we took it into account, and i took it into account in his rating, and i spoke to the other regional commissions about conferences. i took other actions at that time given what we knew about what had happened to the conference particularly with respect to him. >> thank you, mr. peck. before we do in consulting -- we're three minutes over. in consulting with democrats in a bipartisan fashion, we have made the determination that ms. daniels, after receiving transcript over the last 48 hours. it is in our judgment on a bipartisan level that we will excuse you at this time. i would advise you as chairman of this committee that you ought to seek legal council, you're dismissed. chairman micah. >> i thank you. first of all, ms. doan. an expenditure that rises about 300% for the public building commissioners expenditures from 2.9 million $2.9 million to $9 that raise any flags to you? the 300% increase? actually it was about -- two years. >> that was about 3/2 of 2009. the republic buildings, it says administration and personnel costs, does that raise any flags? are you aware of a request that i have a

friend i'm speaking with the regional commission should take care of that we should. people in the electoral commission. but if mr problems usually come up in places where people will not wear the gown. even though there was one person at least three who thought differently he said i don't care. how people know those are all that matters is how you count the votes but this is not our case it's different now. and we seem to be read on your say so. get back to our very first philosophical question what is freedom is it better than on freedom that's what she says. days ago your speech. or answering the first question larry and i asked if you were talking about the four years you have had i would like to ask you about the future. do you think that the government under your supervision should do to make russia even more free or was that on the short end of the internet well this is what we started with and let's conclude with the same subject i really think that freedom is better than none freedom. and i think you all would agree with. that matter what some people say. tha

she's advised, get a handle on the regional commission. then in october of last year, and there are a number of other trips. i've looked at all the different trips that he has taken, and we are going to continue to investigate that as a separate issue because you didn't take care of it. but in october, a nine-day trip to hawaii. in november, a five-day trip to atlanta for a nontraining conference. in december ms. brita is alerted to this 17-day junket to the south pacific. she alerts mr. miller. mr. miller alerts you. and yet he's still allowed to go on it and his wife, their birthday trip? you don't see a pattern here? a pattern that you've been aware of for the last year and a half. but you took immediate action. that doesn't sound like immediate action to me. they went on a 17-day trip to hawaii, guam, saipon. and then in march this year, last month, a four-day visit to hawaii again, four-day trip to napa for the executive team meeting. $40,000, excluding travel expenses. and you took immediate action? you got a recommendation from the

it was the regional metropolitan transportation commission to pay those rides. salome's ready to hand out free rides drivers are being as the pep likely in january commuters will logger be freed on sunday is also 500 m are going to be installed and citations are going up the board of supervisors last developer of of those changes and get into one of sentences does most popular attractions has gotten a little more expensive to develop the had the various services goes into about today the increase will allow only the new purchases of first rate increase in more than three years as the club promised promises you you'll see that the tripple mobile park attendance is as rich and district anymore the bus along to the club in north beach but the big part to the area of about a month the local supervisor of fought to keep the bus at the areas and their schools and libraries nearby he says the club is that steer clear in the bus is actually on its way to vegas. a clothing store is facing a backlash this morning it is plain and reads now is time to get tanked the say pro

commission. while regional plan has not yet been implemented, the association of bay area governments expect to develop a long-range plan by 2013 to comply with state legislation. the plan for housing can be a identified in several area plans and zoning districts. the increased density while promoting affordable

commission. while regional plan has not yet been implemented, the association of bay area governments expect to develop a long-range plan by 2013 to comply with state legislation. the plan for housing can be a identified in several area plans and zoning districts. the increased density while promoting affordable housing development and transportation alternatives. the planning commission can approve variations within the transit oriented district. approval of additional parking, payment of fees and other actions shape transit-oriented districts. compiling and reporting of the cumulative impact of such actions or approvals the to alter the intention of the transit oriented district should be more frequent. city policies are defined by the housing elements, the consolidated plan for grants, the plan to abolish,, s, and the affordable housing ordinance. a has set a goal of 3000 units by 2014. but the mayor's office of housing does not report to the board on the achievement of these goals. it enters into agreements for only nine years that are not subject to board approval, although operating subsidies are

minnie wants the regional metropolitan transportation commission to >> previously helped oakland to a similar program and we don't believe you can have the kind of public transit system that works in san francisco unless we make it accessible to low-income families. >> pilot program would run for nearly two years starting august 1st. 37 percent of san francisco adults say they would want all children between 5 and 17 years old to ride for free. more than a quarter only want low-income kids to ride for free and just under one-third told u.s. told that no children should be given a free ride. drivers in san francisco are being asked to pay more. likely starting in january's parking meters will no longer be free on sunday. citations will be increased $5 and the board of supervisors still needs to give final approval >> state lawmakers will begin debate on high-speed rail construction just as the state agency avoids abandoning the deal. a spokesperson says the main concern is how the state will get all the money to complete the rail system. the recently scaled-down project will cost an es

the average cost an estimated $4 million in san francisco month the regional metropolitan transportation commission to pay for it possibly diverting money away from other bay area counties. >>> outlying counties there is a precedent for the empty nbc doing that said they don't believe that we can have a public transportation system. and as they make it accessible. the one in public transit to work. >>> it worked out all the details of how to define the low-income that will come back into the board in the future. low-income families especially there will able to go. the mca hopes that this program up the morning in time for the next school year when targets start date august 1st. >>> reported san francisco and mark sayers cbs five. well munies' in the have free rides drivers are being asked to pay more. like the starting in january part demeter's lumber be free on sunday. and the citations will go up five bucks. the board of supervisors still love to give final approval to the changes. deglaze the city of the planning and zoning that advocates are calling it treading on the constitution a heated bat

but there's a hitch the costs estimated $4 million in san francisco once the regional metropolitan transportation commission to pay for its possibly diverting money away from other bay area counties. >>> agreed to hear why should residents of the outlying counties funded program of the city is that this bill. >>> there is a president to do that before the decree is the help oakland and similar programs end we don't believe we have the kind of public transit can this system and those who make it accessible to the families. all the details according to how well the find low-income. with its very important for low-income families especially for the children to build a school. and the justice the the results of an eyewitness news poll 47 percent of seven services could all say they would want all children between the ages of 5 and 70 years old to read many for free more than a quarter wants only low-income kids to ride for free said no children should be given a free ride for its part the mtv and d.a. hopes that this program up and running in time for next school year possibly it as soon as august 1st. >>> into

was interesting that back in may, you advised administrator johnson to get a handle on the regional commission. this is may of 20 # -- 2011 on the regional commissioner's travel; is that correct? >> chairman mica, i did brief administrator johnson on the interim report. >> but did you tell them to get a handle on his travel expenditures? >> i told the regional administrator to get a handle on his travel in august -- >> so you told him. >> her. >> okay. and then we have a trip to hawaii. we have another trip to hawaii in october. another trip to atlanta. another warning, susan warned, i guess, you, about an upcoming 17-day south pacific junket headed by neeley? >> actually, chairman, we were so concerned about it we contacted the deputy administrator. >> who contacted her? >> who said, you know -- >> you notified the regional administrator about the upcoming junket and expressed concern; right? >> i did. >> what happened? >> i expressed concern, and asked her to review the plans and make sure -- >> that called it off, didn't it? >> no. >> it went on that junket. then another one to california.

understanding with the california high speed rail authority, metropolitan transportation commission, and six other local and regional entities to establish a funding from work for a high-speed rail early investment strategy for a blended system in the peninsula corridor. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair avalos, members of the committee, the deputy director for capital problems with the committee. i will be presenting the item that begins on page 51 of your package. this past week, on april 12, the high speed rail authority approved the revised 2012 business plan. one of the major components of the revision to that would be a corporation of a concept dubbed blended operations in which a high speed rail system would be coordinated, including coordination with new elements of construction, with the regional and commuter rail systems. in the particular case of the peninsula, that would be caltrain. this was a concept developed jointly by caltrain and the san francisco high speed rail working group over the past year, working in cooperation with high-speed rail authority as well as departments within the ci

complete estimate, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act, the appalachian regional commission shall revise the cost to complete estimate for the appalachian development highway system under section 145-0-1 title 40 of united states code to reflect the elimination of the corridor designation under subsection a. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will please take their conversations from the floor. the credit from colorado is recognized for five minutes. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, usually when something is killed, it stays dead. but just like a zombie movie, some earmarks refuse to die and return to life as wasteful deficit spending. that's what happened with this bill and what my simple, commonsense amendment corrects. this congress was supposed to eliminate earmarks but zombie earmarks from prior sections keep appearing and reappearing. republicans are taking earmarks from previous sessions and calling them something else. is that our new spending plan? at a time when pe we face a massive national deficit and have limited resource

commission. in terms of regional integration in the east india has long been one of the most important partners for the russian federation those countries are members of the brics group a and there are rumors that india may join the shanghai cooperation organization in the near future so how close are the two regional superpowers to creating a regional super alliance we will ask this question to the indian minister of external affairs. india is apparently one of the biggest players in eurasia along with russia and china all three aren't of the brig's group of leaving emerging economies but they don't consider you a regional alliance candidate for this role is the shanghai corporation organisation a multipurpose carburation body in eurasia. russia and china are members already but india has observer status there are some issues to be song before it is admitted and one of them is its relations with pakistan which wants to join us to. the question are welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. first of all we have read in the news that india has voiced serious concern over the recent l

region today if we get on to the dollar it was more sentiments coming out of the region today we have the european commission saying that the sentiment indicator for the seventy nation euro area fell to the lowest level since december so investors are already on edge as you can see one thirty two sixteen for the traders favorite pair that we've got the ruble though it's gaining against the u.s. dollar and also the common currency ok heading on to the russian markets closing up just over an hour's time now actually analysts like this set to finish on the back foot on this it loads of sentiment coming out of the u.s. they've got some big corporate results dunkin donuts actually that's one i'm going to be watching out for we have it and let's go out today we've also got some other sentiments other side of the job as well that's not affecting the russian markets too good. as i say lots of results as well that's worth mentioning because before the bell they released their figures and they won impressive seoul they were expecting big numbers and they haven't hit them so it's certainly a concern in the region that

the audit had provided recommendations to our department and the commission including providing more information about the regional housing needs allocation in san francisco's housing obligations. the recommendations also requested additional information about so-called-for data that would illustrate -- so-called dashboard data that would illustrate. at the hearing, staff responded with their intent to implement these recommendations, and our director was part of the presentation this week. there were also broader issues that were discussed in the public comment and during supervisors questions. topics included the need for affordable housing at very low incomes, the need for middle income and family housing. issues were brought up related to foreclosures in single- residency/occupancy hotels. you discussed recently the funding stream for affordable housing. the mayor's office of housing presented a grim story for future funding due to the dissolution of the redevelopment agency. the hearing did provide the data and a discussion that will help inform important policy construction's about affordable housing in san

. >> i already, in region seven, eight, nine and ten, in the public buildings commission, we're sending out new acting public buildings commissioners. >> good. >> i also took way from here that we need to very quickly focus on the role of the regional administrator and the clear accountability that those folks need to show over those regions. >> and sending someone out there to oversee it, whether that is a six-month assignment plucked from the best of your best is up to you. when i hear the inspector general, who i admire so much, who had to take so much verbal abuse in the past and has stuck with it -- when i hear him say he's looking, he's turning over rocks and every time he turns over a rock, something crawls out. that does not give me heart. i do not feel good. i'm so happy that you're both there, but i'm worried about what's to come. and i think, you know, you're there now. and you have nothing to do with it, but from this point forward, you do. so, don't underestimate this job that you have in terms of shaking this tree. and let these bad apples fall. and have your best people i

regional housing needs. we recommend the director resume providing the planning commission with quarterly housing production report and expand the death of the information included in the inventories reported to the planning commission.

scorecard that will be included in case reports to the planning commission so they understand how we're doing towards meeting our regional housing needs. this is not intended to make certain projects look more preferable than others. it is a piece of information people and ask for. we're happy to provide it. one thing important to note is we're basing it on a quarterly allocation. it is difficult to do real time data. if we do is more frequently than quarterly, we're going to have inaccurate numbers. it does not seem to be important. on the amount of housing we're seeing, we're talking about 1% give or take we will move by doing it on a quarterly basis rather than real time. that is very small considering the accuracy we will get by tagging it to the pipeline report. i will shifted over and will be available for questions. -- i will shift it over and be available for questions. >> how are we doing? over the last five years, units were built. about 500 of these units were affordable. this is 37% of the units that are affordable compared to what the -- what we are mandated to produce, which is 60%. this is a breakdown of t

scorecard that will be included in case reports to the planning commission so they understand how we're doing towards meeting our regional housing needs. this is not intended to make certain projects look more preferable than others. it is a piece of information people and ask for. we're happy to provide it. one thing important to note is we're basing it on a quarterly

because that was the figures that came out today from the european commission saying that the eight percent of an indicator for the european region both to lows that level since december that really affected the the mood in europe but we've had all shows really rallying in the last hour or trade today that said to finish up if we look at the euro dollar we'll also be able to see that the trade is currency pair the favorite president is doing rather well no one thanks to you thirty three is actually strengthening now the ruble that's how it finished up shop today it was mixed against a basket of currencies if you look at the russian markets will see that they are finished a lower today and that was the coals well they were feeding off all sorts of momentum coming. on the early hours over in the us when they opened up a lot as you see the artist vanished over half a percent down have them isaac's over a percentage point in negative territory if we look at the stocks we'll see who are the losers and that will open today it's been we had gas pump point seven percent down there there's some interesting news coming from then send that

commission kickoff this year with new c. hastings college of law went to students region with two students. she is moving so quickly she is already moving to new york, where she is going to do a special project. it was the work of these students the main this hearing happen, -- that made this hearing happen. i want to thank them and their professor. these students took a particular interest in what the war on drugs looks like, and this critical effort they put into organizing this meeting as well as the artwork and materials they created were essential to this project, and without it, we would not be here this evening. i want to thank our city partners for joining us this evening. the department of public health and mental health board members, the san francisco youth commission, the director of san francisco collaborative justice program, and the san francisco police department, and i would like to acknowledge the police chief who is with us this evening. thank you. before we start, i want to make one other acknowledgment. is cecilia's still here? cecilia has been on the commission for the

and within one week, that would be april 30 region we would expect the mayor's brief on legal issues that were outlined in the commission staff memo and that were identified by counsel. at the same time, we would expect a response to the sheriff's letter brief but was sent today and that we will take a look at as well. within two weeks commo, that woe monday, may 9, the share of would respond -- the sheriff would respond to the mayor's brief discussing legal issues but were identified in the commission staff memo, identified by counsel, and would include any legal bases to dismiss or demurrer to the charges. >> thank you. the first monday in may is actually may 7, not may 9. in addition, on may 9, the mayor would be in a position -- may 7. monday, may 7, the mayor would be in a position to identify the witnesses on which she intends to rely on the subject matter of the testimony to be given. one week after that, may 14, the mayor would respond to the opposition breeief of the sheriff', and on may 21, the sheriff would serve on the mayor and the commission a list of witnesses and expect a testimony on the witnesses for w

and within one week, that would be april 30 region we would expect the mayor's brief on legal issues that were outlined in the commission staff memo and that were identified by counsel. at the same time, we would expect a response t

and within one week, that would be april 30 region we would expect the mayor's brief on legal issues that were outlined in the commission staff memo and that were identified by counsel. at the same time, we would expect a response to the sheriff's letter brief but was sent today and that we will take a look at as well. within two weeks commo, that woe monday, may 9, the share of would respond -- the sheriff would respond to the mayor's brief discussing legal issues but were identified in the commission staff memo, identified by counsel, and would include any legal bases to dismiss or demurrer to the charges.

commission ear neely, the man who took the 5th in the western region. we don't know for sure that this has not metastasized the gsa and that is centered in the westin region. we won't know until dan, and we're glad the president pre- empted parts of the day's hearings, by taking out parts of the agency and bringing in dan tangalini, well-known in this region and, of course, the fame at metro and we know he knows what he's doing and there were things that had no explaining. for example, why did mr. neely get a bonus after the interim report was out? this is asked of the administrator and her committee said don't give him a bonus and that turns out mr. peck lobbied her for a bonus and after knowing he was subject of the interim report where he's the center of all of this and, indeed, his case is referred to the justice department. >> were there crimes committed here or extraordinary greed and incompetence? >> the justice department will have to tell us there was a lot of greed and that the western region ran amuck and looks like it was not connected to th

. >> i already, in region seven, eight, nine and ten, in the public buildings commission, we're sending out new acting public buildings commissioners. >> good. >> i also took way from here that we need to very quickly focus on the role of the regional administrator and the clear accountability that those folks need to show over those regions. >> and sending someone out there to oversee it, whether that is a six-month assignment plucked from the best of your best is up to you. when i hear the inspector general, who i admire so much, who had to take so much verbal abuse in the past and has stuck with it -- when i hear him say he's looking, he's turning over rocks and every time he turns over a rock, something crawls out. that does not give me heart. i do not feel good. i'm so happy that you're both there, but i'm worried about what's to come. and i think, you know, you're there now. and you have nothing to do with it, but from this point forward, you do. so, don't underestimate this job that you have in terms of shaking this tree. and let these bad apples fall. and have your best people i

below that on the around the port of stand down after the european commission said it's a true sense of an indicator for the regional. seventeen nations fell to the lowest level since december that was really worrying investors in the region that's have a look at the euro dollar as we can see that is shrugging off that news that we have the ruble finishing up mixed against the main currencies hard against the u.s. dollar against the year i'm moving on that see how the russian markets finished up today it was a disappointing day despite high oil prices we have the r.t.s. around half a percent down on the my six just over a point down moving on to the stocks we'll see who drowned in the sea of red we have the gas from that point seven percent down of the company has agreed to drill a dozen of the gas wells in bangladesh one hundred ninety million dollars as an interesting one to watch her as well they needed two percent down the company's net profit almost tripled last year you would have thought investors would be happy that she fell short of what they were hoping for was a stammer as well as a financial organization