run in the poll in november this year there is a record number of female contenders did it is clear richardson caught up with one that howland who is also a native american. she's a single mother who once lived off food stamps now dead holland looks set to go from the banks of the rio grande day in new mexico to the halls of the house of representatives hollande is on course to become the first native american woman to serve in the u.s. congress after this year's elections and she wants to help others like her do the same as far as i'm concerned if i want native women or women of color to run to be willing to help them get out there a record number of both women and native americans are running for office across the country holland supporters want her to fight against the long history of persecution of american indians and the racism they still face today so it's a real thing it's not just a made up story it's happening all over our country as a member of the laguna pueblo tribe hollande hopes to set an example for future generations and to fight for more representation in u.s. politics when i

is it okay if they go, miss richardson? >> sure. we'll go right after. >> okay. >> good afternoon, commissioners. linda richardson, former san francisco planning commissioner, long time bayview-hunters point. you all need to know that this particular site was where the city and the state several decades ago were trying to build a power plant. yes, the vocal minority -- no, really, the entire community came out and the entire san francisco. after we defeated that with the board of supervisors and just about everybody in san francisco, you all asked us, planning commission, to go back and plan 18.5 years, 18.5 years has now boiled down to your resolution. we came to india basin. you know what, this here, lots of housing. we are the only one building housing. when you see me hear, i am instrumental in building thousands and thousands of houses in my city. when building came to bayview, call me and the rest of my neighbors, i encouraged him, called the a.p.r. we work with them. but what you're about to do then, that zoning of that area

richardson. can you come up a second? i was really trying to understand the history and what you were trying to say in the three minutes. can you expand on what you said. >> yes please. i appreciate your time. when the site -- when a.e.s. was going to build the power plant. we've been very prodevelopment. we went to port of san francisco to the planning commission. we ask them. this neighborhood is a mixed use. we welcome houses. we put together the bayview master plan which you have in your 100-year anniversary. no neighborhood in san francisco. you have residents, youth, seniors and workers trying to create this vision. you have that plan. we created the india basin neighborhood plan. i wish everybody here can look at that. we have housing in there. we have all the mixed use element. that is not the case. >> commissioner richards: what's the difference between what was in front of us today? >> that zoning, we have shown -- [indiscernible] i wish you can go. how many the commissioners have chance to be there. you all nee

also turned up to defend their right to carry such weapons claire richardson reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. property over life which is a crime no it's not a do you know news i'm sure i can thank you for everybody forces necessary to owning a razor for my home as we don't it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states this is a stop on the margin of our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest than some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame for buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters they it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons and someone who doesn't hold the law because we don't follow

richardson. >> director richardson: the timing for the presentation, i can tell you, i've been going around town. the san francisco board of directors promoting housing. i made it clear to them that i would appreciate they could be helping with funding. that's the bottom line. i have a series questions with regards to the construction cost. this is stunning. i'm looking at your contribution. even the average is 627k. that is astronomical. help me out here in the projects that are ready for production now, construction you listed the project one, two and three. what are the differentiation. the average project for three is almost a million dollars per unit. what kind of housing is this? can you give me profile why all the abbreviations. >> sure. we hope that project will be outlier. i'm concerned it may not be as costs continue to increase. we're seeing 5% to 10% escalation per year. part of that higher cost is a matter of time. time has passed, cost increased. that particular project, it was a very high land value. it was a project. there was political pressure to buy a particular pa

richardson. >> supervisor richardson: thank you so much. we need to remind everyone, and even before i remind anyone, i want -- mr. wallace your patience, you started in 1999 and you sta stayed true through all the situations and community engagement going back and forth and back and forth. this commission it should be noted for more than 18 months we sent the sailing center and mr. wallace to go back. we care about what we do here, our responsibility is to uphold public/private partnerships. treasure island has to be developed. sometimes th all of us have to come to the middle to make things work. in fact, almost about nine months ago the village center agree with the negotiation and they came back here and said we can liver with it live with it and it was appeared by the sierra club. at some point pau all of us will have to get together wit in the interest of the city. we have heard from the other stakeholders that are looking at this marina from people with big boats and people who wul subsidies this and small boat owners. i am comfortab

this is where the alaska highway finally joins the alter richardson highway which leads from the coast to fairbanks. delta junction is considered the official end of the twenty four hundred kilometer long highway. the last mile stone is a popular photo opportunity for the international tourists. the ultimate destination of the highway was and still is fair banks the largest city in the interior of alaska. downtown second avenue with its pubs small shops and rugged charm still looks a bit like it did when there were thousands of soldiers stationed in the city. during the second world war fair banks was the hub for american aid to the russians here russian pilots took over thousands of fighters and fighter bombers from their american counterparts and flew them on to siberia in all weathers and in all seasons. the pilots of that time would certainly feel comfortable in the bars affair bags today. the nightlife of the city is still wild and ruckus perfectly in tune with alaska's roughneck image. the pioneering spirit lives on in pubs like the howling dog saloon where many of today's patron

director richardson your question is expert nantes. there's a working group looking at this. there are a number of efforts that are addressing this. i mentioned the advancement we've been making on the entitlement side. this is your planning side on the permitting side getting through dpw and mod and mayor's office on disability. we are tackling that issue head-on. lot of our conversations are on how do we improve that process. how can we take advantage of the mayoral director that focus on the major projects and move that same infrastructure to support our site specific work our infill work as well. we want to see housing coordinators at all the permitting agencies. we're part of the city family. we're like a consumer in this question. we're not a permitting agency. we're also trying to move projects through the process and see those challenges firsthand. i will say there seems like stated and shared belief that is an area of focus. not just among staff but also of leadership. i'm cautiously optimistic we'll see improvements on that front. >> today we have a new mayor. we ha

linda richardson. i had the privilege of not only being on the working group, but i was also one of the subcommittee chairs of the transportation. danielle oshima, she came out here, and she thank everybody, but i wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to let you know how grateful we are working with diane oshima putting all these things together, and your esteemed director, elaine forbes. we have put together a fine document that is going to giet your development for decades to come. so we have that much confidence and also wanted to give a shout out to our overall leader, mr. rudy nothenberg for his wonderful leadership. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for the participation. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner? >> i just want to thank the staff, i want to thank the chair, all the cochairs from land use and transportation to resiliency, as someone who is new and came to this process at the very end, i am astounded by the amou

kathy richardson and i'm the director of the campaign against sex robots. and i don't you fume and beings as objects i don't see this as interchangeable that you can replace a human with a machine and they'll do the same things because i think human beings are different from things. martina is a robot psychologist she's also critical of tendencies in the sex robot industry. has to be said that ninety five percent of the sex robots that are currently available on the market a female stereotypes stereotypically passive hest and let's say it's good stuff so on the one hand they object to find the human and often the female body. of us heads home and on the other hand these robots represent stereotypical relationship patterns. stereotypes that event carried into the bedroom sex robots are always a kind of slave. and. in barcelona the first sex doll bordello has opened its doors to the public experts agree sex with robots is here to stay will we develop feelings for these human oid machines. is resistant from. my guess is that we'll very quickly develop personal

. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a