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

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

, news brokers did not have to get the news equally to everyone. so new york associated press cut deals with certain newspapers and not with others. and needless to say it was those newspapers they didn't cut deals with that began to lobby against them. >> the last thing before we go to questions, just to show you why this matters, one could argue on richard side, i don't know if you would, that these kind of incredibly unfair relationships helped establish "the associated press" which is to one of the great news organizations of the world. on the other hand, all other news organizations cried foul, rightly so, but the special do, the associate press. and why does this matter today? this has been happening and will continue to happen. the chair of the fcc, another former student, will announce net neutrality initiative tomorrow supposedly. it will be instantly opposed by the industry. this scenario would be something like, you know, people who carry the wires into your house that gives you access to the internet might strike deals with preferred journalistic and other pr

it will be co-convened by the national governors association and the chinese people's association for friendship with foreign countries. it will serve as a platform to promote peer-to-peer exchanges between u.s. governors and chinese leaders and governors. topics will be discussed that are of mutual interest. we will explore opportunities in promoting practical coops and friendship. we will talk about education and the exchange of students. and we will talk about trade. on behalf of the national governors association, i would like to welcome you party secretary and i would like now all of us to give a warm welcome to party secretary jao of the hunan province, to say a few words about the u.s.-china governors forum. mr. secretary. [applause] >> respected governor, governors, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. it gives me great pleasure to attend the winter conference of national governors association and inauguration of china-u.s. governors forum. [speaking foreign language] i am from hunan province, which is located in the central part of china. as one of the oldest provinces in chin

especially on weekends. >> we have many parties for the association, for the chinese association. ey have big parties. about you know sometimes about 500 people. >>> hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit china town over the next two weeks. and they spend millions of the dollars here. some stores tell us they see 20 to 50% increases in business. >> reporter: these two weeks here we're really busy. especially on weekends. we have a couple of affairs coming up. great weekend. wall to wall people around here. >> reporter: so what do they buy? >> groceries and candy. and then those the chinese traditional stuff. yeah. >> they spent the money? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: before sunrise this morning, ktvu is out with crews from san francisco's public works department as they engage in a massive effort to clean up china town. it's a chance for the community to put its best foot forward. they found envelopes with the name of a restaurant on it. >> yeah, we are going inside them. >> reporter: in chinese traditional, people often clean their houses to prepare to receive good luck

this was important to the neighborhood association and others. the goal of the legislation is to enhance the vitality of the district. supervisor farrel has reached out, including a meeting with the supervisor, representatives of both organizations, and a member of the planning department staff, ms. rogers. during the meeting, several suggestions were made to craft legislation as it is now. the ban on formula retail came out of our discussions with the merchants association and others and is intended to preserve the unique character of the upper fillmore area. the supervisor also checked in with the former executive director of the golden gate restaurant association, who expressed his support of the legislation. our office continues to receive feedback and will continue to listen before this is heard at the land use committee. this is on the agenda for march 2011 at that committee. we look for to hearing any conditions and consideration gma's. thank you for your consideration. president o'brien: commissioner adams. vice president adams: i totally

with combining the work associated with the america's cup and the pier 27 cruise terminal. both analyses will rely on underlying studies that should be performed once, looking at both projects together from a cumulative impact perspective. there are potential savings of up to several hundred thousand dollars associated with that combining of the work. in addition, the ordinance would permit state and federal permiting to be folded into this scope of work. port and the city will have to do outreach for a variety of agencies that have purview over the bay. army corps of engineers, noah, the regional quality control board, through this process, they will make sure we are using best practices to approach any construction activities and that we are avoiding any significant impact. with that, i would like to offer edgar to talk about the competitive selection process that was undertaken. we are both available to answer any questions you may have. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. edgar lopez. on april of last year, dtw issued a competit

. >> we're a statewide organization, and we are the newest chapter of the association of mexican-american educators. i'm the president. we look forward to our big dinner. we have a big dinner coming up. we look forward to our dinner on may 20th. we're going to honor latino educators in santa clara county and at the same time we hope to award $25,000 and 25 students will receive $1,000 scholarship that night also. >> i was part of -- or i used to emcee the ceremony in the silicone valley a while back. i'm glad are you doing it. these are folks that don't ask for the recognition. it's the love of the job. it's the love of the children. the love of education. these are the young unsung heroes.

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

i am with the rincon hill association. the demolition of the embarcadero freeway made the town not so attractive for residential uses compact -- uses, so we are trying to turn this into a friendly ear area for folks to live and also for office space. -- a friendly area. there is no redevelopment. it is sort of on its own for building an infrastructure. i support this area plan infrastructure program to help do that. in our neighborhood, there are a lot of young professionals, like myself, and most of us live there so we can walk to work. it is very easy with the transit center be in there and also the financial district, the jobs being right there to walk to work -- the transit center being there. and children, there are kids living in the towers, and i assume there will be many more in the future. for them to be able to exercise and build their muscles is very important. the street scape is also important. supervisor kim has already mentioned that street safety is very important. speaking of cookies, we make a lot of cooki

the neighborhood association was formed in 1991 in response to drug and violence activities that started. we have an montra, respect the neighborhoods the neighbors post in their windows. that was the start we have e involved since them. i will tell you about the tools we use in the next round of questions. i'm a working mother have 2 kids, 2 boys 2 and 6 year old. i also my husband is a social worker and worked in san francisco with inner city youths for a long time much the neighborhood association is -- our neighborhood association is a nonprofit organization. we are all volunteers. we all are work other full time. and so we do this on the side as something we enjoy and hopes to build community. >> hi my name is carol mo. i'm a safety network program community organizer. i primarily work in the sunset my nonprofit is sunset beacon center. elharris is sitting back there. let me talk about the safety network program. safety network program is a city wide program. we have a community organizer based in each san francisco neighborhood. there are 4 main components of each organizer's work.

the associated press is a nonprofit cooperative. there are some current models, like "mother jones magazine." those are some of the ideas. >> let's take another question. >> my name is peter, i have spent many years, decades in one town and i have one question that i would like the panelists to dress in different ways. first, i would very likely -- very much like to say that on the issue of public funding, we all need to listen closely to the example we were given about the bbc. think about what would happen in this country if john boehner was making the decisions. the decisions about what was covered. or mitch mcconnell. that is how it would shake out. we have had these problems over the years where high-profile exhibits cannot -- cannot -- came up with any number of barriers between the funding and the practitioners. you will have greater government control over content. the issue that i wanted to address, sandy, you talked about being connected to the diversity. ron, you talked about the current toxic atmosphere. you'll mentioned

aside from being members of the association, and they are the association, or they have a management company. there is another element missing from this discussion aside from the comment i made relative to altering the building itself. i feel there is something missing. i do not see the other party here to support are not support this change. commissioner sugaya: aren't condominiums subdivided usually? >> it is unfair right. it is not a ground subdivision. commissioner sugaya: i would like to make an observation that this may be 47 square feet, but it is fully 1/3 or more of the usable? face. if there was an opinion -- of the usable deck space. if there was an opinion in 1982, which i am reading under the variance decision, he had concern about the amount of rear yard and open space that existed with regard to this particular development. even though he may not made it a condition, it is clear that he was concerned about it and made a comment about it on his findings -- finding four. that is why i seconded the motion commissioner moore just made. commissioner antonini: maybe i could a

the russian hill neighborhood association -- we had to do a lot of due diligence. a lot of the clans are somewhat disturbing, if true. -- it claims are somewhat disturbing, if true. the board spent a lot of time determining if they are. there was a full support of the neighborhood association and a unanimous vote of the planning commission to demolish the building. i remind you there was a unanimous vote of the historic preservation commission to approve this, and of the board of appeals to approve the variance for this project. although the decision is not based on popularity, my client is proud of the fact that all of the property owners who are adjacent are in full support of this, along with the 900-person- strong neighborhood association. of the person speaking in opposition today -- none who spoke today live on adjacent properties. those who spoke live uphill from the property. we believe concerns about light, air, and you are properly dealt with at the board of appeals and the planning commission. when you appeal the historic preservation argument, you will f

on behalf of the national governors' association, i like to welcome you, and i would like now for all of us to give a warm welcome to the secretary of the hunan province to say a few words to our forum. mr. secretary. [applause] [speaking chinese] >> governors, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. it gives me great pleasure to attend the winter conference of the national governors' association in the inauguration of the chinese governors forum. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >> i am from hunan province in the central part of china. as one of the cold as provinces, it was among the first chinese provinces to interact with the united states. over 100 years ago, a nonprofit organization affiliated with yale university established a school in the capital city of hunan province. the school has developed into a school of medicine, a renowned institution of higher learning in the province. more than 70 years ago, during the second world war, a general headed the american flying tigers to talk about -- to fight against the japanese invaders. they made important contributions to chinese

let's say the amount of general fund costs associated with the particular plan are high, and it eats up a lot of the benefit. we do not want to be taking away from the general fund that are needed for city-wide services or even services in that area, so again, we can only use the surplus. that is a really important point. we are suggesting limiting ifd's to projects that address infrastructure deficiencies, and the change you may or may not notice -- i apologize. i did not want to distribute a red line because it looks something like a blood bath. what was missing here is the term "existing." the reason that became a debate is because what is an existing deficiency? we are proposing to use these in areas that have new growth, and some areas that right now might be perfectly sufficient with and for a structure, without a residential population, when a residential population is added, may become efficient, whether it is parks, sidewalks, or bus stops. we wanted some flexibility with the use of these funds. the key element is we did want to apply universal objective standards city-wide

she discusses her book at the an usual association of the u.s. army meeting. the program is about an hour. >> i've got to begin in washington after so many years. the first time it was in 1954 when president eisenhower gave me the medal of liberty and honored those of the battle of dien bien phu i who gave their life to save vietnam from the the communists. when i was asked, i could not refuse, and i wrote a book which has been translated by -- [inaudible] and is published by the association of the u.s. army. i spent three months in indochina in 1953 and six months in 1954 as a flight nurse who specialized in -- [inaudible] because the air transport may need special care. dien bien phu was -- [inaudible] my position were established on the -- [inaudible] gabrielle and be dominique to the east, francois and claudine to the west and, finally, -- [inaudible] isabelle -- [inaudible] hospital that was -- [inaudible] with a surgeon and seven male nurses. in january a second surgeon and male nurses team were sent to -- [inaudible] after the attack on the 13th of marc

i will give you an example for why merchant associations work well together when the merchant association startd and didn't much about the neighborhood. we have our own problems here we have people breaking into our stores and people robbing the place. and the neighborhood has problems they are problems we didn't understand or know about. once you come together you say you don't have the separate problems all the time. we have the same set of problems we have them at different times of day. we experience the day problems and the neighbors are there at night and the may be at work in the day and experience different times but the same problems we have the same objectives. coming together or if there is one or 10 people that bring you together to work together on these problems it kind of it extremely makes the problem solving better in the neighborhood. one thing we did was community out reach a bit to the neighborhood and merchants and enabled people to get to know each other in the neighborhood and people to get to know the police officers and beat officers that helped with community --