it annoys me a bit that we have had this for so long and dragged our butts without getting going, so i commend you for getting it going. >> i know that this has been a project that the director and staff have been working on for a long time. the details have been very important. it is good to see all of this falling in line. one of the things that i've brought up was the ability for the q-matic to record needed information into the tracking system. to save keystrokes, if nothing else. if the project leaves its station, the q-matic, it would be nice to have it record that into the system. it may be that it can serve as an audit on a daily basis. not just a number of products -- projects that the station has, but you need to look at extending the projects that people are doing in the station. i do not necessarily think that the number of permits issued to a certain station should be an indicator of whether they are doing a good job or not. projects, in that are more complicated. i think that how we have laid out the department now is really good. i think that the >> q-matic -- -- q-mati

county of san francisco, a memorandum of agreement for parks and recreation to provide funding for a long-term stabilization plan for an amount not to exceed 1 million -- >> so move, but with questions. where is this located? where is a close to? >> this is near the coast range tell on the east side. >> what district is it in? >> i have no idea, to be honest. >> i would think it is between -- and do you know? >> the supervise a reaorial dis? >> has their office been o informed? >> not that i know of. >> lead to start doing that. whinnied to take credit for that, it is part of good government and working together. >> she will be there friday for the dedication. >> other questions or comments? >> we have no speaker cards. >> on item nine, we have an answer to your question. so the question was, how firm is this obligation? what this contract allows us to do is preserve the ability to purchase power through wapa, through western. we are not obligated to take any power with this contract. we do on an annual basis assess what our needs are, and communicate those to western once they are better know

i know we have a long way to go. but this is a great first step. we appreciate the support from both our supervisors, from supervisors kim and campos, who have been leaders on this project, very supportive, as well as other city staff. of course, none of this is possible without the community, who you were going to hear from. chairperson mar: speakers are limited to two minutes each. amy bernhart. if people can start lining up. laura. jane chabana. maria aviles. >> my name is friend taylor, i am the co-chair of -- fran taylor, co-chair of si se puedes. this is similar to the work on cesar chavez street. this is a block that is transit rich. it is a short walk from bart. i can make it with my cane. it is a block from sixth street. the folsom street bus runs right by their. there are ways to get there without driving. the use now as a parking lot is not the best use for the city. i think the park will serve a lot more people. it will serve the kids in the neighborhood. that is our future. the parking lot is our past. >> i am a nurse. i have lived in

a moment. mostly flat, with long, contain, based planters of 18 churches in height. the open nature of the side is oriented to the bay and the adjacent neighborhood. this is the railing on the outside. it has a full, tight bass, made from concrete, intended to add one more foot of wave protection. also, the entire war angles slightly up from the, not to take those considerations in. as far as the sturdiness of materials, we have reduced maintenance costs going forward. another view of the problem of section along the waterfront, back toward the bay bridge, here is the portal for 30-36. we are proposing to be used the posts and crosse numbers of material, consistent with how it is used now. also, pier 36 was taken off of the shed a couple of years ago. it will be reconstructed with lighting. we will be using several elements from the existing pier to get down to the public's low. in the plaza, where we are proposing to construct three title columns, as we call them, they will operate together. not that different heights, but there are giant plungers that go up and down

as a long-time resident, i have seen the commission transform from the miracle mile that it used to be to a desolate concrete jungle that was plagued by gang violence and prostitution. since he has come into the neighborhood and has created this amazing business has been active and connected in every aspect of the community. he has bet a responsible individual and has created so much opportunity. as someone who was born here, it is not something you see, people having that ability to do so doing so. he has been an amazing partner in this community. i think we need to look at the future of mission street as a transit corridor. these are the types of businesses that we should have here. we should make mission street a lively street again. it should be the miracle mile that what used to be. we have to make it an opportunity where people can come and congregate. they should not have to leave the neighborhood to be part of what is the san francisco. i think this is an opportunity you have before you to set the standard for what the mission deserves to really have opportunities to spend our

i have lived in san francisco all of my life, and i have grown up and have spent a long time -- a lot of time in westport. my uncle used to take me down when i was younger than you. i am here to support the community benefits district. i think it will welcome west portal into the current world. people go to places now. they go to restaurants. they could to shops. they expect to see something bright and shiny, and this is a great way to make a place bright and shiny. the assessment that the merchants and property owners will get is so small that they will not even feel it, but they will feel the benefits of it. i have experience in with the benefits district and a small town in the san joaquin valley that has added benefits district for over 15 years, and i have seen their downtown area go from a ghost town to a thriving place where everybody within to wonder miles comes to visit, so i urge you to support this benefits district. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am the owner of a carpet store, and a property owner. i urge you to support this. west portal is

it took a long time to draw a correlation between smoking and lung cancer. there was a show on your piece on asbestos. that took 25 years the draw the link between asbestos and mesothelioma. people died who may have otherwise been screened and treated and saved. if you wait for the science to catch up, which it may never, as you're saying, you've waited too long. >> jon: have you been surprised by the... this has been one of the more stunning examples of pushback that i have ever seen from a community. it doesn't feel like the science community, but the government pushing back on these guys to keep making it more and more difficult for them to get help and treatment. >> i don't understand this. i mean, and you know, you see ads and for campaigns, whenever someone is running for office, they invoke the first responders, you have pictures of them. i don't understand how again you wouldn't err on the side of taking care of these folks. >> jon: right. >> the thing is it's not just taking care of people who are sick right now. if they allow this science toe merge

you guys need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.ou need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking there's something wrong with this mirror. and now you want chris christie. sure you do. >> the folks who criticized my appointments of mohammed are ignorant, absolutely ignorant of that, and had criticize him because he's a muslim american. the sharia law business is crap. it's just crazy. and i'm tired of dealing with the crazies. >> jon: he's talking about you. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, he is a congressman from the great state of texas who is also a republican candidate for president. please welcome back to the program congressman ron paul. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: nice to see you again. >> thank you very much. >> jon: how are things going? are you feeling the love from the people? >> oh, all the time. especially the media. they really love me. >> jon: what do you think that is? you know, you ran in 2008. you had a nice, strong showing. you've i

the latest search, a week-long effort using sonar ended this weekend. without finding a trace of the wreckage. >>> and this is the last day of business for a family-run operation that has been in the bay area lake for decades. kristy siefkin joins us from san francisco to explain why so many people are upset about this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, grace. a lot of people will undoubtedly be coming here to golden gate park this afternoon with the gorgeous weather to celebrate the labor day holiday and for those of you who are stopping by the stow lake boat house, this will be the last day that you can rent a paddle boat or a row boat, at least from the original family operators. and now, by the end of today, bruce mcclellan, who is the current con session nare at stow lake will officially close up shop. it was actually his grandfather who started the food and boat business 68 years and ago and the closure comes after a long an contentious battle between mcclellan and the city. one that has left many people very upset. >> if he fixed everything

i am the dad, and i have been in business for a long type in the restaurant business and thrilled to come and present to you today. the planning commission did us a big favor by giving us more time. we have re-evaluate who had we were and we were going to do a fancier place and now we have lowered the price point and is a lot more fun. the western pecos contest now is very different than the restaurant next door because we met with emparo next door at the best restaurant in san francisco in the mexican category and we're proud to share that with them. we have heard her concern that southwest is very close to mexican and we said, well, it's at the early stage and we can reformulate and we did. and we also voluntarily did some things such as lowering our request to stay open until 1:00 instead of 2:00 and decided not to propose seating in the backyard because of the noise consideration and we had looked at initially the open beam ceiling but decided to house that to suppress noise. and we have endeavored to be a good neighbor. and another important aspect is that we are creating jobs. o

this country and the reality of how you produce a really vibrant democracy that has been gushing a long time i don't know if i want to say forever but it's a uniquely bad situation that we're in right now and what about right now makes it so unique why are they more divorce then you can say other lawmakers then well put it this way when you look at it the way it is and this is something that happens on the right or the left the way it is that the latest and greatest policy plan is pitched to the american people you saw this with obama's jobs speech there's on the one hand there's a call to national sacrifice on the other hand there's a call to national greatness these two things are kind of intelligent right because when you call for greatness it make sacrifices petty and small but when you call for sacrifice then the call to greatness looks like sort of self aggrandizing delusions of grandeur but the case that's made is well if only government rouses these feelings of sacrifice and greatness in the american people then we can somehow tether those feelings to this little policy package

but there will be a long-term lease for those sites where the commission could, at its option, consider sale of a portion of those properties. under that long term lease model, there would be presumably some revenues at the port would likely use to subsidize other improvements, for example, pier 70, those would have to be deposited in the port harbor fund. >> any other questions or comments? thank you. that was a wonderful presentation we can tell a lot have gone into this. we are happy to do is what within the same property, which is rare. just for clarification, seawall lot 330, we will remain in -- retain the watermark condominium site? >> no, that was part of a similar, prior package associate with the cruise terminal bill. we did a swap in that case. that was an equal value swap. the trust was impressed on portions of thewp site in exchange for that half acre. >> the remaining site would be transferred? >> exactly. >> thank you. >> items on the consent calendar. request authorization to award construction contract #2752 north a prepare project to suv construction management inc. do

$900 billion more than in 2007 [everyone talking at once] >> we have eye short-term jobs crisis on a long-termeficit problem. the deficit can wait. if ronald reagan would were here -- >> but a $1.5 trillion deficit isn't enough? >> you know -- [everyone talking at once] >> how much -- what percentage of the economy did he spent? the fact is it did work. it did work. >> never got on the 13% unemployment until world war ii! >> world war ii. government spending. >> eight years you want to start a war? [everyone talking at once] >> we need to mutt more money in the economy right now. [everyone talking at once] >> thank you. >> okay. let me in! if president obama can bring the unemployment rate down to 8%, by september, 2012, next year, before the election, couple months, will he have a better chance at winning re- election? >> 8% would be better than 9. and a lot better than 10. >> will he have a chance of winning? >> i think he has a chance now and i think he has a better chance at 8%. >> it's at 9.2 now. >> he'll have a better chance at 8, obviously. better at 5. >> right. >> if the economy appe

the price is important otherwise we're not in business but let me say that the kid goal is a long term goals and the reasons for profit is asian if to say it in short it's modernisation of our business and the integration of our business and the world's business this to a direction. of the development of the business the right time in bad times like crisis and when we're talking about declining for privatization let me emphasize one important stage negotiations not only about the price what we're going to do together that's an extremely. or it's a really good point to what i envy and you're going to see a lot of the media if i go to your time here i mean again you know there are different objectives here and countries where they have privatizations could have it for a number of reasons but is this for russia and i agree that timeframe is probably going to be pushed out here but it just shows it has to demonstrate that russia is a investment friendly destination because this is something that we've always talked about in the the i don't know how many years you've been here what sixteen

it's more of a long-term thing. it may be more difficult for them -- >> wait a minute, let's get this thing straight. is he operations or is he propaganda? >> look, he's to a small disagree operations, to a large degree, propaganda. this is somebody who is known as the godfather of homegrown terrorism, of contemporary, homegrown terrorism. he's far more valuable in terms of recruiting lone wolves and homegrown extremists than he is as a military official within or in support of aqap. >> so basically al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, this guy goes, gets on the air, gets on the internet, and stirs up people who may possibly be leaning against u.s. policy in the mideast, turns them into radicals. >> they see him as a rock star. the guy's out in ft. dix in new jersey, who were scoping out terrorist targets, they were listening to anwar al awlaki on their car stereo system while they were pointing out various targets and saying, this the guy, this guy knows how to do it. we need to follow exactly what this guy is telling

>> we looked at other locations, but it was a quick love affair with this place. >> how long is your lease for? >> three years. >> how much mope with the payroll tax exemption do you think your company is going to save? >> i don't have the details on that. sorry. >> but did you play for it? >> yes. [inaudible question] >> both you and president chiu have spoken about progressing with a more comprehensive payroll tax legislation. can you offer more spess fifty about what that is -- specificity about what that is going to entail? how do you anticipate that working out if you win re-election? >> well, he is a chiu, and i am a lee, but we are both danish today. [laughter] first of all -- and i know we have had updates with each other because we still meet one-on-one every week as we determined that is in the best interests of moving yites at the board level and the mayor's level together. we have committed to a series of meetings starting in september that -- we are giving ourselves about a year to make sure we include a lot of opinions, establish businesses and new business opinions, to

this part was really wonderful and a joyous occasion and a long time coming. it's absolutely the right thing to do. to bring 2 loving people together, in helping acknowledge and certify that relationship, i find really wonderful and a joy and one of the most pleasurable things i have ever done in the city in my life. i will be continuing this afterwards >> when i was conducting the ceremony. some of the friends said, now it's real, now it's legal. in other words, they had gotten married before. this time, it's legal. you know, a sanctioned. it was hard for me to get to the end. i was starting to get emotional too. >> it's really one of the most extraordinary gifts to be given in life and that's to participate in a ceremony where you can celebrate the ultimate gift in life and that was falling in love. i say this because it's important to remind people. doesn't matter what position you have in life. you can't buy it and you can't force it upon anything. love just happens. when it happens, it's something to celebrate and the idea that you can participate in that

a couple hours. they had the first wreath laying not long ago. put those flags up, one to represent each firefighter, 343 who lost a life on 9/11. nicole simpson, though, is a survivor. she was working on the 73rd floor of tower two when the first plane hit tower one. she started making her way out of the building, going out the stairs. after that, of course, the story changes. nice to have you, thanks for talking with us. >> thank you. >> they made an announcement that the building was secure and started telling everybody to go back up to their offices. you started heading back upstairs. what happened? >> they made at announcement but didn't indicate we could go back upstairs. if it was secure i didn't have to evacuate at that time. when we got to the 44th floor, my two assistants and receptionist was with me, we made the decision to go back upstairs, got on the elevator and instinctively got off the elevator. it was divine intervention, an act of god that pulled us off of that elevator. >> why did you decide not to get on the elevator. >> i fel

play international rugby playing in a world cup it's been a love long dream. because we often feel that we're coming out of being. disregarded changes. but i do hope russia is much like a man in place in the architecture so was russia's next door match thing off against italy on cheese day probably a swig of our last thursday off since arriving in new zealand two weeks ago and which i found took the chance to join some of the squad on the fishing trip. it's been a hard slog for russia's players so far at the rugby world cup training session followed by training session coach ride followed by coach wright however the squad was given a rare treat a day off to enjoy some blunder for soil but the picturesque region of which lies a bit of the south island first of all. a number of the players took up the opportunity to go a fishing trip and the props a group of sailed against the united states last time outs it was just a relief to get out of the hotel environment. well it's already annoying having to steam the hotel along the route if you like dave karger you look

i know it's going to be a long haul. >> tepco said in a news conference that it has enough workers. however, i learned that things are not that simple after visiting the area near the plant. i found out that an employment agency in fukushima prefecture had contracted people to work at the crippled facility but now the firm does not dispatch workers to the plant anymore. the agency has set its own limit for radiation exposure to 15 millisieverts per month for its employees. but because several workers had been exposed to radiation at that limit, the company canceled its contract at the plant. the firm's president said the decision was unavoidable. he had to protect the employees. >> translator: if i kept sending my employees to the site, they would have to stop working if they exceed the radiation limit. i don't want to lose any of my skilled workers. >> i met a long-time worker at the plant. he said working at the nuclear plant is complicated and only those who worked there do understand. he wonders how many skilled workers would continue to work there. >> so what is tepco doing to

it has been a long but very fruitful process working with this citizens group has established by the board of supervisors. a couple of points, i do not have a formal presentation for you today. this is a community-based planning effort, and i think you have heard generally the highlights of the plan that has been presented to you in detail as a proposal for adoption. in terms of our returning to you for that action, it will probably be sometime early next year when we are considering certification of an environmental review document. but there are going to be a number of component pieces associated with this plan. what i transmitted to you earlier was not only the plan itself, but i also transmitted to you in a very elaborate matrix that had to do with implementing actions that were tied to the objectives and policies in the plan. i originally when the plan was prepared, those implementing actions were embedded within the document itself. but by formatting needs and following the particles that were established by eastern neighborhoods, those implementing actions were removed and will

this is the last piece of a long process that will allow us to renovate that center in a completely integrated way and make it work again. it has been not very attractive for quite a long time. i wanted to emphasize that we have talked to all the neighborhood groups. we met with them. they support the project. they were at the planning commission, support and not just the project, but the particulars of the sun district. i know of no opposition. that does not mean there is not somebody here. that is all i would like to say. i would like adam miller to make a short presentation to you of what the sign district is about. adam is a representative of the ownership. >> good afternoon, supervisors. let me go to a quick presentation to flipping through the overhead. everyone is aware of the property we are talking about at city center, at the corner of the theory. -- the corner of geary. we put this forward to create a consistent designage -- sighnage -- signage policy across the property. as you know, for people who have been there, it is difficult to navigate through the property. here are pictures

was fourth before the final round there are two good some pressure on the leader with a needle only fifteen in the long buried quiet on the eighteenth challenge to our linky johnston was trailing to will be just a stroke. and little had to make at least clarke on the last hole to secure a victory but he made no mistake and with two points finished recording round with a sixty eight to collect a check for forty thousand euros extremely happy i played really well this weekend where. i really enjoy myself some fantastic venue and. come back again and. main european tour event it's a fantastic place and delighted to win sam played well. for under the days not bad in a shot for under so i first played so well despite a poor performance on the final day some if only it would still manage to increase his overall lead at the top of the rankings with five and still to go and top twenty finish is still up for grabs for those all important cards on the european tour but out of. and out of the sports news i think. koori is the latest in science concerns from the ground force and. we've got the future covered. it.

but that may lie ahead, a long chase for moammar gadhafi. >> a long brewing protest movement in israel reached a tipping point last night. just look at what may be the country's biggest ever public display of anger at the government. that's an estimated 400,000 people, according to media reports, rallying last night in tel aviv, their protesting against israel's high cost cost of living, high taxes and high unemployment. organizers call the turnout the march of a million. >>> take take look at this, a human rights group says at least 14 people, all demonstrators, died today in clashes with security forces in several cities. the united nations reports that more than 2200 people have been killed in anti-government protests in syria since february. >>> and iran says it is producing commercial electricity from a nuclear power plant. according to a government website, reactors went online yesterday and joined the country's power grid. the u.n. has heavily sanctioned iran, claiming its nuclear program is designed to build weapons. >>> we have this dramatic video just in to cnn, from 9/11 but

will look largely unsettled thanks to a long frontal system here. looking at scattered showers across much of the country. as for the highs still on the cool side, especially the northeast. new york drops into the teens. we have 15 in toronto. 20 degrees in d.c. and oklahoma city still going to be on the cool side. and lastly, a look at europe for the scandinavian peninsula, dryer conditions are coming in. rain lingering on the coastline, that is headed out tonight. meanwhile, more rain comes in off the west. france as well as the eye beerian peninsula, showers and widespread rain moving into the british isles. highs friday, 15 in moscow, 17 degrees in warsaw, 18 in kiev. looking cooler here out east. all right. that's a look at your weather forecast. here is the three day outlook. >>> that's it for "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> our three picks of the we can start with the finest documentaries. there are three areas that are known to generate major earthquakes. if all three rupture together, what kind of me

. >> the war on drugs has been lost a long time ago. we should entertain ourselves with a discussion. as it relates to your question, marijuana and grow houses are unfortunately dangerous because they are fire hazards. they are prosecuting them in san francisco and they are prosecuting them as felonies. i was able to convince the deputy district attorney to reduce it to a misdemeanor. and and i would try to do something unique in get the attorney's office involved. perhaps the city attorney can take action against them. they are making a lot of money. they're causing actual fire hazards. it is low priority. which should instruct the police officers not to focus on that unless it becomes a danger to the community. >> drug use should be treated as a health issue. we are working with a lot of the licensed clubs to try to continue to evolve and the policy the city create to support the club's operating with a license. we want to make sure that we protect the people that are working with and the lot and are using safe methods of providing med

things usually take a long time here up. remember, you were here last year when you interviewed the president. things, as a lot of bureaucracy to get through here. things take a long time. but this is certainly the most positive sign we've seen. we thought that they might be released during ramadan as a sign of compassion. but they weren't. now the president ahmed ahmadinejad is getting close to the world stage of the u.n. general assembly, the timing all seems to fit. this is certainly the most positive sign we've had for the hikers. we've also had word from their lawyer today that they may have to post up to half a million dollars bail each, as sarah shourd did. that may take some time, as well, to organize the finances. but it's certainly on the right track. andrea? >> ali arouzi in tehran. exciting news for those families, we hope. thank you very much. >>> now to the fiery republican debate in tampa last night. rick perry was the focus of repeated attacks from the rest of the field. mitt romney was aggressive from the sta

a cooling trend. tonight low temperatures into same range we've seen all summer long. mid to upper 50s, maybe around 60 in ant yk. it's a warm spot and tomorrow, there is another pleasant day and cooling down. we'll see highs mainly into mid to upper 7 ows in place of 80s. and there is upper 50s on the keft. downtown there is a high of 63 tomorrow. 59 into the sunset district. and there are highs ranging from 70s to near 84. east bay highs upper 60s to low east bay. no upper 80s, either. and there are 60s near the bay and 80s inland. take a look at the cool down thursday and friday and saturday. highs upper 70s to about 80 for three days. and upper 60s around the bay. we'll warm up sunday, monday and tuesday. lovely and interesting weather is ahead. >> thank you. >> and the most beautiful woman in the world has been crowned. >> and there is rachel smith. >> a new star has been crowned. miss yun verse is angola! >> this stunning miss angola is a 25-year-old business student. and she vowed to fight aids and poverty world wide. for photos visit otrc.com. and on the red car

i guess he asked them and said does that bother you, and he said it was there a long time ago. we have a picture. this is the furthest part of the church, which is the furthest part of the back yard. it has a stair and fully extended window. i do not think that bothered the neighbor. i do not think it would have any impact. the other guy, the church, is fully extended. their family is mainly family oriented. we're not going to have parties or anything like that. i do not know why we cannot build a little back. -- little dekc. >> -- little deck. >> mr. sider? >> this appeal concerns a permit that was an over-the-counter approval by the planning department and the building department as well. it is not subject, a deck of this type, nor the interior improvements -- they are not subject to neighborhood notice. the view issues, property value concerns, and loss of privacy -- only the loss of privacy is contemplated by department policies, and then only in an adjunct capacity. the proposal is not extraordinary or unusual. the loss of privacy is something typical in a dense urban envi

most of what i have to say is in the paperwork, but i have been out of jail for a long time. i have been cleaned, off drugs, over 24 years. after i left, i stopped doing drugs, went to college, became a schoolteacher, and eventually became a lawyer and get a job with the sheriff's department. i have been listening to the people, and you have a lot of good people to choose from. rt

belief in the tanuki god has a long history. say the raccoon dog was already being worshiped 280 years ago. osode-san is ranked in a special category because people believe ta her answering prayers is stronger than other tanuki deities. some people believe that they've been saved by her mysterious powers. shigemi noda says long ago when her father's shipyard was going under and he had trouble paying the workers, he asked osode-san to help him. suddenly a backer appeared and he was able to pull through. >> translator: when i'm in trouble, i pray for just one thing. if i do that, my wish will come true for sure. i've been helped by her. >> this woman runs a tea ceremony school in matsuyama city. she also prayed to osode-san for help in opening a tea ceremony school. after a while, fortune smiled on her and her wish came true. >> translator: i feel secure when i pray to her. i always try to free myself from bad thoughts when i come here. >> they all believe in the mysterious powers of osode-san and come here to worship. when their