so, there are people who wonder about their sexual orientation. there are people who have decided what their sexual orientation is. some decide early. some decide later. but the key issue is that a person should be able to make that decision without fear of social retribution, whether it's physical or psychological retribution or essentially being banished. so, as dr. harris pointed out, none of the, your peer group but also your family members, and so you're definitely isolated. and it puts you at greater risk because we find a number of lgbt youth are running away, living on the streets, and being the victims of pedophiles and sexual predators, which just makes life really miserable. so, now they're not dealing with sexual orientation. they're basically dealing with sexual trauma. and i think it's even an issue when the youth are in facility care, residential care. we see it in the residential treatment centers and in services for adolescents, in juvenile detention. so, we see that whole retraumatizing played out again in those facilities. and t

i'd like to orient you to the pictures we have in appendix a. we had a honda accord trying out the three-point turn that was indicated was possible in the city's report. a small vehicle, honda accord, was only able to do a five-point turn. we also have in the city's report, that, based on the loading dock that exists at our building as well as entrance points in other buildings, it would be possible for troosk -- traffic to move past. you can see what it actually looks like. we're concerned that outreach from the developer only began last friday and we were only able to meet on monday. we would like a greater exchange of information with the developer and our concerned citizens. thank you. president miguel:q thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jerry wolf and i have a three unit building on decatur vete that i've had since 1987 and i want to start by saying something off the cuff but there's an old story called david and goliath and that fits this bill. you heard about -- i don't know if it's hundreds of thousands of square fe

i'd like to orient you to the pictures we have in appendix a. we had a honda accord trying out the three-point turn that was indicated was possible in the city's report. a small vehicle, honda accord, was only able to do a five-point turn. turn. we also have in the city's

this would introduce transit oriented zoning standards such as for moving the density limits and parking requirements. this new glenn parker neighborhood commercial transit district would give glen park its own name and special zoning district and expand the district slightly by incorporating nine additional parcels, two of these are commercial properties that function as part of the commercial district but are notd formally included so we bring them back into the fold. there is a row of buildings across from the board's statement that -- station that would be rezoned. allow flexibility for future commercial uses. and the bart parking lot. bart has indicated they are interested in pursuing development on their parking lot. it is a 54-based parking lot across from the bart station. they have not come forward with any proposal at this time. the time does not proposed rezoning that parcel at this time. it is p for public use and would require rezoning for mixed use development. the plan supports infill. that may make sense given its proximity to the bart station and the commercial district.

warships being sent to the area to research the school of oriental and african studies in london should show told us america's playing a dangerous game right now. iran said that if an oil embargo is imposed against iran and the iranian livelihood is economy is threatened then iran overtake.

political economy incentives for put in short your return as a president to be much more reform oriented and much more proactive in introducing and implementing this kind of reforms this is an idea that we've been trying to advance your addresses capital russia is already running significant fiscal deficits based on our estimates into three years' time russia will start drawing current account deficits this deficit will need to be financed somehow therefore it is really it will be imperative for direction economy to change and i think of putting understands that i think that he would like to ensure that russia's image as an investment destination is changed a little bit and again i think there are enough incentives for us to assume that you might be a little bit more broad reform oriented in his term as a president of course if he if he wins their elections. in his article putin writes the russian economy needs a new wave of industrialization and industrial holdings should be created to boost competitiveness the chairman of russia's institute for contemporary development says for this to

well, prevention-prepared community dovetails into a recovery-oriented system of care because, again, you're mobilizing the resources of the community to create a supportive environment, so you have strong schools, so you have parents interacting with the schools. in a recovery-oriented community, what you are trying to do is make sure that you have access to the agencies in the community. so, all of the agencies in the community are operating to support the individual in recovery. in a prevention-prepared community, all of the agencies in the community operate to support the children, the young adults in the community. you have got strong supervision in the prevention-prepared community, so parents are actively involved, just as family is actively involved in a recovery-oriented system of care. it's not that the individual is by himself or herself; it isn't just their problem. the same thing with a prevention-prepared community; the community understands that, if a child does not have support, that child becomes the community's problem as well as the child having his or her own probl

1.9 million square feet of offices to create a street wall with a coordinated system of pedestrian-oriented open space connected to the area and the waterfront. the first phase consists of four buildings. bill be brought back to you for a future date for designer of your approval. and office allocation pursuant to a section code 321. i like to make a correction on the staff report, page three, paragraph three. real estate transfer regio-- alg with that, allocation was transferrred wited with these properties. 49,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, 6000 square feet of child care space. in addition, 4 acres of publicly accessible open spaces proposed. the buildings range in height from 6 to 10 stories. each employs sustainable building strategies, they are confirmed a with the mission bay redevelopment plan and design for development agreement. this concludes my presentation. the sponsor and architecture here to make presentations. staff is available to answer any questions. thank you. >> i haven't met all of you, but i have had the pleasure of meeting a few of you. i am the head of th

i believe that all of us have gangster proclivities and greedy orientation's any accountability.t is why democracies are necessary. we have to have institutions to try to curtail the use of arbitrary power so that our greedy orientations and gangster-like proclivities' do not get out of hand. the poor people can be greedy to. we need the shaping of the souls as well as our institutions. it is not a lack of focus for funding, the poor are to blame for their station in life. millions, billions, have been spent going back to the johnson administration and his war on poverty trying to lift out the poor. to those who say we have spent money, we are still spending money on all kinds of programs, what is the -- what should we do? >> we have to ensure we are not wasting any of of the administrative programs. that is true in education and housing. but we know that where you have priorities were you are willing to spend trillions of dollars on wars in iraq and afghanistan without billing the -- been willing to pay for it, will spend $300 billion since 1980 in the prisons. we do not have ex

i wanted to show you a few things just to orient you again. depending on how familiar people are.can i blow this up? there we go. ok. i wanted to let you know that these are the three houses being proposed right now. this right here is going to be a new sidewalk in the public area that is a steep downhill. if you see this dotted line right here, that is the existing retaining wall. this will be filled in so this will be a much more walkable street. this is not now because there is not the sidewalk here. there is a narrow sidewalk here that will stay. we do not know what will happen. landscaping is put in. we have rearranged the driveways as i said before. these photos show what it looks like on brewster street. this looking on youe street. this is looking -- that was the original, my two minutes are not up yet. >> they are. >> david took the first part of your two minutes. >> ok. that is fine. >> let me very quickly -- these are the three lots right here. the city right of way. there is an ability for private easement along these three lots. they come down and take it down the pub

and city oriented endeavor the ties to the d.h.s.s. were were completely fabricated that was a that was an unsourced story that went very deep but it but there were people who ran with it to paint the administration as being some sort of draconian overseer this big brother aspect of things when it was really largely a right motivated activity i let me ask you we were running out but i didn't have as i have been where i have no matter what i stand for you had to just because we're running out of time if we look at what i consider you know wide actions right now against citizens united the occupy wall street movement actions against sopa and pipa do you think about also means that by only americans are starting to wake up and go after things that they can attack with their brain not necessarily their heart like you know where you see the issue of abortion takes center stage but is that changing now. well i think i think it has to i think ultimately when we were fighting the soviet union there was almost a scientific bent to what american

take a tour of the site with an archaeologist and associate director of the american center for oriental research in jordan. patrick is an ancient city of ruins of located in jordan -- petra is an ancient city located in jordan. to enter the city, you walk through a cut in the mountain. this ancient city is surrounded by mountains in the middle of the desert and was built more than 2000 years ago by a group called the nabatians. what do we know about a group of people who established this city? >> the very little. >> we do not know that name -- >> we don't even know where the term originates. it first appears in greek, in historical writings in rome at the end of the first century bc. that is literally the first appearance and this is their capital city. thisyou would arrive in plaza known as the treasury, but in fact it is not a treasury. it is a bad one name -- it is b aedouin name. they did not know who could have made of these monuments and so they thought it must have been egyptians. it is actually the temple and tomb and would have looked very dramatic as you came out and stood her

and have a traditional model of doing business that is customer service oriented, is community oriented and is the kind of model that we want to encourage in this marketplace. i've old the community banks that i'll create a special advise committee that will raise their concerns with us and

sexual orientation does not diminish the sacrifices that made for our nation. these citizens carry the burden to ensure that our society, with all its complexities, could succeed courage to those in the 1970's and 1980's, i cannot imagine what you winter in the early years. we owe you a great deal of gratitude. thank you again and got less all of you today." -- god bleesss all of you today" "discrimination can take many forms, including discrimination of omission, refusal of rice to receive visitors, denial of access to hormone therapy, being threatened for expressing gender identity, being segregated, being harassed on the basis of hiv status, refused the right to visit a partner, and refusal of life-planning documents the dead -- of life-planning documents. we have worked to share with our consumers. i will submit the rest of these. supervisor elsbernd: any of the -- any other members of the public who would like to speak who has not? if anybody else would like to speak, please line up. otherwise, this will be our last public, enter. -- commenter. >> i am a c

that is oriented to the adult community. there is one of the few spaces for young people the problems is to have. does the longer functioning as a space. the open space -- is important to keep them open for all. staff and use the use the walkway from harvey milk as a safety, we ought -- walkup collingwood. many people find it unsafe to walk through the decastro community because of the number of bars. our issue is we are opposed to this orientation. we're continued brought the over-regulation of public space and bothered by the continued privatization of the open space. it is stating that those with money set the rules. we have offer this to groups in the past. not regulation, criminalization. i am looking forward to this legislation. not moving forward and opening up for community partners that will create the space. supervisor mar: what i spoke with you, you mentioned you had offered to convene a meeting of stakeholder groups and i think you mentioned the cdd and others were not open to that. could you elaborate? i support

and i really hope that it would be oriented towards real economic objectives, real issues. i hope that the subjects won't be too numerous, that the approach will be focused, and that the work will coordinate the international response to the crises, and that we will continue to

i'd like to orient you to this document that you received in your packet. and not only am a co-owner but i'm also a city commissioner for oakland so i understand the issues you have before you. i'd like to begin by thanking staff who have been extremely supportive in helping us understand the issues. the decatur street coalition represents 100% of the residents and employees and owners of decatur street. we are a fully committed body around one, the development of the gift center. we believe the development is important. we believe that a successful gift center means a successful neighborhood. we simply have concerned about the placement of the parking entrance on our street. i'd like to orient you to a couple of things first. neighborhood character. we believe that the greatest concern around the entryway at the loading dock as it's currently situated is that it will destroy our character of our neighborhood. for the last 15 years, we have made a concerted effort to develop this area through very strong, significant sweat equity. i'd like for you to notice

they do not stay there sexual orientation either. these are the statistics and issues that we need to look at why they would take this kind of. i think that housing like preventing social isolation is suicide prevention. hopefully we can come up with smart planning and strategies to combat these kind of a man needs. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a case manager from the senior center of san francisco. i'm here today on behalf of our agency and my supervisor to give our support to the lgbt community. ecs has always been a strong force to the pulse of the community through its cooperation with various agencies and organizations in the city which include open house and belief in the past. attendance at meetings involving lgbt issues, lgbt partnership and a venue for the use of space for regular lgbt open house support group sessions when needed. we strongly believe that lgbt population needs to be recognized as a legitimate group within the larger community. they deserve fair treatment under housing, public places, health care, and

and it's a very envy-oriented, attack-oriented approach and i think it will fail. >> joining us now to is the host of the tavis smiley show, tavis smiley, and princeton university professor, dr. cornel west. they are co-authors -- co-hosts, sorry, of the radio show, "smiley and west." they went on a poverty tour this summer and are hosting a discussion tonight called remaking america, from poverty to prosperity. thank you both for joining the show. i want to first, dr. west, get your thoughts on mitt romney's comment that issues of income inequality should be discussed in quiet rooms and that this is really all part of an envy-oriented, attack-oriented approach. >> no, i think that's going to be one of the subject matters that brother tavis is gathering tonight on c-span. we're going to talk about the difference between righteous indignation and envy. working people, poor people, for the most part, do not have envy for rich people. they have righteous indignation, because they're suffering. they're hurting. they're in pain. and when investment bankers were suffering and hurting, they g

. >> you sound really mission-oriented to me, to complete a sexual assault.omeone's going to get it. >> that was the mission that didn't get completed. >> not for long. >> i was on a mission and the mission wasn't complete. >> you like that term, that he was a predatory who was mission oriented. it fit for him. he was in charge. he was the one out watching and following and the victims didn't know it. >> you like that term, that he was a predatory who was mission oriented. it fit for him. he was in charge. he was the one out watching and following and the victims didn't know it. it was actually pretty chilling to watch that. >> when was the mission accomplished in your mind? >> the point was to have sex. >> less than an hour later, rhodes finds a woman walking alone to her car in a parking lot. >> opportunity. to accomplish what i set out to do 15 minutes earlier was there. i'm in predator mode. i'm now looking for a victim. >> predator mode means you're focused? >> i'm focused. i'm on a mission. she's isolated herself and here is the predator. here comes the

they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always talk about how great atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the cosmetic liberation, right? cosmetic change, cosmetic liberation, but when you look at who owns most of the city, right? who is in control of the power in the city? it may be marginally better for black votes in some other places, but there are still fundamental issues with the school system. look at the endow

export-oriented -- the explor atorium -- we are coordinating to make pedestrian safety higher. this is a sample of one of those projects. we're looking to kick into gear. equally important to avoid having those construction zones during a marriage -- america's cup, it might be a good thing to hold off on and see we can -- if we can expedite the construction as long as it concludes where people can use it safely a. bringing two blocks into implementation by 2013. parking, people will be driving cars. we know that. we want to intercept them as best we can outside san francisco. there is a lot of anxiety about congestion. what we have done is we worked with the regional providers to see if they can fortify connections. even capitol corridor. the red circles shown here are the stops or the board stations with parking where extra capacity can link those parking and ride spots. we also show the airport because it is important to remind people that can take transit in from the airport. they do not need to rent a car and have that car in the mix of congestion in san francisco. if we do

the gentleman who plays pool described the place he goes to as family-oriented. if the place is not serving alcohol, they would not have to restrict the people that went into that place. not to mention that people admitted in the audience that there are a lot of children in that neighborhood. it seems there would be a need for places for young people, positive places for young people to hang out after dark. when i was growing up, people hung out in fields and got drunk because there was no place to go. i do not think you want to see kids drinking. i was lucky that i did not choose to drink, but a lot of kids did, cause there was nothing to do. they would wait for parents to go out of town and organize a party. let us be real. that is what happens when kids do not have constructive things to do with their time. i think this sounds like a great use. i do not think we should assume this operator has ill will. everything that represented to us sounds like they want to run a good establishment. they will have cameras and security. when you go down to it, there are the

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