>> present. >> councilmember star lara, absent. >> councilmember denise senhaux? >> present. >> councilmember harriet wong? >> present. >> co-chair supanich. >> present. >> reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. item 4, information item. report from co-chair zarda. item 5, information item, report from the director of the mayor's office on disability. item 6, information item, impacts of transportation network companies on the disability company in san francisco. transportation network companies such as uber, lyft and sidecar allow passengers to use an app to request a pickup in a privately-owned car. the tncs are regulated by the california public utilities commission. the disability community has raised concerns that these new transportation services may not be accessible to people with disabilities. presentation by christiane hayashi, san francisco municipal transportation agency, deputy director for taxis and accessible services k

thank you. >> any other councilmember comments? anything from staff? donna. >> john, one of the things i have heard is the surfacing on the playgrounds and the concerns about having to replace it after it was been used over and over again? do you have a sense of how often that happens and what the costs associated with that is? >> like any surfacing, things will wear out over time, especially if they get a lot of use underneath the swing on a playground. the carpet, for example, wears out and we have to replace it, but the rubber surfacing, which is all impact-attenuatation material, that is how we design the things from a 6' fall. i would say in typical use areas, anywhere from 5-8 years, but what recreation and parks will do is. patch in the areas that are worn more quickly and in some areas putting in more durable pads in those areas. we use two types, the rubber that is mounded and creative and adding color to it and have some fun with it and the second one is accessible artificial grass, which has not been used very frequently, but it's in a coupl

good afternoon, councilmembers. i want to really thank christiane hayashi and think it's one of the most comprehensive analyses of the problem and just the whole dynamics of regulation versus non-regulation. one thing to sort of add or what is basically that taxi companies operate under public convenience and necessity. these tncs do not at all. i also echo bob planthold's comments and walter parks. i'm a little pessimistic, because i feel the train already left the system, unlike north carolina north new york city where they result in 50% of taxis being accessible and others are protecting the taxi industry, which means that they are also protecting the consumer. i'm afraid california and san francisco, the train has already left the system, even before the tncs become so big and powerful. the ramp taxi service and i'm speaking of private taxi as opposed to the paratransit program, because that is what i have familiarity with. it has been goingcoun hill. i have some personal examples, which would take more time tha

good afternoon, councilmembers. i want to really thank christiane hayashi and think it's one of the most comprehensive analyses of the problem and just the whole dynamics of regulation versus non-regulation. one thing to sort of add or what is basically that taxi companies operate under public

good afternoon, councilmembers. i want

councilmember marcason. commissioner johns. commissioner matsuda and commissioner pearlman. commissioners first on our agenda is public comment time, members of the public may address the commission of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. there are no speaker cards >> my member of the public want to speak on any items of the agenda. >> commissioners, first on your calendar directors announcements. >> testimony fry the docks report was included in our packets i'm happy to answer questions that concludes my comments. >> at the questions or comments seeing none, move on. >> the past events the staff report and announcements. >> commissioners again, the planning commission didn't meet the last week in may i don't have a report on their activities and no announcements at this point unless you have questions

herrera, who is also a councilmember became dizzy and nauseous at a candidate's forum on sunday. her staff says it's an inner ear infection from a virus. last night she was still hospitalized but is expected to attend this afternoon's council meeting. according to our exclusive kpix 5 poll, herrera is fifth out of the five candidates. dave cortese in the lead with 26%. counsel sell member sam liccardo at 20%. three others are running for the office. if the numbers hold it will be a runoff between cortese and liccardo. both are lawyers and both italian families have been influential in san jose for generations but they have different approaches to the campaign issue of public safety. >> we need to stop police officers from leaving. there's some things about measure b that need to be tweaked to make that happen. it needs to happen in a hurry and restore trust. >> we can restore safety and services in the city if we're willing to be innovative and do things differently. we don't have to spend more. we can spend smarter. >> reporter: and if nobody gets a majority there would be a run

councilmembers discovered the pinball ban as they pushed to outlaw internet sweepstakes gambling in the city. the city council will address the old and new gambling next tuesday. pinball fans say it's about time. >> there is a lot of old laws on the books that, you know, need to be removed. so they've come across it. i guess it's time to remove it. bring back pinball. >> shiess hopes the attention to a lifted ban will bring more attention to fans and pinball machines to the museum. >> i never really met a pinball machine that i didn't like. >> reporter: in alameda, ian cole, nbc news. >> very neat old machines. >> i used to play those things. a lot of fun. >> it takes a special talent. a special talent to look at this microclimate that we have. all around different temperature, christina loren is watching them all. >> and i show play a mean pinball as well. i know the who. full sunshine over the south bay right now. taking a live look. a little breezy in oakland. but a beautiful, beautiful evening out there. i mean, our temperatures are in the 60s and the 70s. and if you just take away

councilmembers larry reid and rebecca kaplan are on the jpa board. they refused to attend the meeting so the board couldn't vote. >> we want the a's to stay. but we don't want the a's to stay at any price. we are trying to make this deal better. >> reporter: nate smiley was furious at the two no shows. one commissioner even called kaplan and reed a bunch of schoolkids. >> act as second and third graders. >> we cannot take action today. with that, i am extremely, extremely extremely annoyed and upset. >> reporter: nate smiley cannot run the jpa like he is a dictator because that's not how it works. >> reporter: the boards are supposed to bring a city together together. not in this case. a lot of infighting among the politicians. coming up at 6:00 i'll tell you the kind of money oakland stands to lose if the current deal goes through. live at the coliseum, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> now, the joint powers authority did call another special meeting for next thursday so they can vote on the deal. oakland councilmembers say they may not show up for that vote,

i guess that came up when i was conversing with some of the new york city councilmembers. >> let's see. from july 1st, 2013 to the end of may 31st, 2014, we have waived the fee for 125 applicants. >> okay, that's great. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> colleagues, if no other questions for mr. rose, why don't we move to your report on item 6. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, this is in the separate report on the city administrator's office. it's on pages -- we reported on this on pages 6 and 7. and the bottom line is our recommendation. we say approval of the proposed fee adjustments is on the top of page , is a policy matter for the board of supervisors. however, the budget and legislative analyst notes that the proposed [speaker not understood] based on the assumption that the proposed fee adjustments in the county clerk shown on page 6 of our report on the table will be approved. >> okay, thank you, mr. rose. colleagues, any questions? comments? okay. at this point in time -- so, items 4 and 6 are part of the budget item number 3, we do have to pass out the tida

functioning and heed the call as a city that's why little mayor the entire board of supervisors the councilmemberhat's why the republican party isn't opposing this one we have to pull together as a community and when they identify the issue hey, we've got to get this done we live in a place that's vulnerable and prepare for the worst-case scenario so we're ready to respond quickly and give our firefighters the tools and star child any final thoughts >> yes. this is so important why hadn't the money been budgeted year by year but wyatt wait until 2014 we're going to raise our tax to keep our 6 figure salaries every agency wants to increase their budget so the fire department and police department their behind the mayor but the former mayor willie brown said something in his solemn in column in the chronicle. talking about those projects defending the transbay terminal and the huge costs over rents he said we also knew the real estimate was under the costs like no bay bridge or massive project in the world the first budget is the down payment if people go economy the real cost nothing would be buil

they need a majority vote and that's not been able to do what some of the pressures of councilmember in city of richmond. the joint powers of authority is a pathway, in the state of california the pathway they are choosing. i asked the city attorney to draft legislation to [speaker not understood] powers of authority so we can join that partnership and support many of the households including san francisco who are struggling with even with the economy the way it is right now with under water mortgages. so, the resolution we have before us is for adoption [speaker not understood] reference calendar. i want to make sure we can actually provide richmond with some support as they are facing critical decisions about their program moving forward in july and having a resolution that supports the intent of the board of supervisors to perhaps join the jpa, will give them some cover to make some difficult decisions in richmond and the county of contra costa county. the rest, colleague, i will submit. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. >> thank you. i have one item today that i

purifying and gloria and tom harrison and all my fellow commissioners on rec and park chief suhr our councilmemberpresident and jim the sincere vp and reverend chang now give them a big hand (clapping.) i have two art commissioners roberta and abby i apologize give them a welcome. (clapping.) >> art at this stage of the program i need lilly to help we a.k.a. donna. so i thought rather than giving you my interpretation i'll tell you what wikipedia has to say about her. lilly hitchcock fire bell was considered eccentric and smoking cigars and wearing trousers before it was acceptable and an avid gambler and she dressed up as a male to do so. as a young woman she traveled to europe and married howard the caller for the san francisco stock exchange he passed away in 11885 he saw the fire department respond to telegraph hill and helped them get up the hill this was in the days when everything was outsourced to private enterprise but she get them up first and treated asia mascot of the firefighters and after her return in the 63 made an honoree of the engine company and rode along where the firefighters

i was tickled when leader councilmember englander said you're looking thinner i said that's what a lotgs pelosi thank you and welcome back and establishing san francisco we're honored to host one of the forums across the country to be chosen to be a location for a discussion on working families and also just want to take an opportunity to thank all the chronicle representatives we have a national agenda we can do everything locally and hello, again to melanie she's been a wonderful contact welcome back to the recreational office. ellis you know your economy that red hot we're a thooifl economy and we got another great enhancement we're at a record low in unemployment of 4 percent there are challenges. and while our economy maybe the envy of other places around the world i'm hard at work to make sure our residents are getting the full-time work they need and that's sustainable. we know there's no greater income gap between that person who has a job and that personal who doesn't we will be relentless to grow jobs in our city crossing across all sectors not only technology it's fast growi

councilmember davis is absent commissioner honda thank you the vote it 4 to zero those minutes are adapted >> item 4 is the jurisdiction the subject property on progress street the board received a letter requester asking the board talking control over thees vacation issued by the public works and the appeal period evident and this jurisdiction was filed at the office on may 20th the permit holder is sf engineering to install a new cabinet we can start with the requester whether mr. occurring major you have 3 minutes. >> good evening, commissioners i'm steve. i'm a resident of the crocker amazon district and the former president of the association. i applied that jurisdiction because dpw failed to invite me and the neighborhood of the per diem excavation permit issued on june june 4th i was invited 10 days past the appeals date dpw reissued thees vacation permit due to the remiss in those being invited. the reporters lawyers from at&t said the city not caused the late appeal at the failed to invite me or the neighbors of the permit. the respondent stated that dpw is not required to invite

oakland councilmembers say they may not show up for that vote either. >>> fire in san jose burned so hot and fast that firefighters actually had to back off. the flames broke out at a fourplex on waring drive at 2 p.m. the large plume of smoke visible across the santa clara valley. everyone in the complex got out safely. and it's a good thing, because at one point, the fire crews determined it was not safe to fight this fire from up close. so they moved into defensive mode. >> just the stability and the safety of the building, it has been burning for some time. by the time crews got here and was working inside we felt there was an instability of the floor on the second floor and we wanted to move crews outside. >> one piece of good news, the corrugated metal roofs on the complex actually prevented the fire from spreading to nearby structures. >>> new at 6:00 more tension in the san jose police department. kpix 5's len ramirez tells bus what many officers say just isn't right. >> reporter: the san jose police department found it had more patrol officers sitting behind desks for mandat

polls close at 8:00. >>> today richmond councilmembers will revisit the controversy over raising the city's minimum wage. the latest plan from councilman jim rodgers would raise the minimum to $18 an hour. >>> the deal to bring home an army sergeant is coming under increased scrutiny. he is blamed for his own kidnapping. >> a high-speed chase comes close to kids in a local park. how a witness brought the pursuit to a halt. >> the clouds looking thick around the bay area this morning. will it burn off? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and so far no major delays on your bay area bridges. here's a live look at the golden gate looking good coming into san francisco. we want we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. we'll be right back. thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. in utah. police

i am here live with the socialist councilmember that has headed this up up.tform of this and made it a reality along with other kahn sill members. goocouncilmembers. good evening. i know that you were very vocal about some of the things that you wanted to see in this 15-dollar an hour bill. what was left on the table? >> let's see what the ordinance will achieve first of all. 100,000 low-wage workers in seattle will be lifted out of poverty over the next 10 years and this represents a transfer of $3 billion from the hands of the rich in to the hands of the bottom most workers. this is a reversal that has been not -- not been seen in decades. it's always been a gushing up of the wealth from the bottom towards the bosses, to the rich. so this is a blow against in coming equality against the status quo, it was done by wokers, activists, and our grassroots campaign and the labor movement. corporations got a lot of loopholes, big business phase in and, subminimum wage for younger workers and the disabled, we don't like that, but what we have shown is that when wor

so first before i take another comment it was commissioner haney and councilmember sweeney did you have a comment >> mr. steel can we shut this off. people in the audience please private conversations outside so our panel can answer questions and hear the questions and thanks commissioner haney. yes >> well, i have some comments i know this is 92 just the beginning first of all, thank you for your extraordinary work and in sin sigg's this report how quickly you turn around and putting forward thoughtful recommendations is extraordinary. one thing i want to add commissioner norton brought it up the first question is disconcerting this is not going to be taking into consideration go it was not going to be reflective and this was just another progress and if there's anything the lcff wanted to have the community drive the process. i'd like to say over the next couple of weeks we really work together to pit this all out there to open up the questions especially with the recommendations that i put forward i want to see deputy superintendent lee if we can show how we're addressing those i kno

have this come to the committee i understood upper in the process of approving your bylaws but councilmember glover with the briefcase before you got to a slate that's what i understood and the rules committee has been working with with illicit other committees as commissioner haney said upper put off by your work but you thought you were going to come to us or be scheduled in on the committees rotation so all committees on the rotation. i am surprised at the slate what it means we've opened the slate from my world that looks like we don't see you again until you're presenting our annual report i hope will be down more than annually to the board of education. those are the two areas i'm confused about you're working open something and you're going to get that to the board before you came up with the slate and then what happened what happens now that you're developing our new work or how you're going to operate and when is that going to come before the rules committee not your presentation of your bye annual report did that makes sense? >> somebody is going to move a chair. >> my name is mega

. >>> the city councilmember won a runoff election. cortez carried a union-led reform package into the primary and it promised changes to read fiscal reform policy. >> we have breaking news, firefighters are on the scene of an aggressive fire in san francisco near third and hudson. amy hollyfield is live with the latest. amy? >> reporter: you can see behind me, they have got this building surrounded, look at this ladder truck making sure that the top of the building is okay and isn't flaring up again. but they do think they have a handle on this fire. this started inside, they believe it started inside a dry-clean dry-cleaners. mcafee's dry-cleaners on third. there is a residence on top of the dry-cleaners so their first priority when they got here was to search that home and to make sure that no one was trapped inside. they determined it was clear, there were no people in there, so their next priority was to keep this from spreading. some of the fire did spread to the construction site next door. at this point, though, no people invol

councilmember sharp >> i'm glad the extension to bart city was brought it's critical to include that as part of the study and perhaps analyzed it environmentally will take longer but if you do want to take bart to the airport from someone in the vicinity it's a long trip on the m to go down to balboa park and drag a lot of stuff what you and ride a long ways out of your way to discourages yoursship and on the st. francis circular the original plan when it was built has part of bart it included a subway and the mrnlts and acknowledge observed. >> i've learned apparently were planning it all the way to a sf sate. >> that's too bad it would have been okay. not detracted from the business on west portal that was one the the reasons people would pat news the establishment a that's an important thing to look at. those are 2 important parts but it seems to be moving along >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners that places you on item 9. the for case 2000 plus at 3508th street the in kind agreement >> good afternoon. i'm from the planning staff before i i'm going to turn it over to my col

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. >>> and oakland city councilmember is announcing plans to create a rainy day fund for the city. libby shaff plans to create the reserve in response to governor brown's request to use one-time revenues. she says the this is necessary to stabilize oakland's finances now and in the future. >>> mayor ed lee presented his proposed two-year balanced budget. it closes budget deficits of $66.7 million in nis cal year 2014/2015. and the mayor eoffice says the budget -- mayor's office says the budget improves, the economy, strengthens social services. >>> the obama administration is issuing new rules to cut carbon emissions by nearly a third. the rules seek to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by the year 2030. states have up to three years to submit their plans on how they will comply. this is a key element of president obama's promise to fight climate change. >> the head of the epa says there's no reason for fossil fuel industries to suffer under the new rules. she says technology exists to make those businesses more energy efficient. >> more efficiency means we need less electric to cool

councilmembers have voted to expand the parking. the first new meter will be up and running by september. eventually, the city will add a smartphone payment option as well. >> announcer: now, your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> showers have ended but clouds are overhead once again. looks very much like yesterday with low clouds over center city. 71 degrees at 4:25. jillian mele isch whatting traffic, what's going on, jillian? >> the majors are looking pretty good but we are hearing about a downed pole blocking the route 1 media bypass, you can take the bypass if you need to get around it. >> and a local woman beaten in this video as her toddler tries to intervene. we'll tell you why police are putting this video throughout and what they're saying about this case next on "nbc 10 news today." >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >>> new from overnight, a standoff in hammonton ends. there are reports of shots being fired at officers. we're live on the scene with new details. >>> disturbing, that's how some are describing this video

including councilmember rebecca kaplan. >> i am running for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: who threwer name in the hat just this month criticizing quan for trashed streets and what she is calling a lack of basic city services in oakland. >> she is not exactly been a major opponent to anything that i've done. right? and i'll put my record against her any day. >> reporter: in oakland, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> a crowded field seeking the top office. the biggest challenger could be rebecca kaplan, former kpix 5 political analyst joe tuman and another city councilwoman libby schaaf. >>> bay area congress wan nancy pelosi was in an unlikely place today. texas. and she is there to get a better understanding of the immigration crisis. there's been a surge recently of children going to alone and making it across the border illegally. since october, the border patrol has caught 52,000 of them. it's left lawmakers scrambling to find a solution. >> the fact is, these are children, children in families, we have a moral responsibility to address this in a dignified way. i wouldn't even say bipartis

including councilmember rebecca kaplan. >> i am running for mayor of oakland. >> reporter: who threw her name in the hat just this month criticizing quan for trashed streets and what she is calling a lack of basic city services in oakland. >> she is not exactly been a major opponent to anything that i've done. right? and i'll put my record against her any day. >> reporter: in oakland, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> volunteers wasted little time today immediately following today's campaign kickoff they hit all 7 districts to get out quan's message. >>> the field is crowded with almost 20 candidates in the race. the biggest challenger to quan could be city councilwoman rebecca kaplan, former kpix 5 political analyst joe tuman, and another city councilwoman libby schaaf. >>> a libyan militant charged in the 2012 benghazi attacks is on u.s. soil tonight. and his first appearance in federal court today was a swift one. under heavy security. wendy gillette reports. >> reporter: ahmed abu khatallah pleaded not guilty in federal court in washington saturday. he is considered a key leader in the atta

a councilmember says rios is not alone and isn't the only storeowner with this problem. the councilman is working on a public safety measure that will staff more officers. >> it's a priority, you know. we're being violated. we should get immediate response from the police department. >> his initiative would require the oakland police department to increase staff from roughly 650 officers to at least 707 officers. the public safety measure is expected to be on the november ballot. >>> walnut creek police are searching for the person who robbed a 7-eleven store. police released this video. you can see a man with a white towel or shirt around his face. the robbery occurred around 11:00 sunday night at the 7- eleven on north civic drive. police say the suspect used a hatchet in the robbery. he escaped with stolen cash in a newer model silver four-door car. if you have information, call walnut creek police. >>> berkeley police say an outside source caused a problem with police radios over the weekend. it caused public safety concerns but now it appears to have fixed itself. p