. >> absolutely our goal to expand complete the caltrain p.s. r and get a snatch something in the fall or winter of this year working this weekend planning for the procurement of the new team of consultants for the next phase the environmental review we're working towards timeframe that is laid out in park merced that says the city needs to expand know whether it wants to expand go with the alignment proposed or move to the new alignment in july 2018 that's the one we're working towards and beyond that the schedule a speculative we don't have all the funding for this project by vaps that strategy currently. >> thank you supervisor yee has a question. >> no question probably an predicament time to expand thank the staff for males or females this project forward and working with the community done a stellar job this whole project started 2, 3, 4 discussion things have changed quite a bit i think that that will come of overseeing to expand move forward a very positive outcome >> great, thank you. >> good morning, everyone. collin planner with the t

the previous meeting we characterizations this as back filing title one spend she should say our m s p.s. s whatever we should say we're spending now less than than $3.2 million $2 million and make a note saying on the mp ss $2 million comes from title one that is less than from title one the toilet one revenue has changed that is has the same confusion about it looks like we're spend things twice it isn't necessary we're spend are reproposing to say here's the mp ss and even another this is a unskriektd general fund in the federal fund spend this amount of money but all we'll have to do is say how much on mp ss and difference between what we spent this year and last year and note it's been reduced we're already spending more on the mp ss under the general fund if we wanted to put a note for the title one and now spend less we could do that but it - this clearly when this was explained i mean when i read this what was the answer to the question this didn't make sense i think this is particularly true of federal funds after all we have a committee who's job to understanding the committee

panel comploemd of sdildz individual with media and community engagement knowledge and experience k p.s. m respond and met the qualifications and commission requirements in the solicitation and have a total of 83 points from the panel and the only prequalified vendor from the committee is satisfied with our process detailed in the memo i would recommend that the clerk will provide a motion premised from this for the committee toe consider next week to be acted on to authorize to enter into negotiation with k for the successfulness of the negotiation indicated they're the official broadcasters of the sfgovtv. >> i want to thank you for working through the r f q process and paevengs to the board policies in support of the applicant k po radio the 85.9 fm is is good services for the city for televising the brown on monday and tuesday and the research of the radio broadcasting stations is allowing people not only to watch online but also to have tare road on as you're driving it is a good increase in participation and democracy within our city i want to say 75 thousand is a scale down of th

a good process to start with our city to make sure that low income communities that loan to the 89 p.s. points 5 fm can be aware of what happens in the board of supervisors meetings my hope other processes will be available at some point in the future as well but from mined only for our tuesday board of supervisors meeting; is that right. >> that's correct supervisor mar the authorization for the board of supervisors meetings not the committee. >> thank you for working us through this process. >> happy to. >> a motion front of the us anyone wish to comment on item 9 seeing none, public comment is closed. >> so the city attorney do we need to send this item forward? >> we have to send it forward with july budget. >> so moved. >> second the by supervisor yee we'll take that without objection. >> thank you very much so to our city attorney so 245e we're going to be hearing them on wednesday mr. city attorney can you walk you through to go into recess he also supervisor yee mentioned a separate item around a newspaper. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney i actually have 3 items i'm hoping

. >> i have a p.s. if i could. >> good evening, commissioners i'm paul i served phone number on this commission for 8 years from 1995 to 2003 and it was during that period for the first time the ethics commission put a ballet measure on the ballot i want to aid why the public depends on the ethics commission to take the leadership and the ethics commission to put this measure on the ballet rather than going to the board of supervisors i'm the commissioner who made the motion to put the motion on the brake light proposition o and also for the first time regulate extend contributions to independent expenditure committees it was judged the president of the commission urged me to make the motion initially she thought oh, out of respect for the supervisors we should go to the supervisors and present this proposal and get their input we unanimously allowed judge grant to make a presentation and to our surprise she was rebuked by visually all the supervisors i found it shocking those of you who are letters kno

the previous meeting we characterizations this as back filing title one spend she should say our m s p.s.

anticipation of the closer he anticipate that completion of the captains will be done in october of 2015 s p.sys the mail service will be accommodated within the vicinity in conclusion the department supports the project because it meets the goals and outburst to have you housing close to jobs and within a walkable urban or urban context it is desirable or desirable and meets the codes aside street exceptions exemptions required through the thirty the staff recommend it be approve with conditions project sponsor. >> project sponsor please. >> good afternoon. i'm paul eir son i want to thank the commissioner and the mr. larkin staff and kate who sheriff's deputyed this i've managed this trust for over thirty years it has owned the property since the 1960 so first a bank of america and substantial leased to the united states people of the state of california agency a limited facility over 5 years the 101 hide street was placed on the closure list almost 4 years ago november 2011 a plan was implemented for the redevelopment in in conjunction with the planning department that we're presenting to y

just a p.s. i have not finished yet. [laughter] tony: i'm not done yet. mankind will have a surprise before i kick the bucket. [laughter] >> thank you all. thanks so much. tony: be positive. >> be positive. [laughter] alex: thank you so much, tony. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> on c-span's "road to the white house" or presidential hopefuls announce their run for president. today live on c-span, hillary clinton will kick off her campaign, live from the fdr freedom park in york city. on monday afternoon at 3:00, we are live from miami-dade college were former governor jeb bush will officially announce his kedzie. and on tuesday, businessman donald trump will announce whether he makes a bid for presidency at the trump tower. c-span's road to the white house 2016. >> president richard nixon had the opportunity to fill for seats on the u.s. supreme court. up next on american history tv, author kevin mcmahon discusses the strategy behind the president

just a p.s. i have not finished yet. [laughter] tony: i'm not done yet.ankind will have a surprise before i kick the bucket. [laughter] >> thank you all. thanks so much. tony: be positive. >> be positive. [laughter] [indiscernible] alex: thank you so much, tony. wonderful, wonderful gentleman. great artist. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> up next, georgetown university international relations professor ralph n urnberger discusses william mckinley. he describes mckinley's troubled family life, the key events of his presidency, and his assassination the smithsonian associates posted this two hour event. >> thank you all for coming tonight. this is the third in a four-part series and hopefully it will never grow beyond for discussing the essential assassinations beginning with lincoln and last week we looked at garfield and today, we will look at william mckinley. next week, we will look at john kennedy. as i mentioned

. >> and, p.s., this has raised a different issue for a lot of people. would president obama himself have even been elected were he someone who looked more like his father, who was of african descent? were he a darker-skinned man were he of not mixed race, would he have been the first african-american elected? were white americans ready for that? >> well, you're asking a question based on how he looks and i would suggest -- and we're gonna commit some grammar here -- lookism goes well beyond race. so, if william howard taft came along today, wouldn't be elected president of the united states. we're not gonna vote for someone who's morbidly obese, which is why candidates go on diets as they're trying to be elected. and this question of institutional racism -- the institution keeps on shifting. two illustrations. and, first of all, in terms of progress, george bush had two secretaries of state that were both black. barack obama now has appointed a second consecutive black attorney general. when you look at where people of color -- and it's not just black -

just a p.s. i have not finished yet. [laughter] tony: i'm not done yet. mankind will have a surprise before i kick the bucket. [laughter] >> thank you all. thanks so much. tony: be positive. >> be positive. [laughter] alex: thank you so much, tony. wonderful, wonderful gentleman. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, 40 eight hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter @cspan history for information on our upcoming schedule of history programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the congress with photos of every senate and house member bio, contact information, and twitter handles. plus, district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill, a look at congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy today. through the c-span store at c-span.org. >> during his first term as president, richard nixon had the unique opportunity to fill for seats on the supreme court bench. up next, kevin mcmah

i just add one little p.s.den who road am track back and forth for a christmas party for the workers who worked on the train, the engineers the conductors, the people there, i mean, just a further example that david said he is a man of a warm, open, generous heart. i think the outpouring especially on the president. the president has spoken about he's feelings toward joe biden. >> woodruff: and he will be speak at the services. mark shields, david brooks. we'll be back with a look at critical elections in turkey but first, it's pledge week on p.b.s. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support.Ñi and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. for those stations not taking añr pledge break, we take a second look at a story of how one writer used basketball to inspire children to read. jeff is back with that. >> brown: up and down the court, a drive to the hoop, añr fast break in the other direction. middle school boys and basketball, and, well, why not poetry? they come to

we have heard from germany that it may be possible to put an addendum, a technical note, like a p.s.the treaty to say it is fine which were not require change. the sticking point is immigration. the bcc vaguely say we need to handle immigration. cameron is trying to curb benefits for migrants, germany, poland, and other countries said it. francine: what phase of negotiations are we? svenja o'donnell: what cameron has done is gone european capitals and spoken to other eu leaders and figured out what other points he can achieve reform on. we are moving into the bureaucrats take over and the accident comes actually are hammered out. francine: great to have you. svenja o'donnell. we will be joined by the bcc director general at 10 past 10:00. we are "the pulse." ♪ francine: welcome back to "the pulse." i am francine lacqua. here are bloomberg's top headlines. an index of manufacturing and services has risen. growth gains momentum in germany and france. market economics composite index is 54.1 from 53.6 above the 50 mark and that means expansion. the latest snapshot of manufacturing in ch