test >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economical committee i'm scott and to my right is the committee vice chair and supervisor david chiu and also david campos. i want to thank 70 tv for broadcasting today and our clerk ms. miller >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devises and submit the items to the clerk. >> thank you very much. madam clerk, please call items 1 though 5 together >> item one is to establish a street code committee and item 2 is to urge the utilities commission to insure the coordination of street infrastructure. and item 3 is the fire code and the fire apparatus road. and item 4 is to adopt the legislation to allow the flexibility to allow fire code and bicyclists safety and a item 5 is an ordinance to amend the ordinance code to accept certainty improvements for public use >> okay. thank you very much. colleagues items 1 though 5 is a package of legislation to improve the process by which we implement pedestrian safety projects in san francisco. and i want to thank supervisor norman she can't for co- sponsoring this legislation. our streets are not

the committee. to my right is supervisor jane kim, the committee vice-chair. to my left is supervisor david chiu, a member of the committee. our clerk is alisa miller. so, madam clerk, can you please call item number 2, 3, and 4 together? >> item number 2, ordinance amending administrative code, chapter 31, to reflect revisions in the california environmental quality act and to update and clarify certain procedures provided for in chapter 31, including without limitation: codifying procedures for appeals of exemptions and negative declarations; revising noticing procedures for environmental impact reports and negative declarations for plan area projects exceeding 20 acres; expanding noticing requirements for certain exempt projects; clarifying existing noticing requirements for exempt projects; and making environmental findings. >> thank you very much, madam clerk. i'm the author of item number 2. supervisor kim is the lead author of items 3 and 4. ~ back in november last year i introduced legislation to establish for the first time clear statutory procedures,

the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic development committee. i'm scott wiener, the chairman of the committee to. my right is supervisor jane kim, the committee vice-chair. to my left is supervisor david chiu, a member of the committee. our clerk is alisa miller. ms. miller, are there any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence on cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the june 18 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. and i also want to acknowledge and thank sfgtv for broadcasting today's hearing. greg burk and jesse larsen. and i want to note that item 6 has been called from committee to the full board and will be -- has been agendized at the full board tomorrow so that will not be called today. madam clerk, can you please call items 1 and 2 together? >> item number 1 is an ordinance dedicating city property, within portions of state trust parcel 2, known as mission bay park p10, lying along mission bay circle and mission bay drive as open public right-of-way

test >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economical committee i'm scott and to my right is the committee vice chairnd supervisor david chiu and also david campos. i want to thank 70 tv for broadcasting today and our clerk ms. miller >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic

test >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economical committee i'm scott and to my right is the committee vice chairnd supervisor david chiu and also david campos. i want to thank

how far should the government go to collect intelligence. vice chair of the intelligence committee, saxby chambliss of georgia will be here, as well as democratic senator mark udall, a skeptic of these programs. and general michael head heyden who formerly ran the area. "lincoln unbound," all ahead. >>> a worldwide phenomenon about to kick off right here in washington. that's still ahead. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone.

with us, two key voices from the senate intelligence committee, the republican vice chair, saxby chambliss of georgia, a supporter of the government's dragnet, and a prominent skeptic, colorado democrat mark udall. then, our "roundtable" on the broader questions raised by the leaks. is snowden a hero or a traitor? how much political damage has been done? and is this the dawn of a new age of big brother? >>> and good sunday morning. as the president prepares to depart this evening for the g-8 summit in northern ireland, global issues are certainly taking center stage. overnight in iran, celebrations in the streets after moderate hassan rohani was elected president. we'll be talking about that. quite a different scene in turkey. riot police used tear gas and clubs to clear antigovernment protesters from a square there. >>> and news out of jordan this morning where king abdullah warns the kingdom is ready to fight any threat to its security from the growing conflict in neighboring syria, a sign that that conflict could spill over its borders. and the conflicf

with us, two key voices from the senate intelligence committee, the republican vice chair, saxby chambliss of georgia, a supporter of the government's dragnet, and a prominent skeptic, colorado democrat mark udall. then, our "roundtable" on the broader questions raised by the leaks. is snowden a hero or a traitor? how much political damage has been done? and is this the dawn of a new age of big brother? >>> and good sunday morning. as the president prepares to depart this evening for the g-8 summit in northern ireland, global issues are certainly taking center stage. overnight in iran, celebrations in the streets after moderate hassan rohani was elected president. we'll be talking about that. quite a different scene in turkey. riot police used tear gas and clubs to clear antigovernment protesters from a square there. >>> and news out of jordan this morning where king abdullah warns the kingdom is ready to fight any threat to its security from the growing conflict in neighboring syria, a sign that that conflict could spill over its borders. and the conflict, of course, in syria, will be top

with us, two key voices from the senate intelligence committee, the republican vice chair, saxby chambliss

with us, two key voices from the senate intelligence committee, vice chair saxby chambliss. and mark u daul. broader questions raised by the leaks. is snowden a hero or a traitor? how much political damage has been done? and is this the dawn of a new age of big brother? >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running television program, this is "meet the press." with david gregory. >> good sunday morning, as the president prepares to depart this evening for the g-8 summit in another ireland. in iran, celebrations in the streets after a moderate was elected president. we'll be talking about that. quite a different scene in turkey. tear gas and clubs to clear protesters from a public square there. news out of jordan this morning, where king abdullah warning that the king doll will fight with the growing conflict in neighboring syria. and the conflict in syria will be top of mind at the g-8 summit. president obama sitting down face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin tomorrow. that will be a difficult discussion. they are at odds over syria. we'v

the last week in my district. i am vice-chair of the public safety committee. safety and how we define safety, not just in terms of crime, but over a public safety, is something that is very important and one of my priorities. what i would like to see is more of a community policing approach. maybe engaging more the community. that includes organizations like safe, which is a neighborhood- based organization. neighbors get together and they're watching the streets, giving information to the police department. think about taxicabs. they are all over the city. they can be the eyes and ears of the police department if trained properly. we can also better utilize the sheriff's department. it has the same training as members of the police department. i think we could have a healthy conversation in considering partnering -- creating a stronger partnership with the sheriff's department. overall, crime, yes. we need to reduce the number of homicides. we need to reduce the number of aggravated assaults, petty crimes, misdemeanors. i do get my fair share in my district.

the house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlat is saying holder will provide written answers to questions about his previous testimony. he'll also be meeting with community members behind closed doors. i'll sit down with the vice chairf that committee coming up at the top of the hour. >>> heads up facebook and microsoft users. the companies are now releasing information about just how many surveillance requests they are getting. both are saying they're fielding thousands of requests from the government for your data. in the last six months of 2012, facebook's general counsel is saying they've received close to 10,000 requests. >>> there's been a big change in u.s. policy in syria's civil war in light of evidence that the government sources have used chemical weapons. for the first time president obama has authorized u.s. arms shipments to syrian rebels. we'll have a complete report at the top of the hour. >>> take a chill pill, america. why don't you take a chill pip. beav it or not, some democrats are telling republicans they're blowing the irs scandal out of proportion. a new poll says 78% of americans think congress should keep investigating the agency's targeting of conservatives. who's right here? >> the people

how far should the government go to collect intelligence. vice chair of the intelligence committee, saxby chambliss of georgia will be here, as well as democratic senator mark udall, a skeptic of these programs. and general michael head heyden who formerly ran the area. "lincoln unbound," all ahead. >>> a worldwide phenomenon about to kick off right here in washington. that's still ahead. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone. it's for value seekers. for spicy italian lovers. for veggie eaters. for meatball dreamers. for everyone who wants more of what they love. the new $4 lunch. a 6 inch sub and 21 ounce drink. tons to choose from. all day every day. [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> here are some stories we'll be following in the week ahead. the g-8 summit begins tom

the gentleman from pennsylvania , mr. fit patrick, the vice chair of -- mr. fitzpatrick, the vice chair of the oversight and investigations committee and the lead co-sponsor of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for three minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you, mr. speaker. madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 2167, a bill i was very happy to work with the gentleman from washington on this matter. it's an example of us able to work in a bipartisan way on important legislation that will in fact institute good commonsense reforms on an appropriate program for america's seniors. this bill is very simple. it allows h.u.d. to institute some needed reforms to the home equity conversion mortgage program, better known as reverse mortgages. using an expedited process. the legislation requires that any changes to the program being made using the authority contained in this act must be done to improve the fiscal safety and soundness of the reverse mortgage program. there is concern on both sides of the aisle about the financial health of f.h.a. last november f.h.a. released its annual report to

is tonight live at 9:00 c-ern on c-span, c-span3, .pan radio and www.c-span.org he is the policy committee vice chairank you for being here. tor outlining cance a busy june. it is highlighted by a appropriations. we are seeing an assortment of legislative measures. what is on your agenda? guest: jobs, jobs, jobs. .exas has done well most private jobs have been created in texas. we emphasize a lot on the job creation. i think that is what we can do as a country. we do have other issues on immigration reform. it is something we need to do. it is good for the economy. of allopriation bill, the bills we handle we should th thedeal wil appropriation bills in work with the other things. in washington we always do things backwards. host: when congress returns this week there is a competition between controversies. is a politicized word. how should the focus be? are you concerned about the agenda the democrats want to pursue? guest: without a doubt. should be jobs creation. as we meet the goals, there are always things that take time away from the calendar. if you look at the dates we are here and go down th

and i yield back. >> i thea the gentlelady from tennessee, the vice chair of the committee. we'll go to the former chairman of the committee, the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i commend you for this hearing. i appreciate your kindness and courtesy to me. to the surprise of all, i probably won't be asking questions today, but i got some brief cautionary remarks. i am somewhat alarmed by the preference of comments in the testimony -- prevalence of the comments in the testimony of our witnesses today that are extraneous to the basic issue that we seek to address. successive iterations of the 1988 satellite home viewer act, shva, were enacted by congress in order to extend the principle of localism to the greatest degree possible, to unserved viewers. i note that thanks to shva and with subsequent re-authorization, directv and dish are now the second and third largest paid television providers in the country. and are able to compete on a more level footing with the traditionally dominant cable companies. these facts tell me that

the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. pitts: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the distinguished chair of the vice committeengressman goodlatte. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. goodlatte: madam speaker, this farm bill reforms many commodity programs. it makes major policy changes that leave no commodity untouched except for, one, this bill makes no change to the sugar program. in fact, in the sugar program wasn't even given the scrutiny of an audit hearing. under this bill we're being asked to demand sacrifices from farmers in our districts. wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, peanuts, rice. these commodities are undergoing major changes and contributing to the deficit reduction in this bill with you we're asked to believe that the sugar program and the sugar program alone is so perfect, it cannot be reformed or discussed. i respectfully disagree. the sugar program needs to be reformed for many reasons. first, all serious studies show that the sugar program increases food costs. economists at iowa state university put this consumer cost at up to $3.5 billion a year for

yes, my name is john alex and i am the vice-chair of the pedestrian safety advisory committee and i hold seat no. 4, representing the needs of seniors and disability organizations. i come to you today to address several points. the first one is pedestrian safety. specifically for people with different abilities, because of age and designated disability and what the city has issued under the executive directive by mayor newsom it doesn't mention once the pedestrian safety needs of people with disabilities in describing the needs of curb ramps and extending the meters, the timing of pedestrian signals. it omits anything about accessible pedestrian signals at all. it also emits red light cameras and the need for that contextural to that point, 12 years ago i sustained a traumatic brain injury because somebody ran a red light and countless studies that the mta has shows that the number goes done when there are red light runner cameras. so please specify in a cross-council committee the need for this report to further include -- the needs with people of disabilities in the context of pedestri

before joining the apta staff, she chaired the apta commuter rail committee and was vice chair of commuter and intercity rail on the apta's executives to me. she, too, has been cited with numerous industry awards and recognition's, and we welcome you here, ms. waters. mr. james stem s. national legislative director of the transportation division, international cessation of sheet metal air rail and transportation workers. his railroad career began in 1966 as a trainman for the seaboard air line railroad in raleigh, and he joined the railroad, the brotherhood of railroad trainman. his work as a trainman comest wichman, helper, firemen, locomotive engineer, and he currently holds seniority as a locomotive engineer on csx between richmond, virginia, and abbeville south carolina. he became interested in the union of an became active in local 1129 in raleigh. worked part-time as a special i.t. organizer. in 1973, through 1976 and was elected secretary-treasurer of local 1129 in 1975. he also held the elected positions of local chairman and legislative representative and a served as a delegate to

the house of representatives. here is chair of the house budget committee, wisconsin congressman, former vice presidential candidate, paul ryan. how are you? >> i'm doing great, sean. how are you? >> i'm sure you are aware, a lot of conservatives are angry, myself included. no border security first. >> we're not going to bring up the senate bill. we'll do it our own way, on our own time, because we want to make sure we get this right. the things in the amendment were improvements, brought it closer to the house position, but we want to get it right. real triggers on the border, real triggers on e-verify. basically another way of saying if you are not here legally, you can't get a job. we want to get those things right. we want immigration reform that works for our country, national security, good for our economy, and don't want to be in the same boat ten years down the road. we want immigration reform that lasts. we don't want the same problem ten years from now. >> is securing the border first top priority for you? >> it is a top priority for me. important for the trigger as well. but hear what i say. what we're t

the enemy. 'sst: congressman thornberry intelligence committee holds a hearing at 10:00, and it is on c-span three. our guests also sits on the house armed services committee, vice chairman, and chairshe subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities. st. paul, minnesota. chris, democrat. caller: my question for the representative is this. every time people want to blame the president for not doing something. two years ago we never knew who the rebels were. and today, we don't even know who they are. help the expect to rebels when we don't know who they are, whether they are al qaeda or other groups? thesecond thing, you have rebels, and you are going to spend millions of dollars. then they are going to blame the president for increasing the deficit. i would think the consequences of helping the rebels and, two, who are we helping? i think we know who the rebels are. the point is, they are a whole bunch of different people and a whole bunch of different groups coming from a variety of ideological positions. some of them are clearly associated or in sympathy with al qaeda and that sort of extremist approach to things. are more moderate. and there are all sorts of gro

the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> we are back. joining me now, the vice chair of the senate intelligence committeenator from georgia, saxby chambliss, and the democratic senator from colorado, mark udall. gentlemen, welcome to you both. senator chambliss, let me start with you on the news over syria and the president's decision to start arming the syrian rebels. what is the end game and what limits do you think should be placed on what the united states does in syria? >> well, i don't think you can place any limits on it right now, david. i do think it's imperative that assad be removed. it's pretty obvious that he is pretty well entrenched now, he has gone to the extreme of letting hezbollah have the run of syria. that is simply not good. and while i know there are bad guys involved in the opposition rebels, we've done a pretty good job of ferreting out who are the good guys or who are the more moderate guys within that opposition, and i'm certain that's who the president's talking about providing arms to. >> should the president go farther, in your judgment? >> well, i think the military alterna

. >> nyu professor, and an to the pollingist in resident, robin nagle, sunday at 8:00, on c-span's q & a. >> house budget committee vice chair tom price called early successes of the house leadership, quote, noteworthy at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor this week. he was responding to an article that called the republican party dysfunctional and broken into factions. congressman price said the republican conference is maturing and overcome challenging, and he also talked about the debt ceiling and immigration. he is the member of the ways and means committee and the budget committee. this lasts about an hour. >> thanks for coming. i'm dave cook from "the monitor." our guest speaker is representative tom price. hi last visit was in october 2009 so we welcome him back. he graduated from the university ofle and medical school. his father and grandfather were physicians, and his residency in orthopedic surgery in georgia to begin his medical career. he was eye electricitied to the state senate in 1996 and became the majority leader in 2002 and was elected to congress in 2004, and according to a "washington po

the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mckeon: madam chair, i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from california, the vice chair of our committee, mr. thornberry. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. thornberry: thank you, madam chair. madam chair, i'm convinced that the arguments against missile defense are the same today that they were the day that president reagan proposed it. you can't do it. it costs too much and it's provocative to try. and it doesn't really matter how the threat evolves, what north korea or iran do. it doesn't really matter how the technology evolves, and we just had a successful test just a few months ago. the events and facts don't matter. the arguments are still the same and they will always be the same because some people just don't want to defend the country against missile attacks. this committee pushed in 2010 and in 2011 and in 2012 to have more interceptors on the west coast. the president opposed it every step of the way. it didn't happen. then all of a sudden with north korea this year, the president changes his mind. says, oh, maybe y'all were right after all.

the last on this topic or other matters related to our national security. i no one to turn to my ranking member, senator shelby, who has been active on this matter, the vice chairman of the committee, former chair of the intelligence community. senator shelby. >> thank you, madam chair. as you pointed out this is a very important hearing on a topic that demands significant congressional involvement. the cyberthreat as we all know is increasing and becoming more challenging as our adversaries grow bolder and more capable. we've seen recent and stark reminders of the threat with constant cyberattacks on the financial sector. the chinese hacking of "the new york times" and "wall street journal," iranian attacks against the saudi oil companies, and reporte reports that informn our most advanced weapons system were stolen by the chinese. earlier this year, and information company reported chinese attackers are running extensive cyber espionage campaign with the likely support of the chinese government. more recently the same company exposed iranian hacking in the u.s. these troubling developments remind us about virtually we need to coordinate effort to counter, to respond to these attacks. madam ch

it has gone from, you know, fed presidents all of the way now to the bill dudley who, as you know, the vice chair of the market committeethis, yes sh yes, the outlook is as we said, the forecast comes true, the way we believe it is going to play out, then we are going to be tapering later this year probably ending in mid-2014. but that's asset purchases. what we want you to understand, the fed is saying, that what we are doing with the asset purchases has no bearing really on the plan to hike interest rates. the plan to hike interest rates is one that is a long way off. it is tied to a 6.5% unemployment rate, and that they say is a threshold and not a trigger. in other words, room around that, and it could be below that. so what they are trying to do is to clarify it. i don't think that they are changing that message and in fact, dudley repeats the message from bernanke at the press conference and then he goes on the clarify it saying that the effect that it has on the short term rates. >> okay. looking at the market reaction and getting more on this from a chief global economist with decision economics, and the chief e

the u.s. economy. senator amy klobuchar, the vice chair of the joint economic committee. i am doing well. >> the whole time during break, they were trying to butcher your name. >> it's a slo vennian name. can i have one word? klobuchar as they say in the iron ranks of minnesota, chloe butcher. >> excellent. >> i would note that is where mark begich's relatives are from. our dads grew up 20 minutes away from each other. >> amy, tell us, in terms of decreasing the visa wait times, what is it now, what does it do to the economy? >> well, it varies by company, 16% loss in the international tourism mark since 9-11. every point we gain back is 76,000 jobs in this country. that's why it's so important. one of the things we realized five years ago, if you are in shanghai and want to come to america and spend $5,000 another the malls of america or bloomington, minnesota. >> or travel to alaska. >> you want to do that, it would take you 95 days for a tourist destination. three days to go to london. we have been working on speeding up the time. we gotten some improvements. brazil do

the monitor. our guest today is representative tom price of georgia, vice chair of the house budget committee.visit here was in october, 2009. we welcome him back. he's a michigan native who graduated from the university of michigan and medical school. his father and grandfather were also physicians. our guest did his residency at orthopedic surgery at emory medical school. he was elected to the state senate in 199 and became a majority leader in 2002. he was elected to congress in 2004. and according to "washington post" story, transformed himself into a republican guerrilla warrior, serving as chairman of the republican policy committee and as the republican study committee. in addition to the budget committee, he currently is a member of the ways and means and education and work force panels. so much for biography. now on to mundane mechanical matters. as always we are on the record here. please no live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. there is no embargo when it's over except c-span has agreed to not use this video session for at least one hour a

the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, at this time i yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from texas, the vice chairman of the committee, mr. fortenberry. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. fortenberry: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, i would simply want to point out, members have a variety of opinions about afghanistan. and a number of members have come to the floor to voice their opinion that we ought to leave afghanistan. i understand that. that's not what this amendment says. this amendment basically restates the president's policy with regard to afghanistan and then, as the gentleman from massachusetts said, it says congress ought to exercise its responsibilities under the constitution. now, we can do that in a variety of ways. we can have oversight hearings, we can have amendments dealing with funding and we've had those sorts of things before. but the point is that some of the rhetoric doesn't match the amendment. as the chairman pointed out, the underlying bill tries to encourage a bilateral security agreement. so that looking ahead, beyond 2014, it is ver

the christian science monitor in washington. this is about an hour. >> thank you for coming. vice chair of the house budget committee. the last visit here in october of 2009. we welcome him back. he's a michigan native who graduated from the university of michigan and the medical school. his father and grandfather were physician. he did the resident sincerity at emery medical school and stayed in georgia to begin his medical career. he was elected to the state senate in '*eu69 and became the ladies and gentlementy leader in 2002. he was elected to congress in 2004. according to a "the washington post" story transformed himself to a republican in addition to the budget committee he's currently a member of the ways & means and education and work force panel. so much for biography. now on to commune dane. no live blogging and tweeting. no filing of any kind while it's underway. there's no embargo when the breakfast is over. except c-span agreed not use video of the session for at least one hour after it ends to give those in the room a chance to fill. if you would like to ask a question do the traditional thing and send

the monitor. our guest today is representative tom price of georgia, vice chair of the house budget committee. his last visit here was in october, 2009. we welcome him back. he's a michigan native who graduated from the university of michigan and medical school. his father and grandfather were also physicians. our guest did his residency at orthopedic surgery at emory medical school. he was elected to the state senate in 199 and became a majority leader in 2002. he was elected to congress in 2004. and according to "washington post" story, transformed himself into a republican guerrilla warrior, serving as chairman of the republican policy committee and as the republican study committee. in addition to the budget committee, he currently is a member of the ways and means and education and work force panels. so much for biography. now on to mundane mechanical matters. as always we are on the record here. please no live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. there is no embargo when it's over except c-span has agreed to not use this video session for at least