. >> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board. i am with the streets division. this proposal currently before you on the consent calendar is to exactly what the gentleman has asked for. right now the terminal is on 25th between portrero and hampshire. it is shared by the number 10 and the 33. the proposal is to relocate it to a one-bus zone/terminal on 24th street on the east side of the street. that will separate the two buses from intermingling with each other and also shorten the turnaround time at the southern terminus of the route by three blocks. it will make the run more efficient and minimize the impacts that were just mentioned. i was asked by staff to expedite this item and put it on today's calendar, and sure they want to implement it as soon as approved. >> one of the questions is about additional service that might be provided there. do you have any thoughts on that? >> in terms of additional service or changes, there are no plans for that. >> but just to be clear, other than the port-a--pointy, this change is what he and his names are asking us for

thank you very much, mr. chair and. -- mr. chairman. >> i will ask if anyone has additional questions? i understand that mr. boccieri does. >> you had suggested that there -- aer lingus carriers -- we have found this in constant ntsb records. we have found this over and over again. explain to me when your own regional carriers cannot have the same experience. >> going back to the relationship between network carriers and our regional partners, as i said, our safety management organization works together with our regional partner to ensure that the safety, that we hold the best practice at united, share with the carriers. we spotted them, and we spotted them together with the f.a.a. -- we audit them, and we auadit them together with the faa. we are mindful of the risks of new anything, new employees. we are mindful of that. we understand that. but as jim said, they are necessary. they are important bought -- as jeff said, they are necessary. they are important. you have to think about it. all of the partners, air china, singapo

mr. chair, perhaps we could go to public comment? supervisor mar: is there anyone in the public that would like to speak? please come forward i will also call a couple of names. >> good morning. i really appreciate the time and attention that you are putting into this issue because it is important for myself and for the community. in my experience, i came here 14 years ago. we have been asking transportation for some basic things. many times there is a problem, but they do not do anything. i am able to see a little bit better than before, but oftentimes, drivers are driving fast and it is hard to hear. oftentimes, they do not honk. i wanted to make a comment about this. i believe it was last tuesday. i was trying to go to the bathroom on 16th street to. somebody told me when my stuff was coming. they said it was the next one. the person pulled me the bus number, and right away, i could hear the bus driver making the announcement. i know they have to do it, but in my opinion, i do not know who had to force them to do it. they have the

. >> mr. chair and commissioners, thank yofistsyou. the important and exciting for the commission to be taking on this issue and to be thinking hothrough how to play a role. it cannot be done unless everyone across the country is part of the moving forward. i often say that i think the public has already decided that compehensive immigration reform is necessary, but it's only a matter of time until congress catches up. after explaining my own connection, i want to give you a snapshot of what's been happening in the last few years to put some of this discussion into context. my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted t

share, after hearing from the departments, if i could make a motion -- mr. chair, we are responding to items one, two, four, five, and 6. i would make a motion that we adopt the city attorney response to finding number 1 and to recommendation on the one -- recommendation number 1. i also recommend we adopt the mayor's department of responsibility's response to finding two, four, and six, as well as their response to the recommendations for items two, four, and six, and also make a motion to adopt the department of public works' response to recommendation 5 and finding five. supervisor mar: thank you. any objections? then we have adopted those responses to the findings and recommendations. supervisor chu: i will make a motion to send this out, to send item two out, as amended, to the full board with recommendation, and to file item one. supervisor mar: without objection, so moved. is there anything else on this item, supervisor chu? thank you. thank you, everyone, for coming up, and the activism around complying with the 88. could you call the next item? >> item 3,

mr. chair, i lost a quorum for a while but i hand it over to you. >> that's fine. thank you, supervisor. i just want to thank you for this hearing. i felt there was a great turnout of parents today at this hearing we don't traditionally draw that many parents and i thought it was a really good turnout and i appreciate the remarks that were made about taking this as an opportunity to transform schools and to partner with the school district and i listened carefully to the concerns that were raised and appreciate that mr. truitt spoke about the district's commitment going forward to work effectively with the communities at each school and there are certainly two schools very important to me everett middle school and mission heights school on this list and i think those of us on city government have a responsibility to do everything we can to help create the community school environment that margaret brodkin talked about and to continue the partnership we've had. supervisor, you want to add something? no. so with that i want to close this hearing. i don't know if you'

mr. gonzalez chairs the department of journalism at the city college of san francisco where he taught the first college course on hispanic journalism and where he currently serves as an advisor to the campus newspaper. mr. gonzalez is also a founding member of the national association of hispanic journalists, the national association of hispanic publications, the association of media alternatives, the national association of third-world journalists, bay area chapter, and also he is part of new america media. mr. gonzalez is also the director of the voices for justice project that will document the history of the latino presence in the u.s. by producing a film, a book, and a website. what's very interesting is that you still see mr. gonzalez in the mission talking to young people, speaking in english and in spanish, or sometimes he doesn't talk that much. he listens. and so he is absolutely a hero for the latino community. thank you very much. juan gonzalez. [applause] >> the next award goes to march sella medina. she is a former vice president and manager of some businesses. she has acqui

to provide more information if i may, i would like to through the chair call mr. hil lesser, who is the chair of the district, to say a few words. thank you for the work you have been doing. >> thank you very much for sponsoring this reauthorization of the business improvement district. it is the heart of the mission miracle mile. it is between 21st and 22nd. if i may show a couple of pictures -- the supervisor completely articulated what we are doing. it does not really show it completely, but before we formed the business improvement district that is what the block would look like. this is what it looks like today. that is the removal of debris twice a day. but on top of that, when people say, "where is that block," i do not have to say the block on 2500 anymore. i can just say the block with all the chloral baskets. everyone knows it now. people who stand on the street now realize they have surveillance cameras. they no longer stand on that street. it is a safe, clean, green some stretch of m

mr. heyward discussed. chair maxwell: colleagues, any questions or comments? thank you. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed, and, colleagues, without objection, we will move this forward. all right, item 38, and welcome supervisor elksbernd -- elsbernd. clerk somera: biden number three, a resolution approving and authorizing the sewer line relocation. -- i am number three. supervisor elsbernd: we have some people to talk, including someone from the puc. this is a pretty straightforward matter, but i am going to let john do it. he can do it in a more clear and precise manner. >> you are very kind, supervisor peta director of property. good afternoon, chair maxwell, other members of the committee -- you are very kind, a supervisor. i am a director of property. this item is very specific bid to the sewer line purposes. bought this is highlighted in a pink and yellow, general areas to be exchanged -- this is highlighted. i will swab that out for a more particular drawing. .-- swap that. in pink are the areas of the sewer line to be abandone

mr. chairman. >> thank you. the chair now recognizes mr.>> thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss airline fees. secretary ray lahood is committed to protecting the interest of airline consumers. the department has implemented a number of initiatives to further that commitment. last december, we established a new foundation and consumer protections double tax several persistent pernicious practices, including lengthy tarmac delays and lack of consumer information. in the last year, we issued 37 it cease and desist orders against airlines and agents assessing more than $3 million in civil penalties. we are very focused on the impact of new airline fees on consumer. we believe that the proliferation of these fees any matter in which they are presented to the travelling public can be confusing and misleading. many travelers still expect that the basics of air travel are included any ticket price. that is no longer the case. the published fare does not clearly represent the actual cost to travel once the new fees are added

. >> mr. chair, excellencies, distinguished delegates, i thank you for convening this meeting, which offers an opportunity for the international community to reiterate its solidarity with the pakistani people along with the exchange of views on our future engagements. sweden supports the statements made by belgium on behalf of the european union. and let me, on behalf of the swedish government and the swedish people, and express our deepest sympathy with the people of pakistan. the floods that have ravaged the country have caused unprecedented damage. so far, approximately 20 million have been affected along with lots of lives -- loss of lives. there is a large number of displaced, and extensive damages have struck homes, livelihood, and infrastructure. sweden is deeply concerned by the severe situation and wishes to extend its assurance of committed, strong support to pakistan. sweden appreciated the good cooperation between the pakistan government and the united nations resulting in the response p

mr. president. through the chair to dr. mitch katz. he asked the initial question i would ask, but following up, short of the of the cases treatment -- the efficacious treatment allowed in laura's law, is there anything else that remains in the application of laura's law where there is something meritorious in its effect? >> supervisor, i do not think so. i want to say, also in response to supervisor alioto-pier, your desire comes from absolutely the right place. i can talk about it in my own family. having someone with a serious mental illness is one of the most devastating things. it is incredibly hard and difficult, and i certainly, you know, can understand any but saying, "well, we have to try something. " but, still, we do not try things unless they will work. los angeles has chosen to do it through laura's law, and we are doing it through the court, where people are told by a judge, where they are judge, where they are represented, that you can take

thank you, sir. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. gee, i want to go into just a couple of other questions. earlier, you said that you do not have the authority to override a state party decision on where they spend their money. in your oversight role, if one of your inspectors came to you and told you that a bridge was very unsay for very dangerous, what would you do in response to that? you said a moment ago that there is only a handful of bridges that you feel are of concern and they have been followed up on, or something to that effect? what happened? >> that was on the response to the chairman park's a question about the interstate 35 west type of bridge. >> 0, just those types of bridges? >> siesta. >> that category of 400 of the -- order 61 bridges built at the same time, the mid 1960 proxy with this design in engineering. he was not speaking generally. >> but to answer your question about oversight if we are aware of and i'm sick bridge, we will go to the state and first of all make sure we have the most recent inspection repo

mr. president! >> the chair recognizes the rather strong-lunged junior senator, mr. smith. >> i am very sorry, sir. i have a bill. >> you may speak a little louder, senator, but not too loud. [laughter] >> i have a bill to propose, sir. [laughter] [gavel] >> order, gentlemen. our junior senator is about to make a speech. [laughter] you may proceed, senator. [laughter] >> be it enacted by the senate and the house of representatives that there be appropriated as a loan a sum sufficient to create a national boys' camp to be paid back to the united states treasury by contributions from boys of america. this camp is to be situated on the land at and adjacent to the headwaters of the stream known as willet creek in terry canyon, for the purpose of bringing together boys of all walks of life from various parts of the country -- boys of all creeds, kinds, and positions -- to educate them in american ideals and to promote mutual understandings, and to bring about a healthful life to the growing youth of this great and beautiful land. [cheers] >> they were walking out. today,

the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, each for 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: the minority comes here and talks about wishing to be back at a jobs fair for those who are unemployed looking for work. having voted against continuing unemployment compensation for those out of work and looking for it. the minority comes here talking about help for small business, having voted against democratic bills to help small business. on this bill this is not an increase in taxes on job creation. what it is is closing a tax loophole, used by some, to escape taxes and thereby encouraging them to ship jobs overseas. purely and simply. this is the fact. u.s. companies that operate overseas owe taxes when they return that income to the u.s. they get a foreign tax credit for the taxes they pay overseas. what some companies are doing is using those tax credits not against income brought back ho

mr. leimkuhler will be co-chair mr. reilly, and for mr. roberts,it will be fran comer. >> thank you. this is a question for robinson west. and i must say that i tempted to go deep into your principles which are admirable. and explain what practices conform or not conform to your suggested ideals. but i am not sure that we have time for that. we will spend some time drilling down, so to speak. >> carefully, i hope. >> you are principle and there are determinations to distinguish more completely the leasing, and revenue functions possibly by creating a new agency, like the nuclear regulatory council or to move to nova or e.p.a., do you have views on that? >> i think it makes sense for the regulatory function and the safety function to be kept apart from the leasing function. it's a different imperative. most of the governments frankly view the offshore program of their country. countries such as norway and the u.k. and brazil. the offshore industry is a huge part of their economy. and they have some highly skilled fiscal and legal experts who look at legal and tax. and they have health

mr. speaker, for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yield back. the chairecognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, for five minutes. mr. defazioi thank the chair. there are many in this chamber who say, and i'm among them, we must be careful with running up the deficit and debt because we are borrowing from the future. dollars we borrow today will be paid back by our kids and grandkids over the next 30 years. that's why i voted against the so-called stimulus bill. i felt it borrowed too much, and invested too lite in the future. cut wa back on the transportation infrastructure investments in favor of tax cuts of the borrowing money for tax cuts doesn't make sense. there's no benefit to be passed on to the future generation and it certainly didn't put people back to work. so as we approach the bill today we have to keep that in mind. are we borrowing from the future? and will this provide benefits to people in the future? the bill before us today would fund education in my state we are headed toward having the shortest school year in america. we are

thank you very much, mr. chair. >> the chair recognizes -- >> good morning. i want to thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the members of this committee for the opportunity to be able to be here. this merger is good for employees, communities, consumers, competition. let me start with employees. the volatility and instability of the airline industry have had harsh effects on employment. before 9/11, continental had over 50,000 employees. today, despite being the only network carrier to a brownson's 9/11, we have less than 41,000 employees and we have lost over a billion dollars. before 9/11, united had over 100,000 employees. today, it has about 46,000. after we merge, our employees will be part of a larger, financially stronger, and more geographically diverse carrier. this carrier will be better able to compete in the global marketplace and better able to withstand the external shocks that his artistry with disappointing regularity. because of how little we overlap, the merger will have minimal effects on the jobs of our front-line employees. we're c

chair. madam clerks and mr. clerk, hi. would you please read the roll call. >> mirkarimi present. campos absent. dufty present. avalos present. schmeltzer present. mar present. bornstein absent. we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. i understand commissioner campos will join us shortly. would you please read item number two. aeye approval of the minutes of the 2009 special joint meeting with sfpuc. supervisor mirkarimi: is there any public comment on this particular item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, entertain a motion by commissioner avalos, seconded by commissioner dufty. so moved without objection. would you please read item number three. >> item number three. report on the status of choice aggregation activities. supervisor mirkarimi: ok. mr. kimball, welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is mike campbell. i'm the director of the sfpuc's clean power s.f. program, often referred to as c.c.a. so today i'm just going to go over what progress we've made in crafting the r.f.p. you should have a new revised r.f.p. draft for

mr. rogers, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 6080. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. price: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. price: madam speaker, i ask to urge the adoption of h.r. 6080. violence on the mexican side of the border has intensified because of turf battles among murderous transnational criminal organizations competing for drug, alien and weapon trafficking business. the bill would provide $600 million to enable the department of homeland security, the department of justice and the judiciary in cooperation with the national guard to counter this threat building on the current border enforcement surge. this funding is urgently needed to counter the pressures our law enforcement agencies on our border communities currently face. madam speaker, the bill is fully offset. it includes a $100 million red