the selection panel was particularly impressed with the food and beverage service operation that the ortega family enterprises before and this would be operated by a local business here in san francisco. the food-service would retain the snack bar atmosphere while also increasing the range and quality of the menu offerings so we would go what we currently have which is really a snack bar and limited meal options to a place where people could obtain sandwiches, salads, etc.. they would propose almost nearly exclusively the use of pliers to be able to source of -- suppliers that would be able to source within a hundred miles of the cafe using organic produce and meats. some of those local suppliers would be a cowgirl premier a., heirloom organic, etc. none of the parties was to protect the site within the park space. this is a nesting site for the blue herons. the selection panel was very impressed with the proposed environment put forward by ortega family enterprises which included certifying the area has an audubon sanctuary. which means that they would follow practices which are des

that same day, we notified susan dumans of the selection panel's recommendations. busy day. we did a lot. again, on july 22, we issued press releases to all major sfpd outlets and then posted said press release as well at the selection panel competition. on august 6, we notify nancy destafanis of the selection, and on august 6, we posted a boathouse -- a poster at the boathouse. as well as staph's contact information, should anyone have any questions regarding this project and process. again, on august 12, the revised poster with renderings to the proposed improvements at the boathouse, and then, additionally, we e-mailed all parties and notified the department said their interest in the concession of today's meeting, and we also throughout this process have phone calls and/or first person conversations with over 70 individuals not identified in this. i thought i will spare you that. in addition to the staff- conducted outreach of this project, i'm sure you hase

the thing about solar panels is they work during the day owl. so the big question is what about at night? well when isn't shining. in the past the only solution you had to that was batteries. you would have to purchase a large group of batteries and wire them to your system. during the day the sun would produce what your house needed and charge up the batteries and at nighttime you would draw off the batteries. what has made solar go from a niche market and explode to a big popular market has been a breakthrough called net metering. because the sunshines differently during different parts of the year it makes sense to go for a whole year before you settle accounts. so you get a statement every month, but you don't have to pay it unless you want to. your credits or debits roll over from month to month and at the end of the year you settle accounts. the key concept is magical in a sense. the utility grid is a two-way street. you can send electricity back up in the lines. because you can do this, in effect, the grid can take the place of your batte

that same day, we notified susan dumans of the selection panel's recommendations. busy day. we did a lot. again, on july 22, we issued press releases to all major sfpd outlets and then posted said press release as well at the selection panel competition. on august 6, we notify nancy destafanis of the selection, and on august 6, we posted a boathouse -- a poster at the boathouse. as well as staph's contact information, should anyone have any questions regarding this project and process.

the philippine government set up an in-house panel to examine the rescue and released part of the report on monday. the panel says the failure in freeing the hostages came from assigning inexperienced policemen to negotiate. it also mentioned a lack of effort to gather information about the mental state of the hostage-taker. the report also says president aquino ordered the best national police unit to be sent, but senior police officials put responsibility in the hands of police at the site. as a result, it took a long time to carry out the rescue operation. president aquino says he is considering punishing senior police and government officials who handled the incident. >>> a freight train slammed into an express train stopped in central india killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 30. the crash took place early monday. officials say the freight train was on the wrong track and hit the passenger train head-on. indian railway authorities suspect that the driver of the freight train overshot a stop signal, causing the accident. trains are the most common long distance transpor

the panel, charles? >> the most troubling aspect of the obama surge in afghanistan, ever since the speech in december when he announced it was the uncertain trumpet you heard when he talked about withdrawal. everything since i think has supported the suspicion that the heart was not in the war. even though the rhetoric is how it is in the supreme interest of the united states. that we succeed in the war. now we have shocking evidence, shocking evidence that our suspicion, our skepticism about it, his heart is in the war is in the excerpts. i'm not talking about the calling of names or in fighting but what we just heard. this is a president that says of the generals i want exit strategy. i don't want a success strategy. i want an exit strategy. he said it in two years and said i can't lose the democratic party. he's the leader of that party. he is the man who is going to lead it and us to new frontiers. this party in two presidential elections argued strongly that the war in afghanistan was a good war. the

sfbt has great confidence in the panel. as a community representative, i know her be thoughtful, there, and practical. we have gone to work with jim wheeler on the safety concerns of hamilton. i think highly of him. i think he is an excellent person to help you make this decision. based on the detailed proposals, they have the necessary information to analyze this on a qualitative and quantitative basis. >> thank you very much. >> [reading names] >> my company is we'll on bundles, and we operate the bike rentals there at stowe lake -- wheel fund rentals. it seems like the focus seems to be all about a new cafe and gift shop, without taking notice of the fact stowe lake stowe is about recreation, and it is one of the tools in the u.s. -- one of the jewels in the u.s. stowe lake should remain very special, and the way it is run currently keeps that all in focus. i do not think it should be a gift shop and a cafe. there is plenty of those around in the area. the reduction of the boat fleet and the service area will only increas

the mission. i encourage you to stay for panel four with the street scrape design and you know, a vibrant active street scrape that people want to walk along is also part of this partnership, encouraging people to take bars off they're windows so you can see and in and out of stores and that encourage vibrant city life. the presence of people is the best crime deterrent. >> i wanted to weigh as well on the sidewalk parking issue. i felt if we did nothing to day but tooked action sidewalk parking we would have accomplished so much. i think the problem is the city has failed take action the enforcing of the law and law is clear. including mirrors protruding attend city has redefined what a sidewalk is. it's a flat expansion or does that include the sloped wells. if it's truly a four foot expansion are we all now forced to walk single file. and when i call to report a - egregious cases i get things on the phone. like, well, is the car parked up close to a building, yeah but it's a very narrow sidewalk and they're half way into that and half way bo is sidewalk. we can't enforce that because people complain

. >> bret: more on the conduct with the panel and friday lightning round later. ngressional democratic leaders may be at odds on whether to vote on tax cuts, extending them before the election. fall out and politics about all of this. we will talk about wilt the fox all-stars when we come back. >>> america's middle class will have a tax cut. it will be done in this congress. there is no question about that. it's not about the election. it's about the policy. and we're all very strong on that. >> there are 59 of them in the senate. overwhelming number in the house. they could do anything they want to, but they can't get their side together. the reason they can't is because they are enough reasonable people in the democratic party to say hey, this is not the right thing to do. >> bret: well, the senate majority leader reid decided not to bring up a vote in the senate for cuts in the house. not clear decision from nancy pelosi but it look like the house will leave without a vote before the election on this big issue. what about this? politics and policy. the panel, f

i happened to be on the panel. everybody was talking about stakeholders and how we wanted a team player. i think the culture makes the player. now you hire somebody that is going to be a team player. we need independents. i am not sure i would go with the reelection everywhere. in san francisco, you have got an intelligent electorate, but i think independence is very important. also, you have to be independent of the judges. we found they were intimately involved in selecting the people who would appear before them. we found 90% of public defenders reported judicial pressure to expedite cases. that means when you are under one staff -- understaffed and overworked, the judge says, you have enough time. we need to move things along. this train that has to be speeding -- i think that is a real problem. judges are implicit when public defender offices are not given the resources to do an adequate investigation, so i think those are big problems we see. >> you raise an interesting point about whether a public defender sh

. >> reporter: the california public's commission says it will put together a panel to investigate the fire. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: julie what happened here at san bruno raises questions about what needs to be done to prevent another disaster. >> the cpuc passed a resolution today enabling it's president to put together a panel. >> the real question is how the panel is going to be. >> reporter: tony says in order for the panel to be truly independent it must be a consumer advocate on board. >> the public is looking for people they can trust. and right now people don't trust pg & e and thankfully a lot of people don't trust the cpuc itself right now. >> reporter: the appointed members of the new panel will have extensive dodge of pipelines and experience in investigations. >> that's going to be the hardest part is find someone that's independent that has not worked for or consulted with in some way with the industry. >> reporter: they plan to release information on where the most hazardous pipelines are located. hill says he's also looking into whether the cpuc needs more

intention is we will continue to vay high quality of the panel. so while there may be disagreements from time to time, i don't foresee overruling them, unless they were capricious or erroneous. ost object -- obviously the p.o.a.'s are the standard and they won't allow a capreeshes -- capricious standard to be the rule. commissioner chan: and the burden of proof is for the initial trial process, and that is preponderance beyond a reasonable doubt. the standard doesn't include beyond a reasonable doubt or preponderance of the evidence. it is three catagories -- de novo, clearly erroneous, or -- clearly legal jargon, but it is important to find something that parallels that. >> this is something that continues to playing -- plague the department. it is the overly legalistic way that we look at police discipline. it is not the way it is done around the country in many places. i think a preponderance of the evidence is a reasonable way to look at this. if it appears that the panel has exceeded their authority based on that standard, that is a reasonable

the panel on the golf is meeting today. they will cover who is in charge of making critical decisions. that is live right now. the afternoon session will be live here on c-span. the epa administrator testifies along with the interior secretary. the afternoon session begins at 1:30 eastern here on c-span.

. >> reporter: the california public's commission says it will put together a panel to investigate the fire. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: julie what happened here at san bruno raises questions about what needs to be done to prevent another disaster. >> the cpuc passed a resolution today enabling it's president to put together a panel. >> the real question is how the panel is going to be. >> reporter: tony says in order for the panel to be truly independent it must be a consumer advocate on board. >> the public is looking for people they can trust. and right now people don't trust pg & e and thankfully a lot of people don't trust the cpuc itself right now. >> reporter: the appointed members of the new panel will have extensive dodge of pipelines and experience in investigations. >> that's going to be the hardest part is find someone that's independent that has not worked for or consulted with in some way with the industry. >> reporter: they plan to release information on where the most hazardous pipelines are located. hill says he's also looking into whether the cpuc needs more

. >> bret: more on the conduct with the panel and friday lightning round later. c leaders may be at odds on whether to vote on tax cuts, extending them before the election. fall out and politics about all of this. we will talk about wilt the fox all-stars when we come back. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me had stopped short. but my car did. my car did. thankfully, my mercedes did. [ male announcer ] a world you can't predict... demands a car you can trust. the e-class. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial. ♪ through mercedes-benz financial. and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired

the panel is with us throughout the evening. we're looking, as i said a moment ago, at o'donnell headquarters. we're waiting for her to make remarks and we'll bring those to you live when she does. join the live chat, now underway at ac360.com. >>> also can candidates knock out punches in the final days of campaigning? the question is are they low blows? we'll put some to the fact test. and later, the people who lived through this, the images are stunning. lost neighbors and friends through this. they're demanding answers from the utility whose gas line blew. we'll take you live to san bruno. keeping them honest. to everyone who wants to go to college and everyone who started college but never finished... to late bloomers... full-time moms... and everyone who is good at something but wants to be great.

this allows the panels to move independently of each other. these have a three quarter inch gap. that is what allows the system to function and to tolerate without any displacement of the panel's. we experienced this in our class spends. we do not want to experience a blowout the glass will shatter because of a laminated materials. we want to keep them from coming out of the system. that is the presentation i have been. >> a i have a question. if i am walking under the building, can i expect -- >> if you can expect the building to rock quite a bit. it will not break. >> are there any members from the council? >> [inaudible] >> we will have to do some testing on the structural frame work. that the on the glazing system, we will be doing testing on the glass resistance. in an oklahoma city type of event, we will not able to keep the glass or other things in place to test the glass resistance. >> any other questions? thank you very much for coming and explaining. thank you. any comments from the public? seeing none, we will move over to item seven which is the golden guardian preview

we set the time when for the panel. we review cases. i do not have any type of gas. commissioner hammer: do we have a rough idea of how long it will take to finish the process? >> our projection is the end of october, but very light. it may happen by the end of september. commissioner hammer: may be the chief wants to end this. an issue we have talked about a little bit -- first of all, if we get this wrong, people go free, right? that is why this is so important. as the police department, we have to play fair. we have to turn over stuff that will help our case and hurt our case. that is the way it works. we have to show or bad cards as well as are good cards. people may not know that, but that is our obligation, is to play fair like that. my question is do we have a feel now for how many officers, so far, we know are not going to be able to work the streets because of credibility issues? >> not at all. i do not know of any of them. commissioner hammer: none? do you concur with that shift? it is something we have talked about in terms of discipline. it would be a good

attorney, who brings forth the material, for transparency purposes, we have a retired judge who sits on the panel and lends legal credence. right now, we are using a retired court of appeals justice who himself is a former police commissioner. the function of the committee -- date book at the material and determined that a member may have passed history that requires a legal notification to the da > the forward that to the chief. we sent a written note -- a written notification to the member, who has 15 days to respond with mitigating factors or material the committee can review. if we do not receive those, the relevant names and dates of the offense, or the material, is forwarded to the district attorney. if we do receive a response, the committee reconvenes, reviews the summary with any new material, and towards the recommendation to the police for referral. this allows the district attorney to comply with the legal mandates under brady but protect the rights of the personal members who legal firearms -- whose legal files are protected. this system -- has been considered a model. we have been a

we're back with the panel. charles, what about this? e republicans had one of the clean -- wanted a clean resolution. ie, you extend what you have now and you don't add anything. the one add-on i this is going to happen the surprise office. surprise, it's -- is the post office. surprise it's in the red, by a lot. not sure republicans want the election to happen with post off shut because republicans don't allow the c.r. to pass. that is really a strong issue that the republicans could employ. they can argue it isn't only that the democrats have governed ideologically left, in effectively, but economically. they have not passed a single appropriation. they will not. also on the tax issue, here they are after two years and they cannot tell you what your rates will be on january 1. that is incompetence apart from ideology and ineffectiveness. >> bret: there is not a budget and there are not appropriation bills passed and the tax cut issue is still looming. it's actually a tax increase at the end of the year. >> you all of a sudden from the

a lot of the different services are on different panels. one of the reasons we couldn't load the panel up more was time. we decided to step up and talk about the services. our police officers have a resource guide that when they go they hand out resource guides to families and the hopeless and the drug addiction. but also one of the things we believe in and what we are talking about here is we want prevention. when they are there playing football with the kid or fixing their bikes and see something going on in the family and the parent come out and talks to them about something everyone on the panel can give the resource information. ha

i like the panel to respond in this. because we were enslaved we weren't, we weren't, we weren't looking to become citizens. we were looking to become free. become liberated. after the war they enacted the 14th amendment. they didn't consult with us and it says, makes us citizens and says we're entitled to certain rights and privileges and then we had the black codes and all that other stuff. we're still dealing with that. the 14th amendment says that we're citizens. i think that is a violation of our human rights to self-determination. you know, where they said, oh, you're a citizen now, you know. but you will be promised all this stuff because now you're subject to our authority in perpetuity. that sounds like slavery in continuation. >> what's the question? >> the question is, do you feel the 14th amendment, is a violation of our human right to self-determination? i mean, you know -- >> okay. >> thank you. >> anybody want to take that? >> i think the 14th amendment is an enhancement of the rights, a piecemeal restorati

that is all the time we have for this panel. we are going to go straight into the next panel. i want to highly recommend "ordinary in justice." i want to thank yoall of our panelists for coming. thank you. we will go directly into our >> once again, and the public defender in san francisco. roblin like to introduce the chief attorney of san francisco who will be moderating the next panel. >> thank you and good morning. first, i want to show you some video clips before we move into the next panel. the public defender salary is paid for by the city. it is the public defender's due to defend the public from a crime until they are proved guilty in a court of law. >> there you are, your honor. the district attorney once here said evidence included to show evidence of missing intermission in the report. >> that letter is a forgery. it is indeed in my letter paper. i write my letters on small blue paper with my initials on it. >> like this? >> tell me the truth. >> ok, it was my cousin's idea. >> my clients the ability to understand what is right and wrong was damaged by watching hour