i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got to see how it all work from the outside, community organizations supporting young people, children, families, working for labor, and saw how city hall could be an effective tool for change and then considered running in 2007, 2008, and somehow, i made it. >> you were raised in los angeles, moved to the east coast. what made you want to come back and live in san francisco? >> i love cities. i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where i live, i was close to boston. i had such a great time in boston but i did not like massachusetts so much because it was cold, the culture was foreign to me. when i came to san francisco, the first time i came, there was a rainbow over the bay and there

excelsior, you see a lot of those issues, mission street, the bayview, how do we bring those communities, connect the more? >> one of the opportunities is the tp as we start developing more, what makes sense for each line by community, and if there are other opportunities to augment proposed for future developments to take into account a more comprehensive local access need in that area. what are the issues that the city or regional level? our best role is to articulate them and figure out the best options. we have to figure out individualized solutions and help make this work. president olague: if you could come more often, we could have this conversation more and really integrate the work better. victoria has been working with you so that is great. commissioner moore, we will have him on that side presenting to us on some of the worst issues. >> i would be helpful. president olague: thank you again. there's a lot to think about. last thing is the bicycles. you go to other countries, portland has this setup, you can rent a bike. is there anything in place here? >> we have the bike renta

two live in the excelsior, one in the sunset. the ambassadors conduct their work in pairs. these teams that are really multi-ethnic provide a role model david to the community. i would now like to introduce the two team leaders. we are very proud of them and the rest of the ambassadors. [applause] >> my name is ashley chang. i served as ambassador in the first year of this program. if you have written on the t in the past year during peak hours, chances are we have already met. i have seen the difference that we can make in this community, especially for modeling will and it limited english speaking residents. we are all happy and excited to be back in full operations. thank you for all your support. for those of you who i have not yet met, i look forward to talk to you soon. now i will have my other team lead introduce herself. >> my name is niasha vincent. a lifelong resident of district 10. i have always wanted to serve my community, so i'm happy to be an ambassador with this ongoing program. our job is to pretty much make sure the residents feel safe and informed with w

supervisor avalos: from the excelsior district, please come forward to the podium, with your loved one, as well. collings, we have seen some really great changes and civic participation in this district under the action group, and a lot of the people you see before us have been working with the action group neighborhood beautification, and is not just looking at our streetscapes and landscaping, but we have artists that have done wonderful work on our commercial corridor. altogether bleak 12 murals, and now we actually have a walking tour of this district, which, i confess, i have not taken yet, so part of this accommodation is setting a date for me to come and have a walking tour. i have seen a lot of murals, but i have not seen all of them like i would like to with your explanation. they have done wonderful work in really beautifying our neighborhoods. these have made a huge difference in preventing graffiti but also showcasing the talents that we have in our midst. we have a wonderful portal over the 280 overpass, which showcases different cultures of our district, and there are man

to celebrate the excelsior district native son, jerry garcia, what a long, strange trip and has been. it will be this coming sunday, it is almost the 10th anniversary of jerry day. every day, there are more and more people and i fear in the future we will not be able to hold jerry day in the jerry garcia amphitheater. for this year, it will be in the jerry garcia and the theater, starting at 12 noon this sunday, august 7th. there will be several bands and this is an amazing event, attracting people from all over the bay area. i want to recommend colleagues that you attend and will be a lot of fun. wait until you see what is going on. that is all my items for introduction. >> thank you. supervisor mar: to pick up on a supervisor avalos'point about bicycle theft, on my first day of high school, many, many years ago, i had my bike stolen. my daughter starts middle school in two weeks and i want her to be writing to school as well. but your introduction of this item is really important. i'm going to be continuing to work with a safe route to school and the san francisco unified school dis

two live in the excelsior, one in the sunset. the ambassadors conduct their work in pairs.se teams that are really multi-ethnic provide a role model david to the community. i would now like to introduce the two team leaders. we are very proud of them and the rest of the ambassadors. [applause] >> my name is ashley chang. >> my name is ashley chang. i served as ambassador in the

two live in the excelsior, one in the sunset. the ambassadors conduct their work in pairs.se teams that are really multi-ethnic provide a role model david to the community. i would now like to introduce the two team leaders. we are very proud of them and the rest of the ambassadors. [applause] >> my name is ashley chang. i served as ambassador in the first year of this program. if you have written on the t in the past year during peak hours, chances are we have already met. i have seen the difference that we can make in this community, we can make in this community, especially for modeling will and

she and her father, carlos are accused of defrauding a 71-year- old widow out of her home in the excelsior district. the woman needed money to pay for her husband's funeral. >> you're dealing with people that develop a trusting relationship with someone, and they kind of go along blindly. >> community leaders say carlos parada, and his brother have presented themselves as speech to san francisco's spanish speaking community. both are currently in jail. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in the bay area tonight. the reason she's here, and why it's the state's biggest diplomatic gathering in 60 years. >>> napa, plagued by broken water pipes. why residents say this problem needs to be plugged. it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected against life's little mishaps. it feels like you'll make it home. that's what it feels like to be a member. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in san francisco tonight, to take part in an international summit. what's unique about this week's forum. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton arrives in san francisco t

she and her father, carlos are accused of defrauding a 71-year- old widow out of her home in the excelsiort. the woman needed money to pay for her husband's funeral. >> you're dealing with people that develop a trusting relationship with someone, and they kind of go along blindly. >> community leaders say carlos parada, and his brother have presented themselves as speech to san francisco's spanish speaking community. both are currently in jail. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in the bay area tonight. the reason she's here, and why it's the state's it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected against life's little mishaps. it feels like you'll make it home. that's what it feels like to be a member. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in san francisco tonight, to take part in an international summit. what's unique about this week's forum. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton arrives in san francisco tonight to lead the first apex summit on women. she stopped in at boulevard restaurant for dinner, before launching into a week of diplomatic an

. >> alimany boulevard in seneca, in the outer mission, excelsior district, there is an accident.affic is moving along pretty well getting up to cot low see yum and then it slows down for the trip to high street. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. there's no more wind earlier, we had warm frontgy winds but now it's almost according to a few people who have sent me tweets. no major problems. if you are driving again, we are looking at just a bunch of slow traffic all over the east bay, 680 from concord all the way down to alamo. >>> a little bit of sun here and a few high clouds. plenty of low clouds around. many -- not making too strong of a push inland. there's some towards the north bay and south bay as well. those higher clouds are just remain from thunderstorms which were blown up up in the sierra nevada. also the west slope of the sierra. sacramento valley, northeast california, big boomers down in southern california. flight delays at san diego because of the thunderstorms near the area. how about that? >> 59 livermore, 61 fon core cord. 62 fairfield. there is an onshor