it has been recognized all over the country as a model program for any city, large or small.foundation recognized the work that was done through our team as the country's best practice. i am proud of it because it is a comprehensive strategy that incorporates physical activity and walking challenges. it incorporates strategy is to provide options and alternatives. the options you saw in the cafeteria were an example of that. we have put salad bars in 50 of our elementary and middle schools. we are open to provide more wars to -- more resources in the upcoming year to provide more resources to public schools. i don't know many schools that are funding salad bars. some people wanted that. they said these kids would never get excited. you saw for yourself that kids are actually eating broccoli. george bush sr., eat your heart out. kids are truly enthusiastic about eating broccoli. they are an enthusiastic about eating something a little different than your typical burrito or pizza. we have initiated a real effort, a deliberate effort, to become sugar savvy, to think a little dif

had when we passed this law in they 1978, because we have the action, so without any disrespect to any city department, as a backup, it is important to have that. i think if you take the language from the residential conversion and demolition of ordinance, that languages narrowed to be defined. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> we will wait and then ask the city attorney to advise us. >> my name is francisco. when i worked of the presidio common-law -- the presidio, in early 2002, we gave a lot of housing to university students. the gentleman before may has spoken about how the university has deprived the city of a lot of housing, and the planning inspection has been slow, but in some of our discussions with planning, we have been able to ratify that. i have them to rally together. i am aware of those issues. i work with a few partners who do business not only in this nation, but abroad, and again and again, what has not been matching is that the banks are loaning money to institutions of learning, and this has not been mentioned. i heard the planning department say that some

>> i am from labor but we need to do more local hiring in san francisco and any city with major projects on the line. there is a way to strike a balance, with working men and women having a place at the table as we move forward. a number of percentages are there people are considering. supervisor campos: anything else? i wanted to ask you something many people have been thinking about. we had the tragedy that happened down south with the gas pipelines and explosions. do you have any thoughts about this? we in san francisco are doing what we can to make sure this doesn't happen. we recognize there are other agencies, federal and state, with a role in that. do you believe the san francisco pc can make sure we are doing everything we can to prevent it. >> i have a lot of thoughts about that. my heart goes out to the families at san bruno. this is the infrastructure that needs to be replaced. the puc needs a broader relationship with the state puc. i think we have to enforce the law and have substansive hearings to make sure our people are protected. the entity with gas pipes iand lines are

this process the mayor has made it clear if we are going to have a sister city relationship with any city, it needs to be meaningful, not in name only. in these economic times, it makes sense for cities like san francisco to reach out to places like barcelona. if you look at the history of what has happened between not just the cities of barcelona and san francisco, and the region of catalonia and san francisco, it makes sense. we established a region sister russia shed with the region of catalonia. i want to thank the group freinds of gaspart. the president of the organization could not be here but they have been trying to foster relationships, not just between san francisco and barcelona, but the entire region. the mere talk about the commonalities, the economic ties. there are many other ties. there are works between the museums in barcelona and the de jong. there are talks about the universities in barcelona with ours. sharing production with the our pride in barcelona. there are many examples of that nature. but something that is special to me, as a gay man, and i see my partner in t

. >> this is not a competition any city wants to win, or be placed in the top 10. a national study released ranks oakland to the fifth most dangerous city in the nation. oakland was third last year. so it did drop two spots. i talk to people who live in different parts of oakland not everyone agrees with the study. >> it does not correspond with my experience. >> i had not experienced any danger at or crumb by myself i live downtown i live by the lake. i like it people seem friendly. >> to have been here for 14 years it is busy for me. it is wonderful. i've not had any problems. >> we never felt like we couldn't go anywhere we felt threatened. so, i think you take stuff like that with a grain of salt. >> it's fairly accurate to be honest. the violence is awful. it gets pretty violent a special when you get to the points where no one has respect for the churches. >> the way it is going really is a lot of people are getting killed. >> from my interviews of people in east oakland agree, they say there's way too many homicides. where did they agree with the city or not,

have a better understanding of what happened and make sure that it does not repeat itself in this city or any other city. we discussed objectives, time lines, and what we would do as we move forward. we talked about pipeline shut down practices in the history that were discussed specific to san francisco. we also requested detailed maps of the natural gas pipeline infrastructure within the city and county. on september 16, the following friday after the explosion, several of us went to the mayor and did a site visit where the explosion occurred. following up on that, september 23 we had requested maps officially i am writing, not only at that meeting, that there was a delivery to the fire department maps of the city and distribution lines and transmission lines coming into the city. the main difference was also explained that there are distribution lines throughout the city. the transmission lines, obviously under much higher pressure, causing an explosion or part of the explosion, there are three main transmission lines coming into san francisco. on that day the gas line distribution maps we

city. that is a summarized version of my report. i'm glad to answer any questions. commissioner mirkarimi: any comments or questions? any public comment on items three or item four? public comment is closed. >> we could go back to item one. i know that commissioner avalos is not here today. he has a sick

attorney office to have them reimbursed for any city damage, other than that there is not too much to report other than it is quiet and i hope they stand that way and much like in july >> a lot of businesses are prepared for it the worst. this is video that we shot earlier in the day and many shops did it show precautions for looting and some of them are boarding up the windows and doors. kay thompson is live and oakland with the latest. kate? >> try not to take too many chances we can show you just on broadway that we are showing the business is boarded up and the team about has closed at and plywood and the bank rate here and right here, the wind out and did doors covered in plywood and as he looked down the street here is also shut down and boarded up. we will roll some video and as you concede that university of california has closed its doors right after the verdict was read. i spoke with the plays that were coming out of the building and it is a very barge building at couple of blocks from city hall and they started evacuating people floor by floor. security said crowe y

. >> this is not a competition that any city wants to win. a national study released by cq press brakes oakland the fifth most dangerous city in the nation. oakland right start last year by the same organization and drop to spot. i have talked to different people in oakland and not everyone agrees with the study. >> it does not correspond with my experience and oakland. >> i've exactly what are brought by myself i live downtown. >> i like it people seem very friendly, i have been here for the last 14 years that it has been safe for me. it has wonderful i live in west oakland it is great. i have not had many problems. >> we never thought we couldn't go anywheres where we felt safe. >> it's probably expert with the violence, the violence is awful. >> yes it's getting pretty violent in oakland where you get to the points where no one has respect for the churches, they're doing these things that the churches. >> the way it is going to lot of people are getting killed my age. >> from my interviews the people who live in east oakland tend to agree w

with no disrespect to any city commissioner or the commissioners themselves, they shield project from accountability. the shield elected officials from the responsibility and accountability that are rightfully theirs. we need policy discussions in the city about the status of the commission, about the purpose of the commission, and about the commissioners themselves. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon. my name is ruth. i have no comments on the individuals before you. as a group, they possess many of the qualifications spelled out in the treasure island development authority board bylaws. that is fantastic. i'm looking toward the future and how we can put together a process where we can select the board as a team that possesses all the qualifications we need for a project of this magnitude. the bylaws try to also say -- and other disciplines relevant to the reuse of the base. one thing that gets forgotten is the board has two recent to be. one is to serve as the redevelopment agency under california law. the second one is to serve as the t

the products, that you go to the chinese cities and they are rebuilding cities and new cities that are bigger than any of our cities. it's absolutely insane to have made that statement. >> what are you going to do? we have a trade problem with china but we have news today that g.e. is getting a $2 billion investment out of china and news also today that saginaw, michigan, china is the number one employer in saginaw, michigan. >>guest: that is a small place that is wonderful but they are using that just to show how nice they are when, in fact, they are not looking for our good. and they should be looking for their good. and to have people that are very, very smart, and what i would do, you have such a huge trade deficit with china, the currency is artificially low and we have fallen into the chinese trap. we are now destroying the dollar to try and compete with them and we should not be doing that but we should keep the dollar strong and stable and we should tax chinese products. the people that talk about free trade, i am a big free trade believer but we don't have free trade with china, china is, lit

the process that rec park or any city agency would go through with public outrage is before. this is just issuing a permit. it is a much more mechanical process. the decision about what kinds of vendors and how many will be in the hands of rec park or by the owner of a piece of private property. the department is issuing a permit that says it complies with the zoning. the other issues are the property owner issues. if the property owner is the city, there will be a public process around it, but that will no y

the process that rec park or any city agency would go through with public outrage is before. this is just issuing a permit. it is a much more mechanical process. the decision about what kinds of vendors and how many will be in the hands of rec park or by the owner of a piece of private property. the department is issuing a permit that says it complies with the zoning. the other issues are the property owner issues. if the property owner is the city, there will be a public process around it, but that will not be you. commissioner sugaya: if that is the case, i want to make sure these other departments understand very quickly with the jurisdiction issues are, in that there is always a chance that if the issue emperor -- if they issue an rfp -- i do not know if that will ever happen, but it could happen. i hate to have someone go through the whole process, put the proposal together, go to an interview, and then went up here and we go, "i do not think that is going to work." it is neither here nor there. as long as we have a lot of communication with other city agencies, that wou

this is very high for any city. >> thank you. i am now with the deputy director of the urban planning and research center. why do you support this measure? >> the reason that i support the measure is that it is very difficult to think about earthquakes or even talk about them. often, we just want to put our head in the sand and pretend that they are not coming. unfortunately, we know they are coming. there is a 53% chance that we will have a major event here in the bay area in the next 30 years. what we need to do now is to get prepared. part of that is thinking about the resilience of our city. the ability of our city to rebound quickly. in order to do that, we need to shore up our buildings and our lifelines'. we can have buildings here in san francisco. that is why the department of building inspection has been working on a program. they have done a report that is all about -- buildings. contrary to the name, their buildings that have a seismic vulnerability right on the ground floor because of many window openings were garage

this is not a competition any city wants to win the national study released by cq precious shows oakland is no. 5 among the most dangerous cities in america. last year was #three so the city did drop here is some reaction to >>. it doesn't correspond with my experiences. >> i haven't experienced any danger in oakland and live downtown by the late now. i like it people seem early friday. >> it's been safe for me to please are wonderful. i haven't had many problems. >> we didn't feel we didn't couldn't go anywhere we felt threatened. >> it is getting violent no planned especially where people have no respect for the churches. >> lot of people are getting killed and stuff like that. >> another city is richmond it keyman as the eighth dangerous city in moved up from 14. >> we will be right back to the back monday morning a live look at sam for cisco. the holiday lights. isn't that nice. the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator good morning will come back 6:11 a.m. the bay br

the local hires i think are without precedent of any big project in this city. this is real on the destruction inside and the permanent jobs that are being created. that is a pretty extraordinary thing. 211 or so jobs. 88% are just from in and around the area. it is an extraordinary story. i'm really proud of lowe's. we are not jumping up and down four big boxes. we will be candid. we love the sales tax. this is a big deal. but we are sensitive to what big stores do. because you guys are so good that some of the little guys can be threatened by it, but this location was the right location. this boulevard needed the economic stimulus, the anchor. look at all the fresh paint across the street. it did not always look like that. you are going to see in the next few years this boulevard take shape. if lowe's continues to be the employer they have proven to date, a lot of families will benefit because of the jobs created because of this, so thank you for following through on all your promises. so far, you are one of the good ones, and we want to keep saying that for y

to make sure we are consistent throughout, so we are not giving any city council member special treatmentother. >> there is no removed -- there is no word on who that snow removal traffic cop will be. it will no doubt require special skills. >> we posted this story on our website, where you can also leave your comments. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. baltimore city police are voting today on a new contract that would cut their pay by 2% next year, but they would get an extra five paid leave days in 2012 to make up for that pay cut. mayor stephanie rawlings lake says it is the best option for now, but it remains to see if police officers agree. the harford county sheriff's office has released surveillance video in hopes of catching the suspect who robbed of bellaire gamestopped store. they took off with cash and dozens of copies of a newly released video game. they say the men are believed to be behind a robbery in aberdeen last month. both cases, the suspects got away in a white minivan. prosecutors have dropped and attempted murder charge against a man a