i was really excited about tokyo, because i thought it was a future city, a place with remarkable technology and engineers. i love japan. i love tokyo. i ultimately came back to new york with a sense of american entrepreneurialism. >> you started tumblr in 2006. tell me how it began. >> it was something i had been cooking for a couple of years. i was really noodling on it for a while. coming out of, frankly, selfish desires i had for something that did not exist at the time. >> what were you trying to create? >> it was 2005, 2006, and the creative capabilities of the web had vaulted forward. video on youtube was possible. video was one of the hardest things to do on the internet, and all of a sudden, youtube unlocked it. >> it was the beginning of facebook. the heyday of myspace. >> facebook making it really easy to share. twitter making it easy to publish. my frustration through all of this was as much as the technology was marching forward the actual services people were building were more and more restrictive. facebook was giving you a lot more publishing capability but always on the same

i also introduce with my colleagues about language equality and multilingualism in the future of the city to make the city as great as it can be for the diverse language groups. nearly 40 years ago the u.s. supreme court in low versus nickels established language rights and equality as a key goal of equality and equity in school systems and cities. the chinese for affirmative action with a coalition of immigrants rights group advocateed in the late 90's for equalrectomies of servess. nearly one half 06 of the population of san francisco speak a language other than english and 40 percent are born outside of the u.s. so this is about equal access, equality of language and equity for services in the community. i want to thank you the cosponsor supervisor squz also [inaudible] helped to update the language access ordinance in 2009. my office continues to work with theophorous of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and the community coalition. the language access network to insure adequate translation interpretation services are provided to the limited grsh speaking communities. i want to t

exited to making that happen, and we'll always make the decision that's best for the city, both financially and for the future of the city. and so right now what we're seeing going forward absolutely, to keep the police department. >> mayor, you talked about the chief being an honorable man and the protesters outside can you talk about and evaluate the job he did as police chief after the doj report, the scathing report of how he ran the police force? >> again, as i said, we continue to go through that report, and talk about where the breakdown was. again, the chief being an honorable man decided we need to talk about the way moving forward was

city hopes will help to alleviate the housing demand for renters. it is a little hard to imagine living in less than 400 square feet, research suggests that tiny is the wave of the future city dwellers everywhere. the director of the project joins me now. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> prevented them from having any apartments designed less than 4 hu00 square feet. it has been waived for this project. >> exactly. it's a pilot project and it's only waived for our project. if it's successful, the hope is that the city would allow for microunits and greater density. >> admittedly i live in the suburbs, used to quite a bit more space houchlt do you live in 475 square feet? is it possible? >> it is entirely possible. this is not for everybody. but the fact is that more and more people are living alone. and that is due to the fact that we are studying more, particularly women. we are marrying later. we are also, unfortunately, divorcing more. in manhattan, almost half of the population lives by themselves. so, this project is in response to a change in demographics. >> when i looked at what we just saw from that video footage, it's beautiful. it does look mo

superintendant i think henceforth, in every future bond measure that will be the book that the citizens of the city will be able to look at and see what's possible if they're willing to do with what they've done with the projects called schools and mr. mayor you were right when you asked me did you get a chance to open a school i said no, i didn't i thought and thought and thought mayor ed lee is so blessed everything good happens on his watch (laughter). >> it's like the lord was mad at gavin not me but really great things and mr. mayor this is one of the great things i look forward mr. principle you are recruited no warrant were issued for you in chicago (laughter) pursue i came out to san francisco long before this building was to be opened and you started the process of doing what you need to do to make sure that not only does the building reflect the dreams that the board and the superintendent and the citizens had when they said let's do that but you notified the community to get to know you on a firearm basis i said someone you going to demetrious school it's not demetrious school (laughter)

so i just focused on how to move the city forward into the future. >> reporter: the mayor devoted himself to making sure the city had a future. but it was a hard sell. radiation remained high in many parts of manami soma. >> we have let evacuees no we are doing decontamination to reduce their worries and anxieties. >> reporter: sakurai's quest to rebuild his town has been led by a massive government effort to decontaminate fukushima prefecture. >> imagine radiation as snow, that you cannot see. we remove all of the fallen snow. along with the dust, dirt and groo tim that sticks togrime that sticks to it. >> all of the topsoil must be scraped away and trees cut down and removed. the contaminated soil is dumped at hundreds of sites like this around fukushima prefecture. to give you a sense of the scale of the operation the bags here were taken from only 400 homes in minimasoma. the government has plans to decontaminate 20,000 in all. one area the prefecture rough the size of connecticut. many remain skeptical that the government's plan will actually work even yoshizawa one of the few who ma

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city forum in dubai. francine lacqua is over there and she is hosting a panel. one of the participants is michael bloomberg. in the tallest building in the world discussing future michael bloomberg: america attracted people and what i think is right in the world. those kinds of ends are easy. the hard things are moving money from the police department to the fire department. money from education to sanitation. that's the real world. those decisions, banning smoking or letting people build a mosque if they want to that are controversial but the easy was to make. anna: -- francine: what is the difficult part? michael bloomberg: people want good companies. they look to the chief executive and even she or he has to give the image of -- anna: that was michael bloomberg speaking in dubai. the top stories is our. it may be the largest division at goldman sachs but it is performing well. the banking unit is expecting to see 10% growth. it was shifted to asset management and more landing to more individuals. the strong performance after three years of mismanagement and returns to trading behind. for you a chinese billionaire spoke is considering a bid for kurtzman and w

present the 2016-2017 housing element housing element part of the guidance for the city as an overall for the strategy future policy will be evaluated for the consistency, however, adaptation of the housing element doesn't change the city law or practice it is required by state law and many infrastructures for the involvement are tied and adapt for the housing element housing element is breakdown into part one data description of the san francisco's population householder and another characteristics and housing needs part two objectives that define the cities policies and goals it is for implementation of the programs to help implement the housing policies and objectives to data the department works with the california housing and development to have a timely accomodation of the elements two hearings were held with the commission recommending the elements adaptation and additionally a website was created and video to highlight the key components of the element existing housing element was updated if other groups including the advisors board and working groups adapting it the staff began the outreach for dire

city into a modern global metropolis. some will struggle to find a place in this vision of the future. >>> villages and cities across the world switched off their lights to mark earth hour on saturday night. this was the scene in the french capital, paris. it used the energy from footsteps to repower the eiffel tower. argentina turned off some of its landmarks. >>> and this was the scene in new york city. the plug was pulled on some of the billboard lights in times square. earth hour is organized by the worldwide fund for conservation to raise awareness of climate change and its effects. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people.

people believe that our city is moving in the right direction and the quality of life in our neighborhood is improving but residents are anxious their anxious about their future they want to make sure that the success of the city will result in the success of them as well so perhaps we see this month visibly and individually across around the cost of living specifically around housing costs you know i've also said the biggest diversified in our economy is between those are who have a job and those that don't we can agree that having a stable place to live in the city is a close second that's why i'm focused on dining to address the housing needs for all san franciscans that's why we are working together to address the crisis created by years of under this i'm sure you're aware of i've been committed to building thirty thousand unit of housing when i 2020 with 1/3rd affordable and others affordable to middle-income families we're on our way with over 4 thousand units in 2014 and over 5 thousand expected this year to be delivered we have built more homes this past year than in 2012 and 2013 combined this is a process we need to do more let me be clear with you

what that is refreshing the most important thing is how important it is to the students and future of the city and franklin i know one of the reasons people are enthusiastically will support our bonds we've added to the value the property in san francisco by having wonderful looking schools that are used by the community such a 134 east we can possibly make that happen i want you to - i don't know that i know enough maybe i haven't paid attention it didn't have to happen now we had a sort of a bonus during the recession because things were costing less than we anticipated and by the time more work out of our money than the estimate so i'm feeling like it is time for us to have an update how we're doing as you want to say a sentence how we're doing on the remaining bond programs and what we're you know how the money is stretching or not a and the kinds of increases and costs that are effectively the productivity not the money not the management of the program. >> four or five sentences answered what commissioner wynns is referring to during the 2006 bopped program that was a blessing for the sc

this is all rain there's no ice out there. 40 in trenton. 43 in wilmington, 45 in sea isle city. future tracker 6 shows you between now and noon most of the rain is sliding toward the coast. in the afternoon we're expecting drier conditioners than we have right now. we might have sunshine in the northern and western suburbs. in allentown sunny breaks later on. a cooler high of 49 degrees. down the shore, it will be a bit cooler than yesterday. high of 50 after you got up into the upper 50s in spots close to the coast yesterday. morning rain and drying in the afternoon. maybe a couple of afternoon sprinkles or showers holding on down the shore. in philadelphia, high of 50 degrees probably late day sunshine winds out of the north/northwest 8 to 16 miles per hour. as we roll through the day, 41 by 8:00. 44 by 11:00. a cooler afternoon, 48 by 2:00. 50 by 4:00 p.m. and holding that on 5:00 p.m. take a look at where temperatures are going saturday morning we're down close to the freezing mark in the i-95 corridor. below freezing up north and in the afternoon highs getting into the low 40s. in

accomplish through the process we have to be forwarded looking and look for the structures in the future as a city we need to help our nonprofit and the community based on organizations they survived a financial environment and fulfilling the commitment in august of last year this will sure a long term of survival all of organizations and maintain our community with that i want to ask if any of the colleagues want to speak. >> supervisor john avalos's. >> yes. i co-sponsored this supplemental as well so we can add my name from today i thank you for bringing this forward i've been involved in the budget process for i don't know since 1997 and the issue about the cost of.org as before us the board and the mayor's office every year will see people that have are city employees wage increases this and that to meet the rising cost of living in san francisco the bay area there are a lot of employees that work in the bay area now we're seeing our affordability crisis is beyond the control of any policy at the board of supervisors or city hall so we have our facing how we're going to deal with the gap that

that are home sharing want them to i don't want to be involved in an organization for hurting the city futureor passing the law >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i'm karen first, i want to thank you for requesting this report for the planning department just 6 weeks into the registration process second i really want to thank you for giving the opportunity of our employed hosts to drop in after work i know this is a stumbling block for young hosts i know and third i'd like to thank you for requesting another report to be done in the fall as a former generalizing member following up on reports where departments have said recommendations quote will be implemented unquote i know how easily it is for much is to fall off the radar of the departments and the board of supervisors and in the first week of february he personal found registration process fairly easily it is great to hear the board of supervisors members and this planning department seeing the need to work on the process to make it easier for us herod's and the neighborhood meeting at my house i

the future that critical thinking is possible the stem thinking is future the 2025 is a future for our world-class city that's why the investment a happening and that's why we've gone beyond the benny hoff foundation and asked all the 2 thousand technology companies to circle our schools in doing so they said okay. if you invite us to p do that mayor ed lee what are you going to do well today's announcement is more than the opening of the school the anticipation this willie brown jr. middle school will be the 9th beacon center for the city and county of san francisco (clapping.) what did he mean i don't think we've opened the beacon center what do you do what well 20 years ago then former mayor willie brown invited new york state and he saw schools this were embraced by the school with supportive after-school programs with entities that existed beyond the hours of the school that brought talent to the school site at all hours whether for health support or more creation those days you'll find cody's to help with the center that's created here with all the after-school programs that make that a beacon th

. >> we want our young people to step up and be leaders for the future of our city and we want that to start right now. >> reporter: we went to the commission district to get reaction from the public. a mother and 12-year-old daughter came down on different sides of the issue. >> i think at 16 they haven't experienced enough to make informed decisions. >> i think they're old enough to make their own decisions and they're two years away from actually being able to legally vote. >> supervisor af los hopes to have it on the ballot in november so that voters 18 and over can decide. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> thank you terry. >>> allegations of misconduct around the san francisco police department tonight. a convicted police sergeant and four other current officers are accused of trading racially offensive text messages. an investigation is under way. a department spokesperson says the four officers have been reassigned to non-public duty and that the police chief wants them fired. district attorney george gaston has asked the public defender in calling for an immediate assessme

city hall. mayor michael nutter announced reason that rina cutler is leaving as deputy mayor. she's going to work for amtrak. he described cutler passionate about public service and the future of cities. >> my city of brotherly love. >> my city of brotherly love. >> a pledge to philadelphia's flag. this ceremony took place at city hall today. today is philadelphia civic flag day. it was on this day 120 years ago that philadelphia adopted the flag as it's own. >> it has a great history to it and we revere our city flag. certainly at least as much as we do our nation's flag. >> philadelphia was the nation's first city flag. >>> speaking of philly pride, la salle university is getting help from the community to feed those in need. students and staff loaded 4,000 pounds of food in university today. local churches will deliver if to 800 families in the area. >> what's important is teaching kids at all ages not to take for granted the things they have. >> and this is the fifth year for the food drive. >>> some german high school students are getting a taste of u.s. high school history in camden. 23 students and 2 teachers toured the battle ship "new jersey" this afternoon. earlie

care and show the concern that we do as a neighborhood for the growth and development in the future of the city. development is good. over development is not so good. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker nancy. >> good afternoon. my name is nanny peoples. i'm a. >> >> nancy peoples. i am a native san franciscan. i live on mars street. i am here to support this legislation. most of the reasons have already been stated by the people who have spoken, and i just hope the planning commission can step back and take a look at what is happening with some of these huge homes that are out of scale. thank you. >> thank you. philip crawford. >> thank you. my name is philip crawford and a homeowner on clifford terrace. i have owned my only for 30 years now and i support of supervisor wiener's moratorium to control what i consider out of development of massive homes in the city. this trend that we're seeing all around us risk changing the very nature and character and of course the diversity of our neighborhoods and it further and most importantly it makes these changes permanently. they're irreversible onc

it's a chance for parents to ask about the future of education in the city. hundreds of people have already signed up to attend. nbc10 jim rosenfield will moderate the first debate tuesday, april 7th at the kimmel center. you can watch that live here on nbc10. if you have any questions for the candidates you can submit them on nbc10.com or through the nbc10 app. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is pushing for support at another town hall event. he took questions from people at the hanover community center. this is a video of the governor at a previous thanh hall. he said yesterday he likely won't make up his mind about a likely run for president until late spring or early summer. he will attend a fund-raiser in philadelphia this week. >>> somebody swiped a pricey trailer from a chester county parking lot. the 2014 forest river work and play was stolen from a lot in new garden township. it's similar to the one seen right here. the trailer has kitchen bathroom and sleeping quarters and cost about $35,000. the trailer has a pennsylvania license plate xht-6

will continue to doing the right thing to make the city save we need everything to do their part so we don't have to start press conferences in the future with press conferences like this we're doing a lot with the leadership from city hall the board of supervisors adopted vision zero policy and mayor ed lee has directed all the departments and exclusive branch of government to accelerate do everything we can to make our streets safer please welcome our mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you, ed (clapping.) let me add that as we take a moment ponder the circumstances of which those fatalities happen we are working very hard to make sure that there is less of this and today, we're in district one with commissioner eric mar who also joined strongly the effort to put their concrete work into vision zero to make that happen today, we wanted to demonstrate as part find an education and awareness campaign those strooirpz we called them san bernardino are a striping on the swauktsz that have in the past obey retired around schools and mid street kroger's are now going to be more dominant in our intersections beginning on geary street those are impo