mr. commissioner andrews' proposal of having a simple overhead projector next to the podium, no changing the podium, put a screen? >> the problem we get into -- i know it's very difficult for people not in the construction business to believe how difficult some of this stuff can be, but you are all very familiar with the city's systems, too. the problem is he we can't just run wires from the podium across the floor. that for sure is going to be an a-d-a problem. so, we have a concrete floor. we wind up having to core through the floor, you wind up having to run conduits under the floor. you wind up coring back up under the stage to get over to where the rest of the equipment is. and it gets worse because at the main library, you can't core the floors without x-raying the floors before you do that because they're loaded with electrical conduit, piping, reinforcing steel. the next thing you know, you have to call out an engineer from dpw to tell you how to detail this 3-inch hole you have to make. so, it gets -- that's why, that's why these things always become more complicated than one wo

. >> commissioner andrews? >> mr. st. croix, i just wanted to hear a little bit more about the status of the san francisco bureau of delinquent revenues, at what point, some of us are going back to 2011, at what point do they become delinquent? >> well, yeah. go ahead. >> the city rules require that any obligation that someone has to us over 300 dollars, has to be referred to them after 90 days. >> 90 days. >> they have been here for some time that is all. >> and and two of the three cases, have already been adjudicated in court in our favor. and but, again, i think that i pointed off before, winning those cases and collecting the money are not always... >> yeah. >> okay. >> thank you. >> any other questions or comments? >> public comment? >> commissioners ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, i noticed month after month after month this report is nothing but a form and it changes the date to protect the innocent and i would like to talk about item two, there are three complaints there are always three com

mr. sterling has not expressed those views directly to me. >> i'm fwog take two more. andrew right here for one. >> commissioner, andrew rosario rice. is this suggested that the sacramento players, the clipper players, be granted free agency at the end of this year as a result of this issue. is that something that could be considered? >> that is not something we are considering. >> final question in the back on the middle. >> jason paige, if you don't get the three-quarter vote that you need, is it possible that donald sterling could still be an absentee owner profiting from the team even though he is banned physically from doing anything with it? >> i fully expect to get the support i need from the other nba owners to remove him. >> thank you, aemtd. transcripts will be available later this afternoon. we will e-mail them out. if you have not given us your e-mail address, please do that with our people. >> all right. that was nba commissioner adam silver announcing that donald sterling, the owner of the los angeles clippers, has been banned for life by the nba. silver saying that donald sterling acknowledged that it is his voice on

mr. sterling acknowledged it was his voice on the tape and he has not expressed to me directly any other views. >> okay. we'll go right here, please. >> and drew row zare row. commissioner, right here -- andrew rosario. what do you have for the clippers and their fan base and moving forward from this point on? >> my message to the clippers fans that this league is far bigger than any one owner, any one player. this institution has been around for a long time and will stand for a long time. i have complete confidence in doc rivers, in the bass kel ball management of that club and the players deserve their support. they have just been through an incredibly difficult incident in their lives. >> on your left, harvey. over against the wall, adam. >> "new york times." was the punishment designed in effect to get the message across to mr. sterling there is no point in him, no advantage, there is no, nothing to be gained from him continuing his ownership? and also, in determining what the punishment would be, including the suggestion to the board of governors, did you take into account mr. sterling's past behavior or was just based on this one particular incident? >> in meting out this punishment we