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 applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a

francisco, and when i say our season, i mean san francisco, i mean the irish, and if you live in san franciscou're part of a family: the san francisco family, just as in an irish family: faith, family, and tradition, so i invite everyone to be irish and come out to the parade and celebrate. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you, liam. now, my honor to introduce a long time members of the irish san francisco community, the cochair of the cork san francisco sister city committee and someone i have been whispering in his ear for the last -- well, liam, you kind of talked longer than you are supposed to, you have 30 seconds, turman, to introduce the mayor of court. see if you can stick with it. >> thank you, sean, and a happy st. patrick's day to everybody. it is with great honor i now introduce the lord mayor of cork, counselor collin kelleher. >> thank you. it's an honor for me to be here. i'd just like to thank mayor london breed for the invitation. the relationship we have with san francisco is going into its 39 year last year, and i would just like to pay special thank you to kathleen mannin

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early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers

san francisco, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: wow. what a big deal in san francisco today. thank you so much, jeff, and thank you -- let's give another round of applause to the great san francisco symphony for that beautiful rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco." yes, our hearts are in san francisco today, and today, because of that, we are rolling out the red carpet. no, this is not an april fool's joke, this is finally done, because it has been a long time coming. the people of san francisco, the voters of san francisco approved this back in 2003, and the work began to look at how we were going to reimagine what van ness boulevard would be in order to provide efficient transit and safety and all the things that we need. when i think back to the history of van ness boulevard and what it represented after the 1906 earthquake, when i used to walk up and down these streets and catch the 49 to the 47 to galileo high school, not too long ago, it was auto row. this city was built mostly to accommodate vehicles, and over the years, we've seen a significant shift, people using various modes of transportation. but also, because we are a city who pride ourselves on m

san francisco, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: wow. what a big deal in san francisco today. thank you so much, jeff, and thank you -- let's give another round of applause to the great san francisco symphony for that beautiful rendition of "i left my heart in san francisco." yes, our hearts are in san francisco today, and today, because of that, we are rolling out the red carpet. no, this is not an april fool's joke, this is finally done, because it has been a long time coming. the people of san francisco, the voters of san francisco approved this back in 2003, and the work began to look at how we were going to reimagine what van ness boulevard would be in order to provide efficient transit and safety and all the things that we need. when i think back to the history of van ness boulevard and what it represented after the 1906 earthquake, when i used to walk up and down these streets and catch the 49 to the 47 to galileo high school, not too long ago, it was auto row. this city was built mostly to accommodate vehicles, and over the years, we've seen a significant shift, people using various modes of transportation. but also, because we are a city who pride ourselves on m

francisco. what was that? thank you. i want to first acknowledge the two amazing women that serve on the board of san francisco here in san francisco. we have with us today supervisor kathrine stefanie and supervisor myrna melbar and our fire chief and a lady who's an institution in san francisco who is a historian. ellen, please stand up and take a bow. and i think i got all the department heads, but there's also a lot of commissioners. so all the women commissioners in the house. please raise your hand. i need a little more enthusiasm from the fact that we have 55% of the commissioners that serve the city and county of san francisco are women. thank you. and today as we really think about how far we've come, we also just have to be reminded that there's so much work to do and we talked that. there was a time when the majority of the women on the board of supervisors were women. there was a time where we had to fight to get to that point and so we want to get back there and, you know, sadly, i'm only the second woman in the city and county of san francisco to serve as mayor and we want to make sure that it doesn't take another 30

hoy en san francisco realizaron una vigilia en honor a las vÍctimas de un tiroteo en sacramento. >>> y tambiÉn por las vÍctimas de la violencia armada en san francisco. >>> sanco se uniÓ para honrar a las vÍctimas de la violencia armada en sacramento. >>> esto ya es comÚn, me afecta porque mi hermano tambiÉn es vÍctima. >>> la comunidad recordÓ tambiÉn a las vÍctimas de la violencia armada en san francisco. durante la vigilia, varios lÍderes aseguraron que estÁn trabajando para evitar mÁs tragedas, en una ciudad donde las vÍctimas por violencia con armas de fuego aumentÓ en un 35 por ciento. el jefe de la policÍa pidiÓ trabajar en equipo para evitar mÁs agresiones. el fiscal dijo que su lucha continuarÁ contra el trÁfico de armas. >>> hay que evitar que se manden esas armas a cualquier parte de como de california. >>> asegurÓ que hay que cambiar la estrategia. >>> estamos trabajando y haciendo lo posible para prevenir peleas que terminan con matanzas. >>> los integrantes de la organizaciÓn (nombre en inglÉs) dejaron en claro que hay que ayudar a los que estÁn en las calles y son afectados por la violencia. >>> la violencia nunca va a parar pero vamos por las

business as san francisco health plan i have had the opportunity to represent the san francisco health network, the integrated delivery for the department of public health including hospitals, san francisco general and various clinics. primary care, specially, mental health and substance abuse clinics in the city. it is a pleasure being on the board serving currently as vice chair of the san francisco health plan board. the ability to be a voice on behalf of the department of public health in the city to inform medical beneficiaries in san francisco to receive the best care possible. we have been through san francisco health network proud to be the largest provider within the san francisco health plan. we think that we do a good job contributing to the highest performing local health plan providing services to medical beneficiaries in san francisco. i submitted buyback ground another -- my background information and respectfully request your consideration for reappointment. >> supervisor peskin: we will go to seat 4. emily webb. ms. webb. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you so much for considering my reappointment to the san francisco health authority board this morning. my

san francisco. her friends told her san francisco is not a safe place for you. brittany said, girl, i am going to party in san francisco. she found out that her friends were wrong. she met two of our welcome ambassadors terrence and joel. she found out what the best cable car routes were to see lombard street. she was recommended to places to eat that were great san francisco restaurants and given directions to the golden gate bridge. they helped give her an experience that inspired her and left a lasting memory. they helped create her own story, a true story of san francisco. that is who we can be. a city that tells our own story. we are a city that reaches into our own communities to connect people to incredible opportunities. we are a city that proudly draws dreamers and seekers from everywhere. people come for love, opportunity, escape the past, build a better future. they come to make a difference in their lives and in the world. they come even briefly for a moment of magic. they come because when voting rights are under attack across the country, we deliver ballot to every single voter that is registere

san francisco ten years before ten years later. i think he needed to be in san francisco right when he was in san francisco. acknowledged too much later in life a even first and s vegas talks about is san francisco. as a peak air a. and then later on in life of course he comes back and works t in san francisco in the 1980s and even much later than that. looking back he said those are my people mid- 1960s in san francisco those really formative for him and that's one of the arguments i want to make in the book is that even though he lives and a woody creek, colorado for decades after that i think in many ways he is best seen as a bay area. >> he did live in ashbury for some time to talk about hunter drink that. what is he absorbing? what is he learning? how is he growing as a writer when he's living in the heat? >> he had moved down he went down from s big sur appear wheri am comic glen ellen not far from here that did not work out very well and he moved to 318 parnassus avenue in san francisco near uc san francisco. he was not really cut out for urban living. he would really rather live in these places like

san francisco 10 years before or 10 years later. i think he needed to be in san francisco right when he was in san francisco, and he acknowledged thattoo much later in life even first in fear and loathing in las vegas. he talks about his san francisco period as a peak era. and then later on in life, of course, he comes back and works in san francisco in the 1980s, but even much later than that looking back. he said that those were my people. you know mid-1960s in san francisco. that it was really formative for him. and that's one of the arguments that i want to make in the book. is that even though he lives in in woody creek colorado for four decades after that i think in in many ways, he's best seen as a as a a bay area, right? well, he did live in the heat astrophy for some time. talk about hunter doing that period what does he absorbing? what does he learning? how is he growing as a writer during that period he was living in the heat, right? so he had he had moved down he he went from big sur up to here where i am glen ellyn not far from here. that didn't work out very well, and he moved to 318 parnassus avenue in san francisco n

san francisco's 4.20 celebration has been going on for years. but >> tomorrow's a man is going to look different. how cannabis vendors will benefit this year. >> and the lineup for san francisco's biggest music festival has been released, which artists will hit the stage for outside lands. this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. outside lands returns this year in august. and the lineup was finally released. one of the top headliners and well may include berkeley legends, green day rap artist post malone and r and b singer >> tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning. the music festival will kick off on august. the 5th through the 7th at golden gate park in san francisco. san francisco will allow onsite cannabis sales at tomorrow's for 20 celebration in golden gate park city officials say that it will be the first time in the event's history. the celebration returning for the first time since the covid pandemic started as scheduled from noon to 05:00pm it is expected to draw up to 20,000 people. in addition to cannabis and food sales. this year's for 20 celebration will also feature a dedication to the late comedian and actor robin williams. officials say attendees will be required to show a valid id and vaccination card in order to enter the event, which will be enclosed by a fence. coming up, president joe biden pushes infrastructure plans during a visit on the east coast. how he plans to put billions of dollars into roads. >> and nuclear plants. plus, if you ran into some problems, filing your california taxes online, you weren't alone. now the state is trying to help out taxpayers who need some extra time and 2 bills aimed at strengtheni

francisco police officer facing felony charges and to san francisco. curren. san francisco. police officer face misdemeanor. charges against former san francisco police officer mark williams. san francisco police announced his arrest tuesday and the district attorney said he has been charged with possession of a machine gun and silencer. the d a. saying. former remove a heck. and koch. from the cities. control division, where he was in august police say officers were conducting routine inventory and discovered the firearm missing. after an in. police say. conf to have the weapon. and he was fired. from his part time. position. with at the same time, the a announced a pair of active duty san francis. police officers. kevin lyons. kevin been charge. with mist. concealing. or destroying of evidence. the d a s office says. the charges stem from a july. internal. and flushing methamphetamine down a toilet, saying cataloging the evidence would take too long. san francisco's police officers association released a statement saying in part that the organiza was aware of the investig

san francisco rising. for sfgovtv thanks for watching. >>> you're watching san francisco rising. today's special guest is monique gray. >> hi. i'm chris mannis and you're watching san francisco rising. the our guest today is marquise gray. he runs out of the office of the mayor in the city and county of san francisco. and he's with us today to talk about the recent progress of the sunnidale hope sf housing project. welcome to the show. >> good morning. thank you for having me today. >> let's start by talking about the existing residents of sunnydale and their history. >> so sunnydale was built in the 1940s for a workers. it's the largest public housing community west of the mississippi. it's about 50 acres. pretty huge. about 760 single story units one to four bedrooms. >> i understand it's an ambitious rethinking of the residences. can you briefly describe the scope of the program and hope sf's involvement? >> yeah. the work of hope sf is this idea of more than housing. that acknowledging that our public housing community, the levels of violence and poverty that are in these communities are not by accident. you know, it's our opportunity to address a system issue,

san francisco area, pushing this in closer in san francisco, you can see the highlighted yellow around 280, you can see some of that orange color there. that means heavy downpours at times. through south san francisco. then over to the south bay, downtown san jose, just had that rain push out, but just behind it we have more on the way. here's a closer look at what to expect for your thursday. the heaviest rain will be happening in the morning, on and off wins from the southwest, 15 to 35 miles per hour. heading into this afternoon, looking out for the possibility of small hail and also a chance for isolated thunderstorms. with the instability in the atmosphere, this could be a possibility into this evening. also keeping a close eye on that heavy sierra snow. not a good day to be heading out to the tahoe area. hold off and wait for that. i'll give you a closer look at when your best window for that will be and when the rain is expected to move out, how much rain we'll get heading into the weekend and i'll have all the details. first let's check in with mike. >> this is some of what you're talking about. sloppy road conditions. this is 101 in san jose. vianey talked about that rain traveli

san francisco. it is about san francisco, and it's unfortunately it's not good news . we had a much earlier accident in sancisco and oakland that's been cleared now. but it really left a bunch of slow traffic on north dont know, one from before the old candlestick exit all the way into downtown to 80. also, people have been using that if you are driving into san francisco from the peninsula it really is slow and trying to get over to the east bay via the bay bridge is terrible. now the other way around is normal. coming in from oakland to san francisco, still slow on how we four and six etienne contra costa county. and in the south day we do have traffic that is going to be slow getting in to that west valley. it's 8 30. let's go back to the desk. thank you this morning, a second autopsy for a man who died while being restrained by alameda police came to a different conclusion than the official coroner's report. a law firm representing mario gonzalez. young son commissioned the second autopsy, it found gonzalez died last year because of restraint asphyxia after three officers put their body weight on him.

san francisco's district attorney is announced charges against one former and to current city police officers. ktvu christien kafton explains. the arrest follows separate internal affairs investigations. san francisco's district attorney has filed felony firearms charges against former san francisco police officer mark williams. san francisco police announced his arrest tuesday and the district attorney said he has been charged with possession of a machine gun and silencer. the d , a, saying the former officer removed a heckler and koch submachine gun from the city's property control division, where he was working in august. 2021 police say officers were conducting routine inventory and discovered the firearm missing. after an investigation. police say williams confessed to having the weapon and he was fired from his part time position with sfpd. at the same time, the d a announced a pair of active duty san francisco police officers kevin lyons and kevin sign had been charged with misdemeanor concealing or destroying of evidence. the da's office says those charges stem from a july 2021 internal affairs investigation where the officers were accused of having thrown away credit and identification cards and flushing methamphetamine down the toilet. saying cataloging the ev