i do not understand that at all. >> i just want you to understand we are committed to putting a resident forward. supervisor campos: just a final question -- with these appointments, my understanding is there remains still a vacancy, that that is the vacancy for which you are still seeking applications. >> yes, there is currently one additional seat. supervisor campos: we tend to provide a lot of deference to the names the mayer puts forward. in particular, when you have someone already serving on these commissions, and there is already an island residents serving on this commission. it seems the simplest thing to do would be to put that name forward. why did that not happen? >> there are numerous issues facing the island and the redevelopment of the island. what happens to existing residence is a big question and one we are taking extremely seriously. how the island gets built, how much open space, how much affordable housing, the entire entitlement cap coming before you. there are equally important issues as well, i think the mayor put forward names that would have qualifications and e

>> i understand. i think of this point to start doing it this way is not the way i would suggest we do this. >> if that is the salient point of the concerns. supervisor maxwell: there might be other points. i think it has been established that people feel it is historic, but there is nothing saying it is historic, so a lot of what we are doing is based on this being historic, and that seems to be a problem. >> the church is not his doric then? -- not historic then? supervisor maxwell: that is not what i said. there is nothing officially that has established that. it is not officially -- from my understanding from the planning department, they feel like it is, but since it did not go four or five years ago through the process of officially being made that, that is my concern. >> it would easily be cured by taking of the word historic -- taking out the word his story. -- historic. it is still a violation. supervisor maxwell: i am not comfortable with that. my colleagues could outvote me. we could do a r

they do not understand how shortsighted it is because they do nothing to understand the fundamental problemsabout crime. i think part of education people about criminal defense lawyers, public defense lawyers, is educating people about the source of crime. they need to understand if the constitution does not work for everybody, it does not work. >> so how do we educate them? >> you bust rush limbaugh. he learned there is a fourth amendment to the constitution. seriously, how do we do it? i am not sure. one of the things that i struggled with, in particular, in robert blake's case, when i got into the case, i was determined not to get caught up in the media and to be the same person at the end of the case as i was at the beginning. i think of lawyers need to be lawyers, not try to be entertainers. you would know better. >> just so you know, i covered him while he was trying that case and desperately tried to get him to come to me during the case. i felt it was so important for the public to understand the constitutional issues that were coming up, but he rightly wanted to remain focused on th

what's from one understand, this is doing well. >> do you understand how they are involved with small business? >> i am trying to figure out this part of it. >> do you have any ideas in regulation for small business? >> i am not certain about this. >> how did you end up the coming to this appointment? >> i was at the -- the mayor asked me to be part of the small business -- commission, the commission for the small -- i'm sorry, i'm not going through this part right. so, it is something i wanted to do and help within what's going on in the city government and everything happening here. >> have you been a part of any small business association? >> i have not. >> i would be involved in part of it. >> do you have any experiences involving the issues facing small business? >> i'd like to get into this. that is what i was wanting to do, getting involved in being in the small business sector and these projects. >> thank you. supervisor mar: i just wanted to say, i know that this is intimidating and this is difficult to be here in front of a room full of people. i just wanted to give you anot

president miguel: dad is my understanding of the rules, whether we all like it or not -- that is my understandingof the rules. secretary avery: you had a long hearing on establishing that rule, and maybe you need to go back and demand that rule and take it out, but you put this in. yes, if you have not continue the item, my understanding from this is it would not have been certified. president miguel: alright, so because of the motion to continue, we did not deny the eir, we merely ended up continuing it. secretary avery: yes. you still have opportunity to take the action. president miguel: all right, let's continue. vice president olague: would that be an automatic reading that this case is open, or would it be depend it -- if you automatically continue, it is subject to another vote? because i am concerned that commissioner sugaya seems to be of the understanding that is a little different. i trust your experience, i trust your opinion on this. secretary avery: thank you, i appreciate that. my understanding is because you continued this item, the question before you is pretty much the same ques

that's something that you have to understand. that sometimes it does happen. things happen that way and would be phyllis militated they took the position david made in the process and they take place in pakistan of the people being arrested and the attacks, and as far as mr. hadley is concerned, if and elegance and intelligence are hard to come by. you get a newspaper report ostensibly based on intelligence but the dog doesn't always translate into evidence so what i was talking about was about evidence that as long as we have evidence we do want to bring these people to trial. we do want to complete their trial. we've charged them, the of interest in pakistan and we would like to prosecute them and convict and that's what we want our neighbors in india to fully understand. >> if i could cite on that come ambassador, there's been a fair amount of country even within pakistan about the anti-terrorism law ways of the country which began very difficult to bring people to trial and convict them. >> the government as you say is already working on reforming the whol

with a better understanding and so forth. on nine -- don the 29th of september, members of my staff and commissioners, rather than meeting at the department we went over to pg&e, reviewing their emergency operations plan. we took a look at their center and looked at how they went into action on the ninth. we also went upstairs to where they have a gas operations center. they showed us their math, which is fairly high tech and very much in real time, able to determine pressure and so forth. supervisor chiu: by the way, i wanted to mention that we have been joined by supervisor chu. supervisor maxwell: one of the issues during that time was turning off the gas itself. did they give you a procedure it was a manual procedure as it was in san bruno. automatic shutdown procedures or remote shutdown procedures for that. supervisor maxwell: is there anything that happens if the pressure gets above or below that? there is no automatic shut down for monitoring that goes on? >> there is definitely monitoring that goes on, but in terms o

what's from one understand, this is doing well. >> do you understand how they are involved with small business? >> i am trying to figure out th

sometimes you don't get to understand everything. >> what turned, finally? i mean he is on some levels, cranky, right up until the last day, so what changed for you and would this have happened if he didn't have a life threatening illness crisis? >> i have often asked that. i don't know what the answer to that is. what changed that is so profound and fundamental and coming over on the plane, i wrote 5 points that i thought was that worked for me in transforming. many people have said to me, how do we make it better with a sibling? what changed for us was the first thing that happened is, this is now my rule 1, take action. i flew out to the orchards, i panicked after 9/11. i would never get this better. what was i going to do? like everyone in new york and america, we were so traumatized with 9/11. i said to my husband, i am going to go out to the orchards. >> this is before you knew he was sick? >> i knew. he was still going full speed and no one would have known he was sick. he wasn't really sick, he just had his medical condition. i said i am going to go

proposed, do we then -- do you understand what i'm asking. how do we go ahead with this, i agree with this part, we don't? how do you we deal with that? >> supervisor daly? >> through the president. first before i say that, let me say i believe i made a motion at a second for the item in front of us as it is written. the -- the -- since the item that is in front of us technically which is -- the draft that i -- came away with earlier today does contemplate individual motions. well in this case nominations taken one at a time. i think the quotes are a version to that, which is acceptable under roberts rules is to take the motion one at a time. i think that is the motion i made before we -- we recessed. who the president, to -- to supervisor maxwell, you have the option to oppose the amendment, this is now an amendment of -- of an amendment. or a motion that amends a motion to amend. you could vote against that. or you ask -- you can ask for that vote to be divided in to parts and vote on a specific part or perhaps you could just take direction

i understand the tension going about my school. i understand the frustration, but i think we need to deal with facts. a lot of this is the law. whether it is a piece of furniture or the historic nature of this building, and we would love to have the dialogue with the city attorney and whoever else, because that is where this really belongs. we apologize for the upset this has caused, but i would really like to get this conversation back on target. you need to understand the work the catholic academy is doing for the kids in the western addition and the inner city of san francisco. >> you do have young people from the western addition? >> we do. they are here to address you in. i have grocers. they are 60% african-american, 20% hispanic. the families pay $15 to $100. we're using every penny we have to help these families educate their kids. we are not putting money into bricks and mortar. it is not happening. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am the principal of the catholic academy. the comment i want to make is that the

we do not understand, and we do not have a clear view. if we have a plan, it is clear to navigate the. we have to understand how to bring the best health care. >> we are definitely in support of planning. goo>> we do not have a lot of t. we have things so we can get something done. >> i am also trying to understand how it is legislation that requires planning would get in the way of all the things you talked about. have you had specific changes you have incorporated through the hospital council? we have been getting feedback from them, and we have not seen anything specific. is there something specific but was not included. >> there is some alternative language. >> we are very much on the same page in all this. thank you for your leadership. i think what we're trying to describe as a very complex planning process. it took 18 months to come up with the health bill for a reason. it is pretty complex. we need to table to figure this out forever. and we have not taken the time to sit down and the fine. there are several ideas as to how this c

the public should only go to the planning commission meetings to understand that. rodney fong is a small business leader. i sat with him at the business bureau, and he succeeded me as the chairman. he did a much better job than i did. he has contributed continually to the city through the better business bureau, and now the port commission. it would be a loss to the port commission, but a tremendous game for the planning commission. i look forward very much to working with a great professional like rodney fong. i support his appointment tremendously. thank you for your time. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the acting director of the san francisco bicycle coalition on behalf of our members, urging you to support rodney fong and his appointment to the planning commission. i have had the good fortune to work with him both as a planning commissioner and as his role leading the fisherman's wharf cbd. i have been impressed with his expertise, as he brings experience as a business leader, and surely understan

have we believe made progress over the last ten years in terms of mutual understanding? >> yes and no. there are clearly signs of progress on some levels. my community, arab-americans are i think institutionalized themselves in a way they were not for the years ago. those institutions who work toward understanding have reached i think a lot maturity, middle east institute and the like i think are doing wonderful work. within the jewish community there's a tremendous new development in the way of organizations that are advancing jewish air of a communications and dialogues across the country. the reception the book is getting is wonderful and indicative of the fact people are wanting to reach out at the same time there is on another level a hardening attitude here and it is the same in the arab world. i look in the book and corporations they're doing marvelous work of doing good citizens, projecting america in the middle east. if the state department has reached a better approach, come to a better approach doing the work they do in the region. we certainly are we beyond w

and like human babies, lemurs understand numbers without actually understanding language.i watched these primates from madagascar take tests on a computer. this lemur has learned to recognize which square has more red dots. he uses his nose and if he picks the right one, which he mostly does, a sugar pellet drops down. lemurs love sweets. >> we're asking can the lemur learn an abstract rule about numbers? can the lemur learn that he always has to choose the smaller number or the larger number? and apply this to pictures that he's had no training on. >> reporter: in this next test the lemur has to work from memory. before the computer test, the lemur was shown seven pictures, but he never saw all of the pictures together. scientists want to know if he can remember which pictures came first in the sequence. when he is shown just two of the pictures on the computer screen in no particular order. can lemurs think abstractly and infer things they hadn't been taught directly? >> we are teaching him that one picture, picture a comes before picture b, and that picture b comes befo

here is what i don't understand and a lot of other people don't understand.hy didn't you, as president of the united states, know that this derivative mortgage backed security con was in motion. you say "i was caught by surprise." >> true. there was an awareness in that last chapter that we saw something amiss because we tried to get the government to regulate fanny and freddie. but i don't know of anybody in my administration who saw the enormity of the collapse. in 2003, because of the implicit government guarantee and because we were worried about some of the investments that fannie mae and freddie mac were making that congress, much to our chagrin said no, we are not going to regulate. that's because they are very powerful entities. to some extent i feel, you know, okay about anticipating a crisis and the other thing i really didn't see the enormity of it i didn't. i don't think this is a matter of regulation. i think this is a matter of people making bad investments. >> bill: okay. but the problem is for me and i think millions of people watching, that w

supervisor alioto-pier: i do not understand why. people go to the ethics department to find out all sorts of things -- i do not understand why we would not just keep them there. >> that is section b1, those are people that need to list for 700 and two other f.x. forms. the sunshine ordinance declaration and to give it up training declaration. all those people must file all three separate things with the commission. department heads of those state entities only need to file form 700, which is why they are broken out in different sections. i'm sorry, they are listed on page 7 between lines 10 -- supervisor alioto-pier: i see it. >> i apologize. looks like we are deleting things, but we are moving them around. hopefully, next time it will be more clear. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you. >> and i do realize it is a quite lengthy document. we do have many agencies, here in san francisco. supervisor campos: great, thank you. why don't we open it up to public comment. we have the director of the arts commission. >> thank you, supervisors

i did not understand that motion to be continuing the item of certification of the ir. i thought it was the point that commissioner sugaya raised. perhaps we could read the transcript. >> i thought it was clear -- this was not any attempt to second-guess you. believe me, i would prefer not to have written the memo. i would prefer not to write the memo. i try to clarify some questions that were raised. vice president olague: i read the letter that was drafted, and i think she makes valid points. >> if commissioner sugaya -- he was the swing vote in the continuous motion. if that was the intent, i think the director has articulated to what end? were we gathering information on basically a project that cannot be certified without a new eir? we should do that as part of the new eir, not part of the continuous action. the point of continuance was to get new information. commissioner sugaya: the point of continuing it was to have staph address the various issues that were raised about what people thought were the failure of the eir itself. >> clearly, but what would be the po

i understand how you feel about it. but i think it is now a question of under ordinary circumstances, or enough foa would be able to . i think your vote would have more to do with are we going to put people through more process for a principle, or are we going to waive that principle, as i did on the tree, in order to save the city process, save commissioner hwang from having to go through this, save this couple from having to go through this. the argument, rather than try to convince you this is a regional hubble project, would be in the instance of process and what is fair. i think it would be gracious if you were to change your broke. vice president goh: that is what i am thinking. the error was in fact from the city in not catching this some time earlier. and my not changing my vote just make that error compounded, because it is clear the will of the board -- anyway, the three of you -- is going a certain way. i could change my vote and save the delay of the project. mr. kornfield and mr. sanchez have made clear tha

they understand the concerns of the members of the board of supervisors. they have a proven track record over and over again to do the right thing. these people -- they have a track record that speaks volumes. they have been in some respect in their old way the stewards of our city, making sure that they have been the conscience of our city, making sure that every stakeholder is represented. if we want, like the world series that we just got -- this would be in my mind -- these few individuals -- like having the world series, and to retain these people and add, like larry mazzola and larry del carlo, who manages approximately 1500 units of affordable housing that understands those stakeholders and know what that is all about -- they will make sure -- and i guarantee you -- [bell rings] supervisor campos: thank you. >> good morning, i'm president of neighbors of treasure island. we are a community group that focuses on quality of life issues. we seek to create a collegial atmosphere to move forward on this. we want to start by saying we support the renomina

as far as i understand, it is under the legislative branch. it is under the board of supervisors that created the administrative code. the staff is a department of public health staff, but the shelter monitoring committee is not under the department of public health. supervisor campos: the committee staff its staff of hsa? >> of dph. i am employed by the department of public health, but i work for the shelter monitoring committee. supervisor campos: in terms of a report like this, let's say you outline the problems you have outlined in this report -- what happens to that report? >> the information is provided to the board of supervisors and to the mayor's office. the human services agency and department of public health respond to any questions we have through the information request. at times when recommendations are made, hsa will respond to them. they are not required to. as far as the complaints, that is information we continually try. we provide it on a quarterly and annual basis through these reports, and we also provide follow-up inform

we understand that you have a new post working for the assistant chief. bernanke for training with us. we will really miss you, you are the police commissioner. you are a great man and a great police officer and you have kept us on track. people cannot understand the hours that you put in some of the text messages, e-mail regarding critical incidents. preparing these packages and delivering them to our houses. getting to know our families. you are really an incredible person and an incredible human being and i'm glad you're moving on to the most -- the new post. i will really miss you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> i am not moving that far away, i am just moving down the hall. >> i have no idea that it was your last day. >> thank you. >> i appreciate the time that you spent helping me get acclimated to the commission. hearing a lot of the history of the commission was tremendously helpful. i wish you the best. >> we have had a lot of conversations over the years. i don't know how i could have stayed on the commission all the time without you. you

longer to understand how a synthetic ceo operates -- >> charlie: do you understand that? if it took you a long time it's going to take me years. >> i'm a better synthesizer of information and i would say most of the editing. bethany did two-thirds of the first drafts and we talk four or five times a day and understand where each other's coming from and when we have a hard time we help each other. >> when i turn in the first draft he can say it's terrible and i can say okay i have to do again. that makes the relationship work. >> charlie: you both edit each other. >> absolutely. >> charlie: how did you get over the hump that said one more book about the financial collapse we do not need? >> we had tough moments. we really did. there were great books written about the financial crisis and had great moments of self-doubt but the book we wanted to write we knew were different. >> charlie: how was it different? >> we wanted to tell the story of what created the financial crisis not how it unfolded and the players at center as the collapse happened but what created the con flag

we must understand certain facts.d living on less than 1 dollar a day. another third live on less than $2 a day. a number of people who live on less than $2 a day is two thirds of the population. so what we are talking about is the rest of the country that can. among them also, even those living on three or $4 a day are not necessarily the best and the most likely source of added revenue for the government. the tax reform has to be very methodically introduced, very scientifically done and done in a way in which the burden is not put on the poorest segments of the population, but is a process that has been undertaken. we are moving in that direction. corruption remains a concern, but even the corruption of the concerned, we think, that the elimination of corruption is best achieved by strengthening rule of law. so if we have a strong parliament, a strong media, a strong judiciary. and then, we have stronger prostitution methods and our civilian law enforcement becomes better than it has in the past. but surely, everyb

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