we have utility boxes. we have all of this, all within 3 feet of the street, which has a lot of impact on the streets. in my neighborhood, there won't be any landscaping of any boxes. i live in one of the densest neighborhoods of the city. there is no additional cuts area that could be landscaped. 311 will not work for at&t. we will have to call them if there is a graffiti problem. with respect, i would like to ask your help on this, that when there is a notification to the public only neighborhood associations are contacted. with 70% renters, we need to do a better job of contacting all the people. supervisor weiner: thank you. but i do believe 311 is supposed to report to utility companies when there is a utility issue. they are supposed to relate those reports. if they are not, please let me know. >> good afternoon. on behalf of the community, i would like to thank you for having this hearing this afternoon. i would like to urge you to keep our cities clean. i would like to keep it that way. while it is

they looked at having the boxes in the city. president chiu: ok, so you are asking what we are being asked today is 495, but they would be up to 7 hotter 26 boxes at some later date? -- 726 boxes at a later date could >> that is correct treat this is an initial rollout. president chiu: i do not feel comfortable that we have a full understanding of the cumulative impact of the utility's here and the various mitigation efforts it can have. i continue to wonder whether it is possible to place this equipment on public property and continue to wonder how this technology has been evolving. i know this has been a six-year alternative -- six-year conversation. and if forward to hearing from other colleagues. clerk: supervisor campos. supervisor campos: i am wondering if we can have the city attorney's office explain this and requested additional boxes, what that process looks like, you could just say a little bit about that, because i think for a lot of us, the additional public comment or community input is a critical component of any

>> i found that no identification on that other box. some of those boxes are not marked. vice president garcia: thank you. >> thank you very much. we will hear from the department now. >> good evening, commissioners. i am from the department of public works. i need to provide a little history on this permit specifically. at the permit received an application from nextg networks ouon august 15. it was found this location is on a significant street, and on august 18 we submitted a referral to the planning department with plans and photo sims, the full package, so they could do an evaluation. in november of 2010, we received approval from the planning department with conditions. prior to that date, the health department had already reviewed all the equipment to be placed on this pole and determined its satisfied all appropriate regulations. on november 15, after receiving the approval from planning, we provided the approval to permit from -- for nextg networks for the facility. we received a notice of completion date of december -- excuse me. december 12, 2010 from nextg net

these boxes are continued graffiti attractants. if you look at the corner of the vallejo and broderick, the amount of concrete pedestal because of the steepness of the hill is a significant tripping hazard for senior citizens. there are six metal pylons with fluorescent tape around them to keep the cars from running around them. you cannot open a car door to part anywhere in that area. thank you for having a hearing. >> good afternoon. i live in haight-ashbury. i am concerned about the lack of coordination and the inability of the city to control and manage the thousands of boxes that are already on our streets. the last thing we need is more of those. as a homeowner, i am expected to maintain the sidewalk. i would like to see the city hold up its share of maintaining the sidewalk. also, there are almost no sidewalks were landscaping would be feasible. that is ridiculous. noticing neighborhood groups is important, not just of the neighborhood association happens to be located within 300 feet of one of these boxes. come on. telling

tier 1 boxes are supposed to be 3 cubic feet. this box is smaller than that. so what puts us into the tier 3 category is the width. in addition to the cubic requirement, there is also a with the limitation. anything that goes outside of 12 inches automatically goes into tier 3. that is just the way the law is written. at that time, we will go through the process at tier 3, but the permit that was issued was issued properly. i have worked with them a lot and a access google views on a regular basis. whenever he needs more information he has asked for a different focus from different angles, and in this situation we did not receive any of those requests. but i do know that he goes to the full evaluation and street view is a great way of doing that. it gives real time -- i guess not real time, but a view of that as well. thank you very much. vice president garcia: you heard me ask mr. flanagan the question about the claim in his brief that nextg had submitted pictures that were dated and misleading, in which there was a dumpster. >> right. vice president garcia:

get to play in the big box again. out of the little box, into the big box. hate the little box. >> like espinoza, daniel also aspires to be placed on the general population unit. >> got to mingle with the crowd. you get to get out. be with everybody else. i never been to pop. only time i was in pop was in newman. i was only in there for like two weeks. >> what happened? >> a fight. everybody fights. right? that's the only way you can handle situations in here, you have to fight. someone says something to you or you got problems and you got to act on it. if you don't, they will. >> 16 months ago, esdale was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years at the house of correction, a separate jail facility for convicted inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights, he spent the first 13 months in segregation, but even under those restrictions he was still a significant discipline problem. >> daniel has gotten into many fights since he's been here. he's been involved in about ten fights. there's fights where he asked or called to

get to play in the big box again. out of the little box, into the big box. hate the little box. >> reporter: like espinoza, daniel also aspires to be placed on the general population unit. >> got to mingle with the crowd. you get to get out. i never been a part. only part -- never seen -- like two weeks. a fight. >> what was it? >> a fight. everybody fights. right? i can't handle situations without a fight. someone says something to you or you got problems and you got to act on it. if you don't, they will. >> reporter: 16 months ago, esdale was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years at the house of corrections. a separate suffolk county jail for inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights, he spent the first 13 months in segregation, but even under those restrictions he was still a significant discipline problem. >> daniel has gotten into many fights since he's been here. he's been involved in almost ten fights. there are a lot of fights where he has actually asked or called to happen. he's didn't involved in a lot mo

if people want to talk about utility boxes or the at&t boxes in terms of how they should be managed onur streets, that is fine. i need to strongly request that people not raise the issue of the eir or, excuse me, the categorical exemption and whether or not there should be a full eir. the board of supervisors held a full hearing on that issue, and that meeting is closed. it is currently scheduled for a vote one week from tuesday. if this were to turn into a discussion of a categorical exemption, we would then be having an inappropriate additional hearing, even though the meeting has been closed, with only three members of the board of supervisors involved as opposed to the and 11. so, please, if you're going to talk about the at&t boxes, please limit your comments to be better street plan, how we should manage our sidewalks, and please refrain from talking about the categorical exemption or the eir, and if it does come up, i will remind you and request that you rephrase how you are approaching the comments, so we will start the planning department, and i do not know if there are any pu

. >> victorian box trees. >> what size are they? >> a 24 inch box, which is the new standard. we do at least 24-inch box or larger unless the site is to constrained that we have to go small every. er -- smaller. it increases the survival rate of the tree. so this is our new standard. >> it takes a little while until they can adapt to the location. how long does that usually take? a couple of seasons? >> it does. we normally will water a tree throughout the dry season which we estimate about nine months of the year. so if it is -- has not rained, we have to go water the tree. once it is established, then it does not need our help. >> there's a particular problem with trees that are in boxes or in planters or that are not planted in the ground and that's that they have a lot of area of evaporation. so trees like this that are sitting in boxes in sidewalks need a lot of care and a lot of water. >> that's right. we would water these extra so several times a week while we are waiting. one of the reasons why we try to get trees planted in the ground rather that in raised plantearns

that big box in your kitchen or those little boxes connected to your tv? >> i would say my refrigerator. >> set-top box on the tv. >> reporter: according to the natural resources defense council a typical two-box configuration like this uses more energy than an energy star rated refrigerator. both the boxes and the fridge consume about $50 worth of electricity a year. why so much? cnet's brian cooley says one reason, those boxes that usher signals into your tv set stay on all the time. >> there is no power switch on these as you may have noticed. you can't turn it off because it doesn't work when do you. >> norah horowitz of the nrdc says that's because set-top boxes are designed for the benefit of the service providers who send updates and downloads at all hours of the day and night. >> they should wake the device up, download this stuff and then go back down to the low power level. >> reporter: and he says until now, service providers haven't figured energy use into the equation. >> the service providers are the ones that buy the box and they try and buy

i get to play in the big box again. out of the little box into the big box. daniel also aspires to be placed on the general population. >> mingle with the crowd and get out. never real season it. fight. everybody fights, right? you can't handle situations. you have to fight and somebody will say something if you have problems with me. >> 16 months ago, he was convicted of possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years at the house of correction. a separate jail facility for convicted inmates serving 2 1/2 years or less. due to multiple fights he spent 13 months in segregation. even under those restrictions, he was a significant disciplinary problem >> he has been involved in about 10 fights. a lot of fights he called to happen. a lot more behind the scenes >> i will be in the background and said bleep that. sometimes i like when people yell. i like it. i don't know. it's fun to me. i enjoy that. i like the commotion and stuff. >> here thrives on commotion outside, inside is say shrine to order. >> that's my blanket to keep it off. i feel more comfortable

the wireless box still stays there today. they have ignored requests to remove it, and it still stands. they point out there are no alternate locations available. i point out these and they would be happy to work with the appellant to find another location, so that indicates there were other locations. in page 3 of the response, it is also mentioned they were not available, so this is five more feet of antenna 10 feet from my house. i am not sure how you can make a claim i cannot see it, because i can. i will tell you there has never been anything of this sort, and there are no scratches or deathnts on any of these boxes,d if there were, i imagine there would be a lawsuit. >> it seems as though you say dissimulation picture was misleading, and i thought i read that you said you submitted those pictures. >> i am not sure where you read died. > page 4 of your brief under the first sentence under how did this happen. >> i got old of the permit, and a permit did not have the pictures on it. i tried to get ahold of the people in t

>>> they thought outside of the box by putting everything bathroom remodelers need inside a box. how reinvention can take your small business to the next level. that's coming up next on "your business." >>> small businesses are revitalizing the economy. and american express open is here to help. that's why we are proud to present "your business" on msnbc. >>> hi there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business", where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. often the business owners we feature on this show focus on new products. this week we meet two sbreep neuros who aren't doing that. they've figured out how to streamline the delivery of some products out there. as a result they mite change the entire bathroom remodelling industry. >> about three years ago i undertook a fairly massive remodelling project. >> i had been through the terror and frustration of doing a couple of bathrooms. >> we had german faucets, an american bathtub, italian tile and here we are sitting there trying to figure out how to put all these parts and pieces together that we

i come from a background of retail where have worked for big box stores. i have worked for both home depot and petsmart. one of the things that stood out in my memory is that at monthly store meetings, where we would hook up across the nation with other stores, one of the ways we closed each meeting was counting down how many mom-and- pop stores we close down each month. that has always stood out in my mind. while i have been living in san francisco and i took a job with jefferies, the one thing that was tantamount to my mind is that we were part of the community and we know most of our customers by name. we know their animals and we know their needs and we know each other. we are part of each other's community. that's something i would hate to see us lose by allowing the big boxes to command. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the owner of a natural pet food store in two locations and about to open a huge manufacturing facility in san francisco and i would like to encourage the legislation so we can keep our stores going and keep the small pe

baby box should go.ht now there is only action and lack of concern. >> reverend lee hopes better social services will make the baby box unnecessary. charlene israel cbn news. >> thank goodness that is there though. hard to believe there is something that like that is needed to save the lives. we pray for all those little babies abandoned. >> that's right. thanks for joining us. >> until (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very creature in the world. (applause) 

they would sink the box and capture air in the box. and people would go down into the box, digging for the foundations for the bridge. basically, you're in an upside down box, underneath the river. an incredibly difficult job, but it was the courage of all of those great workers whose names we will never know, who dug the bridge that would give us this great construction. >> the achievement, though, came at a tremendous price. many men lost their lives building the bridge, including the bridge's designer. >> the original designer was john roebling. the bridge, would not, however, be constructed by roebling, who tragically died of lockjaw. his son would be responsible for building the bridge, washington roebling. but washington roebling himself got sick. so, for many people, the heroine of the whole story is emily roebling, the wife of washington roebling, who supervised the construction. the original concept came about 1865. and by 1883, this rather amazing endeavour would be completed. >> the brooklyn bridge was built at a time when s

we cannot fight against big boxes on that train on an even footing. [tone] supervisor mar: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for your time. as small business owners, we do not have lobbyists here. we don't have lawyers here. we do not have production companies that put up videos showing all the different opinions. we have to take time out of our day to reschedule our staff, we have to put off vendor inquiries and a lot of the vendor inquiries we get is from other small vendors that come in and ask us to put on consignment their goods and services, which creates another form of small business trying to come into help. small business or a vendor that comes in cannot go to any of the large businesses and say will you look at my product and get a shot. all lot of us have that happening all the time. generally, the small business community is not afraid of competition. if it was on a level playing field. we in society, we would not put a 140 pound boxer in the ring with a 280 pound boxer. it's just not fair and we're the 140 pound boxer.

this is a utility box similar to the ones in question. at&t wants boxes like these installed on private property not on public sidewalks, they say they have good reasons for the push. >> they often show up with graffiti. they are an eyesore. they are a hazard. and most important are they necessary. >> the man you heard from is from the pacific heights association. that association is one of 25 neighborhood groups opposed to the installation of more than 700 it additional utility boxes. today, the san francisco board of supervisors are expected to decide an appeal granting an environmental review of the impact utility boxes have on the areas. they expect a close vote this afternoon. >> we're just saying obey our laws and then do business in san francisco. don't come in here decktying the terms -- dictating the terms under which a big texas- based corporation is gonna conduct business. >> some local businesses agree. it we've contacted -- we've contacted several supervisors today. at&t did send a statement which then directly addressed util

i want a six-foot box. everybody is very strongly felt about trees, i think. it happens constantly. >> it really brings out people's passions, which, as an -- as a forester, i'm always gratified to see. >> you're passionate. >> but this are also a -- oftentimes conflicts between trees and properties and developing a property, putting in a garage, you happen to have a tree in front of your house, you want to build a garage, you have to get a permit to take it out, we may not grant it automaticly, it can be a process that is challenging. >> we won't issue a permit to put in a garage or a curb cut, that requires a removal of the tree, until we get the tree removal permit first. so there's not a fate i've got my garage built and you can't have the tree standing in the way. >> used to happen a lot. the trees were, everybody forgot about us and then the garage was there, and people would say, you can't tell me i can't use my garage. >> then the little streets, how who is responsible for the trees and gardens and everything else there. >> in most case, it is the adja

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>> they thought outside of the box. how reinvention and innovation can take your business to the next level. that's coming up next on "your business." >>> hi, there everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg where we give you tips and advice how to. he your business grow. we focus on producing on new products but this week we meet two entrepreneurs who aren't doing that. they figured out how to stream line the delivery of some products out there. as a result they just might change the entire bathroom remodeling industry. >> about three years ago i undertook a fairly massive remodeling project. >> i had been through the terror and frustration of doing a couple of bathrooms. >> with german faucet, american bathtub, italian tile and here we are sitting there trying how to figure out how to put these pieces together that are not standardized. >> i was walking down the street with a sink with my life to match it up with the tile. >> i said there has to be a more efficient way to put a bathroom together than this. >> there had to be a better

boxes on their street. utility boxes from at and t are ugly. and instances we still believe they're unnecessary ti. -- unnecessary. they should be on private property. >> hanky says a lawsuit is not on the agenda opponents hope to come up with more compromises from at and t. the company has said if a supervisor or a neighborhood opposes this installation, the boxes won't go in. but work will be beginning immediately in some areas. and so comcast will now have competition. at and t says they'll move forward. the opponents are saying that they may take this pot ballot. in san francisco, at city hall, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and an experienced wind surfer. a bay area woman spent the night in the bay waiting for help to arrive. >> the drive to repeal the state's new amazon tax gets a shot in the arm and may prove to be a battle between two giant retailer autos and 7 on your side tonight on the dmv renewal notices now being mailed out that are past due. ññ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini slee

this type of boxes. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they were sit over these big boxes and play over them. >> (speaking spanish). >> but for the blacks these type of instruments were not allowed to be played because they were too loud and for the church they will provoke movement that was not appropriate. >> (speaking spanish). >> they could also work as a form of communication with the drumming patterns. >> (speaking spanish). >> this was what was going on in africa. >> (speaking spanish). >> and from some of the sounds they used to play that we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. >> (speaking spanish). >> for instance -- >> (speaking spanish). >> this means "attention be alert. something is going to happen". >> (speaking spanish). >> wake up. wake up. >> wake up, wake up. (speaking spanish). >> and this are some of the drumming patterns that have been rescued by the cultural association. >> (speaking spanish). >> the african and review itse s size. >> (speaking spanish). >> to the actual size that he has. >> (speaking spanish). >> the reason why this drum was r

that's something i would hate to see us lose by allowing the big boxes to command. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the owner of a natural pet food store in two locations and about to open a huge manufacturing facility in san francisco and i would like to encourage the legislation so we can keep our stores going and keep the small pet stores going. we all have a special relationship and we cater to everyone in the bay area. we deliver five days a week and there's no reason we could not help any customer that could not get to a store. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. a month ago, we opened a pet store -- a little background -- since we're building a pet store, i was in management and decided to pursue my dream of owning a small store. in our research to open a pet store in our neighborhood coppola we researched all the stores in san francisco and the bay area trying to find a good location, not just for san francisco the whole area and we narrowed it down to our whole location. the only research we did not do was if there is going to be a big

we have too much ballot box budgeting.have a ballot measure system that is far too easy to manipulate with money. of the various flaws that we need to fix in san francisco and on a bigger skill in california, this charter amendment addresses one of them. that flaw is that once a measure is passed, and we are talking about ordinance's here, policy statements, they are effectively frozen in time. no matter how much time passes, no matter how small or big a contemplated change, no matter how much consensus there is around a change, the only way we can make the change is to go all the way back to the ballot and put another ballot measure on and write another campaign. we are the only state in the country that does it this way. california is the only state, of states that allow voters to legislate, that does not allow any changes thereafter unless it goes back to the voters. other states either allow changes by the legislature after a certain amount of time or with a super majority vote. some trade voter legislation like any ot

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