and state wide environmental and senior groups including california produce stewardship council, green cityalifornia, clean water action, and the california association of retired americans. and i have a letter of support from all 12 of the independent pharmacies that have been participating in the city's pilot program. in considering this issue, we can either side with environmentalist, police officers, doctors, drug treatment centers, seniors and our own city department or we can side with the drug companies. i know some will say this ridge legislation won't remove all pharmaceutical from our water and stop addiction. i know that. i agree. i would never argue this legislation is a cure all. but i also don't think we should do nothing just because we can't do everything. would we be better off if the 23 tons of drugs that our pilot program has collected have gone to the land field as well. drug disposal is an important step in protecting our environment, senior, children, pets, and those struggling with addiction. and i know some have asked, why don't we fund this program by adding a fee o

the promotion of the uttering is vital to the offer all health of the city as mentioned we're a green city one of the areas where we're in need of improvement improvement at a policy level and improvement at the activity level as just mentioned one which the key component of the plan is the funding plan that's something we've seen it's been under great pressure over the years and as trees compete with other limited resources unfortunately at the end to lose out one the key components to create that stable funding plan that will allow us to really grow the effort and maintain it's health over the longer i urge you to pass this plan. >> actually before we precede with public comment i'm sorry, i didn't royals you were here for this item so before we precede i want to give the mayor's office on disability and call the department up so - >> i really appreciate your graciousness i'm actually here for another item but when i saw this on the agenda i of the i wanted to join the conversation that which or last night i returned from nufrlz and atlanta that the trees make the city and it was a very

it is a very green city. >> it is. >> the criteria are what?we look to the classic triple bottom line of equal profit and planet. and what we did is look to the whole range of different metrics. 20 different metrics. i want to articulate how complex they are. look at one particular bit green cities and such like. here we're comparing education. we're looking at waste management. transport, we're looking at ease of business. >> i'm surprised that switzerland is not in here. >> they did not fall with our noncriteria noncriteria. we were looking at global cities here. >> we know global warming concerns, of course one of the big reasons that a lot of cities in asia have been pushed to put together more policies that then reduce carbon emission. how has that impacted your research? >> i think the real finding of the emerging asia cities is one of the issue of population growth. so if you look at the ten month dynamic cities, they're all down toward the bottom of our index. they're facing around population and education. the kons keshl issues -- >> t

today's announcement is a part of making the green city part of what he wanted it to be. an -- >> the little guy in the front with his mom. no word on when these renovations will begin. >> very cute there. >> very excited. >> when the weather is this cold, so many people rely on a very important service. >> we'll show you how meals on wheels makes sure no one is left out in the cold. >>> local meals on wheels chapters are credited with getting food to people in need. >> what happens when the weather presents that food from being delivered? we tell you what one chapter is doing about that. >> the winter can bring a lot of challenges for meals on wheels organizations. for one the snow and ice can deter volunteers from getting out and delivering food. >> parts of montgomery and philadelphia counties they are working around that. >> there's a sand witch salad. >> along with every hot meal delivered. meals on wheels hands out a bag lunch. when the weather is bad they try to add extras so clients won't go hungry. >> this time of year volunteers have rock salt with them to make

. >> this oscar -- >> philadelphia would be the number one green city in america.me time. ♪ so na na honey i'm good i probably should say no ♪ >> cue charlie. >> chris licht. oh there he is. >> to this day i couldn't walk up to a woman at a bar and say that. >> oh, yes you do. >> i don't. charlie, don't argue with me on this one, babe. >> gave up gin in the '890s. >> for what? >> i think i did one too many back in the '90s. >> would you like to have been there? >> yes. i would pay it. >> i'm cinnamon brown with a dollop of caramel. you are what? >> i think of myself as mocha. >> when you found out you were pregnant, you said to your husband paul? >> i,000 it was all. i didn't know of a single woman photographer capturing the war. >> even if you were lying there in thirst, i would not give you a drink of water. >> that's built into the game. it's like playing poker. but it's like human poker. if you say, i can't lie, you're at a disadvantage because i'm reading the rules and the rules say life. >> my entire staff let me hang myself. >> you know, older you get, the m

when i came into office seven years ago, i said that philadelphia would be the never one green city in conferences going on at the same time. today's announcement is a part of making this the great city that we want it to be. >> even the mayor had to crack up at that one. that's mayor michael nutter from philadelphia. he's talking about park renovation and one young boy was clearly excited, not by the mayor but being on camera. hi grandma. >> the question is what do you do? do you stop and let him finish or bring him on stage? >> you bring him on stage. i thought he handled it great. >> it was adorable. loved it. >> all right. march madness is just weeks away. and with it comes concerns this morning about the dangers of storming the court. rowdy teams like this one from kansas on monday are making some question whether the tradition should be banned. don dahler joins us from an empty center court in philadelphia arena. don, good morning. just you know charlie wants to see you dunk the ball. >> reporter: yeah, okay i'll do it in a little while when i'm off camera. good morning to you. a

i came in office seven years ago and said philadelphia would be the green city of america. ements going on. today is making city what we want it to be. >> even the mayor had to crack up at that one. that's mayor michael nutter. he got upstaged at one of his own events. he's talking about the park. one boy was clearly excited not by seeing the mayor but being on camera. >> the question is what do you do? stop and let him finish or bring him on stage? >> it was adorable. so adorable. loved it. >>> all right. march madness is just weeks away and with it comes concerns about the dangers of storming the court. rowdy scenes like this are making some question whether some traditions should be banned. don dahler is on the court. good morning. just so you know charlie wants to see you dunk the ball. >> i'll do it in a little while when i'm off camera. good morning to you. after viewing the videotape the commissioner for the big 12 conference openly criticized the school's handling of the postgame celebration, saying the in ter ration between the crowd and players and coaches and staf

, the solar industry and industry leaders to ensure our program is successful and reliable green energy to city san franciscans. i believe we have a robust program and i have put in the budget programs for this purpose. it's already developed and approved a multimedia language and outreach engagement plan. expanding the public utilities commission's project grant as you suggested to do culturally targeted outreach is a good idea and we'll discuss that certainly directly with the general manager. as i announced my support for cleanpowersf, i look forward to working with president breed and you and supervisor mar and sf puc and develop a program that everybody will be proud of and will benefit our entire city. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, mr. mayor, before you take off, i want to acknowledge the montreal counselor maria andre who is here. i hope i'm saying her name right. can you please stand? welcome. [ applause ] . thank you for joining us. okay. thank you, mr. mayor. we appreciate you being here today. madam clerk. can you please read the consent agenda. items 2-7 comprise the agenda.

eric brooks san francisco green party our city san francisco and cocoordinator and first i'll say the good part which is this is pretty good-looking document. this is getting towards what we need we need to happen. a quick side note -- something that will speed all of this up i'm sure -- i do not know why we're not talking about hiring kim malcolm back. her work is stellar and we need to hire her back and that will save time on on job search and i'm happy that director kelly feels like he has the capacity for this but we need somebody who really knows this well to oversee these next several months and finally the one thing that advocates are going to have a pretty serious difficulty with in the schedule in that we're not differentiating between final rates and not to exceed rates which we almost set in august of 2013 and the final rate can't be set until it says on the schedule however we were told by staff of sfpuc and lafco that build out planning and local installation program cannot begin until we know the ballpark of what rate we're going to charge so we know how much money we've

use of building first stories for retailer parking in the past decade a request are for more green space the city has asked for more tandem and lifts and staircases are permitted and minimum parking requirement for the walkable neighborhoods is racked it is effective and important to point out they don't limit the ability to park it gives people nor option so builders and homeowners can have a say of parking on their property the legislation allows conversion of the street in front and the conversion of free space to other uses and minimize the bike lanes and helps to restore front yard and backyard and the g f a limitations 0 how much square footage people can build yet currently outside of rh3 so there is limits on housing space or other spurs but not parks you may convert those spaces to other uses other city policies courage ground floor activity but g f a force people to use ground floors as parking why force it to be used as parking do we want to prioritize jobs ero parking this makes above ground parking towards a gross square feet area but underground will be exempt this can you remember

greene would retain command in the southern army. he would ultimately march as a conqueror into charleston, south carolina. the city of greensboro is named fort nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind the of general greene on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general greene was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. his conduct in the war was exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them into the field. the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. so, following the war greene had not only the respect of the generals and >> general green stop the total british victory in the south. he was the one who could get the army alive and in the field and had washington's confidence. he proved his worth in the southern campaign. >> american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about greensboro on c-span's city tour at c-span's

general general green would still retain command and the southern army and he would march as a conqueror into charleston, south carolina. the city of greensboro is named for nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind me of general green on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general green was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. and his conduct in the war wa s exemplary. he was able to put men into the field and keep them in the field, and to the militia saw that general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives needlessly. so following the war green had not only the respect of the generals and the politicians but he had the respect of all the common militia soldiers that were involved in the war. general greene stopped what would have been a total british victory in the south. general greene was the one man that

the city is often dismissed as offersn jungle, but it the greatest accessible green space of all the es in asia, according to the survey. hong kong also scored well in education and life expectancy, as well as being seen as one of the best places to do business. however, there's poor work-life balance. workers here -- work hours here are 20% longer than the global average. we will have more on the sustainability of asian cities when we are joined by the company behind the report. we will speak to graham kenan. those of you watching in sydney, that is 11:40 this morning. coming up next, helping clients dodge millions of dollars in taxes -- the allegations facing hsbc coming up after the short break. ♪ >> it is the first trading day of the week here in hong kong. a live look as we all get ready ofget act to work, and many us are already doing that. it is 7:30 in hong kong. we are 30 minutes away from the open of trading in japan and south korea. you are watching "first up." ♪ unit alleged to have helped wealthy clients dodge taxes. tiger, tiger burning bright. singapore airlines' profit

the press announcement that happened yesterday which was that mayor ed lee 2340u7bd our city met even though green house gas emissions of 23.5 percent (clapping) below 1990 levels i want to point out the e key calls for 7 percent below 1990 and ab 34 the world's watching calls us been on par it's we're 25 percent below its phenomenal the 09 half of the announcement was that he called for a new look at cca community choice aggravation and directed the puc to work with the department of the environment and as well as the department of workforce development to come up with an affordable and inclusive path towards the renewable energy those are phenomenally important announcements that happened monday how time flooifz i'm incredibly happen to work with the puc on that the other thing i want to let you know tomorrow is an important meeting with the supermarkets to talk about the recycling and redemption centers that's an important rule and also want to let you know that the safe medication disposal should go to committee next month a huge initiative those are controversial things our department is work

. >> good afternoon supervisors, eric burk, san francisco green party and our city sf first of all i want to preface my statements by saying ike kwan is obviously an outstanding individual with a lot of experience and integrity so my remarks later don't have anything to do with ike kwan, and if he were up for the at large seat or the environmental seat of the sfpuc i very likely would be in front of you saying please appoint this man, especially after what he has made public about clean power sf but i also was one of the people who worked hard in 2008 to pass prop e and when the voters passed prop e it was because the san francisco puc was out of control and that is why it has taken us over 10 years to bring this forward. voters when they passed prop e did not pass a resolution statement, they passed a law which has requirements for the seats. and for seat 2, the requirement is that the candidate must have experience in rate payer advocacy. i believe ike is sincere in his fire for rate payer advocacy, and sincere when he said he would defend it, but unfortunately the voters were clea

. >> the city of los angeles gets the green light to build a football stadium. the englewood city council approved the $2 billion project. developers on the project include the owner of the st. louis rams. that clears a path for the nfl's return to the l.a. area for the first time in two decades. >> frozen fever is heating up again. it seems fans of the animated disney film just can't or won't let it go. well, now elsa, anna, christoff and the rest of the crew are returning to the big screen on march 13th. they will appear in a seven minute short film before the new live action cinderella movie. the original "frozen" film has raked in over $1.2 billion and with money like that you can bet there will be a sequel. a full length sequel. i'm putting money on it. >> that disney they sure are smart. all right. speaking of disney and abc tonight on abc 7 "modern family" makes tv history with an episode shot entirely on iphones and ipads. connection lost was inspired by how many families communicate today. mama claire uses facetime facebook and i.m.s to reach her kids an

city. for more information see our website, sfrecpark.org. on the front table, each commissioner has a greened card, event hosted by the city park as license is coming to san francisco april 11 through the 14th. greater and greener happens every two to three years in big cities across america. it was last held in new york city in 2012 and welcomes approximately 1,000 urbanists urban park advocates, urban planners, landscape designers, from both the government, non-profit and private sector. for a series of really interesting workshops and eventuals and we're very proud to be the lead host agency for this event this year. and we're very excited about it and invite everyone to register for the conference. so pitchers and catchers reported this week, believe it or not and so it's time to talk baseball and here is a really exciting opportunity for our young female players. hosting spring trainouts for girls ages 11 to 13 this saturday, february 21st at crocker amazon park from 10:00 a.m. to noon. they will be on diamond 3. baseball instruction and practices will be held two days per week and every

green. >> sure. >> the city assigns watering days to control usage and also encourages xeriscaping, a landscapingrogram, there's a hole out there in the desert for you. okay, not really. you get like a notice pinned to your door or something. >> but some people, they want the lawn? >> yeah. >> got to have it. >> and they can have it. just don't water on the wrong day. >> how critical is it? >> very. i mean, there's no snow on the western sierras, so we don't get any continued flow into the colorado dumping into lake mead. so unless something drastically changes, which there is no foreseeable relief in the near future. but you've got to stay positive. >> for the first 30, 40 years of the development of the town you just couldn't conceive of what was ahead. what we had, whatever was the newest thing that was happening was so spectacular and wonderful and oh, my gosh, we reached a new eastern edge, a western, northern edge. the odds are slim to zero that we're going to extend it to yet a further horizon. it was inconceivable. so there's the thing. what does the desert do? it exceeds our ambition. >>

we are so excited that you guys have come out today to join hands with us to keep our city clean and green, and every year for the chinese new year we always hear and the chamber of commerce and all of the chinese organizations here always work with us to make sure that they bring a lot of people out to help us clean the community so thank you everyone. all right. also earlier this morning our agency has been all over chinatown preparing for the chinese new year's festivities. there are so many events and chinatown is the mag nent of

city. we are making offshore winds and biomass. we'll deliver a green pour and cost-effective and be independent of other countries, not for denmark is the debate whether turbines are ugly. clean lasting supplies is the only choice. >> there's barely a country in europe that doesn't have enormous changes. nuclear is expensive and complicated fracking is unpopular. defracking in russia has huge defense and foreign obligations. denmark is set to be self-sufficient in a few years. it's driven primarily by simple and renewable forms of energy. at the time when the cold war is being reboorn. there's no compromises by energy demand. if you are green, you can stop feeling threatened. >> if the day came when russia stopped gas, we'd have to deliver sacrifices to comfort neighbours in the european union. if all do it will be a different security situation. >> reporter: keeping the lights on is entangled with defense and foreign policies. if european governments want to be environmentally friendly, they mark it's better for their own security looks compelling >>>

the things that san francisco is a top list of the world stresses but many of the city's trees we have a lack of green trees as the supervisor mentioned we have one the lowest canopies of street trees in the united states in addition the trees are not disabled city council throughout the city there are neighborhoods with less neighborhoods the dictate end neighbors neighborhood there's an interesting greening equality in planting new trees so with all those things we're working on the urban forest plan this is a partnership between the planning department public works and we've been in talks with the rec and park depth and the urban forest council meeting and with the support from if the friends of the urban forest plans take place in 3 phases i've focused on street trees and next issues recommended to the parks and open spaces and the third trees on approve property we're talking about the first phase we completed last year, i wanted to invite carla from public works to talk about why we're focusing on street trees. >> good afternoon carli short specifies i gave both our presentations. >> we've been

we are so excited that you guys have come out today to join hands with us to keep our city clean and green, and every year for the chinese new year we always hear and the chamber of commerce and all of the chinese organizations here always work with us to make sure that they bring a lot of people out to help us clean the community so thank you everyone. all right. also earlier this morning our agency has been all over chinatown preparing for the chinese new year's festivities. there are so many events and chinatown is the mag nent of bringing tourists into san francisco and we have to do our part and there is no way that our agent or rec and park or all of the agencies together and get the city cleaned and your extra hands are very much appreciated so give yourself a hand for coming out and keeping our community clean. [applause] i am going to introduce someone who i call a cheerleader of neighborhoods and someone that taking care of neighborhoods has been his priorities, and also former director of public works but now our mayor ed lee. please welcome him. >> thank you muhammad. good morn