i would like to add that then board president aaron peskin was very instrumental in helping preserve those trees in the park. in the middle of all this, my husband and i moved next door to mary ann and jim, they were good neighbors. i remember waking up early one sunday morning during the first year of our new neighborhood and heard a lot of noise. they were holding a japanese mochi pounding party. it was one of many yearly customs that they started and maintained. we will miss them and having them as neighbors. >> president yee: thank you. any other public comments? come on up. if there are others that want to make public comments, please lineup. >> well, aaron peskin, i'm in agreement with him. i want to remind you of the history regarding jeff kozinski. remember the incident where him and his friends were in the back of the lyft, saying derogatory things? remember jeff regarding the policy shelter policies at the navigation centers? i remember. do you remember jeff cozkozins calling for an emergency at the homeless shelter? i remember. i tell you there's another thing, is the shel

supervisor aaron peskin's office has reached out to him to see what can be done to help.eanwhile chan is doing what he can to keep his factory running the way he always has....by keeping it admission free....and not charging for the samples he hands out....because he says he wants to continue sharing his family's legacy. maureen kelly kron4 news. (robin) the warriors have added a familiar face to the lineup. andrew bogut coming to the warriors is n center coming back to golden state ... just in time to wrap up the regular season and get ready for the playoffs. the 34-year-old re-joining the franchise he won a title with back in 2015. and hes heading to the bay from his australian pro team, where he won mvp and defensive honors. (robin) the warriors could use bogut's hel

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i am aaron peskin, chair of the committee, joined to my right by supervisor ahsha safai and to my left raphael mandelman. with that, madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> chair peskin: could you please read the first item. >> clerk: item one is a resolution declaring a climate emergency in san francisco. >> chair peskin: all right. with that, this item has been brought to us by supervisor mandelman and cosponsored by any number of members of the board, and i will turn it over to supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair peskin. we're here to talk about our resolution declaring an emergency in san francisco. i want to talk about that in context and some solutions that we're proposing. cities like berkeley, hayward, richmond and oakland have already taken the step of declaring a statement of climate emergency and san francisco was as a local climate leader should join them, using these as a model, our office worked with advocates a advocates and tailored an emergency response to the memo. since that time, my office has been

i would like to thank my cosponsors, supervisor yee, matt haney, and aaron peskin. the last i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> okay. thank you, madame clerk. >> mr. president,. >> mr. president, i want to be added, i think it was an oversight. we were supposed to be on there as well what supervisor might just introduced, so for the closed charger information. >> thank you, supervisor. >> okay. now we can go to the next item. >> at this time, the board welcomes public comment for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board to include the january 15th, 2019 board meeting minutes. item 43, the closed session on existing litigation including whether or not to go into closed session, or on the possibility that the board continue this item to a future date. item 44 through 47, additionally are also welcome to be commented on during public comment. speakers using interpretation will be allowed twice the amount of time to testify. if you like to display a document on t

i'm going to put that on aaron peskin right here. all right. i just want to give a couple of moments for everyone to come in. you have a lot of fans, juli. [inaudible singing] [applause] >> supervisor ronen: all right. i can't tell you how excited i am about this. i get to talk in front of a lot of people about you, juli, and i get to say whatever i want. but i promise i'm going to be nice. i -- this woman right here, who's a pain in the ass also happens to be a beloved, beloved friend of mine, and she is a force of nature. you know here as juli. her proper italian name is juliana milanese and i'm sure you all know her well because whether she wanted it or not, she either works on her campaign with bugging on every single day or she was heckling you and trying to stop you from getting into office, but either way, she was on one side or the other. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: and i cannot think of a better way to celebrate the contributions of this remarkable woman than to celebrate our own red witch, which perfectly describes juli. her deep

they've worked hard and help us and aaron peskin's office in helping us try to get through the will lease situation. thank you everyone. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm liam caldwell owner of armstrong carpet and i appreciate your recommendation. we represent generations of craftsmen in san francisco doing this since 1946. i've seen at least two, working on three generations of installers and craftsmen coming through. i started working at armstrong in high school and used to take uni from high school and proud to own a shop 15 blocks from where i grew up. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. any other members of the public? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner dooley? >> i want to say north beach love s&s grocery. i have experienced all your generations working there and i'm just so happy that you're still there. you're just part of our community. no one could be more deserving than you guys. >> commissioner: commissioner yee really. -- yee riley. >> i want to comment on the garlic and clams. they're the best at yuet company and armstrong co

i am the chair of the committee, supervisor aaron peskin, joined by matt haney, and sandra lee fewer. i wanted to start this meeting, as we will tomorrow, at the full board of supervisors, by taking a moment of silence for our public defender who pas

supervisor aaron peskin's office has reached out to him to see what can be done to help.ile chan is doing what he can to keep his factory running the way he always has....by keeping it admission free....and not charging for the samples he hands out....because he says he wants to continue sharing his family's legacy. maureen kelly kron4 news. ahead at 8... a neighborhood in the east bay is on edge after a series of burglaries. who police are looking for... and up next... the measles outbreak is getting worse. it has now spread to san francisco ... we'll explain who was exposed... after the break... alright, you excited? yeah! waaahoo... well... that was fun, right? it's time to get more. lower fares. better service. sweeter rewards. alaska airlines. (catherine) the number of measles cases in the u-s this year continues to rise... the c-d-c says at least 206 cases have been reported since january first. and now - san franciscovis reporting its first casein more than a decade.. kron's sanaz tahernia has more.. the measles virus has made its way to the bay area...there are no

supervisor aaron peskin's office has reached out to him to see what can be done to help. doing what he can to keep his factory way he always has....by keeping it admission free....and not charging for the samples he han out....because wants to continue sharing his family's legacy. maureen kelly kron4 news. (pam) disturbing cell phone video... appears to show a man asleep at the wheel ... while his tesla is on autopilot on a busy los angeles freeway. it happened in the los angeles area .... and this is the second time in over a month ... a driver was seen passed out behind the wheel... and witnesses say it appears to be the same tesla and the same driver.... this latest incident happening monday morning... the person who shot the video says ... the driver was going about 75- miles an hour... when they noticed the guy inside was knocked out...

supervisor aaron peskin's office has reached out to him to see what can be done to help. keep his factory running the way he always has....by keeping it admission free....and not charging for the samples he hands out....because he says he continue sharing his family's legacy. maureen kelly kron4 an incredible light show in the sky over southern california.check out these lightning strikes!more than 2- thousand strikes hit areas from santa barbara to l-a.the storms prompted the national weather service to alert residents to take precautions lawrence karnow: it was mostly cloudy with showers and gusty winds this morning. more showers continued into the afternoon with thunderstorms in the central valley. you can see on the doppler the showers now and we will see more tonight. showers will continue tonight and into tomorrow morning as the low moves across california. on the satellite you can see a series of weak but cold storms. thay will drop the temperature well below average into the weekend. highs tomorrow will only be in the low to mid 50s with scattered showers. it shou

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the agenda today, but just to highlight the fact that on february 1, the mayor and supervisor aaron peskin and our department announced immediate steps to improve billing practices at zuckerberg, so patients who are in the middle of payment disputes between the hospital and their insurance provider, very importantly, this included temporary halt, excuse me, to balance billing patients and mr. wagner will be presenting a little update on this later today. so just a brief update with regard to the activities in the department and those related to the department, and thank you very much for your attention. and if you have any questions, i'm happy to answer them. >> president chow: commissioners? thank you for your report, dr. colfax. >> secretary: i did not receive any public comment requests for this item, although i just see one, mr. batrellis, you have two minutes. >> hold on, i have a timer here. >> secretary: starting the timer now. >> hi, michael batrellis again. grant, amazing report for only six hours on the job, and my concerns have to do with the getting to zero. first of all, one i

the city supervisor aaron peskin worked out a deal with uber and lyft for a surcharge of 3 1/4% each ride which is about $.33 for a $10 trip. they would only see a fee of 1/2%. >> it is true uber and lyft could choose to pass some of cothe riders. they have not said if they will do that. we have not seen an alternate solution. >> reporter: the supervisor peskin estimates the surcharge would generate about $30 million a year to help pay for street repaving, traffic enforcement and public transportation projects. he plans to introduce the proposal to the board of supervisors in may and if it is approved it will end up on the november ballot where it would meet a two thirds majority to pass. live in san francisco, katie nielsen, kpix five . >>> one question this morning, was the smell? the $85,000 investigation the works to sniff out the problem. the plan is to mount devices on city property to detect the presence of smells, organic compounds, gases, chemicals. residence have long suspected the smell comes the residence and long suspected the smell comes from the wastewater facility or

. >> clerk: resolution to nominate supervisor aaron peskin for the north coast central seat on the california coastal commission. >> president yee: do you want to say something before i -- >> supervisor peskin: i would like to be recused. >> president yee: so motion to excuse supervisor peskin from this item. made by supervisor fewer, and seconded by supervisor mandelman. objection, supervisor peskin is excused without objection. roll on this item. [roll call vote taken] >> supervisor stefani: is it ok to proceed or -- >> president yee: can we -- rescind the votes, please. >> clerk: motion to rescind the vote. >> president yee: made by supervisor fewer and seconded by supervisor mandelman. vote is rescinded. supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, president yee. colleagues, happy to carry this resolution to nominate supervisor peskin to the coastal commission. he has served on the commission since march of 2017, seeking reappointment for a four-year term through may of 2023. decades in experience of environmental and land use policy and he has proven to be a capable mediator on

i am the chair of the committee, supervisor aaron peskin, joined by matt haney, and sandra lee fewer. i wanted to start this meeting, as we will tomorrow, at the full board of supervisors, by taking a moment of silence for our public defender who passed away on friday evening, jeff adochi. i rarely do things like that, but i miss him dearly. our clerk is ms. erica major. ms. major, do you have any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and all electronic documents. le electronic devices. >> chairman: thank you, ms. major, and i'd like to acknowledge that we're joined by supervisor stefie, who is four minutes tardy. >> item number one is an ordinance for many of the buildings who are vacant to pay annual restoration fees at the time of registration, update the penalty for violations, and affirming appropriate findings. >> chairman: thank you, ms. major. before i turn the microphone over to supervisor fewer, i want to thank her because this is one of the rare instances where an ordinance has been co-sponsored by every single member of the board of supervisors

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the chronicle reports supervisor aaron peskin reached a deal with lyft and uber, and the companies will figure out how to pass the tax on to customers. the approved it could raise $30 million a year to fight traffic congestion. studies have showed traffic has surged since 2010 because of ride share services. >>> facebook says it's running into trouble trying to establish a service that provides users with local news. a service called today in launched last year and is currently available in some 400 u.s. cities, but facebook found that 40% of americans live in places where there aren't enough local news stories to support it. some 1800 newspapers have stopped publishing in the u.s. in the last 15 years. facebook plans to share its research with academics studying the extent of so-called news deserts. >>> marcia clark became a household name prosecuting o.j. simpson, of course. and since she has become a best-selling author, and now she is producing a new show on abc 7 called "the fix." >> jessica castro spoke with her about the show. >> marcia, i'm going to start with you and ask the qu

peskin want to come in now. there is a seat available for them, if somebody is -- maybe aaron can text them and let them know. okay, with that, supervisor ronen. >> thank you so much. you know, i want to start out by saying that we have had countless hearings about homelessness. i mean, i can't even -- i'm looking at jennifer freedom and kelly kutler -- hundreds? i don't know. talking about homelessness, talking about the seriousness and the gravity that we're witnessing on the street. and what i would like to see now is somehow action. it's enough talk; more action. when a u.n. official comes to san francisco and walks the streets and says, these are some of the worst conditions she has ever seen in the entire world, in the richest city in the richest country in the world, when we have declared not one, but two states of emergency on homelessness in our city, one of my questions is: why did we have money in the budget all year last year to open the new transitional-age youth navigation center and it has yet to open. the problem wasn't money. the problem wasn't money. we had the money in the budget the entire