we went to the japanese teagarden.e would have have his wife with his soon-to-be daughter christine. i don't know if he had john junior yet. so when i wanted to bring in the part about the military. the places that dana has already mentioned, not just military, but the veteran people. i don't think too many people have spoken up on the behalf of such honorable people. thank you. >> clerk: anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner anderson. >> commissioner anderson: i appreciate all of our volunteers and stakeholders to come out and share what is going on in these gems of our park system. i just wanted to comment. one of my daily jobs is i work with the media and i mean it's no surprise that sort of bombastic and overly flowery language and you know, densely descriptive words are used, but i think it's irresponsible that the word surge was used in this case. you know, i do believe that the writers particularly in our local papers try to be very

the conservatory, the japanese teagarden, botanical garden and coit tower >> it gives them a sense of when's a good time to go, when's a good time to avoid. >> reporter: prices can only increase 50% or drop 25%. the money generated will help up to 225,000 low-income residents visit the attractions for free. >> we will be able to make sure that low-income, youth and seniors will still be able to access the parks at the lower rates. >> reporter: the operations committee forwarded the plan unanimously to a larger commission for a vote. >> for a low-income family of four or five, they cannot take advantage of the cultural advantages that a city offers, so yeah, raise those prices. >> reporter: and the sf park pass was adopted about three months ago. it grants free access to all of these cultural attractions for anybody on medi cal. reporting live, sam brock, nbc bay area thank you s and drivin crookedest street in the world may soon cost you money. this is a different bill, a bill in the state legislature continues to move forward. it would force anyone who drives down lombard street to p

it costs $9 to visit coit tower, the conservatory of flowers, the japanese teagarden. today a recreation and park committee approved the plan that would charge nonresidents up to 50% more, or less depending on the time of day. it still needs to go before the full board and then the board of supervisors. >> they should give a discount for people from out of town. >> coming here for san francisco to see the city, you will pay a lot of money to see different places. so i think, yes. >> yes. >> just today the state assembly passed a bill that would create a pilot program for a reservation and pricing system on the crooked part of lombard street. the state senate still has to pass the bill, and the governor has to sign it before the system could be implemented. >>> now to the south bay, and a topic that we've frequently addressed as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, homelessness. a proposed affordable housing project would be built on what is now the site of a vacant grocery store near san jose's japantown neighborhood. so. don't want it. some say we need it.