i know there will be an amendment also to take out sewall lot 351. i am prepared to take action on that item right now, but i'd like to turn it over to supervisor chiu. >> think, everyone, for your patience. i have been monitoring this between other meetings. i will be brief, but to repeat what others have said, but that is appropriate for this committee to ask city staff to come up into discussions with the event authority to hopefully before with the various budget analyst recommendations. i'm interested in pier 29 and rent and sell participation. i think the concept of the cap makes a lot of sense, and i think what supervisor kim has suggested is appropriate. i think the challenges facing the of that authority, i hope we will be up to work together to figure out how to make this work for both sides. i agree with supervisor avalos and support him and his desire to make sure local hiring provisions make sense, given what we have done before, and we have heard from the arts community. supervisor avalos and i had a sidebar around local sailing, making

sewall upon brown is charged with driving without a valid license. brown was arrested last september after being pulled over for an unpaid ticket. he as accused aides to vincent gray of promising him a job during last year's campaign. federal investigators are also investigating his claims. >>> president obama says he doesn't think israel has made up its mind yet about whether to attack iran over its nuclear program. in an interview with nbc, the president said the united states was working side by side with israel to resolve the iran situation. the president says he hopes the whole thing can be resolved diplomatically. >>> in campaign 2012, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is hoping to continue his winning streak tomorrow when colorado, minnesota and missouri hold their g.o.p. contests. romney picked up his third victory in nevada saturday night despite finishing second, though, newt gingrich is vowing to keep campaigning till the g.o.p. convention this summer. >>> seven minutes after 5:00. jessica doyle is here with today's headline. w