i think it is basically very unfair. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here on behalf of the executive benefits. i would like to talk about the changes made in the board. prior to the election, the makeup of the board was four appointed and reelected, but the vote was always the same. you needed a supermajority. they always maintained the balance. they always had to have a person on the other side. the vote is a totally taken over by the city, which to me is very dangerous. there are things that of happen in the for the past few years, especially with the insurance companies.

i think it is basically very unfair. thank you. supervisor elsbernd: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm here on behalf of the executive benefits. i would like to talk about the changes made in the board. prior to the election, the makeup of the board was four appointed and reelected, but the vote was always the same. you needed a supermajority. they always maintained the balance. they always had to have a person on the other side. the vote is a totally taken over by the city, which to me is very dangerous. there are things that of happen in the for the past few years, especially with the insurance companies. as you know, the insurance companies said the raids. unfortunately, some insurance companies donate a ton of money to other city programs. we have an incident where there is an interference from the mayor's office to our director who was trying to negotiate rates down from one of the insurance companies, and he was asked to keep the insurance company in, because of, in short, -- ia am sure, because of the benefits.

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there's just no way of denying that, however unfair some of the politics to run the issue are. it is amazing how well the city functions and how strong it is financially. it is of equal concern to those of us who are city employees. we may have our differences, but there is no difference that we want as strong and functioning as the service as possible. it is with that spirit that unions after themselves into six months of extraordinarily hard work -- hard work. it is our opinion that is very fair and balanced, fair in terms of how much more the city is going to pay and how much more the city employees are going to be paid -- if i could have a minute? supervisor elsbernd: if you could just tell me how much more fair and balanced this proposal list? >> it is fair and balanced between high paid/low-paid, city employees you have not yet hired, and active city employees to have retired as we mentioned earlier, and in the future we will all share in the risk. it actually is as i see and experience what is happening in other government jurisdictions. this is an extraordinary document

i think it is unfair to be taking shots at him. if you disagree, just say you disagree. >> [inaudible] >> senator simpson, i will ask you to let jane who was kind enough to join us today -- jane, let me give you --gene let me give you -- let's wrap up with of those who want to make comments for it was terrific etiquette. >> i'm sorry that my arrival changed everything. i did not use any phrases. i think we should be able to have those discussions about what the impact is. i believe very much in bipartisanship. i believe very much that we have to compromise as a country. i am in budget negotiations with people who i disagree with. these guys come to the table every day with a sense of seriousness, of very well prepared and we are trying hard to find enough agreement so we can make progress. i think that is in -- i think that is very important. we have disagreements. i don't think expressing those in a civil way are talking about the potential impact, again, i because ithone aspect does not get much political coverage. it is not cons

foreign parliaments to the dalai lama in the late mother teresa he is a political prisoner at an unfair trial and deserves clemency earlier we spoke with one of those supporters brian becker he is of the national the national coordinator of the answer coalition and he has organized protests on called here we have i asked him you know talk here is in his sixty's is there more than three decades in prison he's had a stroke has diabetes is partially blind on humanitarian grounds as many of his supporters call for what is wrong with clemency clemency for what he said. there's nothing wrong with clemency leonard peltier should not be in prison he should have never been in prison he's the victim of an f.b.i. witch hunt the frameup the individual who's been held culpable for what was a conflict a very deep rooted conflict between the native american communities in that part of the country and the f.b.i. which was conducting the cointelpro in the counter intelligence program designed to destroy the american indian movement which like the black panther party which champion rights for black peopl

we investigative we think there has been unfair labor practice.meone to have in the election, the majority of workers decide if they want a union representative and a local office. they conduct a secret ballot election. host: why are they called -- called a quasi-judicial body? guest: because they have an administrative law judge who hears the evidence, decides whether he or she thinks there has been a violation of the statute. that can be appealed to the full labor board here in washington d.c. and if they determine there has been an unfair labor practice, if they find a violation, they can petition the court of appeals, or the losing party can appeal to the united states court of appeals. they are truly an administrative agency. they're almost acting as a judicial body when they are deciding labor practices. host: are they assigned to deal with the national labor board issues across the country? guest: yes, administrative law judges have the title of judge, but they are not judges in the sense of lifetime appointment as we do under the united st

officer is killed those entities become the lobbies that refuse to allow any sort of consideration for unfair trial prosecutorial misconduct tampered evidence all of which is rampant through the leonard peltier case and many other cases they refuse to allow it they want to make it bad just signal a symbol that no one who is convicted ever of killing a police agent or law enforcement will ever go free that sort of an eye. article of faith in the united states so even though the the trial was a farce even though the evidence was was turned out to be fraudulent and even though the main witnesses for the f.b.i. told the courts later that they had been arm twisted by the f.b.i. that they were fighting for their own lives that they succumb to pressure even with all that the f.b.i. won't let it go there was a lot of rumors that bill clinton would pardon. leonard peltier so the f.b.i.'s actually organized demonstrations around the country to protest against the possible parole or probation of leonard peltier this is a lobby by the f.b.i. which really is culpable for the murder of many a scores of nat

operators say these tree strixs give an unfair advantage to pick up passengers. shuttle owners say they've complained for decades but they're pleas have not been heard. >> we just keep hitting a wall, everybody says it's not me. it's a political environment. it's always something. >> airport commission president declined to comment. so did the director, john martin, referring our questions to a spokesman. >> the smaller groups have a market share wex try to meet needs but there is no special treatment for everyone. we try to treat everyone fairly as we can. >> and now, super shuttle decline aid request for an interview. their position is that the airport makes policy and they're abiding by it and told me their vans are franchises and believe they're actually promoting small business here at the airport. now this group of small shuttle owners have taken their case to the mayor, mayor ed lee, they say promised to look into it. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and san francisco police have identified a fugitive parole they shot and wounded after he opene

but it seems an unfair thing. they bring in so many millions for these universities.oth sides, on the ncaa side and see how hard it is. they have to manage so many athletes and make sure that none are doing anything illegal but at the same time you have having a lot of athletes that work extremely hard and make millions and millions for universities. and they're still, you know, struggling just to go out to outback to get something to eat. so i can see on both sides. i think you know something fair would be if some of the athletes got a little bit more so they could go to dinner, afford a scoot tore drive around campus, little things like that. not to get paid. >> jon: really, a scooter. >> a scooter, i mean at college, it would help so much. >> jon: i they want to go to outback and a scooter. that's great. >> but it's a great story. i wish denver broncos how are you going to be looking this year. >> hopefully pretty good. >> jon: listen, elway is now the gm that has to be good for you. >> yes, he is. >> jon: as a quarterback. >> pretty good guy to learn from. >> jon:

francisco health department has done anything to accept the issue that we have done anything badly unfair. the laws are very specific. the law requires they sp-- suspended for 25 days. the board was kind enough to reduce it to 20 days. the appellant also assumed that we have -- the health department has the legal responsibility to train the operators. we do not. however, the tobacco for project sent out -- sends out a package every year to permit holders in four different languages. in arabic, english, spanish, and chinese. advising them on how to comply with the law. the issue of the fake i.d. is not within the purview of the san francisco health department. it is a state issued id and there is no city or state law demanding dph to educate or anybody what to provide such changes on state issued licenses to any of the retailers. i have a document obtained this afternoon as i was about to come here that shows the sign i was talking about. it says -- it is a document that we send out, the tobacco for a project sends out every year advising permit holders on how to comply. that is the englis

that is unfair to all of you to have a pension system that cannot pay for itself. it is unfair to the retirees. they want a dignified pension. they put in their years. with that imbalance, i have committed that as your interim mayor this year, we will have something on the ballot that makes sure we take care of this for the long term the increase in the costs will be paid attention to and we will have a system that is solvent. we have to balance the budget. we want to make sure we have programs that are efficient and represent the best that we can provide. then i want a city to be successful. that is the last principle of shared. what brought you here? what made you live in san francisco and the richmond district? the weather? that might be something we cannot take care of but maybe we can influence. what also brought me to the city was being a part of great, diverse neighborhoods. you can do to richmond, sunset, the mission, chinatown. you have so much diversity here that makes you feel welcome from all different parts of the world here in san francisco. you also

if they did not do it, they could not to the project, and that was unfair to the sponsors there. i do not like to see underhanded stuff going on, and when you asked about the benefits, i have been sitting there over 30 years. myself and shirley jones, who is not here, who is the president, been sitting there hear all that time, we had never gotten any benefits and did not ask for any. it is unfair for you to try to just keep pumping these developers trying to do a job out there in my community. i want to see that project bailed out and done. thank you so very much and has this on, and do not give visitation valley a dime. i want those lines removed because when they were drawn, there was never a public hearing about that. i explained that to you. that is the reason why i am so upset of how things have been done in my community. and people do not care that do not live there. and they want to take away, but i can say this -- the planning department -- they said -- supervisor cohen: thank you. >> can i finish my conversation? supervisor cohen: you can finish your sentence. not the c

we investigative we think there has been unfair labor practice. if someone to have in the election, the majority of workers decide if they want a union representative and a local office. they conduct a secret ballot election. host: why are they called -- called a quasi-judicial body? guest: because they have an administrative law judge who hears the evidence, decides whether he or she thinks there has been a violation of the statute. that can be appealed to the full labor board here in washington c. and if they determine there has been an unfair labor practice, if they find a violati, they can petition theourt of appeals, or the losing party can appeal to the ited states court of appeals. they are truly an administrative agency. they're almost acting as a judicial body when they are deciding labor practices. host: are they assigned to deal with the national labor board issues across the country? guest: yes, administrative law judges have the title of judge, but they are not judges in the sense of lifetime appointment as we do under the united stat

we're not saying it's insulating we say it's unfair. i mean the contract has been drawn up in such a manner that it fails to take into account ukraine's interests. in fact we had somewhat different data but for example they guessed price increased more than two fold while transit tariffs were i mean practical and changed but these were what kind of a qualities this. the higher the prize so for gas pumps through our gas transporting system a is the more expansive transit should be so we came up with a number of arguments and i'm pleased to note that mr putin has agreed to establish a working group it will hear and consider all our arguments and i'm sure that the experts will be able to come to terms kind of just how much would you crane like to pay for gas today with what some will make you happy has they seen english. well let's reason this way we're not asking for any discounts as i said at that press conference recently. let's look for example at the price poland germany in romania. let's take out the transit feet and see how much gas

ukraine is trying to beat off the price for a russian gas he is considered the country's unfair and want at least to cleese the price for the transit of russian gas through the territory object pray but experts say that ukraine is not going to concede which makes bargaining pretty difficult for it is it appears the ukrainian prime minister in the car light was off. when russia and ukraine grappled over gas prize a couple years ago intended up in a crisis we should left europe freezing the then prime minister your original shango managed to strike a deal with russia the deal kiev now calls a ball and chain ukraine is the biggest russian natural gas important it doesn't want to pay more than germany also back yet and with the gas market price approaching three hundred dollars a thousand cubic meter it's logical teves looking for a discount. stores or a pillow and thank you for running this interview for willow. first of all let me congratulate you on yet another round of talks with prime minister putin which as far as i can judge was a success has been generally are you pleased with how th

why some are calling it unfair. >>> and he claimed the twitter account was hacked and now he says it wasn't. stunning admission by anthony weiner about the lewd photos sent to women from his account. more on that story. it's 4:30 in the morning. tuesday morning, thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. >> let's kick off tuesday with a check of the forecast and say good morning to lynette charles. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. it's going we do have a code orange in effect for sensitive groups. so it's unhealthy. you want to limit your exposure to outdoor activities for today. we will see temperatures at or near 90. it's going to get very hot and humid by tomorrow. and we will see storms possible by the end of the week. right now, we have the air quality alert i was talking about the code orange. and it's for all the area here shaded in orange. we are looking pretty good across the eastern shore except cecil county you can see some of the code orange alert there. so like i said, be on the lookout for this and be aware of what's going on because it's

this refers to the issue of gates and some of the unfair and is there in terms of what cabdrivers. with all of that said, since this is the first time this has come up, it does require a unanimous vote. >> i will not be supporting this item. over the years, there has not been any increases on the fares for taxi rider's. the cost increases can be shouldered. this is possible to raise the fares separate from the conditions of the service. >> i am concerned about the service that happened in san francisco. i've heard from numerous folks that live in district 10 of all ages and the i's are in a concern to the lack of taxi service. that is why i will be supporting this legislation. >> any further discussion? >> item 34, motion scheduling the board of supervisors to sit as a come order it -- a committee on june 7th to hear a public hearing and ending at the zoning map. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> we will be reviewing the north beach rezoning legislation. there are changes that come out of the plan commission. this is substantive. we could adopt this amendment, we cannot act until our nex

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it is therefore unfair government action in this area. is for notification may be less regulatory notification to cram that would make people shut out is therefore an empirical question. one thing to be.if consumers received one of the may be unafraid to do business online. this would be an unfortunate response as online commerce day for the find commerce. the most significant benefit of federal data security breach notification legislation would be preempted a patchwork of state laws. for that reason enacting a bill that yield savings for first consumers. the privacy and security of data security debates are extremely important to future of the digital economy and innovation in the united states, but unfortunately they are taking place largely inaction without substantially better data analysis, there's no way of knowing with any confidence whether proposals currently under consideration will approve consumer welfare or not. >> thank you very much. mr. taylor. >> chairman rockefeller, members of the committee, hp can the committee in its

if it were to bridge the budget gap i think it's unfair but i'm a little bit more of an optimist than that i do think not allowing people to smoke makes the city a better place and i do think making the city a safer place for cyclists makes it a better place to live it might take its little bit misguided and i don't think it makes it a better place but i think overall the effort in the city to to you know make it safer for cyclists benefits everyone so so my question is that a revenue stream ok so my question you said earlier you feel like now that this has gone such exposure there's this responsibility on your shoulders what do you think that is what is the bigger statement here do you think it's kind of ridiculous laws that hurt the people or ridiculous police it sounds like you don't think it's about the budget issue. i don't i don't the economics has much to do with it i think it's for me the goal or at least my agenda has become with this louder voice has become to make the place make new york city and maybe everywhere a little bit better for cyclists and i think if anything my m

>> it is unfair to the other party for you to restate your case. >> no, we did not discuss going half on anything. >> thank you. >> where maybe we can hear from the permit holder now. >> i'm the property manager. it is met with the appellant last thursday and i would like to say that there facts -- i was there and i would like to refute the facts. i have been a property owner six years now. for the last years, we have watched the appellants operate an illegal nightclub. in 2009, when they got their permit, the police department protested and objected because of crowds and noise but we never did. as neighbors, we have tried to be reasonable and we have never objected. as requested, we met the appellants last thursday. they requested $35,000 and a 5 foot setback for the building. the issue is not about gas meters, this is not about sprinklers, this is not about gutter's, the real issue is that the appellants have an illegal building. on friday, i went down to the department of building inspections on the fourth floor. the approved plans show the windows on both sides. there currently op

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they think it's unfair that their items are taxed but do the benefits outweigh the side effects?nor now has to sign off on it for it to go into effect. amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >> might hear from him later today. >> san jose fire department is getting a boost from washington. a $15 million federal grant will allow the city to rehire 49 firefighters laid off last year because of budget cuts. city has to keep the re-hired firefighters on the job for two years in order to receive all the federal money. >> firefighters, but it will be decision on their part. >> we miss them dearly. it was a difficult time to watch them walk outdoor a of h. we wish we could get hundred percent back. >> the layoffs coupled with the closure of one fire station has increased response times. >> a santa clara county civil grand jury is calling for a rethinking of how fire departments respond in emergencies. they report a grand jury report found 70% of fire department calls are medical emergencies, just 4% are fire related. crews still have to respond the same way with three or more firefighters on a t

unfair. i think much of africa coming out of. brazil russia india china south africa so if we don't experience any of these alternative. thinking that the only solution is war making interesting figure is arguing that you should look at history and say this is a reason not to do it again i want to look i think some important points you brought out let's take a look at what's actually going on on the ground in libya now you know former cia asset who covered libya back during lockerbie to coming forward with a few observations and i want to just put a few of them up on the screen and we can talk about them she says nato have been grossly deceived and should seize at once for protecting these rebels u.s. tax dollars or training a new taliban to intimidate the libyan people into submission well the west plunders libya as well susan lindauer a former cia asset she also says cia operatives working side by side rebel forces driving around trucks is proof that u.s. forces are already on the ground and active participants in the atrocitie

now in times square and that's another fine i think they've raised fines do you think that's all unfair to bridge the budget gap. if there were to bridge the budget gap i would think it's unfair but i'm a little bit more of an optimist in that i'm i do think not allowing people to smoke in the city a better place and i do think making this idiocy every place for cyclists makes it a better place to live and i think my take is a little misguided and i don't think it makes it a better place but i think overall the effort in the city to to you know make it safer for cyclists benefit everyone so so my question though than just the revenue stream ok my question you said earlier you feel like now that this is gone that exposure there's this responsibility on your shoulders what do you think that is what is the bigger statement here or do you think it's kind of ridiculous laws that hurt the people or ridiculous police it sounds like you don't think it's about the budget issue i don't i don't think economics has much to do with it i think it's for me the goal or at least my agenda has become. th

it's pretty unfair the media is by and large. a failure at the media. and the idea that you shouldn't how. the discussion and the democratic leaders of supposedly democratic country where they should be able to go and meet with industrialists and being. intelligent without anybody knowing that's not a democracy older so the idea that that meeting should remain. and that the media should know. it is meeting. in braintree saying that we shouldn't have democracy so if you believe that argument then you don't believe in democracy ok along those lines some would argue that you know no one there is making a law that's going to go into effect state law to go back at our country then go through a democratic process and if this is a talk shop do you have added it to refute that. well the former nato secretary general really played last year in twenty and sold belgian radio back and several that meeting every nato secretary general. said that each meeting they were given a. piece of paper documents essentially a basic policies and ideas that they are expected to

advertant, any issue that does in some way prejudice the other side is going to hit a chord with me as unfair, although there was an effort to remedy that at a later date, and i appreciate assethat. it strikes me as operating in five days, -- in bad faith, but i also enjoy outdoor seating. i have an appreciation of where people are coming from on all sides of this issue. i liked the suggestion to put the burden on the project sponsor, so rather than having it be tested and to a sixth later, -- do a fix later, let's do it now, and i would support a motion. >> i have to say i found the appellant and the community's argument for a persuasive -- very persuasive. i still stare at the pictures. gooid befuddles me. the parties were subject to what my fellow commissioners proposed, but i thought the appellants were very persuasive. >> are with somebody from the 20th-century had -- i wish somebody from the 20th century has spoken favorably of this. i hope it does not end up being an issue of us older folks against the younger folk. it seems that is unfortunately the way this seems to be breaking down,

it is totally unfair to everybody in this room. please proceed, sir. >> thank you, chairman rockefeller and other members of this committee. my name is tim schaaf. i'm deeply responsible for -- chiefly responsible for the business and technical aspects of sony's playstation network, online services that allow consumers to access movies and television shows and video games. millions of our customers were recently the victims of an increasingly common crime, cyberattack. regarding the attack initially anonymous, the underground group associated with last year's wicky leaks cybera-- wikileaks cyberattack. during or shortly after those attacks, one or more highly skilled hackers infiltrated the servers of the playstation network. sony online entertainment have always made concerted and substantial efforts to maintain and improve the data security systems that we utilize. we hired respected and experienced cybersecurity persons to enhance against attacks. unfortunate we cannot foresee every potentially cybersecurity threat. throughout t

operators say this is an unfair advantage and say it forces them to pay more money to the airport. vans paying every time they go through the loop. super shuttle, they say, is saving money. they're not forced to rotate through that system. >> if they just sit there. they're paying less than half of what some of the companies in the other zones are having. >> and the airport commission president declined to comment. so did the director, john martin, referring our questions to a spokesman. >> the small reasons for market share, we try to meet needs as best we can. there is no prempl -- prefr yil treatment for anyone. >> and super shuttle told me on the phone that you know airports sets policy and they're following it but did tell tel me in the conversation super shuttle is an umbrella for small businesses and point out that all of their vans are franchises and they're enabling small businesses to grow. >> so smaller operateors say they're getting nowhere. is there any other recourse? >> well... the way it works here is that the airport director in this case makes policy. the airport

they say raising the tolls on the bridge is simply unfair. around the state having greece -- will increase rapid -- drastically in the next two years and most residents are outraged. >> david collins was at today's protest. he joins us live with that story. >> this took place at the base of the hagin bridge. that toll is

african americans have sued cities like chicago and said your firefighter test is unfair, you shouldnge it. i can see those kinds of class actions continuing, because they are seeking a change in a policy, but i think a lot of the lawyers think that if you want a huge do that seeks money -- huge suit that seeks money, it will be very hard to get that to go forward. host: i'm going to read a tweet -- guest: outside this country? i think they're quite rare. i am no expert on foreign ball, but i think they're more of an american innovation. as i say, class actions came along as a way to change policies. another one is there were suits challenging mandatory retirement. the police department or airline department had a 60-year-old airline retirement, all of the employees could join that class- action lawsuit and say that is unfair because it is based on age discrimination. when it becomes complicated is when they are trying to seek a lot of money. not only justice scalia, but the other liberal justices think it is unfair to have 1 million people bringing a class-action lawsuit that could

i think that is terribly unfiar and -- unfair and not good politics. i also do not know if you have read the lead editorial in "the san francisco chronicle" but it talks to exactly what we are arguments against now. i have also spoken to some of my constituents. they were not able to be here, so i would like to represent them. these are random samples of a lot of comments i have heard. the college professor from san francisco state university, outrageous. a richmond neighbor. we are going to lose a lot more trees in the richmond if this happens. a retiree from the sunset. the city could afford to donate tax breaks to larry ellison and twitter but cannot take care of its trees? from a real-estate agent in pacific heights. there go the property values in san francisco. from a member of the san francisco chamber of commerce. dead trees should not be part of our image. thank you for your consideration. supervisor avalos: thank you for your comments. maria delostino. scott plaken. >> good morning, supervisors. i just want to point out something that has not

that is unfair, but it's nothing new for america. what we can never forget is that our nation's interests are forever colored by our values, that america has always believed that the success of freedom and democracy in other lands does not just make our world more just. it makes it a safer, more secure and better place for americans and our children. we can never afford to define our interests so narrowly that we would have sat back as an anti-american tyrant slaughtered his own people, thereby destroying one of the most historic attempts by millions of arabs and muslims to build better and more stable governments. that would have served neither our moral nor our strategic interests. similarly, once we are engaged in a fight as we are now in libya and afghanistan, and when we still have a clear path to succeed, as we do in both countries, it is in both our moral and strategic interests to finish the job, even if it is difficult and costly and unpopular. but failure is the only cost that we truly cannot afford. america cannot make the

suggest that a comparison of our efforts to very dissystem hospitals is unappropriate and frankly unfair. we recognize that we may not have done our fair share in previous years, but our services to the poor and underserved, including charity care and other benefits are now very fair at more than $100 million a year and we would like to work with the city staff to find the appropriate benchmarks to measure our ongoing effort. in relation to targeted community health programs near our proposed hospitals, cp mmp c is a thoughtful and well developed program at st. luke's and we have a strong unique program at bayview. today we have focus programs in pediatric health in the tenderloin and our partnerships with glide and others and these programs are effective, accessible and we would say measurable. we would like to continue to assist these strong programs. and with the new hospital, we would like to add van ness and geary, which we will staff with case management and social work resources to facilitate access to the uninsured and underinsured. we appreciate the role that the consortium play