son, kim jong un. puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. >>> welcome back, and let's recap this breaking news story for those of you joining our coverage. kim jong il is dead. they're saying he died at 8:30 in the morning on saturday. a tearful broadcaster reported that kim died after overwork from dedicating his life to the people. a news agency reported that kim suffered great mental and physical strain while on a train during a field guidance tour. she says kim suffered a heart attack and couldn't be saved despite every possible life-saving measure. his son, kim jong un, has already been called the great successor. he is 27 or 28 years old. he is the son of kim's late third wife, and despite lack of military experience, he was promoted last year. he is described as ambitious and a take no prisoners type. the military has raised its alert status following the passing of kim jong il an

kim dae-jung. the sunshine policy of engagement seemed to be bearing fruit. but kim jong il pressed ahead with the nuclear weapons program. the u.s. labelled it as parent of the axis of evil in 2002. north korea withdrew from the nuclear nonfro live race treaty. it added extra urgency to the six-party talks designed to deal with north korea's nuclear program. a break through came in 2007 when kim jong il finally agreed to disable the nuclear reaction in return for fuel and better relations with the u.s. but despite dramatically blowing up the cooling tower, north korea seemed to back track afterwards. the deal appeared to be in jeopardy. the capture of two u.s. journalists, laura ling and euna lee sparked another crisis. it ended when president clinton got their release. kim jong il will be remembered as a nearly impossible man to bargain with. stun bo-- stubborn and fickle i equal measure. in one of the most repressive, reclusive regimes in the world. dan rivers, cnn. >> of course, now all eyes ar

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kim was 69. state television says his body is now at a palace in pyongyang. his father, kim il-sung's body has been kept there. since 1994. 9 north korean government has declared a period of mourning that will last longer than a week. kim's funeral will be held on december 28th in pyongyang. a national memorial ceremony is also scheduled for the next day. north korea announced a committee to arrange kim's funeral. the first person it mentioned is kim's third son, kim jong un. saying the country has what it calls the great successor and leader of the party, military and the people, kim jong un at the forefront. this is the first time state-run media called kim jong un his father's successor. and hoping to bring stronger unity among the party, the military and the people. here are how some of the people in the north korean capital are reacting to kim's death. >>> newspapers in tokyo rushed out extra editions delivering the news of kim's death. >> depending on who will take over if he will go in the

. >> have you met kim young un? >> no. >> how will the transfer of power fare with him, the great successor? >> i don't see immediate chaos or internal struggle in korea? even though his succession has been rather short, i think he laid out a good system for him, first from the kim family, personality cult and personality to cult and second, korea's worker's party has been fully institutionalized, in a spot behind kim jung un. they have had to show unfailing loyalty. i wouldn't see any count of immediate change, power struggle in north korea. >> he has the backing of the political elite and of the military. you do not see a political transition that will not be smooth. tell us more about kim jung un. we know he's young, early 20s. will we see a north korea more modern? >> he's better than any other leaders in terms of exposure to international society. but i wouldn't say he would have very much in a structurally constraint in his behavior, therefore, he should be balancing what he personally wanted to do and the wor

kim jong il's close aide and brother-in-law has been supporting kim jong un. choe is set to wield huge influence over the ruling workers party and strong military connections. we cannot rule out the possibility he will turn against kim jong un and become his rival. after kim jong il's death. it's possible members of the military could push forward the eldest son kim jong-nam to take power. >> given everything that's going on there, what can we expect from north korea in the future? >> well, the united states, south korea and japan and other countries are preparing for various scenarios. they are worried that kim jong un might resort to military provocation to tighten his grip on north korea every time an internal power struggle breaks out. there's no guarantee kong un has the experience to control his opponents. >> hiroki, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >>> and south korea's president spent the day trying to figure out whether his country should offer official condolences to its neighbor over the death of kim jong il. our reporter anna jung joins us wi

under kim jong un or possibly kim jong il era. however, i think kim jong un would very much be obsessed to develop the economy more than anything else. because kim jong il kind of wanted his son to become like china's -- china's dow ping. so first it will be the choice, on the part of kim jong un. if that doesn't work of course, i think it is -- it is highly unlikely that north korea will reform and change and become a liberal democratic system. >> han park speaking to us earlier. breaking news coverage on the death of north korean leader kim jong il continues in a moment. stay with us. if you're like my patients, you want to hear you've done a good job. that's why i recommend a rinse like crest pro-health multi-protection. it helps you get a better dental check-up. so be ready for your next dental check-up. try any crest pro-health rinse. we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth ] we get double miles every time we use our card. and since double miles add up

the third son of kim jong il, kim jong un. we don't even know his age. is he said to be either 27 or 28 years old, but we're not entirely sure. we believe that he spent some time studying in switzerland, that he's a fan of basketball, but again we pointed this out earlier. he has no military experience. when i was in north korea in october of 2010, a little more than a year ago, it was his unofficial coming out party, if you will. it is when they elevated him to a four star general in north korea. again, a lot of questions about whether he is fit to lead. a lot of questions about whether he will simply be a figurehead or whether he will have real power in north korea. that is why the world community is reacting with such caution and in some cases fear, wolf. >> it's interesting because he's the youngest son. three sons of kim jong il. another son, the older son, i don't know if you know this, but i've read over the years, i've heard from folks, he's sort of like a playboy hanging around casinos, nightclubs and obviously not part of the north korean regim

the culture that has grown around kim jong il is now likely to switch to his son, kim jong- un -- kim jong-un. >> the economy is known to focus on industry. that supports its mystery -- military. the general population has had to pay the price, sometimes with famine and starvation. the country has often been dependent on food supplies from abroad. >> the international trade fair in pyongyang a few weeks ago. the communist regime tries to present a picture of itself as open and forward-looking, but the country has little to interest international trade partners. its only real products are cheap medicine and some electrical goods. one factor hampering the economy is north korea's efficiency in the use of its -- and efficiency in the use of its grommet -- raw, material wealth. it is also ranked as the most corrupt country in the world. sanctions imposed by the national committeeee hav taken their toll -- international community have taken their toll. >> we'll have more on north korea later on. the death of north korean leader kim yong-il raised the specter of regional instability in asia

the culture that has grown around kim jong il is now likely to switch to his son, kim jong- un -- kim jong-un. >> the economy is known to focus on industry. that supports its mystery -- military. the general population has had to pay the price, sometimes with famine and starvation. the country has often been dependent on food supplies from abroad. >> the international trade fair in pyongyang a few weeks ago. the communist regime tries to present a picture of itself as open and forward-looking, but the country has little to interest international trade partners. its only real products are cheap medicine and some electrical goods. one factor hampering the economy is north korea's efficiency in the use of its -- and efficiency in the use of its grommet -- raw, material wealth. it is also ranked as the most corrupt country in the world. sanctions imposed by the national committee have taken their toll -- international community have taken their toll. >> we'll have more on north korea later on. the death of north korean leader kim yong-il raised the specter of regional instability in asia

the papers criticize north korea's transfer of power from kim il-sung to kim jong-il to kim jong-un. >> translator: north koreans need to realize the reality and help them rise in revolt. we hope unification will come soon. >> reporter: among the defectors, there are people who believe that kim's death is a turning point for their course. this man left north korea when he was 14 years old. he lost his parents when he was young. he and his sister risked their lives to escape food shortages and poverty. he went on to study in japan and now works for a group in seoul that monitors and supports people in his homeland. >> translator: i am deeply attached to my home country. i would like to contribute to developing north korea and the korean peninsula as a whole. >> reporter: while the defectors are hopeful that the death of kim jong-il could bring about change, they also know that change won't come easy. they are going to try to play their part in shaping the future of north korea. susumo kojima, nhk world, seoul. >>> now back here in japan, the olympus loss of more than a billion dollar

kim jong-il has died. our state tv said the 69-year-old leader, he suffered a heart attack saturday while on a train trip. also said a funeral will be held december the 28 #th. kim jong-il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart attack. earlier, peter beck gave us his take on how ordinary people in north korea may be reacting to the news of the dear leader's demise. >> it's fair to say the outpouring of emotion we saw with the official announcement is unlikely to be followed by the average north korean. his 17 years in power he did not do much to distinguish himself other than making north korea nuclear power and that doesn't put food on the table. as far as the average north korean is concerned, they are not going to be shedding too many tears for him. >> let's talk about the human rights legacy of kim jong-il and what happened under his leadership, the famines, human rights crises, explain. >> that's right. he took over, his father died at the outset of the most serious famine that n

let's not forget, these are the same questions posed about his father when kim jong il succeeded kim il sung. kim il sung is president for eternity. the questions were asked whether he would have the authority, those same questions being asked about kim jong un now. kim jong il had a long apprenticeship, 20 years by his father's son. his son only a matter of a few years. he's inheriting a country that is poor, that we know is cut off from the rest of the world where there's a hard line old leadership, military leadership in place, and how he's able to impose himself on that is going to be the real test as well as what sort of country he wants to lead, monita. >> stan, talk to us a little bit about the relationship between pyongyang and beijing and how they became these close allies? was it a case of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer? or was there some sense of genuine i guess commonality between them? >> reporter: an ideological unity certainly, if you go back six decades. that was at the core of this relationship. also, it was forged on the battlefield during the ko

kim's youngest son, kim jong un now in charge. very little is known about him, but the ruling workers party has already dubbed him the great successor. the white house says it is closely monitoring the situation in north korea. we are told that president obama spoke with his south korean counterpart reconfirming the u.s. commitment to stability in the korean peninsula as well as the freedom and security of america's allies. going to bring you live reports from around the world. >>> well, the sudden death of the dictator leads an unsettling leadership vacuum on the korean peninsula. anna koran, she's joining us from seoul. anna, first of all we know that south core re's president convened an emergency cabinet meeting. what are they worried about? what are they discussing? >> reporter: well, at the end of the day, suzanne, it comes down to nuclear weapons. that is why south korea is concerned. that is why the region is concerned. that is why the united states is concerned. north korea has nuclear weapons and the man now in charge of

but i think kim jong alone -- kim jong un does know. it could do him some good, quite honestly, if there was away, a fat check from china, that allowed him to turn the heat in on a bit. there must be a strong incentive to do that, against which the hardline would say if you talk about reform it implies you were wrong. you cannot admit you were ever wrong, especially not the grandfather was wrong. it is a huge weakness. >> let us stay on the issue of succession. the south korea look on it as a positive or negative that kim jong un is not even 30 years old yet? >> it concerns a lot of people. correa likes age. it treats it with respect. to a certain degree, having a twentysomething in charge of a nuclear country worries a great many people, particularly as he has not had that long to embed himself. >> makes sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> you are no longer in the ser

father, kim il-sung. one pinted to kim jong-un's visit saturday to the palace where his father's body is lying this state. the young leader was accompanied by senior officers from the central military kpligs, national defense commission and korean people's army. kim jong-un wanted to show that he gained control over party and the military, it is said. >>> kim jong-un stepped into the rule of statesman after a delegation paid respects. instructing senior officials to provide tlem with warm hospitality. >>> the widow of former president head et the delegation populater briefing south korean lawmakers on the visit. she said kim told officials to provide letter group with the same level of hospitality that she and her husband received when they visited in 2000. they were there for the first interkorean summit. >>> she says she was given the same room in the state guest house where the couple stayed 11 years ago. she added that nor korean officials called the young kim comrade general. kim yang nam called him

>> kim jong-un became the air apparent to kim jong-il in 2010. so north korean leaders must have been preparing for this for one year at least. so i think they will try to take a approach for success smooth power succession. on the diplomatic front, north korea will be busy taking care of its own domestic situation. so for the time being, it will be difficult for us to expect significant process. >> i see. now, as mentioned, do you think the power transition to kim jong-un will be successful? >> well, we don't know. but we can say that kim jong-il, his father, had 20 years from the time he became a successor to the time he actually inherented his power from his power. kim jong-un only had one year. and in 1994 when kim jong-il succeeded in power, he was running affairs where kim jong-un has not been doing so. he might face difficulties in the process. >> that's is very short time. now, do you think he can control the military during his transition in power? >> well, kim jong-un has both position and title in north korean armed forces. he became a

kim took over the leadership in 1994 on the death of his father, kim il-sung, the founder of modern day north korea known as the great leader. both men ruled an isolated, hard-line communist state with few allies. china though has long been among them. in beijing today a foreign ministry spokesman praised kim's memory. >> he made important contributions to developing north korea's socialist cause and promoting good neighborly and cooperative relations between china and north korea. we believe the north korean people will definitely be able to turn sorrow into strength and remain united as one, to continuously push forward their socialist cause. >> brown: kim had ruled for 17 years, appearing in public with and sometimes sat rised outside the country for his hair-do, platform shoes and jump suits. he was said to have a taste for western films and cognac. but there was a very dark side. oppression of all dissent and, like his father, kim continued a military-first policy with 1.2 million troops under arms. north korea periodically showed off missile launches, including one even today. and

son, kim jong-un, to take over. the young kim's rise was accompanied by a spate of provocations against the south, torpedoing a patrol boat, shelling an island near the border. the north also revealed a large, previously unknown uranium enrichment facility, gifts to a son, perhaps, who would appear to have few obvious leadership qualities from a father often dismissed as mad but likely to be remembered as a master manipulator. >> that was nbc's ian williams reporting. for more on how the region is reacting to the death of kim jong-il, let's go to nbc's adrienne mong, who's live in beijing. adrienne. >> reporter: good morning. yes, well, it seems that his death did catch his neighbors by surprise. it's not clear, actually, what they might have known in advance, china being -- [ inaudible ] both regimes having fought through the remnants of the cold war together against the u.s., and of course, japan and south korea. but certainly, south korea and japan seem to have been caught off guard. the big question, of course,

. >> i know kim jong-il did bad things. but i want to express my condolences over his death. >> kim jong-un doesn't know much about politics. so i'm worried about future relations between the two koreas. >> north korean defectors are also worried. they got together near the demilitarized zone. they floated balloons over the border carrying leaflets criticizing the north's political system. the death of kim jong-il has divided opinion in south korea. some conservatives believe no condolences should be offered, official or otherwise. they say the north should first apologize for bombing the south's island last year. some reformists, though, believe their country should pay tribute to the late leader. doing that, they say, could help improve relations between the two koreas. they oppose the government's decision to only allow a delegation of citizens from seoul to travel to pyongyang on monday to pay their respects to kim jong-il. members of president lee myung-bak's administration are monitoring how citizens are view north ko

it's kim jong-il. south korean -- a south korean news organization is reporting that north korean television is saying that north korean leader kim jong-il has died. pyongyang again, state television making that announcement. that's according to south korean, a south korean news organization. this is a live picture and that's all, am i correct, that the north korean television is showing. they just have a picture up of kim jong-il. they say that the veteran leader died at about 8:30 a.m. on december 17th and that the announcement was made by a weeping announcer on television. but this is all north korean television is showing is just a picture of the supreme leader kim jong-il. so there are news organizations there that are reporting that kim jong-il has died. our international wing of cnn working on information. we will get more to you within this broadcast. but again, this is what's being reported. north korean leader kim jong-il has died. cnn checking to verify all of that information. make sure you

of kim's death. there's no reason to believe that they've solidified their transition of power. we have to keep a close watch on the situation for the time being. i negotiated with north korea behind the scenes for one year. during the negotiations the country made decisions through talks among officials. north korea is under dictatorship, but it seems to allow a group of officials around the leader to make decisions. north korea is not an ordinary society. for example, people are starving because of a food crisis. in a normal country it wouldn't be surprising if people staged strong protests. but the north korean government used the threat of military power to stop demonstrations from even breaking out. this means whether the north's next regime can be solid or not depends on the next leader's ability to control the military in a firm manner. this time could represent a big opportunity or the beginning of a major crisis for north korea. it is kim jong-il who had the final say in making tough decisio

north korea urging its people to rally around kim junge un after his father kim junge i will has died. north koreans seen bursting into tears in the streets of pyongyang. it is believed the 69-year-old dictator suffered a stroke back in 2008 but had seemed to recover from that, making recent visits to china and russia. he had been in power for 17 years. >>> joining us on the phone now is michael oslund an asian security expert at the american enterprise institute. what might be going on now in north korea? any kind of a power play? >> the biggest problem we have is we don't know much about how this government works and we don't really know what there are. objectionfactions you do have kim junge un being, everyone is supposed to rally around him. he has two older brothers that at one point in time were in line for being the heir apparent. they may be willing to try and make a power are play. we don't know whether all of 9 factions are the military are lined up behind kim jong uned and in addition there is the factor of his uncle who has been widelier is received as really the power beh

kim il-sung, kim jong-il's father, won that position. when kim il-sung, he made it happen and had to bring in the military and buy off the mill tier make sure that transition went well. what is the role of the military today? i don't know. are there other powers, relatives who may want power? i don't know. the majority of analysts bet this is going to be fairly smooth but it's not going to happen overnight and there could be unexpected events that push things in a different direction. >> jim, always adding clarity to our coverage. thanks for being with us. thanks, jim walsh. >>> kim jong-il's death comes at a critic's moment in u.s.-north korean relations. joining you state department producer, elise lavage. you've been working the story all night, many of us have been. what has the reaction been from the state department? >> very muted, alina. basically the u.s. put out a muted statement saying it's seen the reports, going to be waiting and watching. obviously we heard president obama spoke to president lee bak in south korea, u.s. and

supervisor kim: any questions? thank you very much. next we have markley bavinger and kenneth wingard. >> he is out in the hall with his child. supervisor kim: hi, mr. wingard. if you could spend a couple of moments to describe your background and your interest in continuing to serve. >> i have served for just over a year now, i am a small business owner with the retail location on market street. i have an urban planning agreed. i also live idegree. i have lived on potomac street for two decades now. i very much look forward for the opportunity to do it some more. i moved to the neighborhood when i was an unemployed 22-year-old. it has been wonderful to live and grow up in the neighborhood as it grows up with me. i plan on spending the second half of my life exactly like i did the first, so i very much want to be involved in developing that some my daughter can also grow up. thank you. supervisor wiener: you are a small business owner? supervisor kim: supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: small business owner. re

is kim jong-un's younger sister kim yeo jeong. his younger sister kim kyong hui is now believed to be acting as kim jong-un's guardian. >>> xi jinping has agreed with vietnamese leaders to seek a peaceful resolution in a territorial dispute over islands in the sea. xi is holding talks with the secretary of the vietnamese communist party nguyen phu trong and president truong tan sang. he said it showed the understanding that the territorial issue should be settled in accordance with international law. xi is widely expected to succeed president hu jintao. the vietnamese leaders are believed to have asked xi not to escalate military activities in the south na sea. china wants to ease concerns over asian nations over his territorial claims by resuming friendly relations with vietnam. >>> cambodians caught up in disputes can now turn to a civil code. the khmer rouge abolished the legal system in the 1970s. a ceremony in phnom penh to inaugurate the new laws. masafumi kuroki said itill help boost economic development. cambodian lawmaker

of the kim family. the foreign ministers of japan, south korea and china have been watching developments closely. they i have a greed to work together to stabilize the korean peninsula. japanese foreign minister spoke by phone with his counter parts, kim sang juan in south korea and china. he urged them to cooperate closely and share information. he stressed importance of preventing backlash from kim jong-il's death. he said this is an important period for peace. he added that situation must be handled calmly and cautiously. yang said that china is ready to make an active contribution it maintaining stability in the region. yang added that china hopes the issue of japanese nationals abducted by north korea will be resolved by the two countries through dialogue. now the sudden death of the north korean leader is leaving many people wondering what happens next. nhk interviewed a former chef to kim jong-il and an expert on north korean affairs. he told nhk that kim jong-un has leader for years until 2001.

supervisor kim: good afternoon, . the court today is gail johnson, and we would like to acknowledge the tofrom sfgtv. -- the staff from sfgtv. are there any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, given to the clerk. please submit an extra copy for the file. items will be sent to the full board will be acted upon at a board meeting of january 10, 2012 and was another day is indicated. supervisor kim: can you please call item no. 1? >> motion confirming the mayor's appointment of bryant tan to the entertainment commissioned a term ending july 1, 2015. supervisor kim: we have bryant tan here today. thank you for being here. this will go for all of the applicants today. speak briefly about your background and your interest in serving on the commission. >> thank you, supervisor kim, supervisor wiener and farrell. my name is bryant tan, i am, as you know, and urban planning representative on the entertainment commission. i w

il sun, kim jong il's father. he will be going to the memorial palace. now, this is where kim il sun is being laid to rest. we would assume that the same will happen with kim jong il. but it could be some kind of ceremony, as well. but, of course, this is all guesswork at this point. but this is the very important part that north korea is what what the world to see. the stick lines of crowd. it's probably about 10 people deep, judging from the pictures that we can see there. if this is 40 kilometers long, as kcna is saying it is, that is a will the of mourners on the street to say good-bye to kim jong il. they want to show that this man was loved. they've been careful to choreograph it very carefully. they want to show the best side. but also that kim jong um has been accepted within north korea and by the military. but as i say, this is all what the public eye can see at this poibt. privately, it is impossible to know what is really happening. >> indeed. a very good point to see. standby again, if you wouldn't mi

kim a great leader. they aren't certain whether future leadership of north korea will embrace the ongoing relationship with china or whether they will decide to warm up relations with washington and that is something washington doesn't want. >> kim juong-un the heir-apparent. >> nobody knows much about him and has the region in a panic. we know he is somewhere in his 20s. he was announced as the successor a year ago by passing his two older brothers but since then, we have hardly heard anything about him. he is rarely seen in public so we aren't sure what is happening with his succession and it really is a bit of a concern if he does become leader, he will be a very young person in charge of a country with a lot of problems, military armed country that really has serious economic issues. >> celia hatton in beijing, thank you. appreciate it. we will have much more on kim jong-il's death and what it means for the region and the world a little later this morning on "the early show.." >>> meanwhile, tension

kim jong-il is gone. there's an untested new leader designated by his father, but there's a cult of personality, a line of succession that has happened for many years in north korea. so the early indications are that the establishment has rallied behind kim jong-un, the son, the untested son. but the issue is will there be subsequent power struggles within the military, within the family that keeps kim jong-un with some degree of power? that is the uncertainty. now another point is that under kim jong-il, at least in the last 12 months, things were getting a little better. they weren't as belligerent. they were talking to south korea. they were talking to the united states on humanitarian aid. the north koreans said they were ready to re-engage in six-party talks on nuclear negotiations. again, you never can predict what they're going to do, sanjay. they're an isolated country. i've been there eight times, but i still can't predict what's going to happen next there. >> most people seem to know, ambassador

last known picture of kim jong il we have there. behind him is kim jong un or kim the younger. two other people to be aware of. kim jong il's sister and her husband. two people very powerful. they could become involved in what may very well be a power struggle now, shep. >> shepard: all right, jonathan. thank you. jonathan will be chatting about this story in the rest of the day's headlines throughout the hour foxnews.com/shep click on the hunt link on the right-hand side page. he will be there to chat with you. north korea takes on the world. gordon cheng. gordon chang lived and worked in china and hong kong for almost two decades. he has briefed the cia, the state department, and the pentagon. is he a columnist for forbes.com and the daily, which is an ipad publication and is owned by the parent company of this network. help us process. this. >> there is is too much going on. kim jong un as jonathan pointed out really hasn't had the time to put his own people in positions of power and develop the critical network of friends he needs in the regime. it's a one man regime but th

supervisor kim: we have a motion to continue at the call to chair. we can do that without opposition. before we do that, i will be opening up for public comment. i am seeing no public comment. public comment is now closed traded -- clothes. we can do this without opposition. thank you. so at this time we will be taking a motion to convene a closed session. before we do that, is there any member of the public who wish to speak on items 5-9? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, may we entertain a motion to continue in closed session. we can do that without opposition. to the members of the public, we will be entering into c supervisor kim: thank you. we are reconvening into open session. our city attorney. we met in closed session to discuss litigation involving the city. i understand the committee will move items five, six, seven, and eight forward to the board as a committee report. we can do that without opposition. number nine did not end up getting introduced. i suppose technically it is not before you, so there is not -- i thought m

supervisor kim: thank you. we will open up for questions. i do not know if you remember the questions i asked before. i know that you worked on the policy. if you could speak about the unmonitored parking policy and why you think is important. and talking about staggered permits for closing time for venues. >> the parking lot legislation has been my idea for many years. we have a parking lot that is one block away from our nightclub that has no fans, no gate. people can come from all directions. it is something that has been bothering me and also with the palms coming out, it has been an issue. we go out to my -- we go out and make sure people are gone. there is no one to take responsibility for someone else's property. i was able to talk to the supervisor -- supervisor chiu and mention the situation. if we could control the lots, not only will we help them, at the same time, people do not get their cars broken into and their keys are lost and they are crying in the parking lot, making even more noise or there

supervisor kim: no. i called you by the wrong name. >> i have known tim for four years, i met him when he joined evna and he has been involved with the organization for four years and he has taken a leadership role in the neighborhood and i have been impressed with his ability to take others ideas and put them into effect in the neighborhood. for example, castro after dark was formed working with another bar that was a nuisance. i talked to him about it when he joined and he took the leadership role on trying to get it underway. the first bar he bought in the neighborhood had been a major nuisance to residents on harford street. he did outrage when he took it over to their residence and neighborhood association to find out what the issues were and how he could work with the neighborhood. he is collaborative and takes a strong leadership role in have been impressed with him and involved with a lot of people over four years. i support his nomination. supervisor kim: thank you. >> ♪ said the entertainment