i had a conversation with mr. lee in december of 2010 and i called i am up on a sunday and i asked i am i left a message i hear you want to be - you're interested in being the mayor i want to talk with you and you know what you want to achieve what you're grossly are we didn't call me back but came to my office and told him he didn't want to run for mayor so i scratched mr. lee off my list i got to january then looking at the paper and talking to some of my colleagues some people had enough votes to become mayor but suddenly my colleagues tells me they want to be mayor and there's enough votes i said great i was considering mr. lee and mroo wasn't in the country and hadn't call anyone he didn't call me about that i felt like i could support mr. ed lee if i had a conversation tuesday between the board of supervisors between monday and tuesday, i hadn't he of san francisco i wanted to have a conversation i fingered he'll find out he was selected to be the interim mayor of san francisco and we'll be able to get on the ph

i'm mr. lee and mrs. lee. mr. pacific and distinguished guests it's my great pleasure to be celebrating your airlines a celebration of san francisco. on behalf of the council gentle i'd like to express my congratulations to airlines and thanks to all the guests here for your support. san francisco is a hub for world travelers. especially for those who travel to and from china. it's almost 8 hundred and some chinese americans living in the bayer bay area and important importantly in the community across the ocean and the demand for traveling between san francisco and china is nationally high and truly sustainable. and on june 13th more than 1.8 million came from china to the united states. the growth of 23 percent and the total spend over $9.8 billion u.s. delores dollars so it's a perfect time for an airline to open direct flights so we connect chu do and san francisco. we have an additional 2 hundred and 90 seats available for people to fly directly to the united states by that 13 thousand per year historic this

what they told mrs. lee and mr. blackman come up if you wanted to hear further testimony we'll send a field engineer to see if tests possible to this alternative site as you know from the other many, many appeals i've argued in front of you at&t did that on a routine basis if they feel the order contemplates we attempt to identify with the alternative sites and tell the hearing officer we identified two or 3 and pick one that is the least unimpactable site the unfortunate thing there are not other sites that are feasible to install. under the sf m f they're required to grant the permit >> so i disagree with the appellants that at&t representative indicated that it was an acceptable site and you i believe said a they'll study it; is that correct? >> yes. i disagree with the assertion that's an inadmissible hear say. >> mr. quan. >> good evening, commissioners john quan from the department of public works once again. as noted i heard both the appellant and from the appellant and at&t and i ask honestly say the brief w

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, ask i could respond very briefly. i think it's important to point out that yes, there may come times when any government office, whether it's an elected government office or appointed office, there may come a time when someone who is new to the office my be affected by something that did or didn't happen during the predecessor's time in office. but even were that to occur in the case of the secretary of labor, this is a position that could easily enable, could easily empower the new secretary to come in and within a matter of months make sure that a contractor gets a report done and makes sure that report gets submitted. it's also worth noting, mr. president, when we entrust a federal agency with the power to spend $9 billion of the american people's hard earned taxpayer money, resources, we should expect them to stand accountable and they should certainly have the ability to have a study conducted and have that study released to the american people. if we don't trust them

our fifth witness is mr. lee dodd director of digital media

it made a lot of sense to rely on the city certification, but as mr. lee indicated the dollar threshold, making sure at local cmd, state, the dollar thresholds comport with our 2 million gross receipts for three years and 14 million on the construction side. >> what's kinds of the rational behind expanding from 2 to 2.5? it >> it makes it easier for communication purposes and developers, we can say we'd accept the city's lbe program ad hoc without having to say we only accept it for construction, but at professional services it cuts off at 2 million. when you look at the directory you can't rely solely on the directory itself, you have to take an extra level of anal ses. it's for ease of communication, the 500,000 difference. i guess we'll have to talk with the community to see what their thoughts are, but it may seem relatively small, negligible in that respect, that 500 difference, but it would make certainly communication with the developers easier, it would make staff resources more efficient because we won't have to also make that same analysis or go

mr. john lee who told at&t that he thread -- led the local community organization. at&t worked with mr. lee to find an alternate location. it was determined there was a potential alternate location at 2096 avenue. at&t voluntarily withdrew it's original permit application. at&t then in october 2011 filed a second permit application seeking a permit for 2096, 12th avenue, it went through process and granted an excavation permit. at&t went to the field and met with the city inspector to look at the location and was told by the city inspector at that time that the hillside near the proposed site had suffered erosion and it was an inappropriate site for at&t sfm. at&t abandoned it's application for 2096, 12, avenue. it renoticed the neighborhood, conducted a third box walk and again met with mr. lee and it was determined that there was a second alternate location that was acceptable to the community to quintara. at&t mailed notice to everybody in the neighborhood to all three of the box walks conducted. mr. moreno who spoke earlier was sent all of those mailings. she did not attend any of th

and then the leveraging as mr. lee indicated, with oew and the additional city resources that are brought to bear in district 10. going back to your first question, commissioner rosales in terms of comparing ocii programs with the city from an sbe point of view, that first consideration to project area, district 10 is impacted so when mr. lee presented data on bay view hunters point, it's actually ocii facilitated projects, [inaudible] gardens, the grand opening on friday, hunters view and other elements you see in bay view and hunters point where there has been a particular focus in terms of dollars, staff and resources, not just of this commission, but city ride resources. not to say there hasn't been a focus as in intense in the other areas, but i think the key distinction stems back from the purpose of redevelopment, i mean, no one lived in mission bay proper. it was fill. no one lives on the state parcels so it seems appropriate, given that it's embedded and impacted community that there would be a deal of focus.

. >> let m i clarify, mr. lee was written up by dpw inspector as having that unsafe sound wall next to his house because it was coming down to the street. there should be a violation on mr. lee's property on record for that. >> okay. thank you. >> can we bring john quan back up, please. >> he's got time for rebuttal. mr. kwan. >> i was listening to the rebuttal from both parties. there is nothing to add because it is an issue between the appellant and any issues you have in this case. i'm here to answer any questions. >> the question stated that dpw indicated that it was an unsafe environment for the original location. that your inspectors during the presomething walk stated that it was a hazardous place. and if your inspector did state that and during this presomething walk, would that be something that's written or completely verbal? >> well, what i do know that after a department issues a permit there is a preconstruction site between our inspector and the contract or who is planning on doing this work. given t

and i think mr. lee doesn't always highlight to the level he probably should as it relates to preservation. i think the affordable housing units, yes, we have the housing authority which is in a different category. but under the san francisco redevelopment agency years ago, there were a number of units that were developed, and they were developed with a relationship with the federal government. and hud owns a significant amount of properties in my district where they -- many of those locations like freedom west and loren miller and other [speaker not understood]. unfortunately they don't have the money, the resources and these are affordable housing units. what happens is we as a city have to work with these particular developments and work with hud and we have to have significant public dollars. and to help make sure those units remain affordable. the challenge is it's unanticipated in our plans as it relates to affordable housing in san francisco and oftentimes building new is more exciting than preser

. >> con -- congratulations mr. lee for your work and the work you do everyday. you have your family members here. >> i have my immediate family, my wife and my son kobe. i have my mother teresa, my grandmother, edna. i have my in-laws, collin and lewy. i have my brother and sister in-law creg and elaine. >> thank you. [ applause ]. >> thank you board for the recognition and this award. >> well deserved. thank you, sir. [ applause ]. >> thank you mr. chair. so i wanted to start by just acknowledging the last couple of days have been extraordinarily difficult days for muni riders but many in the city has been impacted by the sick out that has happened starting yesterday morning where it's unfortunate, not a good couple of days for the city and for muni but we're grateful for the patience of our riders. some of the feedback we've gotten acknowledging the great work of the operator who's have come to work and rest of the organization whose salvages and tried to support the service has opinion tremendous. the muni riders are a resilient bunch and grateful for them. a

mrs. lee who was more for suffers about it went to congress and petition congress to give arlington back. her petition was booted out of congress. they thought it was a ridiculous idea. radical republicans were in charge of congress. she died in 1873. congress, gotto voted down, then went to court and by 1882 he won a famous case that arlington had been seized without just competent nation during the civil war. gave arlington back to the lee family. it took a while but i had arlington back. weread news is that there 16,000 tunes here. they could not come back to live here. they settled with the government for fair market value. 1100 acres of prime real estate in 16,000 tunes on the banks of the potomac river. the great irony is that when he signed the estate over to the just as leernment, on one side signing the title and the other side was the secretary of war robert todd lincoln. thehad the son of lee and son of lincoln. i would say that is the beginning of some help that we could reunite no

development it will be occupied by the project sponsors who live in the adjacent house and plan on having mrs. lee's mother living there. the project compiles with many of the planning code remits for demolition as mr. wang covered it is a factors and received the full support and recommendations of the planning department staff. the proposed project will be 10 feet lower than the allowable height and a set back of feet and two setbacks at the rear facade. i'm introducing robert evans and vivian lee. thank you. >> okay. hi good evening. i'm vivian lee my husband and i are the occupants of this. before i guinea want to say thank you to the commissioners for taking the testimony time to review our case and especially the planning department for working with us to bring this to the level. we and our children have been living to the this small house we're both architects working in itself city we want to build this how did to build the needs off our family but an improvement to the city. this is an edition of a second unit we anticipate the day that when our parents will no longer be able to live on the

our second witness is mr. lee thomas miller, songwriter and president of the national songwriter association international. a three-time grammy award nominee and has written country singles that reached number one. he received his bachelors degree in music theory and compensation from eastern kentucky university good. to have you, mr. miller. third witness mr. david israelite where he protects and advances the interest of music publishers and songwriters in matters related to domestic and global protection of copyrights. he received his b.a. in clinical science and communication from the william jewell college and jd from the university of missouri and columbia law school. fourth witness mr. michael o'neil, chief executive officer of bmi. also known as broadcast music. he oversees all bmi's domestic and global business operations and discusses direct strategic growth. received undergraduate degree from montclair university and mba from rutgers university. our fifth witness mr. lee nye. he practiced entertainment l

. >> hi, mr. lee. >> good morning, supervisors.

. >> hi, mr. lee. >> good morning, supervisors. olson lee, mayor's office of housing community development. ~ director of [speaker not understood].

speaker, it is welcoming the chinese premier mr. lee to this country and in recognizing that china is one of the greatest export -- and asked the prime minister choose his good overtime to unblock the barrier to the -- pigs feet for human consumption which bring thousands of pounds am sure the long-term economic growth? >> i will certainly take up my honorable friend on that issue. i recalled on a previous visit to china we unlocked the export of pig semen to china so we make progress. i can remember the press release said, refer to the pagan society. sorry about that one. so i will look very carefully at the feet and effects which can be allowed and if jobs can be promoted by that of be very happy to help. >> mr. speaker, notwithstanding says problems elsewhere, does the primus to share my concern about the crisis in south sudan where 4 million people are facing famine? what steps are being taken to implement the piece process? >> discussing this issue yesterday with the archbishop of canterbury who very, very lived in suburban with lo

mr. allen lee and chinning elementary school and claet stephanie from the elementary school let's give them a big round of applause. we also (clapping) we've mentioned the main room is named after our first public person laurence there's a beautiful bust it was xhiktsz in our artist it here deanna there she is it's a beautiful piece of art (clapping) okay. now without further ado, you've heard repeatedly the wonderful support we've had from the friends of the library our executive director here is talk about his work director scott (clapping.) thank you lewis it's a great pleasure to be here. you you've passed the bond that built the building but you made all the furnishings and stacks i helped to raise from $20 to $79,000 we've got over 4 hundred and 36 donors who given so thank you for your generous support you'll see the names on the wall and if you want to make a donation one gentleman gave me a check for $1,000 this afternoon. we wouldn't have done this without the support of julie i want to call out julie (clapping) there's a couple of other people i want to thank minimizing i didn't

mr. frelinghuysen: will the gentlewoman yield? ms. lee: i yield. mr. frelinghuysen: may i quhend you on your -- commend you on your amendment and i with dramue -- and i withdraw my reservations. ms. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much. i yield back the balance of my time. and urge a yes vote. the chair: the reservation of the point of order is withdrawn. the gentlewoman from california yields back the balance of her time. the question now is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? mr. lamborn: mr. chairman, i have two amendments at the desk. 53 and 52. whoip which amendment does the gentleman wish to -- the chair: which amendment does the gentleman wish to offer at this time? mr. lamborn: 53. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. will the gentleman please send his amendment to the desk? the chair: the clerk will now report the amendment 53.

mr. lee sang what is most unsettling for me is that trust, an enlightened society, is crumbling before our eyes. without a modicum of trust, society will crumble into a painful, vicious cycle. >> we've got to take a break. they invested. equitiestest predicts will push even higher. >> there may be a correction. what would be the trigger for it? would it be normalization of monetary policy? >> i don't think normalization of monetary policy will likely trigger because that has been photographed. telegraphed. median forecast of the fomc is for 1.13%. that is very transparent. if you look at the fed funds futures market, it is expecting a first rate hike in july or august of next year. that is well telegraphed in advance. if there is going to be a trigger for correction, it is simply a question of valuations in the market is looking for an excuse to take some profit off the table. mind you, i don't think this correction is likely to see the end of the bull market in the u.s.. the trigger could be

over here, mr. lee. thank you and welcome. i think you are doing a fantastic job but i want to first of all ask for a little help that you could give for me and my constituents in georgia. you are from a with the hardest hit program, your program, thanks to the hard work of this committee. and i would deeply appreciate if you could assist us. we've got an issue in which my state was about a year late in getting this money out to help the hardest hit. subsequent to that we have unleashed or unloaded a number of veterans who happens to be one of the fastest-growing groups of the homeless. and that's because they are coming home and the houses are being foreclosed on and mortgaged. so within the next couple of months, in august they're putting a big event together down in atlanta. in order to get moving on this, your predecessor, mr. tim geithner, and the assistant treasury secretary under whose started this was was -- who did excellent work. but, unfortunately, both of them have gone. so what we need is just a nice call down to

mr. lee peeler from better business bureau. mr.teven mister of the council for responsible nutrition. mr. rob harrelson of the the trustinads.org. dr. daniel fabry cant of the natural products association. i thank all of you for taking time to be here today. thank you, madam chairman, for holding this hearing. >> great. would you like to say a word? zbr ye >> yeah. ms. mary koeble engel is associate director of division of advertising practices. bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission here in washington. dr. mehmet oz, vice chairman and professor of surgery columbia university college of physicians and surgeons and host of "the dr. oz show." mr. c. lee peeler, president and ceo of advertising self-regulatory council. executive vice president, council of better business bureau from new york. mr. steven mister -- is it mister or myselfer? mr. steven mister, president and ceo, council for responsible nutrition based here in washington. mr. robert hatton harrelson iv, executive director, trustinads.org. and dr. da

speaker, it is welcoming the chinese premier mr. lee to this country and in recognizing that china is one of the greatest export -- and asked the prime minister choose his good overtime to unblock the barrier to the -- pigs feet for human consumption which bring thousands of pounds am sure the long-term economic growth? >> i will certainly take up my honorable friend on that issue. i recalled on a previous visit to china we unlocked the export of pig semen to china so we make progress. i can remember the press release said, refer to the pagan society. sorry about that one. so i will look very carefully at the feet and effects which can be allowed and if jobs can be promoted by that of be very happy to help. >> mr. speaker, notwithstanding says problems elsewhere, does the primus to share my concern about the crisis in south sudan where 4 million people are facing famine? what steps are being taken to implement the piece process? >> discussing this issue yesterday with the archbishop of canterbury who very, very lived in suburban with lo

mr. c. lee peeler, president and ceo of advertising self-regulatory council, executive vice president, council of better business bureaus from new york. mr. stevens mr., president and ceo council for responsible nutrition based in washington. mr. robert hatton harralson and executive director, truthinads.org, and dr. daniel fabricant and executive director and ceo natural products association. and will begin with your testimony. we will have you on a clock which i'm sure you understand the i know you understand, dr. oz about the clock. but we are not strict about that. if you don't need to go over by a few moments will not have a problem. keep in mind entirety of any written testimony would like to submit would be included in the official record. welcome, ms. engle. >> good morning, madam chair and members of the committee, i mary engle, social director for advertising practices at the federal trade commission. i am pleased to have this opportunity to provide information regarding the ftc's effo

mr. lee peeler, president and cto of advertising self-regulatory council. mr. stephen mister, council for responsible nutrition. the executive director of trust in ads.org. the executive director and ceo of natural products association. we will begin with your testimony. we will have you on a clock. i know you understand, dr. oz, about the clock. we are not strict about that. if you need to go over a few moments, we will not have a problem. welcome. >> good morning. i am associate director for advertising practices at the federal trade commission. i am pleased to have this opportunity to provide information regarding the ftc's effort to combat fraudulent weight-loss advertising. the united states is facing an obesity epidemic. 70% of u.s. adults are overweight or obese. their major contributors to chronic diseases and health care cost. it is not surprising that there is strong interest in products that claim to provide -- promote weight loss. ftc's 2011 survey of consumer fraud, more consumers were victims of fraudulent weight-loss products of any of the other

mueller (clapping) joined by a number of digital tars including the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. mr. mayor (clapping) for san francisco and the city of cork the sister city has a relationship we're happy to welcome the deputy mayor laurie king stone raise your hand. and the cork chamber of commerce ceo conner healy. thank you (clapping) also present from the san francisco sister city committee the chairman during mat. thank you (clapping) and the business committee chair jim. (clapping.) and a warm welcome to the consul general of ireland phillip grant (clapping) and we have a large irish community in san francisco a lot of those folks joined us we want to welcome san francisco former gentleman representing dianne feinstein (clapping) we're pleased to have ireland's award winning service ireland and san francisco share special connections including strong hi, tech industry and a general with the bus community and 20u6r78 industry. on either side great connections of service where passengers fly connecting to bubonic listen and san francisco one hundred connecting flights to benefit

mr. portnoy has a degree from university. our second witness is leeational songwriters association international. mr. miller said three-time grammy award nominee and his written country singing that has reached number one. he received his bachelor's degree in music theory and compensation from eastern kentucky university. our third witness is mr. david israelite president and chief executive and officer of national music publishing association where he protects and advances the interests of music publishers and songwriters in matters relating to domestic and global protection of copyright. mr. israelite received his b.a. in political science and medication from the william jewell college and got his j.d. from the university of missouri columbia law school. our fourth list this is mr. anil chief executive officer bmi also known as broadcast music. in his position mr. o'neal oversees all of bmi domestic and global business operations and directs the company strategic growth. mr. o'neal received his undergraduate degree in business administration from mo

it's the start of a three-day visit to the uk where mr. leeexpected to discuss trade, investment and energy with prime minister david cameron. meanwhile, bp and shell aren't expected to unveil multibillion dollar agreements with china. >> it's a 20-year supply with cnok and southeast china. it is a big deal. l&g of those sort of magnitudes, fair price for them, fair price for us, it's a good deal, it's a good bridge between china and the uk. >> raj is outside 10 downing street. just give us a flare of where else china could be training its sites. >> well, the politics is really over-shadowing this three-day trade meeting. and you really cannot escape it. just barely 200 yards away from our position here in downing street. there is a fairley sizable coalition of protesters and they are representative of t. it's a stark reminder, really, of the pressures that china has been earn, the human rights record, it's a very stark release by the deputy prime minister when he talked about china being shackled to communist doctrine. he said china is guilty

that you want to see and so my selection for the three -- for seat seven, nine, and eleven would be lee, mr. highland for seat nine and then bruce for seat eleven. okay. >> do i make that motion? >> you can make a motion. >> okay. >> let me -- i'm looking at what supervisor tang said earlier and also i just want to be clear. we're all clear that bruce wolf is applying for two seats, nine, and eleven and he qualifies for nine and eleven, so i don't want to make it seem like he can only buy from seat eleven. what i'm hearing from common ground is i would like to weigh in with lee hefner, also. and chris highland and continue eleven, so for lee hefner and chris highland, it sounds like all of us are in agreement. >> i amend my motion to say that we move forward lee hefner for seat seven and chris highland for seat nine and i'll amend it to leave seat eleven out so we can have a conversation about that. >> so there's been a motion for seat seven and nine for hefner and highlander with no objection, that motion passes. so there's -- so far we're continuing seat four and i ask to continue seat 11