for example, tonight's meeting, we did not learn from any kind of poster or announcement, but from mrs. chen. we'd like to see more of this going on, that we get public notification for any kind of activities. >> thank you. next speaker? come forward. please. mr. henderson is here from the mayor's office. would you like to add a few thoughts on behalf of the mayor? thank you. >> first of all, i am really excited that you guys are holding the meeting here. this is a really big deal. sorry. my sister act went to this school, elementary school. i actually, in an act of violence on myself, broke my arm right in that playground, on my roller skates, in the seventh grade. i know the school well. this is where i grew up. it really makes me excited. we go to these meetings all the time and we talk about stuff. it really makes me excited to see it here in my neighborhood, and to see so many people from my community here at the meeting, and not just a monolithic slice of san francisco. i looked up at the audience and see faces that really reflects this neighborhood. i think it is really important that

vice president wu: thank you, mr. chen. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is sue lee. i am executive director of the chinese historical society of america and i'm very glad i don't sit in your seat anymore. [laughter] >> i have reviewed the e.i.r. and the preservation alternatives that are comprehensively addressed in the e.i.r. i believe they're thorough and complete. i urge you to certify the e.i.r. but i also want to take this small opportunity to talk a little bit about the history of chinatown. the chinatown that you see today grew out of the ruins of the 1906 earthquake. he has done extensive work on the architecture of chinatown. we know that architecture is a made up architecture. as a survival technique. in 1906, there were efforts to move chinatown down to where geneva is today. the leaders of chinatown, working with their white property owners and landlords, got together after the earthquake. we will be paid for the rebuild, but we want to make sure that chinatown is going to last another earthquake. they concocted this architecture, which i think has been a

mr. chen's discussion a second okay was very misleading. governo governor-- governor romney has any plans vis-a-vis job growthnd cay go through that in a second. the thing the president can say that is different is i, in fact, have a set of measures that independent people, you don't have to listen to me, listen the congressional budget office, to independent economists who scored this are saying, yeah, and it's actually not that complicated, if you provide some fiscal relief to state was have to balance their budget, who are facing budget shortfalls in the tens of billions, if you provide them some relief they will stop laying off teachers. if you get some workers back on the job laying infrastructure, whether it's public schools, lately i've been thinking we probably should burry some of these power lines, so there's a lot to be done. he has got the plan. >> suarez: and we will over the course of the campaign hear them point by point, jared bernstein, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, ray. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour:

chen. everyone has about two minutes. once she starts waving at you, please wrap it up. >> good evening, mr. mayor, everyone else. i am a member of dish. my concerns are with the proposed dph cuts to a number of services but to be homeless and formerly homeless, including 109 units of supportive housing. there is a proposal to relocate tenants to new housing coming on line, so it would be a net loss of 109 units. i am also concerned about the proposed cuts to drop-in centers, cuts to youth programs, and others. if there is a way to make sure there is enough financing to restore some of the proposed cuts in the health department's budget, that would be great. ultimately, it would save money in terms of -- dph is facing serious issues, but the cost of the system elsewhere -- it would be much greater his people can access the vital services that people need. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. i am, -- for the elderly. thank you, mr. mayor for your local hiring policy so as to provide more opportunities for san francisco job seekers. thank you to be office of economic and workforce development for fundi

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mr. geithner and, by the way, this situation with chen guangchencg has been resolved by his leaving the u.s. industry -- embassy and coming to america. >> jim laurie is an executive consultant for cctv. he started that in 2009, and has helped develop their news channel in washington. one of the many hats he wears as a broadcaster. he also spent time overseas in journalism. guest: almost all of my career has been overseas. i have worked in china since 1970. i studied chinese history in school here in washington. my life has been fairly invested in asia. host: our caller is tony, a democrat, in winston-salem. caller: i would like to know -- everything is about the money, i am afraid people could come in and do everything they want. it should not be like that. abc was like connected with disney -- you notice the difference. i mean, internationally, we just have to make sure, you know, that all your intentions are very good because, at this stage -- anything is possible. host: 20, when you say you were concerned about money, tdo you mean it who controls the content? caller: exactly. there are l

vice president wu: thank you, mr. chen. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is sue lee. i am executive director of the chinese historical society of america and i'm very glad i don't sit in your seat anymore. [laughter] >> i have reviewed the e.i.r. and the preservation alternatives that are comprehensively addressed in the e.i.r. i believe they're thorough and complete. i urge you to certify the e.i.r. but i also want to take this small opportunity to talk a little bit about the history of chinatown. the chinatown that you see today grew out of the ruins of the 1906 earthquake.