domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of californiai take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. during such time as i hold the office as a member of the board of supervisors and a member of the transportation authority of the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> congratulations. supervisor chiu: congratulations. it is great to see the new faces. we will now proceed to item number four, the election of the board. i would like to review the nomination rules. a board president is elected when the nominee receives a majority vote. the roll call will been seized. in member may nominate him or herself. only one nomination per supervisor is permitted. a supervisor may withdraw his or her nomination is the nominations are reopened and nominate another supervisor. a second for nominations is not required. members do not have to accept the nomination and can withdraw their names without a second. ever

support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california -- >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against allen miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and domestic -- >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens. >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens >> to the constitution of the united states. >> to the constitution of the united states. >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> to the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. >> discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter -- >> and during such time -- >> and during such time -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> mayor for the city and county of sa

day and that would be the time that he would be president of united states, regardless of when the oath of took place. then, we would have different language in the state of california and that would give the mayor of latitude to be able to declare when he felt compelled to assume office as lieutenant governor. >> our opinion is based on the california constitution and the cases in california that is interpreted the provision regarding taking the oath the federal constitutional requirement is a different one and we have not interpreted that. accord could look at this issue and try to interpret the california constitution. >> is a possibility that there could be the same standard that was used because of declaring barack obama was the president of united states and that the mayor is actually ted governor. >> as i understand it, there was never a judicial determination of what the consequence of what the taking of the oath incorrectly was. there really is not any clear precedent in that situation. there was an opinion apparently rendered. i don't know the opinion. it is possible that a court in california could look to the federal constitution and to try to interpret

do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time as i hold the office of mayor for the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. board of supervisors, thank you very much for this fantastic opportunity. i also want to make sure that i thank the mayors that i have worked for that are standing with me. mayor brown, wonderful years working with you. i learned a lot and i want to really thank you for the tutelage you have given me, for the guidance, the leadership you have given the city, really appreciate that. to lieutenant governor gavin newsom, your bold, your ideas have inspired me to go beyond just the bureaucratic jobs i have

affirm or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office as a member of the board of the code -- >> the board of examiners and whichever seek you are taking -- whichever seat your taking. ok. thank you. commissioner murphy: thank you, commissioners. >> ok, now those that are present that are here to be sworn in for the code advisory committee. you can tell this is the good group for showing up. [laughter] commissioner murphy: we will go from left to right on this one, code advisory. robert wong. wallace -- what is your name? maybe you should step up to the microphone as we do this. >> [inaudible] >> tony lau. >> jim reid. >> mark cunningham, a member at large

do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of california, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of assessor- recorder. congratulations. [applause] >> it is perfect when you have kids. they have an alarm clock when they tell you that you have gone on too long. you want to say hello too? first of all, i want to say thank you, first and foremost, to my wife susan, my daughters, and thank you for the wonderful introduction and all the love that you gave to my family. thank you very much. i want to also thank our elected officials, commissioners, department heads, community leaders, friends and family for joining us in our office. it is an honor to have your support and share with you this great day. most im

where is the tobacco money from the state of california? it was much larger amounts of money because it was a whole state. do any of you know? it is just part of the hole in the state's budget. it went into the general fund. what do we have because of luis? we have this beautiful building. [applause] >> unfortunately, those were my real words. i will tell you the aftermath of that story. it is even worse with the state of california. they securitized their tobacco money. it is already pissed away. there you go. today is a great celebration not only for the entire laguna honda community but for the city of san francisco. i know that many of you know from its very beginning laguna honda and san francisco have been intertwined. back in the days of the gold rush, it was started as an alms house and evolved over the years to where we are today. today, we have a new chapter where a quality of care will be constantly given as it has always been given so well in the past, and where community will be even more deeply engaged. it has been said that no

i do solemnly swear or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely and without mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter and during such time as i hold the office as a member of the access appeals commission -- >> and whatever seed you are taking -- whatever seat you are taking. >> it is their oath, not your both. commissioner murphy: i know. i'm asking them. anyway, why don't you let me drive the cars here? that is it. can i hear aye? >> aye. commissioner murphy: congratulations. >> thanks. going to give these to you. now if we could have the members of the board of examiners that our present. we have some members that are not present, but i have let them know that since i have been duly sworn to be able to swear people in, that i will either go to a meeting or have t

he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan that just arrived. thank you very much. i want to echo what miss leyall said, welcome everyone to this historic summit here in san francisco. the next couple days we're going to tackle very tough issues, the issues of global warming, issues of waste water, hydropower, the electric

gets an a on the american lung association's 2010 report card. however, california and most other states got failing grades when it comes to helping smokers quit. california lost points for having the 33rd highest cigarette tax in the nation, and it's one of only three states which has not raised its tobacco tax since 1990. >>> coming up next, s francisco's cute new addition 37 >>> san francisco's newest bundle of joy made its first public appearance today. the baby giant eater spent the last four weeks bonding with mommy. the ant eater is the zoo's second edition since the beginning of the year. you may remember we showed you a hippo. this ant eater is still unnamed. it's the zoo's first surviving ant eater in a decade. mommy's name is evita. i think they should name him perrone. >> what would happen if they called it a spaghetti eater? i'm sorry. all right, anyway. >>> thanks for being with us, everybody. "nightly news" coming up next. [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they pre

importantly, i will be continuing my efforts to ensure that the constitution of the united states, the constitution of the state of california, the brown act, and the sunshine ordinance are followed in this chamber. nobody sitting on any board in this city has the right to silence free speech. nobody. in fact you took an oath of office to uphold and defend both the constitution of the state of california and that of the united states, and i will be hoping you do so. >> commissioners, good evening. my name is amil lawrence. i have been a resident of the city and county of san francisco for 42 years. i have been through this circus of police chief changes more than once. going loud to the hop, skip and jump into homeland security for 400,000 a year after retiring in this city for 275,000 a year. i came to this commission in january of 2010 with a problem. i directed it to this commission. i directed it to the police chief and he sat there like a fink and didn't move his head. he was inaccessible. he had a phalanx of guard that the hall of justice, wall of telethons and you couldn't talk to him. he drobe around town with a secu

giants fans on this day especially, and we are honored to have the number one giants fan in the state of california pay tribute to this ball club. please welcome the great governor of the great state of california, the honorable arnold schwarzenegger. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to say on behalf of the people in california, congratulations to the giants, the giants fans for this great victory. san francisco is not only known as the most beautiful city in the most beautiful state, in the most extraordinary country in the world, but now it is also the home of the world champion baseball team. so congratulations to the giants for this great performance for showing that the impossible can be made possible, for showing the fire in your belly. thank you also to everyone who got you here in the first place, your family members and so on. that may also say congratulations to the beard. now every team in baseball knows how to feear the beard. there is a machine in this team. congratulations. thank you very much. [applause] >> again, many thanks to governor schwarzenegger. there is much pressing bu

san jaquin valley or whether in the east bay, and to see only one municipality so far in the state of california really begin to flourish at best out of an incubation stage, that being marin, there are no other examples that are i think striving in the state of california. so we are creating as we go along, and i think that that creativity and the mechanics of those economics have got to be well explained so that p.u.c. doesn't continue to come to lafco into p.u.y. commission meetings -- p.u.c. commission meetings, disappointing people because there might have been a different set of expectations, hopes and dreams to what it is we expect to see happen. and lafco's staff i think is obligated to do the exact same thing. that's why i think that this next six-month period is going to be an absolutely critical period about locking in what the plan is going to look like based on what the potential vendor, service provider, is going to be able to do to implement that plan. and the city government, especially p.u.c., going to be able to feel that relaxation on the question of risk liability since it see

nancy delassandro pelosi, a representative from the great state of california. [applause] [applause] >> the name of the hon. john n. boehner, a representative-elect from the state of ohio and the hon. nancy pelosi, a representative-elect from the state of california have been placed in nomination. are there other nominations? there being no further nominations,the clerk appoints the following tellers. the gentleman from california, mr. lundgren, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. captor, the gentle woman from florida, ms. leighton. the tellers will take their place in front of the rostrum. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> the role will now be called and those responding to their names will indicate by surname, the of their choosing. the reading clerk will now call the roll. [no audio] >> mr. ackerman -- [laughter] mr. ackerman of votes policy. perlosi. mrs. adams the votes john boehner. akin votes john boehner. alexander votes john boehner. offmeyer votes shuler. amash boats john boehner. andrews votes nancy pelosi. aust