the protection for transportation measures is solid, as well as the local resources, and i can certainly understand why the social service responsibility in a county, that the management electives would be concerned about locking out the flexibility. but there is not much more to observe. i understand why there would be unhappiness. at the sa -- state level, prop 26 requires all feees to be approved by a 2-3rds vote, and taxes be passed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature. many fees, unless there is a tight nexus to the benefit and impact, would also require that vote. at the local level, the measure addresses the same types of fees and requires approval for fees that violate. so that is very interesting, and i think it is part and parcel of why the research underway is so important to understand where you will end up if you move forward on that measure. one last comment -- no, i think that is all i have. supervisor mar: any other questions? if prop 23 passes it is out of state companies? >> it defers to the fourth quarter economic growth, the implementation of regulations under ab-3

in the 1970s, many reform-minded local leaders, socialists or communist governizer mayors formed the conceptive councils. but the background of recent conflict is different. first, scarcity of resources. many local governments are suffering serious financial difficulties and scrapping or streamlining management is a pressing issue. the second, transparency. the use for taxes became more apparent. people began to pay closer attention to the privileges enjoyed by the local government staff or counselors and their relatively high pay. in places where reformist governors and mayors are trying to fight these invested interests, conflicted counselors will be more intense. >> so people becoming more aware of the problems their local governments are facing and they want their elected leaders to do something about them. but if you look at one case, the mayor seems to be in support of it. what do you make of this? >> i think his management style is extreme. what is balanced and institut n institutionally problem mattic. counselors are now criticizing his behavior. however, when he was elected mayor two years ago and re-elected last year, people strongly supported his reform direction and disse

. >> they can provide the resources and local government has the freedom and autonomy and discretion on how the resources are developed. that is true. if we believe that is where we want to go, that will require a fundamental rethinking of public policy embedded in the pollution act. >> thank you for what you have done to lead this effort. >> thank you, admiral. thank you for your long career at and service to america. -- in service to america. >> we continue our look at the bp oil spill. we will hear from lisa jackson. this portion of the hearing is one hour. pleasure to [inaudible] that is right. we are pleased to have you with us this morning. we're interested in hearing your presentation and some other issues as well. >> good afternoon and thank you. it is lovely to be here. thank you for inviting me to testify about the use of dispersants and epa's role in responding to the rig explosion. please permit me to begin by expressing my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the explosion now five months ago. the well is sealed and we are focused on scientific and

development, your adherence to the local enterprise policy, the ways throughout the region your stakeholders have talked about utilizing local workers and local businesses and local resources to support the puc -- it was very inspiring. in the arts and culture are arena, there are many opportunities to celebrate local artists, to celebrate and used part as a way of educating the community not only about art, but about how the puc works in its role in the community. we did not see health as a criteria for component of other community benefit programs, but we see what puc is doing as a way of having opportunities to improve health in the community, not just with the mitigation of orders and traffic congestion and other things that result from development, but by the maintenance of open space and parks and recreation areas so that people can develop healthy recreation lifestyles and see puc as a partner in developing positive outcomes. in the area of education, i will not go into detail, but there are so many ways to augment what is happening in the public school district and teach young people about the ways that water, power, and wastewater services are delivered that will

. >> they can provide the resources and local government has the freedom and autonomy and discretion on how the resources are developed. that is true. if we believe that is where we want to go, that will require a fundamental rethinking of public policy embedded in the pollution act. >> thank you for what you have done to lead this effort. >> thank you, admiral. thank you for your long career at and service to america. -- in service to america. we will hear from lisa jackson. one hour. >> it is my pleasure to [inaudible] that is right. we are pleased to have you with us this morning. we're interested in hearing your presentation and some other issues as well. >> good afternoon and thank you. it is lovely to be here. thank you for inviting me to testify about the use of dispersants and epa's role in responding to the rig explosion. please permit me to begin by expressing my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the explosion now five months ago. the well is sealed and we are focused on scientific and science-based monitoring and investigation, as well as on long-

the time. there are many resources and a lot of information. >> usgbc.org is most centralized. and locally, to connect with professionalism, the northern california chapter. they put together class's brought to the bay area, and they are the most local and specific. you can find networking resources and great stuff through that website. >> there is a whole lot more to talk about, but it is 1:30. thank you for coming, and see you next month. thank you very much.

the states and local municipalitys were used to dealing with us, the federal government and fema on hurricane response which basically provides grants to local government. and let them use the resources to do the response. and this one there is federal-- and the coordination is done through the federal government that didn't sit well with some of the local governments who were used to having the resources and being able to act freely it wasn't a matter we didn't want to cooperate, it was a matter of law. >> brown: has this all now as you are step ago way from this at this point, has this made you rethink the safety of drilling at depths like this? >> well, obviously we had a blowout preventer that failed to work as it was envisioned. i think we lacked response capability out there for dealing with the loss of well control at that depth. i think they had engineered a system now that could be the basis for response systems in the future. >> brown: you mean mean we've learned. >> we learned how to create a response system to an uncontrolled well at the bottom of the ocean. i don't think the response plans were built over the last 20 years that were anticipated this would happen and that

within the past our, a state of civil emergency, which gives authority to command evacuations and take local control over resourcesthe quake appears to have caused far wars damage to the structural part of the city than first thought. many buildings have been reduced to rubble. fortunately the quake occurred at 4:30 in the morning when the city center was quiet. but thousands of families report property damage. there is also reports of gaming cracks suddenly a merging in back yards and road. emergency services say 10 people have had to be rescued from huge cracks that have opened up. >> a leading television presenter, a former ambassador and a lawyer are among six people who have been found guilty of repeatedly abusing children in a home. the abuse centered on an institution carrying for around 4,500 children. sarah reports. >> she was -- he was surrounded by cameras as he walked into court. accused of abusing young boys as part of a pedophile ring. he pled innocence. they read each and every accusation of abuse and in most cases found them guilty. boys as young as nine and 10 were raped repeated by by a driver an

>> we are in the middle of a new initiative to provide more resources and programs for families and the localitywe are benefiting from a grant from the wallace foundation, and in the last two years many more bay area families have come to the museum, participated in the programs, most of which take place on sundays. we will see more and more different offerings rolled out in the coming months. >> thank you, dominic, for being part of "culture wire." >> the museums are almost like a team sport. there is a tremendous amount of talented staff that puts together patrons to help support the institutions, but they all need a coach. the coach is the director. neal, could you let the viewers know, you have been director how long? >> we are working on eight years. >> now you have the 75th anniversary. how does that feel? >> we opened this building in 1995. it was bought at that time as a move from the civic center and the veterans building 2 third street, into our new building, a much expanded space, better space. it will be wonderful for the museum for decades to come. and 15 short years we have been am

the local areas. >> reporter: colombia is also making the most of its natural resources to boost economic growth. this is the world's largest open pit coal mine located in northern parts of colombia. the mining company expects to export its coal to china for the first time this year. colombia is the largest coal producer in south america. most of it is shipped to the u.s. and europe. but the population shrank as the financial crisis took hold. now the country's biggest mining company hopes emerging markets in asia will offset the drop in demand. china long has already imported 2 million tons of coal from colombia on a trial basis. >> we are opening a relation with china. we don't have at this moment a big agreement with china, but we hope that there will be the first year that we can have this opportunity. >> colombia has achieved positive economic growth since 2001. this year, the country expects gdp to expand over 4%. >>> next is a recap of the latest market figures. that's all for now in biz news. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> the united states trade deficit narrowed in jul

people towards that first awareness that they might need to find something and then go find a local resource. and the other point i wanted to make is that why cannot an online support community like you have or even online treatment be, go along with and be an ancillary, too, in-person prevention or treatment services, and we all want those to work better. absolutely. without question. i think as we look at what's coming up and let's start looking at future, because part of future means that in terms of what dr. h. wesley clark, our director, points out is that we're going to have to begin to look at recovery-centered or recovery-oriented care, which means as you focus on the individual but that individual, you know, gets taken care of at whatever level or whatever entry point within that public health sector they intersect into the assessment and get told that they have a problem. so what happens? it's not only the assessment, and we want the nurses to do the assessment. we want the physicians to be able to do it. we want emergency rooms to be able to do it. but what happens to that? who creates a p

so i'm very sensitive to the needs of the city to focus on local hiring program and the hiring -- and using the resources of san francisco. in crafting our response, in pulling together over 10 companies to address all of the needs of san francisco's program, my outreach was directly to firms that have proven track record of success here in san francisco and working with the state and the sfpuc on various projects in renewables and in energy in general. so in crafting that response, i was definitely giving that a lot of forethought and that was exactly what i was shooting for, too, is let's make sure that all of the resources that we draw here, both here in san francisco and globally, are used to maximum benefit for the city. supervisor dufty: and i should also have mentioned the human rights commission here which can help facilitate other businesses, local disadvantaged, women-owned businesss here in addition to the once you bring to the table. thank you. >> we're looking forward to getting through the certification process as soon as possible. supervisor dufty: thank you. chairperson mirkarimi: thank y

the big one. >> reporter: fema is already sending resources to the carolinas, and urging local officials to make evacuation decisions now before it's too late. >> it's going to be too close to the coast not to be ready to go. >> reporter: on atlantic beach, it's a tough call. a mandatory evacuation right before labor day weekend would be terrible for beach-side businesses. >> safety of the citizens and visitors, you know, is the most important thing. >> reporter: restaurant manager rich cole says either way, earl has already struck. >> it's going to kill us. i mean, because, you know, everybody that would come visit the atlantic beach for labor day week send now going to be looking at the exact same forecast that we see. >> reporter: at hardware stores, up and down the carolina coast -- >> gas cans. flashlights. batteries. >> reporter: the customers were anxious. the stores were busy and running out of generators and other supplies. >> we just bought a radio, portable radio. and tv. >> reporter: everyone here is watching this storm closely tonight, crossing their fingers, hoping it jogs to the e

electricity and heat especially in the small communities that lie out in the outer areas small communities can use their local timber resourcefor creating heat and electricity and also create jobs as well so the equipment that we build fits right into that niche in that we make machinery for gathering processing harvesting chipping grinding everything from start to chip so. we feel that we can play a big part in there in the russian forests they present the opportunity for us to help their growth and if we talk about challenges what do you think what kind of challenges does a foreign company wishing to work over here face the challenges here are like they are many other places you've got regulatory issues you've got people's mindset where they're slow to change and adapt new types of practices but with the new forestry policy and with the advent of new technology to help harvest. if the regulators will make it a favorable working environment i think everybody can be successful. with this tom gross the founder of transnational thank you very much for talking to us back to you kareena. thank you my dear thanks for this for thi

doing everything possible to assist residents, through the recreation center with accessing resources. as i told you this morning, earlier, our localssistance center is up and running at the recreation center in crystal springs road. we have a large group of people that are currently taking advantage of that, those services and the shelter facilities which are available there. any person who needs to -- information about resources should report to that location and we're still encouraging residents who have not identified their whereabouts and their safety to report in at the recreation center so that we can begin to complete an accurate accounting of all the residents of the affected area. again, tomorrow afternoon, 2:00 p.m. at saint roberts church, a town hal meeting with mayor and the city council. thank you. >> good afternoon. as mentioned by the lieutenant governor. we have completed 75% of the property on initial search with the rescue dogs. the other 25% of the residents are still too hot to enter so we still have to process, fully process before we let the dogs go in. we have 25 companies searching these residents. and as

the priority is to make sure that everybody is safe and get what they need. to get them through this time and what is going on. we are helping with resources. we have been helping the locale agencies, the police, and help to find resources and make sure this is under control. >> it jordan, there is a press conference later but perhaps the big question on the residents' minds is that are they going to allow to go back in any time soon. do you have any information on that? >> and not right now. the only information i have is that we're still trying to fight the fire and in the hot spots, and it is still not safe to go back and. we will let that make them determination and more information on that, later. >> jordan, how was your office assessing the response to the emergency? >> what was the question? >> how were you assess the response of the how the response time. >> you know, the response worked exactly how it was supposed to. and in california, with an agency of emergency responders. week lead that nation in that respect and we can show them what we're made of pure-we lead the nation. they're there right when they needed to become a local, state, and federal agents all

what we'll talk about the petit family from cheshire connecticut did the local law enforcement have the resources and training to better handle a situation like that. we'll discuss that. >> also, another top story, the weather of course, at least two people are dead after hurricane carl barrelled through central mexico. damage is widespread and more trouble brewing in the atlantic. o our correspondent don teague is in irving, texas with the latest. good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning, betty. many parts of texas are still feeling the effects from the last tropical system that made landfall in mexico about two weeks ago. you can see the water in the dallas area is still very high. now, hurricane karl won't cause flooding here in texas but it's already caused significant damage in mexico. hurricane karl crashed ashore near veracruz, mexico friday as a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 miles per hour and torrential rain. at least eight inches fell in just 90 minutes as the storm made landfall, causing widespread flooding and mud slides that destroyed homes and killed at least two

us a directory when we go to our corporate sponsors, when we deal with the state and local agencies in regards to their resourcesto better be able to match up. and you, yourself, you have a construction company now. you're a businessman. would you-how willing are you to take on individuals that are at oxford houses and provide employment? oh, 100% willing, because i know first and foremost that they're, they're trying to better their position. they're trying to better their situation. obviously they've accepted the fact that they have an illness, and they want to do something about it, and they're trying to repair their lives. they're-to me, and especially being an alumni, being an oxford member, there's no one better that you can give an opportunity to. richard, you wanted to add something. yeah, i think one of the growing areas that i think needs to have more focus is around employment services that are also tailored to supportive housing tenants. and we did a big push several years ago to do what we called vocationalize the home front, essentially have services focused on employment built into supportive hous

local stock exchange. unfortunately that was not really the one that we wanted to have in terms of operation and management and infrastructure. so with this wealth of the mineral resources, we... i think we thought we should have the proper functioning local stock exchange. in order to provide an opportunity to the local companies and to the citizens of mongolia to get the benefit and to have access to those mineral assets. so far major internationals are listed on international stock exchanges and they do not come to mongolia. so we would like them to have a listing so to do that we have to invite international management. >> rose: have you said that london stock exchange is most likely to win the bid? >> this will not be up to the government to say really the final thing because the decision as i say is up to the independent body of management and the property committee so that they will decide. but it's a strong candidate because london is more of a mining specialized stock exchange and so i think this will be a decision to be made by the independent part. >> rose: mongolia is a big country, small population, lots of mineral resources. >> exactly. >> it's developing