supervisor campos sits on the ntc. he is commissioner.en instrumental in the planning effort. i would like to ask supervisor campos to please take the stage. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. good afternoon. it is great to be here. it is a pretty impressive crowd. i want to thank speaker pelosi. for us, she will always be speaker pelosi. the mayor, and a number of those from the ntc. thank you. on behalf of the ntc, of like to take -- think the best take this opportunity to thank the u.s. housing and urban and sustainable development. i want to think a very diverse bird of nonprofit partners that were very hard to make this possible. that includes the san francisco foundation's great communities caliber to, equity groups, including the council would community housing organizations. mission development agency, chinatown community development centers, as well as business interest including the silicon valley leadership group and the bay area council. this grant will allow our region to connect very important elements that are all connected

several of the have been involved in the directly, especially the ntc commissioners. i would point out that the earlier this month, a draft result was released on the performance assessment. we found several san francisco priorities that did very well. of course, this is sweepstakes for future funding. one of them, of course, is the effect of this project. we also saw the bart metro project that will increase frequency of services to downtown san francisco scored very well. and the initial pricing initiatives in san francisco also did very well, of course. i would note that both commissioner campos and commissioner reno made comments about the need to further take into account, in the evaluation of both the end of the door projects and the program might alternatives, this is the commitment to housing supply, a way to reward what local jurisdictions are doing. and the quality of targets need to be more closely included in the evaluation that is done. and results released for the rtp next month. i think that will give us an opportunity for an interesting discussion abou

supervisor campos sits on the ntc. he is commissioner. he has been instrumental in the planning effort. i would like to ask supervisor campos p

according to the san francisco examiner the ntc wants to call the call boxes making the cuts in urbans while leaving the phones along rural roads. >>> starting tomorrow you can see for yourself the effects of the hayward fall in the east bay. the long crack at fremont's community center at lake elizabeth is one example. the building sits on top of the fault and the shifting has caused damage forcing the city to close part of it during the 1970s. the nonprofit group is using the business as part of the exhibit to show the impact the fault has had throughout the city. the unveiling is set for tomorrow afternoon. >>> thousands of nurses planning another strike. what we learned tonight about a walk out being planned before the year is out. >>> clear skies and cold temperatures across the bay area right now. but some changes for your weekend coming up the one direction temperatures will be headed over the next coupleover days and when you could be ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over

. >> reporter: ntc says about 30,000 people in the bay area ride their bike to work.some wonder about the pricey price tag. >> they're laying people off. there's teachers out of work, there's officers out of work. i'm a cyclist, i love the idea but let's be physically responsible. >> later on when we are able to get the funds to do that i think a lot of people would benefit from a bike lane. >> we spend a lot more on transportation options for cars, so i think it's about time that we offer this alternative and continue to showcase a model for bike commuting in the bay area. >>> the ntc says it should come out with its preferred plan for that bike lane but this summer. live in san francisco, ken wayne ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight on our facebook wall we asked about the bike lane project and what it would cost. laura says a half a billion dollars, you must be kidding me. sounds like we could use some of that money to keep our parks open. love it when people just throw money around. and another viewer writes, it's a good idea but not at this time. i like the idea of

. >> reporter: ntc says about 30,000 people in the bay area ride their bike to work.some wonder about the pricey price tag. >> they're laying people off. there's teachers out of work, there's officers out of work. i'm a cyclist, i love the idea but let's be physically responsible. >> later on when we are able to get the funds to do that i think a lot of people would benefit from a bike lane. >> we spend a lot more on transportation options for cars, so i think it's about time that we offer this alternative and continue to showcase a model for bike commuting in the bay area. >>> the ntc says it should come out with its preferred plan for that bike lane but this summer. live in san francisco, ken wayne ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight on our facebook wall we asked about the bike lane project and what it would cost. laura says a half a billion dollars, you must be kidding me. sounds like we could use some of that money to keep our parks open. love it when people just throw money around. and another viewer writes, it's a good idea but not at this time. i like the idea of

according to the san francisco examiner the ntc wants to call the call boxes making the cuts in urbanleaving the phones along rural roads. >>> starting tomorrow you can see for yourself the effects of the hayward fall in the east bay. the long crack at fremont's community center at lake elizabeth is one example. the building sits on top of the fault and the shifting has caused damage forcing the city to close part of it during the 1970s. the nonprofit group is using the business as part of the exhibit to show the impact the fault has had throughout the city. the unveiling is set for tomorrow afternoon. >>> thousands of nurses planning another strike. what we learned tonight about a walk out being planned before the year is out. >>> clear skies and cold temperatures across the bay area right now. but some changes for your weekend coming up the one direction temperatures will be headed over the next coupleover days and when you could be dodging a few rain drops. >>> a devastating fire in india kills thousands of patients and now authorities have responded by making arrests. [ female ann

which took up the issue of ab57, which is the bill that proposes to change the voting composition at ntc. unfortunately i was out of the country that day. i was not able to attend, but in this then they were there, as well as one of our assemblymen, and there was a very interesting and in-depth discussion of the possibilities for regional consensus on a bill that would address whatever fairness issues may have been raised by other counties in the region. i understand that mtc will be voting on its legislative agenda for the year 2012 later this month and that ab57 will be a big part of the discussion, and i am looking forward to supporting our mtc commissioners in that endeavor. the regional transportation plan has continued to move forward as well, and now we have the issuance last week of mtc's and abag's results of the five alternative scenarios and their performance towards reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other performance targets. and we see something that i think we all expected, which is that the performance of these scenarios falls short. in some cases, 50% short of the

which took up the issue of ab57, which is the bill that proposes to change the voting composition at ntc. unfortunately i was out of the country that day. i was not able to attend, but in this then they were there, as well as one of our assemblymen, and there was a very interesting and in-depth discussion of the possibilities for regional consensus on a bill that would address whatever fairness issues may have been raised by other counties in the region. i understand that mtc will be voting on its legislative agenda for the year 2012 later this month and that ab57 will be a big part of the discussion, and i am looking forward to supporting our mtc commissioners in that endeavor

mcveigh >>vicki: kron4 news like britain some a spectacular fireworks show ntc to the best and biggest parties are around. it all happens in new year's eve starting at 11:30 p.m.. is >>darya: 2011 is already going into the record books for weather. united states smash all records for billion dollar weather disasters. >>catherine: in january brought a pair like a blizzard in the northeast. in the spring, devastating tornadoes raged through the south and midwest. then came the flooding along the mississippi. some are left the southwest with a crop killing heat wave and drought. hurricane irene blasted new england in the fall and arizona was scorched by wildfires. even government weather experts are impressed. >> i cannot remember a year like this with record- breaking extremes of nearly every conceivable type of weather. >>catherine: on april 27th, the u.s. set a record with 199 tornadoes on a single day. one month later, 150 people died when talk of misery was hit by the deadliest single tornado in history. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says to all disasters each c