of the federal criminal records system, which is considered the cadillac of the record systems out there. it is an accumulation of all the state records, and then you have private screening firms -- big corporations that are making a lot of money on criminal background checks, credit checks, and all that. in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening firms cannot report of arrests -- or they are not supposed to -- and i cannot report convictions going back more than seven years. federal law does not even close, not nearly as good. that is consumer protection law. then, applicants are entitled not to report arrest on an application, so we are very familiar with lots of good laws on the books that are never enforced. the real challenge is to get about enforcing these laws. i do not know if you want to talk about it -- >> tell us about what is next. how can we be successful in taking -- you mentioned there are some good laws on the books. do we -- do they go far enough? how can we take it further? how can we essentially this reform? this seems to

i lost this job because of my record. we can work to try to figure this out. >> city departments and courts routinely calls up the names of those arrested on the internet. what can be done to protect people from this kind of dissemination? >> i think that we are fortunate in this county where they put all court records on the internet. i has been in heated discussions. there are competing first amendment issues. i don't know what the solution is that i know that there are two competing concerns. >> how many of his people -- of the people in this room have ever check their own criminal record? we have projections for your medical records why are people checking each other hoout? why is this even available. the next thing will be your medical records. they will put your grades out there. can you imagine? >> i think that this is a first amendment issue for the most part there are decisions out here to deal with this. this is public information. when it goes from the courthouse, that is where it is out of control. we're suppo

you all broke the record. we hold the record.atest film "middle men" opens in theatres august 6th. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome luke wilson! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: nice to see you, buddy. >> how's it going? it's kind of a tough act to follow with all the records. having to go on after james brown. anything else is a bit of a let down. >> jimmy: i can throw cheerios at your face if you want. we had a similar late night experience. we both took over for david letterman when he was sick, remember? >> as host. i do remember that. >> jimmy: what do you think? what were your feelings about that? >> incredibly nerve racking. it was one of those things where they asked, and i was like, "this is unbelievable," and told all my friends. as the days got closer, i was like, "luke, what are you doing? why would you ever agree to that?" just 'cause it's like -- i think i have a tough enough time for being out there for 4 1/2 minutes, and i'm going to host the show for an hour. i go to new york, and i hadn't ta

looking for land records and looking for records of the fraydues. and the concept was that there were black fraydues and white fraydues. there was not going to be an acceptance of me setting out to prove that they were commingleded. even though everyone knew they were. very southern thing. as i went into the 70's, people started to begrudgingingly give me the records. the 80's, it was just, you know, sort of the fine, fine. fine. as i went to the 90's it was easier. after oprah, that was a whole different, people were chasing we down the street. i have a record i think you might be interested in. it was almost to that point. it wasn't really wasn't only that the people that were managing those records in libraries or courthouses had changed some were the same people. so interesting to me. it was fascinating to see that not only the times had changed but some of the people themselves had changed. >> no longer acceptable. >> no longer unacceptable. >> yeah. >> yes. >> one of the records you found in which you reprinted in the book is an 1850 bill of s

around the age of 10 i just fell in love with record collecting and listening to really old 1950's recordsis would have been around 1960 or 1961. it took me a few years of just being an after i had record fan. i think when the beatles came on the ed sullivan show for the first time, millions of garage bands came from that, and i was one of those guys that got a guitar and learned to play, and it was just like being addicted to it. i had to do it, and it became my whole life, and still is pretty much. i didn't ever have a choice. i was just taken over by it. i was infatuated by music, and that is what i wanted to do. didn't know if i would be any good at it or not, and probably wasn't when i started. but you work and work. people say how do you make yourself work so hard. it doesn't really seem like work when you're doing it because you're so caught up in what you are doing. i have been very fortunate. >> after all these years, do you have any idea of what it is that -- about your style or about your substance that has connected with your audience that has created such a loyal fan base for

i said that she was making the recording.t her end for whatever purpose she was gathering evidence. >> larry: what other purpose would it be? >> i think she was being coached. she had help. >> if she was feeling threatened and wanted to gather evidence to take to the police to show that that was going on, i don't know that that was setting up. but, i don't know what her mind set was. >> larry: do you, are you saying, paul, it was not a doctored tape? we aren't listening to something that was, some body fooled around with it. >> based upon my examination, again, we are dealing with copies that were downloaded, it's laughable as far as evidence goes. but i do not see any evidence of specific points that would really come out to me and say this is a real problem. the voices are two different levels, two different qualities, and his voice has distortion consistent with coming out of a 1 inch speaker of a speaker phone. and the context seems to be continuous as well. what we do have are -- segments. >> hold on a second. let me say

the custodian of record planning is brian smith. he is the custodian of records. he is supposed to have all the documents. after the sunshine ordinance determination that the compliance hearing, he went outside the room. he said, "we will not give you what you need." i said, it is not what i need. it is what i requested. he said three times, "we will not give you what you need." after all the hearings, they said they had given me everything. that is an independent body. president peterson: can you tell me specifically what you are seeking? >> first, the e-mails from the architect and also the architect plans. there are five specific documents the have not provided. the building department did not provide anything. commissioner hwang: what are the five documents? is that in your brief? >> i have given that to you. the order of determination. commissioner hwang: it is in the -- commissioner garcia: it is dated july 8. >> they have to specific plans -- two specific plans. and i believe they have more photos. they were submitted on behalf of the permit holder. there w

welch: i rise to request permission to put in the record that on h.r. 433, i mistakenly recorded my vote as a no, i meant to record my vote as a yes, i'd like to appear in the record that my intention was to vote yes on the mcgovern-obey amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's statement will appear in the record. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2009 and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. critz of pennsylvania. the gentleman is recognized. mr. critz: i rise today to recognize this july 4 as the 234th anniversary of our great country and the 50th anniversary the stars and stripes that fly above our capitol and across the nation today. on july 4, 1960, the red,

owners of record. you submit them to our office along with a recording fee and tax certificate. only after we have auflt items will we review the millars, tax certificate, cfco, mylars recording fee. it's complete it will be passed to the county surveyor for recordation. once the map's records you record your ccnr's you work with your title company or attorney to sort of monitor when that map has recorded. and that's pretty much the process for residential conversion. i do want to ask if there is anybody here for a commercial conversion, straight commercial no residential units. no. all of the applications are on your website sfdpw. org? the link called forms. thank you. >> thank you, cheryl. and so to continue with this presentation john cooniowill take you through the next process. thanks. >> yeah, my name is john coonioa building inspector for dbi responsible for the condo conversion process. you submit the application and go to 1615 mission room 312 c or file and we will mail them to you. or we can

and i had a little old tape recorder. we used to have a wire tape recorder. wire on it, you know? and i went back, and i said, "i'm gonna make me a tape dub." then the lady across the street sold me a webco disc cutter, used to make 78s. and i didn't have no money, so i took another record that i had found in the alley and went and bought me some lacquer, paint lacquer, you know. and i laid it down flat, and i took the can and poured it on it, and then it dried. and i went, i said,, "wow, i'm gonna see if this will handle-- if i can cut a record on this stuff." it looked like the same stuff. so i hooked it up. sure enough, that needle cut in that lacquer, and i played it. and i took it to chess records. remind me now, i ain't got no money. i didn't have nothing. and back then, if a kid had a nickel, you was rich. you know, you could buy penny bags of candy all day. you know, penny bags, big old bags, you know. and i made this, and leonard chess looked at me, and he says, "hey, i believe you got something here." and they told me, they said, "let's hear the rea

the owner of record is karen. action requested this be abatement be ordered and the cost assessment fee be waived. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a senior housing inspector. let me give you the time line of the case. this is a single-family property. basically, our division responded to a complaint in august 2002, an anonymous complaint that a deck had been built without the proper planning department approvals. inspections confirmed this in 2002, and a check on the permit history, the inspector notice of violation of earlier in the year, notifying the owner to get the proper permits. on october 4, 2004, the housing inspector realized that no building permits had ever been issued. he issued a final warning letter. on april 15, 2005, the owner filed for the building permit, legalizing his death. -- deck. on september 3, 2009, the building permit expired without any inspections. our division, we had a new division director assigned. from research, he discovered that the permit has expired and issued another fi

we started out by scanning the records of the existing records in the cemetery to get them into an automated system and at the same time try to develop the interment scheduling system which was the biggest driving factor for us at the time, trying to automate the daily burials we were doing so we would make no mistake whose we were burying that day as far as military honor, grave site location and get away from the paper and pencil issue, but as we got into that particular system, our staff continued to ask for more and more upgrades to that system, we were successful and able to automate or upgrade it one time, we were in the process of automating a second time and in making it a more complex system, robust system that was internet based and that we could send the information out to all government agency, the military, the chaplin's office and such who needed this and we were in that process, if i could use the baseballablesy ji, i believe we were on third base ready to come home and finish the system when all of the inspections and the allegation were made and it stopped the finishing that

they recorded a single which top several european charts recorded a soundtrack for a popular movie moulin rouge featuring elton john. david bowie to mention a few two years ago he recorded and then the famous british soprano song bright now a listener is busy performing at concerts in russia for several months already today he's in spotlight to tell what inspires him in this country so much he just cannot stop seeing. how alexandro fellow very much very much for being for being with. you to invite me here well first of all i'm not asking you what's your favorite food. my favorite. what about what about italian football on the world cup and. what happened. i think it was everything about. maybe the guys was that almost the same. ones that work out for you. know you have to change. to be competitive every every four years you know maybe they should have taken more plays from c.n.n. . some says my son is a fan of juventus and he says they should have taken more people from japan. was very bad. everything is changing so maybe italian team has to change their story new with the younger yeah go

their recorded a single which top several european charts recorded a soundtrack for a popular movie moulin rouge featuring elton john and david bowie to mention a few two years ago he recorded a. famous british soprano song brightman now a listener is busy performing at concerts in russia for several months already today here to tell what inspires him in this country so much he just cannot stop seeing. how fellow very much very much for being for being with us. here well first of all i'm not asking you what's your favorite food. every. day and. what about what about italian football on the world cup. was there anything about. maybe the guys. almost the same. workout for you. all you have to change. to be every four years maybe they should have taken more plays from c.n.n. . is the fan. dentists and he says they should have taken more people from. busier was very bad and. everything is changing in their life so maybe italian team has to change their to renew with the younger yeah good food but but there anyway we wish you good luck which. is not. good football but not shows as good as you k

they don't sell gas there and but it's there and according to the records and we have all these old records. let's see where do we go? and this one -- >> and that's the best one. >> okay. this is down at howard field. what's up dog? >> used to be on pacific and they wanted to tear it down and everyone went up in arms and they cut off the bottom and dragged it underneath the freeway and abandoned it -- >> temporary storage. >> and now it's a hot dog stand. >> and down there is a wonderful black smith building and one of the things i like about this building it has elevated roof on the section behind and ventilate and no chimneys. >> right next to it isn't there a copper smith building? >> up the block. >> fo fol sum. >> this is in fact a san francisco landmark and 1911 and as a black smith shop and so many change. a rarity. tools, manufacturers, general black smith. still used as a black smith shop. one of my favorite buildings in north beach area is the sheet metal shop and the shop -- this entire building, facade is made of sheet metal. as we get closur closer you cane somebody tail piping

record high temperature, we also record record high use of our power system, which means we also have record high numbers of outages and we have record high hours of overtime being worked by our employees and we have many other impacts that are felt greatly by the citizens and by the rate payers. our city also receives a very large quantity of water and certainly our best quality of water from pristine area in the eastern sierra known as the owens valley and that's what feeds our aqua duct. we have been seeing summer runoff over the last 70 years showing a decreasing trend during the peak flow months which means although there are ups and downs in terms of the water supply, that during the times of highest need, the water yield is at its lowest, and going down. and this finding is consistent with what we've seen from the california department of water resources for the sacramento river and the san joaquin water heads as well. so we are certainly not alone in this regard. we are seeing of course the decline in the snow pack which others are going to talk about much more later today, bu

so we have to ask ourselves -- is criminal record reform an urgent priority for california? if so, what is being done? and how can we go further? let's hear what our distinguished panel has to say. our first panelist is dr. steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are having this session, if you have questions, feel free to write them down, and the ushers will get them some you. at the end of the discussion, we will have a question and answer session. dr. richards, it is my understanding you

because the record is very clear. the case has not been made that had many months to make, you know, a case that is simply not there. even when they bring members of the police department, those very members do not agree with their analysis and their assessment. but i think in the end voters will see lack of preparation for what it is, which is there is no there, there. supervisor alioto-pier? >> thank you, supervisor cam post. we're obviously in disagreement in this issue. that will come as a great shock. but what i do want to say is that i did sit through those hearings. and i disagree that a case hasn't been made. i think that a case has been made. and when the question about whether or not the police force currently has jurisdiction and that this law is sue perveluss, i think that what we need to explain here is the way that the current law works is that in order for the police to ask people to move along, they need to have somebody file a complaint. so you have to have someone call. you have to have someone file

. >> some of it looks at tree rings or hydraulic records. there's pretty scary stories inside the trees. who wants to take it? >> i think we've done a pretty substantial job with diversifying it in mind. theirwnpst, low moted in bay area if there's a drought on the bay area there's something with reflect to security issue asked. almost everything,maurine, i got resentment issues with him with rain and watershed. this is not looking down the road if you think about what we're saying which is you look at 40 years but today is what's going to tap right in front of us so 76, 77 scenario is probably in everybody's planning. the state require as submitle every five or six years how your making your investments and planning for it. it's not look long and plan today. >> i think we're more concerned about drought scenarios than year to year water supply. we have had tree rings and decade shifts in with tear shifts and so the australians have done a lot of work with the back to back droughts and they are now experiencing them so we're working with the

without objection, they will all be made part of the record. good morning. we need to consider current performance in future plans of the united states securities and exchange commission. when taking over the agency 80 months ago, mary schapiro of face considerable challenges, perhaps the greater than restoring the reputation in the wake of the collapse of sizable investment banks and the revelation of $65 billion and bernie madoff fraud. this ponzi scheme made it clear that the commissions examination, oversight, and enforcement programs had serious weaknesses when required substantial reforms. during her tenure, at she has pursued an ambitious goal of restoring market confidence. she'll shake it up the commission senior was she has already accomplished much to. also faces many more hurdles. today congress will carry out its oversight mandate by closely examining what the commission has already done to better protect investors. and maintain a fair, orderly, and markets. this is a first admit that i intend to hold. under the reform law, the commission will w

if i interrupt, we can puthe rest in the record. whatever we have, we will put in the record. weould like to keep it to five minutes. your full statement, any parts you hen't finished will be put in the record. senator, like wise will have five minutes to as questions in the panel along with ranking member sessions, i'm welcome -- happy to welcome aba witnesses dr. charmaine yost, david kopple and william olson. now i would ask you all to stand and be sworn so we may begin. please raise your right hand. do you affirm the testimony you're about to give with the committee will be e truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help yogod? >> i do. >> thank you. >> tms. askew and chaota will address ms. kagan's ability to serve on the supreme court. >> thank you. mr. chair, ranking member sessions, we're honored to appear here today to explain the aba standing committee on the federal judiciary's evaluation of the professional qualifications of solicitor general elena kagan. the standing committee gave general kagan its highest rating and uanimously found that she is well q

leader or gay lorenzo recording the fastest lap in practice ahead of the u.s. grand prix making up a gap of some one hundred two points will certainly be no easy feat for the two thousand and seven champion piece truly in the winter find his tough no nonsense fashion stateside stoner who said a lot record on this circuit back in two thousand and eight could well be on the way to first place in twenty five points on sunday it's even teens this form of the mound that beats me showed me he's not resting on his laurels a second box this time to time defending champion valentino rossi almost a full second off the lead though the italian seemingly vollard with pain as he continues recovery from a broken leg. ok let's take to the canvas now where one of the fastest growing sports in russian mixed martial arts won a few more funds in moscow this week the m one finals bringing together a plethora of the top and coming stars from all across europe richard on port fleet watch the explosive action on fold. thank the confines of competing moscow provided been the perfect ch

fun to challenge the record. i enjoyed myself. >> i hope the record will help attract the world's attention to gaza. >>> since the haitian earthquake six months ago, japanese volunteer groups have played a central role in providing medical aid. a leader of a major medical team there a powerful earthquake on january 12 left port-au-prince in shambles. the quake killed 220,000 people and affected more than 2 million others. with us in the studio is a man from haiti. thank you very much for joining us today. now, six months have passed sints t since the earthquake in haiti. please tell me what it is like there today. >> well, unfortunately, the recovery activities have not occurred very much. port-au-prince, the capital of haiti, you can easily found that there are still buildings destroyed and only garbage on the streets. people started their business already. therefore, people are moving, transportation also moving and rush hour is there. it looks like the work has already started but the scenery is still the same

. >> i agree it sounds like a record idea. -- like a good idea. i am wondering about the legality of imposing this. commissioner allan: a couple of questions. for the manager of the club, you indicate you were brought on in october of 2009 to assist the venue and booking the even. did your responsibilities include security as well as our staff? -- ba staffr? >> my main concern was security. i try to get security with previous experience working in clubs, so that is the number one focus. >> the law does require it. leading up to this question, according to the san francisco police department information we have received in our briefing package, from the time you took control of the van near -- of the venue to this current time, they have launched a serious incidences' at this location including shots fired, threats involving weapons, assault and shooting. all those happen while you were on watch, so i would like to know what your immediate response was to that, and secondly, if you could explain to me how this serious incidences' could happen under