our city librarian. >> good afternoon. first and foremost, you are probably wondering what this is all about. i am very proud of the fact that today, i spent part of my day at argon elementary school to read poetry to youngsters from first graders through fourth graders, and i had the pleasure of having the general manager of the recreation and park department join me for that, so it was terrific. i mention that because it emphasizes the relationship that we established with the school district in terms of forging a very strong relationship, but today, i'm also here to ask for your support and endorsement of our literacy -- information literacy program that we have. in a nutshell, we are wanting to have 100% participation and ownership of a san francisco public library card for all kindergarten and first grade children. we have begun that effort by having the great collaboration of all the 500 classroom teachers literally issue out the applications. we will be reporting that back to our library and staff so that we begin b

it is also important to underscore what the city librarian mentioned earlier. the one of the goals was parity, equity among all communities. it has been a long time coming, but i sense it a close to achieving that. i urge you to make possible the ultimate vision you have seen here, described by others, to create or we imagine, or revitalize -- or reimagine, or revitalize north beach park. >> good afternoon. thank you for this opportunity to speak. i represent no organization. i am a citizen of san francisco. i have been following this issue pretty closely. one of my concerns that i am hearing -- what i am hearing is a lot of excitement. i see a lot of pretty models. i believe the north beach library should be redesigned. the wholesale removal destruction of it -- i see the libraries in the presidio branch and the richmond district that have not been knocked down. these are beautiful buildings that have been augmented and redesigned. also, i see tax dollars wasted. i have seen lots of different types of proposals that actually improve the original design of the

. >> i am jill warren, a deputy city librarian. last time we were before this committee was to discuss historic issues. we are now discussing the whole project plan. before we start, we have a number of folks here to show their support for the project. we want to acknowledge especially the support from our young advocates from sherman elementary school, st. peter and paul, the neighborhood center, and those young folks are going to file out at this time so there will not have to stay to the entire hearing. thank you. [applause] we're going to go to the overhead. as you have heard, the north beach library is one of 24 branches to be renovated or build new as part of our branch library improvement program. the branch built in 1959 is no longer effective in meeting the needs of the dense neighborhood service. the library needs to expand, to become updated, and to have seismic and ada safety standards implemented. the north beach library is on the joe dimaggio playground, a heavily used urban park. despite its heavy use, the part is co

our presentser is our esteemed city librarian, luis herrera. please join me in welcoming him to the stage. [applause] our first honoree is someone who recently stepped down from the mission campus of city college, dr. carlota del portillo. [applause] you know, she's had a lot of firsts. [applause] she was the first latina president of the hoover mi firs president of the hoover middle school p.t.a. she was one of the first latinas to gain a doctorate in education from u.s.f. she was the first latina named to the civil service commission and the first latina named to the san francisco human rights commission by mayor dianne feinstein. in 1974 she was a member of the civil service commission and she cast the deciding vote to integrate women into the san francisco fire department. [applause] but she wasn't done there. she was the first latina to win a citywide election in san francisco without first being appointed to the position when she won her seat on the san francisco board of education in 1990. after her re-election in 1994, she served as vice

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian.thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you.

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. supervisor campos: good morning. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of thursday, may 12, to the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. i and the chair of the committee. we will be joined shortly by vice chair farrell. we have been joined by committee member president david chiu. we want to thank john and jennifer for their service. do you have any announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and place it to the right of the podium. completed speaker cards and copies of documents presented will be included as part of the file and submitted to the court. items at the budget will appear on the may 24 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor campos: can you call item one please? >> resolu

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> good morning, everybody. hi. how are you? so nice to see you. that looks like a great play yard. i know you're anxious to get out there and take part in all of the findings today. i wanted to introduce myself. my name is cates -- kate. i am a commentator for the golf channel and i really want to welcome the over 300 students to our golf and leadership party here. [applause] can we did but cheer from the students from lafayette school? [cheering] how about a cheer from monroe elementary school? let's hear it for sheridan. [cheering] and a big hello from the students of jefferson elementary. wow. you guys have a lot of energy today. glad to not be in school, right? i know i liked to take a day off from school. we are thrilled to have familiar faces on hand for the celebration, which is the culmination of an effort by pacific gas and electric

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian.thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcas

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian.thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." for the past year, the arts commission has been participating in the city's effort to revitalize the central market street corridor. in addition to the thursday arts market and are in store front, the art commission recently launched the artery project. for the next year, the artery project will bring energy and excitement to market street, recalling the st.'s heyday as san francisco's vibrant and bustling theater district. >> un.n plaza during business hours seize hundreds of passing office workers and students, but the activity winds down at 5:00 every day. theater productions bring some but traffic, but central market is more of a thoroughfare than a destination after the sun goes down. on december 9, the artery project's launch brought a party atmosphere to market street, led by mayor gavin newsom, city official

i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor carmen chu from district four, which includes the central and outer sunset and park side neighborhood. supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family, you learn many things. my parents raised me in southern california, and i grew up in the restaurant business. they had a small restaurant at the time, and i was there ever

195 police officers, 64 firefighters, 182 people working in neighborhoods services and 72 librarians. the city said the number of layoffs could be higher on assault city workers agree to take a 10% pay cut. budget hearings get underway later this month with the final draft a budget message due out in june followed by any and all actual layoffs in the first of july. in san jose, kron 4 news. >>pam: no fire stations will close under the plan but firefighters say the cuts could mean a long response times. at times resources will be spread thin. >> aggressively fighting a fire and putting it out. we have to change some of our tactics. were still going to have coverage through the city. that will change. we'll we have the virus that are in areas that are covered by it it takes a long distance to get to, we will have more people spread out there throughout the city. >>pam: the new budget plan also calls for the number firetruck personnel to be reduced from 5 to 4. in addition 13 positions at the san jose international airport could be outsourced. >>jacqueline: a live look at side from the bay bridge

city workers could be affected one way or another through layoffs, seniority bay stop bumping or attrition. that includes 195 this one san jose police officers, 64 firefighters, 182 people working in neighborhood services and 72 librariansthe city said the number of layoffs could be higher on us all city workers agree to take a 10% pay cut. budget hearings get underway later this month. the final draft a budget message to out in june, followed by any and all actual layoffs on the first of july. in san jose, kron 4 news. >>pam: the mayor said the only way to fix the budget mess is to ring and what he says are runaway public employee retirement costs. >> a 10 year ago the city spent $63 million on retirement benefits. this year its 150 million, next year it will be 250 million just for retirement. it will keep going up for the next several years. that's not the worst case scenario, the reality we face. but those increases are driving our payroll, and benefits up to 50%. no one inside. dramatic impacts to provide services. were draining money at the services to put in retirement services. >>pam: all three of the bay area's major cities are facing a budget deficit. it oakland faces a $58 million deficit in san francisco fac

city workers. that includes 195 police officers, 64 firefighters, 182 jobs a neighborhood services and 72 librarians. cuts that would slash staffing to its lowest level in 25 years. it could get worse at the city workers cannot agree to a 10% pay cut. >> we have five out of 11 unions that have come to an agreement of that 10 percent in agreement, we are working with the other six, still negotiating with a couple. to try and get an additional 10% reduction in compensation. if we don't get back, we'll have more layoffs than the more contemplating. the reality is we don't have of money to go round. it's going to hit every department and everybody will see a reduction in the capacity to provide services to the people of san jose. we don't have enough money to pay the high cost driven by retirement benefits. were having to adjust by reducing staffing. >>pam: the mayor said more than half the city's current budget deficit is because of the ever-increasing public pension and retirement benefits. he said the city council may explore a ballot measure asking voters to rein in those costs. in santa cruz, new r

city workers could be affected. that includes 195 sworn police officers 64 firefighters, 182 people working in neighborhoods and 72 full and part-time librarians what's more the city says the number could be higher and less all city workers agree to take a 10% pay cut. but to hearings get underway later this month with the final draft due out in june followed by any and all laos on the first of july. >> james: the mayor says the only way to fix it is to rein in what he says art run away employee retirement costs. >> the city spent $63 million on retirement, this year it's one of its 50 million. just for retirement. as we continue going up by about $50 million a year. that is not the worst case, that's just the reality we face. those kinds of increases are driving our share of payroll up over 50 percent. no end in sight. that is making dramatic impacts on our ability to provide services. >> james: san jose is not alone, of three of the bay area's major cities face a budget deficit. oakland faces $58 million deficit, san francisco 306 and our deficit. >> justine: coming up, a checked this out for this lady is getting down we will tell you why sh

but city officials say that is not enough. 122 sworn officers are facing layoffs along with 64 firefighters. librarians and park employees wills be laid off. san jose city council has about a month now before it must finalize the new budget. >>> san francisco new police chief is demoteling 3 assistant chiefs to the rank of deputy chief. the move will save the city upward of 60,000 dollars a year. assistant chief make roughly 2 70,000 dollars a year. that compares to 2 35 two 50 for deputy chiefs. chief greg circuit his salary but still making 2 92,000 dollars a year plus some change. >>> staying in the city. case of the stolen violin. search for whoever stole the instrument from the san francisco conservetory of musi music. >> if the smell of gas ignites concerns in south bay neighborhood. critical safety concerns in south bay neighborhood. critical safety test pg&e underground pipeline. >> plus taxi drivers sound off about the credit card fees that >> plus taxi drivers sound off about the credit card fees that come right out of their pocket >> i'm in the accu-weather forecast center. record warmth com

and 87 librarians could lose their jobs this year. last week, protests erupted in city streets. 7,000 employees could lose their jobs this year. lausd may be unique in its size, but the superintendent said the district and their problems are representative of what is happening across the country. but dacey's bringing fresh ideas to the table. he wants new standards for evaluating teachers and is promoting a way to use private money to supplement public funds. >> school superintendents can't look to the state and say we need additional revenue. the state is facing its own enormous budget deficits. >> reporter: dacey hopes to make every student college eligible. a monumental task for students who struggle with basic reading and writing. 73% of the students at lausd are latino. >> it's a social justice and civil rights issue. >> reporter: lofty goals during challenging times for a man committed to solving problems in -- >> 2 plus 6 equals 8 -- >> reporter: and out of the classroom. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> on wall street, stocks fell. in the final minute