the review that is before the board is the local coastal permit and consistency with the local coastal plan. vice president fung: i believe we also need to look for consistency with the priority policies, don't we? >> if you are to rule to uphold the permit, you should also find consistency with the policies. >vice president fung: correct. the -- i have another question but why don't you go ahead? commissioner hurtado: there was the hearing draft. the draft dated may 17. it says under no. 6 public comment, the department has received no comment regarding the coastal zone permit application. could you elaborate on that? was there nothing received by the commission on that particular aspect? >> i believe that most of the comments -- the bulk of the comments were related to the environmental review and were submitted as part of the environmental review. it is my assumption that is why the report have that statement. >> thank you. commissioner hillis: how were the alternative selected to the eir? >> the local coastal permit has no requirement for consideration of alternatives. it could hav

now what would like to talk to you about the process for the local operating subsidy approvals. eligible projects are permanent supportive housing that have been approved by the city-wide affordable housing loan committee which is made up of staff from moh, directors for moh, the department of public health, and human services agency. most staff prepares 30 pages plus evaluation that reviews and analyzes all components of the project, including design, construction, and/or its rehabilitation, as well as the operating phase. this evaluation is then presented to the loan committee for review, comment, discussion, individual approval. moh issues the first permanent supportive housing notice of funding available to provide capital funds in 2004, initiating construction or rehab of 300 units in at three different projects. those projects you have probably seen, because we had board of supervisors' action on them. the first was hotel ethics committee chp-sponsored project with 84 units targeted to single adults. then arnett watson at 650 eddy, 83 units, 36 targeted to single adults an

>> from my contract with local power, i have a different view. i agree that it is a concern that we have had a three-month delay. the thing i really want to get to is the general manager harrington and the puc commissioners have been really strong on cleanpowersf. we finally got a strong local bailout component integrated into this program -- billed out component integrated into this program. we have been hearing rumors that the commissioner might be replaced on the public utilities commission. he is to be a director in the department of the environment, it is extremely strong on environmental issues and clean energy. with this program for building hundreds of megawatts at stake and with what we have been seeing in colorado and the rest -- and record heat waves, a lot depends on getting this right in san francisco. i would ask the commissioners of this commission, the staff, and anyone watching this hearing on tv, please contact the mayor's office and asked that we retain this very important environmental commissioner for the public utilities com

unlike most of their large-scale counterparts, they employed locally, pickaxes locally, support local supply companies and higher local tradesmen. they spend their money in local restaurants and grocery stores and send their children to local schools. they are part of the fabric of the city. -- support local supply companies and higher -- hire local tradesmen. the small to medium-sized builder is seldom perceived or treated with the same measure of support as small businesses. part of the american dream is to prosper, to climb the ladder, and at cheap. in the construction industry, people start out working for someone else on a job site. after winning their trade or skills, might move on to remodeling jobs. the five to nine projects are a crucial part of this latter, and by impacting this category, you are taking a critical wrong out of the latter, thereby prohibiting advancement in the construction field -- you're taking a critical rung out of the ladder. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am kevin birmingham. i am a realtor, but more importantly, i am a native

at the local level, identifying the local disaster recovery manager, somebody who can be there pre andities are looking for, the leadership level, and then the individuals that can carry forth and make it happen at the local level. çlooking at your states,ç tril ñrdisaster coordinator recoverys well. and you go to if you need to get technical assistance? ñrwho will be there after the disaster to lead this forward as it moves ahead? when a disaster becomes declared by the federal government or not, when we have the gulf oilç spill a couple of years ago, and was never a federally declared disaster fema -- fromç fema's sampling, but it was a huge disaster. somebody who can be there from recovery and making sure it all moves. it is key that everybody is integrated and working together. çthe recovery of support functions i will get into more. can you read that? [laughter] i know the people in the back cannot read the little plant. looking at the elements, those functions. we will get into those more as we dig into this. what do you need after a disaster? itç is a combination of everyb

they have attempted to influence local politics and have influenced local politics for a century.he most recent election in 2010, they spent $1 million alone on three candidates. all three of those candidates lost. they have a very difficult public relations problem with the community of richmond. we're going to hold their feet to the fire as we move ahead. >> chevron says it is fully prepared to deal with the situation. let's turn to another excerpt of the company's voice message on its richmond community hotline yesterday. >> comprehensive plans and procedures in place to respond situations like this one. we are responding to this as quickly as we can, and to plan how the train personnel to assess and manage the situation. currently taking of corporate masters to provide for the safety and security of our -- taking appropriate measures to provide for safety and security. >> andres soto, could you comment on the chevron spokesperson said? chevron is the largest private employer by far in richmond. >> the history of chevron predates the city of richmond by a few years. it has alwa

it's driving the local farmers off their land. small number of investors make good money from the shrimp, which is exported to japan and europe. but the operations leave the soil even saltier than before. >> this is an ugly face of the globalization. unfortunately, the price that has been paid for shrimp doesn't really cover those, whose livelihoods have been shattered because of higher salinity, and they had to leave. and mostly, they have migrated to urban areas, and they generally live in shanty slums, and their living conditions are horrendous. >> clean water is scarce. most families in rural areas wash themselves in ponds like this one. but the dirty water makes them ill. gastrointestinal and skin problems are widespread. so ahsan and his co-workers are setting up tanks that filter groundwater. twenty families come here every day to collect drinking water. >> climate change is causing lots of problems for us. farmers used to work this whole area here, but it's not possible now. it's almost all shrimp farming. we can't even gr

locals stand to benefit. but of course some people beg to differ and the tompkins are fighting for what they believe in. but the dams are in chile's best interests. >> but the electricity produced is earmarked primarily for transportation via power lines to mines some 2,300 kilometers away in northern chile. most people here oppose the project. >> it would be like taking a knife and slashing someone's face, stitching it back together and saying: so how do you feel? >> with international help, the environmental activists want to prevent this from happening. the tompkins play frequent host to influential visitors and various environmental protection organizations from all over the world. they need allies if they are going to succeed in their conservationist aims. >> whether it's the arab spring, occupy wall street, environmental activism, people want a new way of thinking. there has got to be a better way. we are self-destructing. >> kris tompkins has already won over a number of locals. her staff includes arci

. >>> for some local students, san jose state has always been a fallback plan for college. but due to budget problems, they may have to go elsewhere. >> knowing that, okay, what if the other schools don't work out, what am i going to do now? >> how these new changes are going to affect local and transfer students here in the bay area. that issue, coming right up, on equal time. . >>> from san jose state university, you're watching equal time, exploring new issues each week, giving equal time to competing points of view. . >>> hello, from the campus of san jose state university. and welcome to this edition of equal time. i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. san jose state university is the oldest in the csu system and has a long-standing policy of guaranteeing admission to local residents. but that has now changed. jessica savage begins our coverage by showing why the university made the difficult decision. >> reporter: san jose state university for years has been a guarantee for local students, like lincoln high school senior eric sullivan, who applied to s

the local agency formation for the city and county of san francisco. my name is david campos, and i am the chair of the commission. we want to thank sfgtv staffer covering the meeting today. carolyn and jesse. madam clerk, please take roll- call. >> commissioner of a los, absent. supervisor campos, present. supervisor olague, present. chairperson schmeltzer, present. chairperson pimentel, present. we do have a quorum. supervisor campos: thank you very much. please call item number two. >> item two, approval of the lafco minutes from the june 15, 2012 special meeting. supervisor campos: colleagues, we have before us the minutes of the june 15, 2012 meeting. i like to open it up to any member of the public who would like to speak on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could please take a motion. motion by commissioner schmeltzer. second by commissioner olague de. we can take that without objection. madam clerk, please call item three. >> item 3, community choice aggregation activities report. status update on cleanpowersf program. and

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we have twoñr excellent state ad local speakers. we will have the local speaker before the break.ving us progressive ideas on their approach to recover it to use as practice and ideas to move forward with, potentially as a model for the nation. ann? [applause] >> it is thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be here today. we're proud to be hosting fema and appreciative of the flexibility of fema coming to city hall. many of you received an early notification of this six weeks ago of the upcoming session. it was not originally going to be at city hall. we do not always think of our federal partners as being flexible, but i can attest they are. here we are today in our beautiful building hosting you. we're so proud to be able to do that. on a personal note, i want to thank one of my staff members, dave eberly, who was instrumental -- [applause] in working with nancy's people making it a reality today. mayor lee stole my entire speech. [laughter] just off the cuff, he is so amazing. he really gets this. as city administrator, he was in charge of our recovery efforts. he began the w

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