everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the george washington high school. we have the contemporary education, where they depict some of the vocational arts that were taught at george washington high school. what is interesting is the artist's and corp. of some of the -- incorporation of some of the architectural elements. they used the speaker from the p a system as part of the design. on the opposite side of the library, we have a large fresco which depicts the academic subjects that were taught at the time. it serves as a foil to the other fresco in the library, we have academic subjects on one side, vocational subjects on the other, and result is the concept of a well-rounded education. additionally, what we plan to do is the academy of hospitality and tourism will be part of, so the students can share with other students, faculty, the neighborhood, and others to come by and what to look to the artwork we have. >> by working with the students, we hope to raise awareness of the collec

the lower walls was actually billed as part of the wpa. the upper wall was built in 1991-'92. this is a concrete wall and it has rocked going through the wall that extends the distance of 80 feet beyond the wall. the next earthquake occurs, the wall is designed to resist and the movement of the sand and allowed it to move down hill. this is a classic example of the creek and degree flow and exists all the way the area. we might see the other evidence. we have done nothing to improve the quality and the strength of the dam. >> one of the things that has come up in the policy issue over and over is that people are concerned that construction of a new building or the upper story might exacerbate these kinds of soil problems. we have extra review where we might have extra problems. it does that construction have an impact? it is a good idea to come to a peer review or a geotechnical review process as part of determining. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state bu

. >> again, another example of the wpa. the streets, they wanted to get to the top of the hill, said the duties beautiful walls and stairways. they are doing well. >> all of these hillsides have catalyzed the design and construction of the interesting foundations and sub framing. >> up there, you'll find quite often, because it is rock, they have dug holes, filled it with concrete, put pulls up, and built their buildings. they have been there actually now 67 years. >> some of these are significant earthquake hazard? >> many of them, because they're not properly braced, because the foundations are not deep enough. the consequences could be significant during an earthquake. >> the tunnel opened that whole section up to development. did that lead to park side? >> west portal is right here. it this slope. westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two different ways. one of them was cut and cover, the other was a tunneling machine. as they came close to the side of the hill, they du

i would also notes very briefly on the content, i recently saw a talk about the wpa and the project's steering the depression and the important art component to construction projects. give me a new appreciation of the importance of connecting art to public construction projects. i think that continues to fall into that. i think this will work. commissioner moran: thank you. president vietor: i think that would hava great to better infom the public. i think that would be quite helpful. other questions or comments? yes, please come forward. >> we met with juliette a couple times. we understand this is a great opportunity for a continued partnership. i'm one of the few that ventures out throughout san francisco and i understand how a lot of money is put into the arts. art galleries up and down downtown. we would like to see some of that here in this part of the community. we have to continue saying it. win-win and equity to we have some very talented artists. we have filmmakers. we want to see more of that stuff here. we want to be part of the leadership in developing it. keep in mind th

wpa did not bring us out of recession, the war did. p stimulus, more than a trillion dollars gone down the drain. we have to get the uncertainty for people to have confidence. >> the war got us in recession because of that spending. >> those who are producing or manufacturing, are doing so, not necessarily having to hire more workers, because of the increasing technologicalization of the work force. is that a problem growing forward, or, "b," is this the new percent 8%, 9% of new normal in this country? >> there's a deeper problem. even if you did the necessary spending and add exemption for the first $20,000 of income from the payroll tax. you still have a deep structural issue, and that is, when so much of the nation's income and wealth, now go to the top 1%, the vast middle class doesn't have enough purchasing power to keep the economy going. we can't rely only on experts. that's going to take time to do something about, i hope the republicans are concerned about inequality of income as the rest of us. we're not going to get it by l

>> well, you know, wpa, i would say a wpa. >> the government should hire -- >> hire a lot-of-people to fill potholes. >> a lot of potholes where i live. >> where i live too, yes. >> go ahead, david. >> i am going to come out in the next six weeks with a specific framework of action that would provide for several hundred billion dolls worth of short-term investments coupled with specific steps to try to be able to demonstrate that we're going to put our financial house in order to. help separate th difference between the short term and structural. when you look at the debt ceiling limit they will have toeach an agreement on 20 spending because there is going to be no joint budget resolution they will have toned up coming up with someype of stuto contro thawillforce the 88% of spending athat hasn't been on the table, entitlements, defense and other security spending as well as mprehensive tax reform that will accomplish a number of objectives including generating more revenues as a percentage. economy than hisrically has been the caseso we can't do all of that all at once. but we've got

as you point out, i think it's very useful to extend large public projects or even a wpa as we had during the depression, works projects administration, to put the long-term unemployed directly back to work or a civilian conservation core to put millions of young people who are jobless directly to work. we have public parks that are closed. we have all kinds of needs with regard to teachers' aides, hospitals, many jobs that are not filled because nobody can afford them. the public cannot afford them. better to have people do these jobs directly than to have people sitting home collecting unemployment insurance. >> david stockman, can we afford this? obviously there is the cost involved, a lot of this would be long-term borrowing, but it would put people back to work and they'd start paying taxes. >> no. i disagree with that. that's more of the same keynesian medicine that's failed. we may have public parks that are closed, but we also have a national balance sheet that is totally busted. the federal government and state and local governments are out of money. so the keynesian game is over

who gave your uncle a job in the wpa? roosevelt. who got your granddaddy an old age pension? roosevelt. all right, children, now, who made you? [laughter] after a moment of silence, one little boy asserts stoutly, god. whereupon a barefoot boy leaps up in the back row and yells, throw that sorry republican out of here. [laughter] now, the whole idea of ejecting conservatives from the democratic party was very much out of character for roosevelt. because he'd always been a charmer who showered people with his personal mag anytism and charisma -- magnetism and charisma, not with his bile. he was known for cajoling and persuading people of both parties to support his legislation. he prided himself on knowing how to work with friends and adversaries alike. while he was governor of new york, he once explained that he had to work with people he neither liked, nor trusted. but it was necessary to do so in order to reach his ultimate goal. roosevelt was an expert in tacking with the wind. as president he lavished his talents for flattery, wheedling, horse trading, even his talent for

. >> how about a new wpa, get them back to work, get them paying taxes.re things that could be done but washington right now is paralyzed doing absolutely nothing -- >> you've just laid out a couple of very good ideas. you've got to get money to companies so they have an incentive to hire, you've got to get money to people so they've got the incentive and the ability to spend. and something has to stop here. fundamentally it's just got to stop. and we have to figure out a new way forward. robert reich, thank you very much for sharing your experience and your wisdom. i appreciate it. >> thanks, e.d. >>> his book is called "aftershock." >>> coming up, japan's nuclear disaster may be out of the headlines, but it is definitely not over. eliot has the latest on this catastrophe. it refuses to go away. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebre

at number three, what the federal government could do is have a wpa, basically something like what was depression, because you've got almost half of all of the unemployed have been unemployed for more than six months. this is a huge army. a larger percentage by the way than we had during the great depression. a huge army of unemployed. they're just sitting there. they need to have jobs, even if they're public sector jobs. my point is there are many things that could be proposed that could be done, but -- and the president has got to take that kind of control. >> one thing i would add to that litany of options is something to do with mortgage crisis which is dragging down the housing market. david, let me come back to you, let me go it david for a second, time runs short, unfortunately. have you heard anything, i don't want to ignore the proposals or lack of proposals from the other side, have you heard anything new and creative from tim pawlenty, from mitt romney, any of the -- jon huntsman, any of the established republican candidates, anything other than the traditional republican ma