and uc. >> haight ashbury neighborhood council is proud of the fact that the university of california san franciscoarnassus campus is the only uc campus that was forced to impose upon itself and has maintained a growth limit, which is one of the reasons that we're very happy that they're moving to mission bay and that's where their continued growth will go. that's one of the real struggles, on going struggles in this neighborhood is dealing with ucsf, st. mary's, and other institutions. the previous three administrations have taken the position that recreation and parks department should be a revenue department, that it should basically produce enough revenue to pay for the maintenance of the park. the problem is, of course, that it doesn't. and that there is a fundamental and basic contradiction between maintenance of the parks, and recreational facilities, and maximizing revenue from the use of the parks and recreational facilities. it is a struggle that the haight ashbury neighborhood council is very much involved in. perhaps the biggest challenge has been in the eastern portion of the park, and

panel would consider, other than educating the providers -- i came from the university of california, san franciscoow that they emphasize a lot of help diversity and culture of competency works. i want to use a panel to make a recommendation for any kind of provider to have bilingual providers, along with putting the curriculum in their education about sensitivity. [applause] >> towards the back? >> this is for the finance and education committee. i am a speech pathologist, and i think one thing to consider is putting up feeding tubes in patients, because it is costly. if more people could be better educated on tradition as well as strategy, to help these elders. aspiration pneumonia is probably one of the major causes of death, so i want to say that there are lots of specialists. thank -blu>> someone who was a shy abt speaking in public passed a note and mentioned that their mother was hospitalized. she had a wristband for imitation allergy -- a medication allergy. >> i think this would fall someplace and 7.1 with education -- in 7.1, with education. if any behavior changes dramatically, it would

one more hot day in the northern rockies and warm conditions through much of california. san francisco a little more marine influence will keep you down about 83 today. look at sunshine through the area. this is another warm, summer-like day. i mentioned the heat, look at boise, 97. 90 all the way up into montana. above average temperatures cover much of the west. that's a look at your wednes in many areas in the central valley. should cool off a little bit over the next few days. we'll give you the thursday forecast, won't be quite as hot. funny, we've been talking about wanting the heat for so long in the west. you know how it is, people are now complaining. >> people are complaining. exactly. we do that here in the east as well. all right, bill. thanks. >>> well, home sales plunge, stocks tumble and the business the english are more loyal to than their mates. your early-morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, paris hilton gets a scare from a knife-wielding would-be intruder. >>> a marathon in philadelphia. baseball's commissioner is immortalized, and when it comes t

anymore, let alone in california, san francisco. so we totally agree with that philosophy. of course they fight us tooth and nail when it comes to federal excise taxes and state excise taxes and we're in those fights and unfortunately now we're in this one and it's really not where we want to be. it's just that now the city is the one bearing the brunt of the cost and that's why we're here. >> thank you. i do have a question, supervisor. now, what will this fee do to reduce all this alcohol-related expenses? because it's fine we cover and pay for it but is there a plan? if there's not a fan and then this cost keeps going up, then we'll have to hit the fee again, so is there a plan? >> what would the legislation do to reduce -- i'm sorry, i didn't quite -- to reduce >> alcohol-related problems, the revolving door of the alcohol-related problems? >> essentially it's about getting some cost recovery. there could be, as i would say, an indirect link to this fee towards, you know, less alcohol consumption, at that point there could be another nexus study and we could measure the

this is a proud day for san francisco where many municipalities and counties are struggling across the state of california. here in san francisco, we are able to balance our budget, and i'm very proud of the work all across this city from the mayor's administration, the budget director, greg wagner, who has spent a year working on this budget, to my colleagues working on the budget committee, supervisors mirkarimi, elsebernd, maxwell. we had a lot of work that involve months of work on the city budget. we worked closely with community advocates to make sure we were well aware of what changes were being proposed or coming down in this budget. we wanted to work very closely because this budget document is the most important document that comes out of the city and county of san francisco. every aspect of our service, every aspect about how government is run is embedded in this document, and the public expects us to do our best and to have the best work come out of this committee, and i'm very proud of that work and very proud of everything we have achieved. closing cuts to senior services to make sure the se

they cast a courageous vote that made this money available for california and san francisco. thank you. [applause] it would not have happened without that bill. speaker pelosi pushed it through with the help of her delegation, senator boxer pushed it through with the help of her partners. senator feinstein, you have a great delegation. they know what it takes to put people to work. the economic recovery plan, which our department got $40 billion, now we are going around the country making these kinds of announcements. we would not be here today if it was not for their courageous votes. we are grateful to them. let's thank them for what they did, putting americans to work. we would not be talking about high speed rail -- people who have been to europe, asia have ridden high-speed rail, they come back to america and ask, how come we do not have that here? because we never made the investment. this year, we have a million times more money than we have ever had invested, thanks to president obama's vision to connect us with high-speed rail. that is his vision. and it is also vice

california. >>> san francisco's environment department has launched a new website listing the most environmental friendly products. sf approve.org was created to choose the greenest products available. the website lists over a thousand products from the least toxic, graffiti removing chemicals and lightbulbs. >>> the uc berkeley research finds work in solar energy work is slowing. survey also shows solar installation companies are optimistic they will go through the hole. they say they just need customers who can afford to go green. >>> some workers are finding out the security of a government job isn't what it used to be. in the current economic crisis, many states and localities, have to cut back on workers. government belt tightening can't stop until the private economy picks up. >>> once upon a time, if you wanted a stable job, this is where you got it. working for the government. pays less, but provides pensions and retirement and health care, and stability. >> reporter: that's no longer the case, the lay off act is hitting public sector payrolls, since the recession began, some 134,000 sta

. >> i would say that i was have much inspired since i lived in san francisco, california. we are a country of immigrants. in san francisco in particular, we have so many first generation americans. my husband is just became an american citizen a couple of months ago. i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't c

i have an exand pl in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer

of san francisco, the san francisco municipal transportation agency, the san detail transportation authority, the transit district, the metropolitan transportation commission, the state of california, our state legislative delegation, the california high speed rail authority, and the united states department of transportation, the federal transportation administration, the federal highway administration, and the federal railroad administration. we also have to thank president obama and secretary lahood. they deserve recognition for the recent $400 million in arra funding we have received. it is that funding and that a war that has propelled us into construction with the levels which will ultimately serve both caltrain and future high-speed rail. i also would like to thank the federal government for the 7 $1 million we have received as san francisco and tsa. we have used that to develop jobs that have created over 800 hours of job hours and also has allowed us to rank as the fourth leading agency in the nation for creating and retaining jobs. going forward, we will remain steadfast and committed to working with our federal partners to improve transportation and workforce opportunit

this is now the four longest in california history. >> san francisco saw the biggest gains in home prices of all major u.s. markets comparing this past june to june of last year, prices shot up 14.3%. the s & p case-shiller home price index shows home prices nationwide rose for the third straight month. prices were up an average of nearly 5% in the april to june quarter. the jump was largely to take advantage of government tax credits. incentives ended, home sales have dropped off sharply. >> a school day for hundreds of east bay middle school students, why the school day will last nine hours. >> plus the striking workers who left trash piling up on the peninsula last week have found a way to cash in on the problem they helped create. >> and dozens of men take off most of their clothes for a good cause today. [ female announcer we know jerry brown was mayor of oakld, but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out te increased 50%, and the state had to ake over the schools. fact: the city controller found employe paid for 22,000 hours... they never wor

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this is now the fourth longest in california history. >> san francisco saw the biggest gains in homerices out of all major u.s. markets comparing this past june to june of last year, prices shot up 14.3%. the s & p case-shiller home price index shows home prices nationwide rose for the third straight month. prices were up an average of nearly 5% in the april to june quarter. the jump was largely to take advantage of government tax credits. since those incentives ended, home sales have dropped off sharply. >> a school day for hundreds of east bay middle school students, why the school day will last nine hours. >> plus the striking workers who left trash piling up on the peninsula last week have found a way to cash in on the problem they helped create. >> and dozens of men take off most of their clothes for a good cause today. [ female announcer ] we know jerry brown was mayor of oakland, but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state had to take over the schools. fact: the city controller found employees paid for

so with one move, we more than doubled the number of green sealed hotels in california, and making san francisco the most ecologically and environmentally responsible city in california, and probably the whole nation. but i've got to tell you that les more good news, and the other good news is that there's -- we're rolling this program out throughout the country. we're close now to having all of our hotels green seal certified, and that's 50 hotels in 22 cities and 16 states, so it's a rather big deal. so we're on track to be the largest hotel company in the country that's green seal certified. and we have a lot of fun things planned to commemorate our earth care program and the green seal certification. nicky, our president and chief op right officer, will share a few of those with you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mike. hi, everyone. it's great to see you all here today as we share this important milestone to us here at kempton. i actually happen to get very excited about quantifying some results, so i want to share with you today some truly staggering statistics about earth care statis

california. ---la ciudad de san francisco ampliara un programa para reducir el ausentismo escolar.edias, y la asistencia a clases aumenÓ en un 33 por ciento entre quienes se iban de pinta. ---ahora el programa incluira a los estudiantes de preparatoria... los jovenes que tengan 10 o mas faltas sin una excusa válida, podria enfrentar cargos criminales. ---el equipo de univision 14 esta de fiesta, ya que hoy celebramos el "triÉsimo quinto" aniversario de la estacÓn. ---hagamos un breve recorrido desde 1975 hasta el presente. la jornada futbolistica del futbol mexicano tiene varios partidos atractivos y uno de ellos es el delamerica - atlas que pasara por univision 14 el domingo. tenemos una previa. ademas los gigantes trataron de contener a unos dominantes y lideres padres de san diego...mas en unos momentos.... el america sale a jugar el domingo contra los rojinegros del atlas y tratara de jugar diferente y no hacerse de bolas en la media cancha. pues esta noche la serie en el parque de pelota de san francisco tuvo pasajes interesantes desde las primeras entradas... improvisacion y

san francisco county is the best documented of all the california counties. we think that all of california will look like san francisco now. when you begin putting in the work of the civilian conservation core, you find it's everywhere. we are talking about a lot of agencies. roosevelt loved building things. he was the lord of the manor at hyde park. it shows roosevelt in his convertible. if you visit there, you could see he could drive using the upper part of his body. he's pointing to the plans of the hyde park. he was quite a passable architect. once he became president, he was able to build a lot more. even though henry loose was generally opposed to roosevelt. we ran a double page on his to show how the work he had done. i couldn't get it all on my standards. in the west, you would see without the new deal projects, the republican voting sun belt cities wouldn't exist. they were built at that time. so, it's as i say. there was at least a dozen agencies that left remnants. i am going to give you a primer on all of these. the premise was to put people to w

continued last night at this street party in san francisco's castro district. >> the judge's ruling doesn't mean that same sex couples can start getting married in california. at least not right now. some couples showed up at san francisco city hall immediately after the ruling to try to get a marriage license but judge vaughan walker issued a temporary stay on resuming same sex marriage ceremonies. >> not a total disappointment that we can't get a license right now but the fact that the judge recognized as equal rights that's more than enough for us. >> the judge did order both sides in the case to submit written arguments by tomorrow to determine whether the stay should remain in place during the appeals process. >>> your time 6:06. all along both sides of the same sex marriage case have said judge walker's decision will only be the first round in a very long legal process. the next step for the case will be the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. that court has jurisdiction over nine western states. the outcome there could take the case all the way to the u.s. supreme court. now as always our complete coverage continues at our channel 2 web

you >>> recapping our top story for you this evening, a federal judge in san francisco has overturned california's ban on same-sex marriage. this is a live picture of a victory rally happening right now in the castro district in san francisco. they are getting ready to march to city hall for another rally at 6:45 to mark the day's historic ruling. the judge hasn't decided whether to allow same-sex marriage to resume while the appeals process goes forward. that decision could be soon. supporters of the ban will now take their case to the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. >>> well, the vast majority of viewers weighing in on judge walker's ruling support it but not all of them. "be who you are, love who you >>> it is one of the stories -- the success stories of the federal stimulus plan. an east bay food bank that feeds hundreds of families. now the federal funds are about to run out. and as ann notarangelo reports, some of those families are wondering just how they will manage. >>> reporter: there is a line and a wait for food but child care provider rachel gibson reliance on tri-val