william walker, survived and died this week, at age 99. he was the oldest surviving battle of britain pilot. >> it was a beautiful day to fly. i was never let down. >> they preserved some of the aircraft of the era. the commanding officer here visited william walker on his 99th birthday. >> they came straight after school. their bravery was just phenomenal. and they knew the odds of them surviving were very, very low, and yet, time after time, day after day, they got back in the aircraft and threw themselves back as the enemy. >> william walker flew one of these, and what he and his fellow pilots achieved was extraordinary. during the battle of britain, they frugally were involved in air to air combat, pulling such tight twists and turns that they nearly blacked out because of the force of gravity pushing against their bodies. >> behind each name, a story lies of bravery in southern skies. >> william walker wrote poetry about the battle of britain to help younger generations remember what happened. many expressed their gratitude to him. he

william walker who just spoke again just now. so thank you to the other applicants who are here again today. supervisor campos. >> thank you, madame chair. and thank you to all of the applicants who have come out. and for your interest in serving the city and county of for instance. it's always hard when you have more applicants that you have seats. i think any one of these applicants would do a great job in this position. so it's unfortunate that we only have six seats for nine applicants. so my hope is that whatever happens if for some reason you are not celebritied or appointed that you will continue to be engaged. people's schedules change, and their ability to do this may not be there. so i would keep -- i would hope that people would remain involved. i do have a quick question through the chair to the city attorney. is it possible if someone applied for a seat to appoint that person to a different seat at this point? or is that someone that would require us coming back? >> deputy city attorney john givner. he yes, if an app

and william walker as well and i don't know which seat that would be. but you have nominated seats 4 and -- >> you know what why don't i put miss garcia on seat 8 with youth and families. i think mr. walker as a student at city college would be better suited for seat 4. >> i will do david mauroff for seat 3 and mr. walker for mr. seat 4. so we do have two more seats. supervisor farrell? >> given that i wasn't here last week i would defer to my colleagues. i was impressed by those who came out and spoke today and thank you. and mr. mauroff, i'm glad to see has been mentioned, but i am happy to defer to my colleagues for seat 2, i think mr. rita evans would be great for the bart riders' interest, especially someone riding [pwa-rlt/] everyday to the east bay and i think you would be very well-suited to that see the. which only leaves one remaining see the, seat 1. >> again, i think any of these individuals would do a great job for see seat 1 and it's hard to choose, but i will say nicole agbayani for see the 1. >> we have a motion for nicole agbayani, the

my name is william walker and thank you for hearing my application today at the rules committee. i'm the student trustee at city college of san francisco and i'm a native of district 8. i now live in district 11, just one block from balboa park bart station on lewis burk street. i participated on the facilities review committee as a member of the participatory governance process at city college of san francisco. so, the building that now faces [speaker not understood] as a part of a committee that worked on the plans, actually look at how we could link the pedestrian linkages between city college and our transportation including balboa park, k line, the phelan loop area where the 49 terminates and the 8x. i also worked for five years at the los angeles county metropolitan transportation authority in the board office where metro r which is their third sales tax that provides transportation revenue for transit projects and they're looking to accelerate those projects currently with a new bond measure this upcoming year. i worked with a lot of the directors that compiled a lot of th

chris jackson, trustee steve no, trustee rodrigo santos, trustee lawrence wong, student trustee william walkerwe'd also like to introduce former trustees rodel rodis, allen wong, and i think peter finnican was also going to join us this evening. introduce our interim chancellor, dr. pamela fisher, our former chancellor, dr. don griffin, former chancellor dr. phillip day, and mr. mendehem, president of the citizen's bond foundation committee. >> (inaudible) mr. walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorable mayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileen lee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consu

and also in support of william walker who would be an outstanding person on this particular body. i'll wait for you to figure out how to shuffle the seats. it will be a lot of fun. >> thank you, mr. filkow. is is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed -- oh, i'm sorry. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is [speaker not understood]. i'm an attorney in san francisco and i am here in support of veronica for this commission. i am with -- [speaker not understood]. and i can speak to her very strong communication skills, and [speaker not understood]. with the urban habitat program, we learn a lot about urban planning, mass transit and the needs of particularly low-income and communities of color in san francisco. i know veronica in that context has spoken very well in that context and i would highly recommend her for this committee. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. again, our apologies. there was a clerical error. actually, our clerk who usually staffed rules committee is

my name is william walker and thank you for hearing my application today at the rules committee. i'm the student trustee at city college of san francisco and i'm a native of district 8. i now live in district 11, just one block from balboa park bart station on lewis burk street. i participated on the facilities review committee as a member of the participatory governance process at city college of

walker red. even though it sits at the only intersection between diageo and sherwin-williams because it goes down like paint thinner. [ rim shot ] >> 67-year-old man running on set. or pay more for johnny walker black which my staff didn't get bother to get because they switched right to gold. black is my drink of choice. when i'm not sipping cheap scotch on my dirty linoleum floor or you can pay for the nose for johnnie walker blue, which is overprice versus my favorite lagavulin. they are getting off the linoleum floor. it has the highest yield and most sustainable growth. it's the cheapest. 10% long-material growth rate. much lower valuation than beam or ground foreman. substantially smaller dividends and growth rates slightly higher. the street is backing away. bottom line. sherwin-williams and diageo, made for each other. they have been anointed. these names have had terrific runs so far this year. i bet they keep going right into the first quarter. they are exactly the kinds of stocks money managers will accumulate in order to show they were participating in the winners and not wallowing in

sherwin williams is hot, johnnie walker red. >> so you can drink it and put it on your walls. >> youould be blind for three days. >> we're buying you the blue for the weekend. >> smooth, but i prefer the single -- >> end where we started. quickly, something we talked a lot about here is the lack of ability to actually borrow when it comes to buying a home. and jamie dimon talking about that moments ago on jpmorgan's conference call saying mortgage standings are high, we need a stronger economy to loosen credit. and he also said the basel capital requirements are a huge incentive not to lend to anybody who has less than a 680 credit score. >> i think that's right. the national association of realtors putting out that -- the way a lot of deals get killed, if you're in the real estate market, what you're trying to buy doesn't appraise. what you're trying to buy for more than the last comp. -- obviously the last comp. housing wasn't doing as well so you're struck with previous figures. this is now -- we were buying houses 120% of loan to value, and all the people who did that are gone. s