secretary chu was on hand in september of 2009. as vice president joe biden appeared before company employees via video link, announcing a loan guarantee for solyndra under the new federal stimulus law. nine months later in may of 2010, president obama toured the company in fremont, california. in all, solyndra received more than $500 million in federal aid. but less than two years later, in august of this year, solyndra filed for bankruptcy. today, secretary chu blamed the company's failure on the economics of a global market. >> well, it is extremely unfortunate that what has happened to solyndra, and we-- i but when the bottom of a market falls out and the price of solar decreases by 70% in two and a half years, that was totally unexpected. and so fundamentally, this company and several others got caught in a very bad tsunami, if you will. >> brown: but house republican see a very different picture. fred upton of michigan: >> the number of red flags about solyndra that were raised along the way, many from within d.o.e., and eith

chu was ready to say the buck stops here, but not sorry about that. republicans on the energy subcommittee kept up the drum beat that at beast making the loan to solyndra was incompetent at worst political pay back for an obama supporter. >> receiving financial reports showing solyndra was bleeding cash going bankrupt. >> it is extremely unfortunate what has happened to solyndra if you go back and look at the time decisions being made, was there incompetence? was there any influence of a political nature? and i would have to say no. >> solyndra made solar panels even received a visit from the president as part of his green energy initiative. in september after receiving the 535 million dollar government-backed loan the company declared bankruptcy. critics have charged that since a big obama campaign donor was an investor the white house must have played a role. chu says he, not the white house made all the key decisions. >> as secretary of energy the final decisions on solyndra were mine. and i made them with the best interests of the taxpayer in mind

ahead, steven chu got grilled for losing half a billion taxpayer dollars on solyndra. we'll analyze what happens next on "the five." ♪ ♪ can i help you? yeah, can i get a full-sized car? for full-sized cars, please listen to the following menu. for convertibles, press star one. i didn't catch that. to speak to a representative, please say representative now. representative. goodbye! you don't like automated customer service, and neither do we. that's why, unlike other cards, no matter when you call chase sapphire preferred, you immediately get a person not a prompt. chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different color. (phone ringing) chase sapphire preferred, this is julie in springfield. >>> who is to apologize for the half a billion dollars that has been, out the door? >> it is unfortunate what happened to solyndra but you go back and look at the time the decisions were being made, was there incompetence, was there any influence of a political nature? i would have to say no. >> so no apologies? >> it's extremely unfortunate what has happened to solyndra. >> eri

secretary chu was on hand in september of 2009. as vice president joe biden appeared before company employees via video link, announcing a loan guarantee for solyndra under the new federal stimulus law. nine months later in may of 2010, president obama toured the company in fremont, california. in all, solyndra received more than $500 million in federal aid. but less than two years later, in august of this year, solyndra filed for bankruptcy. today, secretary chu blamed the company's failure on the economics of a global market. >> well, it is extremely unfortunate that what has happened to solyndra, and we-- i but when the bottom of a market falls out and the price of solar decreases by 70% in two and a half years, that was totally unexpected. and so fundamentally, this company and several others got caught in a very bad tsunami, if you will. >> brown: but house republican see a very different picture. fred upton of michigan: >> the numberf red flags about solyndra that were raised along the way, many from within d.o.e., and either

chu was ready to say the buck stops here, but not sorry about that. republicans on the energy subcommittee kept up the drum beat that at beast making the loan to solyndra was incompetent at worst political pay back for an obama supporter. >> receiving financial reports showing solyndra was bleeding cash going bankrupt. >> it is extremely unfortunate what has happened to solyndra if you go back and look at the time decisions being made, was there incompetence? was there any influence of a political nature? and i would have to say no. >> solyndra made solar panels even received a visit from the president as part of his green energy initiative. in september after receiving the 535 million dollar government-backed loan the company declared bankruptcy. critics have charged that since a big obama campaign donor was an investor the white house must have played a role. chu says he, not the white house made all the key decisions. >> as secretary of energy the final decisions on solyndra were mine. and i made them with the best interests of the taxpayer in mind

supervisor chu has seconded that motion to the amendment. supervisor campos: i want to thank supervisor cohen and her staff for the work they have done on this issue. i know this is something we have been grappling with for quite a few months. i welcome the amendments that have been made. i am still trying to understand the implications of the amendments, but i think it is a positive step forward. it is certainly a step in the right direction. i know a great deal of thought has gone into the specifics of the amendments. for me, what i would like to do is simply have a better understanding as to what the implications would be relative to individual workers. again, i think this may be the right place where we need to end up, but i think we need to do a little bit more analysis to see if that is the case. i will be happy to support the amendments, with the understanding there still needs to be more analysis to understand the implications. with that in mind, i think it is appropriate, in light of the fact that some of the issues are very complic

supervisor chu: thank you, president. first of all, i appreciate all the efforts all of the members of the mayor's office. many of us agree we do not condone violence, on both sides. that is not something we ever want to see happen in any protest in san francisco. in terms of the occupy sf movement, reading the resolution overall, i agree with 99% of what is being said. there are a lot of folks who feel similarly, who feel very frustrated at the movement or lack of movement we seen nationally. there are policies in place that seemed to create a larger divide. i certainly agree with that message. in terms of free speech, i think it is a fundamental right in the united states. i think that really distinguishes us from any other country. that is something very close to our hearts. but unfortunately for me, i want to express what it is a will not be supporting this resolution, because i think it is important. it has nothing to do with the movement or the message of the movement. it has nothing to do with the free speech right

supervisor chu: and no we have our office of language access here, and i am wondering if we might be able to utilize some of their services to make sure that the messages carried out and that the people who do wanted are aware of what those services are. i see adrian nodding her head in the back. thank you. president chiu: colleagues, any of the questions? supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i did want to ask if at&t would consider the request for a continuance, particularly since this is mano language, urging at least two -- this is mono language, notifying them that there is no danger but also that this is necessary. i do not know that you have met the burden that it is necessary to me, and i am just wondering if you're open to a continuance as the appellants have asked? >> supervisor mar, we have already granted one month's continuance with the planning department process, and we believe this has been time enough for them to address concerns. the health issues were discussed at our community meetings, so this is something that at&t is not interested in, a continuance. president chiu:

commissioner issue. " -- commissioner carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kim. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winner. it is passed. supervisor mirkarimi: please read item number three and four. >> item number 3, chairs report. item number four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: we have had interesting is in the transportation field this month. on november 1, the california high speed rail authority released its business plan. the main piece of news is that there's more than a doubling of the total price tag of the system, which is averaging $100 billion. i think everyone expected that the price tag would be revised. but the magnitude of the increase has been at definitely noticed. the schedule was also significantly revised videos and disappointed to see that we're now looking at a much longer time line in implementation of the downtown extension, which would not get to happen until after 2030. i do not think san francisco can stand for that kind of str

you heard secretary chu say the buck stops with me which has led some to believe on capitol hill the white house is making him the fall guy on. this that came from joe barton, shep who says he believes chu is culpable in the chain of decisions private investors would be repaid before taxpayers. in his five hours of testimony, chu also claimed to be unaware of warnings by his own staff about solyndra's shaky finances. >> question is, are you aware of any of these documents that were communications between doe and the white house? >> i'm not sure what communications there were between ooe and the white house. certainly we did not communicate with the white house on whether we should approve a loan and especially the solyndra loan. >> afterwards, chu told reporters he has nothing to be ashamed of. a key republic congressman called on him to resign, shep. >> shepard: and the chairman of this committee, james, took some return fire, if you will, from the white house today. >> that's right. the white house today circulated documents showing that house energy and commerce chairman, fred upt

and secretary chu was asked do you know who this person was? no. >> and he was unaware. he's not running a major financial institution, he's running a science lab. >> you can't see e-mails from the white house, is that because they are refusing under executive privilege or they just haven't provided them. >> they have been slow walking the whole process. the more we look at this, and beacon power is another one that went bankrupt. that was the second one they afford out of these loan guarantees. after the first three two have gone bankrupt. so at this point we think there is much more to look at in terms of the loan guarantee. with solyndra we have to see all the e-mails to tie it up. >> and my advice is to get it out now, the drip, drip, drip right up to the election isn't going to help them much. thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> and it's far from over. it's heating up, the battle over illegal immigration. illegal immigration. and arizona is ground music music music we're centurylink we're committed to improving lives and linking americans to what matters most wi

abc 2 news. >>> chu myth recently released a -- smith recently released a children's book. he's also in process of building a new facility. >>> well the ultimate challenge. she challenged them to read and boy did they deliver. when she found out how many books they read, she hit the roof. >> reporter: you know elementary school, we have traditions. traditions of reading without a books, our life would be as shaky as a principal on the roof. this principal on the roof. she challenged her students in a read-a-thn. they beat it by more than that. >> they voted for the characters that they wanted. -- character. it could be fancy nancy or it could be the wicked witch the west or the cat in the hat. they chose the wicked witch of the west. >> reporter: wow, imagine going to parent teacher conference with her tonight. the students say they love reading. there she is, the principal on the roof. abc 2 news. >>> now maryland's doppler radar. >> i'll get you my pretty. wasn't that the line. little bit of a breeze out there but not much wind. blue skies overhead, 61 out of pwi. wind is

chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th centur

and secretary chu was asked do you know who this person was? no. >> and he was unaware. he's not running a major financial institution, he's running a science lab. >> you can't see e-mails from the white house, is that because they are refusing under executive privilege or they just haven't provided them. >> they have been slow walking the whole process. the more we look at this, and beacon power is another one that went bankrupt. that was the second one they afford out of these loan guarantees. after the first three two have gone bankrupt. so at this point we think there is much more to look at in terms of the loan guarantee. with solyndra we have to see all the e-mails to tie it up. >> and my advice is to get it out now, the drip, drip, drip right up to the election isn't going to help them much. thank you, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> and it's far from over. it's heating up, the battle over illegal immigration. and arizona is ground zero. gov. jan brewer is here to go on record. she's next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] they've been tested, built and driven like no other

supervisor chu: the issue with this item is that we have not heard much from people complaining about this. in other items, we have heard people who are not in support. but on this one, i ha

>> supervisor chu, you are first or roll call. supervisor chu: [inaudible] >> supervisor kim? supervisor kim: i want to request that we adjourn our meeting in memory of one of my constituents. she was born in 1926. she arrived in america with her husband over 55 years ago in 1979 and was later joined by the rest of her family in 95. she departed this past saturday at the age of 85. she is survived by her husband, three daughters, three sons, 12 grandchildren, and five grandchildren, including a close friend of mine, timothy ho. she will be remembered as a grandmother who love to knit while listening to chinese opera. her services will be held on friday at green street mortuary, san francisco. her family is very active in our community as many of you know. grandchildren are very active in chinatown. thank you. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: thank you. today, and introducing legislation relating to important plazas in my district, both on castro and market. as you well know, we have been expanding the number of plazas and in the city, crea

red flags that gop lawmakers said secretary chu ignored. chu testified today, and i quote, my decision to guarantee a loan to solyndra was based on analysis of experienced professionsals on information they had available to them at the time. solyndra transaction went through two years of rigorous, technical, financial and legal due diligence. the chairman of this subcommittee, representative cliff stearns, republican of florida, said we since uncovered serious disagreement within the obama administration not only legality of this arrangement whether it was good deal for anyone involved but the rich hedge fund investors. the white house is fighting back we note, circulating documents that committee chairman fred upton, republican sought doe assistance on behalf of a solar company in his home state of michigan, like solyndra recently announced it is halting operations. upton says he was only representing constituents in asking doe to take a look at the company whether it was a sound investment or not. back to you guys. jenna: lots of differen

supervisor chu: i want to thank you for your patience in listening to this hearing. i understand there are many other parents who were prepared to come today. but i do understand that the parents who came are representative of the folks that have a perspective on this. i want to thank the parents for being the representatives of the larger group of folks that do wish this to happen. i want to really think everyone who has been working together to move this forward. all of you who have really organize for the better part of the year plus an have considered it a lot of different sites. i know this is not in the easiest process. it has been frustrated. all of your children have aged a year. we hope that does not continue to happen in the near future. let me say that, of the very reason discussion over the last few days of lot 202 vs 203, if there truly is committee consensus around a lot 203 and assuming this is ending that is feasible and that we can do without undue delay, i would give it support. but we still need to understand from rec and park exactly what those nu

steven chu is an academic. he is not well versed in politics and having to undergo tough political questioning about whether or not it led to motives that led to the obama administration's decision to give money to solyndra. listen to questions he got from a democrat. >> were you aware on march 16, 2010 in the filing with the sec, price water house cooper said they had substantial doubt about so lint ra's ability go b a going concern. were you aware of that? >> i am aware now. >> doesn't sound most promising. >> the big news that came out of the hearing is of the $535 million that went to solyndra, chu said it would be difficult to see that money again. he defended the notion to carry out green job intishatives and said it's important to get away from fossil fuels. this is a hearing that a lot of republicans wanted to see for sometime. it will be a black eye not only on chu, but the obama administration and expect this to play out on the stations as well as the blogosphere up to november 2012. >> absolutely, lu

supervisor chu: i have submitted a number of items already. supervisor weiner: colleagues, today i am introducing legislation to strengthen and clarify our prevailing wage ordinance. we have the prevailing wage ordinance for city contracts to level the playing field among city contractors, and to have services provided by adequately compensated personnel. it goes to various services, including motor bus services, janitorial services, of street parking, hauling solid waste, and moving services. earlier, there was a situation where we unanimously passed a resolution supporting the janitors. this legislation consolidates consistent standards for determining and enforcing prevailing wage requirements under certain types of city contracts. it provides an unemployment transition for workers, which are provided for some workers now, but not for all. it provides that all work on contracts are covered by the prevailing wage ordinance, performed by employees as opposed to independent contractors. i look forward to a discussion of this important piece of

the e-mail stated that he was not interested in the chu critique. he wanted his colleagues to consider the rest of carroll's message which dealt with energy policy but also predicted a wave of gop attacks over solyndra and other inside doe deals that have gone to obama donors and underperformed. the white house says thinks not an internal white house e-mail, not evidence of lift call in influenza of contributors on decision making with respect to the solyndra loan guarantee. this is his prediction of attacks he turned out to be right. republicans still want more documents issuing their own statement yesterday claiming that the white house production includes a limited number of self-selected documents along with their own interpretation of what those documents show. we are hoping that this is the beginning of an effort to find documents into an effort that left us all holding the back of $500 million. secretary chu will discuss at the oversight commission this tuesday. >>> still ahead, a famous chef tries to bring hell to d.c >> you know who we are

>> energy secretary steven chu unapologetic as he faced hours of questions. hable sifted his department was never contacted by the white house and politics played no role in the department's $500 million loan to solyndra. the freemont company went bankrupt this year and left 1100 employees without jobs. now, chu's deputies say it's unlikely the government will recover much of it $528 million loan. >> who is to apologize for the half a billion dollars that's been out the door? >> well, it is extremely unfortunate what's happened to solyndra. if you go back and look at the time the decisions were being made. was there incompetence? was there any influence of a political nature? and i would have to say no. >> so no apology? >> well, it is extremely unfortunate what has happened to solyndra. >> chu claims he was not aware of financial problems that solyndra faced, including predictions by energy department staff that the company was likely to face severe cashflow problems. he called the debacle extremely unfortunate, but he blamed unpredictable changes in the mar

why fire chu? >> bill, if anybody listened to the hearing you realize has solyndra fell into bankruptcy, secretary chu failed to sound the alarm. basically most of the questions we asked him he was unaware or would look into it. and when you look at what happened with the subordination where he actually went to an outside law firm here in washington to get an opinion and that law firm initially told him it was not legal for him to subordinate taxpayers to $535 billion. so that two hedge fund could get paid, he somehow, --. bill: 535 million, not billion, right? >> yeah. 535 million. when that was subordinated for two hedge funds, basically that memo from that law firm said he couldn't do it. but somehow he said there is another legal memo that says he can. and then, you know, he just seemed unaware of the fact that his own staff was telling him this solyndra was going to lose all its cash and will be out of cash two years hence. so they profet i canly said solyndra would go into bankruptcy two year

in less than an hour now, energy secretary steven chu is expected to tell a house committee that he alone accepts responsible for government's failed half billion dollar loan guarantee to the now bankrupt solyndra. a republican-led house committee is investigating whether politics played a role in the 535 million dollar loan given to the fremont solar panel maker. according to new excerpts of chu's prepared testimony the energy secretary will tell congress he believes the government must continue to provide financial support for clean energy technology. the solyndra lone he says was subject to, rigorous scrutiny and healthy debate and he adds, i did not make any decision based on political considerations. >>> you may see the sun this morning but less and less as the day guess on? >> and more and more -- day goes on? >> and more and more possibly moisture. >> scattered showers during the afternoon hours. right now the moisture is the in the form of thick fog system drews near it is pushing moisture in and creating fog. right now the best for the wet weather is up to our north around eureka

chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the grand opening of the san francisco police department's special victims unit. i am the commanding officer of the new svu. i would like to take a couple moments to briefly acknowledged our honorable mayor ed lee, chief greg suhr and command staff, commissioner azuko, and commissioner chan as well. thank you for joining us. i know how busy your schedules are. i believe district attorney gascon is going to be here any moment. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our professional partners. child protective services, adult protective services, the child abuse prevention center, the mayor's office into violence consortium, -- a

chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and d

chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. i have wanted to say this for some time. thank god for heroes. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for being here this afternoon to do something that is a great, great celebration for our city. last october 19, while driving her daughter to school very early in the morning, she saw a crash, a very horrible crash. she decided she would stop. she decided to take a look at what occurred. as she saw the flames and the truck overturned and noticed there was somebody in the street, she stopped her car and got out. she did not hesitate. she went out and pulled somebody out. in danger to herself and she had no hesitation. as a result, she

chu? elsbernd? cohen? kim? farrel? mar? mirkarimi, aye. avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. 11 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. can you read the in memoriam? >> we will adjourn at in the memory of the following individuals. janet swindler, and mr. jabbari allah. >> is there nay mor-- any more business? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. t

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carmen chu. commissioner:. commissioner elsbernd. commissioner farrell. commissioner kent. commissioner mark. commissioner mirkarimi. commissioner winener. item passes. item six, i recommend to the treasure island development authority board in the san francisco board of supervisors the designation of the authority as the treasure island mobility management agency to implement the treasure island transportation program. all there is the executive director to execute a -- execute a memorandum of agreement between the authority and tida. of wright's executive director to negotiate initial operating contracts and develop timma formation of documents. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? none. public comment? public comment is closed. so moved. thank you. next. >> 7, authorized executive director to enter into a funding agreement for the presidio parkway project with the california department of transportation and the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district to negotiate agreement -- agreement terms and conditions. action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? none.

supervisor chu: we have a very special group of like to invite to the podium, change sf. i have the distinct honor to recognize the special group of individuals from a district four school -- lincoln high school, home of the mighty mustangs. the group is actually an organization called change sf. i remember when i met her. she was downstairs walking in with her mother, and she ran into me to ask whether there was anything she could do to help volunteer in the community. you meet a lot of people who say that and they might disappear, but she did not do that. she went back to her high school, created an organization and organized a bunch of her peers. they have been a part of so many events in the past years. the list goes on and on. today, i really wanted to take a minute to recognize this group of individuals. she is very special in the front right there. she received the president's volunteer service award. i want to say thank you to all the students here. rather than name you all by name, i want to say i appreciate all of your work. every time we have had an event in th