. >> a separatist group declares a permanent cease-fire. do they mean it this time? and protests about rising unemployment. all schools and universities in one area will close until further notice. welcome to "bbc world news," podcast reviewers in america on pbs and elsewhere around the world -- broadcast to our viewers in america. i am mike embley. the crime rate is rising in japan, one surprising age group. hello to you. as the echoes of saturday's shootings in arizona reverberate still along the edges of the american political debate, president obama led the nation in a moment of silence for the victims. barack's and michelle obama stood with their heads about outside the white house -- barack and michelle. it was also for the critically wounded congresswoman, gabrielle giffords. >> led by the president, americans were cited for a minute, a mark of respect for the victims of the attack -- americans were silent. flags were at half mast for the six who were killed. they include a nine-two old girl, a federal judge, and one of the congresswoman's aides. congresswoman

it would support about 225 permanent jobs. they would not likely be in san francisco because they're so close to the end of their life. that concludes our report. those are the main conclusions. >> one of them attached to your employees here with regard to the jobs after the event itself, what about the overall investment in that part of the pork? -- port? would that even be a possibility that you can imagine or detect if this was even being entertained? >> if there was no america's cup, a private developer would have to take on these infrastructure costs. these projects will not pencil by themselves. that is really the stop-gap advantage of having the america's cup. if that was the case, if they had a lumber useful life and did not cost some much to renovate, you could imagining a situation where a private developer could come in and develop without any rental credits and make that much more money. given the condition that they are in now, it is simply not feasible. supervisor mirkarimi: but it envisions what would become of

there are shelters that are more permanent and give people a chance to find more permanent housing. there are shelters also for women with children, for example, so whole families can stay in a sheltered situation. so there are lots of different categories of services. and who are typically, richard, the people that are going into these and availing themselves of these services? well, i think it's important to understand that there's actually several categories of homeless persons. there's, on the one hand, people who are transitionally homeless, people who spend very short periods of time in one of the emergency systems and then who basically make it out on their own, as well as people who are chronically homeless, who spend many, many years or months in homeless shelters or on the streets. and even among the chronically homeless, there are a number of people who spend primarily most of their time on the streets, as opposed to other people who spend a lot of time in homeless shelters. and then another category of people who cycle in and out of many different kinds of homeless servi

permanent mosake art and transform a wall in the neighborhood. >> the panelists what were invieded here because they have received community challenge grants but they also have public processes in terms of for one thing, creating something oust nothing where nothing was possible previously but figuring out who the stake holders are in their community and involving them on going. hopefully with a view being able to channel that involvement into other issues. because that typically is the thing that sustained neighborhoods if you grow from a one issue group to a multiissue group you will have sustainability. the next thing is to see a show of hands in how many have applied for the grants and know what they are. how they work. >> most of you don't know anything about the program. i don't like to talk a lot this way. i would like to have a discussion where we have ideas. the room is not set up for that. i will begin by giving a brief over view of how the grant system worked. the community challenge grant program is funded through the neighborhood beautification fund paid for by businesses a

someone enter into a permanent modification. we only pay for as long as that modification continues. there's a built-in taxpayer protecti element to this. your question about unit costs, very good question, sir. in fact, it's structured so it is a unit cost program here. we won't spend all the money if we don't enter into enough difications. that money won't be spent for anything else. it will go back to repay the debt. that's number one. number two, as we said, the eligibility criteria here are another way to protect xpayers. we only pay for people that we think are greatly in need. as to your here on the mtgage crisis, obviously there's a lot of study of this, fcic released its report today, and i think it noted that there's blame to go around in a lot of places. we must remember, t.a.r.p. was just set up to provide the resources to stabilize the system. didn't change the regulatory structure. we now have dodd frank, which gives us new tools to regulate the financial industry so as to prevent this type of problem in the future

now the city wants to shut down the club permanently.he city attorney will go before the judge to get an injunction to permanently close down wet nightclub. the owner is confused for the city's attempt to damage his successful business. the accusations are false. other cities have actually tried to shut down nightclubs. last year in san francisco club suede closed after heavy pressure from the city following a gang-related shooting that left a 19-year-old dead. reporting live in san jose, jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> it's 6:05. san francisco's police chief is renewing his call to arm officers with tasers after two of his officers shot a man in a wheelchair. a witness captured this cellphone video of tuesday's shooting on howard street. the suspect had a knife and had been slashing tires. he stabbed an officer who tried to stop him. police ultimately opened fire with their handguns after an attempt to subdue the man with a beanbag gun failed. the officer and the suspect are expected to recover. the police commission voted against arming o

someone enter into a permanent modification.ly pay for as long as that modification continues. there's a built-in taxpayer protection element to this. your question about unit costs, very good question, sir. in fact, it's structured so it is a unit cost program here. we won't spend all the money if we don't enter into enough modifications. that money won't be spent for anything else. it will go back to repay the debt. that's number one. number two, as we said, the eligibility criteria here are another way to protect taxpayers. we only pay for people that we think are greatly in need. as to your overall question here on the mortgage crisis, obviously there's a lot of study of this, fcic released its report today, and i think it noted that there's blame to go around in a lot of places. we must remember, t.a.r.p. was just set up to provide the resources to stabilize the system. didn't change the regulatory structure. we now have dodd frank, which gives us new tools to regulate the financial industry so as to prevent this type of pr

a permanent ceasefire has been announced.omb in a madrid airport killed two man and the peace talks. the government took a break ever since. now the only way to end the conflicts is to disarm. >> if you ask how are you call more than yesterday, i can say yes. if you ask this is the end, i would say no. if you ask if this is what spanish society expects, i would say a firm note. is this bad news? no. >> the campaign [unintelligible] the last targeted killings or 18 months ago. dozens of members were detained. public opinion is divided. >> i cannot believe it. >> once they are armed again, they will go back to what they used to do. >> the state makes no mention of disarming. many spaniards are skeptical. bbc news, madrid. >> trade deals have been signed by china. one person has been assessing the importance of this. >> this is the most senior member of the chinese leadership to be in britain since they came to power. they need an export-led recovery. one person's visit was very welcome today. >> given china's buying power in br

capacity until the police commission will be quickly forwarding to the new mayor recommendations for a permanent selection. that process is, i assure you, already under way. thank you very much for being with us. called to business and roll- call. [roll-call] commissioner o'connor invited staff he would be joining us later in the meeting -- advised staff he would be joining us later in the meeting. give we have a certificate of honor recognizing the director of the human services for the work on the jobs in the program. >> commissioners, the executive director is stopped in traffic on his way back from sacramento so it is not here to join us, but i am going to start by reading our certificate and then make a presentation to j m. on this monday the small business commission is prague to acknowledge the contributions -- is proud to acknowledge the contributions made to the community very good through his leadership, of 596 small business were able to hire out of work residence as part oath of program. this allows small businesses to create jobs despite the recession very good this has provided --

someone enter into a permanent modification. we only pay for as long as that modification continues. there's a built-in taxpayer protection element to this. your question about unit costs, very good question, sir. in fact, it's structured so it is a uit cost program here. we won't spend all the money if we don't enter into enough modifications. that moneyon'te spent for anything else. it will go back to repay the debt. that's number one. number two, as we said, the eligibility criteria here are another way to protect taxpayers. we only pay r people that we think are greatly in need. as to your overall question here on the mortgage crisis, viously there's a lot of study of this, fcic released its report today, and i think it noted that there's blame to go around in a lot of places. we must remember, t.a.r.p. was just set up to provide the resources to stabilize the system didn't change the regulatory structure. we now have dodd frank, which gives us new tools to regulate the financial industry so as to prevent this type of proble

they claim that this cease-fire will be permanent and verifiable. they have not carried out a deadly attack on spanish soil since july, 2009, when a bomb killed two police officers on the island of my york hub. the government and many spent -- island of miorca. the government and many spaniards are skeptical. >> it is totally in their own interest. you cannot trust them. >> it would be great if it was true, but we do not trust them. not at all. i do not, that is for sure. >> they have renounced violence in the past, only to resume violence aer ahort interlude. more than 850 people have been killed since they started fighting for independence. >> to the shootings now in the state of arizona that left six people dead including a federal judge. a congresswoman is fighting for her life. the shooter has been charged with several counts, including the attempted assassination of a member of congress. earlier today, a member of silence was held across the country to honorhe vtims of the attack. [bell ringing] >> a bell tolled for the victims of the shooting

sort of permanent supportive housing beds. also looking at transitional housing beds and emergency shelter beds and so i think the 2009 numbers on shelter beds were about 180,000 in terms of transitional housing beds, about 185,000 and in terms of permanent supportive housing beds around 215,000. >> there was an increase also, i believe -- there was an increase in permanent supportive housing beds of 11,000 between '08 and '09. >> given the variation that you found among states, did you look at what was working in a systemic way in the states where there was a decrease? i mean, you focus on the risk factors in the states where there was an increase but did you see in terms of states that spent more and allocated more of their budgets to this or what did you see that's consistent in those states whether there was a decrease? >> rights. and, you know, one of the things that's true is that these efforts tend to happen at very local levels. you know, one of the series that we have, of our publication series we have community snaps

our plan is to provide permanent homes using two different approaches. port-au-prince. homes in the city the have been marked with green if they're able to be has been it bl, yellow the they need repair and red if the they have to be demolished. so our program would include repairing homes that are damaged and replacing those, demolishing and replacing those that are unsound. this, obviously, is a street by street approach, and it allows people to return to their neighborhoods and stay close to family, friends and jobs. the second approach is a greenfield effort where we develop brand new l communities outside of port-au-prince. and we're very excited to be able to tell you about two brand new initiatives. first, the american red cross is working closely with the united states government, the state department, through its implementing arm, usaid. we're working on a planned partnership to build permanent housing for that people that wee left homeless. usaid would identify and prepare at least two locations in haiti for permanent homes that would include r

described as a loner, a permanent legal resident with his green -- described as a loaner, a permanent legal resident with his green card. that he signed in with a question mark instead of his name. he seldom spoke. "we just knew him as the question mark kid." the world now knows his name, but the question mark remains a name. a year after the virginia tech shootings, president george w. bush sign add law to make itharder for anyone whom the court has found to be mentally defective to buy a gun. requiring that mental records from those court cases be sent to the fbi to be included in the federal background check. now, required before a dealer could sell it down. some of the least restrictive in the country. >> you actually have a piece on you. and i think that it's somebody else saying i'm not going for that guy whatever. >> people want to tend to get, you know, an argument and stuff as they have something handy. i just don't like guns myself. and so you know, i would rather see them have more control, not less. >>> a little later, why are these people packing heat in walnut creek? >>>

clark has mentioned, find them some permanent housing, and what other aspects are necessary. employment? well, we haven't talked about that, and i think that is important. i think many homeless people have the potential to get back into the workforce. in our studies, most of the people, on average, have been employed for five and a half years before they were homeless. so these are people that have the capacity, many of them, to return to the workforce. and i think the programs that do the initial assessment, as dr. clark was saying, and find that they have that history, and they want to get back, they don't have a disability that would interfere, then the service package needs to include employment and vocational assessment, and what are their skills and where have they worked before successfully. and training. and training, providing new training, and in our part of the country we provide transport and take them to interviews. we provide opportunities to practice interviews and how to dress and what to say and so forth. and we help them prepare résumés, even. oxford house-i

the permanent extension of that was declined by the voters in 2009. some of those funds will find their way to support the transit activities. commissioner elsbernd: my question for staff, transportation, we are talking about redevelopment, but what will be the impact on transbay and the overall transbay plans? i am sure commissioner kim is very concerned about that. we are doing every development in commissioner cohen's district. it is all going to have a trickle of fact. i know is not specific transportation funding, but it is important. -- effect. if you could let us know, we would be appreciative. >> we are looking and that already. obviously, we have seen the ability to leverage tax increments for infrastructure projects is a key, especially in an urban setting like ours. we want to make sure that remains the case. commissioner elsbernd: just another one to look at, the park merced project. i know that there are some taxes that could be used to improve the 19th corridor. that will be key to whether the project is approved. >> it is also a fundame

summer program and we will guide the young artists through the process of designing and creating a permanent out door mural in their neighborhood. if you have driven by the 19th and everybodying and the mural at the star bucks or down geary boulevard chances you saw our kid's murals. the residency start with a phone call and meeting to meet with people in the community that are interested in doing a project that involved transforming part of their neighborhood. a couple of years ago i had funding from an oakland based foundation to do a n mosaic project. i had done a project for the school 2 years beforehand. we had the money and i couldn't get the principal to meet with me for a 20 minute meeting. i meet with the principal and some parents and the chosen teachers one or 2 teachers and we will start a project. i had the money. they didn't have to come up with the money. i couldn't get the principal to meet with me. one of my murals was up in their school. i told the secretary said we am lose the opportunity. i got the teacher who sounded like this was dumped in my lap. can you work with 400

would be permanently perched on the brink of war and sadly it looks like his prediction has come true now that we're involved in two wars abroad costing billions of dollars and we discussed the seemingly untouchable defense branch of government was quarantined also julian assigned is putting wiki leaks back into the spotlight next with banker rudolf elmer has publicly handed over documents revealing individuals who are guilty of tax evasion we're going to have a live report from london and we'll go over the very public nature of this situation then in a rare interview with the washington post china's president hu jintao says of the currency system with the dollar leading it is a product of the past so is he setting the stage for china calling all the shots were going to be currency wars of blogger edward harrison and we'll ask the question that's on everyone's mind where are the republicans we are less than two years away from the next presidential election and nobody has stepped forward as the clear front runner for the conservative presidential vote through hell connell drop by and

sort of permanent supportive housing beds. also looking at transitional housing beds and emergency shelter beds and so i think the 2009 numbers on shelter beds were about 180,000 in terms of transitional housing beds, about 185,000 and in terms of permanent supportive housing beds around 215,000. >> there was an increase also, i believe -- there was an increase in permanent supportive housing beds of 11,000 between '08 and '09. >> given the variation that you found among states, did you look at what was working in a systemic way in the states where there was a decrease? i mean, you focus on the risk factors in the states where there was an increase but did you see in terms of states that spent more and allocated more of their budgets to this or what did you see that's consistent in those states whether there was a decrease? >> rights. and, you know, one of the things that's true is that these efforts tend to happen at very local levels. you know, one of the series that we have, of our publication series we have community snaps

then the banks are supposed to make it permanent, but homeowners say the banks aren't living up to their end of the bargain. >> reporter: kimberly brown was thrilled when citi bank agreed to help her audition for a loan modification on her home. >> i was excited. i had a lot of hope that it would work out. >> reporter: so did jim blanton of pittsburgh when his lender wells fargo let him try out for a loan mod. >> we're like all right, in three months now we're going to be okay. >> reporter: but even though both made their more manageable payments on time, their banks refused to make the deal permanent. >> you've been denied. >> now all of a sudden we're going, what are we going to do. >> reporter: attorney whitney houston says banks aren't playing by rules. she's suing chase on behalf of a hayward family and said chase is violating a part of the hamp program called trial period plan. >> it promised borrowers that if they made their payments on time for three months over this program, it would provide them with a permanent modification. >> reporter: but chase contends in its court papers

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before you is a resolution to approve a permanent access road easement in stanislaus county. this is required to access an existing pipeline for repairs and maintenance. the purchase price for the easement is $13,000. supervisor avalos: thank you. public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. motion to move forward with recommendations. item four. >> resolution authorizing the master lease of the hotel le nain at 730 eddy street for the department of public health. >> before do is a proposed 10- year lease between the city on behalf of the department of public health for direct access housing program to lease the hotel le nain. this would provide affordable housing to extremely low income residents. the monthly rent is 54,000 $744,000. annual, five under 66,009 $28. there was no increase at the time but when the lease goes in effect, they will be cpi. the landlord is responsible for retain an extraordinary means every year, limiting -- the city's obligation is limited to $5,000. the proposed lease has the recommendation of the budget analysts office. supervisor avalo

however democratic congresswoman barbara lee says she is appalled by the calls for permanent bases and it's time to bring american troops back home. >>> the u.s. navy will investigate the clearly inappropriate video shown on the closed circuit tv system of the uss enterprise. those videos in 2006 and 2007 include gay slurs. men and women pretending to shower together including lewd scenes and tv languages. it was made by the man that was the second in command. he's now the captain. >>> in its final hours in office, governor schwarzenegger commuted this prison sentence of a man convicted in the death of a college student. esteban nunez was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty for his involvement in the 2008

extended and it was important to us and to everyone that it be permanently extended. however much the superpowers played games about it. so tom grann who is the u.s. ambassador and at one time and active head of the arms control and disarmament agency decided that he would first like go to the capital of all the countries that were in any doubt whatsoever about siting and negotiating with their leaders. he spent the next two or three years on the road doing just that and was able by 1995 to have turned the tide and the treaty was permanently extended with however and rightly so, samore requirements in terms of nuclear powers meeting their part of the bargain. but it was, as you know, nuclear non-proliferation treaty wasn't anything that protected the world from having 25 for 30 or even 40 nuclear powers instead of denying that we have today. the comprehensive test ban treaty was another part of all of this and i won't say much more about it than that except that of course when it finally came up for ratification in the senate in 1999 the republican right has managed t

the city wants to shut down the club permanently.hey will get an injunction to paramedically close what city officials call the most dangerous dance club. according to our partner, the club's owner is confused and frustrated by the city in an attempt to damage his successful business. he says he abesides by all the rules and many accusations are false and just overblown. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you. 5:05 now. next tuesday the san bruno city council will decide how to distribute $400,000 in cash donations for the victims of september's deadly pipeline explosion. two city council members held a meeting last night hoping to generate ideas from the public. instead they got an earful from donors angry that none of the money has been handed out four months later. it's just been sitting in a bank account all this time. >> when i went down to give my donation i asked where this money was going to go. they said it was going directly to the fire victims. four months have gone by. they haven't received anything. i'd like to

it is a permanent end billable lasting impression on the country.xpected disasters like the cholera outbreak or hurricane tomas. we work closely with the government of haiti, the people on the ground, our sister society, the haitian red cross to get a sense for when it is right to start to a recovery efforts. we feel that it is time to start breaking ground and building permanent homes. >> one of the issues you have heard discussed to some much of the population has been concentrated. he made reference to new greenfield initiatives to disperse the population. you talked about building homes. you talked about infrastructure, water drainage, except trap. how do you go about creating an economy? >> your observation is exactly correct. porter presents before the earthquake had a population of two when the half million people. they say that it was a city built to accommodate 900,000. even before the earthquake struck it was over populated. when you look at the blueprints, the intern commission worked on to figure out long-term recovery, it include flatte

someone enter into a permanent modification. we only pay for as long as that modification continues. there's a built-in taxpayer protection element to this. your question about unit costs, very good question, sir. in fact, it's structured so it is a unit cost program here. we won't spend all the money i we don't enter into enough modifications. that money won't be spent for anything else. it wilgo back to repay the debt. that's number one. number two, as we said, the eligibility criteria here are another way to protect taxpayers. we only pay for people that we think are greatly in need. as to your overall question here on the mortgage crisis, obviously there's a lot of study of his, fcic released its report today, and i think it noted that there's blame to go around in a lot of places. we must remember, t.a.r.p. was just set upto provide the resources to stabilize the system. didn't change the regulatory structure. we now have dodd frank, which gives us new tools to regulate the financial industry so as to prevent this type of p

political theorists of the late 19th century including karl marx understood that in a system of permanent war and skillful mass propaganda you could get the masses to call for their own enslavement marx writes about war is touring the prussian war and he expresses the hope that prussia will win because the will make the german workers state closer to coming to fruition. and we have a essentially been emasculated ever since. so radical movements are a consciously destroyed and liberal movements engage in a kind of internal cannibalization where they pushout figures who have a moral conscience, who have some kind of economy, branding them as sympathetic economies. of course many of these people who were pushed out or not communists, although having lived in europe including italy there is nothing under our constitution that prohibits a communist party. i believe that we purport to support the free exchange of political thoughts and ideas, and the liberal class without that counterweight of radical movements to keep them honest began to disembowel themselves. now the liberal class serves an

going off and just to remind you that my guest in the studio today is highly as god so tiny iran's permanent ambassador to the international atomic energy agency. you know. you said that you rand is not going to develop a nuclear bomb a nuclear weapon and you said you have good reasons for that i mean not yours but the country can you explain because all i've heard so far is that. there may the facilities are for peaceful means but they may be theoretically used for military purposes now you're putting it differently please elaborate the founder of revolution late the man khomeini over twenty five years ago and in new york asians if elected the the horrible aspects of this is a clear whip and in fact in one of these statement called the people intellectuals writers and scientists to enlightened to people so that they can all prize about their nuclear weapon at that time off to a super bowl as and try to destroy this nuclear weapon and our prayer president right now the supreme leader has in many occasions also can see their discipline religiously forbidden and you know any can in fact the ma

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much you're actually saying just a reminder that my guest today was dr ali asghar soltanieh iran's permanentmbassador to the international atomic energy agency and that's it for now from all of us here if you're in tabular same spot right you can always drop me a line we will be back with more first time comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay an r.t. and take care thank you very much. in most guys. in hotels corsten want to know. toto keep a promise it is congress hotel east west never told center no but still she thought daniel of skye rohde cinesias sloviansk i poked insulter the historical hotels of escape culture in the city so it's in sky because most melanne. elegant up until somebody struck us the tropicana hotel. to. quote.

to be laid off who have been able to step up to the plate and the liver and are now employed on a permanent basis in -- and the liver and are now employed on a permanent basis and -- and deliver, under now employed on a regular basis. they now have the experience that is opening doors for them, so i want to say i see it every day when i a.m. working on my own job, and i want to thank you for that. >> that is why i do what i do. i am an old work force person, and we want to use this program to make a difference in people's lives, and i think we have, and i think it is unfortunate that the federal level congress did not see the benefit of things like this. i just got back from a national conference on this topic on friday, and a lot of states and cities did not taken vantage of this opportunity. for example, the state of illinois and the state of pennsylvania did not get started until june of 2010, so i do not think fit congress truly understood the potential positive impact of program of this type could have. >> i also worked with a lot of nonprofit organizations that were able to take the a

actual scene just a reminder that my guest today was the doctor i lead as god so tell me iran's permanent ambassador to the international atomic energy agency and that's it for now from all of us here if you don't have your sales problems you can always drop me a line we will be back with more first and comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay an r.t. and take care thank you very much. thank. you.

up to the agreement was signed in prague in april we sent our delegation to washington we have a permanent working group the u.s. senate the russian federation council permanent working group which works successfully for the last almost eighty years it's co-chaired by ben nelson democrat from nebraska and by myself on the russian side so we started our consultations long ago and we were let's say trying to remove all the speed bumps on the way. the ready for creation which could appear because the discussion was rather tough both in washington and in moscow and i think we did. a significant amount of work together showing that for us both on the capitol hill and here in moscow. the word that is a reset is not just a word we mean when we say the reset we need that reset unfortunately during the last twenty years we've failed to work out the positive bilateral agenda both scald war agenda in our bilateral relations it's time to correct the mistakes of the past it's time to use that opportunity or lose it what impact does the ratification of the treaty have on this we set off relations betwee

and will take over as interim police until a permanent replacement can be found. and the san francisco resident will not notice a change in service will he is in charge. >> my job is going to be able to take this department and continue to move off forward. with the chief as would put on the table as far as the initiatives for what he wants to push forward. my obligation is to continue to move a ford and to please condition the mayor, the chief of police, and also, and-her. and to do the best job that i can. >> with acting police chief until the police commission and interim mayor either promote him or name a permanent replacement. >> the site from the bay area, more! frost! this, cars, and on this wind shield. and jacqueline bennett? >> pamela, we are going to be some changes. and the bay bridge toll plaza with increasing cloud cover. with warmer overnight temperatures and our current temperatures are in the 40's and low 50s. and 50 degrees in hayward, and in hayward, san jose and 44 in livermore. and santa rosa, 48. and half moon bay. it is still going to become

i think i'd want to emphasize that permanent supportive housing is not only cost-effective-we talked about the cost of homelessness, and we know that supportive housing is a lot more cost-effective and a more humane solution. i think the other aspect of supportive housing is that it's also saving lives, that homelessness, and when you add on mental health and substance abuse issues, is, is a leading cause of death in this country, and we need to create permanent supportive housing not only to help people seek treatment and become in recovery, but often just to save their lives. absolutely. dr. milby? i think that those of us who are providing services and doing research on the homeless situation, i think we find ourselves with a gap in our knowledge. and one of the important gaps, i think, is just how best to provide intervention and services for people with serious mental illness who also are homeless and have a substance use disorder. and one approach is the one we use, the abstinent-contingent housing and intensive behavioral day treatment. another is housing first. and i think we

we are requesting retroactive approval for the permanent relocation of the kiosk. this is retroactive because the kiosk had to be relocated to accommodate the taylor street improvement project in august of 2010 and was relocated in september 2010 because it was an opportune time to take advantage of the sidewalk work with cost and relocation. that said, the contract requires that the port commission approve any location or relocation of a kiosk. i am here today to make sure that we understand this relocation was coordinated with dpw to make sure that it met with design guidelines attached to the contract. no comments were received when we sent a 30 day notification letter to the property owners and tenants within 130 feet of the relocation site. and the relocation site was presented to the fisherman's wharf waterfront advisory committee in september 2010 with no comments. the kiosk has been in place for roughly three months and no comments have been received. staff is here today for your determination. if you have any further questions, i am available. >> so moved.

i should say that i actually support this idea as an alternative to full-time permanent assuming it is done wisely and responsibly because the permits a line the needs of the public. i'm extremely concerned about a statement and a recent hand out by the taxi section. this sites the advise of the city attorney's office and they don't have to have a public hearing of the type that is required under the transportation code. you have to have a public hearing demonstrating the need for more tax 44 they can be put out. the apparent rationale is that sense the mta makes the rules, the mta can break the rules and make another rule. this is extremely disturbing to me both from the point of view of your ability to ignore your own rules and also from the standpoint of if you are going to make a decision like this, isn't it really necessary to have the kind of public participation that it would seem to require? to me, this points to a larger issue which is really that our tax regulation is built on a foundation of sand because there is no governing law here parent of you can set the rules as you l