so i pray that that is not the t fate of richmond burning. but to get back to your question, in the book, and i think in a way of approaching history you have to deal with -t with the evidence at the time, and not, and try to -- you try to not deal with what happened afterwards in the business of heritage. that that's kind of a present day you know, disagreement, but if you go back to the time and read what the people there say, the war was about -- well, it was about slavery.ise it was about sectional rights. henryse wise was the virginia o governor who became a very strong cessationist and was gs. ready, before the war, ready to fight for southern rights and southern slavery and a combination of things, you can't separate the two. people in the south wanted to r defend their way of life that included the institution of slavery. it's true that a lot of ordinara people that fought for confederacy were doing it now because they had these theoretical ideas about slavery. about defending their community. so it's a very -- it's itical complicated

railroad to richmond. no. no, he would go down the chesapeake bay after touching base at fortress monroe in hampton which never, ever surrendered to the confederates, his plan was then to move up to the rappahannock and then move inland. cutting off joe johnston's forces up there around manassas and centreville. he said he'd need 140,000 soldiers to do that and obviously priority on navy assets to move them down through the bay to virginia. well, that concept troubled lincoln and his newly appointed secretary of war edwin stanton. it appeared to them that the army at the potomac could do a better job of protecting washington and defeating the confederate forces in virginia by attacking headlong into manassas and clean up those camps and then head south. by way of fredericksburg. or alternatively move southwest and cut that virginia central railroad line that was bringing so much sustenance that was the breadbasket of the confederacy from the shenandoah valley to richmond. however, mcclellan was adamant. an

i live in the richmond district. i was appointed to the mta citizens advisory council by supervisor mar. thank you, supervisor, for appointment to that and for inviting me to participate in this event. when it comes to transit, municipal transportation agency is an enterprise agency, so it is -- there are budget discussions around the transit agency, but it is supposed to have its own budget, that is past due balance annually. the mta already did its budget and balanced it, but there are ways the general fund budget can impact the mta. when i come to the issue of transit, on a personal level, i look at the big picture. in our current transportation system, we do not have enough money in general every year. we are cutting corners here and there in the agency. we might be cutting service, we might be raising fees. we might be raising fares. so, that is one issue -- an ongoing issue with the agency. we are also not using energy efficiently. we need to have enough money to run the system and we need to use our energy eff

we have got to stand up as richmond district residents to say what our needs are in the richmond district. there are great pockets of need. at the neighborhood center, we have many food banks across the richmond district. our food bank on thursday, we have to close down at 200 people. they are predominantly. and families. since 2010 and those numbers have gone from seniors to more and more families coming. so we have younger people coming to the food banks. we have got to hold onto those people and support them and give them jobs. one of the things we do through the beacon program is jobs for youth. we train people to feel good about themselves, that they have the talents and tools they need to be the best possible worker, whatever it is we're doing. i encourage all of you -- thinking so much for coming, thank you for having these town halls, and remember the richmond district and all of these people sitting here very quietly. wonderful, safe neighborhoods with lots of pockets of need. do not forget us when you go to do the budgeting process. thank you. [applause] >> and it could have bee

outer richmond, in a richmond -- inener richmond. >> to preserve? mr. mcdonnell: in addition to or replacing -- mr. pilpel: i am generally not with the language they provided. i think it is less hopeful. i think this language is better. mr. mcdonnell: we will go district by district. the proposal is to utilize -- the district is described on the bottom of page 8. mr. alonso: yes. mr. leigh: yes. ms. melara: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. ms. lam: yes. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. all right. district 2. oh, -- mr. pilpel: oh, can we also have them not avoided -- voided -- mr. mcdonnell: please keep going. >> can we separate and jordan park from the village? mr. mcdonnell: the proposal is to keep -- i will refer to it as the consultant draft. >> i am sorry. no. mr. mcdonnell: hold on. the proposal is to use the consultant language of district 2. mr. alonso: yes. mr. leigh: yes. ms. melara: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. ms. lam: yes. mr. pilpel: no. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. sure. do i leave it in the paris laugh -- paragr

from, you know, the richmond port, rockets. so, all lee has done thus far is write this legislation that became the first draft law passed in april. and then in may he saved richmond by sending some people down with guns to drury's bluff. but he's still got to confront george clinton mcclellan and 105,000 union soldiers, who as we know have landed at fort monroe, have encountered the yorktown line. decided to approach it with, quote, regular defenses. that means slow. they're ready to move in early may, and, yes, they move. but this time joe johnston has begun a withdrawal up the peninsula and there's a not a dry sock in the union army. that's the way they describe the effect of the weather on troop movement. lee by this time has adopted, and actually jefferson davis as well, the strategy of the offensive defense, that is, allow the enemy to penetrate your soil. initially jefferson davis said we'll not give up a single inch of our soil. well, that's impractical. and it didn't work out that way either. so, you allow the enemy to

abraham lincoln won an election in richmond, virginia? this tells us that perhaps richmond isn't what some people think it is. and it reminds us that the person of the year for 1861 or 1862 is not a popularity contest any more than "time" magazine's person of the year is a measure of popularity. it is a measure of importance and a means of learning about the year. our panelists will try to convince you, the audience and the voters, that their nominees deserve to be recognized for

>> i am a richmond district resident, i have been for 35 years. this is one of the most beautiful parts of the park. i am so happy to be here. this is a very nicely planned events, and most of the time, they say there will be listening to you, but let me go over the rules. we realize not everyone will be able to speak tonight, but we will compile all the information will compile all the information from the board.

i mean, what's its role now in richmond? i mean, are there going to continue to be the political fights between the government and the biggest industry there as the refineries? >> there just seems to be no sign of it ending. chevron is the largest taxpayer in the county. it contributes 30% of the city of richmond's general property tax money. and they have jobs. but as you've said, a lot of people in the community would love for them to go away. i mean, chevron's been there since 1912? something like that. so they've been there a long time. >> any chance chevron will go away? is there anywhere else it can go? >> chevron keeps saying, hey, if it gets too rough, too bad here, we'll pick up our oil refinery and go somewhere else. >> they said that about a quarter of a century, i think. >> but i think as long as it remains too expensive to ship gasoline from other places, no matter how cheap it is to make, they will continue to make it here. and they've put an awful lot of money into that refinery. and chevron, i mean, no one wa

. >>> we're live from the richmond virginia library. if "time" magazine had been around in 1862, who would time select as person of the year? the library of virginia and museum of confederacy co-hosting an event that the invited five historians. and by the end of the day, the audience here in richmond will vote on person of the year 1862. lots ahead, all day coverage here on c-span3 on american history tv. and during breaks in the event the in richmond we'll take your phone calls, talk to the historians about their selections, and give you a chance to weigh-in with your vote as well. you can do that on the phone, and do that online. if you're on twitter, you can follow us at american history tv -- specifically today, if you want to tweet, use th the #poty1862. also on facebook, we've already posted the question, who do you think was the most influential person of 1862? facebook.com/cspan. coming up next, they'll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to get the program under way. live coverage on american history t

but david blight is a familiar face here in richmond. coming down from connecticut quite frequently to speak with us in the virginia historical society and the american civil war center. david has done quite a bit to help our understanding here and nationally about the civil war. david is the class of 1954 professor at yale university. excuse me, professor of american history at yale university and he's also the director of the gilder lehrman center for the study of slavery resistance in abolition. best known to civil war audiences as the author of the 2001 book "race and reunion, the civil war and american history." he has recently published for the civil war sesquicentennial a perceptive look at the civil war centennial entitled "american oracle." ladies and gentlemen, it's a pleasure to welcome back to the museum and to the confederacy, and to you today david blight. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, waite. good morning. >> good morning. >> i have one rule i always try to enforce whenever i'm speaking in the south. i can't quite do

it made it possible for of richmond. it changed the whole complex of the war and that is why it seems to me he might well deserve attention as the man of 1862. we have by design ten minutes for questions and answers. i guess professor rawls will moderate those. >> professor rawls is going to change the way we're going to do it, bob. you're going to come down here. >> okay. >> and sit so that the tv audience can be seeing you better. >> first the public q and q, and then he is going to come down here. okay. got it. first the public q&a. and we have stationary mikes on either side. we can't pass the mikes. so if you have a question for bob, please stand up and go to one of the mikes on either side so that the tv audience can hear you. public q&a, bob. >> all right. i'm hoping that stanley or charles will rise to the defense of tar heels everywhere. i should tell you fellows i'm an honorary north carolinian. the more ravian bishop of north carolina got the governor to sign a prok -- proclamation. and i do not have plastic f

well, i spoke with richmond police this morning. they tell me the victim 35 years old, sitting in a car when someone opened fire hitting the driver's side at least eight times. but the good news is, he is expected to survive after he was hit in the lower body at least four times. the driver's side window of that cayenne shot out and that's how it looked when police arrived at about 3:00 in the morning at south 7th and virginia. this is a residential area. and he was parked right in front of a home. an officer on scene told me that shot spotter technology signaled rapid gunfire going on and that's what brought them to the scene. the victim was airlifted and they're telling me they were hoping to talk with him a little bit later. a second car showed up, white four-door, and police told me they thought this might be a victim's relative. so far, no suspect information to share. reporting live in richmond, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> 6:53. another appeal this morning from suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. mirkar

was waiting. >> how long was he in richmond? by the way, i want to show this photo from your book. where was this taken and who took at? >> that was taken by matthew brady at the house that lee was staying in with his family in richmond. lee had been in a very strange situation as far as it probably went to he had never actually owned a home, and when the federal troops to arlington, which was his wife's property, he was left essentially homeless. during the course of the war his family was moved from house to house to house in chile finally ended up in a house in richmond, virginia. basically when lee gets there, he goes inside and there is a string of visitors begin to come by. because by this i'm lee is no longer just a person that he is no longer even the distinguished virginia gentleman. he is one of the leading generals of the now defeated confederacy. and fans and historians, matthew brady, the photographer, they can buy day after day after day, one after another, trying to get in to see lee, trying to get into talk to hi

on the outskirts of richmond and if richmond had fallen at that point, in the summer of 1862, what potentially, probably would have happened to the confederacy? yes. that comes after of course henry and donaldson, after the fall of new orleans, which actually isn't taught anywhere in your readings. lee turns the tide. and he wins those very large and very important victories. now, where, why is lee also criticized for his aggressive though? mr. roth. >> very early. >> yes. okay, so -- >> could afford to fight. >> exactly. mr. conners, want to get in there? all right. so, all right, explain. >> that he theorizes that the confederacy should have bought a war campaign similar to what the reb rebellion did during the american revolution. >> okay, not necessarily put, but there are a lot of arguments that lee should have engaged in something like partisan operations, all right, and it's not just guerrilla operations. everyone ak nonls that a confederacy would need a conventional army, but what relative of robert e. lee is sometimes compare d to lee as something that should have been done from the r

[applause] also, many leaders from the richmond district that our office's work closely with over the years, you'll hear from them a little bit later we hope that the budget process will be one that is very sensitive and transparent, especially fair for our communities. district 1, the richmond district, and the other neighborhoods of district 1 feel strongly that seniors and the aging population of our district are critical, part of the critical safety net. we have a number of speakers that will be speaking later. nick and linda from the golden gate senior service center. seniors in our aging population is critical. also, for transportation and transit needs, we have a leader from the sierra club in the richmond district. sue is on our committee for a transit as well. i want to acknowledge that children and families are critical to the nature of the richmond district. i am happy to be working closely with the richmond district neighborhood center and the staff there. they will make remarks later. the community-based organizations, the schools, the parks, and the many neighborhood clu

is the richmond a good place. we have to say are you on top of an old farm pond or creek or garbage dump? it can have profound impacts in the settlement over long term and if there's an earthquake, that can amplify the ground shaking; is that right? >> absolutely. it can affect the behavior of the home. one of the things pat brought up is the wide garbage door opening i guess it's an issue you guys call soft story? >> exactly. >> what is that? >> it means the upper floors are rigid and in an earthquake the building will wanted to drift sideways a certain amount. if the upper floor the rigid and it doesn't occur there, it occurs on the first floor and if it leans so far the build willing lose stability and collapse. that's one of the projects the city is working on to try to come up with an economical efficient way to retrofit the doors so they don't become projects unto themselves. >> i think there's a limited likelihood in the middle of the block, buildings are going to collapse. you have buildings on either side

was thatu bitterness a combination of just the fire in richmond? seeingo the loss of their city r a combination of the war's overi probably ended up surrendering,i the institution over with, slavery, so on and so forth or y the power?roying >> the fire accentuated the hardship by destroying the livelihoods of richmonders, if e there had been no fire the result of war would have been ha enough, because after all, we can rebuild buildings but hundreds of thousands of peoples died and every family affected.t that would be enough to keep that sense of bitterness alive into the next generation. the yes, sir? >> the burning of the records, counties and so on. th how did that come about, coming up to it and destroying it -- >> it's true that quite a few records burned. it's a shame that -- there's only one building on capitol square that burned, and it was s state office building where there were a lot of court records. the sad thing is that during the war, the confederate government and the state government moved county records from the countied and outl

attention even at the bureaucratic wailing walls here in richmond where people were always expected to do that sort of thing? no one would have paid it any mind at all. so there is a gauge to you as you think of that. of the degree to which the 33 days in may and june revolutionized jackson's image. turner ashby, whose dashing exploits made him into something of a cult hero, genuinely believed jackson was incompetent and perhaps unbalanced. he told a friend in the confederate congress, quote, for the last two months i have saved the army from being utterly destroyed by jackson. he obviously believed that. it was not so. ashby, whose profile included all sorts of galloping about, had not embraced any of the concepts of organized disciplined modern war. and when he wrote to the war department, he said jackson is trying to force me to turn them into regiments. what an autocratic and novel notion that is. he said, i have permission from you to raise all the companies i can. the war department wrote back to him and said, hey, of course, the more companies the better, but you have to orga

a happy day for outer richmond residents is saturday. we are cutting the ribbon and unveiling the new lands and lookout, which is one of the most beautiful places on the edge of the world. it overlooks seal rock and the club house restaurants. it is a 2400 square foot structure that is incredible. we are having a community celebration at the visitor's center. there is also going to be music and refreshments. it is from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the edge of lands and in the city, in the richmond district. i want to thank the park service for listening to outer richmond residents as they created the best terms and the structure. it is the place we can learn about the first peoples that were here in san francisco. it is a tremendous educational institution that will allow children and families from throughout the city and beyond to learn about our sustainable environment and all the great programs we have. please join us for this celebration on saturday. also, and wanted to congratulate the early childhood education folks for their walk ar

chain is live at richmond headquarters where the focus is on healing the de-- divide. >> it's time to bring the departments back together and refocus on community safety. a three-month court case finally came to an end today. a jury cleared the city of richmond to clear the police chief of all charges of racial discrimination and harassment brought forth by hiring 7 african american police officers. the jury's name didn't want to be released but read a statement. >>> the preponderance of evidence shows that his actions were knight based on race nor were they outrageous conduct that exceeded all bounds. >> reporter: while the jury's verdict was being read, one of the officers needed medical attention. an ambulance was called for sergeant james deacon who was -- who abeard to have problems breathing. >> and it was one of the most difficult things i have been through in my life. >> reporter: the chief later said sergeant jenkins is okay and it's now time for his department to come together to begin the healing process for this video. >> and there are no animosity towards anyone. i want u

close enough to hear the church bells, literally on the outskirts of richmond and if richmond had fallen at that point in the summer of 1862, potentially probably would have happened to the confederacy, of course that's all henry and donaldson and after new orleans and actually also not talked about in your readings but also important. lee turns the tide. he wins those very large and very important victories. now, why is lee also criticized for his aggressiveness, though? >> he lost early. >> yes. >> wasn't the type of war they could afford to fight. >> exactly. so, okay. all right. explain. >> a lot of the stories i think shelby foote was saying he theorizes that the confederacy should have fought a guerrilla war campaign similar to america in the american revolution. >> not necessarily foote but there are a lot of arguments lee should have engaged in something more like partisan operations, and it is not just guerrilla operations. everyone acknowledging that a confederacy would have needed a conventional army. what relative of robert e. lee is a lot of times compared to lee as somethin

the city council passed richmond bicycle master plan to create lanes. still, he would like to see traffic calming devices forcing drivers to slow down. now this friday night, about 500 bicyclists will gather at el cerrito bart station from there, traveling up san pablo avenue from albany to richmond. they said they want to bush for safer and better conditions for bicyclists. i'm live in richmond abc 7 news. >> thank you and sarn fran police investigating a roll over that may involve a hit and run driver. we first showed you the scene live on the abc 7 morning news today. police now say shortly before the accident the driver was seen hitting several vehicles in the area. and right now, he's at san francisco general hospital being treated for injuries. no one else was hurt. >> a developing news at this hour, neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman has been charged in the murder of trayvon martin. >> today we filed an information charging george zoomerman with murder in the second degree. >> he is in custody in an unknown location expected to appear

this is the 90th anniversary of our richmond district ymca. we have a special proclamation we have provided today. the tremendous staff at the ymca, when i go into the 18th avenue, there is a tiny little parking lot back there, but it is a warm place that allows me to de-stress after difficult board meetings, but also a place to hide out and work the weight room. there is tight she, -- tai chi, pilates, yoga, ballet, and programs from the middle schools as well. 90 years is a tremendous accomplishment. born in 1022 -- 1922 after the influx of families after the earthquake that move out west -- it creates tremendous opportunities for our families in the richmond district. i think the first location was near where the richmond branch library is, close to geary, where the antique -- where the at&t building is. i hope we can expand it to a much better space in the future. there are currently over 4000 members like myself of the richmond district ymca. the programs include youth development and how the living. i really support the healthy families

i'm impacted by it as well as the residents of the richmond district. i know in some of the documents we have, it has some streets that are limited, and my hope is you can consider some of the streets in the inner richmond in particular that are also impacted. but thank you so much for calling the hearing. >> and mr. chair, if i could make one more comment, which is some of the things that i've been working on were specific to my district. but the tour bus policy that mr. robbins is about to discuss does have more citywide application, as does the legislation i have around loud speakers. i do think that if there are particular neighborhoods like alamo square or richmond or others that wants to think about additional restrictions in those neighborhoods, those are things that i would obviously be happy to work with you, supervisor olague or supervisor mar, in order to implement that. part of the conversation today is around the citywide management of tour buses. maybe it might make sense to hear from mr. robbins. >> eventually we may want to lock at certa

richmond has the ironworks, which is one of the few centers of confederate industries, so richmond is of extraordinary political importance and that's one of the reasons why it sort of seals the deal. they moved the capital to richmond. in retrospect was it really such a good idea? no. but everyone early on thought the war would be short and weren't thinking these things through. mr. manly? >> going back to the whole size issue, i mean, i'm sure that the russians were very aware that their country was huge, is there any evidence that southerners were aware, like, hey, we have a pretty large piece of real estate here if we can just survive? >> yes, and i think that some of the newer scholars show that there's more talk of a guerrillapartisan strategy by some people, by some confederates early in the war and there's more criticism than we used to think of people like lee for being too, well, what school does he come from? your favorite institution on the hudson, right? the place you love to hate, right? well, that's too strong a term, right. we're joined. we're purple. so -- and but wha

we do not participate in the richmond in any way. our libraries and stores, everything we participate in is in the haight. we are a number of the panhandle. we're not a member of the richmond. [tone!] we're asking you to consider the other residences. they have 391 people. we have 309. their 64% white. we're 74% white. they are 27% asian. we are 9% asian. they are 4.8 hispanic. we are 6.8%. [tone!] their neighborhood more closely reflects the demographics of the richmond and they would be a better fit. we're not related to the richmond and like to remain a part of district 5 as we have been from the beginning. >> thank you. >> gillian gillette? >> thank you so much for the opportunity to make comments. thank you for all of your work. it is extraordinary the san francisco has so many citizens willing to step up for hours of testimony. my hat is off to you. thank you for the action you took earlier this week to close the block into 8 and into 9. i think it was a mistake you corrected. we're all grateful for that. i want to suggest toda

>> we are a full service gun for the youth in richmond. we work with the most at risk youth in the community. for in-school year for 15-18 in local high schools we provide acade academic supported in a program called straight talk on prisons. we have 70% exit exam pass rated and you have to have less than 2.0 2.0 gpa. so they coming out gpa 2.5 gpa d g the highm are school exit exam. >> cheryl: that is fantastic. >> last year was largest year of seniors, 26 out 29 got diplomas and other three are still working. we have muir career academy, high school for 17-24 year olds that have thing to complete before to get the diploma. >> i remember reading note about you, you had trouble in high school because your english wasn't that good. how much help did you get? >> well first time in high school was quite an obstacle. i wasn't used to the language. i completed all the credits but they gave me this tei took i took th test but i couldn't pass it away because my reading comprehension.dge of knh so knowledge of knowing the test and learning how to

close enough to hear the church bells, literally on the outskirts of richmond and if richmond had fallen at that point in the summer of 1862, potentially probably would have happened to the con federacy, of course that's all henry and donaldson and after new orleans and actually also not talked about in your readings but also important. lee turns the tide. he wins those very large and very important victories. now, why is lee also criticized for his aggressiveness, though? >> he lost early. >> yes. >> wasn't the type of war they could afford to fight. >> exactly. so, okay. all right. explain. >> a lot of the stories i think shelby foote was saying he theorizes that the con fed raes should have fought a gorilla war campaign similar to america in the american revolution. >> not necessarily foote but there are a lot of arguments lee should have engaged in something more like partisan operations, and it is not just gorilla operations. everyone acknowledging that a con fed raes would have needed a conventional army. what relative of robert e. lee is a lot of times compared to lee as something

grand moves on richmond and the fall of richmond essentially breaks up any further chances for this kind of political maneuver but throughout his concern as he expressed in one of the meetings to the senators is this has been a magnificent effort and dodd's name of it let terminate in a farce. it would be jefferson davis increasing as a nation of calling on the confederate troops to disband and go to the hills to become guerrillas thinking somehow if they kept resisting and definitely that they could win. i think anybody that studies history much knows what happens when a site is in the process of being defeated resorts to the expedient it accomplishes nothing and prolongs the heartache and poland's qtr but because the bloodiest war with no point at the end of the so-called girl option very quickly found to be the correct conclusion that there was never vote for it. that davis simply wasn't willing to give up. but once again, no one will act so breckinridge then approaches the governor fans of north carolina. breckinridge parenthetically after the war becomes a pretty good for friend of