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i didn't come here to bury the city. i came here to praise and part of that is because i started writing about it about 10 years ago so they are travel books that are mentioned. it's interesting how "empire of mud" had its genesis here because i found myself finding research t didn't fit into the conventional categories of what you are supposed to talk about in a travel book and i started reading about all kinds of dark chapters and disturbing aspects to the city. i kept the stories and eventually molded them into this book that became "empire of mud." in order to discuss a little bit about whaty was liked and i want to take you on a journey, a mental journey if you will abort it was like to come from baltimore to washington d.c. specifically washington city where the capital capital was in the 1820s. imagine as thomas twining describes and travels of america that you are in a stagecoach. this isn't the masterpiece theatre type a stagecoach. there are refined people having tea inside. you are in suffocating wooden box pr
i didn't come here to bury the city. i came here to praise and part of that is because i started writing about it about 10 years ago so they are travel books that are mentioned. it's interesting how "empire of mud" had its genesis here because i found myself finding research t didn't fit into the conventional categories of what you are supposed to talk about in a travel book and i started reading about all kinds of dark chapters and disturbing aspects to the city. i kept the stories...
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budget, the city just enacted a two-year budget and it seems the city is always dealing with complicatedues including whether or not to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach these tough choices? >> i think that when we talk about raising fees or taxes, we always have to come at it from a very balanced approach. we have a lot of homeownerses, we have a lot of tenants in the city. and, so, again balance is really key. i think we also have to approach the budget and some tough fiscal issues looking at the city-wide budget as a whole and not just looking at specific sectors or issue areas that we real have i to look at the city's financial standing as a whole for the long term. that's really important and that's definitely what drives a lot of my decision-making process. and i think it's also tougher in san francisco because we really are held to a very high standard where we have to balance the budget every single fiscal year. we cannot run into a deficit in the new fiscal year. we cannot print more money. we are held to a high standard by our charter and, so, i think that's why these
budget, the city just enacted a two-year budget and it seems the city is always dealing with complicatedues including whether or not to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach these tough choices? >> i think that when we talk about raising fees or taxes, we always have to come at it from a very balanced approach. we have a lot of homeownerses, we have a lot of tenants in the city. and, so, again balance is really key. i think we also have to approach the budget and some tough fiscal...
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the city state our state of the city is strongest and getting stronger.clapping.) it is is a unique moment in our history the city is busing with energy and pride not just because the warriors have the best record in the nabbing or the giant or world champions again and again and again (clapping) you know the ideas that conceived no incubator that microbe to the bayview from south of market to central market has spurred economic prosperity in our city our neighborhoods bustle again with young families and thriving small businesses our skylines 2r06r78d with the commercial towers 5 new hospitals under construction today soon to be joined by the central subway and chanted moscone center for the golden gate warriors a wastewater treatment plant and new neighborhood along the central waterfront that employees thousands of construction workers well, thank you to the hard working men and women to the construction trades the laborers and operating engineers and entertainment and electrical workers all the trade for rebuilding our city thank you (clapping) my fri
the city state our state of the city is strongest and getting stronger.clapping.) it is is a unique moment in our history the city is busing with energy and pride not just because the warriors have the best record in the nabbing or the giant or world champions again and again and again (clapping) you know the ideas that conceived no incubator that microbe to the bayview from south of market to central market has spurred economic prosperity in our city our neighborhoods bustle again with young...
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the number of bus in this city dwarfs most major cities.erybody single one of them is going to be outfitted with chains or special snow tires by the end of the day. it is really remarkable what has been done to prepare in advance of this monster snowstorm, allison. >> oh, yeah. with the national weather service characterizing this storm as life threatening, we're seeing bill diblasio taking a page out of that playbook saying this could be one of the biggest snowstorms to hit new york city. and to that point, as you said, he has been coming out with regular updates letting everybody know how the it is ji preparing. he is putting thousands of people out there to treat the roads. 2400 workers per 12 hour shift. already salt spreaders have already been laying down salt, treating the roads in wait of this storm hitting, expected to really brunt of it hitting late today. speaking of which we have leshld and you've been talking about new york city's major transportation system. we have learned a couple of things. the subway system will run regular
the number of bus in this city dwarfs most major cities.erybody single one of them is going to be outfitted with chains or special snow tires by the end of the day. it is really remarkable what has been done to prepare in advance of this monster snowstorm, allison. >> oh, yeah. with the national weather service characterizing this storm as life threatening, we're seeing bill diblasio taking a page out of that playbook saying this could be one of the biggest snowstorms to hit new york...
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administers of the importance of the infrastructure the bones of the city and the design of the city that has gotten the plan in place and successful as it's been and further as that was not enough last year mayor ed lee accountant a task force to look at the infrastructure out of the process they've recommended $3 billion of new local revenues to invest in the transportation system not only to accommodate all the growth the cranes in theization i sky but to invest in our core system $3 billion of new revenues i can imagine it being the transportation director in a city and the mayor comes and brings together with $3 billion to invest in the transportation city it doesn't get much better than that fortunately i don't think he's on the market we're happy he's our mayor please join me in welcoming the mayor of the city and county of san francisco mayor ed lee (clapping) >> thank you for that kind introduction everyone good morning. welcome to san francisco. >> good morning. >> actually, the last couple of weeks ago people have being coming up to me and saying are you i say yes, sir. i'
administers of the importance of the infrastructure the bones of the city and the design of the city that has gotten the plan in place and successful as it's been and further as that was not enough last year mayor ed lee accountant a task force to look at the infrastructure out of the process they've recommended $3 billion of new local revenues to invest in the transportation system not only to accommodate all the growth the cranes in theization i sky but to invest in our core system $3 billion...
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the city's changing city's change san francisco has always changed and what's made this city great is that we've never tried to put down the gates and say nobody new can come here or we don't want any change or let's freeze frame things exactly the way they are today. that's not the san francisco way. this city has always accepted change and that change has always made the city better and the city has always made the newcomers better. it has always been a two way street where everyone become better and stronger and more diverse as the result and that is what's going to happen today with all the change and challenges we have this city is going to come out stronger and more resilient for it. this is a city that knows how to get things done. i have never seen a group of residents that are more creative or smart or passionate about where they live and i know that whatever challenges we have we're going to face them we're going to overcome them and this city will continue to be the very best place in the world. and so colleagues, i look forward to working with you over the coming years i l
the city's changing city's change san francisco has always changed and what's made this city great is that we've never tried to put down the gates and say nobody new can come here or we don't want any change or let's freeze frame things exactly the way they are today. that's not the san francisco way. this city has always accepted change and that change has always made the city better and the city has always made the newcomers better. it has always been a two way street where everyone become...
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the fair covered 635 acres and the walls city a top basically we reclaimed bay land.nk of domed palaces, palmed lined courts and monumental statutory. all of this arose miracle that over a decade occurred after the earthquake and fire. just in a few years these entire acres were transformed and were the remarkable displays of innovation and being called electricity. the agriculture and despite the onset of world war i, 21 foreign nations built pavilions and joined the many millions of americans. if you were one of the people that came in december 20, 1915, you might gaze at the wonder of the tools of the light shows brought to this thing called electricity. you would have seen the model of the panama daniel -- canal and what san francisco fought to get from congress to celebrate the completion of the canal. you could have seen demonstrations of pageantries and what it will bring to america and the world. it's now my honor to present the man as mayor ross and my mind that em bodies the dell against -- intelligence in the city like few ever has mayor ed lee. [ applause
the fair covered 635 acres and the walls city a top basically we reclaimed bay land.nk of domed palaces, palmed lined courts and monumental statutory. all of this arose miracle that over a decade occurred after the earthquake and fire. just in a few years these entire acres were transformed and were the remarkable displays of innovation and being called electricity. the agriculture and despite the onset of world war i, 21 foreign nations built pavilions and joined the many millions of...
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the new york mass transit that never closes it keeps the city functioning, the new york city subway system and all transit will close at 11:00 p.m. tonight. it closed during sandy. and that will bring the biggest city in the country to an absolute stand still. amtrak is suspending all service through new england. 7,000 flights have been cabled. a third of domestic travel. we have essentially a lock down at all of the airports. if you're traveling in or out of new york tonight you're screwed. you probably already knew that. public schools will be closed tomorrow. boston schools closed through wednesday. broadway is closed no shows will go on tonight. the storm will peak by 10:00 a.m. in new york. by about 7:00 p.m. in boston. a lot of snow and accumulation. local state officials pleading with the public right now. you have seen them all day sounding very dire warnings up and down the eastern seaboard. take a listen. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. i'm asking everyone to understand that and prepare accordingly. this is not like other
the new york mass transit that never closes it keeps the city functioning, the new york city subway system and all transit will close at 11:00 p.m. tonight. it closed during sandy. and that will bring the biggest city in the country to an absolute stand still. amtrak is suspending all service through new england. 7,000 flights have been cabled. a third of domestic travel. we have essentially a lock down at all of the airports. if you're traveling in or out of new york tonight you're screwed....
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their employment-based hiring in the city. i then programmers and developers in the city. and further scrambling to find enough space so for example salesforces hopefully going to be moving into a new office tower within the next couple of years and even bloomberg is opening r&d facility south of market being near the tech corridor door. so medical research biotechnology along with social media and apps are really fueling this group growth. along with university of california, san francisco medical school is expanding its research and clinical footprint. let me briefly mention a few others. austin the second and is the most consistent performer in our top five. it's a night dynamic generator of jobs in the technology sector. just to give you a sense of the consistency among it ranked first third and ninth in job growth respectively from 2008 through 2003. in 2003 and year-over-year in august of this year. also it has very high wage growth. another part of the country, also in the west about polo was in the top three and really between san francisco boston and provo they we
their employment-based hiring in the city. i then programmers and developers in the city. and further scrambling to find enough space so for example salesforces hopefully going to be moving into a new office tower within the next couple of years and even bloomberg is opening r&d facility south of market being near the tech corridor door. so medical research biotechnology along with social media and apps are really fueling this group growth. along with university of california, san francisco...
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city report finds them in compliance. the city justification for this, justification, or plan, dated april 2013 that it was already obligated to implement 50 percent transit subsidy is a mid term program to begin with, and two to five years. however, this was not discussed this prior hearings. but the language of the da is clear. the cpmc shall share equally the cost of a monthly fast pass in 8 cthey shall promote the use of the subsidy described in 8 c. no publicizing among workers at the facility of which i work has been done or witnessed first hand, the da accelerated the start of the tdm's plans and transit subsidy to make an immediate obligation and to require them to publicize it, they have it backwards and the earlier does not modify the later da. and at a hearing before the board of supervisors, land use committee in february of this year. the 2 to 5 year delay was never mentioned, in fact, supervisor yee said that the six months lost should be added on to the back end of the ten year requirement, and specifically
city report finds them in compliance. the city justification for this, justification, or plan, dated april 2013 that it was already obligated to implement 50 percent transit subsidy is a mid term program to begin with, and two to five years. however, this was not discussed this prior hearings. but the language of the da is clear. the cpmc shall share equally the cost of a monthly fast pass in 8 cthey shall promote the use of the subsidy described in 8 c. no publicizing among workers at the...
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>> this city. congestion maybe seen as a result of what's happening in our city, all of this construction and all these new people and jobs coming, congestion makes it more difficult to get around. we want people to be able to get through this city with reasonable ease and more importantly getting through it together. more as the mayor said we can focus on enforcement and make sure people are adhering to the laws so help us get around. this is something we are doing with the police department. let me ask the chief of police gregsuhr as to how we are working together to start immediately on the congestion. >> thank you, two eds are better than one. sorry i couldn't resist. thank you for having me. the mayor called a meeting last week in his office. we had a horrible last september with many fatalities in 1 month especially during the holiday season with ending with the huge tragedy of little sophie lou. we wanted to get out in front of it with this holiday season. we continue to focus on the five mo
>> this city. congestion maybe seen as a result of what's happening in our city, all of this construction and all these new people and jobs coming, congestion makes it more difficult to get around. we want people to be able to get through this city with reasonable ease and more importantly getting through it together. more as the mayor said we can focus on enforcement and make sure people are adhering to the laws so help us get around. this is something we are doing with the police...
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. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. during the closed session the committee voted unanimously to forward six, search, eight, nine with full recommendation. >> thank you city attorney john gibner. colleagues can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in the closed session? >> so moved. >> second. >> a motion passes without objection. [gavel] i believe the people are here for item five. >> five or four? >> four or five? >> okay. this is four. okay. madam clerk can you please call item four. >> item four is an ordinance administering the administrative code and establish children, youth and their families oversight and advisory . >> >> >> >> gun violence prevention task force. >> we have supervisor malia cohen joining us for this item and we have presenters. would you like to take over this agenda item supervisor cohen. >> yes. thank you very much. i don't see my presenters or my speakers. i will start with my opening remarks and let them filter in, so good afternoon colleagues. thank you all for being here today. i
. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. during the closed session the committee voted unanimously to forward six, search, eight, nine with full recommendation. >> thank you city attorney john gibner. colleagues can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in the closed session? >> so moved. >> second. >> a motion passes without objection. [gavel] i believe the people are here for item five. >> five or four? >> four or five? >> okay. this is...
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in cities 1.0 cities were built around ports rivers freight rail, transportation routes.hey served as the center of commerce and trade. the second generation of cities or cities 2.0 came much later than the industrial revolution. these cities were marked by factories, big industry smoke stacks, automobiles, electricity. in cities 3.0, where we are today, cities have become the leaders, the hubs of innovation entrepreneurship, and technology. they are the epicenters for economic progress. in order to adapt to our new reality, we as mayors must practice what i call open source leadership. which means we have to be pragmatic problem solvers who look for common sense solutions regardless of where they come from, democrats, republicans, labor, business. it doesn't matter to us. we want to just make a difference in our communities. our focus must be meaningful and measurable in terms of results so that our promise, the promise that we make o'our cities becomes a reality of our cities. today i want to expand on that vision of cities 3.0. because it's not just about what we do wi
in cities 1.0 cities were built around ports rivers freight rail, transportation routes.hey served as the center of commerce and trade. the second generation of cities or cities 2.0 came much later than the industrial revolution. these cities were marked by factories, big industry smoke stacks, automobiles, electricity. in cities 3.0, where we are today, cities have become the leaders, the hubs of innovation entrepreneurship, and technology. they are the epicenters for economic progress. in...
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welcome to city hall. i want to briefly say congratulations to each and every member of the board that's been reelected and sworn in. i also want to say thank you to their families and parents who are here today. you are in the great city hall of san francisco three time world series champion, san francisco. i pledge to you i will work closely with each member of the board of supervisors to improve the lives of everyone in the city. this is important to us and this is why we come to this public office so i con grand jury congratulate all the supervisors and i look forward to working with you as i do each and every member of the elected city family and appointed members of the city family. thank you and congratulations. [applause] >>thank you mayor lee, and now madam clerk, if you can call item 4. >>we will proceed to nominations for the board president. and madam president i have a few nomination principalsesipalsprincipals. a member may nominate themselves. there can be one nomination per supervisor howev
welcome to city hall. i want to briefly say congratulations to each and every member of the board that's been reelected and sworn in. i also want to say thank you to their families and parents who are here today. you are in the great city hall of san francisco three time world series champion, san francisco. i pledge to you i will work closely with each member of the board of supervisors to improve the lives of everyone in the city. this is important to us and this is why we come to this public...
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i told you it would rain (laughter) i told you it would rain and now i alsoal predicting that this city will ring with a lot of photograph as we experience success i want my affirmation working in concert with the board of supervisors and i the two of them are most enthusiastic about a reasoning emphasis of philanthropic is supervisor london breed and supervisor kim i'm happy to be here with google we've been together on several occasions with good reason i want to put it in context we're are and there's no doubt we are a world-class city and time and time again, we also have a world-class heart and we have a world-class social safety net that everyone vflts in and more and more as this city's economic success becomes a good foundation we want to bring the economic success to more help and assistance too on the which are most vulnerable we want to continue that's essence in my opinion of the character that this city it that we share in incredible wealthier that's good friend of mine and want everyone to be participant in it whether it is what we're doing today which is shelter hundreds
i told you it would rain (laughter) i told you it would rain and now i alsoal predicting that this city will ring with a lot of photograph as we experience success i want my affirmation working in concert with the board of supervisors and i the two of them are most enthusiastic about a reasoning emphasis of philanthropic is supervisor london breed and supervisor kim i'm happy to be here with google we've been together on several occasions with good reason i want to put it in context we're are...
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of our cities. the gridlock in congress does not reflect how we operate in our cities. across this nation under the leadership of mayors in this room, we get things done. and we understand that while our cities are on the rise, we still have major challenges to overcome. while we have growth and wealth, we also see staggering inequality. affordable housing is out of reach for too many and too many lack the skills necessary to get good paying jobs. my goal our goal is to take those challenges head on. like many of you i believe in making bold and pragmatic plans and executing on them every single day. during this conference i look forward to exchanging best practices, sharing ideas, and leveraging our resourcefulness as an organization. we will continue to get things done for our city and i pledge the support of the district of columbia to this organization to get things done for all of us. so i want to thank you, again for being in washington. i hope while you're here that you will enjoy the restaur
of our cities. the gridlock in congress does not reflect how we operate in our cities. across this nation under the leadership of mayors in this room, we get things done. and we understand that while our cities are on the rise, we still have major challenges to overcome. while we have growth and wealth, we also see staggering inequality. affordable housing is out of reach for too many and too many lack the skills necessary to get good paying jobs. my goal our goal is to take those challenges...
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new york city 1994, 7.5 million people living in the city.aking the city that much safer all 7.5 million of them benefited. the 50 million tourists benefited. los angeles, 2002, a city tour and racial violence for most of the last 50 years. the opportunity to try to heal that violence by using the police as the healing tool rather than the flashpoint for all the anger from the worst race riots in american history. how can you not succumb to that type of challenge? >> you have been in the forefront of using modern technology. some of it you designed here in your previous term. yet at the same time, it seems to me essential in every community for the police to have a relationship with the areas in which they serve. those are not in contradiction -- is that still true? >> it is still true. i frequently talk about the creator of the metropolitan police of london in the early 1800's, and later became british prime minister. he had nine principles of policing. when you read them today, they are even more relevant today than they were 150 years ago.
new york city 1994, 7.5 million people living in the city.aking the city that much safer all 7.5 million of them benefited. the 50 million tourists benefited. los angeles, 2002, a city tour and racial violence for most of the last 50 years. the opportunity to try to heal that violence by using the police as the healing tool rather than the flashpoint for all the anger from the worst race riots in american history. how can you not succumb to that type of challenge? >> you have been in the...
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a dancing worker rights in the city. the passage of the minimum wage law last year that supervisor kim helped to lead with the mayor into many groups on the city is something that has been unprecedented across the country. people actually overlook san francisco for what we've done. it's that type of work that we need to continue to do to make sure that we are making san francisco an easy place to live. i look forward to working with all of you in this effort in the year to come. thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you supervisor autoload. now i'd like to a college supervisor from district 9, supervisor david campos. >> thank you. thank you mdm. pres. and again congratulations on your election. i also want to thank supervisor tank lighting just stepped out and thank her for her leadership and the guidance she has provided this board in the last few weeks. it is greatly appreciated. you know, swearing in a pretty exciting and i just want to congratulate all my colleagues from district 2, four, six, 10, all of the families wh
a dancing worker rights in the city. the passage of the minimum wage law last year that supervisor kim helped to lead with the mayor into many groups on the city is something that has been unprecedented across the country. people actually overlook san francisco for what we've done. it's that type of work that we need to continue to do to make sure that we are making san francisco an easy place to live. i look forward to working with all of you in this effort in the year to come. thank you....
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and a a city that faces many challenges we have the greatest income inequality of any city in the country there's a great deal of prosperity and wealth in san francisco the fact that month san franciscans are struggling to live in the city and the studies 0 show a great great deal of of costs is housing by transportation so with this act by approving item 11 i'll be sending a clear message to our senior and dablthd community they belong in san francisco we want them to stay and we recognize they're struggling and time to make a commitment to them the senior and disabled will have been an important part of making san francisco today what it is unless we help them they'll not been able to live in san francisco i'm proud we're here and grateful to this board to the administration for the leadership and i know you're going to do the right thing and especially the community advocates that made this possible you you know when we started a few years back who would have thought we'd be here thank you for what you're about to do today. >> thank you for your leadership and >> next speaker. >> >> ne
and a a city that faces many challenges we have the greatest income inequality of any city in the country there's a great deal of prosperity and wealth in san francisco the fact that month san franciscans are struggling to live in the city and the studies 0 show a great great deal of of costs is housing by transportation so with this act by approving item 11 i'll be sending a clear message to our senior and dablthd community they belong in san francisco we want them to stay and we recognize...
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times it's better to be prepared than not be prepared we keep saying that we want people around the city to venting it's been my distinct privilege to push that program so i thank you for this honor (clapping) >> thank you diane i'd like to visit the chief again without objection to say a few words. >> thank you supervisor tang and members of the board for this opportunity i want to motional or echo supervisor tangs act clads for diane she's been a contributor to our nert she was born out of an earthquake and when people want to help the first responders we need to have a formalized training program diane is a champion of nert and relocating to carlos bad i was visiting and said that carlos bad will be better off we'll truly miss her great citizen we're both lifelong residents she took her role of being prepared and having a plan in place of an emergency seriously and diane we'll miss you thank you (clapping) so much has been said as a program coordinator i'm guiding the program between the fire department and the people that live and work in the city diane has boost me up as well as i t
times it's better to be prepared than not be prepared we keep saying that we want people around the city to venting it's been my distinct privilege to push that program so i thank you for this honor (clapping) >> thank you diane i'd like to visit the chief again without objection to say a few words. >> thank you supervisor tang and members of the board for this opportunity i want to motional or echo supervisor tangs act clads for diane she's been a contributor to our nert she was...
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deputy city attorney john gibner. every department has its own hierarchy and structure, and ultimately it's going to be up to the appointing authority, whether the district attorney or the probation department or the board whether the appointee fits in that higher level in the department, but the term "senior staff member" is appropriate for this kind of ordinance. i think it designates that this has to be somebody who is a higher level employee of the department. >> thank you. >> so that -- we have one more presentation. laura are you here? laura moyer? i want to acknowledge laura from the department of dcyf. are you planning on making a small presentation? >> [inaudible] >> okay. sure. great. so we've got a representative from dcyf in the committee room today. i also want to acknowledge
deputy city attorney john gibner. every department has its own hierarchy and structure, and ultimately it's going to be up to the appointing authority, whether the district attorney or the probation department or the board whether the appointee fits in that higher level in the department, but the term "senior staff member" is appropriate for this kind of ordinance. i think it designates that this has to be somebody who is a higher level employee of the department. >> thank you....
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has the creation felt funds is conditioned on the city taking back the robot so if the city starts dumping trees the fund won't go away so we have longshoreman funding so i a look forward to that so with that supervisor cohen could i have a motion to forward item 4 to the full board we'll take that without objection. that will be the order thank you, everyone. >> okay madam clerk call item 2. >> item 2 is an ordinance inform compelled definitions for article 2. >> and the author of item 2 is our planning code is perhaps the most amended portion of our municipal code with hundreds of pieces of legislation over the years solving for various issues for the restriction of others over the years with so much amendments sometimes moving forward with lighting speed it has errors and other flaws that need to be corrected this legislation is a very, very sexy i can make a reaction to the issue the updating of the reorganizing and consolidating consistent hundreds of pages of the planning code it was supported and the legislation didn't make substantive amendment but makes it easier for everyone even
has the creation felt funds is conditioned on the city taking back the robot so if the city starts dumping trees the fund won't go away so we have longshoreman funding so i a look forward to that so with that supervisor cohen could i have a motion to forward item 4 to the full board we'll take that without objection. that will be the order thank you, everyone. >> okay madam clerk call item 2. >> item 2 is an ordinance inform compelled definitions for article 2. >> and the...
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the public works and then from ben davies from the arts. >> and good afternoon, supervisors i'm the city person from public works this project was into our office i have - sorry. >> take your time. >> all right. all right. thank you again, this project came to public works back in june and we're reviewed it and we're into the regular process and this is the light rail market from van ness to embarcadero about two miles illuminating the city which was described and it is the works first sculpture of its kind and the entire route has one hundred 42 lights that is going into the city through the tubdz and this is an example that joined obituary us we got from the sponsor which is the illuminate our of the arts this is the same thing that shows the ride this is typically what the future will look like on both sides of this is a cross section of market street which is not clear but you'll have two lights running with the traffic this is a temporary project approximately 4 years and will be installed by illuminated art and deemed by them >> the installation will be. >> all done by sponsor. >>
the public works and then from ben davies from the arts. >> and good afternoon, supervisors i'm the city person from public works this project was into our office i have - sorry. >> take your time. >> all right. all right. thank you again, this project came to public works back in june and we're reviewed it and we're into the regular process and this is the light rail market from van ness to embarcadero about two miles illuminating the city which was described and it is the...
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is all about rose: the city and the promise of the city and the reason the city has had such a sustaining sense of being as the statue of liberty projects. >> i think i have referenced. i have this fascination with sub wafrlthsz and the symbol of this is that i every day, 6 million new yorkers get into the subways and ride throughout the city everywhere and the subway pool is, black ground, yellow grease under the finger nails, jewelry, man cured fingernails. i love the subways because it is the future of the world and happening in new york city. the idea that 6 million people can cram in to those subway cars on an average day, we have four or five reported crimes throughout the city in the subways. four or five rose: four or five? >> with 6 million people. under extraordinarily crowded circumstances. that's why i have so much hope and this current distress that we are in. we will get through it. it's just been around long enough. i 67 now. it's going to take time. nothing lasts forever in the sense that the stress that we are under right now can be exhausting, dealing with the stuff all
is all about rose: the city and the promise of the city and the reason the city has had such a sustaining sense of being as the statue of liberty projects. >> i think i have referenced. i have this fascination with sub wafrlthsz and the symbol of this is that i every day, 6 million new yorkers get into the subways and ride throughout the city everywhere and the subway pool is, black ground, yellow grease under the finger nails, jewelry, man cured fingernails. i love the subways because it...
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he's left quite a legacy behind. >> on our city's as a city how we want to continue to make improvements in our supportive housing system. one of the reports was recently [inaudible] that i requested earlier in the year that was released earlier today. that examined the cost identify and compare procedures for client intake, assessment and outcomes. both of these reports are some of the first comprehensive analyses prioritized here in san francisco. while both reports affirmed that supportive housing as cost effective and necessary, they provide la number of recommendations that the stitz i believe should explore and implement in order to reduce ourover all homeless population and help the formerly homeless become receive sufficient. the city services audit report and their tenants focuses on inclined characteristics, services provided, service gaps, public benefits, helts care youthization, and the length of stay in client exits. four key areas i look forward to exflowering, includesing service provision, administration, and program goals. the bla report i requested affirms the effectiv
he's left quite a legacy behind. >> on our city's as a city how we want to continue to make improvements in our supportive housing system. one of the reports was recently [inaudible] that i requested earlier in the year that was released earlier today. that examined the cost identify and compare procedures for client intake, assessment and outcomes. both of these reports are some of the first comprehensive analyses prioritized here in san francisco. while both reports affirmed that...
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they say new york city is the city that never sleeps. just take a listen. that's montana. nobody's out here. looking down fifth avenue right now, the heart of new york city by the apple store is basically deserted. no subways, no buses, tunnels, trains shut down. you could get a $300 ticket if you're out in the streets with your car. new york mayor bill de blasio clearly taking no chances. he's deployed an army out on the streets tonight of sanitation workers. we took some shots of this convoy of sanitation snowplows earlier this evening. there will be 1,800 on the streets, 500 salt spreaders, 2,400 sanitation workers trying to deal with this storm. the mayor says the safest place is just be home. he's treating his 8 million constituents like a small town telling us to look out for each other. >> look out for your neighbors, look out for the people in your neighborhood, look out for senior citizens look out for the disabled, look out for the homeless. you don't know if you might be the one to save someone's life because you took the time
they say new york city is the city that never sleeps. just take a listen. that's montana. nobody's out here. looking down fifth avenue right now, the heart of new york city by the apple store is basically deserted. no subways, no buses, tunnels, trains shut down. you could get a $300 ticket if you're out in the streets with your car. new york mayor bill de blasio clearly taking no chances. he's deployed an army out on the streets tonight of sanitation workers. we took some shots of this convoy...
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it's where the city started in our neighborhoods were the first neighborhoods of the city. consequently, we are exceptionally dense compact area. we supply a lot of housing to the city of san francisco and so while the city's attention is a lot on the shiny baubles to the south and to the west of us, we are doing our bit to provide housing for thousands and thousands of people. and that -- we traded we've traded our parking, our spacious apartments, even our backyards. we've traded that for a coziness and a compactness. we've traded it for a community and for affordability. i think for all of us who love the charm of north beach imac we also recognize the fact that it's affordability is what keeps it covers and keeps it interesting and what makes it district 3 and so surely, one of the main goals for anyone in my office needs to be to keep our neighborhoods are affordable to keep the families and the seniors that i work a lot with, to make sure that they can stay here to keep the wide variety of people that we have, the aetna ethnicities the economic levels, the professiona
it's where the city started in our neighborhoods were the first neighborhoods of the city. consequently, we are exceptionally dense compact area. we supply a lot of housing to the city of san francisco and so while the city's attention is a lot on the shiny baubles to the south and to the west of us, we are doing our bit to provide housing for thousands and thousands of people. and that -- we traded we've traded our parking, our spacious apartments, even our backyards. we've traded that for a...
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the goal of the bank is maximize the city's financial resources and minimize the amount the city pays out in interest and fees to wall street firms. it is clear that we have a huge unfunded needs in a number of areas such as affordable housing, transportation infrastructure, and renewable power to name a few. it's my hope that a public bank will help fill the funding gaps. while the city attorney had legal concerns about this we have worked with them over the past three years to determine as a charter city we clearly have the ability to create our own public bank, but even though we have the legal clearance the process of actually creating a bank is pretty mammoth under taking so i have been working with nadia in the controller's office, public finance to figure out a step in making this public bank a reality. we have concluded that a manageable first step would be the creation of a municipal development corporation. this would be a non depository financial institution that would fund projects by issuing medium turn notes. they wouldn't be able to leveraging the city's assets as a ful
the goal of the bank is maximize the city's financial resources and minimize the amount the city pays out in interest and fees to wall street firms. it is clear that we have a huge unfunded needs in a number of areas such as affordable housing, transportation infrastructure, and renewable power to name a few. it's my hope that a public bank will help fill the funding gaps. while the city attorney had legal concerns about this we have worked with them over the past three years to determine as a...
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i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915 the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san francisco had to regain it's place in the world. he decided to have the tallest dome built in the united states. it's now stan
i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915 the building was complete. it...
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surf city 3.8 inches. we're bringing it back here live with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab skies clear out it is cold and windy, 28.8 degrees. watch out for icy spots. win gusts getting ten to 15 miles an hour. main road dry right the now but with those wind we could see blowing snow in the side roads. stay safe through the overnight hours. reporting live i'm meteorologist justin drabick. now back to to kathy for a lot at forecast. >> good evening, justin. we are seeing that storm over new england where over 30 inches of snow fell in the boston area for us, just some clearing skies and colder temperatures overnight. in philadelphia 32. thirteen in the poconos. to 25th degrees in allentown. persistent northwesterly wind in the wake of the storm between ten and 15 miles an hour making it feel much colder. we will talk about wind chills again. this evening temperatures falling through 20's, wind chill 15 at 7:00. by 9:00 four. by 11:00 p.m. wind chill sitting at 11. coming up we will talk about the wind chillin
surf city 3.8 inches. we're bringing it back here live with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab skies clear out it is cold and windy, 28.8 degrees. watch out for icy spots. win gusts getting ten to 15 miles an hour. main road dry right the now but with those wind we could see blowing snow in the side roads. stay safe through the overnight hours. reporting live i'm meteorologist justin drabick. now back to to kathy for a lot at forecast. >> good evening, justin. we are seeing that storm over new...
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i believe it was last week the city requested i believe it was bernie the city inspector told you to move ahead with the schedule continuing this in this condition could present the hazard we've since done that and make the changes and continue with mr. berry in addition and continue with the foundation and support system. mr. functioning you were correct as mr. duffy showed you the retaining wall if in the back part of the property i have a copy of the plan unfortunately i received them literary later this week can show you guys a copy of the planned go over the significant changes i have limited time but there are significant changed and we're still cropping with mr. bernard his engineer and the city in regard to achieve the result we ask the appeal be smitsz so we know move forward with achieving the permit and placed on the schedule we've submitted and the plans we've submitted about those changes in which mr. berry in regards engineer has pointed out i understand those changes and the minor difference how you go about performing the work >> did you say shoring work was done. >>
i believe it was last week the city requested i believe it was bernie the city inspector told you to move ahead with the schedule continuing this in this condition could present the hazard we've since done that and make the changes and continue with mr. berry in addition and continue with the foundation and support system. mr. functioning you were correct as mr. duffy showed you the retaining wall if in the back part of the property i have a copy of the plan unfortunately i received them...
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of our cities. the gridlock in congress does not reflect how we operate in our cities. across this nation, under the leadership of mayors in this room, we get things done. and we understand that while our cities are on the rise, we still have major challenges to overcome. while we have growth and wealth, we also see staggering inequality. affordable housing is out of reach for too many, and too many lack the skills necessary to get good paying jobs. my goal, our goal is to take those challenges head on. like many of you, i believe in making bold and pragmatic plans and executing on them every single day. during this conference, i look forward to exchanging best practices, sharing ideas, and leveraging our resourcefulness as an organization. we will continue to get things done for our city, and i pledge the support of the district of columbia to this organization to get things done for all of us. so i want to thank you, again, for being in washington. i hope while you're here that you will enjoy the
of our cities. the gridlock in congress does not reflect how we operate in our cities. across this nation, under the leadership of mayors in this room, we get things done. and we understand that while our cities are on the rise, we still have major challenges to overcome. while we have growth and wealth, we also see staggering inequality. affordable housing is out of reach for too many, and too many lack the skills necessary to get good paying jobs. my goal, our goal is to take those challenges...
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i know i'm biassed but i think i have the best three aids in the city. and margo, we've been together since the beginning of our first campaign for years. and it's such an amazing part of our family, really. to katherine who does such an amazing job an amazing working mother has two small children of her own; and to jess who's been such an amazing part of our team over the past two years and kicked us all into gear thank you guys for your support. i wouldn't be interested in in doing this without you guys so thank you. to the campaign team as well, to maggy and moe tyler david thank you for all your support during the process. this campaign was different than the last one around but i thank you nonetheless and we still put in the work we needed to do and i want to thank everyone to the left to all our city family. i could probably spend time counting them out right now but this job is not possible without the strong relationships without our department heads so everybody inside of city hall that we work together with, thank you for your friendship and wo
i know i'm biassed but i think i have the best three aids in the city. and margo, we've been together since the beginning of our first campaign for years. and it's such an amazing part of our family, really. to katherine who does such an amazing job an amazing working mother has two small children of her own; and to jess who's been such an amazing part of our team over the past two years and kicked us all into gear thank you guys for your support. i wouldn't be interested in in doing this...
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this city welcomed detective liu. new york has been from its earliest days the most tolerant of cities. a place where people of die diversion occupations and races and creeds have lived together in harmony. but there have always been times when that harmony has been challenged. in and the last few weeks have been one of those times. as we start a new year a year we are entering with hearts that are doubly heavy from the loss of detective liu and the loss of detective ramos, let us rededicate ourselves to those great new york traditions of mutual understanding and living in harmony. let us move forward by strengthening the bonds that unite us and let us work together to attain peace. thank you and god bless you. >> and thank you, mr. mayor. it's now my pleasure to introduce the police commissioner of the city of new york the honorable william j. bratton. >> director of the fbi, mr. comey, mayor de blasio senator schumer, the many elected officials from both the national state, and local government and to the thousands
this city welcomed detective liu. new york has been from its earliest days the most tolerant of cities. a place where people of die diversion occupations and races and creeds have lived together in harmony. but there have always been times when that harmony has been challenged. in and the last few weeks have been one of those times. as we start a new year a year we are entering with hearts that are doubly heavy from the loss of detective liu and the loss of detective ramos, let us rededicate...
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we will have a live report from here in new york city at one of the city's salt depots. that's next. so stay with us. >>> welcome back to our live coverage of the snowstorm. we are looking at the blizzard of 2015. a finger of that storm hitting manhattan. this is the hour that mayor deblasio was concerned about. the preparation and response here in new york city part of what the mayor was concerned about, what he planned for. steadily. we go to amanda who's with a salt truck. salt trucks that are so key, as you know, amanda to keep the snow cleared from the roads here. are they out and about? what are you seeing? >> hi richard. we just saw a fresh round of trucks here at the salt depot here in lower manhattan. the snowfall has been coming slow and steady but the bitter cold that's been coming up and really increasing. along the west side highway, and an hour ago we were unable to see the new jersey skyline across the hudson river. now it is all but disappeared. here as the trucks come they pick up up more salt as they go along in their routes. city officials say there's
we will have a live report from here in new york city at one of the city's salt depots. that's next. so stay with us. >>> welcome back to our live coverage of the snowstorm. we are looking at the blizzard of 2015. a finger of that storm hitting manhattan. this is the hour that mayor deblasio was concerned about. the preparation and response here in new york city part of what the mayor was concerned about, what he planned for. steadily. we go to amanda who's with a salt truck. salt...