is a lot of interest and concern expressed about the growth projections and how we're trying to accommodate them in the city and i would like to have a discussion with you as we best can about this issue of growth and how we are trying to accommodate it, particularly in the context of the center corridor plan, so if i could have the overhead we will get started on this. as you know first i'm going to start with regional projections and talk about the projections for san francisco and how we're trying to accommodate some of that growth. as you know this was developed for a sustainable community strategy and implements these things to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the regional projections are here. they project that the bay area which is the nine counties that touch the bay will grow by 2 million people and add 1 million jobs and housing units and that is about 2/3 of the city of san francisco -- no, more than that. that is double the size of san francisco and while they have projections by county it's clear that number is coming to the bay area and whether they will go to each county the

so very accommodative, and they expect that to continue. because they know. no mention of the risky eurozone? i thought that was surprising as well. lori: we might get that in the press conference. melissa: for sure. lori: we'll wait for reporter to ask that question especially with headlines out of cyprus this week. michael cox, to you. nicole raises a interesting point. what if the economy starts recovering here and fed takes foot off gas pedal and sooner than they're telling us right now? could almost be a bad thing for the markets. >> well, that's right. because if the economy starts recovering and interest rates start rising and, you know you will have a stock market effect. so any kind of a recovery we had becomes temporary and we'll, basically, look at the end of the great depression for the first 14 quarters after the great depression, the gdp, real gdp grew about 60%. today, over the last 14 quarters it has grown 7.5%. we've had the weakest recovery in history. melissa: right. >> the chance of falling from recovery back into recession looms large. me

so, in rough numbers, about 20% of the city will accommodate about 80% of the growth. and again, the only way to do that is a fair robust transit system. this, of course, shows the high-speed train corridor which is actually where caltrain exists today. of course, the focus is in what i like to think of is the intersection between south of market, south beach, downtown and financial district. so, what i'd like to talk about is kind of the short-term situation that we find ourselves in and the long-term situation where high-speed rail would come into the city at full build out. of course, we all are interested in creating a high-speed rail project that would connect san jose to san francisco as part of the statewide high-speed rail system. it is an important project where i'm very excited that california will become the first state to actually start construction potentially this year on this. so, just to compare ideas here and where we are in this, currently the high-speed rail authority is proposing to electrify caltrain, of course, to build a temporary $250 million st

the questions of physical capacity at webster and isa is sufficient to accommodate the future demand for school feeds. both at the elementary and middle-school level. and this reflects the housing pattern that supervisor cohen eluded to. and there are other concerns as well. with respect to bryant elementary, that is not on potrero hill, per se, it's on the eastern side of the mission. that is also an elementary school that joined with webster into the current feeder pattern of isa. there is some concerns raised, not as vocal, but some concerns whether isa is an appropriate and natural feeder pattern for bryant as well. and there is a sense that everett middle school is a more natural feeder pattern historically speaking. and for several other reasons that members of the bryant community feel that everett is a more appropriate feeder pattern. in the meantime we have seen that very few families and students exiting the fifth grade. and we have one-and-a-half years of data on this, because the feeder patterns are fairly new. between webster and bryant, when the fifth graders are moving

that was the only accommodation made for grooming standards. we started to fight this war in saudi arabia, and following the gulf war invasion of 2003, the army said, if you are a woman serving in saudi arabia, you need to wear muslim womenk that typically wear in public. we had an air force lieutenant- colonel who said, not so fast, i'm serving nation, my male counterparts do not wear any special accommodation for uniform. i do not want to wear that. 2003 in thesed in authorization act, no more. a statute was passed that said, we cannot force or encourage or persuade women to wear disclosing if do not want to. i saw that play out. -- this clothing if they do not want to. i saw that play out. in 2001, i saw operation in doreen upper -- enduring freedom in afghanistan. had gotten away from. in the navy. -- from beards in teh navy. the special operations said, look, we need to blend in. we need to preserve our force protection. we need more credibility with the afghans we're dealing with. men wore beards. see,s been interesting to in 2009, when i

that was the only accommodation made. along the way, we start to fight this war over in saudi arabia. following the gulf war invasion in 2003, the army started saying, if you are a woman serving in saudi arabia, you need to wear, off the base, the long cloak muslim women typically wear in public. the lieutenant colonel said, not so fast. i am an officer. i am serving the nation. my male counterparts do not have to serve -- wear any accommodation for a uniform. i do not want to wear that. congress passed in 2003, no more. the statute was passed. they said, you cannot force and encourage and persuade women to wear one if they do not want to. then i saw that play out. interestingly, then, we had in 2001 the operation freedom in afghanistan. the first thing every one of those guys did, they grew big bushy beards. i said, wait a minute. the special operators said, we need to blend in. we need to have the beards so we can better serve and get more credibility with the afghans with whom we are dealing so the men wore beards. it

we see a time in which labor markets are doing stronger, then we might improve accommodation at that point. if the labor market were to weaken or the outlook would get worse, we can bring accommodation back to the previous level. >> i have to come back to the issue of adjusting the flow rate. are we near that time right now? how can the market calibrate the number two changes? let's say we had 236,000 jobs per month and the unemployment rate is 0.2%. would that be sufficient to begin to adjust the purchases down word? thank you. >> that will be a decision the committee have to make. we will look at progress that has been made since the last meeting and try to assess the outlook and try to determine whether there has been a change. we will use models internally and other indicators of the state of the labor market to try to make a good estimate of much we need to change the rate of flow. again. the point of this is that the markets see our behavior and them see how we respond to changes in the outlook and that way there will be a better ability for the markets to anticipate either a r

through asset purchases and the time when it will be proupt to begin removing accommodation by movingeral funds rate target towards more normal levels. as always, in deciding on the appropriate stance of policy, the committee will take a balanced approach consistent with its longer run goals of maximum employment and inflation of 2%. in sum, the committee anticipates moderate economic growth supported by household and business spending and a strengthening housing secretary yore. the labor market has shown signs of improvement but the unemployment rate remains elevated. inflation is expected to remain low and nis cal policy has become somewhat more restrictive. in light of the outlook and following a review of the efficacy and costs of addition al asset purchases, the committee reaffirmed its asset purchase program and it's federal funds guidance. thank you very much. i'd be glad to take your questions. >> hi. "washington post." my question is around qe. obviously we've seen some of your colleagues give more specific criteria, give some color around what they're looking for before they

assemblyman paul fong accepted accommodations in maui.susan bonilla and bob weckowski and noreen evans of santa rosa accepted accommodations at a separate conference in maui also in november. it was hosted by the pacific policy research foundation. according to the bee neither group discloses its donors. travel gifts are legal as long as there's a governmental purpose. >>> a report out today shows job growth in silican valley is slowing. the annual ceo business climate survey found 46% of silican valley companies expect to increase the size of their work force. last year 50% plan to add jobs. the survey also suggests job growth across the bay area and in california they also slow down this year. >>> it was a record day on wall street where the dow jones climbed to an all time high. the dow's last record closed were set in october of 2007 before the financial crisis. analysts say strong corporate earnings, the government stimulus and economic recovery are all pushing the markets higher. today the dow climbed 125 points to close at 14,253.

commissioner [inaudible] is the sponsor of this accommodation. would you read it for us please? >> i'd be happy to start us off with my sponsors and i'll start and they will continue. thank you. whereas the mission of the american association of university women founded in 1881 is to promote equity for all women and girls. and the seven star award winning san francisco branch is committed to supporting our diverse community by increasing opportunities for women and girls, initiating collaborations and mentor ships and providing leadership for community impact. >> whereas the landmark 2010 aau study why so few, the women in science engineering in mathematics shows statistics women in this field. these barriers include stereo types, gender bias in the colleges and universities. the continue to block women's progress in these fields and offers recommendations to further open [inaudible] in 1998, aau launch a summer camp to help middle school 7th grade girls to continue their interests in engineering and math. despite [inaudible] to address the deficiencyings /tkepl -- demonstrated

even so there is still enough space for the time being at daniel webster to accommodate the request for that school. and also the residents of the attendance area that attend sfusd schools anywhere. right now that's the case, whether or not that continues to be the case in the future. we are doing demographic projections and engaged professional demographers to clarify if that's the case. >> i have a clarifying question based on what you said. based on the research that exists now, daniel webster has capacity to serve their entire community as pre-k through 5? >> pre-k through 5. >> my second question, do we know the make-up of the zip code is for the students that attend isa as well? >> the make-up of the population of isa? >> the zip code for isa. what zip codes do the students come from? because if we are considering moving isa, which would be extraordinary, i am curious where would though students go? >> right, right now isa carries a spread and we look at the board of the pin maps that show the residential pattern of the students that attend isa. and to summarize they do draw a cit

accommodate for the two structures? >>> the adjacent neighbors. >> i think if i understand your question, there was an original proposed plan for the foundation work that was rejected. and, so, a compromise plan was proposed, also rejected. of the two proposed, the first one and the compromise, which is better or which is worse? >>> the original is better. the compromise is worse because it's literally sheering the foundation, the old foundation. you're leaving part of the old foundations in place and you have a mix of old and new foundations. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. we can hear rebuttal now from the permit holder. >>> my name is [speaker not understood] and i'm the structural engineer. i practice with a civil license. so my first, i guess issue was the factor of safety. the original foundation is actually a bearing foundation, it's not a retaining wall. so, to argue the factor of safety is so much more than what we've provided as a compromise is, in my mind, comparing apples and oranges because the b

obviously accommodating the different modes. is there anything about the site that will require a lot of attention to try and figure out? and my second question is around muni light rail so if there are any performance or operating suggestions being provided about light rail because my own experience along that side it's quite slow. >> i would like to introduce erin miller and that give some perspective. >> thank you. >> jennifer mentioned at the beginning of the meeting this afternoon we are working on a assessment that is taking into account not only this project but all of the development we are anticipating seeing along the waterfront, particularly eastern front in the area and we are beginning to where we expect to see transportation impacts and help us to begin to identify in our own system as well as the regional system where there maybe short falls as the projects come on line. we are working in an up and down manner zooming into the specific projects working with the cac for piers 30-32 as they dig more deeply into the

memorial for the fallen officers has been moved now from santa cruz to the hp pavilion in san jose to accommodate a huge crowd. that memorial at noon next thursday. we will have live coverage here on kpix5. >>> another police chase. this ended outside of the

they have been nothing less than accommodating, and courteous and respectful. and you know at the end of the day, it is a restaurant, bar, so there is going to be the realities of that. but, there has not been one time that i haven't you know, approached them, or asked them for any type of accommodation that they have not given me 100 percent of their attention and treated me respectfully. also, they made it available to me, and to all of the other renters they offered to put in new double pained sound-proof windows. i used to live on the first floor, literally in the eye of the storm and they bent over backwards to assist me with another unit that might be a little further from the restaurant. as well as when they do have events they post up notices in within the building, and every public place and letting us know in advance what times and what to expect. and i mean i can't say enough about these guys. i... my experience with them has been absolutely, 100 percent and i have no reason to believe they have kept their word up until now and made themselves availa

that accommodation we expect to be in place for a long time. while i recognize that we have not provided clear, quantitative guidance as to how long asset purchases will continue, that is a complex judgment that involves a lot of piece, efficacy, cost, and a judgment about what it means to see a substantial improvement in the outlook. there may be uncertainty about it. we are continuing to add more accommodation as long as the program continues. >> the final question is, given the changes in the doj's mandate and the ecb's approach to monetary policy, how is the federal reserve coordinating with the other central banks and? >> we coordinate to the extent we make regularly and discuss the common set of issues that face all of our economies. for all of those that he mentioned a while europe has its own special set of issues that the united states and japan do not face, we all suffer from very slow disappointing growth and have a common desire to foster strong economic conditions. we compared notes quite frequently about the different programs tha

so we're going to try to figure out how not to move buildings back but how do we accommodate all of the diverse trucks and pedestrians and traffic. it's difficult to make it all work. so that first option makes modest improvements. in this option is makes significant improvements for cycle folks but without compromising this the trade-off would be it would be a great bicycle facility but there's a separate bike lane in both directs. it would still leave the 4 vehicle traffic lanes and still leaving for the space here. the downside is it makes the sidewalks smaller. but we -- there's some areas where we don't have space in order to do that such as where the cycle folks would have to come back into the traffic. so we have conflicts. so the third opening statements and this really came out of the team and some other discussions we had of some inability to get out of fixed straight of what you. that maybe came as a surprise and look at it market mission as a quarter and not just market street. so once you admission street into the mix now you have a whole a lot more right away and it expand

. >> supervisor avalos has one accommodation. let's go to item 16. >> the development committee at a regular meeting march 25th, it was recommended and amended. it's an ordinance amended the planning code of the inclusionary affordable house is programs and making corrections. >> first i want to thank the mayor's of housing for being in discussion. i how to we had a week to discuss some of the aspects of some of the changes in the planning code most of which i'm very supportive up. i know we have one issue in our city where bmr components are used as home ownership units and they are in a very difficult place because they can't afford to buy the unit at a higher ami and the housing market is very tight right now to find other housing throughout the city. this is an allowing housing if sold to be offered to the tenant with a right of refusal and sold at the ami. i have a question and i know it's been difficult with the morning schedule. my question was specifically around tenants who are seniors or with physical disabilities. it w

>> well, they have made a couple of tweaks in order to accommodate all passengers. basically you will be allowed to bring your bikes for this entire week on to bart but during peak hours you will not have it on the first three cars of each train. that means from 7:00 until 9:00 and then again from 4:30 to 6:30 this evening. accommodating bikes does cut back but they don't like having tires this close to them. it will take place all week long but it was important because the last time the pilot took place on august during the light commute. this time it will happen during the peak commute to get a better idea of what happened all year around. they are looking at improving and come dating bikes and we will talk to some cyclists and non-cyclists to see what they think of this test run. >>> they are calling the death of an elderly man a homicide. at the vallejo police station, here is more on what has happened, good morning alex. >> they are trying to track down whoever shot and killed this elderly man. at this point, there are no updates on this investigation. here is

also accommodating nighttime entertainment. everyone is aware that our real estate market is hot right now for office space. it is unfortunately pushing out many of our pdr activities and arts organizations that cannot afford to stay in the south of market and, frankly, throughout most of the city. zoning is an important tool that we use to ensure that there is a balance. otherwise everything will turn into office in the south of market. so, in many ways western soma was trying to ensure that we did increase office space, which we did in western soma, where we also protected certain market street, south of harrison as places where pdr and arts can still thrive. so, planning is a tool. it's a balancing act really. and i think if we remove pdr from western some a we'll hear from other folk, manufacturing and other folks who feel like they're getting priced out of the city. eastern neighborhoods as an entirety plan did push a lot of pdr out of west soma so we did actually decrease pdr usage in western soma and push it more into th

hot meals, teaching and accommodations cost $150. that is far cheaper than in the u.s. >> now i communicate with my customers through a translator. i want to speak with them directly after taking this course. >> reporter: the influx of english learners from overseas means more job opportunities for filipinos. creating new jobs is important in the country where 10% of the population goes abroad to find work. teaching english is now a popular job choice for young people. >> teaching is my passion, so i consider being a teacher or instructor a booming industry. >> reporter: as the english education industry grows, schools are catering to japanese students and they're picking up. a school opens this month with plans of teaching employees of 60 japanese firms. the school has arranged luxurious accommodations with swimming pools in nearby residential district. they have tightened the security to dispel any concerns that the students may have. the philippine government is working to make things easier for incoming students. officials are ex

to see is more of those accommodations at the national level. and we talked, obviously, in the first panel more about why that hasn't occurred. >> okay. this gentleman right here, and we'll try to take a group right here. >> thank you, ma'am. i'm -- [inaudible] with phoenix tv. the this question is to mr. brzezinski. since the president right now is taking his very first foreign trip in his second term to the middle easts, how do you see his middle east policy, and can he really achieve something in his second term? thank you. >> i, um, we're going to take a couple of questions. i, um, i'm hoping -- i don't want to rule things out, but i'm hoping to keep the focus on the big question we have before us which is the lessons of a decade of war. right here. >> jeffrey -- [inaudible] from senator angus king's office. given that the general mentioned how war often doesn't turn out the way we want it to that if the air/sea battle concept would be, perhaps, too much tending towards that direction and towards mr. brzezinski, sir, i was wondering how the

important to accommodate -- they choose which were the most important to accommodate, and those are pedestrians and cyclists. i think we're doing what is necessary to reach the goal. this is our mayor, a photo opportunity. it is a possibility to be seen. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker is peter. peter is supervisor and senior adviser of the traffic and transport division at the chamber of commerce, amsterdam. they are partners with businesses and public authorities to develop a robust and economically healthy region. they supervise a team of professionals in the port industries, barge, rail, and road transport. sounds like mta. the chamber of commerce amsterdam is known as an element of innovative approach to connectivity and mobility. he is strong and establishing unique partnership to create groundbreaking solutions. he started a task force formability management for employers and employees to reduce car trafficked by 10%. -- he started a task force for mobility management for employers and employees to reduce traffic by 10%. >> i will give you the per

it looks like they've come to accommodation on the question. i agree with senator schumer that this is progress. i remember listening to a panel discussion at the american enterprise institute right after the election and listening to panelists say this guest worker program are accommodating the interests of businesses on one hand and labor on the other would be the main obstacle to a comprehensive immigration reform agreement. if there is an agreement, i do think that's a wig step towards the eventual passage of legislation. marco rubio and others have said there's a lot of work to be done. i think that's right. the rest of the language is not there, but i think this is one step i think gets people past a big obstacle. >> speaking of rubio,.gop is saying wait a minute, slow down. the dems are saying, no, hurry up, get this done. as you know, the bipartisan gang of 8 as they're called are going to officially introduce this bill the week of april a8th, so once it gets to the desks of the lawmakers, what do you expect to >> i think there will be

their own community, for obvious reasons, but there wasn't just a venue that was large enough to accommodate the thousands of people that wanted to attend. that's when they decided to move it here this is from the large procession that started at 9:00. it started at the santa cruz beach boardwalk. hundreds of cars lined up there. many of them officers from the santa cruz pd and others from local jurisdictions. they traveled 33 miles. difficult for traffic in that area along highway 17 when that was going on. they took up both lanes and went 30 miles per hour. exiting on san jose and julian street. it's been nice to see how the city has turned out in support of the city of santa cruz taken them under their wing and been able to accommodate and plan this. they had to do it in a short tomogram. of course this tragedy happened one week and two days ago. it was just stunning, obviously, for them to be dealing with the difficulty of what had happened in addition to planning such a large scale event. so the people here at hp pavillion and the city of san jose, very instrumental in planning that and

we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this neighborhood, everybody knows his reputation. we thought what a great thing it would be to have an ampitheater named after jerry garcia. that is a name that has panache. it brings people from all over the bay area to the ampitheater. the calls that come in, we'd like to do a concert at the jerry garcia ampitheater and we do everything we can to accommodate them and help them because it gets people into the park. people like a lot of color and that's what they call a park. other people don't. you have to try to reconcile all those different points of view. what should a park look like and what should it have? should it be manicured, should it be nice little cobblestones around all of the paths and like that. the biggest objective of course is getting people into the park to appreciate open space. wha

he turned down this attempt to accommodate. in conclusion, i find the project does not fit in the following manner. the scope of the project is too large to qualify as a neighborhood improvement from jetctiontionthv. number two, the financial cost to add 1200 square feet penthouse and garage and an elevator will impact the sick affordable housing units to be lost in the neighborhood where housing is dwindling. three, this precedent exposes the hill area community to further request for penthouse additions. four, this project does not conform to the existing character of the neighborhood. also, it does not contribute to improve the neighborhood or the environment. it threatens the community and the environment and the quality of life as it exists. thank you very much. >>> president fong, members of the commission, mr. sanchez, thank you for allowing me to speak to you this evening on behalf of the pacific avenue neighborhood association. my name is robin tucker and i am the president, share of leadership responsibilities for the

the general idea is essentially those are large sites that can accommodate potentially a larger amount of growth. where having an additional floor may be valuable enough to, if you create an incentive like this, have this trade-off happen. as was mentioned affordable housing is a very important goal as are many goals in the plan, but affordable housing is incredibly important and these provide an opportunity to provide more affordable housing. not in a way that would not work and essentially make projects not pencil out that. is why the trade-off was given. the model for that is something that is already happening at eastern neighborhoods which is the umu district. all of the parts are that zoned umu have a residential impact fee tier of one, which is the lowest, regardless of how much zoning the property received. instead the paying the city a standard rate for affordable housing or providing it, they are required to provide affordable housing on a higher tier based on the upzoning. so it basically works out to be same trade-off. >> and by the way, i completely agree with you, and wit

the other issue is that the proposed child care facility would accommodate up to a maximum of 45 children. therefore, pursuant to planning code section 151 and 153, the project would need to provide a

the other issue is that the proposed child care facility would accommodate up to a maximum of 45 children. therefore, pursuant to planning code section 151 and 153, the project would need to provide a minimum of two off-street parking spaces. the project does not include any off-street parking spaces and therefore is subject to a variance off-street parking variance. the zoning administrator will hear the variance while the commission considers the conditional use application. basically the department would recommend approval of the project and it is based upon the following. one, it is not a formula retail use, but rather an independently owned business. it will be a compatible use with the surroundings residential neighborhood. it is designed to mainly serve children not yet reaching school age in the noe valley community. it is well served by public transit, the location, and should have negligible impact upon the current traffic pattern on the surrounding streets. in addition, the project sponsor has applied for a passenger loading and unloading zone along on sanchez street in front o