inadvertent mistake with the agenda item, we are back to let you know we would like to proceed for the balboa park project. that project will include an expanded playground, improved pathway system and complete renovation of the tennis courts, as well as fencing improvements and other improvements that will improve the use of the park. >> we do have public comment on this. christine? >> hello. in an exchange student from germany. i would like to comment on the balboa park improvement. i think these improvements are a good idea for the people who live in the city, but i do not understand why this project took such a long time. is started in 2009. in 2010, rec and park approve plans for balboa park. i know it took time to get the people's ideas together, but i do not think that takes one or two years. why does it take such a long time? why is it difficult to accept the money and start? one possible action in the paper [inaudible] why don't you take the money? [laughter] president buell: welcome to san francisco. [laughter] thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment on this item? se

one of many that we are undertaking in the balboa park area. some good news, in terms of service improvements to update you on. starting this tack -- this past weekend, on the church we had a variable headway schedule that left a lot of people confused, frustrated, or both. after taking the hearing to the board of supervisors and members of the public, we adjusted that to get service on a consistent nine minutes schedule, which should help to reduce crowding. on the f line, we have increased service every five minutes. we have had a lot of instances where we've were not able to pick up votes in a car. right now we are supplementing with bus service as we get our cars restored. that final part of the respiration issue has been fixed and we should have about seven position of vehicles on by the end of the month. we did not want to wait for those vehicles on this important, high demand service. going to the ballpark on weekends, something that we had a lot of demand for, this is kind of done in conjunction with the express bus, which has been a su

finally, san francisco and this nation is going to name something after balboa park thank you. [applause] president buell: thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comments? please come forward? >> fourth generation chinese in america. what's the difference between paul revere and betty ann ong? the revolutionists knew the british were coming. betty ann ong completed her mission. you look at the record of the other the three airlines, they called somebody, but they did not call ground control. betty ann ong it her mission and she completed ait. thank you. >> is there anyone else would like to comment? ok, seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let me start off by saying, i'm completely ok with the process. we are good. i have a hard time articulating this without being emotional except to say that i cannot imagine how this has been for the family. you have a sister, who was a hero, who is a hero, and you lost her in the most tragic and historic of ways. yet, she is a hero to the country. it is bittersweet. to the someone is unimaginable, but to have h

along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for people. it takes a lot of money to do that, but it is really about being vigilant and looking at the fund the come through the transportation authority. we have been extending sidewalks in some places to help with pedestrians, trying to put in islands, plantings to slow down traffic. bike lanes have helped. a bit controversial where i live is a bike lane. people do not see as many bikes, but we are seeing more and more common now that the bike lanes are coming in. that makes it safer for pedestrians. we have a bike way on a major street. you do not have as much time to cross, and you cut down one lane for the cars and a pedestrian can then w

one, at long last, the advisory committee for the balboa park station. the plan was approved in january 2009. i think it was my first piece of legislation because i had inherited from my former supervisor from district 11, and since that time, there have been a lot of discussions about how to proceed with land-use issues surrounding the station, and there has been a lot of need for the community to have greater oversight along with greater entities involved around the station including bart, caltrans, muni, dpw. this body will be meeting quarterly to provide input. it will be staffed by the mta if we do approve this, and it will be a great benefit to district 11 and people who have a stake in bell ballpark to ensure that we have transit that meets the needs of riders and neighborhood residents appear willing to make sure we're moving forward with transit that can move the ball park out of the industrial zone. i hope to have your support of that if it comes to committee, colleagues. my next piece of legislation, the resolution, it is actually supporting t

we are moving forward on balboa park, as part of this initiative. we're making a lot of progress and i think that we have a lot to celebrate. and this is all the work that has been done in golden gate park over the last few years and this is just the proposition for the funding for this program. this does not include the museums or the major investments that have been made, that delivered a number of projects to the music concourse fountain, the botanical gardens improvements, and repaving in partnership with the nonprofits and the other funding sources. these are the remaining projects that we are working on right now. we're almost there. the goal is, because we receive funding from the state that we have to deliver, those projects by the end of the calendar year to meet the funding constraints -- we are moving forward with those. and so, the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks find, before we go into the implementation, i would like to refresh everyone's memory -- memory about what it took to develop this bond, and the accountability measures th

plans that we have completed for the four neighborhoods, the eastern neighborhoods, market octavia, balboa park, visitation valley, and other areas representing almost 7000 units, and we have no plans under way for other areas that will complete that cycle. -- we have new plans under way. sentences could pose a growth will happen on about 15% of the land area of the city. that 15% is actually where we have concentrated our planning efforts over the past decade. i can sit here and promise you all that, having these plans approved means that the land use wars and fights in the planning commission will go away, and we all know that that will happen, of course, in the coming year. this will not and land-use lawyers. this will not in fights. it will not and appeals. but it does give us a level of certainty about where we're headed but at the community level and at the city level, and i think we should be proud of that. i would like to spend a little bit of time talking about the transit center plan, partly because i think it is an incredibly exciting project and partly because we are about to releas

balboa park. we need to figure that out and the sense that area. we need to get rapid transit in geary as well. [applause] >> my position is to from the other candidates. why? because we have to base decisions on facts. we have to have evidence-based findings before we can make conclusions. what is happening is this issue is becoming politicized. we have a grand jury that specifically found a serious design defects in this product was causing twice -- costing twice as much as originally planned. and the last time we ignored to the grand jury -- the other day, the last time we did that, it was over pension reform. so we have to address the issues. there will be a hearing in october. let's wait for that hearing. let the facts speak for themselves. [applause] >> thank you. i agree. what i also want to say, one of the issues i have always had with the project and the members of the board of supervisors was that in some ways, this is a very myopic view. do we what subways in san francisco? it could relieve some much traffic off the streets, there is no

balboa park. we need to figure that out and the sense that area. we need to get rapid transit in geary as well. [applause] >> my position is to from the other candidates. why? because we have to base decisions on facts. we have to have evidence-based findings before we can make conclusions. what is happening is this issue is becoming politicized. we have a grand jury that specifically found a serious design defects in this product was causing twice -- costing twice as much as originally planned. and the last time we ignored to the grand jury -- the other day, the last time we did that, it was over pension reform. so we have to address the issues. there will be a hearing in october. let's wait

inn at the park, $129 a night on balboa park and within walking distance of the zoo. >> great price toothe city with the best options for hotels of course would go to las vegas, nevada. >> which honestly if any city in america is synonymous with hotels it's las vegas. there are more hotels in las vegas than any other city in america. one tidbit, mgm grand alone launders 50,000 pillow cases a day. >> wow. a lot of laundry. >> that's true. >> that's just pillow cases, what about the sheets? >> there's a lot. lots of hotels. the great thing is they're destinations in and of themselves for casino, restaurants and shows and spas. i love lots of different hotels, the bellagio and the venetian. my new favorite is the cosmopolitan. it has the sophistication i come to expect from a new york city hotel and even though it's huge it feels very intimate. >> most affordable city goes to? >> kansas city, missouri. >> hello, midwest. i feel so great. >> kansas city is one of the cities if you have them in there you should go. it gets number one for barbecue so this is a good combination from affordabil

the incident happened on funston avenue near balboa, where funston parallels park presidio boulevard. two of the people involved in this incident have now died. here's allie rasmus with more. >> reporter: we got an update about 15 minutes ago, and they confirmed the suspects, the knife-wielding man, and an elderly woman have all died from their injuries at the hospital. this all happened at 7:30 in the morning. that's when a woman called 911 to report some sort of disturbance coming from that white house. police are still here gathering evidence. two police officers entered the home, and in the doorway, they discovered an elderly elderly man bleeding producely from stab wounds. officers went upstairs and that's where they found the man's wife, a woman in her 70s, also had stab wounds. the suspect is 44 years old. and when they discovered him he was armed. >> he had two knives held above the head, they used their device that shoots like a beanbag and when that was ineffective, they used deadly force. >> reporter: now, police say the 44-year-old suspect and the -- suspect and the two el

>> reporter: grace right now, funston is closed a block from balboa to ka brieo and park presidio is open, than is the main roadway. other than that, it is pretty clear here. >> stephanie, thank you for the latest. >>> and for the first time in bay area history, another officer-involved shooting was caught on tape by police. oakland pd says that a city-issued lapel camera on the officer showed what happened when a cop shot and killed a suspect on september 25. now, it happened just before 5:00 p.m. on cherry street near 99th avenue. police say during the struggle, an armed man threatened the officers, so he opened fire. and still not clear though if police will release that video to the public. >>> san leandro police are looking for at least two gunman responsible for killing three people after a weekend party that went bad. the shooting happened just after 1:00 sunday on alvarado street. police say the victims were shot while leaving the party which was held in either a warehouse or office space. a 16-year-old girl and a 19-year-old won are -- woman are among the dead. >> there was