units. how does that work? >> it is my understanding that jurisdiction is granted, and thereafter, if he filed an appeal the are detached to this determination notice, all work on those permits must seize, and that includes the whole building. to the extent that you believe that is not the case and that would only apply to mr. mooring's unit, then i stand corrected. commissioner fung: we will ask the building department. commissioner hwang: that is my understanding, as well, and one of the things and we may consider is a modification of the permits of the work can continue for the units. i am just putting it out there. >> it would be a preference obviously to allow those -- commissioner hwang: for those who do not have a problem and are not contesting it, but i'd like to hear from counsel. is that in our jurisdiction to modify? >> if you were having a hearing on the merits, that you might have the ability to do this except for the unit with the individuals here, but you are not that stage yet. you're at the sta

we are currently proceeding with work in six apartments that have been vacated. two units will be vacated within several days. i kindly ask the to allow me to continue the ongoing work and ask you that you deny his jurisdiction request. i assure you that mr. mooir -- mooring will be allowed to move back in when the work is completed. >> hi, my name is -- i and the attorney for mr. sherman. i want to emphasize that granting jurisdiction in this matter will result in the complete cessation of all remediation work at the nine- unit structure, including six units that are currently vacant where we mediation has already occurred. in addition, there is a tenant who has already left the building with the anticipation of coming back within three months, and it jurisdiction is granted on behalf of this gentleman, but tended to has just left, his plans will be interrupted, as well. important, mr. o'sullivan has reached out repeatedly to mr. mooring without success. there has been no underhanded or malfeasance in our conduct. there was a termination notice. he has, pursuant to san fr

ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united workn celebration of the bicentennial. >> dancers from over 20 countries are staunch cultures are participating. >> one of the things that is inspiring is how many are being invited back to their home countries as cultural ambassadors from the u.s.. we are teaching them in committees so that the next generation here in america and back to india or bali or whatever will be able to get enriched by these very beautiful art forms. >> thank you for watching "culture wire." and you can find more information

ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united work in celebration of the bicentennial. >> dancers from over 20 countries are staunch cultures are participating. >> one of the things that is inspiring is how many are being invited back to their home countries as cultural ambassadors from the u.s.. we are teaching them in committees so that the next generation here in america and back to india or bali or whatever will be able to get enriched by these very beautiful art forms. >> thank you for watching "culture wire." and you can find more information >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> th

but i think in team camaraderie, i think it's a lot of fun for girls to be in a unit working for thee result, which is always to do a good performance. >> reporter: they move up with the same team through age divisions, practicing and traveling to competitions, perfecting every move so, when it's showtime, they're ready. >> you all have to be looking in the exact same direction and you have to be doing everything the same. you want to look perfect. >> reporter: they compete according to rules set by the u.s. figure skating competition. the judging is on presentation, and very specific moves, such as lines, blocks, circles, and wheels. >> and then we have intersections, which is when the girls pass through each other. >> reporter: easier said than done. >> what makes an intersection so suspenseful is we're going straight at each other and everyone expects us to crash. but at the last second, we drop our arms and go through. >> reporter: it's a real crowd pleaser. but these kids seem to skate as much for each other as for the judges. some of them have literally grown up together on ice

high -- rm importance of plaque history months also reminds us of the power of all americans united and workingsus data that's been released people have been spending a lot of time lamenting that the african-american pop lakes is at 3.9% and i am really here to encourage you that our numbers may be diminishing but we are also here, present and we are still strofpblgt we don't need to have huge numbers but we must remain engaged in order to make sure to we remain relevant. the last two years have been a meaningful time for all of us with obama in the administration. i'm personally very proud of the work that he has done, that we have done here in san francisco among a wide array of voters and to be elected by what many consider the last batchtyon of president african-american community in after, it is a special honor to be here today buff. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor mirkarimi is here with us but before he calms -- comes up -- comes up i want to mention ralph lewin, with the california huh-uh -- humanities council here with us also. we have a number of other elected

work they did in cracking down. >> going back to kentucky, one of the programs congressman rogers has placed is operation unite which works to educate the public, works on law- enforcement. i wonder to what extent the administration looked at that model was other states being able to follow. >> sitting with the congressman, listening to people and meeting in young people, many of whom had given up sports activities to be there that evening, was really quite moving. we fund about 740 drug free communities. in working with them, these small grants bring together a grass-roots communities like law enforcement, the faith based, to work on preventing drug use. the answers to the drug problem, they do not come from inside the beltway. they come from grass-roots organizations, people who are dedicated and committed. it is our responsibility to give them the information they need to do a better job. >> about a million people -- a million pills in brouwer county per month -- are the pharmaceutical companies working with you where the drugs are going from the distributor to the patient? >> information must be provided about t

we work collaboratively with other investigative units within the department, and i think because of that collaboration we're able to develop information more quickly and it's leading to the arrest. i can't stress the amount of work that my investigators do in homicide. they catch a case. as many of you, i am sure know, oftentimes, they go and they work on just a couple hours sleep every day. i'm really, really proud of them. i think it is a combination of all of that, commissioner, that is cleaning to just these incredible clearance rates. vice president marshall: we can't say -- >> we can say it has helped. a lot of the credit is due to lee as well as david lazar. the homicide investigators work tremendously hard. when i put the blackberry down before going to bed at night, and there is a homicide at 2:00 in the morning, i know when i get up at 12:00, they are still working on it. the decentral zation but i think the supervision of the unit, i think that has a lot to do with how it is being run and the quality of the work that we're getting from investigators. vice president marshal

>> no, i think i can work with the inspectors to work in the sexual assault unit. they are the ones to work with the victims and probably know them better than anyone else. i should probably able to do that in six months. commissioner kingsley: ok, thank you very much, captain. president mazzucco: thank you very much, capt. ok, next we have a line item 5- b. secretary lt. falvey: the occ director's report. director: i was absent from last week's meeting because i was part of a 15-member delegation that went to memphis, including commissioner angelo -- angela chan, looking at the mentally ill and psychiatric crisis. it was informative and rewarding, but i will defer to commissioner chan to give you a more detailed report of the trip. on another note, on march 28, i received a letter from the human rights commission. they transmitted the february 24, 2011, reports, that memorializes recommendations gleaned from the september 23, 2010, hearing, on community concerns about surveillance, racial come in religious profiling of arab, middle eastern, muslim, and the asian co

there is a company that has units that worked either on hydraulics on a foot lift -- or on foot lift, and this is an alternative to putting these boxes on the surface. i asked them about the moving parts, the issues of moisture, and so forth. that is what these are designed for. the have footprints of four by six on some of the many units and 12 by 8 on the larger ones. this is not a technology review session, but this is an example of what we would expect at the other end of an eir -- mitigation techniques. what gives me concern is that at&t, every time we mention underground, pull out a picture of an underground facility that requires more hardware than the box itself. it is like a bunker or an underground living room. this information is published in 2008. we as citizens to leave things have to have advanced. -- believe things have to have advanced. president chiu: in the defense by at&t of why the categorical exception is permissive here, they defend the fact that at&t believes that it is not technologically practical to underground the cabinets. they raised this themselves as an

one of the programs that congressman rogers has in place this operation unite which works to educatehe public and the work on law enforcement. to what extent is the administration looking to that as a model? guest: these are prevention programs. many of the young people had given up some sports activities and other things to be at the dinner that evening and that was quite moving. we find about 740 drug-free communities. we do this through our partner at samsung. sam --sa. these small grants work together -- bring together grassroots communities and others like law enforcement in the school system, faith-based, to work at preventing drug use. the answer to the drug problem when it comes to preventing drug use among young people frankly does not come from inside the beltway. they come from these grass-roots organizations. these are people who are dedicated and committed. it is our responsibility to give them a leg up and give them information to do a better job. host: b endroward county, in -- broward county alone, about 1 million illegal kills. l pills. guest: there is information th

i know she worked with united players. to talk about a successful working with the program at a community based organization and other folks on speak to the barriers and strengths. >> i have been with up for a year and they provide amount. it's a violence prevention organization. they take you on field trips to fight for the power. the stop the violence. what i really liked about it. not only did it help you to fight for power. but provided you with jobs. i know it helped a lot of kids and they come in and a lot of schools. they come in and we have meetings. we talk about many stuff. but i think, once a youth has an organization helping them out. when they are aware of all the stuff, it's really up to you. the youth is aware. the up awared me of a lot of stuff. it's up to me if i want to stop the violence. if your community, in your hood for your people. >> principle dierck. >> i would like to say, one of the barriers we need to work on is, we write a lot of grants at my school. we have 26 partners. so that means most of th

units that are before you today. there is no further modification that will incorporate this working with staff on the unit merger thing. on that motion, commissioner antonini. [votes taken. [all say aye.] president olague: that motion passed unanimously. thank you, commissioners. commissioners, you are now on item number 12. >> case number 2010.1045 c for 401 taraval street. >> good afternoon, president olague, members of the planning commission staff. we request a conditional use authorization to establish a church at 401 taraval street. the property is located in the mc-1 district. the church would be operated by the san francisco bible church in a building that was constructed in 1972, approximately two stories over basement and approximately 13,000 square feet. we've heard some comments from the neighbors in the general vicinity that they're concerned that the project would impact parking and traffic in the neighborhood. currently the project is overparked. it is required to have nine parking spaces by code, and it has 18. secondly, i've received comments from a neighbor who owns the building right next door on ta

united states. my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've always been around immigration law. i am proud that it has been so. someone asked me if i ever regretted been so focused on that. i said i did not do it on purpose. somebody just told me once to do what you love and everything will work out. i'm pleased to say that it has. we were told to give our perspective a little bit. it's hard not to speak personally about comprehensive immigration reform and what it means. i had the privilege to work on some of the most meaningful cases to me. i know it's the one place in san francisco i always know how to get to. to give you a brief legislative update, one of the things that i said before ever working for a congressperson, if they knew how immigration law worked, they would have never signed the 1996 bill. on my watch, it's very impor

united states will work to create diverse economies where there can be more inclusive prosperity. states will provide immediate economic assistance to help democracy is overcome the urge the challenges including $150 million for egypt alone. in the medium term, we will work with our partners to support an ambitious blueprint for sustainable growth, job creation, investment and trade. the u.s. overseas private investment corp. will provide up to $2 billion to encourage investments across the middle east and north africa, especially for small enterprises. we look forward to working with congress to establish enterprise funds for egypt and tunisia that will support competitive markets and provide small businesses with access to blow past capital -- a low-cost capital. we want to improve and expand the investment funds which allow egyptian companies to send exports to the ad states of duty-free. we are working with partners for a new beginning. an organization led by madeleine albright and walter isaacson of the aspen institute. it was formed after president obama's cairo speech and i

working on it. the decentral zation but i think the supervision of the unit, i think that has a lot to do with how it is being run and the quality of the work that we're getting from investigators. vice president marshall: thank you. >> i have also broken down the catagories. if first you look at motive, you will see disputes and gang violence make up the majority of our homicides. of our 19 homicides this year, 14 are contributed -- attributed to gun violence compared with 7 for the same period last year. our homicide investigators work delab collaboratively with other members of the department to reduce our violence rate working with gang task force. the sharing of information is critical in preventing retaliatory violence and additional homicides. these units are instrumental in helping us to solve these cases. i would also be remisif i did not mention our allies at state parole, the u.s. allies whose assistance is invaluable. in closing, i would like to say that where our homicides are slightly elevated in 2011 rvings i am extremely -- i am extremely proud of our clearance rate. thank you. any qu

united nations work trying to investigate hundreds of deaths blamed popular support something that he denies however human rights watch says that both sides are committed atrocities as many as a thousand people were killed in violent clashes in the west of the country last week. and the preliminary results say because it sounds incumbent leader. one the country's presidential election with ninety five percent of the vote in us out of by half was up against three other candidates now he's been in power for two decades and enjoys the exclusive constitutional right to be elected for a limitless number of times international observers have sharply criticized the ballot saying because of star had failed to improve on previous elections. which would seem that neither free nor. well just before the fiftieth anniversary of man's first journey into orbit a crew of three are about to depart the international space station from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan that's the very same launch site propelled the first into space to test our savior and i was invited all to join us live on high tax

the siren went off for about a half-hour work resulted in a flood of phone calls from residents to local agencies. there has met unit is working to fix the unit to make sure it does not happen again. in san francisco police arrested a bunch of people who took over the kaiser permanente building. their protesting the insufficient places for homeless people all wanted parolee 29 year- old joseph allen stanley, is considered armed and dangerous. he is known to frequent the airfield. it there's a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. turning to the state budget battle. governor jerry brown brought the full force of his budget campaign to the bay area on tuesday. the state budget deficit is still more than $13 billion and the governor is trying everything to get the needed republican support. kron 4 was with the government this afternoon and here with us now. what did the governor have to say? >>grant: very animated entertaining at times. he was speaking at the bay area council of look council. he made his case for the five- year tax extension in criticize cuts to things like schools, public safety

they hired workers without doing enough to make sure they were cleared to work in the united states. inspectors say 32 subcontractors dids not have the required paper work like drivers licenses or permanent resident cards. >>> police tased their 15-year-old boy. they say police did not follow protocol. >> i can't believe he was tased. >> reporter: a grandfather says the police overreacted when they used a taser to control his grandson. >> i think tasers are used too freely these days. i think officers need to be trained with how they deal with special needs children. >> reporter: the teenager was having a tantrum and wouldn't leave a special education class. they say the police should have known about the special behavior protocol before they used the taser. they are saying someone was tased on campus. the family says police told them the officers were forced to use their taser because he reached for a gun. >> it's a difficult story, i know. he's a difficult kid, but this should have never happened to him. >> reporter: he spent most of the evening at the hospital. he was then transfer

having raised three kids, having seven grandchildren, i'm stan wood family units are and how they work. i also understand that an automobile not used for a daily commute to go to work, but used to carry your children around town. to carry the equipment that sort of adheres to children nowadays much less when i started my family. but a lot of it is safety authorize or required equipment. even to get two or three kids out to golden gate park. you would not take public transportation. i challenge you to do it. it does not work. the concept of one to one parking, i do not endorse because of daily use, that type of thing necessarily. i do believe it is necessary if we are going to encourage families. i would support a motion on both of these items. originally, i thought we would not need it. if it was not for the three- bedroom units, i would not do it. >> i am in full support of the department's recommendation. we support our own work and our efforts to really understand the city at large an attempt to densify the city more towards a sustainable city of the future. we need to work on both

he was going to unite us and work together and work with republicans and people wanted that. that was a good way for the black man to become president of the united states, particularly with a black man with a last name hussein and rimes with obama. it was very comfortable. then he would try to do it. it was possible. they had no interest in cooperating. then he should have said, hey, i tried tuesday this nice. i tried to be a good guy. they can't play along. now i'm going to have to wash the floor with their face. we never got to that point. he's still saying he's going to try harder and harder to be nice. the media is demanding to reach out further and further, give them the entire shoulder, not just the elbow down cut off. he seems to not be taking up the second part of the strategy that i had planned for him that i thought was such a good idea. i am genuinely confused. what i thought he was doing made a lot of sense and i told my progressive friends to be cool. it's part of a plan. that's great. maybe it's an eight-year plan, not a four-year plan. he's supposed to end it o

united states. the best known work is the hot list of health care that shows that medicare spending vary widely across the region. it has much higher spending in miami and raises the question, what does more spending by? the answer may be, and not much. some researchers have used in the atlas to analyze the relationship between mortality in spending among medicare beneficiaries and found that in regions that spent a lot on health care, heart attacks and cancer patients are less likely to survive. that is major implications for health policy. it suggests the many of it -- much of it is wasteful. it is hard to overstate how influential this has been. during the health care reform debate, they devoted shows entirely the health policy. that gives you a sense of the research. the most recent atlas reported spending at specific hospitals. our research team ranked spending to discharge records throughout california. [chime] supervisor campos: because of the fear that we might lose a quorum, we need to limit it to 2 minutes. if i could ask you to wrap up. >> patients in california were treated in the highest