municipal employees and as the community outreach director for working america a community of the liggett of the afl-cio. in 2008, she was named president of the legal momentum for the legal advocate organization to advance the human rights of women and girls. she is now the senior counselor to none other than the secretary of labor hilda solis. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. it is an honor and pleasure to be here with all of you today to introduce the next al-marri. but before i begin the introduction of it like to let you know that the secretary of labor, hilda solis, sends greetings and regret for not being able to join in the celebration. the rest of the feminist majority, secretary hilda solis sends best wishes for a fantastic and successful event and she sends her thanks for all you do every day on behalf of women. [applause] as for of the third highest ranking member of the afl-cio and the first african-american woman to be elected to this position, arlene holtz baker is a trail blazer and a leader in every respect. of the leader actually went up for what it means and wha

i think it was a great community planning meeting to liggett transportation, housing, open space, all of the different elements of what really makes this trade vibrant but also makes it challenging. -- make that street vibrant but also makes it challenging. >> thank you. if there are no other comments, we can move onto directors' report. directors announcements and a review of the past week's board of supervisors, board of appeals, and historic preservation commission. >> thank you. a few announcements did not want to introduce an intern visiting with us this week. she is a planning intern at the university of michigan. they have a programmer they spend their spring break visiting planning agencies in other cities. she is attending today's meeting. she has attended other meetings and the department and will be headed back to ann arobor. over the weekend. it has been found to have you here, sherine. and the next meeting on the work in the central corridor, the fourth straight quarter, tuesday at spur, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. we will be talking about some recent proposals there and also

amin, liggett greece or other countries and they have continued to borrow. hopefully it is a warning to us. i mean, we have huge increase in debt that we have had. so at the end the bush administration publicly held debt in the united states for federal government was about 6 trillion canal its 11. almost doubled. i mean, that is bad. we think about the fact that we may be talking about $100,000 per family of

they are making phil liggett cooler as she stepped outside the door.are taking a live look at the sand until bridge where the chp does have a high wind advisory. so, let us take it over to the maps. in fact most locations are sitting in the 40's. we have 44 in concord, one degree warmer through downtown san francisco and we are seeing some upper 30s in the no. 8. it looks like santa rosa is coming in at 37 degrees. we will continue to see some of these temperatures fall. as we take a look at the windshield, once we throw the wind on top of the temperatures this is actually what it feels like outside. you can see on the screen with the mostly 30's out there. it feels like 34 degrees in napa the same for fairfield, check out navato, pretty chilly there. actually feels like it is below freezing for half moon bay. and very cold conditions are around the bay area. as we head into the afternoon we will see a lot of sunshine out there. temperatures for the most part are sitting in the low to mid 60's. a little warmer compared to yesterday but not as warm as w

. >> reporter: i'm liggett and these are my chickens. >> reporter: there's effie, essie, and lynn's favoritehlt p. >> she's the tamest of the bunch. >> reporter: he keeps them in a coop in his back yard in tampa. >> you wouldn't believe it but they're just like pets. >> reporter: joey holloway built lynn's coop and others. >> an average size coop would be this one over here. >> reporter: he said having chickens and a coop in your back yard is fairly inexpensive, you can start for less than 300 bucks, and it's a great way to produce eggs. >> oh. we got -- this is from lucky. >> reporter: it's clearly growing in popularity in tampa right now. >> they're really friendly. i mean, it's like a pet. it's not hard to keep clean. it's not hard to take care of. >> reporter: now, tampa's laws say you can take care of five chickens for every 5,000 square feet. as long as they're 200 feet from your neighbors. >> what our staff will do is just explain to city council what's on the books right now. >> reporter: the council could then clarify that law and maybe add tougher restrictions based on complaints a

liggett brown's district in florida. -- look at brown's district in florida. district just south of us goes from the upper west side of manhattan all the way down through greenwich village, jobs over the brooklyn bridge, goes into parts of brooklyn, goes on until it ends in coney island. funny shapes happen all over the place for many different reasons. i have drawn districts where -- when i drew the plant for georgia, i drew a nice square district in northern georgia. something that justice o'connor would really love. i had a mountain range of right and -- right in the middle. shapes can be deceiving. particularly in texas, but elsewhere the could be potential discrimination. >> this is the thing about partisan gerrymandering. the last time the supreme court looked at the issue in debt was the 2000 redistricting in pennsylvania where the republicans were in control the state was losing three seats. they managed to pare all democrats and try to get some additional seats for the republicans. they did not quite succeed in getting as many as they hoped for. the s