i m leader pelosi's district rector in san francisco. i've been with the for about nine years, and we are excited to put on this forum today to help people learn how they can access credit and capital for their small business. click background on some of what was accomplished in the last congress when later closing was speaker of the house. she had had 16 tax cuts signed into law to help small businesses grow and thrive. as we know, during the last 15 years, small businesses account for about 2/3 of the job growth in our country, but when the bush recession hits in 2009, 2010, small businesses were hit particularly hard. small businesses are the center of her agenda. congress under her leadership gave 27 million small businesses tax cuts. two main pieces of legislation -- the small businesses jobs act in the information you have, will create a total of 500,000 jobs and create eight tax cuts. they are all described in the packet you have. also, unleashing up to $300 billion in credit for small businesses to access. there are another eight

thanks mark, regina , and later pelosi. we have been able to access resources through the sba and the cdfi fund which helps get money to small businesses in this time of need. opportunity fund is not a bank or a government agency. we are an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to provide capital to working people to help them earn, say, and invest in the future. we focus primarily on businesses that are not yet bankable. most of our clients are themselves low or moderate income people or working in low or moderate income neighborhoods. but not exclusively. we will look at any business we think can bring about substantial community benefits. i want to talk about what type of loans we make and whatever products we have. that is important to note that in our case, they mentioned -- i mentioned some acronyms. the service corps of retired executives, women's business centers, renaissance and entrepreneurs should here in san francisco, women's initiative for self-employed -- those organizations offer classes often an

greetings to madam pelosi, the distinguished guests. i would like to start by saying welcome to 220 golden gate. it is under construction right now for the historical retrofit and restoration. this site has been going on for about one year. we have another 18 months to go. this project was funded by the recovery act and reinvestment act, signed in 2009. however -- i am lost. i tried to come from the heart. i do not know if i introduced myself. my name is tanya lewis. i am a native san franciscan. i have a 10-year-old son. i also have 17 years of experience in the carpentry field. i truly believe that i represent the women in the work force. i am probably employed by cahill, a third-generation san francisco construction company. they have been very good to me, and i appreciate this opportunity. we need more work for the future. we need to help the homeless. we need these clinics for their help. we need places for them to rest their heads so that they can have some dignity. thank you. [applause] >> it is now my honor to introduce the hous

. >>> nancy pelosi made a brief visit to a hospital in rome, italy. she had a long flight from afghanistan and did not feel well. pelosi underwent some medical tests and then spends time at her hotel. pelosi is enrolled as part of the congressional delegation to mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of italy. >>> boats break free of their moorings in the north bay. find out who is stuck with the tab. >>> at&t desperately needs a whole lot more bandwidth and with t-mobile it is getting it all in one sweep. >>> i will tell you when the rain will return and where it is raining now. >> a collision between a big rig and a muni light rail car injured six people. we are showing the pictures of the accident. a san francisco fire department spokeswoman said no injuries appeared life-threatening. the track hit the rail car on his right side. no word on what caused the accident. >>> tonight we have new information about a shooter, according to an autopsy reports lavalle nixon was not drunk or high on drugs when he was pulled over be he shot and killed tw

i professionalize serve for nancy pelosi as a field representative. the tough ones include education and housing. i am also a liaison for the african-american community. i feel that that experience that i bring along with the service to the city serving on the board of the nation, i would be a valuable asset to the committee. >> thank you. >> any questions? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a geographer by training. i come to you from the housing committee. unfortunately, for affordable housing is pretty stressed out right now and the block grant funds are being reduced but we don't know by how much. the people are scrambling quite a bit and i wish that more people could peter today but it is important for us for this committee and the work that it does. i have had a number of legislative appointments which i think intersect quite well and what i bring to the committee and the housing perspective, i'm currently the chair of the advisory committee. the oversight group for the implementation of this very comprehensive, very aspirational development p

both in leader pelosi's office and the leader transportation. exactly my opinion that when we go to washington, we go not as just supervisors, but with a citywide focus. i left with the feeling at least that that expression was well achieved. supervisor avalos: thank you. i really appreciate that focus that you had. looking city-wide when you went to washington, d.c., imagining the south side and the sunset as well. i have been trying to hammer home that we expect to be a transit first city, and often, we have fewer options for transit in district 11, four, and 10. to have that understood and it titillated by other members of this body is, to me, really gratifying. supervisor mirkarimi: consider this the new mantra. ok, executive director, please. >> mr. chairman, commissioners, good morning. before i get into the meat of my report, let me take a second to add to the discussion for a second. first of all, to thank the chair and commissioners campos and cohen for making the time to do this kind of a trip to d.c., which was essentially 48 hours an

thank you to nancy pelosi and for you panelists for providing this informative seminars. for our young company, we are a distribution company. i just heard you mention that you do not loan for the sale of alcohol. is that separate from distribution of wine? >> s.p.a. -- sba makes loans to winery's, stores that sell wine. i am not exactly sure what role you play in distribution. the federal government ought -- got out of prohibiting alcohol and long time ago. we are not in the business of regulating all bohol, beverage distribution or sale. we make loans to businesses who sell alcoholic beverages, restaurants, stores. so is not an sp a prohibition. it is regulated on a local level. we have made loans to a lot of businesses that have some degree of an alcoholic beverages, one distribution. >> terrific. following up to that, can you give any advice on particular resources that would speak perhaps to any tax benefits, subsidies in place for both domestic distribution of wine, as well as exports? >> why don't we take it off line. i think what is the case, there is a lot of com

jonathon carl reports. >> when nancy pelosi became speaker, this was her pet project.he replaced the greasy french fries, or freedom fries as the republicans called them, bringing in locally grown organic food and lots of recycling. >> she made everything environmentally friendly. everything is recyclable and compostable. these forks and knives are made out of a corn-based material. the problem is they sometimes don't work as well. the spoons tend to melt after awhile when they have been in your soup. >> now republicans say enough is enough. they have had it with the flimsy utensils and the array of recycling bins and the 475,000 dollars a year it costs to struck it out to a composting facility in virginia. >> it didn't work. let's not perpetuate this. it costs more money and what is worse is the forks dissolve when you are using them. >> he rides to the capitol on his bicycle and he is fighting back. >> upset to see this go. >> we will not go quietly into the night. this is what america will do. this is what progressive employers are doing. if congress wants to set an

. >>> well, a scare today for san francisco's nancy pelosi. the u.s. democratic leader was briefly hospitalized in rome early today, but by this afternoon, she resumed her schedule. the former house speaker tweeted to her followers, "thanks to everyone for your well wishes. had a very productive trip to afghanistan and i'm in italy resuming meetings." after a hectic schedule yesterday in afghanistan, the 70-year-old pelosi felt ill and underwent some hospital tests, but a few hours later, she was on the move, meeting with italy's leaders in parliament. pelosi is on a congressional trip. >>> let's turn now to your disaster in japan. officials still racing to restore electricity to the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, but now they're facing more unforeseen obstacles, including a cloud of smoke that forced workers to evacuate again today. now, when power is finally restored, officials say the cooling system should bring temperatures back to a safe level within those reactors within a day. meanwhile, the world's health organization is calling on j

. >> minority leader nancy pelosi nils the bay area. she was at pier 70 with ed lee to emphasize the importance of investing in san francisco's shipping ports to create more jobs. later, pelosi highlighted the success of san francisco's large dry docks which attract business from all over the world because of their resources. >> i'm happy to be here today because it's part of our effort in congress nationally. we take pride in what we're doing here, as a national example of how this can be done. but it has to be done all over the country. >> alan: pelosi says the port industry is responsible for more than 13 million jobs but could contribute even more through better infrastructure investment. she emphasized the importance of dredging in the bay something the city's port directors agreed with saying it will help attract bigger ships. >> now to that cat burglar who was caught on surveillance cameras stealing items from his neighbors. this is how dusty, a.k.a. klepto the cat is finally cleaning up his act. lisa aminhis his this -- >> lisa:

diligently with the communities and partnering with the city and working with speaker of the house nancy pelosi. very responsive to the needs of san franciscans. she has a keen understanding of the worked necessary to do work force development and really mesging the need -- meshing the needs of disadvantaged communities as someone born in the mission. her capacity representing the mission and other communities throughout the city. thank you so much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a senior project manager at the neighborhood development organization. the executive director said you eaton email. i have personally known peter for over 10 years. they know him well from his work across the city and the community as well. he has been at asian neighborhood design where we work with him on some community- based planning. peter is that the community housing organizations, which i attend the meetings of, that is a very broad based coalition council representing service providers, project managers, and others related to affordable housing. peter on the committee will represent a broad based network

congresswoman nancy pelosi, a democratic leader in the u.s. house of representatives. the filipina women's network. marion chap phil taylor from the friends of the san francisco public library. one of our board members who is our even a share. thank you for putting all of this together. annie chung. she still donated to the reception so all of us could get fed. and srt productions for the photography. they are out there making sure we have a record of the day's events. cindy anderson. are your hair -- are you here? the women's action network also donated to us. and, of course, max's cafe. our cookies were donated by max's cafe. and the staff of the department and the status of women, their dedication and support. they support the friends, so we support all their initiatives of their projects. without them, all this would not happen, so i would like to recognize them. again, thank you to the friends of the board members. oh, and, we do have flowers for the chair of this event, so we have flowers for you. i will tell you, you know how events are. this would not have happ

. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> ♪ lift every voice and sing 'til earth and heaven ring ring with a harmony of liberty let our rejoicing rise ♪ our ancestors are to be honored as the roots of the treat, and the greatness and health of the tree depends on the death and health of its routes. when we do not honor our ancestors, we become like trees without roots. there is an unbroken continuing between the realm of the living in the realm of the dead in african culture -- an unbroken continuum. the spirit pervades the everyday world of the living. in a community such as this one, we begin by honoring the ancestors, and we pour libations to honor them, and that is what rashid is going to do. we pur water -- pour water, the primary ancestral offering, the source of life in the

. >>> nancy pelosi was briefly hospitalized in rome. she was scheduled to meet with italy's defense minister when he was admitted today. she has since resumed her schedule and released a statement saying quote after several flights yesterday and afghanistan and a long flight back to italy that arrived early this morning leader pelosi was not feeling well. she was advised to visit a clinic. and the closest medical facility was a hospital. she is now resuming her schedule in italy. >>> punishing air strikes in libya. reports military officials are denying today. >>> the wild weekend weather continues. we will have your back to work forecast. >>> how overweight americans may be effecting the safety of public buses. >>> in the last hour chile president -- has a more limited goal of establishing a no fly zone over libya. meanwhile u.s. military officials and observers deny mr. gadhafi was the target of missile strikes that hit his compound over the weekend. reports say two missiles hit a building and it lay in shambles last night. military a

. >> also from nancy pelosi, and from our speaker pro tem. >> thank you very much. >> could we have the organization please stand so we can recognize all of the members who are here today? please stand. please stand. [applause] i just had a couple of other recognitions. we're joined by the small business commission. thank you for joining us. >> next we have the committee advocate of the year award. an amazing woman, who formed sage, and years ago i was able to sit in on her classes. are you familiar with those? she is unbelievable. she would show up in a pink suit and talk to men who were basically arrested for soliciting women for sex and she would talk about as tv's -- std's and why this is wrong and then she transformed a talked- about why she was a particular prostitute. she would actually point at man and say you picked me up five years ago, remember? i was floored by this. the other thing she did, she said, how many of you have kids. the metal to raise their hands. some would say i want you to look at the guy next to you and picture him raping your daughter. some of these men were

nancy pelosi is in italy. she's celebrating that country's 150th anniversary. ms.pelosi was scheduled to meet with the defense minister and the head of the lower house of parliament when she started feeling ill. now, the u.s. embassy is refusing to make any comments on nancy pelosi's condition. >>> well, after a weekend of punishing air attack, pentagon official says a u.n. coalition attack on libya has succeeded. they are scattering and isolating forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. the state television in libya says supporters of mr. gadhafi are gathering and standing as human shields against the air strikes. britain is saying they aborted a bombing mission to avoid killing civilians. there's also word that a cruise missile did destroy gadhafi's residential compound. that's said to carry a symbolic effect as well as a military effect. >>> meanwhile, the obama administration is facing a barrage of questions about the goals in libya. alison burns has more about the criticism coming from both democrats and republicans. >> reporter: allison -- tori, president obama c

. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the work