>> i do when to add that this will affect all the way to the ballpark and south. the north is a little more challenged. i think it is more car dependent than other parts of the city, so we do need to talk about the traffic impact, and i think it is a little bit disconcerting when the fisherman's wharf koran or -- wharf area -- there are some strong impacts coming, and i think we should look at it. >> commissioners, i think what is appropriate is that you are beginning to hear some concerns. we are still early enough in the development for you than to ask the of authority and the department about what their plans are and what they can do to mitigate the concerning issues, and that is your role, to ask them for recommendations. president o'brien: ok, i got you are saying, and i will move in that direction in a moment. commissioner adams? commissioner adams: people spending money when it is desperately needed. let's talk about what commissioner clyde got at, them relocating fairly soon, and i think it is important to get this out there now and to have someone come fr

it would affect the prosecutor's decision. it would affect the judge if it ever got to the sentencing phase. a ultimately, he won the case. your concern the influence the way public defenders are portrayed in news media, and perhaps those who write for the entertainment media. >> before i move into how we can change the image, and want to ask jonathan a question. today, how would you cast for the role of a criminal defense attorney for television? >> i have had the pleasure of doing that twice. i created two series that nobody really watch. i have had the experience on two separate occasions, sitting with casting directors, trying to cast the role of defense lawyer. it is interesting, a defense lawyer can look american. kathy bates is playing one. jimmy smits is planning one. they focus group test television shows, like they do with new car models. the companies that do that work are the same month that two mock jury trials. so your audience is also a jury pool. a defense lawyer are all the ones that you would imagine if you w

the city has something called proposition j, which affected the charter. it would be interesting to me, not tonight, but i believe this is in the past. at some point, we could examine the relationship with proposition j and what it gives the historic preservation commission jurisdiction over. i think dsud is trying to say that all of the regulations of the city are not applicable. proposition j was a charter amendment. i would like to understand how that works. there is an interesting scenario that might happen. i believe that if this goes forward, the planning commission still has jurisdiction over some aspects of home development. if that development work to affect a historical resource, you might want to contemplate that and figure out how that scenario might be resolved. all right. i am almost through. on the development agreement, i had a question. -- that had to do with a section that had to deal with internal rates for the developer. i thought for a moment about the way it was being presented. if it were possible for the developer to reach those thr

and let this spill. >> lab tests indicate it destroys mrsa without affecting healthy cells. and ibm part neled -- partnered with scientists, hoping that it can find its niche in modern medicine. >> it's exciting for us arks louing us to leverage things we've been doing over the last 20 years or so here at ibm. and there is new methods developed. >> researchers say the next goal is taking their science from the lab to human testing. >> and there is working overtime may be good for the wallet but not good for the heart. a study found 7100 adults that worked 11 hours or more per day have a 67% higher risk of developing heart disease than those who work seven to eight hours per day. and souths cautioned this might not apply to all workers. those studied did not include blue collar workers. >> it's perfect. >> and there is bottling? or change something you can't bottle it. we're about to see changes. sorry about that. and there is half moon bay, temperatures dropping off along the coast. looking down onto the bay, you can see wonderful blue skies we have now. just a few thin clou

they want to make sure there are no hotspots in the three buildings affected. high winds and the closeness of each of these buildings to each other caused firefighters a lot of concern. at about 8:15 the fire started in the back of the building at 3212 mission street. firefighters say the fire rose up the back of the building and spread to the roof. the buildings on either side also caught fire. the owner of the blue plate restaurant next doorsteped outside because he could smell strange smoke. >> and then i looked above the building and the wind was whipping and the fire was pouring over both of these buildings. >> the wind was a major concern. strong gusts made it difficult for firefighters to get a ham on the fire from the rooftop. more than 100 firefighters attacked the blaze. they entered from the rear of the building and raised ladders to get inside 3212 and stop the flames from spreading further. >> the good news is no civilians are injured. we have one firefighter that we transported to the hospital with muss skew low skeletal injuries. >> the firefight

who is affected by this? the media often portrays it as criminals walking free, but we do have the presumption of innocence in this country, and the question we should be asking is how do these unjust acts affect everyday persons. you might think, i will never have any contact with this. what does it matter? whether you are a juror, a witness, a victim, or god forbid you find yourself as the accused in a criminal case, you want to make sure there is a system in place that has integrity, that has professionalism, and this is not to say that in san francisco we do not do a great job of creating just outcomes, but these are huge problems, and they raise even greater questions. role of the public defender is the role that is often not known. the public defender has the responsibility of defending the public, whether we enforce the bill of rights, whether we insure the constitution, including the right to effective counsel, are kept, whether it is making sure the individual is protected against the machinery of th

yet we need to focus on the right economic policies that affect all businesses citywide. second of all, we cannot look at this as a corporate giveaway. the bottom line is if we do not do this, if we do not create laws and in the tax system that is equal to other cities, other municipalities, they -- we will not have their payroll to tax. that is a fact. companies will leave this city. that is the reality. companies realize, investors realize. we need to incorporate that into our thinking. i applaud supervisor ken and the rest of the co-sponsors of the legislation. i am happy to support it. >> supervisor david chiu? supervisor chiu: thank you for your patience, members of the public, for the months of debate. i have been a proud sponsor of this legislation from the beginning. after all the debate, i think we are absolutely doing the right thing. i would like to address some of the issues that have been raised. first, there was the suggestion that we have a lot of policies in the tenderloin and mid market area. and we should allow those to work. i absolutely agree. we have

host: how have these rising gas prices affected yupik so far? -- affected you so far?aller: getting back and forth to work, getting the kids to school. host: are you having to cut back? caller: eventually you will have to, whether you want to were not. host: jim, republican line, talk to was about rising gas prices and how you feel that impacts the economic recovery. caller: just this morning in miami gas prices are $3.88. in tucson they are $3.54. i believe that what this will do is hurt the middle class on down. what we need to do is, like they want to do, focus on the speculator is and why these prices have raised so much. i am conservative, but i think that this will hurt nobody but the middle class on down. the wealthy can afford to pay for this. host: how does it affect you so far? caller: food. my travel. i am a veteran in the vietnam war. i can only put so much money because i am disabled. i can only put so much money in my car. it is destroying my lifestyle. host: mike, independent line, go ahead. caller: i was talking about all of the gas farms here in detroi

more than just politicians it affects you would home as well so we'll tell you what government offices will be closed and we'll find out how the average american is going to suffer when we talk with him journalist katie and speaking of money matters you probably noticed that the price of every day necessities things like food and oil have been rising while your wages have it so does this mean that inflation has officially arrived and how long will it be here to stay the atlantic stare thompson will give us his take and secretary of defense robert gates went to saudi arabia today to speak with king are doing about a wrong we're wondering if there's a little trouble in paradise now there's evidence of the u.s. turning its back on another middle east. or could the u.s. maintain this friendly relationship with the house of saud i will take an in-depth look at wisconsin as a typical state election gains national attention it's becoming clear that state republicans are losing ground after scott walker's attack on unions so should we be paying more attention to politics on a local level rathe

that's really affected them and they see what ising going on.t you're also seeing since you're also sees a continuing decline in home prices, is you're not seeing an improvement and promise, and their husbands or themselves all experience that. those statistics that you read now are publicly 8.8 -- nowhere close to the reality. the reality is much closer to 20%. and that affects everybody. >> i guess i don't see this slippage among suburban women for democrats. >> soccer moms. >> but you still have twigs between the parties with reproductive rights and health care and health issues, and i think the way the republicans went after planned parenthood, that's not go to play well in suburbia. they still have a good planned name and i think the republicans are really -- medicare proposals. some of those -- soccer >>> first prediction, trump as peaked, yes or no? >> not just yet. >> yes, he's fired! don't discount don al trump. >> the answer is no? >> no. >> yes, he has. >> no, he has not! bye-bye!

. >>> people in taiwan are giving generously to those affected by the quake and tsunami.hey have donated more than $100 million so far. >> translator: japan was generous to taiwan when we had a natural disaster. it is now taiwan's turn to show compassion. >> taiwan's foreign affairs office says governmental bodies, the red cross and private groups collected $128 million as of friday. three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami, several million dollars are still being given every day in taiwan. 560 tons of relief supplies like blankets and power generators are being sent to affected areas. other efforts to help japanese survivors are on the way from the world. the u.s. red cross had received $120 million in donations as of friday. >>> libyan remembbels for moamm gadhafi say they will not agree to a cease-fire. nato has established a no-fly zone over libya. gadhafi hasn't attacked government forces in misrata as he wants to avoid harming citizens. the former minister heads the national council in the rebel strong hold of benghazi. on friday, they were trying to broker a ce

back to commissioner kasselman's question, those businesses that have been identified that will be affected by this,

that affects those rates. on the commercial side, 46 out of 59 jurisdictions offer food waste selection. quite a few charge for that separately. there is no telling if it is actually used, but at least it is offered. on the version -- diversion that can drastically affect rates, we looked at seven counties. san francisco had the highest diversion rate, something you can be proud of. we also looked at a public agency fees. different cities called them different things. oakland has a city fee. san francisco has an impound account fee. the amount of those fees affects the rates also. here is the first set of rates. we looked at the customer rates. i understand it may be hard to see on the small monitors. we tried to color code them. the san francisco residential rates are not the lowest but they are also not a highest. they are right around the average. they're just a little higher than average. keep in mind when we say that, you have very good services. we would expect your rates would not be the lowest because

tenants directed -- directly affected in north beach. thank you. i will be translating for mr. lu. >> [speaking chinese] >> good morning. i am a board member of the community tenants' association. we are the largest community- based grassroots tennis group in san francisco, over 1000 members. all of our members are low- income renters. one-third of our membership resides currently in sro units. we have over 60 members present today as they recalled earlier, and are here to express concern about the bedbug epidemic and the rise of the infestation and need for a more streamlined and foresman regarding the issue. we also think the board of supervisors and city government for the opportunity to speak on behalf of bedbugs and hope that we have your support on better enforcement process and streamlined and forth the procedures. thank you. >> [speaking chinese] >> good afternoon. i am the president of the resident improvement association. we are an organization established by members of the chinatown housing project. we of more than 400 households in the development. most are low inco

more than just the nose, it also affects your taste buds, it affects your stomach when you experience this. >> the economic benefits of mitigating the odors also cannot be overlooked. >> reporter: so a lot of folks were not quite sold on the area of developing the one mile buffer surrounding the water treatment plant, but it is a long-term project and perhaps they can be won over. another thing that got a lot of folks talking was the discussion about spending money on public art. surrounding the water treatment plant. we're going to talk about that, give you the price tag and why the folks at the water district say it is just a drop in the bucket. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> let's take you to the other end of the bay, parking in san francisco about to go high tech. starting thursday, you'll be able to use your phone, your cell phone to find open parking spots. transportation officials say it will cut down on pollution from drivers who go around and around looking for spots. the city will start a pay by phone service that let drivers feed their meters with your cell phone. driv

other impact that will not affect the city's budget directly but could affect our community in san francisco proposed cuts to programs like head start, the corporation for national service, as well as proposals to change family planning funding or eliminate family planning funding. two other things i wanted to point out to you that are important to be aware of as you are thinking about the budget and the federal picture. the federal stimulus acts was signed into law at the beginning of 2009, so some of the funds that were associated with the recovery act are expiring or have been fully extended. for example, there was an additional grant of funding for workforce programs and work force training. that funding has been entirely extended or will be by the end of the fiscal year. so there will be an impact on services in san francisco. the expansion we were able to do with that federal funding -- the funding is no longer available. i also know that many people are concerned about the ryan white funds, and we have been fortunate to receive stop-loss funding with the support of now leader nancy pe

-- immigration issues affecting l.g.t. immigrants and same-sex bye national couples not being together. we are going to talk about the h.i.v. ban being lifted but cases previously departmented. the one-year deadline for asylum and also the treatment of lgtb danica patrick's. we hope you can come to the forum. it is going to be at 25 venice, sweet 800, november 17 at 5:30. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. good evening, commissioners. my name is lupe. i work with the human rights commission as well. thank you for putting this together. this is a great symposium and a great place to be able to share a lot of the different views and work going on. one of the things i wanted to quickly talk about was regarding the sanctuary ordinance. there has been a lot of talk about a sanctuary ordinance. it has been in the news and a national debate. we want to remind you what it is about. first of all, the sanctuary ordinance was created back in 1989. it just had its 20-year anniversary. the human rights commission is named

you have that, you know, compounded affect on individuals we're trying to serve in order to get food out to them. >> reporter: if people like rogers can't get that food he'll have to make tough choices. >> if i have to stop driving and make my kids walk to school every day, it's a long ways, they don't go to school in our district. >> reporter: and second harvest fear it's will only grow worse this summer when kids will be out of school and won't be able to have breakfast and lunch there. instead, they'll rely solely on local food banks. >> thank you, elise. instead of focusing on the bad news we do want to try to save you a little money. here's a look at some of the places we found the cheapest gas in the bay area. gasbuddy.com shows gas for $4.04 a gallon at costco in el camino real. in san jose, we found $3.96 a gallon at gas and shop on mckey road. >>> a vicious pit bull attack is having a ripple effect on bay area animal shelters. they say no one wants to adopt pit bulls. in the meantime, the search continues for the two dogs that attacked another dog and his owner in a san jose