Are. It is not a secret in washington, d. C. We continue to see the bias crimes in crease as far as the numbers are reported here. One of the reasons why we actually celebrate the fact that our bias crime members keep going up is that we believe we are educating our citizens better every year and building stronger relationships, that bias crimes that were committed in the past are now being reported to us. That is part of the education. Third part of the mission and the part that im biased about that i think is the most important is, unlike most community policing, we are actually doing police work. The officers i work with and officials i work with our not only going to be at those events and classes, but when that pride parade was interrupted by what appeared to be an active shooter, but then got it wasnt. It was these officers and those liaison units who were amongst the very first running through the crowd in the opposite direction towards it. What Community Members saw was, member
First ladies is an inspiring read, now available in hardcover and as an ebook. Here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering this spring on book tv. We will visit maryland for live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and mark frost. Along with david axelrod. We will close out may at books expo new york city, where the Publishing Industry showcases upcoming books. In june, we are live for printers row, including a threehour indepth program with lawrence wright. That is this spring on cspan2s book tv. The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case involving samesex marriage. Coming up, we get a preview of the case with a group of attorneys. That is followed by conservative religious leaders talking about opposition to samesex marriage and how the Supreme Court decision could impact religious freedom. Later, a look at issues important to progressives in the 2016 president ial election. The American Constitution Society for law and policy recentl
Supervisor cohen . Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim not present. Supervisor mar . Here. Mar present. Supervisor tang . Present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are none today, mr. President. And if you could read our 2 00 p. M. Special order. The first item of business is a policy discussion between honorable mayor lee and board of supervisors, this week representing the even districtsv, specifically district 10, the mayor may initially address the board for up to five minutes. The president will recognize the supervisor who will pres
[gavel] good afternoon to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, february the 11th, 2014. Madam clerk, could you please call the roll . Yes, mr. President. Supervisor avalos . Avalos not present. Supervisor breed . Breed present. Supervisor campos . Present. Campos present. President chiu . Present. Chiu present. Supervisor cohen . Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Present. Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim not present. Supervisor mar . Here. Mar present. Supervisor tang . Present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are none today, mr. President. And if you cou
Activist george takei. Anytime you need to say the word gay, you can simply say the gay. You could safely proclaim your supportive to gay marriage. If youre a no more festive mood, you can march in the takei pride parade. We will speak with george takei about the attack on gay rights, growing up in a japanese internment camp during world war ii. And we will look at how fracking poses not only a threat to the nations water supply, but also the air. This stuff starts happening and i noticed there into my noseing up and there is this heaviness on my chest, and it feels like an elephant sitting here. It feels like somebody is choking the air out of me. I cant get a breath. Fracking the eagle ford shell. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brewer hasernor jan vetoed a bill that would have allowed businesses to deny service to lgbt people. In recent days, the bill generated a nationwide chorus of condemnation, n