mr. young. at sfgt we have jennifer low and mark bunch. mr. low, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the [speaker not understood] should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the december 11, 2012 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. would you call item 1? >> item number 1, resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to accept and expend a grant of $870,355 from the san francisco parks alliance for the design and construction of a playground in sue bierman park. >> thank you very much. do we have a representative on this aye fen? -- item? please come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisor chu. good afternoon, supervisor kim. my name is abigail [inaudible] with the partnerships division with recreation and park department. i am here to talk about the accept and expend grant from the san francisco parks a likesv in the amount of $870,355 which will authorize the recreation and

mr. wolff and am proud to join supervisor cohen in that support. i also know that rebecca rolf, executive director of the lgbt center which provides services to low income people, was here but due to the length of the last item had to leave and i know she feels strongly about this and i agree with her. i think mr. wolff would provide an excellent perspective on the market-octavia cac as i mentioned, i work with the cac frequently and i think he would bring a terrific perspective. i also think the lgbt center, having the center directly connected into the cac makes a lot of sense as we have more development in that part of market street the lgbt center is going it play a more and more significant role in the community so i think it makes sense to have someone from the center on there, which is why i was excited when mr. wolff applied. i think he does work with low income people, the center certainly works with an enormous number of low income people in the lgbt community and otherwise and i also want to respond to a point that supervisor kim just made about what qualifies as low income. this is a debate we have had in the past. but just to be very, very

years by peter cohen, who by his own statement before this committee almost a year ago is not low income. and mr. cohen held the seat for quite some time and when he was not reappointed by the board of supervisors earlier this year 5 members of the board, two of whom are sitting here in this committee today, voted to reappoint him and i don't recall this issue being brought up. so i'm surprised it hear it being brought up today from someone who under san francisco's own definition of low income undisputiblely qualifies as low income. so i do support mr. wolff and colleagues i ask for your support. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor farrell. >> to both candidates, thank you very much for coming forward. much appreciated. will looks like we'll have a split here. i associate myself with some of supervisor wiener's comments. you know, to me this is a seat where it's a low income seat but that's a qualification to sit on this, not that you have to be working as your vocation in that community necessarily. and i do believe i am very familiar with the lgbt center, i'm very supportive of that a

lowe. >> thank you, mr. president.ant to compliment the staff and department on putting together a citizen's advisory committee for the palace of fine arts. being involved it is a very vibrant and vocal process. it encourage all to attend the public meetings on december 5th and december 12th. there's a lot of creative and great ideas coming out of the process. i encourage all to attend. >> thank you. ditto that remark. that is right. let's move on. >> public comment. i have three cards. george wooding, katherine howard and andrea oleri. >> good morning commissioners. my name is george gooding. i represent the college for san francisco neighborhoods. i would like to speak for a moment. now that the election proposition b has concluded, it is time to take a closer look at the results and what the numbers really mean. the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods representing 46 groups, the more than 25 additional organizations and is over 85,000 citizens have voted no on proposition b deeply love their parks, including p

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mr. bush had a few low energy days and he'll stay in the hospital a little longer just adds a precaution, they say. the 41st president has been in the hospital since just after thanksgiving. he was initially admitted for a nasty cough braunbronchitis. >>> still ahead a call for stricter gun control in the wake of the tragedy in newtow >>> the nra argued this week that more guns in schools in the hands of trained professionals could protect america's children. you can see an exclusive interview with the wayne la pierre tomorrow morning on "meet the press" at 10:30 right here on nbc 4. >>> well, what's your excuse? ahead tonight some of the surprising things people will tell their bosses to get the day off from work. >>> plus no more wind. it's now just >>> if you've ever told a little white lie to your boss to get some time off, apparently you're not alone. a new survey of 500 full-time workers found nearly half of them have called out sick when they were really just playing hooky. 27% say they have used jury duty as an excuse. about the same amount said they have lied about a death in the

. >> you can talk mr. low systolic pressure man. >> i've got the 120 over about 75. and i got really low cholesterol. but they've changed the rules. now you've got to keep lowering it in order to reduce the plaque. i think that plk donamcdonald's antidote to that. basically, you don't matter, it's a statement to the cardiologist. it basically says, i don't care what the charts say. you're a loser. >> i can't justify going and getting that. >> it's a statement. >> let's talk about the fiscal cliff. also on the radar this morning, after president obama and house speaker john boehner both were tight-lipped how the negotiations went. the co-founder of the fix the debt campaign, he was asked about the chances of striking a deal to avoid the cliff. >> it's probably more like a 40% chance we'll actually get it done before the end of the year. probably 25% chance we'll get it done right after the end of the year. and then there's that horrible 35% chance that we'll still go over the cliff and have pure chaos. but i think the chances of getting it done now are better. i think

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mr. drizzle there is that low cloud deck and thick fog. everything stays to the north as far as rain goes, very mild conditions and 60s on the highs. >>> here is a look at 237 in milpitas, those headlights are headed towards sunny veil and 880 towards the oakland coliseum, we have more on the roadways so far no delays, 449, let's head back to the desk. >>> a car violently crashed into a fire hydrant. claudine wong has exclusive information on what handed out there. claudine? >> reporter: it started as a red light stop, the driver goes through a red light and keeps going until he gets to he is section and -- essex and folsom. i want to give you a look because you can see san francisco police are in the process of shutting down essex street. now the water has been shut off and we showed you that in the last half hour but there is a new problem. if we pan over here, take a look at the construction site. you can see the scaffolding is compromised with some of the metal beams going down. the firefighter said he is not sure if that is stable or

mr. steen one of the things that of course came up a couple weeks ago is that this is the low income seat for the market-octavia citizens advisory committee. while we have many qualified applicants we want to be sure there is one member who can represent the point of view of low income residents. >> from the perspective of being a low income representative. there's a declining number of low income residents within the boundaries of the market-octavia plan. as housing costs go up, a number of residents that are in there that are living in the sro's within the boundaries are living in supportive housing units that are operated by the city, its hsa or directed supportive housing. there are many more of course in the tenderloin. what i would like to do is possibly have the city take a look at mass leasing an entire number of sro's that are currently within the boundaries and working those within supportive housing boundaries where we can remove or have homeless people removed from the street and entered into some type of supportive service environment, perhaps where people can actually re-ent

federal reserve will try to take to sustain the economic recovery, including keeping interest rates low. mr. bernanke spoke to reporters after the fed's open market committee meeting. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> it's been three and half years since the economic recovery began. unfortunately however unemployment is remaining high. about 5 million people, more than 40% of the unemployed for six months or more -- and millions more have been able to find only part-time employment or have stopped looking entirely. the conditions now prevailing in the job market represent an enormous waste of human and economic potential. a return to broad-based prosperity will require staged improvements in the job market which in turn require stronger economic growth. meanwhile apart from temporary fluctuations a largely reflected swings in energy prices it's likely to run at or below the federal markets to present objective in the coming quarters and over the longer term. against the macroeconomic backdrop of higher unemployment and subdued inflation the -- the committee took several steps, first it dec

the lows have been kicking that mr. beck. we do have 43 in oakland, 50 at bwi marshall, 48, sure. everyone in the mid-40s to about 51. these winds from the north northeast keeping a damp flow coming in off of a. depending on how far to the east you are. not a very strong wind, but it's keeping moisture around the states. we've had several days of low-pressure riding up front that has been draped across the state. as those waves, through here, we are getting the showers. call the stairwell up to our north. it's not going to come down here and chill things down, but it will create in the short run a clash of that warm air we have in place taking us up to the mid-60s tomorrow to the cooler temperatures we have coming in. it will take us to the 40s heading into the middle of the week. what that means is that clash tomorrow is going to mean thunderstorms as you are driving home. just be prepared. the rains can be strongest in the afternoon. probably right around rush hour. temperatures today up around 67 degrees. a northeast wind at five to 10 knots. 51, rain and fog this morning, othe

mr. . k. >> very slick outside this morning. we have a lot of low-level moisture with this system that's moving onshore. high-def doppler radar picking up on some of that right now. some scattered showers popping up around the bay area. enough to get those roadways very slick so be careful. closer look now into parts of the east bay, you can see some scattered showers along the 680 near fremont and also into union city. this is what we are going see throughout the morning, pop-up showers throughout the bay area. the main cold front still lagging behind the system but a dry cold front will move through, may be falling apart. but behind that we have a lot of cold air. so here we go again. you will see the front move through and temperatures will be dropping around the bay area. outside cloudy, scattered showers right now. temperatures not too bad. it is 54 degrees in san jose. 56 in san francisco. and 52 degrees in concord. this afternoon, highs expected to be in the 50s, maybe some low 60s toward san jose and also in the mountain view area. so it loo

the federal reserve will try to take sustained economic recovery, including keeping interest rates low. mr. ben bernanke spoke to leaders after the market meeting. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> the economy continues to expand at a moderate pace. unfortunately, however, unemployment remains high. about 5 million people, more than 40% of the unemployed have been unemployed for six months or more. and millions more have been able to find only part-time employment or have stopped working entirely. the conditions now prevailing in the job market represent an enormous waste of human and economic potential. the return to broad-based prosperity will require steady improvement in the job market, which requires longer economic growth. meanwhile, apart from temporary fluctuations in large swings in energy prices, inflation has remained tame. 2% objective over the long-term. against an economic backdrop that includes high unemployment and subdued inflation, we will maintain highly accommodative policy. today, the committee took several steps. first, it decided to continue its purchases of agency

mr. president, why wouldn't keeping tax rates low across the board encourage more hires and therefore more tax revenue? on that the president responded -- high-end tax cuts do least for economic growth and cost almost $1 trillion. extending middle class cuts boosts consumer demand and growth. meantime the white house photographer tweeted a picture of the president answering tweets. speaker of the house john boehner also got into the conversation saying, mr. president, the budget will never balance without economic growth. how does raising tax rates on 1 million small businesses create jobs and grow the economy? let's see if the president responds to that one. he still has it. back over to you. >> that feels a little bit like a side show. >> tax cuts on one group help but tax cuts over here won't help and $80 billion a year will suddenly save medicare. >>> america doubling down on secret agents. u.s. sending out nearly 2,000 new spies. next we'll tell you their prime targets -- hint -- and the price tag for you, the taxpayer, will be paid for by tax hikes on the rich. >>> the cnbc real-time

mr. president, why won't keeping tax rates low across the board encourage hires and, therefore, more taxe? now, listen to what the president answers. he says: high-end tax cuts do least for economic growth and cost almost $1 trillion. extending middle class accounts boosts consumer demand and growth. but, in fact, as i said, when they lowered tax rates and capital gains, you had increased growth. >> yeah. david: so the concern is if you increase rates right now, you will cut down on the growth in the economy. >> we've seen it in europe. whenever they increase rates on the near term on slow growth economies, devastation -- david: and they just did it in france. they just did it in spain. they just did it in the u.k. >> they did it in greece. they raised the added-value tax four times. it's devastating consumer spending, and we're heading down the same road. david: larry mcdonald, new edge senior director. good to see you. thanks for coming in, appreciate it. sandy? >> ford recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles. did your car make the list? we've got the details coming up. >>> plus, the chances

low. historians have said it is the least productive congress in our history. mr. speaker, in the election just last month, the american people made their voices heard. when asked to choose for -- to choose from an extreme agenda, they said no. they wanted not to be going over a fiscal cliff and they have made that clear. by debating this fiscal cliff as long as we have -- i do not believe we will go over it except i am not clear what we are doing here today. the majority has presided over shameful legislative processes. when our nation is in desperate need of serious solutions, the majority is doing everything in its power to avoid finding the answers. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose the rule and the underlying legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from california. >> i'd like to associate myself with her remarks that we hopefully will not go over the fiscal cliff. i would like to say that i can provide my friend from rochester, our distinguished ranking member from the rules committee, insurance and we will n

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mr. obama doesn't give republicans enough credit, is that the bush tax cuts were most generous for low-income people and less so for middle-income people. and on top of that, mr. obama has put in place what was supposed to be temporary benefits that have turned out to be permanent, which will also expire. he has credibilitied to further dependency on the government in that way. >> how that will affect our take-home pay? >> it will be down rather substantially for middle-income people, several thousand a year. you will see a drop by $200 to $300 a month. it will have a pronounced effect on the economy by february. >> you said, by february. there are some strategist who is have said that the fiscal cliff won't hit the economy right away. tell actually give lawmakers more time to continue negotiating. but how long can our economy take the uncertainty? >> it is not just uncertainty. we have had that factored in. the reality is that unless the president suspends the increase in payroll taxes that are going to take place, not just social security, but withholding for income tax, while they continue

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mr. bernanke has said that he can't solve all of the problems. he has done what he can do. monetary policy loose, and interest rates will remain lowe time. what do you want to hear now from mr. bernanke? >> you know, i think he has been pretty adamant and rightfully so. there's always been monetary policy to fiscal policy, and that's how you created change when you wanted to move the economy. this, you about it the last if you years, it is un latry rally monetary policy. we like to see fiscal help and there are things that can happen from fiscal policy initiatives. in terms of money that is trapped overseas that can come back. small business lending programs. tax credits. you think about it, there are so many things that can take place if he got some help. i think what we will learn in 2013 that's different than the prior years is i think we are reaching the limits and i kwb quite frankly, think we will learn about more qe and we are seeing we are reaching limit now of what qe can do. >> the bond market is the favorite invest many of a lot of our viewers certainly. and many people who have piled into the bond market for the return

. >> aide few low energy days and things started to snowball from there. >> mr. bush is now on a liquids own diet. his children have all been frequent visitors at the hospital. >>> they are making their way back to washington d.c. for fiscal negotiations. carla campbell has more on the deadline. >> reporter: timtim geithner says has of now they will reach their debt ceiling on monday and they have to make an accounting move so they will not hit the ceiling. they are warning he will have to take extraordinary measures, including once that affect retirement accounts. there have been fiscal negotiations but there has been no movement. today there could be and the president gets back from hawaii and we are expecting an earful from the senate when they get back to work in less than two hours. channel 2 news. >>> well a worker has died from a construction accident. the tragic incident happened at 40 edge hill way at twin peeks. the man's identity has not been released. >>> it must pass more scrutiny before it can return online. it is due to excessive wear on generator

mr. president. i did vote against this legislation in committee originally because it only focused on low and very lowcome housing and moderate income housing as part of the dashboard. and in terms -- we then adopted amendments that i had proposed a month ago to expand dashboard to encompass more of our housing needs and i was happy to -- in the past despite the -- i think mistake that this board just made in removing the words middle class. i think in my view the dashboard is now going to serve a good purpose, in terms of looking at our broad housing needs, as we approve projects. so i will be supporting the overall legislation. >> president chiu: supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i'll just be brief. as a cosponsor of the dashboard legislation i'm incredibly excited that we are finally bringing this to pass. as we get developments we often evaluate them in a vacuum and don't have a good sense of what's being built in the city and debate what are we building for and we come up with our own projection debate by debate but this dashboard will be helpful in really giving us pinpoints as to where the cit

lowe's. i believe in the housing rebound. mr. stemberg was talking about specific retail. like the tjx's of the world. nike is still on the upper end but i think they can perform. >> what i would do is go long a name like tiffany and short a name like michael coeurs. >> i'd stay with macy's. ten times earnings. very, very cheap. i had a stake with it. >> doc? >> stephanie and i talked about -- stephanie link, that is, we talked about getting into t.j. max ahead of thanksgiving. you have a nice pop that carried you to 45, 46. i think you get a chance just like pete said to reload here. maybe you get a chance to reload 40. i'd buy that. they'll feast on everyone else's problems. >>> one battleground stock is making a huge move to the upside. brian has that. >> believe it or not, scott, that is rim. research in motion is up more than 7%. 7.5%. still in the 80 cents for rim. the stock is up. not a lot of news out on rim. as we approach the blackberry 10 debut, there's been some blogs that have leaked out pictures of what may or may not be the blackberry 10 with the keyboard or

mr. obama took office, unemployment rate north of 10%. gerri: you had low expectations for any kind of deal getting done. it would be small. they're not even meeting that. you think we will get anything before january 1? >> identifies the house has been brought back increases the likelihood we will. the real question here is to republicans playing a little bit? do they accept tax increases something over and comes a $5000. does the president given a little bit? you're asking me what a very rigid man and a very rigid group of guys over at the house be willing to behave like adults and compromise? so far we haven't seen any vacation adult behavior from either group. gerri: what you said about how you took some sort of confidence the house was coming back also encourage the stock market today. maybe they might get something. appreciate your time, have a great new years. gerri: take care. >> thank you. gerri: when we come back, how does he jump the fiscal cliff talks? and some new years resolutions on congress. we will be right back. excuse me, sir i'm gonna ha

mr. president. i would like to ask about the other serious issues, the fiscal cliff. how low would you changed your position by including social security benefits in the discussion? there seems to be a deepening sense that negotiations are not going very well right now. can you give us an update? are we likely to go over the cliff? >> first of all, there's no reason why we should. remember what i said during the campaign, i thought it was important for us to reduce our deficits in a balanced and responsible way. i said it was important for us to make sure millionaires and billionaires paid their fair share. i said that we were going to have to make some tough cuts, some tough decisions on the spending side, but what i would not do was to hurt the honorable families only to pay for a tax cut for somebody like me. and what i said was that the ultimate package would involve a balance of spending cuts and tax increases. that is exactly what i have put forward. what i have said is that in order to arrive at a compromise, i am prepared to do some very tough things, some things that

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mr. ryan, says about $1.3 trillion, i think he's low-balling it, but $1.3 trillion on our debt and nobody over there says a word. they all go after programs like social security and medicare and food stamps. so, mr. speaker, i ask that we defeat the previous question and if we defeat the previous question i will offer an amendment to this rule to make in order an amendment which will allow the house to have a chance to vote on a bill passed by the senate to extend middle class tax cuts which has been introduced in the house as h.r. 15. also the amendment would prevent this house from adjourning until we have averted the fiscal cliff and the president has signed legislation to prevent tax increases on the middle clals. there's a rumor out -- class. there's a rumor out there that my friends on the other side of the aisle are going to try to pass plan b and c and run out of town and just leave for vacation. i want to get home for christmas as much as anyone else. but the bottom line is that we are facing a crisis, an artificial crisis that my friends helped create but we need to avert it. i