this is the regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. m everyone to please turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is rollcall. >>[call of the roll] >> clerk: we have a quorum the next item is item lette b could the oath. please raise your right hand. thank you. you may be seated. next item, item b [reading code]. i believe the department representatives will go first at the department and the appellant each other 7 min. to present their case and 3 min. of rebuttal time. >> staff: joe dr. dbi. just complaint number 201478091, the complaint was received by dbi from the fire department for a fire building. that was on 9 june 2014. the were violation issues. the second notice of violation on july 9, 2014 and since that time it's gone through code enforcement. obviously after the second notice it went through the usual process. they ccontinuance is and-whether whenever the hearing would have allowed. it ended up in a on 4 may 2016, 80-sorry, the order of business was issued on the 12th of november 2014. so, were now doi

this is the regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. m everyone to please turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is rollcall. >>[call of the roll] >> clerk: we have a quorum the next item is item lette b could the oath. please raise your right hand. thank you. you may be seated. next item, item b [reading code]. i believe the department representatives will go first at the department and the appellant each other 7 min. to present their case and 3 min. of rebuttal time. >> staff: joe dr. dbi. just complaint number 201478091, the complaint was received by dbi from the fire department for a fire building. that was on 9 june 2014. the were violation issues. the second notice of violation on july 9, 2014 and since that time it's gone through code enforcement. obviously after the second notice it went through the usual process. they ccontinuance is and-whether whenever the hearing would have allowed. it ended up in a on 4 may 2016, 80-sorry, the order of business was issued on the 12th of november 2014. so, were now doi

she renovated her home and received an abatement. >> they reduced the am of my abatement which i thinks wro wrong. last year the renovation ice did to my house were worth approximately $70,000. they're still worth approximately $70,000 this year. >> reporter: because the city just recently brought properties to market rates, some people are seeing higher property taxes. but not all residents. >> in 85% of the residential parcels that we sent out notices on, folks won't see any change in their taxable assess many which means no change in their tax bill. >> reporter: we went through the list. it's the remaining 15% that includes changes. from the highest at just under $26,000 to the lowest at 1 dollar. many people are appealing. >> we expecting a lot more to come in. because that's the folks that frankly we want to who are from. >> reporter: city controller alan butkovitz is causing the assessments problematic. >> mayor kenney is sincerely trying to get it straightened out. >> reporter: he points to problems with the former administration. >> my complaint was that there was a rush to do

she renovated her home and received an abatement. >> they reduced the am of my abatement which i think is wro wrong. last year the renovation ice did to my house were worth approximately $70,000. they're still worth approximately $70,000 this year. >> reporter: because the city just recently brought properties to market rates, some people are seeing higher property taxes. but not all residents. >> in 85% of the residential parcels that we sent out notices on, folks won't see any change in their taxable assess many which means no change in their tax bill. >> reporter: we went through the list. it's the remaining 15% that includes changes. from the highest at just under $26,000 to the lowest at 1 dollar. many people are appealing. >> we expecting a lot more to come in. because that's the folks that frankly we want to who are from. >> reporter: city controller alan butkovitz is causing the assessments problematic. >> mayor kenney is sincerely trying to get it straightened out. >> reporter: he points to problems with the former administration. >> my complaint was that there was a rush to d

. >> in new york, real estate is about tax abatements.s about making deals with political people. it's about zoning. and it's about getting the public, and especially the public officials, on your side. >> the penn central executives arrived at city hall, mayor beam invited them in. there was donald and the mayor said, what the trumps want, the trumps get in this town. >> they really didn't know what the future of new york city was. and that was both good and bad. it was good in that i was able to get tremendous tax advantages and tax abatements. it was bad in that it wasn't easy to get financing. >> after obtaining multi-million dollar tax abatements, trump received the necessary financing to develop what would become the grand hyatt hotel. >> people ask me, how come -- how is it that you got 40 years of tax abatement and i would always say, because i didn't ask for 50. >> i interviewed him when he was an unknown on the "today" show many years ago. >> you bought some prized properties at the bottom of the new york market in the 1970s. >>

some of your abatement has been reduced.hree years ago city went through and rheaes ised properties bringing them to full market value. that meant taxable amount for a home owner she talked to she renovated her house and got an abatement. >> they reduced the amount have of my abatement which is wrong f last year the renovations difficult to my house were worth approximately $07,000, they are still worth approximately $70,000 this year. >> because the city just recently brought properties to market rates, some of you are seeing these higher property rates but not all have of you. also friday is deadline to appeal and you can do that through the office of property assessment. >>> well, you might be able to take your booze on the boardwalk in atlantic city think summer. >> that is if a new policy is passed tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live on the ac boardwalk with the details, justin, good morning. >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning. it is all about the if here. if the city council here approves this

people who right now in an indefinite holding pattern because the fire is showing no signs of abatingitions causing firefighters to have their hands full for some time. canada has never seen anything like this before. 88,000 people evacuated. 1,600 homes and businesses destroyed and 200,000 acres destroyed. we don't know how the fire started. there is a lot of curiosity. the operating theory is it started in a forest area and caused by a lightning strike. a lot of people have gone to shelters and high school gymnasiums. the red cross is here providing food and water to the folks. so much agony because the fire continues to rage and nobody knows when they will go home. people are still waiting to find out if they have a home to go back to. christine. >> dry conditions could make it worse. miguel, you were telling me you have been to a lot of fires. >> i covered so many fires in california. this caught them by complete surprise. you see even the pictures of the traffic along highways with the massive flames. this fire jumped that road. the winds must be so intense. it is unbelievable th

the pilot, captain leul abate, sat with documentary filmmaker salim amin, whose father mo was killed67 simulator, captain abate relives the hellish flight. >> so they came into the cockpit. how many of them? >> there were three of them. they took the fire extinguisher and they started beating the co-pilot, "go out. go out." i said, "guys, hold on, what's going on?" "shut up, the flight is hijacked." >> claiming to have a bomb, the hijackers demand to be flown to australia. >> okay, guys, i told them, this flight is destined to nairobi. we don't carry enough fuel to australia. let's land in nairobi. we'll refuel. and then we can go to australia. otherwise, i told them, it's impossible. >> the hijackers refused to allow captain abate to refuel at cities along his route. they want him to fly out over the water toward australia. the pilot knows that's a losing proposition so he hugs the coast. >> then he said, why are you flying along the coast? australia is somewhere to this direction. i told him, okay. i turn the heading. now this message came, fuel, low fuel. >> almost out of fuel, th

reporter: as the bill heads to the senate, the strike shows no sign of abating. police firedn water cannons during a huge demonstration in brussels. they started hurling objects at police. lookingled forces are . a spokesman for says the forces mission will focus on the north before moving into raqqa. let's get more with adam, from beirut. forces fought a bloody battle for kobane. be no meanqqa will feat. are: democratic forces mobilizing troops. the frontlie is 50 km north of raqqa. this doesn't mean we will see an offensive on the city because with mosul we had statements like this months ago. it is dominated by fighters from the ygp. guerillasied to pkk in turkey. they have arabic fighters with them with units from the free syrian army because the possible lack of trust -- worth noting, goes both ways. fighters whoh won't allow local arabs back into villages. we heard statements about the force on raqqa, but at the moment it is the kurds who are best placed. they are closests and have had the most traction and training and support from americans and air suppor

people are in a holding pattern because the fire is showing no signs of abating. the weather on the fire line is terrible. we are talking about windy and dry conditions. firefighters will have hands full for quite some time. in terms of the numbers, they are staggering. canada has never seen anything like this. 88,000 people evacuated. 1,600 homes and businesses destroyed. in terms of how the fire started, right now, we don't know. of course, a lot of curiosity. the operating theory is in a forested area and caused by a lightning. authorities still have to investigate. in terms of where people are now, a lot of people have gone to shelters. they have gone to high school gymnasiums. things of that nature. the red cross is here providing food and water to the folks. so much agony because the fire continues to rage and nobody knows when they will go home. christine and miguel. >> unbelievable. thank you. >>> the late penn state football coach joe paterno knew about sex abuse allegations against jerry s sandusky. that claim emerged with the dispute and insurer who sho

okay general public comment is there any general public comment on the abatement appeals board agenda sienna motion to adjourn move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> all commissioners in favor. >> we're not adjourned 9:20 a.m. elsewhere reconvene as the building inspection at read everyone good morning today is thursday, march 17, 2016, this is the regular meeting of the building inspection i'd like to remind everyone to turn off electronic devices commissioner president mccarthy vice president commissioner melgar commissioner gilman commissioner konstin commissioner lee commissioner walker and commissioner clinch is excused we have quorum next is president's announcements. >> good morning and welcome everyone to the wednesday, april 20, 2016, meeting as an extensive president's announcements i apologize up front if i get names wrong correct me and my pronunciations but good morning and well, welcome to the bic inspection congratulations to mr. huey and others that participated in the one and 10 anniversary event in the remembrance of 1906 san francisco earthquake and fire directin

my part the project with the city wide camp abatement program developed manual for this program. what is in the manual it talks about backgrunds, goals, training and safe work practices. it is going to be-it is resource for this program that has all this description. i created a outside resource guide. if illegal campers ask for assistance the team will have these resources at hand with hours of operation, location and telephone numbers. >> i worked on research and development which included looking at other city policies and parks regarding this issue as well as implementing a gis reporting and mapal system using existing technology. the golden gate investigation jury of 2013 recommendation as the mayor desire to learn more about these encampments. >> thank you very much. >> next up is erica [inaudible] worked on the special events website. >> my name is erica moda and worked [inaudible] >> can you advance the slide. i skipped poor megan who will go next. there we go. >> so, i updated the special events website and basically i added more content to make sure the information pres

but i don't see an abatement in the buyer. people want a cyber security solution. liabilities if you are compromised and know it has never been higher. ramy: there is talk about consolidation in the industry by some analysts. would you agree with that? kevin: i don't know when it's coming, but there are a lot of cyber security startups out there. some be told me a number of 1200 of them. when i went to the conference this year in san francisco, looking at all the attendees, i felt like there was 15 ideas, maybe 20 ideas, but 1200 companies. so i think you will see compression. it's hard to know how many companies the market can bear, but 1200 felt a little high to me for 15 to 20 ideas. you will see compression. we are at the early onset of it. with that, you will see some m&a activity. ramy: i want to look at the stock price for fireeye. at its high, about $95 a share. now it is around $12 or so. some people brought up the possibility that fireeye could be an acquisition target. do you think the conditions are ripe for that? kevin: i can tell you this. i want to b

el gorila se mantuvo con el menor durante 10 minutos, en algunos momentos arrastrando por el Área abate vio en la necesidad de dispararle, no se utilizaron dardos ya que no hubiera dejado "knockout," el niÑo esperan que se recupere. >>> lo que en su momento fue la tormenta tropical sede grado a tormenta tropical, que afecta a carolina del sur mientras tanto las inundaciones y lluvias torrenciales en texas ya dejan 4 muerto se han ordenado evacuaciones, en varias zonas del estado, nos tienen lo mÁs reciente de la emergencia invern invernal. >>> aunque las lluvias perdieron intensidad en texas los estragos continÚan siendo evidentes en las ultimas horas emitieron Órdenes de evacuacion para los residentes de la ciudad al aeft de houston y varias secciones, al oeste de la ciudad debido a las peligrosas condiciones del rÍo brazos que sigue amenazando vidas y casas. por esta misma razÓn el departamento de justicia krcrminal de texas iniciÓ de 2 prisiones en el condado de ellos. docenas de carreteras quedaron inundadas mientras tanto continÚan el rescate de personas que quedaron atrapadas por

and if we do not abate the by enviroental exsure thawe see today, we will see why dysfunction at the that w in 1990. here we are 20 years later and no chemical has been banned yet. on the day that the doctors told me i could not back to washington to work, gundersen energy corp. announced that they had gotten drills for the grand mesa, which is the big top water that provides water for everyone on that side of the valley. and someone handed me the forma for wh they we going use whea fact -they acked, a i recogzed a lo of chemicals, but there was one i did not recognize. i lled my office andaid, get me everything you can about this particular chemical. when i began tread about that particular chemical, i knew we were facing serious problems. and a year later, someone called me looking for me by the name of ura ams. she said, my house is within 350 feet of a well. i developed a very where -- a very rare adrenal gland tumor. it was horrible. chills went up and down the back of my neck. i know right where i was when she told me that. it will always be with me. and the worst part of it wa

the architect says a minor amount of debris was released during lead-based paint abatement activity, it will reopen when testing confirms the area is free of that debris. pennsylvania avenue, let's check on the roadway, jamie joins us with traffic watch. youe: one of the days where are not sure if you should have the wipers on, what levels should they be going? the big picture, mostly green except northbound on 395. solid red line. is coming down and you do need the windchill wipers. road construction blocking the right lane close to seminary road. you do have the delay at 14 miles per hour. , closerom the beltway the 14th street bridge, 22 minutes. as you get closer into washington, d.c., a nice break traveling on the freeway. single tracking, orange line and blue line, expect delays because it is between federal center and federal triangle. on the orange line, trains only operating between weston and line touse the orange transfer and to get to and from the other station, the orange and blue lines will be the best option. jummy: thank you. coming up, gone, the theft one family's wa

this morning, two uniformed officers in a patrol car were working on the department's stolen car abatement program. they announced a parked stolen car, tried to make contact with the female driver. a witness says the driver fled the scene crashing into a truck. officers got out of their cars and ran down for further investigation. the witness says that the person in the car, the suspect was kind of going back and forth with the car. putting it in reverse, and putting it in forward position and drive position. ultimately what happened was that one officer a sergeant fired a single shot striking the suspect, they administrated cpr but she died later at the hospital. she's a 27-year-old african american woman. we don't know if she had any sort of weapon in her car. the two officers were interviewed separately this morning. and the department of justice was on sign. we have spoke ton a number of people involved in the coalition. they are pretty angry about this shooting because this is the third one to happen in just the past six months. they are planning protests. they're supposed to be arriv

don't expect the long lines to abate anytime soon but the restaurant will text you when your table is ready and you can shop when you wait. >> we have a system in place to handle the large crowds. >> for those that made it on opening day, not enough other than to photograph and talk about it on social media. >> people that have not tried it should and people that have tried it. they love it. they have been to other locations. >> i was like thank goodness we made. >> some say the dumplings were worth the wait. >> it is a little slice of heaven. >> they are not fully staffed yet but when they are, they will have about one thousand guests a day. ann rubin. fox 2 news. >>> seriously i could go for a dumpling now. as long as i have vegetarian ones. >> could you wait 3 hours. >> no. >> and the lines look like they will die down soon. >> let's find out about the nice weather in the bay. >> the nice weather and in claimant weather in the plain states. the strong storms and tornadoes began at a weak weather system on friday. remember the rain on friday. it rushes across the plains and explode.

tunnel that tunneled under the existing alignment under the pennsylvania avenue and the third an abatementhere are no speaker cards through motorbike into that direction all connects to second street briefly the baseline condition the existing alignment we cut and cover tunnel as one of the concerns from the public this is an environmentally clear project why are you fooling with that because of the cost increases and the new technology and the boring machines it is time to look at this and see if there is a more efficient way to do this this is the abatement of the essentially on the map but underground an alignment that tunnels under that alignment underneath and through the columns of intrastate 280 and avoids the train under the streets the third alignment is a slight shift to the west west could be done to avoid one of the existing train rails that routing flood this alignment allows us to avoid one of the tunnels by shifting the alignment away from away from 14th street and townsend and this alignment under 3rd street that could veer off another any points before or after the existin

property own rers are notified and given 30 days to abate. properties on xhrns corridors are subject to a 15 day notice. acamomyed with the mailed violation are [inaudible] they frequently ask questions sheet with all the information how to reach the office. the notice explains the process for requesting a hearing as well as the way to contract the graffiti unit or request an extension. if the graffiti remains on the building after 30 days a blight notice is posted, the property owners are again notified and allowed another 15 days. if they do not remove the graffiti, contact the department within 45 days or request a hearing public works will proceed and bill the property owners. if the invoices are not paird it will be submitted to the board of supervisors for assessment on the property tax bill. most residents respond quickly when they find graffiti and respect the ord nrns and follow through. property owners and merchants understand the importance of removing graffiti quickly and send a message they will not allow graffiti to remain on th

officials say a big part of their fire prevention efforts are focused on vegetation inspection and abatement. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist talk a little bit more about that. given all the brand we have had, what kind of fire season to you think this could shape up to be? >> i think it is going to be the worst ever. it is always going to be bad. it is a dry summer. it matters if we get more rain, we have more vegetation, it is a good question, but what you live in california it is about earthquakes, fire, and water. it always has been. when the spanish settlers came it was about buyers. because it is dry in the summer this is the kind of thing where up against. 85 in napa, 88 in fairfield. sorry, frank, that is the worst answer officially. >> i get it. >> we do this thing where it is cycled to the water. in other words, this is how the state is. we are going to have dry periods so be careful with water . fires are always going to be an issue in earthquakes will to. that is my big thing. i do a lot of california history in my spare time and i read a lot of history books. that is t

there was a focus on three things: educating the public, abating the problem, and executing taggers. vendors were on hand to show different products for graffiti removal but more importantly, they talked about what is being done to fight the blight. the city's graffiti watch program has been making improvements. it's made up of volunteers including students from the academy of art university. every other week, they hit downtown san francisco cleaning up vandalism within a 16 block radius. >> our goal is to touch more people, get more people involved, make it the norm to go out there and have the city look clean. >> reporter: san francisco public works is working with the police department to catch and prosecute attackers. this is an at -- prosecute the taggers. this is an expensive problem and costs around $20 million to clean up the damages every year. >>> coming up, president obama visits flint michigan to discuss the water crisis. what he says about the safety of the water now. >>> it's called the icon a 5. it is postured to be the everyman's plane. >>> president obama was in flin

. >> richard nelson of the alliance for gray market abatement says the items are authentic and even legal, but also risky for you, the buyer. >> you have no guarantee that what you are getting is going to work. you don't have a guarantee that the manufacturer will stand behind it. >> i was in the market for a full frill camera. >> this college student wanted a nikon camera to launch a career in photography. it wasn't cheap. >> i went researching and tronic city showed up on google. >> they offered the very camera she wanted for $2800. a savings of about $200. every little bit helped. >> it worked fine for a period of time. >> this camera came if the right box and had the instructions, but three months later she says a big problem -- >> the pins were broken and bent. i couldn't take pictures. >> melissa thought it was a defect. she said tron nick city told her -- tronic city told her to send it to nikon for repair. they sent it right back. >> they said it was gray market product. they wouldn't touch it. >> gray market products are real. but generally it is intended for sale in a foreign co

clearly the issues at rosebud have not been addressed or abated on december 4. in 2014, i requested a status update on the great plains area from then-acting director of the indian health service. in her response, she stated -- and i quote -- "the great plains area has shown marked improvement in all categories. and significant improvements in health care delivery and program accountability have also been demonstrated." end quote. and yet we continue to receive frequent reports of abysmal patient care. i'm pretty sure that sending a man home with bleeding in his brain and having a mother give birth prematurely on a bathroom floor are not signs of significant improvement. having a realistic picture of what's going on at indian health service facilities is absolutely essential if we hope to start improving the standard of care that our tribes receive. that's why whistle-blower protections are so important. our bill will help make sure that the system protects those who come forward to expose the problems facing patients. madam president, i'm proud of the bill that

number of cases abated were 73. code enforcement inspections were 181.hank you. >> president mccarthy: thank you deputy director. >> clerk: is there any public comment on the directors report, open items 7a-d seeing none, item 8 discussion on permit and project tracking system. >> testifier: good morning commission. department of technology. we remain on track for the delivery of their findings they complete their analysis phase. the no touching the recommendation or findings and recommendations. i have a weekly checkpoint with them on friday. i talk with them this friday i should be getting the go-ahead to go start scheduling the sessions with stakeholders. so tbi bic, and city cio. i do want to mention miguel was traveling today so not able to attend but he looks forward to attending next session. >> commissioner walker: so, we are on track. are we going to be getting 80 assessment by the next meeting i think was was in june or something? >> testifier: yes. the track we are on now i'm anticipating the full report will be available. if there wants the a

raphael was the abatement program. >> what do you actually do for that funding. >> yeah.hat's a fund that was put in place several years ago to mitigate the problem of litter by sixth cigarette butt it goes to do litter abatement work that's what we use the funds for . >> a few examples. >> i don't have them ask the public works how they use that money i don't have details. >> i see the funding. >> the way the legislation was written and comes through our department. >> colleagues, any further questions. >> okay. thank you thank you very much. >> up next, we have your retirement board. >> good morning supervisors jay executive director of san francisco retirement system our mission statement states what we do we're dedicated to securing and prudently investing and provide the promised benefits. >> overview of the folks for actually employees we are administering 14 programs and from the chart the history of pension reform we've seen since 2010 we have some folks that are still working that are hired prior to 1976 and police and fire and miscellaneous members is where we h

my part the project with the city wide camp abatement program developed manual for this program. what is in the manual it talks about backgrunds, goals, training and safe work practices. it is going to be-it is resource for this program that has all this description. i created a outside resource guide. if illegal campers ask for assistance the team will have these resources at hand with hours of operation, location and telephone numbers. >> i worked on research and development which included looking at other city policies and parks regarding this issue as well as implementing a gis reporting and mapal system using existing technology. the golden gate investigation jury of 2013 recommendation as the mayor desire to learn more about these encampments. >> thank you very much. >> next up is erica [inaudible] worked on the special events website. >> my name is erica moda and worked [inaudible] >> can you advance the slide. i skipped poor megan who will go next. there we go. >> so, i updated the special events website and basically i added more content to make sure the information pres

property own rers are notified and given 30 days to abate. properties on xhrns corridors a a 15 day notice. acamomyed with the mailed violation are [inaudible] they frequently ask questions sheet with all the information how to reach the office. the notice explains the process for requesting a hearing as well as the way to contract the graffiti unit or request an extension. if the graffiti remains on the building after 30 days a blight notice is posted, the property owners are again notified and allowed another 15 days. if they do not remove the graffiti, contact the department within 45 days or request a hearing public works will proceed and bill the property owners. if the invoices are not paird it will be submitted to the board of supervisors for assessment on the property tax bill. most residents respond quickly when they find graffiti and respect the ord nrns and follow through. property owners and merchants understand the importance of removing graffiti quickly and send a message they will not allow graffiti to remain on the property bu

. >> richard nelson of the alliance for gray market abatement says the items are authentic and even legal, but also risky for you, the buyer. >> you have no guarantee that what you are getting is going to work. you don't have a guarantee that the manufacturer will stand behind it. >> i was in the market for a full frill camera. >> this college student wanted a nikon camera to launch a career in photography. it wasn't cheap. >> i went researching and tronic city showed up on google. >> they offered the very camera she wanted for $2800. a savings of about $200. every little bit helped. >> it worked fine for a period of time. >> this camera came if the right box and had the instructions, but three months later she says a big problem -- >> the pins were broken and bent. i couldn't take pictures. >> melissa thought it was a defect. she said tron nick city told her -- tronic city told her to send it to nikon for repair. they sent it right back. >> they said it was gray market product. they wouldn't touch it. >> gray market products are real. but generally it is intended for sale in a foreign co

my part the project with the city wide camp abatement program developed manual for this program. what is in the manual it talks about backgrunds, goals, training and safe work practices. it is going to be-it is resource for this program that has all this description. i created a outside resource guide. if illegal campers ask for assistance the team will have these resources at hand with hours of operation, location and telephone numbers. >> i worked on research and development which included looking at other city policies and parks regarding this issue as well as implementing a gis reporting and mapal system using existing technology. the golden gate investigation jury of 2013 recommendation as the mayor desire to learn more about these encampments. >> thank you very much. >> next up is erica [inaudible] worked on the special events website. >> my name is erica moda and worked [inaudible] >> can you advance the slide. i skipped poor megan who will go next. there we go. >> so, i updated the special events website and basically i added more content to make sure the information pres

my part the project with the city wide camp abatement program developed manual for this program. what is in the manual it talks about backgrunds, goals, training and safe work practices. it is going to be-it is resource for this program that has all this description. i created a outside resource guide. if illegal campers ask for assistance the team will have these resources at hand with hours of operation, location and telephone numbers. >> i worked on research and development which included looking at other city policies and parks regarding this issue as well as implementing a gis reporting and mapal system using existing technology. the golden gate investigation jury of 2013 recommendation as the mayor desire to learn more about these encampments. >> thank you very much. >> next up is erica [inaudible] worked on the special events website. >> my name is erica moda and worked [inaudible] >> can you advance the slide. i skipped poor megan who will go next. there we go. >> so, i updated the special events website and basically i added more content to make sure the information pres

. >> they reduced the amount have of my abatement which i think is wrong f last year the renovationsifficult to my house were worth approximately $07,000 they are still worth $70,000 this year. >> because the city just recently bought properties to market rates some are seeing higher property rates but not all residents. friday is the deadline to a peel and you can do that through the office of property assessment. >>> hopping today, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg plans to meet with a group of high profile conservatives, meetings follows a report, aver the tech story claims social network, and, trending topics section. facebook denies accusations. >> milestone in washington, senate the unanimously confirmed first openly gay secretary of the u.s. military brand. it will be the new secretary of the army. he previously served as defense secretary ash carter's chief of staff. the his confirmation has been held out by kansas republican senator pat roberts who wanted assurances guantanamo bay prisoners would not be shift todd his home state. >>> well, coming up a new round of lawsuits for pe

property own rers are notified and given 30 days to abate. properties on xhrns corridors are subject to a 15 day notice. acamomyed with the mailed violation are [inaudible] they frequently ask questions sheet with all the information how to reach the office. the notice explains the process for requesting a hearing as well as the way to contract the graffiti unit or request an extension. if the graffiti remains on the building after 30 days a blight notice is posted, the property owners are again notified and allowed another 15 days. if they do not remove the graffiti, contact the department within 45 days or request a hearing public works will proceed and bill the property owners. if the invoices are not paird it will be submitted to the board of supervisors for assessment on the property tax bill. most residents respond quickly when they find graffiti and respect the ord nrns and follow through. property owners and merchants understand the importance of removing graffiti quickly and send a message they will not allow graffiti to remain on th

raphael was the abatement program. >> what do you actually do for that funding. >> yeah.hat's a fund that was put in place several years ago to mitigate the problem of litter by sixth cigarette butt it goes to do litter abatement work that's what we use the funds for . >> a few examples. >> i don't have them ask the public works how they use that money i don't have details. >> i see the funding. >> the way the legislation was written and comes through our department. >> colleagues, any further questions. >> okay. thank you thank you very much. >> up next, we have your retirement board. >> good morning supervisors jay executive director of san francisco retirement system our mission statement states what we do we're dedicated to securing and prudently investing and provide the promised benefits. >> overview of the folks for actually employees we are administering 14 programs and from the chart the history of pension reform we've seen since 2010 we have some folks that are still working that are hired prior to 1976 and police and fire and miscellaneous members is where we h

police say officers with the vehicle theft abatement team identified that vehicle as stolen. police say when they approached the driver she took off, crashing the vehicle into a truck sgt. michael andraychak/san francisco police -- she's struck the driver once. >> reporter:the woman was pronounced dead a short time later at san francisco general hospital >> ed lee/san francisco mayor-- we need to look at this case specifically. >> reporter:at an unrelated news conference mayor ed lee this latest shooting and said it would be fully investigated >> reporter:up to now the mayor has stood by the chief but this latest shooting has sparked renewed calls for his firing >> pam:san francisco's public defender jeff adachi had to the shooting: quote - "police reforms and policy changes are meaningless. if they aren't accompanied by a major shift in police culture. i am reiterating my attorney general's office. open its own civil rights investigation." - unquote >> pam: police officers'--we also heard from the police officers association. president says, it is too early for him to commen