so in particular van ness, what a nightmare. market street, the tracks, the cracks, the this, the that. they are awful. i don't understand. i know there was supposed to be money for fixing highways. if they would focus some of that initially on the walking areas, for pedestrian and disabilities, it would be a huge help. thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> good afternoon mayor's disability council. ain't no city mountain high -- ain't no disability low -- ain't no city hall wide enough to stop us. if you need me, call me. you will be there in had a hurry hurry, don't have to worry. ain't city mountain high enough. ain't no valley low enough. ain't no city river wide enough to keep from talking to you. remember the we set you free, you know you can always count on mayor lee. we'll make a vow, we'll be there some way, somehow. ain't no city mountain high enough, no wind, no rain can stop us. we're on our way. love, love, love, exciting and new. come aboard, the mayor's disability's expecting you. the love disability boat soon will b

no service on market street from van ness to the ferry building. busses will operate on the f-line instead of the historic street-cars. the 2, 6, 21, 31, 38 and 38l will all stop before market street. passengers can transfer to the subway or other routes for service to the embarcaderro. also, the 14, 14l and 49 will operate on south van ness instead of mission between 11th and 25th streets. and the follwing lines will have limited service: 2, 6, 21, 30, 31, 38, 45 these changes started today at 5pm and will last until the end of the night or as crowds clear. >> pam: kron 4's rob fladeboe is in south of market neighborhood of the city. outside pedro's cantina. checking in with police as they prepare for potentially rowdy fans. >> reporter: if you remember there were is some violence on the world series celebrations. it the police are going to see to it that nothing happens like that there are a lot of police and the market district. as you can see this man is handcuffed and detained. that is what we're going to see her. i am outside the pedros canti

i operate the one on van ness really poorly but the one on hayes really well. good actor/bad actor conversation. the question in conditional use how do you determine who is a good project sponsor? >>: our process is not comfortable. is long and expensive. by the end of it we know who the operators are. to the uncomfortable process a relationship is formed. this is not a huge bureaucracy that we are dealing with. four people. if somebody walks in and we know, oh, that's that guy who runs that place we say so. >> commissioner borden: is there a basis on which you cannot issue a permit? >>: spelled out. this goes back to the first-- our permits are "shall grant", you shall grant if abc -- our processor design for compliance, not designed to keep people out or punish people. it frustrates the heck out of sfpd and neighbors. >> commissioner borden: the question that comes up sometime is, if someone wants the permit they go through the process, they can get it and it doesn't matter what their history is barring criminal activity. >>: i would not underestimate the imp

. >> could you let me know when we get to van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers to move down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate multiple lines will stop behind one another. i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind. the second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >>

it's sunny and van ness street and many of you know connie ford and part of the labor council. she has her offices there. there is a child care center there and 57 beds and everybody exists together which we need more examples of but the second floor opened up with 24 units and deloras street and supervisor campos got a grant for the first lgbt shelter in san francisco and we were excited about that and a dozen years ago the prior executive director never closed the permit and it was designed for the 57 beds but there was basic code enforcement upgrades for the existing 57 beds so we had $130,000 gap and working with supervisor campos and activists and the housing alliance and i am pleased to tell you this week a construction company came in to be the construction manager and make cash contributions and we have a contribution of third thousand dollars and we hope to have this plan next week and i bring this up because individuals that are lgbt are uncomfortably and unsafe. there is a lesbian couple that came from tennessee. they went to the shelters and didn't feel safe and pre

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we are taking a live look outside from our roof camera here on van ness avenue.ooking back at san francisco. >> good morning, i'm anny hong. >> and i'm james fletcher, thanks for joining us. >> good morning, james. yes is the foggy morning but not quite as bad as what we saw yesterday. we are seeing 30's and 40's as we go for the afternoon. partly cloudy with temperatures in the 50s. later tonight there will be some cloud coverage but most locations will be in the 40's. 46 in concord 40's in antioch the afternoon highs with a few degrees and what we saw yesterday mid-50s for downtown office san francisco. here is the satellite and radar. some cold to contend with. there rainfall is headed to the bay area of later this week. with the kron 47 day around the bay. plenty of sunshine to go around. a pretty nice and the mild conditions as we start the next workweek. more on the extended forecast but no hot spots, no delays. at the bay bridge toll plaza no problems. that goes for all of the approaches. the san mateo bridge, the tillites towards foster city. east bound i

south van ness is closed between 17th and 18th. you can easily get around this by using folsom or mission streets as your alternates. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a foam fight in san jose. later today city leaders will vote on banning styrofoam food containers and local restaurants are rallying against the idea. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington is in san jose this morning and elissa, restaurant owners say it could drive away business. >> reporter: that's right, michelle. because basically styrofoam is cheap. if restaurants have to find an alternative they will to have to pay more and will raise prices to offset the extra costs. the city council will vote today whether or not to ban styrofoam food containers. if they do, san jose would be the largest city in the country to do so. styrofoam is harmful to the environment, not biodegreatable and contributes to up to 15% of the city's litter and can cause harm to animals. but it's inexpensive at many restaurants often used for to- go boxes or hot coffee cups. restaurants would b

item three case for 793 south van ness avenue is proposed an indefinite continuance. further on your calendars commissioners. under the regular calendar item 15, the bicycle parking ordinance is proposed for continuance and item 16 amendments to the planning code sections 604 to provide the copy on a sign shall not be treated as a new sign and continued to march 7. i have a few speaker cards for this one. item 17 for 35 la grande avenue, request for discretionary review is proposed for continuance to march 21, 2013. under your 330 calendar commissioners you can not take this item up at this time but i would like to advise you there is a request from the project sponsors for this is proposed to continuance for april 4, 2013 so what was a long calendar is now short and that's all i have. i have no speaker cards for the continuance. >> okay. is there public comment on the items proposed for continuance? seeing none public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> i would like to continue items one, two, and three -- well, one and two to the dates specified. three inde

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the 100 van ness avenue has not received its construction permit. (indiscernible) department staff believes that the project sponsor would be able to obtain financing and start construction within one year with 12 percent on-site approval rate in compliance with the charter. the mayors office also submitted a letter that states that it appears to demonstrate compliance with the charter amendment. the department staff also works with the project sponsor with the design of the building, requiring (indiscernible) to reflect the new residential nature of the building. (indiscernible) the revised design has been included in your materials. to highlight some of the design changes: and number of juliet balconies have been added to express the more residential nature. in addition the mixture of metal panels have been added to add texture. (indiscernible) staff has not yet reviewed glass samples to verify reflectivity. it is likely to resemble the public utilities commission building located at 525 golden gate avenue. this concludes staff presentation. i wil

all buslines on market street will be detoured with most lineses switching to van ness, and the f street will be replaced by buses. you can turn to abc7 news right after the super bowl to see the celebrations. our team will be live on the air with hour niner fans are reacting here and in the beg easy. >> new information in the discovery of a teenage girl's body in fairfield. she was discovered in a park has has been find as a missing person. the girl was just 13 years old. police are not releasing her name because of the girl's expaij the young investigation. he was reported missing thursday evening by her guardian and found friday morning. her death is being treat as a homicide. >> a shooting at last night's first friday celebration in oakland has left one person dead and three others wounded. it happened on tell gravel -- telegraph alf of enough. >> this -- thousands of people to a seven-block stretch of telegraph of newsom last night a half hour after the event ended so did a young man's life. lilies have been placed on the spot where the 18 year was shot to death. it happened during

but of that $4 88,000 for operations, 63% of it goes to rent our space at 25 van ness avenue. to meet the 1.5 budget -- 1.5% budget reduction two years running, it would be a total of $78,000. and since we do not have discretionary money anywhere else, we would need to eliminate an investigator position that would reduce our journey level investigators to 16. and then with that saving, we would purchase two hybrid vehicles. our vehicles are 1999 vehicle, one is a crown victoria that we inherited from the police department. the other is a honda civic. under the city's environmental policies, we must retire these vehicles by 2015, yet there is no money in our budget for replacement. going back to 2007, when the city controller issued its recommendations for occ process improvement, they stated that best practices is for investigators to have 16 cases. with the staffing, 17 investigators and an office inventory, case inventory of 300 cases, an investigator's caseload would average 18 cases and with 16, an investigator's caseload would average 19. that's assuming everyone is in pl

. * case no. 2011.0800c, 601 van ness avenue >> is there any public comment on the one item proposed for continuance? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner borden? >> continue item 1 to the date on the calendar. >> second. >> on that motion to continue item 1 to march 21st, commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> aye. >> commissioner sugaya? >> aye. and commission president fong? >> aye. >> so moved commissioners that motion passes unanimously 6 to 0. on the consent calendar item 2, case no. 2012.1296c, 383 rhode island street, request for conditional use authorization. i believe commissioner moore is requesting that it be pulled off. >> [inaudible]. >> we'll place that first item under the regular calendar. moving on, commissioners, commissioners questions and matters, item 3, consideration of adoption draft minutes for january 31st, 2013. >> is there any public comment on the draft minutes? seeing none, commissioners? commissioner borden. >> approve draft minutes november -- excuse me, fr

so, they're a level closer to the ground than we would be managing from 1 south van ness. how exactly to value, you know, the worth of that, frankly it's difficult to do, but it's a function they've been serving for more than 50 years. they've got deep roots into the community. they have a deep understanding of the garage operations and its functioning relative to the surrounding community. so, we felt, and as we've brought this through the m toshibation a board, that was a value worth retaining if they were interested in doing so. * mta >> but i guess in terms of -- i hear you and it makes a lot of sense. i've been going to japantown my whole life. [speaker not understood] it was a lot more fun, i thought. but paying them a few hundred thousand dollars a year for a manager and accounting staff, if you will as a middle person, i mean, i assume they could just do this -- be board members involved in the community without having to pay a general manager, if you will. >> it is possible that they could do that as well. they would obviously have less of a direct role in the day

. * please contact public works department disability access coordinator kevin jensen at 30 van ness avenue. i tried to get in touch with him, but i'm not computer savvy and nobody answers their phone, you know. so, anyway, i would appreciate it if this would be looked into from a disability point of view. >> thank you. >>> thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who would like to comment? >>> my name is lou randal. i live at the corner of peralta and [speaker not understood]. as you go through, there must be some traffic controls put in before construction starts. we've had one car destroyed from people speeding up holiday without a stop sign and making that right turn in front of my house. every one of the trucks that go in and out of there have had to make a u-turn in front of my house to get there and there's no stop signs from holliday or on peralta. and traffic kohl has to be part of your consideration in doing this. * control i went through dpw to try to get speed bumps put on peralta. they said they need a study [speaker not understood]. but they denied it. th

reading room at the public library and we expanded over 111 years to our location today which is on van nessproblems with vision. people come to us and we teach them braille, technology, using adaptive equipment. cooking and most recently we've established an employment program. i have to say in the two years the program has been around, people who have gotten jobs, cumulative salaries is over 800,000 and we're very proud of that. >> cheryl: people think if they lose their vision and they can't get a job and you are there to help. how many people? >> we help about 3,000 people all over northern california. our headquarters is in san francisco but we have locations in marin, eureka, berkeley newest location in san leandro. >>. >> cheryl: what are the ages? >> from elementary school age to all the way to hundred plus. [ laughter ] >> cheryl: we have a young person at braille machine. so you have a lot of programs, employment immersion, talk about that? >> it's been around for only a few years. we give group and one on one attention to people who come in, most people who come to us have lost vi

there was a bowling alley that wanted to go in at 17th and van ness and they were not going to be able to do it because they would have been banned from even selling beer. that is the tip of the iceberg in terms of planning provisions that make it hard to foster a knife in the city. we are not always consistent with how we deal with liquor licenses. they can vary in different parts of the city. i know the chief is working hard to establish more consistency. i just want to say that the chief of police is probably the most pro-nightlife chief of police we have ever had. i think he understands it on a personal level. i appreciate that. until recently, we did not have anyone at our office of economic and workforce development that actually focus is on night life as industry. and of course, as you know, our transportation system does not support not live that well. we do not have nearly enough cabs so that people coming out and get along without drunk driving. bart -- bars to not stay open late enough. i do think things are changing at city hall and with city government generally. in the la

those private buses have a dedicated stop now at 8th and market and another one is coming to van ness union street. >>> this sunday, right here on kpix 5 the 55th annual grammy awards. this year margaret cho is up for best comedy album and we were surprised she was born and raised here in san francisco. juliette goodrich explains how hippies, bullies and aids made margaret who she is today. >> i told my mother when i was 14 i was going to be a comedian. she said oh, maybe it's better if you just die. [ laughter ] >> reporter: margaret cho is raunchy, passionate, also up for a grammy. >> this is something that i have like wanted for a long time. >> reporter: she is nominated for cho dependent live in concert. in it she rips on everything from sarah palin to asian stereotypes. >> asian girls gone wild ♪ >> whoo. >> she is not studying ♪ [ laughter ] >> reporter: as to what fuels cho's sense of humor look no further than her childhood. born in san francisco in 1968 to korean parents, cho grew up near ocean beach in the never sunny sunset district. >> when i go to england, i go this is li

number of pedestrian fatali. 19th avenue and van ness.lation has been introduced to permanently ed le >>> they are tank rust san francisco roads known for a number of faye tilts. new legislation has been passed to extend doubled fines zones. they want to fine more than 2400-dollar and it appears to be working. in the first two years of the double fine, there were no pedestrian fatality on either street. >>> the niners may have lost the super bowl last sunday but the bay area still basking until world series glory. spring training starts tuesday. k p i x 5's ann makovic was there as people turned out to greet the champions >> fantastic day as a giants fans >> reporter: the line grew to more than five blocks long. >> we just take that as no one shines brighter than the other. we're going to get our chance to shine. >> the world series trophies shining as props. >> that's super. i wanted to touch it but they would not let me. >> reporter: they waited in line for hours. >> waiting for someone cool. >> reporter: not knowing which rotated playe

coming to city hall, please come by any the other three accessible entrances which would be the van ness side of the building, the mcallister or grove side of the building. we do apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. it feels like a really long time i have seen all of you. it's been a month since we met at city hall -- actually it's been a month since i have seen you and two months since we have have our last mdc meeting. i have a quite a bit of information. the first thing i wanted to brief you on is our office move. our office move is coming up a lot sooner than we originally antpated. it looks like we may be moving to our new location at 1155 market street. possibly as soon as the end of february or early march. i think the contractors are working around-the-clock to try to finish up all the construction. i will certainly keep you posted as i get a better move-in date, but a couple of key features about our new spaces. we're going to be located on the ground floor at the lobby-level, which provides a lot of accessibility. we will be having a large conference room in ou

of us from the taxi industry were asked to participate in a bicycle strategic plan at the 1 south van nesslding. and i felt like we were -- we were asked to be part of the program which was nice, but it was more of a sales presentation where they laid out, this is where we are, this is where we could be, and this is where we want to be. and that's all great. i think that that's an integral part of san francisco. but with each step was a multiplier of hundreds of millions of dollars from, you ow, 50 million and then, this is where we are and this is where we'd like to be in the middle of 200 million. and i'm saying back lane, 200 is the middle, where is the upper portion? 500 million dollars over the next five years. now, you've got a big gasp from a lot of cab drivers because where is the revenue going to come from? essentially, unless there is a traffic violation, there is no revenue from this group

to drive down california street from the richmond districts and one of my favorite sites and on van ness avenue and see the tower of the bay bridge and having something like the arena from a distance would augment the view, and not deteriorate the view and as you notice from the presentations we have there are beautiful opera houses and other facilities in other cities on the water famous and they're world view and they added to the view and i think it's important to get scale models and we get illuminated to see how much light, but the positioning of the arena is wisely 500 feet from the street, and that's just short of two football fields in length and that is a long ways and whatever the height of that structure is greatly minimized by from the distance where people are walking, where they are living and i think that part is very well done. i want us to not make the same mistake from the 60's and 70's. i was a college at that time and i was disappointed we dropped the ball and didn't build the arena at that time and i don't know of the politics but we lost not just the warriors but co

. >>> well, they are dangerous roads, 19th avenue and van ness. new legislation has been introduced to permanently set the double fine zones. the fines are steep, as much as $2400. and it appears to be working. in the first two years of the double fines, there were no pedestrian fatalities on either street. >>> if you see police, firefighters and helicopters in fremont tomorrow, don't panic. it's all part of a disaster drill. it will take place at unitech education near the auto park. >>> one last rehearsal before the big show. we'll take you behind the scenes, ahead of the grammys. >>> it's almost here. giants fans celebrate with their players before they head off to spring training. >>> we're certainly in a spring- like weather pattern here with continuous dry conditions. the next shot of rain and when you should expect it, right here as kpix 5 news continues. ocean. music's biggest night takes center stage it promises to be >>> it doesn't matter if you're rooting for carly ray jepsen or frank ocean. music's biggest stage takes place tomorrow. b

the first is the van ness brt and that current line is replaced with 60-foot vehicles to deal with crowding and other issues so as we have future procurements and replacing our fleets and the depending on the line it's intended to use for we may up scope. i know the long-term plan is increase the 60 feet vehicles in the plan and that is reflected in the fleet plan. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >>i just wanted to ask a quick follow up question to that. has mta looked into the possibility of increasing the size of the trains for the n judah? >> you mean increasing the physical size -- well, . >> well, first of all increasing the size and if new trains are purchased? >> to answer that question. right now we're in the process of scoping the replacement vehicles that will replace them so we're in that process so we will look at the size of the vehicles and the number of seats in the vehicle. that is being worked on right now. that is in anticipation of purchasing 24 additional light rail vehicles for the central subway when it comes on line and that if for the vehicles that we'll need with

there will be single tracking between friendship heights and van ness.k should be done by monday morning. >>> we're learning more about a mow tension lawsuit against disgraced cyclist lance armstrong. on the same day he admitted in an interview with oprah winfrey to using performance-enhancing drugs, the head of the anti-doping agency lobbied the justice department to join a lawsuit against armstrong. the lawsuit was filed by armstrong's former teammate floyd landis. the justice department hasn't announced if it will join. >>> under armor is going after nike. it's suing the competitor arguing that nike is misusing under armor's new slogaslogan, l it claims nike has been using i will at the start of phrases on several of its ads. nike has not commented on that suit. it won't comment. >> it's your lifeline when there is an emergency. >> 911 can't solve all problems. coming up at 5:20, the unusual call for help that got a little boy in a lot of trouble. >>> the local lawmaker giving pot smokers a reason to light up. >>> why the district is not re here you g