even berkeley charges admission fees. the most comparable garden in san francisco is probably the los angeles county arboretum. municipally owned with similar nonprofit partners, they charge residents and non-residents to enter. the botanical garden in seattle, known as the university of washington botanical garden, is not a municipal facility. another free garden is in washington, d.c.. paid for by congress. chicago, we have a hybrid. that would mission, but charge -- but they charge $20 to park. here in san francisco, admission is charged for golden gate park that the japanese tea garden and the conservatory of flowers. in golden gate park but also charge to enter the academy of sciences and other major museums and attractions around town, including the exploratory them, moloch, and white tower. i will turn the presentation over to our director of finance and administration. even with anticipated start of challenges, we expect a gross between $350,000.400000 dollars this year. one quarter of a million dollars. -- $350,0

admissions. kaiser members, as you can see, how will grow wings of state -- have long berlin's -- have longer lengths of stay. blue shield figures include an estimated 25% cost related to professional services. staff model has fewer hospitalizations but longer length of stay. whether that has an impact, which is something i would like us to collect more data on, every admissions is questionable. when you discharge people earlier, they often get readmitted. it is something health care reform is looking at. perhaps we can begin to collect data on that as well. our top hospitals in terms of how much we spend, are in order california pacific, with 145 days per thousand, 33.5 admissions per 1000 enrollees, and an average stay up 4.1. you see staff, and we tell you how much was spent on those individual hospitals. most of these hospitals -- as has been pointed out -- are members of larger groups. they are affiliated with larger organizations through consolidation. it is important when you look at the d

in lieu of cuts last year, the department proposed an admission fee. it was not the first time that the admissions chart was compensated, discussed, or propose that the gardens. this goes back about 20 years. many neighbors had passionately resisted admission fees, logically wanting free and unfettered access. last

we have to date, we are at about 100, 110,000 free admissions. we expect we will and the year at about 145. >> is anything you can say about whether attendance has dropped? it is to any metric that gives us a sense about what that looks like. >> may be it has. there has been a lot of controversy. we are not tracking it. it might be logical. if you look at the experience of the tea garden, attendance has climbed back up over time. i think this is one where we need to see where we are. we have a lot of people that are visiting our garden. we have a total of 150, 200,000 people. >> on the issue of 59 cents to the dollar, do you have comparable figures of what other facilities like this that charge other fees? >> keep in mind that the costs are fixed but revenues will grow over time. if you look at the slide that we have where they outlined the staffing, we are not overstaffing this function. we have two dates. we have a very modestly -- ticket takers. we have a supervisor and we have an accounting function. the garden right now is open seven days a

. >> reporter: admission at uc berkeley has always been about the numbers, 3 high 3-digit. >> ham den>> or your international code. >> south korea. >> yeah. >> and the likelihood of admission improves dramatically. >> there was definitely an increase in the admission of non-resident students. >> reporter: almost a 20% spike for next year's freshman class. why? those who accept admission from out of state or overseas pay 2 price. >> i think it's around 52,000 for out of state. >> reporter: a year. that's nearly equal to the cost of private universities like usc and stanford. >> woe would admit more californian students if we had adequate funding from the state. >> reporter: they say all were restricted admission due to severe budget constraints but didn't say by how much. >> i think it's a fair deal that, you know, this is a university, this is a public university for california so then people from out of state do pay more. >> reporter: does that mean that in-state students are being turned away to make an available seat for a student who pays more? >> no. >> reporter: because there ar

projections rely upon a strong marketing plan for the garden and a complete year of admissions, including the month of july, the peak month for visitors to golden gate park. it is our experience that visitors ship to attractions with fees rose significantly over time, as demonstrated by the slide. i think that it is important to note that if the board moves to eliminate the feed in the current fiscal year, the budget will be protected this year by the supplemental appropriation. however, next year we will face a $250,000 deficit in our budget. supplemental, while appreciated, is it one time source of revenue to support an ongoing revenue budget. we implemented the botanical garden program last year in the face of a 20% reduction to our general funding support. as a finance officer, frankly as a san franciscan native that loves this city very much, it is my job to minimize service cuts while balancing my budget. as you know, the department is on an ongoing quest to find sustainable sources of revenue to minimize cuts and stabilize our operating budget. i truly believe that this feed, charg

improves dramatically there was definitely an increase in the admission of non-resident students. >> reporter: almost a 20% spike for next year's freshman class. why? those who accept admission from outside the state or overseas i think it's aid round 52,000. >> that's more than usc and stanford. >> we would admit more california students if we had adequate funding. >> reporter: he says all universities were constricted in selling california students but didn't say how much. >> it's a fair deal, this is a public university for california, so then people from out of state, they do pay more. >> reporter: doesn't that mean that in-state students are being turned away to make an available seat for a student who pays more? >> no. >> reporter: because there are enough seats but not enough paying the maximum tuition to cover what's in the red so expect zip codes to be continue to be part of the new admissions. >> before i talked to them they said their parents are paying it, they aren't getting, some of them aren't even getting financial aid so i guess their families can afford it so -- >>

give us a chance to fully implement admissions over the course of a full year.t year's late start and subsequent shortened collection period and this year's heavy rains did not give the true measure of what can be accomplished for all involved. please dismiss supervisor avalos' plan as shortsighted and not best for all of of. please implement a permanent visitor fee as truly visionary and beneficial to the city of san francisco. thank you for your time and attention. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker please. >> i am a resident of district 1, and i have lived there for many years. my family has been in san francisco for 150 years. i have also been a small business owner in san rinses go, and i think as a resident and business owner, we have paid a lot of taxes. those taxes have helped this city become what it is and will help continue to make it what it is, but there are certain types of things that require extra money, and when you have a source of money that is available, it is almost irresponsible to turn that off. because we need in particular in these

the admission statement showed under 70 percent of the california freshman applicants were offered admission. that is down from 72 percent of last year . you can see the other number in contrast, 60 percent of the states were offered admission up from 51 percent last year and 44 percent in 2009. officials received the most this year in history. >> animal national rights organization is accusing a santa cruz company in abusing animals in the name of research. stop the exploitation. the company has a history of violating the animal welfare act. there was two usda inspections last year. they documented malnourished and sick goats one with a tumor the size of a baseball. >> one year's time 11 pages of animal welfare violations, many of which deal with inadquate veterinary care and allow the animals to suffer. the santa cruz biotechnology did not respond for the comment on the usda inspections . >> the attorney for the woman who sued match.comis praising the company's decision to screen for sex offenders. the dating website will check their members the national sex offender registry. match.comwer

uc admissions data shows about 70% of freshmen applicants from california were offered admission for the fall of 2011. that's down from 71% last year. but it was good news for out of stayed students, they offered admission to 60% of out of state applicants, that's up about 10% from last year. international students also received about 10% more admission offers than last year. >>> it's gonna cost you more to travel this summer. how high air fare is going and what is behind the rising prices. >>> and it may not be downward dog but the new trend is teaching your face yoga. >> we have mostly overcast skies in the bay area. things are gonna change for the better, worse, i'm not gonna tell you now but in a few minutes when we cover the weather after a break. ,, ,,,,,,,, [ wheezing breaths ] [ woman ] the first time i smoked, i was 13. i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me. i'm here to tell you that big tobacco hasn't changed. they continue to profit... by selling kids the same lies... to get them to use... the same deadly products.

. -- the cost of admissions. the rise in the teagarden and attendance, was that a rise in the cost of admission or a rise in people? >> both. >> we increased the nonresident rate from $5 to $7. again, we -- in 2010-11 alone, we will probably benefit from to -- we will benefit from $200,000. >> do you have the power to set rates and raise them? >> no, since the 1996 charter, the board of supervisors through the park code sets all of our rates and fees. every time you want to change a fee or rate, it requires approval and we have to go to the board of supervisors. >> one of the issues that i read from some of those that our opponents of the admission fee is what we do about folks that don't have id or who are undocumented. how do we address that? >> with respect to answer the undocumented, we don't require any specific form of identification. we don't require a driver's license, proof of citizenship. and the san francisco address will do. for people who did not bring any identification to the garden, the policy has

there are tons of books on college admissions.ld not find any one that sort of satisfied what i was looking for. i did not want it to be morose and lugubrious, but on the other hand i wanted it to have a few tips that i could trust. so i thought, i would just write it. >> you went to occidental college in california. what year did you graduate? >> 1978. >> you say that $5,100 was the tuition then when you were in school. for a year? >> my last year, that was the total room and board and tuition. >> you said applied to inflation it would be $16,000 today, but it is well over $40,000. >> now you see why i did the book. i had to figure out a way to pay for my son's college education. >> what is the reason for that, beyond inflation costs? >> it is the question -- it is the $55,000 question that every parent faces in our situation, which is how you pay for it? why is it so expensive? i could not get a straight answer. there have been some studies done, but mostly academics have shied away from the subject, for obvious reasons. they do

. >> number one, ordinance amending the part code article 12 by amending 12.46 to extend admission fees to the botanical garden for non san francisco residents be on june 30th, 2011, eliminate the provision canceling this admission fee for the recreation and park department receives revenue for a new tax that can be used for botanical garden operating and maintenance costs. number 2, ordinance appropriating $195,000 of the general fund from a new property transfer tax and reducing the botanical garden ft reviews, which will be rescinded as of march 17th, 2011. >> these were called at the same time because this would extend the fee. the second item is a supplemental that would move money from the same general fund over to the department in order to reduce the fee revenue. those two items are linked. we have the sponsor of the legislation here, supervisor avalos. we will likely go with the comments from supervisor avalos and other members of the board that would like to speak to this. following that, we did go to the recreation and parks department and then the budget report. >> thank you

the nonresident admission fee that was implemented only after significant delay,

there will be a new series of admissions for foreign nationals starting in april, but we're stuck once again, because the cap number is too low. and so comprehensive immigration reform failed due to politics, but then there's specific subjects like h-1-b visas, green cards, that there's a consensus around. but due to the larger debate we can't get any fort momentum. >> so you do not see forward momentum on this legislation this year? >> i'll be honest and direct. we'll try to take regulatory steps that encourage the white house to perhaps adjust per-country limits, but comprehensive immigration reform will be very difficult, given the balance in congress. it doesn't mean the issue shouldn't be talked about. there are a whole series of issues that matter and we'll come testify and explain how we use these people to generate jobs, to generate new patents, to expands our manufacturing. immigration reform is crucial going forward. >> speaking specifically of the h-1-b visa program, some are concerned there aren't enough out there. i've also seen reports of mostly -- most of the visas are g

>> admissions officials will tell you that they can tell the difference. they can sniff out a concocted essay or something that has been over coached or even written for them. i talk about these services on the web now. because i was doing this book at the same time, i paid i think 200 bucks, nearly $250 to buy an essay, and i filled out a little form that sort of described an epiphany in my son's life, which was not really an epiphany, but because that is the kind of essay that they like. i wrote about a thing in his life that happened about a race that he had won and gave them the details of that, sent it off, and within a week, i got a full-blown essay back, written in the first person, with all the buzzwords that college admissions committees like, which is about diversity and passion and so on, and how great i am and how great i am going to do at their school and all that sort of stuff. i could have just picked this thing up or given it to him and sent it off. >> in the end, your son was admitted to the university of virginia with what s.a.t. score? >

admission and eighth, there are a lot of illegal left-hand turns.ission and six, illegal left- hand turns going in both directions -- at mission and sixth. something needs to be done. the motorists that are talking on their cell phones, there are state laws that say you have to have a handsfree device. the law is not being enforced. therefore, we are going to hold down the statistics. state law must be in force. right now, there is just law on the books. there is no enforcement body behind it. market is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. i applaud the leader for taking it up, but we need to look at how we are going to keep people safe in our city. there is not enough time on that count down hand. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is nancy cross. on my way here, i needed to cross eight straight over to the senior center, and when i was at the senior center, needed to go right across the street -- i guess it is 65 or 85 -- which is the administrative offices for the senior center. am i suppos

admission data shows just under 70% of california freshmen applicant were offered admission for the fall. that is down from nearly 72 percent last year and almost 73 percent in 2009. in contrast 60 percent of out of state students were offered admission up from 51 percent last year and 44 percent in 2009. so significant increase in out of state admission. officials say they received most applications in history this year. >>> students faculty at cal state east bay picketed outside a building where the chancellor reed was visiting. extra security called in to oversee the campus protest. students demanded an end to tuition hike while faculty upset they are working without a contract. both groups say the state college system simply can not continue on the present course. >> what is happening right now is that the csu and state of california really is committing suicide. we are not going to be able to sustain public higher education for the people of this state unless we invest in it. >>reporter: protestors left the mark on campus. quite literally as you see there. drawing images in chalk to

what we've just learned in the last ten minutes is a tape recording has not been made admissible. we watched barry bonds arrive for day ten of the trial. the first order of business was to have witnesses from the uc olympic lab testify that the 2003 urine sample tested there was indeed barry bonds'. dr.catlin testified about that. he is considered one of the four most anti-doping experts. he was asked by the government a series of questions pertaining to the sample which he admitted tested positive for the designer drug "the clear." once dr. cat lin self -- stepped down -- once dr. catlin stepped down from the witness stand, the judge ruled against the tape recording, steve hosskins, his conversation with dr. ting. hosskins said he made the tape back in 2003 but could just recently find it. the judge stated his credibility was damaged. since the tape was not found earlier, it was also very hard to understand. if the tape was made add missable proving crede -- admissible proving credibility. 20 minutes ago, the judge instructed the jury about bonds's grand jury testimony which woul

is a big or -- that the action described was so obviously imaginary that their occurrence is not admissible by any competent -- >> if you could wrap it up. >> i need to get an explanation of what they mean by explanation only. also regarding the statement that it raised matters odds the jurisdiction of the o.c.c., one of the investigators told me that one of the cops that i named in the complaint had retired so therefore, they don't have jurisdiction over him. what the other investigator told me was someone else was behind the harassment. i need clarification please. and i would like to note on this report it says my complaint was withdrawn and i never withdrew it. >> thank you, sir. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> am i go go to get clarification on -- am i go go to get clarification on the findings here. >> you have the number and maybe you can contact chief investigator and director hicks will speak with him and will have an answer for you. >> commissioners, director of san francisco citizens for open government. you disregarded your agenda and went to item number five, two

tenet claims community's hospital admissions criteria is different than industry practice. community however calls the suit without merit. while the accuser, tenet, wasn't spared from the selling-- falling almost 15% today. volume jumped 12-fold. this is the past 180 sessions. shares popped in december when it received the hostile offer from community. the stock price shot up. we're at the lowest price since then after today's selling pressure. other health care operators were hurt too. health management fell 4.6%. universal health shed 3.6%. volume was heavy for both. nursing home company ensign fell more than 5%, but on light volume. despite the drop, the health care sector was one of the strongest. level 3 communications saw extremely heavy volume, more than 440 million shares. the stock jumped 18% to a new almost 52-week high. it was a big vote of confidence from the market in level 3's buyout of global crossing. how about the target? its a $1.9 billion all-cash offer. based on tonight's closing price, it values global crossing around $27 per share. still above today's

free parking, free admission and here's the thing. you've got to stop by the nbc pavilion tomorrow. minute to win it auditions are happening from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the casting director says if you head out there with your family, they're going to see everyone that gets in line to do this. some great people with that show in town. 74 in san jose. 76 in concord, 75 in san rafael. if you work for nbc, you're kind of disqualified. but i did ask about a hosting gig. any way, upper 70s and low 80s throughout monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. so 80s, but we have to wait on that. this weekend, dry, sunny, great. >> you could take the next week off, that was all sunshine. >> i got to do some tweaking here. >>> coming up, the royal wedding celebrations continue into the night. it's not over. we'll take you to the ball happening right now in san do francisco. >>> well, it's not over. the wedding celebration continues in san francisco tonight. note london, but san francisco. a royal ceremonial ball is under way at the mark hopkins hotel. every year, the british commonwealth associa

we have the lowest admissions in this country. we have way less hospital care and we spend twice as much on hospitalization than anybody in the world because we've upset with any -- we're upset with that. doubling and triples cry sick. even of you have talked about even in the face of reform in effect using market-making mechanisms to try to help with this issue. we have a question from the audience, apparently some of the earlier speakers said that they feel don't expect. if you're seen one. you've seen one. >> a lot of the a.c.l., first generation of acl research were accountability, were prepaid. we have a full date about each patient. the a.c.l. mo zell trying to get to actually a sort of various versions of us, not closing us but looking like us. and the people who route -- wrote the final days of law they are trying to give the country like it would function in that way. so now the rest of the world is trying to figure out how to headache advantage of that. they help create the business model of what's an a.c.o. thrive. it's

you say some things that you forget, there are no members of the public and you make honest admissions that the department is withholding things so the line you follow in criminal cases, so it's interesting to listen to you. you don't respect the public and don't respect their right to comment and don't respect the flag. >> next speaker. >> good evening. how are you? >> fine. sounds like you guys are busted. good evening to you and congratulations to chief greg suhr. kojak is back. >> this is for you all. and it's called to suhr with love. the authority be mine to raise the roof with these facts in constitutional truth the constitution dictates all lawful interpretation by all law enforcement in this here nation especially by the sheriff or chief of police the living lord has been mocked and be mocked no more, coming now to seize the corporate store of war i have no interest in reasons or any alibi disregarding the constitution better still arrest the politician or the serpent that clouds true vision to see for the nonprofit he be, serve your warriors well to avoid riot. for your targe