secondly, to extend the time for tenants to select a replacement units. thirdly, to improve moving benefits for tenants. in other words, the cost for tenants to move, i want to make sure we are modeling are benefits on state relocation benefits. fourth, there are amendments in offering to ensure that we strengthen tenants'rights to during the construction period. amend sections 4.4.5 a and replace sections 4.4.8 a. i also had a number of amendments to assist in ensuring that the community that currently exists at park merced is disturbed as little as possible during the phasing. i have a number of amendments. first, the first replacement units built on vacant land in order to ensure that no one will have to move until we have replacement units. secondly, we want to ensure that existing neighbors that live close to each other -- that those communities are preserved. i'm offering an amendment to require that existing blocks of tenants be kept together. i met with a number of long-term tenants who have lived in garden court apartments for many years. i'm off

secondly, we want to make sure that anyone, especially on the outside, can bring ha charge. if the charges truly felt list or spurious, giving it the credibility of document in the rebuttal instead of dismissing it -- >> just to stop you there, we're not combining outsider were talking about a recommendation made internally within the agency that is overruled by somebody within the management chain or this independent sod. sdo. >> we have read your recommendation 23 against a contractor officially recommended for our department. that could be by anyone. >> officially could be by anyone? >> it could be from another agency, yes. we will take that chairman's notes. we will take these two which i regard as clarifications, maybe we misunderstood. you posed clarifications that i did not read when i read this. you said that they would -- that we would not have to put oversight on executive for an external/internal question. we will take those into consideration. >> thank you. >> i have just a few questions and we can let you close with any comments you want to make without any inte

secondly, we want to make sure that anyone, especially on the outside, can bring ha charge. if the charges truly felt list or spurious, giving it the credibility of document in the rebuttal instead of dismissing it -- >> just to stop you there, we're not combining outsider were talking about a recommendation made internally within the agency that is overruled by somebody within the management chain or this independent sod. sdo. >> we have read your recommendation 23 against a contractor officially

and secondly, if so, is it possible for us -- could we use them in that present record as well? >> that is an internal document. let me check with our lawyers because of the unique nature. the executive branch of this -- i think i've given you everything you've asked for up to date. i'll just have to -- >> there's talents requirement that you monitor your activity. >> we do that. >> that might be another way to get that. >> ok. >> they have already set up from d.o.d. to state department. has the government set that you type of -- >> yes, we have. >> ok. >> and we are actually dispatching as our chief management officer in kabul and an officer whose been intimately involved in the office of transition. >> my understanding was that had not been done yet, so i'm glad to hear that. secretary gates sent to secretary clinton a memo looking at alternate ways to pull funds and resources for those missions that have become conflicted between the department of defense and department of state. were there overelapping missions and authorities. do you know if the state department ever respon

and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also,

and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get the principles together. people are starting to buy into it. it's a learning process. it's not just, punishing kids more. they are used to be punished. my momma hits harder than that. we need to have systems in place that view it a little differently. from the victim's point of view. and deal with it on an emotional level. people can relate to that. i think our i

secondly, to allow current tenants to have a private right of action, to be third party and fisheries to this agreement to enforce these procedures legally. most importantly, this contains liquidation penalties. if the developer or future owner fails to honor rent control provisions, or if there is some future court decision, the city can terminate immediately development agreements and collect the net present value of the difference between units with and units without rent control. right now, that amount is estimated to be almost $200 million as a fund for tenants in case anything were to happen. as supervisor elsbernd laid out, this is an agreement which has been vetted extremely carefully by teams of lawyers around the bay area, including the former supreme court justice of the california supreme court who released an opinion today stating that under costa- hawkins this development agreement is sound, and it would uphold and withstand legal scrutiny. i know that emotions are running high. we need to make sure that as our city evolves and changes, we protect our tenants. i believe

people accurate information in a manner easy to understand for them so that's their first point and secondly we should explain what we need to do for. existing nuclear power plants. which people are worried the budget panel. or though they are quite safe right now. what do you think the government has done well in the situation taking the other side we assumed the worst case is and we said. twenty kilometers radius from. eighty and we expanded. the region vacated the region i think we have we. said evacuations on based on the scientific that is it possible to open up the reaction to the international community we published our report to. the international atomic energy organization. believes entry it is written in. both japanese and english so you can. read from our website our prime minister's office website. report detailed report right after the extent we published. or that in english or through our website but scientists say there needs to be more cooperation with outside agencies and outside governments would you say to these critics they don't know that fact and actually. from the time

neither bulgaria nor russia nor any other country would be willing to jeopardize and safety and secondly we're working on creating the. economic and the financial package to make this project interesting to outside investors as well because it's a they said in the beginning this is a very substantial project obviously this takes time it doesn't happen quickly but i can assure you that it is in the interests of both of you and energy companies the russian energy company that is involved in it both governments and everyone else in europe. if we go ahead with this project we go ahead with it on the very very firm basis that doesn't leave any questions to be asked just for safety and economic benefits of financial backing just people who take wiki leaks seriously they say that one of the reasons they have putting this project may be that the americans were. putting much pressure on bulgaria according to wiki leaks two to two that in favor of house instead of russ that i'm american investors instead of russian investors is that. i'm not one of those people who think we can look seriously so i

provides for a common framework of laws and regulations to allow for the development of society secondly it builds on the community of values that europe has in terms of security when you are allies. together with everyone around you you don't fight you don't waste money and you don't waste resources. protecting each use you go so far against your neighbors you actually invest your money in your resources in tackling the contemporary challenges of security that we have and these challenges today are quite different from the way they worked in the nineteenth century or of the twentieth century edition foreign minister voiced more than once the russian position russian proposal to create a paid european says the security center they need to know what's. happening in a bad this proposal we look very carefully at the proposal that came from russia for the new security architecture if i'm going to go with that and i think the many issues that still need to be discussed within the framework of the always see we always see is the framework which gives. the entire brings everyone together in a f

those who have deluded themselves into thinking they are gods and lesser people are simply vicious secondly freely give orders to kill innocent people and even if the victims are guilty of something i personally but should be held responsible for what he has done and as for the safety of at least terrorists number one what about all the other planets you're committed some arena crimes during its second third it's wrong to give an arson if someone stages a terror attack and is immediately proclaimed terrorist number one if strikes russia he's no terrorist at all and even there isn't a member of a terrorist group it is also true for those people who are in hate in. norway and turkey they are very real terrorists and should not be any double standards in the sphere they are all terrorists members of a connected terrorist network everyone should realize that your god and. i thank you so much for the entity my pleasure. culture is that so much of an oldish musician is the person on the mark left is the chaos be played out in yemen turning the country into a failed state how should the internatio

owners general mistrust for second piece of that and just don't invest and secondly there's a need for it and we can use their presence so there are no i'm not where many of them play they do say in blue chips as no one here probably is the most favor. by the market but there are sometimes some of the for almost a risk that the in september in the middle of the sort of the not fit on the to the market and some discount and the solution we buy that's rising interest from is going to bump in dust from other news some kind of some on taxes so also a month a bit that there's something not on the stocks but most blue chips chip oh multiples of basis and i think is a for general optimism not a wife from the market the people that will buy most of for much of. our business. in about forty five minutes from now with more here on the sets. to. add. one thing to your different order. here this street still keeps secrets but now it's time to reveal versions of the soviet files on r.t.c. . is what i was just thinking about my future before the foreign companies came i dreamed of owning a can cutti

secondly actually if you want to take john locke and extended to two through the whole era through the whole whiteman air there was also a recognition that many people don't have economic freedom because of the circumstances of their life that's true of law about half of them are there's this several i mean i'm a scottish. i'm not a french i'm late meaning i like the scottish and so i'll take that and let me know opposed to the emotional tone of the press but the second point that has to be made on this is that taxes are not why we have this fourteen trillion dollar deficit a very small part it's the spending that is the problem it is the trillion and a half those three has been two trillion dollars or more start with the stimulus and it comes from from the misallocation of funds that is the problem with the bush spending ok i'll agree with you it's the spending it's the illegal war it's not either it was incredibly good party that is stripped away nearly every single effective gun control over the last few decades to any american while was that gun ownership and one organization has t

but secondly actually if you want to take john locke and extended to to through the whole era through the one lightman era there was also a recognition that many people don't have economic freedom because of the circumstances of their life are you sure that's true i'd have a lot about half of them are there's several i mean i'm a scottish development fellow myself i'm not a french elate mean i like the scottish lightman so. close to the ocean one of the threats but the second point that has to be made on this is that taxes are not why we have this fourteen trillion dollar deficit they are very small part it's the spending that is the problem it is the trillion and a half that he has been three trillion dollars in our start where the stimulus i think comes from the misallocation of funds that is the problem there are totally bush spending ok i'll agree with you it's the spending it's the illegal war and to get a brotherhood party that is stripped away nearly every single effective gun control over the last few decades to any american while was to gun ownership and one organization has

prices two or three things one people don't have to take bribes because they've got enough money secondly it attracts very high quality people into government and to help running the government you know if you look at america most american congressman they're the people who did well the playground when they were in school they're not very smart people or they would be working for the government so do you think that the united states needs to do something to attract them brighter talent into the government but they certainly do one thing might be to to pay much higher prices most people who go to into government in the us are not the brightest and smartest people and i'm sure you know that. another thing that i want to ask you about you know it's not just money that the united states and china have sticking points surrounding another one is taiwan and we saw the cia director who's now being going through confirmation to the head of the secretary of defense we saw him bring up the issue of taiwan in those hearings and he said that it appears that china has a near term focus on preparing for

and then secondly we have added additional restrictions on the city's existing prohibition on converting the rental units in the tower units into condominiums. i fully appreciate the concerns raised by some tenant leaders. i before never support thd project if i did not feel comfortable that tenant rights have been protected. i say this as one of the few tenants on this board of supervisors, as someone who has been a staunch advocate for tenants before i was elect and with my vote on this board. if there anything else we could have put into this agreement to address the concerns, i would have supported that. that being said, after years of planning, meeting and discussion, i think it is time to move forward. this is the right decision for our tenants, for the west side and for the future of san francisco, and i ask that we move these forward. thank you. >> the president has made a motion. is there a second for that motion? >> colleagues, can we take that without objection? supervisor chiu: that should be the case. any further discussion? if we could take a role call vote on items 18-21.

secondly, the northern alliance want no partf this. the paktanis do not want it and as vali said, they don't a seat at the table. part of karzai's government is not in agreement so the idea of reconciliation, it's only... it should be a goal, we should talk to people. i'm not suggesting we don't but we should keep both feet clearly planted on the ground in terms of what our expectations here and what is truly realistic. >> rose: vali, what was richard holbrooke's plan? what would he have advocated in the counsels of the white house and state department? >> well, i think one of the things he would have advocated is that we shouldn't have allowed our relationship with pakistan in the past two months to deteriorate to the degree that it has. every calculation we made about afghanistan was premised on a positive relionship with pakistan. the sk factor in that relationship has gone up at the very time that we want to withdraw troops from afghanistan. for instance, as general keane saysif we're not going to be able to go into the east, that

secondly, why a million dollars? why not take you back on the maximum conforming loan under fannie may and freddie mack which is nowhere is a million dollars and which varies by geographic region there are ways to deal with this that make more sense and will generate revenue. >> but a lot less revenue than if you just listed the whole thing. >> sure. what ought to be the debate. if you could define the debate would you like to see take place from now until the election in 2012, but also having to do with long-term problems, what would it be? within we have two big probms in our economy right now. fundamental problems. and if policymakers don't fix them ty are being irresponsible. those probms are a deep, deep jobs deficit, number one. and that has a lot to do with the living standards of the broad middle class, they're stagnating because of problem number one. problem number two is our budget deficit is structurally out of balanc we need to solve both of them but there has to be a sequence to it. all of the indicator

secondly, what do we do about them? america has been founded on the principles of human dignity, human liberty, and human equality. we can never not only not renounce these principles. we need to affirm them, and other countries should know that it makes a difference to us how they conduct themselves on the human rights issue. the more -- the next question is what do you do beyond this? how many sanctions do you put on and to what degree do you assert that you can tell other countries what domestic institutions they should have, and at that point, there is a difference of opinion. some people whom i belong, and i would be sure nixon, and for that matter i say almost every american president i have seen in action believes that through a policy of engagement, one is move the chinese better than through a policy of con froppation which evoked all the memories of their history, and which they have always resisted and when clinton was president in its first years, he adopted a policy of con froppation, and after -- confronta

secondly what do we do about it?merica has been founded on the principles of human dignity, human liberty and human equality. we can never not only renounce these principles, we need to go further. and other countries should know that it makes a difference to us how they conduct themselves on the human rights issue. the more -- the next question is, what do we do beyond this? how many sanctions do you put on there? to what degree do you assert that you can tell other countries what domestic institutions they should have. and at that point, it's a difference of opinion. some people, i would be sure nixon for that matter, almost every american president i have seen, that through the publishing of engagement one can move the chinese better than through a confrontation which you have all the memories, and which they have always resisted. when clinton was president in his first years, he adopted a policy of confrontation. and after three years of failure, he gave it up. when ever i am in china, and whenever nixon was in c

first there is an appeal of the final report and secondly there is an appeal of the planning commission'sonditional use authorization. both appeals were brought by the same appellant. the issues are different. our consideration of the final eir appeal involves our analysis of the adequacy and accuracy, sufficiency and completeness which is a legislative hearing into either overturn or a firm planning, six votes are required. there is analysis on whether to determine this was appropriate. to overturn north conditional use and conditions, 8 votes are required. i suggest we consolidate both hearings to a single hearing. in >> to ensure the public, the planning department, and the project is sponsored receive a full opportunity to address the appeals, i suggested is as follows. the appellants will have up to 10 minutes to present their case. the palin will have up to 10 minutes to present the case for the appeal coffers of the authorization. members of the public means that you will want the board to request the final eir may speak up to three minutes on either or both issues. we ask that the

secondly, there will be an international grain schoolyard conference in the san francisco bay area in september 16 through 18. many of our schools will be featured in that important event. that information is available at greenschoolyard.org. this is the last school board meeting for the year and want to thank my colleagues for training made to getting me up to speed as a member of the school board. i have to say one of the best events i attended this past year was the african-american honor roll celebration during black history month. and that the event was amazing. 1200 african-american students with a 3.0 gpa or better, including two dozen 4.0 students. that event needs funding so i'm hoping that colleagues or listeners, people who are interested in supporting the honor roll event will get in touch with myself or the va marshall. i would like to see that continue strongly. >> thank you. >> i just came back from memphis and i wanted to highlight two sessions that are germane to the sessions we're doing. it is important information for us to have. i have the background information. t

secondly, sure, i worry a lot about pakistan. but i'm yet to hear an american present a plan or policy that can influence what is going on inside of pakistan. even if you had a perfect government in afghanistan, how would that affect the growth of the pacific -- pakistani taliban which is a real extremist force, the division within the army in pakistan where it is growing and growing religious extremism. the political lies in corruption in that country and tribal and class loyalties there. that country is falling apart with over 100 nuclear weapons. but show phame, other than sayi we should do something about it, exactly what we should do. host: our last call is from illinois, diana, democrats line. caller: good morning, steve. i wanted to tell mr. gelb that in march of this year i was in pakistan and i had to learn about a different type of country for myself and show them how important it is for our country and their countries. but they did not accept who we were and they did not like us. and i agree that the troops coming home

secondly, we need a comprehensive policy that deals with those disparities. we talk about disparities, but let's think about a policy that the city can truly embrace that looks at health disparities in district 10 and district 5. we cannot let these artificial barriers separating us. i am dealing with the african- american population. it does not matter if ibm in district 10 or the fillmore. i am still sicker than other parts of our population dealing with these illnesses. we are dealing with the black coalition on aids. if the way the contracts are designed, it is indeed someone from the fillmore comes over to get services, we are not supposed to give the services because of the way the contracts are designed. i just think we need help with things like that. last, but not least, and i really want to emphasize this -- bca has been around for 25 years. this will be the first year that we will not have hiv prevention services for our community. that is just unacceptable. i need help. supervisor cohen: i need you to get to the question. >> i did. all three of th

secondly, and the this is nothing that needs to be pointed out, as i think it is fairly significant, it makes these properties very attractive residential sites, the existence of the state park. back to when george and claude were primarily responsible for moving executive park along, executive park put up the first $1 million to turn the land over to the state. recently, not just in the last month or two, when folks were talking about closing state parks, the fight was led to keep it open. may i have more than three minutes? you asked about eight questions. supervisor cohen: this is a project sponsor, so he can make. >> the transportation questions are excellent questions that need to be addressed so that if everyone -- any one is in doubt, the doubt will be removed. we have proposed a project right behind us in 2005, at a time when the joint to build out of urby and upc would not require any regional transportation improvements. we were looking strictly a project related improvements. coming along was and we were asked to step back -- coming along we were asked to step back. it has