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that brings to us the budget. both sides preach fiscal discipline. neither side is ready to raise serious money through tax hikes. if you're not going raise more money, you need to spend less. both sides agree the government should provide popular entitlements like social security, medicare. the rhetoric is similar when it comes to slashing debt without specifying sacrifices. one area of contrast between president obama and republicans, health care reform. republicans say repeal it. stephen moore, you've been a proponent of repealing health care reform. what other major differences can voters expect if republicans win one or both houses of congress. could they really repeal health care reform? that sounds like messy and difficult and almost impossible. >> christine, i don't know if they can get it repealed. i know this is a top agenda item for the republicans i've been talking to and i think they are exactly correct. you know, one of the things that ties into this loss of jobs and one reason i'm worried about where we're headed with jobs, the health c

the item is before us. any amendments from the budget analysts? no? let's move forward with recommendations. taken without objection. if we could call item no. 3? >> item #3, resolution authorizing the airport commission to execute an other transaction agreement with the federal aviation administration (faa) for the replacement airport traffic control tower and faa offices in the amount not to exceed $79,982,500 and retroactively accept and expend federal funds. supervisor avalos: thanks for sticking with us. thank you, mr. young. i am told that this item has a companion piece that is not quite ready yet, we would like a motion to continue it for one week to next wednesday's meeting. without objection? ok. that you very much. mr. clerk, item number four, please. >> item #4, ordinance authorizing the san francisco department of public works to implement an alternative bid process for construction trade packages and to award contracts for construction services, for the renovation of and capital improvements to the moscone convention center. supervisor avalos:? told that we have a small technic

the very useful. we have an agreed statement that i would like to read to you. pursuant to the instructions that you gave us last week, the permit holders budget, the engineering consultant has met with -- over the weekend to try to resolve the issues that were raised in the hearing last week. as a result of those discussions, meetings, so forth, the parties have agreed that certain modifications should be made to the building permit which is -- to the building permit. essentially, both the appellant and permit holder are requesting that you uphold the permit on the condition that the permit holder modify the method of detachment on each column on flores 3-8 on the existing building and there is a detail which is attached to the condition. the permit holder will modify the structural plans in accordance with those conditions and apply those to the problem of building inspection to incorporate the attached detail. >> after consultation -- after consultation, we are asking you to uphold the appeal with the agreed conditions. you can verify that. what i would like to do is to hand out the condition if you would receive it so you can see what we are proposing to do. we have

d.h.r., you are an expert at our pays, i would hope that you would be able to advise us and also work with the budget analysts to come up with a scope that is lower and that is useful. and then the third would be the assessor's backlog, but only looking at the implementation of the previous audit. so that would be the third one. and then i would just simply leave the c.b.d. off for a minute, because i think that already far exceeds the 1,000 hours, and perhaps what we can do is have you come back at a later time with some of the other ideas, which would still include the c.b.d. and other aspects that we were not able to cover in the first round of 1,000 hours, and then the parking tax as well as what we might not be duplicating under the healthy san francisco program. supervisor mar: that sounds fine with me, too. supervisor maxwell: yeah, because i need add little more clarification about the healthy san francisco. you mentioned that they were having a grant to evaluate it. and then you all were doing something. you've hired an external auditor. >> we have a lot of work going with the health departm

primarily because the operating budget is so constrained right now, it would be difficult for us to focus a hiring campaign on maintainers in a short period of time, maintaining that equipment in the opera will fashion. there is the opportunity to extend the maintenance. we simply have not had our final decision with that or got uncomfortable with the numbers yet. in the long run, what the agency intends to do is utilize our staff to maintain the equipment. if we employ an extended maintenance. through the contractor, we intend to, throughout the normal hiring process, those that we are bringing on board and training emphasizes the contractor learning the system so that at that point when the maintenance time is over, we can supervisor chiu: take overchiu these talk -- over. supervisor chiu: these talk about the operation and maintenance of these copper cards for the historical vehicles in the city. >> i would like to defer to greater green power on that. supervisor chiu: it is very confusing right now, especially for regular cable car writers. >> cable cars can be incorporated when we ha

the budget. we are doing what is called budgeting for results. my opponents, senator bradley, voted against it. you taken the same information and given us a budget of your own so that we can see what your priorities are? >> the same information is not available. it brought a government of secrecy. he just talked about public safety. we have to look at all areas of state government toward i have been very clear, no area of state government will be asked to help reconcile our spending. i will not punish one area over another. governor quintic on classroom spending. he cut over $1 billion in classrooms spending while leaving the bureaucrats in tact in the state board of education. he focused on law enforcement. he cut redistribution to local units of government and cutting state police. his record on public safety is abysmal. >> mr. quinn? >> number one, our budget increase education. we wanted to make sure we invest in children. i do not want to lose a generation of children in illinois. my opponent wants to cut the education banat -- bonus. that would fire teachers and our state. -- in our state. that is the wrong and reckless way to go.

we need to unleash the power of the great minds of the state of nevada and grow again. that is what my budget will allow us to do. not exist.get does >> let's talk about experience with the state budget. i have served two terms in the legislature. i have handled an executive branch budget as attorney general. i returned over $1 million back to the general fund. that is fiscal responsibility. the proposed budget or the so- called plan for the budget that has been submitted by my opponent includes six interdicting dollars million of fantasy money and another $500 million of money that does not exist. >> i'm going to get back to my original question. under either one of your plans, could teachers lose their jobs? >> first and foremost, i am being very honest with the people of the state of nevada. there are going to be reductions. my plan does not call for any teacher layoffs. contains a's plan continuation of the furloughs, which means $200 million in reduction to education. are you going to hold education a hostage? are you going to remove $200 million for the education budget? we have tough decisions to ma

reporter: this is the first time that batallion chief says he remembers the boat being used to put out a fire. that's when budget cuts made by jerry brown and the city council were made. >> we need to use the fire boat to pump water into our portable water system, then we would use it for that purpose. >> reporter: today arson investigators and the atf were out surveying the area. no one was injured during last night's fire. however the owner of tiki tom's, his boat was tied out back, it also caught on fire and was destroyed. until now the cause of the fire is not reported. and it's considered to be a total loss. >> it was a great place to hang out. >> reporter: a seafood restaurant built back in the 1960s. but a few years ago, it was bought out by a new owner who changed the name to tiki tom. >> i came by to have dinner about shortly before 11:00 and there was a sign saying closed today will reopen friday. >> reporter: now of course the building is closed. the damage is estimated to be around $700,000. the property owner was out here earlier, he did not want to talk. now as for the owner of the restaurant, many

the problems in front of us. >> spreading the burden of budget cuts is much more easier said than done, but there are good historical reasons, such as a feeling the need to be seen as spreading the pain across society. >> right or wrong, thatcher loved cutting public spending. they did not care about the loss of jobs or the effects on low- income communities. they felt it was important and that they enjoy doing it. david cameron has got to move away from that stereotype. >> david cameron feels the need to be honest with the people about the scale of the task needed. the problem now is in the benefit cuts making for gloomy news, later he will have to inject a bit of optimism into the government's message. >> this is tnt from -- "gmt" from "bbc world news." gunman released fire on fuel tankers in pakistan, the sixth attack in as many days. and it rocket-propelled grenade in yemen was fired as a diplomat. aaron is here with business news. quite a report out there today? >> we have seen the global economy slowing down. as governments try to reduce their debt burden in spending, growth may suffer. but by how much? the in

the state's budget battle lawmakers are making progress we hope. that past the main budget bill last night 99 days after was due. the state continues to struggle to pass that. dan shows us what's in the budget and what not. >> it includes pension reform it rolls back pensioner it for millis to pre 1999 levels and increases contour editions towards pension benefits. one day for months of unpaid leave, delaying $1.7 billion in payments to k-12 a community colleges until next fiscal year. it includes several assumptions. the state would receive $5.3 billion from the federal government. this is $2 billion more than projected. it assumes california's economic recovery will be big enough to generate $1.4 billion in additional tax revenue. the package also calls for an initiative to be placed on a 2012 ballot to create a rainy day fund. so in good time money is saved for leaner times like now. then current kron 4 news. >> harsh words against prop. 19 coming from the president of mexico. the ballot measure that would legalize marijuana reflects a terrible inconsistency in drug policy. the u.s. makes no effort to reduce drug and that assumption well demanding mexico fight traffi

member countries it rejected plans to increase the use budget by six percent and they said the demand is unacceptable in the current cash strapped environment according to euro skeptic am a p jared biden the only solution to the financial problems is to get rid of the single currency. their problem is always that there isn't enough european union not that there's too much of it but they don't have enough power so they see every crisis as an excuse for demanding more power to solve the problems that they have created in the first place economically in a terrible state because of the european single currency greece portugal spain all these countries their economies are going down the tubes the economies of countries like germany and france and the u.k. will be a lot more healthy if they weren't burdened with regulation and in the case of france and germany with membership of the euro and of course they have to bear the tremendous burden of countries like greece and of course spain and italy and portugal what we need is to get rid of the european single currency get rid of all the over r

reorienting a rt of what we do internally, using the money that we currently have to sustain a lot of this $9 million. we're exploring with the mayor's budgetoffice options for additional general funds. if you look at the investment of $9 million and what that will buy us, it will buy us 1,700 job placements, which is a pretty good run on our investment. at the same time, we'll be helping 25 families that are eligible. back to public assistance if we worked long enough. we'll also be serving non-custodial parents, the extent that they're participating in the program, dads who aren't living at home, but are eligible to be served. it was designed internally but with a lot of input from the private sector. scott helped us bounce some ideas off him and some of his colleagues in the small business community. and throughout the program. i can't thank scott enough for his feedback and being a soundingboard, not only for internal program operations, but also really on program design and what small businesses look for in terms of supporting wages and hiring individuals. so i'll turn over to scott for a few comments and be happy to answer some questi

the appropriations substitution is required because on the source cited the budget, even though the use is the same, another is slightly different because of the revenue bond verses the grant. when we do these, we have financing costs. we would be able to keep our existing rates just as they are through 20-14 -- through 2014. we are always reviewing the projected rates for the next 10 years as part of your budget deliberations. in many ways, this is another example of trying to stay on track to keep the project moving in what is a very good bidding environment. we have adequate authority to do that. >> commissioners. i will entertain a motion. >> second. >> moved and seconded. any public comment? >> there has been a motion to move and except on item 13. the ayes have it. >> item 14, discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding with the san francisco recreation and park department for the delivery and application of recycled water to the sharp park golf course. >> this is a product that we had put on hold a while a

the audience. i am sorry. >> no one is going to let me ducked >> i am chris jackson. i used to chair the budget committee.t is the only major public institution to submit a balanced budget without laying off a single teacher or frontline worker. we expanded our outreach program. we instituted the gateway to college program to help high- school dropouts get there. i am working class advocate. i am working class progressive. i do believe in some of these struggles. they are real. sutter health is something to hundred $50,000 into our district to tell us what to do. that is unfortunate. they do not want to allow nurses to organize. -- i believe in the right of the folks to organize. i have been forced by harvey milk and the laborers. i believe we need to expand affordable housing. we need real job opportunities. we need to talk stopped the bout migration of working-class families from the city. -- we need to stop the out migration of working-class families from the city. that is where i am on the political spectrum. >> mr. jackson, i will give you 10 more seconds because of my oversight. thanks you, sir. let