mr. morales? >> this points out how they are responsive, although not as swiftly as he wanted in the category of addressing the issues that the public brings up that we will continue to follow up on. >> we will have a public comment at the end of item #3. threec, an update -- 3c, an update on permit drafting systems. >> yes, it is nearly ready for review. we have nearly deleted and combined air lot of the elements that we wanted address in the permit tracking system to address the needs of all the apart -- all of the departments. using a less detailed method for assistance rather than downloading everyone here and having them on interface tracking basis with a planning system. many departments already have records stored in electronic formats but in different venues, so we would need an interface for each type. we do not want to bring them into one system right now where they exist on different servers. a different way of approaching it, but we have got it figured out. we have been working and pla

mr. morales. any additional public comment? >> move to approved. >> is there a second? >> roll call on the motion to approve the 2010 california code. [roll call] the motion passes unanimously. item 6. discussion and possible action regarding the 2010 cost schedules of building a valuation data. >> are we going to go back to public comment? >> no, we are going to do number six and then go back. >> hopefully, this will not take too long, although you may have questions. every year, the department of building inspection, we have used the cost of valuation. cost the valuation under the building code is the basis for which we put a valuation on permits, which in turn, is the basis upon which we charge permit fees. the building valuation is not the valuation used by the assessor's office, the real cost of the building, but is a unifying format so everybody is charged the same amount of fees for the same amount of work, under the premise that we are being reimbursed for the services we are providing. if someone has their brother in law doing it for free, a professional contra

this is a moral culture issue and mr. has stepped in it this way that's backing something so offensive to so many americans. if that many americans are offended by it, i don't think it should be done. it's really offensive. >> larry: elisia, will it be a national issue? >> i don't think so at all. right now most american voters are focused on one issue, that is the economy. while this may play in some redder districts, i just don't see this driving people to the polls, especially when we're going to talk about moral issues and we can talk about providing health insurance to americans who don't have it, we can talk about fixing our broken immigration system so that we can keep families together. we have a lot bigger moral fish to fry than some mosque that's surrounded by two other mosques. that's the ridiculous thing, this is not the only mosque in new york. >> they're not that close. >> larry, this is not a red district/blue district issue. manhattan voted 85% for barack obama, 15% for john mccain and manhattan opposes th

mr. ozawa to join the democratic party. with that background in mind, it's my moral obligation to support him. >> prime minister kan has already announced his intention to run for re-election as democratic party president. kan has recently met the party's first-term lawmakers to seek their support. he told them he wants to stay on as party leader for the next three years to implement the pledges made during last year's lower house election campaign. the leader of the main ruling democratic party is certain to become japan's next prime minister. if ozawa wins the dpj leadership election, scheduled for september 14th, kan, who assumed the post in june, will be added to the list of prime ministers who only had a short term in office. now, since the start of his long political career, ichiro ozawa has always insisted on the need for political reform. he has been a central political figure in japan for more than two decades. >> reporter: ozawa was first elected to the lower house in 1969 as a liberal democratic party lawmaker. he joined the faction run by the powerful kakoe tanaka, who was prime minister at the time. but in 1976 ta

mr. cosby! >> natalie morales is at the news desk. >> good morning to you guys once begin.ood morning, everyone. there's been an arrest linked to a deadly serial stabbing spree across three states. police in leesburg, virginia, announced that a person of interest in the case was arrested on unrelated charges last night in atlanta. most of the 20 victims stabbed since may in michigan, virginia, and even ohio, have been black men. the attacker described as white. five of the victims died. >>> tomorrow will mark ten weeks since 7-year-old kyron hormen disappeared in oregon. police say they believe he could still be alive and they're making a new appeal for help. nbc's mara schiavocampo is in oregon for us. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. in the search for chyron horman investigators think their best witness may still not have come forward so as they've done several times before officials are once again appealing to area residents for help with this case. >> anybody that remembers seeing something that didn't seem quite right is exactly what we'd like to hear about. >> repo

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mr. packard it was, who invented the term management by walking around and getting to know your employees and by what they're doing. an internal study of morale by hp done once every five years finds attitudes have changed, most employees would be willing to take a job outside the company if offered. article blames the course management style of deposed ceo mark hurd and the ceo before that, the unpopular and then fired carly fiorina. wall street liked hp just fine. job cuts, cost cuts, dependable product lines. they sell a lot of printer ink, investors love that. hp reported profits thursday afternoon. none of it surprising as the company told us what to expect a couple weeks ago when mark hurd left in order to reassure investors. >>> which one is more expensive? the iphone 4 or the iphone 3gs? if you check craigslist or ebay t is the iphone 3. why? folks in foreign countries want iphones, ones without contracts, americans can sell their old iphones for less than the cost of a new iphone 4 because they get the price cut from at&t. everybody is nice and happy. >> thank you, scott. >>> a mosquito spraying under way in parts of contra costa cou