The mayor to build things in San Francisco. I thank you for holding this hearing because i think it puts it in the right perspective. The driving issue here is transportation and how we can approve the regional transportation system. And as those of us who have gotten deep into this know that it would be theres the issue of the tunnel and how where the train goes underground and how that fits with the freeway and thats how the issue became [speaker not understood] as to what we do with the freeway. So, i think we need to continue to emphasize when were talking about this very large and complex set of issues that the driver is transportation. It is not just the opportunity to develop more property. Thats a secondary part. And if we do develop the property, it could generate revenues which can be reinvested in transportation. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Haft. Is there any other member of the public who would like to comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. I want to thank mr. Ram a
Thank you so much. Mother jones has been huge part of this. Im really flattered and honored. Thank you so much. Thank everyone for coming. Ill stick around and would love to meet everyone, so if you have time to talk, i will be here. [applause] and no booktv, Patrick James expense International Relations using themes found in the book lord of the rings. This is about half an hour. And welcome to the scholars circle. The lord of the rings trilogy and its prequel the hobbit have collectively grossed billions of dollars in sales, and now companies are planning to exploit it for think parks, video games, slot machines, other properties. But in the lord of the rings actually act as a means to understand complex politics and International Relations . Our guest with us today says that it can, and hes recently written a book to just show that. Patrick james is a professor at university of southern california. And a director for the center for international studies. This book is like a cold the
Save the world. This is 45 minutes. Im delighted to be atlanta. What a great book festival thiss is. I think the book i wrote is relevant. I wrote a biography of dwightthe eisenhower who is a warrior, was determined to keep us out of asd war. But before i talk about my book they asked me to talk a little bit about the writing life and my own expenses as a writer, so i will. I got out of college and i tried to write the Great American novel, and i wrote about 80d pages of it and i brought it tor my father to read. My father is a book editor, and they came down for breakfast in the morning and he looked up at me and he said, its awful. Hoolt that was our entire conversation. I applied to law school that e ternoon. Pe [laughter] this was before parents believed in selfesteem and all that. Ill. It was awful. It was a mercy killing. It wa [laughter] i went to law school, which was good most of becauser i marriedo my better, to spot the issue, helped my writing. I knew that i didnt want to b
Mayor ed lee. [applause] supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and malia cohen. C. E. O. Port Commission President , and former commissioner michael hardaman. Fire chief. And San Francisco jim lathermyth. And San Francisco made we have katie and sarah from spur. As well as many of our neighborhood leaders, i saw mike bishop from the southern waterfront. And katie from the central waterfront. And the commerce advisory committee. And of course all of you who i hope are not just only San Francisco giant fans but fans of homemade beer here in San Francisco. And its my great honor to introduce entrepreneurial spirit. Mr. Gregor was born and raised in the united kingdom. He then moved to singapore at the age of nine. Hes lived in amazing cities around the world. So he brings with him an international spirit. But also a passion for San Francisco. He and his partner, tony foglio are known for building up the best brands and keeping them both emerging but honoring their roots. So i cant think of a
Welcome you back to the San Francisco port. And this historic pier 48. Pier 48 as you may know was one of the last piers built right before world war ii. It was built in concert with pier 45 and Fishermans Wharf in the changes of technology in cargo movement. Those changes were stimulated by the fact that we had two bridges opening up here in the bay. And our opportunities to move cargo changed by vessel and rail to also by truck. Pier 48 as you can see is much like all the other piers you are familiar with. It has a great large and long apron for cargo to be shipped and stored and out into distribution. The difference of pier 48 than others you know. On this side is a second transit shed with another apron. In the middle is a long divide. Thats where the rail cars and the trucks came in to pick up the cargo. Across the way is seawall lot 337. That was filled in by the santa fe railway. In order to create a new headquarters for their train movement. That would go down the peninsula and