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It captures the imagination of Real Estate Developers and they start to build dense developments and bring amenities into communities that traditionally may not have them. I think the challenge for us is that right now if we look at the amount of money were putting into transit, i think the demand for it is going to increase substantially over the next several years because of shear population movements. Thats why i would urge a more robust investment in transit, first of all. And secondly urge ...

Department of Homeland Security into rain in a executive overreach. That is it. It is simple. There is no reason for democrats to block it. Politico reports that Senate Democrats intend to to block the homeland spending bill. One democrat who has spoken out against it is Senate Minority whip dick durbin. He called for a clean appropriation bill while speaking for the american advocates group, americas voice. You can watch tuesday at 2 30 eastern. As always, we will have coverage on cspan3. Next,...

Us forward our Electronic Monitoring Program. Okay. So you. Keep in mind, though, that it is liability of city and county and it is the Sheriffs Department who is held responsible that should something run afoul of electronic monitoring then we would want a sworn peace officer, our deputy sheriffs to be the ones who are able to respond. What concerns me, is that when there has been rejection by the Sheriffs Department, for people who have been asked to be put on electronic monitoring and then ot...

018 which is not in books currently and we are proposing that it does to this legislation, provides for the inmates to participate in a monitoring program, if specified conditions are met, no holes or warrants in custody for 30 days in the misdemeanor be 60 days or a felony, consistent with Public Safety concerns of the community. It also through thize of this body the board of supervisors, requires us to cult with the District Attorney and so that we may prescribe reasonable rules and regulatio...

The District Attorney, and discuss the case, and the persons history is laid out the persons current charges are laid out and the Public Safety issues are raised. For some reason, the judge set bail. This is not a situation where when that person comes back into custody, the Sheriff Department is going to say we want this person on am and they go out. No, what this legislation says is that the Sheriffs Department if it is going to be put on electronic monitoring, will review, the Public Safety c...

Imagine that, what would you do if Stevie Wonder walked into your recording session. C en newsroom starts right now. Good morning, everyone, from washington, im don lemon. Carol is off today. We begin this hour with spiraling concerns over syria and a desperate regime trying to hold on to power. This morning, washington announces its deploying two Patriot Missile batteries and 400 troops to our nato ally turkey. It will bolster defenses to syria against its scud missiles and possible chemical we...

It could suggest that and this is an issue of Public Safety. And we want to be sure that it is enhanced and the fact that the criteria and the courts and the da that it is applicable to this person, and likely that that person is not going to run afoul. And as a matter of fact, i will give you a statistic out of the people who were evaluated for electronic monitoring only 26 had failed to comply and that is when our own deputies and our own actions would then certainly correct the person from no...

Right to an attorney and will be guaranteed that right to an attorney. Thanks. Thank you, mr. Guligson. Next speaker, please. Iris [speaker not understood] lewis, tenant, tenant in the mission for 38 years. Very quickly, i read that in 2013 40 more working families are leaving San Francisco than coming into San Francisco, something we definitely want to turn around. And as a nurse, im very concerned about the Health Effects of all these evictions. Ive seen peoples Blood Pressure really go up, Bl...

Crucial part of the package when it comes to eviction prevention. The other thing i wanted to say was the importance or emphasize the importance for specialized expertise in federal housing law and attorneys that really understand those programs with Public Housing and section 8 as you heard, legal aid is one such example of an organization. There are many things that come prior to an eviction that people could use Legal Support for and it would make the absolute difference between them being di...

The bullying tenants go into court with an attorney knowing they can bowl them over as if they had a bulldozer. So, tenants need to get representation from the moment they get the eviction notice, not at the moment that theyre actually going into the courthouse. And, so, we need to vastly increase funding for Legal Services in San Francisco this year, and we need to establish this city as one that says every tenant who is in danger of losing their home has the right to an attorney and will be gu...