well, we've told the public that the new unit mac standards would not prevent new units from being built, but yet your own data seems to show that the very units you us a to set a standard would fail a compliance test. am i wrong on that? >> yes, i believe i disagree with you on that, sir. the mercury and air toxic standards are based on achievable technology for the best 12%. they look at individual contaminants, like mercury, nick -- arsenic, cadmium, acid gases individually. and one of the concerns is looking at condensable versus total particulate matter as a surrogate for some of those air pollutants. so we believe that they are achievable and that the standards meet the requirements of the clean air act in that regard. >> okay. back to logan. is it not accurate that they failed five out of the six tests? >> sir, i can certainly look at the individual data you are the logan plan i know very well. >> that's one out of three totally unrelated questions. i remember so well. i can't believe that 14 years ago at that time i was chairman of the clean area regulatory. very similar to what'

we are producing, in effect, less than 160 studio -- a net new studio units. or, in terms of two bedrooms, we are producing a brand new total of the 25 million, about 85 new two-bedroom units. [bell rings] the demand is for 1490 units. it is inadequate. rejected the eir. amend the development agreement. thank you. >> thank you. paul. he may be downstairs. that is the last. >> while we wait, can we start with seniors and disabled? >> the next category are those who pre-arranged special accommodations for seniors or disabled persons. i will call some names. if you want to make your way up here, you can line up on the left-hand side. romni, mimi, and bernie. ready? >> well, 84 years old gives me the privilege. >> absolutely. >> anyway, i am resubmitting unacknowledged submissions from several weeks ago for san francisco tomorrow, which is a citywide organization. my concern is based on extensive experience, that the california ceqa mandate is critically lacking regard and analysis of the cumulative impacts that are required to be studied and mitigated. and i give

it would result in only 145 new units.third is the $29 million for down payment loan assistance, specifically for cpmc employees. the program is available to those making 60% to monitor peace and median income. for three-person household in san francisco, that is about $92,000. in san francisco, it is more than $600,000. it is unlikely that too many people who were too far below 100% of median would be about qualify for a loan at those prices. additionally, there's no language in the down payment loan assistance program pertaining to family housing. it is unlikely that housing for families, two bedrooms are larger, would be affordable under the program. most importantly, the program adds no new units to san francisco's housing stock. the subsidy which is specifically for cpmc employees will likely only increase the price of the limited supply of affordable housing available. thank you so much. >> good morning. my name -- i am with the hastings community economic development clinic. i will be discussing the traffic issues w

i live in california and am in the process of starting a new unit co.san francisco and i learned of the corporation last week, from antique, who had been quite intrigued by it. we are in full support of the legislation, the wilmot benefit us, we feel that pretty much like the u.s. green building council, it is a worthwhile effort. thank you. >> thank you. on behalf of better world telecom, i work with them in their corporation. i definitely appreciate your efforts made to protect the local community to protect jobs. i feel like the certified benefit legislation is something that is going to help business-. i feel that my interests as a local businesswoman are being held up. i wanted to thank you for your time. supervisor chu: thank you. are there other speakers that wish to comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. ins we have a motion to except the amendments. taken without objection. to the underlying item, colleagues? supervisor avalos: motion to move forward. supervisor chu: we have a motion to move it forward as amendment -- as amended. spe

. >> reporter: she was excited to see the new unit and her new room. >> it will be nice to have.o not understandable] and nurses together and families. >> excited because it feels like i will be a part of history. >> we anticipate the families and kids being extremely happy and we have separate playrooms for teenagers and child age patients both the inpatient and outpatient unit are two units. outpatient unit and inpatient unit are together on the 11th floor. so there will be fabulous continuity with nurses and mid level providers and physicians. >> reporter: this is the command center where all patients are monitored and the progress is watched by doctors, nurses and other professionals to make sure that they have a smooth transition from the old hospital to their new wing. >> it's a matter of getting all the logistics arranged for a move that's complicated as this make sure we know which routes the patients will move along and elevators are coordinated and the staff know their roles throughout the move. >> reporter: there have been no surprises with the mob of more than 150 ped

you have new united -- united nine of them and put five very close together. you can make five additional moves very easily that will not create ripple effects and unite by more neighborhoods. showplace square starting at 16th street, move into district 6. i know commissioner pilpel will appreciate it because it is a straight line for 16 blocks. but the 803 people in the southern part of the financial district into 3. [tone!] that will allow you with the surplus population to reunite the tenderloin. also, the campus of usf. there is one block at the top of clarendon with 35 people. they are not contiguous to district 5 but you put in there when you unified -- [tone!] parnassas haights. i hope you will put that back into district 7. thank you. >> my name is mary helen briscoe. i want to thank you for all the hard work on a difficult task. i want to thank you for restoring part of district 5, where i live, along the panhandle, to continue to be part of district 5. thank you very much for that. i am here today because of another isolated block. it is the block bo

new room. >> reporter: the 14-year-old has been in and out of the unit for more than a year. she is battling bone canner was excited to seat new unit and her new room. >> nice to be able to have -- [inaudible] family and. >> it feels like i will be part of it. >> reporter: we anticipate the very happy. the kids being teens and -- child age patients, the inand outpatient, two units, they are all together on the 11th floor. they will be fabulous with the nurses, midlevel providers, doctors,. >> reporter: this is the command center for all patients monitored their progress watched by doctors, nurses and other professionals to make sure that it they have a smooth transition from the old hospital to their new wing. >> matter of getting everything arranges for a move is complicated making sure we know which routes the patients will move along narcotic the elevators are all coordinated and the staff know their roles throughout the move. >> reporter: there have been no surprises with the move of more than 150 patients, and those going to the old emergency room will now have a new sta

she was happy to see the new unit and her room. the facility will give doctors a better advantage when it comes to patient care. the staff moved about 150 pediatric patients. shockley says it will be nice to have the clinic nurse and inpatient nurses together. >> really excited to see what it feels like. i will be a part of history. i am really excited because of the view from the windows. [audio not understandable] >> reporter: hospital administrators say families will be happy because they have separate playrooms for teens and younger patients. it has top notch raidology equipment and great upgrades for patient care. sherrie johnson. >> 5:47. they brought home the new baby only to get really devastating news from dps doctors a few months later. now houston company is going crusade for life and sharing their daughter's story with the world. her name is easery and she was diagnosed with spinal must cue could you lar astro if i. she is only given 18 months to live. this is a rare genetic disorder so her parents took the story online

up in the north, the free syrian army was announcing the formation of a new unit. that is also in contravention of the kofi annan plan. russia is backing the regime and blaming the rebels. that makes action by the security council out of the question. where do we go from here? >> yesterday, to senior u.s. officials told a congressional hearing that the u.s. felt the peace plan was failing, and they said they were considering contingencies. that seems to me to indicate that washington is moving towards a stance that is favored by arab countries that if the so-called cease-fire falls apart, you may have some type of humanitarian zone. >> for the moment, the plan is still the only game in town. getting the badly needed u.n. observers in is proving painfully slow. in the meantime, events on the grounds are threatening to run out of hand. >> for more on the continuing conflict in syria -- on the continuing conflict in syria, i am joined by the u.s. ambassador to morocco. can the peace plan be saved? >> it can only be saved if the united nations authorizes a much more ex

the document, there is a number of projects in the works that are going to add thousands of new housing units and bring hundreds of thousands of new square feet of new retail commercial space to the neighborhood. and while some of these projects are in limbo right now like city place, we do think that ultimately this is going to have a huge impact on the neighborhood. that's great news because it's going to bring much needed foot traffic to the neighborhood. that said, the picture is pretty bleak right now. the vacancy rates on central market are the highest in the city by a significant margin. now, these numbers are at this point nearly a years old and the market, the real estate market in central market has been doing a lot better. we have had a lot of small victories, new businesses, new small businesses signing leases on market street, larger employers signing leases for office space so we think these numbers are lower now and we're actually in the process of updating these figures. but still, there is a lot of work to be done. there is a lot of good news, a lot of work needs to be done s

a new unit is also against the annan plan. russia is blaming the rebels for provoking the violence. where do we go from here? >> two u.s. senior officials told a congressional hearing that the anna peace plan was failing. they said they were discussing contingencies. that seems to indicate washington is moving towards the stance favored by the turks and arab countries, the so-called cease-fire, you may have a humanitarian zone in the northwest of the country. the kofi annan plan is still the only game in town. changes are proving slow. events on the ground are threatening to run out of hand. bbc news in beirut. >> for more on the continuing conflict in syria and efforts to end it. ambassador, thank you for joining us. can the peace plan be saved? >> it can only be saved if the united nations operations. it authorizes a speedy deployment of armed monitors as well as efforts to provide humanitarian relief. it will take more than merely parachuting in 300 observers who are not armed. given the fact the syrian government has sent the visa isuers for monitors on extended leave, the best

a blueprint for a new high density neighborhood just to the south of the terminal of over 10,000 new units and supporting infrastructure. since then, and sort through that process, there has been another major change taking shape in the downtown, and that is the construction of the new transit center to replace the old terminal. the project, which also includes the rail extension is a multibillion-dollar product, which you are all fairly familiar with, but it will both reshape this area, create a new public amenities, substantially increase the transit capacity in the area as well as cause us to rethink some of the patterns in the area and whether there is an even further land use response to this major investment. additionally, in 2006, the mayor convened an interagency working group made up of the planning department and a number of other agencies including othertjpa -- including the tjpa to look at whether we might be able to raise additional revenue from additional develop in the district to help fund the project, including the downtown rail extension, which still is looking for additi

up and in the north, the rebels reached syrian army for a new unit. that is also in contravention of the annan plan. crucially, russia is backing the regime and blaming the rebels for provoking the violence. that makes action by the security security council at this stage out of the question. where do we go from here? >> yesterday, two senior u.s. officials told a congressional hearing that the u.s. felt the annan peace plan was failing and they said they were considering contingencies. that seems to to me to indicate that washington is moving towards the stance which is favored by the thank you, and iran countries that if the cease-fire falls apart, you may have some part of humanitarian zone in the northwest country. >> for the moment, kofi annan's plan is the only in town. getting observers in is painfully slow and events on the ground is threatening to run out of hand. >> the netherlands is internationally famous for its cannabis cafes, but it seems tourists may soon be barred at the door. a dutch judge has upheld the law banning non-dutch residen

for business -- many of those people who have already gotten their permits approved for about 5000 new units are coming in to modify them, partly in reaction

in order for this war, in order for this new united states government to be successful, many men had to be away from their families for long periods of time. they were called away to serve in the newly constituted state legislatures. they were called away to serve in the continental congress. they were called away to serve in the continental army or in the local militias. at this time what the husbands' absences meant is that the burden of taking care of the farms and the families and the businesses fell then on the women. women then had to take over in their husbands' absences and make sure that the family and the farm were tended to. sometimes they had to take care of and manage slaves or servants. a lot of women were not prepared for this. a lot of women suffered as a result of this. many people, especially the leaders, lost fortunes in the revolution because their farms and businesses suffered during the revolution. now, probably a lot of us have heard about what abigail adams experienced during the american revolution, how much she missed john adams, her husband, how much she wi

like a sports news unit is there for us in the clash of the titans you could say passed against chelsea but who's your money on that well tell you what you've got it just right there is clash of the titans going to be huge second leg champions league semifinal how to carry i'm going to go for the parcel boys our families need a serious saying their time is finished i don't think so i'll still one nil down one sort of group tonight the rest let's put coming up with. thanks for joining us this is what's there plenty ahead including the stories in brief today. testing times the allies of the footballing world will be on the new count tonight as barcelona and chelsea slug it out for a place in the champions league final. london calling russia's swimming squad for this summer's olympic games is finalized following the national championships held here in the school. during the heights an american player devil three climber heads out for allegedly stroll across the end she could run tiny and change. just a moment but excitement is indeed reaching fever pitch ahead of tonight's champions league

. >> jeff: the head of the new united nations observer mission arrives in syria today, robert mood oforway commands 15 unarmed u.n. troops b 300 more on the way. mood will monitor a shaky cease-fire that so far has been plagued by continued fighting. in nigeria today, at least 16 people were killed in the latest attack targeting christians. it happened on a university campus where catholics were holding a worship service. witnesses say gunmen used explosives to scare people out of a treater being used for the service and then fired on those who fled. last year's earthquake and tsunami shattered the faith of many japanese in their central government. now a mayor who suffered a very personal loss is throwing traditional japanese reserve aside, he says, to make his city safer. lucy kraft has more. >> reporter: in a country known for stoicism and patient, mayor futoshi toba is anything but. >> if i try to-- everyone, we would get nowhere. >> reporter: what he wants is a complete rebuild of his city rikuzen takada, razed by the tsunami kill --,000 residents, one out of every ten including

nan rhea says her ex son-in-law, ben hathaway, owes for a loan to put a new heating unit in his home. says it's nan's daughter who owes the money. >> judge judy: all right, giving you credit for the $750 that was paid for the loan prior to the divorce. the whole amount of the unit was $8,200. that's what you borrowed. >> i only borrowed $8,000. >> judge judy: that's with interest? >> yeah. >> judge judy: okay, thank you. $7,250 divided by 2. mr. hathaway, you owe her $3,625. that's half of the marital debt. you have any questions, sir? >> no, ma'am. >> judge judy: thank you. that's all. >> byrd: parties are excused. you may step out. >> he sat at the table and picked the unit out... >> the heating system, we talked about it. >> ...and then asked if we could do a.c. along with it. >> while i was gone, a whole new system was decided to put in. >> so, not only does he have a free furnace, basically... >> when i got home, the old system was completely gone... >> ...he also has a free air-conditioning system. >> ...and then she moved out and took all my stuff... >> it's typical ben hathawa

very low-income households, and we are also just keeping pace with the market rate units, 90% of the target. this is new to the overall, very low production count in 2011. so how are we going to meet the 64% shortfall? there are about 49,000 units in the pipeline. about 3500 are under construction. over 3/4 of the pipeline have just been in title. this includes the very large development projects in treasure island, hunters point and park merced with about 20,000 units total. the projects are not expected to be built within the next few years. we estimate about 6300 units in the pipeline will be completed by 2014 or the end of the reporting period. approximately 27% of the units in the subset of this pipeline will be affordable. this is just an estimate, and until we have all the information for affordable units, we are assuming that the larger projects will opt for on- site or off site inclusion their units. this is what it would look like for the rest of the rhna reporting period. approximately 18,600 units would have been achieved, but with only 6300 units affordable, this is just 13% of the affordab

but, first, from fox at 3:00 in new york city, a prostitute sex scandal is rocking the united states secret service. 11 agents and at least five u.s. troops are under investigation accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel while preparing for president obama's visit to colombia and now the pentagon reports that more people have been involved. here is what we know so far. a prostitute at this hotel in the colombian capital refused to leave the agent's room without being paid. someone gave her money. but not before hotel officials called the police. who then contacted the state department. and the secret service. no one under investigation was a member of the president's personal protection detail. but the suspected misconduct potentially jeopardizes president obama's safety or that is what they tell us. keep in mind secret service personnel keep copies of the president's schedule which they told to lock up in the hotel room. yesterday the president himself weighed in own the controversy. >> if it turns out that some of the allegations made in the press are confirmed, then, of course,

they're looking to merge its digital and college book market into a new unit and microsoft will have % stake. the book chain's shares nearly doubled with the news of this spin-off. >>> and have you ever wished you could travel on a replica of the "titanic"? well, an australian billionaire could finally give you that chance if you so desire. mining tycoon clive palmer has commissioned a chinese shipyard to build a luxury liner matching till-fated "titanic" in every detail, except including some modern technology, which could have helped them last time around. john? >> uh, yeah. there's nothing i can say there. you can't be funny. you know, you think you're going to be funny, but -- >> i don't think you're going to be buying a ticket on that one. >> good luck, that's what i'll say. kate, stand by. >>> here's a moment you may have missed. and forget hunger games, the 2012 warrior games have begun. michelle obama jump started the competition today, pumping up more than 200 wounded service men and women. >> i get to see your strength and your determination. i get to see that up close, firs

new student housing without cannibalizing existing housing stocks. we as a city to provide incentives to the creation of student housing, including exemption from the inclusion rehousing requirements, exemptions from unit-mix requirements, and reduced open space requirements. this legislation will bring noticing requirements in line with all new dwelling units and neighbor and commercial districts. in addition today, i am introducing amendments which i understand will require the legislation goes back to the planning commission. those amendments will provide that for very limited circumstances we can allow educational institutions to reconfigure existing housing, including situations where the previous housing unit was religious housing like monasteries or convents or where you have a housing on a lot that's adjacent to a post- secondary institution and that has been honed at least 10 years by that institution. that said, i have distributed the amendments and when we're done, i will be asking the committee to adopt the amendment. my understanding is we will need to send this back to the planning commission. miss haywood from the planning department is here if you like to address the committee. >> the g

bbc news on the burma-china border. >> in other news, a judge in the united states has handed lengthy prison sentences to four former police officers for shooting six unarmed residents in the aftermath of hurricane katrina in new orleans in 2005. the former officers were jailed for terms ranging from 38 to 65 years. a colleague who helped them hide evidence was also jailed. the right wing norwegian extremist has blosted his psychiatric report as elias. he said being diagnosed as criminally insane is worse than death. his trial is due to begin on april 16. >> britain has promised that extra staff will be ducis:ed at airport this easter. virgin atlantic has said there is a risk of gridlock. it is one of 11 airlines who have written to the home secretary. here is our report. >> after a long haul flight it is hugs and friendly faces we expect, not an underless cue in passport control. but airlines say there is a risk of cues like this bringing airports to a hulett because there aren't enough staff to check passports. it is the middle of the afternoon, a quiet period here at terminal four.

with prices high on late model new cars unite almost as well buying brand new with a full warranty and new car smell. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the certificate fied most accurate. >> not bad temperature wise. 61 right now. we've got humidity creeping up. in spots it has cooled things off a little more tonight. the take a look at weather today in baltimore. we have sunshine early on. enjoying a fantastic friday. as temperatures shot up north about 70 degrees. and look at ocean city. socked in with the fog and sad to say for the first ever komen race in maryland. even though the fog is clearing a little bit tonight weather likely to go downhill through the weekend. show you that detail now. 68 saturday. chance for afternoon shower or storm. especially some rain off the coast. sunday the main event. we hope to get a break in the action for the morning race but it dc does look like -- does look like rain especially down on sunday. your saturday morning plan are look okay. temperatures will warm up nicely tomorrow. today we are in the mid 70s and i think tomorrow w

largely because he has been able to unite the divided security council behind him, in particular, working with players like russia to put pressure on syria. bbc news at the united nations in new york. >> colombia's farc rebels have released the last military hostages they have been holding. it is a big day. >> that is right. according to the red cross, the 10 captives were picked up from the jungle by a brazilian military helicopter and are being flown to safety. they had been held for more than a decade. our correspondent explained the reasons why they decided to release the hostages. >> there are two reasons. one is they're looking to open a peace dialogue with the government. one of the preconditions for even considering talking, the release of kidnapped victims. the second is that the farc have abandoned the plan that began more than 16 years ago, which was to collect through kidnappings soldiers and politicians and try to exchange them for rebels held in prison. it never came to fruition and unraveled in 2008 when the army managed to rescue some of the highest-profile hostages in farc hand. -- hands. >> despite the release of the hostages, th

even though conrad has just been told he will get none of the special privileges the others in his new unit do, he still talks a good game. >> i'm just hoping they let me out to population, like, you know, be able to walk around, play cards, work out with people and stuff. that is a big deal. >> kind of weird, no? coming back to a population after all this time. wasn't expecting this when i woke up this morning, you know? >> how is it going? you know who i am? >> no. i'm esteban. how is it going? you going to be okay over here? >> yeah. >> you know why they sent you here? >> because i completed the level six process, so my next step is level five, right? >> okay. you weren't having any issues with any other staff over there? >> no. >> no? >> i need some kind of reintegration. even if it's tier time for a little while with people, you know what i mean? just to get used to being around people, you know? >> you know what i got to do first, though, right? make sure all your concerns, everything that i've got to go through your file, everything, to make sure -- >> i don't have no enemies. >> but

the blog says the reorganization is expected by next week creating several new units at the company.&t workers are facing a possible strike, if the phone company fails to reach agreement with unions over issues from health care to vacation. the union has four contracts expiring after midnight this sunday. most wall street workers have something to be happy about their pay is on the rise, survey found 54% of financial professionals got a salary bum in 2011, not including bonus. fewer reported being dissatisfied with salaries compared with a year ago. burger king wants to come back to wall street after announcing a new menu this week it expects to relist on the new york stock exchange within the next three months. yesterday minutes released from the latest fed meeting pushed stocks lower the fed seems more resistant to adding more stimulus programs to boost the economy. wal-mart says outside of christmas, easter is the number one sales season for toys. neary 60% of shoppers plan to buy chocolate and candy. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg police report.

department recommends approval with conditions based on the fact that the project will create new residential units in an underused industrial area, as called for in the potrero hill plan area. it will create new ground for commercial space with a large floors, gracious ceiling heights, an attractive street fretted design, as called for. it will convert an underused site into a productive makes use development with significant upgrades to the streetscape. of by rich mix of uses among a major transit and pedestrian corridor, 16th street. the project will provide two affordable dwelling units on site, and the project otherwise meets all applicable requirements for the planning code and is consistent with the area plan in general plan. that concludes my presentation. i am available for questions. commissioner wu: thank you. project sponsor? >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am here as project sponsor. we're pleased to here. i want to thank cory for his excellent work on this project. as mentioned, this is a pipeline project that has been in process for about eight years. and it has evolved along wit

into british broadcaster has admitted that sky news unit authorized a journalist to hack into e-mailsof people suspected into criminal activity. they say the actions were editorial justified and in the interest of the public. it's the latest black eye for news corp. which owns a large stake in bskyb. let's take a short break. >>> investors have been loving luxury retail recently. that's where the money has been going. can the stock and taking a look at cnbc, including the impact that europe is having with the markets. >> the market is taking a breath, looking to gain at the strength of the u.s. recovery and also at europe and concluding that the u.s. recovery is decent but not powerful and that the european crisis. >> there is not the largest level of government debt that greece had. spain is not headed to 166% of debt. it's still only at 90. >> i think it can go low volume. it's a good thing if the market is not frothy. relative strength in dex on the s&p now below 55. >> america has a horrible distinction of the corporate tax code in the world. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about