city government. -- the closer in city government. to the entire city staff. monique, how wonderful it is to have a hard-headed, pragmatic negotiator. thank you for your work. you are only as good as your staff. what an outstanding staff she has. brent, thank you for everything that you did. what an extraordinary job you did. [applause] dennis and the city attorney's office, thank you for all the hard work he put into this, your entire team behind the scenes. and again, to the board of supervisors, in particular, president david chu and ross mirkarimi, who early on encouraged this process, that they would be there throughout, would ask tough questions, would not roll over, and were committed. they demonstrated that privately and publicly. they held strong throughout. they were great conduits' to their other colleagues and created a framework where people were created fairly and this process was made better because of their leadership and stewardship. they supported all of their colleagues to make constructive improvements in this process. all of us are better

that support services for the entire city. -- that supports services for the entire city. le in every city neighborhood will benefit. this is a global media audience. this is not the best team in america. it is the best team in the world. international visitors stay twice as long as domestic visitors. that is more spending. when viewers across the world watch the competition unfolding, they will make plans to visit four years to come. i encourage you to embrace all the opportunities the america's cup presents. thank you. [applause] >> i am dennis mackenzie. i have been an educator for most of my adult life. i have provided a number of proposals on sports and education to city officials. my proposal on my website, for the benefit of the public -- it is a letter supporting this effort to bring america's cup to the san francisco bay. obviously, in my field of work, i have taught high schools in san francisco for the past eight years. this is an incredible incentive for kids to be able to learn how to sail a boat, but also the high-tech innovations. as other people have mention

he worked tirelessly for his district and the entire city. en i think of the things he is done in his district and for the city, he is a strong proponent of public safety and community policing. in his district, we have seen the homicide rate that peaked in 1995 to 99 2/6 to go to almost -- with sina homicide rates that pete go to almost nil. the department's work together. that leadership is what we need. there are many policies we will have to work on together. he has been a master at creating innovative legislation. he has been a great colleague working on the budget committee. it is without reservation that i nominate ross mirkarimi for board president. supervisor chiu: supervisor mirkarimi, do you accept? supervisor mirkarimi: i am honored and surprised. i decline. supervisor chiu: supervisors campos. supervisors campos: i want to thank president chiu for his service as president. it is very difficult position. we appreciate all the hard work and have done with the city and county of san francisco. from the beginning of this office, i hav

there are green businesses, housing, we have seen this across the entire city. i am part of a committee farm outside of the city. there will be water conservation and that is really great. california has big water problems. that is all. thank you. >> thank you for spending the time listening to this. we need more housing opportunities for san franciscans. i grew up in the southeastern section of san francisco. i went to san francisco state university. i became aware of this project through the out reach of -- representatives. and support the need for smart housing growth in san francisco. this project will help our struggling -- get back on track. the plan will have a lasting positive affect for communities. they really listen to to what the residences want. i fully support the plan. this will increase the housing and opportunities for san franciscans. many people are moving to other parts of the bay area. this will help. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, eric brooks representing the green party. what happened last week was one of the most fine examples

i'm the mayor of the city and i take an interest of the entire city and of the officers themselves that we resolve this issue. >> getting things resolved will ultimately mean new reaching some type of agreement between restructuring please pensions. in fact mayor kwan said next week she plans on presenting the city council with pension reform proposals aimed at jump starting negotiations with the union that represents oakland police officers. at oakland city hall kron 4 news. >> san francisco police said there were forced to fire a man in a wheelchair stop and officer of this happened at 10th and howard police said there were responding to reports of a man with a rock and knife was vandalized. please see the suspects that an officer and that's when they fired. one witness who did not want to be and benefits of the officer was injured after the shooting started. >> it fired and hit the ground than they fired again and hit him and he sure the knife and when he threw the knife had an office there he didn't do it meaning lead to hit the officer. he threw it because he was in pain and they c

city government. -- the closer in city government. to the entire city staff. ni

it takes the entire city working together to make things happen for all of our children, and we welcome that kind of collaboration. last but not least, it is kind of sad to mention. but this month, january is viewed as violence prevention month. it kind of puts a somber tone on this. we are dedicated to creating a place where all children -- and we can breathe at live that. we can have the head of the student support services department talk a little bit about these. kevin? >> thank you, superintendent garcia. happy new year and welcome. i look forward to working with you. sfusd has always participated in january as violence prevention month. thank you for allowing my staff to go first during the superintendent's address. my staff appreciates its. this year, we have always participated in the violence prevention month. this year, student support services is enhancing our efforts by designating january 18 through 21 as respect week in honor of the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr.. we have a very quick presentation. they will present a brief snapshot of some of the latest data we hav

job growth expected this year in the city, san francisco is a in a great position to plan the redevelopment agency for the entire city family, doing a great job planning for growth. we have a great look at what growth should look like but now we need other resources. the funding to carry infrastructure, to maintain and build up streets and roads. the next slide talks about the detailed scenarios. identifying specific projects that basically compete for funding. mtcaddac has given us a call for projects, something we are planning on getting more information on in the march and april time crime -- time frame. specific projects that we would like to submit to the regional association, doubling as the association, doubling as the countywide plan called for

now, here in san francisco, we are blessed to live in the most amazing city in the entire world, and as we move forward this second decade of the 21st century, we have to solve some very serious questions about our future, about who we are, about who we want to be, and about how we will carry out our shared progressive values, exemplified by the namesake of st. francis. i look forward to working with you here rat the board to doing this work, to leading together together, here as elected officials, as public servants, and as san francisco cans in this beautiful city by the bay in our beautiful city of san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] and at that time let me ask madam clerk, do we have any more business in front of our board? >> that concludes our business for today, mr. president. supervisor chiu: our meeting for today is officially adjourned.

the other escaped. >> i feel that there's bad parts and every city has that. >> police are stretched thin keeping up. seven cars, 14 cops for the entireity tonight and just a handful detectives since the city went bankrupt. they were scrambling from yesterday's killing, a carpenter waiting for a ride to work. >>> the family said that with his killer still free, they worry about police lose valuable time. >> we need people that are trained in these things so they can bring comfort to the families. i cannot image anything worse than not knowing who did this and bringing justice. interviewing people and chasing down leads. there's a timeframe that we need to work in and sometimes i do not have the manpower to get it done. >>> the police stay there's no link between the killings. here live now, the family said that they will keep tending to this parking lot shrine because it's all they can do. >>> reporting live, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> customs agents announced that they seized a large shipment of opium, a week ago agents said they became suspicious of wood furniture, when they x-rayed the furniture they found opium hidden inside. anothe

now, here in san francisco, we are blessed to live in the most amazing city in the entire world, and as we move forward this second decade of the 21st century, we have to solve some very serious questions about our future, about who we are, about who we want to be, and about how we will carry out our shared progressive values, exemplified by the namesake of st. francis. i look forward to working with you here rat the board to doing this work, to leading together together, here as elected

i spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for all of us. for its entire history, people have flocked to san francisco with their hopes and with their dreams. they have invested in the city, not only with their money, but with their sweat and with their blood. i understand that not only d

some commented that we are responsible for the entire city of san francisco. while most important are the impacts on the residents themselves, the impacts are also important on the surrounding area and for all san francisca ns and all of those who may wish to live in parkmerced in the future. i think our decision has to be based on all of those factors. there were a lot of concerns about parkmerced losing its character in this development. i do not think it has to lose its development. it has to be crafted in a way that we can realize a lot of the things being proposed but still maintain the character. i regret we did not get to hear enough about the tier 5 improvements that are part of the improvement. it is putting a lot of money into improvements badly needed in this area of the city for transit and traffic concerns. we also did not really discuss answers to the development agreement. i think there have been at some opinions rendered in regards to whether or not the project would be able to be exempted. i think there is good reason to believe based on opinio

just two weeks ago, we open up the first lead certified public library in the entire city, the first ever, and now, we are at the home of the sunset solar project. the sunset truly is a cool place to be. i just want to say thank you to all of the amazing staff members who really helped put this together. it is exciting to see the panels of, to see them generating power, to see the people who now have job skills that are available to take on to other future projects. thank you to the staff, the mayor, and thank you to my staff for supporting this. >> you get a lot done with the sponsor of the board. it takes six votes to do a lot of things at the board of supervisors these days, and eric mar was the sixth vote. >> i think i'm getting way too much credit. this was a partnership with the mayor's office, the department of the environment, and many community-based organizations that advocated for the future. i used to take my daughter to the swings right on the corner there where you can overlook lincoln high school, and i know this is a great educational opportunity to teach about how we

supervisors to our new mayor, ed, we look forward to doing many wonderful things together and with the entire city of san francisco. thank you all for being part of this wonderful community. [applause] >> i wish you had gone back to sacramento. because he just reminded me that i forgot eric mar. newsom had to remind me. [applause] thank you. the board of supervisors adopted a set of rules to determine how you fill a vacancy when it occurs during the time of a sitting mayor. and those rules require that the presiding judge of the superior court in this county administer the oath of office. we are fortunate to have the presence of the presiding judge and she is katherine feinstein. where are you? would you please join us to do the duty of swearing ed lee in. mr. lee. >> if you would be kind enough to please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i edwin m. lee. >> i edwin m. lee. >> do solemnly swear -- >> do sol manyly swear -- solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united

i've spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for all of us. for its entire history, people have flocked to san francisco with their hopes and with their dreams. they've invested in this city, not only with their money but with their sweat and with their blood. i understand that not only do people need to flourish here, but business needs to flourish here. i understand what is at stake. what is invested here in all senses of that word. it's our responsibility to see

i thought that would cover the entire city and give people the opportunity to chime in.commissioner chan: that sounds good to me. i think we should get this ball rolling and have some dates picked up so we can start getting the word out. among all of us, on as the purse a commission as this is, i think we can do a good -- among all of us, as diverse a commission as this is, i think we can do a good job getting the word out. i am going to reach out to agent -- to the asian police officers association. i am happy to do any other type of out reach needed. president mazzucco: the other thing we need to do is get together with the police department about meeting again with the members to see what they are looking for, give them another opportunity, in light of the fact that this is the first time the have had a cheap come from the outside in a long time. we need to hear from the rank and file about how that works. we need to set a date for that. that is another meeting for law enforcement officers. three for the community. if need be, myself and other commissioners will make

i also think it's safe to say that the entire city is probably looking for the department of public health'sead on this issue. certainly, our department and other departments, like dpw, and maybe even the department of environment, can help. we need the department of public health's lead on this issue. if you feel like there's a limit to help, please say something. maybe this will come out in the board of supervisors hearing,

the gray lava stone colors the entire city. mount etna has spilled onto the streets, and earthquakes have leveled the town. the highlight of catania is the fish market, where haggling and bargaining is standard business operation. [speaking in italian] merchants and customers lock in a life-and-death struggle over the daily sardine catch. catanians take their fish very seriously. north of catania, along the coast, timeless fishing villages like aci trezza mingle mythology with modern life. every day the fishing boats of aci trezza wind their way through these rocks, the legendary rocks of the cyclops. in the odyssey, ulysses and his men escape from the one-eyed monster cyclops by blinding him with a spear then clinging to the underbellies of sheep to escape from his cave. the irate monster cursed them, hurling huge boulders at the men. looming over these coastal towns, casting its great shadow is mount etna. europe's largest active volcano, etna has been spouting lava for some 600,000 years, including some 12 times in the last c

also a friend of fisherman's wharf, a friend of the port of san francisco, and he is a friend to the entire city of san francisco. the work he has done has demonstrated that. the work is going to do demonstrates that, too. thank you. [applause] >> susan reynolds, director of real estate. rodney, on behalf of the real- estate department and me personally, thank you very much for all your support these last four years. one thing i always appreciated about your approach to things -- you always look at both sides and give a thoughtful decision. i'm going to miss you. i'm going to miss your friendship. i'm going to miss your face, but i know you will not be far away. i'm sure you will continue to lend your leadership to all of the groups that to work with in the community. the planning commission will be lucky to have you. thank you very much. mrs. fong, i know you know this, but you raised a great son. [applause] [applause] >> commissioners and commissioner fong, i'm pleased to say i have known rodney before he was a commissioner, when he was nearly eight outstanding business person and a fun person