we contract of two nurses to provide special services. we are piloting a couple of school program so we can begin to put some of the money to helping district-employed nurses. right now we do not have enough now employed, but they are able to with the same training. american sign language interpreters, spanish and chinese interpreters, primarily for parents. we are beginning to work with parents engagement to higher our own. we are going to be scaling the up over the school year, so we are maxed out in terms of making those changes, and that will be slow because it involves working with h.r. and hiring the right people with the political will to change. these things are slow, but these things stood out to me as places we could free up some money. get in some ways, i reduce expenditures already, but then we were able to free up some money, to add some curriculum to help boasts write better transitions -- to help write better transitions. we are taking baby steps. >> i appreciate your concerns. september is when we have the special educatio

we contract of two nurses to provide special services. we are piloting a couple of school program so we can begin to put some of the money to helping district-employed nurses. right now we do not have enough now employed, but they are able to with the same training. american sign language interpreters, spanish and chinese interpreters, primarily for parents. we are beginning to work with parents engagement

special forces, u.s. special operations command. he's commanded at every level and special operations community. most recently as commander of the joint special operations command and served in various staff and interagency positions including the time in the national security council. incoming secretary defense leon panetta has credited him as being the, quote, real commander of the extraordinary operation that killed osama bin laden. add broth mccraven has been nominated at a time of exceptionally high temple growth for special operations forces. as the current commander mccraven willson told the committee since it 9/11, our manpower has roughly doubled, our budget has roughly tripled, and i were overseas deployment has quadrupled. mccraven olson has also indicated the force beginning to show signs of, quote, but trading around the edges. admiral mccraven, the committee looks forward to hearing your thoughts of the stress on special operations, presinal can be mitigated given the demand for their unique skills. the committee is al

will the announced drawdown of forces in afghanistan impact special rations, force is given its special operations forces depend heavily on their counterparts in the general purpose forc for many of the enabling kit devotees that the need to be successful. in addition the committee will be interested in your thoughts on the employment on therange of special operations to devotee against al qaeda and associated groups outside of afghanistan, pakistan and iraq. director leon panetta expressed concerns on the shifting to other places most notably in yemen, somalia, north africa, and i hope he will address what you see as the appropriate role for the special operation forces in those aeas. in announcing lieutenant general allan's nomination, president obama called him, quote, the flight commander to take over the vital mission in afghanistan. if confirmed, the general will have big boots to fill and succeeding general petraeus commander of the 49 member international security assistance force coalition and u.s. forces aghanistan. like general petraeus, general allen brings an in-depth under

there are specialized training that cannot be brought in house. we have people going into sacramento right now, and it is put on by the state. they do not do it in house. in some cases, we do have to send people to specialized training. >> for instance, the plumbing. we brought an instructor in to do the plumbing code changes training. >> i would like to know what's going on. i just got some answers. thank you for that. >> may be on your report next month, there would be a global summary of where the trading had been done this year and maybe what is projected for the balance of the year, given it is that barry did to the non personal services category. at least we will know what percentage of cost would be relative to the projected revised budget. >> i have one more question. could you let us know about any new hires in the last 30 days or in the next 30 days? >> we are doing file -- we're doing final interviews for an engineer. >> i can't hear you. >> this is as loud as i could talk. >> i have that hearing. >> we have an engineer going through th

labrador. >> special agent canino i think i heard special agent newell say that you knew about this gunwalking. can you please. >> i want to make it perfectly clear to you and the american people and mexican government, my family and my friends. at no time ever did i know that atf agents were following known, suspected gun traffickers one of which bought 700 guns and we knew about his gun showing up in mexico six weeks after we opened up that investigation. never, ever what i imagine that we were letting that happen. we have 4000 best occasions plus or minus with mexico u.s. nexus. there are guns coming in. that is trafficking. the guns are coming into mexico. i have no clue that we were allowing these guns to go out there like this. like mr. gowdy said, there was no one -- interdiction to start any case. you have a toolbox. we have classes. jose teaches those trafficking classes. i have been to them. it is like building a house. you started the bottom and you try to work your way up. at one point you will only reach so far and then you come in and you have a meeting and you say okay ho

roosevelt had a special relationship of four. and that was very intense the year before pearl harbor because he wanted the united states to be involved very much and fdr wanted to get us into the war so they worked hand in hand to do everything they could to get the united states into the war. they have a special relationship but had no incentive to lie to each other. >> host: politically, why do leaders find it easier to lie to their own public and other leaders? >> guest: it is simple. it is easiest to lie when there is trust between two groups. in international politics, there isn't much trust between any two states. has therefore it is hard to live because the the other side is distrustful. when you deal with your own public, in most cases the publix tend to trust their leaders thinking they're looking out for their own good. look at the president of united states thinking he tries to protect us. it is a rough-and-tumble business and a leader is doing the best to maintain the security of the country. there is a certain level

they called for a systemic oversight of all special unit investigations. the office ordered the special units to videotape questioning of suspects on a trial basis. joining us now is our senior reporter. koji, do you think the reform plan will be sufficient for the public prosecutors to regain public trust? >> it depends on how strictly the prosecutors will carry out the plan. before, a series of scandals took place. they were seen as protectors of japanese justice. the special units arrested powerful lawmakers including a former prime minister, often in connection with money scandals. but the entire institution was shaken by a recent case in which three prosecutors were arrested in connection with evidence tampering. soon after, a series of accusations including this case came to light. an nhk survey conducted just after the case broke suggests 60% of the public no longer trusts the prosecutor's office. >> now, these false accusations by the prosecutors, what are the factors behind these accusations? >> first, we should note that more than 99% of defendan

the amount of money is for litigation costs, and for the special education, it is for special costs. >> the user fees paid as part of litigation? >> our lawyers are paid out of this budget. >> you told us this is a longer list. is this comparable? can we reasonably hope it might not be more than that? >> last year it was a little higher. we have an amount in case an issue comes up where we cannot handle about, and we will not use that money unless we have approval. we have tried to create a bench of law firms. we found that lets us not only to compare the quality, but it allows us to compare the outcomes. we significantly reduced what we used to be charged for. we have to preapproved the attorneys, and we also require a budget, and this gives us the ability to control costs superior -- control costs. >> you have 1.5 million plus $500,000 for special ed. >> yes, it is through the county superior -- through the county. >> you're asking for asa and -- permission to spend 300,000 out of the 500,000. >> that is correct. >> i want to say i appreciate the way you are approaching the contrac

and special places like a bengal as they should have special special regulations press with i've always been sensitive to these and as i say i mean we have this kind of arrangements with over all other areas ok i have the latest russia e.u. summit was overshadowed by this round of the vegetables the scandal when the russians banned all european vegetables and russia is the way it is i think the biggest market for european vegetables so. are you sure do you think that this is fair that this problem had to be solved by president medvedev and the leaders of the european countries should it take such a high level to solve such a problem i know probably probably probably what happened is that this happened just a few days before the summit i said i hope that is the cucumber is well ok. this is going through congress albeit possible of something that they have not done because this is it is not a modern look at as your god gave i think with them as we keep this. historical moment but not what happened is that this problem arises and the ban also took place just a few days before the summit so

water for a special use district. but a three. special districts for sign elimination. special districts for cnn streets. continuance for september 8, 2011. item four, 2011.0051c, request for a conditional use authorization. proposed for a continuance to october 13, 2011. further, commissioners, under your regular calendar, we are receiving requests for continuances on item 11, a case 2011.0656tmz, and amendments to the planning codes. adding a section 608.16, and amending the special district of the zoning map designed -- assigning the special sign district, request for a continuance to august 11. item 13, case 2011.0155c, 5411 gary boulevard, use authorization, requested for a continuance to october 27. >> which items? >> item 13. item 16, case 2011.0294c is proposed for continuance to october 6. in both instances, the sponsor has no objection. and the final staff request of continuance or items 18a and b. request for a conditional use authorization and variants. that is all i have under items proposed for -- >> is there a date? what's october 6 for items 18a and b. p

special agent, you are a trained special agent for atf. you trained in the issue of walking guns? >> no, serve. >> with regard to walking guns when you are in training what do you know -- what what does atf tell you about walking guns? >> you don't want guns. they teach -- i teach our first line supervisor school. i teach our command-and-control school. >> are you aware of anybody who has been disciplined for walking a gun? >> no, sir. darren talk to me last night and put into perspective. if if you are an atf agent and use a gun at his three days no questions that. if it is your gun, just three days. >> what do you define as a walking gun? >> what exactly happened in this case. >> in your words what you think walking a gun is? >> walking a gun is when you have custody and control of that firearm and you let it get in the hands of a suspect and you don't interject that suspect. in that case, we had co-op readers at the gun store so they are acting as agents of the government. doesn't matter for those guns came out of an atf prop fault. >> thank you. is that what you meant when you

i just want to say on behalf of the board of supervisors -- we have a special responsibility and a special leadership role in the world. as we come together, we symbolize all of this date we have in humanity, the faith we have in the fight for civil rights, the faith we have, frankly, as a common family. >> i consider myself someone who shares the progress of value that need san francisco's -- many san franciscans hold dear. >> i do believe that a majority of this board share the same progressive values, and i think there is a danger and an overly narrow definition of what is progressive. we have to remember that being progressive stance for values of inclusiveness, of tolerance, of acceptance, and we need to think hard about how we characterize various votes of either being within that definition or outside of that. >> before i ran for office, i worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and a civil- rights attorney and really got to understand how much of a beacon to the rest of the world san francisco is for social justice. i also been spent a number of years helping to grow a sma

will get the special meeting. actually, we're encouraging the p.u.c. to get that special meeting scheduled for august so it doesn't have to be delayed any longer. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, commissioners. josh arsey with bright line. i wanted to echo the same sentiments with as far as the term sheet being in a place where it should go from the p.u.c. to the board of supervisors, whatever you can do today to help make that happen. the special meeting, the letter, anything you can do, i think it's time to do that and just commissioner mirkarimi's point, i'm on the renewable task force that was mentioned with jason freed and barbara hail. we had a number of meetings and the only plan to get to a 100% renewable energy system in san francisco that's on the table is c.c.a. so let's move it forward. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed on this. this specific item. colleagues, we have an item before us, can we have a mo

along with his fighters, he's been on the run from us special forces for a year. now he's changed sides. he's being given extra weapons by the afghan government, and asked to help hunt down his former taliban friends. >> narrator: a month after the ceremony, we go back to find abdul aziz and his militia. we discover that he is starting to regret his decision to leave the taliban. >> narrator: aziz and his men have not been paid by the government since they started working for them. they are cold and hungry, and they are very worried that at some point, they might actually have to fight their former taliban friends. then something happens that none of them want. one of aziz' men has just been told that there are some taliban hiding in a house nearby. >> narrator: aziz seems unsure what to do. aziz tries to persuade the village elder to hand the taliban over without a confrontation. he forgets he is wearing a microphone. >> narrator: the us military acknowledges that there aren't enough taliban foot soldiers switching sides to make a real difference in the war. but

the small business line last year, the special events and filming at about $169,000 annualized. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> i seem to be the one with all the questions. i guess being the new kid on the block. i know there are some minor adjustments in terms of reductions, and i just wanted to know if you held to the correct rates, would you really lose tenants? >> we may not lose existing tenants, but new tenants, it gives us better ability to negotiate. what you are delegating, really, it is this range, the bottom and the suggested top. we always try to get as much as we can. i know commissioner lazarus had this exact question last year, and we were able to get the as nchor tennant at pier 9 because we reduced the rate. so it does make a difference. >> in terms of when we look at the categories, you have class b fees, i am not sure how relevant, but given the location of this, location, location, location and real-estate, the fact that the building may be a certain class, but the other factors in terms of the view and others being considered. i gue

to issue request for proposal soliciting public relations and media services related to the port's special events and other revenue generating and strategic media activities. >> again, as the new commissioner, i wanted to get a better sense of the background. i guess my question, number 1, in terms of the various, it is pork-specific and the other offenses that are more sort it -- are port-specific and the other events that are more a city-wide. in terms of the amount that was determined, the limit, 600,000. in my experience, if you use 200,000 and end up on a monthly retainer, something like 600 and month, there are three major areas to cover, i am not a public relations expert, but i don't think that covers very much. i am concerned, how is the amount determined? now that you want to cover three major areas discussed in the resolution, will that be sufficient to do what you hope to do? >> i will start, and then renee who is our public information officer will respond. traditionally, public-sector departments of the city do not have media advisers. this is a new concept for the port, give

judges will soon convene for a special session and economy. will come to the conclusion that inmate after nice year is ready for the rule because he's firmly on the way to being reformed so the rehabilitation is possible without it being isolated from society. culture. twenty four hours later and rafa nassir will leave the colony a long awaited call home the first obstacle. course ruled in my favor as they should let me go tomorrow. for a solo fellow pearce course me all this time. i'm very happy and i know everything you're going through your book to make sure you get home safe and sound. under a is about to set off those many months of confinement and now behind him. to tell you it's like a miracle. this is the first day of probably on off duty in the colony. all inmates here must do a job of one kind or another. has been assigned to the sewing workshop in mates make things ordered by various enterprises and get paid for that work. to improve twice there's no more than three seventy two. hours you do that each new office. and here you make t

today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology.have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go. then we're going to look at a series of slides around the city. and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >> it is a big google map with overly geology. the different colors depict the different formations or deposits beneath san francisco. san fr

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we all want to make sure special ed teachers do not have an unbearable workload. we need new ways to calculate that. that will help us greatly. it is going to take time for people to begin to use a different paradigm in how they think about laying out the services for children. but that will really help us in potentially freeing up staff to be used more flexibly. at the same time, as we do professional development, staff will build their capacity to provide services. the work we are doing around improving instruction overall and the core curriculum is really going to help. the other recommendation in the audit report around implementing tier systems of intervention around academics and behavior will help. as we know as we look at that, that is called rti, focusing on the court, a solid frame and foundation of instruction. that is ultimately going to help all kids be successful. that will help us rely less heavily on paraprofessionals and help us integrate the services into our classrooms so we do not have rigid recommendations for many kids to be served in a self-

this bill would make it easier for special interests to block or delay cfpb rules. the american people are sick and tired of gridlock, yet this bill only offers more of the same. in the example above, the fires breaking out across town, ask yourself, mr. speaker, would you -- who would you blame after the next building burned? would it be the understaffed police who failed to catch the arsonist or the firefighters who failed to put out the fire or the responsibility lie with the politicians who failed to give them the tools that they need in order to do their jobs. i urming my colleagues to stand with consumers and oppose this legislation. we need the law stays in effect and keep fighting. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from west virginia. mrs. capito: i would like to recognize mr. garrett, chairman of the capital markets subcommittee for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. garrett: i congratulate the good work done by the chairman of the full committee and the chairman of the subcommittee and the gen

let's say that the port decided that we needed some sort of special public advisory regarding traffic conditions, the day of the race. then we would take from the pool, we will look to the funding we expect, three in the pool. we would not do that without coordinating. wheat for doing it as a good to see. >> it is more or less a contingency number, but not based on some -- >> it may help, what was the value of the contract for the pier 70 solicitation? >> that was about $10,000 over three months. >> this is all really very new to us. i apologize i cannot draw the picture, but we did retain the services of the pr firm to help us. for the pier 70 contract. it was a very discreet task, and to answer your question, that is based off of that experience and something similar to that. i think your point is well taken. >> my experience is there has to be some sort of went up for them to understand and maintenance, and addition to be about to respond to the special circumstances. >> it is not a large sum of money for all of the work we have between now and then. bu>> having been on both sides

commissioner kim: good morning and welcome to the special rules committee for thursday, june 28. my name is jane kim. i am joined by rules committee member sean elsbernd and supervisor mark farrell. i just want to thank sf gov tv for taping this early in the morning and making the transcripts available on-line. we have only one item on today's agenda, which we had heard last thursday. please call item one. >> item 1. charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco by -- regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits. commissioner kim: because we heard this item last week, we are just going to hear public comment. please line up if you have any public comment. good morning. -- >> good morning. i have a question for the board for which i have no -- i do not think i will get an answer. why should we expect our representatives to do any more to live up to this agreement than you have in the past? the reason i say that is, in past years, boards of supervisors have entered into negotiations with city employees on retirement, the

san francisco drew me as it your all of us because we live in a very special place. i want to say on behalf of the board of supervisors, we have a special responsibility and leadership role in the world. as we come together, we symbolize all of the space -- this faith we have inhumanity, civil rights, as a common family. -- we have the spacfaith in humanity, civil-rights, and as a common family. i want to congratulate our grand marshals not just for being lgbt leaders, but for representing what is truly the best of what it means to the sentences in -- a san franciscan. i also have the pleasure to bring up one of my wonderful colleagues. if someone got to know in law school long ago. this person has been a tremendous leader in san francisco within the communities he has been so proud to represent. david campos, please join me. [applause] >> i am proud to be here today. it is a time to celebrate the diversity. it is not just tolerance. it is increasing the diversity. -- it is embracing diversity. we look across this beautiful building and see the statue of harvey milk.

special agent mcmahon? >> good morning, mr.hairman, ranking member comings and distinguished members of the committee. i am a deputy assistant director of the field operations for the bureau of all, tobacco, firearms and explosives. thank you for inviting me to this important hearing. let me be clear from the onset, as the speech 16 exited in charge of the west region, i share the responsibility for the mistakes made in the fast and furious investigation. the advantage of hindsight, the benefit of a thorough review of the case clearly points to things that i would have done differently. however good our intentions, regardless of the resource challenges, and notwithstanding the legal hurdles we face in the firearms traffickers, we made mistakes. but i'm very proud of the men and women who risk their lives investigating this case. under tremendous pressure, they continue to work this case and many others in the american southwest. please do not let our feelings and packed their noble deeds. mr. chairman, i was the special agent i

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the story of a special needs girl scout troop in texas and how they need your help. >>> good morning. president obama and top lawmakers will be back at it this afternoon trying to resolve the debt crisis. >> the president has challenged lawmakers to come up with a fresh approach to sololng this problem. karen travers is joining us with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning. president obama made it clear yesterday he wants a deal, he wants it quickly and lawmakers may have to make painful concessions but little indication that they progress was made. the stalemate over the deficit continues. today president obama sits down with deeply divided congressional leaders. he gave them a homework assignment, come back to the white house with a plan that increases the total deficit reduction from $1.7 trillion to $2.4 trillion. that figure could get republicans on board so long as tax increases aren't part of the deal. >> the house cannot pass a bill that raises taxes on job creator. >> reporter: he ruled out a measure to raise the debt ceiling. >> i will not sign a 30 or 60 or 9