mr. clark, if you would not mind connecting the computer -- mr. clarke -- mr. clerk. i'm here to provide you the latest updates on the program. i will -- the data i will share with you today applies from october 2010 until now. since supervisor kim may not be as familiar with the water system improvement program, i wanted to start with a brief summary of the overall program. this is a multiple year capital improvement program that was initiated in late 2002 to upgrade the city's water system in an effort to improve its seismic and delivery reliability as well as meet water quality requirements and diversify our water supply portfolio. the program includes a total of 86 projects of various size. anywhere from a few million dollars to over $400 million. the projects are spread over a very wide geographical area from the sierra foothills all the way to the city, and our current budget currently stands at $4.6 billion, and our schedule calls for completion of all improvements by the end of 2015. the project are divided, really, into two sub-programs -- local and regional.

mr. clark, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you present any documents to the committee, provide a copy to the clerk for inclusion into the file. items acted on today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on march 29 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: i would like to wait for the full complement of the committee before we get on to item one. let us go on to item two. >> resolution authorizing the department of emergency management, for the city and county of san francisco, as fiscal agent for the bay area region, to retroactively accept and expend a fy2008 buffer zone protection program grant in the amount of $579,090 from the u.s. department of homeland security through the california emergency management agency to fund critical planning and infrastructure protection needs. supervisor chu: thank you. we have someone from the department of the emergency management. >> good morning. and the item before you this morning is a five under thousand dollar grant from the u.s. department of homeland security for a prog

thank you, mr. clark. item number eight, please. >> ordinance amending the san francisco code article 12 by amending section 12. 08 to increase the fees that the kezar parking lot and making environmental findings. >> the good afternoon, supervisors. the item before you is a rate increase for the kezar lot for the monthly residential and commercial rates of the parking lot. it is a 321 space surface lot and the rates were most recently increased in 2009. since that time, and number of the adjacent parking structures have increased their rates, specifically the music concourse's garage has increased their rate to $200 monthly and the same mary's price has increased to $191. the department has brought forward this rate increase to keep our rates competitive with those surrounding. supervisor chu: a question about the timing. why did your budget include increases in revenue included with this increase in the rates? >> we have looked at this in the 10-11 budget but the determination was made that it was too so

mr. clark, do we have any other items before us? and you, we are adjourned. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the transportation authority san francisco city and county. >> item 1, roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: 90. please read item two. >> item two, approval of minutes of the february 15, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any comments on minutes? seeing none, public comment on minutes, please? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this without objection? or we do need roll-call. we have a new house order. >> on item number two. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. there are 11 aye. item passes. item three, chairs report. item four, executive director's report. these are informational items. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. this past month, we had quite a bit of activity in the transportation of grain. -- transportation arena. i went to washington, d.c., march 13 through 15 for meetings on

mr. clarke: by providing time to our homeowners. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the geleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: i would like to ask if i could the time remaining on both sides. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 7 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from colorado has 17 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i'd li to notify my friend, the gentleman from colorado, that i do have additional speakers, but we have an inequality in time that's remaining. i don't know if the gentleman would like to run down that time where we have an equal distribution. mr. polis: we do have several speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: it's my honor to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. hirono. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from hawaii is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. hirono: i thank the gentleman from colorado for the time. i rise i

intervention is going to be conflict on both sides people on both sides of the people who support mr clarke the people who support the rebels they are both going to see casualties are now on either end what do you think will be the long term consequences of this intervention after of the dust settles. i think . this is of course extremely important i think first of all clearly for years for ten years twenty years we were living in a world where we were speaking to police to make us laugh taking a boat as you will be. it doesn't exist kill when you enter you will get casualties. civilian casualties it it's it's sad but that's the so i think everyone pulled understand this for the moment but the one point of course is that we must believe it's the. specially the civilian casualties so after the conflict when the first will settle their own probably everything will be planned of. the scale of the casualty just discovered of the disruptions in libya and of course of the support of the arab countries if a deal of the day we are alone in the western bloc the so-called western block in libya we th

mr. clarke: by providing time to our homeowners. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: i would like to ask if i could the time remaining on both sides. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 7 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from colorado has 17 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i'd like to notify my friend, the gentleman from colorado, that i do have additional speakers, but we have an inequality in time that's remaining. i don't know if the gentleman would like to run down that time where we have an equal distribution. mr. polis: we do have several speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: it's my honor to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. hirono. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from hawaii is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. hirono: i thank the gentleman from colorado for the time. i ri

the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr. chairman, secretary naup tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that will have an impact on the actual physical border su

the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. recognized for five minutes. >>> thank you, mr. chair. thousands of innocent people were killed as a result of attacks on this country. it's understandable why the issue of terrorism in america illicits outrage and emotion. sheriff baca, i've got a question for you, but one ing i wanted to commend you is that those core values that your deputies make an oath to, underscore the rightshat we all have in this country to be treated fairly by our government. and i recognize those rights. not only as a member of congress whose taken an oath to uphold the constitution, but also mr. chair, on a personal note. it's because my father who cared for me, who loved me,was a muslim. he died when i was 8 years old but i'll never forget him. he was a kind and gentle soul. most importantly what i remember is that his love for people was based in his faith in god. in order for us to make sure that 9/11 never ever happens again, i urge all of us as members of congress to make our decisions based on sound intelligence. not on profiling. not on stereotyping. w

the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr.p tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that willave an impact o the actual physical border such as the border at detroit

the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. recognized for five minutes. >>> thank you, mr. chair. thousands of innocent people were killed as a result of attacks on this country. it's understandable why the issue of terrorism in america illicits outrage and emotion. sheriff baca, i've got a question for you, but one thing i wanted to commend you is that those core values that your deputies make an oath to, underscore the rights that we all have in this country to be treated fairly by our government. and i recognize those rights. not only as a member of congress whose taken an oath to uphold the constitution, but also mr. chair, on a personal note. it's because my father who cared for me, who loved me, was a muslim. he died when i was 8 years old but i'll never forget him. he was a kind and gentle soul. most importantly what i remember is that his love for people was based in his faith in god. in order for us to make sure that 9/11 never ever happens again, i urge all of us as members of congress to make our decisions based on sound intelligence. not on profiling. not on stereotypi

the gentleman from michigan, mr. clark. >> thank you, mr.airman, secretary naup tapolitano, i th you for your knowledge for handling the threats our country is facing and considering proposals from people like us in the legislature. my concerns are about the security of the detroit sector border in particular and about the northern border. i've got three questions. my first is about the president's 2012 proposal and it's regarding the recent canada vision agreement that was entered into between the u.s. and canada and if you had thoughts on how that agreement could better supplement security in the northern border? >> well, i think that agreement is a landmark agreement for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it recognizes the need to have a perimeter security around canada so that we begin utilizing some of the same criteria for who can enter canada as they enter the united states, as we begin to understand the need to exchange information about travelers and the like. that will have an impact on the actual physical border such

mr. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. while today we are debating on how we can address public needs with fewer and fewer public dollars, i'm here to bring good news on how this congress, this past congress invested or tax dollars to help save jobs. the new general motors that i proudly represent recently announce add new financial milestone -- announced a new financial milestone. four consecutive quarters of profitablity. that's not only good for g.m.'s shareholders, but also for its employees, the majority of whom will receive profit sharing of over $4,000 each. what that shows is that when this congress works with our president to invest in u.s. manufacturing, that helps all of us to make it in america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island wish to be recognized? without objection, you are recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: i rise today with serious concerns about the lack of a true jobs plan from the republican majority as we seek

. >> the chairman recognizes mr. clarkthe gentleman from michigan, for five minutes >> thank you, mr. chairman hall, ranking member johnson. administrator bolden, thank you for being here. i've got a series of questions. and all of them relate to the impact of the proposed c.r. and the president's budget on nasa's ability to produce technology that can create jobs. and i don't have any space centers or rocket manufacturers in the district i represent. i'm from detroit. and i represent metro detroit. we do make cars. and back 40 years ago nasa released some structural analysis program technology that auto manufacturers were ultimately able to use to make better front ends, to design better front ends and steering linkages. and you have a lot of potential to help us make better plug-in hybrid vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles. essentially, it's this. is that nasa technology has meant better automotive technology which means that detroit is able to sell better cars and that creates more jobs for the people that i represe

mr. clarke, the general from michigan, for five minutes. >> thank you for being here. i have a series of questions and all of them relate to the impact of the proposed cr and the president's budget on nasa's ability to produce technology that can create jobs. i do not have any space centers or rocket manufacturers in the district i represent. i am from detroit. we make cars. years ago, nasa is introduced some structural program technology that of the manufacturers were ultimately able to use to design better front ends and steering linkages. most recently, your research into advanced fuels until technology -- and fuel technology allowed us to make better alternative fuel vehicles. nasa technology has meant better automotive technology, which means that detroit is able to sell better cars, and that creates more jobs for the people i represent. what, if any, is the impact of the proposed c are in the president's budget on these types of initiatives that can be used to create jobs in our country? >> it will allow us to continue the technological innovation that has always

mr. clarke: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. kucinich from ohio. would you like to proceed? mr. kucinich: thank you very much, mr. speaker. march the 20th, 2003, eight years ago, the united states launched a full scale attack on iraq. many of us remember watching the images of shock and awe as violence was wreaked against the people of iraq and in particular the city of baghdad. now that moment at which america arrived to express its military might had ant seed ants that we should study this evening. i want to review, mr. speaker, the climate that was created for this congress that caused this congress to make a decision back in october of 2002 to go to war against iraq, a war that was executed beginning march 20, 2003. it was nine years ago to this day that vice president cheney said the following of iraq, we know they have biological and chemical weapons. march 17, 2002. on march 19, 2002, the vice president cheney said, and we know they are pursuing nuclear weapons. on march 24, 2002, vice president cheney said of saddam hussein, he is actively pursuing nuclear weapons at

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. supervisor campos: good more jim -- morning and welcome to the thursday, march 10, meeting of the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. i am joined by the committee vice chair, supervisor farrell, as well as a committee member board president david chiu. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, mr. chairman. please turn off cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and place it to the left of the podium. completed speaker cards and parts of documents are to be included as part of the file and submitted to the clerk. items discussed today will appear before the board on march 15 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chiu: -- supervisor campos: thank you very much. please call item 1. >> item 1, motion approving the budget and legislative analyst services were planned for 2010. supervisor campos: thank you. -- work plan for 2010. supervisor campos: thank you. this item ba

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> welcome to "culturewire." on this episode, the director of cultural affairs takes us on a field trip to the mission district to check out odc's new 36,000 square foot campus, the largest in the region. >> for san franciscans, odc has a very significant significance. stands for a venerable performing arts organization celebrating its 40th anniversary of bringing fans and theaters to the bay area. standing with me today on "culturewire" is the theater director of odc. thank you for joining us. i mention that this is the 40th anniversary. >> it is indeed. >> i'm standing with you in a fabulous theater that was completed six months ago in time for this anniversary. tell me about how it has been going for the last six months. >> absolutely. in terms of the anniversary, the dance company, which is our founding body, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and it is the 30th anniversary, so it is historic for both sides, and the completion of the theater

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov .tv who broadcast t meetings and made the transcripts available online. >> the items will go to the full board on tuesday, march 14th, unless otherwise indicated. >> can you please call item number 1? >> the consideration of appointing two members with terms ending april 27th, 2012, and april 27th, 2013, to the sunshine ordinance task force. >> we have a six applicants for two seats. i will ask you to present a little bit about yourself and your background as it relates to the sunshine ordinance task force and why you would like to be on the committee. i will call up first boiled johnson -- doyle johhnsnson. well, he is not here. and then next is ron calley. >> hello. i am interested in the sunshine ordinance taskforce. i have a computer background and a journalism background and a lot -- i also to work with a startup company that is involved in cyber security. i have a pretty deep unde

madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time. >> hello, i am about to call the meeting to order. secretary housh: pres., others, roll call. i might note that commissioner caen is ill. president vietor: thank you. next item, please. secretary housh: the approval of the minutes. any commissioners? president vietor: any comments? the minutes are approved. next item. mr. secretary, i seek public comments here. secretary housh: i am sorry. public comments. members of the public may address the commission on matters there are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on the agenda today. we have no speaker cards. president vietor: thank you. next item, please. secretary housh: next item, communications. i would like to call your attention to the new letters, which are highlighted. additionally, there is an events calendar, scheduling issues, as well as two written reports, if you have any questions about those. commissioner: on the reports, i have one comment and one question. on the waste w

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mr. obama will address the nation on monday night about the u.s. role in libya. cbs news correspondent mandy clarkrning. >> good morning, rebecca. well, people are certainly jubilant in ajdabiya. i don't know if you can see, but behind there are rebels on top of a tank which they had captured. now this is a western gate where we're at and it was virtually impenetrable for rebel forces because it was owned by gadhafi forces. until an allied strike hit this western gate and the eastern gate this morning. that allowed rebels to take ajdabiya. and now we're being told that pro-gadhafi forces are now 50 miles down the road to another strategic spot called brega. along the coastal road. however, we also spoke to some civilians in ajdabiya today. they say that pro-gadhafi forces may have kidnapped at least ten families. however, the rebels here say they're going to go all the way down to brega, all the way to tripoli chasing the gadhafi forces. >> mandy, you're on the ground there. how much momentum do the rebels feel they have behind them at this moment? >> they feel like the momentum, and the war now i

clark is now recognized again. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and so good to see you, secretary napolitano. thank you for your forthrightness in response to a very challenging budget. i'm sitting here just thinking of some of what our concerns are almost diametrically opposed to what has come forth in the cr and it's interesting to hear the conversation. but i have a question about cybersecurity. the national division is planning to deploy five enstein monitors that should be used to detect intrusions on computer systems. if the resolution is adopted by congress and you don't receive your requested funds for 2011, how would it affect this much need needed prugt and the request for 36 million? >> it will cause significant delay, representative. i think for the deployment of einstein three, we would see that move back at least two or three years in terms of our ability to deploy it. so and talk about an area where there's urgency, the cyber area has real urgency associated with it. we hope we can work with the congress to revisit that iss

mr. speaker, my question is to the prime minister, and refer to a visit i made today to author and rita clarkeir fruit and vegetable shop a $6,000 a month power bill in connection in connection increases to $1500 just under the tax. >> order, order. >> why won't the prime minister be hoppest with the os -- honest with the australian people about the impact of the carbon tax on the cost of food? [inaudible conversations] >> the prime minister. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker, and i thank the leader of the opposition for his question, and as the leader of the opposition well knows even in the words of his question, he's continuing his campaign of misleading and generating fear amongst the australian community, and it's the leader of the opposition -- [inaudible conversations] >> order. >> which to hang out in a fruit and junior college table shop an -- vegetable shop and said to the owners that he has done them a great disservice, told them nontruth, told them something he knew not to be true at the time he said it, and it did for no other purpose than to further his campaign, and he's disi

very distinguished democrat clarke that i think you guys took out our timekeeper back here on the television. you might have another two minutes if you want. >> i am finished, mr. chairman. we have to go. >> we appreciate it. we are going to have to run on the. we will have a lot of questions for the record. but i do want to say that you are extremely important agency to every single household in america. we all take a lot of pride in your work, we all have opinions of what you are doing right and wrong. we went to work to this process with you. we appreciate what you are doing. while the hearing is ending, our discussions will not. thank you, this committee hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. would [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> from washington journal representative kevin yoder a freshman member of congress talks about the federal budget and his role on the budget and spending task force of the republicans group. this is about 40 minutes. to a >> host: let me introduce you to freshman kevin yeutter republican of kansas and member of the appropriations committeet first visit to the washington journal understand. thanks for being here.

clarke of new york, best regards, nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. yarmuth: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: in louisville we have a lot to be proud of, the derby, muhammad, and now the ncaa division 2 champion champion knights. led by the coach, the knights finished the regular season with 24 wins, their second consecutive conference title, and stormed through the ncaa tournament to bring home the university's first national championship. they corraled mustangs and tamed mutual fund ricks and last saturday, -- and tamed mavericks , and last saturday, they sent the sea siders packing. the knights are true student athletes who overcame injuries and adversity bound together by trust. trust in their abilities and in each other. let's not forget the trust and support of the fans who traveled by the busload nearly 900 miles to cheer on their knights. mr. speaker, i ask you join me today in congratulating coach davenport, the team, and entire bellarmine community on its 2011 nc

very distinguished democrat clarke that i think you guys took out our timekeeper back here on the television. you might have another two minutes if you want. >> i am finished, mr. chairman. we have to go. >> we appreciate it. we are going to have to run on the. we will have a lot of questions for the record. but i do want to say that you are extremely important agency to every single household in america. we all take a lot of pride in your work, we all have opinions of what you are doing right and wrong. we went to work to this process with you. we appreciate what you are doing. while the hearing is ending, our discussions will not. thank you, this committee hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. missing. >> "washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce you to a freshman member of congress, kevin yoder, republican of kansas and a member of the appropriations committee. your first visit to the "washington journal." thank you for being here. glad to have you. we are going to talk about the federal budget and job creation. let's talk about the next strategy steps for the house republicans. "the wall street journal" is reporting a three-week bill on spending

very distinguished democrat clarke that i think you guys took out our timekeeper back here on the television. you might have another two minutes if you want. >> i am finished, mr. chairman. we have to go. >> we appreciate it. we are going to have to run on the. we will have a lot of questions for the record. but i do want to say that you are extremely important agency to every single household in america. we all take a lot of pride in your work, we all have opinions of what you are doing right and wrong. we went to work to this process with you. we appreciate what you are doing. while the hearing is ending, our discussions will not. thank you, this committee hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> that will lead off our prime- time coverage tonight at 8:00 eastern. in the libyan ambassador to the u.s. call for recognition of the newly formed transition cancel as the legitimate government of their country. and finally, debate from the house floor from earlier today on a bill passed that would eliminate the hud emergency relief program. >> watch the en

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madam clark, do we have any further business? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor campos: great. enjoy your weekend. have a good time.