supervisor john avalos: so this resolution will approve an agreement between the city and on behalf of the mta and new flyer and with king county and over all the rfp that was joint between the city and king county was for 530? is that correct? >> that is correct. 530 buses. >> of that 530, maximum amount that we are getting from 530 buses is what? is it 93? >> we'll ge 93 and 243-footers. >> in terms of the $9 million for the 60 and to replace all of our trolleys, that still hasn't been done yet? >> that is correct. >> we recently had approaches of hybrid buses from new flyer that we were told i think here in committee, i think i asked the question because there had been a story about how one of the buses were scene -- seen on the road in wyoming and manufactured before we approved them. i heard the rational that there's a gap in new flyers production line and they at their own risk can manufacture these buses. i just want to make sure that when it comes to future purchases that we follow a more linear track for how we make our purchases. it seems really, it makes me very uncomfortabl

there are roads that go between cities not roads that go into the middle of the metropolitan area. and in the u.s. these roads that go in the middle of the metropolitan area cause more problems than they solve. they reduce the value of the neighborhoods where they're built and they aren't being build new anymore, for the most part. there are a few cities where they are. the trend is definitely more towards transit, urbanism. i think atlanta can benefit from that trend. >> professor, you heard robert brugeman before the break, talk about sprawl, that ends up us with the environment that we are. atlanta and all of georgia in fact had a choice to make and they turned down by a sizable margin a set of initiatives where they would have taxed themselves. it was called a transportation special purpose local option sales tax or tsplost, and they decided not to tax themselves to build these links and here we are. you do end up with an auto dependent at least the periphery. >> yes, i think auto-dependency is an important piece of this. but i think in some ways is a knock-on effect of the dee

going into the state for highway maintenance and repair and 100 million dollars to be divided between city and counties in the state. strictly for road maintenance and then pavement repair. and one key element here, i am not sure how this role, if this will satisfy the folks enough but in the active transportation program, the legislation was approved last summer and there was about 130 million dollars provided and in an appropriation for a wider array of program elements. and he would propose to spend about 9 million of this earlier pay back money to supplement that to enhance the active transportation program by 9 million dollars. probably the more interesting or not or another interesting development was his proposal on cap and trade funding and there are some transportation components in there and so he will briefly describe that and so in the cap and trade, if you recall last summer, the governor had projected about 500 million dollars being available from cap and trade revenues for the extend tur and instead, loan that to the general fund. and he is now saying, i would like to take 1

city and county of san francisco ~. item number 3, resolution approving a mills historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between pacific heights, llc, the owners of 2550 webster street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ city and county of san francisco. item number 4, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between 1019 market street properties, llc, the owners of 1019 market street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ item number 5, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between brian jackson and thomas ranese, owners of 3769 20th street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~. item number 6, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract

way back when the original notion of the suburbs this sort of halfway point between city. and gentry the countryside but what happened in the u.s. and in the u.s. in the in the eight hundred and early one thousand nine hundred you know the suburbs here weren't all that different from in europe and that's because our early suburbs sort of sprouted up around transit before the cars so if you think too that's why on the east coast we have a lot of older suburbs that are more village esque they have a completely different design and a different plan and that plan is more like a traditional town planning blueprint that goes back centuries that's the way cities are planned it's sort of a grid with transit in the center of commerce in the center this is the way a lot of classic railroad suburbs they're called now and still are today but what happened was we sort of blew up that model right around the world war two when we were suddenly enamored with mass production. the leavitt brothers came back from world war two armed with these new skills of how to make houses very quickly on

what we are talking about is the gap in education between lower income, inner city kids, who are almost always african american and hispanic, versus their white suburban counterparts, and why there's a huge gap in learning. when i talked to people about it, they get so heated. everyone is so heated, and they have opinions. and it the started to get very confusing for me. i let it go. i thought maybe this is not the field to ask questions about it. i went back to my selfish ways of making a movie, and we went on a location scout in philly. >> you and i share a city. we are filly boys. >> i went for "the happening." we are looking for a high school. it was a mark wohlberg movie. we went to a high school in philadelphia. it was beautiful, the kids were in the hallways in backpacks and they noticed that i was there and the crew is with me and they run out of the classrooms saying, "you're making a movie, can i die in the movie?" and the teachers were coming out. they had a great relationship. we were toured and the classrooms were full of light and sayings and this. the facilities are wonde

there's a little buffer that way between city politics and money made. >> two retailers will be licensed. they don't know if they'll get a licence and fhe business. >> now to the vatican. how is this for a pope mobile. it is pope francises custom maid harley davidson super glide bicycle. it was given as a gift. it will go to the highest bidder. the pope will auction the harley off next month, with the proceeds going to charity. >> the price tag for the bike is 20,000. the pope put his signature on the bike tank. >> coming up - almost extinct and now a rare lily may be lost forever. plus, to jackie. the condolence letters after the death of president kennedy. 50 years later they are being released. >> in indonesia more than 25,000 fled their homes following a series of violent volcano eruptions. mount sinabung has been dormant but is now at the highest level of alert. indonesia lies with 130 active volcanos. a rare plant may be closer to extinction. a miniature water lily has been stolen from a botanic garden in london. it has no common name, but the garden staff call it the pig ni rwanda

it's causing major delays on the border between daly city and san francisco. ktvu's claudine wong joining us with this update from the crash scene on intersection 280. claudine? >> reporter: we have new details about what exactly happened out here. the chp right now trying to get some lanes of southbound 280 back open. but let's take you through what we've learned about what happened. take a look behind me. you can see two vehicles, a car and suv. the chp says about 5:30 this morning, those two cars crashed. now, there was a woman in that car who has been taken to the hospital. we don't know her condition. but the suv driver, that is the driver that witnesses tell the chp came running down the freeway. hopped over the median to the southbound direction of 280 and went running down the freeway and got a fairly good distance before he got hit by at least one vehicle. now, we don't know where that vehicle is. they are considering this a hit and run and they are looking for any kind of vehicle with front-end damage that might have been involved in hitting that ped

gavel] >> item 19. >> item 19 is a resolution retroactively approving the contract modification between the city and county of san francisco and guardsmark, llc, to provide security services for the human services agency, to extend the term by two months, for a revised period of december 1, 2008, through january 31, 2014, in the modified amount of $21,226,260. ~ january 14th. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 20. >> item 20 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the arts commission to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from kaiser permanente foundation for the bayview opera house plaza renovation and restoration for the period of july 31, 2013, through august 1, 2014. >> colleagues, same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 21 is an ordinance appropriating $4,388,000 of transit center district funds and transportation development impact fees revenue and capital project fund expenditures to the municipal transportation agency in order to support capital projects in fy 2013-2014. >> same house same call? t

the demonstrations, which will require official approval will be allowed in a park halfway between the city center and the olympic village. he has granted amnesty to police political prisoners and greenpeace activists. >>> face to face peace talks in sudan have begun. 1,000 have been kill & 200,000 displaced after three weeks of violence. all this week, the u.s. embassy has been evacuating americans stationed in that country. >>> word that pope francis has taken to personally calling people. cold calling them. reports from spain say that he called nuns to offer new year's wishes so he did what the rest of us would have done, he left a voice mail. one of the nuns literally wanted to die after realizing she missed the pope's call. the nuns were praying at the time. >>> and now to iraq where a remarkable story is playing out in ramadi and fallujah. members of an al qaeda affiliated group known adds isis have overrun both cities. "the washington post's" liz sleigh is joining us via skype. what is happening yesterday and what is happening today? >> yesterday we saw the al qaeda group basically c

and that we believe that this relationship between the city and arbor well goes back beyond 2013, we have found information that the city has been doing business with arbor well as far back as 2009 when they okayed some work on behalf of dpw the department of public works to remove the trees up at the cpmc campus and so we want to bring that to your attention and we believe, that there is grounds, for rehearing on our request. we believe that you should hold this agency responsible for failing to disclose their relationship with arbor well, in the contracts that were awarded involves a removal of 144 trees in golden gate park and we heard one of the managers state on the record at the last hearing that he does not make any money from removal of trees he is making over a half of a million dollars for removing trees for the city and county of san francisco. we believe that there is a major conflict of interest and we believe that the body has the obligation and the duty to address that conflict of interest and to grant our rehearing. i will introduce a co-on the deal, and she is with t

city. the protesters say, passengers who travel between the city and silicon valley, contribute to the housing problem. the protest came just hours before an s-f-m-t-a board meeting.which approved the use of the buses in the area -- for a fee. 425 it is the time. next time you feel like you can't get away from a t-v show or movie, remember a few of the reasons we're about to tell you. time magazine did some research and found that quick scene changes which means how scenes are edited can control our attention. also directors work hard to control your focus on a scene -- making you focus on exactly what they want you to look at. and the cliffhanger isn't just at the end of an episode that makes you crave the next show. and let not forget sex and violence -- it's human nature, and t-v creators use them both to draw us in and keep us watching. everyone can relate to that feeling of being addicted to your favorite t-v show -- where you just can't get enough of it and can't wait for the next episode? mine is _ _ _ _ -- and we're going to explain how the creators are tapping into the science behind

pretty good band between del city and manassas. in the immediate metro area, a trace to two inches.r your morning commute and if anything is lurking behind this storm. >> top, as we said, the snow is starting to come down here in dc and, of course, to the south of us. mulla langy is in maryland tonight. we can definitely see that snow coming down where you are. >> reporter: we are in charles county, the southern portion of maryland which is getting it as topper just said. it's been coming down a little more than two hours here at a pretty steady pace. this pile right here is from last week's snowfall, so some remnants of last week are still on the ground as this round starts to come down. it is beginning to stick and has been the last hour or so. this is the sidewalk not so much on the streets quite yet. we've seen a plow truck or two come through here, certainly not a whole lot to clear just yet, but they will be out most of the night, out salting and plowing what they can. same story in virginia. they plan on having plow trucks throughout that area clearing whatever roads they can

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between 1019 market st. properties, llc, the owners of 1019 market street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract., 1234 sf item 33: 33.130521[mills act historical property contract - 3769 20th street]sponsor: wienerresolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between brian jackson and thomas ranese, the owners of 3769 20th street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act property contract., 1234 sf sf 331234 sfitem 34: 34.130522[mills act historical property contract - 50 carmelita street]sponsor: wienerresolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between adam spiegel and guillemette broulliat-spiegel, the owners of 50 carmelita street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract.1234 item 25: 25.131046[liquor license -

upthis is the snarl deliberately inflicted the between suburban cities and new york. a painful punishment for their mayor who would not back risk christie's reelection campaign. today, there was none of the usual confidence. it was a contrite christie. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> the victim says a lot about christie. petty politics. there is a distinction whether i find the governor to be sincere and truthful and honest and forthright and whether or not i believe there was a culture created that would allow these folks to do this. >> the aid delivered to lee targeted the city and the mayor. time for some traffic troubles in for to me, she wrote. two lanes were closed and the traffic jam followed. one e-mail said -- is it wrong i am smiling? --traffic smote hubley flowed smoothly, questions about the way forward for the governor. the chaos injured on this bridge in a political jam. it could bring his journey to a grinding halt. it will at least slow it down. he is already a hugely controversial figure. he worke

antorically, there has been unholy alliance between inner- city people who care a lot about food stamps and from square states that care a lot about farm that had made sure the status quo had broken this year over year. it was perceived as negative that we were opposed to a continuation of that. we would love nothing more than to sit down with the committee. what does a modern 21st century farm look like? let's put it together. you're going to have to break this unholy alliance. people do not want washington to continue in this broken man are the only rewards those that can hire lobbyists. is necessary toward having the bold ideas that people hunger for. the speaker kirk -- >> the speaker could teach her organization. would you be as bold to give him some advice? would bey in congress best served by putting forth bold ideas that show their value as a member of congress. i hope the speaker and everybody will look at some of these outside the box innovative ideas that are percolating around, learn the lesson that mike lee has shown and put forth these bold ideas and tell the american peop

upthis is the snarl deliberately inflicted the between suburban cities and new york. a painful punishment for their mayor who would not back risk christie's reelection campaign. today, there was none of the usual confidence. it was a contrite christie. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> the victim says a lot about christie. petty politics. there is a distinction whether i find the governor to be sincere and truthful and honest and forthright and whether or not i believe there was a culture created that would allow these folks to do this. >> the aid delivered to lee targeted the city and the mayor. time for some traffic troubles in for to me, she wrote. two lanes were closed and the traffic jam followed. one e-mail said -- is it wrong i am smiling? --traffic smote hubley flowed smoothly, questions about the way forward for the governor. the chaos injured on this bridge in a political jam. it could bring his journey to a grinding halt. it will at least slow it down. he is already a hugely controversial figure. he worke

we can't divide the city between the israeli sectors and the palestinian sectors. we can't go back to the kind of period in history of berlin with a wall of dividing the city between its two sides and we'll dealing with two different states. we're going to need to build cooperation on security where there will be joint patrols, israeli personnel on the palestinian side but because it's on palestinian sovereignty the commanders will be palestinian. i think we need to build these kinds of agreements that are not dependent on third party forces. not n.a.t.o. forces. >> gershon baskin from the center of research and information. >>> raiding parts of ramadi to clear out al-qaeda fighters. 62 fighters were killed in the assault. the army has laid siege to nearby fallujah, and both cities have become flash points. it was also a violent day in the streets of egypt in cairo clashes between muslim brotherhood supporters and police left 11 people dead and 42 others injured. 120 people were arrested. this comes less than two weeks before a vote on the new constitution. there ha