business is item 5-a presumed innocent a lease agreement for block 7 west and the university of california san francisco and housing partners. an to construct 200 affordable units. madam director. >> good afternoon to the members of the public. thank you for joining us. you approved in june of this year a redevelopment loan. disbursement condition of that loan provided for actual disbursement could only come once you approve the amendmented dda so that action is before you from block 7 and assigning that to mission bay block 7 housing partners and i'd like to ask catherine -- to present this item. >> good afternoon madam chair and commissioners. today we have one resolution action the approval of 2 documents and lease agreement between ucsf transferring an existing dda to the develop or and basically taking that dda and modifying it to reflect the current project which would -- as the director mentioned it is comprised of chinatown i refer to them as a single developer. mission bay it's located on 4th street north to the south china basin to the north and then block 7 directly abutting to the east. this

. >> a beautiful city like san francisco has to price people out that way, it's a shame. >> the median rent across the state of california is $1,200 a month. in san francisco it's over $3,000. live in san francisco, brian web. >> ed lee calling to flee the city's minimum wage. he'll support a ballot initiate in 2014 that raises the minimum wage to help san francisco's lowest paid workers keep pace. the mayor didn't specify how much more he'd ask for. kernel $10.55 per hour and will rise to $10.74 january 1. >>> today was the last day to fork over property tax. there is some good news; a decade's old proposition is going to help out for next year's bill. >> the climb up to the county finance office felt a little steeper today. it's property tax deadline day and those who like to hold onto their money as long as possible lined up to fork over the cash. >> the dupe date was november 1 but human nature is wait for the last minute so here we are. >> i'd rather keep it to myself. >> have you ever figured out how that saves you. >> not really. >> gus is the guy who decides how much someone's house is worth and what they have to

california. senator mark leno will now share with you how san francisco, university of california, and the state of california played a leading role in being the initiator of the divestment movement from south africa. senator mark leno. >> good morning everyone, it is a great privilege and humbling opportunity to be able to address you today. as nelson mandela of course transcend eded one of the most severe human dignities, harsh imprisonment for the crime of being who he was, for being the man who believed in the dignity of all and the fair treatment of all and for having dark skin. that was his crime. but he chose, as we heard, to forgive and he chose the path of peace when he could have chosen the path of war and he knew in his heart that only love conquers hate. i have personally experienced the dividends that have been paid as a result of his teachings and his mentorship. my good friend alice huffman who drove down early this morning from sacramento to share her thoughts, is one of her disciples. when i first introduced the nation's first air quality bills in the state legislature back in 2

university of california san francisco identified a surprising process in how the aids virus kills immune cells causing them to self-descruct. they call this a mass cell suicide. this information could lead to a very new approach in the fight to end aids. >> dr. anthony fauchi, i understand you are not directly involved in these latest studies but you have been certainly the best known name in the fight against aids and i wonder if you can talk about how big a break through this is. this flat-out changes our understanding of what hiv does. >> well, it solves the mystery that has really, the lack of understanding has not gotten in the way of developing very effective therapy. so i think it's important for people to understand that but the reason why investigators are excited about this is, hiv was discovered 30 years ago. the virus, the human immunodeficiency virus. it kills cd 4 positive t cells. what we didn't know is the mechanism of how the virus destroys these cells. because the dilemma of figuring out what was going on and the enigma of it was that many, many more cells died than wer

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. >> the california san francisco train is already up to 100 billion. >> that's correct. he could be creating a new category. he is testing waters. let's see how she does. >> maybe the government would or couldn't bui could build the rockets to bring people out of united states. maybe it was nasa that got americans to the moon but that was nearly 40 years ago. in the remaini 40 years they haven't done much. an enter paren newer offered a prize 10 million bucks to any one who could launch men into space twice within two weeks. one company quickly succeeded they spent much less than nasa spent. they invented technologies to make launching rockets much cheaper and makes money doing things. >> space x continues america agenamerica's mission to supply international space station from u.s. soil. >> why is this a break through? >> i think the private space industry represent space itself as a commercial opportunity represent tremendous new opportunity for entrepreneurs for new products, new services, certainly jobs. and being developed invented and deployed in the united states.

researchers at university of california, san francisco finds most people pay more than $5,000 out of pocket. couples with insurance coverage for fertility treatment spent $2,000 less than those with no insurance. >>> the secret to keeping off the extra holiday pounds could be in the color of your plate. a study finds people eat less or use less of a product when exposed to the color red. italian researchers tested how much food or hand cream people took when products were placed on red, white or blue plates. people with a red plate consumed less food and consumed less hand cream. >>> hazardous toys. before you check off a child's wish list, make sure the toys are safe. the u.s. customs warned some products may be harmful to a child. for example, this doll. a child has easy ak tess to the batteries and some toys may contain high levels of led. >> fake a little time before you open up your wallet and bring out the credit card or cash and look at the product. >> they warn against counterfeit smartphones and pirated movies. you spend good money on fake products. >>> angry shoppers file s

. >> charles epstein was a geneticist from the university of california, san francisco. >> epstein is recovering from four hours of surgery to his hands, arms, and face. >> news of the bombing hit hard for previous victim gary wright. >> i came home from work, the news was on, and he was back. it unglued me. it was just devastating. >> two days later and 3,000 miles away, another bomb arrived at the office of david gelernter a computer science professor at yale university. >> i just heard a very loud explosion and then we heard a man screaming. >> gelernter survived. but he was seriously injured. >> why would anyone want to blow up a professor who specializes in the languages used to program computers? >> the unabomber was back in action, and investigators were no closer to finding him than they'd been when they started 15 years earlier. >> the unabomber, he was obsessed with ensuring that he threw us off the trail forensically. so he would do a number of things. the return addresses on the unabomb devices were real names of real people at real addresses of, say, their home or place o

california. in san francisco today they launched their new website. california's most wanted. they will prowhat will be design z at the community to leave the anonymous tips. >> that's the key for the law enforcement. that we cannot do it. >> reporter: the 15 counties from the oregon border to the county will be able to utilize this website. >>> president obama stirs up the fire storm. what he did at the memorial for nelson mandela that shocked the world. >>> i'm juliette goodrich in pleasanton where there is a tree brewing. the owner of this lot and that lot is not becoming a good neighbor. the trio of two tree lines. ,,,,,,,,,,,, with cuban leader raul castt the memo >>> you can call it the handshake that is seen around the world. president obama locking hands with the cuban leader raul castro at the memorial for nelson mandela. >> cbs4 reporter elliott rodriguez why the handshake has so many people shaken up. >> reporter: the president was making waves with the soccer stadium when the first person he greets is the cuban leader. then kisses him on both cheeks before moving o

. >> reporter: it's been a bone- dry year across california. san francisco is poised to set a record with just over five and a half inches of rainfall. and anxiety is growing at bay area water agencies. east bay mud sierra watershed has picked up just 4.5 inches of rain since october. >> that is less than 30% of average. that's where we're worried. >>> even with the lack of rainfall this year, east bay mud's reservoirs are still 68% full. that's very close to average. but the next few months are critical. this water in storage won't last long. if the agency doesn't see significant rainfall soon, a drought could be the next step. everyone here will be watching the forecast closely. >> cautiously monitoring the rainfall situation and the snow situation. in february, if things don't begin to change, then we will begin to take steps to prepare. >> reporter: the board will decide in may whether to declare a drought, meaning either volunteer or mandatory water rationing. already people in parts of sacramento county are being required to cut water use by 20%. there

san francisco or marin counties. and in just more than a year, 628 will take over for new numbers. california regulators approved the new area code today. 628 as i say that new code will only be begin to new numbers existing numbers are not going to have to change. >>> this tour bus was headed to a casino in southern california when it overturned this afternoon. chp says 30 people were hurt but not seriously. the crash happened on i-15 in corona an hour east of l.a. it was raining at the time but it's unclear if the weather is to blame for the crash. >>> there is a big shortage of toys for one san jose agency that helps thousands of families during the holidays. len ramirez shows us the scramble to make sure kids don't go without. >> reporter: the elves are busy sorting gifts and books for low income children but even though they have made their lists and checked them twice these bins that should be full of toy donations are still coming up empty. >> at this point in time we are about 7,000 toys short. >> reporter: he says toy drives got off to a slow start this year due to the late thanksgiv

at the university of california san francisco, adam gazzaley is one of many neuroscientists working to answer those questions. >> i think very frequently there's a mismatch between being based on science and being validated by the scientific method. i think that's what the real goal is that they're more than based on science, they're validated by scientific methodology. >> reporter: so gazzaley and his research team set out to design a game that started with the science. they chose a brain function known to decline with age-- multitasking-- and tried to find a way to slow that decline through training. the game they came up with, called "neuroracer," challenges subjects to drive a virtual car down a winding road while simultaneously recognizing and responding to road signs. >> i'm dangerous here, this is-- i'm a menace to society here! >> reporter: like commercial games, this game gets progressively harder as the player improves, creating a challenging virtual environment for the brain to adapt to. as subjects trained in neuroracer, they improved dramatically at multitasking. study par

i want to let you know that stricter gun laws have become a top priority especially in california and san francisco. this year a historic number of bills was introduced in our state legislature and about 11 passed into law. live in san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> in addition to the new gun laws, parents of the victims of the shootings have established a number of memorial foundations in their children's names. >>> after a teen was run over in the aftermath of the asiana airlines crash at sfo, an ntsb hearing shed more light on the san francisco fire department's handling of the situation. now the department is responding, as well. investigators say two fire trucks accidentally ran over a teenaged girl who initially survived the crash. she was lying on the runway covered with flame retardant foam. at one point the firefighters concluded she had died without checking. chief joanne hayes-white says firefighters acted within protocol for that situation. >> our members had difficult decisions. one was visualizing someone who appeared to be dead or expectant versus going on the burning plane wit

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

at 555 california st. in san francisco.rly rae jepsen will perform an on a larry chairs karen and ronnie lott along with 49ers markets lattimore and alex boone will light the tallest tree in the city. the event benefits the ucsf across center and the hon bnoioff children's hospital. >> the commute is expected to continue as a normal today on the east coast after four people were killed in a train derailment. 67 people were injured and 11 of them were in critical condition. a train was seven passenger cars came off the tracks when the train came around a curve. it is unknown how fast the train was going at the time of the of the roman. the ntsb will review data from the event recorders recovered from the scene. >> passengers are trying to get home, to school, or back to work after the thanksgiving weekend are expected to get by on the one-train track or be taken by bus. >> all authorities are investigating the cause of a freight train derailment in southern new mexico. that derailment killed three road employees. officials s

san francisco. at this time i want to invite helen and the society house right here in san francisco, california. >> good evening, everybody. we just i'm helen. i have i want to let you know we've 14rb9d 50 years of the american indian people last month i'm really proud of that (clapping) >> i'm very honored and happy to introduce someone that's special. in the community as well as the staff. and a family. orlando has been one of the very special persons in all of our families life. been working with the friendship house. the friendship house association of american indians serves a broad range of services to the american indian people for 50 i can say now a for over 50 years isn't that wonderful. we continue to work with the young people, people with addiction problems and every kind of problem we try to sought so friendship how is it the r is the oldest peer in the area to continue services and all that. orlando who is the staff for the friendship house for 19 years he's been executive director for at least 5 years. he's got tremendous experience as a clinical director say manager and speaker she'

enter into a grant agreement with san francisco planning and urban research association ("spur") for the "adapting to rising tides: mission creek san francisco, california" project. (resolution no. 13-47. >> good evening commissioners and administration, and i am here representing a larger team, led by brad benson behind me and dave, persad from engineering and carlinsky from spur and we are here to ask you for an authorization to enter into a grant agreement with spur. and at the point overlooking mission bay, and so 1860s. this chart shows, the level rise since the 1900s and the science is very clear, the sea level rise will occur, over the next 50 and 100 years, and a study found that for portland, sea level, it is expected to rise, between ten to 17 inches, by 2050 and between 31 to 69 inches by 2100. executed. and this proposed study represents the staff and a larger effort to address the sea level rise and bewe know that it will impact our property and far less is known about adaptation strategies. and the map here, is the sea wall from china basin north as you see as part of the embarcadero national district and the sea wall south appear 54 was c

spark out, it gets very ugly and dan touched on this for a second, how dry it's been in california. san francisco should have 20 inches of rain by now. they have four. 15.12 inches below normal. it is just nasty out there. the wind is going to blow tomorrow night. we're talking about 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night all the way through friday, it's going to get cooler, we will get a marine layer, and by friday it does cool down and the marine layer comes in and even brings up some of the humidity a little bit. that will help. but it's the wind that's going to get very bad. right now, five miles per hour. watch as we go from today to tomorrow to tomorrow night and all of a sudden, the wind gusts right there, 30 miles per hour on those ridge tops. it is going to get ugly and fast. the entire state of california is under a drought. much of it in severe drought. you can see this drought fire, basically contained fire here, we can see the smoke all the way to monterrey bay, the smoke from almost san francisco right here on the satellite. that's how big this fire has really grown in just one day. it's a full s

i would also welcome the union representative today from trust fund northern california cal -- and san francisco tc and of course all the union workers helping to build. the care takers of union pension funds have invested in block six as our financial partners. the success of this project will support the pension funds and the pensions of the union workers as well as creating union jobs. box 6 is poised to make significant contributions to san francisco. we are adding to the south of market district and amenities that san francisco expect and enjoy and design a lead gold certification. it's more than a green building. it's been designed to reach the entire neighborhood experience and this will contribute to san francisco's longstanding ranking as one of the america's greenest cities. block six includes improvements to the street scape for all to enjoy at the community garden at the ground level and gives a sense of community within the building. we are making sure that our residents will have multiple green transportation options including bike storage and preferred parking for low emission veh

presentlily available to tenants is that they can go and file an action in california superior court. as ted of the san francisco tenants union indicated in order to file in superior court things to have get so bad that you as a tenant have to convince an attorney that you are actually suffering damages including perhaps medical damages, but for most tenants the ability to file something in court, san francisco superior court is not an option available to them. litigation is so costly and so expensive that it's really prohibitive. what this legislation does is it creates an intermediary cost of action at the rent force that if there is any harassment that the matter can be brought to the rent board so there can be a hearing before an administrative law judge so they will be able to present their facts, their sides of the case and the administrative law judge would provide the rent board with a summary presented by each side and depending on what that evidence shows, the rent board may decide to refer the matter to the city attorney to initiate civil litigation or to the district attorney to initiate criminal pro