san francisco next. have graced the stage. we'll take you inside the punchline in san francisco next. have graced the stage. we'll take you inside the punchline in san francisco next. have graced the stage. we'll take you inside the punchline in san francisco next. r have graced the stage. we'll take you inside the punchline in san francisco nexti >>> after news of its impending closure, some of the biggest names have come forward to save the punchline comedy store in san francisco. >> jonathan bloom sat down with some masters of stand-up to find out. >> this place is like kind of our whole lives. it's where our whole lives started, really. sdp >> it's the cradle. it's the womb for me. and i met her. we met here. >> hi, staff sapphire, how are you? >> i've seen five-hour shows, i've seen robin williams do a set in there. if there wasn't a punchline comedy club, we wouldn't be talking right now. >> if you let an institution like that go, you're going to kill part of san francisco's heart. at least for me. >> this is how san francisco defines itself and what san francisco wants to be defined as. >> we just have to save this place. >> it's been here fo

san jose 71, oakland 67, san francisco 64, pacifica 59. extended forecast, scattered showers sunday, mid-60s. dry for memorial day and dry, sunny and warmer coming up next week. >>> carnaval festivities in full swing in san francisco this weekend. a colombian dance troupe performed at city hall earlier today. some of the audience invited to dance. celebrations continue all weekend long leading up to sunday's grand parade. michelle griego and joe vasquez will be there. our exclusive live stream begin sunday at 10:00 a.m. on kpix .com and our social media platforms. >>> vern glenn has joined is now. you have a story about the st our. this guy is an d it amazing athlete but this is a bigger story? >> major respect for the sky. a documentary in production on him. wait until you hear what he has lined up next. when you test yourself physically you find out how much you are really capable of. here is one to look to. no legs, all hard. >> reporter: every day he goes for a bike ride. you see the santa rosa resident is no easy rider. >> the potential is insane. i am led by what excites me, what scares me and a lot of time by what hasn't been figured out yet. >> reporter: a hand cyclist, para triathlete, endurance athlete.

francisco. number one, the victims in san francisco. the general public of san francisco who are victims of crimes the many visitors who come here to san francisco, san francisco make a lot of money out of those visitors who have been victimized because of crimes. juvenile hall is only a detention center for a very limited time. before the judge make a decision where to send the kids to serve their time or to get services. i've been in the juvenile department 27 years. i'm a victim 11 times from head to toe. injuries. and think of this, 50 youth in a juvenile hall. let's say half of them commit robberies and serious crimes, times three, four, five victims. we're talking about hundreds, 200, 300 victims. those are the people i want to speak about. the safety. imagine, i'm glad to see supervisor williams with the phone. imagine the kids take your phone, hit you in the face, get your phone away from you? then you will realize this. the second are the people. the youth who are being served. last month, last summer, a girl came to my office say, remember me? i say no. i say i

san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting

eric brooks, san francisco green party, our city san francisco, and san francisco energy choice. so on the issue of renewable energy specialist and contractor, it would be good just to get a sense from the executive officer and maybe the commissioners that are in the loop on this as to the reason for the postponement. and i also wanted to say that when you hire or whatever firm you hire for this, it is very important that the first thing on the list for that contractor to work on is -- is the citywide local buildout plan, so i'm hoping that -- i've already spoken privately with executive officer goebel about that, and that's what the advocates would like to see is for that to be -- as soon as we hire that person, then, the next thing they should be working on is the local r.f.p. for the planning. >> chair fewer: thank you very much, mr. brooks. seeing no more public comment, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 8 is public comment. there was no objectiaction tak item 7. >> i take it there was no action taken on item 6? >> chair fewer: mr. wright, we did take

san francisco? >> robin sounded like she wanted to answer that question. what tip to give to people wanting to open a business in san francisco? san francisco is a very unique place and it is from a food perspective filled with people who love food. that is part of what you are all about. can i pass? >> i have noticed san francisco seems to reward authenticity. no yourself, be yourself and do research and try to understand how can you be a little different than everything else out there and be unique and authentic in what you do. that goes a long way. then carry that through everything you do. to a restaurant it is not just the food is unique. you outsource the design and the food and hospitality and everything needs to work together to create the unique experience. same in a retail store or any other business. figure out what that is that you can hang your hat on and own. just commit to it. >> i do agree. i kind of fell into like a snowball of what became smitten. it is how it was evolving and getting to the next milestone to see if it would work, and i think that authenticity is implicit in all of our businesses. you can tell, i

san francisco? >> yes, let me see. >> this is the employment development department data, and that is san francisco, redwood city, south san francisco. it includes san mateo county. >> that contributes to the numbers. they will be higher than just san francisco, with a line chart jet share being in san francisco >> that was san francisco and san mateo county. >> okay. thank you very much. i think it is much easier to do these projections around the real -- the real estate market and how much the market will go up. that is an assumption if they all decide to invest in a real estate. but would it be possible to do a projection about how this might affect the rental market? >> it certainly would. there would be some trickle down , i would guess, if housing prices in general are going up, but i think in general the impact is because employees are receiving a large injection of cash, so we focus on the home market because it allows people to make downpayments, or they suddenly have more money for this very expensive undertaking of buying a house in san francisco, but that is not to say others would choose to move up to a better

san jose, kpix 5. >> san francisco growing at a rapid rate and its wealth is drastically changing the city. >> social media is buzzing about an article that says san francisco has lost its soul to tech companies. melissa canas in san francisco with that story. >> reporter: we are here at cupid's span the bow and arrow into the city of san francisco signifying its romantic reputation. the city is changing. is it still the place where people lead their hearts? >> what is the, you know, the viability of a city beso expensive the only people to afford to live here are wealthy? >> reporter: the president of sf travel. his job, to promote san francisco to the rest of the world. >> it's so expensive to live here. mac the cost of real estate may be driving out artists and local institutions like the punchline which is in danger of closing. in an article called how san francisco broke america's heart the writer says the tech company wealth has made the city to homogenous to tech, to millennial. but he says that's not true. >> san francisco is one of the most diverse cities in the world looking at the population where less than 50% caucasian with 40% asian american p

san francisco. too many times they're robbed of their rightful wages and respect at work. while the cafe is not located in san francisco, most of its employees live in san francisco, and one of its owners recently was able to purchase and take over running a restaurant in the sunset district here in our city. i wanted to share a few examples of some of the workers impacted by your support. awing, who lings with his mom, despite both working in the restaurant full-time. mr. lee, as a result of his lawoff, now lost his housing, and now has to drive to concorde six days a week for his low-paying new restaurant job. and a server who works two restaurant jobs seven days a week so she can afford for her daughter to continue studying chinese language and culture. so san francisco is a city that has long stood for workers and led the nation around, you know, setting the standards higher forory working people for our working people. so as workers are preparing to go and testify and relive their trauma so they can win their case in hearing in the next couple of weeks, having your support and knowing that the san francisco board of supervisors is at their backs is

san francisco without this equipment. again, i want to emphasize that this project has already changed san francisco, and in particular , recreation in sansco for the better. because of that and the support for preserving the indoor tennis that this has historically been at this site, we are in support of this project. thank you for your attention. >> hello, i am a manager. we are the in-house managers of bluxome centre and alexandria's event space and. we have been working with alexandria for over a year. the space because community groups in. for the past year, our focus has been on engaging and outreaching to nonprofits, as well as surette -- select arts organizations. we go to nearly 30 events will nonprofits. and all of their events were hoping -- hosted in the space free of charge. we produce a free community event on bluxome street last october called bluxome state for -- street fair which alexandria sponsored. included kids activities, local and free vendors, and live music we partnered directly with bluxome businesses, as well as the fire department and residents on block some street. it was really well received and enjoyed by t

san francisco. the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have a question what to do next. you can find us online or in person at city hall. best of all, all services are free of charge. the small business admission is the official forum to voice opinions and concerns about policies affecting small business in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start at the offers of small business. thank you. first item. >> call to order and roll call. commissioner adams is absent. commissioner dooley absent. (roll call). >> mr. vice president you have a quorum. item two. general public comment. allows members of the public to comment generally on the matters that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction. >> any members of the public wanting to comment? the item is closed. >> 3. recognition of tracey teraoka, president, sacramento street merchants organization. >> this will be done by our director. >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners. on our president stephen adams is away on business. he wanted to honor you. he is disappointed he is not here. i am going to do the honors. on this wednesday, may 29th, the small business commission is honored to recognize traci for her contributions. she opened the store that represents the electric spirit of san francisco

for san francisco and san jose will be clear. san franciscond richmond will be cloudy. it then clears up quickly. by lunchtime it is and in san francisco. san francisco tops out at 68 degrees for a daytime high. that means, inland, you are usually in the upper 70s and that is a plan. this is the beginning of the warm-up. the forecast highs tomorrow, oranges are 80s. i love this map because it gives you so much detail. you can see along the coast it is fog right there. 70s, 80s, and 90s. we will not see 90s tomorrow. we could see some 90s as we head into the bay area weekend. we'll see that in a 5-day forecast. we'll see saturday morning. and saturday afternoon looks good. as a go into the 5-day forecast you will see what i am talking about. temperatures gradually increasing. i sunday, mid to upper 80s. the real warmth comes in monday and tuesday. you might see a couple low 90s, especially on the south bay. >>> coming up in sports, the lawyers lose game one. mark will show us what went wrong and will hear from joe fonzi. he has been talking wit

san francisco. q. groups are confidential school-based support groups for san francisco unified school district students. this program is the only one of its kind in california. i'm calling on the board of supervisors to show their investment in and support? or and transgender middle school students, experiencing some of the greatest levels of mental health disparities. last november, one of our students was struggling with depression due to bullying, sexual harassment and homophobia by peers. over the course of three months, we were able to connect them with supportive staff members, affirming communities, and a therapist. in february, another student was struggling with self-harm ideations and depression, and we connected them with a therapist and community group. these experiences are common across all eight of the school's we work at -- of the schools we work at. there needs easily fall through the cracks under the school system where the ratio of social workers to students is one per 100 students, and one school councillor per 500 students. our students deserve better than this. in middle school gr

san francisco, you broke the glass ceiling. now others are following. on behalf of the people of san francisco, the sanfrancisco board of supervisors are forever grateful to chief joanne hayes white and for your service to the city and county of san francisco. after careful planning and effort, chief, it is time to put down the charged holes and backflow preventers and lead the buffers own line to another officer tell the engine company, you will not be on the inspection line anymore for you have completed all of your duties as of friday. your work has concluded and we have -- we are so happy you are able to hang up your uniform and just be one of us. san francisco, board of supervisors, wishes you all the best and well deserved retirement. many relaxing days. i'm pretty sure you're not the type to relax much but try to relax when you retire. going to your next chapter of your life, i'm looking to seeing the seeing the chapter. i'm looking forward see you and having some time to sip some coffee and enjoying what's available in san francisco. i appreciate all your work. i want to remind my colleagues th

san francisco, 775 one way. that's a lot shorter distance from san jose to san francisco. >> dublin, pleasanton into the city i think way. however, to drive, rich toll, park, i must always take bart into the city . >> then you're not even thinking about things like maintenance and insurance for your car. >>> this weekend, memorial day weekend means a lot of people will be hitting the road for a holiday. aaa says record number of americans will be traveling this weekend. nearly 43 million americans will travel 50 miles or more. that's about 1 1/2 million people than last year. most of the travelers will drive to the destination and aaa predicts the worst time for travel will be today between 445 and 6 pm. i happen to agree. i have been doing this for a long time . people want to stretch it out to a four day weekend. >> people tend to sneak out early. make it a five day weekend. right? >>> some people work all their life hoping to become a millionaire. for others it happens overnight. how a fresh crop of ipo millionaires could be making things difficult for the rest of us trying to achieve our dreams . >>> aisha curry

san franciscan, i a group of food -- few blocks from here. i went to high school within walking distance. san francisco, and what happens in san francisco is very important for me because san francisco is near and dear to my heart. this is a little bit about my background, i am an attorney. i started off that the san francisco public defender's office where i worked for six and a half years, representing all kinds of people from all walks of life, mostly poor people. what that gave me was the ability to ask tough questions, and not only ask tough questions , but demand answers, it also gave me the ability to deal with a voluminous caseload, from what i understand, the ethics commission is a little bit backed up, so i'm used to dealing with value, i am now a civil rights attorney on the plaintive's side where i represent people who have been abused by the police, as well as dealing with employment discrimination on the plaintiff 's side, so if someone is wrongfully terminated, i deal with that kind of stuff, and what that gave me the ability to do is to hold everyone accountable, because a lot of the people i speak to are powerful, with

san francisco san francisco mission residents. we have been working with the housing. [ inaudible ] >> sorry about that. i will get to the point we are asking $400,000. we have been working with neighborhood groups and be we would plan to increase outreach and increase potential access to housing to street based sex workers in the mission. >> chair fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i live in san francisco and work at health ridge 360 offering primary care addiction treatment to more than 10,000 in san francisco. as part of the nonprofit community serving the low income and unsheltered population we thank you for making sure our community nonprofit employees are compensated for the work. they need livable wages to live with the programs we work. non-profits provide vital services including mental health and addiction. our contracts do not cover the full costs of services. we support minimum working groups ask for $27 million for the hourly rate of 16.50, address wage compaction and provide ways raises for similar work for the people not funded by the city contracts. the $27 million will help with the challenges of the nonprofit organizations we face in recruiting and retraining and the rising of health and costs of insurance. it will help original stability and increase services to those that need it most. we appreciate you listening and hope to see them in the next year's bud

san francisco? guest: san francisco became the first city in america to ban andrnment and local, city, police use of facial recognition technology. it was a change for san francisco, symbolic in that san francisco is the heart of the tech community in america. it felt like here are the people building the system, and they are also the first to say we do not want it surveilling us. and there are other cities in other communities, and california and massachusetts as well, that are suggesting that other bans can be appropriate. i think we are seeing these technologies expand quicker than the laws are responding. host: preuss is next, in florida. good morning. -- bruce is next, in florida. good morning. caller: this is my first time calling into c-span. i watch you guys all the time. hitlers use to use -- ibm.o use -- thetoos on were from the jews that technology. it has not changed. it has just gotten more technology. host: bruce, would you be in technologynning this , the use of this technology, as we just heard about in san francisco? a heartbeat.es, in because what is going to happen is -- like the lady before me -- it is going to be used not for good b

san francisco will not wait for the federal government, we will do it by ourselves for now, and hopefully the state and federal government will understand that they, once again, need to follow san francisco, right? [applause] >> i want to say, having this press conference here is so super appropriate, affordable senior housing. it is one of the things that i have been pushing for us to focus on, we did some focus years back, but we lost some of that focus. we need to figure out how do we keep our seniors in their communities, instead of, oh, no, i got evicted, oh, no, i have to go live in modesto now, or something, and that is what is happening to a lot of people. what we need is to have the seniors who have lived here, many of them, most of them all of their lives, we want to make sure that they can continue living here in san why having the press conference here is so ideal, because now with mayor breed and the rest of the committee saying , you know, put 90 million in there and make sure that we do something for the seniors, and is it enough? once again, none of the money is enough, but it is a start. i want to say that the people that came to the meetings, the talk about senior housing, they were really spot on. they stood up and said look, what is happening as we are losing our seniors, we are not building enough for our seniors, so i am glad that myself and mayor breed are really hearing that, thank you again, mayor breed, for really listening to our community in terms of what the needs are, and one last thing, i think mayor breed said it already, but i have to say this again, in the past, we have always thought about affordable housing as just being for the lowest income, and we still need to continue to support that, we need to support that, but guess what? middle income people are being pushed out l

san francisco, they hire conservation core. our grant will subsidize that work. we can make sure the events in san francisco are zero waste and youth in san francisco gets employment. san francisco state university, this is the second time we're funding them. they're looking into 15,000pcv banners that you see in city streets, advertising from asian art, those are all getting landfill. they're looking at taking those through their fashion merchandising program to refabricating them in bags and selling them. it's innovative. this is the type of thing we need to put some resources in to create innovation. san francisco unified school district. this is one of my favorite. they're looking to go all reusable. installing dishwashers and through another project, we're hoping to install some food tracking software. this high school will be a model for all other public schools in san francisco, hopefully. they're goal is to divert 500 tons of unwanted junk mail from san francisco. which is huge. they're really will be focusing working with seniors and seniors are targeted. they have huge amounts of junk mail. tech exchange, they're if the audience

san francisco. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [♪] [♪] >> we think over 50 thousand permanent residents in san francisco eligible for citizenship by lack information and resources so really the project is not about citizenship but really academy our immigrant community. >> making sure they're a part of what we do in san francisco the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative a unique part of just between the city and then our 5 local foundations and community safe organizations and it really is an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand appli

francisco's economy totaled $311 million per year in value to san francisco and that was in 2014. city college reflects san francisco's values. so i think we all agree that city college of san francisco is one of san francisco's most vital institutions. and we're here today because of the past ecologies of cutting class because of the budget concerns they discussed earlier. so how did we get here? as evidenced by the recent wave of teachers, student and community advocacy, our public education system has suffered a chronic and aggressive underfunding. a couple of supervisors spoke to that earlier and we can see direct evidence of that chronic and aggressive underfunding and in the new funding formula set out by the state chancellor's office that very specifically financially rewards colleges for serving particular type of students, transfer students and full-time students without considerations to the barriers or desires that students may have when they attend a community college. another factor is the growing affordability crisis in san francisco. so the displacement of working class people and communities of colour

think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant of san francisco and a vibrant community - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world-class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - our 28,000 city and county employees play an important role in making san francisco what it is today. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you fo

san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gall

san francisco. >> san francisco checking in, in fourth place. and america's fittest city in first place, arlington, virginia, followed by seattle. how do they work out in minneapolis? it's so cold. >> they use a snowplow. >> and madison, wisconsin. the annual ranking, published by the american college of sports medicine examines everything from eating habits to aerobic activity to obesity rates. and new this year, categories of air quality and pedestrian de h deaths and bike ability. >> all of the cities were strong in their physical activities. such as it's easy to bicycle, to walk, to go to parks. >> the bottom of the list, tulsa, north las vegas and oklahoma city. >> we're going to have to run inside on the treadmill, because it's going to be raining outside. no hiking for us. >> it's back to winter, you guys. now we're kind of stepping way on back. it's not just one storm system, it is a couple. let's go ahead and get you to the micro climate forecast. and i do want to start with the overview of what is expected to move our way. and that first storm system arriving as we hit tomorrow. second one on thursday, with possibly some isolated thunderstorms, and then the third one as we hit this weekend. now the new information we're learning today even shows an adeler added layer of moisture. it's a copious amount of moisture that's going to help boost up those totals. we can show you that on the satellite picture right now as we get this wide, expansive view. you can see all the cloud cover stretching all the way back to hawaii, and that's what's helping feed this wet weather as you move into tomorrow. we mentioned it earlier, but it is worth rementioning, there is a weak el nino that could be helping to enhance our storm activity. 8:00 tomorrow morning is when we expect the rainfall to begin. slowly up into marin, napa, sonoma counties, down into sanco. as we hit 11:00 go the morninin it tries to move to the east bay. i think activity will pick up as we hit tomorrow afternoon. at 4:00 you can see the storm front is just offshore. some of this yellow and orange, this is the heavier downpours moving into the north bay. and the worst of the storm system tomorrow, 7:00, hitting the evening commute from middletown all the way to san jose, morgan hill and gilroy. should move out once we hit 11:00 tomorrow. but here we go again, not much of a break as we move into thursday. we'll see that next storm system around 11:30 go the morning. rainfall totals, haven't seen any big changes in this. you'll see back to the north bay, that's where the bull's eye could be. possibly two inches or more. for some of the higher elevations as we head through wednesday and thursday. for the peninsula and east bay, right around three quarters of an inch to one inch. san jose may get a little rain shadow effect for the santa cruz mountains. and then there wou

the environment. ♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the sanies commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel ele