on golden gate ave. -- traffic calming and beautification on golden gate avenue. it was agreed between them how the money will be spent on street improvements. we are also finding a traffic study to study some of these questions as to what is the right thing to do in terms of parking, a trade ups between parking, traffic. that is a process established with the university terrace association, which mr. rabbitt has opted out of. it is his right to opt out of that process, but that is the process that usf and university terrace association have embarked on to imagine what golden gate avenue ought to be like. there is an ongoing process with the neighborhood association to think about golden gate avenue. what is the right thing to do their to pull this encroachment out and do with it separately from this process? i said i think it is not right. commissioner fung: counselor, is there a worst-case scenario in terms of the overhang of the cars parked diagonally their where the ada requirement would be not met? >> i think the actual ada requirement is 3 feet. i do not kno

what they call beautification is too often the removal of you and me. an ugly statement was made when the library approve and was sought as to how these things work. often, the way it works is very ugly, and we need to make sure that this remains in public hands for reasons of justice. thank you very much. >> businesses and those adding value to land value should the paper community benefit districts. these parties to benefit the community by the value that they add. the proper source of funding for community improvements is an ad valorem tax on location of value. the added value will not be privatized in the term of locational rent. >> peter wharfield, library users association. it is wrong to place any at six bases and streets to any aspect of control over those places of streets to the private groups, and nobody from the public boats on the formation of this or the authorization of the cbd. when mr. chappell came to do library commission in october to seek approval for going ahead with this, he told as the chief story of success and the removal of a

the community challenge grant program is funded through the neighborhood beautification fund paid for by businesses annualy. an opt in system. when you renew the registration on your business there is a check box that you check that designated a percentage of the money from your business to the beautific fund. it was created to make sure money goes directly to the neighborhoods. which is difficult to do through other vehicles in the city. so it pulls in a million dollars a year. twice a year we give away a 500 thousand dollars typically. there are 3 categories of grants. there are small projects, which are awards up to 10 thousand dollars. and those require a neighborhood match of 50 percent and i will explain how the match works. there are medium projects that go from 1001 dollars and 2500 dollars and then to a hundred thousand dollars those require a 25 percent match and require rigorous documentation that your group has done large projects before can can do them. [inaudible]. >> you mean -- >> how do you know if a project is a small, large or medium. >> people ask for that you want

it was based on the perspective of beautification. these are eyesores during campaign season. that is how people get the word out. this is a similar type of way. yes, i lived in hayes valley. i have signed for chinese or pizza on my door and i take them off. that is what i want to live in the city of san francisco. it is good, i guess, to give people the right to do this, to either accept them or not accept them. but when you start finding small businesses that have no advertising budgets, that every day have to be inundated by posters on buses, all this money the city gets to collect off of advertising -- but god forbid a small-business guy goes around a neighborhood and put flyers on people's doors. but that is where we are going. that is where we are. further and further every year, we have more. >> this came out of a task force which i and our office was part of to kind of work to bring everybody involved together. dpw assembled the task force because of the number of complaints that did come through. i represented those concerns, but i think we came out with something tha

the community challenge grant program is funded through the neighborhood beautification fund paid for by businesses annualy. an opt in system. when you renew the registration on your business there is a check box that you check that designated a percentage of the money from your business to the beautific fund. it was created to make sure money goes directly to the

a trip on the danube is restful and delightfully beautif. the river runs 1,500 miles from the black forest to the black sea, and it links central europe to the rest of the continent. not far from vienna, the romantic wachau region stretches for 20 miles on the river to the town of melk. when your boat nears the spectacular melk abbey overlooking a cliff, you'll know it. melk abbey, one of the great sights of europe, also offers tranquil relief from city bustle and noise, and it's done so since 1089. after centuries of wear and tear, the abbey was rebuilt in the 18th century and transformed into what you see now, austria's spectacular model of baroque architecture. the abbey is still a monastery and learning center, and the library's inventory includes 1,200 medieval manuscripts. europe's royalty liked meeting in vienna, anyway, and they loved to unwind at melk abbey. even napoleon slept here. and of course, as austrian getaways go, it's really hard to beat the salzkammergut, or "lakes district." the town of salzburg itself is a wonderland of

so, you know, like i said, neighborhood beautification. the wheels in terms of bringing the community together to transform this space were already moving. i was able to hop on that band wagon and so basically i created a letter of agreement with the pta and the principal. that the principal signd and the pta president signed saying they will take responsibility for removing graffiti that come up. that was a big issue. murals get tagged. i have done 60 of the projects and 3 have been tagged. it 's surprising to me how i hae not had a problem with vandalism >> on the one at 19th and everybodying the door next to the mural has been tagged the bus stop is tagged. they climbod top of the bus stop to tag the stop the star bucks build you but left the mural alone. why in i don't know. may be their siblings worked on the mural. may be they decided to leave it alone. it's a cared for space. that's a key thing if people see that a community's going to come back and remove the vandalism it sends a powerful message. that's one of the key things. that

on the public land side of things, have also provided many native plants for park beautification and improvement projects. neighbors just recently bought a bunch of native plants for a billy goat trail improvement in dominated those to the department. in my opinion, the urban gardening and sustainable landscape movement is the future of this department. we are really pleased to be in a place to be a leader in this city for both residences and public agencies partners. not a similar to where hank was 30 years ago in the recycling movement where it was really starting to catch on and we needed the infrastructure to support it. all throughout the city, it is being replaced with a native plant gardens and habitat and gardens. just out in front of us, the conservatory -- in front of the arboretum, they are converting someone there recently. like i said, the golden gate park community garden in the expanded native plant opportunities there will really put it at the forefront of this movement. for the department as well as the program that provides opportunities for more collaboration, and

the total budget you have for the sidewalk beautification order is about 200,000. -- $200,000. how does that work with the graffiti abatement project? >> included in the budget is our police officer security. during the summer this year, we went to seven days a week. we have police officers from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. that is a big portion of it. the dollar amount, we spent about $65,000 this year on the police portion of it. the balance of it is graffiti abatement and the street cleaning. the balance of the budget is a -- is related to the graffiti abatement. supervisor chu: do you know what graffiti abatement is? >> i think it is close to $15,000. many of our businesses actually do their room graffiti abatement. if we were to look at the total, it would probably be higher. it is a daily issue for us. we have some areas that are

we are providing cleaning, safety, beautification, and advocacy. we believe this district is relate -- it would be terrific for city center. what we do know in terms of the ballot returns -- how many are returned? we will know the results later tonight. but there has been an enormous turnout in voting. about half the district is owned privately and about half is owned by the public sector. of the private-sector, about 45% have voted. that is a big turnout. upper plaza has also voted, about 40% of them. among the city, state, and other owned parcels, about 43% have voted. that is a large voter turnout for this district. we believe there are many parcel south of market who came in at the end. well your board is in transition, at civic center -- president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> mr. president, supervisors, i am jim hass, coordinator of the civic center stakeholders group. we have made great efforts in the last two nights to get the boat in -- vote in. it is somewhat, actually, amazing to me that virtually all the large property own

it probably could be used in some type of a beautification aspect with the neighborhood in terms of creating some kind of garden wall, or however you want to look at it. commissioner hwang: right now, as i understand it, this huge fence -- commissioner fung: they have already committed a some omnipotent amount of money. one would expect -- a significant amount of money. one would suspect the planning attendant to that would be more comprehensive than for us to look at one small piece of it. commissioner hwang: i agree, but that is not before us. we have no way to weigh in on the decisions made in the settlement agreement. whereas here what is before us is that fence and the encroachment issue. that is what i would be more inclined to continue for the purposes of hearing from dpw about what is involved there. if you could talk about what is involved in your jurisdiction, i would appreciate that. >> it is the nature of the encroachment. right now, there is a miner encroachment. -- a minor encroachment. right now, one of the possibilities is to relocate the fence and do other improvements to it

its not just about safety its about beautification.e want to encourage people to bike and walk when they can. particularly in this area where everyone wants to use cars less. >> even though we are a transit first city our roads are not safe for bicyclives or pedestrians. we need to work on the potholes. continue to build bike lanes. we are doing better at building bike lanes, certainly, i think where we fall short in part is we don't educate the drivers within the city. i continualy hear from people who don't understand how bike lanes work. bicyclists are always on the defensive. i wish i could say i felt like it was a safe city for bicyclists. which could say go to work on your bicycle and you will be fine. i don't think i know one bicyclist who has not been hit by a car door. >> a large number of san francisco homes don't own vehicles. i think that's a good thing. people don't need cars in the city. a lot of people don't need cars in the city. >> i think to a certain extent the saying is true, if you build it they will come. the more

his successor set may 1st tore john paul's beautification. that is the third of four steps toward sainthood in the catholic church. pope benedict xvi set it after declaring that pope john paul cured a miracle, freed a person of park in son's disease. >>> startling news about the late ronald reagan. his son said he may have suffered from alzheimer's while serving in the white house. in a new book, ron reagan says he was concerned about his father's mental state as early as three years into his first presidential term. when his father fumbled through a 1984 campaign debate with walter mon dale, he was alarmed. reagan also claimed that when his father fell off a horse six months after he left, a doctor's office found signs of alzheimer's. clear signs of the disease did not show up until years later in 1993. >>> used iphones are going for big bucks on web sites like craigslist and ebay. the reason? people are jailbreaking the phones, cracking the software restrictions so the phones work on other carriers and allow any apps to be installed, not ju

. >>> at the vatican a joyful day as pope benedict spoke of the beautification of pope john paul ii. the faithful in st. peter's square, some with polish flags, showed their pride over the news of the late pope. >>> president obama and his family attended a church service in washington today. the service honored the 25th anniversary of the national holiday marking the birth of martin luther king jr. at that service the congregation sang happy birthday to michelle obama who turns 47 tomorrow. >>> when we come back tonight, high honors in hollywood when we look behind the golden globes. :Ñ.Ñgz ugh, my sinuses... the congestion... it's your fault. naturally, blame the mucus. well, i can't breathe. did you try blowing your nose? of course. [ both ] and nothing came out. instead of blaming me, try new advil congestion relief. what you probably have is swelling due to nasal inflammation, not mucus. and this can help? it treats the real problem of your sinus symptoms, reducing swelling due to nasal inflammation. so i can breathe. [ mucus ] new advil congestion relief. the right sinus medici

in the future they plan to make that a clover leaf and i would expect they're going to do our beautification in keeping with the future changes that may be taking place with that roadway which is probably going to be changed a lot especially with developments occurring to the east of there. >> that is correct. there is quite a component of transportation analysis that will contract to really try to understand that interchange. and i wouldn't say it's a major funder on the second degree second degree czar chavez is caltrans and they are interested in our ideas and they are participating in the work at all times. commissioner antonini: great. thank you. vice president olague: i think we're done. thank you. sure. commissioner moore: director, i have one picky question and you can tell me we can talk about this some other time. the functional organizational chart which was in our packet he here, does that talk about work flow and communication? >> it really is just a chart to show reporting structure and how the department is organized relative to reporting. for example, that i report to the com

when i asked him -- i opened with a long quotation from cardinal newman , whose beautification he'd just recommended to the pope and supported, a very wicked, in my view, quotation from newman's apologie . and then, i wanted to know whether he thought the pope was the vicar of christ on earth, whether the catholic church was the one true church and it was quite strange, he didn't come up to the scratch to fight me on that. you could not have told him anything he said that he was a roman catholic at all. he could have been a very weak sort of christian socialist liberal. basically, says that christianity is ok because it makes people do good works and give money to charity, which it -- no one denies its true, but has nothing to do with the relevance or the truth of the matter. so -- but he's a man with whom i sympathize in other ways. i've known little bit for quite a long time. so it was an unusual interesting debate. excuse me. sorry, brian. just have a sip here. my medicine. >> you and i've -- first interview i ever conducted with you was on november the 7, 1983. >> i remember it was t

ambassador of japan announced that the prime minister wanted to get 35,000 cherry trees to mother's beautificationffort. as liz carpenter describes it, the gift was a trojan horse. ever since those cherry trees were given in 1912, the department of agriculture had fought to keep all fallen fruit bearing trees are out for fear of contaminating our natives. now the state department was on tenterhooks. not to insult an ally but get great trees for mother. stored called my dear friend, agricultural secretary free man. she said it would be embarrassment to the old- embarrassing to turn down the prime minister's gift. secateurs three men said storage was being pigheaded. the japanese knew all about our quarantine of fruit trees. to save face, $45,000 in japanese cherry trees were found in an orchard and the japanese were asked to pay for these territories. the state department, the japanese government, and both secretaries were mollified. the city of washington received 30 a hundred cherry trees. and you thought stewart and mother only had problems with the billboard industry. when it to fight for a cle

as i look out the window i see a very beautif planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. unfortunately it is not. these days we are constantly reminded of the unspeakable ac of violence and damage we can inflick upon one another, not just with our actions but also with our irresponsible words. we are better than this. we must do better. i agree. we can do better and we can follow these words. the speaker pro tempore: t gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. mr. pastor: madam speaker, i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: an additional 30 seconds to the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and the dear friend from arizona. nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles a man who wields it as a sword that males -- heals. let us use nviolence in our expreson, let us denounce violence and as martin luther king would tell us, that we can be a people of peace. i ow that we know the words of jon lennon, let it be,