and then the number one to the 2010-2012 teamsters local unit. item number 24 amendment no. 1 to the 20102012 transport union workers of america local 200. item number 21 to adopt the first amendment to the 2010-2012 ford of transport -- the non mass transit authority -- an item number 22, adopting the amendment no. 1 to the 2010-2012 for the transport workers union of america, local 228. adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 unit 8 -- and adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 for unit 1188, 324. no. 25, for a minute -- 24 -- >> this is item two-five, 7-24. we will turn this over. >> good morning. does so from the department of human resources. these are all the amendments with the alternative health savings agreement, to the provision that we had negotiated in the spring of 2010. when we bargained with the various groups at the public employee labor council, we agreed that we would seek certain health care savings starting in fiscal year 2012. we have the city only paying up to the second-highest for the employee only coverage, and the

government employees will be laid off the states and local units of government as well as the federal government can see their interest rates rising, see their qualification for loans decline. we can find ourselves in a situation where the costs to everyone, including the securities industry, the stock market and businesses and everybody else will be simply severely hurt by huge increases in interest and other costs. >> congressman, as you look at your colleagues, as you look at speaker boehner and what he had to do so far to date and the difficult positions many have observed he has been put in, in the years you served in congress, have you seen a speaker put in such hardship, if you will, by his own party? >> i've never seen anything like this before. i've never seen a country so put under threat by a group of irresponsible people and never seen a situation where a speaker was so thoroughly repudiated by his own people, particularly on matters where we could resolve the matter fairly simply. the reid plan would give us more time. will make significant large cuts and will see to it w

of men and four to the 2007-2013 memorandum of understanding between the city and firefighters local 798 unit 1. supervisor chiu: i understand we have to excuse supervisor chu. without objection, she is excuse. roll call vote. >> on item 36, mar aye. . mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 10 ayes. supervisor chiu: the ordinance is finally passed. >> item 37, ordinance adopted and implemented amendment 5 to the one -- 2006-2012 memorandum of understanding between the city and county of san for disco and the municipal executives association. supervisor chiu: we have a motion to excuse supervisor elsbernd. without objection, he shall be excused. >> on item 37, mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. farrell aye. kim aye. there are 10 ayes. supervisor chiu: this ordinance is finally passed. >> item 38 is from the land use and economic development committee without recommendation. an ordinance amending the planning took to establish the presidio-setter special use dist

local dot-com's. 14 city-wide newspapers, 13 ethnic, 16 different neighborhood papers. the high schools, the special interest things, universities, tv stations, radio stations. together, those add up to 100 units of local coverage, and that is not counting all the new stock that venture capitalists like we fund in the jungle all the time. this is at some level deflowering of local journalism that happen because it is cheap to be in business now. you do not have to have a big printing press and truckers and unions and all those things. you can be right in the business in a way that was impossible in the last 25 years. i think there is a flowering going on of local journalism and lots of capital chasing that opportunity right now. >> would you agree with that? when you look at local news, do you think it is being covered well by the sources that were just cited? >> i think in the san francisco area that is true. that is probably not true in all areas, but we are seeing with the development of patch and many other high for local news sites that there is a rebirth of coverage of local news -- and many other hyperlocal news sites. >> i was a foreign correspondent for a number of years. many freelan

man and he can only do so much, and he only has four years to do it, but we as a people have to unite locally in the city, and first, you start in the home, and then you go to the community, and our churches, where the movement began, in our churches. i still feel that barack obama is doing the best he can for one man, from what he inherited from the other administration. [applause] >> thank you. first, i would like to say thank you to awele and the san francisco unified school district and the african american center and everyone else involved in bringing this program to the san francisco public library on black history month. secondly, you were speaking about the constructing the narrative paradigm, okay? what indicators and trends? because of your work that you have done in the prison systems, particularly with young people and older african-american males -- since they are under attack, what indicators would you like to see work on first? because it has to be a start somewhere. we can all start in different places, but what can we do collectively to start making change? >> excellent quest

year old daughter was being groomed by a paedophile concerned they referred it to his local station sex crime unit then nothing after two weeks doctors he phoned the unit secretary that's when the trouble started.

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the local authorities allowed the united nations to build this place last year for emergencies. there are no tents. just proper, sturdy houses. it is the permanence of the camp that later annoyed the government. fearing red fiji's might never want to leave, officials shut this place down. for the time being, all these buildings remain shuttered, but make no mistake -- the kenyan government has been very generous in allowing tens of thousands of refugees to cross its borders, escaping drought. but all these of the buildings are an embarrassment, given the severity of the current crisis. >> it is very frustrating to think that we have a camp that has taken months to build. has full functioning water systems, latrines, health care, and people are not allowed to use it. >> there are talks at the highest level between the united nations and the kenyan government about relieving the pressure on the can. in the meantime, despite the overcrowding, refugees will continue coming year. they have to. there is nowhere else to go. as in other news, the american secretary of state has said the

his unit's goal was to provide security to locals. but three short months before he was set to return home he was gone. ending this year -- this war will save american lives. ending it will let us focus on fighting terrorism around the demrobe. ending the war will save money -- globe. ending war will save money at a time when we need it most. it is time to end the war in afghanistan, bring our troops home and begin seriously addressing our real security needs. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. for five minutes. >> i very much appreciate the time, mr. chairman, and i rise only because i can't help but be moved by the progressive caucus' interest in getting us out of afghanistan as quickly as possible. i know of those who are very concerned about america being involved in wars anywhere, it is not my intention to speak about this subject until i heard my friend, mr. gar

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