>> they don't get to set those priorities. congress set those priorities for them.here is a certain class of people that are here unlawfully without documents and they should be deported. it's not the department of homeland security that gets to set those premises. >> so it's a combination of the two, congressman. so under 6 usc code section 202 subsection 5 the statute is very clear that the secretary of homeland security shall be responsible for the fooling subsection 5 quote establishing national immigration enforcement policies and priorities. >> but those priorities are in memos, not in statutes, isn't that correct? >> the statute says the department gets to decide what those priorities are. secondly, as any any administrative agency, any executive agency gets to decide based on resource is, based on policy priority, based on what is considered good public policy, they determine a kbi nag of it's the same way -- >> so if i run for president and i decide i don't like any epa regulations. i don't like the epa and i don't want to enforce regulations. can i decide

the congress has set those prioriti priorities. for them. they have said that there's a certain class of people that are here unlawfully and without document and they should be deported. it's not the department of homeland security that gets to set those premises. >> so it's a combination of the two, congressman. so under code section 202 subsection 5, the statute is very clear. the secretary of home labd security should be responsible for the following. establishing national immigration enforcement policies and priorities. >> but those priorities are in memos, not in statutes. isn't that correct? >> the statute says the department gets to decide what those priorities are, and. secondly, as any executive agency then gets to decide based on resources and policy priorities and what is r considered public policy. they determine a combination of it's the same -- >> so if if i run for president and i decide i don't like any epa regulations. i don't like the epa and i don't want to enforce the regulations. can i under discretion decide not to enfo

and the san francisco transportation plan is the formal mechanism for inputing san francisco priorities into the regional transportation plan and ses. so the 2013 update and the comprehensive update, included a broad out reach and a trade and sequence strategy, with several different city agencies to take into account, the different components including the climate and the air quality component and the land use component and the economic development components and the transportation, and in addition to that there was coalition building with the staff from the city of oakland and san jose and cal train and bart, a multiagency approach was taken to update the plan and emphasizing that we need to speak with one voice in san francisco to be most effective in this process. so, few of the attributes that make the sftp a strong kaor lacing and a planning mechanism, first one is long range system planning it is multty operator and model and network and it is performance based and that allows us both transparency and objectiveness in identifying the priorities for san francisco in terms are what

we looked at political priorities, goals, legislative objectives. the senior -- california senior legislature presented their top-ten for those bills, we have the legislature has until february 21st to submit bills. we're starting a brand-new -- as most of you know two-year state legislative session. so what i thought i do was to give you a very high-level what we're looking at and as we move through 2015 we'll have more details. this is kind of the overview at what we're looking at for 2015. so on the state level, three of the six major areas focused on adults and seniors. and those were in the area of health care reform and medical, aging and adult services and long-term care and i'm not going spend time on long-term care, because there is a report after mine. and self-sufficientcy for seniors and persons with disabilities. medical, concerned about funding with the affordable care act. numbers have grown, so we need to look at funding and making sure that the systems are updated and all of the support programs. a lot of them don't have legislation

, you know what he didn't choose as priority? he did not choose illegal immigrants. he did not choose immigrant community. he did not. we can complain all we want about differences of opinion. the issue comes now that we can do it. i'm in my last term and i don't like what congress has or has not done. and my question is this. i'm pondering this because i did sit through law school. i'm proud i did sit through law school, and i haven't met george washington either. but books and stories have told me about rule of law and it matters. the reason you are coming is rule of law. take immigration off of it. look the at balance of power. define for me policy change. >> policy change? >> yes. you use it quite regularly in your brief. >> sure. under again what the department of homeland security has done. has said in the past we are deporting parents of u.s. citizen children. >> as an executive order of policy change? or prosecutorial discretion? >> prosecutorial discretion. >> so you say to not do something is under prosecutorial discret

they would have something like a 4 to 1 ratio, because i'm sure they cite the center on budget priorities metropolitan the heritage townation. and by that med, it turns -- by that method, it turns out job lieberman is also citing the center on budget and policy priorities more. if they're about the same ratio, i would say the new york times' content sounds about like a joe lieberman speech. >> host: should news media content be at 50 according to your political quotient? >> guest: well, in some ways. i actually don't say that in the book. in some ways i say to be called "unbiased" by my method, i'll put it that way, by my definition unbiased means about 50. so i must say i think something like a c-span would be almost about 50 partly because a lot of your content is just speeches by members of congress, and representative speeches get a balance of speeches which, you know, i think c-span does. c-span would be exactly 50 or very near 50. so i would say, yes, if you want to be called unbiased by my measure, you'd want to be 50, but i think it's healthy to have a range of outlets, and so i t

put forward was that affordable housing was their top priority. so if the program name was changed to "public land for housing." i would actually say what the public spoke to was public land for affordable housing. specifically, i would talk to, like for example, for sites that are up to 200 units, i would definitely say those need to be prioritized for 100% affordable housing. those you slights like 1950 mission that have been in the pipeline, actually, that with the process at the hearings and the school board, we're happy those are already engaged. i would say a lot of site analysis has been done prior to this process having been started. what we have as far as the mission for meda's clients about 3.3% of our clients can only afford market rate rent. that means that 85% of our clients, they are already paying 50% or more of their income on rent. meaning it's very difficult for them to stay and remain in the neighborhood. 77% of our clients feel that they are under threat of eviction. that is very serious, because really what we have seen is sin

so the controller's office is putting a high priority on this, which is really great. we have wonderful people from the controller's office working with us. we've always had very good staff from the controller's office working with our councilmembers. so the chair of our financial and policy committee is knowle simmons and she is as you know, one of the deputies for the hsa agency. so she is the chair of that work group on behalf of the long-term care coordinating council. >> so maybe based on the study, you might want to develop some program to help them? >> yes. >> and you have to look for money? >> yes. everything is about money. >> that is correct. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other questions? thank you very much for your report. next is tacc. she is not here. >> she is in a meeting in sacramento. >> okay. she is not here, so "case report." anybody here representing case? >> i thought we had-- >> so no report? okay. now we're down to "public comment?" any comments from the public? please come forward. >> i'm director of golden gate senior services and we oper

and we are also looking for a pedestrian safety high priority locations, and the opportunities to coordinate with other agency efforts. and we first discussed the improvements in place or on the way, earlier this year, the sfmta colorized the bus lanes and now we are bright red and also this year, the sfmta has put in place the agreement to provide the transit signal priority, and on along the intersections of the corridor as well as the pedestrian equipment at some locations. and in 2015, we are expecting to see some rapid branding so that the improvements to the branding for the buses and this station. and along the corridor. and as well as the buses that we are expect to be coming and new or buses to replace the ones that are serving the corridor now, as well as the service adjustments to provide limited service. branding is really critical early on given what lessons that austin texas learned and hoi mexico city distinguishes from the rest of the fleet and i am glad that it is starting early. >> i will note that geary is what is considered the rapid network plus other lines, and now it i

and so it must first find the place in the local priorities and the match for the funds could come from a variety of sources including those valued capture mechanisms or i mean that the local transportation measure, for example, prop k, extension, and the other contributions like proceeds from the joint development of a site above the station, and may return to paul to talk about the other issues. >> north beach which is a point on phase two construction and that is where the tunnels will extend to pull the machines out without having them come out in the middle of columbus avenue and we will just keep the machines going and fortunately the environmental process has been stretched as far as it could and that was not feasible and the machines have been taken out and they do have a lease on the site through may of 2015, before any activity can go forward with construction of anything on that particular location. and we also have a right of first refusal if they are willing to sell but we have not any indication that that will be happening. and so what this shows here is if a station were

citizens lawful residents are low-level priority. however, he will continue enforcing the law based on the appropriations you have provided. so there's no ababdication of his authority. let's remember, only about four or five million people are estimated to benefit from this deferred action program and other changes. there are another 6-million plus individuals who will be subject to deportation and attention under the appropriations that the congress has allocated. >> thank you. mr. sekulow -- >> yes, sir. >> i cut you off earlier. we have a few moments. you want to reclaim your time? >> yes, sir, if i may. it's in response to my colleague. here is the problem, under the president's plan, what lawyer would recommend to their client who is an unlawful immigrant in the united states that even fit under this plan, what lawyer would recommend that their client register for this? knowing that to be constitutional olc said you have to have absolute discretion and that the president on his own can cut this program off at a moment's notice.

there is a difference between setting priorities, focusing more resources on those cases that seem more serious and setting enforcement free zones for millions of unlawful aliens. by boldly proclaiming that there will be no possibility of removal for millions of unlawful aliens, president obama eliminates entirely any deterrent effect our immigration laws have. al he states plainly that those laws can be ignored with impunity, such actions will encourage others to come here illegally, just like his action for childhood arrivals program encouraged tens of thousands of unaccompanied alien minors and families to make the dangerous trek to the united states. the president relies on a memo prepared by his justice department's office of legal counsel, to explain that those actions are constitutional. immigration's discretion in -- limits on enforcement discretion are both implicit in and fundingmental to the constitution reese allocation of governmental powers between the two governmental branches, the memo admits that the executive cannot under the guise of exercising enforcement discretion

of the general plan established by prop m as i spell out on page 2 of our supplemental brief the priority policies were specifically established to be the basis on which inconsistent in the general plan are to are resolved if the department finds itself in conflict with building new concussion it has to find in favor of preserving the existing housing this is what the policies are for and why they're there department and developer failed to address this issue at all they don't mention the priority policies not even referenced in either brief albert einstein said one can't simultaneously prevent and prepare for war it it doesn't take a genus to see that one standpoint simultaneously prevent the program and at the same time allow professional developers speculating in our residential neighborhoods to demolish sound affordable rent control units every don't guess the sound like affordable and rerld units is a direct attack on residents rights it's an attack on the integrity and an attack on the promise made by the establishment of that system the failure to enforce the policies is one of the

this reflect ours priorities. and this is our last chance to have those priorities reflected in an appropriations bill. one of our staff told me that for 2 1/2 weeks she hasn't seen her children before they had to go to bed and the reason is that she's been working night after night, fighting for our priorities to be included in this bill and she was successful, all of our staff -- all our staff was successful. could i have another 30 seconds? i'm just getting warmed up here. mrs. lowey: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: i i want to give a shout out to will and sholanda and all the people who made this a good bill on both sides of the aisle. this is why our government functions because they're willing to compromise. we're looking at it, we're willing to look at what's in the intest interests of our constituents, putting parking lot sanship aside. s that bill we should vote for this bill needs to pass. i thank the president for supporting this bill and i thank this body be

chairman in closing safety has also been a very personal priority for me since my earliest days. my father was a san francisco police officer killed in a line of duty when a driver ran a red light. through this profound event of my own life i share an individual personal stories of so many people who have been affected by preventable tragedy on our roadways. thank you again for your consideration of my nomination to serve as a mustard and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you doctor. mr. monje. >> thank you senator. chairman mccaskill, ranking member finn members of the committee i am humbled to appear before you today as president obama's nominee for secretary of transportation there would like to thank my wife for being with me and for her support and love prevail like to thank my friends and colleagues who are backing me me up and from it like to recognize my parents and my sisters who couldn't be here but taught me the value select my career. transportation is a particular meaning for me because my parents immigrated from united states. my dad accepted a job in the n

i think i say -- have economic priorities and national security priorities. it falls under the national security element. if you go back and, you know, read one of my speeches. i tell some of my colleagues -- lot if you go back, i met a of speeches about problems of extremism, terrorism -- about confronting it. i particularly remember a fifth anniversary of 9/11 -- in 2006 -- which i still very relevant today that this is a generational struggle. this needs to be confronted and defeated with everything -- every tool in the toolbox, from military intervention all the way to persuasion. and everything in between. more ttably, i'm spending time on it than i host: because the problem we face is still very, very serious. despite all the speeches -- and i read one of them from and the need to challenge extremist -- how close are we to the sydney style attack in our country? think we are -- the threat includes the itely starting, lf sometimes quite random attacks that could happen at any moment in britain. -- you know -- over the last few months, there have been a s

because the more you give priority to something, you're not giving priority to something else. and that has all sorts of consequences inside, not just the government, but the society. so i gave you my personal list of the top of my threat list. but it's bound to reflect, obviously, the things that we're currently preoccupied with. those would be at the top of the list. and i think they deserve it, because they're something we're having to >> at the top. >> >>. >> >> so those will be prom innocent. how much is that with classified priorities? remains to be seen. we've done this exercise before. i'm looking forward to it. >> thank you. >>> the gentleman with the glasses? and then i'll go to the back. >> rick, how do you factor into your judgments the stresses from demographic vulches and climate? >> yeah, they factor into all of our work all of the time. i think it's often said that demographics is destiny. and the more you look out, the more important they become. so i hope we do a good job. we certainly try hard. we have a strategic futures group. they do a lot of good work. al

interested in looking at how prop a and b will help us deliver on vision zero amongst the other priorities that sfmta the kind of thinking with the department with the passage of those two measures. >> that's a go question i think there are two parts to the answer one is that that broadens the base for projects close to half of the money is available under a prop a is going to go towards projects under the vision zero umbrella with the high network so obviously the most important russel's roles is to provide the source and we're committed to help with this vision zero strategy other important thing that the prop a does it gives us the ability to you know bring on specialized staff necessary to move across jurisdictions and agencies to do initiative things to work through the challenging jersey and on 19th avenue and howard street require a fairly broad set of resources skills so the staff initiative properly and, of course, for the funding as well so i'd like to move on to identifying some of the specific challenges to project delivery and some of the ways in which we are delivering so in

i do believe firmly that the priority here is to address this crisis that is devastating our american families and our economy, let's go forward and be those agents of hope. let's provide for a better tomorrow, let's show people that there is a compassion that a company -- that accompanies the effort here's in washington. with that, representative garamendi, thank you for bringing us together in an important discussion that needs to be followed up with resources and public policy and certainly prioritization that brings us to the threshold of responsiveness that is so needed and so deserved and so much correct. mr. garamendi: thank you very much, mr. tonko, for joining us tonight, and i thank my colleague mrs. fattah of pennsylvania and ms. speer of california on this important -- ms. speier of california on this important subject. mr. speaker, we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. garamendi: can i get another hour? mr. speaker, i move for adjournment. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn.

margaret asked what are the priorities. i think it's a critical question. this discussion around to hedge fund or not to hedge fund has given us an opportunity to come together as a board. i'm new at the board, being here a little over a year now and we have not even in our board retreat we have not had a solid conversation around what our priorities are. obviously our priorities are to honor this organization to ensure that we are earning money so that we can turnout for the members, but there are some real key questions that you have raised that have personally forced me to do the very intro -- and i just wanted to say thank you and it's inspiring to see so many people who have taken it upon themselves to study a very complex matter to develop personal time and energy and i'm sure you put your own resources into this into advocating your position. i like you have spent a lot of time educating myself if not hedge funds, then what. that's why i have studied this allocation proposed today and my crux to the members of the audience is that i appreciate you. c

we're helping to curb a really dangerous street actually reconfiguring the street so transit has priority one lane each direction meaning people have fewer lanes to cross when they are getting to transit i want to remind everyone that five of the 18 people who died this year died on van ness while walking and this is a really really important reiterating what he just mentioned it's really going to be critical that we install the largest build outs possible that we really make that crossing distance as short as possible and calm traffic as much as possible along that corridor we know this is a main arterial and speeds can be adjusted with signal timing and really focusing on making sure that speeds are not in excess of 25 miles 25 miles per hour the current speed limit and the roadway is designed to encourage drivers at 25 miles at 25 miles per hour which is not what the current conditions promote and thank you you have our support we want to see designs for build outs and we want to make sure that they are as large and safe as possible so thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> h

and there is no problem here, with respect to the priorities that you have, prioritis that we would agree to, i doubt that there will be a difference. >> i would be happy to do that. and i think that it is a good idea. and we as our group, have established that, and i don't think that you know what that is, and that will be good for you to know as well. >> and it is bailsed on the public expectations yeah. >> right. >> and that is good to know. i just i was not sure myself. but if we get that idea. >> just to add to that. and i think that i think that you make a good point that, and i appreciate the work that has gone into developing the deductive alternates in particular, and although when you look and this one is an example and it was a tiny franks of the cost that it actually saved us even if we were to accept all of them. and so, it didn't and i don't know if how that compared to the cngc estimates of what the value would be and it did not buy us much. and so i think that it, and it could be helpful to understand, what those trade offs are given that they don't buy us much and i don't

. >> there are smaller priorities than the subway moreno the whole transit system quickly and for less costs is better than draining the costs for a subway for instance, better projects transit perchal streets prop c of 2003 highest priority free shuttle bus loop systems the e e line and the downtown important need we are also concerned about the subways quack an land values high cost of raems the driving up of rent, costs of property chinatown is already seen that at the subway station north yet to be built washington street merchant are logging 50 to 70 percent of revenue the upper blocks uphill from the chinatown station are logging population radically and seeing psychosis e sro's in chinatown being pressured for the justification central subways phase one has already cut service drawing not only in north beach the line was also o lost and the 41 and the t and 12 are no longer extended to the wafer we started to lose the connection at fisherman's wharf when it was built now the merchant are wanting more i don't think so and the fta report to offset the operating costs per year and

>> originally when that legislation was drafted in july it did not include making cleanpowersf a priority customer of that power, and thankfully advocates approached supervisor wiener's aid and they graciously included an amendment that makes it clear that yes cleanpowersf is in the queue by that power and that is very important. even if cleanpowersf buys that power at full retail rate there are benefits from that because it helps -- we were discussing the wind power, solar power doesn't happen to be working and you have hydro power there as well in the mix and balances the resources out and help lower load curves on peak load and save money on the whole system as a whole so i want to tip you off that is what is in what passed on tuesday and that's important. thanks. >> thank you. any other member ever the public to comment? seeing no member come forward we will close public comment and we can go on to the next item. >> you have a motion on the floor i believe. >> i'm sorry. we have a motion on the floor. can we take that colleagues without objection? okay. very good. do you want to resta

we have to put the syrian people as a priority.ow, we need whatever we are doing -- we need to put them is a priority one. there is a tragedy that is happening. nobody is saying anything about the death of the syrian people. >> thank you. >> i think mr. assad, if there were a no-fly zone set up, i think you would not be too happy. i think if you look at it from , theosition, two years ago u.s. really wasn't doing much of anything. then there was a covert program training rebels. then missiles of started coming in. now this covert program training rebels. now this u.s. combat air operation over syria. then, if you put it on the ph, you aren a gra seeing steadily increasing american involvement in syria. in the united states has said a saudi must go. -- assad must go. be extremelyuld rattled by that option that you discussed. >> thank you. behink a no-fly zone would kens can underlined -- underlined, will be backing up what the united states says officially that they want to see assad go. beo-fly zone would obviously attacked, most l

this reflect ours priorities.nd this is our last chance to have those priorities reflected in an appropriations bill. one of our staff told me that for 2 1/2 weeks she hasn't seen her children before they had to go to bed and the reason is that she's been working night after night, fighting for our priorities to be included in this bill and she was successful, all of our staff -- all our staff was successful. could i have another 30 seconds? i'm just getting warmed up here. mrs. lowey: 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: i i want to give a shout out to will and sholanda and all the people who made this a good bill on both sides of the aisle. this is why our government functions because they're willing to compromise. we're looking at it, we're willing to look at what's in the intest interests of our constituents, putting parking lot sanship aside. s that bill we should vote for this bill needs to pass. i thank the president for supporting this bill and i thank this body beca

, passengers of the flight 8501 all 162 people are the airline's top priority.are expecting to hear again, from him in just about an hour and a half. we'll bring that to you, of course here on cnn, as soon as we can. let's talk more about this because this is really the most important thing. the human factor. these 162 people for their loved ones it is an agonizing wait for answers. they've gathered across the region including in indonesia where the plane took off. let's go straight to our nick valencia he has the latest for the passengers on board, and we'll talk to daniel rose, the attorney representing families affected by aviation disasters. clinical psychologist jeff gardere joins me as well. nick you've been following this all day. what's the airline doing to keep the families abreast of what's going on? >> they established a hotline for the families a 24-hour hotline. we spoke earlier to the man operating the hotline. he said they've been busy. let's get to the numbers of the plane, giving meaning to those numbers. 162 people on this flight. qz8501. here

does that make it a higher priority for you? it's definitely in the areas of civil rights and voting rights, that is an area we will be very involved in in the upcoming term. definitely how our communities are policed and how we interact together as a society are questions that we cannot continue to ignore. i think there is this critical and we need to look closely at these issues and figure out a solution that our communities are not torn apart by violence, and they are not torn apart and segregated. pushes forhe chc diversity in presidential appointments. what do you want to push on that? >> definitely, i mean, we are pushing to try to make sure that the fortune 500 companies in this country and the government looks like the america of this day. if you look at congress, for example, women make up more than half of the population. we are about 17% or 18% of elected representatives. hispanics are the fastest-growing ethnic group in this country, but we are underrepresented in congress. those continue to be issues we care about.

>> i agree with you that preserving neighborhoods is a very high priority. we helped advance this priority with the passage of the housing trust fund when we included funding for low and income residents remain in their homes. and last we worked hard at the state level. as you pointed out in your question, neighborhoods are about more than just housing. vibrant neighborhoods have active streets, busy local shops, parks, schools, libraries, filled with families. the the city as a whole and neighborhoods in particular are not well served if we're building homes that will be left vacant. as far as a tax we need to do some legal research into what we can and cannot do. as you know, supervisor, california's team makes this a tricky legal question. in principal i can tell you i believe in minimizing absenteeism for new construction. we want residents of our city to be connected to the neighborhoods in which they live. if people are buying housing and not living in them then we have a problem. supervisor, we also have a problem with what i understand to be thousand