with all of those administrative costs, exit fees, and the actual underlined generation, we will have an equivalent number on our utility bills. our approach with shell energy was to get a full requirement. they do all of the interface with puc. in contrast to the power choice approach, we are keeping responsibility for a couple of things that you will be able to get through your power to force. this is an impressive bunch. marin energy decided to maintain agency management of the items listed here we are getting this directly with the puc. we will handle most of our customer service issues. we will have deprograms within our agents separately from the contracts we are getting from shell energy. ours is a slightly different approach. >> why did you decide to do that? >> it was a judgment call about the kinds of policy-making and activities that are citizens wanted to see and the cost effectiveness that we believe that we could achieve with our staff. >> just to clarify, will we be the main point for customer service? >> the answer is yes. we would be the primary agents. >> if people h

the general fund money will be reimbursed. that part, we are working on it. once again, it comes down to dealing with a large workload from a legal perspective going through the contract negotiations. getting it through the entire process. it will be a lot of work. >> let me put the question differently. i understand there is additional work that needs to be done andño the extent that we're renewing the same amount of the contract from things that are separate and dependent from that additional work, what is the savings we're getting from hiring the two staff relative to that? for the record i want to make sure we're clear about that because we have here the chair of the budget committee and the vice chair. we're going to be cutting a lot of programs and services because of the deficit we're facing. i want to make sure we're very clear about what we're doing and why. >> correct. the full budget discussion we'll be having at our next meeting. we'll get into this a lot more in detail but to get into some of it right now. the amount of money that she and lafco wi

she was 5150-ed taken to the general hospital and into the site ward. after a couple of weeks, she went to the mental health of the have facility, which is next to the general hospital. from what i remember at the time, the general hospital had about 200 or 250 beds in the site once. i think that is about correct. at the time, my daughter went into the rehab facility, the city tried to close the rehab facility, and one of the things we heard a great deal was that many patients were being sent out of county at great expense. i come here this evening, and one of the things that brought me here was that i learned that the beds in the general hospital are being further reduced, and i simply do not understand that here at the time, we learned that it costs the city more to send patients out of county rather than treat them in the city. and this is just my main concern -- i did not have a great deal of information before i came this evening, but i cannot understand the humane and fiscal thinking, which persists in reducing the beds of those in the city and se

this would enable continued money to the general if you said to ensure city-wide services. the commission recommended this committee study the effects on the general fund revenues and to ensure the city as a whole maintains a well-funded base. supervisor maxwell: is there anything in the resolution that would prohibit that? do we need to call it out specifically? i thought in some ways when we said it is now time to broaden our discussion to cover all the plan areas in the city and look forward to a more detailed exploration of the finance district, that that would go a lock long way to covering those issues? >> it would be. that would be a nice resolved clause or a whereas clause, whatever your preference may be, but encouraging the committee to keep in mind the impacts of this diversion of fund to this specific geographic area. that would be part of their study. they are tasked with studying those sorts of issues, and that would be important to call that out. supervisor maxwell: city attorney, would there be a problem in adding that? so could you give us some wording on th

this ordinance would further amend the general plan and this zoning map. the property would be rezoned from china talent retail to office. the plant code amendment would add a clause that any individual land york -- landmark located within the c- three district to transfer their rights to any property within the district except within redevelopment agency controlled areas. it would also add that -- a clause that would require a property owner to use the money to fix any outstanding violations or severe maintenance issues and provide the zoning in administrator for upkeep of the facility. the historic preservation commission consider this ordinance on june 2nd and recommended approval. this monday, the board president voted to recommend this to the full board of supervisors. on tuesday, they finally passed the reading that would amend the castro controls to allow most russia wants to be permitted with a conditional use authorization. the board also gave the city authorization to apply for a grant focusing on the gaming and storm water features for the cesar

if my design was improper under the general plan, nothing could be developed in this city. as for the quotes that were taken out of context, i will say this. a solar permit was pulled several months after i said as pointed have an edition. months later, they tried to block my plan by saying that they had solar trains. they claimed that my addition would impede their ability to ever put solar panels on their home. within a few months, they put more panels on the house. i asked them if they were aware of the approved plan. zine around this and put to the others in the house. when they talk to you about the equitable issues, this was about what happens when a neighbor has a solar panel already on their home or what happens when the timing is different? what would you do? what are the equitable considerations. this had nothing to do with access to sunlight and those comments are taken out of context. in this case, we have the east- facing facades. you know what incredible sunlight you get. all morning, this is directly in the winter side. this time of year, this is casting shado

also, we are going to start retooling the organization for the general election. and looking forward a transition, we have a new website. it is www.buildonecity.org. and i'm sure you can appreciate where we got the title from. it has four buttons on there that can be triggered. one is to learn more about me. if you want to learn more about me, press that button. secondly, if you have an idea that will help our administration be effective, we'd like to hear that. and those who might like to serve on a transition committee, you can click that button. and then there's another one that says, like a job job. and let me forewarn you the answer says we have one more election to go so we are not dealing with jobs at this point. we will deal with that after the election in november. so, i intend also for the consumption of the press, i intend to have regular press conferences. i'm looking forward to having weekly press conferences where we talk about the issues. i will be happy to answer questions as best i can. and i think it will facilitate us being able to, once again, b

so, at the attorney general's request, we will meet with the attorney general later today trying to work out what is the most effective way for us to parallel our actions and statements and activity is over the next momentous week to try to live up the clear image that this is no place in american life. >> a quick comment from jim zoby. gby. >> i think the administration's handling of this has been a corporate, and i am pleased that the attorney general will be with us later in the day. as our statement notes, some political figures have attempted to make this a wedge issue in this election. while individuals in the congress, senator durbin and mayor bloomberg have made extraordinary statements, many other political leaders and people running for office in this year's election have been disgraceful and have fuleeled this fire and done grave damage to the electorate. it has become a political issue. it should not become that kind of issue. i think we need to speak out against that. >> just to add, this morning, to talk to the administration, we had one of the persons representing the admi

i invite him to address the general assembly. legates, ladies and gentlemen, i extend my heartfelt congratulations to the assumption of the presidency of the general assembly. i also express my appreciation to his excellency for his efforts in the previous session. i would like to express my respect for his leadership. 65 years ago in the aftermath of the second world war, japan faced the same challenges that confront developing countries. japan received a lot of support from the international community in its struggle to overcome them. it is for this reason that japan harbors strong sentiments regarding the achievement of the millennium development goals, the main theme of the general assembly this year. at this time, the international community is facing a series of challenges that include poverty, hunger, infectious diseases, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, and global environmental issues. it is an honor for me to have this opportunity to share with you my thoughts regarding the role that japan

to the extent we used hetchy power in cca, we would only charge generation costs. vice president vietor: would that impact the negotiation of the contract with the cca provider because of the profit? >> i do not think so. again, it would only impact that, and potentially in a positive way, if we were going to be buying power from another municipal entity. it would limit how much it could charge us. that is probably on the margin, not a major part of it. president crowley: it takes all of the financial incentive out of any energy conservation. >> exactly. vice president vietor: that is one in -- i am from the city attorney -- >> i am from the city attorney's office. that is only one interpretation. that is only one reading which could be given to it. >> we will give you a fact sheet on that. vice president vietor: in november -- on the november ballot? >> yes, it is. president crowley: anything that needs to be received? commissioner moran: there were several things distributed with the agenda binder that are in essence staff reports that were not listed. they in som

this complies with the planning code and with the general plan and is consistent with the residential design guidelines and i intent to uphold the permit. >> i think that this is pretty straightforward. i would echo the other comments of my fellow commissioners. there is not here -- enough here to work with for the appeal and i would uphold the permit. >> i would tend to agree. i've suggested and i would have liked to have seen maybe some averaging of the setbacks. that was not done public has the appellants property seems to extend further in the rear. i agree with what has been said. >> i have nothing further to add. i hope that you all get along in the future and i understand that this has been tough for all parties but this is a relatively small edition. the shatters study would be moot. -- shadow study would be moved. i move to deny the appeal. >> on the motion to deny the appeal and uphold the permit for the reasons stated -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> there's no further business. >> we are returned -- adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and w

the attorney-general has to recognize that her or his client, bear people in the district of columbia, and i do not think that has been evident in the recent past. the attorney general took the position that he represented the mayor, and i think that is a very different position that i have -- and i have. i will take another question. all right, you get the last word. >> [inaudible] >> i would say the following, tim, and that is kwame brown has been elected at large. he has represented the entire city since 2005. i have been a council chair. i had to be elected by the entirety of the population of the district of columbia. both of us have represented the entire city, and that is exactly what i intend to do, to represent the entire city. thank you all very much. [applause] >> there you have it, vincent gray, the new democratic candidate for d.c. mayor. with noting, no republicans are set to run against him, so he is virtually issue and to be the next mayor of the district of columbia. he touched on a lot of different topics during his time at the podium. many reporters asking about the

cca is the generation. this happens at hunters point, this happens in treasure island. cca is the distributor, they do all of the work. >> the interface would be in those circumstances where if we were to provide power to them. >> that would be a separate rate schedule providing at a wholesale level. >> what our current budget is is what they're selling to the housing authority. this was projected in the 10- year capital plan. the peace we are adding would be the additional new housing on treasure island. we also need the commercial shipyard and the trans bay area. >> does this include city hall? >> it does. we will be able to look into these based upon the current rates we are looking at. what this would mean for the levels of rate setting. >> in your chart, that looks on awful lot like the criteria that we would have to restore water and sewer rights. if you go to the utility version of the world, they are allowed to recapture the expenses and the cost of debt plus a rate of return. you have an envelope that you are working with and you have to choose how you will divi

caller: our generation was really the sproat generation. -- the spoiled generation. we emerged during the post world war ii timeframe. everything seemed optimistic because world war ii was over and we had such great affluent. but we have come into reality. also, i have to get my democratic philosophy into this. i will be perfectly frank. i think that the right wing has devastated this country. i absolutely believe this wholeheartedly, even though my grandparents and parents were republican. my parents were much more progressive and better educated than my grandparents. i personally think the republicans ruined our country. host: thanks for your phone call. brian sent us this tweet. although we do not know what generation he belongs to. baby boomers are considered to having been born between 1946 and 1964. the term "baby boomers" was coined by landon jones who wrote a book called "america and the baby boom generation." president of the baby boom generation bill clinton, george of the bush, and barack obama because he was born in 1961. however, barack obama, technically

the documents are two sections of the san francisco general plan. the policy says that it should reflect the natural slope of the hill. it appears that these documents were overlooked during a planning review. currently there are no policies governing solar access. building construction was one of the most expensive the endeavors that humans undertake. this is expensive incrementally and emotionally. when we build in an urban setting, this is difficult for the neighbors and the property owners. san francisco as tools in place to make sure that what we build this the best it can be. some of them are overlooked in the review progress. we urge you to grant the appeal and a choir the planning department to review the project in regards to all of the tools that have been provided including the general plan. this is the best it can be for both the property owner in the neighborhood. thank you for your time and attention. >> thank you for your time. as a property owner, i am of two things. i am owed a shadow study that was promised because i don't think tha

just the general public understand that the concept of an e.i.r. in my mind anyway, is to analyze the maximum impact and how many impacts could be mitigated. it doesn't mean that the project will be built to that max. it will the be built somewhere inside this. so the public should not presume that the maximum that is analyzed is necessarily what is going to result in the project. and with that, this hearing -- this hearing to take testimony is over. thank you very much. >> thank you. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one...

avoided the concentration of several housing prockets in one elementary school attendance area. and generally speaking, with a few exceptions that were brought up last night -- there may be a few very small further adjustments based on testimony yesterday, the committee is recommending that the board adopt those elementary school feeder patterns when it comes up for regular action before the regular board. the second part of that resolution, the proposed draft middle school feeder pat erps, the committee considered the staff recommendation that that the middle school feeder pattern be fazed in. that means they won't be used next year. the draft will go away as we have said in all the testimony. i have to report that most of the testimony yesterday was on the middle school feeder patterns. there were people from certain schools that were urging us to adopt them as they were proposed in the draft because they like them. but generally speaking, there was more concern about it and support for the idea of this fazed-in adoption, which is also what has been heard in the community meetings and other

we will go to the general managers' report later in the agenda. we are on item number four, general public comment and the members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter of jurisdiction of the commission and to not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address people will be recorded. please remember that you have two minutes each. >> good afternoon, i first became aware of the courts saturday after the commission heard the item. i don't think that there is any outreach conducted with south america residence. if you could switch to the computer, that would be great. when you will change the usage of our public parks space, please have public input because many of this treat this as our backyard. there is a downtown park fund. there are over 900 children. this is between market and bay bridge. right now, there are 280 kids. they get lead chain gang style. they have to sit down and their board of their minds. they could sure use a playground. lot

the veto privilege should be revoked and the general assembly should be the highest body and the secretary-generalould be the most independent official and all his positions and activities should be taken with the approval of the general assembly and should be directed towards promoting discrimination. the secretary-general should not come under pressure from powers and/or the country hosting the organization for his stating the truth and administration ofjustice. -- and administering justice. it is suggested that the general assembly should, within one year and in the framework of an extraordinary session, finalize the reformation of the organization's structure the islamic republic of iran has clear suggestions in this regard and stands ready to participate actively and constructively in the process. ladies and gentlemen, i announce clearly that the occupation of other countries under the pretext of freedom and democracy is an unforgivable crime. the world needs the logic of compassion and justice and inclusive participation instead oflogic offorce, domination, -- instead of the logical force, d

just the general public understand that the concept of an e.i.r. in my mind anyway, is to analyze the maximum impact and how many impacts could be mitigated. it doesn't mean that the project will be built to that max. it will the be built somewhere inside this. so the public should not presume that the maximum that is analyzed is necessarily what is going to result in the project. and with that, this hearing -- this hearing to take testimony is over. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i

>> i can't say what the general rule would be in the future. that might be addressed to the restroom program manager. they had a few different scenarios. this one was different in that it kind of got thrust on us through that system, so this was the means left to me. >> as you know, part of the 2008 bond, there is a lot of money approved for the renovation and replacement of restaurants throughout the city. we are looking on a site by site basis, where it makes sense to use prefab. in some cases, it may. in other cases, we may build from scratch. i would like to point out that where we are dropping prefab restrooms, there is work that will be done by local trades. there is work that needs to be done at around plumbing, etc.. it is not the greatest use possible, but there is some. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> what is interesting about this particular project, as commissioner harrison described, for that amount of money, something is not right here. it doesn't sound right to me as a community person. why would that kind of mone

i am pleased to announce the result is that commissioner juliet ellis is the new general manager for external affairs for the puc. [applause] we were able to convince her that four to eight hours a month was not enough. welcome, and thank you very much for accepting our offer. commissioner ellis: thank you to the fellow commissioners, the staff, and the community partners. part of what makes the position so attractive is the ability to work on this more than eight hours a month. i look forward to continuing to work in this different role. >> i would like to add to the general manager -- this is brilliant. [laughter] who would have thought. it really is. i am so pleased. we are very, very fortunate. you have worked on both sides. [laughter] >> i also would like to chime in. i was in the same position, where i had heard juliet might be moving on. i was broken hearted because she has been such a great colleague and ally on these important issues. i think this is a wonderful solution and opportunity. i think we will really be able to get some amazing things done with juliet in her new rol

it assumes that the general plan is wrong. if you have a short-term parking meter, convert long-term parking to short-term parking. it says the planning code is wrong. it says the purpose of the parking control, the maximum and minimum has been more than double. the purpose is to provide for reasonably -- it generates congestion. secondly, we have proposed mitigation. follow your own plans and improve the affected intersections at fifth and at sixth. fifth and markets, important pedestrian routes. we're told that those are in feasible. this project will generate additional automobile trips. there is no mitigation for the bicycle and pedestrian impact. this project needs to mitigate the impact so we can have this project and have a more livable and save neighborhood. this does not get us there. we urge you to support the livability and the safety of this neighborhood, reject this and ask them to find out what automobile trips they will generate and come up with effective medications for the excess parking if that is what we're g

the redesign? >> well, right now, he can correct me if i am wrong. i think 44 general education classes, and that is what is in the current year's budget for fiscal year 200011. we certainly expect to have a need to cut expenditures generally within the district over the next two years. at least, we still do not know what is going to happen with the state budget, etc., but we are operating in the framework that we need to cut expenses. have we identified a specific cut in transportation, per se, in the answer is no, but that is one of our policy questions. we have an interest in reducing the size of our fleet. commissioner fewer: that may be clear fine. commissioner: any other testimony? we're going to try to be out of here in another 35 minutes. there are really only two of you. go ahead. >> debut. my name is deborah. i am a parent of a kindergartner and an elementary school and also of a two-year old, and i lived in glen park. i take my daughter downtown to daycare. i recognize that the transportation budget is limited, and one thing that i have not heard discussed,

it's a little busier than usual in new york city right now the sixty fifth annual u.n. general assembly is underway and diplomats and dignitaries from all over the world are currently in the big apple but as our t. correspondent lauren lister reports the locals are frustrated not only with the traffic and the congestion but with the united nations itself. police escorted motorcades right. at least i point i had to show my id to get into my own apartment entire blocks of streets closed to traffic blacktown cars double parked up and down the open ones in new york city this can only mean one thing. there is something big going on at the united nations and there are many important dignitaries coming in from all over the world but dignitaries are bringing gridlock and commotion to the city for this reason. to see if you can get out of them to. get mission. aside for a few cheerleaders we are here to welcome our british from cameroon and activists rallying for their cause. for new yorkers living in the neighborhood near the u.n. headquarters it amounts to you know. it is some most an

commissioner caen -- ratify then of emergency made by the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission august 19, 2010 for immediate replacement of the existing sewer on polk street from bush street to pine street for the amount of $421,071. commissioner caen: do you -- president crowley: do you want to pull any items on the consent calendar? do you have any questions? vice president vietor: i do not. president crowley: all those in favor of moving nine a through c, signify by saying aye. >> we have no speaker cards on this item. president crowley: now we are on to regular business. >> item 10, presentation and discussion of a power rate setting up date and rate setting criteria. >> i am todd rydstrom. you have been to the rate setting process for many times. given the projected growth of the redevelopment area, especially treasure island as well as hunters point shipyard, we have undertaken construction as part of the budget a revenue requirement review of the power enterprise as well as a rate review. the charter also requires a price tier to be considered them f

>> cinema, the people. generally, the people who are being targeted are not one or two minor claims. they are the result of substantial investigations. the want to add to that, you can do it. >> that is probably an internal function when they come in and ask for more of formation. the thing we are talking about how the criminal prosecutions. sometimes, we may get information from the state car contractors. by and large column there are not these new ones cases inkath i think this is an issue to their internal function. >> behalfadding anyone would be disgusted. they are just outrageous complex. >> i want to thank you for the work you do on behalf of the patients and honest doctors policing these egregious cases. i have a comment. you mentioned the need for physicians to protect their own identity and play a part. we certainly want to cooperate. we are as terrified as identity theft as anybody. you mentioned protecting our mpi numbers. we are fresher then that they have a web site in which everyone can actually look u

big political messages are sent out from the one as the general to peace unravels in new york but are some leaders turning the events into get all the latest updates from the big apple just ahead in the program. also a martial arts fighter known for his violent behavior and nationalistic views is pleading for asylum in norway following is a skate from a russian psychiatric facility last month. nine pm thursday night here in moscow you're watching with me with the top story this hour and it has some of the most harsh conditions on the planet but also the arctic is among the most desirable places on earth right now it's because of its untapped resources of oil and gas that are proving to be a great source of temptation for several northern countries and that's why the best scientific minds and politicians have been here in moscow trying to ensure cutthroat competition doesn't destroy conservation. report. one of the hottest issues surrounding one of the walls called a sweet jones is territorial claims at the moment several arctic states including russia canada the united states danmark

the next big test is the general election in six weeks. stake is nothing less tan control of congress. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >> christine o'donnell is running for the seat formerly held by now vice president joe biden. >>> frightening moments and chaos last night at the fenty campaign headquarters. it turns out a campaign volunteer fell through a plate glass window. you can see the young man amid the shattered glass. he was bleeding pretty badly but got into an ambulance under his own power. >>> the loudoun county sheriff's office has released surveillance pictures of a armed robbery at a hair cutery. he walked in and asked the clerk for change and then he pulls out the knife and grabbed the money and ran. it is believed they also hit a restaurant earlier in the week. we'll have more at 6:00. >>> a marker will be in place at the charlottesville bridge where harrington was last seen alive. she disappeared while attending a metalica concert in charlottesville. her remains were found three months later on a farm. no arrests have b

the public health goal is generally much lower than the regulatory. we will talk about arsenic.hly about 1/10,000. i also want to note that out of the 95 contaminants' that we have to monitor -- contaminants that we have to monitor, we wanted to be conservative. we did not have a problem technically with arsenic. arsenic is a naturally occurring element from a number of potential sources, including runoff, industrial sources, treated wood, and you can also see it in some chemicals. the potential health risk is a carcinogen and also does adverse environmental effects. -- has adverse environmental effects. you can see that we cannot even measure it. it is such an incredibly small number that you would not be able to see that it was there or not. we have done some special studies, pimm and we saw one at a high level of 2.6. in terms of our mitigation, we have a chemical quality control system, and we will do analysis of this treatment chemicals, so if we get chlorine or something else, -- we also have a watershed management program. where arsenic could potentially get into a water

that actually offsets the burden on the general fund. that means we have more money to invest in other parts of our system, and i know trent wants to add to that. >> when we designed the public sector track, the trainee track. what we've seen is even the constraints on the general fund and hiring constraints, departments are still hiring some folks and filling some vacancies. the public service trainees program is work exactly as we'd hoped. they're scoring well and they're getting hired. the human services agency has hired a number of folks right out of the public service training program to do case work and eligibility work. that's really sort of the design of that. in terms of the welfare roles, the mayor is right. about a 350% increase when you compare the prior year in terms of numbers of families leaving welfare. in san francisco, about 5,000 people are on it. that does represent about 20% of our case load. of course, we have new families coming on daily and weekly, but through this local program, we hope that many of those families