this is a rich city. this is an affluent city. you need to act. as the board of supervisors you need rip that money out. do we really need $86 million to pave our general fund? do we need [speaker not understood] to sweep homeless people six mornings a week to harass them? take it and invest it. fund the rapid rehousing subsidies and the subsidies in nonprofit housing so that over 500 thousand holds can exit homelessness. level the playing world -- playing field so tenants actually have some rights. they have access to full counsel. we can do something about this eviction epidemic. we can halt all displacements. we can keep 27 household in their homes. all this is only going to cost $11 million. [inaudible]. [cheering and applauding] >> next speaker, please. >>> thank you, debby. and good afternoon now, supervisors. my name is deborah eddleman. i'm the deputy director at hamilton family center and the co-chair of emergency homeless provider association. i've met many of you many times before. i want to thank all of you first for taking the time to

we have the money to do it and it's a very rich city. if we can't do it nobody can. thanks for listening. >> thank you. (applause) >> next speaker, and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment, please step up. please step up. >>> my name is grace martinez. i am the lead organizer for san francisco ace and of many of the people that you heard who are facing foreclosure are people that i talk to and even seek out knowing that there is a way to fight back. i think that one thing that many supervisors -- and i, you know, personally i don't ever, when i

the peshmerga quickly took over this oil-rich city in the wake of the isis advance when iraqi troops abandaned the city. and kurdish president masoud barzani has announced the kurds inll hold their own vote for independence. the kurds live in a relatively prosperous and stable region in northern iraq built on oil money. their relationship with the central government in baghdad has never been a close one. now they would like to separate all together. today, al-maliki said that would be illegal. >> pelley: charlie d'agata is in baghdad tonight it was just ten days ago that maliki told u.s. secretary of state john kerry tat he would form a new all inclusive government by now. >> reporter: yes, scott, this is essentially a 180 degree turn. it's just about the opposite of what u.s. officials were hoping for or even been promised. now they had repeatedly insisted that any major military support would be dependent on al-maliki at least taking the first steps toward forming a new inclusive government first. >> pelley: charlie d'agata in baghdad, thank you. the isis forces attacking the iraqi

necessariy to tribes that fought his government, but he's angry of kurds at that took control of the oil-rich cityf kirkuk. >> translator: everyone must understand whether they like it or not that iraq has a constitutional system. that's the only way to run this country in a state of law. no one has a right to take advantage of the situation and force the status quo as they please, just like some did in kurdistan. this is unacceptable. absolutely rejected. the issue of article 140 is not over yet. >> ron has more from baghdad. >> reporter:al maliki's weekly address had a number of very angry themes to it this time around. he looked at what the kurds were doing. he said the fact the kurds remained in occur kick meant they were trying to split the country apart. the kurds say kirkuk has been traditionally part of the territory and they will defend it. it's always been disputed here in iraq. also, the kurdish leader has said he's thinking about putting it to the kurdish people, a referendum. do they want to remain part of iraq proper? also, he criticized prime minister nouri al maliki the islamic sta

we have the money to do it and it's a very rich city. if we can't do it nobody can. thanks for listening. >> thank you. (applause) >> next speaker, and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment, please step up. please step up. >>> my name is grace martinez. i am the lead organizer for san francisco ace and of many of the people that you heard who are facing foreclosure are people that i talk to and even seek out knowing that there is a way to fight back. i think that one thing that many supervisors -- and i, you know, personally i don't ever, when i think of city hall, nothing good comes to mind. and it's mainly because of the frustration and bureaucracy. and i think that right now, considering how many people this program can help, i'm just hoping that bureaucracy doesn't get in front of it. we have been fighting this foreclosure crisis. it's not a new problem. it's been since 2008 and we have a solution in front of us. the foreclosure crisis hasn't stopped. right now, numbers that we've gotten from the city, there are

would be withheld, that those revenues coming from the oil production, and there are several oil rich cities in the kurdish region, that the revenue coming from that would not be going to baghdad. on the other hand, al-malaki's government made their own decisions, or towards the kurdish region all government, preventing commercial planes from landing in the two main airports here, a sign that there's going to be commercial economic besiegement in this continued conflict. the country remains bitterly divided, the relationship between the kurdish regional government and ball dodd probably the worst it's ever been. >> we'll look at what india is doing about its finances and asking whether big industry's got the help it wants to taking on china. >> their team has won within pandemonium on the streets asarr they celebrate. >> thousands of people are known to have fled fighting in yemen. 200 people have been killed since rebels overran the city on tuesday, 50 kilometers from the capitol. we have more. >> a day following weeks of fierce fighting, the army continues to shell rebel positions, but the

bear in mind there are several oil-rich cities and production bases in the kurdish region. withholding the money from iraq is a rehabilitation or tit for tat after -- reaction for tit for tat after iraq ordered the prevention of cargo lanes landing in the airports, and probably a pretext to an attempt to besiege both politically and economically the kurdish region. a tense situation bean both sides here and adds to the bitterly divided country. >> absolutely. baghdad was accusing the kurds recently of taking advantage of the unrest in the country to further their own aims. how much pressure will it put on nouri al-maliki, the call for him to stepdown? >> well, he's already an embattled prime minister. even though he's won an election, technically speaking, many dismissed it as not being free and fair or having the right amount of credibility required for him to go on with a new political mandate. nouri al-maliki has large swathes of the country which is un the control of armed rebels that people know little about. he has a kurdish region that all but threatens to tear away.

prime minister of iraqi, the president of iraqi kurdistan, barzani, coming out and annexing the oil-rich city of kirkuk, saying it is part of the autonomous region of kurdistan. you have these growing bitter divides between the shia and the sunni. some iraqis will say to you, look, clearly, we aren't able to make this work, and it's something we don't want to accept but maybe moving ahead that is the only choice we're going to have. again, further complicating all of this is isis has taken over large portions of the country, sunni lands, and so either way one looks at it, iraq is finding itself in a very difficult and challenging situation at this stage, jim. >> no question, the other part of the political compromise, the u.s. has made that an addition of additional military action there, saying that has to come first. thanks very much to arwa came be, live now in baghdad. >>> another storm, the first named tropical storm of the 2014 season could put a damper on our july 4th holidays. right now, it is off the coast of florida. we're joined now by meteorologist chad myers at the weather center

on june 12th, they took control of the oil-rich city of kirkuk, a long-running point of dispute with deposits that would eliminate any need for funding from iraq's central government. at the same time, their "peshmerga" militia blocked encroachments by i.s.i.l. fighters, and fortified new frontlines. and, kurdish leaders are vowing to hold a vote on independence, a move prime minister maliki denounced today. >> ( translated ): nobody has the right to take advantage of the current situation. saying we are going to hold a referendum on establishing an independent kurdish state. i tell the kurdish people now that this will hurt you and it will send the region into a disarray that you will not be able to get out of. >> reporter: the u.s. is also concerned. secretary of state john kerry met in erbil last week with kurdish president massoud barzani last week, urging him to works things out with baghdad. today, in washington, kerry received other kurdish leaders, including falah mustafa bakir, foreign relations chief for kurdish regional government. i spoke with bakir this morning. prime mi

san francisco is becoming city where obl the rich can afford to stay and speculators and their practice of flipping are like tumors plaguing our housing market. we see hundreds of evictions by speculators across different neighbors and these tumors will slowly evolve into untreatable cancer if we don't act now. meesh sure today discourages short term real estate speculation in cities by imposing [inaudible] multiunit buildings within the five years of ownership. we don't need people who have no inteks intention of becoming long term landlords to buy apartment buildings and jeopardize the stability of our neighborhoods and communities. we can't wait. we need to prevent a loss of affordable housing sog families can continue to stay in the city. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, my name is kathy and i'm here today representing ace alliances californians for community empowerment. ace has spent several of the past years working with homeowners in san francisco who are being foreclosed on so we canvas neighborhood and knock on doors of people for whom we had lists of up coming foreclos

. >> the rich monday city council passed a proposal to consider options on handling disruptive peoplethe meetings. this is last night meetings, the city council directed the city manager to work with the city concern and police chief to work on options and limit first amendment speech. the vice mayor who is openly gay and african descent has been the target of homophobic remarks from the public at the meetings. >> i want to be clear this is not about me. i'm an elected official. as an elected official i am expected to take sharp criticism. when the attacks become hateful and poisonous, they intimidate other people great participating last night police had to remove a member of the audience which was recessed four times over disruption. the proposal gives the city council power to ban residents for comments deemed "hate" speech. >> generous people are coming forward to raise money after little kids selling candy were robbed in san francisco on monday afternoon outside a store in the western addition. three children were selling candy and a woman approached an 8-year-old holding the mon

the region around the city is rich in underground gas and energy companies want to drill for it. to do so that have to use a controversial method known as a hydraulic fracturing. in the u.s., this has been linked to a host of social and mental problems. these polish communities have heard the horror stories and don't want this in their backyard. the industry disputes such consent. >> we allow them to go and speak for us. we allow them to speak based on misinformation. >> this is growing globally, into the u.s., into europe, and the world beyond. some countries have imposed a moratorium. others, including poland, have in place to it with over 100 concessions awarded. with overbraced it, 100 concessions at. this is an organic farmer. his farm sits on a gas hot spot. he is worried about the impact on water sources in the region, particularly of chemicals used in these processes leak. he believes other forms of pollution may follow. some do except that poland's gas reserves are economically important but they are opposed to the fracking process itself. >> in this village in the grip

so, this sort of goes against the notion that high taxes in new york city are chasing away the rich. go when they move? mostly within new york state, mostly to the burbs. 42% stayed in new york city. new jersey was next followed by connecticut and california. florida was actually tied for sixth along with massachusetts, something we wouldn't expect. now, the media said this is proof that taxes don't chase out new yorkers, but this is very important, connecticut and new jersey, where a lot of these people went, they do have lower tax rates than new york city, so taxes may be a factor there, and antitax groups say that we could see a big millionaire migration after 2013, when federal tax hikes, of course, brought that combined rate for people in new york city to 54%. so, we could see a big spike there, but that doesn't mean that new york city isn't still a big place for millionaires. again, that study shows that 1 in every 22 new york city people is a millionaire. do you know who ranked at number one city in the world with the most millionaires per capita? >> hong kong. >> monaco? >> mo

cities. taxes support one of the largest groups of low income residents in the country. second to detroit. not only that. philadelphia has fewer richidents, 9% of the population to offset the burden. this is stretching philly's middle class, causing higher taxes and limiting how much money the city can spend on police, spire, and updating an -- fire and updating an ageing infrastructure. philadelphia middle class may have hollowed, but there's a solid, albeit smaller base in a few parts of the city. this is one of those neighbourhoods, traditionally blue-collared italian-american, it's in the midst of a transformation as a new middle class of young professionals move in. they could be the transformation of a new middle class. brian howard bought a house here in 2009. you could call him the case of the new middle class. >> how does this feel to you as part of a city that has seen decades of hollowing out of the middle class is this does this feel like a good middle class neighbourhood? >> i like it. there's a lot of newer faces on my block, but faces that have been there for decades, people born on the block and still live there. it

me to see this little bump up in salary for the people that actually run our city and make our city as rich as it is in terms of what's available for other people, i am happy like probably everybody else here on this committee to be a cosponsor of this item. so, if there is a motion on the floor, and without any objection. >> what was the motion? >> supervisor campos? >>supervisor david campos: the motion is to move the ordinance as amended. >> we need to continue this to july 24 th for the amendments being made. >> okay. we need to continue this to july 24th. >> without any objection, then the motion passes. thank you very much. we will continue this item because we made amendments today until the next rules committee meeting. okay. that means if you would like to leave, unless you want to stay for the rest. madam clerk, can you call item no. 11. city clerk: item 1: [settlement of lawsuit - jay korber - $4,072,519]1405991.ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by jay korber against the city and county of san francisco for $4,072,519; the lawsuit was filed on april 12, 2013,

city. the park is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy the history. the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis cour

rich berman. secondly, the city has initiated efforts to begin to address climate change adaptation through the creation of the s.f. adapt committee. an interdepartment at working group convened at the request of [speaker not understood]. as part of this effort a committee was formed to address sea level rise. mayor lee requested that this committee develop guidelines for addressing the sea level rise in the capital planning process. we at the port have an opportunity now to consider how we want to incorporate those guidelines into our capital planning process. today i will be presenting these guidelines to you. this presentation will cover current port of san francisco sea level rise efforts, why do we care, and what are we doing about it. sea level rise estimates for san francisco, review of the draft guidance document, relevant guidelines and local efforts, an update on current port of san francisco sea level rise adaptation efforts and a discussion of next steps. as you can see, king tides, storm surges and wind waves are already overtopping the embarcadaro and the frequency and severity of these ev

a fort was built where merge.ers c-span's local content team sitesly visited many exploring the city's richtory. moines allabout des weekend long on american history tv. first established as a calvary post. in 1903 it opened for the troops. this was the first time black soldiers were trained to be officers and that was in world war i. world war ii, we find the first were allowed to join the army and it was called the army corps at the time. frankly, even a lot of people in town really don't know too much here.why this fort is out before world war i started, militaryd been in service spore ratically. one was killed in the boston during the american revolution and there were black warors and soldiers in the of 1812. the military started to get the civil war.ng there were black units starting asthe same time emancipation. officers were not encouraged and buffalo soldiers who fought in the west against the indians. of units incouple that regard. it was world war i where they allowed to train and become officers in the u.s. army in an capacity. war makes it expedients and the a lot ofgetting naa

and you might be surprised that the city has pretty rich history in ought motives. >>> kansas city was home to the first african-american car dealer in the country. homer roberts came home from world war i, and began selling cars to the african-american community. >> the museum officials say it is already grogan running out of space. the hope is in the next four, five years, to move to a space that is five times as large. >>> okay, a flag that once flew over 9/11 memorial site and was scheduled for re retirement actually has a new home. on friday, divers unfurled the flag under water at the site of an old naval tracking ship. the flag formally flew at park in illinois. it was coming down at in a site after it was tattered by weather. the ship once tracked space launches off cape canaveral, sung to become an artificial receipt. >> patriotic ceremony during the time we celebrate our country's freedom. pair of bald eaglets were released on friday in tennessee, look at them. it was part of a special fourth of july celebration. the eaglets are flying through in honor of three military servi