the current status on the rec and park department apprenticeship gardening program with laborer's local union 261 and efforts we might take that we as a city are fully supporting the program and the local community workforce that it promotes. the laborer's apprenticeship program recruits local community workers for training and education in preparation for long-term employment of our parks and open spaces. program participants earn a living wage with benefits with a raise for each 500 hours of service and completion of course work in landscaping, botanical science and park maintenance. after 2000 hours apprenticeship, apprentices are eligible for employment as a full-time recreation park gardner as they continue to gain cutting edge skills in natural resource management. one of the reasons that i called this hearing is that the landscaping apprentices have reese lently become challenged in their efforts to secure full-time employment as gardeners. i also heard there are challenges providing the necessary equipment for apprentices to do their jobs and continue their education and their growth.

contract negotiations between the workers' union, local 2, and the giants' food and beverage subcontractor, center plate, came to a standstill on thursday. and the strike which had been authorized earlier this month of called. >> we're here for job security. we're out here for medical benefits, and we're out here for a raise. >> do you know that the average worker here works two jobs? and they make average $11,000 a year. you cannot live off $11,000. we got people in assisted housing. >> reporter: center plate issued a statement today saying they believe the labor action by local 2 is unnecessary, unfortunate, and illegal. it goes on to say, "centerplate values our employees. that is why they are already the highest paid staff in the concession business, earning between $15 and $20 an hour. receiving full health care and other benefits for their part-time work." the giants issued a statement as well, apologizing to fans for any inconvenience and urging both parties to get back to the bargaining table so the matter can be resolved as quickly as possible. that one-day strike is over. concess

. >> reporter: the workers union, local 2, has been without a contract for three years and the strikeons stalled thursday. >> we're out here for job q @(t& security. we're out here for medical benefits. and we're out here for a raise. >> reporter: replacement workers were brought in for the çóone-d strike. >> there's no napkins. >> i have never seen lines like this at the concession stands before. >> if there's no workers, there's not going to be any food to give out. >> reporter: giants issued a >> reporter: giants apfor any g both partiesi]q to get back to bargaining table so the matter can be resolved as quickly ast( possible. today, saying they believe the labor action by local 2 is Ñi unnecessary, unfortunate, and illegal. it goes on to say "center place values our employees. that is why they are already the highest paid staff in the concession business, earning between $15 and $20ñr an hour, receiving full health care and other benefits for their part-time work." >> do you know that the average worker here works two jobs and they make average $11,000 aok year? you cannot live o

i'm the business manager of the theatrical stage employees union local 16. we oppose the appeal and support the america's cup pavilion project. san francisco is a world class city that deserves a world class venue. for the past month our members have been working on in project assembling the stage and bleachers. it will continue to provide jobs not only for our members, but for workers in the hospitality, catering, and transportation industry. two weeks ago the city of san francisco live nation hosted a job fair to seek ushers, ticket takers, and event staff where over 200 participants attended. on behalf of the theatrical stage employees, we oppose this appeal and support the america's cup pavilion project. thank you. >> do you know any other units, bargaining units, unions that are going to be providing labor for this -- the rest of these events? >>> i do not know. i represent the theatrical stagehands and we have a collective bargaining agreement with live nation. >> okay, thank you. >> i've got a question as well. i see in the briefs that local 16, part

. >> i represent the carpets union the local 22. ispectro speck here today because so far as the local work is concerned we share it and we get a lot of work out of that as well. clear channel has a long history of working at the airport and supplying jobs and i'm a big proponent of the trade - like to refer to the wheel of trade workers. because they make wages and benefits this actually allow them to save and spend money their traveling through the airport as well their digesting this as well. so i approve - i ask that you approve the clear channel proposal and thank you. >> thank you very much thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'd like my brothers to stand local 2 61. that he represent thousands of men and women across san francisco and san mateo. this is safe to say this is a contract we've been watching for months. where the labors come down on the proposal now we know that clear exchange is going to hire local workers we're in full support. we can make the local contract work on this and put the san franc

. >> i represent the carpets union the local 22. ispectro speck here today because so far as the local work is concerned we share it and we get a lot of work

without buying some of these, that could be in jeopardy, too although some vendor are in a different union, local 2 says other unions would honor any strike. the giants say this is between center plate and union workers a we don't know when the union might strike, but it won't be tomorrow and they don't want to do that to anyone on mother's day. >> well, the golden state warriors will look to even up their series tomorrow afternoon at oracle arena. our cameras were at practice while the players prepared for game 4, the san antonio spurs have a 2-1 lead in the best-of- seven series. whether or not warriors staff stephen curry will be a good time diction tomorrow. >>> oakland's latest interim police chief is wrapping up his first full day on the job. it comes a turlentz week that saw former chief howard jordan resign and his replacement is he step asid. sean whent was premoated to sergeant in 2003 and has been working in internal affairs since 2005. oakland's mayor says the city will launch a nationwide search for a new police heave. >>> napa police have launched an investigation after a woman was

. >>> the union that represents its workers, the company, center play accuses the union, unite local 2, by going against the labor law. >> they call the suit a pub list stunt and say the giants take a smaller profit. >> they want job security if another company takes over. >>> richmond says it really needs a grocery store. >> theory grocery outlet, we saw shelves being stock. >> the nearby safe way closed two years ago, the city has very few grocery stores. >>> the owner of a pony that showed up in richmond's iron triangle neighborhood this morning. it was this pony, now in the possession of officials in contra costa. >> he was found enjoying an early morning snack. >> it went to the resident's home and started eaching some of the bush eating some of the blurbs in the yard. >> neighbors say the man kept the animal in the yard of an empty house in the area. >>> now trending at ktvu.com, the san francisco's newest tiger is now called jillian. >> a nasher woman donated money to the zoo. >> she loves the zoo and wanted to make a donation. >> go to the hot topic section to see unedited po

local union 104. i agree i understand you're certain about this sewer but i mean as we saw we have bigger wishes an aging structure here. you heard the developer say he's got qualified engineers and i think we should look at the overall benefits of this project it's going to revitalize that area a dirt lot that's currently there it's going to be a good project i hope we'll move forward and revitalize that area >> good afternoon. i'm with gipson dunn and i've been involved in this project. and i want to clarify some of the eir issues. this is a very typical project being built in the city of seismic risks so forth. and i concluded that the building would comply with all safety and it's impact on its safety structures and have found the project would have to go through a detailed project design. and it concluded there was not a significant impact because those codes are to protect the city to impact other structures. as part of the eir structure itself the eir that was in front of of the board there was

union thank you. last but not at least we've received support from non-profit professional community organizations our organizations sponsors are asian fire department's association and police department association. filipino chamber of commerce and local 35 union and 0 c a chapter and asian coalition. san francisco sister committee and san francisco sister committee thank you all for your tremendous support. those of you who have been joining us before it's been said that great distances are great because of their passion. the john car distance company units many indian folks and every member believes that the world is filled with expression joy and free speech. please welcome dance company. welcome. (clapping). ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (clapping). >> give another warm welcome to those folks. >> i need to work out again. i used to be in shape. all right. by the way, i thought i saw form mayor willie brown just walk in. ladies and gentlemen. thank u very much.w the special been waiting for the american heritage ward for individuals who have made an impact there's being presented in 3 categories where we have the lifetime achievement wards. nominations were submitted on line and t

union thank you. last but not at least we've received support from non-profit professional community organizations our organizations sponsors are asian fire department's association and police department association. filipino chamber of commerce and localalition. san francisco sister committee and san francisco sister committee thank you all for your tremendous support. those of you who have been joining us before it's been said that great distances are great because of their passion. the john car distance company units many indian folks and every member believes that the world is filled with expression joy and free speech. please welcome dance company. welcome.

local 261. in fact, we meet every other month and to highlight the importance of the partnership, we alternate the board meetings or the committee meetings between the union hall in local 261 and the historical [speaker not understood] in golden gate park. the program is acquired 4,000 hours on-the-job training as well as an academic component which is provided by city college. 360 hours of course work. in fact, we are very proud of the fact that the apprentices having a difficult day at work, they go to school at night and then they come back and they are actually partnered with very skillful and very creative workforce that we have that maintain the parks in the highest standards that we have. we have, we have and intend to be able to grow our professional development in the parks operation. and through the leadership of mr. ginsberg, in fact, we have now created a system with hr where we can place the 34 10 class or the apprentices after completing only 50% of the required job -- on the job training so they can be ready to be placed in key positions at the 34 17 classification or the gardner position level. to date, we have placed -- we have appointed

graduates from this program will be offered seats essentially in apprenticeship seats within the local trade unions. >> let's go through the nurse when you mentioned the, minority and disadvantaged businesses and all that. >> the small business participation goal for the program was amended at 20%. and tutor perini came in at 25% level, exceeding the goal by approximately 5 percent. >> of these local businesses? >> california state small businesses. of the listed subcontractor for the contract, approximately a quarter of the businesses have addresses located in san francisco. >> and the minorities? >> the disadvantaged db, center enterprises, would be incorporated as part of the sbe umbrella, but i have not segregated out the list of sub contractors, db versus lbe. >> it seems like a huge project, an extraordinary opportunity to do something for small businesses in san francisco. whatever we can do to support that he ought to look into it very seriously. >> if i could clarify, locally funded projects have a prohibition on locally geographic base preferences such after 14b of the city administrator

graduates from this program will be offered seats essentially in apprenticeship seats within the local trade unions. >> let's go through the nurse when you mentioned the, minority and disadvantaged businesses and t

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and believe that that has bee in ac that liberal groups and unions said that for quite awhile. a localer president who wrote an op-ed. we'll see. "money" with melissa franc is next. melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what'smoney tonight. new tgets in the irs's cross-hairs including a jewish charity that actually filed suit against the agencyhree years ago. we've got an exclusive with the group's founder and how far back and dep this scandal really goes. can you say watergate? >>> google is taking cloud computing to a whole another level. the tech titan has a pie-in-the-skylan to bring high-speed internet to far-off lands but is it a moneymaker or will it blow up like the hindenburg? >>> whomade money tonight. here's a nt. he is a green guru who is swimming in dough? any ideas? keep watching and find out. even when th say it's not it is always about "money".

and believe that that has bee in ac that liberal groups and unions said that for quite awhile. a local union chapter president who wrote an op-ed. we'll see. "money" with melissa franc is next. melissa: i'm melissa francis and here's what'smoney tonight. new tgets in the irs's cross-hairs including a jewish charity that actually filed suit against the agencyhree years ago. we've got an exclusive with the group's founder and how far back and dep this scandal really goes. can you say watergate? >>> google is taking cloud computing to a whole another level. the tech titan has a pie-in-the-skylan to bring high-speed internet to far-off lands but is it a moneymaker or will it blow up like the hindenburg? >>> whomade money tonight. here's a nt. he is a green guru who is swimming in dough? any ideas? keep watching and find out. even when th say it's not it is always about "money". melia: so we start tonight with the latest accusations and stunning charges in the irs scandal. it turns out it is not just the tea party. it is now coming to light that the irs was also targeting groups like jewish

saying thank you chief white to you and to the whole fire department's administration to local firefighters union as well for being an incredible part of our city. your mission has always been about saving lives. we see it everyday and sometimes when there are events we can't control happen but you are there without regard in many cases for the things that are occurring, but just there to save lives. i think this gift if anything reflects the value that we place on our fire department. so thank you for your incredible sacrifice all the time. we recognize, i know that mr. swab and the entire museum recognize that this gift does reflect that sentiment because not only are you getting a replacement of a fire station, you are getting a more modern fire station. it is state of the art. it has equipment we have not seen in a long time and i like to idea that it has a generator that in case that big one hits you have three days there to really help us recover quickly. you have a number of other things, i was going to make a joke about mr. swab and i maybe testing each other on the pole, but i think you

the workers' union -- unite here local two -- is upset with the way negotiations for a new contract with stadium vendor have gone. on saturday the union will vote on whether or not they would like to strike. nearly 750 concession workers have been working without a contract for the last three years. but don't worry giants fans. the stadium vendor -- centerplate -- says that giants games will not be effected if a strike does >>jacqueline: for your saturday, temperatures running for the upper 70's and 80's. sunday, we will stay warm with a lot of eighties but notice the coast line, still fairly cool and that's because of the fog. the fog is still pretty thick over the city and we're going to be experiencing that until tomorrow morning. the fog spilling over into our bay shore for the 6:00 hour. the fog is going to clear faster than we saw yesterday and we will skill back to the peninsula by nine. sunny skies tomorrow and warmer temperatures are expected. you can see cloud coverage on satellite and radar picture. the storm system driving well to the north east at this hour, but we could get

we have strong relationships with the labor unions in san francisco including local 261 and the carpenters local 22, and we offer construction training for workers to build projects such as the one you just saw. apri is a strong advocate of this city's local hire policy and currently the policy states a provision to prioritize local workers to make up the work force on public construction projects. through the efforts of city build and partnering organizations which include bright line defense project, mission [speaker not understood], charitiv cultural center and young community developers, we've exceeded the goals that we've had for the initial implementation of that ordinance. and although this is a private project, the golden state warriors have committed to a historic community work force agreement that includes a provision of the city's policy for local hire. and it's an agreement with the labor unions as well as community based organizations and this is an outstanding commitment that they've made to our city. and i really believe that city land planning is best when it benefits all