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Scheme of plastic, so plastic wrap, plastic bags, you know, its great to say we should all use glass but we know whats used out there is plastic, and its reusable, you can come up with all these ways to avoid it but theres plastic everywhere and its accessible and cheap, so plastic wrap gets used a lot, there arent that many alternatives that can do what plastic wrap does, i dont use a lot of it and its harder to store things longterm and same question applies for the freezer, its easier to put ...

To get the process moving more quickly. On the street patrol officers, theyre using their own cell phones to call Language Line. On a real level of equipment, officers need a better way to ask his Language Line. We are working with the department and think outside of the box. Bilingual officers use digital recorders because of Department Requires them to tape interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects. The department was able to provide 50 digital recorders. We need more. Let me turn this o...

Forward that we will improve upon . I wanted it a sense of the permanency of this, the development of it, and not just the project that is done every 10 years or something of that nature. This is a very historic thing for me. And sitting down with doctor we talked about what is the definition of Domestic Violence and we really do need to go down the list of statutes and say is this in or not. The District Attorneys Office is tracking Domestic Violence cases, the Police Department also. We are us...

Well, good morning, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Here in the outer sunset on a, what is looking to be a beautiful day, my name is joaquin torres, with the Work Force Development lead intion mayor lees program look tog coordinate city resources both existing and new to serve our neighborhoods in need and to serve our Small Business commercial corridors. One of the things that has been so important to the mayor is making sure that were attentive and listening to the street...

I want to ask a couple of clarifying questions. It looks like the justis project replaces the cable system. My understanding is that it is a database for local background check, i want to get more of the big picture perspective and also want to find out my understanding is that the cable system was not a system connected to any databases. I am wondering if the justis system will be different, connected to any federal database like the fbi or department of homeland security. I am the justis proje...

This is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. You see the kids that are using whats provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming, healthier, cleaner, safer place for the people in this community to play. There are going to be new green areas, a fullsize basketball court, Outdoor Fitness equipment, community gardens, a brandnew clubhouse. Its going to be a much more welcoming spot for a nei...

A few years ago it wouldve taken longer. I am very excited about this and excited that we can share this discussion with the Police Department commission. As far as the development of justice. Thank you very much to all of that been involved. Very critical. Commissioner kingsley . Ms. Young, thank you very much for your report. It is very interesting. Some of the questions i had have been addressed by commissioner schwatzs comments. I wanted more clarity around the timing and history of this. Is...

Priorities list and i mentioned this many times and i wanted as an individual grassroots organizer and coalesce a team and show you there are leverage with this and were getting to the point in the next year i would be surprised if we dont have to deal with the broad band network and i dont know what you have experienced but a month ago comcox raised my rate 15 bucks a month and just like we need public power, we need public communications. We need to be competing with a Public Infrastructure wi...

Think the 8 or 9 months that we have in the current years salary budget. And the third factor is the Youth Commission. Staffing. As a Pilot Program, the department is l telling the coordinator of Community Outreach and Civic Engagement youth position. We will continue to do that through june of 2013 at which case we will be able to demonstrate the positions impact. We intend on collecting data. Well be able to provide information to the committee about the efficacy of this position beginning in ...

Going to be here. So the ability to make Technology Accessible is there. Those of us charged with doing this have a really important role. We have to be able to provide the tools for the technology in ways that the people can hear. I am happy to be your speaking with you because i think this is an incredibly important topic. This afternoon, there is a workshop on addressing multiple barriers for accessing technology, and it will be a brainstorming session where someone from my office and a coupl...