currently actually, swords to plowshares, they have their own lunch program that we don't oversee, we don't, you know, but the program finds that these veterans really had a need for additional service so they are partnering with project open hand to be able to provide a dinner meal for these seniors. >> i'm a veteran and i was stationed out at presidio so that's why i was looking for it. >> oh, okay. >> okay, thank you. is there any questions? hearing none i will call for the vote. all in favor? opposes? ayes have it and so the motion is carried. h, requesting authorization to modify the grant agreement with russian american community services for the provision of nutrition services for seniors at congregate meal sites during the period of july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2016 in the additional amount of $19,816 feir a revised total grant amount not to exceed $607,585. could i have a motion to discuss? >> moved. >> second. >> you are on. >> for the russian american community services the total increase of $19,816 for the two fiscal years is to enable them to actually accommodate and ser

it's not the swords to plows. >> it is swords to plowshares, it's identified as such. >> where is that on the presidio. >> on the list? oh, the address. >> yes. >>

it seems that beating swords into plowshares can produce very dangerous implements. >> yes that is correctbelieve this is a very serious issue. the framers of the constitution -- well, the authors of the fourth amendment, some of whom were framers. the authors of the fourth amendment which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, we see that is relating to evidence of crime. if you have a lot of order the police are always wondering do we need a search warrant, so we associate the fourth amendment with ordinary criminal actions, but the founders did not. to the framers the purpose of the fourth amendment was protection against royal troops entering a house and see the papers that could then be used as a basis for eight charge of libel, which was a very common charge that was used. so, the framers wrote the fourth amendment to guard against the intrusion and seizure of the papers. not to guard against you know the seas of evidence in criminal cases. the meaning of the fourth amendment has been lost and today we have a state of affairs in which we have reversed what should be true in a

it is the classic swords to plowshares moment.e are taking what is formerly military technology and putting it in the hands of consumers with the hope that the positive uses will drown out the old military uses. the amazon video was the first time people thought of them in a nonmilitary context. >> how likely is it that they will deliver amazon packages? >> it is some ways off. >> how long? >> a decade. but delivering to the center, where you could pick up the package. rural areas would be easy as well. warehouse to warehouse, we can do that today. once you get delivering to an arbitrary front doorstep, that is a little hard. as the instantaneous gratification movement takes off, we could start to get the next generation of mailboxes where certain homes end up with well-defined machine-readable delivery boxes. >> you are saying this is going to happen. this will happen. maybe it is a decade out but it will happen. >> it is happening now in limited ways. dhl has an experiment in germany where they are delivering pharmaceuticals to

they are starting a new, providing a new service at the presidio and this is operated by swords to plowshares and it is serving veterans. also

sometimes those get beaten into flow shares, and that's -- plowshares, and that's technological progress. so much of the modern world results from military ideas. take, for example, planning. the profession of planning is a military profession. armies planned. engineering. do you know that an engineer was someone who built weapons and fortifications? today we have civil engineers who distinguish themselves from their militaristic brethren. in fact, the joke in the engineering profession is that civil engineers build the targets, other engineers knock them down. the field of engineering is a military field. bureaucracy. bureaucracy, for better or worse, arose from military organization. our world is a world built by war. >> host: what did we learn from our civil war technologically? >> guest: well, from the civil war we learned a lot about supply logistics that are used and the distribution of food and material throughout world today. we learned a lot about metallurgy. we learned a lot about chemistry, all of which was developed for military purposes but then became part of our civilian s

reporter: we showed our video to a vietnam veteran who has been running the nonprofit swords to plowshares 40 years. >> they have the flag and symbols and take advantage of the sea of goodwill. it hurts a group like swords doing legitimate work. it makes people feel like everybody is ripping them off so they can't support anybody. >> reporter: people are skeptical, they see your guys out there. how can you guarantee that their money is going to a legitimate cause? what evidence do you have? >> what evidence do i have? um, um, really don't have any evidence. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> hancock later told us the state made a mistake. he said he has filed and he produced a document. but we checked with the state and they say they never got it. >>> san jose's mayor had to scramble to do some major damage control today. he was being blamed for canceling a high school dance. only on "5" our len ramirez on how he wound up making the students very happy. >> thank you! >> thank you, sam liccardo! >> reporter: the independence high school cheer squad gave a shoutout to the san jose mayor for s

it seems that beating swords into plowshares can produce very dangerous implements. just code that was very well put a thought. yes, that is right. i thought this was a very serious issue facing us today. you know the framers of the cause to to shun, the authors of the first amendment, some of whom were framers. which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. we see that as relating to evidence of crime. if you watch law and order the police are always wondering, doing a search warrant. can we pretend. so we associate the fourth amendment with criminal actions. but the framers did not. the purpose of the amendment was protection against royal troops entering a house and seizing papers that could then be used as the basis for a charge of seditious libel, which was a very common charge used against its enemies. so the framers wrote the fourth amendment to guard against the intrusion and seizure papers. not to guard against misuse of evidence in criminal cases. so the fourth amendment has been lost in today we have a state of affairs in which we have reversed the de

let me thank the atlantic council and the plowshares fund for the generous support. we have been going on for four years and i must say that the news keeps getting better. some positive indications about the nuclear talks. but we are here to talk about the people to people aspects of the u.s. iran relationship which are maybe more important in some ways than the technicalities of how many centrifuges iran is allowed to have your want more interaction between the peoples of iran and the united states. i coordinate the iran task force here at the atlantic council. im delighted to have a speaker with us today, someone who has been involved with a run for many years to someone who has also just had their first visit there. a former first term congressman from the second district of kansas, during his tenure he was a member of the house energy and commerce committee, which has broad jurisdiction over health care, energy, and environmental issues. he also served on the veterans affairs committee. he is currently a law firm partner and he advises clients who has matters pen

it seems that beating swords into plowshares can produce very dangerous implements. >> guest: that was very well put, i thought. yes, that's right. and i believe that this is a very serious issue that's facing us today. you know, the framers of the constitution -- the authors of the fourth amendment some of whom were framers, the authors of the fourth amendment which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, we see that as relating to evidence of crime you know? if you watch "law and order," the police are always wondering do we need a search warrant, can we pretend? so we associate the fourth amendment with ordinary criminal alaskas. but the framers did not -- actions. to the framers, the purpose of the fourth amendment was protection against royal troops entering a house and seizing papers that could then be used as a basis for a charge of seditious libel. which was a very common charge that the crown used against its enemies. so the framers wrote the fourth amendment to guard against the intrusion and seizure of papers. not to guard against, you know, misuse of evidence in crimi