sonya, welcome. [applause] this really is another milestone, but more importantly, leads into another legacy of the producing and performing through your mentoring and the category of the challenges that the bic secretary undertakes. we know that you will do a good job. more importantly, that you will always protect our backs. >> thank you. i would just like to thank the commission for the opportunity to serve. i have the honor of being trained by one of the best in ann aherne. i look forward to carrying her porch and working diligently with the commission. commissioner hechanova: thank you. >>item 8. commissioner's questions and matters. 8a. at this time, commission may make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices, and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. >> is there any public comments? seeing none. 8b. at this time, the commission may discuss and take action to set the date of the special meeting and to determine those items that could be placed on the a

i just think tonya -- sonya will have a tough time filling your shoes. commissioner lee: thank you for your service and congratulations on your retirement. i do not think any of us were expecting you. to tell you the truth, i was going to ask the commission later on if we could properly thank you and commend you had a future commission meeting and invite you back. i hope that we can still do that. maybe we will see you at that time, too. commissioner mar: for me, i am the new kid on the block up here. i do not think i could have gone orientated to the department without your help. thank you for that. you are right. it is the people on the front line of the department that gets a lot of the work done. i am learning that. sometimes, i do not they are appreciated as much as they could be. commissioner hechanova: no words can explain enough our gratitude for your service and also to the commissioners, to the city. you will be missed, but you will be around. we look forward to helping you celebrate your new chapter, but at the same time, you will always be we

sonya, you will probably reach 40. we will see how many commissioners wish to stay on. good luck to all of you. i hope to be back once in awhile. i have a few question that i would like to ask from this side. thank you. [applause] commissioner walker: i have been on this commission for almost 10 years. the presence of secretary aherne in providing continuity through all of the different politics that exist in san francisco, at dbi and city hall, to provide us with comments, helping us to advise the director, as far as the department running, making sure that the staff is taking care of, thatur

sonya, you will probably reach 40. we will see how many commissioners wish to stay on. good luck to all of you. i hope to be back once in awhile. i have a few question that i would like to ask from this side. thank you. [applause] commissioner walker: i have been on this commission for almost 10 years.

sonya, you will probably reach 40. we will see how many commissioners wish to stay on. gouc

sonya harris, who had been in her stead at this time, will cover those duties. again, welcome to the bic meeting. that is it. >> item 3 is public comment. the bic will take public comment on matters within the commission's jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda. >> good morning. my name is sandy burnback. i live at 570 o'farrell. as i explained last time, we have had some problems. nov's are issued and then there is no follow-up. to emphasize my point, an nov was issued on 5/24 regarding the water heater. on june 16, a second issue wanos issued, along with a certified letter to the landlord stating, and i quote, you are directed to fix the unsanitary conditions. as of the close of business yesterday, nothing had been done. the last thing mentioned on the complaint database was 6/27, where the landlord asked the inspector for an additional two weeks. this is now four weeks later, and nothing has been done. it i will ask ms. day, since it is on her letter had, what this means? >> staff can address to later, but they are not allowed to respond to your public

. >> i want to thank sonya davis, one of our peacemakers in the community.ealer, civil rights attorney, and she has been a member of the restorative justice for youth program in oakland. linda. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the koret auditorium of the san francisco public library. i'm a member of the african- american interest committee here at the library. it is our hope that you will be profoundly moved and inspired by what you hear and see today. social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the court, but in all aspects of society. this concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunity. everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest, deserves an even playing field. every race, every color, every culture. what happened in 1955 is not unlike what is exploding out of the headlines today. it was a young person's death that started the uprising in tunisia. it is young people on the front lines in egypt. slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following suit and rising u

it was sent from sonya harris to the commissioners. it says -- "[unintelligible] met mr. burnback this morning for one and a half hours. hopefully his issues have been resolved. most likely he will speak during public comment, but i think that the commission has to be careful not to respond to him directly pertaining to 570 barrel street, since this is not an item that is on the agenda. a few things come to mind. ms. harris sets the agenda. under what authority did she have to limit my comments? why did she not ask me if the issues had been resolved? since my name was on the memo, in fact actually in the subject of the memo, why was i not sent a copy? >> obviously, you got a copy. >> i got it through sunshine laws. i had to file through the sunshine laws in order to obtain a copy, ok? let me give you a couple of responses that i was given during the meeting that we had. we were talking about the heating issues i have had. eight days without key. when i raise the issue about what would happen in the future, his comment was, the next time it happens, why not call the health

[applause] we are honored to be joined by our first latina supreme court justice, sonya sotomayor.se] i want to recognize the house minority leader nancy pelosi. [applause] our great friend and champion, as well as welcome ken salazar for their awards tonight and outstanding work. i also want to give a special shout-out to my friend, ray. the program director here. not many people can give the president of united states stitches in his lip and get away with it. ray is in unique company. i sent him a photograph of the moment, as he was throwing his elbow at me, and he said, he is the only person ever did that to and the secret service did not arrest, and i hear that he is tough off the basketball court, too. i want to thank all of the members of the hispanic caucus, and i apologize for them, because they spent last week listening to me talked, so you probably thought you could escape by coming to this dinner, but i am here because we are a critical time for our country. the fight we are having right now, the fight to put more americans back to work, to make our country stronger and

. >> just a few more recognition sprint we're joined by current commissioner, signed a, -- sonya, as well as a representative from the office of nancy pelosi, the san francisco political committee. they do women's policy summit in september. for gin and harman, former director of the human rights commission, and galena -- helena. thank you so much for joining us. >> our next award goes to the unsung heroine, carol ito. she is bed a passionate advocate for women of all levels of the community. she was one of the founding members of the national asian pacific women's movement in the late 1970's, which resulted in the development of the local bay area group, pacific asian american women. the have been running 30 years. she recently completed three terms as a san francisco airport commissioner. please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy cha

sonya the black widow thomas beat chestnut to win the world's buffalo eating competition in of course, buffalo, new york. thomas broke her own record downing 183 wings. chestnut finished second with 174. earlier, they both took top honors in nathan's hot dog eating contest. thomas took the crown and chestnut won on the men's side. >> what kind of sauce is on there? >> i don't think it matters. >> the trophy was as big as she was. >>> wree seeing a little moon -- we are seeing a little moon light out there and a little clearing. we have the low clouds near the coast. all of that is going to be moving over the bay and will greet us tomorrow morning. this is a live shot from the high definition east bay cam near emeryville looking out over the bay. livermore is clear and 57. we had 56 and 56 in san francisco and in the north bay, santa rosa is clear. san jose right now clear skies and 59 degrees. so here is a look at our weather highlight for at least ofe next several days. we will have the drizzle take place. we will have midday sunshine tomorrow. we swril patchy clouds at the coast, an

the commissioners do not see all of the crazy calls that come into the commission that sonya will now be taking care of, and customers that come in. they do not see the day to day of what goes on in the department and how much the department really helps everyone in the commission. they save you a lot of time and a lot of the aggravation -- sometimes they just need somebody to listen to them. i know vivian does not like the term clerk, but

fascist troops it is informally known as the bronze soldier may the ninth is not a public holiday and sonya thousands of people seek to obtain permission to be absent from work in order to come to the monument and greet the veterans. thank you thank you lori carr your hearers. up until two thousand and seven the memorial stood on time is a mighty square and central talent and two thousand and six there stone in government relocated from soldier there was strong protests by the russophone population russian speakers account for one third of the republic's token have a sense even a stone stone to protest. what we call on the people to make legal protests without violating the constitution or laws of a stony or dmitri linter is the organizer of the night watch movement the new public organization sought to have the government repeal its decision to relocate the bomb soldier activists organized around the clock vigil near the monument when it was dismantled people came to protest. oh. it's it is grace it's it is dreams it's it is grace. it's a put us under this that there were five or six thous

sonya tomas known as the black widow, has already signed up.etitors will have six minutes to eat as much chili as possible. >> end jegs -- indigestion? yes. >> and making chili for 30 years. peaches, she demoms here and will do her thing. >> ben's chili bowl will fide stride chili for the competition and is preparing 30 pounds of chili for each person competing. that's about 60 regular servings each. >> you do not want to share a bed with those. >> indigestion is right. >> funky. >> photos of engineers repelling from the washington monument is our top trending story and the investigation into the death of a george washington university student and a post tweeted by "the onion" that caused so much controversy. >> still to come in the next hour of good morning, washington -- >> coming up, new food recalls in the wake of that deadly tainted cantaloupe report. >> and traffic and weather when good morning, washington continues in just >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> breaking news from yemen in what could be a

very, a 17-year-old tyler matters to sonya sonia, 10 african-american women across hermes seems frozen in terror. i have given up on looking perky and i'm fighting to keep my eyes open. no nose or facial jewelry. hearings must be small and discreet, not dangling. no blue jeans except on friday and then you have to pay a dollar for the privilege of wearing them. no grazing. that is, eating from food packages that it's somehow become open and no times faster. the last idea, time fast sends me drifting off in a sci-fi direction. [laughter] and is "the times" these head back to the or 3420, with weekends and days off looted from the 21st century, finally, someone asks a question. the old guy being hired as a people greater wants to know what is time fast. answer: doing anything at all except for working during company time. theft of our time however is not an issue. there are stretches amounted to many minutes on all three trainers wandering off leaving us to sit there and fan or grocery section or take a chance to visit it a little. i have seen time move more swiftly during seven-hour air

sonya, the tiny african-american woman across from me seems frozen in terror.i have given up on looking perky and i'm fighting to keep my eyes open. no nose or facial jewelry, we learn. earrings must be small and discreet, not dangling. no blue jeans on friday, and then you have to pay a dollar for the privilege of wearing them. [laughter] no grazing, that is eating from food packages that somehow have become open and no time theft. this last idea, time theft, sends me drifting off in a sci-fi direction. [laughter] and as the time thieves headed back to the year 3420 loaded with -- [laughter] with weekends and days off looted from the 21st century -- [laughter] finally, someone asks a question. the old guy who's being hired as a people greeter or wants to know, what is time theft? [laughter] answer: doing anything, anything at all except for working during company time. theft of our time, however s not an issue. there are stretches amounting to many minutes when all three of our trainers wander off leaving us to sit there in silence or go to take a chance to fi

here to explain technology writer for tech newsworld sonya ericsson, the author of "100 plus, how thef longevity will change everything from careers and relationships, to family and death." before we get into this from a relationship standpoint, how confident are you in the science that you're basing your premise on? >> the science looks incredibly good, and one of the reasons i wanted to write this book is i don't think a lot of people are aware, maybe they see headlines here and there, but i don't think people are aware of the kind of technologies that are really going to change our world. there's an entire field called tissue engineering which allows for the creation of brand new human organs made out of your own adult stem cells, so if you need a new trachea that can be done today. >> sure. it's not a problem. grab me a heart. >> exactly. >> that's one. they can do that. what's the other? >> it's been done in humans which is very exciting. >> yes. >> and then there's another one called gene therapy which allows scientists to tweak genes for all sorts of different reasons. in lab a

for the second straight year, sonya "the black widow" thomas trounced the competition at the annual wingork. she beat her own record. she gobbled up 183 wings in 12 minutes. let me say that again, 183 wings in 12 minutes, she even beat nathan's hot dog eating champ, joey "jaws" chestnut. i have been thinking about this story all morning. here's my thing, the best part of competitive eating and that's what they call it, coming up with your nickname. the black widow that is strong. >> that is. >> that is strong. i wasn't a wing person before that story and i'm not a wing person now. >> you got heart burn. >> followed by the tums eating contest coming up later. >>> time now for another check on your weather. jackie meretsky in for sam champion. good morning, jackie. >> i thought you were going to call m mjackie jaws. >>> we're going to take a look at this widespread flooding, so much has been happening in the atmosphere, we had irene. we're dealing with lee and now a cold front. so, take a look at mississippi, two-thirds of that state is in a flood warning. then with the advancement of this

sonya, the blackwy doe thomas, right there, broke her previous world record and -- black widow thomasmas, right procedure -- thomas, right there, broke her previous record. look at the crowd there. >>> government offices, post oses, schools, most banks and credit unions are closed today for labor day. if you are taking public transportation, muni, b.a.r.t., caltrain, they are wondering on caltrain schedules. as for parking, those parking meters in san francisco will be enforced. residential parking permit restrictions will not be enforced. there's no street sweeping unless the sign says they will -- they are sweeping seven days a week. >>> we want to check in with sal. are it we -- are we having any problems? >> everything is looking good. we have no delays to report -- to report. a little bit later in the day, you will see the roads definitely congested. this is a look at highway 4. no delays. and the east shore freeway, we had a little slowdown earlier due to some debris in the roadway. it's been cleared. everything is back on track as you make your way to the maze. 237 near milpita

chestnut was beaten in the contest last year by sonya, the black widow thomas. they are the two contenders in the field of 13. seeking to become the nation's wing eating champions. >>> new orleans is preparing for the worse as tropical storm lee comes ashore. what the conditions are right now as torrential rains hit low-lying communities. >>> 10th anniversary of the nome attacks. new warn -- of the 9/11 attacks. >> possible attacks involving small planes. what they think about this alert. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. . >>> federal authorities warn about anoth

sonya roth on covering september ione from president bush's florida trip.for our schedule at c-span.orthe ehistory. >> machiavelli has become a common word. >> his name is synonymous with ming. cal sch miles unger argues machiavelli's take my have been the result of the political situation around him. miles unger at 8:00. host: our next gest guest is from the national war college. what -- joan john j:0nson-freese. what -- who is a war college student? guest: typical war college students are at senior level, war 5, war 6 which is a captain or colonel. who because of a mandate in 2006 they are required to attend professional military training. >> so it is required if a person achieves a rank, they will go to school? >> yes, it is called joint professional military education. there are two levels, and these service schools are the schools where they attend to fill that requirement. the war colleges are also the 3anting of institutions. we award a masters degree in national security studies. >en so if a person is educated enough to gain the ranks of an officer

himself about hispanic immigration that he was arguing that sarah palin educational credentials were sonya sotomayor and have this ridiculous viewpoint that is the closest i ever came to actually exploding on the air. >> host: why was that a great disappointment. >> guest: i wanted to hate the guy personally. but i couldn't but that does not stop me to find objectionable his political views and his social views. he believes white christian america is under assault not so much by the black folks but the mexicans and the latinos and said different cultural ease those but and racism is totally objectionable and my fight him on that but i do listen to him very carefully when he is the ballet waiting the content and the effectiveness of a presidential speech because he is-- she's right presidential speeches and does that it down the middle and upper obama gave a good speech he will say it was a and here is why. >> host: how can district groups coalesce around is issues of race and class raised by the troy davis execution? >> guest: that is a good question. i found the troy davis execution very