walden. now, walden was the son of former slaves and sharecroppers. he studied at atlanta university with w.b. dubois. he went on to graduate with honors from the university of michigan law school. he excelled at michigan while waiting tables at a local fraternity. he is little known today but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers including vernon jordan, a lawyer -- the counsel among presidents who i'm sure some of you have heard of. jordan called walden so impressive. he said, quote, i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college president prioritized voting rights as the path to black power. and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary, the laws, the tradition of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia and elsewhere. and here is the result of his activism in 1946, after the fall of the white primary blacks lined up all over the streets

walden. now, walden was the sun, of former slaves and sharecroppers. he studied at atlanta university with debbie big boys. he went on to graduate with honors from the university of michigan law school. he excelled at michigan while waiting tables for a local fraternity. he is little known today, but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including vernon jordan, a lawyer, counsel to presidents who i'm sure some of you have heard of. jordan called walden so impressive. he said quote i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and a black college presidents prioritize voting rights as a path to black power. and he received walden challenging the so-called white primary, the laws, the traditions of excluding african-americans from the votes in georgia and elsewhere. and here is a result of his activism. in 1946 after the fall of the white primary, blacks lined up all over the streets in atl

i am a client at walden house on treasure island. unfortunately, it to present to get me sober, but walden house taught me to -- had showed me how to cope with life and show up for life on life's terms. i become an independent woman. i have got a job. i have got my self-esteem back, more self confidence. upon completion of the program, i have been offered to go into the sober living program, which is 11 more months on the island, to continue my recovery i am going to take the opportunity to go back to school. they are supportive of that choice. if it were not for this program, i would not be the one and i am today. i am here in support of this development, and i hope you go forward with it to help more women like me that want to change their lives. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization. i want to call to your attention something that neither the controller nor the budget analyst raised in a potential liability to the city. this project is ri

of walden house, the ash bury free clinic. i just got married. actually, our wedding date is july 1 and you know, sometimes in a wedding you think maybe you'll get flowers, maybe a nice little card, but you don't expect nearly a half million dollar budget cut. and so -- and that is actually $487,000 cut to outpatient services for both walden house and haight ashbury free clinic and want to talk about what that means in terms of client care. there's a $128,000 cut for the ocean center, a safe place for women to be. it's not quite a shelter but operates on a 24-hour basis. >> that was quick. >> i think that was a quick two minutes. why don't we give another minute to you. >> ok, thank you. >> it's a possibility -- it's a thinly staffed program, we have middle-aged women typically in their 40's, between 45-60 who are there and always is full. it's unlikely we can operate with any less staff than we have and i'm not sure that program will survive the cut. we push people to higher levels of care which is more costly. i think many other folks have shar

i'm here to represent for walden house. bringing my experience because i know that all these people are here because someone's life is on the line. whether it's a mental health issue, a homeless issue, and just eliminating the resources that we have is going to put people back on the streets that are fighting for their lives. i know walden house has done things for me and today i'm a productive member of society. i have some things, i've been reunited with my children. we have friends that encourage me and when you take places like walden house out of the scenario, you leave opportunity for so much damage to be done to the city of san francisco, i know that i was one of those people who needed help and i needed recovery and i had a place to go to and the people embraced me and allowed me to see something in myself and allowed me to change. i'm just saying without hope, there's hopelessness and in this city crime is very rampant. so taking away places that allow people to change will probably increase that. so i encourage yo

i am a disabled united states navy veteran and a client of walden house. please do not hurt them. they are a gem in the city. can you imagine what the city would be like without places like walden house and other places for homeless people like myself to go to? i will take you back to 1989, 1990, 1991. in front of city hall was a homeless encampment but. -- was a homeless encampment. that could happen again. you are helping these organizations, but you're getting something in return. i would like to make that the main point of what i am trying to say. things have improved in the city. let's not go backwards. this is a very progressive city. i would like to see it progressing the way it has been by having these services for all these people. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for listening. we appreciate your attentiveness. i am the executive director at central city hospitality house. the think i count this as my 10th year, my tent budget process. i did want to thank and appreciate the mayor and all the supervisors, including supervisor chu, who has done a great job participa

francisco, catholic charities, community housing partnerships, mercy housing, rubicon, tool works, and walden house. thank you for your cooperation. [applause] and to our development partners who we have come to know, cherish, lived with, talked out a lot of issues, at the state level, local level, and of course, the treasury -- a treasure island community development. chris, thank you for being here. [applause] have i gotten everything else? i know we have other speakers here. we have a number of the board of supervisors that i want to thank each and everyone of them. we have jane kim, carmen chu is here, scott wiener, mark farrell. they are here as well. there may be more coming. i want to give a special thanks. i know not only gain, but her staff, has worked hard to spend the time necessary to explain to everybody but this is all about, and to also make sure the commitments that were made by the city family are actually carried out. whether they are affordable housing or transportation, or open space, parking challenges that we will face, or whether they are simple communications of what t

steve walden and his team have produced an incredibly thorough and thoughtful report. one that is done a huge service by a deepening our understanding of how technology has affected the information needs of communities that provides a road map for a wide variety of players including the fcc to understand the media information landscape that can take sensible actions to fill important gaps. this issue is essential for the health of democracy and i look forward to working with my colleagues to act on its recommendations. with that, i think to begin on behalf of all of us very much. we appreciate your work and service. thank you. >> allin the meeting with chairman genachowski spoke with reporters for about five minutes. going back from a retrospective question anything you might have done differently in terms of expectations for the report the expedition that cannot last year and a couple of weeks might have done recently to publicized and promote the report said that the fcc would have pronounced that this would be the meeting where the full report would be unveiled. the

walden, prefer -- before i turn it over to steve walden for his presentation, let me say a few words of introduction. in 2009, a bipartisan commission of the night foundation looked at how technology is changing the media landscape and effecting the information needs of communities. the night commission called on the fcc to examine some of the issues more closely and i asked steve walden to come to the commission to lead a working group to do so, to assess the landscape, identify trends, and make recommendations on how the information needs of community can best be met in a broadband world. today i'm proud to say they have completed and delivered their report. the project chair, steve walden is here to present the key findings and recommendations of the staff report. before i turn it over to steve, a few brief comments about th

steve walden and his team have produced an incredibly thorough and thoughtful report. one that is done a huge service by a deepening our understanding of how technology has affected the information needs of communities that provides a road map for a wide variety of players including the fcc to understand the media information landscape that can take sensible actions to fill important gaps. this issue is essential for the health of democracy and i look forward to working with my colleagues to act on its recommendations. with that, i think to begin on

let's go back to walden pond. [laughter] not that that isn't appealing. i don't want to sound as if i am saying that we're headed for a utopia where we will want to be connected from morning until night. but we want to go to the beach we want to find of balance to be connected to be engaged in the activity that we call fog. what we learn about information cannot be on learned. >> host: you mention cyberspace and obviously if it is the concept of an cyberspace over the science fiction of the matrix, science-fiction writers who are revered by people in the tech world, this is not a utopia they are presenting. it is the opposite to present the role of the future as a scary place. what do you think? >> you are right. to give credit where it is due, the science fiction writer was william gibson and certainly to some extent the matrix movies are utterly in his debt. you are right. it is a vision that we are allowed to think even now that is not all apple pie. is not all strawberries and cream and choose your fruit metaphor. personally i tend to be optimistic. t

steve walden and his team have produced an incredibly thorough and thoughtful report. one that is done a huge service by a deepening our understanding of how technology has affected the information needs of communities that provides a road map for a wide variety of players including the fcc to understand the media information landscape that can take sensible actions to fill important gaps. this issue is essential for the health of democracy and i look forward to working with my colleagues to act on its recommendations. with that, i think to begin on >> both chambers of commerce -- both chambers of congress are in session next week. on tuesday, members debate and then vote on two judicial nominations in new jersey. then they will begin work on an economic development bill with 2tes scheduled to begin thaat p.m. eastern. you can follow the senate live on c-span2 and the house on c- span. there will be a debate and a final passage vote possible early next week. you can watch the house live, as always, here on c-span. next, remarks from defense secretary robert gates on na

commission called on the fcc to examine some of the issues more closely, and i asked steve walden to come to the commission to lead a working group to do so, to assess the landscape, identify trends and make recommendations how the community's needs can best be met in a broadband world. today, i am proud to say that they have completed and delivered the report. the project share, steve walden is here to present the key findings and recommendations of the staff report. but before i turn it over to steve, a few brief comments about the process and steve's remarkable team. anyone that reads this report will be impressed by the thoughtfulness of the analysis and its recommendation. the report's findings and recommendations contained a strong and hopeful through line. there's never been a more exciting time than this broadband age to achieve our founders vision of the free democracy with a free press and informed and in power citizens. as the report identifies and so the prince the potential of new communications technologies, it also highlights important gaps that threaten to limit the p

i am michael walden. we are delighted to partner with the law school to co-sponsor this event. i want to quickly think some of my colleagues who made this event happened and to do so much for our work. thank you for doing this and for all you do i want to emphasize that the program of which they are a part, our liberty and national security program, is called that for a reason. it is the liberty and the national security, not the liberty or national-security program. we believe very strongly that we can protect our country and protect our safety and our people and protect our bodies and our constitution. we appreciate very much that the secretary throughout her career has demonstrated her loyalty to those same of all use -- to that same difficult but necessary balancing act that we as americans have to go through. the brennan center is a non partisan institute, part law firm, part advocacy group. we work on issues such as a voting rights, access to courts for the poor, and campaign finance. one of the ways we are most pleased to welcome her is that we had the chance to work wit

walden: 134rs, by direction of the republican conference i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 303, resolution electing members to certain standing committees of the house of representatives. resolved, that the following named members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committee. committee on agriculture, mrs. nome, committee on transportation and infrastructure, mr. fleischmann, committee on ways and means, mr. reed. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to. and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 1380. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, i write to inform you that effective immediately i am resigning from the house rules committee t