but are planning department sided with lennar and put this project on the back burner. d-e-a-d. which is good. we have decided to end the planning department and the planning commission, they have decided this project should go forward. so, let this project forward. i know again and gain -- again, this planning will have to come of for a land use, the planning department, the board of supervisors, and we will be there. but, to the people at home, this is one body, the land use body, if something is not done legally and is done illegally, it is like a lie, and the lies are repeated and repeated and repeated. and the lies become the truth. supervisors, you should know that if you are educated on the issues, if you really know how planning works, this is the process. last time i was listening to the deliberation and -- [chime] i want this to go forward, but the line should be adjudicated. supervisor mar: thank you very much. is there anyone else in the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed even -- public comment is closed. can i just ask the city at

from an e-mail, from amy brownell, sent to the staff at lennar, she states, "i am sure you will also want to change my wording." i am a little upset about this. i will not use any foul words. i promise you. "go ahead and change it anyway you want to. i may change some of that back, but i am willing to -- >> -- supervisor campos: let me ask you to finish reading the mail. >> i won't do that. i know we gave you the facts. my job is not to do your job for you. i would be betraying your trusted by did that. let me say for me and for grain action, and as a resident who lives in bayview-hunters point, i have been raising my children and grandchildren, and my great- grandson, i find it appalling that our health department has attempted to save they cannot be trusted with the public's health. supervisor campos: thank you. >> i am with power. one of our members had to leave. she wrote this letter. "i have been a resident of bayview-hunters point since 1989. i will comment on the role of the representatives amybrownell. -- representative amy brownell. the department of public health was suppos

lennar has dedicated -- it is the $80 million community benefits package.his fund -- the dollars that are available right now is about $500,000 pot, so that money comes from lennar, and it is actually monitored by the foundation. there is a district can committee that is set up that is responsible for administering the funds and overseeing the program. i may miss one organization, but -- and the labour council. they monitor and decide how the funds get administered. supervisor chu: the number of students you cited earlier -- i think you said 50 to 70 who were at the first meeting. how many slots do you have available for the program? >> we have 100 total. we can serve up to 100. the budget and program were designed for up to 100. we are focusing hard to get that 100, but we also want to make sure we provide a quality service. we will have a more finalist on monday in terms of who is eligible. we are hitting the ground running today, but we want to make sure that it is effective. supervisor chu: is that summer slots or year-round? >> this this summer. but we

in 2008, he targeted giant home builder lennar homes.raud, he was committing it. according to court filings, minkow spread false information about lennar, while at the same time profiting from short sales of the company's stock which lost more than $400 million in value. >> i've been asked several times, what do i think of barry minkow. every time that i've been asked i've always said the judge was still out. and now the jury's come back. and mr. minkow is at it again. >> reporter: in march, minkow agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud to avoid what could have been a 30-year federal prison sentence. thursday a federal judge sentenced him to five years and recommended drug rehabilitation for his oxycontin addiction. he must cooperate with authorities still investigating his business dealings. >> he has been providing and will continue to provide cooperation to both lennar and to the united states government. >> reporter: he must also pay lennar more than half a billion dollars in restitution whi

we have a great program for them all set up with a new lennar development at candlestick park. i think they will recognize that and come back. >> was there anything magical that happened in your district as a result of the world series? >> i imagine there were a lot of districts in district 7 he sat and cried when they watched the celebration like i did. i think those are the magical moments. a lot of parents and children region that whole week of the world series was one i will never forget, particularly the day of the parade. it was not just my district. that was a magical time for this region. >> in your regdistrict, deal have any particular projects to give us insight on? >> one was a basic infrastructure thing that was a big deal. san francisco circle. not a lot of people realize that more cars travel through one of those intersections than any other in san francisco. we had to shut that down and completely rebuild the intersection for the muni winds utilities, and overheads. we pulled it off. we got through it. now we have pedestrians walking through safely. we have the t

it preceded lennar. reconciles the a lot of the various individual planning efforts that have gone on. you look at the street grids, the connections to transportation, i know you are very concerned about that, but if you look at the connections, it is a real opportunity. also, i think in the open space, it really connects to a state park, which is really lost element in that area. i think there will be enough residents, and i think it will offer a couple of things that are unique. mike touched on the unique mix, and i want to come back to your question on the tower, which actually is an interesting discussion. commissioner more -- moore, her look at the project, had great confidence and comfort with what we were doing. she said she wanted us to look at one thing, which was -- was there the ability to relocate a tower that was on one of the more westerly parcells, the more easily parcel. we said we would do the analysis, and that there was no problem, and the commissioner said she did not want to make a p

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from an e-mail, from amy brownell, sent to the staff at lennar, she states, "i am sure you will also want to change my wording." i am a little upset about this. i will not use any foul words. i promise you. "go ahead

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department of public health, that is supposed to be protecting, was collaborating with the the developer, lennar. this was -- all responsible parties must be held accountable immediately. the city must recognize its role in affecting the public health and safety. the many small children in bayview-hunters point are having held a protest. we must be able to trust all employees of the department of public health, especially those working to protect that health of the residents in bayview- hunters point. do your part. protect all the families in the neighborhood. all the department of public health account." supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is vivian donohue. i am with, or and i am a resident of hunters point. i live a block from hunters. -- hunters point. ewe are the people who have suffered. i know i am one. my family -- i have grandchildren. there are people up from where i live. they have nosebleeds. i know you have heard this before. i have been here before, many times. i have a 9-year-old. he still has nosebleeds. when they go to school,