i think on the whole it is a good program, it has been underutilized, and i would favor considering amending the program on a future date. we can talk about whether the police union would be willing to consider that although the contract is closed, it is a mutual interest. the union has been supportive of programs that support the police in at the community. so it is a conversation we could have in the context of our general fund concerns. to look at this in a broader perspective, as you may know, the population of this city work force, the majority -- it is just shy of 50% to san francisco residence, generally across all groups, and it varies. interestingly, it seems to be the case that the lower paid york, the more likely you are to live in san francisco. it is a little bit counterintuitive. you would think that the higher paid people would be more able to afford to live in san francisco. but there are a variety of housing options. many folks who live in the city and our city employees are renters, for example. in addition -- so the police, i will point out, have just shy of 25%, at 24.7%

it is a great tool that the city has and i think it is underutilized. if we do not apply to as much -- to enough of our projects. i'm glad you guys are weighing in on this element. i really want to thank you for that and for being here. good work so far. thank you. >> commissioners, you are at general public comment. president olague: is there any general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed and the meeting is adjourned. meeting is adjourned. wah! announcer: the smallest moments can have the biggest impact on a child's life. [laughs] announcer: take time to be a dad today.

i think on the whole it is a good program, it has been underutilized, and i would favor considering amending the program on a future date. we can talk about whether the police union would be willing to consider that although the contract is closed, it is a mutual interest. the union has been supportive of programs that support the police in at the community. so it is a conversation we could have in the context of our general fund concerns. to look at this in a broader perspective, as you may know, the population of this city work the population of this city work force, the majority -- it is

fact that you have already heard that i tnk the police in the community loan program has been underutilized, but the rental relocation, which is part of the -- only four officers had taken advantage of it in four years, and of course the 17th or so with the home purchase assistance. when we first negotiated that in 2007, was the chief negotiator. the board at that time was interested in trying to promote this. we viewed it as a pilot program. frankly, we figured out an amount of money, and it was not scientifically determined, but we thought, well, this would be enough to help people move into the city. i think that what we do not know is whether people are going to move here anyway and we just helped them to move or -- i think if somebody was laboring, that might have put them over the edge to move into the city. we have heard that for a $36,000 down payment average, a gut $20,000 from the city and state in the job for five years, that it's a pretty good portion of your down payment. i think on the whole it is a good program, it has been underutilized, and i would favor considering amendin

as i think everyone here what it meant, that facility has been underutilized for some time. he community college district was failing to offer a number of class is, they were closing class is down. they have another center out and cutting other class is. we got involved because we have a responsibility to make that a vibrant building that is good for the things that you wanted to be. we have suggested a number of things to the community college district. we have met with the chancellor for a long time. based on our suggestions, they added classism and are starting to make it more vibrant. but we don't think this is the only possibility for that building. so we have been looking at other choices that we plan on bringing back to the southeast commission and say that these things look like choices also. do they work? because of that, interestingly enough, the other genes have decided that since it is now a vibrant place, they want back then in a building they were planning on the abandoning in many ways. we're figuring out how to share the space. there have been afternoons were

another example is the universal control of underutilized residential building. again, holyfield that this proposal is strict and could result in unintended consequences. we ask that you modify the ordinance to allow for a conditional use or case by case review. i appreciate your consideration. >> i think it is an excellent idea, what you're doing. i have not looked at the details of that. i did testify on the eir for the institution i am concerned about. i don't have negative feelings about the institution, but in my neighborhood, they took many buildings that had been residences where neighbors, members, relatively low income used to live. what happened to the people that were living in those buildings. i have no idea. we had a parallel where people bought buildings and turned them into executive suites, like a hotel type use. in a similar kind of conversion without any procedure. i would suggest that if you are looking at this, i don't know how this is drafted. you should not be thinking about their having to be some legal procedure to convert them back if the

i have often wondered ability the underutilization of the open spaces there. and outside of the roof conversation, it will be interesting to see what the community devises as far as that is concerned. commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: i wanted to acknowledge the tremendous amount of work and support from paul wizaki to the effort and following what commissioner borden, it is curious, i walk up and down kearney because my office is there, but there is a new shop selling japanese -- juko, is that correct, dresses in the style of, what do they call it? lolita gothic or whatever. there is one in japantown in the new people building but this is an independent store front. it's interesting that it's located where it is. it's the kind of thing that i think the community needs to get its head around because there's a shop in hayes valley, and stuff springing up all around the city that you would think, oh, it would be really great if it was in japantown. anyway. president olague: thank you. we're going to be taking item out of order. we'll be hear iing item nu

know, we have to cut budgets and we have prisons upstate new york where, you know, they're being underutilizedto close some of those down. he's having so much trouble trying to close these prisons. all of a sudden people are saying it's hurting jobs in upstate new york, there's literally a prison industrial complex that, you know, has an economic interest. >> and that's an important point that we need to think about. and, michael, you know, i know you've done a lot of work on the criminal justice system both on the activist side and as an attorney. what does it mean for there to be a financial stake in prisons as barry just pointed out that there are actually jobs attached? we go to some cities where towns would shut down if the prisons shut down. how do we make sense of that? what do we do about it? >> there's money to be made in the prison industrial complex, no doubt about it. but if it was only about the money, then the white boys would go to jail just like the black guys go to jail, but that doesn't happen. >> the key link is there's an economic factor but then there's political power and

that plan will transform an underutilized section of downtown san francisco, south of market street,nto a thriving transit-oriented neighborhood. 2600 new homes, 35 percent of which will be affordable. 3 million square feet of new office space and 10,000 square feet of retail. that is what that is going to be. and folsom street will be the centerpiece of this new neighborhood and will feature widened sidewalks, views of the bay, cafes, and markets. watch out for that. that will be an exciting place for the new part of downtown. in our south of market area, the trans bay terminal will sustain growth in our south of market area, a neighborhood that has grown with the tech companies that haul it home. there are more than 1500 companies in san francisco, as i said earlier, with the city's tech industry located right in that neighborhood. soma is also home to the convention center, which is a centerpiece of our city's tourism. dream force -- as the beginning of the month, september 1, we held the ninth annual dream force in san francisco. it brought over 40,000 visitors to san francisco o

there is an underutilized shopping center.hase one of the plan would be sad thing for coastal village with shot fifth, residential options. there is a pedestrian bear. the goal for envisioned san jose, leaders basically want people to be less reliant on vehicles. they want you to be able to walk into a bike. it will redesign streets to accommodate that. they want one-stop shopping. they want you to be able to work, shop and live in one location. they want to add about 470,000 jobs. it is ambitious, they also once add up to 120 housing units. the council is expected to vote in favor of the invasion san jose 2040 planned later tonight. >>gabe: what is going on with clipper card? today, they sent out bizarre e- mail's saying that credit card on file were expiring. the mills also included a major privacy least lyricists what is worse, the e-mail's sent out had thousands of other core card users carbon copied in the e-mail's. anyone could see the e-mail addresses of other " for users. fists in the e-mail, i was able to see the 1800

we have underutilize factories and resources. fundamentally the economy is facing we can aggregate demand economists see for not enough spending in the economy and i think you can trade the reason for the weak demand directly to the problems that cause economic prices. families borrow too much in the run-up. they are paying down debt. we had a severe bubble in the housing market and potential construction has been quite flat in the economy really unprecedented have a economy where residential production has not been increasing and on top of that state and local government which retains employees' when they rig getting support from the recovery act. they had been laying off workers. i think those are reasons why the economy has not been stronger. at the same time i think it is important to provide insurance for the economy again. further possible shots down the road. if the payroll tax is not extended, the typical family with $50,000 in earnings would pay an $1,000 tax increase starting in january. what the president has proposed

while the city doesn't have a lot of land, one resource, underutilized resource is rooftop space. is a lot of other conditions that go into it. the roof has to be structurally sound, zoning, building codes, a number of other things. theoretically, there are a lot of roofs. >> reporter: for now the team grows mainly lettuce here, several varieties and basil, the secret is controlling temperature and irrigation in the green house throughout new york's punishingly hot summers and bitterly cold winters. >> we have sensors located all over the green house inside and out collecting data, constantly, 24 hours a day. temperature, humidity, light conditions. all that data fed back to a computer system. >> reporter: business is definitely growing for gotham greens. they serve grocery stores and restaurants in the new york area and stay within an eight mile rait ra radius to ensure it is fresh. why hydroponics, what's the advantage? >> primarily it is quality. we pride ourselves, having a good quality product. it allows optimal growing conditions for the plant that makes for very healthy pla

we still have underutilized factories and resources. fundamentally, the economy is facing weak aggregate demand. that's economist-speak for not enough spending in the economy. and i think you can trace the reasons for the weak demand directly to the problems that caused the economic crisis -- families borrowed too much in the run-up to the crisis -- they're now paying down debt. we had a severe bubble in the housing market. and residential construction has been quite flat in the recovery -- really unprecedented to have a recovery where residential construction has not been increasing. and then on top of that, state and local governments, which retained employees when they were getting support from the recovery act, have been laying off workers. so i think those are the reasons why the recovery has not been stronger, and at the same time, i think it's important to provide insurance for the economy against further shocks, possible shocks down the road. if the payroll tax is not extended, then the typical family with $50,000 in earnings wo

we have underutilizes factoriesed and resources. -- underutilized factories and resources. the economy is facing weak aggregate demand that economists speak for not enough spending in the economy. and i think you can trace the reasons for the weak demand directly to the problems that caused the economic crisis. families borrowed too much in their runup to the crisis. they are now paying down debts. we had a severe bubble in the housing market, and residential construction has been quite flat in the recovery. really unprecedented to have a recovery where residential construction has not been increasing. and then on top of that state and local governments which retain employees when they were getting support from the recovery act had been laying off workers. so i think those are the reasons why the recovery has not been stronger and at the same time i think it's important to provide insurance for the economy against further shocks, possible shocks down the road. if the payroll tax is not extended, then the typical family with $50,000 in earnings would face $,000 fax increase

we would have redevelopment of underutilized property, the best use possible and combined agencies where you may have 50% of an agency in one building, 50% in another, have them in one agency and sell the things we just don't need. properties around the nation, some of which have set vacant, some of them are declared vacant, underutilized, then finally create transparency. . we want to create transparency, showing how many employees are going to be housed in which building and before we lease or buy new space, actually let people know before they go out and hire new employees. this is the best opportunity to shrink the size of government. oversight of leasing authority. we held a hearing several months ago, the securities exchange council went out over a weekend and secured a million square feet over the next 10 years at the cost of $550 million. over half a billion of taxpayers' dollars was committed on a weekend with no oversight, with no authority, and today we have a vacant space because the employees that may have been hired have never been hired and taxpayers are on the hook for $5

there is excess or underutilized federal property. the congressional budget office has a hard time giving us a score on that we tried to set up various mechanisms to do it, including a sequester of agency budgets unless they sold a certain amount of property, but that is one of the ideas in a gang of six and simpson-bowles, but frankly, it is easier said than done. part of the challenges coming up with legislative language and literally scoring it to make sure it can meet the congressional budget office in the case of revenue proposals, the joint tax committee absence -- estimates of deficit reduction. it is more complicated than just taking a proposal and putting it on the floor because it has not been scored for the congressional process. it would take awhile. i am not sure what the numbers would look like in the end, but it is an effort worthy of trying. >> elizabeth sinclair, tea party patriot from washington d.c. i was wondering whether you and your republican colleagues would get together on the steps of the capital and have lit