supervisor weiner, aye. supervisor, avalos, aye. supervisor chu, aye. president chiu, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> thank you, madam clerk could you call item 47. >> item 47 is a resolution proclaiming maye 15 through maye 21 -- >> actually i had severed item 46. >> item 46, resolution supporting the filipino veterans fairness act of 2011. >> i want to thank the veterans who came to speak in support of this resolution. i think many of you are familiar with the problems facing our veterans. this has been such an injustice for so many year the fact that we had over a quarter million filipinos that helped serve alongside u.s. allied forces in world war ii, for decades they have asked for the promises that the u.s. government supported, we do have a congresswoman that helps to represent our bay area who is pushing to make sure that the few surviving fill pee ne veterans that have been denied these benefits will be able to someday see justice and i wanted us to hopefully be on the record to support our vets and our filipino veterans. with that i ask for support of this measure. >>

. >> thank you, supervisor weiner. supervisor kim: i am proud to sponsor it is being introduced today. i am introducing a lot -- a resolution for lyme disease awareness month. this is commonly spread by infected ticks. there are rash and flu- like symptoms. this may cause neurological disorders, memory loss, and may be fatal. we want to continue the tradition of creating awareness so we declare may as lime disease awareness month. >today, the jazz cente rir is working on the nation's stand- alone center dedicated to jazz. many trustees have contributed 4-- $46 million toward this. this is in district six in hayes valley. sf jazz is our largest presenter of jazz and world music. i am excited about this. i am dedicated to this, our nation's classical music. i wanted to say happy brithdairy to johnny hosey. he celebrated his birthday on sunday. the rest, i submit. >> with no other names, this concludes role call. >> let's go to our 3:30 special order, to recognize the small busienss week honorees. first, i wan ttt to welc

supervisor weiner: thank you. i will be supporting the eir and i also want to thank supervisor elsbernd for his work and supervisor chiu for his work in strengthening the provisions. this project points to an unfortunate tension in california between rent control and new development that to make it challenging to maintain affordability will you also meet the future housing needs of a growing state and city. i believe that this project addresses that tension and the so admirably. when you look at some of the arguments being made against it, that would be the trinity project and instead of what we're seeing happening, some of the real improvements in the neighborhood we are in right now, we would have johnson building there. this is not just about trinity. this is about the future of housing and planning for the future of san francisco and providing the amount of housing that we need in the future. if we are going to take the position that some of our opponents want us to take, then i think that will have dramatic r

. >> my name is herbert weiner. i am a retired city employee. if you are not on the bus, you are under the wheel and every writer -- rider left behind. i want to voice my opinion about pensions. i am concerned about eliminating what affects profit sharing. this will seriously impact city retirees. it will also impactth

. >> bottom eight, weiner trying to start something, sam fold tracking, are you kidding me? robs him of a home run. a fantastic catch by sam fold. the rays three outfielders still playing rock paper scissors. a love that. >>> college basketball news -- arizona coach sean miller met with kevin anderson will terps head coaching job. miller's decision on whether to take the maryland job is expected in the next 24 hours, according to espn. in his second season, miller led arizona to the elite eight this year. he was named the pac-10 coach of the year after leading the wildcats to the regular season title. before coaching at arizona miller spent five scenes at xavier in cincinnati and letting the musketeers to four ncaa tournament appearances. miller grew up in western pennsylvania and has family that lives in the washington, d.c. area. >>> at the kentucky derby, jockey john va lass velasquez g lucky break because the original jockey broke his nose. today he rode animal kingdom, a 20-1 longshot to victory. maybe it wasn't luck but destiny. check out the hats. love them. nearly 16

supervisor weiner: i am speaking in favor of the nomination. i want to commend mayor lee for making this nomination to the mta board. in g-8 make such a difference to the lives of citizens to take muni, and mr. ramosmr. ramos hal the experience to run the transportation agency, and he knows of people rely on these systems. being able to think outside the box and

to my right is scott weiner. we are also joined by president david chiu. >> please make sure to turn off all cellular phones and pagers. items acted upon today it will appear on the may 3 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. chairperson mar: we have four items on the agenda today. >> item 1, resolution of intention to vacate a portion of mason st. for the library and joe dimaggio playground master plan. chairperson mar: this item is sponsored by the mayor and president chiu. >> item 2 is a resolution of intention to vacate a portion of mason street to improve the area. presidend ct chiu: i want to thank the members of the public who are here. the north beach library has historically been one of the most overused libraries -- library branches in the entire city. it is one of the three top libraries used in the city. in many dimensions, the library has not been adequate to meet the needs of the community. it has not been accessible to a lot of folks, including our disabled communities. it has simply

congressman anthony weiner and gerald nadler announced a bill to put the funds to organizations that helped first responders, survivors and victims' families. the state department has not said whether any tipster who helped in bin laden's capture was eligible for the reward. >>> back here we're learning more about a violent home invasion in georgetown. police say three men broke into the house along is the street around 1:30 saturday morning. one of the men had a gun. police say the men attacked the residents, tied them up and stole electronics and othlaptop. break-ins are not the norm for that community. >> this area is quite quiet and a very unusual thing that happened, very unusual. >> so far, no arrests. police do not believe this was a random attack though. >>> well, it's usually quite bus they time of year, the georgetown waterfront but devastating floodwaters shut down the restaurants there, but this mother's day a little life has returned to the area. darcy spencer is live along the waterfront for us on this mother's day where things are slowly starting to return to normal, w

supervisor weiner:

>> my name is herbert weiner. i am a retired city employee. if you are not on the bus, you are under the wheel and every writer -- rider left behind. i want to voice my opinion about pensions. i am concerned about eliminating what affects profit sharing. this will seriously impact city retirees. it will also impact the business community because there will be less money to spend. there is also the elephant in the room. business has not paid its fair share. they are hiding in the shadows. now they are becoming visible and complaining that if they are taxed, they will leave the city. you definitely have to have business pay its fair share. they have an obligation as corporate citizens. i do not mean residential property owners and renters. i mean businesses downtown. let them step up to the plate. it is about time. >> thank you. is there anyone that would like to respond? >> maybe greg can tzake on the cola issue and i will take on business. let me make sure that you understand. companies will leave the city if we punish them from growing. we ha

supervisor weiner: that is an issue on a lot of different levels. i know there is frustration you share and a lot of members of the public share that the rules are frequently not enforced in our parks. does the department have an estimate on what the cost would be not to have a cadillac parked patrol or public safety program in the park, but just to have something that would be adequate? i know you have had some questions from the police department and others. but what is the wish list you have? >> we actually do. i would be happy to share that with members of the committee. we are in the process of working it through. there is 2 you will promise to this. this is taking a hard look at our -- there is two prongs to this. there is taking a hard look at our operations and seeing how we can get more efficiency of the limited resources we have. but without a doubt we need additional officers. we are also in a conversation with the san francisco police department and are prepared to invest in a partnership with them that would improve the coordination bet

supervisor weiner: that is an issue on a lot of different levels. i know there is frustration you share and a lot of members of the public share that the rules are frequently not enforced in our parks. does the department have an estimate on what the cost would be not to have a cadillac parked patrol or public safety program in the park, but just to have something that would be adequate? i know you have had some questions from the police department and others. but what is the wish list you have? >> we actually do. i would be happy to share that with members of the committee. we are in the process of working it through. there is 2 you will promise to this. this is taking a hard look at our -- there is two

markets weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on r t. you with r.t. live or former moscow recap now the headlines france's elderly are resorting to extreme money saving measures as the government lets pensions for windows gives military campaigns a free hand on funding the country's currently fighting wars in libya ivory coast and afghanistan with tens of thousands of troops also stationed elsewhere. to a russian a nationalist sabrina jailed for murdering a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central moscow two years ago the killer was given life on his accomplice was sentenced to eighteen use jail in one of the biggest convictions of its kind here in russia. waterboarding it returns to haunt it for us as officials claim it helped them get osama bin laden but human rights activists say brutal interrogation is nothing but needless torture led to money proof as to how torture techniques help of quiet a valuable information. on celebrating two decades of amazi

markets weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our key. day's top stories and the review of the week massive protests in spain with soaring unemployment threatens to put the country in line for that actually with greece ireland and portugal. and now with the former head of the international monetary fund the extras can no longer at the top of the roof is the future of the bailouts could be jeopardy. george's opposition leader tells r.t. a revolution has begun as the streets of tbilisi are turned into a battlefield by people demanding president saakashvili step down. and the question over to meet him and various plans for another term in office remains unanswered as the russian president holds back during a two hour long cuban exile. hello beats while i am here in moscow you're watching the weekly from our to round up of the week's top stories with me kevin now in first from moscow antigovernment protesters massed in spanish cities despite the official ban on

weiner: point of parliamentary inquiry. the chair: the gentleman may state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. weiner: so the chair is deciding, even though a member is standing here, not to mention members are here seeking to be recognized, i believe of both parties, the chair is choosing at this moment that this is the moment to cut off debate early in the evening when we have plenty of work to do and members seek to speak and offer amendments, is this the deciding arbitrarily or is she given guidance by the republican leadership who don't want to hear any more critique? the chair: the chair is exercising h prerogative to resume proceedings at any time. >> work continues tomorrow. the house also to cut defense programs. -- took up defense programs. here is a portion from the house debate. the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 1540, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the department of defense and for mi

. >> but supervisor scott weiner opposed a increase in fares. he said service needs to be improved first by putting more cabs on the street. >> we have poor cab service in san francisco. to make that more expensive without improving it is a big mistake. >> cabbies said they shouldn't be penalized for a system that the city regulates. >> drivers need the increase. do not hold it hostage to the other issues of service over which drivers have absolutely no control. [applause] >> the super visors regulation is nonbinding. >> carolyn thanks a lompt >> another surveillance video showed san francisco police officers taking things from a suspect's room that were never entered into evidence. this video released by a public defender, shows a search and drug aarrest in the julian hotel. officers are walking in empty handed and walking out holding a laptop and camera. both items were reported missing. >> these officers are in the hotel rooms and they are removing property that does not belong to them and they have no right to legally remove from the residen

weiner, for his remarks on the bill. mr. weiner: i thank the gentleman and i thank the speaker. i want to express my appreciation to chairman miller, ranking member filner, chairman runyan of the subcommittee and our colleague, chairman -- congressman mcnerney. i rise in support of h.r. 1627, which contains authorization language from a bill that i sponsored, house concurrent resolution 12, to designate a plot of land at arlington cemetery to be used for the memorial honoring jewish chaplains of our armed services. jewish chaplains have served our country for 149 years. in fact, there are 32 currently on active duty today, yet they still do not have a place for their protestant and catholic counterparts on chaplain hill at arlington cemetery. the only thing that's standing is passing this bill. in fact, like many jewish americans and veterans nationwide, i was surprised to learn that no such memorial exists at arlington cemetery. a citizen who is the vice commander of the sons of the american legion of new york state and who is joining us here today noted the absent of a monumen

it appears hacker is to blame for lewd picture tweeted by the account of congressman anthony weiner over the weekend. it showed a man's bulging underwear and sent as a directed message to a seattle woman. it was quickly deleted and the congressman tried to turn it in to a joke tweeting followers he wondered whether his kitchen blender would attack him next. older women who enjoy the company of younger men came together for what they call the cougar convention. in south san francisco over the weekend. several 20-something guys showed up to meet women who are in their 40s and beyond. organizers say relationships between older women and younger men are breaking centuries old stereotypes. >> these relationships, older women and younger men are coming together for choice and independence and not dependency. so an adversarial model, a metaphor that doesn't apply. >> the evening also featured advice on dating and keeping your mate happy. the younger men in attendance also called "cubs" got a chance to vote on miss cougar california. >>> 6:25 on monday. still ahead at 6:30 -- a final goodbye. wh

weiner. mr. weiner: thank you for yielding. when we lay down at night to sleep and we kiss our children to bed and we thank god for the country we live in and pray for good things the day ahead, we know that weather we are in a small town with one sheriff or a police department like new york city that has over 38,000, that somewhere there are men and women who are out there protecting us. unfortunately as the sheriff points out sometimes they don't come home. this is the time of year we join together to pay tribute to them. we know as we stand here today that we do all we can to give them the tools to do their job, but at the end of the day they are out there every single day. and rarely does someone stop a police officer and thank them their car didn't get stolen or their house wasn't burglarized or they woke up in the morning and their home was safe. this is the time of year we recognize that all of them are prepared to make sacrifices for us and should join in paying tribute to them. mr. reichert: may we have a moment of sil

supervisor scott weiner floating the idea of an annual registration fee and limit of the number of dogs per person. he plans a public hearing before drafting legislation. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,, twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. [ giggles ] hey! owww! right here! right here! one for me! one for me! >>> good morning. northbound 101 sweepers blocking a couple of labels. northbound is really slow right now heading into san francisco. it's kind of slow in stretches from at least candlestick right now and it's also causing traffic to back up on 280 for people avoiding 101. 880 through oakland sluggish past the coliseum. and heading southbound 880 through san leandro we have an accident by marina off to the shoulder but chp is still on scene and it's causing some looky-loo so traffic. lawrence has the forecast. >> check out the showers around the bay area today. we are seeing some of that -- most of it still in parts of the north bay but this line starting to creep further south. we'll continue to do so although breaking up as it moves on by. so

>> reporter: drew, weiner here at the islamic society of orange county for 5:00 a.m. prayers, and we got to tell you the leaders of the mosque here want everybody to know that they absolutely ecstatic that bin laden was killed. they want people to know that muslim, muslim americans are just as happy as any other americans. this is a mosque where one man prayed before leaving the country and joining al qaeda. they're sensitive to that. they've had threats over the years here, and they're very concerned that people know exactly that. in the ours after the news started to trick -- in the hours after the news startsed to trickle out, we went to arab american areas and got reaction. we found enthusiasm mixed with a little bit of skepticism. >> i mean, you cut off the head of the snake, you -- the rest, you know, falls. it means this is finally over to me. >> we're elated that someone who's the biggest symbol of terrorism is finally gone now. and i can't wait to actually see his picture, to be honest with you. because we've been waiting for this moment for a long time. >> h

congressman anthony weiner's twitter was attacked. he says the use of twitter can cut two ways. that does it for today's "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern with more of your phone calls. charm [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ >> good tuesday morning. we hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend and getting back to work today, we have lots of live events on the cspan networks. starting in about half an hour, we'll hear from freshman republican allen west of florida. he is speaking at the heritage foundation starting at 10:30 eastern and that will be on our companion network c-span to. becerra and cspan, will have house minority leader and maryland democrat steny hoyer discussing manufacturing issues at the center for american progress this morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. the u.s. house gavels in at noon to begin the week alleges that a big hit -- business begins at 4:45 and will talk about raising the debt ceiling. require a 2/3 majority of the house and we expec

supervisor weiner: present. >> all members are present. president chiu: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. colleagues, you should have copies of the april 15 and april 19, 2011 board meeting minutes. the motion to approve by supervisor elsbernd. are there any communications? if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 and two comprise the consent agenda. these will be acted upon by a single roll-call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever either of these items? if not, roll call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. costa-hawkins -- supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. superivsor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the project. item four is in motion reversing the certification of th