mr. murphy here. so, public comment. an opportunity for the members of the public to address the board on matters within the jurisdiction but not on the calendar. james bolden, thomas coleman, leonard lynch are our first speakers. mr. bolden? >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, board. thank you for hearing me. what i see in front of me are some duly elected public servants? that being said, i know that you guys are trying to balance a budget with $312 million projected for the fiscal year 13-14. yet we are making an attempt to enforce and bring in parking on sunday, which everyone comes out to to shop. going back and forth, going to communities is going to interrupt that. someone could make the case that could be looked at as religious persecution, which had nothing is, but i have some suggestions about enforcing the carpool lanes. 10 tickets is $4,500. you know the numbers on a larger scale. also, i will support charging a fee for a bike license.

mr. murphy is the first. he will be followed by mr. catagan. two of them are the same. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i represent the golden gate audubon society and its 10,000 members. i recommend that you approve the lake merced watershed report and reject the mou. i made a case previously for revising the mou, but i i am convinced it is necessary for the puc to assume full management control of lake merced. a couple examples why. around the end of january, i got a call from the puc staff member who wanted to get my it is about cutting bulrush at the lake and make access for crew racing and another pier for children's fishing access. two staffers from pc and one from dpw waited for me. we waited for some time for the rpd rep. while we were waiting, we checked the crew racing pier. we develop parameters for cuttingwe went over to see whate could figure out about the fishing pier. the representative never showed up and never called. to the credit of both puc and dpw staff, it it was cleaned up spotlessly and was the first time i had observed

mr. murphy here today, so we will move on to public comment, a time for members of the public to address the born on matters that are not on today's agenda. you do have a number of speakers who wish to address you in this section. we will start with christopher, followed by eric. vice chairman brinkman: thank you, ms. boomer. i think we will give them a two time limit. >> hello. i am christopher. the mta is violating its mandate. i refer you to the text of proposition a, with the text says if the taxi commission be dissolved, the mta shall carry out this. this does not accrue to the mta with the medallion sales. you have the duty of the taxi commission to administer the precepts fairly. he mta should assume ths giving medallions only toume ths individuals. this means a they should be denied to companies. this does not mean medallions themselves. we were given assurances that this would not happen. as chairman nolan has called on previous times and income constraint, to violate proposition k, it is a violation of law and the assurances of key politicians. specifically, the mta carrying ou

mr. murphy is the first. he will be followed by mr. catagan. two of them are the same. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i represent the golden gate audubon society and its 10,000 members. i recommend that you approve the lake merced watershed report and reject the mou. i made a case previously for revising the mou, but i i am convinced it is necessary for the puc to assume full management control of lake merced. a couple examples why. around the end of january, i got a call from the puc staff member who wanted to get my it is about cutting bulrush at

mr. murphy -- supervisor cohen: one last question. it is the subject to local hire rules? >> all in the city are subject to it, and it is a condition of approval for the conditional use. we will be compliant with that. supervisor cohen: that is not local hire? >> chapter 83, and this applies to projects like this. local hire is under another one, and i see supervisor campos' ear pick up. these are applicable to public improvement projects, and this would not be a public improvement project, so it will be subject to a chapter 83 under the code. supervisor cohen: so i assume that they and company are committed to participating fully to the one source hiring? >> yes, and it is actually part of our conditions of approval of the project as well. supervisor cohen: thank you. president chiu: colleagues, other questions? >> ok. i wonder how much time i have at this juncture? secretary calvillo: you have a certain amount of time. >> ok. when the exchange involves. the figure before you is from the eir, and it shows exactly what the exchange and tails. eir also describes the criteri

mrs. murphy's boarding house, for example? it probably will. the hhs mandate applies to basically all employers if they have 50 employees. again, that's not drawn from the constitution, you might say, but in the statute. perhaps the short answer, which is all i'll have time for now, is that it varies depending upon exactly what the local law says. >> those are precisely the kinds of issues that made the coalition that i described fracture when we were trying to replace the freedom restoration act with a subsequent statute. and what was interesting, just to report to you in that dynamic, is that you had liberal members -- liberal organizations who were in the coalition who are on record, were on record then, are still on record today, being on the progressive end on women's rights issues and gay rights issues and so on, so forth, they all wanted -- they all by and large wanted a broad statute, a broad start still put in place on the notion, sort of tying into what bill galston was talking about earlier, on the notion that you'd get your day in c

mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman for his response and i yield back. mr. lucas: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: well, thank you, mr. speaker. i was glad to hear that last colloquy because this republican proposal cut the food and nutrition programs in the ag committee's jurisdiction and didn't put one penny, didn't ask one penny from the ag subsidies if our democratic substitute had been put in order, that was one of the cuts that we made in order to prevent devastating cuts to the food and nutrition programs for over 22 million american families with children. i now yield a minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, this bill seeks to achieve a very worthy goal, reduce the debt of the united states and establish a sustainable level of spending. i share that goal, but i oppose this bill for two reasons. first, the proponents of this bill know or they certainly should know, this bill won't be passe

mrs. murphy's boardinghouse, for example, and it probably will, the h.h.s. mandate applies to basicaccl all employees, but that's not in the constitution, but in the statute. perhaps the short answer, which is all i have time for now, is that it varies depending upon exactly what the local law says. now, i'm sorry, go ahead. >> those were precisely the kinds of issues that made the coalition that i described fracture when we were trying to replace the religious freedom restoration act with a subsequent statute. and what was interesting, just to report to you in that dynamic, is that, again, you had liberal organizations who are in the coalition who are on record, were on record then or still on record today being on the progressive end on women's rights issues and gay rights issues and so on and so forth. they all wanted -- they all, by and large, wanted a broad statute, a broad standard still put in place, on the notion, sort of tying into what bill was talking about earlier, on the notion that you get your day in court, so to speak, and from their perspect

mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman for his response and i yield back. mr. lucas: thank y. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: well, thank you, mr. speaker. i was glad to hear that last colloquy becausehis republican proposal cut the food and nutrition programs in the ag committee's jurisdiction and didn't put one penny, didn't ask one penny from the ag subsidies if our democratic substitute hadeen put in order, that was one of the cuts that we de in order to prevent devastating cuts to the food and nutrition programs for over 22 million american families with children. i now yield a minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, this bill seeks to achieve a very worthy goal, reduce the debt of the united states and establish a sustainable level of spending. i share that goal, but i oppose this bill for two reasons. first, the proponents of this bill know or they certainly should know, this bill won't be passed by t

mr. murphy. mr. murphy: thank you very much, congresswoman wasserman schultz. i don't think we were allowed down on the house floor this early and it was close to the witching hour when you and representative meek were down here but it is wonderful to be back here and i was touched to ask me to come down here and say a few words. the murphys are not a well known jewish-american family and yet in connecticut, we are so, so proud of the legacy that we helped to contribute to with respect to jewish american heritage and this is a great way to be part of this month's celebration. the list is long in connecticut. i think about somebody like andey fisher, who was one of the piners in this country trying to teach kids with learning disabilities. one of the first female superintendent in hartford, connecticut. kid kaplan who was from my district, a feggetweight -- feather weight championship of the world and i think maybe most of the political legacy that jewish americans from connecticut have left this country. i think a lot about abraham ribbicoff. he was our governo

mr. lyndsey murphy here of fox 5. he had his third career homer in his fifth at bat. orioles win 5-3.se two go back at it at camden yards. >>> on the pitch, d c united, houston unvailing its new downtown stadium. 67th minute, no score, brad davis left footed blast for the goal. that is the game winner, d.c. united falls 1-nil. >>> to boxing there is a push to strip dcs own lamont peterson of his junior welterweight titles. golden boy productions filed a formal letter, that his split decision win be changed to no contest after peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone which is banned. the much anticipated rematch set for next saturday has already been cancelled in the wake of failed drug tests. peterson admitted taking testosterone but said it is for medical purposes. dave ross has the sunday sit down. >> reporter: the failed drug test that is the first thing that pops out everybody goes oh, my goodness what is going on here. that is why we have la month peterson and his trainer barry hunter joining us live to explain. we get the feeling last 48 hours people were just taking

mrs. murphy's boarding house, for example, and it probably would. the hhs mandate applies to basically all employers that you have employees. that is not something john itself from the constitution, but in the statue. that is the short answer, which is all i have time for now. it varies depending on exactly what the local calls of the law say. >> those were precisely the kinds of issues that made the coalition that i described when we were trying to replace the religious freedom restoration act with a subsequent statute. what was interesting, just to report it to you in that dynamic, is liberal organizations were in the coalition, who are on record -- were on record then and still today -- on women's issues and gay rights issues -- and so forth they all by and large wanted a broad statute, it brought standards to be put in place. on the notion that, you know, you get your day in court, so to speak. from their perspective, it would likely be the case that antidiscrimination principles but would be determined to be a compelling state interest, and the

mr. murphy: i thank the chairman and thank the speaker. they'll spend 15% of their household income on health care, including $620-plus on prescriptions. but that will be much higher if there were no f.d.a.-approved generic pharmaceutical. that same senior might pay $1,000 for medicine. and medicare would spend some $67 billion more. we must always assure that any medication, brand name or generic, is of the highest quality. but currently the food and drug administration cannot assure that medicines coming in from overseas factories, such as those from china, are pure. this bill includes my legislation, the biosimilar user fee act to authorize for the first time an f.d.a. program that will expedite approval of generics and clear a backlog of over 2,800 generic applications. and currently the f.d.a. is supposed to make a decision on the application within 16 months. but the agency is taking twice their time because of laxed resources of inspecting factories. u.s. factories are inspected perhaps once every two years as more longer. perhaps s

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. israel is our friend and our ally. israel is an island of democracy that supports freedom and religious tolerance, where christian churches, a mosque and a synagogue can be on the same streets. in neighboring countries, christians are not permitted to have their religion supported. israel supports creativity and economic development. iran is committed to developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. israel is fighting terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah and has suffered real attack and the threat to future attacks of tens of thousands of rockets that will rain down upon their people. israel needs and has every right to support iron dome, the air missiles to defend themselves from these very real threats. israel has been there for us during times of threat and times of peace and we will be there for them. israel has been a partner in medical, scientific and technological enovations. they have stood with us to fight against terrorist threats against us and our freedom-loving nations. there are severa

mr. obama planned to announce later this month. >> among those expected are jack black, billy crystal, robert downey junior, eddie murphy and barbara streisand. there he is. guess who is coming to dinner? can you imagine having a president at your house? >> the obama campaign will take home $6 million in sales alone and there is a sweep stakes for a chance to attend the dinner the largest such fund-raiser of its kind on record. quite a campaign cash haul here in los angeles tonight. >> and after this announcement yesterday he's supporting same-sex marriage he will be well received tonight for this fund-raiser, you can see the president wasted no time marching off air force one over to marine one taking him near george clooney's home. >> as we have been discussing what a way to avoid l.a. traffic. just get on marine one. >> he will not be stuck on the 405. president safely in los angeles. local fishermen giving young salmon a fighting chance at live. 60,000 baby salmon trucked to pillar point harbor in half moon bay pumped into a holding pen by members of the coast side fishing club. they were raised in hatcheries and making the tre

magazine, the time triumphant john heilemann, patricia murphy, a contributor to the daily beast, maggie haberman of politico, and mr. sunday morning, "the new york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. president obama is in colorado right at this very moment where he is about to give the commencement address at the u.s. air force academy. meanwhile, there are some concerning numbers for the president in a crucial swing state. a new florida poll shows since march, there's been a 13-point swing leaving him trailing in the state by 6%. right now, we are waiting for mitt romney to take the stage at the latino coalition's annual economic summit. john heilemann, talk about florida first. are you surprised by the flip in numbers in terms of support for the president in the state? >> no. i think if you think about the big swing states, the president's people are less confident about florida than some of the other ones, much more confident about virginia and ohio now because the economy in those states is growing and the dem graphic composition of virginia favors the president. florida is going to be a close race. the economy th

new york magazine, the time triumphant john heilemann, patricia murphy, a contributor to the daily beast, maggie haberman of politico, and mrpresident obama is in colorado right at this very moment where he is about to give the commencement address at the u.s. air force academy. meanwhile, there are some concerning numbers for the president in a crucial swing state. a new florida poll shows since march, there's been a 13-point swing leaving him trailing in the state by 6%. right now, we are waiting for mitt romney to take the stage at the latino coalition's annual economic summit. john heilemann, talk about florida first. are you surprised by the flip in numbers in terms of s

mr. carter but as a kick in the leg to the american administration and all that follow that line. >> jay nordingler discusses his book with matt murphy of the wall street journal friday on 7 p.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> c-span radio is wcps fm washington and around the country on 119 and washington today continues. >> so to toss this into the mix right now saying we have to have cuts that exceed even the lifting of the extent to which we lift the debt ceiling is really in the tour irresponsible. let's get serious. >> president and i had a productive talk. never got to where we wanted to get, but we all know this is coming. >> remember the debate over raising the debt limit last summer? it is back in earnest here in washington again today as the speaker of the house reflecting on his meeting yesterday some calling it the hoagie summit as the president bringing sandwiches from a sub shop a few blocks from the white house as he met yesterday with congressional leaders for the first time on camera we heard from the speaker of the house and the democratic leader nancy pelosi and we'll have more on 24ir comments in just a moment. this

murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to "the daily beast" and d.c. news political analyst, former governor ed rendell. that means crossword lover. maggie haberman and mr

murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to "the daily beast" and d.c. news political analyst, former governor ed rendell. that means crossword lover. maggie haberman and mr. sunday morning himself, hugo lindgren of "the new york times magazine." tea party challenger richard mourdock ousted senator dick lugar in last night's primary after 36 years in office. he grated mourdock but offered an ominous prediction for congress, writing "what mourdock has promised in this campaign is reflexible votes for a rejectionist orthodoxy and rigid opposition to the actions and proposals of the other party. if that attitude prevails in american politics, our government will remain mired in the dysfunction we have witnessed during the last several years, and i believe that if this attitude expands in the republican party, we will be relegated to minority status." mourdock responded to this, this morning on "the daily rundown." >> what i've said is i certainly think that bipartisanship ought to consist of democrats coming to the republican point of view. >> well, there's that. joining us now from washington is former rnc chair and msnbc political analyst, the notorious mi