some welcome rain coming in to florida as well. but as you can see, extensive rain stretching into the great lakes and back towards western canada here. 19 degrees in vancouver today. stays hot down in the south. hotting up to 37 in houston. now for europe, some more showers will prevail across the british isles. nothing too severe, but could get quite blustery and wet at times. ahead of this system, we've got this cold front that's going to be sweeping across western europe. that will turn intense during the day, bringing widespread rain to france, the low countries eventually arriving in germany. just ahead of this, though, high pressure system will keep conditions dry across poland, down towards the balkans. but as we head towards the mediterranean, we will run into this heat and moisture. again, southern italy as well as greece will be in for some afternoon thunderstorms. athens coming in at 28 degrees. some showers will affect kiev and also moscow as well. but bright spells of sunshine in vienna, warming up to 30 degrees. all r

. >> the mv-22 osprey transport aircraft can virtually take off and land as well as fly twice as fast as a conventional helicopter, but there's growing concern about the aircraft's safety following crashes during development. people in okinawa, where 75% of the u.s. bases in japan are located, are fiercely against the deployment as well as the relocation plan within the prefecture. >>> ai uchida joins us now the latest in business news. encouraging data out of the u.s. >> in the housing market no less. housing starts and building permits increased in may in the u.s. the commerce department said on thursday that work began on 560,000 homes in annual terms, that's up 3.5% from the previous month, and exceeds the market forecast of about 540,000. building permits an indicator of the future trend in housing showed an increase of 8.7% from april. this was also much better than the consensus estimate. in the u.s., concerns are mounting over economic prospects following a rise in the jobless rate. growth in the housing market is a key factor to keep the recovery going. >>> and following this

the downtown business representative as well as members of the board of supervisors. i would like to recognize the tremendous effort that supervisor elsbernd has given to this process since day one. [applause] and i know from the very first day that we met and talked about this, there was a healthy level of cynicism that was displayed. one that was probably a arrested with a lot of things that have gone proper for many years. the really keen look at what the retirement system wasn't doing. and as it was brought up with others in the discussion, we got better and better at allowing him members to speak to us. when you take into account of the health contributions in the pension contributions, we have a serious comprehensive plan that is reflecting the consistency -- the consensus. it is important that we don't leave people behind. and we have done that. our plan is fair and is responsible. protect city services, and it ensures that our workers can retire in dignity and continued access to health care plans across the rest of this exceediy less affordable. >with that, i

very long frontal system advancing in from the west, this will produce plenty of showers, heavy rain as well as thunderstorms, all the way from norway down towards france and that steadily moves into central europe next. out towards the east we're still looking at that very large low pressure system that will continue to spread plenty of showers, watch out for pockets of heavy rain across the balkans, eastern europe as well but for the central mediterranean essentially staying dry, looking summery out here, spain and portugal also looking at good spells of sunshine, the heat waves finally starting to ease as well, 33 degrees in madrid, cooling off considerably in london and paris as well at 22 celsius, but on the other hand, things really warming up in central europe, looking at 29 degrees in berlin and 28 in vienna. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story this hour -- tokyo electric power company resumed their operation to cool down the reactors at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant on tuesday, but it says it found minor water leaks in a newly installed cooling sy

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gets up to 30 degrees in war saw as well as kiev and still pretty warm in vienna as well.ere is your three-day outlook. ♪ >>> our lead story this hour, the japanese government's nuclear safety agency has instructed utility companies across the country to come up with measures to better respond to a serious nuclear accident. the government has already compiled a report for the international atomic energy agency about the nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi. it says the plant's lacked sufficient safety measures to deal with a serious accident that caused the loss of all power sources. the nuclear and industrial safety agency asked utility firms to prepare portable lights and communication equipment as well as generator trucks. these vehicles would be used for emergency ventilation to keep radiation below certain levels in the central control room. the agency also proposes boring holes or removing panels in a reactor building if there's a high concentration of hydrogen. the measure's aimed at releasing hydrogen outside to prevent an explosion. the agency has instructed util

as well. overall market sentiment looks to be dampened by continuing concerns about the recovery in the u.s. economy as well as the downgrading to junk level of greece's bonds by standard&poor's yesterday that you just mentioned, leaves the u.s. federal reserve and european central bank on the back foot if you consider the fed is about to stop its current round of easing by the end of this month and the european central bank is still set to raise rates perhaps in july. moving on to the currency markets and how that's affecting the dollar/yen and euro/yen staying in a tight range compared to monday at the lower 80 yen levels for the dollar/yen and around the mid 115 levels for the euro against the yen. u.s. data this week is going to be critical for market players, who want to see that after the recent unimpressive data out of the u.s., if that was just a blip or if there is sustained proof in the numbers that we're going to get this week on inflation, housing and retail sales that the u.s. eco

and med logistics operations, as well as media operations. there would be other thing supporting the events, some even seating and other things. as you move north along the northern waterfront to you will have a number of public access areas that the authority is seeking to basically program, put in attractive things that not only enhanced the visitor experience, but also to manage crowds expected. the start with national park service plans at fort mason, moving through the city's and to christie field and the west. moving north from there, there will be some hospitality corporate sponsorship defeneven likely at the national park service plans. potentially a hospitality event at alcatraz. that would not be a spectator area obviously for the difficulty of access. that is generally the picture for 2013. i think for 2012 you will see a similar picture except for the waterfront areas. those areas will be under construction. we're trying to move through that as quickly as possible to spread out the excitement a little bit, but also give a more att

their focus is primarily along the northern waterfront as well as locations in the north bay, alcatraz. this is also focused on the fact that a lot of the port facilities, should they be approved, would still be under construction. aside from pier i-80, which would be a team activity, it is really on the spectator areas that would not require those construction time mind. moving on to 2013 on this slide, saying spectator locations as well as pork locations that have now sprung forward, constructive hopefully by 2013. mr. bentsen discussed a number of these in conjunction with prior items. the team based at 30 and 32, being the centerpiece. with that being our canvas, we focused primarily on how do we rightsize our strategy to move people to these locations? part of the basis of all this focus on using existing lines that people are familiar with, but figuring out ways to augment service, established limited stop service, other methods to move people quickly along these corridors. so that while they are on the corridor, they are enjoying better service, but we are also allowing more cap

as well in for my decisions about my work in this city as well as if i were to be elected on the redistricting task force. my work on and zoning and policy has allowed me to understand the impact of citywide changes and be objective and fair and willing to see other positions. we are talking about city-wide changes that are going to affect all people. we have to see beyond our own interests to see the needs of people living in the city. i feel redistricting is very important because a lot of impact on the representation, resources and who will vote where, who cannot vote and who made it -- and who may be disenfranchised. whoever is chosen for this task force will need to be fair, focused and objectives. my experience of living and working in districts, working with a diverse community, not just in terms of race and ethnicity and didn't come up professional background will be valuable. if you have any questions, i will be happy to answer them. supervisor elsbernd: i thought u.s. your standard question which is appropriate -- why this commission? why this one? >> i have not applied, have served

centers, comprehensive health education programs, as well as support services for lgbt youth. >> i wanted to share with you today some of the data that we have collected. we have been collecting data for the past 20 years through the cdc pause risk youth behavior survey. it is weighted for all of our students. sixth grade to 12th grade data regarding teenager in dating violence. the first is on intimate partner violence. around 8% of high-school students have been the victim of intimate partner violence. particularly, a hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend in the past 12 months. we can put it on slides if you would like to as well. supervisor cohen: you want to put it on the overhead nextdoor? >> thank you. 8% of high-school students have reported being victims of pilots. 7% for middle school students. when we break that down by sexual orientation, our gay and lesbian students are at a much higher risk for partner violence. particularly mail gay and bisexual boys are four times more likely to be victims of violence. lesbian and bisexual the

come to us for a loan and we think there is potential for one, we will provide business advising as well as a loan. to give you a sense of who we reach, we are really seeking to lind to traditionally underserved communities. for example, 35% of our borrowers are hispanic or latino. 22% african-american. 60% free mail, and 30% immigrant. -- 60% female. types of businesses -- we will make loans as small as $500 and as large as $100,000. they can range from home-based very small businesses like child care, people selling in the flea market, on up to janitorial, landscaping, restaurants, dry cleaners, and in some cases, small manufacturers. we sometimes bridges of it in even larger transactions if we think there's community benefits, we might wind collectively with the city's working solutions fund or with another lender. so far, -- and we work throughout the bay area. we work in four bay area counties, said francisco obviously being one of the importance, but also said the clara, san mateo, alameda. we have laid out over $15 million to bay area businesses with a medium loan size of about $7

as well as college track. from there, we had conversations with other organizations that had college students as well. >> i am happy to hear that because both of those organizations have -- the 100% a college prep club. even though their home base is in oakland, they have a site in district 10. happy to hear that, and they do a lot of recruitment primarily from district 10 and really seek to promote college preparedness and readiness and attendance for our youth in district 10. thank you for that. i think my next question was in regards to paying stipends -- and this is really just a logistical thing -- do they get paid by the week, or do they have to attend and get a lump sum at the end? >> they will get a lump sum at the end. there is a rubric in place that deals with the day-to-day, and they would get it at the end of the program. >> so i would advocate for an ongoing motivation? says you are saying that the site and at the end and the gift card are incentives -- i understand this is the first shot out of t

as a service, as well as cultural, we have a problem. i agree we need to speed up the cars. it would great -- it would be great to get a report of how many cars use the transit line illegally. it would be great to get police observations about how abused it has been. thank you for hearing me out. >> i am ball the plant -- bob planthold. your discussion is focused on moving vehicles, vehicles, vehicles. before you proceed with any of these potential experiments, i ask that you be sure there is a specific response to moving pedestrians. during some of the earlier discussion, director brink men -- brinkman mention three specific intersections. one is market and third. one is market and montgomery. contrary to an increasing trend to have a pedestrian interval in some intersections, at those intersections there is a car- leading interval. the green light is 3 seconds before the walk signal starts. some pedestrians start out into the street seeing the green light. that can cause congestion and accidents. it can cause delays in muni. i have rai

you act essentially expands the definition of projects to include residents of san mateo county, as well as san francisco residents, for that work. our current program for projects only in san mateo county, a contractor would be able to poll workers from either san francisco or san mateo county to meet the mandatory requirement. that is is essentially the mou. the tolling agreement was a request that the san mateo county had. our office, from a policy perspective, working with the city attorney's office, felt that making this tolling agreement with san mateo with respect to the local hiring legislation would not put us in a negative position, and it was a matter that san mateo county was quite interested in having. we felt that, from a policy perspective, it would not impact our ability to continue to move the program forward. it there is any questions, happy to answer, and i encourage your support. supervisor mar: thank you. colleagues, seeing no question, let's open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? ms. jackson. >> good afternoon. i am

watch out for hail as well as strong wind gusts, tornadoes not out of the question.nd quite thundery up towards the northern plains as well. light rain expected to arrive in montana by wednesday afternoon, but at least we're getting a bit of a break from that wet weather. and down towards the southwest, it stays dry. winds going to be much calmer, though. but air quality alert again has been issued for new mexico as well as arizona. the wildfire continues to spread a little smoke in the air. and the heat not helping the situation either. 26 degrees in l.a. 30 in denver. it stays very hot here, 38 degrees in houston. now for europe, clouds starting to swell over the british isles. we'll start to see some showers here from the west. also plenty of precipitation in store for scandinavia. nothing severe, though. and some light patches of rain will touch central europe as well. but for the most part, central and western europe dry and sunny. it does get a little thundery again towards the eastern mediterranean, the southern end of italy, greece as well. but looking much c

we have to be careful aboutdown side risks from a slowdown in the economy as well as shortages and the effects of the recent nuclear plant accident. >>> now let's get a check on the markets. you dow ended higher for a third consecutive day helped by gains in some blue chip stocks. to see how stock are performing in japan, let's go to the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. how are stocks trading this tuesday? >> very good morning, ai. in the first few minutes they're in the positive, so we're getting off on a good start here. the nikkei managed to outperform most asian indices yesterday on the back of utility costs that a resumption of power generation may help to cover electricity shortages. we're going to keep tracks of the electric companies which was actually up around 4% yesterday, tepco. that sector of the market will be a focus. tepco will continue to be in focus also as it tries to come to an agreemts with key lenders to maintain ongoing loan agreements as it tries to balance day-to-day operating costs with also the huge losses that it's incurring due to the crisis at the fukus

the four defendants include pol pot's second in command as well as former deputy prime minister. they're accused of crimes against humanity. the tribunal was set up five years ago by the united nations and the cambodian government. in less than four years in the 1970s, the khmer rouge killed more than 1.5 million people by forced labor and genocide. their tribunal's first day of discussions focus on which witnesses to call. nuan chie left the courtroom after just 50 minutes saying he was dissatisfied with the judicial procedures. another defendant also left claiming poor health. last year the tribunal sentenced the regime's head prison warden to 35 years in jail. some observers are concerned that the tribunal may not reach a conclusion as of the average age of the defendants is over 80. but expectations remain high amongst cambodians that the truth behind the atrocities will be uncovered. >>> china faces mounting international criticism over its recent maritime disputes with nations boarding the south china sea. on sunday china held its first high-level talk with the united state

and could possibly near hurricane strength as well. and after that, it will continue to trek its way westward as a storm system. so the prolonged rainfall is going to be the biggest concern here. total rainfall accumulation could be as much as 200 millimeters in many areas for eastern new mexico. also ample amounts of showers affecting southern mexico as well, and up in the mountains we could certainly see more than that, in excess of 300 millimeters. so flooding rains are going to be our biggest concern here. across the u.s. we've got this pacific storm that continues to steadily move further and further inland, becoming quite intense as well. so already reporting, hearing reports of large hail, strong wind gusts and looking quite thundery across montana at night. ahead of this, strong winds kicking up across the four corners and that could produce dry thunderstorms, produce lightning and of course ignite new fires as well. ry dangerous conditions. and the heat starts to really spread into the central portions of the u.s. as well. lots

i see this as a human issue as well as just the numbers before us. when i first asked for the numbers about whether the 45 foot so-called compromise could work, i was expecting to get the numbers right away. it is unfortunate we just got them today from the mayor's office of housing, but i am convinced after hearing the presentation that the $500,000 to $1 million it would cost to promote the so-called compromise is something that would pull away from housing from other vulnerable use and i don't see it as a wash and i think it's costly -- the so-called compromise would take money away from housing that could serve critical views. i am hoping to watch this move forward as the appeals come forward and i know we are supposed to weigh the information as it comes to us. i appreciate the comments today and i'm in a much better understanding of the proposal now. i still hope the project sponsors will consider the concerns of said neighbors adjacent to the project and at least consider some of those concerns raised by a number of the neighborhood groups as

moreover, it comes with a community center and the resources for the young people as well as good role models. [tone!] ok, thank you. >> thank you. your passion is well felt. next speaker, please. >> i was born and raised in san francisco. i am transitional aged youth. the matter being discussed has to do with height or the building fitting with in the context of the neighborhood, but what i would like to stress to you is that this is a moral decision on your hands. that is something my grandmother taught me on how to carry myself in life. i think this is one of the moments where it is more clear than ever that this is a moral decision. the fact is that 24 units of transitional housing will still not be enough to meet the needs, but is a step in the right direction. when we talk about feet and units, we're really talking about lives of the youth who have the odds stacked against them. this is an opportunity for you to make the right moral decision of prioritizing the lives of former foster youths and folks who need affordable housing over building height, car spaces, or fitting into th

if you point me -- if you appointment to the commission, i will consider all my decisions, as well as giving children the early start the need to close the achievement gap and help all children receive the natural potential. as a commissioner, i know i will have to make important decisions about what are the focuses in programs. as a member of the first five strategic planning committee, we're in the process of making such recommendations. i was a the -- i would say these programs need additional support. in addition, i think it would be important for the commission to consider were some of these programs that they currently support can be permanently housed in the future, whether it is in the school district or other major nonprofit organizations. finally, i would work to establish a collaborative public/private funder, a group that could work together to establish a clearer structure for making decisions about early childhood services throughout the city and has the collective will to leverage funding with any city limits, as well as statewide and nationally. finally, i would like t

speakers will include police chief as well as members of the gang prevention task force. the meeting will helped from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in council chambers at city hall. it is co-sponsored by dr. martin luther king somewhere association of santa clara valley and councilman kansen chu. >>> just as facebook gets ready for the offering, the number of users may be leveling off, even dropping. "today's" bob redell has more about facebook fatigue. >> inside facebook, this is a blogging and marketing research website, reporting that facebook itself, the website saw stupendous decline in numbers. particularly staunch in the united states. starting in may 155 million active users. by the end of the month, 149 million. for those of you keeping score, that's a drop of around 6 million people. 1.5 million canadians dropped out as well as hundreds of thousands of more users in the uk, norway and russia. and the rate of growth is down as well. it only added 11.8 million users worldwide, facebook that is. i say only, because if you look at the numbers in the past march 2010 to marc

help some japanese exporters with exposure to europe so we'll be keeping track of the auto sector as well as the electronics sector and some of the office equipment makers. still, the announcement by moody's investor services that has put japan's debt rating on review for a downgrade has also not helped overall sentiment for japan. it also comes during a week where prime minister naoto kan faces a no confidence motion in parliament and opposition parties are really trying to fix any further progress to help japan's public finances. we'll keep track of that as well. now, china pmi manufacturing data will also be due out today. we'll see how that affects japan's construction machinery shares as well as heavy industries and commodity related shares. but the nikkei and the topix down for now. back to you in the studio. >> thanks for that update. that was our market reporter from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> india's economy continues to log strong growth expanding 8 1/2% in fiscal 2010 that ended in march. the indian government said on tuesday that the country's gross domestic product grew 7.

guys, san francisco mayor ed lee, anthony valerio's brother mark and fire chief joanne hayes- white as well as some of their partners, some of the people that really knew them very well. and i got a real good indication of what these guys were like earlier from the president of the firefighters union. here's what he had to say. >> reporter: they were the odd couple. tosh any was aen to -- ponytailed hippie free spirit traveler and they came together as a two, two of the most different guys in the world went in together and left this world together. they did it side by side. they were right next to each other when they were found. so they stood together as a team. it was very moving to hear that. >> both firefighters of course from engine company 26 in the diamond heights neighborhood. that engine company very well represented here today as well as i mentioned firefighters from all over the western united states. and other firefighters from other departments now taking care of the duties of a lot of the local firefighters who wanted to be here today. so just another kind of show of people be

with senior group's ideas of how to create more aging in place programs neighborhood by neighborhood as wellbut i think those are the key issues. i am also, kind of as the father of a 10-year-old -- i have anxiety like other parents right now as we apply for a middle schools for my daughter. as a member of the school board for eight years, i know that a strong school system and strong schools in the richmond is key. but also, i serve on the first five commission. each county has a commission that oversees money that supports children, and toddlers, and infants to pre- kindergarten kids, so i'm trying to insure that at the state level, we have a case for strong support for young children and their families and good parenting support as well, so that is another key focus, in addition to continuing my work to improve schools and make a more equitable and socially just as well. >> again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including word and make cuts and where to increase taxes and fees. how are you going to approach these different choices? >> those are really tough choices. i think

side as well. another area continues to be the northern end of the indian subcontinent and towards the western areas. you are going to see much heavier rain over the course of today. as for highs, 31 in tokyo and staying steamy. 28 degrees in beijing, getting back down from 30s for a change. it heats up in shanghai. 34 degrees for you today. for europe, it's getting stormy tonight for central areas right along this cold front. widespread thunderstorm watches in effect and it's going to continue to be stormy tonight and for the alpine region, that rain is going to linger while the rest of the rain heads up into the scanned knave ven peninsula as well as the balance particular states. showers across the british isles and temperature is not bad. 20 degrees for london as well as paris. madrid gets up to 30 degrees. not quite as hot as it was but it's still warm. lisbon, up to 27 degrees. it warms up for you quite a bit. all right. that's a look at your weather conditions for now. and i will leave you wi

he's asked me as a clinical social worker, would i be willing to provide group counseling as well as individually counseling with the patients with mental health needs. i have happy and enthusiastically endorsed that idea. as you heard, he wants to add physical therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic services and maybe some innovative art therapy that i know how to do to augment and address the medical mission herbal care will be a holistic health center. it's unique. it's going to stand out by providing extra services at a very low cost. it's providing home delivery for the house bound and mobility impaired. and providing more services than just getting cannabis that's been medicalically prescribed. he's addressing the reasons people need the ha cannabis and that's what's most important. he's asked me as a clinical social worker would i be willing to provide group counseling as well as individual counseling to the patients with mental health needs. i have happily and enthusiastically endorsed that idea. as you heard, he wants to add physical therapy, occupational therapy, chirop

possibly thunderstorms, strong storms are a possibility as well tomorrow afternoon. have the system that's going to provide enough instability for a round of pop-ups as we head throughout tomorrow afternoon. the rain timing, it's going to start out at 6:00 a.m. in the north bay, the moisture coming through, 1:00 p.m., rain showers across the bay area. that will continue to slide to the south. and break apardon so we might be well off when it comes to showers as we head through wednesday morning they might start to wrap. 76 in redwood city. i have your seven day. let's check your drive. >> we've got our eyes on antioch where we saw early slowing. it's not just an anomaly. heading past l street where the sense ser over to love ridge, holding steady now. red, below 20 miles per hour right there. and yellow for the 50s. we're seeing the speeds come down a tad around the 63, that's in bay point east, willow point road. we have a ladder in the lanes, so watch as you come through pittsburg. slowing through livermore as well, the build to the alta mont class. we'll get awe li

dpw to use the anti- ballistic enforcement procedures -- the anti-blight enforcement procedures, as well as a fee. the department is seeking approval from the board to place liens on these delinquents properties. these are property owners to have done more -- ignored the department's various attempts for the owner to comply with the anti-graffiti and blight ordnances. we do ask for payments -- removal for properties where payments were recently received. these include 125 bayshore boulevards, boulevard, -- geary boulevard, another on mission street, in some others. president chiu: thank you. let me now ask if there are any members of the public who wish to speak in regard to this item? if there are, which police speak into -- stepped up to the microphone -- would you please step up to the microphone? if you can talk about which party you are referring to. if -- >> hi, my name is avi, and i got a notice, but i did not hear my address just now. does that mean that i do not need to be approved -- need to be approved -- need to be here? president chiu: we will have him come back. >> i receiv

we want that goal to be met as well. then we have the whole business of police work, transportation, a tour bus work for transportation. we do not want to have that happen for limited resources. but there are some things that we can do -- and i am not the expert on tour buses. in my experience, when those things are design-related, the shape of the streets, places where buses go, we tend to have more success and less need for enforcement. to give you a probably bad example, parks and buses is an issue. staging for a tour bus would be different for a shuttle that comes by the neighborhood. of course, we are serving a different constituency. the shuttle bus is serving the residents who are choosing to live in san francisco and work somewhere else and return to the city as soon as they can. we do not want to discourage that. with the tourists, it is different. but the idea is not to create hostility, facilitate the work that the tour bus operators have to do, bringing them through attractions and the city. -- in the city. a

the downtown business representative as well as members of the board of supervisors. i would like to recognize the tremendous effort that supervisor elsbernd has given to this process since day one. [applause] and i know from the very first day that we met and talked about this, there was a healthy level of cynicism that was displayed. one that was probably a arrested with a lot of things that have one that was probably a arrested with a lot of things that have

as well as other public access areas that are not necessarily the ones programmed. i think this kind of planning can help us not only spot issues, but also plan budgets, understand who was responsible for what, and really create an accountability matrix in effect that says these are the things we need to check off and this is what we will do to make the event successful. spectator venue education has been spearheaded by the national park association. early in the conversation they pointed out the need to really link these events to their mission in an educational way, and that really resonated with not only the city folks but also the event authority. we would like to create a spectator the new education program that really allows people to learn more about the place they're at, besides the water, but also what makes an francisco special. that is definitely taking place. i am not sure what shape it will take, but i wanted to highlight this for the committee today. next, i want to talk more in detail about the people plan, which has been the highest- profile plan so

heavy downpours as well. the system is finally on its way out but sweeping across the northern end of the korean peninsula as it goes. south korea could certainly turn cloudy this afternoon as well. central and southern portions of china are looking for significant rain to develop over the next couple of days as well. hunan looking at substantial rain for today and indo china we flins laas well, widespread rain and pockets of heavy as well and india as well the southwest coast looking at torrential rains over the next several days, southwest monsoon impacting the area. 32 degrees in hong kong, 28 in chongqing, another hot day in shanghai, 32 in beijing and warming up in tokyo to 25 degrees. now, we take a look at what's happening in north america, we've got a lot of warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico, reaching the northern plains and feeding energy into this low pressure system so looking very severe throughout the night for central canada especially northern manitoba, southern saskatchewan looking at

rabbitt as well as other members of the neighborhood. i think we have an agreement in principle, although we need some additional things to be confirmed. richard, if you want to join in that request, and anything that you would like to add, i think it would be to request that you continue this matter for perhaps another month or so and hopefully we can resolve this. >> commissioners, i just wanted to echo what mr. o'brien said. i believe we have an agreement in principle on the settlement, and what we needed is we needed dp debbie to cooperate with us, because it is -- dtw to cooperate with us, because it is contingent upon them as the department that granted the permit to agree. with the terms of the sidewalk issues and the tree issues. one of the things that we would ask the board to consider is to request dpw cooperate in the settlement process. the second thing i wanted to check was to see if the board was interested in hearing the general outline of the settlement. i would be happy to go into that, or if not, happy to skip that as w

time, if we could take a roll call vote on the entire package of legislation, items 8 through 17 as well as item 59. >> if i could make a final comment, because i want to acknowledge the 14 years of work that went into this, and i want to recognize people who really worked for years on this project. but i want to recognize cherie williams. [applause] many organizations -- mercy, boys and girls condlub, and of course our partners for advocating for this project. i want to thank you for the work you have done. there is a lot that comes with this development, but most important is the 240 units coming down the pipeline, and i think that is a great seat, and i am happy to be part of the project that has tons of community input and that i hope weekend reading and we can replicate. >> -- and we can replicate. i was just reminded that supervisor campeau's stepped out. i would like to out of we rescind the vote so we can vote unanimously. -- to ask you to increase in the vote so we can vote unanimously. now if we can take a roll-call vote. [calling votes] >> it is approved unanimously. [applause

we run our violence reduction foot beats as well for public housing. we have the continuity of the same patrol officers in the same sectors that are required as part of their driving the to to walk along lowerhaight and japantown area. right now, i don't have the resources to devote a foot be to those areas. again, we run a lot of foot beats a citywide every day. on the numbers in front of me -- in the northern district every day, we run no less than six. i agree. it is a great interaction that the officer does have with the residents and the merchants of the community. you cannot beat it. i get out and walk. i really cherish that time that i am out there. it is invaluable. it is a win-win for all of us. there are positive relations between all of us. again, as staffing allows, we will increase the foot beats a citywide. in the northern district, we run no less than six. that is replicated citywide. >> in my first meeting yesterday, it is my job to make sure the staffing levels don't decrease. i had a meeting with the assembled command staff today. i wa