. >> a the thing that peter albert was doing. >> did we hear that. >> yeah. if there's any you kind of update. >> okay. >> commissioner wu. >> thanks yesterday the mayor issued a mayoral drive about the direction of affordable housing. i think at some point the staff will tell us how that will be implemented within the planning department >> commissioner moore. >> another bright light we all get an e-mail and this is i'm not sure i'm pronouncing this credible but opening up trains bay housing and we have especially building under the example of what we want to do. you should click through the pictures and i was happy to get that news this morning >> commissioners if there's nothing further we can powerful on to item 11 planning commission rules and regulations. commissioners you first heard this 20 two weeks ago on december 5th with proposed amendments distributed to you at that time. you reviewed those and provided our comments back to me. i've tried to incorporate those into the proposed amendments that were forwarded to you last week. i want to make note t

peter. i want to start by thanking democracy journal and albert ventura who is here representing them for having believed me six months ago when they thought this subject would thrill -- fill a room. just to recognize the amount of work we have done on what it means -- without the work you have done, peter, it would be harder to have any conversation about the subject. why would you all come here? have ald we conversation today talking about this law? the president will make an anticipated statement about surveillance reform. we haven't talked so much about this issue. the three of us were thinking we can't remember a panel on the subject having been held in at least six months. why are you here? why does this matter? what you have to know some thing about these acronyms? give,swer that i want to and that our panel incarnates, is from a legal and policy perspective, the fact that we whatever we are doing this defines the parameters and the shape for what is happening in our policy and our life. the nsa surveillance controversy has been traced by the previous administration and not repeated repud

peter. i want to start by thanking democracy journal and albert here representing them for having believe me when i told them six months ago this incredibly subject would fail room, drive folks to the magazine and would be interesting and important. and also to recognize the amount of work new america has done on what it is that is being done in our name under the aumf. peter was out in the work you have done. it would be harder to have any conversation about the subject at all. why would you all come here? why would we have a conversation today talking about this obscure am anymore. the president is going much-anticipated statement about it. which is a hot topic in counterterrorism, and associated activities. we haven't talked so much about this issue. indeed the three of us were just thinking we can't remember a panel on this subject having being held in at least six months. why are you here? why can tuesday matter. why is it a set of acronyms we have know something about? the answer i want to give to that, and the answer that the rest of our panel really incarnates is both from a legal pe

peter. and i want to start by thanking democracy journal and albert ventura who's here representing for having believed me when i told them this arcane subject would be interesting and important. and also just to recognize the amount of work new america has done on what it is that's being done in our name under the aumf. and really, peter, without the work you and your colleaguings have done, it would be much, much harder to have any conversation about this subject at all. so why would you all come here, and why would we have a conversation today talking about this obscure, acronymed law? after all, this week the president is going to make a much-anticipated statement about surveillance reform which has been the hot topic in counterterrorism and associated activities. we haven't talked so much about this issue. and, indeed, the three of us were just thinking we can't remember a panel on this subject having been held in at least six months. so why are you here, why does this matter, why is this a set of acronyms that we have to know something about? the answer i want to give to that and the ans