of spillover and adjoining regions and expensive real estate here in the region. as you were alluding to with your question though, one of the trip to find when you start adding folks -- and you know this from all of your eir's -- you start to see ingestion and impact on communities as well. one of the big challenges is to balance those objectives. i will try to not make you look at this slide for any longer than absolutely necessary. it is a bit confounding. essentially, the first two bars show the way the initial vision scenario does allow us to make substantial progress to our greenhouse gas bowl. -- goal. also, it does allow us to reach the full housing goal we have set for ourselves. now we have a lot of work to do, to get back into those numbers and see how we are going to actually make this a reality. i would encourage you to look for some of the other metrics we have used to evaluate the full senate areas. i would also draw your attention to the second bar. you see the initial vision scenario does allow for a more affordable future for low income household

and billed essentially a regional... almost a hegemonic role. but economically turkeyooks ve good at t moment. and it has displayed itself in a position where it export it is rest of europend the united states, et cetera, but also to reons in africa and the middle east the trajectory is a positive one. next question is going to be the elections in turkey and what happens in terms of 2 kurdish question and that's a big problem. >> rose: let me turn the arab spring, steven. turkey and therab spring, how do you assess that performance so far? >> so far the performance is not very good. the arab spring has presented a whole series of challenges f turkey and i has really shtered the myth of the new turkey... new turkish foreign policy. the whole idea behind the foreign minister and prime minister ed wan's outrio de janeiro to the foreign world was that as turks, as pious muslims, they knew the region better than anybody else an they have been severely critical of the united states and otherings in the region because they some

the regional transportation plan is a 25-year transportation plan for the region this year due to shhhh p375 there's a new component that addresses linking the transportation. project needs to be near r.t.p. if they are seeking federal, state or legional funding over the next 25 years or are looking for any kind of a federal action of environmental approval, etc. more importantly through 2017. and the call for projects, the specific portion, feeds into a larger r.t.p. process that m.t.c. is undergoing right now, including a number of different needs assessments and things like that so this is really only a small tip of the iceberg of identifying the needs in the investment strategy. so m.t.c. issued a call for project on the 14th. we were responsible as the c.m.a. for san francisco for issuing the project, doing public outreach. and then identifying projects to fit within our discretionary funding target of $6.16 billion. we also did a number of cornation efforts -- coronation efforts. regional operators were allowed to apply directly. so this is really only san francisco projects befor

we need to do that regional planning. and uwasi pays for regional planning. i think it's not exactly what you are looking for, but it's one piece of the puzzle. commissioner mirkarimi: i think it's relevant. i think it really helps sets up kind of an overlay we can use for something else. because you already are establishing what that structure looks like for cooperation. i think that that serves a purpose for other things. such as what we just talked about. i don't think we have any more questions or comments. thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this motion with recommendation. very good. so moved. thank you. madam clerk, is there anything further? >> i believe this item needs to go in the committee report commissioner mirkarimi: he believe it does. -- i believe it does. >> there are no further items before the committee, mr. chairman. commissioner mirkarimi: i want to thank sfgtv for their fine ongoing coverage. this now concludes the public safety committee. thank you all.

those shouts of human dignity are being heard across the region. and through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades. of course, change of this magnitude does not come easily. in our day and age -- a time of 24-hour news cycles and constant communication -- people expect the transformation of the region to be resolved in a matter of weeks. but it will be years before this story reaches its end. along the way, there will be good days and there will bad days. in some places, change will be swift -- in others, gradual. and as we've already seen, calls for change may give way, in some cases, to fierce contests for power. the question before us is what role america will play as this story unfolds. for decades, the united states has pursued a set of core interests in the region -- countering terrorism and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, securing the free flow of commerce and safe-guarding the security of the region, standing up for israel's secur

we need to do that regional planning. and uwasi pays for regional planning. it's not exactly what you are looking for, but it's one piece of the puzzle. commissioner mirkarimi: i think it's relevant. i think it really helps sets up kind of an overlay we can use for something else. because you already are establishing what that stu

you've been in the region for so long covering this.e at the white house together, the president wanted to bring forward middle east peace and you had all the major players there, includes mubarak. and we were talking about this and he said people just didn't believe it was possible. >> right. final status, gesh yapnegotiati september of 201 1rks even though the expectations were so low, didn't seem they could go any lower. given the response we've receive order twitter, as well, and all around the world, the bloggers, analysts talking about what their expectations are of the speech, they are low. it will be difficult for the president to disappoint because will is so little expectation attached. >> why do you suppose that s's case? >> i think because after the cry r cairo 2009 speech and the expectation that president obama would if effect change externally. they didn't see that happen. what they saw happen is that when change came, it came through them, through the people in the streets. so i think the arab mind, the arab mindset has

first of all, we are doing this as part of the regional process for generating a regional transportation plan and there are certain methodologies we have to follow in order to stay consistent with the region. but those are still evolving. one of the questions that we have when we met last week is when are those rules going to real jell so we understand the type of criteria and money likely to flow through for our priorities in san francisco. it is still evolving. we are pressing for performance-based measures so that it is not just a cookie cutter based on population for the different counties, it is really based on bang for the buck as you said. we have a lot of that here. we have the land use, the density, transit infrastructure that can support more pedestrian lifestyle. we think we can do well provided the rules are right. we have the support of all of the representatives on the regional body on. a separate track there is the san francisco transportation plan, the update of the plan in the city, that you adopt and that you bless when we get through the process. that has its own set o

investment across the region. and we will work with the allies to refocus the european bank for reconstruction and development so that it provides the same support for democratic transitions and economic modernization in the middle east and north africa as it has in europe. fourth, the united states will launch a comprehensive trade and investment partnership initiative in the middle east and north africa. if you take out oil exports, this entire region of over 400 million people exports roughly the same amount as switzerland. so we will work with the e.u. to facilitate more trade within the region, build on existing agreements to promote integration with u.s. and european markets, and open the door for those countries who adopt high standards of reform and trade liberalization to construct a regional trade arrangement. and just as e.u. membership served as an incentive for reform in europe, so should the vision of a modern and prosperous economy create a powerful force for reform in the middle east and north afri

it's a regional voice and data communication netanyahuwork. the project started in 2011 when the mayors of oakland, san jose, and san francisco got together and said this was something needed to the region. there was government money through the ara funding. it was called betop, and motorola applied for that funding on behalf of the region. with $50.2 million, i believe, and they put in $22 million match. so motorola received -- has about $75 million in the project. we have been working very hard with all of our regional partners to come up with a j.p.a. because we really need to have a governing body for this regional project. and since i have been at department of emergency management in january, it's been my number one priority to go through these negotiations and make sure we had a j.p.a. very happy to present it to you today. i know that captain mahoney could answer any specific questions and also michelle who was just up here from my staff is really our technical expert on the project. happy to answer questions. think -- i think that the

place types in the region. i want to highlight that the federal reserve will be helping to conduct equity analysis, we understand, through the coordination of the mayor's office of housing and we look forward to that analysis. in terms of distribution of jobs, the region will get tighter around court transit services. looking at parking and shuttles, parking management, these are some of the new ideas that might work their way through. moving jobs closer to housing. this is a question of regional approach. you should be moving our jobs closer to housing, which may be should be in the suburbs -- which is in the suburbs, but our concern as this could spawn a leapfrog effect. jobs in the suburbs, people then take another 30 minutes to commute outside of that ring of jobs. we would not want to continue for repeat that process and pattern of small. we believe that any such process to move jobs to suburban housing would benefit from the caring but transportation pricing policies to avoid too much intra-regional commu

those shouts of human dignity are being heard across the region. and through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades. of course, change of this magnitude does not come easily. in our day and age -- a time of 24-hour news cycles and constant communication -- people expect the transformation of the region to be resolved in a matter of weeks. but it will be years before this story reaches its end. along the way, there will be good days and there will bad days. in some places, change will be swift -- in others, gradual. and as we've already seen, calls for change may give way, in some cases, to fierce contests for power. the question before us is what role america will play as this story unfolds. for decades, the united states has pursued a set of core interests in the region -- countering terrorism and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, securing the free flow of commerce and safe-guarding the security of the region, standing up for israel's secur

sector in this region. we expect a lot of private sector participation in this opportunity, which will focus on establishing a set of principles for the proper handling, proper policies surrounding information technology and the asia-pacific region. there will be a senior disaster management officials forum on september 21 and 23. this will get above normal attention, i believe, because of the tragedies which recently happened in japan and other countries in the region. we are hearing a lot of interest from around the apec region to redouble the efforts of the organization on disaster preparedness and response. finally, i wanted to highlight the senior official meeting. this whole process of the senior official meeting happens on september 25 and 26, where we will wrap up all of these conclusions and try to package them up and have them ready for the apec leaders in hawaii. so really, a broad agenda. i hope i have been able to convey a sense -- private sector participation is extremely welcome. a broad, lon

and in california with the regional plan. the sustainable community strategy sets up a development plan that would be it adopted as part of the transportation plan in march 2013. in terms of the initial vision scenario, this is a starting point for these -- for the sustainable committee strategy. it is not a forecast. it predicts how the community might grow more sustainably. it has major assumptions that are important to note. one is it is not 2011. there is an assumption there is a lot of money to do different things to implement this vision. there is unconstrained funding for affordable housing, for neighborhood infrastructure, for transit. also in terms of meeting the targets, it assumes that every household that would want a home in the bay area can have one. unlike our past forecasts were we assumed much of the housing was accommodated in surrounding regions such as the central valley, under state law, we now have to at least plan for housing needs within the nine counties, a departure from the past. it is important to

those shouts of human dignity are being heard across the region. and through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades. of course, change of this magnitude does not come easily. in our day and age -- a time of 24-hour news cycles and constant communication -- people expect the transformation of the region to be resolved in a matter of weeks. but it will be years before this story reaches its end. along the way, there will be good days and there will bad days. in some places, change will be swift -- in others, gradual. and as we've already seen, calls for change may give way, in some cases, to fierce contests for power. the question before us is what role america will play as this story unfolds. for decades, the united states has pursued a set of core interests in the region -- countering terrorism and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, securing the free flow of commerce and safe-guarding the security of the region, standing up for israel's secur

resolution over syria arguing it could ignite another fully fledged civil war in the region questions are raised to be next to sink into violence. drug steps up security at home bearing revenge for the nato bombings of libya other governments accused of invading people's privacy. the world marks the anniversary of the worst ever nuclear accident regular wreck still present twenty five years after the police are still. trying to punish all who want a controversial piece of graffiti gets a state prize that's critics say it's not so founded rather than come up. with. are you watching r.t. and our weekly news review welcome to the program well this week the arab world has remained inflamed bromo still raining down on libya syria sort of balance crackdown against protesters syrian troops continue the siege in the southern city of daraa. suggesting forty two people were killed in the week ahead five hundred have died since the government began in march washington has imposed a new set of sanctions granting high level officials in the syrian government and criticised the mascot's from britai

this biggest achieving operation was carried out on the border between region and. republic when ten militants including at least two women were killed and among some high profile terrorists with links with the international terrorist group al qaida in this region further d.n.a. tasks would probably be required to identify some of the militants are leading figures in a so-called box on gang were already identified as big the truth was believed to be involved in a number of terror attacks across the area now and nothing among terrorists ascared jump who if it was believed to be involved in attacking tourists from moscow in the alpers district in february twentieth loven then earlier in the week and the special operation was carried out. and the leader of the public ramadan could be that of was personally in charge of this operation militants that were killed that were later identified asked close associates to russia's most wanted terrorist on of hands in the neighboring dagestan a leader of the so-called hi. guys there was also killed in a special operation now this

have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt tunisia libya nala syria northern african region and the middle eastern gulf the brutal civil wars with the western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who's next in line for the great upheaval in the region the answer may lie on the surface. president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while of the same time seeking a rainy in assistance in repressing syria's citizens this week to be a human being and hint at where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think around has been targeted for some time and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming. iran is helping syria oppress protesters what's different about syria a rare thing about the protest used in both cases we know for a fact. the united states government who are doing opposition groups and so it's only those two countries where there's two there's an interest in intervening t.v. and has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this statistical important region right next to iran's arch

forces in the region the result may be catastrophic but if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the u.s. invaded that country and if the species proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ball game if iran in the u.s. get involved in a very real hot confrontation it involves carty moscow the un security council has failed to pass a statement condemning the syrian government for its use of force against anti-government protesters some nations blocked the move fearing it could lead to a repeat of the situation in libya russia was among the countries that objected to the memorandum saying on the outside interference it would only lead to further destabilization and a fully fledged civil war journalist and author afshin rattansi says any nato intervention would have far reaching consequences it is notable that former lasix agent alastair cook has been quoted here in this country as saying that the reports from on the ground in syria do match what the

policy in the region. a number of dignitaries in the room, including the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral michael mullen, and the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, senator kerry, is also in attendance it. in the senate, they are debating a nomination of the ninth circuit judge. procedural vote coming up this afternoon at 2:00 eastern, and you can follow the debate and vote on our companion network, c-span2. while we wait for the president to come out, we will give you a preview of the debate ahead and vote. joining us is david ingram, capitol hill reporter at "the legal times" and "the national law journal." why is this nomination considered controversial? >> good one -- goodwin liu is a relatively young law professor -- he is 40 -- and he is someone who democrats say has an american story. he is the son of immigrants and went to some of the best schools in the country. he was a rhodes scholar before going on to a clerk at the supreme court, which is not something many lawyers get to

and in the region. with france taking an active part in the nato bombing of libya fears arising that there could be that it could result in revenge attacks security alert in the country has been dramatically raised bringing our military personnel onto the french streets as are these data bush reports the measures been met with accusations that the government is running a police state. soldiers on the streets with machine guns this is cross is the jeep here at fifty of europe's most expensive and to tear a program to for its what it called the growing terrorist threats the government claims troops make the public feel safer but that's not what people think they look a little bit dangerous they can. use the force the other way there is a good friday with the guard. to the. premier francois feels his troops are required because france bombing libya threatens a terror attack at home you'll never find soldiers at shops tourist sites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but expose

against the region. but with france taking an active part in nato as bombing libya there's a rising that could result in a vendor tax and security alert in a country has been for massively raised armed and medical personnel and offenses streets resulting bushell reports the measure has been retta that is ations at the moment is running the state. soldiers on the streets with machine guns this is cross is the chief here at fist of europe's most expensive anti terror program before it what it calls the growing terrorist raids the government claims troops make the public feel safer but that's not what people think they look a little bit dangerous they can. use the force and other way. it's a bit frighted to guard the. premier francois feel says troops are required because frauds bombing libya threatens a terror attack at home you'll never find soldiers at shops tourist sites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but expose the system doesn't even work and the main feature of terr

some martial art the internees and so are so much about the entire region are changing history and. a hundred or so al qaeda operatives that they claim are left to reforms in afghanistan we know it's not going to end us wars in the region or the us justification for wars and the region this really follow rules from us policy analysts or wars holocene. analysts that our resources our support for military dictatorships that don't give the people anything at all it's certainly true when you look at the policies and pakistan where billions of dollars given to the military has provided nothing at all and that is also so true in afghanistan where the conditions look like i've actually deteriorated under analysis and wounds that against this is one other quick line of oh i just want to run past you really interested to get your views on a lot of our guests that we've been talking to today have been speculating about the timing of bin laden's death now coming to weeks after about we began his presidential rerun campaign if you think there's some sort of coincidence there any thoughts are of

region the diaries of those two zero are two. russian security forces carried out a string of successful anti terror operations in the north caucasus this week the latest resulted in the deaths of ten militants suspected of links with al qaeda and carrying out deadly attacks against civilians artie's medina cochon of it has more from the north caucasus. this biggest achieving operation was carried out at the altar between the region and about the republic when ten militants including at least two women were killed and among them were some high profile terrorists with links with the international terrorist group all in this region of d.n.a. task would probably be required to identify some of the militants are leading figures in a so-called box on gang were already identified because big truth was believed to be involved in a number of terror attacks across the area and nothing among terrorists who it was believed to be involved in attacking tourist from moscow in february twentieth love and then earlier in the week and now the spe

least for the last two years have been very convinced that the al qaeda figures or people in this region who by the way cannot number more than one hundred are incapable of carrying out any major attacks instead it's russia now kind of linked terrorists that have made the most recent marks metro blast an airport bombing two of the ladies school ballou tax were masterminded by domestic church and terror leader doku umarov for years has been trying to third bin laden's role as the face of international terrorism they are qaeda leaders demise is expected to remain a significant symbol while having little or no effect in the fight against terrorism it could create waves elsewhere in the two thousand war and right. george bush's approval rating was going around fifty percent within twenty four hours he shot. so watch for. and now of course an opening has been made for the new face of evil. first it was a. russian federation in king. hussein and these days of course we have the. next one coming for you whenever the need arises speaking of libya you're going to hear a lot of parallels in the co

we do that based on the actual cost of the region. i was illustrating the premium for a single party under blue shield axis-plus of the bay area is $675, compared to the same product via los angeles at $428. as the sub costs rolls up to actual premium differentials in terms of how we set premiums for our contract agencies. the state requires a single statewide rate, so you will not see the same phenomenon when we purchased for state assets. we also narrowed our physician networks to 2008. we did that for both the blue shield product as well as the p po. we added blue shield net value and first select. again, we were purchasing physician services based on this cost to quality and have allowed us to said in-house plans with in this product. for the net value product, as long as the networked -- it is a similar design, we have not yet done anything in which we are moving any members. they voluntarily go into those plans. one of the reasons our members have difficulty going into the plan is they like to maintain the ability to pick a spec

resolution over syria arguing it could ignite another civil war in the region questions are raised that will move in next to sink into violence and who suffer most from it so. it's easier persuade people who appear to be a terrorist list which will station it's easy for people in france to believe well that they have the right to listen to my phone calls which they do frown stepped up security at home fearing revenge for the nato bombings in libya the government is accused of invading people's privacy. the world marks the anniversary of the worst ever nuclear accident breakthrough act of threats to present some twenty five years off computer. on to punish overboard a controversial piece of goofy tea gets a state prize critics say it's an act of vandalism rather than a lot. around the world and around the clock you're watching our t.v. and weekly news with you welcome to the program well this week the arab world has remained inflamed with nato almost still raining down on the libya syria sort of balance crackdown against tense tense syrian troops continue their siege of the southern city

we must work together in this region and work together with other countries in this region to of all peace, stability, and to promote the extended prosperity of the asia-pacific and achieve the common development of all countries in this region said that the pacific ocean will become ace peaceful one. we agreed we set up a mechanism for the specific region. fourthly, we both agree we must work globally and respond to international and domestic challenges. there has been a new and important changes in the international situation recently. there are two influential countries in the u.s. and china. it is important that we have more consultation, coordination, and cooperation in order to promote and safeguard peace, stability, and the prosperity of the world. i wish to tell our friends from the media that the strategic and economic dialogue, since its inception, has played an important role. china is ready to work with the u.s. side to further grow and make good use of this mechanism. we are open to the good suggestions from the friends of the media. to conclude, i would like to thank se

in terms of the border region, again, -- broader region, again, to suggest that we have not taken actions that have not been helpful toward the process of positive change in the region i think would be a mistake. >> how did this speech compare to the cairo speech and what did the president learn? >> that is a big exception that you have carved out. in looking back on the cairo speech, not that anyone could have predicted the timing of this about a month, but it recognized the importance -- the president understood the importance of the changes that were beginning to show themselves in the region. and when you have such a young population, and a population that is frustrated by a lack of opportunity, frustrated by a lack of ability to participate politically, there was a coming movement for change. and that had fed -- had to be recognized and engaged by governments in the region, or else. in the sense that if you are looking to the future stability of your country, you need to engage your people, harness that change and do it in a peaceful manner and afford in a positive direction. as i wa

prospects so given their their activity in the region given their deep involvement in the region given its impact on pakistan and is in katine and it's politics america saying we don't have to interfere in part relations this is a bilateral matter they should carry it out between themselves just not in their american position to that of the pakistani position the pakistani government the pakistani people the pakistani military looks at it in a very suspicious way you know they then of course like i said before the american military conduct in the region the american drone strikes the american lack of respect for pakistan's sovereignty to new is continuous criticism of the pakistani military intelligence continuous. fissions voiced about it but if you are so suspicious why do you call it at the front line speed why do you call it an alliance against terror and i mean i love my skin or think built on suspicions you i don't have to be suspicious you know i don't have to say you're not with us or you have to say you. guys and it's actually united states of america which is constantly not i

we have two messages that are important to telegrapher around the region. the first one is the amount of growth targeted for san francisco, was consistent with san francisco's own vision, should not be taken for granted. it will require significant amounts of policy and funding support from the region in order to achieve it. secondly, development of the samaras should be accompanied as plans and programs chair campos made it clear to the regional representatives the other day, in a discussion of regional transportation policy and funding, to clarify the link between regional transportation and land use policy and providing incentives for local jurisdictions, including san francisco, to achieve the goals of housing and greenhouse gas reductions that are ensconced in the sustainable community strategy. these are not efforts that can be taken for granted, nor which can be accomplished without money. we also have a call for projects on the r t p, community strategy. that is another item we will discuss briefly at the plans and programs committee. it is headed f