enthusiasm for this hearing comes as the chairman indicated in his remarks because of the citizens united legislation. it says that rich, noncandidates and corporations have the same rights rich candidates have to spend their money to support a campaign. there is nothing in the constitution about full disclosure. there is something in the constitution about the free- speech. i often go by newseum. the provisions in this bill discourage free speech. fortunately, there is a way to have full disclosure and free- speech. that is to take all the limits of campaign contributions. the problem is the limits. these new super pacs exist because of the limits be placed upon parties and contributions. you will have full disclosure because everybody will give their money directly to the campaigns. the campaigns must disclose their contributions. i have done some research and preparation for this and i founded especially compelling statement before this committee that was rendered just exactly 12 years ago today, march 29, 2000. some of you were here that day. it was given by an obscure former governor who had run

exemption from the inclusion rehousing requirements, exemptions from unit-mix requirements, and reduced open space requirements. this legislation will bring noticing requirements in line with all new dwelling units and neighbor and commercial districts. in addition today, i am introducing amendments which i understand will require the legislation goes back to the planning commission. those amendments will provide that for very limited circumstances we can allow educational institutions to reconfigure existing housing, including situations where the previous housing unit was religious housing like monasteries or convents or where you have a housing on a lot that's adjacent to a post- secondary institution and that has been honed at least 10 years by that institution. that said, i have distributed the amendments and when we're done, i will be asking the committee to adopt the amendment. my understanding is we will need to send this back to the planning commission. miss haywood from the planning department is here if you like to address the committee. >> the goals of the proposed legislation are to propose new student housing whil

unit. read the legislation. i have for each of you. alternative language, easy and reasonable language.omes to the nominations of landmarks and historic district, members of the public may petition the government. this is an issue of fundamental fairness and access to the body politic and its governing bodies, by and through the planning department. what kind of fairness is that? i am delighted that, supervisor wiener, u.s.-made the compromises you have made. i am grateful the preservation advocacy community have made the compromises they have made. but respectfully, i think there is still room for compromise. i think reasonable minds can still agree. i think san francisco architectural heritage has repeatedly brought up issues in a mature and sophisticated way. i respectfully ask that they not fall on deaf ears. you will see on this chart that is two pages, that includes a total of eight items out of hundreds of pages of legislation, that you all in the door getting close. i commend you on getting this far. it is your first hearing at the board of supervisors. it has been to 25 hearing

these are housing units for people with special needs, youth aging out of the foster care system, formerly homeless individuals. the change that this legislation makes will make every housing dollar go further. we think that that is a very positive change. i want to point out that these small units are often supplemented by a generous common areas. in affordable housing projects that is often a community room, a place where people can have services like the one that patrick kennedy is working on. there will be quiet study rooms and social space. thank you. >> i do not know how you will see this. what should i do? >> pass it around out here. >> ok. it is kind of heavy. that, by the way, is a typical unit -- >> state your name. >> my name is patrick kennedy. in a developer who has been building in berkeley for 20 years -- i am a developer who has been building in berkeley for 20 years. including projects in the south market area. 200 units will be leased by the california college of the arts. i am giving you a handout to stress and have information about the three points i would like to make. number one, the supervisors legislation simply brings

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unit. supervisor chu put forth legislation for office sought improvements and that passed yesterday. the idea there is in the month of may we have a pilot program to see if more small businesses will come in for wanting replacements. the department is waiving the normal fees based on a three- year review that might cost 12 or $15,000. we will have to monitor this to see exactly what it does cost in case there is a proposal to go forward and make this a more regular program. you heard from supervisor wiener a little while ago to approve the efficiency unit and that was favorably recommended by the code advisory committee. that is about the end of what is going on right now for local matters. i am still waiting for an update from supervisor david c hiu for a certain space would have to meet certain requirements and the building permit would be held until those measures are taken. but that is still in the process according to the supervisor's office. on the state legislative side, most of these have not changed much from what i have given you before. you might be interested in the fact

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legislation. and while this -- the provisions of this bill are important to me and important to kansan, i also recognize the importance of every member of the united states senate to be able to offer legislation to have debate, to make certain that our rights are protected. i know that particularly as -- in a sense -- a member of the minority, as a republican in the senate, but i know that even more as a member of a minority called rural america. i do not want to lose the opportunity in the united states senate for me to be able to speak on issues that are important to my constituents and to be able to offer amendments to legislation that is important to a minority of americans called rural america. and so what i am troubled by and what i want to see addressed is, we need to address the legislation that's pending. i don't want it to disappear because there is no agreement for members of the senate, all 100 of us, majority and minority, to offer amendments. and so i'm asking that the majority leader work with senators to make certain that their amendments are available for consideration in this legislation, and don't put me and other senators who c

the united states followed up and used lee's i think legislation as a model a year later, but with the it a of charles marshall, his aide, lee wrote the first draft law ever passed in north america. and realize what this does. in the wake of fort sumter way back in 1861, there was a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of people flocked to the colors and joined the army. how long do they join for? three months, six months? a year was the standard. now it's the campaigns of 1862 are getting ready to begin. a year is up, and traditionally in american military, when it's -- when your time for which you have volunteered is up, you leave. you just pat yourself -- hey, you guys, good luck. see you later. hope you get home. and that was true. i mean, when winfield scott is approaching the gates of mexico, a bunch of indiana volunteers, their team is up, and nobody even questioned the fact that they're going to go home. and scott even worked to get them home before the yellow fever season, to get them through veracruz and get some reinforcements in to replace them. i mean, they factored this into milit

units. but i think that that is not something that will be in this legislation. it will be up to you both, who are working on the inclusion mary amendments to deal with that. i am hoping you will flag our concerns. but i think that this is long overdue and it is great if you are doing it. >> that is great feedback on the inclusion very issue and i hope that we have something in writing that we can show to other people and can get a discussion going on. >> any more comments for the supervisor? my final comments are that this is great. i think that what is so strong about this is that it has been tested in other cities, like new york in seattle, which is a great sign. supervisor walker? commissioner, taking you back a few. [laughter] >> one of the issues in some of the sri's -- sro's, i know that some of the efficiencies require kitchens and bathrooms, but the potential was also here that the common area oftentimes gets mentioned, but it does not get created or up capped. so, as we go through this new kind of test of efficiency units, i think that we really need to

if i could take a crack at it, we are facing a common problem with internet related legislation not only in the united states but not in the democratic world. legislators are faced with a problem. we have a tax on our network. and intellectual property. or child porn or cyberbullying or constituencies saying do something. they want to do something to resolve that particular problem. whatever basket that problem happens to be in so they go for a solution. without thinking about how that solution will affect these other areas. because i think what happens is legislators because the internet is so new tend to think of problems on the internet like you fix your toaster or your refrigerator or your computer and it is fixed. you got to fix the problem. rather than -- this is a space in which society is extending into and contains the same contradictions we have like in the city of san francisco. if you when the one hundred% solve the crime problem and have zero crime you have some trade off that may be unacceptable because something like north korea. if you don't want that you have to think about what kind

some comes as the chairman indicated in his or marks, because of the citizens united legislation, whichically says rich non-candidates and corporations have the same rights rich candidates have to spend their money in support of a campaign. this legislation is in the name of full disclosure and i'm in favor of full disclosure, but there is nothing in the constitution about full disclosure. there is something in the constitution about free speech. i often go by the museum down the street. congress shall make no law that says on the wall, the provisions in this bill shall encourage free speech. fortunately, there is a way to have full disclosure and free speech. and that is to take all the limits of campaign contributions the problem is the limits. these new super pacs exists because of the limits we have placed on parties and contributions. get rid of the limits on contributions and super pacs will go away and you will have full disclosure because everyone will get their money directly to the campaigns in the campaigns must disclose their contributions in ways that we have already agreed

exchange and i think many of us that went on that trip brought back ideas to the united states that we are trying to legislate here locally. i'm also excited to see all of you here in part because some of you know, i'm one member of the board that doesn't have a car, that rides my bicycle many days of the week -- [applause] >> and like all of you, i think we are remarkably excited about the fact that the bike plan is moving forward, the fact that today is the start of the trial on market street, the fact that we are really moving our city's biking agenda forward. and i think with those of our friends from europe, we all want to take this to the next level and figure out what are the best ideas that we can adopt from the great cities around the world. we know that in recent years, i think san francisco with the help of our community advocates from the bike coalition and other advocates were really trying to bike strong and bike hard into the wind and i think finally the wind is at our back. we need the best ideas from around the world to move our great city forward. so welcome to our friends from europe. again

calis, today, i am introducing legislation to strengthen an existing law intended to restrict the conversion of apartment units to forest or short-term use, a practice commonly known as hotelization. the passage of the apartment conversion ordinance made it legal for certain residential properties to be occupied on a lease of less than 30 days. however, the problem has persisted due to enforcement challenges and a loophole in the law. over the years, corporations have sidestepped the law by signing long-term leases with property owners so that they're non-7 cisco employees can use the apartments as short-term housing. as an example, in my district, tenants at the golden gateway, which happens to be owned by one of the partners of the washington project, have experienced corporate employees coming in and out of their buildings just like a hotel. currently, in one of their building complexes, an estimate of 46 of the 341 units are leased by corporate entities. not only does this create quality of life issues for neighbors, but it takes already limited housing opportunities away from our residents. my legislation

round of the election, is the united states senate as important to them in effect as the white house? because then they control all nominations, they krcontrol all legislation if they have the united states senate. >> i think the view is if you win one, you win the other. realistically in 2012, there's no end where the democrats say lose the white house, white house, but pick up the house, at this point, all realistic scenarios are that the democrat also hang on in a squeaker to the presidency, probably hang on to the senate, but not the house. >> but they could win the white house and lose the senate and that's a disaster for the president. >> yeah, absolutely. and i think you're absolutely right about how important the senate is, and we don't always focus on it because partially we are so frustrated with the senate. >> and bob kerry's going to be here in and we're going to talk about that. >> robert draper and crystal ball, thank you very much. >>> you knew this one was coming, fox news is completely outraged that president obama appeared on late night with jimmy fallon. that republican outrage is in the rewrite tonight. and in the last exclusive intervie

legislative exchange council is behind the stand your ground laws across the country. is behind the voter suppression across the country. there is an equivalent organization, right wing organization, behind these laws. the americans united write model legislation. they push it in state legislatures across the country and they've been very successful. not only do they do that but they work with the legislators that they push to introduce it and they provide points. briefing books. they provide expert witnesses. >> there is a real constructed -- >> there is an actual group behind the war on women that is backing these republican legislators. >> you heard the president in top line speaking to women supporters friday evening. here's another bit of sound from those remarks. take a listen. >> and i'm always puzzled by this. this is a party that says it prized itself on being rabidly anti-regulation themselves claim to want freedom from regulation and government meddling. it doesn't seem to bother them when it comes to we will's health. >> is that because they understand freedom in a different way than you and i do? >> i think it is because they have a much better understanding of a woman's physiology better than we ever could

we haven't had a child care legislation in 40 years in the united states. i think it's why so many of them are starting their own businesses. there's opportunity for flexibility. depending on the business they set up, they can make more money. there's a big attraction to entrepreneurship. women having higher education and being able to rock the economy in terms of growing their own businesses. >> the clo of facebook talked about a woman rocking the recove recovery. she's got a coveted job in corporate america. she's made it a peak of family and career. she leaves work at 5:30 in the afternoon. she's recently begun to talk about it. listen. >> i get up earlier to make sure they see my e-mails at 5:00. stay up later to make sure they found my e-mails late. i'm more confident in where i am. i'm able to say hey, i am leaving work at 5:30. >> i'm very glad she has the opportunity to do that. i think when you are on top of a company, when you are your own boss, you are close to the boss, those are the kinds of things you can negotiate. i hope cheryl makes that po

the legislation proposes any nonconforming use can be converted to an unspecified number of dwellings. we're going from one housing unit in r districts to -- our districts to district 4 that may be permitted. the department is concerned the but deflation remove the one unit limitation in place and the lack of review for group housing. we're recommending only one unit be allowed as of right now and group housing be eliminated from this section. the third item deals with surface parking lots in the c3 district. the legislation would remove the provision in the code that allows surface parking lots in c3 districts to operate in perpetuity. the department supports this change because it is consistent with the downtown plan in the general plan. we are rec meinecke -- recommending clarifying language. i would like to point out that clarifying language in my executive summary is not t-- is correct when i list the recommendations. it spells out the use has to terminate within five years from this ordinance being adopted, not immediately. the next session is the washington broadway sud. another thing i would like to point out t

demolished and not replaced. 6700 affordable units that were demolished and not replaced prior to the development housing obligations. this is the legislation adopted, first that the state that would allow redevelopment agencies to continue to collect taxes solely for the purposes of replacing that housing. the board of supervisors passed specific legislation for each of the project areas that would allow the redevelopment agency to continue to fulfill that replacement housing. at this point, the redevelopment agency has replaced 900 units of housing under this obligation. it is a state law as well as an agreement based upon the resolutions and the ordinances of the city. that is an obligation that we

demolished and not replaced. 6700 affordable units that were demolished and not replaced prior to the development housing obligations. this is the legislation adopted, first that the state that would allow redevelopment agencies to continue to collect taxes solely for the purposes of replacing that housing. the board of supervisors passed specific legislation for each of the project areas that would allow the redevelopment agency to continue to fulfill that replacement housing. at this point, the redevelopment agency has replaced 900 units of housing under this obligation. it is a state law as well as an agreement based upon the resolutions and the ordinances of the city. that is an obligation that we conveyed to the department of finance for their review. >> i know as we transfer, redevelopment has a slightly different policy for and come requirements. does moh plan to integrate this policy? >> that is an excellent question. we are talking about the differences between the two programs. in terms of how we will administer the program, the task is taking a look at the two to identify the differences and see which is best moving forward. we w

just take a crack at it first we are facing a common problem with internet related legislation not only in the unitedtates, but i think around the space world where legislators are faced the problem. okay, we have a tax on the network or we have theft of intellectual property or we have child pornography or we have cyber bleeding, and constituencies are screaming do something. so they want to do something to resolve that particular problem, but never basket that problem happens to be in so they go for a solution, and without thinking about how that solution is going to affect these other areas, because i think what happens is that legislators -- because the internet is so new they tend to think about the internet like you fix your toaster or a refrigerator or computer and defense fixed. rather than this is a space in which the society is extending and contains all the same contradictions we have like in the city of san francisco if you want 100% to solve the crime problem and have zero crime you a lot of trade-offs that may be unacceptable because you will turn the city into something like north kore

united states. that's self-defeating. that wasn't the intent of the legislation. and we now have a situation where in unesco and potentially other agencies a law that was intended to deter is having -- is failing to deter and then boomeranging on us. i don't think it's going back on our word or giving the palestinians a bye to take remedial action that protects u.s. interests while at the same time maintaining the legislative actions you've already taken that will in fact have consequences for the palestinians. >> thank you. mr. schiff. >> thank you, madam chair. and welcome, ambassador. it's great to see you. appreciate your superb job. i want to follow up on mr. dent's questions. i share his frustration, i think that of many americans, when we hear the syrian opposition say why has the world forsaken us? and i know we are trying. but it's appalling to see the kind of bloodshed that's going on there. and i've been very gratified to see the strong words that you have spoken against what russia and china have done, particularly russia. recently there have been some

500 units, because there investors got shaky over the last couple of years, even though they got permits in hand, because of the economy. within weeks of the twitter deal being signed an legislation going forward to exempt them from the payroll tax, the investors of the 550-unit building released their contractors to go to work. that is why you see three cranes on that site. this is the investor confidence that we are now producing because of one decision that was so remarkably regurgitating to run market street. and then you have seen other things, donnie's cafe relocating. zendesk. even before that income was signed with twitter, zendesk moved in right in the middle of market street. there are more coming in. there are three property owners who are about to change ownership in mid market because of the signal they feel. market street will change but all this activity. investor confidence. i want to come back to that game as to why i want to continue to manage the city in an economically-recoverable way. we still have a lot of work to do because, with 8% unemployment rate, that is 7000 people who have yet to get jobs, and they are looking desperately for them. we have got a huge

deal with the very difficult issue of of undocumented migration into the united states and they were manipulated to get legislative proposals late this one to you know to have citizen militias patrol the arizona mexico border and they will continue to poison the well in creating a lot of conflict between different ethnicities in this country for person for political gain in i think that that is a very very dangerous insulin pre-clearance to take because you know when you have so much conflict over such a long period of time you know something is bound to give in we will have it we can have a violent explosion along you know the arizona mexico border or worse so i would hope that cooler heads will prevail and their arizona governor jan brewer will not take another opportunity to sign into law potential legislation that might get to her her desk you know to to have these militias. come into being in in the people will start seriously again in dealing with the whole issue of how do we resolve the problem of undocumented migration and i may only be done through an act in comprehensive immigration reform which is what

in the united nations. -- i introduced to oppose this legislationn the detonations. host: illinois. james. democrats line. caller: what are the consequences of the actions of cyber attacks, and how do you plan on catching the cyber attacker when he could do it anywhere in the world? guest: we have learned that they have the ability -- not only international property craft, the espionage, in terms ups military -- in terms of military secrets, faa -- you name it, we have sophisticated techniques to determine whether an intrusion has taken place. the cia probably has 100,000 attempted hacks per week, and the house of representatives has close to 1 million. we know about that. the members are notified. very few are successful. that is the good news. they can sometimes intrude to get in, but when they try to get out of the system, there is a wall that stops them from escaping. attribution is important. anytime we have had a cyber attack, being able tortured dead to the computer and the source and find out who was behind -- and being able to track that ba

the legislators that are part of alec are united over common principles of free enterprise, limited governmentprinciples most of america agrees with. voter i.d. in particular was just passed in rhode island in a democratically controlled legislature and it's supported by a majority of democrats and americans. megyn: they said by funding alec coca-cola is supporting an effort to dis10 franchise african-americans. an advertiser * who was pressures for supporting rush limbaugh. >> they called the women in our company. they told me tens of thousands of emails, most of them positive. they toilsd we are under surveillance. the email subject line says it season of the internet, your business is going to be destroyed. your people are in trouble. this is terrorism. why don't you call it what it is. you don't have to commit an act of blood shed. you have to invoke a sense of fear. megyn: to your knowledge have any of the contributors to your organization experienced any of those tactics? >> i think in general this is not about -- this is trying to be about politics but necessity since's not. it's a diff

about 60% of the legislators in the united states, the state legislators, have joined this organization, it's called the -- it's called alec, and that's an organization, i think it's the american legislative exchange council, and what alec does is, it's funded of course by business interests, billionaires and millionaires and companies and what it does is it puts, it invites the legislators to join, it really entices them to join by offering them for a mere $50 a year, and the taxpayers, of course, pay that as a professional fee, or professional cost, and so the legislator joins, then he or she gets to go off on these three -- on these three two- and three-day weekends at some location like hilton head or jack el island or martha's vineyard or wherever they go. los angeles, las vegas, wherever they can be alone and with some ano anymority and in a luxurious setting. so these legislators who join go to these locations for the retreats, the business interests are there because they're underwriting it, and then they get together in committees and the committees work out various model laws

units. >> there is an issue here with the phasing of the legislation. phase three includes language that would shift the parking, in the underlying district to point to five as a one -- . .25. as of right now, if you approve this phase but that other face does not go forward, -- phased does not go forward, you are correct. -- phase does not go forward you , you are correct. right now it is unlimited. projects can get an unlimited amount of parking. that is my understanding of existing situation and what we're proposing. commissioner miguel: that was somewhat better. not allowing the one to one as a right as far as i am concerned, particularly with the overly we have heard a lot about in regards to -- overlay we have heard a lot about in regards to the hospital. i forget what the ratio is. three to one. that is a huge amount. i am not talking about cal pacific. there are obliged to provide this housing but they cannot put in -- they are obliged to provide this housing but they cannot put in a parking. that is dangerous -- what is dangerous about van ness

the author of the legislation in the united states senate from the state of rhode island.tor sheldon whitehouse. good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you bill. >> bill: you know, we've talked about this. i spend a little time in the summer up in rhode island. so, i'm glad -- >> best place to be. >> bill: glad you're taking care of that state. the undiscovered beaches of rhode island. may they remain undiscovered as far as i'm concerned but they're beautiful. really. so, tell us, senator what's the prospects look like -- first of all, how many cosponsors do you have? >> i think we've got a dozen at this point. >> bill: are they all democrats? >> oh, yes. >> bill: any sign at all that we can -- so first of all this vote -- so our listeners understand, this vote on monday is not a vote on the bill itself right? it is that -- cloture. >> it is cloture on the notion proceed to the bill. >> bill: it requires 60 votes? >> correct. >> bill: do we have any indication that any republicans will at least vote to allow a vote on the bill? >> not at this point. >> bill: is th