mr. john lee who refused to shore up the area. here is a little close up of the area where mr. lee was sited to clean up the area and a further close up of the area. this is where at&t said they will place their box under notice you see in the notice therapists e that's y where a they're going to put the box that never received any notice for nothing at&t failed to show the hillside is safe so i ask you to urge at&t to move forward with the area to provide a viable location as provided by state law. if at&t fails their permit then they'll have to start over for a new location. i appreciate our support. >> ms. short. >> carla department of public works. i wanted to make a couple of clarifying points. in the brief from at&t they noted in the 3 that a second city engineer arrived i wanted to note that we didn't have a city engineer we've had a couple of sidewalk inspectors and we've spoke with them both and they've said they can't make a determination whether or not the sidewalk was unsafe and doesn't remember saying anything i'm sorry not whether the sidewalk was safe is of but at

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

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment so that i can call up my amendment, number 3584, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from utah, mr. lee, proposes an amendment numbered 3584 -- mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of the bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, we're here today because our federal highway policy status quo is not working. and it hasn't been working for a long time. this is the sixth time american taxpayers have been asked to bail out the highway trust fund since 2008. the sixth time since 2008. none of those patches, $52 billion worth of bailouts in seven years fixed the problem and neither will the $10.8 billion authorized by the bill that is before us today. it will buy us only a few months before we're right back in the same place once again, the same place where we are right now. indeed, thi

mr. lee: mr. president, the most extraordinary feature of the bill before us today is the incongruity between the bill's title and its content. the title, "the protect women's health from corporate interference act," is clear and straightforward. it suggests the bill is aimed at the important and worthy goal of protecting women's health. but the text of the bill plainly demonstrates that the bill's true objective is to circumscribe america's religious freedoms, religious liberties of individual americans within the narrow confines of the democratic party's partisan agenda. and the whims of politicians and bureaucrats. while maintaining the appearance of preserving all current legal protections of religious freedom in america today, this proposal quietly adds to them a subtle yet deeply problematic and inappropriate qualification. the federal government will not prohibit the free exercise of religion until the federal government decides that it wants to do so. under this bill, your religious libert

mr. lee: madam president, the amendment we're about to consider would empower states and localities to collect and spend the transportation infrastructure that they need. we have a desperate need within our trappings infrastructure system. that need is not being satisfied by our current federal system. one that has been bloated over the years and has centralized too much power within washington, d.c. the presiding officer: order in the senate. senators, please take your conversation outside. the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, over the years we've centralized far too much revenue and far too much power in washington, d.c. this has resulted in gridlock within our transportation infrastructure projects. we increased the federal gasoline tax by 460% between 1982 and 1994. instead of using that to back up and secure the federal highway trust fund we instead overreached, we instead expanded dramatically the power of the federal government and the expenses that we incur. i urge my coll

landslide that's been received to d occur to the right of the site and the notice to repair was issued to mr. lee to the right of the site not the site itself and does that mean it requires more extensive strengthening of that slope? >> we actually have one of our geotechnical engineers that look at this if it's dpw's responsibility but it's my understanding that the stabilization of the slope it's brown business owner performed after the landslide this is more simply erosion of the landslide and there could be stabilization required but not the bolting into the hillside we have his first assessment. >> ms. short one yes. that i have is whether you've evaluated this permit under the new ordinance. >> not yet the new owners took effect on saturday so if the boards determination was to deny to uphold the appeal then we would re-evaluate whatever at&t submitted to us under the ordinance. >> i don't think it's so much this as the fact we need to review the case based on the order owners ♪ effect we've heard it after last saturday >> as i understand after discussing dui discussing with our city attorn

. >> thank you, mr. lee. i want to be able to call for public comments at this point. i don't know if there is any public comment. i know you have been waiting very patiently if you want to make a comment. so just lineup and give your name and you have two minutes.2 minutes. >> good evening. thank you for holding this very important meeting. from the san francisco housing action coalition. i would say as san francisco, as a city we are failing in our rate. there is no disagreement on that. i want to say that we strongly support the testimony and eloquent ideas you heard from olson lee and dennis phyllis ips. they speak the truth. we want to see more affordability where we say the common ground is where is the money. no one a disagrees that we need it but where is the funding coming from. the shortcoming i see from the housing balance measure is it an appears to us on a premise that if we in accrues -- increase the restrictions on housing we increase the subsidized housing. it doesn't make sense how that works. instead a better outcome to sit down and get the stakeholde

mr. olson lead from the office of housing. >> good evening, my name is olson lee. a native san franciscans. i have been involved with affordable housing for the past four 4 years in san francisco. with this experience that i can brought to the mayor's office of housing, i have seen sort of the industry of affordable housing grow over that period. what it really takes to build to improve and to maintain affordable housing. so, my presentation will talk a little bit about that context because as one of the earlier commenters said and as you supervisors have talked about, it's about the funding, it's about how we pay for building affordable housing so that we can continue the business or -- work that many of us have devoted our lives to. i wanted to take the at some point to identify or to clarify the things that the mayor has done on behalf of affordable housing because many of the commenters who came before you expressed the view that this administration doesn't care about affordable housing and two, that hasn't done anything. i want to claire fee -- clarify to the

. >> thank you, mr. lee. i want to be able to call for public comments at this point. i don't know if there is any public comment. i know you have been waiting very patiently if you

mr. lee, is this for this particular 14-15 -fiscal year, you are saying it's 39 percent what? i'm trying to understand the 39 percent number? >> i'm glad you asked the question. 39 percent of the funds i have for affordable housing comes from the market rate development. these are fees paid for whether they are job link fees for office buildings or inclusionary fees whether they are residential whether they are neighborhood fees including the market octavia fees. they all come into a pot at the mayor's office of housing and we use those funds to build fousing. even with -- affordable housing. even with the passage of the trust fund, the market fees are still 40 percent of my budget on a going forward basis. clearly the housing trust fund will grow over time. but this is a very very large sum of money to build affordable housing with. >>supervisor london breed: so do you know how many units this total equals? >> it various desh varies from unit to unit but off the cuff, it would be, approximately 320 units. >> and in comparison to, you may not of course have the number of marke

. >> good afternoon, mr. lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i hope that i am talking to the people not the... and put the bicycle really soon, and i think that we don't need anybody listening to us and just we put some bicycle. but i still hope that you are listening to me. >> and we had a big crisis very soon come by the taxi and i will be in this business for 25 years. and we are not going to make enough money to pay a payment, very soon by this wintertime and even though, it is summer time is very struggle for actually business. and so, you have to reset your taxi policy quickly, asap otherwise, the wintertime, the effect is coming and your driver return the medallion and the second one and then you will have 100 going back to the office and can't afford to make the payment because we are losing half of our business to the google or any other as google and they don't pay you zero, they don't pay you any money and they are making money on your own street that you put a lot of money on the street and they don't pay you anything, we pay th

selecting mayor ed lee for the interim mayor of 2011, i was one of the persons who voted in favor of mr. lee. my concern was at that time was the process, how a small group of people could make decisions that really should be handled by thousands of people through our electoral process. the lack of checks and balances in the important process means a small minority of people, us, and the interests that are behind us selects who will fill vacancies in the mayor's office or on the board of supervisors. if we approve this measure, it would allow voters to decide who fills vacancy in special elections. then we move from a selection process with a small group of people to a more democratic electoral process, one where thousands more people participate in the process even in small turnout elections. that would be our special elections. here in san francisco mayoral vacancies are quite rare. only five times have they occurred since 1850, but in 2011 when the board of supervisors selected ed lee to be our interim mayor, i was very troubled by the process and how very few people had a real ability to

our second witness, mr. lee thomas miller, songwriter and president of the national songwriter's association international. a three-time grammy award nominee. has written country singles that have reached number one. he received his bachelor's degree in music theory from eastern kentucky. and our third witness, mr. david israelite. office of the national music publisher's association where he protects and advanceness the interest on music publishers and songwriters in matters relating to domestic and global protection of copyrights. mr. israu us rail -- our fourth witness, mr. michael o'neal. broadcast broadcast music inc. he received all of their domestic and global business operations and directs the company's strategic growth. mr. o'neal received undergraduate degree in business administration of the montclair university and has his mba from rutgers university. our fifth witness is mr. lee nye. digital media association. prior to joining, mr. nye practiced entertainment law in new york for 20 years. mr. knife

mr. lee: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: madam president, first i'd like to thank my distinguished colleague, the senior senator from vermont for his leadership on this issue. i'm pleased to join him as cosponsor of this legislation. as the lead cosponsor of this bill, i attest to the fact that this is an issue that is neither republican nor democratic. it is neither liberal nor conservative. it is simply american. it's a fundamental concept of liberty that we have to control the government. the government and the immense power of government has expanded over time with advances in technology. our country certainly has changed to an enormous degree over the centuries since james madison penned our bill of rights. but the protection of liberty afforded by the fourth amendment has only become more important, not less important. as the government's ability to collect information has advanced. this legislation which has broad-based bipartisan support is absolutely necessary, and it could be implemented in a way that will stil

as for mr. lee he is being held on attempted kidnapping charges and also assault charges as well as impersonating a police officer on $50,000 bond. on tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> a big development with gay marriage in virginia. the commonwealth's attorney general is calling a ruling on same-sex marriage a victory for equality. a three-judge panel ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. . virginia will not start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples just yet. opponents have 21 days to file an appeal. one of the plaintiffs who filed the original lawsuit said this is a major step forward for her and her family. >> this is just a day to celebrate. we have just -- when i think about this we joined this case in september. here we are not even a year later and this decision could go to the supreme court just so fast. >> virginia attorney general says he believes ultimately the issue will be decided by the supreme court. a federal circuit court made a similar ruling last week in

so if the shoe fits mrs. lee, it's not on me. eric peterson, seattle, i agree with miller.. the only ones i care about are friends and family. not me eric. i'm not conceding anything to the forces of darkness. i'm going to fight them. have you ever held a real job in your life? or has it all been media and academic? let's see i worked at the ice cream stand, as a swimming instructor, as a house painter, as a cab driver and i did a little late night security work at the rec bar in miami beach. the legendary rec bar. how's that? my wife and i are coming to see you in miller in boston on december 6th. you have many fans up here. >> i hope so. i attended bu and harvard. my parents met in cambridge. boston is my second home. see you december 6th. tickets are going very fast. october 25th and caesar's palace november 7th two weeks from tomorrow in rapid city south carolina. next night july 26th. bill o'reilly.com details on all the shows. my book killing kennedy sold nearly 2 million copies. same thing for killing lincoln and killing jesus. we have been very blessed in that area

thank you for being here, mayor lee. mr.or, we are all excited to have an opportunity to raise our city's minimum wage this november, and i'd like to thank you and your leadership on this issue. unfortunately, even with this potential increase on the horizon for many low-wage workers, many our workers face significant barriers to achieving economic stability and economic justice. chain stores also known as formula retail establishments are a major employment base for san francisco. there are approximately 1250 formula retail establishments in the city, accounting for about 12% of all of our retailers. the city has a strong interest in ensuring that the jobs created by these formula retail establishments are jobs that allow worker to meet basic needs and achieve economic security. however, these employers have increasingly moved to scheduling practices that relegate their workers to involuntary part-time status and leave these workers with unpredictable and unstable work schedules, which contribute to the economic insecurity

except that in lee, it was critical to the court's analysis that mr. lee and his business and had chosen to enter the commercial sphere. >> isn't that a merits question, general? i mean, i totally understand that argument as a as an argument about the merits. i'm not sure i understand it as a threshold claim that this that the claim is not recognizable at all. >> right. well, let me i do want to move to the compelling interest analysis, but if i could make one point in response to your honor's question, that the court's got to decide what person -- a person's exercise of religion means. and that it seems to me that it would be such a vast expansion of what congress must could have thought it was doing in 1993, when it enacted rfra, to say that for-profit corporations can make claims for religious exemptions to any laws of general application that they want to challenge. i do you know, mr. clement says, well, you don't have to worry about anything other than small, tightly knit corporations like the one at issue here. i take the point of the appeal of a sit

mr. plots. >> dr. lee silverman was injured in the shoot out with a graze wound to his head and his thumb. he was too shaken up to speak today. plots left the scene in restraints investigators say he's got a troubled past. even after he was shot three times he was still aggressive they say it took another caseworker and a doctor to wrestle him to the ground. his day of anger did claim one life investigators say he shot his 53 year old caseworker theresa hunt in the head killing her instantly. on her street, they are mourni mourning. >> she feels more like family than a friend. because she was with us every night outside. it's really, really, really sad. but it's just like i just want her to come back. >> reporter: they absolutely do. investigators say they found 39 more bullets on the suspect so they figured this could have been much worse if he was not stopped. he has been sedate all day long. they say as soon as he comes out of that sedation they'll do a hospital arraignment. they'll be charging him with

mr. lee: madam president, before i get on to my remarks regarding immigration, i'd like to echo briefly the sentiments expressed by my friends senators ayotte and cruz who spoke on the floor earlier this afternoon. i believe the senate should immediately take up and pass the permanent internet tax freedom act, a bill that cleared the house with a bipartisan voice vote and 228 house cosponsors, instead of manufacturing a crisis with a short-term extension that will let this very popular, very bipartisan policy be taken hostage. madam president, the situation at the border is indeed heartbreaking. tens of thousands of single adults, families and children have made an incredibly dangerous journey north from countries like guatamala, honduras and el salvador. they're leaving these countries because they offer too little opportunity and are mired in poverty and violence. no one begrudges them for wanting to find a better place to live. americans are compassionate and they're generous. the american

an economic engine so bringing the team in place what we were looking for to top that mayor ed lee brought mr. bob beck. and for us one of the challenges this year is for us to make all the critical milestones. in order for us to begin the development so bob beck is already on board and we've had a successful milestone we've already accomplished at the end of this year you-all you're going to see us breaking ground to complete the project and the transfer of that island. my fellow board of directors we've worked with supervisor kim who's represented this island we've worked with the staff and when we needed something to be done we've relied on the board of supervisors and each and every one have insured with the budget and information and the resources we need are in place to moving forward our stakeholders for the city and county of san francisco for the residents of the island you can rest be assured we have a team in place that's not only looking the resident and the daily operations of what's going on her in addition moving the development of the island afford to making that not only a su

lee is with us. direction, mr. o'rourke. ms. newton. ms. jackson lee. mr. lowenthal. thesenyers and individuals have taken time and are here with us today. we are very appreciative. -- as people arrive, we will turn to them for them to -- if they have any questions for the witnesses or reaction to the testimony. with that, let me welcome you. brave, these three fine, courageous young people that are here with us today. dulce.begin with she is 15 years old and from one of allah -- from guatemala. she lives with her younger sisters, her mom, and stepdad. she groped without her parents. her father died when she was two years old and her mother traveled to the united states when she was young because she cannot support her two daughters as a single mom in guatemala. almost sexually abused by a man working on her uncle's house. when she was told what happened, she immediately left the u.s. to bring her daughters the safety. dulce also witnessed attempted murder of a woman who sold food door to door in her street. she was shot by a man right outside of her home. she saw the

mr. mcgovern and ms. lee and i are trying to say. it is time that this congress start speaking out, because we listen to the american people when it comes to war, and the american people, mr. mcgovern, are tired. they're worn out. a recent survey actually said that 71% of the american people said that the first intervention in iraq was wrong. it was a mistake. it should never have happened. and yet that's why i admire you and ms. lee and the others who are willing to speak out on this. just a couple other points. i want to make -- you know, people always say, well, you know, those who wrote the better tion, they maybe understood war than we do, to be honest with you, and yet they didn't have the sophistication that we have today in the wars that we fight. but that brings me to a quote by george washington in a letter to james monroe, i have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation has a write to intermeddle in the concerns of another, that everyone has a right to form and adopt whatever government ey like best to live unde

mr. to roarke, ms. chu has spoken, ms. jackson lee, ms. han, ms. barb are lee, mr. conyers and -- [inaudible] all these individuals have taken time and are here with us today, and we're very appreciative. as the panel -- [inaudible conversations] as people arrived, we will turn to them for them to if they have any questions of the witnesses or any reactions to the testimony. with that, let me welcome you and welcome these three fine, brave, courageous young people that are here with us today. let me begin with -- [inaudible] 15 years old, she's from guatemala. she lives on long island with her two younger sisters, her mom and step dad. she grew up for much of her youth in guatemala without her parents. her father died when she was just 2, and her mother traveled to the united states when she was young because she could not support her two daughter cans as a single -- daughters as a single mom in guatemala. she was almost sexually abused by a man working on her uncle's house. when she told her mom what happened, she immediately left for the u.s. to bring her two daug

to wrestle with the $200,000, but we can't sustain an additional $55,000 and maintain our lee program speaker: mr. chairman. >> mr. rose. >> you recall what mr. dochi and what the defender's opening statement was. he said it took the system ten months to hire three positions. that's what salary savings -- that's what increased attrition savings is all about. it's not to penalize the department at all. it's just a matter of the bureaucracy. when people leave or new positions are added and we have vacant position and you try to fill those positions, it takes the bureaucracy a long time to get those positions hired. we take that as the mayor's office does, we also take that into consideration. that's why we bumped up what the mayor has as attrition savings to this additional $55,000. it's not to reduce services. it's not to hurt the department. it is simply to reflect reality. >> yes, and the reality is we're not going to experience that delay in hiring. we're staff -- fully staffed at this point and we are expecting 11 vacancy. >> mr. dochi, you mentioned that reduction would lead to the loss of a

mrs. genevieve tense lee clark. she was born in the year after the model t, became a school teacher.racially diverse family of nine children, 26 great grandchildren, and -- rather 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren, she stays up on current events and is one of our kron viewers. she says clean living and not doing things to excess leads to her long life. happy 105th birthday to mrs. again leave tensely clark. >>> time to think about heading back to school. new numbers show that might mean dropping serious cash. a recent survey says families will spend about $700 on supplies, clothing and electronnings, up 5% from last year. back-to-school shopping is no longer a one-day spree. families are spending more, but over a longer period of time to find the biggest bargains. those ads for internet pharmacies are all over the web, but their shipping method is getting fedex into hot water. alison kosik takes a look at what this indictment could mean for fedex. >> reporter: fedex shipped 10 million packages a day all over the world. now, some of those packages have gotten the company i