peskin: thank you, mr. watts. and i think i asked for public comment on this. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 5, allocate $1,470,529 in prop k sales tax funds for eight requests with conditions and appropriate $490,000 in prop k sales tax funds for three requests. >> chair a. peskin: mr. quintanilla. >> this morning we present eight allocations and three appropriations in prop k funding. the first is golden gate bridge highway transportation district. for $150,000 in prop k funds to extend the useful life of docking ferries. prop k leverage is $1.3 million dollars in f.t.a. and golden gate transit district funds. and this will extend the useful life of the docking and boarding facilities until 2021 when full construction of the facilities will start. it's included in prop k ferry categorization item. the next is from sfmta for $100,000 in prop k funds to improve safety and accessibility into golden gate park at 45th and lincoln. this is an important access point to the park. and especially wi

application but you take a look at other agencies, federal housing administration and under the tenure of mr. watt we have to hold agencies accountable. a lot of questions of what's going on in afghanistan, we have been there for 17 years and the progress is awfully slow, i was able to visit afghanistan last year on two occasions and to ask those hard questions, no matter who is in the house -- who is in the congress or the executive branch, there should be healthy tension between branches, unfortunately we know if democrats take over house of representatives they will grind everything to a halt, maxine watters, democrats take over she will lead impeachment for all kinds of document requests and subpoenas to the administration, that would grind the economy to a halt. >> thank you, we will hear from our viewers now through social media. first question from facebook tonight is this, something near and dear to the hearts of everyone in the district, some veterans continue to have issues with the va, what will you do to help improve care and consistency of the vas here in pennsylvania. >> we have reco

and under the tenure of mr. watt. we have to hold agencies accountable.i think we can ask a lot of questions about what's going on, for example, in afghanistan. we've been there for 17 years now. and it seems the progress is awfully slow. and i was able to visit afghanistan last year on two occasions. and to be able to ask those hard questions. so i think no matter who is in the -- who is in the congress or the executive branch it should be a healthy tension between those branches. unfortunately, we know that if the democrats take over the house of representatives, they will grind everything to a halt and maxine waters is the ranking member of the financial services committee. if the democrats take over, she will lead impeachment central on the financial services committee all kinds of document requests and subpoenas to the administration that would grind the economy to a halt. moderator: our first question from social media, facebook, something near and dear to the hearts of everyone in the district. some veterans continue to have issues with the v.a. wh

we see this very clearly in the policies of fhfa under mr. watt pushing for low down payment mortgages, for example. so we want to -- and we need to have somebody focusing on them and caring about their risk who is not a cheerleader for housing. and i think the fed, for all its faults, is not a cheerleader for housing. >> the fed is a cheerleader for the fed. >> the fed is also full of truly competent, smart, diligent people like steve ohlander was. so the problem isn't the people, the problem isn't the institution and the problem isn't the intent. the problem is the fundamental nature fundamental nature of financial markets and the unknowableness of the financial future. >> okay. do you want to say something? >> on that point, alex, didn't you say the fed was part of the government and they wouldn't go against their bosses? so why would they regulate fannie and freddie in any way with sifis? >> you have to use the instruments that are available to you. in this instance it is one we ought to use. >> the market would do it. >> the market won't do i

maybe the gses will absorb all the market, and maybe we'll put them under the stewardship of mr. watt, who will immediately lower down payment requirements from 5% to 3% and will do everything else he can to subsidize mortgage risk along the way. not surprisingly we now have a mortgage market that's taken over by the gses. wasn't that predictable when we created the loophole that ate the standard? and who told us it was the loophole that ate the standard? frank. that's the same frank in dodd/frank. so what are we doing? that should be our question, politically what are we doing as a society? and when i go up to testify before jeb's committee, as i've done many times, i get it from both sides of the aisle whenever i talk like this about housing. haven't i heard of the american dream, they ask? okay. so anyway, i want to point out a few things. so i did some research to see were presidential candidates rewarded for creating big mortgage subsidies. the answer is no. they are penalized for taking them away but not rewarded for creating them. that means it is the smoke-filled room giving u

cnn's nick watt takes a closer look. >> mr., are you going to fire -- >> reporter: remember all those times he's walked on by these past 18 months or so? well, in recent days, trump has been answering those pesky shouted questions. >> i think it will be very interesting. i assume most of you will be there. >> feel free to come in or call. >> reporter: this week, he feels free. trump has been on the phone a whopping 67 minutes with his friends at fox. >> we've done more in less than two years than any president in the history of our country. >> reporter: remember between february last year and june this year, there was not a single solo press conference. then, late last month, a free-wheeling affair he relished. >> this is let trump be trump in action. >> reporter: and when he's not suddenly talking again with reporters, those rallies roll on. >> i'm not on the ticket. but i am on the ticket. >> reporter: but -- >> trump is holding so many rallies right now and they're no longer being televised live. fox has grown tired of them.

mr. sucre confirmed in writing that planning code 134c4b is the appropriate rear yard code based on site conditions. it is also important to note that assistant director elizabeth watte validated the use of r.d.g. for rear yard cottages to be applied to the project. her el administration follows the r.d.g.s by respecting the existing adjacent rear building cottage. the as a result a similar outcome of the reduced rear yard entitlement as established by mr. sucre. one planning staff fafred the planning code to be applied, and the planning director favored the r.d.g.s. both of those solutions and interpretations of the special lot situations is -- will provide preservation of rear yard mid open space and respect of the adjacent property. as mr. sanchez assessed -- i'm sorry. it is important also to note that permit holders, project sponsor from the architectural firm wrote a letter to richard su. , re stating, quote, the property to the south is set back so far that it is no street presence on carolina street. it is nonconforming. for all intents and purposes, its main street presence is on 22nd street. we the appellants agree with mr. iguchi. as scott sanchez assessed

mr. ott would care to -- >> yeah, and again, i didn't have this answer when senator manchin was here, but we have 8,000 watts of black star which is what i thought. in answer to your direct question, we have had several diverse discussions with folks on both sides of the discussion on cost of the black start, my opinion is we haven't done enough to make sure those resources are properly compensated and we are engaged in discussions to say the costs of having no single point of failure is not a small -- it is a small number relative to the cost of electricity, it's probably less than 1%, probably even less than half a percent of the total. but the point is it's an important part of the contract, i'll say guarantee of the company to say get rid of those single points of failure. spend some money to do it. it's money well spent in my opinion. this notion of resilience, to me what resilience means is a degree of margin for error and you never know what types of situations you're going to be in those scenarios that type of situation is invaluable. you can't go back and do it after these events happen. frankly wha

watts. >> we will change it up and moved to the lightning round. gregory and i will throw short topics in each have 20 seconds to respond and there will be no rebuttals. -- excuseone for mr. me, dr. cummings. >> clean coal. by cummings: best achieved power plants so we do not have to use it in our homes. cole -- dirty coal in people's houses and that was not the place to use it. rep. cheney: wyoming has the inanest coal in the world the world. we are a leader and will continue to be a leader in clean coal technology. is extent to which our coal clean and there are falses about coal and what it does to the landscape and it is not true. mr. hunter: wyoming does have clean coal, to make sure we do not make sulfur. it also has mercury. we need to make sure we collect and as much as we need to. we needed to use coal for different product. people talk about works.how reclamation we do a fantastic job. wonderful energy source. >> rep. cheney. >> water rights/ is the lifeblood of the west and make sure we do everything to protect our water and fight hard for it. we talked about water. water rights are very important. it is making a lot of attorneys very rich between states as we