lastly, i want to thank all will teams that we visited, interviewed, and saw the tireless work that they do every day in their school and their community. lastly, the families that we interviews, we appreciate your feedback, and we took all of the considerations that we're going to be presenting today. we visited eight schools, and as you have it in front of you, and six elementary, one middle school, and one high school. we interviewed -- or we did three things: we interviewed the school team, the -- the families, and then, also did classroom observations of designated english language development and integrated english language development. [ speaking spanish language ] [ through the interpreter ] >> good evening. in every school, we found out every school had a clear protocol for active translation and interpretation services in many languages particularly for school to family communications, school meeting, and parent teacher conferences. the family liaisons we met during the school visits are able to speak the home language for a majority of the student population. [ speaking spanis

lastly, the lost cause writers argued that the south was in 1865 because of the north had larger armies. because the north had more industry. it had a larger economy. this argument goes although it back to appomattox. armyrobert e lee's surrendered. in his famous farewell address to the troops at appomattox, robert e lee said that his army yield tocompelled to overwhelming numbers and resources. there is certainly a kernel of truth to this because the union armies were larger than the confederate armies. the united states had a much industryonomy, more than the confederacy. the lost cause, according to , was angannon inevitable product of men and women coping with defeat. white southerners who saw their world turned upside down in 1865, the social order has been destroyed. slavery is gone. i would recommend her book. as the best introduction we have to this very complex field. the growing field of civil war memory. americans remember the civil war. some historians argue that antebellum romanticism is at the root of lost cause mythology. scott, forof walter instance. the waverley novels.

foster lastly claims that the idealization of the antebellum south and the civil war era, which we have alluded to already , this notion of moonlight in magnolias, chivalric gentleman, southern belles and faithful slaves, all this was needed for society facing dramatic change. right. you remember your u.s. history courses. the country in the 1890's at the beginning of the 20th century is in the midst of the industrial revolution, labor strife, the rise of populism, which many southern elites saw as a threat, right? immigration, the rise of the united states to the status of a world power. that is a lot of change taking place, so white southerners could take comfort looking to the past, this idealized image of the past, a stable social order, so the antebellum south becomes romanticized as a result of this. hold on just a second. the white southerners had women, white southern women -- let me see if i can get this. hold on just a second. there we go. white southern women had a very prominent role in constructing the ideology of the lost south. what we have is a group of young women stand

and then lastly, the big drama that's plague out here with these three leaders of these countries is an open question. will the united states meet its article 5 obligations should there be a russian intrusion or an attack on the sovereignty of these three nato allies? and how gratifying must it be for vladimir putin to watch this news conference and to see the president not once, not twice, but four or four times insult and degrade the nato alliance itself, portraying our allies as a bunch of deadbeats. it's got to be gratifying to vladimir putin to see an american president so hostile to the most successful security organization in the history of the world. >> p.j., how are those baltic leaders who were standing there going to react behind the scenes? you have the latvian president, the lithuanian president, and the estonian president. how are they coming away from this, i'm going to call it a quad lat again for lack of a better word. >> i think they were honest in saying anything that strengths the alliance economically is a good thing for them. they are focused on the alliance and

lastly, the d.r. applicant, georgia schuttish, she lives on duncan street, which is over four blocks away from this project, so we're not really sure why she's protesting this project. she objects as you know to the demolition of the house, that its appraised value, and yet it met the requirements for the zoning administrator to approve the demolition. and even the current value of the house, which is perzillow, is currently listed at 2.18 million. it far exceeds the tula praised value of the current new appraisal. so we're not sure why she is concerned about the demolition of this property. it was never considered affordable, and we actually were not approaching this project from a demolition for the conditions of the building. regardless of that, this project went through a thorough d.r. process and public hearing, so even if there was a need for a conditional use, it has fully been vetted. so in -- in -- miss schuttish asserts that the zoning of an rh 1 property is illegal, but we know that the ord

and then lastly, we're enhancing outcomes. focusing on performance objectives in our community contracts. and just trying to do this while not over taxing our community providers. of course we always want to ask for more information but we hear from them that we are trying to do things without a lot of margin so we want to make sure we're not asking too much, at the same time we want to move to a much stronger focus on community impact on client impact, et cetera. i want to give one example. we're piloting evidence-based measures to track loneliness and nutrition risk and implementing follow-up procedures to ensure clients have access to appropriate further resources. i think that's the end of my report. unless there are questions i'm going to turn it over to september gerard. >> any questions? >> yes, i had a couple. one does your eviction prevention unit work with the sheriff? i did have a conversation with her where she mentioned that for seniors because she has to do it and she comes across folks that are not aware of what

and lastly, it is about making sure that there is no destabilization. that only brings about terrorism. if we could first of all do it in the very short-term from a humanitarian prospect, it would be excellent. france has said it would invest and provide another 50 million euros to that effect. and i think it's very important. this is also the reason we're together with saudi arabia and a number of other partners. we decided to host a humanitarian conference that will be discussing yemen, but also syria. >> translator: question from french radio, otl, mr. president. you talked about immigration with the students here today. yesterday at the press conference, president trump drew a parallel between france and the united states on immigration. and he commended your immigration policies, saying i admire the way the authority you displayed regarding your immigration policy. do you commend the fact that you are getting president trump's support to that effect? and what do you do you think of his approach? tran >> translator: you are asking me to commend the

lastly i mentioned briefly several other proposals for additional legislation in this area. congress is the right forum for this request. it is far better suited than the supreme court in a case like this to resolve policy uestions, including the impact on effects on interstate commerce of state and local regulation, whether free or low-cost software can eliminate or mitigate the costs on internet sellers. and how to account for the fact that nearly all large internet sellers are already collecting these taxes. so the cost of overturning quill would fall disproportionately on small businesses. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. i have to warn you first off i'm not a lawyer, but i did stay at a holiday inn last night. i'm an economist and i will make a few brief points from our perspective on the state side of things. i represent the american legislative exchange council where we have about two dozen -- 2,000 state and local elected officials who are members of our small 50 states, both republicans and democrats who are devoted for free market by many government and the

lastly, i had a number of meetings including at george washington university today. i had george washington university today. ihada george washington university today. i had a town hall meeting with students, and all of this gave me an opportunity to talk about a number of international issues, many topics which i am sure you have been following. in the course of this state visit, we discussed a number of bilateral meetings, and as a matter of fact, a number of business agreements have been signed that bear witness to the industrial and tactical bonds, there were also a number of agreements signed in the cultural sector. and, as you have seen, this state visit gave us an opportunity to better know each other, but also to work on our bilateral agenda, which is very lively, like i said yesterday. the us, the united states, is the first foreign investor in france. it is also the country whose investments have picked up over the past few months, and on the occasion of my visit, a number of american companies including walt disney and others have confirmed they will inves

and lastly. we talked about construction costs and their impact on ability of building or have a [ indiscernible ]ing th interes ross had a call on immunity platform on chase center. warriors arena? i guess. i'm not up on my branding. $33 million dolla$33 million. 166 dolla$166 a foot. they are worried nobody willed by on it because there's not -- bid on it. i think that says -- that's comment that says a lot of what is going on in terms of the scarcity and ability to put projects through because there's not enough workers to do it. thanks. >> if nothing firster we can move on to item 4. >> good afternoon. the only announcement was to let the commissioners know that we are in fact looking at the, i think the third version of sba 5 sba25. weav we're having a hearing on the 6 26 26th. you will receive memo in next week's packet. ask if there's anything in particular you are interested let us know so we can include it in time for the packet next week. thanks. >> commissioner richards>> i thinkin thi

lastly on a personal level, i'll say this: i met some amazing people in the neighborhood since we began this process, many of whom you'll hear from today. in a world that's become more divisive these last couple of years, they don't listen to each other, i believe the community partner has demonstrated a solid track record of listening and responding that is offering to provide a community marketplace where those people can come together is a pretty good idea, and these amazing neighbors deserve it. so i ask you to vote yes on whole foods 365. thank you for your time and consideration. >> president hillis: thank you. is that... >> good afternoon, planning commissioners. my name is rob isaacson, and i'm with the ownership. i represent village properties. we've been doing business here in san francisco since the late 1980's and have been involved in countless, over 20 projects. it's come to my attention our c.u.p. application here today has morphed from a chain store formula retail issue to somewhat of a housing issue. so as a result, i'd like to address this issue and provide you with so

lastly, i think there will be controversy lastly, i think there will be co ntrove i’sy over lastly, iral objective of the terry resident assad ‘s, because it has been a very limited strike. —— deterrent president assad. a number of missiles being shot down by the syrians which might have further limited scope. there is a question about how much impact it might actually have hand. a number of significant little? surrounding last my‘s attacks. significant little? surrounding last my's attacks. -- significant questions surrounding last night's attacks. thank you forjoining us from number ten downing st. that is a round—up of where we are now after all that rhetoric, especially coming out of the white house during the week. president trump referring to president assad as an animal. clearly extremely angry and emotional about the alleged chemical attack, what the americans say was a chemical attack last week. the syrians deny that. what has materialised as a limited number of strokes in a precise time frame. it appears that military action by the us, britain and france is overfor now at le

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lastly, i want to thank all will teams that we visited, interviewed, and saw the tireless work that theyheir school and their community. lastly, the families that we interviews, we appreciate your feedback, and we took all of the considerations that we're going to be presenting today. we visited eight schools, and as you have it in front of you, and six elementary, one middle school, and one high school. we interviewed -- or we did three things: we interviewed the school team, the -- the families, and

. >> lastly, i want you to tee up the conversation about the conversation about scott pruitt. we saw him talking to the house. what's likely to happen next as he is scandal continues to escalate. three senior aides have to sign off on purchases made on his behalf over $5,000 in total. what was your sense of the takeaway from the house meeting earlier this week? >> we've seen some early cracks in what has been a wall of support for scott pruitt. look, the hearing was problematic for him, number one, in the sense that he practically admitted to having lied about signing off on raises for aides without approval for the white house. there is no greater danger to president trump and his party politically than the appearance of corruptness and swampiness. we're heading to an election where a lot of this will come down to voters and voters who didn't show up in 2016 are not motivated by ideology but they are motivated by corruption. i think scott pruitt is exhibit a in how much the president will tolerate this. >> talking about the cracks in the armor surrounding scott pruitt. congre

lastly, it's time to tighten our border security, to stop the flow of drugs into our country. hancock county, west virginia, sheriff ralph fletcher made it clear that despite heroin -- the spike in heroin overdoses is attributable to poison pouring across our southern border from mexico. as mike burgess noted a minute ago, the postal service system needs to be enhancing their monitoring program to halt the importation of fentanyl from china. but through all this, should we be exploring the root cause of why people are turning to dangerous drugs? west virginia unfortunately leads the nation in virtually every statistic when it comes to opioids. some attribute it to our state's high unemployment, low household income and low education levels but who is second? until last year, new hampshire was second. they have the highest level of employment, they have one of the highest levels of household income and one of the highest levels of household education. it's simply not a sose yo economic issue, something else is driving this epidemic and we need to get to the root cause of it. th

lastly, the site is for an 80-foot tall building and asking for a 96-foot building to the top making it taller than the buildings to the north and south on hyde street. so adding to the planning code. so i ask that 2015-15203dnx for 135 hyde street and 346 lot 2 not be approved by the project in the current form. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is michael nolte. can i have my time fixed? i'm a 40 year community activist and the property sponsor could have done more and better outreach. they didn't come to community organizations they probably just went to next-door neighbors and the entities which uc hastings and that's not a big deal going across the street and the union next door. there's more to the tenderloin than three entities in our community. we are full of non-profits and full of resident organizations and full of a lot of things that all want to have their stake holders and should be part of what's going on. we had a big deal about 101 hyde which was the san francisco's main post office box site and we had a lot of problems with trying to fi

lastly, one of the world ‘s largest chip maker ‘s said the same and that it 110w maker ‘s said the sameects maker ‘s said the same and that it 110w expects revenues maker ‘s said the same and that it now expects revenues to be $1 billion less than previously forecast. the high—end smartphone market is saturated at the moment. the trend we are seeing in 2018 is that premium smart phones don't have the same novelty as they did before. it is more difficult to convince people to convert to hire and smartphones refresh their smartphone as regularly as before. refreshing oui’ as regularly as before. refreshing our smart phones, we have not refreshed hours in 2—3 years. i haven't bought one in three years. why do smart phones now, especially the high end, don't have that edge? they don't have the edge because it's a particular point in the technology where innovation is plateauing for a bit and many vendors like apple and send some. the gap between the high—end and the low cost, there is a much difference. the chinese are producing a dime a dozen of them. that is right. the commoditisation of

initiated a new constitution and he promised never to aspire from either shit under the new regime but lastly he would themselves install the prime minister in effect starting the third term of power so this is probably too much and it brought people on the street never before. as you mentioned such i was in power as president and then became prime minister i wonder what is the state of politics like the almost this opposition movement which has brought him down is that a healthy democracy in armenia people going to have to start from the ground up. i have trouble making predictions but one outcome of this entire process could be the beginning. real reforms the kind of thing that will take generations of work so having free and fair elections or having more inclusive politics these are systemic reforms that will require strong political will is very hard to say right now but this is a massive turnout result in movement in that direction and that will be the only benefit of a country that will be a lasting victory i mean it of course is a form of soviet state how is russia likely to view this

. >> and i want to lastly talk about syria. we've seen those horrific images coming out of syria this morning. and it looks like there was a chemical attack. i know you're still looking into that. what do you think the president will do if it's indeed a chemical attack? what do you think he should do? >> it's a quite serious problem. we've seen the photos of that attack. i think maybe first i would note the timing of this is the first thing that struck me. this is the one-year anniversary of our action the last time they made the mistake of using these weapons and pushing the rest of the world. this isn't just the united states. this is one of those issues on which every nation, all peoples have all agreed and have agreed since world war ii is an unacceptable practice. >> so is it possible there will be another missile attack? >> yeah, i wouldn't take anything off the table. these are horrible photos. we're looking into the attack at this point. the state department put out a statement last night and the president's senior nati

program of production another strike this was a reported in a military airport and lastly the final area which was stark if there was a research facility and it's a huge complex of numerous buildings military academies aboard trees and that was in the western part of the city just a stone's throw away from the area which i'm currently based an initial the initial reaction from residents in damascus was one of panic of nobody knowing what was happening but as the one hour long barrage essential a finished many of these residents pro-government residents in particular took to the streets they went to a square which is in the center of damascus and began to stay dry nice in support of the syrian government denouncing the u.s. attacks so the message from people in damascus is that life is continuing as normal is that these attacks really haven't broken our backs here that will continue to support our government and if you can see that the president he hates uploaded a photo a video in fact those of syrian president bashar al assad will going into work this morning at nine o'clock as per usua

. >> and lastly, i find it hard to believe that january will be the last time you're on the political scene. i find it hard to believe that you won't run for senate or governor or president some day. you're shaking your head. you don't think -- there is no chance you'll reenter politics. >> not while my kids are growing up. and not in -- i don't see that. i really thought when i took this job, jake, this is the probably last elected office i would have. i'm not going to run for president. that is not my plan. i will not do that. i want to spend time doing the things that i've just discussed doing. i'm always going to advocate for the causes that i have but right now the last thing i'm thinking about is running for something. >> i believe that. but we'll see. i'm going to believe that we'll see. because your kids are teenagers, they'll be out of the house soon enough and that is why you're going home. >> i really don't think i'll change my mind, but thanks, jake, appreciate it. >> house speaker paul ryan thank you so much for your time and best to your family.

lastly, i got something from mission local today and apparently the oldest house in san francisco sits on hampshire street and i don't know if you have heard, the people that used to own a lot of land in the mission, last name was treat, 1855, probably one of the oldest houses in the city and it was sold recently and actually they displaced the salvadoran family there 35 years, and eviction in 2013 and they moved out and the property is listed. in the meantime, category a historical resource had a lot of work done without permit yet none came to the planning department for review and there were external changes. john, i'll leave this with you for the enforcement team. there is an enforcement act from d.b.i. point of view, but looks like the planning department never knew about it. it's listed today for quite a bit of money. >> commissioner koppel. >> commissioner koppel: echo the request for a little bit more information on the affordable housing measure. make sure we, especially us, clear what we are looking at and the public is looking at if we are trying to move affordable housing f

lastly, we have the clyde and crooks warehouse historic district bounded by brannan, third, election and townsend streets with a period of significance from 1906 to 1935. the district is historically significant because it is representative of 19 chen you're century development of san francisco in maritime commerce along the west coast. the district's mix of industrial and warehouse buildings interspersed with residential structures is typical of the land use patterns developed in the 19 century in the south of market and continued during the 1906 earthquake and fire reconstruction period. lastly, the district is one of the last remaining -- [ inaudible ] >> commissioners, the sites include the masonic temple complex and 645 harrison street. both owners appear supportive of designation and will keep you updateds athe project develops. at your next hearing on may 2, you will hear the proposed conservation mission district has been been identified through surveys, and later today you will hear from francis mcmillen who will present additional propertied proposed for designations under

lastly, i would like to just thank the san francisco county transportation authority for facilitating this effort. this, i'm sure, was a challenging effort and really was the first time that all of the stakeholders were brought together into one place where they each were able to deal with each other, hear their positions, and present the issues that they may have discrepancies on in a constructive way so the solutions could be found and this project move forward. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. i really appreciate it. i think the last thing that you just touched on is the most important thing, which is bringing everybody in the room and working collaboratively. your next step, number six, and i don't want to put too fine a point on it, is a little damming when you're taking on a multi-billion dollar project, these projects, the high-speed rail, the city, the buy and through its planning department, the mta, the county transportation authority's lack of coordination is rather startling. i think what i just heard is that creating this space going forward is profoundly important.

lastly, not that anyone needs reminding. we are five days away from tax day. this year when you submit your tax returns, you are saying goodbye to that old tax code for good. in its place you will have a new tax code with lower rates and nearly double standard deduction and expanded child tax credit. you're saying goodbye to a lot of hassle too as nearly nine out of 10 americans will be able to file their taxes on a simple and straightforward way. this, of course, is on top of all of the benefits that americans have seen from tax reform through bonuses, raises, higher 401-k matches. as i said yesterday, this law is working and it will make this country stronger and much more prosperous for years to come. questions. reporter: thank you, good morning. speaker ryan: good morning. reporter: the president seems to be going back and forth what the objective and what strategy might be deployed in syria. we've asked you a number of times within the last couple of years about an aumf. wouldn't this be better to codify what the objective is in an authorization because t

and then lastly, again, i just want to recognize our shero, dr. green. someone mentioned yesterday that institutions are not buildings, and they surely are not. if it had not been for her wisdom and her vision, i do not believe that the center nor the national black writers conference throughout these years would have continued. it has been her strength, her sacrifice -- [applause] so again, on behalf of the college, on behalf of our many students who come from central brooklyn and also throughout the city, we welcome you. we hope that you will enjoy our village as you've enjoyed the last three days and honor our honorees as we do each and every day. and i just want to say lastly again, you know, as an elder -- and it's kind of hard for me to say elder -- [laughter] but as an elder, as an elder, i went to jail because, when i was in college, to make sure we had black faculty, black administrators and writers like the writers that you see before you this evening. because they were not coming on our campus. and many others, my sisters and others went to ja

then, i just want to say lastly about the lack of corporation from school sites, is that something that can addressed to the san francisco unified school district because that should never, ever be a barrier from keeping crossing guards because they're actually helping the school. so i would be happy to help address that, actually, before the board of education or with the superintendent. >> it is very rare. it's just that it does happen from time to time. >> yeah. it's sad, isn't it? >> commissioner safia. >> i want to add on a couple of points. i'm sorry if you said this already. one of the thins that concerns me are the hours offered to cross crossing guards. i don't think they work enough hours to be a livable job. there's other things they could be doing. so it doesn't come along with benefits so, at the end of the day, it's not something that encourages people to participate because it doesn't have the opportunity to be a living wage. if it doesn't come with the benefits and the right hours and the amount of time, that's something of a concern to me. >> i think that's something th