puc knows how to manage a watershed and rec & park does not have that at all. its role is recreation for the citizens of san francisco. that has resulted when it comes to species' habitat and wildlife issues and management issues with problems such as sharp park where the city is being sued by many environmental groups over the endangered species act and many environmental groups have repeatedly gone to hearings insisting that area managed properly as a wetlands habitat. the staff, because it doesn't have the institutional history of taking care of watershed ecosystems continues to insist on leaving an 18 hole golf course and set of doing what is right for the watershed habitat. likewise with the beach shali soccer fields where rec & park, contrary to what is good for the environment, wants to install plastic turf and massive nighttime flights for soccer play in an area with sensitive and extensive wildlife in it. this is not the perspective of an agency that should be managing a watershed ecosystem. i would repeat because the puc has a strong history of doing

this is a watershed problem. a watershed problem. lichte: the watershed encompasses many municipal boundaries and it doesn't know any local politics. narrator: in the pittsburgh system, 83 cities and towns use the same sewage treatment plant -- alcosan. so all 83 municipalities have to work together to address the problem. schombert: we know we have billions of dollars that will have to be spent over the next 15 to 20 years. you can't do that wisely when you have 83 separate government agencies making decisions. the municipal consent orders and the alcosan consent decree require that the municipalities participate in a long-term, regional wet weather control plan. narrator: the information gathered in the initial research phase of the wet weather control plan will inform the large-scale infrastructure overhaul. and, as this research moves forward, pittsburgh is also working with environmental groups that are cleaning up the watershed. woman: make that connection. man: like a mural on the side of a building? woman: $5.00 to get in. ma

i recommend that you approve the lake merced watershed report and reject the mou. i made a case previously for revising the mou, but i i am convinced it is necessary for the puc to assume full management control of lake merced. a couple examples why. around the end of january, i got a call from the puc staff member who wanted to get my it is about cutting bulrush at the lake and make access for crew racing and another pier for children's fishing access. two staffers from pc and one from dpw waited for me. we waited for some time for the rpd rep. while we were waiting, we checked the crew racing pier. we develop parameters for cuttingwe went over to see whate could figure out about the fishing pier. the representative never showed up and never called. to the credit of both puc and dpw staff, it it was cleaned up spotlessly and was the first time i had observed cutting at the lake in four years that has happened. the situation with rpd failing to show up gives me an idea of what they're ideas about program development are. there is a green waste dump used to store sh

the sec one remain because it accepts the watershed report. -- the second one remains. if we amend that to say it authorizes the general manager to assume management of the rod and gun club blaze, that we are done and we don't have to resolve to reject the mou. unless you want to provide direction about what we do about the underlying status quo, we could draft a resolution because the status quo is the boat house will remain with rec & park under the 1950 resolution. >> maybe after we finish this, we can address that because i prefer we are not rejecting the mou, because i believe we have this relationship with rec & park and we have these recreational activities and the mou needs work. maybe we can do a separate resolution that can come up at the next meeting at talks about specific deliverable we need to see in order to enter into an mou. >> we would be inviting to return to this commission and mou of much narrower scope and i think the discussion has informed the parties as to what our intention is and that is to take action. i believe we have a motion and a second.

but even separate systems pollute the watershed.developed areas, concrete and other impervious services prevent water from naturally soaking into the land. as the rainwater moves over the roads and concrete expanse, it captures trash and invisible chemicals, sending them straight to the nearest waterway -- untreated. when engineers first designed america's water infrastructure -- the drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems -- they were some of the most advanced in the world. but the infrastructure is growing old. and population growth and development, particularly in urban areas, have made it difficult for original system designs to meet modern health standards and reliably satisfy demand. man: our water and wastewater systems really are engineering marvels. because it's buried, it's invisible to us, and we tend to take it for granted. that's a mistake. like any engineered system, it requires maintenance and periodic rehabilitation, and eventual replacement. it's so out of sight and so out of mind, that we don't realize t

i recommend that you approve the lake merced watershed report and reject the mou. i made a case previously for revising the mou, but i i am convinced it is necessary for the puc to assume full management control of lake merced. a couple examples why. around the end of january, i got a call from the puc staff member who wanted to get my it is about cutting bulrush at

he can go to watershed of the doubt,. you go to watershed thought,. >>marty: 74 guns were taken.zzle explains the there is no short supply people the showing up to to give the image. >>jackie: this morning at east palo alto's fourth annual gun collection. anybody that turned in a working that would receive money for for the gun. some people about the guns in the closet, found the guns in a look house, i am someone passed away who had a gun. these people are just looking at ways to get the gun of the home. last year they connected 84 t this year they hope to collect more. >> as someone else and steals a gun in you are responsible for this way is turnarounds' the please. >>jackie: every dancer of a number is checked to make sure that is not stolen. it's been everything from rusty rifles to collectible of handguns. techies as a look, kron 4 news. yet spell. the avenger de ysabel: de avengers rigs and in of the weekend. -- as the movie the adventures rakes and the cash over the weekend. . hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology sup

a stakeholder-driven process to assess the watershed and make recommendations for improvement. it is not gone through ceqa review. but it serves as a strong basis for going forward with improvements on the property. one of the key things has been an issue out there is the harding road boathouse. we're investigating improvements in the boat house. rudimentary cleanup and building and bathroom repairs. the rudimentary cleanup is taking place. it exposes good bones of the basic facility there for a lot of different purposes. we have had funding available for that from the you see budget add-back. we're trying to achieve a presentable bulk basic building shell that will give rec and park something to use for the space. the potential would be recreational fishing and/or boating. public use space for lake exhibits or meetings. we will be participating with rec and park. and rec and park staff are here to talk about that. they have a presentation as well. another major issue has been lake merced water levels. we have worked with the environmental stakeholders to try to come up with a

if you think again of the forest as our watershed, it's accomplishing several things. it's allowing the water to proceed to streams and rivers gently and carefully but also filters it. on our farm, for example, under crp we have filter strips that are grassy areas that filter the nutrients before they reach the streams. on our forested areas in compliance with many of the farm bill programs, again, not regulatory compliance but incentive-based voluntary compliance we are leaving forested buffers under the bmps which protect the water quality, and i'll second your concern about fire. even though we speak for a group of private landowners, the health of the forest on federal lands is very important to us because we are your neighbor and if a bug outbreak gets to roaring or there's improper forest management on adjacent property, there can be fire risk to us as neighbors to federal property. forest health is important across the board and these programs are set to do that and should continue. >> great. i appreciate that. mr. schwab, you have some counterparts in colorado

and, as in pittsburgh, as in new york, part of the answer lies in protecting the watershed. nelsen: we need to reduce the amount of impervious surfaces in our watershed, which are surfaces that don't let the water soak in and then create more pervious surface, whether it's by having driveways that allow water to soak in or different landscaping to try to eliminate the amount of runoff that comes off our land so that the system, even with the development it has, acts more like a natural system and filters that water. water quality and sewage infrastructure isn't the sexiest of political agendas, but by raising the awareness about water quality issues, we can create political pressure to get our issues solved. about 15 years ago, surfrider activists were protesting a beach for being polluted. the city council asked the police to escort them away. there was complete denial of the problem. 15 years later, water quality is on the agenda of every city council person in that local city, and that's completely a result of activists forcing the issue, surfrider and other local groups,

cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, republican women shift focus. then, men choose 'pink collar' jobs. behind the headlines: models for fair working conditions. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, gop women create a new caucus. republican women in the house are shifting their focus from soci issues to the economy. house republicans launched the "women's policy committee," a new caucus to showcase female lawmakers. most of the 24 house republican women are members and released a video to share how they are "working for you." >> teed republican women in congress are making a real difference. >> we're working together to create jobs, reduce spending, help small businesses and put health care decisions back in to your h

cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, who's going to create more great jobs for women? then, the vatican takes on radical feminist nuns. behind the headlines: the burden of winning the nobel peace prize. >> hello, i'm bonnie er. welcome to "to the contry," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, the war for women voters rages on. the war for women's votes continues this week with president obama and mitt romney each claiming he can create more jobs and prosperity for women. mitt romney, now winning the vote of married women, is relying heavily on his wife, ann, to rein in women voters. the obama campaign launched an interactive web app called "the life of julia," which guides users through an average middle class woman's life from age three to 67. it claims women fare better

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>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: >> the alternative fuel debate land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. >> additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation th wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week, gay marriage and the presidential election. then, more women pay child support and alimony. behind the headlines, mother's day, babies count on single mother hood. >> welcome to to the contrary a decision of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, gay marriage and the white house. >> president obama's surprise announcement that he is for gay marriage will have an interesting impact on the elections in november. will it energize young and liberal voters? in a tv interview this week, he said -- >> president if the is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> this means for the first time in history, a sitting president has supported same-sex marriages. before this interview, obama officially supported civil unions betwe

. >> watershed. >> glory is watershed. you've written about this. then they started forming units and regiments and so on and during the ceremony, in front of the shaw memorial, many of you may know, i hope, not only did these 100 re-enact the march of 54 in front of the monument, did formation, it was quite moving. one of them stood in front of the monument on the pavement beneath the stage during the whole ceremony and kept doing a kind of about face for an hour and a half as though he was on the monument. it was a kind of street theater unlike anything i've seen. and he got standing ovations. he got a greater ovation than colin powell for the key note address, and it was a pretty good address. this is complicated. i've done events in the south, charleston, south carolina, where we dedicated a monument to the first memorial day, and a group of black re-enactors were there. these guys are serious. i no longer crack jokes about re-enactors partly because of this experience. it also says something about my own attitudes, doesn't it. black re-enactors

not only to protect the watershed, but to protect these rare parcels. >> let me take a moment to thank our staff person for countless work for years, literally. it's easy for me to present it briefly in 30 seconds, but a lot of work goes into this and it takes a lot of time. >> can you clarify one thing? some of the money will go towards storage of the land, too, right? >> we are providing some of the funding for the acquisition and monitoring the terms of the easement. we want to make sure that the investment delivers. and so we're providing that as part of the endowment to be able to. there will be accessed eventually as part of the park system. and the easement itself will be and the easement itself will be held by the servants the and we

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swimming is not allowed at any watershed in baltimore ounty. poliic now have a person-of- interest in a "peeping tom" case at the inner harbor. the suspect you see right herr, used his cell phooe camera to snnp photos of a 15 year old in a "harbor ppace" bathroom. the suspect put his camera underneath a stall.the viitim told police sheethought t was a joke at first....he guy was last seen unning out of the bathroom. pressdent obama remembered the men and women who serred nd those whoocontinue to serve this country for memmrial day. day.taps being played played he layed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns.it's a day... honoriig those who gave country... but whhse identities may never be knoww. later.... the commander in chief spoke at the memoriil day observance errmony at arlington national emetery... the end of the civil war... but honors all veterans now. while theii stories might be separated by hundreds of years rest here together side by - of thhm loved this country ch republican presidential candidate mitt romney aatenddd a memorial day

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they washed large amounts of nitrogen into the a tap co-- patapsco watershed. >> it reaches a higher temperature where it no longer can survive. >> reporter: when the algae dies off it uses up the oxygen in the water, leaving the fish to fight for their lives. >> this bloom is very microscopic. it turns the water a mahogany color, so we refer to it as mahogany tide. >> reporter: the number of dead fish is approaching 100,000 and more than a dozen species are affected. warnings have been put up on marley creek. he is in scientist but he sees the difference in the water and is concerned. >> yes. they've been saying they've been cleaning it up for years and years, but i don't see it. >> reporter: with thal jip bloom starting off early, they hope this doesn't continue to be this excessive as the summer goes on. >> reporter: i'm in marley creek, don harrison, abc2 news. >>> all right. hate to see those fish kills but we'll get this cleaned up. take a look. the big storm, the big cluster of storms actually continues to be along the eastern shore receipt out of talbot county getting let wit

not only to protect the watershed, but to protect these rare parcels. >> let me take a moment to thank our staff person for countless work for years, literally. it's easy for me to present it briefly in 30 seconds, but a lot of work goes into this and it takes a lot of time. >> can you clarify one thing? some of the money will go towards storage of the land, too, right? >> we are providing some of the funding for the acquisition and monitoring the terms of the easement. we want to make sure that the investment delivers. and so we're providing that as part of the endowment to be able to. there will be accessed eventually as part of the park system. and the easement itself will be held by the servants the and we will see that those terms overtime are honored. >> i moved to adopt item number 10. >> and a second? >> seconded. any discussion by the commission? all those in favor? opposed? item 10 carries. item 11? >> approve a madman number-one, the datavision regional construction management services with jacobs engineering group for additional project-specific construction management serv

with its radically what expression of emotion, "scream" was a watershed for art on the cusp of the twentieth century. >> one reason the picture is so famous is everyone can read something into with. allows for different interpretations. the work was shown under the title "fear." ultimately its displays the isolation of the individual in the modern age. >> this is the only version that will go up for sale. >> the picture is an icon within modern painting. in that sense, it is unusual that it is on the market. there are four versions of the picture, and if there is only one version that can be fought over, the price is sure to be high. >> the picture is being sold by a norwegian businessman. he will use the proceeds to build a museum. >> we will have more on the u.s. president barack obama arriving in afghanistan. stay tuned.

chen appears to mark a watershed moment for u.s.-china relations. despite many serious remaining concerns i believe it's important to stress the significance of the u.s. reaching two deals on this sensitive crisis with the chinese as well as engaging in the annual strategic and economic dialogue as planned. these talks underscore the vast array of national and economic security issues in which is u.s. and china must continue. we must continue to work toward greater understanding. with regard to north korea, iran, the south china sea, international property rights and currency manipulation. i believe efforts to improve cooperation officially and through enhanced public diplomacy will allow us to better address areas of mutual interest and those of disagreement. including the mere ad of security challenges in the serious cases of human rights abuses like the one that mr. chen has endured and those revealed in the course of his brave work. beyond bilateral engagement to address these issues the u.s. must continue to pursue engagement including the u.n.

katie, watershed announcement. how will it affect the crowd today? >> going out on the hollywood is historically democratically liberal kind of town. they will be on his side and they have plenty of money and this is a fund-raiser at george clooney house. speaking of fund-raising, the obama campaign actually received $1 million in donations within 90 minutes of his exclusive interview with good morning america's interview robin roberts. they say it's a brave and milestone for civil rights. there is the politics of it. is it a smart move heading into an election. >> i have just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> in november, he is going to lose votes and he'll pick up votes. i'm not sure how much of gain it will be. >> mitt romney responded quickly to the announcement. he was campaigning in oklahoma and he reiterated he believes marriage is between a man and woman. you can watch the interview on gma at 7:00 a.m. they talk about whether or not it

anything specific around that and how to implement not be accepted the lake merced -- lake merced watershed plan. so really for rec & park to come back and say as relates to the boat house what your role would be in the management of those facilities to make the case that you guys could do it since we haven't seen a lot of action in these past years. >> not only does rec & park manager recreational activities, we do the maintenance, custodial and maintenance, landscape maintenance, natural areas, a fair amount of structural maintenance around the lake and it would be helpful to me to understand where this commission is on that issue and whether those are activities you would like us to continue to do or is that something you would like your own staff to take on? >> that some things that could bring back as a recommendation to us on what that will look like and related costs. >> i agree with that. thank you, commissioners, thank you everyone who came to testify at madame secretary, if you would call -- >> there are two whereas clauses that reference the purpose of the mou and i think your mo