that would drag it out longer so the government and skilling came to this agreement where skilling would drop the remaining appeals, $40 million would be returned to the investors, the convictions would stand but he would get out of prison early, 14 years and good behavior he'll be out by 2017. >> give us aceps of ttmosphere courtroom today and how did skilling look? >> reporter: he is 59 years old and looks every bit of that. he's grown a beard since being in prison. he looks like he's aged somewhat. he was in gracen garb and hand kuchs. the courtroom was packed with skilling supporters. 250 people wrote in support of him. among the people in the courtroom, his family, wife rebecca, members of ken lay's family. he passed away in 2006 and those convictions wiped out. one victim spoke for those victimized by the scandal. dianna peters said skilling betreyed the employee's trust. >> talk more about that, scott. what does this mean for enron's victims? >> reporter: well for one thing they will get this $20 million held in escrow since the trial in 2006. that will go to the victims. that's p

so language skills, maintaining, developing language skills, cultural understanding, the principles of counter insurgency, the history of warfare all are relatively cheap and there are a series of really good books coming out right now, so we can educate even if we are unable to train because of a lot of the decisions that are being made about budget allocations. >> when we talk about capacity, though, how much capacity is enough capacity? i mean right now most of the u.s. army was engaged in that task, much of the deployable part of the army was engaged in that task for example and much of the marine corp. how much of an emphasis does this have to be or a standard training element that every single person in the force has got to go through? >> i think every person in the force has to at least have an understanding of the basic principals, should understand the concept of war among the people, and should have a familiar -- familiarity, experts particular knowledge, skills, cultural understanding, political skills, training skills and if there is one mistake i think we have made is that

coping skills. how am i going to be able to cope with this? and then the others, the world? i mean just the whole bunch of different things. coping skills. you guys, san francisco, again, i have to say is the most resourceful city in the world. if you can find the resources, and here it's just finding them. you have to take your time and you have to research and then you have to open doors, close doors, but it's here, somewhere in san francisco. and finding the coping skills, we gave you a couple of tools today of different organizations that are here in san francisco and that are working and maybe you can get some coping skills from contacting them or asking some questions from those different organizations. what resources do you guys do for coping skills? and going back to that, too, everybody's coping skills are different. for one of my coping skills, i do a tv show, which is called "black media." i go out into the public and dip into my life and the people's lives in san francisco here. i just t

and it really helped me practice my communication and relationship skills.dy bar, and i ended up selling him the whole box. >> nice. lizzie, let's talk about communicating with parents. for example, i'm trying to get my parents to let me do some thing that maybe they're not so hot on. what should i do or not do? >> well, you really should not do is, you should not complain or whine if they say no. really don't beg at the beginning. really calmly ask them what you want and be polite and make sure that you're telling them that you really want this, and you're being polite about it. >> any last comments on good communication? >> well, there's no question that face-to-face communications are critical for kids. and the one way we get better at that is just practicing. so, if you get in an argument with a friend or something like that, instead of texting them, how about getting face-to-face? how about skyping them or something where you're actually, you can see what the facial reactions are, and you practice those skills because those skills are the ones that are

what we provide is a professional development skills like presentation skills and negotiation skills, had no idea when i started the program that most students didn't know how to write a letter. frequently students don't know how to shake hands. giving a pitch and knowing how to network. then looking at what careers available. >> cheryl: you bring in companies, big companies to work with students? >> we work with many companies in the bay area, like kaiser, and they provide internships for students. they provide mentors. we're having young leaders diversity conference. we love to work with partners that are actively recruiting students. they have a great return on their investment as well because they have high caliber students who are professionally trained and ready to go. there isn't that huge gap between academic and professional world. >> cheryl: what i love about object internship. they are paid internships and they are paid well? >> i practice what i teach. we teach them negotiation skills but i do negotiations with businesses because they are v getting very well-trained employ

we allowed some skilled entrepreneurs in.hat is why we need to let more foreigners io the u.s. th csumer electronics association. so, your group runs this massive @%ow in las vas were all of these tech entrepreurs show off this stuff. you can really see the emigrant? >> absolutely. 3,000 companies that are extending to 150,000 pple from around the world. my are pursuing the american dream. they have an idea d now they can get funding to partnerships, retail and media coverage. john: they come here becse they want to network in silicon valley and stuff happens. >>>> absolutely. i go around theorld and every one sp the like america because we're the best in the world. detracted best and brightest. y cnt should have a strategy immigration. we los ours. we set up our borders, and it's hurting as. john: whato you mean we shot of our borders? >> we are disuraging peop from coming here. very difficult. wh they become students they get their pcs and we keephem out. is a crime. john: kicking them out as the weird part. we pay for thei

jeff skilling left in august.decisions that led to the bankruptcy, as andy fastow says, then skilling was indeed gone, and that's his point about skilling not being to blame. but there was a lot that was wrong with the company, as he said. there was a lot of misleading going on, and probably everybody from top down can take some blame for that. >> well, it's clearly one of the biggest tragedies in corporate american history, and a lot of people still feeling the ramifications of it today. thank you all. ladies, thank you for joining us today. scott, good job as always. >> thank you. >>> so what happens when a board of directors simply screws up? wait until you hear about this chairman and ceo who was green-lighted by his board to receive $159 million in pension benefits. >> former apple ceo john sculley will join us with his insights on board oversight, and that is next. vo: i've always thought the best part about this country is that we get to create our future. you get to take ownership of the choices you make.

we allowed some skilled entrepreneurs in.hat is why we need to let more foreigners into the u.s. the consumer electronics association. so, your group runs this massive @%ow in las vegas were all of these tech entrepreneurs show off this you can really see the emigrant? >> absolutely. 3,000 companies that are extending to 150,000 people from around the world. many are pursuing the american dream. they have an idea and now they can get funding to partnerships, retail and media coverage. john: they come here because they want to network in silicon valley and stuff happens. >> absolutely. i go around the world and every one step the like america because we're the best in the world. detracted best and brightest. every country should have a strategy nd immigration. we lost ours. we set up our borders, and it's hurting as. john: what do you mean we shot of our borders? >> we are discouraging people from coming here. very difficult. when they become students they get their pcs and we keep them out. is a crime. john: kicking them out

you do not need to bring in low skilled immigrants. host: this piece says the deficit will cut $197 billion over 10 years. guest: the cbo score is the only 10 and a score that exists. it is merely a score of a fantasy piece of legislation they made up the have to do with the legalization part. that study is not a score of this bill. what they did, and this is remarkable for the first time in our history, is that they took account the changes in the economy that would occur as a result of immigration. usually they do scoring assuming that gdp just doesn't change. they did for the first time and space and immigrants will increase the size of gdp. high school immigrants and all immigrants would increase the productivity of machines, capital, and business in the united states, increased economic growth, and over a 20. -- growth. guest: this is the same institution that as obamacare had zero cost and would pay for itself. that was not true. cbo plays a game -- the legislation is designed so the tax revenues occur during the first 10 years.

so, what we'll be doing is closing the skilled nursing facility. many of those individuals will be going into community placement. those that need lao abound a honda's admission will go into laguna honda. and we will be ~ reorganizing the floor to become a residential care facility. so, in some ways we'll be increasing the level of care that we believe we need for those discharging at san francisco general hospital. the mayor restored most of the mental health cuts from the previous cuts that we had [inaudible]. >> i'm curious. is there room at laguna honda hospital? you're going to be moving people around. i'm wondering if there is room at laguna honda. >> we have consistent turn over the patients at laguna. not all will be going into the skilled nursing facility. there are many that meet the criteria. many will be going into placements in the community those who need locked facilities. >> and do you know how many people are currently in the skilled nursing facilities now? >> i believe there are 39 beds at the skilled nursing facility we have toda

we can't find enough people to hire that are skilled. here we are and we don't have people ready for the jobs. i'm asking for the $100,000 for the coalition to get our folks ready to work >> hello brian the executive director of the aids alliance. i'm here to support the funding request for pets pa. i'm supporting the one million dollars for every year and within that request is approximately $100,000 to continue services from the aids housing alliance. we'll put together an online application and provided that to 7 organized in the city like the lgb center and we provided a homeless prevention and this is the beginning of a homeless and housing services for the lgb community which currently does not exist. between 2006 and 2011 i recently invested through the hiv department that 20.4 percent of people with hiv have been accomplice placed in san francisco in 5 years. over the same period the aids housing alliance prevented homelessness and we have this huge disaster going on. we need more money >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good

what we provide is a professional development skills like presentation skills and negotiation skills,writing. i had no idea when i started the program that most students didn't know how to write a letter. frequently students don't know how to shake hands. giving a pitch and knowing how to network. then looking at what careers available. >> cheryl: you bring in companies, big companies to work with students? >> we work with many companies in the bay area, like kaiser, and they provide internships for students. they provide mentors. we're having young leaders diversity conference. we love to work with partners that are actively recruiting students. they have a great return on their investment as well because they have high caliber students who are professionally trained and ready to go. there isn't that huge gap between academic and professional world. >> cheryl: what i love about object internship. they are paid internships and they are paid well? >> i practice what i teach. we teach them negotiation skills but i do negotiations with businesses because they are v getting very well-trai

we have a fairly diverse number of folks and the average sill i skill set is just above the high school. and in addition we added a hospitality sector due to the increase in hospitality and tourism and our disability employment initiative is in full gear for folks on a a multitude of disabilities. we continued our third year we do a procurement process. we applied that as of april of this year. we had 51 agencies apply the total dollar amount is lifting .8 million down from the previous years. some of our other initiatives mandatory local hiring requirement going from 25 percent to thirty percent. we issued our annual report as well. everything is going positive in terms of local higher implementation. we're currently in the process i i know that supervisors avalos we're currently in the process of review and looking at and determining whether we want to bring forgot a set of recommendations around holly the percentages or moving forward. so we're going to be currently in that process which includes department head recommendation and karaoke representation and my own representation. so

people coming in with skills that we need.ht now we don't need a lot of people with low skills and low wage rates. they a just not necessary. john: i'm going to talk later in the show about age one be visas whic is for skilled workers. you callethem fraudulent. >> they are. john: h1 be visas were originally designed for the person thatas unique undering -- unique qualifications nowhere else in theorld can we find that person. that it -- that is what it was degned for. john: nowhere else in the wor? >> yes. i'm sorry. no one in thunited states defined person with that qualification. what it has turn into unfortunately,gain, lot of the oddest that you referred to earlier have identified the problem. they're now beinus to bring people in o have skills but will work foresshan people who are presentlymployed in the united states. john: people in america are jt as skilled and could take the people from india, the computer engineerarnot better. >> in the of the institutions of higher eduation. are you really not turni out anybody tha

so, that's become a critical skill set. for every active duty, every reservist and even our coast guard auxiliaryist, 35,000 volunteers, some you may see outside the gate and say, wow, the coast guard hangs onto its people a long time. they're median age, older than me, but they volunteer their services, including during an emergency response. and they, too, are ics trained to support in a time of emergency. >> sustaining these skills is something that, as you say, jody, is a deliberate action. we're in the process of doing that right now. we have built san francisco fleet week and its associated exercises into our training continuum, and we'll continue to do so into the future. this will give us several milestones on our calendar that will get our heads back into this very complex arena. so, we certainly understand that. i think we're going to be seeing guidance coming from the secretary of the defense in the next couple of years that will elevate this in terms of our responsibilities and mission sets. so, we're in the pro

around interview skills. we will have folks reviewing resumes and mock interviews. we want the young people to join us and we hit the ground running. let me end by saying thank you to the mayor and raising your hand. he continues to be the envy of many in the country. and secondly to the department heads that raised their hand to say we would step up. thank you to all department heads who stepped up to provide these wonderful opportunities of the young people. with that, let me call on a young person last summer that went from a summer job to a permanent job, welcome kae. >> thank you, my name is tomas, and last year i participated in the summer job program, and i got to learn about property management and accounts receivable and accounts payable. at the end of the six weeks i was asked from my supervisor to be a permanent hire. i immediately said yes, because i get to work in the financial district, get to suit up. and i get to learn about all types of real estate management stuff. i highly encourage all you

they are skilled, but they're not americans.bring them over and give them a college education and then put them out. >> that's right. if we need a particur skill immigrtion policy should reflect that. >> of demand. let them work. john: the oside of the economy. thk you. coming up, the debate on wther immigration is given a bad for america. more on that. d more onocial networking. my motheit's delicious. toffee so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. m janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. never really thought i would make money doinghat i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your buness dream a ality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. bjorn earns unliterewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just p it on my spark card.

keeping in mind that the individuals we focus on the average skills are high school diplomas and geds. and we trained around 1 thousand folks. we receive two new fte from the mayor's office for first, you source. one will be dedicated to end use and the other for professional services on the construction side and the other key financial budget issue we will receive some budget cuts from sequestration. i'll stop p there. i want to request questions about the two ftes. so if you could explain what the role of those two folks will be doing. i'm happy to hear we're beefing up our program. any experience in the past we have not had enough ftes with experience. we had first source contracts for foods and they signed off they're to go through the mission and didn't do that. then we have america's cup experience which looks like it has not been upheld and it seems like we had the program within a w d it they worked the way they should we wouldn't have controversy >> on the cityville side we have 6 dedicated ftes. around construction. we now will be able to start with the same compliance with

you have to have skills. i asked people how they would handle specific situations and i'm looking for flexibility and i'm looking for skills they can adopt. he did this at a meeting we had people never forget this. a lot were mba students asking all about career paths and use of the worst question you can ask us what is your career path and that was very good advice because you were saying we want you to be flexible. >> when people call me up and say i'm the vp now and i need to be senior vice president or chief operating officer whatever in your comp me and i would say click. that's not how we operate. we want you to join our cause for which you believe in what were doing and you'll do just fine and the device worked well for all the people who managed to not screw up and shut up inside, how can i help? >> a couple people umi recruited together. >> yes, but they still remember. >> i give this advice in my book. titles are the wrong reason to take a job. titles don't mean anything. every job i've taken, both

right now we don't need a lot of people with low skills and low wage rates.y are just not necessary. john: i'm going toalk later in the show about e onbe visas which is for skilled workers. you cald them fraudulent. >> they are. john: h1 be visas were originally designed fo the rson that has unique underlying -- uque qualifications nowhere else in the world can w find that person. that it -- that is what it was designed for. john: nowhere else in the wld? >> yes. i'm sorry. no one in the united states defined person withhat qualification. what it has turned into unfortunely,gain, a lot o the oddesthatou referred to earlier have identifd the problem. they're w being used to bring people in who have skills but will work for less than people who are presently employed in the united states. john:eople inmerica are just as skilled and could take the people from india, the computer engineers are notette >> in the of the institutions of higher education. are you really not tning out anybody that has tse particularkills? it will tell you all the time that they are, b

we service many residents every year and they gain skills in sustainable building, life skills, ged preparation and wrap around services. we are the de facto job provider for the green train academy. it cost $6,500 a year to train these at risk youth in our program versus hundreds of thousands of dollars to incarcerate one of them. we recently celebrated our 40th year serving communities of risk here in san francisco and without your funding our program is in danger of closing our doors. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon budget and finance. clear the decks. light the city lights. we got nothing to hit but the budget highs. you will be great. you will be swell. everything's coming up roses for the city garden. it was good to see chris daly. good to see chris daly. we can't going to take this anymore. we ain't going to take this, all the money took so long to make it. we ain't going to take it. we're going to rake it in. we're going to take the money that they get and we're going to surely rake it. we're going to make it and we're going to take it some more. yes, and

to learn a useful skill and to be able to apply it somewhere, right? i was in vegas three months ago -- >> must be nice. >> it was okay. i lost big. but i ran into this woman who runs the caterpillar dealership in town. >> you could sell caterpillars? >> not if they are very hungry. >> it is a machinery. >> tell him. it is a bulldoze expert excavator and backhoe. 20 jobs -- >> he lives under aed to stool. under a toad stool. he runs into creatures of the woods. >> go ahead. >> that's middle earth. that's all different. >> i am here. i could hear all of this. >> i am not convinced. i forgot my point. >> the caterpillar dealership. >> and then bill interrupted you with nonsense. >> i want to talk to you -- quickly, caterpillar dealership, and she said to you -- >> have i 21 jobs for skilled workers on heavy equipment starting at $60,000 and going up to $120,000 and can't fill any of them. >> that's a problem. you can't fit -- you can't find this to put into this. >> when you need those services done you can't find somebody to do the job because there is

we provide training and communication skills, the so-called soft skills that are important to keep jobs and continue on a career that is meaningful. i want to speak on the san francisco art commission and the proposal to extend cultural equity grants that is important for communities throughout san francisco. i was part of a task force for many years that established that program. thank you for your consideration. and thank you to all the community for being here tonight. thank you. >> good evening, i am jackie flin, i am executive director of the program in san francisco. i want to thank you supervisors for something and thank you for your service to the city. but i am here to ask for your continued support in three major areas. one is in employment services. and i would

you need to have your own skills and make the right decisions that will work in that moment, so i was glad that she gave that example and i am able to show you how having these skills are very important, and i would also like to say a lot of you have seen the bullying film and saw a lot of adults who clearly needed more training in their social emotional competencies and if we think about it think about -- i don't want to assign blame to administrators or to parents who we all know are often just doing the best they can with the kind of experiences they have grownup with, the training they had and the skills they are, but imagine the scene with the administrator how that might of different if she had social emotional learning since preschool? or with alex and the conference conversationing with different and all through school and you have relationships based on this model so i'm just putting that out there today and we will be talking more about it and i hope people have time for questions to just further this conversation. these wonderful people up here on the panel have done a fabu

former enron ceo jeff skilling could be a free man as early as 2017. a federal judge has cut skilling's 24-year prison sentence to 14 years. he could be eligible for another 4-year reduction for good behavior. as part of the agreement, he'll drop his ongoing appeals and give up claims to the $40 million seized by the government after his indictment for enron's collapse in 2001. skilling's settlement with the government means the enron matter is "all but closed." "i think the doj was just tired. i think they've been dealing with this case for 10 years, and i think a lot of the people that originally prosecuted this case are gone. i think they want to move to something else now. there's going to be no bang for the buck to continue to beat on jeff skilling." skilling has served more than six years of his sentence in a colorado facility. traders and economists are keeping a close watch on the credit crunch in china. interest rates in the asian nation spiked to record highs last thursday as the central bank seemd to signal it would not continue pumping cash

we provide training and communication skills, the so-called soft skills that are important to keep jobs and continue on a career that is meaningful. i want to speak on the san francisco art commission and the proposal to extend cultural equity grants