that process is designed to look at traffic coming and beautification. this permit is what is in front of the board today. this is able to be revoked. we understand that we will have 30 days' notice. -- a permit is upheld, we're happy to work with them. >> thank you, sir. >> we can take public comment. can you please step forward? >> good evening. i am the past president of the university association. i think that this should be denied and the property right of way should be restored. this is the property line. all i want to show you are the exhibits. this is the property line. 6 feet over is the fence. usf has always known that this was on the right of way. they confessed to this. you see the yellow pole, that is where the old retaining wall was. this is 3 feed which is where they removed the soil and there were trees. they cover all this area of so that i covered the fence. in 2004, the university did not have a permit but they cut the trees down so that they can move this retaining wall over to hear. they had all of the soil and the roots and then mov

also, for beautification purposes, they formed a group to help beautify this section by planting and picking up garbage and debris. they are recommending that tall vehicle restrictions on the approaches and also along the frontage where the freeway is located. this proposal was supported by the captain from the english station. we have a public hearing and the there was some opposition. after the hearing was conducted, we received quite a number of e- mail and also petitions objecting to the overnight parking restriction on the opposite side. from our experience, that this type of proposal is successful if this is supported by a vast majority of the neighborhood. i've is that we don't have this in this case. what i would recommend is for the safety portion, the tall vehicle restriction that we approve, the hope that we tabled this on the freeway side to allow us to facilitate meetings with the two groups and see if we can come up with a compromise or arrangement that is acceptable to both sides. >> with item k, with the knoll camper, would that p.m. -- would that be for no campers, w

stayed pretty close to their annual -- original budget. 60% goes to the sidewalk operations and beautification. about 15% for district identity and streetscape improvements. in terms of other sources of funding, they do not meet the requirements of raising five% of their budgets from other sources. they raise between 1% and 4% for the first two years. only in operation for three months of 2008-2009, they were definitely below what they budgeted. for 2009-2010, they were still ramping

. >> the new name for the neighborhood beautification program as established by the voters, it allows businesses to check a box on their business tax return and, rather than going to the general fund. supervisor mirkarimi: right. right. i am curious. has there ever been any assessment? any kind of assessment? on the advent upper cbd's in san francisco? in terms of what services they are able to provide? beyond baseline services provided by san francisco city and county? any kind of evaluation? >> not to my knowledge. i do not recall any kind of evaluation. supervisor chusupervisor mirkars still a relatively new concept in san francisco. yerba buena will likely have unanimous support, but i am hoping to segue into another conversation in the near future, some day. between districts 3 and 6, what is the total number of cbd's? >> just in district 6? supervisor mirkarimi: district 3 and the district 6. >> that would be roughly seven. supervisor mirkarimi: where did the number 12 come from? >> that is because i work with 12 of them. the last two being ocean avenue and city center. would it

stayed pretty close to their annual -- original budget. 60% goes to the sidewalk operations and beautification. about 15% for district identity and streetscape improvements. in terms of other sources of funding, they do not meet the requirements of raising five% of their budgets from other sources. they raise between 1% and 4% for the first two years. only in operation for three months of 2008-2009, they were definitely below what they budgeted. for 2009-2010, they were still ramping up programs, so they were under budget there. as of the end of fiscal year 29 -- 2009-2010, but they had done in -- what they had done in coordination with us was figure out how to spend that $2.3 million over the life of the cbd. a copy of how they allocated those funds is a part of your packet. this is their current fiscal year budget. they plan to spend $6.3 million. as you can see, they are carrying over $722,000 in net assets from this year. they are planning to definitely raise five% from other sources. -- 5% from other sources. the final note is to improve fundraising efforts. we just reviewed the mid-year

i think this kind of notion and the notion of signs and beautification is also an issue. >> this picture shows both the general advertising. this used to be the buy it yourself casket company. you could beretail caskets. what a loss to the city. it says on the window for lease and there is a provision in the planning code when a business is gone the sign has to be removed within a certain lent olength oftime. do you know th? >> no not off hand and the business sign goes with the business and once it's gone not considered a business sign. >> and it's in the code and it says how long you have and i think 90 days and the business code says that as well. here is another one of the corner signs and it's interesting it's not a modern starbucks kind of institutional sign but independent individual sign and a great restaurant too by the way. here we go. we're in another district here. we have hand painted signs and in some ways around the city you see these signs and made by people rather than contacted out to the sign paren paint are but it coue the sign painter. do these count as part of it? >

stayed pretty close to their annual -- original budget. 60% goes to the sidewalk operations and beautification. about 15% for district identity and streetscape improvements. in terms of other sources of funding, they do not meet the requirements of raising five% of their budgets from other sources. they raise between

its not just about safety its about beautification.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 p

in conjunction with the reconstruction of the m-line and the beautification of ocean avenue, we had a budget to commission art work. we hired an artist to create three large sun spheres made from beautiful golden-colored ceramic tile. and they bring this beautiful, radiant sunlight to ocean avenue. it's sort of a bright moment in the fog. >> one of the things that helps to make san francisco a destination is its reputation as an arts center. and how has this department contributed to that? it contributed to the vibrancy of our city. it reflects our culture diversity. it tells the story of our history of the city. it enables us to create a cultural legacy for generations to come. the public art component is a vital part of the city's art scene. and in addition, it really conveys an important message that providing public art, free accessible public art 24/7 is an essential city service.

tens of thousands of people from poland are heading to rome for the beautification of pope john paul the second many more are expected to fill squares and towns across but i want to follow the ceremony on the. video screens pope benedict the sixteenth will beautified his predecessor in a special ceremony on sunday it's the last formal step before possible saint. there's not as much money flowing through the land of opportunity these days but it is still ending up in the hands of the same wealthy few web journalist laurie harvest is in new york to ask people there why. economy continues to cause a lot of people a lot of difficulties and yet the rich keep getting richer are you ok with that this week let's talk about that well i mean we have to talk about what is actually defined rich i mean for people to say that families making two hundred fifty k. a year combined being rich as some people define rich is completely absurd absurd lower middle class although we don't see it there's a lot of work they have to do you don't get rich overnight you think do you know people on wall street ar

beautification of parks. >> without volunteers we couldn't do a lot of things we do. the park district nearly 13,000 annual volunteers, about 125,000 hours of service they contribute. so we couldn't do a lot of the things without volunteers. >> again, this isn't the only park where this early earth day clean-up event is going on. we have a list of about a dozen or so state parks where similar event and volunteers will be gathering. the volunteer coordinator says they definitely need more volunteers to help out at their san bruno mountain state park and snohomish coast state park. registration starts about a half hour from now. >>> there are several other earth day event going on today in the bay area. this weekend there will be two locations where you can recycle electronic waste. e-waste includes old tvs and computers, and is the fastest growing category of solid waste in the country. there will be a dropoff location at the fairgrounds in pleasanton. old electronics contain extremely toxic chemicals that often end up in landfills. >>> good morning! you can see we've

. >> today, the bsu has continued that goal of beautification. in addition to holding a nonviolent educational process, we held a form, facilitated by experts to provide education on the opposing sides. we must always remember our collective common american heritage. in the past and present shows us that campaigns are seasonal, but he does not. it is not about reacting, but proactive engagement of all parties regardless of race, creed, gender, or sexual preference. >> the black student union of the george washington university pledges its commitment to the efforts of the stop the hate campaign. >> as dr. martin luther king, jr. once said, we are tied in a single garment of destiny. what ever it affects one directly affects all indirectly. thank you. [applause] >> enough with speeches. i have been asked to moderate a question and answer session. we have a microphone in the center. i would encourage all of you to get up and fire away with your questions. ask. very happy to las we see here in the united states a number of active as powers plying acr