we are in the middle of negotiations with our unions. that has been a little tricky as well. we're not even sure how much we are needing to cut. we work off progress -- projections every year and those are a moving target. the answer is no. supervisor chu: what is the timeline for putting out a projected budget based on the best information that you have?

our union can be made more perfect. change never happens on its own. ge happens before ordinary people, countless unsung heroes of our american story stand up and demand it. the story of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender american is no different. we remember the activists and advocates who refuse to be treated like second class citizens. people who marched and protested and believed in a better future. we also remember the unsung heroes t heroes, the millions of americans for every day acts require extraordinary courage. the young people who came out as gay or transgender to their parents not knowing what to expect the the two moms or two dads not knowing how they would be received. the couple that got married even if their bosses or neighbors wouldn't approve, at least not right away. most didn't set out to make history, but that's what they did. bit by bit, step by step, they bent the ark of the moral universe towards justice. let take time to celebrate teachers and students who take a stand against bullying. openly gay servicemen and women who d

and then also, i would add in our labor unions. our labor unions have been terrific partners with us in providing the type of partnership and workforce development that i hear about all the time. i heard the governors previously talk about that being one of the barriers. and we see the same thing with a lot of jobs that are available right now, particularly, not necessarily high-skilled jobs, although we do have those, too. we have actually 1500 engineering jobs right in the city of pittsburgh that are unfilled right now. but we also have jobs for technicians, for welders, for machinists and in working with the labor community, there's a great cooperation with owners, with management, to make them more efficient, make them more competitive and make better products and more marketable products. so we've we've been able to do over the last years is remarkable. the housing stock, the housing values over the last five years have also held the nation in appreciation, as we've seen jobs grow in a variety of areas. and, again, when i talk

for our union, and many other unions, this project is the only way of survival. every little bit helps. this project needs to be approved. there is a lot of disagreement about this and that, but a lot of things can be worked out. it is important to mention that cpmc -- it provides service to 70% of our members. it is working both ways. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you for testifying today. thank you. >> ron smith with the hospital council. we represent all the hospitals in san francisco. for the sake of all hospitals, every hospital supports the rebuild of cpmc. it is our largest hospital. we do not understand how residents will be cared for without cpmc. i want to bring up another issue. why every hospital is rushing to rebuild right now is we are worried. the earthquake is coming, it could be tonight, it could be five years from now, but a delay in two weeks in approval could mean nothing. or it could be that the big one hits and that hospital has to care for many of the people of san francisco. we have to have all of our hospitals open as soon as

through a community benefits agreement in writing we will be able to keep our jobs and current working conditions. without a union supporting us, we will not be able to push for safe staffing. and the ratios to protect our patients. the supervisors are constantly looking at how they can tighten up assignments. [tone!] without union protection, we would not be able to continue that work. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> my name is laura. i am a project engineer in turn for the cpmc for the general contractor company. i am also a student studying civil engineering at san francisco state university. i am here to support the rebuilding of cpmc because of the opportunities it will bring to our community. by rebuilding cpmc, doors will be opened for young aspiring professionals trying to pursue their dream careers. i am one of many young college graduates going back to school to obtain a higher degree because of the lack of opportunities available. i always thought working hard or you are passionate about would take you anywhere automatically. this is the american dream. for our generation, there is so much competition

tonight in "the war room," the state of our union. 24 hours later and it still stings. the take-aways from wisconsin range from the arrogant. >> liberty and freedom overpower big public union money and they can't push us around any more. >> to the absurd. >> obama's goose is cooked. >> the longest knives are aimed at the union and they're not all coming from the right. organized labor has never been afraid of taking a punch. the question is how strong is its chin. >> that loss and victory in wisconsin was only the begin. republicans across the country used the victory as a rallying cry against unions nationwide. florida governor rick scott had this to stay about his own anti-labor laws. >> governor walker had a win last night. we're doing the right thing here here. >> mitt romney even claimed it proves union members will vote for him in the fall telling private donors today the union members will support us. we wouldn't have scott walker winning wisconsin if that weren't the case. in fact, exit polls showed walker did win nearly four in ten union households. walker vili

for our union, and many other unions, this project is the only way of survival. every little bit helps.

it will allow the highly skilled men and women of our union to provide an energy- efficient building. we are standing at the ready as well as our project -- our contractors to build this project. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you to all of you for your diligence in paying such close attention in exercising such close scrutiny on this difficult project to make sense of. i will limit my comments to jobs. things that have arisen at of this hearing. with all due respect to the mayor and to city staff, my insight, on the question of jobs, the city has been approaching this as a construction project with a health care component. it should have been approached and needs to be approached as a health care project with a construction company. good quality jobs are critically important and we support them entirely, but the major economic impact of cpmc's project, other than its pricing, is the quality of jobs that will be sustained or diminished for its large work force, which is over 6000 people now. it is projected to grow to 7500, 8000, 10,000. it is the leading emplo

>> stephen: that explains why this year he opened his address to congress by saying the state of our union is toast, awesome sauce. nation,-- de. i remember that. (laughter) nation, i'm an anti-government guy. but if we're paying these clowns, i say we should get something for our money. they should talk in a fancy way that shows more respect for the sacred institutions i have no respect for. from now on i want to here naught but the most refined or tory from the distinguished exemplars of democratic dicta ensconced within our sacrosanct legislative, supercilious lupine pachiderm for betwixt the profligate lib attorneyism of the latitudinarian and the scrupulous elms of 9 forthright conserve-- conserve trock ski-- if you use big words, no one will know you aren't doing jack squat. (applause) nation,-- (laughter) nation, nation, there's troubling news from the so-called scientists. now they're saying it that the co2 levels in the air have surpassed 400 parts per million for the first time in 800,000 years. when willie mammoths roamed the earth in escalades. (laughter) but folks, i don't buy

our mission is to deliver justice and dignity and equality to our union members. the workers are wall-to-wall local 5. the workers there that are in preparation in opening work under a collective bargaining agreement provide what referred to as a thriving wage, adequate family health-care benefits, they receive a pension contribution, and more importantly, there is a joint labor committee that serves with the workers and the management of the company for the collective that focuses on safety, community outreach, community benefits, and continuing education, a daycare and other things that are of service to the community. we are very proud of this company. from the unions perspective we are here to urge you to allow this company with a very mindful approach to the community, with immigrant workers that are working there that are earning a living wage, an adequate wage, and that will be staples of the community to allow them to have their jobs. from our perspective, everybody that works there is an immigrant worker. they are documented. they are sincere people and w

with the help of our union, the committee, and public officials, we have been successful in keeping valuable services open. we cannot afford to lose more dedicated professionals in san francisco. they've committed to keeping 100 beds open for 10 years. roughly 65 of those are at an undetermined location. the ceo posted a town hall meeting in which he stated the opposite. when the nurses asked what would happen to subacute, he answered that it had not been figured out. skilled nursing and subacute are too expensive in the city of san francisco. the nurses asked about the employees. he answered, we will find jobs for those people where the patients go assuming people are willing to move. i do not know what else we can do. i do not know. the nurses are for the most part residents of san francisco. we have provided decades of service. we have no job security when the new hospital is moved. cpmc is silent on future employment for its 6000 employees. before approval is granted, we ask for your help in demanding the following. a commitment to future employment of nurses to have first rights to empl

what we negotiated with our unions, they have been making concessions for the last few years, amounting to a less than 1.5% increase in the labor budget, which is reasonable. i just wanted to dismiss any notion that city hall did something that created a problem in the budget. we worked side by side. the negotiations generally went well and were received well by mr. johnson, mr. allison, and their staff, side by side with the department of human resources. only one of them went to arbitration over a somewhat minor, non-monetary items. i think at this level of compensation, more or less all of this city employees got the same deal, which is reasonable. but nevertheless it did put the budgets -- the budget out of balance. i am here to report to you on how we are proposing to balance the budget again. moving on to the next slide, there have been changes in our favor. they did not all go in the other direction. there have been changes from city hall, changes we have initiated with departments. a few of them went the other way, about 1.5 million to our benefit. that is a little bit of good n

even though our unions, the crews on the ferries -- and our interest is what happens on the waterfront -- we care about this project very much because it is the linchpin for phase two of the development of the downtown ferry terminal. we have spent a lot of resourced and interest trying to get the $20 million to get this project going. we will have to attract more state resources to get the ferrie project going. we need more docks for the new routes that will come on line for treasure island development and for emergency response. the project is the linchpin because it provides the parking that will be needed for replace them parking, which is going to be lost from the project development and removal of the agricultural building. i ask for your continued support of this project and i ask for your vote on it. i hope we can finally get those docks going and use the scarce state resources finally for this project. >> thank you. niclas o'neill and then after that catherine o'neill. gregg's good afternoon, commissioners. i am an immigrant -- >> good afternoon. i'm an immigrant to america. a

some of our unions, like the american federation of teachers, and jobs with justice organization members and, and coleman advocates -- we are looking at how we can have a tax system that is fair and looks at how we can recover our local economy, as we are seeing the tax cuts done at the state and federal level begin to limit the services we get funded from those levels. we need to make sure we have transit and the road work that needs to get done in the city, to make sure we have a city that works for everyone. as we are needing more resources and getting less money from the federal government, we need to shore up our resources from the very entities that are perhaps getting taxed at those other levels. our economy has been struggling and small businesses have been struggling. we have seen fees increase over and over again on small businesses, getting nickeled and dined by our budget. this is a weekend build flexibility into our budget, to make sure we can have continued support for small businesses over all. we see a demand on city services to help fuel the economy increasing. as we are

we are in the middle of negotiations with our unions. that has been a little tricky as well. we're not even sure how much we are needing to cut. we work off

are you going to further deepen the integration to complement our monetary union we full economic union including in some areas like the banking sector supervision and also in some fiscal aspects so no one should be in any doubt there is absolute determination in the opinion and in the euro area to. the euro and to solve the duty and further integration of all our efforts and i think this is important for a show because russia is our largest neighbor and a very close to it as you partner we should build upon i was strong ties and advanced negotiations of the new comprehensive view russia agreement be true to cover all relevant areas of partnership including trade investment and energy and lay the basis of a closer. i'm convinced that with a firm commitment of those sides we will achieve a balance in an agreement that will be. beneficial for greece for i'm sorry for russia and for the european union. european union is already russia's biggest commercial partner accounting for around fifty percent of all russian trade it's also the biggest source of foreign direct investment europea

also, we partner with our union. we request the 2% cost-of-living increase. we have been working also with flat budgets for as many years. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. a speaker. >> i am the coordinator of the immigration program at la raza. i am born and raised in the mission district, first- generation latina. i am one of the nonprofit workers that is just struggling. i do this because i love serving my community. i love being able to provide that competent, quality service to our low income, modeling will community. we lost an attorney in our apartment, so we are down to one person per team doing legal services for our community. not reducing any of our requirements. we are meeting all of our contract requirements. yet, we ask that have taken a 10% cut. we are taking furlough days. and more cuts to our agency budget means we will not be able to complete our services. we will have less days to complete those services that we pride ourselves and giving our community. it is truly a dire thing when you cannot pay rent. that is the basic reality of non

i also want to make sure i acknowledge all of our labor unions, all of our representatives. for years you've worked with us and sacrificed and bemoaned the bad budget years, but you've stepped up in every occasion. for the department heads and non-department heads who we've shared challenges with, thank you for sacrificing so many years. and now we get to, i think, a budget that has some relatively good news and a good foundation. this year we begin the hard work of presenting the city's first two-year budget. and we began that year with a $263 million deficit for our general fund. and then the coming year, the second year of $375 million shortfall. that's what we faced at the very beginning. but because of the fiscal discipline that we put in process, a discipline that's reflected in the great work of ben rose enfield and his staff and the controller's office that keeps reminding me of the credit ratings of our city and that we must make sure that we do things in a very solid financial way, we made investments in job creation and we made commitments to reform with that guid

the united states proudly honors her for her nursing of souls and strengthening the character of our union. [the medal is presented] [the medal is presented]

>> russia and the european union our neighbors. both sides need cooperation. russia sells oil and gas to the european union. the european union relies on russian energy. both sides have to find a way to and move their partnership's fort. >> thanks very much indeed on the summit between the european union and the russians in st. petersburg. china has detained political activists and placed others on observation on the anniversary of the tan and men's wear -- enanmen square protest. this was a rare public display against the government in the southwestern city. such protests hardly ever happen in china. we went to visit the protester, but the police had gotten him first. his son showed us how officers had ransacked the flat, taken computers, and detained his parents. his father, a fruit cellar, had witnessed the events pointy three years ago. -- fruit seller. after keeping silent for years, he has begun to speak. >> china is like an apple that is rotten inside. on the surface you see little. people think the apple is still edible, but. it is but our whole system

each generation does its part to perfect our union. each generation looks at the world around them and decides that it's time to wake up and change the situation. and we've always looked to our young people to lead the way, we always have. so graduates, now it's your turn. it's time for you to take that baton, take it, it's time for you to carry the banner forward. it's time for you to wake the rest of us up and show us everything you've got. that's what aggies like you have always done. and that is your history. and that is your legacy. that is who you are. never forget that. and let me tell you something. that is why me and my husband and the folks all across this country, man, we are so proud of you all. we are so proud. and because of you, we are so hopeful about our future. yes, we are. know that. so graduates, i love you all. i can not wait to see that all you will achieve and all that you will could be tribute e con the years before. god bless you all and good luck. >>> you're a member of the education committee and the most rece

we then worked with our union partners to ensure that they did not have issues and that we could proceed successfully. there were pilots as part of the plan which is probably the best part, other than bringing field people in to the planning process. the pilots was a great aspect. we did pilot in three visions, 6, 11 and 20, virginia/north carolina area, the michigan area and the pacific northwest. we piloted beginning in january for about 60 days. those pilots concluded in march. we did learn from those pilots and were implementing changes to ensure that care is not impacted. some of the things we learned is that our staffing models were incorrect. the number of procurements that we could do in a day in the contracting office. we are hiring, we received approval to hire additional people to ensure we can keep up. we are streamlining the process by, i mentioned justification approvals, by templating that process so it becomes more fill in the blank with the clinician's prescription. those are the type processes. we are slowly now implementing and the rest of the veterans health administr

the united states proudly honors her for her nursing of souls and strengthening the character of our union. [the medal is presented] [applause] john paul stevens. from the navy to the bench, john paul stevens has devoted himself to service to our nation. after earning a bronze star in world war ii, stevens returned home to pursue a career in law. as an attorney, he became a leading practitioner of anti- trust law. and as a supreme court justice, he dedicated his long and distinguished tenure to applying our constitution with fidelity and independence. his integrity, humility, and steadfast commitment to the rule of law have fortified the noble vision of our nation's founders. [the medal is presented] [applause] pat summitt. pat summitt is an unparalleled figure in collegiate sports. over 38 seasons, she proudly led the university of tennessee lady volunteers to 32 sec tournament and regular season championships and eight national titles, becoming the all-time winningest coach in ncaa basketball history. on the court, coach summitt inspired young women across our country to shoot even highe

period from 1820 to 1860 there was no one person in the united states more responsible for holding our union together than henry clay. >> by the way, that was from an event that was organized by the folks here at ashland where they invited all living speakers to come and talk about the role of speakers. and that was held at the university here and it is -- on our video library. if you would like go back and watch it. quite an interesting event that they hosted here bipartisan discussion about the role of speakers. to both of you, how did henry clay enhance the powers of the speaker? >> force of his personality, i think the mere -- no one wanted to debate him. certainly he had the force to win the argument. so i think that alone had great influence and power. i don't know if any other speaker would be compared to. >> he also understood the power of committee assignments. >> the committees -- as i say the committees basically -- he understood the speaker had the power to put the people he want order committees. when something important -- he was known to be a fair man as speaker. that was very