the homeowner associations approval. ++11 so it bec- story building. commissioner fung: unfortunately, at the last meeting, i indicated to you what i wanted to see. let me finish. none of those documents were provided to me. i cannot check that. >> i did. commissioner fung: you did not provide copies. well -- ñkÑiñrñr>> it is exactly the sa. commissioner fung: i would ask for your response. i cannot tell. there is no way i can check that based on what you are saying. what you're saying related to whether there was a cut or not a cut, at this point, i do have some further questions for staff. commissioner hwang: before we move to the staff, i have some questions. we heard about some versions, in possession of the planning staff, and they received one as recently as last week. why are you providing different versions of this house? >> i think there is a misunderstanding between 2006, which was our first submittal. the first resubmitted, -- we submitted. because the home association stopped it, we had to comply. pdç77çÑi the one that is, you know, legal. w

the st. francis homeowners association. we did receive drawings -- president peterson: you're speaking on behalf of yourself? ok, thank you. >> we did receive drawings, and we responded, the homeowners' association responded, with a letter dated july 14 to the board. i am not sure all of you received this. the drawings were dropped off to theñkiÑ-Ñ

>> -- commissioner fung: to the commission into the homeowners' association. nt goh: i do not see the data. the one that came in the packet -- i do not see the date. i am looking at that in comparison to the first floor drawing. this might be what you are seeing. i am not sure. the garage, and then to the left of the garage is the laundry area and the stairs, but the 04 08 shows the game room to the left of that. i think the question was that would require excavation depending upon where that fellow. commissioner fung: it goes to more than that. when i said there were no documents provided for us to review, we had no idea what this reflects. it is incomplete. there is no way to get a fix on exactly what is being done. vice president goh: so then i do have a question for the homeowners' representative. cars does not have the stamp. -- ours does not have the stamp. so it shows the garage, but to the left of that, it shows a game room. is that new? or was that part of -- >> it has not really changed from one place to another. what changed was the grade. it was so

, the national newspaper publishers association, the national association of black-owned broadcasters, the national association of minority automobile dealers, the national association of securities professionals, and the national bar association among others, discussing the plight of minority businesses, their lack of access to capital, and the lack of support from their government in banking, advertising and consulting contracts. access is key to understanding the scope of this case. this case is not just about them. this case is about fairness. in fact, the investigative subcommittee ignored or disregarded key pieces of exculpatory evidence crucial to my case, and that is extremely troubling. a truly robust investigate story process would have taken all the available evidence into consideration. i believe that if this had been done we would not be here today. fairness is also key to understanding the scope of this case. the case is not just about that. the case is also about my constituents and the american people. i have truly been touched by the outpouring of support

gonzalez is also a founding member of the national association of hispanic journalists, the national association of hispanic publications, the association of media alternatives, the national association of third-world journalists, bay area chapter, and also he is part of new america media. mr. gonzalez is also the director of the voices for justice project that will document the history of the latino presence in the u.s. by producing a film, a book, and a website. what's very interesting is that you still see mr. gonzalez in the mission talking to young people, speaking in english and in spanish, or sometimes he doesn't talk that much. he listens. and so he is absolutely a hero for the latino community. thank you very much. juan gonzalez. [applause] >> the next award goes to march sella medina. she is a former vice president and manager of some businesses. she has acquired more than 25 years of experience in the broadcasting and entertainment industries including work in the u.s. hispanic market and broadcasting industry. the u.s. english-speaking broadcasting industry and the cable i

, the national newspaper publishers association, the national association of black-owned broadcasters, the national association of minority automobile dealers, the national association of securities professionals, and the national bar association, among others, discussing the plight of minority businesses, their lack of access to capital, and a lack of support from their government in banking, advertising, and consulting contracts. access is key to understanding the scope of this case. this case is not just about them. this case is about fairness. in fact, the investigative subcommittee ignored or disregarded key pieces of exculpatory evidence crucial to my case. that is extremely troubling. a truly robust investigatory process would have taken all of the available evidence into consideration. if this had been done, we would not be here today. fairness is >> airport of an ethics case and completely washed their hands of all. my constituents and supporters have seen accusatory trails and they know me better than that. they encouraged me to fight. i admit, there are some tha

or of the neighborhood associations. and being happy with saying, you know what this is an issue here and this is how we as this group plan to move about it and move on it. and working with the people that wanted to work with us. i think now at this point i'm into the formal names and having the organizations and the associations mainly because i have to be. but as a resident and as a parent and as a person that was living in the neighborhood, initially it became let's do this with this group of people. as you begin to do that it forces the neighborhood associations and the city to really begin to take notice of what you are doing. if you are saying that this is an issue and the people that are not a part of that group are saying it's not that this is the other issue now and you build that momentum and do that work it forces them to say, we have to acknowledge this group or these people and invite them to come in. i guess you have to figure out what that issue is that's not being worked on or looked at our being acknowled

, the national newspaper publishers association, the national association of black-owned broadcasters, the national association of minority automobile dealers, the national association of securities professionals, and the national bar association among others, discussing the plight of minority businesses, their lack of access to capital, and the lack of support from their government in banking, advertising, and consulting contracts. access is key to understanding the scope of this case. this case is not just about them. this case is about fairness. in fact, we investigated "ignored or disregarded key pieces of exculpatory evidence crucial to my case and that is extremely troubling. a truly robust investigatory process would have taken all the available evidence into consideration. i believe that if this had been done, we would not be here today. fairness is also key to understanding the scope of this case. the case is not just about that. the case is also about my constituents and the american people. i have truly been touched by the outpouring of support for my constituen

the first is arturo gonzalez, the president of the bar association of san francisco. arturo is one of the top trial lawyers in the nation and he's a partner at morrison forester. we've had the pleasure of working with the bar association for -- over the past 20 years to provide services to people who can't afford lawyers when the public defender is not available and so we're very pleased to have arturo here on behalf of the bar association. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. three days ago in one of the most closely watched supreme court cases this term, graham versus florida, the united states superior court forbid the sentences of a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide crime. they found such a sentence is consistent with basic principles of decency. i'm proud to say that my firm was co-counsel for the juvenile in this case and wrote the brief for the juvenile in the court. this decision gives our clients, terrance graham, who had received the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. the bad acts he committed as a

national newspapers publishers across association, the national association of black broadcasters, the national association of minority automobile workers, the national association of securities professionals, and the national association discussing the plight of minority businesses, their lack of access to capital, and the lack of support from their government in banking, advertising, consulting contracts. access is key to understanding the scope of this case. this case is not just about them. this case is about fairness. we investigated -- the investigative subcommittee ignored key pieces of exculpatory evidence crucial to my case and that is extremely troubling. a truly robust investigatory process would have taken all the available evidence into consideration. i believe that if this had been done, we would not be here today. their nests is also key to understanding the scope -- fairness is also key to understanding this case. the case is also about my constituents and the american people. i've actually been touched by the outpouring of support by my constituents in los angeles and

they are the burmese youth association troupe, and they have a special performance for us. please give them a warm welcome. [applause] ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> the costumes are so beautiful. oh, my gosh. thank you very much. the costumes are simply beautiful. wonderful thank you to them. beautiful costumes. now, what is an event would not be complete without great food? i hope you enjoyed it, and we want to thank the asian shaft -- chef association, offering the best louisiana on the bay area, and to help me find them, i would like to call upon the mayor's office of neighborhood services office manager, and she is going to say a special thank you. where is francis? claudine? is she coming? is francis here? yes, well, you can help me thank them. >> we want to say a special thanks to the shaft -- chef. francis was going to make this presentation, but it is on behalf of the chef, the owner and executive chef and also peter wong. here we are. come on, everybody. they did a great job. >> the chef will be the incoming chair person of the chef association. it w

i was engaged in the broodmoore association prekatrina. i served as president right before the storms starting the year of 2005. the neighborhood organization was actually formed as the broodmoore civic improvement association in 1930. in 1970 it was incorporated as the broodmoore improvement association. one message i want to bring to you all is very important for us to organize ourselves new. build our community in our capacity today. and this will allow us and aid us in our recovery should a natural disaster strike. i will start with just moving forward kind of taking us through some of the challenges of broodmoore but it's the lessons that broadmoore neighbors we learnd and possibly share them with you to help you prepare and to build your own capacity should disaster strike much the broadmoore community we are 151 square blocks. centrally located. the circle is circled around broadmoore. we are in the heart of new orleans. it's a diverse community a microcosim of new orleans. home to 7,000 residents prekatrina and 66 percent of our hom