her reception that madame nhu gets her mother is worried about madame nhu's visit so she pulls a statedepartment guy aside and has a meeting and says the madame nhu really shouldn't come here. i appoint all the vietnamese to throw tomatoes at her and if they see her to run her over with their car. this is her mother. kohl .. was she seen in that light, in 1963 in the united states? i assume to the extent that she was hitting, you know, places like fordham, georgetown, they were very much self-conscious of that. was the part of her reception as well? >> i do think that part of the political closet of the south vietnamese government was based on something called personalism which is this philosophy that started in france in the '20s and it was a catholic closet, supposed be an alternative to pure capitalism and communism but it was kind of his third way. that was a cornerstone of their government. no one could quite understand how that translated to south vietnam, and so that was really the problem wasn't marketing. but the regime had bought all the property outside of rome, and property

and her reception that madame nhu gets from her mother, was very worried about madame nhu's visit tothe united states so she posts a state department has had an estimate as has madame nhu really shouldn't come you. i have aren't all that the in these to throw tomatoes after and if they see her to run her over with the car. this is her mother. she does get tomatoes for better. she also gets standing ovations from fordham, from georgetown, from a lot of catholic education speed is good to say, she really mapped out the catholic college and universities, i can or as part of her tour was she presented at that point as -- her catholicism commune, very important part of her political ideology, if you want to call it that. was she seen in that light, in 1963 in the united states? i assume to the extent that she was hitting, you know, places like fordham, georgetown, they were very much self-conscious that. was the part of her reception as well? >> i do think that part of the political closet of the south vietnamese government was based on something called personalism which is this philosoph

madame nhu -- before the laws. so madame nhu recognized what her husband and her brother did that was the 50% of the population was being just ignored except by the communists were doing a great job of recruiting women. so madame nhu thought okay, let's give these women some rights and some power, and she did and sort of took it upon herself to be the voice of the women. she doesn't like most vietnamese women. she came from a very aristocratic family. they spoke french at the dinner table. so for her to suddenly declare herself a voice of the vietnamese woman was all presumptions. >> she couldn't msha's unable to write in vietnamese, is that correct speak what she didn't write, i mean she could, but she expressed herself most will only in french which is what of course she studied in school and what they spoke at home. so the other laws that she passed were a little ridiculous. i mean, thinking about them in context it seems to make sense. vietnam was a country at war and the north vietnamese, the communist were to

and with madam nu, it was becoming like a party. there were pizza stands and girlie bars that were already starting in the '50s, and madam nu said, no, we have to take this seriously. she outlawed dancing along with prostitution. she outlawed handholding as well as kissing. she outlawed bras but she had some. the best was her sister had been married off young like madam nu had, and this was her older sister, and she was married to a guy who worked for the royal government. and they fell out of love, i guess, it happened, and she fell in love instead with a french guy. he was a big game hunter and madam nu thought you can't leave a good, upstanding vietnamese guy for a french guy. this is looking bad, this is looking sort of colonial. so when her sister tried to divorce her husband, madam nu out lawed divorce. the story goes that madam nu's sister slashed her wrists and goes running from the palace. madam nu gets her back and she went to america and married the french guy, anyway. >> they're still alive, correct? >> i believe so. >>

and her reception that madame nhu gets, her mother was worried about madame nhu's visit. she pulls a state department guy aside and has a meeting and says you know, madame nhu really shouldn't come. i warned all of the vietnamese to throw tomatoes at her and if they see her to run her over with her car. this is her mother. she gets tomatoes thrown at her, eggs, but she gets standing ovations from fordham, a lot of catholic education -- >> she mapped out the catholic college and university itinerary as part of her tour. was she presented at that point as this -- her -- catholicism was you know, it was very important part of her political ideology if you want to call it that. was she seen in that light in 1963 in the united states? i assume that to the extent that she was hitting you know, places like fordham, georgetown, they were very much self conscious of that. was that part of her reception as well? >> i do think so. part of the political philosophy of the south vietnamese government was based on personalism, this philosophy that started in france in the 20s and was a

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> okay, good morning, the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the governor audit and oversight committee, i'm supervisor london breed, the share of this committee to my right is the vice chair, katy tang, and to my left, president chiu is also on the committee, the electricker is miller and i would like to thank sfgov tv, and madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, be sure to

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very (clapping.) sociogood morning, everyone. good morning. good morning. my name is harlan kelly the director of the public utilities commission i'm excited to welcome you here today, it's a diverse group we're going to talk about the issues we're looking and facing the drought. the puc you're in headquarters of the puc it's a if you don't know about the puc we're responsible for water wastewater and power our water system is a vast water system we provide water to 2.6 million yourselves in the bay area not only in the retail but wholesale swill as the a regional issue we talk about the water not only our drinking water see but our wastewater we have a unique opportunity to look for opportunities to expand our water supply and a lot of is it reconstrict we're looking at ways to take advantage of that. this headquarters represents what the puc is abo

with that, madam president, i yield the floor. mr. merkley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: madam president, at this moment in my home state of oregon, 500,000 acres are ablaze. now, sometimes it's hard to get your hands around numbers, particularly large numbers, so let me give you a sense of this. if you were to add up all the fires in oregon and they were in one place, it would cover an area roughly 20 miles by 40 miles. that's an enormous, enormous section of a state to be aflame. now, because there are so many devastating fires at once, crews are coming from all over to help out, all kind of aircraft, all kinds of hotshot crews. and they're doing all they can, but it's not just oregon that has fires. other states have fires. there is over 250,000 acres of blaze in washington state to the north in a single fire. i believe it's the largest single fire in washington state's history. as a result of fires in oregon and

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> i would like to thank you all for coming here today to celebrate the grand opening. welcome. can you guys all hear? >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you. a wake in the front. thank you. before we get started i would like to recognize a few special guests. (sirens). i'm going to wait. so first i would like to say thank you very much to mayor lee for joining us today. thank you. we have supervisor jane kim. thank you for being here. we have the housing and community development. there he is. hi olson. we have tiffany from the office of community investment and infrastructure. we have bank of america here and merrill lynch and i want to say a special thank you to bank of america for sponsoring this event today so we can celebrate. we have a board member that hasn't hasn't arrived yet. is dennis here? this is a well designed building that

dent: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in very strong support of this border security legislation presented to us today for a number of reasons. it does provide for humanitarian assistance. this does deal with -- this legislation does deal with this issue in a compassionate, thoughtful way to deal with unaccompanied children. it secures the border, provides funding for the national guard and does many other things in terms of policy changes that will treat these children just as we would treat unaccompanied children who cross the border from canada or mexico. s the right policy for a whole host of reasons. congressman k, gerlach, meehan and i visited a resettlement program in pennsylvania. those children are treated compassionately. but let me tell you what will happen if we do nothing here today. the children who are coming into children willhese in fact keep coming into our communities and they will be treated humanely and then they'll be resettled and reunited with parents or family members who already -- were al

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very

madam clerk will you please call roll >> supervisor avalos absent supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. that item passes. >> thank you. madam clerk call item 8 >> item 8 possible closed session for the employee evaluation. >> colleagues, we, kick this in open or closed session i know that supervisor mar and supervisor cohen will be prepared to report to the board of the personnel committee to shall we do this any member of the board wants to do it in closed session i'll put that out to the bodies. anyone have a particular view >> closed session. >> so do we need 0 motion to go into closed session. we'll go into 8. >> is the door now unlocked? okay. okay. members of the public waiting to get in. i want to welcome the public back to our transportation authority we conducted closed session and back in open session supervisor mar would you like to report out >> yes. the committee met on july 10, 2014, and gave a recommendation to evalu

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madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the special meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and parking horticulture commission. >> director brinkman. director lee. director nolan and chair we have quorum. item 3 announcement of prohibition of sound like pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a. item 34 >> we wanted to congratulate director borden congratulations we're delighted you're here this is the first time we've had a full house arrest communications. >> mr. chair you want me to call. >> on the special calendar approving this transport operations to june 30th and item 6 is the collective bargaining union local 258 with respect to the extension of the term june 30th, 2017. >> any public comment on t

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in landing a contract with the sfoifk is pretty champ but now with the opened contracting center visitors can get opportunity at the new state of the arc facility and attend workshops and receive one-on-one technical assistance and learner what you need to become a primary contractor or what information to be a subcontractor and a created bed public commission it will help people to assist people to compete for and performance open city contract a lot of small businesses do have the resources to loblth the opportunity so one of the things we wanted to do was provide ways to access contract >> access to the plans spiefkz and a data place basis ease contracting opportunity and funding or capital training. this is and other documents that needs to be submitted. to compete is a technical skill that it takes to win a scheduling

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy easier. >> do you know know your greg giving hurts from your wifi you may think that computers are kufz but when you know what you need it gets easier. a computer is made up of

madam director. >> thank you. commissioners, as you know in the transbay district where you have land use, contract and design authority, the transbay district has requirement for 35% affordable housing. the bulk of the low income housing will be provided on state parcels that -- the net proceeds of which actually go towards that big hole in the ground, the terminal, the transit terminal, but landfill proceeds actually help to subsidize the landfill parcels. what you have before you are two separate actions in transbay really that are an implementation of your overall mission and goals for the transbay district and a continuation of the actions you took last year related to transbay blocks 6 and 7. with that, i'd like to ask elizabeth to start off this

madam director >> thank you madam secretary commissioner members and for the members of the public each of those informational memorandums are on our website and certainly available for review and copies at the meeting. first an update you mean theirs vice chancellor laura presented their long term plan for mission bay around this time last year and really that long range is to guide they're planning and development of their compasses or compasses for the next year's for 20035 ucsf has developed been 82 percent of their campus to date as part of the long term plan that's coming out in draft form the last time it was updated was in 1997 before the redevelopment plan and owner participation agreements were adapted will guide ucsf development an opportunity for the public and other tdrs government agencies to have a say in their growth plans. as you've heard ucsf does a grateful business in mission bay and outside with the shoigz for blocks 33 and although the payments for the family house block 7 west related to ac/dc deals with even then they need more stacey's spaces to add additional y

[gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item 14? >> item 14 is resolution approving modification no. 3 to airport contract 9230.9, construction management support serve is he for the runway safety area program between parsons brinckerhoff, inc., and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its airport commission, in an amount not to exceed $14,700,000 to commence following board approval with a contract end date of no later than june 30, 2015, pursuant to charter, section 9.118(b). ~ 2015. >> okay, thank you. ms. wagoner? >> cathy wagoner, [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] with parsons brinckerhoff for management services related to our airport runway safety area project. the proposed amendment would increase the contract amount by $4.82 million and extend the contract term by 11 months for a new termination date of june 30th, 2015. the board has previously approved various item related to the runway safety area project, including a fiscal feasibility report, the contract with the vendor for the r

madam director. >> thank you madam secretary, commissioners and welcome to the members of the publing. thank you so much for joibing us. as you know, your former colleague, commissioner theodore ellington served as one of the founding members of the commission and he served since inception in december of 2012 through july 3, 2014, when he tendered his resignation to the mayor's office. during that time mr. ellington participated in a number of actions that are related to the mission bay south participation agreement implementation actions under that agreement, that is the approval of various for turned mission bay south own r par tisation agreement, your purchasing policy, which you have a clean and amended copy now actually on hand, does prohibit any agency employee, including former commissioners from working on matters in which the commissioner or employee had a direct and substantial interest, and in which that former employee or commissioner participated personally and substantially. and as a result of that, mr. ellington, who has now resigned from the commission, he has moved on

and her reception that madame nhu gets from her mother, was very worried about madame nhu's visit to the united states so she posts a state department has had an estimate as has madame nhu really shouldn't come you. i have aren't all that the in these to throw tomatoes after and if they see her to run her over with the car. this is her mother. she does get tomatoes for better. she also gets standing ovations from fordham, from georgetown, from a lot of catholic education speed is good to say, she really mapped out the catholic college and universities, i can or as part of her tour was she presented at that point as -- her catholicism commune, very important part of her political ideology, if you want to call it that. was she seen in that light, in 1963 in the united states? i assume to the extent that she was hitting, you know, places like fordham, georgetown, they were very much self-conscious of that. was the part of her reception as well? >> i do think that part of the political closet of the south vietnamese government was based on something called personalism which is this philo

please call roll >> thank you, madam chair the first order. commissioner members please record >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. chairperson johnson. all members of the commission are present. the next order of business is announcements a the next meeting will be held on tuesday july 15th at 1 o'clock at city hall room 416 and announcement of the prohibition of the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. c nauchlt of the time allocate of the public members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes on each agenda item. it is strongly recommend that pubs who wish to address the commission please fill out a card and submit it to the commission secretary. item 3 report an actions at the pr

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance subcommittee meeting for wednesday, july 23rd, 2014. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisor eric mar. want to thank the clerk of the committee ms. linda wong as well the members of sfgtv covering this meeting jonathan gomwalk and jennifer low. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes,. [speaker not understood] be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the july 29th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay, thank you, madam clerk. can you call item number 1? >> item number 1 is a resolution approving a contract with brookville equipment corporation for the rehabilitation of 16 president's conference committee histori

madam director >> thank you madam secretary commissioners that came up in may before you and this consent to lease for the change for the california historical society. and at that time the commission had a number of questions related to the previous agreement that go back well over a decade that was recommended to the original developer for the paramount remain and commercial property and in light of the squeeze on nonprofit space citywide certainly, if anything else can be done that is shard between h c s f and ocii we've worked diligently with city partners to come up with a creative solution that we believe addresses our concerns. with that, i'd like to ask christen the real estate specialist to walk you through the proposed issue. >> thank you director bohe and good afternoon, commissioners that is a continuation of a may 6, 2014, resolution commentating to a long term lease between third and mission and a affiliate of the california historical society or c h s for approximately 15 thousand square feet in the paramount on mission street. as a quick refresher the agency entered into t

madam director >> thank you. this is the refunding of bonds we have an opportunity to refund bonds given the current market that refunding will save us monies our debt portfolio will taper down those are professional services contract that is enable us to refund and with that, i'd like to ask our senior financial analysis to talk about those. >> good afternoon. i'm john senior financial analysis items 5 e and f the authorization of the personal services contract for the bond council for the bond issues for the city and county of san francisco finance authority revenue refunding revenue bonds serious 2014 b and c on may 1, '89 this year, the staff issued an rfp for the city's bond approval on may '86 firms respond and 3 proposed a bond council for the disclosure council a panel compromises of deputy and others evaluated the proposals. our primary consideration was to have the successor agency 3 of the firms have subsequential qualifications and one has a lower fee and was selected by the panel i'll like to introdu

madam clerk is there madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> there's no further business. . then we're adjourned. test. >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee i'm supervisor wiener to my right is supervisor kim the committee vice chair and supervisor cohen will not be able to join us today, our clerk is awning debris awe bigger and thank you to commissioner honda jennifer lowe and other. madam clerk, any announcements? phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. implemented speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk and the. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. >> madam clerk one item. this is for the business sign in the planning code >> thank you. i'm the author of item one my co-sponsor is supervisor chiu. day today those zoning controls amend did business sign intended to identify signage to the business in which it's connected and the products in the business those serve to dish a particular business between a general sign sloops

madam secretary do we have any speaker cards >> yes. one dr. espanola jackson. >> item 5 d. >> excuse me. i don't want b but i will speak on it absolutely. >> i thought i was doing c i'm sorry baby something the man spoke about was affordability of housing i have a grave concern when you say affordable it affordable came out in the early 70s. with the redevelopment agency for those of us with sftsz we could come back into our community but we have one of the staff members who's name is olsen lee who is working out of the mayor's office with affordable housing and i received and i'm very upset i've gone to the board of supervisors but it seems like no one haiti's wants to investigate what's going on in the city how it it is it st. possible that he as an individual staff will say what affordability is and the fact i've received a letter that, in fact, 2016 high certificate wouldn't be any good it was not the mayor's office that set up the certificates it was the board of supervisors. and i don't understand how a staff have all this power especial