mr. robert allin allen price. >> president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

mr. robert townsend. >> robert tounsz end dropped by to discuss his new movie, reality tv, and his advicetors and filmmakers. tell us what the film "in the hive" was about. >> "in the hive" is inspired by events that happened at a school, true story. vivian saunders started this school in north carolina called the hive, and it's a school, you know, for kids that were kicked out of school all across north carolina, birdie county. so it's like gangbangers, drug dealer, and the film is about how she turned their lives around and how with her nontraditional staff she worked with these kids and changed their lives. >> i can't believe i have a son i raised who don't know how to get @id. >> see, that's the thing. you didn't raise me. i can remember every beating. the ones you gave mama and the ones you gave me. >> one of the things people are saying -- reviews are great, by the way. >> thank you. >> they're saying this is a reputation of black people that is beyond the norm, you know, buffoonery or excess violence, that it's a positive, strong, realistic story. how important is that for you to t

mr. robert allin allen price. >> president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> (roll call) a> item 4, moved to approve the minutes. all those in favor? aye. >> two is a go we lost john baker, i highly regarded 28-year employee. in 1984 he started as a track worker, became finally track superintendent. he will be greatly missed and i would like to ask the board's consent to adjourn in his memory. >> one more communication, no close session. item 6. >> new or unfinished business. being none, thank you. >> item 7, directors report. >> good afternoon mr. chairman members of the board, , public, staff. at the last meeting i provided a reminder that upcoming was the 49th annual cable car bellringing competition. i asked that the competition be in mr. baker's honor, a tremendous loss. we had a great event. on september 6. we had strong sponsorship from girardelli chocolate, uncle vitto's pizza, the chancellor hotel, again the comedian debbie durst, ac

mr. robert allin allen price. >> president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >

mr. robert woods? >> good afternoon. i come here not to score in leadership. i come here to plead with your better wisdom. the community has been suffering for over 40 years. i started work in the community in 1972. as a housing development specialist in the city of san francisco, i was assigned to bayview hunters point. we developed the hundred 33 units and i saw the community -- 833 units and i saw the community working. i know what the community can produce. it is hard to make up 40 years of not working. you have to see this yourself and to know that they need sustainability. it becomes important to meet your monthly bills. it becomes important to the community and the investment that you are putting in the neighborhood. if you put this type of money into the neighborhood, we have lost out there. if we do not get -- if we did not get any type of help, it will be tantamount to gentrification. you have the rate of housing, what it cost for someone to live in the neighborhood. the black neighborhood, even with the lowest amount of money that is put there for t

mr. robert price. he's passed on. and would like to close the board meeting out in his memory. a little bit about mr. price is that he was an army man. he served in the united states army, and then he came west to san francisco in 1969. as an outreach worker for youth for service, which was at that time a nonprofit organization here in san francisco, dedicated to the service of the, quote, throw away. the throw away children of san francisco, bob worked with neighborhood gangs. bob's success was attributed to his ability to accept youngsters as he found them and channel their frustration through competitive sports. he was also very well known as the supervisor of the emma gri resettlement program. he trained and placed 500 -- in various jobs in 20 months. he was named man of the year in 1979 by bear area council on soviet jewry and was recognized and commended by california assembly on february 20, 1980. bob's true commitment remained with the throw away children. for 20 years as youth guidance center, employment specialist, he helped prevent recidivism through employment traini

mrs. roberts was the first african-american to head the mississippi state board of education. she was buried alongside her husband, a former tuskegee airman. >>> it is time, now, for the weather from across the nation. hope it's nice where you are. but you're going to see hail and gusty winds from southern nebraska to amarillo. showers into the carolinas. late-day thunderstorms from pittsburgh to northern new england. >> mostly 80s in the northeast and the nation's midsection. triple-digits from texas into the desert southwest. >>> when we come back this morning, can you really trademark a color? well, a court ruling that has some people seeing red. >>> and then, video of a chilling bank heist. armed gunmen kidnapping the bank manager and strapping on what they said was a bomb. >>> and we'll lighten the mood a little later in the show. hot on the heels of her speech in charlotte, the first lady tries her hand at late-night laughs. @ >>> welcome back, everyone. and there is more evidence this morning that the housing recovery is picking up steam. a new report shows homes are se

mr. robert allin allen price. >> president chiu: is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today. >> president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. [ gavel ] >> good afternoon everyone. >> good afternoon. >> it's monday, september 17th, 2012. s the meeting of land use and economic development committee of san francisco county. our clerk is miss alisa miller, miss miller could you lose give us announcements. >> please make sure to silence all electronic derises and completed speaker cards and all documents should be submitted to the cleric. items acted upon today will be on the september 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. thank you, we have four agenda items today. generally during public comment we give people up to 2 minutes per person if there is a lot of people on the issue and there is a buzzer that goes off after 30 second goes. so my hope is that people will really listen to the buzzer before their time limit is up. i wanted to thank the staff from sf.gov, charles and jesse larson for t

mr. robert price. he's passed on. and would like to close the board meeting out in his memory. a little bit about mr. price is that he was an army man. he served in the united states army, and then he came west to san francisco in 1969. as an outreach worker for youth for service, which was at that time a nonprofit organization here in san francisco, dedicated to the service of the, quote, throw away. the throw away children of san francisco, bob worked with neighborhood gangs. bob's success was attributed to his ability to accept youngsters as he found them and channel their frustration through competitive sports. he was also very well known as the supervisor of the emma gri resettlement program. he trained and placed

mr. roberts. next speaker, is there anyone else who would like to speak?seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor wiener. >> question for planning that may or may not have the answer to. do we have any indication that wal-mart is trying to come into san francisco? we have heard wal-mart come up several times. i haven't heard that, but maybe i am just missing information. >> good afternoon supervisors, anne marie rogers planning department, i have not personally heard of a proposal on the table for wal-mart to come in, but i have not looked into the issue. >> i think we all want to support our small businesses and avoid having overproliferation of chain stores. we also know that in different parts of the city, there are different needs. this is just general comment, different needs in different parts of city in terms of access to food and there are parts of city that have tremendous access to fresh produce businesses and there are others that don't have as much access. so i think being mindful to avoid a overproliferation of retail distinguishing ne

we have one card, robert davis. mr. . >> supervisors, good afternoon, my name is robert davis and i'm here to support the legislation. unfortunately the larger problem here, again, like with the last issue is enforcement. and the dbi's unwillingness or inability or whatever to enforce the blight laws, there are over 5800 open notices of violation in san francisco, dating back to 1994. '94 was significant because that is the year that the records wept went from paper to computer. >> how many different blightedÑ properties again? >> i can't speak to blighted properties. because the dbi can speak to that. a notice of violation is someone complained and dbi went out and wrote a notice. on the second complaint process. you can see there are 14 steps before the city attorney takes action and there are first notices, second notices, the list is extensive. after the notice of violations, the department of building inspection comes up with the director's hearing and send the notice of violation to the director. there is a directo

mr. robert kaplan, you are being defeatist. you are walking away from america's historical role where we are the central power and you are talking about the inevitable necessary decline. how would you respond to that? >> i would say that i am not being defeated by being sly and while. it i want american influence to extend long into the decade. they cannot do that bearing the same exact level of burden that we have been very now. we cannot confront russia and china and be the hegemon in swords of the great old middle east endlessly. we have to not let countries like vietnam and the philippines drag us into a war with china over the south china sea. to that clever balance. in any case, the u.s. has so much shale oil deposits in texas and louisiana and oklahoma and other places that i can name, that we are going to be -- because of energy reserves, we are going to be a significant power for decades to come in any case. so now is the time to try to get allies and like-minded others to do more. >> i would like to note that this boo

mr. robert hale, undersecretary of defense; ms. elizabeth mcgrath, the honorable gladys commons, comptroller, u.s. department of navy; dr. mary matiella, assistant secretary of the army; ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary for financial management and comptroller u.s. department of the air force. thank you very much for being here with us today, and collectively you share the responsibility for managing nearly $700 billion of net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weighty responsibilities, particularly when you consider the importance of your mission to our face's national security and to our war fighters. want to thank you for your service and for the commitment you have demonstrated on this issue. achieving audit readiness when considered against this backdrop is both complex and challenging, and it's clear to me that you're making tangible progress forward. this hearing is meant as a follow up to the defense financial management and auditability reform panel which was appointed

mrs. roberts. the first african-american to head the mississippi state board of education.gs thanked everyone there. diane sawyer making the trip as well. their mother was buried next to her husband. a former tuskegee airman who died in 2004. >> sending love and prayers to the family. >>> in other news, in los angeles, police are trying to unravel a bizarre bank heist. two men in ski masks, kidnapped the bank manager and strapped a bomb to her midsection. abc's nick watt was there. >> reporter: east los angeles, 0830, the drama begins to unfold. the manager of bank of america, see her there, carefully walking out of the bank after telling her staff there is a bomb strapped to her stomach. >> she was told it was explosives. she was ordered to go into the bank. take out all the money. >> reporter: she told police the robbers kidnapped her and forced her to play that terrifying part in their audacious heist. this whole city block is shut down. right there on the low-loader, the bank manager's car being taken away for further investigation. the bank manager herself is being que

mr. roberts: i rise to urge the senate to fully investigate the circumstances regarding the attack upon our u.s. consulate in benghazi, the torture and killing of our ambassador, the deaths of three american patriots and the following attacks and deaths involving marines in afghanistan. americans are watching a conflagration of an estimated half million jihadists and over 30 countries burning portraits of our presidents and american flags and threatening attacks upon our consulates and embassies while shouting death to america. no, mr. president, my colleagues, the war against terrorism is not over. now we find out ten days later that al qaeda was involved in a planned attack in benghazi, dangerous poe tests continue in pakistan and throughout the muslim world. this morning, the commandant of our marine corps informed the capitol hill marines there are 153 marine units at the ready to protect u.s. consulates and embassies at the direction of the state department. they should be deployed. and he believed that the current danger may well last decades. the sobering truth hurts. was there actio

robert bork. and i urge the committee and senate to reject the nomination of mr. nation to the u.s. supreme court has been defeated. >> i want to sign a civil rights bill. i will not sign a quota bill. >> "quota schmota." quotas are not the issue. >> senator kennedy eloquently said "quota schmota." he predicts a veto would be overridden. >> time to provide equal opportunity to women and mine nortsz, -- minorities, no ifs ands or butts, no watered down comprises either. >>> police in palm beach, florida say today, late today that the nephew of senator edward kennedy is a suspect in an alleged rape. police say the senator also staying at the compound over easter failed to respond to initial inquiries to what happened the night of the alleged rape. >> edward kennedy came to court and talked an emotional conversation about with his sister jean about the death of her husband and william smith's father. and then invited son, patrick and william to go out. >> we went to a bar. i wish i had gone for a long walk on the beach instead. but we did go to a bar. >> in the halls

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robert bork. and i urge the committee and senate to reject the nomination of mr. >> i want to sign a civil rights bill. i will not sign a quota bill. >> "quota schmota." quotas are not the issue. job discrimination is the issue. >> senator kennedy eloquently said "quota schmota." he predicts a veto would be overridden. >> it's time to end the double standard that provides equal opportunity to women and minorities. no ifs, ands or buts, no watered down comprises either. >> president bush is ready to this country to war in the persian gulf without the support of the country and without the support of the american people. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. in communities across the country. whether it's supporting a delaware nonprofit that's providing training and employment opportunities, investing in the revitalization of a neighborhood in the bronx, or providing the financing to help a beloved san diego bakery expand, what's important

mr. robert hale, comptroller of the u.s. department of defense. ms. elizabeth mcgrath, u.s. department of defense. the honorable gladys commons, financial management and comptroller u.s. department of devi. dr. mary sally matiella, assistant secretary of the army financial management and comptroller u.s. department of the army. and ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary of our comptroller u.s. permanent the air force. thank you for being here with us today and collectively you share responsibility for managing nearly $700 billion of net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weighty responsibilities, particularly when you consider the importance of the emission terminations national security into our war fighters. i want to thank you for your service and the commitment you have demonstrated on this issue, achieving audit readiness is both complex and challenging and it is clear to me that you're making tangible progress forward. this hearing is meant as a follow-up to the defense financial management and reform panel, which was app

mr. johnson. >> my name is robert thompson. i am a resident. am looking for to this project being implemented soon. >> that is generous of you to come down. i will move the item prepared -- the item. >> there is a member of the public that would like to address you on the issue of 10.2lmnn. public comment is closed on that. he has moved on to the consent calendar. >> we have a motion and a second to approve that. all in favor? all opposed? so ordered. the only thing that is left is public comment, right? >> yes. you may address the board on matters before the board, but not on the agenda. >> up until last week i was a member of the taxi advisory council. there are three things i want to talk about. number one, i'm very glad you're doing all of the planning for the america's cup race. it sounds great. i hope you can forward this information to taxi services, so they can for it to all of the cap companies, so we can direct passengers to use muni in situations where a would be more efficient. the second item is, june 5th, we were told that the tax

mr. baker. >> thank you. [gavel] i'm robert chief and i'm the park's supervisor in the parks in the sunset district. i've been working here for 3 years. we are 60-70 street below street level. the 64 acre park. the park is divided into 2 sections we are in the stern area. when you get over to pine lake meadow and pine lake, pine lake is considered a natural area. in 1847, the green family came out here, back then this was kind of an empty canyon and sand dun area. they claimed this property. in 1892. george green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever

let's dive deeper into the comparison with one of mitt romney's top foreign policy advisers, robert o'brien mr o'brien has an impressive international affairs resume including a stint as cochairman of the state department's efforts to reform afghanistan's justice system. robert is currently the managing partner at the fox law firm. coming to us tonight from los angeles. >> good to be with you. go bears. >> jennifer: i knew you were a berkeley guy even though you're working with mitt romney. i'll give you a few points for that. let me ask you from the start were you one of the republicans who thought that mitt romney should have reacted a little bit differently to the tragedy in libya? >> well, the reaction that you played earlier was the governor responding to the breach of the embassy in cairo and what's interesting is the governor's reaction was the exact same reaction that hillary clinton had, our secretary of state when she told embassy cairo not to release the statement that they released. secretary clinton thought it was wrong. she thought it was weak. and governor romney had the exact s

mrs. dowman, my name is robert caro and dry writing books about lyndon johnson. she says cecil has been waiting for you to call. [laughter and applause] >> those of you who read the book know that he provided a lot of other details. very fascinating details including the steadiness of johnson's hand. one hand was on the bible -- wasn't a tremor. he was absolutely calm. then there is the flight back. what was lyndon johnson doing on the flight back? seems incredible to me that with all the books that have been written they haven't gone into detail about that. it was quite a flight. and everybody's mind is was there a conspiracy? at every air force base along the route that air force one is going back to washington, fighter planes on the runway, their engines are running. the pilots are bolted into their seats and on the radar screens in the rate our shacks men are bent over radar screens watching to see if there is anything from air force one. in a thousand towns that air force one rolls across america flags are being lowered to half mast. church bells are startin