firm. we are a local, local firm. we have a commitment to the central waterfront. each of our members is invested in this part of the city. four of us are all of the waterfront, three of us are headquartered. this is a longstanding commitment that existed far before sales force came along and make a big splash. it is a belief that we have had for a long time, and we voted with our feed and investment dollars. we have been waiting for the opportunity to see the next that take place, which is pier 70, and we are excited about it, and we want to be your partner. this is the opportunity we believe would come for a long time. that is what you want to work on pier 70. i can sit here and try to summarize a detailed rfq where our design team came up with an amazing plan, but the reality is, that groundwork was already late for us by the park commission. the community as well. they work together for a long time to envision what the site should be about. instead of spending my time telling you our refinements to that, i want to talk about what is different about our part --

communities within the perimeter and limits the number of new flights at the airport, as requested by local firms. -- by local officials. it provides five exemptions that would permitted to limited incumbent carriers. these could be used for new flights within or beyond the perimeter. all of this is kind of opaque, like a puzzle, but it does have to work. we have approximately 100 amendments filed to the f.a.a. reauthorization bill, and much of the tawrks as i've casted, is focused on slots at the national airport. there are lots of airports, but national airport has gotten the bulk of these amendments. i don't resent that or regret that, i just wish that we could also get to the rest of the bill, which i think is probably going to be entirely acceptable to people because it's a very reasonable approach. only three other amendments have been filed directly -- that directly address the issue of west coast access. -- west coast access to navment the ensign amendment would allow carriers to have unlimited conversions or swaps for flights beyond the perimeter. i felt this proposal goes too far and co

firms. there are all local businesses. -- they are all local businesses, very supportive of the marketplace. >> i know that some part of this building, the water goes underneath, the bay water is under there? >> yes. >> is it under the whole building? >> there is a sea wall, probably right under where you are standing. a lot of it is on the pilings. >> i have seen a guy on a little boat that goes under there and make repairs. >> and also, the coast guard comes, anytime there are logs floating in the water, we have to call the coast guard. acting get hung up underneath the pipes. >> i want to thank you all for coming. thank you so much for your great information. i hope to see you all again next month for our next program. thank you very much. >> i would like to introduce furturo picante. the director is jose leon. they're one of the great draws for tonight. when people heard they were going to be here, the phones kept on ringing. in just a moment we'll hear from them. and if the rest of our awardees could join the north side mayor in the forecourt. ladies and gentlemen, furturo picante. ♪ ♪

firms. there are all local businesses. -- they are all local businesses, very supportive of the marketplace. >> i know that some part of this building, the water goes underneath, the bay water is under there? >> yes. >> is it under the whole building? >> there is a sea wall, probably right under where you are standing. a lot of it is on the pilings. >> i have seen a guy on a little boat that goes under there and make repairs. >> and also, the coast guard comes, anytime there are logs floating in the water, we have to call the coast guard. acting get hung up underneath the pipes. >> i want to thank you all for coming. thank you so much for your great information. i hope to see you all again next month for our next program. thank you very much. >> thank you. good afternoon and thank you for coming out on this wet day to the last disaster council of 2010 and the last for gavin newsom. i am calling this meeting to order. we go to item three. the after-action reports. the d.e.m. services director will work with us on that. >> we are going to get high- level on the after-action discussion around t

firms. there are all local businesses. -- they are all local businesses, very supportive of the marketplace. >> i know that some part of this building, the water goes underneath, the bay water is under there? >> yes. >> is it under the whole building? >> there is a sea wall, probably right under where you are standing. a lot of it is on the pilings. >> i have seen a guy on a little boat that goes under there and make repairs. >> and also, the coast guard comes, anytime there are logs floating in the water, we have to call the coast guard. acting get hung up underneath the pipes. >> i want to thank you all for coming. thank you so much for your great information. i hope to see you all again next month for our next program. thank you very much. >> so it's a tremendous honor to be here today. we've got a tremendous program for you. this is our annual black history month kickoff. it was started many, many years ago. dr. carter g. woodson had participated in the founding of black history month. he was involved in the group known as the oh, -- association for the study of african-american life and

firms. there are all local businesses. -- they are all local businesses, very supportive of the marketplace. >> i know that some part of this building, the water goes underneath, the bay water is under there? >> yes. >> is it under the whole building? >> there is a sea wall, probably right under where you are standing. a lot of it is on the pilings. >> i have seen a guy on a little boat that goes under there and make repairs. >> and also, the coast guard comes, anytime there are logs floating in the water, we have to call the coast guard. acting get hung up underneath the pipes. >> i want to thank you all for coming. thank you so much for your great information. i hope to see you all again next month for our next program. thank you very much. >> good evening. i am the secretary of the police commission. on behalf of the commission, i want to welcome everyone to the san francisco 2010 medal of valor ceremony. please stand and join us for 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 indivi

firms. both are being hired by lafco, one by puc, that our experts in cca are navigant and local power. many of us have pushed hard to have those firms, who know this process, draft the rfp first. i can envision, had that advice been heeded by the sfpuc, we would probably have much more robust rfp's and rso's. that may get us into a situation in the future where we do not have to do follow-up with the bidders. and on that note, i recognize, as chairman for restated, that the budget is tight. -- kercher mirkarimi stated, that the budget is tight. however, having a buildup of local nobles and efficiencies is one the best hedges against market risk, against the battling pg&e on market price. a couple years ago, some of us advocates pointed out, we need to do a few hundred thousands of work -- a few hundred thousand dollars of work, but we need to do some preparatory work first. i would strongly urge lafco to put that on the next agenda. we need to start that works so that we can get ahead of the game with pg&e, and not be in the situation that we were a couple meetings ago. supervisor mirka

and russia's two top oil firms while staff and local are also making headway up around one percent. that's all we have time for for now but join me at twenty past the hour for wall business news here about. the official tee up location on the phone called touch from the. lights on the. video on demand. cheese month old comes. an r.s.s. feed now in the palm of your. machine on the dot com. news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporation to rule the day. for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. live from moscow our top stories this monday middle east on fire a hotel search in libya burnt government buildings amidst reports the country's later. experts and politicians are blaming western involvement for stopping violence violence in the region. writing past wrongs laffey into this one compensation for what they lost on world war two and claim their governments turning a blind eye to the crimes of the nazis were considered a

local experience. they completed a waterfront eir. also, the san francisco marina eir. the firm is highly qualified. they have a depth of skills and knowledge

local experience. they completed a waterfront eir. also, the san francisco marina eir. the firm is highly qualified. they have a depth of skills and knowledge to meet the city's addressed scheduled to meet the eir by the end of this year. if you have other questions, i would be happy to answer them. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: mr. benson, thank you for being here. it really has to be, for extraordinary reasons, we elect to waive against the process of competitive bidding for of this contract. i would like you to expound just a little bit more. i think that the pursuit of us making sure we have our ducks lined up on ceqa is companion to the notion that the city and this event has to be in full ceqa compliance. there can be no mess up in timeline. there can be no mess up in teaching the process so the net effect is san francisco and america's cup is in full compliance. it is a big role of the dice, one that i co-sponsored and am willing to make happen, but i want to hear more about the fact that we're not just gambling on this idea that san francisco along th

people said it could not be done, but firms from around the world came up with ideas, including one which was locally headquartered. now, when they are looking at the development in poor neighborhoods, these are the plans that are using. the salvation army leveraged that with funding they had gotten from people to help build this house and. i do not think we can build a $100,000 home in san francisco, but i thought it was innovative. not only do they marry this idea with having plans on the shelf a possible that people could use in moving forward, but the couple that with giving people these green gift baskets. people got a basket of all the different improvements that could put into their home so that they could save money on heating, water, and different bills. it made a big difference because these are people who were at the edge anyway, housing wise. to have a new unit could be prohibitive it costs have gone up. burying the new units with the environmental sustainability meant the difference about these people being able to afford their homes. i would love the gentleman from the salvation army to

the city leaders say the firm plans to hire 400 local workers over the next three years.dison says a new building is right next to highway 101 making it visible to 240,000 drivers a day. and they can tap into the silicon valley talent pool. volkswagon of america recently announced they are moving to a research lab in bell month. >>> a bay area man is rocking a heavy metal hall of famer with a lawsuit claiming he have he was not paid enough for the work he did. steven wigs claimed metallica drummer owed him for years of unpaid overtime. the man's lawyers say that wig was essentially on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. wig says that he was given a partial bonus of $20,000 back in december but they argue that it does not cover the overtime of the 70 to 80 hours he worked each week. the lawsuit doesn't say how much money wig is asking for. >> i would like somebody on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. >> it will cost you, though. >> yeah, that's true. >>> some south bay people are open to paying additional taxes? find out why in a live report. >>> and another airline is c

business from scratch there has been plenty of speculation in the local media that sperm bank is preparing to buy top russian investment firm troika dielike speaking after the market close in friday's burbank c.e.o. hearing for half a decision on its strategy would be announced in less than two weeks. the financial impact of the deadly outbreak is in egypt and tunisia have been felled by russian top rate us and air paris industry estimates put the cost of one hundred fifty million dollars of joint losses travel connections both the two countries will stopped in late january and market players don't expect any recovery in the next few months after sixty percent of russian tourists traffic goes to egypt and tunisia during winter analysts say the downturn will negatively affect the first quarter results of the travel industry. so from a european date now it can get more stressful that sight our trade off slash business. coming with. the books. on. the books . the official ante up location. i pod touch from the i q sampson. lights on.

a local paper says facebook.com wants to be closer to the venture capital firms headquartered at menloark. >> don't stick your head out the window or anything or your hand might just go whooo! >> the wind through the trees i thought i was dreaming this morning, mike. >> you weren't. those winds are here and there's a big story. just got report the winds have been so strong, been shaking people seas people's houses and setting off their alarms. police chasing ghosts for a better part of the night. 40 sfo, 30 hayward. even valleys are seeing gusts 15 to 20 mph and it's kept our temperatures up but it's colder air coming in and that's going to hold our temperature during the afternoon. how much cooler than yesterday? by about 6 degrees in san francisco, san jose. 9 concord and 10 to 12 oakland, fremont and santa rosa. so right now temperatures in the mid to upper 40s around santa rosa, napa and fairfield. low to mid-50s for the rest of us but notice we don't change much. upper 50s to low 60s around the bay shore. as we head down to san jose, concord, we may hit the mid-60s like santa rosa

environmental consulting firm says that within 6-inches of those meters the radiation may possibly violate fcc measures. many studies had concluded that smart meters are safe. >>> a local assembly man wants to change the way people enroll to be organ donors through the dmv. he's introduced a bill that would require the dmv to put a link on its website to the state's organ and tissue donor registry. the hope is people will enroll each year when they go to the website to renew the car registration, instead of every four or five years when renewing a driver's license. >> california is still one of the lowest in the state for voluntary sign up for this program. so we have to get the word out, that's the concept behind the bill. >>> 23,000 californians are signed up to donate. only two other states have lower numbers. >>> we have the computer model loaded up. we have a very unusual weather pattern headed our way. i'll show you which days will be the coldest. >>> and what bankruptcy is doing to borders. >>> in monterey counties, sheriffs deputies say they've broken up a cock fighting ring. some 15 to 20 other people ran away when deputies arrived. five of them were later fou

environmental consulting firm says that within 6-inches of those meters the radiation may possibly violate fcc measures. many studies had concluded that smart meters are safe. >>> a local assembly man wants to change the way people enroll to be organ donors through the dmv. he's introduced a bill that would require the dmv to put a link on its website to the state's organ and tissue donor registry. the hope is people will enroll each year when they go to the website to renew the car registration, instead of every four or five years when renewing a driver's license. >> california is still one of the lowest in the state for voluntary sign up for this program. so we have to get the word out, that's the concept behind the bill. >>> 23,000 californians are signed up to donate. only two other states have lower numbers. >>> we have the computer model loaded up. we have a very unusual weather pattern headed our way. i'll >>> in monterey counties, sheriffs deputies say they've broken up a cock fighting ring. some 15 to 20 other people ran away when deputies arrived. five of them were later found and cited. >>> and -- $930 million stadium . it's part of governor jerry brown's pl

local county records. of the federal criminal records system, which is considered the cadillac of the record systems out there. it is an accumulation of all the state records, and then you have private screening firms- big corporations that are making a lot of money on criminal background checks, credit checks, and all that. in california, those laws are pretty heavily regulated. for example, the private screening firms cannot report of arrests -- or they are not supposed to -- and i cannot report convictions going back more than seven years. federal law does not even close, not nearly as good. that is consumer protection law. then, applicants are entitled not to report arrest on an application, so we are very familiar with lots of good laws on the books that are never enforced. the real challenge is to get about enforcing these laws. i do not know if you want to talk about it -- >> tell us about what is next. how can we be successful in taking -- you mentioned there are some good laws on the books. do we -- do they go far enough? how can we take it further? how can we essentially this reform? this seems to be critical. >> we had this huge proliferation of background checks. this huge proliferation

firms from selling where you click. she says companies often use the information to target you with online ads or worse. >> the purchasing of cases of wine for a local charity event, by doing that, assumptions could be made about you that one you're an alcoholic and therefor you are not going to be hired by a future employer. >> reporter: congresswoman spear also introduced a bill. it would require banks to let you opt out before they share or sell your personal information. congresswoman spears sited a poll which found 70% of facebook members are some what or very concerned about their privacy. >>> a new spanish soap oprah is aimed to -- >>> it sure looked like a military invasion around san francisco city hall today. the soldiers and guns were all part of a movie that is being filmed over the next week. it's called contagian. the production is expected to spend $5 million on filming fees as well as hotels and meals. >> economically it's great because it's bringing money into the city and hiring a lot of locals. >>> filming is scheduled in parts of calum street over the weekend and then moves to candle stick. >>> and arnold schwarzenegger most famo

you're seeing members of the bar who are from major law firms, major leaders in the community who are on the boards of these particular legal services, local offices, and they have the highest standard of legal excellence that they try to portray, and therefore try to encourage as relates to the representation of poor people. my brother-in-law to his death was a legal services lawyer in new york. not one time did i see him or hear of him doing anything other than attempting to do justice for people who could not achieve such. and i frankly believe, when you talk about a continuing resolution, make it very clear, it is stopping programs in the middle of operation. it is closing 136 offices in midstream. it is laying off 300 lawyers in the middle of litigation that they are pursuing to keep mrs. jones in her home and to keep an elderly person who has been defrauded by an unscrupulous contractor, simply trying to fix an old home, they have no other option sometimes but a legal services lawyer. i hope we will see less of this. i might just say it's interesting we have a difference of opinion. frankly, i don't think the president has walked awa

succeeded in getting financial discipline in these firms, who in many cases think they are too big to fail, they will not be working -- worried about local debt. they think congress will bill the mouth. >> would any of you investigate any bond fund in the hunt for yield with higher tax-free interest rates in nevada, southern california, florida? would you put your life savings or a pension fund in a fund like that? especially since it is quite difficult to find out how the merits of each project. >> i would be careful, but i certainly would not steer away from the media market. >> i asked about project. that would be the most likely to have problems. >> he would have to look at the project. >> but apparently, that is almost impossible to do unless you are a bond lawyer and willing to read 200 pages per project. >> if you are going to invest in a particular project -- >> but that would be a bond fund with lots of these projects. it seems to me we are not giving consumers an individual investors enough information, at least, that is easily accessible. but i see that my time has expired. >> i certainly appreciate the gentleman's line of que

haven't succeeded in financial discipline into these firms that still believe, in many cases, they are too big to fail, they are not worried about state and localdebts because they think congress will bail out them, and not the states. >> would any of you invest today in the bond fund with higher tax free interest rates projects funds in nevada, california, florida? would you put your life savings or pension punned -- fund in a fund like that because it is so difficult to find out the merits of each individual project? >> i would be careful, but i certainly wouldn't steer away from the market. >> i asked about project funds. >> well, you have to look -- >> that would be the most likely to have problems. >> you'd have to look at the project, and certainly -- >> apparently that's almost impossible to do unless you're a bond lawyer and willing to read 200 pages per contract. >> if you're going to invest in a particular project -- >> but that wouldn't be a bond fund with projects. it seems to me we're not giving consumers and individual investors enough information here that's accessible. my time is up. i appreciate the chairman's patience. >> i ap

firms, cutting f.d.a. resources means slowing down their approval process, driving some of them overseas and losing many jobs here in our country as well. likewise, cuts to local funding included in this bill will harm communities, -- communities i represent, particularly the deep cuts to the community development block grant program. when i have asked leaders in the cities i represent how we can best help their recovery efforts, the answer has been unhesitating, cdbg funding. last week the city manager at my hometown wrote saying, quote, this is probably the most valuable tool that the federal government offers cities, to address economic development, infrastructure and community needs. what is most discouraging about the attack on cdbg funding is that it does just what my colleagues say they support, it provides local flexibility, allowing stakeholders to decide what makes sense for their communities while ensuring an extremely efficient use of funds. for example, last year in the city of local, every $1 in cdbg funding generated more than $16 in additional funding. over the years lowell has successfully used cdbg funds to develop a historic building into a

this commitment stems from my firm convictions of the genuineness and through your intentions and movement, and that your demands are locale. mistakes are likely in any political regime in any state, however, it is important to admit to mistakes and rectify such mistakes at the earliest and penalize those responsible. i tell you, my capacity as president of the state, i cannot find any embarrassment at all in listening to the youth of my homeland and responding to them. however, all embarrassment comes from and the wrong doing comes from, and i cannot and will not accept to be dictated orders from outside no matter what the source is and no matter what the excuses or justifications are. my fellow countrymen, the youth of egypt, my fellow citizens, i announced in very plain unequivocal words that i will not run the upcoming presidential elections satisfied with what i have offered to the nations for over 60 years and in the time of war and peace. i announce that i will adhere to this position, and i also announce i will similarly remain addment to shoulder my responsibility on protecting the constitution, safeguarding the

have not succeeded in getting financial discipline in those firms and believe they are too big to fail, they will not worry about state and local that because they think congress will bailout them. >> with any of you invest today in a bond fund with higher tax- free interest rates, project funds in nevada, southern california, florida? would you put your life savings or your pension fund in the fund like that especially since it is apparently quite >> i would be careful, but i certainly would not stewart away from -- steer away from the muni market. you would have to look at the project. >> that is virtually impossible to do, unless you're a bahn lawyer and willing to read 200 pages. -- unless you are a bond lawyer. it just seems to me that we are not giving consumers,ndividual investors, enough information here, at least that is easily accessible. my time has expired. i appreciate the chairmans patience.- chairman's >> would you invest in these funds, yes or no? if you all want to answer that, that would be great. >> i think there is a very real problem with trust. people's trust in the financial industry and trusting their fi

firms. there are all local businesses. -- they are all local businesses, very supportive of the marketplace. >> i know that some part of this building, the water goes underneath, the bay water is under there? >> yes. >> is it under the whole building? >> there is a sea wall, probably right under where you are standing. a lot of it is on the pilings. >> i have seen a guy on a little boat that goes under there and make repairs. >> and also, the coast guard comes, anytime there are logs floating in the water, we have to call the coast guard. acting get hung up underneath the pipes. >> i want to thank you all for coming. thank you so much for your great information. i hope to see you all again next month for our next program. thank you very much. [appla [applause] [applause] >> thank you, everyone for joining us. good evening and welcome to mayor edwin lee and san francisco city hall possible lunar new year celebration. i am lisa ahng, the liaison of mayor li's to the asian-american community. i want to preface this part by siam only 1/8 chinese, so there is only a 12.5% chance this will go as i

we're the ben fish rather's of this firm's living the battle cry, think globally and act locally. and finally, i like to thank dr. barbara schultz, simply put, we could not have ren sated the play area without her support. so on behalf of my two girls and the numerous children who will enjoy this play area, thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much for your leadership. working closely with the neighborhood. there's two individuals i want to acknowledge and then we're going to get started. commissioner al harris i see in the audience, would you wave? thank you for your support. now, and an unsung hero with the library system that does tremendous work but sometimes never gets acknowledged, jill bourn and thank you for all of the work you do. great work. all right. are we ready to go into the library? absolutely. thank you for your patience. our tradition with all of the branch improvement programs when we do a ribbon cutting is to do the cutting and then the lion dancers from the joe ming athletic association will lead the way to do a traditional chinese blessing of the building.