down below when it says unit counts, it says "two units." this is the subject property. you can see where that aero is, there is an entrance at 599 athens. -- you can see where that arrow is. next to the entrance of a laundromat is the entry to the unit of stairs. there is no obvious connection between the laundromat and upstairs or a connection from the laundromat to 599 athens. president hwang: i am sorry to interrupt you. can i just get that photograph back, please? >> sorry about that. president hwang: so which street is russia, and which street is the other one? >> the arrow is pointing to the athens street entrance. president hwang: and the entire corner lot? >> yes. it is the entire corner lot. president hwang: russia? >> that is for the upper unit, which is called 803 russia. president hwang: ok. >> the windows are behind the laundromat, and they are windows for 599 athens. there is also an exit breezeway kind of right behind where the arrow is. there are windows at the back of 599 athens facing that breezeway as well. president hwang: thank you. >> thank you. th

people living in a small unit. other cities in california have exercised their ability under state law to define an efficiency unit in a similar way, at 150 square feet, including san jose, santa barbara, and santa maria. seattle and new york city also have a similar minimum. san francisco has a desperate need for housing for all income levels. particularly for our work force, for students, for seniors, for a transitional populations. this legislation would promote affordability by design. it would lead to reduced construction costs and projects that take advantage of this, and it can be done without subsidies. in fact, there are projects in san francisco that are at that size. right now if you have a building that already has units that are rooms at the 150 square feet, you can convert them into housing at that size. and this board, last year, approved the transition age youth housing, which was created by the community housing partnership of larkin street. that project, the rooms are approximately 150 square feet

rex it is an illegal unit and it is unsafe. -- >> it is an illegal unit and it is unsafe. they have to remove this unit. and because you have to remove this unit, nobody can live there. it is unsafe. it does not have permits. it does not have the correct permits for planning or electrical. there's only one apartment -- it is an unsafe unit. they cannot live there. they still rented out to people even though it is unsafe. the on the way you can protect an unknowing tenant in the future is to put a restriction on the deeds of that it has been called to the attention of the san francisco rich ordinance. does that make sense? rex know, but that is all right. -- >> no, but that is all right. >> good evening, members of the commission. stephen macdonald for the permit holder responding. respectfully, i suggest that the notation on the agenda is actually inaccurate. two months ago, when we were here i think i convinced this panel that the authority cited by the court of appeal makes it impossible for this commission to order the legalization of this illegal unit. that was not met

the united states had some native allies. in many ways this is a continuation of that struggle. >> professor eustace, is it fair to look at the war of 1812 as round two of the revolutionary war? >> i think in some important respects it was and in other respects it wasn't but it was sort of spun that way. one of the first primary sources that i came across that got me really interested in looking at patriotism during the war, which is the focus of my research, was this fascinating book, the multipart title. the title was "the champions of freedom." it makes you think it's a war about freedom. next part of the title was "or the mysterious chief." the mysterious chief turns out to be an indian ghost and final part of the title is "romance of the 19th century based on events of the war between united states and great britain that terminated in march of 1815." it's this very unwieldy title. but it collects a lot of different ideas. it collects the idea it was a rematch and this was about a struggle for liberty between the united s

>> up to two units. >> it does not allow four units. has a discussion of happen -- the improvements are needed, so with the tenants have to move out? >> in order to legalize the units, yes. you have to basically legalize the electrical wiring, plumbing, and so forth. commissioner walker: i want to say that i got called by three or four prior tenants who wanted to remain anonymous, and they indicated that there were new tenants, as of february, march, april of this year. people had been removed, and they re--- it as early as spring of this year. -- they re-rented it as early as spring of this year. i guess i am curious about that. that it was not a continuous tenant. they just re-rented it, even with these violations. >> are we setting the property owner for illegal construction or illegal zoning use? >> we are setting the property owner for illegal creation of two units -- we are setting -- we are sending -- we are citing the property report illegal creation of two units. >> the department of building inspection cannot find violations o

this is the completion of a dwelling unit. if you take a look at the second page of the assessor's building car, i am going to go to the overhead for a moment -- take a look at the assessors' building cards. in terms of what the assessor is calling it, it says 54, 3-room apartment in their rear. tile floor. pine floors. i am not really sure what else and says, but it is very clear that it is an alteration in 1954 in the rear. this is the assessor's records. this is what this family has owned since the early 1960's. it has been occupied as housing since probably before this record was made. i think it should continue to provide an housing resource for the people less able to afford high-end housing in san francisco. thank you. director goldstein thank you. -- director goldstein: thank you. any further comment? ok, if not, commissioners, the matter is submitted. vice president fung: i think i have made this statement before. in recent years, we have seen a slight reversal of a pattern we have seen a few decades ago, and that is

so it is going to be 150 units, 60 units -- 60% ami. one, two, and three-bedroom units. there will be a lease with the city with, i believe, a 24-year extension period that will be allowed. the project is being financed by a number of sources, including the financing -- bond financing. wewe're in the final stages of that process and hope to have the project closed within 15 days. we have bond financing. we have state transit oriented funds, 4% tax credits, we have some money from the former redevelopment agency, tax increment fund. this is one of the first projects we're doing that has been transferred from the former redevelopment agency. we are happy to be working on it. again, we will close in two weeks, start construction. we have a two-year construction period and we hope to have the tco in april of 2014. i have pam simms here, who is the lead on the project. and jennifer dole and lindsay to answer any questions. would you like me to submit that? the first one is page two, line 13. we want to add him or his designee the last one is page 511. we want to add a phrase,

states where's the evidence of the united states involvement in syria i mean obviously the united states would love to see assad fall but we're not entirely happy about what the consequences of that might be and that is a continuing conversation that is taking place in our state department at the moment the idea that the united states knows what it wants to achieve in syria is ridiculous while her they want to see her in all fairness we sure. are here in all fairness the secretary of state that says assad must go so the united states does have an interest in the fate of syria one way or another ok and what is the united that is another city in the middle of it wasn't really something everybody wanted to ease please every time the united states says somebody has to go you know what they do eventually john in boston you want to jump in. yes yes i want to go back to a couple things first of all i want to go back to something herb said he said that the idea of isolationism is nothing new in american politics well it's true i said recently it's new it hasn't made its appearance here in about

they have request to convert the building from 93 units to 92 units by merging two existing units into its -- into a single unit. again, understanding that item three has been cold, and following any public comment on the other items, which will automatically remove them from consent, these items are before you for consideration. commissioner fong: is there any public comment on items four or five? commissioner miguel: i move the consent calendar approval. commissioner antonino: second. >> commissioners, the motion before you is for approval of items four and five. on that motion -- commissioner antonino: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner miguel: aye. commissioner moore: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. commissioner wu: aye. commissioner fong: aye. >> thank you, commissioners. those items are continued as proposed. mr. president, would you like to take item 3? commissioner fong: yes, first item of the regular calendar, please. >> commissioners, we can -- going forward on your calendar, we are now on commissioner questions and matters. commissioner antonino: thank you. i have a

if the united states is at the table and there's a unit, there's a whole different equation that chinese have to take into account. virtue of -- it advantage s us for the chinese to be out. they have been ribbed and kind of made fun of in various meetings when the subject comes up because we're not a member. they look and say you're not a member. you don't have standing to bring this up. people need to weigh that as we go forward here. >> admiral papp, we sit here every day and it isn't often that our intelligence is insulted but for you to come here and tell us that we can't resolve a border dispute with canada because we're not a member of this law of the sea treaty really does that. i'm sorry that you chose to go down that route because i think those kinds of representations really undermine the statements and the logical arguments made by others who want to see this treaty authorized. i was surprised as all of you testified that the south china sea wasn't mentioned until we got to admiral locklear. i was going to go down the same route that senator corker did in that regard and i'll

>> they did meet with me, sir, because we are the united states. we still have influence, but will that influence continue forever? shifting politics, shifting strength of countries. what i can tell you is that each and every one of those countries looks to the united states for leadership and set in the example under the rule of law and being in a leadership position and we are not quite in that leadership position given the current stance that we have. do you think in the future if we do give this opportunity for them to take funds, royalties or otherwise which i would have to say, admiral, that's a tax and that's money to be redistributed for some organization which we don't have a voice in, do you think that's in our best national security interest? >> sir, it's all speculative at this point because people aren't willing to drill in the continental shelf because they don't have the legal assurances given by the convention and if we are a member of the convention we do have a seat at the table. someone asked what table do we have a seat at? wher

castro's father worked for united fruit. castro went to united fruit school. the harvey oswald worked for united fruit. this guy we christmas, you cannot even believe he is real. >> he is the guy is supposedly turned the word revolution into a verb in term of let's go revolution. his dream as a kid he grew up in louisiana and his dream was to be a railroad engineer which would be like via jet pilot today. he was working on the illinois central railroad and after serving 18 hours straight went into a bar and started to get drunk. they needed an engineer. they took him and put him in the engine room. he doesn't remember any of this happening the results -- they just saw the train going by full steam with the engineer sound asleep. it was the worst crash in history and he was blackballed so he went to honduras. all these stories of him going to honduras. he went to honduras and got a job with a railroad and wound up being hijacked during the civil war in honduras and gunfighters started and something clicked in his brain. i like this and the ended up fighting in

war will end with winners and losers who will be well let's start peter by making clear that the united states government the western powers england france the former colonizers of the middle east have actually promoted civil war they promoted civil war because their goal in the case of syria as it was in libya as it was in iraq is to overthrow the existing independent government now is syria unlike libya unlike iraq has a different set of political and social contours clearly the syrian government has a mass popular base the opposition also has a base of mass proportions in the case of syria they are being assisted internationally by russia and by china in the case of the opposition they're being supported by the united states britain france and the client regimes the gulf states saudi arabia qatar turkey and so you see a civil war but it civil war with international dimensions and the international situation will of course have a direct impact on the outcome i believe that there is going to be protracted conflict i think the syrian government is fighting to the finish and their allies

is the secret these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn. the law illegally should. be without charge but that. the day. that can change the world tomorrow. during the last few. days i speak to two giants of the intellectually noam chomsky read noun linguist and rebel think tara kelley street fighting noblest military historian i want to find out what these two activists think where is the world going where would you go. terry. two thousand and eleven two thousand focus being a story here for liberation movements in many places across the world did you see it coming i didn't see it coming i don't think most people saw it coming but what's interesting is that you have these arab uprisings in a part of the world which commentators was saying people aren't interested in democracy the muslims are genetically all started to their roots and you have these upsurges and then they spread it because it's the occupation of their each square in cairo that inspired activates all of the united states even in russia who would have

unit. maybe if you had to reduce the bottom unit, you could have gone up one floor to the bedroom or something like that. some kind of response that showed some thinking went in. in -- rather what we got was 6 inches from either side and a reduction in the deck which i understand one of the dearer questors is ok with. that is fine. as far as the other kinds of discussion that took place up here in my absence, it does not seem like there was much effort put into answering the concerns of the commission. commissioner moore: i believe the commission has given to an applicant the type of guidance and a generous extension, there should be a substantive response. i do not believe this commission in the second round should sit here and design 6 inches here or 6 inches there. it is up to the architect. we were generous enough to make four broader ideas. there -- they were basically points of guidance and a request for creative thinking. the commission has the ability to deny the project. or send it

what is the role of the united states?is saying you need to get together and improve the economy, it is up to you the world depends on you having a good economy but the leaders from europe push back saying look, we need the united states economy to be in good shape. you cannot spend so much money on your debt and paying that down if your economy does not do well. so they are at loggerheads debating who is in charge of bailing out whose economy. >>shepard: austerity measures have not worked in europe, right? have not worked. >>gerri: not for the greek people. they are still struggling with 23 percent unemployment. lots of troubles. >>shepard: and the dow which is up three digits 111, or so, what is behind this? >>gerri: so, yesterday we talked about spain and they were paying a lot in interest to get investors to bite bonds. now it is below 7 percent so that is good. also, investors in the united states are looking for the federal reserve meeting today and tomorrow to find out if the fell reserve is going to help our econom

the united states makes sacrifices every day on behalf of human rights. and our state department devotes enormous time and energy to producing country reports on human rights and religious freedom that are studied around the world. i would assert that as a moral nation founded on moral principles we diminish ourselves and our national reputation if we turn our backs on the obvious plight of hundreds of millions of people who are living on less than $1 a day and facing severe risk from hunger and disease. this is not to say that every human being or every country in a desperate circumstances is our responsibility. but the united states must be a leader in forging the global partnerships and developing the most effective practices to achieve development goals. beyond our own programs, the efforts of other nations and many nongovernmental groups depend on the united states for direction, support, and even validation. as we move forward, and as critical for each of us to make these arguments, we should not be hesitant even in this budgetary environment in the

defend our liberties and fashion us into one united people.he multitudes brought to us from many kindreds and tons that while we build diversity we may strengthen our common bonds in unity of effort. bless our navy leaders with the spirit of wisdom as in whom thy name we entrust the authority of command. as they lead our navy that we may successfully fulfill our mission in war fighting that there may be justice and peace at home, and through the discipline of law and the opportunities of liberty, may we show forth praise among the nations, and ultimately to thy holy name. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to introduce the director of marine corps staff lieutenant general willy j. williams, united states marine corps. [ applause ] >> i thank you. and good morning. distinguished guests and more importantly, our midway veterans. on behalf of the marine corps and sergeant major i'm truly honored to be here to pay tribute to these heroic veterans of the battle of midway. as we pause to remember

well of course the united states is really seeking to build in the in. us an axis that would be able to allow the united states to maintain its position in afghanistan long after the twenty fourteen time for a purported withdrawal of u.s. combat troops the united states ones that keep military bases in afghanistan it needs a partner obviously pakistan is hostile to that pakistan indian and miti which has been a creation of british colonialism but has endured for five decades that puts pakistan in a precarious position as well. as swing through asia is just the latest in a string of u.s. taps as it builds up or tries to build up its military presence in china's backyard why is the u.s. so openly challenging china which of course is the biggest holder of its debt. the real reason is that because the u.s. fears china which is the sort of montreux that we hear in the media it's because the united states wants to exercise had gemini in the asia pacific when it says it's pivoting towards asia which president obama announced in australia in january that should

it used to be the united states leads from behind. now, the united states does not lead at all. >> michael gunter, tennessee tech university, cookeville, tennessee. >> i know the city. my in-laws live there. >> i know that. senator, you mentioned -- >> my son's wife's parents, i'm sorry, i didn't -- >> you mentioned briefly the kurdish situation in turkey which has been going on in its current form for over 30 years. could you go into a little further detail about what you think turkey should do to further a solution to the kurdish problem? >> the first thing that's happened, and i think it's worthwhile mentioning, if you go to urbile, you will see a modern, thriving, dynamic economy. you will see shopping centers, multiplexes. it's incredible what has happened to the kurdish economy over the last 25 years since they were once living in the mountains. it's been incredible. and it has been the turkish influence economically that has been the driver. all of these places that i'm talking about are turkish investment and partnership with

in addition, the agency coming to the agreement to place units should require the owner to provide units that are up to code in free of infestation. we recommended inspections and enforcement of this contract language. the addition in the enforcement of this type of language would increase the number of units that meet have the ability standards and make sure that findings go to place people in units that are up to code. additionally, a structure that is efficient and responsive is critical for seniors and people with disabilities, because many maintenance issues can be urgent or life threatening and may need to be resolved immediately. for example, a senior with the disability may need electricity to plug in a refrigerator that holds medication and power issues need to be resolved quickly. similarly, they may have health problems that require waiting a few days for fixing. we recommend a shortened time frame, as well as exploring other options for codes already in place. thank you. >> -- supervisor mar: thank you. that concludes the testimony of the department reps. i also wanted to say

it was emigrating to the united states? what was popular about the united states. they were always concerned about overpopulation. this is an island nation and it's got a pretty bounded land christmas they were worried of having too many people and that's part of what starts the colonial project in the first place. in the era of 1812 there's a very famous population theorist by the name of thomas malfis and they thought overpopulation was facing england and the war in general and that overpopulation was the cause of human suffering and the cause of starvation and the cause of want. he not only thought britain needed to be careful about overpopulation, but thomas thought the united states' growing population which was such a source of pride was a huge problem because he understood in very direct terms that the growing european-descended population of the united states was encroaching on the land claims of indians and he critiqued american population growth. he said it had to be questioned, quote, in a moral view because he said it would lead to the extermination of

never before in the history of the united states has an attorney general of the united states been held in contempt of congress. we'll let you know what's going on on this historic vote. let's go to jack cafferty right now. he's got the cafferty file. jack. >> biggest day they've had in washington in quite some time, isn't it? >> yes, it is. >> all right. the supreme court reminded all of us in an instant this morning what a tremendous impact these nine people can have on the lives of hundreds of millions of americans. and what came as a surprise to many, as you've heard, is that chief justice john roberts, a george w. bush appointee, broke with the conservatives, sided with the court's liberal justice in favor of obama care and the individual mandate. in a way it was curiously refreshing whether you agree with the court's decision or not. that's because a lot of people have come to believe that politics has played an outsized role in the supreme court's decision in recent years. probably really got going back in 2000 with bush versus gore, when the supreme court effectively handed the

as a four-unit or two additional occupancy, she would need hard wired units. these are the types of things that when you go from a two- family dwellings to four-and a building, these other types of things that are not there. as the senior inspector indicated, we do not have building permits or electrical plumbing permits for all the work that was done to create these units. although i think she should be commended for getting a permit to deal with the dry rot, why not get a permit to start this discussion and explore this? even with the set of plans, she will have a lot more information. she will sit down with that. we could have a set of plans. she could talk to the planning department. without that, you really cannot go forward to be able to give her more advice. we have taken photos. those are in your report, but these are some of the things that even if illegal units were legalized, we would still need this information. we would need a set of plans. we would need a permit to correct the record or whatever. that is what we would recommend that she do so tha

in recommending that the united states aseed to the law of the sea convention. after careful reflection, i'm fully confident it will advance u.s. national security interests in the pacific command area of responsibility. as you know, this region is predominantly maritime. covers half the planet. it's home to three dozen nations. over 3.6 billion people. the world's largest economies. a significant part of our national economy. world's largest militaries. as well as some of the most important sea and air lines of communication. as the united states military executes our rebalance to the pacific, the convention is essential to locking in a stable, legal framework for the maritime domain that is favorable to our national interests and preserves our access to this critical region. and as a pacific power, united states must continue to lead the effort, maintain security in the region, which has defended freedom, enabled prosperity, protected peace there in that area for more than six decades. joining the convention will reinforce the united states' international lead

these units are unwarranted. honestly, when i talk to other property owners, that should send up some radar. unwarranted means illegal. unfortunately, our market, you could sell a car that you are not supposed to drive, but if you buy that car and it is illegal to drive, you cannot drive it. the highway patrol will stop you, and the dmv will not give your registration. that is the catch-22 we're stuck in. did you ever question the realtor what "unwarranted" means? you are not buying a four-unit building. you bought a two-unit building. >> you could call me naive, and will not question that. it is the only unit i ever bought. i have never gone through this before. now, knowing what i know now, if i heard that, of course i would not get into it. i am pay utilities for the entire building. and you know pg&e charges four times as much. i do not know if you know, because of the tier system, they act like it is only one person using that power when it is really three units and the common areas, and i have to pay all of

began with the united states.el, the chancellor in germany is sort of the one leading the show here. hers with the largest economy and the fewest problems relatively speaking. >> right. >> shepard: will there be a request for the united states to send money over there? and if so what might the united states response be? >> people in this country reject that out of hand, right? it's entirely possible that if things get worse, if if pain gets in real trouble its solid next. you could see a real request for some kind of assistance out of washington. now, whether or not that would happen is anybody's guess. but i have got to tell you the federal reserve meeting today, meeting tomorrow they will be discussing the severity of these problems and thinking about what to do. one of the things they could do is increase the treasuries they buy. they could take some action but i have got to tell you they may want more direct involvement from the u.s. the imf spending direct dollars and that would be, i think, in this country n

the united states. i watch and they run down my property and about this the more you see. all these people. the wire is protecting the country the kind of guy who doesn't mind goodness dirty so i come out here you know we're all immigrants that we all came from somewhere else. she didn't. bridge sure. was able to build the roads most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything to submission to teach religion why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only on the r.-g. dot com. welcome back to cross talk i could really go to remind you we're talking about soft power in international relations. and. ok craig i'd like to go back to you in washington who cares about soft power my goodness if you have hard power you're going to get what you want so who really cares i mean it's an academic exercise you know i've studied a soft power for a long time and i think it's an interesting concept but you know if you're strong you get what you want and it doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks go ahead you know i've heard thi

i would think that would surpass 40,000 units. i think that the need of student housing should not supersede the needs of residential affordable housing for the rest of san francisco residents. some of the -- some issues, some points. we're not opposed to student housing that has been built already prior to post secondary education institutions. in regards to the conversion of convents or other religious facilities. they probably need more clarification expanded -- does it mean faculty or workers, we need clarification like that. i regard to l -- in regard to lots owned that area adjacent, what does adjacent mean? does it mean shared -- not abutting corners, that needs to be clarified. in regard to conversions, we're opposed to that and i regard to conversion of vacant homes or hotels, i think that is very dangerous and could lead to even bigger problems. i think we are opposed to that, too. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i lived in university terrace which is adjacent to university of san francisco. i want to thank

do it themselves in whatever country it is and i don't think we have the money for it here in the united states anymore to do these types of things ok craig what do you think about that i mean i mean you know i've been brings up a good point i mean it's kind of difficult for united states to talk about democracy when it's using drones and it has good mo and there's an assault on civil liberties at home. yeah i think that soft power is a lot about credibility and legitimacy and i think that when international actors whether it's the united states or china engage in these kinds of activities i think it hurts their soft power but that doesn't mean that the united states does not have soft power or the capacity to leverage some of its political values or its foreign policy to achieve some sort of foreign policy objective i think it's not so clear cut a picture for the united states and its software if i could say with you could you give me an example where a positive soft power you get a positive outcome when looking at u.s. foreign policy well we one of the things that you know people have

united states -- that is was lacking right here in the united states.don't need american boots on the ground. every american would agree that we're pretty exhausted from iraq and afghanistan and we're not looking for another war. that is not was necessary here. opprobrious diplomacy and the use of power the united states has but not using is the solution, i think. the of ministration bus for has not been willing to exercise the leadership in syria and that is why we see the killing going on and on from 2001-like agreed that asheer assad had to go. we had another 11,000 deaths since then. one was really brutal, 8 owe% women and children, civilians' eyes gouged out, throat slit. it's just horrific, but it's happening right now in this world. and right now this administration is just want exercising leadership. host: on twitter, are we hiding behind china and russia to justify our inaction in syria? guest: unfortunately i think that's what's happening. we're hiding behind the u.n., but china and russia, through their membership on the security council, we'