president yee riley: ok. commissioner? commissioner: i does want to say that in a city with a reduced capacity, and on a city where it is a windblown, which is where i am, so all of the things is treated on the east side of the street and a swirled around my door on the other side of the street. -- end up swirled around my door. this eliminates the problems. i think people should have a choice if they would like to pass on this form of advertising. it would, you know, it is an option. we will have to do something to control the amount of work. as people are advocating for a reduced work force because of the budget, we're going to have to figure out how to reduce their work load. i would just like to add that. thank you. president yee riley: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i agree with commissioner o'brien about adding some language, like "contact the office of small business." i would like to see us put together a brief informational piece that could be put on our website or is in the office that will just refer

president yee riley: thank you. any comments from commissioners? commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i would like to speak a little bit about commissioner clyde, and what i want to talk about is her breadth of knowledge in some a different parts of small business affairs. she is knowledgeable on ada requirements. she is out there in the communities talking about taxation. she always does more than her homework. she is out there all of the time. she engages with the communities. she attends every event that i can imagine. she is there. the fact that pat christenson, who is with the council of district morrison dissed -- district merchants, gave her such a huge recommendation, that she would be recommended by someone who is part of a citywide organization. i know, as i have worked with her on many projects, one of the best things about her if she knows how to listen, and she absorbs what you have to say, whether she may agree or not. i feel like she has always been there to listen to all different people on our

president yee riley: ok. >> second. president yee riley: those in favor? aye. >> aye. >> aye. president yee riley: ok, next item. >> commissioners, item seven. a presentation, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the county transportation authority on the c.t.a.'s mobility access and pricing study, also known as congestion pricing. we are joinled by representatives of the c.t.a. and there are explanatory documents inside your packet, the san francisco mobility, access and pricing study draft final report and also the public comment that was seervinged as of 4:00 p.m. today by the commission. >> good evening, commissioners, zabe bent, project manager of the county transportation authority. thank you for welcoming me back again to seahawk -- talk built study. i'm going to try to go through the presentation fairly quickly because i know some of you have seen the information before but feel free to stop me if i go a little bit too fast. so the first thing i just want to talk bb is the mobility. pricing and pricing study is it's a feasiblity study. it's not an

president yee riley: yes. clerk: and just a note, commissioner atoms, that will take effect with the next meeting. this is an updated report on it up as a small business and the small business assistance center, an update on the department's programs, an update on matters, and activities. >> commissioners, well, first, i wanted to give a welcome to commissioner atoms for your first meeting, and now, congratulations to your election to the vice president, and i want to extend my great gratitude to commissioner yee riley for your services last year and your stewardship with the commission. we have accomplished a great deal under your leadership and also with your support with the vice president, commissioner clyde, and congratulations, commissioner o'brien, on your election to the president's position. i know it is getting late, so i am not going to quickly run through, but i am going to move through the director's report, so we ended this year, the small business assistance center, servicing 2006 hundred 65 cli

president riley: thank you. >> item 8 presentation by a member of the barbary coast conservancy and the center for the beverage arts. the barbary coast conservancy of the american cocktail, presenter a san francisco cocktail week, preserve the cultural heritage of saloons and the cocktail in the bay area also breaking california's culinary philosophy and tradition with special events, publications, and educational seminars. president riley: welcome. >> [no audio[inaudible] what we have done so far and what we exist to do. i only elixir saloon in san francisco come here in the mission district. my partners own part of cantina and comstock saloon and the absence room -- absynth room. we came together for years ago to create san francisco cocktail week. we have run that successfully for the last four years as a weeklong event to focus on the fact that the san francisco cocteau community and its history and culture are not only vibrant and strong today, but historically significant to the culinary culture of the cit

president yee riley: ok. well, our committee, the legislation and policy committee, heard it on the 22nd. but the full commission didn't get a chance to hear it until today. so we did instruct staff and the directors to send a memo to supervisor avalos stating our concerns. so did we get any answer for that? >> we did not get a response to the memo. and i think as alaric has mentioned, that both staff from both departments worked to try to, before it got to the full board of supervisors, to see if we could do an amendment that would wait for, you know -- we were recommending a three-year period to not include the l.b.e.'s but to phase them in at a later date. i think for the legislation and policy committee, what you heard from your presentation was that was said, well, if there's a problem, we can correct it later. i think our concern and alaric has just mentioned that the supervisor's office has said that they're amenable to amend legislation later, but what does that mean to the cost of a small business an

president riley: this is the last commission meeting for the year 2010. i want to wish everybody happy holidays, and i also want to thank my fellow commissioners and staff for all the hard work. as i look back at my notes, i counted how many ordinances and legislations we have reviewed and provided recommendations. it is 40 of them. many of them we heard numerous times to give input. we can watch out for the small businesses. the key legislation already reported by the director some of the accomplishments this year is we established or accomplished our strategic plan for all the small businesses. that is a good accomplishment. next march, we're going to take a look at it again and see how we are doing. the center provided assistance to over 6000 clients, which is very remarkable. thank you very much. small business week was a big success. how much did a report earlier? >> $3,000, i think, over the week. -- 3000 businesses, i think, over the week. >>president riley: i attended te meeting for community development, the business conference. the mayor's offic

>> stay there, lieutenant riley. don't go anywhere, please. >> if i can say this, maybe the thing i remember that impacted me more than anything about the previous search, was as much as everyone tried to find out who they were, where they were, this commission was unflappable. i got to say that. even i was surprised. the press was wrong. everybody was wrong. and a lot of that, our meetings were held in places, we're in bunkers and places like that. all of those things have to be taking into consideration. i actually think it is going to be more difficult this time. that's the way i feel. so i -- i think it is going to be a much -- you know, us being quiet about everything we do, it is going to be really important here. so let's just keep all of that in mind in this and i just hope that we can do as well as we did last time. all the things they thought we were doing turned out to be not. i think that is really the most important thing that we're doing here. >> can i just address that? the timeline issue? i believe ob

president riley: and we would love to do that. we will work with you on that. >> thank you. [laughter] >> , and we will have a conversation over a cocktail. >> thank you. and thank you for waiting to provide your presentation. >> no problem. thanks for having me. i will stay in touch and see where else we can do stuff. that was really the point it was so you know who i am. my contact info is on that sheet. i can be reached by e-mail. let me know if you have any thoughts or plans, or how we can do anything. >> will do. >> thank you very much. >> happy holidays. [laughter] president riley: we don't need public comment on this. >> seeing none, a public common discussion is closed. next item: please. -- seeing none, a public common discussion is closed. next item, please. >> item 9, the discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors amending the public works code to establish regulatory controls for the discharge of fats, oils, and grease into sewers. it provides prohibitions, limitations, and requirements for the discharge into the city's sew

and lieutenant riley. he's hiding back there. for the record, lieutenant riley has been assigned to us to help with this process. the question is what date do we want to give for applications to be in and then the interviews will follow thereafter. lieutenant riley, i don't mind you asking what is the posting requirement we need to set up for a commission hearing that will be in closed session obviously to interview the applicants? >> unaccustomed as i am to addressing the commission -- [laughter] commissioner. if you are -- if we're going hold a meeting of the commissioners and an official

president yee riley: well, i just think that -- i don't understand the rush. you came before us before to make a presentation, but then this report, this is the first time i have seen it. so and i'm sure a lot of the business organizations haven't seen it yet. all right, commissioner kasselman. commissioner kasselman: hi. i just wanted to ask, you mentioned quite a bit of performance metrics for the northeast corridor and then the best performing scenario. what is that metric that you're looking for, how are you gauging, is it environment, is it like, are you trying to increase your revenues or are you trying to decrease congestion? they are counter, they work against themselves also. >> it's absolutely a congestion management program. the goal was to simply make sure that the level of net revenue that's generated from the program could support an investment in improvements that would support, so people would take other travel modes. beyond that, there really wasn't an analysis of we want the highest revenue or the lowest revenue. it was simply is there enough

president yee riley: commissioner clyde. vice president clyde: thank you for the presentation. >> thank you for having me back. vice president clyde: i admire your work in this. it's a big project. just i guess i'll talk about the small business concern because there are several discreet neighborhoods within the northeast cordon which seems to be the preferred option at this moment for further study for different reasons. >> can i clarify one thing there? although it is the best performer, we would recommend all of the scenarios move forward for additional analysis. vice president clyde: that's what you're looking at different analysis of this study of congestion pricing. i'm a big fan of using our existing infrastructure like the tolls or the parking system in order to reduce congestion and reduce trips. i know that you have a discreet time of day entering and leaving. there are people who out of economic necessity will adjust their hours. i mean just out of economic, even at a 50% discount. i have got kind of multiple conc

president yee riley: commissioner o'brien? commissioner o'brien: i

president yee riley: commissioner o'brien? commissioner o'brien: i understand the point where you're coming from. it is you a philosophical a conversation for this commission. the thing i focus my mind on it in regard to the fines, i think it would be nice

. >> william riley the co-chair of the oil spill commission, thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> tom: for about a year now apple has hadded tablet commuter market almost entirely to itself. that will change this year with dozens of competitors enteringing market. many of those new devices are being introduced at this year's consumer electronics show. paul reynolds is a reporter for consumer reports and he joins us now from that show in las vegas. paul, nice to see you. welcome to nightly business report. >> thank you very much. >> tom: so how are the competitors going after the ipad what are you seeing on the convention floor? >> i think they're going after the i pad in part by trying to add some features that the ipad, fine as it is, has been lacking. for example, the toshiba tablet that has been unveiled at this show has some features like a memory card slot. usb and other inputs. dual cameras that have been among the highest complaints that people have about the ipad. so i think they will trying to do it partly by adding the functionality that the ipad may lack. >> tom: now the ta

in 2000, don riley entered america's cup with her home base being in san francisco. she then found it true you sailing programs, and the legacy continues today through a continuing endowment -- and that is important -- that was established by the 2000 america's cup campaign. here is an example of kids and happy faces who have participated in this program. in addition, india basin, hunters point about 10 years ago began an annual program that was established to offer kids of all ages the opportunity to spend a day on the water. to date, about 500 people have taken advantage of this opportunity. here you will see watercraft being delivered. kids in their life jackets getting ready to board kayaks. kids on the water. holy katz, which are small boats with no kiel's so they can sail in shallow waters. the whaleboat association also for dissipates in this event, as does supervisors of the maxwell, who has not only been a big supporter, but participate annually. barry had the kids and adults each year -- a very happy kids and adults each year. we of work in partnership with

. >> riley like learning about it because it's our future. -- i really like learning about it because it's our future so we really need to monitor and do the best we can to preserve first. >> reporter: as for deborah, seeing the students take action gives her hope for the future. >> for me, action is the antidote to cynicism. and making change in the world and doing it with kids is just really positive. >> reporter: so for helping california schools and students to a greener future, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to deborah moore. kate kelly, cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,, my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure i

i went on with a riley once a week for 10 years. every time i think i have impaired, he says something and i did not know that about bill o'reilly. when a girl on msnbc says she hates fox, that maddow girl, and you say, "what do you hate about it," she says, "i would not watch it." she says i didn't watch it. until you watch it, i do not know. tavis: how did dennis miller and up developing his own world view, his own sense of things? as you know, in this town, there are not a lot of folks of your -- >> i am from pittsburgh. here is my world view. if human beings with similar genitals' want to get married because they love each other, i am happy for them. if some not overseas wants to blow their wedding up to make a statement, i want our guys to kill them first. as far as money goes, i think you should keep at least half of all your money. between state, local and all that stuff. this is what passes for car right now. i want the bad guys to get hurt and i want to keep my money. anything else, people can do what they want. it is none

animosity and the tensions grew until gunfire erupted between the marquis and his men and local cowboy riley and his friends below the bluffs just west of medora. (loud gunshots) lead flew... and when the smoke cleared, luffsey lay dead. what had been a war of words now became a serious legal battle with de mores being accused of murder. charges against the marquis were filed and dropped twice, but he was indicted again and held in jail to await trial. the marquis suspected roosevelt was a key figure among those trying to have him brought to trial. there was tension, hard feelings, and as that conflict grew, de mores sent a note to roosevelt that many considered an invitation to a duel. (man, as de mores) "my principle is to take the bull by the horns. joe ferris is very active against me and has been instrumental in getting me indicted by furnishing money to witnesses and hunting them up. is this done by your orders? i thought you my friend. if you are my enemy, i want to know it. i'm always on hand, as you know, and between gentlemen it is easy to settle matters of that sort directly. your

in an exclusive tv interview this afternoon, commission co-chair william riley says all three companies, bp, transocean and halliburton, bear responsibility. >> three companies, which are among the largest in the world, which are omnipresent in virtually all of the oil bearing seas around the world, had severe problems, which suggest to me if they have them here, they probably have them elsewhere. therefore, it's a problem the entire industry should pay attention to. >> reporter: most of all, the commission says this accident was preventable. but it could happen again unless the industry and government regulators take significant steps to make deep water drilling safer. brian? >> anne thompson with what is a breaking environmental story tonight here in washington. anne, thanks. >>> a big mystery in the natural world has shifted overseas. more dead birds have turned up. this time in sweden, just days after thousands of birds fell from the sky in this country. first in arkansas, then in louisiana. the birds found in sweden, about 50 of them so far, are called jack dawes. one news website

> it is impossible for us to do in five days because over the notice requirements i see lieutenant riley about to have a heart attack. i think that is impossible. i think we need to hear from the community. i like commissioner hammer's idea and your idea but confused about your idea just going with the previous list. commissioner dejesus: when you look it a, we can decide how we want it. i am just pointing out we have a list. >> we need to know who is interested in the job. commissioner slaughter? commissioner slaughter: i appreciate the idea that we had, the prior list. it seems like the use over the prior names that were vetted, while potentially useful doesn't eliminate the idea that the commissioners amongst us were not here to vet them. more over, we can figure out pretty quickly but we don't know if those candidates remain interested in a very different landscape now than it did a year and a half ago. so we would be -- i'm sure that whenever we put out the word that says please get your an -- applications in by such and such a date, everyone knows this job is open. we'll get the na

. >> this is riley. >> hello, riley. how old are you? >> this is jack. how old are you? >> 6. >> this is kathryn. >> how old are you? >> william, come on up. >> hey, big guy. how are you? are you three? great. good to see you. you have a beautiful family. good to see you. good to see you, man. [laughter] he wants to go back to the old senate. why don't we gather around? the little guys can stand in front. the girls -- there is only one thing i have to say. you are not allowed to have any dates until you are 20 years old, and then you have to take your grandfather with you. that is right. ok. right in here. >> thank you. [laughter] >> this is one of the really -- a promise to would say it. >> figure. >> [unintelligible] >> that is a good idea. i will work with the office and see if we can get that done. seriously. that is a great idea. we need jobs. the kid is thinking. [laughter] in fact, we will put that in the state of the union. [laughter] >> what were you doing when you were holding the book? >> i was holding the bible. we did a re-enactment of t'ang getting sworn in

riley coming did you want to respond? >> now, i think just to reinforce what senator graham said, that the formations are deeper in the deepwater. that is they are well under even very often certainly the case of macondo they were 18,000 feet which is 13,000 feet below the month level. the formations are under much greater pressure, something up in the range of 30,000 pounds per square inch, which means all sorts of things in terms of the complexity of dealing with a well situation that also involves of course robots come which are the only way you can monitor and maintain and improve a repair technology down at that level. so for all these reasons, it's a much more challenging enterprise and that's why the industry in our view needs to improve its capacity, recognize they are in a different era from the one the character a shadow what are drilling and establish the kind of safety and institute would recommend. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> ima to thank both of the distinguished witnesses for being

that's where homer later upon members out of fort riley after they demobilized the spanish were in thehilippine insurrection. there had to be chill instructors. in this case, they got a military. this was supposed to be a covert operation in actually people in the american government do about it. formerly had met president roosevelt. is that roosevelt gave a tacit wink to the training scheme, but various elements to investigate this and much to the chagrin of homer lea & co. was headlined cannot does less than they wanted wanted was this kind of exposure. that really helped close down this covert military training operation on front page headlines like. well, the other part of his career figures indicated had to do with homer lea as a writer. now i don't know about you on here. this is my first book and am very proud to have done it and i put a lot of work into it. and i have several advanced degrees to show what i'm doing. not the case of home early. after he came back from china, this college job out in addition to work with the claiming decided you want to work out. the vermilion pe

riley has been talking about? you indicate in your comment perhaps it's a little redundant to verify your independent. >> i really don't want to speculate as to what the mission will conclude it will not conclude. at that conversations. there's a lot of different models for safety programs. one is that the american chemical administration it was run quite differently than the input model. there's no point in coming out of the u.k. as an industry we have reviewed all the models so we could find that we believe were fact they've been creating a culture of safety. so we put the best approach for the oil and gas industry, which is very different than the nuclear industry i would add. it's very customized the way we do our work in the way we go about drilling wells. different times, different conditions different places. so we believe an approach improves safety the industry would come forward with these two have flexibility to manage those distinct differences in the management of risk that's associated with safety pr

riley coming did you want to respond? >> now, i think just to reinforce what senator graham said, that the formations are deeper in the deepwater. that is they are well under even very often certainly the case of macondo they were 18,000 feet which is 13,000 feet below the month level. the formations are under much greater pressure, something up in the range of 30,000 pounds per square inch, which means all sorts of things in terms of the complexity of dealing with a well situation that also involves of course robots come which are the only way you can monitor and maintain and improve a repair technology down at that level. so for all these reasons, it's a much more challenging enterprise and that's why the industry in our view needs to improve its capacity, recognize they are in a different era from the one the character a shadow what are drilling and establish the kind of safety and institute would recommend. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> ima to thank both of the distinguished witnesses for being

>> first of all, i think that commissioner riley and senator graham, are conscientious patriotic people i'm anxious to see when the full report comes out. you can't have a massive messup like this without a lot of people being complicit in it. certainly the government was complicit. all companies bought off all the people out there with drugs on rigs according to the report and inspector general. bp certainly here but i expect halliburton, transocean, a lot of people were getting in making a lot of money out there operating equipment in a manner that they had no business doing it. and i thank god that's a very aggressive lawyers down here and i expect they will hold their feet to the fire. >> bp seemed quick to point out in the statement today they weren't the only ones at fault for the catastrophe. >> they might not have been the only ones but they got a good bit of it. they can slug it out. remember when all those guys went to washington and started pointing at each other? that's what you have here today but i think this report is going to be a good start. i don't think the birds in a

never boring, dull and a doesn't mind taking a shot at anybody nba, kobe bryant shaquille o'neal pat rileyng to cover it's never dull but around jackson. >> he's cool when nobody's looking he's a good guy? >> he's a great guy sometimes unfortunate to have dinner with some that's what he's really good yes great stories to tell about his playing days and coaching michael jordan and scottie pippen, shaquille o'neal and all those guys. he is been fun to be around and sure he will soon or later. the >> so it takes you out to dinner and some of jeannie? >> really jeanette hall but don't tell that ok. >> i have to follow up with this, wire you notice the group to the stars? >> because i sit around a bunch of stars and sometimes they come by and say i did speak and i speak back to them that's why. if someone's 60s beat back to them. >> were running video here, coffee and mcenroe and welfare roll and all those guys were you from originally brought your good? >> i was born and raised in new orleans louisiana. >> ok my friend. thank-you for coming on friday your traffic and we hope to catch up with y