u.c. berkeley yeah like for a tailor that was a career highlight for me to be able to go and do that they invited me to do the commencement speech at u.c. berkeley and it was in 2017th and it was interesting is when when i 1st said yes i thought it was going to be in at the greek theater up there was season $5000.00 people well come to find out who's going to be admit morial stadium the seats 45000 people and so i was intimidated as somebody who loves being in front of people i was intimidated it's a big big crowd and i tell you larry they listened and i was i also was happy and proud that i was able to give a message of saying listen exactly he said about the freedom of speech he said look you've got people like ann coulter and some other people that are on the far right who want to come and speak here i always say let them speak because i think their own words will sink them. and finally who's going to be sworn in on inauguration day 2020. who's going to be sort of us and the 2020. let's go bernie sanders or people the jets just because they were that wanted to and i all right now i tho

u.c. berkeley public health. >> there is an individual in our community exposed to someone who may have been somewhat symptomatic, certainly not enough to put them in a hospital or maybe someone who didn't have symptoms but was carrying the virus and could potentially spread it. >> since we've had such limited availability of the testing and they needed to meet such strict criteria to be tested, we have not found out about these community transmission cases before. >> we saw this employee wearing a face mask. he says he's very concerned about the patient in quarantine. >> people make jokes about it all the time but i didn't know it was that serious. that's in sacrento. >> reporter: boss baecause the patient didn't meet cdc criteria, the test was not initially given. precautions were taken the moment that patient arrived. president trump today named vice president mike pence to head up the u.s. response to the virus. live in sacramento tonight, kne >> and you can find the latest developments on abc 7 news.com, including travel alerts and how to prepare for any virus in the u.s. >>> growing co

u.c. berkeley public health. >> there is an individual in our community exposed to someone who may have been somewhat symptomatic, certainly not enough to put them in a hospital or maybe someone who didn't have symptoms but was carrying the virus and could potentially spread it. >> since we've had such limited availability of the testing and they needed to meet such strict criteria to be tested, we have not found out about these community transmission cases before. >> we saw this employee wearing a face mask. he says he's very concerned about the patient in quarantine. >> people make jokes about it all the time but i didn't know it was that serious. that's in sacramento. >> reporter: boss baecause the patient didn't meet cdc criteria, the test was not initially given. precautions were taken the moment that patient arrived. president trump today named vice president mike pence to head up the u.s. response to the virus. live in sacramento tonight, kne >> and you can find the latest developments on abc 7 news.com, including travel alerts and how to prepare for any virus in the u.s. >>> growing

u.c. berkeley.said one of the reasons the sites is being set up is because of a series of infections at a company webasto in germany by somebody who didn't have any symptoms. >> you're really only infectious if you have symptoms, we can try and limit our aggressive efforts to those people who are sick, coughing, sneezing, whatever it is. but if i can transmit infection to you while i feel fine, that really changes the nature of things. >> reporter: people taking the sites like travis air force base will be monitored 14 days. in san francisco, the consul general of china joined a news conference in chinatown and urged calm along with city leaders. >> i think it's the right time to let people know that there is no reason for over reaction. >> there are no confirmed cases in the city and county of san francisco. we are monitoring a handful of individuals who are returned from wuhan. >> reporter: and beginning tomorrow evening, they're going to be new travel restrictions at u.s. ports of entry. any fore

u.c. berkeley. i'm going to read out what one of my students wrote to me. i won't be able to complete my associate degree in engineering. engineering 10b, one of the courses canceled, is one of the classes i need to obtain my degree. under the circumstances, i can't obtain that degree that i've worked so hard for. this semester is the last semester before my transfer. without that course, my chances of getting accepted to u.c. berkeley have been lowered. what is happening at city college? >> my name is stephanie mckaller. i'm speaking to you from the english department. a former student myself and as a queer identified woman in faculty. if we care about student completion, we need to care about all of these classes that were cut. these are the classes that offer reflections of the stories and histories of our student body. visual arts, creative writing, and dance classes offer spaces for these students to tell and celebrate their own stories. nurturing the cells that often get ignored and marginalized in other spaces. they also allow people who are marginal

u.c. berkeley. it's important to ask why is this happening?ow much is cnn or msnbc or ebb hollywood, how much are they responsible for this hate, given they sort of normalized it by calling president trump and his supporters racist horrible people. >> when you wear that maga hat, you are saying build that wall. >> you elitists with your joography and your maps and your spellings. >> racist, sexist, homophobic. >> if you vote for trump you are the bad guy. if you vote for trump you are ripping children from parents' arms. trish: i believe alec baldwin also contributed to this. he says trump supporters are responsible for near moral collapse of this country. it's worth asking whether the democrat stab many types are playing a role effectively helping to incite violence. >> you get out and create a crowd and you tell them they are not welcome. >> when they go low, we kick them. that's what this new democratic party is about. >> you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. trish: i warne

u.c. berkeley. i'm going to read out what one of my students wrote to me. i won't be able to complete my associate degree in engineering. engineering 10b, one of the courses canceled, is one of the classes i need to obtain my degree. under the circumstances, i can't obtain that degree that i've worked so hard for. this semester is the last semester before my transfer. without that course, my chances of getting accepted to u.c. berkeley have been lowered. what is happening at city college? >> my name is stephanie mckaller. i'm speaking to you from the english department. a former student myself and as a queer identified woman in faculty. if we care about student completion, we need to care about all of these classes that were cut. these are the classes that offer reflections of the stories and histories of our student body. visual arts, creative writing, and dance classes offer spaces for these students to tell and celebrate their own stories. nurturing the cells that often get ignored and marginalized in other spaces. they also allow people who are marginal

u.c. berkeley grad has a whole game plan. >> jimmy grop please post-game interview. >> chiefs fan. >> kansasdoesn't score. san francisco will win the game. >> i love miami. >> ♪ >> welcome aboard. >> the right is $15,000 per day, minimum two nights for the super bowl. >> what do we have here? >> this is nothing for ken, our news anchor. >> your job isn't that hard. here you go. >> [ laughter ] >> ♪ >> you guys are going down on sunday! yes, sir. san francisco. >> the enemy territory. >> no. >> you're rolling. [ applause ] >> you're planning to ask a question. what question would you ask >> if i tell you, you'll take it. no kidding. >> charge it up. >> what are you doing right now? >> what do you want to say? >> i want to see football. >> it is going to be a blowout of epic proportions. >>> [ñspeaking foreign languageñ] >> i have been working on meijer plan. you just said the 49ers have too much firepower. >> no the kansas city chiefs. i decided to wear my super bowl xxix. >>> it is right here. >>> channel 5 here. >> hey channel 5. >> that is right. >> we're from the bay area. >> i sing the n

u.c. berkeley polled a thousand native americans and they don't like teams using their history like the redskinsas city chiefs coming days after the tomahawk chop could be heard by chief fans during the super bowl. >> a lot of hungry people showing up to the grand opening of the shake shack in san francisco's cal hollow neighborhood. check out this line yesterday. this is the fourth bay area location for the popular east coast burger joint. >>> and happening today, happena mosby opens, a popular hawaiian snack shop where spam is the main dish. if that is your thing. >>> amid the caucus chaos happening in iowa, we have an nbc bay area investigation right here sat home. will your vote count this year. >> that is one of the many questions or investigative team has discovered that two years ago in the general election some votes didn't count and they were thrown out. here is stephen stock. >> we've learned that a security feature meant to protect your provisional or mail-in ballot got thousands of votes across the state thrown out two years ago. now state law requires election officials to compare a

u.c. berkeley. i'm going to read out what one of my students wrote to me. i won't be able to complete my associate degree in engineering. engineering 10b, one of the courses canceled, is one of the classes i need to obtain my degree. under the circumstances, i can't obtain that degree that i've worked so hard for. this semester is the last semester before my transfer. without that course, my chances of getting accepted to u.c. berkeley have been lowered. what is happening at city college? >> my name is stephanie mckaller. i'm speaking to you from the english department. a former student myself and as a queer identified woman in faculty. if we care about student completion, we need to care about all of these classes that were cut. these are the classes that offer reflections of the stories and histories of our student body. visual arts, creative writing, and dance classes offer spaces for these students to tell and celebrate their own stories. nurturing the cells that often get ignored and marginalized in other spaces. they also allow people who are marginal

u.c. berkeley. i'm going to read out what one of my students wrote to me. i won't be able to complete my associate degree in engineering. engineering 10b, one of the courses canceled, is one of the classes i need to obtain my degree. under the circumstances, i can't obtain that degree that i've worked so hard for. this semester is the last semester before my transfer. without that course, my chances of getting accepted to u.c. berkeley have been lowered. what is happening at city college? >> my name is stephanie mckaller. i'm speaking to you from the english department. a former student myself and as a queer identified woman in faculty. if we care about student completion, we need to care about all of these classes that were cut. these are the classes that offer reflections of the stories and histories of our student body. visual arts, creative writing, and dance classes offer spaces for these students to tell and celebrate their own stories. nurturing the cells that often get ignored and marginalized in other spaces. they also allow people who are marginal

u.c. berkeley, and i get to have a nice job now, but i do want to advocate again for some of these substance abuse issues. you're all here because you care. you're all here because some of this impacted you, and i just hope that other folks can be able to engage in conversation about family like anybody else. so the last thing i'm going to say is the ask that hespa are putting forward are completely in line with the mental health s.f. initiative, and i hope that you'll consider supporting it. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is wesley saber, and i am the project manager with glide, and i'm speaking in support, to, of the hespa budget requests. significant gaps persist. these result in long waits for shelter and housing, unmet mental health needs among homeless people, and a lack of exit from the emergency shelter system. young people, too, need safe places to sleep and places to meet their needs. we desperate we -- i want to focus in on the homeless youth population. current estimates suggest there are 1,145 transition age youths on the streets and in transition

u.c. berkeley, and i get to have a nice job now, but i do want to advocate again for some of these substance abuse issues. you're all here because you care. you're all here because some of this impacted you, and i just hope that other folks can be able to engage in conversation about family like anybody else. so the last thing i'm going to say is the ask that hespa are putting forward are completely in line with the mental health s.f. initiative, and i hope that you'll consider supporting it. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. my name is wesley saber, and i am the project manager with glide, and i'm speaking in support, to, of the hespa budget requests. significant gaps persist. these result in long waits for shelter and housing, unmet mental health needs among homeless people, and a lack of exit from the emergency shelter system. young people, too, need safe places to sleep and places to meet their needs. we desperate we -- i want to focus in on the homeless youth population. current estimates suggest there are 1,145 transition age youths on the streets and in transition

u.c. berkeley and georgetown alone. am excited to serve the department as we reinforce san francisco's leadership as a global environmental leader and helping push the envelope as what it means to be a city that is sustainable and healthy for everybody who lives here. i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you all for your time. >> welcome. >> thank you so much. >> any questions? any public comment? we have much to look forward to in 2020. thank you. >> next item. >> next item is item number 12. the nomination and election of commission on the environment president and vice president. this item is for discussion and action. >> i was looking at this item and thinking of who would be best to lead our commission into 2020 and very much appreciated your services for the last few years. you have been a steady and strong hand in making sure this commission and department is doing what it needs to do for the city and county. i would like to move to nominate a fellow commissioner, commissioner stevenson, who has served alongs

u.c. berkeley with a full scholarship. now, he is the president and c.e.o. of goodwill san francisco.applause] >> hope, resiliency, and the belief that people can change their lives. people can change their lives, people will change their lives when given an opportunity. w in closing, no matter how much money you have, no matter what you do have, no matter how much education you do have or don't have, we all have the ability to contribute to the greater community. we should all be very proud of the work we do. no matter what we do, we should all be proud of the work that we do, but none of us do it alone. so before you leave today, i'm going to ask you to consider hiring someone who needs a second chance, actively engaging with stakeholders to solve a personal problem. volunteer personal time to help move the needle forward. help create collective will. we cannot solve social problems in a silo. i believe in the life changing power of work, in partnership. we have an opportunity to transform lives, support families and strengthen communities. the collective power in this room is treme

u.c. berkeley and hear what the future of real estate holds. welcome, ken rosen.applause] >> thank you, mary. well, as you know, i only have 10 or 12 minutes and some of yu have been to my talks and they're usually an hour and a half. so i'll do it fast. and following up on what katie said, the most important thing that we can talk about is jobs. it's jobs that drive our economy and produce the income for everyone, including the progressives in san francisco. we need jobs. and the idea that jobs are bad is just a mistake. so let me show you -- this has been 10 years of job creation in san francisco. so much greater than we had during the boom of the late 1990s. that's the last boom that we had and this boom is so much greater, so much bigger, and this job creation generates demand for housing, but also retail sales and tax revenues to fund all of the thingsa we want to do. and the east bay issued very strong jobs and i commend both mayors for being here. jobs -- they're very good. they're both very good on the job front, knowing that we need this to happen. and th

u.c. berkeley urban displacement project has map that is bay area-wide, but looks at areas prone to displacement. as a result of the issues that we discussed at our last commission meeting. so that, you know, perhaps that could be something that we could include in the file as a benchmark for you all to use. another thought that i brought up and you also heard from members of the public as well as affordable housing developers, about the real problems with trying to find temporary housing for -- you heard from some folks, from operators alleging that they really, their model was vital to temporary housing because it was housing folks who were displaced as a result of natural disasters, construction. what we're hearing from the affordable housing community that is not the case. and unfortunately, as they have looked on the market for units that they can put displaced tenants in for a temporary amount of time, but it's far outside of their reach financially. and i think that speaks to sort of the adverse impact of the rent inflation we're seeing anecdotally and i think the data will show that as w