given your work with our minority contractors. i appreciate your perspective and and candor and your consistency and your work in the city. i am happy to support this motion and we can do that without opposition. do we have a motion to refer this as a committee? >> i am looking at the agenda. supervisor kim: it will be heard on tuesday, july 31. we can do this without opposition. thank you. can you please call item number 4? >> motion approving/rejecting the mayor's appointment of cabinet -- kevin cheng to the board of appeals for the term ending july 1, 2016. supervisor kim: we received notice yesterday afternoon that the mayor has withdrawn this appointment. colleagues, can we entertain a motion to continue this motion to the call of the chair? we do need to open up for public comment on this. two minutes. >> good afternoon. i am a san francisco resident. i am pleased to hear that this appointment has been withdrawn by the mayor's office. i think he received considerable information. it would be a very inappropriate to have some

we have a statement given right after the incident. that the credibility of which will have to be tested against whatever the sheriff says now and whatever miss lopez says now. and it's accepted that the kind of relationship that exists that pre-exists and predates the violent incident is welcome to make that determination. >> mr. keith, isn't it your position that the mayor -- that the sheriff having pled guilty to false imprisonment, that was pleading to domestic violence? >> yes. >> that's your position, isn't it? >> it is. >> why do you need anything about conversations or incidents that happened back in october if it's your position the official misconduct is proven by the mere fact of entering a guilty plea. >> commissioner, it's the mayor's position that the conviction alone, when we put it together with a sentence and probation consideration, et cetera, that's official misconduct. but we -- but there's also an argument to be made and we expect the other side to make it, that it's not official misconduct. at which point we then

>> given where the mta is going, this is not in line with what we're doing. supervisor wiener: i want to follow upon -- i want to follow up on, there was some questions about vehicle trip generation that seems to be in conflict in terms of the direction they were .i r'o i think the view was expressed that the percentage of private vehicle trips would be much higher. d1ßthere are some questions abot the number of parking spaces in the facility being too low. one thing i want to make sure, we're not putting it -- if you have too much policy, at -- parking, you are violating our transit first policy. if you do not have enough parking, he will be generating too many vehicle trips. you'll be clogging up the roads and taking on street parking and walking emergency vehicles. i want to make sure the way that we are analyzing this, what we need to be doing is using art cities -- the way we analyze projects. this is not the first large project. this is a very important project. it needs to betj analyzed very carefully and evaluated very carefully. every project is uni

state officials do not understand why this program must be given priority when the backlog for other agencies is just as great. on the issue of appraisal fraud, an appraisal is an opinion of value which makes it difficult to show that the appraiser intended to deceive someone. for this reason, law enforcement officials often shy away from bringing fraud charges against appraisers, although state and federal law enforcement have joined task forces with state regulators, they are often not able to share information due to concerns that their investigations could be compromised. appraisers are not usually the originator of fraud schemes, but are brought into it with the promise of future assignments. instead of large payments which would provide the smoking gun tying them to the fraud. appraisal management companies. amcs have existed for many years. as a result of the home valuation code of conduct, many more amcs were established. there were, however, no regulations in place defining amcs or controlling who could own or operate an amc. often appraisers are prohibited from speaking wit

to our that's given to secretary sebelius says that you cannot charge somebody a ridiculous amount to give the health care insurance it's basically protecting the consumer so that you can you don't pay you get a fair health care in the industry you're going to pay the price for that you're going to be there laid off you have bigger going on you know yes you are is this every one of the incident in foley is not true this is flatly not true that you were able to increase the number of people who goes there there's an end for the best and the taxes are a problem with a guy. who provides like they're told he came off a rail on having bureaucracy we need to get rid of the bureaucracy to make that we can streamline things that's exactly what the affordable care act does it says the insurance companies going to care every dollar on overhead you off for that's what it that's what i think it was i mean it of bureaucracy and it's precisely because of that's just not the religious freedom mandate and the disputes over that through all of these this is a lot of what we're doing and i don't claim

>> supervisor wiener, we were given a description. the reason we recommended manager 2 was the scope of the program. they had not developed yet. they had not come up with any detail. it is a $400,000 budget. we did not see this a significant program to justify the higher level manager. since they are now saying they need someone with higher level technical skills, that is not information provided to was previously. supervisor wiener: would you have come to a different conclusion? >> i think it is new information. part of the reason for recommending the service is that we have no information on this program, so i think it might be worthwhile to talk about this program a little bit more so we understand it better. supervisor wiener: ok. maybe you can do that. we talked about the desire to accelerate, because, you know, we all know we have an enormous amount of work to do. given that new information is not a particularly huge amount of money. but if there is a legitimate amount of rationale, that would be good to know that. >> thank you,

fighting for his fifteen minutes at the republican national convention ron paul and his supporters haven't given up hope yet why he could have a prime speaking role at the. convention later this summer. we all know the saying that kids will be kids but that certainly doesn't mean they'll be treated like it especially in the confines of the u.s. public school system we'll tell you about the cradle to prison pipeline that's funneling america's youth into the hard knock life. and the middle east isn't the only region the u.s. is tightening its grip on these days in america's backyard a four decade drug war has sparked military interests coming up we'll show you how the u.s. may be helping to create enemies before writing them off. it's tuesday july tenth here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. well despite what you hear he's still in the running republican presidential candidate ron paul and his supporters are giving up on his delegate strategy and it looks like that effort is paying off in the state of nebraska one week from today nebraska will be holding its convention and i

i want to be up there, being lauded and applauded and given all these and on the red carpet, waving at the hordes of people. but expect? i can't say that i did. tavis: i told you when you walked out because i haven't seen you in a few months, or a little while, i guess, so not long ago, not too long ago, i was in our home state of mississippi, where i was born, of course, and where you are from, and got a chance to hang out in your club for a couple of days. did some filming, as a matter of fact, in your documentary i was working on that we filmed. cornel west and i and a few others filmed this documentary in your place. had a good time down there. it leads me to ask how your upbringing has informed, to the extent that it has, the kinds of acting choices that you've made, your upbringing specifically. how has that informed your acting choices? >> i'm not sure that my upbringing has in itself informed my acting choices. tavis: that's fair. >> but in growing up, i was a child of the movies. i went to the movies every given opportunity, and that's pretty much what has informed a lot of my

to prevent states from expanding medicaid coverage for low income people under obamacare states are given huge amounts of free money from the federal government to expand medicaid coverage individuals making up to one hundred thirty three percent above the poverty line around forty thousand dollars a year for a family of four if you make that amount or less it would mean that your health insurance is free unless your republican governor turns down the money so if states decide to turn down the free money for political reasons it could limit just how many americans end up getting health insurance thanks to obamacare already republican governors in ten states including florida louisiana mississippi nevada south carolina and others have said that they intend to opt out of the medicaid expansion the more states the follow the less effective obama became. bamma care becomes steps three four and five to repeal obamacare according to the koch brothers funded freedom works all deal with the november election step three is to elect four more republicans to have a repeal proof image over bold major

ann romney reinforced her husband's refusal to make more of his tax returns public. >> we've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life. >> she said her family 10% of their income to the mormon church and he did not take a salary as massachusetts's governor. she says being diagnosed 14 years ago with multiple sclerosis was her darkest hour. >> it wasn't just the feeling, it is the unknown where is this taking me how long is this going to go on is it going to drag me down so much i have nothing left in life? >> romney says she found value in life again during her therapy with the help of family and friends. >>> president obama started two days of campaigning in florida one of the major battleground states. the president departed washington this morning and is hold ago event now jacksonville, florida. he will be in west palm beach trying to win over vets, seniors and independent voters. morgan freeman announced he's given one million dollars to a political action committee to help reelect president obama. steven spielberg has a

up ahead this hour with me kevin no it's payback time barclays banks now boss has been given a grilling over who knew wats in the rate fixing scandal that cost him his job. but next a law in ukraine to recognize russian official language in some regions as seen hundreds protesting. police fired tear gas at the angry crowds after the ukrainian parliament the rather approved the law without debate president a covert says he'll consult experts before he signs the law critics fear it will dilute ukrainian sovereignty and increase moscow's influence if russian is used in official business it's by no means though the first time tempers of run high and ukraine in recent years it's been this see the politicians have been getting physical as artie's alexia reports now on. another day another while you. trains parliament deliberated of a controversial language law deputies use their fists to let their feelings be known one of the central figures in another recent scandal party of regions deputies by the police and chunka says he was attacked by opposition politicians while trying to address lawma

we did not get any evidence that a second investigator was going to be necessary given their current caseload. supervisor chu: thank you very much. thank you, supervisor wiener. colleagues, from my understanding, the department is in agreement with most items. the occ is not in agreement with the investigator cut on page 39. to the comptroller's office, last week we asked you to look at the civilianization work and to true up some of the information on the reports. that was previously done by your office. i am wondering if you had any information to share? >> you have a copy of the revised memo which we drop off this morning. we worked with the police department during the last week to ensure that we're netting out of it, for example, civilians that are at the occ. it does show, as you can see on table b of the memo, it shows a growth in budgeted civilians since opposition c was passed in 2004. 222 to 326 currently. and the proposed budget as the additional positions for the current year. we worked with the police department to clarify which -- in which cases civilian positions that

i want to thank members on both sides of the public who have given testimony. the kids who have been here. it is very late. hopefully, they are in bed now. there is a lot of passion about our parks. i really feel that i had been clinging to the part of golden gate park remaining a grasp park. that is something that i feel really strongly about. seeing the changes to the park that are inevitable, it is very hard to see that change going to turf. it seems like that is where the votes are. i was the director of a midnight soccer program. that was back in 1995. i really see the value of having soccer as an available recreation activity for young people. i believe that the decision we have today is expanding the opportunity for those of us in the city. i see that as a great good. i have talked to numerous people in my community and my community of parents with kids. soccer parents, dads and moms. it is unbelievable, the need for greater recreation opportunities. i do see a loss in what golden gate community should be like. i believe that will create a glow over the

it is given. chairperson hur: i think we are allowing hearsay to be admitted, and just suggesting that it might not have any weight. if you bring it in in some other way, for example -- i do not want to speculate. i would just leave it at that. unless there is some clarification you feel that you need. >> it is in the video. it is also in the statement to ivory madison. chairperson hur: i have not seen the video. whether it is in the statement to ivory madison is different than whether it should be admitted from ms. williams. i will sustain the objection, unless there is dissent from the commission. the hearsay objection is overruled. paragraph 10? i thought it was line 7, beginning with "eliana told me." >> yes. i have objected, i thought, to beginning on line 5, with eliana described. chairperson hur: line 5, beginning with "eliana described." >> that is what my objection was to. chairperson hur: i think the same rationale would apply, there. dissenting views from the commissioners? commissioner

acquisitions of overseas companies given the cuhours. 78.86 machine 87ining its relative strength there. t upper 78 levels that you see right ago we were it of strength there lyery quickly, we have key data out of the u.s. speaking his views alsetrom close, but your enemies mayer an major services including google joined google in duating from stanford university. she has a degree in compute firm spokesperson. mayer's appoin top executive over falsify case of and loss of for you next hour. i'll leave you with a check on ies to form a coalition government. the country's president, xanana to stay in he get a it will form a coalition with the alliance will hold a t the united nations peacekeeping force plans to withdraw from east timor before the end of the year.rity. in china s of ongoingding their most advanced manned nations a ers hope to use the climat spratly integrating the spratlys and disputed chaaster wasse force tokyo. city officials estimate a h could k >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> defense ministry workers put on a mock alert. then grounrushn crossing a river by boat to p

given, a kind of, the surprising need by the federal government over the last six months, i have little faith that they will not make other changes in august on a system that we are intending to build. i am very sympathetic to the position you are in. also wanting us to move forward and not having perhaps the three-month delay. but it does not seem like there is this level of urgency to build the system when the federal government has not made decisions around what type of system it is building. i guess i am worried that there will be other changes that will come out in august, so i think three months is not a huge price to pay to get a little more certainty. i am not asking to reduce the budget of the department of emergency management because i understand the importance of supporting a public safety communications network. for me, personally, i have some questions about where the federal government is heading and would like as many answers before we invest in that system. supervisor chu: to the department, with regards to the amount, you talked about how it really pays for staffing at

to corporate sponsors and not given out. not available for you and me and other people to buy online or directly but if the tickets aren't given out, the seats are empty. >> okay. that is so not cool for those of us who would give anything to be there. what about if they have an investigation, tracy, and they find it to be the case, does someone get penalized? is there a problem with this? >> reporter: well, what they're doing now, i mean, they haven't really talked so much about penalizing the companies that haven't given out the tickets. what they want them to do is give the tickets back which may sound strange but they have actually had a big ticket resale effort going on here. they have a whole website for ticket resale so that when people aren't going to use the tickets for some reason, they can put them back in the system and make them available and now a big push out to say if you have the tickets, if you're not using the tickets, give them back to give them or sell them to people who might want them. >> that would ma

i choose instead during the scarce five minutes given me to do as the lawyers do, namely, to set forth the conclusions to which i have arrived as a result of my experience in the financial markets, my research and study, all of which can be examined in my published writings, one of which is available this evening, as dale said. now, herewith, my conclusion and a modest proposal -- america and the world desperately need monetary and financial reform. indeed, they need a modernized 21st century gold standard. the gold standard that is currency convertibility to gold is the simple proven global monetary standard by which to transmit uniform and reliable price information worldwide and to reestablish order in the chaos of our financial markets today. unlike central bank manipulated floating paper currencies of today, a stable dollar defined in law as a specific weight unit of gold exhibits the optimum impartial networking effects characteristic of our electronic age, of transparent global standards, not unlike the efforts to agree global communication standards, global standards. and globa

>> yeah. >> given the way things went today? >> that's the first time the court said something good about me. >> i could have given him more time in our detention center. i think that the taxpayers have spent enough money. he's already being supervised by another system. he's on parole. hopefully that will give him some, you know, supervision to the extent that he won't go out and re-offend. you know, we can't save everybody. i know that, but you know what, i'm going to keep trying. >> i'm about to be free. even though it's a crummy day. i don't care. i'm so happy. you don't even understand. spent four birthdays locked up. 15, 16th, 17th and 18th. next year i'm going to be at the crib on my birthday. actually getting released from somewhere. >> just goes to show you, you can't sell people short. you never know what's going to happen. you wouldn't have expected most of what occurred this go around, would you? >> yeah. >> see, it just goes to show you. one ricardo pizano. >> thank you. good luck. take care. thank you. >> well, i c

and given the boot. instead jim rodgers, the chairman and ceo of the old duke energy who was supposed to be chairman of the new duke will now be both the chairman and ceo. it's not some piddling human resource issue. a former member of progress energy's board of directors called the move, quote, the most blatant experience of corporate deceit i have witnessed in a long career on wall street and one of the greatest corporate hijackings in u.s. business history." this is lousy corporate governance. standard & poors has said it might cut their rating. and the attorney general is looking into whether consumers were misled about the merger. what does this mean for the stock? let me be clear. i am outraged by what happened. it's horrendous, a traf industry and i'm calling for investigations. we want the names of people misled and the bad guys pun ird. but -- and this is a very big but, i still like the stock! i think duke energy is worth owning right now, despite all the scandal. because in this market domesti

around that time, given a 2010, -- june of 2010, we got served. no communication, no outreach from the developer. we did not know what was going on. about a month ago, my neighbor got a call. i got a call, did you get it? so and so, three of the members got the call and they were on vacation. is that three minutes? >> you have 30 seconds. >> there is no notification come at the very last minute. the neighborhood group got together -- there is notification, at the very last minute. the meeting was held at old first church. i thought it was canceled. finally saw somebody go in the side door. i echo everything that was said before. please do not certify anything tonight. commissioner fong: thank you. >> i would like to remind the public that this is public comment regarding certifying the eir. your time is limited to two minutes. >> i am a resident bishop for the california and nevada conference of the united methodist church. our conference serves the northern two-thirds of the state of california and the northern half of the state of nevada. i come

clouding the ceremony british police take down a peaceful mass school ride and given problems to the london two thousand and twelve olympic organizers though it didn't get kicked off with an amazing opening show that jumping out of a helicopter paul mccartney of course david back and also went to. saudi arabia police down demonstrators live rounds as a pro reform protest spread from the united arab emirates is the latest outburst of violence in the country's eastern region where clashes have occurred throughout the . day i may say you know good to have you back in the studio you know i keep getting these strange e-mails us going on in london i think there is some one or two people mentioned to me as well i think it is the thirtieth. it is only way yes that's what you're talking about i think that's all anybody was championships well that might be part of it but there's a few other things as well tell you what china already that team to count rory more right now. common degree of hobby with us if this is sports of a year on twenty four hour are to you plenty ahead today of course incl

acquisitions of overseas companies given the cuhours. 78.86 machine 87ining its relative strength there. t upper 78 levels that you see right ago we were it of strength there lyery quickly, we have key data out of the u.s. speaking his views alsetrom close, but your enemies mayer an major services including google joined google in duating from stanford university. she has a degree in compute firm spokesperson. mayer's appoin top executive over falsify case of and loss of for you next hour. i'll leave you with a check on ies to form a coalition government. the country's president, xanana to stay in he get a it will form a coalition with the alliance will hold a t the united nations peacekeeping force plans to withdraw from east timor before the end of the year.rity. in china say of ongoingding their most advanced manned nations a ers hope to use the climat spratly integrating the spratlys and disputed chaaster wasse force tokyo. city officials estimate a h could k >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> defense ministry workers put on a mock alert. then grounrushn crossing a river by boat to

year, $50 million, around that number, that is not a lot of money given what the affordable housing needs of the city are, and in the first year, you are talking about the fun having $20 million, and perhaps only $12 million going to affordable housing, so how did we get to such a low number? if the idea here was to create a permanent source of funding for affordable housing, why not actually go with a number that actually, you know, is going to make a big difference in terms of the needs? relative to the needs, this is a drop in the bucket, so i am wondering if you can talk about how it is we got such a low number here. >> a couple of things. for those of us who work in the industry, we always recognize that there is a need for funding, and that is just a reality that we deal with day in and day out. from my perspective, it is a balancing act to try to find the right revenue sources. we have spent a lot of time looking to find out how we could be as neutral to the fund as possible. there is always that tension. >> i want to emphasize that we modeled this on the service, so we do ha

in a study children were given a little bit of egg powder 10 months. tests show the allergy was reduced or even eliminated. this approach has been used with peanuts and researchers suggest it could be applicable to all food allergy autos crews started to tear down buildings today. had this is taking place at the future site of the bariesa park station. and there is work continuing every weekday between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. the station expected to open in 2018. yahoo's new ceo will take home $1 million in salary. the bonus and stock options sweeten the deal. for that and how yahoo kept her interviews secret let's go live to emily chang. >> there is brand new details about the process what she'll get paid. she's going to earn a base salary of $1 million but the bonuses and stock awards could drive compensation up to $59 million. and she'll get a performance based stock option. and the art cell reports yahoo is known as a leaky ship with internal deliberations turning up in blogs so when the company's team met with myer no one inside was told in the in

and i believe that appraisers are fully capable of gaining necessary competence if they're given the appropriate and the necessary time to spend in a market, interview the folks necessary to gather market information, and given the time necessary to appropriately complete the appraisal report. >> but even a very competent appraiser who is given just one job in some community he doesn't know -- he's only paid a few hundred dollars, so he can't spend hours and hours studying everything that a competent appraiser -- if he's only going to do one appraisal in that neighborhood, he's probably going to miss some things. >> i agree. i think the uniform standard of professional appraisal practice provides the appraiser guidance with what to do in such circumstance and that is to decline the assignment. i believe that we have to hold appraisers to that standard. they have to know when it is appropriate for them to accept an assignment and when it is appropriate for them to decline the assignment. >> if i can squeeze in one more question. how are appraisals and valuations affecting the housing

and given the boot. instead jim rogers, the chairman and ceo of the old duke energy who was supposed to be chairman of the new duke will now be both the chairman and ceo. it's not the munich beer hall push of '23, unlike the leaders, rogers was successful and doesn't share the genocidal tendencies. it's not some piddly human resource issue. a former member of progress energy's board of directors called the move, quote, the most blatant example of corporate deceit i have witnessed during a long career on wall street. and added one of the greatest corporate hijackings in u.s. business history. this is lousy corporate governance. it has real consequences. standard & poors has said it might cut duke's credit rating. the north carolina utilities commission has started an investigation into the move, and north carolina's attorney general is looking into whether consumers were misled about the merger. so what does this sordid tale mean for the stock? i am outraged by what happened here. it's horrendous, a total

it's very tasteful, especially given where it is. these are properties that are not easy to reassign particularly when there is a change of ownership and this is a great example of what we would hope to find more people to do. >> the motion is for approval with conditions. [will call] the motion passes unanimously. commissioners, you are now on item number 15, this is an 969 sutter street. >> i'm with planning staff. a request before you today is for conditional use authorization for formula retail use for poppa john's pizza. there's been no expansion of the existing tenants space. -- if i could ask for just a moment, please >> sorry for the interruption. it will go ahead and continue. this is a request for a formula retail at 696 center street. the restaurant will offer pizza and other food primarily for delivery and carry out. there is no expansion of the tenet space with respect to the form -- the retail uses, we ask the planning commission considers several criteria including the existing concentration of formula retail usage in

we have given them the best chance we can. now we begin to transition down because ultimately sovereignty will trump. no one has ever been able to militarily control afghanistan in the history of that country. we will not be the first. president obama was very realistic about the direction we need to go now. i do not know the exact number, but i hope it's lower than 68,000. >> five minutes remained in our conversation with adam smith from washington state, the ranking democrat on the house arms services committee. jeremy herb from "the hill." >> we hear talk about how got nuclear weapons. we have also heard from the chairman of the joint chiefs, general dempsey, that they are acting rationally on the international stage. do you think iran is as dangerous as advertised? >> yes. both of those statements can be true. there are a lot of rational actors in the world were very dangerous. where iran is concerned, part of their effort is projecting power. they view themselves as an original power. they are involved in hezbollah and ha

camp but the venture has given plenty of ammo to the critics. and the often off of last year's fukushima disaster hits u.s. shores in the form of radioactive fish that's coming just a few minutes on what. looks like one of the world's most reclusive states that of north korea is taking a step in another direction its young leader is said to be set on a path of reform kim jong un this week dismissed the north's long standing military chief who it's understood was opposed to the plan changes south korean media report that the general might even have being killed off for a gunfight broke out when attempt was made to arrest him let's get details on this i'm told to journalist an independent but we good to see you thanks for joining us on the program today so. well i suppose bit more north korea reform that don't exactly always go together and hand in hand when it comes to possibly reform in the country how far along do you think kim jong un is prepared to go. but i think the fact that north korea's a creative genius he can address the need for refor

i ask you, sir, given the basic laws of supply and demand, that's what economists would call a ( bleep ) load of footnotes where for me the demand is very, very little. ( laughter ). >> the supply was very great. >> jon: what drives you to write this book? >> inequality has really become one of the major problems facing our country. i don't know if most americans realize that we have become the most unequal of all the advanced industrial countries, and we've become the country of among the advanced industrial countries with the least equality of opportunity, so different from our myth of the american dream. >> jon: there are two things in there-- equality of opportunity versus equality of wealth. some would argue that equality of opportunity more important because the ability to reach that, we had a guy on the show, ed connard of bain capital who had written a book saying we don't have enough inequality because it will drive the people with less to want more if they know the carried interest rate would be 15%. >> and they got lower taxes. >> jon: exactly. so is there not-- what do we n

however, they have not given any opinion, one way or the other. has the court suggested to you it would take an additional six months or are you just requesting that? >> my concern is that in six months it would be december, right before the rainy season. that and that is a concern of my client. that is why earlier i said hopefully. there are a lot of things that have to come into play. that would be the goal. we tried to give you a best estimate. i do not want to make any misrepresentations here, because some things are outside of my clients control. we anticipate that would give us enough time to get things done. >> this. >> this is not a question, more of a discussion. should i do that now? i wonder if we could uphold the order and then hold it in abeyance, for six months, so i would hope the court would take that into consideration. >> i appreciatethat there is a e for this to end. we have issued now -- this would be the fourth. we have issued three continuances,that there is a dee my, to submit the order to uphold the order and then hold the

did that still have value on them can't this be given to. there are a lot of winners in this case are the winds of they won their case. a kid winds because after this all came mouse some and give them enough money to buy part tickets for the rest is high school career the only loser in this is jim. did we can't even get on unemployment because bart is flight fighting mad implements. all this do is lie to avoid trouble but that's not his style. he's 66 ipod now is looking at hiring a lawyer. mike sherman cbs five metal thieves have plundered in san francisco park they still thousands of dollars of equipment at the proper amazon playgrounds take a look at this thieves ripped the aluminum bleachers and see tougher stance. the charges sold the metal frames and the princess metal thieves are putting a big dent in the city's budget. >>> in the last six years since all this apartment and spent $1.8 million coming up after people's bad behavior between vandalism and theft. it makes us all a little mad. asked steve mcqueen to point though. >>> are hi

i don't mean that these people plan to serve it but once the conditional use is given, the next person can come in and change it. those are things you could make conditions -- if they only really want to be open until 10:00 or 11:00, pick one and make it a condition. you could make that a condition. in other places, there was probably no condition put on it. it was a restaurant and a conditional use and the next thing it was all beer because a different owner came and joined them and they were only given the right to serve alcohol until 11. the next thing they wanted to go until 2:00 because they wanted to become part of the bar scene. just so they could sell alcohol. not saying these people are going to do that, but the next person that comes in will have this conditional use and no conditions. i don't put think there were conditions added because you got it confusing advice at that time that maybe you couldn't do it and there are rumors and there is no point in my going into it but there are still rumors that one of those businesses is thinking about making some major changes that wo

the one and only hearing this body has given to any sunshine ordinance task force referral was at the time of the grand jury report when it was issued and the report said you have never conducted a hearing. i would have a really hard time justifying the fact that in all of the hundreds of hearings, and a few dozen that were referred to this ethics commission, just one was even considered by the commissioners. in open government matters, you have effectively sided with the city and against the citizens in every single case. you can use species ways of dismissing but realistically, can you say that hundreds of citizens who filed the complaints, it gets winnowed down by the task force to a few dozen and referred to you for enforcement and yet, you cannot even bother to consider them? elect a staff dismiss them, and you simply accept it bluntly. -- you simply dismiss them, and discipline except it. -- you simply acceoppt it. you can say, we are try to work on this but justice delayed is justice denied and have dozens of cases that have been referred to this task force which just got dismi

we have given them the best chance we can. now we begin to transition down because ultimately sovereignty will trump. no one has ever been able to militarily control afghanistan in the history of that country. we will not be the first. president obama was very realistic about the direction we need to go now. i do not know the exact number, but i hope it's lower than 68,000. >> five minutes remained in our conversation with adam smith from washington state, the ranking democrat on the house arms services committee. jeremy herb from "the hill." >> we hear talk about how dangerous it would be a thing got nuclear weapons. we have also heard from the the joint chiefs, general dempsey, that they are acting rationally on the international stage. do you think iran is as dangerous as advertised? >> yes. both of those statements can be true. there are a lot of rational actors in the world were very dangerous. where iran is concerned, part of their effort is projecting power. they view themselves as an original power. they are involved i

so given the nature of it and given the size of the market, for example, the derivatives market is -- >> we're talking about $500 trillion. >> exactly. so huge. huge implications. and certainly for the united kingdom. >> do you think the focus on london's role on all of this is being overemphasized? >> i think it's very much a part of it because london is a hugely global, international competitive center. for example, 20% of all international loans are made through london. so it has a focal point in the global economy. so london is up and on that issue. and other areas as well. but libor has a potential to destabilize the whole financial system. and given the eurozone and the sluggish growth and all of the economies, this is the worst of times for it. and so politicians, what i tell my colleagues in parl simt politicians have got to be seen to be working for the common good. to be working together. >> but how do politicians with regard to this libor rate, how do they fix it without upsetting the apple cart of all of these mortgages and derivatives that are linked to this raid? >> it's

and the usa it's not just the totally false picture that's been given of the condition of banks when they're basically zombie banks and it's not just the fact that nearly a thousand trillion that's perhaps fifteen or twenty times the worth of the global economy a thousand. of contracts have all been falsified the seriousness about this is that this latest revelation is part of showing that the whole system which is the stated to be always efficient and always having just outcomes is in fact false and failing the banks must firstly be controlled and that can be done by insisting that they lend only their own money and with permission the deposits of their customers and having done that you open up an interest free supply of money from the national bank which may be administered by the commercial banks charging only and administrative costs but it must be can administered on two key conditions that it only goes to the real economy and not into the casino and the gambling and it's only for the spreading of the real economy now if you do that you can in fact start to create what is now a

. >> the yes was, was there special treatment or preferential treatment given to union members? sounds like you're doing a lot of explaining and telling me why that that's not the case. >> right. >> i think it's very clear that there was special preferential treatment given to one group over another. now you're free to disagree with me. >> i disagree. >> it's pretty clear that's exactly what happened. let me ask you about you. have you gotten any preferential treatment since your work with unions on this from unions? >> of course not. >> of course not? you have not done any work since this with any union? >> yes, i v but thathave but th prf preferential treatment. do you have any evidence to suggest that, sir? >> i asked the question. >> i disagree with you. >> what work are you doing with unions now? >> the teamsters approached me. i had enormous success in restructuring broken businesses in many walks of life. they asked for my help in the largest employer which we successfully restruck uctured of court. because of that success, i am asked to work on other situations. i worked

i choose instead during the scarce five minutes given me to do as the lawyers do, namely, to set forth the conclusions to which i have arrived as a result of my experience in the financial markets, my research and study, all of which can be examined in my published writings, one of which is available this evening, as dale said. now, herewith, my conclusion and a modest proposal -- america and the world desperately need monetary and financial reform. indeed, they need a modernized 21st century gold standard. the gold standard that is currency convertibility to gold is the simple proven global monetary standard by which to transmit uniform and reliable price information worldwide and to reestablish order in the chaos of our financial markets today. unlike central bank manipulated floating paper currencies of today, a stable dollar defined in law as a specific weight unit of gold exhibits the optimum impartial networking effects characteristic of our electronic age, of transparent global standards, not unlike the efforts to agree global communication standards, global standards. but all w

the fields are in poor condition, given the level of use they sustained. they are riddled with go for holes. the have a number of other issues. our project addresses these deficiencies, and that's needed amenities, including 100 trees. we are removing 16, and we are going to add 100. we are doubling the capacity of the restrooms. feedback from the public, city departments, and the national park service has also helped us reform and improve the project, including modifying the restrooms that will remain a contributor to the national register designation. the product has many benefits, the most important of which is the increase in play hours. the polo fields are host to the up/all lands and other large events over time. west sunset is an appropriate substitute. any site that is larger than beach chalet will have more total hours of play. beach chalet in total, we expect, will yield about 1800 more hours in time. supervisor chu: i wonder if you could elaborate on the hours played at the different fields. >> in terms of the increased tax beach chalet -- in te

half a million was put on reserve and half a million was given to us. of that, $380,000 -- there has been $380,000 worth of grants to small businesses approved by working solutions. none of them have been funded because we have not got the money to them. that actually happened last week. there has been a lot of activity with screening at approving loans. the money should go out or in one day -- in one big tranch. with the other money that will be revolving, it should be enough for the next two fiscal years. what we would propose for the remaining $4 million in proposed budget for loans, we propose to be allocated much differently, to actually hit businesses across a larger spectrum, including grants for compliance construction work and tenant improvement and forgivable loan for tenant improvements where a business stays in operation for between three and five-year spending of love. the other day this businesses that need loans larger than $50,000. we would look for community lenders for that program to find a lender that would hopefully leverage the mon