mr. torres' disappearance. i think it's important that we concentrate on getting mr. torres safely back to his family, and mr. torres being an american citizen it's important to the fbi that we reach out to the public and get information on his disappearance and abduction. jenna: do you have reason to believe they could be harmed in anyway? >> well, you know, mr. torres, from what witnesses told us, they were taken by armed individuals, so of course we are concerned about mr. torres' safety, as well as the safety of his father and uncle. jenna: quick question here i know you were involved in the investigation to try to find jessica buchanan, the american that was taken by men in somalia and was being held for 90 days before she was rescued. what takes place in a case like that, we're seeing a picture of her on the screen and your experience with that type of case that you can apply to this one? are they similar in think way about how you go about the investigation and eventually, hopefully getting these guys freed? >> well, jenna, each investigation is, you know, very

mr. torres for coming out, visiting with us. that's the only way people get to know what we need and stuff. i also like to push tenant participation. when i move into housing at 85 -- excuse me -- holly court in 85 -- i been in housing 39 years, tenant could go sign out for the [inaudible] that they need to use. if i had the two, i could do this myself. tenant used to do their own backyard. tidy up around their own, outside and all of this, and stuff. tenants do want to participate, they just don't have the tools to use it. even if they could be trained for a couple hours it wouldn't take that long but it will save a lot of money and maintenance a lot of time because we don't have enough maintenance, but we can help and i thank you for letting me have this time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is [inaudible]. i'm an attorney as the eviction defense collaborative and we are the main place where everyone in the city goes to get answers when they get sued for [inaudible]. and we are very concerned about the plan -- the ideas

mr. torres for coming out, visiting with us. that's the only way people get to know what we need and stuff. i also like to push tenant participation. when i move into housing at 85 -- excuse me -- holly court in

mr. torres, say a few words about our actions. thank you supervisors. >> good morning supervisors. thank you so much for calling this hearing and for allowing all of us to have an opportunity to comment on the serious issues we're facing. i want to thank all of your personally for your support, your concern and the level of engagement your office and staff have been providing around the issues we're facing. we're very appreciative of your efforts and for all the residents we serve. i've been happy to meet with many of them across the city. i hear from them directly about their concerns and needs and the hopes that we can best meet them now and in the future. i wan to thank mr. rose and his team for working so openly with us to get us to this place and thank barbara for her review and plans and the need and belief that we all share that true reform is needed at the authority. i want to thank a few moments briefly to highlight, again, the very pressing financial matter raised earlier by miss smith that we are pursuing to ensure we enter into a corrective action plan by july 1. it wil

mr. torres and the other commissioners who are here, to rose mary dennis who has been going back and forth making sure she talked to every person who has raised an issue. thank you for doing that. the last thing i would say is i really believe that it'll take some time to get to a point where we can, as a city, say that we have a dressed all the issues and i think all of us as elected officials have some responsibility in how we got here in the sense that cheerily there is a lot more that each and every one of us could have done and there's a lot that we need to do. one of the things that i am doing in this budget request is to provide funding so that there is more tenant and resident engagement. whatever the solution is, whatever this looks like, it cannot work, it cannot be sustained long term unless the tenants have more of a say in what happens. and there is a model for that and we have the model of what's happening with sro hotels. the situation is not perfect, but the fact that you have community involvement makes issues so that people in those agencies actually responds to them. my

mr. torres. we work very well with his department and he's extremely receptive and action-oriented. >> i think that's great that we have so much cooperation with departments in sacramento. that's great to her. go ahead, expand on that. >> thank you to the u.s. attorney for gathering us to the. we have come a long way but as the parents expressed so poignantly, we have so much farther to go. we can pass laws but how do they get enforced, how do they get actualized, how do we have the accountability? more than that, as tony smith was talking about, creating caring climate, a culture of trust and respect. and that's hard and needs to top down but also bottom up. i just recently viewed the movie bully and brought back a lot of memories, it brought back a focus on just the cruel course of bullying and the insensitivity, the interviews with administrators and school personnel. i don't know if any of you have seen the movie or a preview of it, it's just an appalling, republic prehence sibl, the ignoranc

very good advice, mr. torre. >> let me show you the blessing we have this morning.this is just beautiful out there. no june gloom out there. we're still going to see temperatures that are comfortable, not too hot even with all that sunshine coming in early. good morning down in share. 54 degrees there, 52 in livermore. it's going to be warm for you, but not as hot as it could be, as we kickoff summertime officially at 10:04. high pressure will move in over the next couple days. we'll see a surge of summer heat, but only to be followed by rain showers. we have an area of low pressure that will race down south. as we head throughout monday and tuesday, best chance. best chance in the south bay will be overnight monday into tuesday. we will see 50s to 70s headed our way. the best chance for the showers is going to be in the north bay at the coast. sonoma county, marin county, keep your eyes peeled. we'll keep you updated as well to the forecast. 80 in livermore, 84 in fairfield. i wouldn't be talking about showers unless i really believed it. 88 degrees on saturday. he

mr. chairman. craig torres from bloomberg. we would like to push for a deeper explanation on thresholds nd triggers. the forecast and mysterious dots do not map into the unemployment forecast. we see more gradual rate rises. people moving to the right on when they expect the rate to increase. and yet unemployment is going to fall to 6.5% in 2014. also, labor force participation is not in great shape. you, in fact, have been a big believer in a lot of the exit from from the workforce related to weak demand, not structural factors. so here's my question. can you explain a little bit more, maybe is the threshold too igh? i will point out that the vice chair and two other people who have worked here have done significant research that maybe you need to let the unemployment rate fall much lower to pull these people back into the labor force. i am wondering if you can expand on that. >> great question. what you pointed out, the difference between the dots and the forecast illustrates the point. her member, the 6.5% is the threshold

mr. chairman, craig torres from "bloomberg." i'd like to push for a little deeper explanation on thresholds and triggers. >> sure. >> the forecast and the mysterious dots kind of don't map into the unemployment forecast. we see more gradual rate rise going out into time, people moving to the right -- at least one person -- on when they expect the rate to increase. and yet, unemployment's going to fall to 6.5% in 2014. also note that labor force participation is not in great shape, and you, in fact, have been a big believer that a lot of the exit from the workforce is related to weak demand, not structural factors. so here's my question. can you explain a little bit more -- you know, how -- maybe is the threshold too high? and i'll point out that the vice-chair and two other people used to work here have done significant research on -- maybe you need to let the unemployment rate fall much lower to pull these people back into the labor force. i'm wondering if you can expand on that. >> well, it's a great question. but what you poi

mr. chairman, craig torres from bloomberg. i'd like to push for a little deeper explanation on thresholds and triggers. >> sure. >> the forecast and the mysterious dots kind of don't map into the unemployment forecast. we see more gradual rate rise going out into time, people moving to the right -- at least one person -- on when they expect the rate to increase. and yet unemployment's going to fall to 6.5% in 2014. i also note that labor force participation is not in great shape, and you, in fact, have been a big believer that in a lot of the exit from the work force is related to weak demand, not structural factors. so here's my question. can you explain a little bit more, um, you know, how -- maybe is the threshold too high? and i'll point out that the vice chair and two other people who used to work here have done significant research on maybe you need to let the unemployment rate fall much lower to pull these people back into the labor force. so i'm wondering if you can expand on that. >> well, it's a great question, and -

mr. chairman. craig torres from bloomberg. we would like to push for a deeper explanation on thresholds and triggers. the forecast and mysterious dots do not map into the unemployment forecast. we see more gradual rate rises. people moving to the right on when they expect the rate to increase. and yet unemployment is going to 2014.o 6.5% in also, labor force participation is not in great shape. you, in fact, have been a big believer in a lot of the exit from from the workforce related to weak demand, not structural factors. so here's my question. can you explain a little bit maybe is the threshold too high? i will point out that the vice two other people who have worked here have done significant research that maybe you need to let the unemployment rate fall much lower to pull these people back into the labor force. i am wondering if you can expand on that. >> great question. what you pointed out, the difference between the dots and the forecast illustrates the point. her member, the 6.5% is the threshold -- remember, the 6.5%

mr. david glover. >> all right. with that, ladies and gentlemen, i believe we are adjourned. [gavel] [adjourned] [ gavel ] >> the meeting will come to order, call the roll, please. >> president torres? >> here. >> vice president courtney? >> here. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> commissioners moller caen awn vietor will be arriving a little bit later. >> thank you a. proval of the minutes. can we read them, and are there any public comments before we move to a motion? there being none, is there a motion to approve the minutes. >> moved. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> moved, motion carried. public comments? mr. decosta. >> commissioners, you all know this is your city and county of san francisco, and while we know, as the mayor says, that now over 35 cranes hovering over the city, there is a lot happening at the ground level. and one of the thing has there that i want to bring to the attention of the sfpuc, that all over the city, for example, we have your department of external affairs, that supposedly deals with outreach and has to project and put a nice face to our city, a lot of work has to be done when it comes to the tearing up