yes, i remain and we remain at epa concerned about the volume of dispersant used as of date. as we have all noted, this is the largest volume kwoo uused i country. it has been used for 15 years, but it is the volume, and any person whether they have a chemistry degree or not remain concern, and certainly, remain concern about that, and we have had many, many concerns about that. i did express concerns to admiral allen and the result was a directive, directing bp, cosined by the coast guard and epa to use no more than 15,000 gallons of dispersants in the subsea and to use spraying, aerial spraying of the chemical for lack of a better term, as a last resort. the day that directive was issued or the day before and don't quote me on dates, bp had gotten up to 70,000 gallons of chemical used in one day. that was an alarming number. >> yes, and to go to our friends in the where we should have had lessons learned from the valdez which was a horrific experience for our neighbors in alaska, they used 250,000 gallons for the whole spill. >> yes, chairman. i want to compare and contrast

yes, i remain and we remain at epa concerneabout the volume of dispersant used as of date. as we have all noted, ts is the largest volume kwoo uused i country. it has been used for 15 years, but it is the volume, and any person whether they have a chemistry degree or not remain concern, and certainly, remain concern about that, and we have had many, many concerns about that. i did express concerns to admiral allen and the result was a dirtive, directing bp, cosined by the coast guard and epa to use no more than 15,000 gallons of dispersants in t subsea a to use spraying, aerial spraying of the chemical for lack of a better term, as a last resort. the day that directive was issued or the day before and don't quote me on dates, bp had gotten up to 70,000 gallons of chemical used in one day. that was an alarming number. >> yes, and to go to our friends in the where we should have had lessons learned from the valdez which was a horrific experience for our neighbors in alaska, they used 250,000 gallonfor the whole spill. >> yes, chairman. i want to compare and contrast with respe

greyhound would have exclusive use of four of the eight bus bays an exclusive use of two of the remaining four. outside the 3:00 to 7:00 peaked period on week days were those buses would be used by other carriers, similar to ac transit. greyhound would have use of the two remaining days only with tjpa's permission. there are " parking spaces, and greyhound would have the use of six of them, and transbay would control the other six. the rest of the space would be shared with other carriers. greyhound would pay all the utilities for the building and be responsible for maintenance and security on the interior building. tjpa would be responsible for maintenance and security on the exterior of the building. i'm happy answer any questions. director ford: any questions? >> i will move the item. >> second. director ford: it has been moved and properly seconded. >> no members of the public have indicated they wished to address you on this item. daly aye. cohen aye. lloyd aye. ortiz aye. ford aye. the item is approved. item 10 is authorizing the executive director to execute contract modification #

yes, i remain and we remain at epa concerned about the volume of dispersant used as of date. as we have all noted, this is the largest volume kwoo uused i country. it has been used for 15 years, but it is the volume, and any person whether they have a chemistry degree or not remain concern, and certainly, remain concern about that, and we have had many, many concerns about that. i did express concerns to admiral allen and the result was a directive, directing bp, cosined by the coast guard and epa to use no more than 15,000 gallons of dispersants in the subsea and to use spraying, aerial spraying of the chemical for lack of a better term, as a last resort. the day that directive was issued or the day before and don't quote me on dates, bp had gotten up to 70,000 gallons of chemical used in one day. that was an alarming number. >> yes, and to go to our friends in the where we should have had lessons learned from the valdez which was a horrific experience for our neighbors in alaska, they used 250,000 gallons for the whole spill. >> yes, chairman. i want to compare and contrast

else who uses this part of our cit else who uses this part of our cit who uses this part of our city.e who uses this part of our city. else who uses this part of our cite else who uses this part of our citr else who uses this part of our city.y else who uses this part of our city. everybo else who uses this part of our citd else who uses this t of our city else who uses this part of our city. it takes a lot of the city working together and it has been a hallmark of the mayor's administration to compel the parts who appear to have different interests to work together to achieve things like this project. i want to acknowledge some of those folks. one of our biggest partners was the san francisco municipal transportation agency. the manager of the streets. thanks dan. anita watson. we heard kudos for the planning department. we are joined by john ram and david for their work. the mayor's office of disability. susan misner is here with us. our director of cultural affairs and there is a significant public art component of this. luis cancell is here. some of the funding was made possible th

on the glue to be used, are there environmental issues associated with the type of glue be used? >> not that we have heard of or as far as we know. there is approved glue. >> is a water based? >> it has not raised any environmental or safety issues. >> any other public comments, commissioner? >> good morning, commissioners. i am a resident of 1161 hayes. in the constituent that brought this issue to the supervisor in the march of 2007. there roofers in the building next two hours on the square and the result of their using fortified roofing, the fire went into our suburb of, a predominately in my apartment, essentially destroying my apartment and the apartment next to it. since that time, this legislation was introduced. two years ago the apartment fire in my place was three years ago. i understand some of the concerns around cost, but i will present to you and other options as far as cost, the cost to me as far as a constituent and my neighbors who had to leave their apartments for eight months, the $500,000 in damage to my building owner's apartment building to get handled, and

but it will not interfere with the use of jackson playground in my mind or to my knowledge in anyone's mind in the least. i think it's a project that has been a longtime coming. these are the types of unused lots in the eastern neighborhoods, and even though it's to the western end of it, perhaps that should be developed and i'm very pleased that someone has finally gone ahead and it will happen. president miguel: commissioner olague. commissioner olague: i just wanted to move to approve what the updated motion language included. >> second. president miguel: commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i think it's a really good project. i think it fits well, partially because it takes an inner courtyard and adds to a large building, something which really gives it its own meaning, adjoining open space. i'm pleased that we understand the shadow issue. that is important for the public to hear. it's always good to remind ourselves, because those are things that we don't always have at our fingerprints. we're happy to hear that. residential is highly compatible, has an edge to an open space. i

open porches as a method of using the asphalt shingles on the rue. and there are other ways of doing that. if someone could clarify that? there has been a lot of back- and-forth about a process and i think that that is a little bit of a difference. i just wanted to clarify. >> i can clarify with my understanding, the asphalt top of the roof is the same on each. there's one set of rules that would have it on the torch and another side that you would with a hot glue on. there are different types of the same product. yes, it is the type that uses a propane torch melting it onto the roof that would be affected by the band. jolie of lying to combustible roofs. -- only applying to them possible routes. -- only applying to combustible roofs. >> this torch applied moving band, i would like to go ahead with my -- torch applied roofing, i would like to go ahead with my amendment. >> seconded. >> i disagree. it is possible that we could have a roofing expert explain it u.s.. -- to us banning the practice seems extreme at this point. how many groups are we talkin

you can buy exclusive use of a property. these are both good programs. they are needed by our children. the other is the financing of their program and this is extraordinarily complicated and this is getting more complicated because of the enormous reductions they have going on right now. eyeless% involved in the negotiations of those arrangements. you should be talking to the department of human services. all of which put money in. give us a chance to work out the problem. >> thank you. >> 40 years ago, his son, our son, his brother, all paid baseball at war allies. -- played baseball at laurel heights. >> i would like to make comments in regard to the clubhouse. and to make a decision, to do this without the process would be worse. the city college program as you have heard many times over. that is quite a long time. i think that needs to be considered. you have to make this right. thank you very much. >> i am here speaking before you to support language in action. we have heard a lot of things. one of the things you talked about was trying to bring to

she would remind us that last year was the conclusion of redevelpoment in the fillmore, and remind us of the prospective new beginnings of redevelopment in the southeast sector. she would remind us to remain vigilant and true to the vision of what it means to make this city prosperous for all and do all we can to prevent the hemorraghing of the community. with so much progress happening in the southeast, considering the progress we have seen in the fillmore, we have not had the hazards we had seen years before. the lowest crime rates in san francisco are in the fillmore, and that has to do with the collective work of police and community leaders in making sure we take back our streets. that prompts the kind of vitalization we want to see. mary helen would say, hey, maybe we should bring juneteeth back to fillmore, or bring them together alternating each year for the celebration. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. as usual, right on point. i just had someone who works in housing in bayview tell me that since 2009, there has been about 1400 foreclosures in bayview

on the glue to be used, are there environmental issues associated with the type of glue be used? >> not that we have heard of or as far as we know. there is approved glue. >> is a water based? >> it has not raised any environmental or safety issues. >> any other public comments, commissioner? >> good morning, commissioners. i am a resident of 1161 hayes. in the constituent that brought this issue to the supervisor in the march of 2007. there roofers in the building next two hours on the square and the result of their using fortified roofing, the fire went into our suburb of

hopefully, all of us could aspire to have that in city government. they bring information and guidance and professionalism to this process. i want to a knowledge of our deputy city attorney who has always kept us on the road successfully and provided the information that we needed and take a moment to reflect on greg wagner, who had an extremely difficult year and has done an outstanding job in leading his team. i have great appreciation. i know that all of my colleagues do. i want to tip my hat to the mayor. i know he has focused on the major challenge he would have in 2010. i think that he has been very diligent. he has had to deal with reserves, reductions, changes at every turn. i have to point to my dear friend. he has been involved in the labor negotiations that we cannot be directly involved with. they are reducing the general obligation funds. those are not simply givebacks. these are things that we have shared. we have to have a balanced budget that has these programs that make errors in the vital. these make it possible to have this before u

some of us voted for a lot of debt. along with them, some of us did not. in the long term, our structural deficit stands from the retirement of the baby boomers and spiraling entitlement costs. it is, therefore, in the budget enforcement resolution that we tip our hat in a favorable way to the commission that has been established by the president. and said that we are hopeful that they will come up with substantive recommendations that will get us from where we are to where we need to be, return to fiscal balance. it also says that our committees ought to look carefully at ways and means that we can save dollars, eliminate waste, make more effective use of the tax dollars. indeed, save tax dollars. the american people wants us to do that. this budget enforcement resolution included in this rule will also say that we will honor statutory pay-go, that we will pay for what we buy so that this generation, if it deems there is an important priority for us to purchase, that we will pay for it so that our children and our grandchildren will have the option of maki

frankly, if it was not for all of you i do not think any of us would be standing up here. re very honored to be representing the community and the richness of our heritage in san francisco. it is not just one community but many communities that come from north asia, south asia, southeast asia, the pacific islands. all of us are here to pay homage to the leaders getting awards but also to thank the heritage committee for all the work they have done. can we call up claudia chang to presenter this proclamation? it was not for her and the committee, this would never have happened. please give her a round of applause. [applause] all the committee members are on page three or four of the handbook. problems, a political system in which to many people have lost faith, and the new government will face the worst inheritance of any incoming government for least 60 years. that is exactly why it is so important that we have strong, stable government that lasts. a strong, stable government, which has the support of the public to take the difficult decisions that are needed if we are goin

[music] most of us spent all of our childhood or our adult lives for that matter with every, you know, social moment that we have is related to drugs in one way or another. so we all have-we have to learn to have a social life that doesn't involve, you know, pulling out a bag of cocaine or smoking a joint or having a drink. we had a really great luncheon around christmas time where we called our celebratory luncheon where we celebrate the accomplishments of the person, the peers, during the year. and the things we celebrate are one of our female peers got her kids back, or a male peer got his kids back. that's like a huge accomplishment. some of them work a year to get their children back and that's something for us to celebrate, and we do. or somebody gets a job we celebrate and it's important, you know, to be recognized. [music] upo, in collaboration with the district of columbia health department, has a contract to operate an outpatient opiate treatment program. the doctor begins an examination, the counselors begin to talk with them and do an evaluation of them. medication-assiste

of this. we are talking about public property, a private use, long- term lease. it is really upsetting to a lot of our neighborhood associations. we understand there are some alternatives that are being discussed and we would like to know if one month is enough time to discuss those alternatives. a lot of times we tried to be nice. we hear this all the time in the city. you just did not noticed your notice. this is a real issue for some people that really care about it. we need to see if there's something you can do in the next month to perhaps address those concerns. we would like to know whether or not this will impose a serious burden on them. if we can continue this for a month, the supervisors would like to see this happen and we would like to gauge some of the conversations going forward. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am not part of any neighborhood association. i am a neighbor of the program. on wanted to address these things. first of all, the public property, a private lies, there are plenty of examples. this sounds like a bit of a red herring. th

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examples of that would be naltrexone and the camprosate or disulfiram. what they're used to do is to either facilitate the recovery of persons through maintenance, as with methadone or buprenorphine, to facilitate detoxification. both methadone and buprenorphine can be used for that, as anti-craving agents, such as acamprosate and naltrexone, or to discourage use of a substance such as an aversive antabuse or disulfiram. and lisa, a lot of people might think that medication-assisted therapies is really substituting one drug for another, is that the case? no, there's actually big differences in the short-acting illicit substances and the medications that are used to help facilitate recovery. there is a lot of misinformation that's been circulating, and it's definitely to a disadvantage for people seeking treatment for active addiction. and how does that work, jane, these medications? how do they work with the individual who has an addiction? well, one of the things they do is to replace the drug

when we talk with writers at the writers guild of america, west, they tell us that their agenda is to tell compelling stories. so we need to inspire them with real stories of real people, positive stories. for example, last year our sentinel for health award winner was private practice, the abby's alcoholism story. i don't know if you saw that one. but it was a wonderful portrayal of a professional woman. you know, she's an m.d.; she's very well respected in her field. she's an alcoholic and having a problem. and she actually goes into treatment, comes out, goes back to work, and eventually has a relapse. so this episode was about relapse. one thing we know about portrayals of alcoholism and drug addiction in television comes from our tv monitoring project. we did an analysis of shows...800 shows from...no, it's almost 1,000 shows from 2004 to 2006 and what we found was that 29 percent of these episodes portrayed drug use and 33 percent of them portrayed alcoholism. only 6 percent of those alcoholism storylines actually talked about alcohol abuse or alcohol as a problem. so one thing

s to vote for it was a false species to be based on untruths and those of us who voted against that war feel vindicated by stand just two days ago in the house of commons the deputy prime minister referred to the iraq war as an illegal war which is the extraordinary thing to say that means the people who took part in it the soldiers of the apology could possibly be prosecuted as a war criminal that's going both the whole the whole justification for their war is gone but now this is an anted. piece of. unnecessary barbarism that we use a substance that can kill people not just for a year not instantly going killing people for virtually ever of course i must first this is all assuming that these latest claims are true i want to thank you a little more on that as well what more do you know about this why are you more was short today and you may have been a year ago that this happened. well i raised the issue with during the first iraq war in parliament of why we were using depleted uranium because i could see no reason for it and it was. it has a slight advantage because of its special den

in fact, even if both of these audits were assigned to us, we still have sufficient capacity to move forward with other audits. i would encourage you to move forward would definitely the audit of supervisor mar pose a presenting on the seniors in place. we have done some additional work -- initial work for the office that has brought us to this place that we realize that the elderly community is growing at a faster rate in san francisco, and we are attempting to look at some of the demographics about that aging community in terms of income, ethnicity, languages, and to look at independent living options to be able to encourage the aging in place that the elderly will be able to stay in their homes, live more independently, say as members of the community, so that we will also be looking at best practices that are currently in use in san francisco as well as other communities and coming forward with legislative recommendations for incentives that would encourage property owners to make this necessary residential upgrades to increase accessibility and safety for aging adults. we estimat

what if any of us were succeeded in a way that community policing is not of the same, i think, import in order to see it implemented. by us not having the ability of the voters to articulate how important this is to them continues to contain the debate in here where i think it's highly politicized. i think we allow the voters to weigh in and i guarantee you, with the outcome that i predict would be a popular outcome to this, it will also move what i think is an obsolete strategy from 1994 of the 1971 number that has been put on the charter amendment because the police department knows that they are literally handcuffed by an objective that's the ceiling but also by a floor because we don't get way beyond 1971 ever. they're also above or significantly under. i think the demand on our police department will be well felt when people see something that they like, that they know that works and that will help, i think, prompt other reforms that are long overdue and i think going to the ballot will help showcase this. supervisor dufty: i want to thank the author for that. the chief has broug

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the use of depleted uranium munition by u.s. led forces during the war in iraq is possibly causing cancer and genetic diseases among the local population such the findings of a recent study by a group of researches are now going to speak to the authors of the report professor christopher busby scientific secretary of the european committee on radiation risk . a british iraqi scientist both joining us there live in london thanks very much both of you for joining us here on r.t. first to you professor busby before we discuss the possible link with uranium and the current health problems being experienced there can you please explain to us what is depleted uranium and why it could be so dangerous well. it's a feedstock as you know for nuclear power but the isotope consists basically of two important isotopes. two three five is a very small amount of two three five in natural uranium about one one hundred forty earth but they have to refine it and remove the in the. in order to use the u. two three five the first side element in nucl

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uses. we are state land, not city property. the state land has a lot of uses. the office has to be maritime- related, unless it is an historic building. our facilities have to be for the people of the state of california. they have to enhance that visit there. they're not local surfing. we cannot do any residential on the waterfront and we cannot do any hotels over the waterfront. there is property on the embarcadero for that. >> somebody told me there were 11 different agencies, probably more that regulate the use of the space. >> it is the city and town of santa cisco, the port, -- of san francisco, the port, the army corps of engineers, fish and game, boating and wildlife. >> every time somebody wants to do something, and has to go through all of these review agencies. >> it makes it very interesting. >> the port is really a separate administrative jurisdiction. the ferry boat we are not on the -- a theory but we are on is not regulated by them. at the port has its own authority granted by state law, state charter which says they have their own building depar

i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, but i'm sure it wouldn't be, uh...easy. different man: i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. [laughs] so are you going out tonight? i can't. my parents say i have to be home right after work. ugh. that's so gay. totally gay. ugh. that is so emma and julia. why are you saying, "that's so emma and julia"? well, you know, when something is dumb or stupid, you say, "that's so emma and julia." who says that? everyone. announcer: imagine if who you are were used as an insult. >> good evening and welcome to the july 21st,