i want to say taurl first of all, in terms of the advocacy going on around health ms. chang came out of the rules committee i have enormous reporter but every one of us have the responsibility to make our own determination and because we came out of the rules committee doesn't change any calculus to appoint the best candidate for the job. you've seen on the board of supervisors where a commitment comes out of the rules committee and the board makes an adjustment it's only 3 members out of 11. i want to address reappointment i have a lot of receptor for ms. chang i represent her commitment and i'm not critical of her on any of the traits. but in the end when someone comes up for appointment or reappointment we have a responsibility to evaluate all the candidates and have the candidate that fulfills the needs of the position. because of victor's stellar and skill set and background i'll be supporting him today >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. i'll be, you know, voting against the motion. i do want to thank supervisor tang and supervisor kim for

departments to develop the flow charts that might help to understand product delivery >> it that okay ms. chang. >> okay. great. so thank you. again ms. reynolds i want to talk about the double parking issue it is something that sfmta and sf pd can do given the pcos could do it's frustrating for cyclists so have trucks and major vehicles blocking the bike lane and parking in that area that's the only place they can park pushing bikers out into the street but important that vehicles can see around the double parking. the project delivery the flow charts will be helpful and the suggestions on how we can improve and what other cities are doing. and also you mentioned the use of consistence it's my understanding that dwp has been able to use consultant to help deliver their projects on time and budget and having that conversation with sfmta is incredibly important especially, if we're able to convince the voters to support the go bond and the vehicle license fees and if we push sfmta to deliver quicker is something that wyoming can help us. so at this time i'll open this up for public comment on it

ms. changing. that's an honor and prirj to be here and a great honor metrological up everybody it's time to bring it up. the theme is the importance of connecting the past to the future from the bnl to the willie brown bridge through this outstanding project pardon let me share a number of connections that empire has it will give you a belief view on we're connected to the city of san francisco a certified lbe firm and connected to caltrain's as an underprivileged business we're a small minority business and connected to the federal government as a hud zone business and kekd e connected to a a and b contract. those many difference sfgsdz has allowed empire to position ourselves. we so the honor of working on over one hundred and 50 projects in san francisco and the great bay area ambassador i'm honored to be joined by some of my colleagues in this particular project. so it's outstanding people like julie of cal pumping and chris williams and steve from bio mad and a recover supplier and many other

no teacher should be put to teach newt and you've heard from ms. chang she did that for seven years but we're asking the board to give us sufficient teacher support so our fourth and fifth graders will continue to learn korean. there's a teaching assistant to learn math and science. that teacher also teaches the middle school one math class. my understanding the students in the cantonese and others center a language class neither of which is an elective. the korean immersion needs the same instruction and i ask you mandate a meaningful pathway for koreans >> thank you. next speaker, please (clapping.) >> i have any one son. >> excuse me, sir. >> your name. >> jay. >> i don't see you on the list, sir may i speak. >> okay. and there was another speaker that wasn't on the list and is that the gentleman that spoke. >> that was phillip young. that name isn't open the list either. thank you very much precede two minutes, please >> thank you. okay. i first time thank you for your commissioner but i just the first time i came to america in 1995 i speech english

ms. chang is there a written amendment or - >> we have worked with the city attorney's office to rise the language the resolution and the rec and park department will have the language. >> so is this the one copy. actually yeah. is it something you can read or dividing the file >> the duplicating the file and moving forward the piece of the file that would only include the expenditure for the playground. >> and then we'll keep the fence in committee. >> yeah. >> at the community meeting so it, happen. it will be helpful if we could get photos for the file and each of the committee meetings. maybe while public comment is happening. okay. so we'll now open item number 2 up for. public comment is 2 minutes when you have 30 seconds as i haven't called anyone yet so you'll have 30 seconds left you'll hear a soft bell and when your time is up a harder bell. i have 5 public comment cards and if you want to fill out a card so the names are (calling names) and so if you'll come on up it doesn't have to

i'd like to apologize on behalf of this committee to you, ms. chang. what this committee should be focusing on is what we have to do in the future to contain costs. how he can share the best practices by successful states are california, connecticut, kentucky, and new york with the states that are still struggling. a truly balanced hearing would've looked at more than just one story of state this exchange success. if someone from kentucky's exchange had been invited to testify, i'm sure they would've wanted to tell the committee that a preliminary analysis found that approximately 75% of the enrollees were previously uninsured before signing up through the exchange. are under enrollees the age of 35. ordered by the end of enrollment. , over 370,000 kentucky citizens now have health insurance that did not have before. to that end, i'm so glad to have testify as minority witness and to bring some good news and balance to this discussion. at the end of march 31, over 1.2 million californians have signed to the exchange. the number greatly surpassed califo

ms. boomer. >> all right. is david chang -- no. bob allen. tom radulavich. [speaker not understood]. miriam marlin, martin. lourdes verola. peter -- i can't pronounce his last name. he's from grubele -- okay, those are the next speakers. bob allen here. sometimes you just can't read the speaker card. >> good afternoon. >>> good afternoon to the commission and to the packed house. i guess this is what -- like when you start to build the movement around an issue that matters to people. i think it's a symbol and i think a response to the leadership of the board in doing something that quite honestly many sectors of the city haven't done yet which is really to address the affordability crisis. i want to acknowledge the whole board's leadership around that. and i think prioritizing the communities need transit riders [speaker not understood] really reflects the demographics of the folks in this room. i want to commend you for your leadership. today director brinkman and ramos and the whole biordi for initiating what we think is an important addition and what we intended for the free muni

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ms foster to save the planet says international climate change report as government's approach to shift to the carbon energy russia has warned ukraine not to use military force against pro moscow protest is in eastern ukraine. a presidential decree issued by ukraine's acting president alexander touching off calling on russia militants to disarm and leave occupied government buildings. all flights full scale anti action has now passed into words what world leaders to be a dangerous escalation as kashi spread in eastern ukraine from him. all courses in kiev are determined not to allow a repetition of what happened in crimea. annexed by russia must of been for moscow's warned they will protect the region's pro russian communities. the us is called the mosque and to explain the build up of a well equipped holds some forty thousand personnel from the ukraine border. russia called for an emergency session of the un security council following mccain's plan to use its own forces in a box that lets the russian ambassador keyes kiev of making wanted to and people can extend ukraine said moscow wa

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read,ms of the investor not much change. in terms of individual stocks we are watching, bank of america is on the list. . surprising loss numeralquarter loss was five cents a share. we are also looking at sodastream, surging the most since july. the company may be in talks with large soda producers. stifel nicolaus issued a note saying it does not see a sale is likely. more on the markets of it later. more "bloomberg west" is next. ♪ . . >> you are watching "bloomberg west," where we focus on technology in the future of business. i am emily chang. first it was robots and artificial intelligence companies. now google is buying a drum company. it is the latest in a string of big moves for the search giant this year. today, google reports earnings after the bell. or more than what it expects, we have a former google legg joining us from new york. mark, i will start with you, what is going on here? drones now? how do you feel about that ? >> uncertain. and i think investors feel uncertain about it too. google has done a series o

ms. kish baum means about monitoring. if there are small changes to be made to make things better, please come back to her. i will be the they are very representative and you will find a good answer, if not, please come back to us because we want this to be an on going process. congratulations to the staff and congratulations to the city. this is going to be a better place to live and that's why i supported this for so long. >> i don't have anything to achltd >> we have a motion and second. we have been joined by an aid to supervisor breed. would you like to say anything ms. johnson. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. i didn't expect this to end so quickly. on behalf of the supervisor i want to echo what mr. heinicke said particularly on the inner sunset. they have been phenomenal and interest and their passion and the interest they have shown and the collaborative approach. your staff, shawn kennedy, tanner, they have all been phenomenal and they really deserve a great deal of thanks. they are doing the lord's work and as the director heinicke said this i

we asked her whether the criteria for evaluating tax-exempt applications had changed at any point. ms. lerner responded the criteria have not change but it had. in 2012 she told this committee that the information the irs was requesting in letters to conservative tax-exempt applicants was not out of the ordinary but on may 13, 2013 that also was refuted. in fact the 48-year-old veteran of the irs said he never once had seen such applications go to the chief counsel's office. we also know former higher as acting commissioner steve miller told us that irs's was under and i quote tremendoutremendou s pressure from senator carl lynn to implement new implementations unquote so considering all of us why would the committee sees its efforts to get to the truth and why should a? constitutional rights are infringed upon by the government and it's our job to get the american people answers. without ms. lerner's full cooperation and without immunity needed this committee or the american public will have the answers it needs from its government. the ways & means committee has voted to ask the dep

putin i am glad you layout concrete actions to change the calculus teacher vladimir putin in a very forthright and result way the sooner the better because ms nuland obviously making sure the ukraine is successful with the best long-term strategy we have a short-term problem we need to change the vladimir putin calculus now so he does not go further so look for the testimony and we appreciate you being here. >> both witnesses are well known we will start with secretary space to. >> thank you. i am honored to be here today over central and eastern europe before early devil take the opportunity to congratulate my friend and colleague of the arab rival of the newest member of his family. for over 20 years united states rory european allies have integrated to the bilateral engagement lead the wto or the nato pressure in council but russia's actions are an affront to the effort to fundamentally change the landscape of eastern and central europe i appreciate the opportunity of the impact of russia's impact on the ukraine and other challenges in the region. creches occupation of crimea has an illegitimate referendum to tarnish its credibility and

but i do know that, for me, it was a door opener that changed the course of my life. >> ms.omayor fulfilled her part of the bargain. she graduated summa cum laude did i from princeton and then attended yale law school where she prospered as well. in 2009, judge sotomayor became the first latino supreme court justice in u.s. history. i met the justice in december. she is a very nice person who firmly believes that minorities in america do not, do not have equal protection under the law. she believes that because of the past, when blacks and other minorities were kept back by the white establishment, they have never been able to catch up. therefore, the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment should carve out a special place for minorities whereby they would be given preference in some areas. the problem is that by giving one person preference based on skin color or ethnicity, you harm another person. the university of michigan can only admit some students. if a white student meets the criteria but is denied admission because a black person with less white person not rec

. >> do you see any change in mainstream immediate use turning away from the treatment of ms. nton as a celebrity, entertainment figure, and treating her as a politician and a leader? any change in that direction? >> i think just the opposite. i see the great apology tour. she expected them to escort her down the aisle in 2008. this is the apology tour where they're making up for that, and the indication is benghazi. look where they're won't cover anything having to do with benghazi there is no attempt, except for fox, there's no attempt by anyone to even attempt to try to get to the bottom of what was the murder of four americans, including the u.s. ambassador. >> do you think the media is setting up miss clinton as the definite candidate for the democrats in 2016? >> i think they find her -- that she is the anointed one. i don't think in any way that's a guarantee. they said she was anointed in 2008 until they threw her overboard. so they want her to be the nominee. i'm not so sure that they can make her the nominee. >> does she have an achilles heel? >> yes. it's called her

wendy will be supporting the status only mentioning that they think about changing ukrainian city of titans get the shot. msgiddings can consecrate. visitation is the task is so complicated that in awe that by seeing who has been sent it in while holding the stations with this baptist saw the date of release the captives as soon as possible the policy secretary general from back to saying yes is writing to kyiv. meanwhile in slate that is the catch its policy of representatives gave a press conference they said that they do well have it is unknown how long it will remain hostages and under which conditions they will be released in one of the captured military is this even claims that day i just guessed on the people's man while this is a claim to make it helps the guest dt spot on the mcgill doesn't think so. previously she set it all down on prisoners of war. he's ready to exchange them for his deputy peter clifford ten of the disappeared after returning from moscow as well as his father so called comics. in addition he and trent and his associates at sixty five days of ukraine and special security service

ms. barra said they changed their core values. it would be great to submit what those new core values for gm are so we have those for the record. >> we'll ask for the record. >> i would also like to have any prior statement of core values from general motor over the last 20 years so we can see what has changed, mr. chairman. >> we'll ask members for several to submit for the record. we recognize the vice chair dr. burgess for five minutes. >> thank the witness for spending so much time with us this afternoon. you mentioned, ms. barra, that over a decade ago general motors embarked upon a small car program. do you recall why that was? >> i'm sorry? >> why did they embark upon a small car program over a decade ago? >> to have a complete portfolio, i believe. >> the but the remission or type of car that was manufactured by gm previously had not fit that model, it was an entirely new business line that g mx was undertaking? >> the cobalt and several cars but specifically about the cobalt, it was following a previous small car but it w

. ♪ >> i'm emily chang and this is "the best of bloomberg west." ms.dary designer spent more than a decade as head of research at media lab. he went on to one of the most prominent art schools of the world. he is the first design partner to join intervention -- a venture capital firm. he joined us and i started asking him about his recent move into venture capital. >> it is so amazing. the speed is so extraordinary, the people, the energy. it is intoxicating. i kept telling students, kobe like ryan and joe. i felt a little disingenuous that i wasn't going myself. so why not, i thought. >> you're helping portfolio companies, but you're are also sourcing new investments. >> i'm trying to understand the strategic value of design. formation, company ignition. early incubation. how to get design as early as possible into the process is something i have a lucky to get a chance to look at very closely. >> what are some big established tech hump buddies that you think are doing design well? >> it is important to note that doing design well is not something you

ms. lerner can continue to mislead this committee if she really did nothing wrong and want to tell the full truth. she does not need immunity. absent a change of position by ms. lerner, this committee has already determined she waived her fifth amendment claim. it would be responsible for the committee not to vigorously pursue her testimony that includes holding her accountable if she fails to meet her legal obligations. throughout the summer, the irs released self-selected and self-beneficial documents purporting to show the irs also targeted liberal groups. the irs prioritized those documents over the material, including lois lerner's e-mails, which were the subject to subpoena and to this day have not been turned over. on monday the committee released a 141-page report that debunks the myth that the irs targeted liberal groups. the evidence showed that only tea party and conservative groups were targeted because of their political beliefs. regrettably, the misinformation campaign continues. the new irs commissioner testified before the committee just two weeks go. he tried to engage in some revisionist history, flatly denying the irs ins

ms. lerner can continue to lead this community if she really did nothing wrong and wants to tell the full truth, she doesn't need immunity. absence, a charge -- i'm sorry. absence a changef position by ms. lerner, this committee has already derrelled that she waived her fifth amendment claim. it would be irresponsible for the committee not to vigorously pursue her testimony that includes holding her accountable if she fails to meet her obligations. the i.r.s. released self-selected and self-beneficial documents purr poring to show the i.r.s. also targed liberal groups. e i.r.s. prioritized those documents incluing her e mails which were the subject of subpoena an to this day have not all been turned over. on monday, the committee released a 141-page staff showed the evidence that tea pears and conservative groups were targetted because of their political beliefs. the misinformation campaign continues. the new arrest commissioner testified just two weeks ago. the commissioner tried to engage in some revisionist history flatly denying that the inspector general had call it targeting. the commissioner was simply wrong. in fact, the fact chesapeake bayer found the commissio

change a fact? mr. harris? >> no. >> ms. grant? >> no. >> mr. brannon? >> no, god controls the climate. >> mr. tillis? >> no. >> now they are not only all said no, they actually laughed at it. they were mocking it, jonathan. >> well, the fact that this question even comes up in a serious debate even though it is settled science that we have plenty of evidence that climate change is real just goes to show how far -- how extreme the republican party has become in one of the key issues facing this country and facing the planet. the country, i believe, is already there. they understand that climate change is happening, and if the republican party wants to keep nominating people that are questioning the science and in some instances electing people who keep questioning the science, then that's going to be one more thing that is going to hasten the demise, the end, of the republican party. >> and again, i don't hear no loud establishment voices, not any, abby, from established republicans. i mean, what are we going to debate, whether the earth is round next? the gop candidates in this election are a