thank you very much. -- battering yourselves and your community. thank you very much -- bettering yourselves and your community. thank you very much. >> thank you. we want to bring up the western regional general manager for microsoft. thank you so much. [applause] >> i could not be more honored or excited to be able to represent microsoft at this event. it is so important. and this is one of the most exciting parts of my job. today, we are partnering with the san francisco unified school district, the sanford cisco education fund to help provide new tools for college-bound students -- the san francisco education fund. today, we are donating $5,000 of software and $15,000 in cash that will be used to purchase these fantastic laptops you see so the students that will be attending and are enrolled in the bridge to success program for the summer. [applause] destination really demonstrates microsoft's-ticket -- dedication to focusing on allowing use this to improving your learning outcomes through the effective use of technology in your learning and al

you saw them for yourselves. the witnesses of the state, with the exception of the sheriff of macom county, has presented them to yourselves, you gentlemen, of the court in their confidence that their testimony would not be doubted. believing that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption, the evil assumption that all negros lie, that all negros are basically immoral beings, that all negros are not to be trusted around our women. which, gentlemen, as you know in itself a lie as black as tom robinson's skin. a lie i do not need to explain to you. you know the truth and the truth is this -- that some negros lie. some negros are immoral. some negros are not to be trusted around women, black or white. but this is a truth that applies to the human race and not to any particular race of man. there is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire. one more thing, gentlemen, before i q

you can't do it by yourselves. you need follow veers. >> we do. we need about 500 volunteers. they'll be serving the homeless, canvassing the streets, the parks, the encampment and lots of training beforehand but we do need a lot of volunteers all throughout santa clara county in every city. >> talk about this effort. it's a huge effort. it's a huge undertaking. how does it look? >> it's doable. we've all aligned and set this common goal of housing 1,000 chronically homeless, the most vulnerable. what i think is so different about the campaign is the whole public health focus. the we are triaging our resources and we want to make sure we house those most vulnerable to dying on the streets. last year we had 51 homeless die in santa clara county and we just want to make sure we start target i targeting our resources in housing those that need it the most first. >> and in part of our video that we're showing is video of the annual ceremony where we honor the homeless who we've lost in the streets. it's a beautiful ceremony that involves candles representing each of those victims.

yourselves. that is exciting, and i truly hope that you create that foundation, keep that confidence, and then make the commitment to yourself that this is all about yourself. this is where you want to do something for yourself, to improve it so that you can be part of a community of enlightened people that says, "i got this degree. i did it on my own, and i can help other people." that is what urban society is about. you are here because you want to interact with other people, and your pride and experience will be exhibited through the choices you make. [applause] >> we hope you stick around, but we are going to transition to the more formal part of the date. thank you for sharing with us. >> i would like to welcome our board of trustees, our administrators, our staff, and, of course, we are all here to welcome you, the students, to this very important and exciting day, the very first frisco day at city college of san francisco. [applause] i am the dean of outreach and recruitment at city colleg

. >>> brace yourselves. >> this is our breaking news story. >> fasten your seat belt. there are new clues this morning about what's causing the growing epidemicof obesity in this country. >> turns out it all has to do with how much you eat. if i'd only known. here's john berman. >> reporter: you ever wonder why disco died? why we no longer dance like john travolta in "saturday night fever"? maybe because we can't fit in the outfits. the new study out of north carolina finds we're eating 570 more calories every day, every day, than we did back in 1977. the year "saturday night fever" came out. so what changed? first of all, portions. >> we are used to seeing more on our plates. there are, we eat it. when it's in front of us, we consume it. >> reporter: we don't just consume it once but all the time. we're a society of snackers. >> we have food everywhere. they're at gas stations, movie theaters, we've got it at the coffee shops. >> reporter: so what does 570 calories look like? think a quarter pounder with cheese. this bag of chips. a couple of bottles of soda. american

you are part of the fabric, so with that, please, welcome yourselves here. this is as much your house as it is ours. have a wonderful nowruz celebration. and we will continue to have open dialogue welcoming all of the families here today. thank you very much today, and have the persian new year -- half the persian new year -- kathy -- happy persian new year. [applause] that my great words of wisdom. we appreciate. now, i would like to introduce the coast of this event. a man who in our community does not need any introduction. he has been loved and supported by our community. he is of a ready and heritage, and he has been an ardent supporter of the iranian american and iranian american causes. he is also one of the hardest working people i have ever known. so with no further ado, i would like you to welcome supervisor ross mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: how cool is this where the people meet city hall government with unfettered access to celebrate diversity? we have been doing this here in city hall for six years now, and i cannot tell you how proud i am o

give yourselves a big round of applause. [applause] all i've got is some fish and a few loaves of bread. and a whole lot of folks have got to get fed. but seven seats were made in under seven days, the first man was forgiven when he missed the hague, the branch was taken by a dove to a book that was built before a flood, if a rainbow sent out a sign, if someone was told to sacrifice his own son and told to hold up before he was done, then the fish and bread that i just said is all that i've got, is all that i need for me to get fed and for me to feed a whole lot of folks in need because they set me on fire. when they look back, i was chilling. i had to fight like 10 older brothers, and because i had this dream, so they sold me out to a band of bandits and one day was commanded to stop, drop, when i got this fish that i found while fishing around, under water with the daughter of the pharaoh, the child was chosen to force the pharaoh to free his folks from a foreign land, repair everywoman, prepare every man, prepare every ch

well, you yourselves by closing mason street is going to hurt taxi service. >> excuse me, sir, i believe you already had an opportunity to speak. president chiu: sir, you had an opportunity to comment on either the eir or the other. the reason we allow them to speak is specifically the city -- >> if you cut me off, you are cutting off -- president chiu: the city attorney has devised us that they could, and again during the public comment period of the other hearing items, but all the other members of the public, you had your opportunity to speak. thank you, sir. thank you, sir. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak to are opposed to the north beach library, who want to reject the eir, or who are opposed to any of the other items? if not, why do we not hear from the planning department on the presentation? >> good afternoon, president chiu: , supervisors. the department has received numerous letters, phone calls, and emails in support of and in opposition to the proposed project. we have also confirmed with the clerk of the board that no supplemental materials

the most creative of who we are as san franciscans -- i am just happy to be part of this, so give yourselves a hand, and thank goodness it is friday. [applause] >> thank you, president chiu. the san francisco arts commission has 15 commissioners appointed by the mayor every month -- appointed by the mayor. every week, they volunteer their time to help shape the cultural policy of the city of san francisco. tonight, we have the president of the san francisco arts commission, p.j. johnson. we also have jerry young, one of our commissioners. [applause] do we have any other commissioners? i'm not seeing you. they all work very hard on the citizens of san francisco, thank you, commissioners, for being here and for everything that you do. now, the final thank you before introducing the grandmaster. we have been fiber non-profit arts community -- we have a vibrant non-profit arts community that is part of this project, the central market community benefit district. those beautiful sculptures are brought to you by black rock arts foundation and burning man. [applause] we have got to thank a lot of o

you five boys are all booked through to cairo by yourselves? - that we be, lass. i don't know if i can really go through with this. - what? - it's just leaving everything behind-- i can't believe i'm actually doing it. yeah, maybe we should think about this. - you guys-- the fuck? are you forgetting how crappy your lives are? all the homework, the rules? butters, do you really want to just go back to school, where people just make fun of you? - who, you mean you? - yes! do you really want to go back to that? - no, i'm sick of it! - well, all right, then, fag! we can't turn back now! the path to adventure lies just beyond this ticket counter, and if you four have really come all this way just to turn back now, then seriously, you guys-- the fuck? - he's right, lads! to adventure! - this is somalia? - where's all the waterfalls and shipwreck lagoons? - the fuck? excuse me, where are the pirates? - ah! - hey, hey, we're looking for the pirates. where can we find the-- butters, get the phrase book out. ask these people where the pirates are. - uh... [muttering] [speak

about 41 were sponsored by elected officials like yourselves. there is a lot of interest in the planning codes. with all this interest and these changes, over time there have been errors. text has been inadvertently dropped. amendments made in one ordnance are not reflected in the next. they have become out of date. this legislation is intended to correct the accumulated errors in planning code and update sections as needed. the planning commission initiated the ordinance in july of 2010. on august 5 of leicester, the recommended approval to the board of supervisors. originally the legislation contained amendments related to historic preservation issues. since the planning commission action in august of last year, hpc has continued to have dialogue with the planning commission. as they continue in their dialogue about historic preservation issues, all of the modifications related to preservation have been pulled out to allow that conversation to continue. instead, we have all of the non historic preservation items before you. we hope to bring th

it's about pulling yourselves up from your boot straps. dusting off your resume. kind of making it relevant for today's market. learning how to interview better. >> reporter: the free job hunter's boot camp is being held at the college of san mateo until 2:30 this afternoon. >>> the labor department today did not have very good news for job seekers. it announced fewer advertisements for job openings. analysts say today's numbers could be a sign that hiring could remain weak in the coming months. >>> grave diggers at one of 17 cemeteries in karma are demanding a resolution. they've been locked out of their job at wood lawn memorial park since april 12 after the owner proposed a $2 an hour pay cut and other take aways. that will reduce the pay of some workers to just $15 an hour. this is video from this morning. one person is holding a sign saying it's day 57 of the lock out. the owner says with fewer burials there's less needs for grave diggers and the cuts are needed to avoid lay offs. >>> a world health organization expert says time is running out to stop the e.c

i hope you guys have fun (beep) yourselves. it became clear that no one, not even this intrepid reporter, was immune from their takeover. >> i think that new york is a part of the world right now. new york is going to still be new york. just a part of everything else. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: then how did this happen? three minutes ago i was wearing a suit. i have no idea how i even got in these. >> good luck, buffalo. you'll need it. >> jon: anarchy. let me tell you this. the marriage equality act passing in new york wasn't the only bit of good news here this weekend. take a look at this. >> up next, setting the record straight about our interview last week with jon stewart. >> jon: yes! finally. ( applause ) let me tell you what's going on. i do an interview with chris wallace. i mentioned fox news viewers were the most consistently misinformed viewers in every poll. politifact said i shouldn't have said every poll. just most. i brought up a 21 lie salute of politifact spot fact checking so i assume that chri

. >> is it up to organizations like yours to kind of police yourselves, to say, you know what?that fact check? or this guyory in the corner, don't trust him, don't go there, and let's get rid of the bad influence? >> the market has already corrected and weeded out those individuals. >> okay. >> but there will alleged be individuals looking for an opportunity to take advantage and make a buck and how do we prevent that from happening? we begin to establish as we continue to move forward the n.o.r.a. brand that the consumer can look at as resource of information, we don't create the information. what n.o.r.a. does more than anything else, we're a conduit. what we do, we identify those organizations that are trustworthy and can really help the consumer make a decision moving forward with the current market environment some of for individuals like that that are in question, the real estate professionals that are members of our organization, we give them a code of conduct, things that go beyond just the code of ethics that we subscribe to as realtors and with our other trades and it

be able to really do some more work to really figure that out but ump sf need to be able to hold yourselves accountable. >> just wraup, please. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a quick question. >> i just wanted to say thank you to all of the work that goes into that. i appreciate that but what i don't see and hear is anything dimpt than last year that shows last year -- different than last year that shows last year that has a year by year comparison. i know we talked about this last year. if there are any ways that in the presentation materials, things that when there are a few places if you can look at this with a critical eye to give more information about that. so for instance know that the difference between the special ed budget that is coming is going to be significant. you have to really look to find that. i did look. you have to add things up. make some subtractions to do it. that would be helpful to all of us and the public. >> thank you. so the next item is item 116-14 sp 3. availability of tap water in school cafeterias. >> rum r. i need a motion and second, please. this was alrea

and if you could please introduce yourselves, that would be great. >> i work with kathryn at the grand project. i wanted to touch on a couple of things. first and foremost, i am grateful to everyone that contributed to the project. i wanted to say that the garden project does help. there were a lot of people that if they were not at the garden project, they would be on the streets. i know that if it was not for the garden project, they would be on the streets. they were working on cutting planned parenthood, which i do not think is a good thing. without that -- i do not think that some of those females, and i was looking -- listening to a lot of females on the art project. i wanted to say how the project helps students and gives us job skills and stuff. many of the men and women that work with us, if they were not with the garden project, they would be on the streets. many of the men and women go to jail just because they are on the streets. personally, for me, my mother recently lost her job. i do not know if you understand what it is like to take care of your children with no income.