commissioner moran: just a couple things. in the separation of the local water supply projects, and we have had some chatter back and forth. my concern is they are part of the defined wsip. they do have and have sex. -- have an effect. i am concerned if they get shuttled into oblivion. i of one question, and that is how do we avoid that. i was comparing the project report we get from wsip to the project we get from the normal cip. my question is, is this a good time to look at the practices we developed in wsip? so these projects do not fall off of the radar? >> the plan is that although water enterprise will be more actively will have more active oversight, the structure will be implemented. we will have a report on the. it will be consistent, similar to the wsip. as far as the cip, we will do a lot of things, the lessons learned that we are applying to all capital projects. >> the entire water supply discussion involves conservation. it involves a variety of things. it could be water transfer. it could be a variety of thing

vice president moran? vice president moran: usually, it is a very detailed conversation about how we seek to balance these overtime. we really need to look get that and see what the implication is for rates for both water and on the power side, so i just suggest that we put this so that we can deal with the big issues before we get into the more detailed review of the budget. and then, there are a couple of policies that were listed as enterprise policies, and my intent is that we establish policies of those areas. i have seen a draft. it makes sense to start and then extend it in others. but i wanted to be clear that my intent was to have those affect all three. president vietor: thank you. other questions or comments on the communications? hearing none, next item. secretary housh: the next item with the other new business, if the commissioner has any item. vice president moran: this is a question on the time budget. i think we have not been able to fit in folks a couple of times, and i think it would be

commissioner moran: the meeting is adjourned.

i wanted to take the evening to vice president moran. like people being out here and talking about the community. of four to working with you and i look forward to my ongoing work and the board's were the southeast commission as well. it was very important for people to come out and add to what she was talking about related to city college. -- city college. i want to thank mother jackson for her information and her historical perspective about what happened before we got to this point. i want you to keep up that good work making sure that we know what is going on. there are two programs i am really excited about. it is the one stop program that we have here. we also have money for a single stock program as well. i look forward to the ongoing communication, collaboration. and i know that we will be successful, thank you very much. >> hello and good evening. i am the last one. thank you for actually having us here at the meeting and for feeding us tonight. i am a longtime resident, born and raised. i am also a student here at the city coll

moran. the subcommittee and all of the staff for all their hard work on this very tough bill. chairman simpson has led the way on an excellent bill. i think it makes good on our promise to reduce government spending with real significant spending reforms. his subcommittee, mr. chairman, held 22 oversight hearings, more than any other of the 12 subcommittees on appropriations. i'm confident that they've gone above and beyond their duty to ensure that these cuts come from wasteful and redundant programs. i know these decisions were not made lightly, were not made easy but they are responsible and will help us move in the right direction. although it's been difficult at times, the house should be proud to be moving this year's appropriations process in regular order the first time in years. with this bill we will have finished more than half of the 12 -- fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills before our august recess. this return to regular order has contributed to thoughtful, clib are a tif app

moran: mr. chairman, in response to my very good friend , it appears that the conduct -- it appears that conduct of these park rangers was wrong, so they have been reassigned, and i'm sure that whoever has responsibility now in that jurisdiction has been told, you don't do this. now, these kinds of things happen all over the country if not all over the world. clearly some people in authority abuse their power. it happens with local police departments. it happens to state police. it happens with other people with a badge, and so they get disciplined. sometimes they get taken to court. but normally we don't change national policy to deal with misconduct, if that's what it was, on the part of certain individuals. we don't change national policy. that's what you're trying to do. let me put into this discussion and deliberation the fact that they had to go through national park land to get to that state water. well, they do, and the national park service runs the concessions so the national park serv

. >> >> commissioner moran: how did you come up with the 2 rudder 30,000? >> there were a couple of things that, the first, the goal is to hit everybody. the city i -- the whole city is a bit optimistic and does not address these risks. two-thirds of the residential class, that is a nice chunk and leave some left over. in conversations, there is a size of program which we -- it is not worth the hassle for them. by comparison, the arrangement that iran has -- mraimarini has has with shell, it is not all these terms are in flux, nothing is totally hammered out. that is the general [inaudible] of it. there is megawatt hours which do not change very much depending on how many customers you have. the more you have, the lure that becomes. -- lower that becomes. >> commissioner moran: how would they be selected? >> we were thinking that would be a geographic areas. 7% of the overall residential accounts. that would be across san francisco. the actual identification of which census tract or block or however we cut of the geographic areas, we have not finalized on t

commissioner moran: we cut it off. yes, sir? >> one second. it is kind of interesting, a lot of the buildings go to arts. they need money to operate. thanks. [applause] commissioner moran: we must end somewhere at some time. >> since i am going to be the last one, i would like to say that we had the task force, and at those meetings, we talked about the arts and getting 2%. my request is that we get 10%. i think in the right of, somebody put it down to 5%. what i would like to know, who keeps erasing what we request? we were requesting the overall cost. we just wanted to 10%. not the southeast sector, but all of the training and making sure that we have certified -- we are going to be in trouble if we continue going the way. i want to thank my friends for coming in and you are a new commissioner and i did not hear you say a word. i am talking about the gun man down there. commissioner courtney: i'm vince courtney. from the laborers. >> very good. thank you very much. [applause] commissioner moran: applause for everyone on the commission and i

commissioner moran: with both noble and a shell, it will be term sheets first. >> with noble, there may not be any for one. a should be much more straightforward. it does not have the back office staff. it might be that a contract is easier to bring. >> i appreciate your forbearance. >> absolutely. >> we're talking about this coming to issue late summer, early fall. >> the goal would be to be able to produce and have customers next summer. and so we're kind of working through that by seeing if we work through this part here, it allows us to start setting some stuff. then we work with pg and e. in terms of records and the customer notifications. then you have the notice before you. it is working back from that. it is also a level from the board of supervisors of interested in seeing how it is coming, so they thought if they saw a term sheet, there would be an ability to see where they are with negotiations. president vietor: there might be some questions from the board. if we get the go-ahead on the term sheet, it could come back of the board has significant questions or concerns. >> the

commissioner moran: or if it really looks like an awful lot of material to digest, then we can set up presentations and discussions with action following. that may fit this one as well. but at your discretion, given the size and nature of the beast, whether that is appropriate. >> happy to be available to do briefings in advance of the meeting on the pro forma. >> and i want to make sure that belasco is briefed on these terms and their input is collected as well in whatever form that needs to take so we're not going off in the direction they're not comfortable with. >> my recollection is that the schedule also calls for a meeting with the clean energies to words. >> yes. >> before the july 26 meeting. >> so this is not an action item. >> really is to get your input. president vietor: other questions or comments? commissioner torres: as any member of the board did the candidates? but said the board she? no. commissioner torres: so we're still in flux? >> yes. thank you. president vietor: thank you. we will take some public comment now on item number 19. >> good afternoon, commissioners

. >> commissioner moran is spot on. the cost of the program would [unintelligible] participating customers. remodeling the financial costs associated with those appropriations. -- with those appropriations would be financed. there is no planning mechanism to reach through to other customers who were not part of the program. >> you may by default. >> if the california puc established a bond, there is the possibility that should this occur, it would not have collected enough money. >> would have to go after them to -- we would have to going after them to collect that money. that is a venture i would like not to embark on. >> this would occur if we went out of business. >> that is a possibility. >> if we went out of business and market rates were not up, it would not matter. the increase to pg&e, if the california puc hasd estimated -- if they estimate incorrectly, the world would be responsible for making up the difference. >> i am not comfortable relying on the puc to take care of my ratepayers. i just do not. >> but iof

moran: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. crenshaw: i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the committee does rise. the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2551 drkts me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2551 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam second. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the

commissioner moran: yes. you touched on the nature of the partnership over an extended period of time and the ability to not bid on other work. that has come out of some discussions on how we make sure they are not in any way compromised in their ability to give us the best advice that they can. i think that has been structured well. i appreciate your work. >> we bent over backwards. all the lessons learned and then some. i really have to compliment harlan and the contracts group. a lot of work went into this and a lot of effort by city staff to get to this point. there are a lot of people from waste water enterprise here today who are looking forward to this opportunity to having a system that we can be proud of and take us into the future. hopefully we can get your consent today to move forward. thank you. president vietor: commissioners? do not run away. commissioner moran: i was curious about your lessons learned. can you talk a little bit about that and what specifically? >> harlan kelly, assistant gener

month moran and mr. dicks and their efforts making these difficult choices in some very tough economic times. and normally, i wouldn't come here and tell you what to do, but again coming from a state that has some 11 parks and preserves and national mon youments, i have a great interest in some of these accounts. we all have to set priorities. the department of interior, i noticed, has had i guess in 2010, just under $11 billion that's being cut to $9.8 billion, 7% reduction. people ask me about transportation productions, whether it is f.a.a., transportation. i'm reducing some of the accounts by 30% in authorizations, so i know the difficulty you are facing. i looked at some of the other accounts, e.p.a., people would be shocked to find that e.p.a. has $7.1 billion in this bill, quite a bit to operate this agency. the national park service has $2.5 billion. i think if you ask people on the street, you know, where would you put the dollars, i think they would like to see something very tangible. they app

moran: mr. chairman, this is an organization that was established by president nixon, i think it was bill who was the first head of it. what it does is to coordinate the implementation of the national environmental policy act. that act, as i recall, goes back to 1976, 1969. it was president nixon that put it into effect. the council on environmental quality does the national environmental policy act reviews. and it's a critical function. in addition to that it coordinates the environmental programs throughout the federal government. you didn't have c.e.q., you'd have to invent it. i know if we didn't have it we'd be creating it in this appropriations bill because this appropriations bill is replete with requests to the administration to coordinate environmental programs, particularly those related to climate change. to avoid duplication. well, that's the role of c.e.q. the council of environmental quality is very inadequately funded. it's a relative handful of people. so the only thing that i ca

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn, the global banking titan, is one of these rare cases where the high profile and symbolic power to influence the way we think about our justice system as a whole, who would protect, who would punish. today, the whole case turned upside down. the prosecution is near collapse, the defendant is released from house arrest. we take a look at the s stunnin developments tonight for our series "crime and punishment." he walked out of the courthouse smiling. his glamorous wife right by his side. dominique strauss-kahn seemed like a new man. >> this defendant is charged with criminal sexual act in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree. >> reporter: just six weeks ago, he looked like a broken man, hulking after a night in jail as he faced serious charges. but today, in court, the shockingngreversal. prosecutors themselves publicly declared that new facts have come to light about strauss-kahn's accuser that have led them to dou

i'm terry moran.

new york city, this is "nightline," july 12th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran.believe in miracles? well, the latest pew poll says that nearly 80% of americans do. and among the most fervent believers are those who say the virgin mary, the mother of jesus christ, appears and intervenes in lives regularly. even here in the united states. tomorrow night, my colleague bill weir has a special "primetime nightline" report examining those accounts. among the places he visits, alabama, wisconsin and a village in eastern europe where hundreds of thousands have gathered this summer hoping to visit something beyond belief. >> reporter: driving along the stunning coastline of the former yugoslavia, it's no surprise this has become one of the hottest tourist destinations anywhere. but turning inland, through out of the way farm land, it's stunning to think that nearly 40 million people have made this trek, all because they believe the virgin mary has been appearing here, regularly, for the past 30 years. it all began in the early '80s, when six children claimed to see and he

moran: i rise to oppose the gentlelady's amendment. i think it's instructive to point out, i offered an amendment to strike funding for this program during h.r. 1 back in february. so that we could add funds to the north american wetlands conservation program. new my colleague from tennessee -- now my colleague from tennessee, let me check the record here, voted no, so i'm a little confused that now, a few months later, five months later, she has changed her mind. it seems to me my amendment from february would have been preferable to the members who have anglers and hunters in their district, which i suspect the gentlelady from tennessee does. they rely upon healthy wetlands, which have been very much endangered by what was an elimination of the north american wetlands conservation in this bill. this amendment simply throws away the needed funding and i know the chairman of the subcommittee understands how needed that funding is. so it does seem to me that our amendment to restore money for wetlands made more sense. now in the meantim

in orlando, florida,his is "nightline," july 5th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran, live here tonight in well, not guilty. that is what the jury decided today in casey anthony's murder trial. stunning verdict. and while the young florida woman was convicted on minor charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee, really, this was just a total victory for her. it means she's escaped a potential death sentence and might be free in days. the reverberations are only begins to be felt. this evening, a member of the prosecution team announced he would retire at the end of the week, after a 30-year career. and an attttney for the parents, george and cindy anthony, meanwhile, he tells abc news tonight thth the family has received death threats in the wake of this verdict. as if they haven't suffered enough. here's abc's ashleigh banfield. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. have you reached a verdict? >> reporter: it was a swift and shocking end to a courtroom drama that's transfixed the drama. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: 25-year

in new york city, this is "nightline," july 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. celebrities and their children. used to be that having a kid could be a big detour in an entertainment career, but now, for some celebrity moms, it looks like exactly the opposite. their kids become part of their entertainment identities, even their brands. and ultimately help to create new success. this may look like child exploitation to some eyes, but tonight, abc's juju chang puts the question directly to the moms themselves for our series, "celebrity secrets." >> reporter: mommywood. it suspect just a lifetile. it's an industry. it seems for so many celebrity mothers, almost from the moment they give birth, the marketing begins. from j.lo's twins to the brangelina babies, magazines want the first shots, reportedly paying millions of dollars for first access. though brad and ang did give the money to charity. tori spelling posed for "people" with her son, and did not get paid. >> on >> even though they have a lot of help, they are still the ones who get up with the crying baby at

commissioner moran: the $161 million was saved through what methodology? >> we saved nearly $300 million in lower bids. commissioner moran: that was the briefing he gave to me earlier? thank you again for that. any time there is a reserve, there's a process to outline how those expenditures will occur in the future. is the industry advisory board looking and how is expenditures will occur? is there are ratepayer with respect to these expenditures and their potential oversight? >> there is quite a bit of oversight in the program. commissioner moran: in talking about the management. >> what we envision it was the project management to go to a change control board, that is made of high level managers at the puc, both in the infrastructure and the water enterprise division. and it would make the recommendation he made. when you have to keep in mind is we're talking but changes when we are moving extremely quickly. a day in construction can move extremely quickly. commissioner courtney: i know that there is abuse as well. a lot of times they will give an amendm

commissioner moran: that gets to another, in general. the questions raised on yield -- we are scheduled to talk on the retreat about that. it is a subject that you really need numbers in order to figure that one out. i think staff is working on putting that together, but we should be able to have, by the time we have that retreat -- one thing i would like to see is an 8.5 by 11 piece of paper that starts with what it was in 2005 and all the things that decrease that and all the things that have either happened or are part of the program to increase that and see by 2018, by 2035 what we think the resulting system yield is. there are some tricky parts to that analysis, but we are fully capable of doing that, and, hopefully, we will be able to have back by the end of the night. commissioner vietor: great, thank you. we can take more comments on the resolution, but maybe we could introduce it first. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> second. commissioner vietor: any further questions or comments on the resolution? commissioner moran: we are

york city, this is "nightline," july 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. they're the most powerful media family in the world. the murdoch clan. and all his professional life, the billionaire patriarch rupert has been asking the questions, not answering them. well, all that changed today, when he and his son and a top lieutenant were called before the british parliament to explain the criminal behavior of journalists at one of their tabloid papers. the murdochs have issued a public apology. but the public uproar continues. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: he's the godfather of a media syndicate that he runs like a family business. a $40 billion business that probably touches your life every day. are you a gleek? that's'swn fox, owned by news corp. "mr. popper's penguins," distributed by news corp. fox news channel, theirs, as well. so is "the wall street journal," "the new york post" and five of brit tape's most popular newspapers. rupe rupert's net worth is in the $7 billion range. and forbes list of most powerful people, he's number 13, right after