american companies back. if you have an iphone it's made in china. if you have ani pad it's made in china -- if you have an ipad it's made in commeans. i believe commean is a direct threat to this country. both economically and that's why we need to get control of the debt and deficit and not borrow from china. host: you are on the topic of your cyberattack. you write in your book you contacted the f.b.i. to have them look in the situation you just described and they verified that the chinese had been behind the cyberattack on your office and you learned that computers in the offices of 16 other members of congress, including chris smith, were similarly compromised. what year was this? guest: several years. host: what was the u.s. government or congressional response to this? guest: i raised it on the floor but there was not really much of a response. the f.b.i. comes before my committee on the appropriations committee. nobody wanted to say anything. when member

lastly on this peta thing, i am with you, dana. i hate places like seaworld and zoo.d animals should be left in the wild. >> like the ones in ohio? >> no, but those are food animals. that's different. >> those were the one dashes dash remember last week the guy that had all of the exotic animals. >> you can't blame the animals for escaping. >> the monkey had herpes. wait that is a different story. >> no, that was the same story. and he would not have gotten herpes if he wasn't left in the wild. >> thases true. but if are you a monkey how do you know if you have herpes. you don't say, what's on your lip unless are you a creepy person. >> which i'm guessing is how he found out. michael you asked if the animals should get other constitutional rights. the answer is yes, apparently they will be able to vote, and it turns out if you total up the value of the fish at seaworld are given they are part of the 1% and their taxes will go up. >> interesting thought. >> i am done. >> turks andy. >> are you welcome, greg. >> see you in a little bit. i am so glad he is gone. coming u

lastly, the board also heard a special use district also known as the king had were the second. the project related involves the renovation and conversion of an existing home district tourist hotel, and a group housing for transitional age foster care youths. earlier this month, the project withstood appeal and conditional use appeal. the board also voted to approve on the first reading. they approved it on final reading. there are no new introductions that i have noticed that pertain to planning, so that concludes my report. >> of the board of appeals did not meet last night, there will be meeting next week and would like you to know that they only have four hearings left between now and the end of the year. they cancel the hearing for november 2 due to lack of interest. there have been fewer appeals filed. they are at about half the number that they would usually get filed. this is not to say that permits are down. >> commissioners, the historic preservation commission did me yesterday, just a couple of items with the historic resources survey was adopted. and without a lot of

and lastly, is the street level out reach. which is essentially, depending on the neighborhoods. canvassing hot spots. approaching youth on whatever corner block they hang out. try to link individuals with resources. get them information on what is out there. either try to refer them into our case management or try to listen them into a job fair or something they could go to a one-shot approach. >> it's interesting. crn canvases the hot spot neighborhoods to hopefully targeting issues. can you give us an example how you went into a hot spot neighborhood and how they worked and how we can expand that. >> first there are activities. there /sr-f already been identified 10 or 15 youth. we are going to take you to a warriors game. for a president of time. we are going to be with and you let you be kids. so there's some of the preplanned work that happens. some of the other activities within this general out reach has been intervening on gangville. there was one time on one of the friday night out reach. there was a group of 10 men in the mission district 24th and mission. there was ab

lastly, i want to mention mr. munez. he is the custodian in this bunch, and i think that those jobs likely go unnoticed. he moves the trash and the compost on a daily basis. there is one other organization that plays a vital role. they come out as a team. we hired them. they come out and remove the recyclables from our facility and do it with teeth that we gave them to go into the containers. removing the trash and the compost. as i said, the wonderful thing about these people, they have got it, they have really got it and never ask what is in it for them. this is what teamwork does. it grew the makes me proud, to stand here and present this award in honor of them.

. >> lastly, there has been some talk about making a more walkable area, to have some degree of treesou think some of the people who have already bought property are moving towards a more sidewalk format? >> it is difficult because the plan before the old ning rules allowed them to build new things for a a while. some people have gotten approval before the development. they do not necessarily fit in any way in the new plan. they are allowed to build whenever they want to. they are going to build it. there is definitely going to be some controversy between the older plants and the new things coming out now. >> thank you for joining us this week. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >> metro commuters -- are a number of the week is 32,6927. you are on the red line. that is the average number o writers

about a separate class room, so we know we will have to work within the existing space we have, and lastly, we want to look at student assignment. we want whatever we do to be consistent with existing policies. we know the staff works hard to make sure we have policies but work for each of our students, and we do not want people to go through a process for transitional kindergarten and change for kindergarten. that seems like an added complication no one would welcome. moving on to curriculum and learning environments, some of the lessons learned were to modify the existing curriculum to be developmentally appropriate, to be sure we have alignment, and that we are working hard to implement, to use the existing literacy framework so we are moving into the core curriculum in elementary schools and enhance the kindergarten learning environment to create more appropriate classrooms, so we have the ability to differentiate common on and then thinking about professional development, we want to develop model classrooms and then provide foundational training to at least one kindergarten teacher in

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. >> and lastly, europe's sovereign debt issues have affected currency issues. yen reached a new record high, while the euro weaker. what is your outlook for the euro and dollar-yen? >> i think presumably, the ecb is -- is possibly cutting interest rates, you know, even though they cannot easily increase quantitative easing so i think that there are some risks for the euro to continue to slide from here. in that situation, i think the yen will continue to appreciate in effective terms, so i think the boj may need to do something in terms of easing decision and today's b.o.j.'s meet willing be the focus in that sense. >> i see. so much to look for in the markets. thank you so much for joining us. that was hiros everythe chief e from credit suisse japan. >>> u.s. stocks closed higher. tokyo markets just opened. let's see how stocks are kicking off this thursday morning. live now to ramin melegaard. we just heard from shinarka? >> markets point to see how the full details of those proposed plans play through the markets today and the repercussions for the yen. let'

and lastly, i would also respectfully request that we do honor this request and i am certain that the academy feels the same way. and moving as to a time that is not so impact fall, because this, at a minimum, is something that we could do. i intend to support this. >> my feeling is that you would see the implementation started after the holidays. we will see if we can have this because i support this and have been in conversations with both institutions. i know like many other people, this will impact a large picture, to accommodate a wave of enthusiasm, with a green way of getting around and a more healthy way, and having said this, i have a question before i get -- because i sit on the mid market review team. i go through these meetings and i learn about this, and not one of them had to do with the bark -- the bike lanes for market street. this is the planner term that i learned. i think much of the fear that we have this we have the most vast bikers and we say, how can we restrain them in the lane with people who were just entering this, and we see people with advertisements -- th

lastly, i have only been here for about three years the of like to see more of a balanced committee both from owners, developers, and the community itself. once again, i think that jim has done an excellent job. thank you. >> thank-you. is there additional public comment? >> class five years we have been working with the task force, a large development site. how want to take a minute to establish the fact that this has been a collaboration over the past five years. we did not come in with the plan that you will see before. we are where we are now placed on five years of his aunt take. oftentimes this task force gets the reputation of being difficult to work with. i think it is time intensive. if you put the time in and you try to explain over time what you're issues are from the development standpoint, what it takes to make something work, this is not a group that turns the other way. i think that they are responsive to what they can take from your project which helps to push the community in a direction that they want to see it go. i commend them for sticking to it for as long as they h

lastly, i want to mention mr. munez. he is the custodian in this bunch, and i think that those jobs likely go unnoticed. he moves the trash and the compost on a daily basis. there is one other organization that plays a vital role. they come out as a team. we hired them. they come out and remove the recyclables from our facility and do it with teeth that we gave them to go into the containers. removing the trash and the compost. as i said, the wonderful thing about these people, they have got it, they have really got it and never ask what is in it for them. this is what teamwork does. it grew the makes me proud, to stand here and present this award in honor of them. >> we have combined recycling and ecology in different city buildings. we have 12 people with them -- developmental disabilities over the last 10 years. this has had a tremendous impact on their lives. i think that they feel ownership over the recycling and helping the city. >> thank you all very much. everyone did a great job. [applause] -- [laughter] we did