mr. robinson. [inaudible] >> well, i am hunter. thanks for letting me talk. i have a couple of kids in the district. i wanted to also address the assignment proposal for middle schools. i apologize, but i am going to be a lot more blunt than david robinson. this proposal is a disaster in the making, and i want to highlight three problems for you. i think it is worthwhile highlighting it now because you have a very impressed schedule for considering this in a couple of weeks. one, the assignment provisions are going to basically lock the east side families into poor performing middle schools, and that hurt is going to mostly fall on low income families and latino families. two, as david pointed out, this proposal is going to tear apart the spanish language immersion program in the middle schools in san francisco. and three, this proposal essentially abolishes the sibling preference program in middle schools. i realize it is a complicated program, but all you have to do is take a look at the math that got produced. almost without exception the elementary school

robinson and mr. jefferson told us know usno -- told us no. given the services early before they are in and out of jail and they can prevent -- the comfort of the citizens. that is not just a hope. that is actually a reality. you heard two examples of it. so yes, we have budget restraints, and yes, the city is asked to do the cutbacks that jennifer has described to us, but the programs that we are asking for are actually cost- effective. without adequate services, we are sending people of 5150 you into a medical hospital where they are not treated at all -- they are giving 50 given a little valium and set up to the streets fidget over sending a full 5150% into the cabin, and the budgets of what that costs are much higher than it would be if we did the right job here in san francisco. so we lose money when we send out of county. we lose money when we cannot live patients through the system because there is an adequate follow-up. we lose money because of the revolving door of going in and out of jail and in and out of the hospital 11 times in tw

mr. j. robinson west, ceo of pfc energy. >> good morning. we advised many of the world's leading oil and gas companies on strategy and market solutions for the industry. we have been retained by bp on certain matters relating to the macondo spill and therefore i cannot comment on that at all. the 1981-1983, i served as the assistant secretary of the interior with responsibility for u.s. offshore oil leasing and policy. i developed a schedule and manage the $14 billion per year program which was the largest nonfinancial auction on earth that that point. during my time in interior, the program was surrounded by bitter controversy. i was confronted by an unloving critics and uncritical lovers. it critical lubbers urged to step open up all federal waters to leasing and virtually give the leases to the industry with little or no regulation. that struck me then and now as a very bad as illegal idea. likewise the unloving critics demanded that we prove a negative, that there was no risk of any possible damage from offshore oil and gas operations. i

mr. j. robinson west, ceo of pfc energy. >> good morning. we advised many of the world's leading oil and gas companies on strategy and market solutions for the industry. we have been retained by bp on certain matters relating to the macondo spill and therefore i cannot comment on that at all. the 1981-1983, i served as the assistant secretary of the interior with responsibility for u.s. offshore oil leasing and policy. i developed a schedule and manage the $14 billion per year program which was the largest nonfinancial auction on earth that that point. during my time in interior, the program was surrounded by bitter controversy. i was confronted by an unloving itics and uncritical lovers. it critical lubbers urged to step open up all federal waters to leasing and virtually give the leases to the industry with little or no regulation. that struck me then and now as a very bad as illegal idea. likewise the unloving critics demanded that we prove a negative, that there was no risk of any possible damage from offshore oil and gas operations. if

mr. roberts,it will be fran comer. >> thank you. this is a question for robinson west. and i must say that i tempted to go deep into your principles which are admirable. and explain what practices conform or not conform to your suggested ideals. but i am not sure that we have time for that. we will spend some time drilling down, so to speak. >> carefully, i hope. >> you are principle and there are determinations to distinguish more completely the leasing, and revenue functions possibly by creating a new agency, like the nuclear regulatory council or to move to nova or e.p.a., do you have views on that? >> i think it makes sense for the regulatory function and the safety function to be kept apart from the leasing function. it's a different imperative. most of the governments frankly view the offshore program of their country. countries such as norway and the u.k. and brazil. the offshore industry is a huge part of their economy. and they have some highly skilled fiscal and legal experts who look at legal and tax. and they have health, safety and environment people lookin

mr. roberts will be chancellor ulmer. >> thank you. this is a question for robinson west. i attempted to go deeply into your principle and to ask you to explain the degree to which you think practices conform to your ideals. i am not sure we have been enough time. we will spend some time drilling down into mms. you were present at the creation. there were proposals to remove or distinguish more completely the leasing and revenue collection functions by creating a new agency,ike the nuclear regutory council. do you have any he is on that? >> it makes sense for the regulatory function and safety function to be kept apart. it is a different imperatives. viewof the government's the offshore program, countries such as norway and brazil -- this is a huge part of their economy. they have highly skilled experts to look at the legal issues. they have people looking at environmental issues. in brazil and norway there has been a tremendous focus on creating local content and the industries. the severing of these functions makes a lot of sense. >> severing them with the department of