Landmark. Laurel hill gardens cemetery. As well as the cemetery, for San Francisco pioneers u. S. Senators and civil war heroes, its a treefilled park for San Francisco residents. Since i noticed the Historic Cemetery plaque missing from the red brick wall a few years ago, i wondered why would anyone want to erase this history. It made me sad. Well, as a result, it seems that the job of marking and memorializing this important San Francisco landmark has been left to its survivors, the trees. Some of these large, old growth trees are monument to this lost history. In addition to the history, many studies have reported that the loss of large, old trees leads to an over all loss of urban biodiversity. They are critical ecological structures because relative to their size, they are disproportionate providers of resources crucial to wildlife. Its times of Necessary Development and help preserve the landmarks that define your cities rich history. Concern neighborhoods are not anti developmen
So, this was another new aspect. The e. I. R. Response to comments states the project will comply with the provision to the planning code as to Affordable Housing but thats inaccurate because the Development Agreement would wave those and have no moderate Income Housing and have its own plan. The e. I. R. Failed to analyze the projects potentially Significant Impact on shadows on publicly accessible open space. This is the Developers Site plan and shadows are shown in blue. This shows frequent shadows on the lower walnut walk and the square which the developer proposes to use as Community Benefits and open space. These proposed areas would be shaded mostly by the proposed buildings for much of the day or year. The city procedures provide that shadows must be studied if the use of open space could be adversely effected. And it doesnt matter whether the open use controls. The city failed to conduct a cityrun planning process. And the developer described his proposed project to the commun
At the end of the day, 31 democrats joined all of the republicans in the vote to begin the impeachment inquiry into president clinton. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, with support from our spectrum cable partners. This weekend we traveled to laramie, wyoming. Coming up in the next hour and 10 minutes, well experience the history of this western city with a population of about 32,000. In about 10 minutes, well learn about senator Allen Simpson through his papers at the American Heritage center. After that, a tour of the wyoming territorial prison, where outlaws of the wild west were held, including Butch Cassidy. And later, we visit the deerwood ranch wild horse ecosanctuary to hear about its relationship with the bureau of Land Management. We begin our special feature with a visit to a mansion to hear about the early days of the city. Were in the mansion that edward ivenson built in 1892, and it is now the h
Why the regist the Senate Judiciary committee, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. Todays hearing is holocaustera insurance claim. I wont have an opening statement. All right, let me get settled in here. First of all, thank you mr. Chairman for holding this hearing and today we are discussing holocaustera insurance claims. It is interesting before and during the second world war, many europeans dpurchased their insurance policies to protect their loved ones. Those who survived and the heirs of those who did not have since attempted to collect the proceeds from those policies. However, bieneficiaries have found it difficult to collect these policies because paper work were left behind or destroyed during the genocide. To remedy this injustice, american insurance regulators, the state of israel and jewish and survival organizations and 1998 established acheck. The International Commission on holocaust era insurance claims. The mandate is very interesting was twofold. First, i check whe
Up next a hearing on holocaust era on insurance claims. Why the regist the Senate Judiciary committee, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. Todays hearing is holocaustera insurance claim. I wont have an opening statement. All right, let me get settled in here. First of all, thank you mr. Chairman for holding this hearing and today we are discussing holocaustera insurance claims. It is interesting before and during the second world war, many europeans dpurchased their insurance policies to protect their loved ones. Those who survived and the heirs of those who did not have since attempted to collect the proceeds from those policies. However, bieneficiaries have found it difficult to collect these policies because paper work were left behind or destroyed during the genocide. To remedy this injustice, american insurance regulators, the state of israel and jewish and survival organizations and 1998 established acheck. The International Commission on holocaust era insurance claims. The man