we included a member from the union square business improvement district on our selection panel, as well as another community member, who is involved in the central subway citizens' advisory committee and representatives from the mta and from our arts commission, as well as arts professionals. and we received hundreds of applications, and the panel reviewed those applications and narrowed the finalists down to three finalists, and those artists submitted the proposals. we put them on display for public comment and we also sent them to the union square business improvement district and they could provide comment back to us before we had our second selection panel meeting. through that process the panel selected local artists jennifer starkweather and amanda, the artist team and together they have produced this design, that features -- unfortunately the image is quite blown out. there is very fine line work that references maps and topographic imagery. can you see the line work? so it's very fine line work and it does show up over here on this computer screen. so if it's worth it to you, y

. >> >> thank you, supervisor and good evening, chancler with the union business and i am here to speak in support of this legislation this evening and i want to thank you for introducing the legislation and i understand and realize that there are probably (inaudible) indoor venues but i appreciate you accepting the amendment from supervisor chiu and urgent to address some of the other things taking place on union square in the sidewalks. and you have amplified news that is bombarding our business and our individuals are trying to work during the day and the guests that are staying at our hotel. again all of the (inaudible) we called the police daily and to it and have urged us to introduce the legislation that will give them the tools to enforce the noise regulations in the area. we appreciate you introducing this and working forward to bring this amendment and we do support it. >> thank you. >> next speaker >> good evening, supervisors my name is (inaudible) and i am a permit consultant in san francisco and i have taken many project sponsors through the process. and i just want to say

the list is endless and last year, sorry. thanks. >> obviously we are involved with the business. union square business for the district. and but there is i mean there is a number of organizations that we touch and it really depends on who reaches out and last year, they reached out and we raised over 100,000 dollars for them, when the tsunami relief we raised $92,000 in one day. so it fluctuates every year but last year, there were actually get, and i have been given an award for our community out reach by the hotel heroes. >> and how about the specific permit, do they know that there is a new, venue, or that it is now coming? that it is a new management. and just for this specific application and are they informed? >> well there is a gentleman here that i actually just met who has been up once before and he has asked us to come to the meeting next tuesday to go and talk a little bit about that. so planning on doing that. unfortunately i did not know anything about that tonight, but myself and the director was not available to attend that meeting. thanks. >> i just wanted to reiterate that the community out reach that

business lending and did not contribute significantly to. a credit union implosions i mean there could be some bad business loans as there could be some bad mortgages but credit unions also have the advantages where they know who their members are they would only be making loans to their members so a military credit union would make credit unions to veterans businesses say a doctor's credit union may make a loan to our hospital or a medical device company and it would still regulators could still nothing else changes except that this arbitrary cap is lifted you know it doesn't change capital ratios or anything or the amount of loans they could make or the quality of loans just that they can make add had business loans to more of their mix which would actually help diversify their when they get in and according to mr mots would make them safer and that's a good point because credit unions are member and they're not for profit meaning that they operate to start their members and not to maximize profits what are some of the advantages to credit unions lending of our banks and community banks and i have nothing against banks in fact i'll argue on community banks in particular as you

with two children and a mom and pop business, after doing his business plan he needs to extend his hours. we have also contacted the union square business improvement district that they are welcoming him to the neighborhood. the issue is that it is expensive to operate and with the compromises that he we have come to and i am sorry. and the compromises are that it originally was 6:00 a.m. to stay open until then and we have spoken with the police department that have compromised at 4:00 and that is fine with us. also, the security cameras that were installed when mr. tu bought the restaurant are not functioning properly and he found out afterwards and he is going to, we have a compromise to try to get them in place and properly working within three months. and as of tonight, i found a less expensive resource for security cameras so that agreat. i think that those are the two, is that right? >> those two conditions that we have. >> you wanted to strike number 7? >> you had amended the security plan? >> right. we did. >> at officer methias request. >> i have a question that you were going to try to get the security cameras

the union to get a job. >> yes, if the union pays the guy $150,000 a year to eat and sleep on the job working two lowers a day, that's the union's businesse of the government to compel people to join and compel people to pay dues and the dues are wasted, that's not right. >> this is the largest municipal workers union in new york, but they are all fighting, and they get, once they get in charge, you can't get them out. he's been around since 1998 or scene of this accident, they can't get rid of him, and, yet, people working under him who complain. >> well, he's up for reelection next month. something tells me in the new york post is not exactly helping his campaign. i mean, the pictures are mind boggling. >> he is a political crony to the mayor, and, by the way, he's morbidly obese, sad to see, but i wonder if the mayor says, hey, there's a big gulp soda on the desk. let's do something about it. >> you know, the mayor too who has a lot of strengths is also willing to use the force of government to tell people how to live their lives. the problem is the government. the problem is the government forcing people to join the union. the proble

the narrative. we talk about unions being the small counter weight to business, big mean business, but the public knowsthink this is responding to public -- or unhappiness with public and private sector unions. gallup found a few months ago that 42% of americans want to see unions have less influence and think this ruling reflects that very well. >> mike, there a a lot of service employers who were behind striking this rule down, saying that if we had to put up these things, if the workers unionize as a result of these ads, we'd be out of business. >> david, this is very good for js because companies in the private sector that are not unionized are much more profitable and grow much more faster and end up hiring more peoplehan private companies that are unionized. >> e. mac, what do you think? >> i agree with rich because this really is lop sided in favor of unions. it does not tell the worker and really hides from the worker and misleads the worker that they have the right to refuse to pay union dues, they have the right to decertify a union if they don't want the really bad union representing them. i

the nonunion operators business. either of these outcomes will -- so the union quite explicit and go on to describe a successful wage family foods. shut down nonunion operator businesses. if they can't persuade them to go on with neutrality and card check. in the 1990s, they were convinced the national labor relations board wasn't going to be the entity that would help them do that. i wonder, dave, if you have any thought on the national labor relations board proposes and attempt to change the rule and how the impact businesses like you? and employees who height not be persuaded of the need? >> well, it's actually pretty simple. during the corporate campaign, the death by thousands cuts is get the employer to cave and sign the neutrality agreement. right now they need more tools to get employers to cave. especially after we won against the fciu. some people have learned, and people like russ' organization and others national right to work have the representative in the back of the room here, don, they're helping people fight through the situations. but here is the key. one of the things that probably don't know about

required it is a two thousand ruling that said that if you're a business you have to inform your employees that they have the right to unionize. why should we not require you know if businesses are owning a business is an optional thing only a business is something that people get benefits from from the government and never you know the limited liability whatnot. if we're going to say that police officers have to tell under the miranda rules the police officers have to tell individuals that they have a right to remain silent what's wrong with an employer telling an employee that they have a right to be a member of a union. well it's a completely different thing the rhythm miranda warnings are they the government is going to try to compel you to make incriminating statements therefore you have to give these warnings which are worth prophylactic measure and now they're actually a constitutional rule not to incriminate yourself that's the government acting over into here and it goes into the personhood idea of corporations and it really goes back to citizens united several the other things that we've talked about this idea of wh

the cash strapped european union is mounting a crusade against the continent's banking hubs brussels declares open season on account for busy and tax evaders alike but even those outside the union pressured to change their rules will have more on this later this hour. first moscow's efforts to launch direct negotiations between the conflicting sides in syria is now receiving support from the united nations secretary general ban ki moon is the latest in a string of high profile figures to visit russia to discuss the syrian civil war and has given the green light to russia's talks initiative even to pick an obvious following the diplomacy in the black sea resort of sochi. well after meeting with russia's leadership the un secretary-general ban ki moon agreed that the conflict in syria could only be resolved in accordance with international law without any foreign military intervention and with the full respect of syria's territorial integrity he also agreed to the idea of putting together this joint conference which would include both the syrian rebels and the authorities now they were also able to establish the list of curre

leverage 3.6 million which means that the loan we provide them makes them eligible for funding from banks, other nonprofits and credit unions and the rest. 21 businesses have graduated to conventional financing. 65 new businesses have been created and 80 have been able to expand and 8400 entrepreneurs have been educated to date and 1200 have received resource referrals. 63% of our women entrepreneurs are women. about 40% are minority and 63% are low income. now i want to talk to you about women entrepreneurs in san francisco and these statistics really impress me when i looked at these today. 53 loans to date have been to women business owners in san francisco. now, think about that. we provide loans to businesses in all nine bay area counties. 145 loans to date. 53 of those loans have been to women owners in san francisco. that's 1.3 million lent and average loan size listed here. 164 jobs have been create friday this. of these. >> >> we have loans to majorities and the hispanic population and as well as as these other populations and our staff is fluent in spanish and chinese and different dialect of chinese. different businesses include clothing co

the soviet union. leave the capitalist businesses alone.leave them alone, and i will get you help for the mass of people. he went to the rich ones in the corporations and he said, the only way i can give help to the mass of people suffering at a time the government has no money is at you give me your money. , you will have a revolution, and you will lose everything. so, i advise you to take my deal. half of them did. he split the corporations and the rich. half of them bought what he said, and they gave him the money. i am going to tell you in a minute how they did that. they gave him the money. and guess what roosevelt did with the money? from the rich. in the middle of the depression, he created the social security system. we never had that before in america. he went on the radio -- no tv then -- he went on the radio and he said every american who spent a lifetime working, 65 years of age or older, we the government are going to give these people money every month, a retirement, for the rest of their lives. most of these people have no re

they may look into how google uses its dominant market position in the online ad business. the european unions investigating google for antitrust issues. >>> the fight for control over dell could be heating up again. activists investor carl is lining up bridge loans for as much as $7 billion. they reportedly wants to buy out financing in place before july because that is when dell's shareholders vote on company founder michael dell east bid to take the computer maker private. >>> something is happening in london. we have developing news just a day after that brutal terror attack. now there is a scare in the air this involves fighter jets and a commercial airline. >>> mom how much do i win if i get five numbers? >> what this new young millionaire plans to do with his winnings. >>> time now 6:55. we have developing news from london we are following. the british defense ministry has launched fighter jets. there some sort of security issue. now that plane was flying from pakistan to manchester airport. it has landed. it had about 300 people on board. the government hasn't released any details rig

their agenda passed which was the employee free choice act which is basically makes a little easier for workers to unionize. it takes away some of the hurdles that businesses can put in in place of union elections and things like that and they were really hoping that with democrats in congress democrats to control the house the senate and the presidency in two thousand and eight that they could get this employee free choice act passed it failed. two thousand and ten it hasn't been brought back up since then and you're also you're seeing it kind of go in reverse to in congress last week we saw house republicans they passed. i forgot what the legislation is called but it labor unions are saying it's an attack on the forty hour work week that basically allows workers and their employers to come up with a deal that workers can trade their overtime pay for more vacation days but you know whether or not it's actually giving them more flexibility there script schedule remains to be seen so it doesn't seem like congress is quite listening to the demands of these workers ok so you're saying congress isn't listening what effect does this lack of interest actually ha

out fabulous, i would love to do something like this but there is simply no way in my business right now with the unions i have in my business, with contract i have in my business, with the regulations i have on my business to reorient myself, shane my purpose and the line my stakeholders? how do you do that? >> there is no question is easier to start a conscious business than it is to transition to one if you have a long legacy, strong culture that is antithetical to it will -- visionary ceo and visionary leadership to make the transition. it is my opinion that conscious companies are going to dominate the 20 first century landscape for one simple reason, it works a lot better because it is definitely better and it wins in the marketplace. we need more research to prove the point but we started where we talked about how these conscious businesses have outperformed the indices' not by a little bit but by a lot. over the last 15 years a conscious public companies we identified in the s&p 500 by ken x or 15, that is a phenomenal track record. >> do they outperform an oil company? >> oil companies can be c

we are going return to carbon base is fluctuated widely and get support of the union and labor and local businesses so we move forward as quickly as possible. thank you very much. thank you, very much, next speaker please. >> hello, my name is marina. i'm a resident of san francisco. i want to thank the commission from what i have heard that they have heard the public support for the robust build out of the program. i think it's time to move forward to the next step and prove from the conceptual idea of a robust build out in terms of a real plan on actual projection of real jobs. i find it increasingly difficult to combat at the missions -- the build out. a plan for local generation and energy efficiency at the launch of clean power this sf is vital to the success of the program. it can be contingent on the rates and i don't think that it can wait until january of next year. i think it's too late. we are without a plan in october, we are dragging our feet on an issue that frankly my generation can't afford to stall on any longer. thank you. >> thank you, very much. next speaker please. if i can ask

but let's face it, there's a union at the irs which is one of the toughest, meanest unions in the business there was a real effort to try and sway the election and not let these other groups get their 501(c)(4) status so they could raise money and help in the case of the tea party, people that they thought were good. they didn't always think i was so good but they had a right to participate, you know. lori: fair point. so what do you think should happen? i know that mr. miller has been ousted. are firings enough? do you think perhaps, he should be held, mr. miller, in contempt of congress for your statements today? >> i actually don't wish anybody any harm but i do feel that he has been disingenuous in some of his answers. you know, it's a tough spot to be on. i mean he clearly did not handle it right. the irs didn't handle it right. he clearly didn't come back, where he had an obligation to come back and say, look, senators, i may have misled you. these are the facts. no, he didn't do that and he should have done that especially since we're members of the one committee that really overvie

the union says in a statement, "the decision to end the strike was hard, but it is the right time for the union and strikers to move on," adding the boycott "effectively and dramatically reduced the hotel's business." the hotel's attorney calls the strike's end "a surprise." a few dozen of the original 130 picketers could potentially get their jobs back. it's nearly impossible to make money on basic checking accounts, but bankrate.com has discovered a number of banks are offering ways to earn money with your money in a high yield- checking account. greg mcbride of bankrate joins us via skype. question: why is the discovery so surprising? - i think this comes as a surprise to a lot of people, the fact that these accounts exist, that it is money that is still federally insured, that you can get to it at any time. for a lot of people, this works very well, because they're using debit cards already, they have direct deposit, and they are getting their statements online. i think all of that comes together very nicely, and gives an opportunity for people to earn some more yield without taking any risk. - what are the rates, and what are the caveats? - not hard to find them. we actually have a list of b

your benefit because it puts out of business all of your small and medium sized competitors so i understand that but the idea that because we're members of a political union because we surrendered our democracy means that other countries in europe will do business with us is nonsense we do business all over the world without being it up. and far from it big and that benefit of the british are going to be that of many other people right through from the institute of directors through sit through some recent analysis from professor tim condon one of the government's football wise men saying that actually this is costing us some say more than a hundred billion pounds a year to begin with membership fees and regulation that the british government would never ever choose. not to brush british opie and cane a penalty already leader thanks very much for your views here on our teeth. the british prime minister could get a slap in the face from his own m.p.'s this week he planted a rail moves to legalize gay marriage and a coup caused a rift within the already strained governing coalition wasn't discussed this was ben harris queeny chairman of the group a right wi

ok she's with us now in the studio that means it's business time and katie the european union has been described as sick but we know it's not feeling very well but who's saying yeah exactly it's actually the well respected the pew finance group actually they're saying that's a diagnosis and it's because really faith in it is actually gone down by the member states when lies why as as you say we know that they have been poorly going to talk about the market figure a lot of other things as well coming up in the business but i said lots of surprises about france and smartphones if you thought about. wealthy british. because. the only. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my. no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. is a report on are. they good even on cases building and you're watching business here and i'll say hell i ca the european union has been diagnosed as sick according to the well respected pew research center as the poll for the european project house for none the washington based sent to warn that support for the e.u. has sl

the local trade unions. >> let's go through the nurse when you mentioned the, minority and disadvantaged businesses and t

the local trade unions. >> let's go through the nurse when you mentioned the, minority and disadvantaged businesses and all that. >> the small business participation goal for the program was amended at 20%. and tutor perini came in at 25% level, exceeding the goal by approximately 5 percent. >> of these local businesses? >> california state small businesses. of the listed subcontractor for the contract, approximately a quarter of the businesses have addresses located in san francisco. >> and the minorities? >> the disadvantaged db, center enterprises, would be incorporated as part of the sbe umbrella, but i have not segregated out the list of sub contractors, db versus lbe. >> it seems like a huge project, an extraordinary opportunity to do something for small businesses in san francisco. whatever we can do to support that he ought to look into it very seriously. >> if i could clarify, locally funded projects have a prohibition on locally geographic base preferences such after 14b of the city administrator code that provides for such preferences that we use for non-federally funded work is not applicable;