captain lazar is a racist person, who did racist things. and one of his underlings is here, and he implemented certain racist aspects of what happened here and the punishment that has been forced upon my client, all my clients. that's what's happened here. and you know how we know that? not just because i say it, but a few weeks ago, the avc appeals board made a finding and expressed opinion well detailed, well documented, that hue and mr. montoya were selective prosecution, selective enforcement. that's the finding, that is the only finding so far in this case. now it is pending, as you know, a federal civil rights action, 1983 action, that we filed before district court judge dinardo. he has been considering the city's motion to dismiss, and he has not decided yet. there are three defendants in this case. the city of san francisco, captain lazar, who's now been promoted to commander, and officer matthias. those are the three defendants, and there has been, as i say, i repeat, there's been a finding of selective enforcement against this cl

a great piece of work by community engagement division and led by commander lazar. really good piece of work, and i am pleased and proud that our department got highlighted by the international association of chiefs of police. nos easy to get an -- it's not easy to get an article published in that publication. that concludes my report. >> thanks very much, chief. commissioner hirsch. >> chief, i just have a brief questioned. you mentioned as one of the factors that you think contributed to the decline, the 25% decline in homicides is community support, and i am just wondering, specifically what you are thinking? >> well, a couple of things. in many of the cases we can't solve the cases without the community's support, and some areas is very hard to get people to come forward. and we have been working with a number of different forums in the community to encourage participation on cases when people see something, say something. and our rate is really, really high for this year, most of the year over 100%. you can't do that without community support. we have the scien

my name is john lazar. i have been in the cab business since i was 8 years old. the earnings is made up out of the air. many pre-k holders upgrade their permits for years and years after 1970, in fact, still have some doing that now. these were not persons clipping coupons in cabo, okay? they are blue-collar veteran taxi drivers who drove for more than four decades only to have the small amount of retirement income cut off by the sfmta. the other groups of pre-k holders are typically widows or daughters of

my name is john lazar. i have been in the cab business since i was 8 years old. the earnings is made up out of the air. many pre-k holders upgrade their permits for years and years after 1970, in fact, still have some doing that now. these were not persons clipping coupons in cabo, o

my name is john lazar. i have been in the cab business since i was 8 years old. the earnings is made up out of the air. many pre-k holders upgrade their permits for years and years after 1970, in fact, still have some doing that now. these were not persons clipping coupons in cabo, okay? they are blue-collar veteran taxi drivers who drove for more than four decades only to have the small amount of retirement income cut off by the sfmta. the other groups of pre-k holders are typically widows or daughters of deceased drivers who took over the permits in 1978 or latter years. these women cannot operate the permit, they're in their 70s and they too rely economically on the reduced revenue currently being paid by some taxi companies. as mentioned in the sunday's examiner, they had them sacrificed. something, even proposition k didn't do. prop sigdz k changed all of the rules but it grandfathered the permits for the life of the permit holder. and now the staff wants to eliminate the important safety net for these elderlies. and taxi fleets to such a degree that uber an

todo esto asociado con un frente que se va de lazar. mÁs informaciÓn al regresar.difÍcil. >> ha pasado casi un aÑo y Él no puede olvidar lo que pasÓ en la ciudad de las vegas. >> recuerdo los dish varios. era un caos total. >> esa noche presenciÓ la peor masacre el historia moderna de los estados unidos. steven paddock, un hombre de 64 aÑos de edad abriÓ fuego sobre un festival de mÚsica country en las vegas. disparÓ desde la ventana de su habitaciÓn. 58 personas murieron y cientos resultaron heridos. el atacante se quite la vida y las autoridades aÚn no tienen idea por quÉ lo hizo. han dado por concluida la investigaciÓn. >> cuando empezÓ el tiroteo, lo Único que hice fue llamar a mi esposa. ella me dijo que me saliera, pero habÍa mucha gente y no me podÍa salir. sÓlo hice lo mejor que pude haber hecho esa noche. reportera: esa noche ha de estar encargada del equipo de limpieza y al ver lo que estÁ pasando, decidiÓ quedarse para ayudar. >> habÍa tanto caos y confusiÓn, no pensÉ en ningÚn momento en quedarme, lo que hice fue decir que me siguieran, que les iba a en

amy lazar noticed that mason was tongue tied. >> you see how close it is to the tip?e band of issue under his tongue was connected much closer to the tip than normal, which makes it harder to talk. she asked the parents if she could do a simple procedure and use a lacer to cut the tissue. negative, cross bites, no crowding. how long did it take for you to do the procedure with the laser under his tongue? >> maybe 30 seconds. >> reporter: that quick? >> yeah. >> reporter: and the results? risks life-changing. >> reporter: studies have found the condition is prevalent for between 4 and 10% of infants. >> may i have another piece of pizza? >> reporter: and for mason, the small fix made a big difference. how quick did you start noticing things? >> that evening. >> reporter: what was one thing that you noticed immediately after the procedure? >> instead of pointing to food or pointing to his mouth, he was able to say, "mama, i'm hungry". >> i said get over here! mason, what did you say? trying to get him to say it again. >> what did you do at school today? >> i was doing s

joined by alex lazar secretary of the department of health and human services.hank you for joining us -- alec azar, secretary of the department of health and human services. yesterday, we announced a , iny that showed that we one of the most important parts of medicare, they 100 -- pay 180% more than europeans or japanese for the same drugs. that is because the companies are giving these great deals to other countries but we get no discount. plus a market.ce the president came over yesterday and he said that is going to change. we are to use a foreign reference price off these industrialized countries. we're going to get the benefit they're getting. : you used to run a big pharmaceutical company. one of the things you're concerned about is innovation. if we reduce prices, it will impair innovation. what do you say? alex: the math does not support that. they are making so much off our medicare part b, there is room to economize. this program will save $70 billion out of the program. $3.4 billion a year over five years. the average drug company invests 21% of reve

and the lead is commander lazar, the policy is in response to homelessness. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> please call the next item. i apologize. i broke the rule there is. line number two. >> approval of the awards committee recommendations from the awards committee meeting of june 19, 2018, recognize members of the department for their actions in the line of duty. action. >> members of the commission, commissioner, this is approval of the awards committee. i was the commissioner who sat in on these awards. and again, it is for those of you who have done it before and those who will do it in the future, it is pretty incredible process. what happens is the commanding officers write the officers up for an award of valor. and there is a presentation done by the commanding officer. and then the officers are asked questions by the entire command staff. only people allowed in the room are the rank of captain and above and the police commission secretary and one commissioner. and there is a thorough vetting. a lot of questions asked. and at the end of the day, then the committee vot

just wanted to say great job to commander lazar, deric brown and his new role, who is here in the audience. it was an over all great weekend. >> thank you, very much. we do a lot of events. it's fun. it's the best part of the commission. you get out to different areas in the community that you wouldn't ordinarily go to. it's great. it's great to know the city that i was born and raised in but for all of us it's a great event. take advantage of all of it. any further reports? >> you are still up there. >> thank you. i just wanted to announce that this sunday is the 150th annual italian heritage parade in north beach, which is my home district. if you haven't been, it's a -- it's fabulous. it's like a small-town parade in north beach. it's not like anything else you see in san francisco. you get to see sort of the older generation kind of moving into the younger generations that have groner up in north beach. it's a really important part of the community in my direct. i attend every year and i go with my son now. i'll be parked out in front of tony knicks on stockton. this year, it's very ex

lazar, knows when he sold his business there is no business.a have a lot of things they can do. [bell ringing] >> supervisor: thank you very much. commissioner pollock, we've called all the cards. thank you very much. public comment is now closed. any questions, comments? >> i have a couple additional questions for ms. trin. can you explain the payments that the medallion holders make to the cab companies. i don't understand that. >> there are a couple different ways to run a medallion and one is called gas and gauge and that is you are the medallion holder and you hand over your medallion to the company to run and they run it for you. that's one way and the second way is where you are an affiliate. you run the medallion as a small business owner. you affiliate -- you're required to affiliate with a color scheme and pay for dispatch service for the colors and run thur medallion under that color scheme. it depends on the package you get. sometimes it's the vehicle insurance, the dispatch, the colors, there's a package the medallion holder will b

foundation and handed to reins to his wife, has been involved in discussions and a meeting with david lazars son and this developer while in washington and that is now a subject of an inspector general probe. >> stepping back from the questions, can you remind us about the impact zinke has had on the interior department, what kind of policies he's has been enactings. >> he has been an active proponent of energy development fland and onshore. he reversed several siglenificat that were put in place by barack obama and has bekien ng more energy devopment available for private interests on public lands and public waters. we've seng him chae out draft recommendations which have shrunk national monuments, protected areas out t, and we're seeing an array of activities, whether it has t do with scientific findings, how the department considers, forpl ex findings of its own researchers to offshore wind development and the other area. so no question he's a very active member of the president's cabinet. >> brangham: utility utility utility -- juliet eilperin of "the washington post." thanks as always.

the most compelling part that i want to share with everyone is most of you know commander david lazar was one of the people tossed into the pool and raised over $20,000. i think that is quite an accomplishment. i wanted to share that with everyone. thank you. >> thank you. >> was he wearing a speedo? >> he was not. but he did do quite a show. i will share that. >> i am not sure the more money you raise to toss you in the pool, is that a -- anyway, anymore comments? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the meeting is adjourned at 6:27 p.m. thank you. >> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professiona

the most compelling part that i want to share with everyone is most of you know commander david lazar was one of the people tossed into the pool and raised over $20,000. i think that is quite an accomplishment. i wanted to share that with everyone. thank you. >> thank you. >> was he wearing a speedo? >> he was not. but he did do quite a show. i will share that. >> i am not sure the more money you raise to toss you in the pool, is that a -- anyway, anymore comments? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the meeting is adjourned at 6:27 p.m. thank you. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

. >> that reminds me of the secretary lazar that he mentioned earlier 3500 versus 550 out of the hospitalhow do you explain the type of disparity in the same market? [laughter] . >> there are a lot of different reasons for that. there is a graph that was pointed to in the facility where you go dictates that decision if you are a cardiologist with a hospital you stand a higher probability of that cardiologist referring you to the hospital facility and that's you end up with a 3000-dollar ekg. so that role for transparency consumers need to understand what decisions drive the cost and keep your doctor but make sure you have care that is most cost-effective and most doctors can do this more than one way. >> in order for price transparency to be effective it's also important than more than simply the price point with a number of times somebody returns to the hospital based on the same doctor and care provider on the importance of that aspect that consumers need to know for us to have a quality outcome with those transactional experiences that are her paid per transaction and the quality of th