ms. walker and ms. christine the mother i'm excited i'm nervous that is a huge task it's monumental the district has put a lot of love into this to the o spot i've been in situations where i see schools close and it tells the community that community cares about the citizens this city's leaders care and thank you all for this opportunity and we can conclude have a great day written director's report the prototype plan we have convened with the yerba buena for the arts and the james arts foundation that is funding that this week we'll be 45 installations of plans on market street to prototype a different way of using artists and arithmetic and getting national and a, in fact international attendance it is very interesting we at the present time, a lot of people in town to look at what we can do for market those are temporary but prototypes for future installation under from the 9th through the 11 a website that's attached to our website it is linked you'll see a number of events happening that does that

ms. walker and ms. christine the mother i'm excited i'm nervous that is a huge task it's monumental the district has put a lot of love into this to the o spot i've been in situations where i see schools close and it tells the community that community cares about the citizens this city's leaders care and thank you all for this opportunity and we can conclude have a great day we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we

ms. walker and ms. christine the mother i'm excited i'm nervous that is a huge task it's monumental the district has put a lot of love into this to the o spot i've been in situations where i see schools close and it tells the community that community cares about the citizens this city's leaders care and thank you all for this opportunity and we can conclude have a great day. >> it sfgov ready? sfgovtv we're starting the meeting in a couple of minutes

ms. walker and ms. christine the mother i'm excited i'm nervous that is a huge task it's monumental the district has put a lot of love into this to the o spot i've been in situations where i see schools close and it tells the community that community cares about the citizens this city's leaders care and thank you all for this opportunity and we can conclude have a great day >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it host it share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005 she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of species species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that is very useful for lots of

ms. walker-huntington: my answer is that as attorneys we have to be both. we problem solve, we negotiate and we also advocate. most attorneys who practice immigration law in the united states are members of a national organization called the american immigration lawyers association. it is an advocacy group that has over 13,000 members. the mission of the group established in 1946 is to promote justice and to advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy. certainly, any immigration law context, lawyers are the people with the most intimate knowledge of the laws themselves. process, and we are the ones who see the day-to-day impact of immigration laws on individuals and families, both inside and outside the united states. we see when parents are separated from sons and daughters for seven to 10 years, and in the mexican context, 21 years, if you are filing for a son or a daughter who is over 21 years of age. and siblings who are separated for up to 13 years. the group has a national day of advocacy. this year it is an april 16 in washington. att

ms. walker-huntington: the ability of an alien to get a driver's license became difficult, nearly impossible. so you have people driving on the streets of miami, fort lauderdale across this country who have jobs, as the archbishop said they have to get to, they have children to take to school and they have no choice but to get into a car and drive. they have no insurance and they're putting you and i at risk. that's number one. number two these are people who have been here for 10, 20, 30 years in this country. they own property, they are working in all sorts of different fields. they are doctors, they're nurses, they're bankers. they own businesses, they employ people. but they don't have a green card. they don't have residency. so they're contributing to the economy every day. they're also the people who are doing the jobs as has been said, that we don't want to do. my husband is here an executive housekeeper at a hotel. every time they place an ad far housekeeper, a maid, to get someone who is an american sint or a resident who are born in america, not with an immediate immigrant pass, to

ms. leonhart: we have had other agents throughout the history that have been -- mr. walker: have you ever had someone lose their job because of security breaches? soliciting prostitutes -- does that expose it aged to blackmail ? were some of those agents married? ms. leonhart: i believe so. mr. walker: two weeks ago, we have the largest trafficking from across the state. 83% of those girls are from 12-14. my question is this -- having gratuitous sex with an underage prostitute, first of all, how egregious it is to even use that despicable language, but i what point does it become a security breach? are you will paul about? -- are you appalled at that? how appalled you have to be before you say it cannot be tolerated? ms. leonhart: the first incident i had of any dealings -- i made sure that the disciplinary system that there was coordination between the people that do the investigations and the people that do the security clearances. i, like you, feel that it is outrageous behavior, but there are security concerns. they have put themselves in danger, they have put other age

ms. leonhart: we have had other agents throughout the history that have been -- mr. walker: have you ever had someone lose their job because of security breaches? ms. leonhart: carnahan. mr. walker: soliciting prostitutes -- does that expose the agency to blackmail? were some of those agents married? ms. leonhart: i believe so. mr. walker: two weeks ago, we have the largest trafficking from across the state. 83% of those girls are from 12-14. my question is this -- having gratuitous sex with an underage prostitute, first of all, how egregious it is to even use that despicable language, but i what point does it become a security breach? are you appalled at that? how appalled do you have to be before you say it cannot be tolerated? ms. leonhart: the first incident i had of any dealings -- i made sure that the disciplinary system, that there was coordination between the people that do the investigations and the people that do the security clearances. i, like you, feel that it is outrageous behavior, but there are security concerns. they have put themselves in danger, they have

ms. dahlia walker-huntington who is an torn in the offices of dahlia walker in hollywood, florida. she practices in the area of immigration, family and criminal law and is a native of jamaica. our fourth speaker who will hopefully -- she's actually just here so welcome. will be jen city metellus who is director of the haitian center in miami. a strong advocate in south florida, especially women and refugees. so without further ado -- >> i'd like to thank fiu for hosting this conversation, and i think we have too few conversations in our country in general. we shout a lot, but we don't talk a lot. and i think this is one of those that really deserves meaningful conversation. i love it that this conversation's also occurring the day after st. patrick's day where we celebrate something that it's so fascinating, which is the irish tradition which seems so foreign to us here in south florida, and yet e it's such a central core. there were many hispanics and african-american and blacks who were sporting green yesterday in recognition of st. patrick's day. and it's interesting because obv

walker: thank you, mr. chairman. ms. leonhart, you have said earlier today you do not dispute the report, i believe is your exact words, yet a couple times you mentioned this is an isolated incident. from what we heard today this has been sort of a spring break frat mentality for the last 15 years. now the adjudicated guidelines for eligibility to access to classified information, these are the considerations for whether or not somebody is given a security clearance is that correct? administrator leonhart: that's correct. mr. walker: part of the guidelines covers conduct that reflects lack of judgment or a person's ability to protect classified information, is that correct? administrator leonhart: that's correct. mr. walker: are you aware of anyone who's been fired for breaching that? administrator leonhart: cartagena, the three agents and we had other agents throughout d.e.a.'s history that have been -- mr. walker: did you have a role in someone losing their job because of security breaches? administrator leonhart: cart

walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. leonhart, you've said earlier today you do not dispute the report, i believe is your exact words. a couple times, you mentioned this was an isolated incident. from what we've heard today, this was a spring break, frat party mentality for the last 15 years. now the adjudicative guidelines for determining eligibility for acts classified information, these are the considerations for whether or not someone is given a security clearance. is that okay. part of the guidelines covers conduct that reflects lack of judgment or a person's ability to protect classified information. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> are you aware of anyone who has ever been fired for breaching that? >> the three agents and we've had other agents throughout d.a.'s history that have been. >> did you ever have a role in someone losing their job because of the security breaches? >> cardahana. >> soliciting prostitutes does that expose agent to blackmail? weren't some of those agents married? >> i believe so. >> y