absent. >> supervisor mar? absent. >> supervisor mirkarimi? present. >> supervisor wiener? present. we have a quorum. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. item number two, please. >> approval of minutes of the november 15, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any discussion? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. roll call, please. >> item number two. >> supervisor avalos? >> supervisor campos? >> supervisor chiu? >> supervisor chu? >> supervisor cohen? >> supervisor elsbernd? >> supervisor farrell? >> supervisor kim? >> supervisor mar? absent. >> supervisor mirkarimi? >> supervisor wiener? item passes. supervisor mirkarimi: all right. please read items number three four. >> 3 commenters report. four, executive director's report. these are information items. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, this is my last meeting as chair of the transportation authority. i want to thank you all for allowing me to serve you for two years. as i look back over the last year, but in particular the last two years, i think it is important that we can all take pride

most businesses, absent the entertainment industry, they are closed by 9:00 or 10:00 at night. the lion's share of the foot beat officers work from 11 in the morning until 9:00 at night. we tried to take in the transit corridors. we get spread pretty thin when it gets to be midnight, 2:00 in the morning. certainly, valencia st. would be one of the areas. i am sure that he would love to hear more from you. >> [inaudible] >> i am happy to have that conversation, the problem is that we are down a certain amount of officers. when we spread the time out midnight shift, that is traditionally one that we try to catch up with by the morning. by extending the evening and the crowd, any potential problems with it, we spread our resources thin. at a certain hour, we roll up the sidewalks in san francisco. you are asking us not to roll them up for a while. absent staffing that we would like to have to do that on straight time, that will definitely be an ongoing conversation. hopefully the city recovers more than -- i mean, we are going in the right direction. but we need to replace the bod

this year he as been absent from playoff year. the creators of the t-shirt expect huge sales. >> that should be a good seller. what the price of those chicken wings are going up. they say timing is everything. >> a tattoo tribute is gaining controversy. >> the days of backbreaking book bags could become a thing of the past for students. apple is looking to change the college experience. >> a local restaurant is hosting a dinner in honor of t

commissioners borden and moore were absent and the need to participate in the final action. commissioner moore: i have reviewed and i am prepared to comment. commissioner borden: those same people are present today. >> the matter is before you, commissioners. commissioner antonini: i will confine my remarks to the merits of the project which i think are obvious. the one thing and that is a little disturbing, we see situations where in a very wealthy area or high income area where someone wants to have affordable housing, they have that right. if there is an area with a multitude of income levels and uses, everyone should be welcome there. i think this one is appropriate, and i don't feel that certain things should be this good from the neighborhood assembly because of the people that may live there. i think first of all, this particular project is relative to the eight adjacent buildings and it is modified not to shout of the parade ground. this project sponsor has been at this since march 9, 2005. they spend considerable amounts of money to pursue this project and was grant

for january 10, 2012, student expulsion, the board by the vote of six ayes and one absent approved the expulsion of one high school student. the board by a vote of seven ayes, approved a contract for one principal. we are adjourning this meeting and we've taken care of the memory of warren helmand. so meeting is adjourned. commissioner campos: good morning, everyone. welcome to the transportation authority plans and programs committee. happy new year to everyone. we are joined this morning by a committee vice chair commissioner carmen chu, john avalos, david chiu and scott wiener on on routes -- are en route. please call item no. 2. >> approve the minutes of the december 6, 20

commissioner peterson has resigned for the board and commissioner hwang is absent for the evening. when a vacancy exists on the board, the board may overrule the action of the department by a vote of three members. four votes are not required to overrule a departmental action in. that is why we are able to meet with only three members present. if the absence commissioners vote could make a difference, the board will allow the absent commissioner to participate in the vote. we are also joined by deputy city attorney francesca who will provide the board with any needed legal advice. at the controls is the victor. and i am sylvia gold steam. we are joined our representatives who have matters before the board. jarvis murray is here representing the division of taxis. john fong is here representing the department of mapping. and anthony greco is representing the department of building inspection. at this time, could you please go over the meeting guidelines. >> the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversatio

for january 10, 2012, student expulsion, the board by the vote of six ayes and one absent approved the expulsion of one high school student. the board by a vote of seven ayes, approved a contract for one principal. we are adjourning this meeting and we've taken care of the memory of warren helmand. so meeting is adjourned. >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪ i have been working with them on the last two years on the award and the exhibitions. the book looks at the full scope of the awards they have sponsored. ♪ it has been important to understand the different shifts within the award program and how that is nearing w

for january 10, 2012, student expulsion, the board by the vote of six ayes and one absent approved the expulsion of one high school student. the board by a vote of seven ayes, approved a contract for one principal. we are adjourning this meeting and we've taken care of the memory of warren helmand. so meeting is adjourned. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the h

for january 10, 2012, student expulsion, the board by the vote of six ayes and one absent approved the expulsion of one high school student. the board by a vote of seven ayes, approved a contract for one principal. we are adjourning this meeting and we've taken care of the memory of warren helmand. so meeting is adjourned. >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will it feel cold and electronic? >> the imagery will change. there will be four different sets. it is a two dimensional image. it is stretched out into three dimensions. the device is part of the experience. you cannot experience the image without the device as being part of what you are seeing. whereas with the tv you end up ignoring it. i make gallery work more self and budget and public art work where i have to drop this of indulgence and think about how people will respond. and one of the things i was interested in the work and also a little

she was really intensely present when she was with him and intensely absent, and not because she was a working mother but because she was really a way , a long time, sometimes a year or two during is growing up. so he really had this experience of this intense relationship and abandonment. so he had to deal with abandonment throughout his growing up in one form or another. and because of that he was extremely sensitive to abandonment and to ballooning to groups, and he wrote about it fairly honestly. he wrote in a poignant moment about how he actually shows the way a fourth grade crocus make because people were saying that she is his grow friend. relief duster and disconnected from her. he is able to talk about that. and he even talked about fear when he was older. he said he was never really afraid of being physically hurt, even when he was in the middle of the projects in chicago. he talked about being afraid of not belonging to a group. that was his biggest fear, of not being connected. and he romanticized families. here is a person who wanted to be in a family, wanted to find way

. >> reporter: rick santorum absent from new hampshire yesterday. he was not raising expectations. >> we started out great with rick perry. and we are not there anymore. we feel good about that. >> reporter: well, we were essentially all over new hampshire today. rallies, campaign events, town halls and with the end of the events here with john huntsman, that essentially is the end of it. the next campaign events we will see will be after the primary tomorrow night after the vote is in. in new hampshire, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> mitt romney spent his day defending a remark about firing people. he made the comment in new hampshire. he was promoting freedom of choice in healthcare decisions. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. >> mitt romney's rivals pounced on him. john huntsman said he enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. with ktvu channel 2 news and www.ktvu.com we will bring you complete coverage on new hampshire primary. >>> three new pipeline bills aimed at ensuring pg&e never compromises safety again. ktvu'

they want communities that are absent violence and whether kids can play outside.they want housing that they can afford. they want basic services, like grocery stores that provide healthy options for themselves and their families, right? so the agenda would really look at a pretty traditional i think for most people, american politics agenda. it's want about making sure that those are most marginal have access to equality, to success, to the most basic things that we said are needed in fact for people to fulfill their missions and destinies. it's not a radical agenda by any means. >> cathy cohen from your professor of political science year the university of chicago. did you include that example in the book, democracy remixed? because was it a sister soldier moment the? >> i talked about, is going to see bill cosby, but bill clinton to some people would say a tack sister soldier in events to show to the country that he could reprimand the black community, distance himself some say from reverend jesse jackson. i suggest now that young black politicians engage in a k

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the myth of absent. in american history as in american life, black americans are invisible presence. did you hear what i just said? you got to just listen to that a little bit because it's got to sink in a little bit. they are not seen not because of their absence but because of the presence of a myth that prepares and requires their absence. did you hear what i just said? they are not seen not because of their absence but because of the presence of a myth that prepares and requires their absence. the myth of absence which expresses this idea and intention operates not by misinterpretation and slander but by silence and exclusion. by simply not mentioning certain realities and by removing black actors from scenes in which they played supporting roles, the manipulation of the myth changes the color of the past and controls the perception and acts in the present and it's no accident that the dominant images of popular history are white. do you follow me? if you think about the myth of absence, if you look

>> i just learned i will be absent for the february 25 meeting to to work troubles. >> any other comments? my congratulations. now we will move on to the minutes. >> i will move their adoption. >> any public comment on the minutes, seeing ninone. [calling votes] >> the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. it strikes moving onto item #4, which is a special item. it is a presentation addressing human trafficking and the regulation of massages establishment permits. >> i just want to say i met her several months ago, and the subject of human trafficking and massage cases came up, and it occurred to me it would be useful sooto understand more ofe evidence of human trafficking, so i asked her to carve out some time in her busy schedule and come up with a presentation to educates us. for us thank you very much. i am the executive director of the apartment. i am joined by nancy kirschner rodriguez and sgt vanderbilt of the new special unit. we did distribute a brochure of our department, a brochure about the collaboration on anti- gay human traffic in it -- on anti-human trafficking. this par

. >> there was one candidates notably absent. rick perry is suspending his bid for the white house after five months on the campaign trail. the announcement comes after less than stellar prospects in south carolina and poor showings in iowa and also in new hampshire. >> i am suspending my campaign and endorsing newt gingrich for president of the united states. i believe newt is a conservative visionary who can transform our country. >> perry says the mission is to be president obama and replace him with a true conservative -- to beat president obama and replace him with a true conservative. will raven's fans received a chilly reception? jennifer is live outside the stadium. we did see what kind of reception you are getting. >> take a look at this. this is amazing. i feel like i am on snow control. about an inch and a half and the last hour. it is supposed to stop overnight. i will tell you what to expect for ravens fans in just a second, but we spent the day checking of the area to give you an idea of what to expect when you get

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let the record show that commissioner cavellini is absent. >> i would like to introduce two new commissioners, one has been sworn in. and the other one will be seriously considering it after tonight's meeting. [laughter] commissioner newlin: on my left is brian pan, welcome and in the audience is stephen lee. [applause] commissioner newlin: welcome. all right, we are going to continue until the end of the meeting to review and approve the minutes and continue item three, report of the executive director and call item number 4, police department comments and questions. >> richard carrea and i wanted to introduce to you inspector richard van cole who will be taking over the duties formerly handled by another officer. it's good we have dave downstairs at southern and rich is 31 years in the police department. a lot of experience in financial crimes.

thomas was notably absent from the d.c. council breakfast. thomas has worked out a plea deal with federal authorities to resign and serve seven years in prison for taking $300,000 in public funds. speaking with sam ford of this morning, he would never -- neither confirm or deny he is leaving. marion barry has filed to run for his third consecutive term in the council. he is expected to be a challenge by a number of other candidates including natalie williams, his former spokeswoman. he previously had four terms as washington d.c. mayor starting in 1979 and ending in 1999. >>> coming up a local man who made history in that d.c. is slated to rest. --laid to rest. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson doug hill, and tim brant sports. >> today president obama made his pick to run the consumer bureau. a came after senators blocked the nomination in december. the president stood his ground and back his pick. >> now is the time to do everything we can to protect consumers to prevent financial crises like the one we banter from

. >> commissioner hwang is absent. president goh: aye. >> the vote is 3-0. president goh: we need a break. commissioner garcia: thank you. >> welcome back to the december 14 meeting, i am ready to call item 7a- 7d. through 7d. the appellants are -- [reading names] this is the protest of the mobile food facility permit. president goh, i believe the permit holders agent would like to address the board. >> thank you. on behalf of the permit holder of these locations, i have been speaking with the appellants and would like to ask that this board, without a public hearing, save us the time and difficulty of that, to proceed to disapprove hora pulled this permit, disapproving the two locations at beal and california street and to uphold the other locations of the permit. commissioner garcia: mi ssission and washington? >> i have spoken to the appellants and they agree with that. >> should we ask for the appellants to address the board as well? we'll do that, starting with the appellant. this is in specific reference to the proposal, 97 minutes of testimony. -- not

(cheerr)"absent from the tump today: congressman ron paul, with no public events...and former seeatorsantorum in pennsylvania....with his 3 year-old daughter in the hospital, suffering from a serious geeetic condition.newt gingrich, pouncing... tryinn to push santorum and congressman ron paul out of the race.gingrich says: "down here, one of our challenges, two major conservative candidates, between us, clearly beat romney but we're splitting the conservative vote."(centanni on cam tag) next tuesday in florrda will not be the end-all and be-all of this g-o-p primary campaign. to nevada's february 4th ccnteet.in washington, steve centanni, fox newss 3 fox45 takes you inside the florida primary. we'll have continuing coverage of the race with live reports from our election teams in florida on tuesday. 3 a scene of devastation on a florida highway. highway.you can see the burned-out shells of at least two cars and a tractoo trailer. it happened on a highway in gainsville this morning.. 9-people died after the pile-up.more than a dozen people are in the hospital. investigators say fog and

. >> but black men are actually not absent in this way. >> stephen: like-- or like the yeti. there is like history channel show like finding big foot. >> finding the black man, where was he. one there is one even living in the white house at the moment. >> stephen: i heard that, yes. so how can there be-- i don't judge, maybe he is black, maybe he's not. but if we do have an african-american president we have an african-american first lady. >> we do. >> stephen: doesn't that shatter the stereotype. >> i guess i would say that no, she doesn't senate-- shatter them but she does challenge them, at the same time that for example we're holding up the help. we have simultaneously a challenging figure in the person of michelle obama as first lady and reinforcing stereotypes. >> stephen: the help is a historical document. >> it is not. >> stephen: it is. that is how it once was. it was never. there were a simpler time. >> jim crowe was never like big fun in the kitchen. >> stephen: in some ways don't all women says ter stereotypes. >> all women face ster why types and the point isn't

fiske costs >> noticeably absent itself is jon huntsman. he is choosing instead to focus on next week's primary if he observed. >> after being on the ground in iowa for the last couple of months, a vast majority of the candidates are taking this stage very seriously. the costs in >>james: subzero temperatures have hit parts of china. freezing conditions could last for several days. accompanied by a dense fog. they are bringing not only new year's celebrations but traffic has been brought to a halt. we will be watching their weather and our weather. >>darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside at our weather around the bay area which is foggy. we are in for warm temperatures to continue for the next week of the new year. we will be right back.

absent any other questions or public comment, we will move on to infrastructure. >> i know staffing was a question last year or at some point and now we are going to staff all of these efforts in external affairs. can you give us an update on where that is? >> our positions are being freed up as we speak. it's an ongoing heat in the city. when you actually want to fill the positions, you go through the process to make sure one is on board with the position and classification and so the mayor's office at questions about how these would work together and this is a large increase because they're focusing on this area and they want to make sure it's working and the wonderful connection -- the mayor is very involved in community activities and job growth activity and this is one of the places in this city that can provide that. we expect those to be released. >> that means in the next weeks we will be bringing people online? >> we heard from the mayor's office on friday late in the day in preparation for this conversation today that positions were getting approved. knock on wood, we would ho

absent a single out -- signal -- >> after the thursday meeting, the immediate reaction was -- how fast can you do it? the question there is, we want to make sure. but we have two years. if they can make this payment, they have three years to make it happen. the real issue is, can we do it fast enough when the market is as good as it is? clearly, the boston board made it happen as fast as it could happen. it is not under our control and it is not done, but yes. >> i guess that my question on that would be, given that the intent was to enable every payment, and i think we can, if there would be anything about us putting a particular number in the budget that would make it more difficult >> i do not think so. they will have the option of deciding just how much they want to pay -- more difficult. >> i do not think so. they will have the option of deciding just how much they want to pay. sorry, i did not realize you were still back there. [laughter] >> art jensen -- >> i was trying to put words in your mouth. >> it is all right. we would certainly want to move ahead. we have been studying t

noticeably absent from this morning's monthly d.c. council breakfast, ward 5 city councilman harry thomas. news broke last night that he will resign amid a growing scandal. he did not talk to us this morning. >> it private property. >> the rest of city council did not have a lot to say about their colleague and his impending resignation. >> i don't really have a comment. >> it residents watched last month as fbi agents raided his house on 17th street after prosecutors accused him of diverting $300,000 in taxpayer funds to himself to pay for golf trips and a luxury-car among other things off. as part of a plea agreement wtop reports in battled council and has agreed to resign from his position, but what is uncertain is when he will leave office. >> it is only reports at this stage. >> that's not all. as part of the deal struck with pete hoekstra with prosecutors in which he did not admit guilt he was supposed to begin paying the city back. but the council and missed a deadline to deliver the second $15,000 installment last night. >> i

. >> the was notably absent for many of the recently released ravens play off, but a local company made sure the face of the defense is well represented. after serious demand, smart art has come up with a t-shirt dedicated to ray lewis. the call it "ray-lentless." the creator of the t-shirt expects huge sales. from baltimore to the eastern shore, purple pride is strong. thank you gary and beverley middleton for your photographs. everyone is showing their fan- staches. air york close on -- share your photographs on wbaltv.com. in office took ravens that it from jack young. young changed his mind about supporting baltimore's grand prix. jay miller at the latest. >> the mayor seemed to take jack young's change of heart in stride. young said he was switching his position from supporting it to now opposing it because he thinks the city has better use for his money. the mayor's response -- >> it is not the first time. >> there was no playing nice in private. at the same time the mayor podgy staff was demanding young return the tickets he had been given to what the ravens' playoff game this su

noticeably absent from the list of top contenders is one time front runner newt gingrich, whose poll numbers plummeted largely because of what he calls attacks from the romney camp. but even with the downward trend, the former speaker remains publicly positive. >> we may pull off one of the great upsets in the history of the iowa caucuses. >> luckily, whoever loses tonight will still have three other primaries in january. jon huntsman is not even in iowa today. he is waiting for new hampshire which is next week. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> our coverage of the caucasus continues through today and tonight. scott thuman is in iowa and he will fire out reports on air and on line at wjla.com, as the first votes of the election season gets underway. before the votes are tallied, we want to hear from you. we would like to know who you think might come out on top. you can't add to our facebook page to vote. we will have the results tonight at 5:00. >>> turning to this major change in our weather. temperatures are plunging. winter seems to have finally arrived in our area and along the eas

katy perry was a big winner but she was absent. she was honored in five categories including favorite female artists, some of the year, and reason video for "last friday nightg." fridaylee" -- ""glee"starr was named as top actors. the film "harry parcher -- harry potter." it looks like three times is the charm for actress halle berry. there are reports she is engaged to oliver martinez. she has been married twice before to baseball player david justice and to singer eric benet and she has a daughter with a model. a new kind of barbie, a bald and beautiful barbie. a facebook page was recently launched. nearly 40,000 people already like the page. the idea was created for children battling cancer who lose their hair. mattel has not publicly commented. >> someone going the wrong way on and washington state highway prompted strong reactors. >> you almost hit me head on -- this 60-year-old woman drove in the wrong lane for 18 miles before she was stopped. police said when they talk to her she did not know where she was. officers blamed a

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. >> reporter: noticably absent from the crowds is jon huntsman. he's not competing in iowa, choosing to focus on the primary next week in new hampshire. having been in iowa for a few mon the now, i can tell you these -- months now, i can tell you these candidates are taking this state seriously, in the hopes they will come out with momentum. they are hoping to do better than people think they will do. >>> people who are anxious to hear the iowa caucus results can go to ktvu.com tonight. we'll start posting the results the moment they come in. >>> president obama and his family are now back in -- in washington, d.c. after their ten-day vacation in hawaii. this is video of the first family arriving at the white house early this morning. they spent the holidays in hawaii. president obama returns to politics -- returns to washington. >>> today a disabled man is facing eviction and foreclosure from his home of 26 years. leonard wilson refinanced his home a few years ago to pay for a new roof. now he's in foreclosure and faces eviction as early as today

commissioner gonzales is absent.ommissioner hill. >> here. >> commissioner mccarthy. >> present. >> commissioner perez is excused. >> thank you. good evening. i am the chair of the immigrant rights commission. on behalf of the immigrant rights commission, i would like to welcome everyone to this symposium. four members of the public, the immigrant rights commission represents the voices of the san francisco immigrant communities. we are responsible for advising the mayor and the board of supervisors on any matters related to the well-being and concerns. the commission meets regularly on the second monday of every month beginning at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. in april of 2009, we have the joint hearing with the human rights commission to listen to the first 10 testimonies from san francisco residents. the purpose of tonight symposium is for the commission and for the rest of the city family to hear from national experts on comprehensive immigration reform, and to obtain guidance on how local governments, commissions, and