also a part of the city. in contrast to the growing popularity to be chickens from your backyard or rooftop or to keep bees or goats -- i live in portland, oregon, and there are a lot of goats, it was completely unfashionable in the 19th century for people to do that. nowadays, you have people keeping them martha stewart heritage chicken or whatever. urban agriculture was embraced by the poor. he was a means for survival. that is still used today. in the 19th century it was almost exclusively the poor. wealthy new yorkers who saw to improve sanitation saw the livestock and their shanties as antiquated, inappropriate, and dangerous to public health. they pushed laws -- few new yorkers when asked romantic about -- waxed romantic about land-use within city limits. this was a clear moment where many middle-class and upper-class new yorkers were looking for more separation from their food. this was the anti-vocal food movement. they were looking to push it further from the city. they didn't like local food. the de

but it applies only to city contractors and those who get incentives from city government. we need a higher minimum wage. and we need real job training programs that connect the more than 20,000 young people between 16 and 24 who are not in school and not working. >> so what do you say to the rest of the country? you don't want to sound like you're still helpless and hopeless. but at the same time you don't want to give the message that everything's done and we've slain all our dragons. what's the best way to pitch new orleans as the way it is in 2015 to the rest of america? >> the first thing i would say to the rest of america and the rest of the world is thank you because we would not have been able to come this far without the help and support and love from so many people all over. but i think new orleans is -- it's often called a laboratory for public policy experiments post-katrina and i think that there is an opportunity to really try and develop some policies that would be appropriate and helpful and perhaps successful in other communities that face some of the same

budget among many others great things that is bring to the city included service increase which the t line is a part this is the kind of leadership we need to bring the kind of transit service to the city to have it grow in the future please carry on conversations out in the hallway. please join me in welcoming our mayor, mayor ed lee >> (clapping). >> good morning as well thanks east side for our leadership if i can thank you you and the commissioners of the sf transportation agency and our county transportation authority working together with the city and the board of supervisors and really glad to be here today with supervisor christensen supervisor scott wiener and supervisor jane kim joining us we're dedicated to improving expanding our public transportation it the best example i god got to ride on the newest edition to the streetcars and ike thank you, again rick from the historic streetcars history he provided that connection we were talking about dolores park all the mayors if feinstein on to that have really led the effort i know that from me, me to art to senator feinstein

being a resilient city doesn't mean a perfect city. it doesn't mean 100% employment or 0% crime rate. it doesn't keep the rain from falling, and doesn't stop the water from coming in. but it means when bad things do happen, and in this century they are most assuredly will, you have the systems and the strategies and the leadership in place to take in new information, to adapt to changing circumstances, and to work to make sure everyone is working towards a shared outcome. while no one will forget what happened 10 years ago this week, the story that i hope will ultimately be told about new orleans will also be about incredible transformation, and the innovations it continues to unleash, the changes, the deep changes that will inspire in other cities around the world. this is a story that we at the rockefeller foundation are proud to play a part in writing, and we will continue to support this however we can. thank you. [applause] >> this afternoon, we are looking back at the 10 years since hurricane katrina hit the gulf coast in new orl

. >> also want to acknowledge one last time our board chair bruce is serving the city on jury duty it is all for him he played a huge we'll role we all appreciate it. >> hold this with one hand 1, 2, 3. >> all right. (whistle blows)you. >> what do you think about working at an airport and i love it is busy all the time. >> we want it to be an those away was this is a venture if i didn't love it i'll be an accountant. >> we want the experience that is a non-airport experience the negative stigma we're trying to erase that. >> everything is in a bad food to excite them about the food and they have time to learn about us. >> people are imitated by traveling and the last thing to do is come to a place fill of chaos. >> telling me how the extent of napa a farms came about. >> it was a vision of the airport director he had a suspicion of a really cool gourmet speciality market locally friendly products this market local flavors this is the best. >> can we get a little tour. >> absolutely (laughter) ♪ ♪ >> so first on our tour. >> we have the clock we like to call it. >> this is coordinating

the mayor explicitly said he didn't think it was going to make the city of oklahoma city richer, wasn't going to make the average person have a lot more money in their pocket but it was going to be a fun place for people to spend that money in their pocket and to have a nice amenity for the city. i don't think any economist would argue that pro sports make life a lot more livable. they're a great amenity for the city they're fun but they certainly don't make people rich. >> part of your argument -- i'm a big infrastructure guy -- part of your argument is, the city could spend money on infrastructure or on other things the city doesn't spend funds on. >> what is the role of your government? is it basically to build a factory? because that's what an arena is, to build a factory for billionaire owners and millionaire players or general types of infrastructure to benefit the society as a whole? here in boston about 20 years ago bob kraft, the owner of the patriots, built the stadium for his own players, we should encourage him to spend his money in any way he wants, but the city did kick in

new orleans east bumps up against the ninth ward, the city's city's hardest hit area when the hurricane hit. it was an eerieie echo. >> my second son he called me said mom this is the last call you will be getting from me. if you don't hear from me again that means i'm dead. the boats came to rescue people who stayed behind. >> once again they became refugees surrounded by chaos. >> translator: it reminded me of the scene in 1975, because everyone was running away at the time. i saw the soldiers arresting looters, and thieves. even with all that, it's so much better than vietnam. >> nowrnls east becamnew orleane a home worth fighting for. the bp gulf oil spill five years ago, forced some to abandon versailles for work in other parts of the country. still from this new soil grows a reminder that even for a community that twice lost so much every harvest brings a second chance. >> it's my community. they have to say that that's their home. home and sweet home. >> a home sweet home. now raising a new generation in this american vietnam. she knows that because of jobs or education, her boys

historic for many reaps but that this is the first time we've be able to enjoy a new cuts budget in the city and county of san francisco (clapping) that is really worth celebrating (clapping.) i want to thank the buyer board of supervisors for again unanimously adapting this yesterday so it we can get to work and implement all the things we've promised to do budgets are the revenues of the values of this city i know that the board and my office and the budget office and harvey rose and everyone 0 recognizes that for many, many years thank you to all the partnerships and deliver to the for the purpose of san francisco a balanced budget that september occupy our city a budget that reflects a lot of hard work between going and the people we serve i want to particularly thank our sxhoopd who is be able to make sure this has good leadership of the board i also want to thank a ignore to the i successful effort our budget schar mark farrell and all the budget and finance committee supervisor tang and supervisor mar and supervisor wiener and little entire members of the audience and thank you to sup

city. of columbia dolkart university speaks on the history of the commission and the obstacles it has faced over the years as well as the criteria and process for designing a landmark. the skyscraper museum and new york city -- in new york city hosted this program. ms. willis: welcome. i'm the founder and director of the skyscraper museum. i want to welcome you tonight to the lecture that will elevate the50th year anniversary of landmarks preservation commission and as occasion by the book that is the catalog for the exhibition called "saving place" which is on view at the .useum of the city of new york i hope you will go see that exhibition. andrew dolkart is the curator for that exhibition, and he has a very long history with new york city landmarks and architectural history. i think this has gone off now, has it? all right. andrew is a good friend of long-standing, we like to say, rather than old friend, but we do go way that. this is one more lecture at the skyscraper museum, which has

clear view from center city.s is the view from the comcast center which saw plenty of sunshine yesterday. that won't change today. this has changed. the wind is lighter this morning. that is why temperatures are lower. the low humidity, the calm winds have combined with clear skies to give us temperatures that have come down overnight. the clear skies will continue. another nice sunny day today with temperatures that will be warming into the 80s this afternoon. a little bit warmer than yesterday. at 6:00, though, we'll be at 67 degrees. by 9:00, 74 and then low 80s at lunch time. that's about as warm as most areas got yesterday afternoon. it will be warmer during the afternoon. look at the weekend. here comes the heat. the humidity won't be too bad on saturday. 91 degrees. you'll notice it's increasing along with building heat on sunday. both days will see lots of sunshine. it will be a hot, preseason game for the eagles on sunday afternoon. that won't be the end of the heat either. we have the seven-day forecast

you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city throughhick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around the lake floating under the bridges, past the pavilion and waterfall. for a quiet getaway, it makes for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this grove is the place to wear your hiking boots, bring your family and bring the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the part is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy this base and the history behind it. the diversity that exists in such an urban city the concrete, the streets cars, we have this oasis of a natural environment. it reminds us of what san francisco initially was. >> this is a sect

we said, the city was rich and buying art. the city was dumb, lazy, happy and rich.enator cory booker used those very phrases three times the week after that. idea that anyone was ever going to make that connection to the contemporary city at that time. dom, lazy, rich. we were not rich. clearly, i was not talking about the city. eighth grade education, that was a reference to both my grandmothers having an eighth-grade education. it did not dawn on me that had any connection to what we were doing at that time. but let me tell you, the city exploded, commentators, that is, for about a week and a half. look,y, i went and said, you can scour my professional behavior and background for the next 30 years. time,n the most heated you have never heard me use that kind of language about anyone, let alone a city i am obligated to represent and standby. i appreciate people have taken umbrage with it because they thought i was referring to the city at that time. that was not my intent, but i will apologize for it. i do not insult people and have never done that. even people i h

you can't shoot up our city. you can't shoot little kids in the park. >> a community pool under fire. a 10-year-old boy is shot and now in the hospital. what the mayor plans to do to stop the violence. >>> plus the clock is ticking. it's almost time to get your septa passes for the pope's visit in september. the problems some riders may face. we'll have that for you in a live report. >>> and the heat wave continues, but the humidity will cooperate today. how long will it last? details are next in the nbc 10 first alert forecast. good morning, welcome back to nbc 10. i'm rosemary connors. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the warm weather this weekend. michelle, you and i were just saying a moment ago, i thought it felt cooler going into work today. i was surprised. there was a six degree difference between yesterday and today at this time. with the low humidity it feels nice this morning. if you're getting out to exercise, this is a good time to do it. we look pretty too. looking at sunshine partly clou

our city was destroyed.e grace of god, 10 years later, we are still standing. 10 years later, we are still building. 10 years later, we are still rejoicing and thanking you for the fact of the matter -- the word of god. i have never seen the righteous forsaken. so we thank you for the resilience of the people of new orleans. now our schools are coming back. our neighborhoods are coming back. our churches and synagogues are coming back. and god, the great city of new orleans is coming back. and we give you all the praise glory, to do what you will naesus' to do, and jesus' name we prya. ay. amen. were or onet as we day will be. is beforement, what us is right and true. we name what brings to light what is to be celebrated. we see and know the goodness that surrounds us. with gratitude for the joy and resilience and beauty we encounter daily and the faces we see in the city we love. and yet in the next breath, we name what is left undone, what is not as it should be, we name what is unjust and what is unfinish

and as a result, new orleans has become a model for the nation as the first city, the first major city to end veteran's homelessness. [applause] pres. obama: which is a remarkable achievement. you are also becoming a model for the nation and it comes to disaster response and resilience. we learned lessons from katrina. the u.s. army corps of engineers developed stricter standards, more advanced techniques for levees. in the louisiana, we built a $14 billion system of levees and pump stations and gates. a system that stood the test of hurricane isaac. we have revamped fema. there is a man named craig fugate who works at fema. [laughter] [applause] his team of across the country have done extraordinary work. i love me some craig fugtate. he gets excited when there are disasters. he gets restless if everything is just quiet. [laughter] but under his leadership, we revamped fema into a stronger and more efficient agency. in fact, the whole federal government has gotten smarter at recovering in preventing disasters. and serving as a better partner to local and state governments. and as i'll

. >> the key entry into the city is the cable operator who contacts the city. in essence, it's the cable industry bringing us there. >> they're really looking for great characters. you really want your viewers to be able to identify with these people that we're talking about. >> it's an experiential type of program where we're taking people on the road to places where they can touch things, see things, and learn about not just the local history, because a lot of local history plays into the national story. >> if somebody is watching this, it should be enticing enough that they can get the idea of the story. but also this is just in our backyard. let's go and see it. >> we want viewers to get a sense that, oh, yeah, i know that place just from watching one of our pieces. >> mission as we do with all of our coverage, leads into what we do out of the road. >> you've got to be able to communicate the message about this network in order to do this job. so it's done the one thing that we wanted it to do, which is build relationships with the city and our cable partne

we have an opportunity to make sure we have a safe city a caring city and educated city, a liveablebles down on the public safety investments to mediate h meet the needs of the growing demands of the frrmd we'll hire 4 hundred additional police officers hundred and 98 firefighters, 55 paramedics and 369-1-1 dispatches and in addition for the first time in a decade we have the opportunity to hire at least thirty cadets that will join our public safety system in a few short years (clapping.) and i know that we all agree that a safe san francisco is about more than public safety any public comment? that is also about centralizing >> safety fleeting so we're a caring city at the heart of our system of every is is is our san francisco general hospital which will open later this year i'm proud we've worked together to build a metabolic safety hospital that will serve the generations my budget includes hundred and 48 now world-class care at san francisco general our wonderful community-based organizations that also provide quality health care and other social services to our residents they

"you are gonna love this city!"s the old new orleans still even exist ten years after hurricane katrina, its worst disaster in 100 years? how has everyday life changed? how have the people and the music evolved?

cities committed to vision zero and want to see more people and cities work towards this goal i want to acknowledge that sue karen retiree from central nervous system as a nurse and minority since 2009 this has helped san francisco generous quality is nationally recognized with stand up that he had risks and cancer and trauma and hiv and aids she's focused many safety initiatives in the department during your 10 you are but the san francisco general hospital foundation they've got gifts and we've met in the san francisco general and the capital campaigns we want to wish many karen's the best and thank her for the great success in the department want to acknowledge laguna honda has hair medical annual retreat and medical leadership and those are listed in the report also just to thank laguna honda for attending the 2015 aids walk that happened july 19th we are really working and trying to support our dpw hiring ability and so we're doing a lion an improvement practice win our human resources department to really look at how we can streamline and improve our hiring practice to get the

of cities in california adopted last year well including santa fe, san diego and a number of cities in the country including portland and seattle and additional cities are really every week their say new energy around our city and country a vision to do you want that to san francisco is at the forefront of this. >> yeah. >> oh, no. >> i apologize. >> thank you there's the map and really with respect to in san francisco what we've seen despite early declines in the 90s and the 80s starting in the 2000s we've seen the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, to in the death in our city thirty fatalities a year up to 2 hundred a year injuries and approximately 70 percent are people walking and biking and half the people killed are walking awhile walking are seniors while i'm here to talk about the leadership that the department is providing in that work including on the task force with respect to the data and analysis and evaluation and education engagement in our growing roles as well the task force is co-chaired by mta and dpw we meet as i said on a quarterly basis co

a city -- a crew of c-span tours the city in flooded areas. this is about an hour and a half. >> ♪ i am going down to louisiana i am going down to louisiana and get me a mojo hand i just want to face the trina -- face katrina she ain't never gonna' come back again ♪ >> this is a shame. this is america. >> we have several hundred sites across the state. several hundred or so in the new orleans area. >> katrina was an enormous and very powerful storm. >> what katrina has done has caused a cultural dais for a -- diaspora. our culture is sprinkled all throughout the country now. >> ♪ i'm gonna' face katrina ah, just never gonna' come back here again that's what i'm gonna' do now ♪ ♪ announcer: the city of new orleans one year after katrina is now home to less than a 50% of its population prior to the storm. a c-span video journalist traveled to new orleans in august where some of the worst flooding occurred, the lower ninth war, the chantilly district where the london canal flooded, and the lake district where the levee walls did not hold up. whil

city and barely affected the city. the power. -- it knocked out the power. back on a flight and went to new york and got back into new york. the hurricane -- this is what is so important. -- youe gets perspective know this. once the hurricane passed, the sun came out. mistake number two from an emergency response standpoint was that the city and the emergency officials were not aware that there had been levy preaches. people went to bed, went to their homes, those that remained in the city and the levee breaches filled the city with water in the evening and overnight. and into the morning of tuesday, which created the panic in the crisis. in a hurricane, the first thing that happens that causes human anxiety with confusion and misery is the power goes out. you lose power, you lose electricity, you lose access to television, you lose access to anything people with cell phones can charge them. that occurs first. congregated at the dome and the convention center. last resortof because that is what had occurred in 1998. they went there expecting in 2005 what the

in the city right now, clouds overhead, and rain in the area. rain is circling the city. cloudy and relative humidity at 63%. 63 in cool monticello to 74 in babylon, and comparing the numbers to yesterday, it's actually warmer than it was this time yesterday morning, and that will not be the case this afternoon. you know why. there will be cloud cover, moisture, and it will feel sticky with the dew points, but your highs today for many in the upper 70s, feeling like the low 80s, but the hallmark of the day, the wet weather. you can see the showers sullivan, ulster, into orange county, and this line will likely hold together, pushing through, monmouth, ocean, and you're going to be seeing the rain as well. right now, we are waiting for more rain through sussex county, and you can see that, following the line to the south, and that's actually a flood advisory in and around philly. heavy rain for south jersey as well. the futurecast models, again, using computer data to time it down between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 it will be busy. parts of the area will be spared, and you will j

jersey city the second to last. affordability, availability of senior activities and health care, tampa, in florida, topped the list at number one. >> city it's in the northeast tend not to do well in those surveys. >>> on the long-awaited ferris while on staten island. the new wheel project was approved by the city two years ago. it will be another two years before it actually open to us. it will give passengers a view of new york and new jersey, slow-moving 38-minute ride. >> it's going to be fantastic. like to have the eye in london. and now the one in long island. take us with you. >> take us with you by yon louding the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. women. we'll tell you where this alleged thief is wanted for two violent robberies. >>> and an exclusive. hear former mayor giuliani's harsh words. >>> plus, the asian markets are dropping again today. that's sparking new fears. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. 5:00 a.m. on tuesday, august 25th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> and i'm ke

ballots cast by city hall are also by ballot. they are processed at the distribution center at the largest mail processing facility in san francisco. >> so, it's quite a large operation. about 1500 employees throughout 3 shifts. it runs 24/7. 365 days a year and today we have all the ballots for the city of san francisco and today they will be processed for delivery. today we have a truck that has already come in. we are expecting about 218,000 ballots to come on 15 trucks. so far we have received three of the trucks and you can see there is a lot of mail here. right now we are getting raid to run the mail on digital bar code order. first we put it in carrier route sequence and walk sequence so it's real efficiency for the ballots for our constituents. >> voters registration are dropped off at the polling boxes and it's transferred to a deputy sheriff who transfers them to pier 48. at the pier, ballots are collected. the number returned is noted and quickly transported by two deputy sheriff's and two department employees to city

in 1872, they defeated several cities including waco. in its brief nine-year history the republic of texas had multiple seats of government in its 175 plus year history, -- government. in its 175 plus year history, the state of texas has had one. city storethe c-span visits the texas home a writer william sidney porter. while in prison on charges of embezzlement he began writing under the name o. henry.

almost every major city, every street in the city has been done.but this is like the issue of blight. i can tell you we've taken down more blight than anywhere else in america and it is true and i hope maybe we'll get an award or something. but it doesn't really matter. it might matter to somebody, in "governing" magazine that we did that, but not to the person still next door to the house, one house that's blighted. same thing is true about pot holes. the city of new orleans as you know was built on a swamp. we have terrible what we call interior streets. the truth of the matter is as we have been rebuilding all of the stuff in the city from schools to airports to all of the things we need, we've got a major problem with our interior streets which, by the way, are sitting on top of a sewer system that was destroyed by katrina that's bleeding 40% of its water. and i am still in a fight with the federal government about making sure that they reimburse us adequately so we can actually put that plan together that you asked me about that will allow us

, remains a complicated city. but i do want to talk about what doesn't seem to be in conversation which is the politics which have shifted dramatically racially in the city and there was a time when new orleans was one of the southern cities that was really a center of african-american electoral political strengths. it is increasingly not that kind of city. we've seen major shifts in the demographics of the city as well as in the demographics of the elected officials and, you know, there's many ways in which president obama's own presidency rests on the shame, the anger that so many americans felt watching the bush administration fail there as part of how democrats give a shot the next time. and i just wonder is there some responsibility here for the political power in the city? >> well, it's important to reflect the post-katrina city council had five white members and two african-american members, but the current new orleans city council has five african-american members and two white members which was really the

we divide the city buildsings into 4 categories. the first are those that probable have main entrances accessible and met the standards based on the california building code 1998. category 2 and 3, you start getting into those buildings where the primary entrance may have a step or 2 or more. category 4 are the ones where we are calling-there are all sorts of issues there so you vaprimary entry or entries with more than one step or more than wut element that do not comply with the minimum code requirement so it is the catch all category. based on the 4 categories the first thing we are asking our property owners to do is submit a compliance check list. it ranges from 12-30 monthathize property owners have to submit the check list t. is what the seismic soft story was trying to do and survey because we don't have accurate numbers at the moment. then the next step would be 3 months from when you submitted the compliance check list. that ranges from 15-33 months. the last step is 3 months later you obtain the permit. for the third step

we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup

. >> thank you >> this discussion was for the city option only? >> that is correct, >> it doesn't increase the contribution-it is readjusting the budge squt redirecting your efforts in managing. >> that is right >> the employee wellness fund is also limit ed to the city option >> what i didn't say is that we are planning to convene a group to look at what the employee wellness fund would look like. we wanted to address the a ffordability of helt insurance and know employee wellness is another component we want today address so we plan to convene a group in 2016 that will determine the parameters of the program. now we think it is probably employers who contribute to the city option, what they reinburse for and the elg lt requirements and how much they are eligible for reinbursement for, those are to be discussed in the work group. >> commissioners any other comments or question? >> thank you for this. it helped me wrap my head around it a lot better and i think you did a very good job in your presentation today . >> commissioner yee, riley, >> emp

it's a beautiful city.t's a city that's come a long way but it is a city that has a long way to go without question. >> mr. sinclair, one of the questions that i hear asked over and over again specifically with the response to katrina is: could it happen again? >> well, it definitely could happen again. we have come a long way in terms of the technical and engineering side of preventing these kind of disasters. but on the social side, i mean, so much of what helps people in disasters is resilience, communities coming together, the levels of poverty, the levels of social capital in the communities. no regards, new orleans is not much better. it's still a city that is terribly unequal. the second most unequal city of the 300 metropolitan areas in the u.s. >> jonathan, you worked there 10 years ago. i remember mayor ray nagan saying new orleans wol remain quote a chocolate city. is it? >> reporter: did is still a chocolate city, to use his word. i was living here at the time. i was there. mayor nagan said the

so the city of new orleans and the people really love this city everywhere they go. >> you remember whatt was like the first time you went back in the clubs during the early days? >> oh, yeah, i remember. it was a lot of fun. able to be back here and play some music. i think music is the heartbeat of the city. and that actually helped a bunch of people come back. >> well, i think certainly you see the people out here and it's almost like a snapshot of what it was like before. >> absolutely. the people walking around. we could hear music playing down the street, tap dancers around, and that makes us feel even more at home and that the city's going to continue to be strong. >> listen, it's great to have you here. we're glad you're doing well. thanks for stopping by. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. for all of us at nbc news, i'm lester holt. have a good night from new orleans. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ouoluc-- d aostut ti. b ar ta- >>> this large, multi billionaire company is trying to eek as much taxpayer money out of the project as possible. >> out of lock and almost out of time, bay area

now we are the fastest growing city in america. cities have problems. some problems are shrinking, a shrinking tax base, nobody making money, everybody stressed. that's a problem to work through. now we are growing and other people are moving in and people are getting displaced. that's another common problem you have to work through. you can argue about which problem is better. i would rather have the growth problem than the shooting problem. in that regard, the city has 169 square miles in it, plenty of room to take care of a lot of people. one of the things we're doing right now through government action, zoning codes, rules, regulations, if we get tax incentives -- if we give tax incentives or not, is making sure that there are incentives in place for people to make the right decisions. inherent in that is some people move in, some people move out. the gentrification rate comes up, it goes down. what we are doing in the city is trying to find a way to manage conflict so that everybody has the opportunity to come into the city. some neighborhoods come

you have to look at the big city. picture. the big we will lose the coastal cities. resourcest have the to do what is necessary. guest: thank you. on a lot of topics in a lot of different areas. i will try to answer as best i can. first, there are lots of different models that show different rates -- i will talk about subsidence in louisiana -- but also different rates of sea level rise. local and relative sea level rise. they all give you different numbers. central point is that people make a choice where they want to live. people like to live around water. that comes with risk. there are different things you can do to mitigate that risk. when you choose to live in these places. i do not think it is a practical matter. i lay back to the politicians to tell people where they live. people need to decide where they want to live and be smart on the risk of doing so. one of the things we have done -- i do not just mean the u.s. army corps of engineers. i mean the things we are doing ,th noaa, fema, universities other countries. we are looking at how do you tackle sea lev

interested in what are the impacts on small business we're all familiar with the situation in the city don't need too much discussion on the growth effecting us we want to discuss and know what are the proposed fee changes and how they effect small business so thank you very much. >> thank you very much good afternoon good evening. i'm victor wise i'm the chief of staff for the sustainable streets mta i'm joined by two individuals from the planning code i was going to give you an overview but quickly move through that to the question you've asked us about so power point please. >> thank you i will stick to the slides on growth you know all that about that the municipal transportation agency has been working hard to figure out how to accommodate all that growth and make sure the transportation system r067b89 part of the program the sustainability program we 7, 8, 9 to talk about it is a joint program by the mayor's office, by the planning department and the county transportation authority and the mta it has 3 components other mike is on if you feel comfortable. >> thank you very much. >

in most cities, prisons are the newest provider.ow one judge in florida is going to change that, i show you how when we come back. >>> we are talking about how u.s. cities like new orleans are overburdened when dealing with the mentally ill. many untreatedened up in new asil up ums. in 44 states and the district of columbia, the largest mental health providers are gaols in prisons, not hospitals, once incarcerated people with mental illness are locked up eight times longer than people without mental illnesses, at 7-times the cost to taxpayers, a judge in florida made it his mission to change the system, doing all he can do take mental illness out of the criminal justice system and stop making america's gaols a new asylum. >> we are responding. >> there's someone hurting herself. she may go by. depending what goes in there now. and making contact. >> serious mental illness made their homes in the streets. police officers now handle thousands of mental health related calls in a year, anything from suicide attempts to full-blown psychi

. >> we'll waiting for that information the city finalized that's one of the issues for the shows they have to make adjustment they have an obesity for other event and what we're trying to do is collect data we'll be you know obviously looking at the elements where speakers are hanging the levels in different areas with people monitoring. >> did the show control the hanging g does beyonce the speakers are here, here and there and turn off every other box that helped if that - is it under your control mary. >> i'm mary with another planning entertainment we're producing two secretaries at at&t park this is it is a group effort we've worked with the artists with the venue and city to be good neighbors to the surrounding area. >> okay. so the question was do i i mean who controls the speaker sound the show. >> the artists. >> the artists oh. >> you don't have this go information it is too 0 earlier. >> i can tell you where the speakers will be for both of those shows generally speaking we we'll have 4 detailed hours for each concert i think i was not involved in the jc beyonce show but th

for a city. >> sreenivasan: but for now, new york city is cracking down. it has expanded the office tasked with investigating complaints of illegal hotels and is proposing higher fines for violators. >> sreenivasan: facebook is offering new tools for political candidates, and your personal account could be used in the process. for the first time, facebook is allowing campaigns to track users' political comments and" likes" to create a master list of target voters and potential donors. facebook has 189 million monthly users in the united states. to discuss the implications of is "new york times" reporter ashley parker. so what can they do besides that one feature now that they couldn't do four yiers ago. >> there's a ton they can do. one of the biggest things is now facebook allows campaigns to upload their voter file, which is the the best of basically voters they hope to target and turn out to vote, to facebook so, they can reach them there. >> sreenivasan: so let's walk through that. i hand in an e-mail address if i go to a political event to a particula

we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a supp

sent out when this agenda was sent out and in any case we also have received a memorandum from the city attorney's office southerner the restrictions that have to govern any ballot measure language we place on the ballot on the yes - in connection with the proposed legislation and i will let city attorney andrew's just summarize i think the copies of memorandum he escalated to the commission are available to the public so you that will understand and get a little bit of combines as to sort of the restrictions and limitations what we can and can't say in the ballot measure establishment. >> deputy city attorney andre i'll try to be brief my apologies to the you been members of the public but i'll be brief certainly the other commission has submitted a bloo measure for the ballot to weigh in with the measure that was discussed in the memo the first we're discussing tonight the ballot argument from the decision voter apartment the second the commission ballot hearings that is taking place that will be considered by the committee on friday morning and a third, the more likely as we post the

i think the city government struggles when we set a clear priority as a city. whether it's reducing deaths and injuries on our streets through vision zero or trying to reduce the flooding by diverting more stormwater into the ground rather than the sewer system. these are shared city policy goals. and it is just -- as a legislator, when we all -- and i know my colleagues do the same thing. we deliver funding for these projects and we support these projects. strong support from the mayor's office and board of supervisors and often the voters as well. and instead of finding a way to say let's get it done, the shared goal, it's department-by department, even sections within departments, even with one mid-level person who stymies an entire project and i don't think it's acceptable. i'm not blaming you. it's a citywide systematic issue and these green infrastructure projects are so important. i don't want to have more flooding on cuyago and i want to encourage the puc to work with the other departments to clear those bureaucratic obstacles >> we will get on it, than

i think the city government struggles when we set a clear priority as a city. whether it's reducing deaths and injuries on our streets through vision zero or trying to reduce the flooding by diverting more stormwater into the ground rather than the sewer system. these are shared city policy goals. and it is just -- as a legislator, when we all -- and i know my colleagues do the same thing. we deliver funding for these projects and we support these projects. strong support from the mayor's office and board of supervisors and often the voters as well. and instead of finding a way to say let's get it done, the shared goal, it's department-by department, even sections within departments, even with one mid-level person who stymies an entire project and i don't think it's acceptable. i'm not blaming you. it's a citywide systematic issue and these green infrastructure projects are so important. i don't want to have more flooding on cuyago and i want to encourage the puc to work with the other departments to clear those bureaucratic obstacles >> we will get on it, than

it was to build a city as it should be, a city where everyone know matter what they look like, how much money they got, where they are born has a chance to make it. [applause] and i'm here to say that on aat larger project of better, stronger, more just new orleans, progress that you have made his remarkable. the progress you have made his remarkable. things are say perfect. mitch would be the first one to say that. we know that african-americans and folks in hard-hit parishes lessst. bernard are likely to feel like they have recovered. scarsinly we know violence the lives of too many youth in this city. as hard as rebuilding levees are. i agree with that. i'll get to that. .hank you, as hard as rebuilding levees, a s hard as rebuilding housing is, real lasting structural change, that's even harder. and it takes courage to experiment with new ideas and change the old ways of doing things. that is hard. getting it right in making sure that everybody is included, and everybody has a fair shot at success -- that takes time. it is not unique to new orleans. we got those challenges all acros

of cities in california adopted last year well including santa fe, san diego and a number of cities in the country including portland and seattle and additional cities are really every week their say new energy around our city and country a vision to do you want that to san francisco is at the forefront of this. >> yeah. >> oh, no. >> i apologize. >> thank you there's the map and really with respect to in san francisco what we've seen despite early declines in the 90s and the 80s starting in the 2000s we've seen the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, to in the death in our city thirty fatalities a year up to 2 hundred a year injuries and approximately 70 percent are people walking and biking and half the people killed are walking awhile walking are seniors while i'm here to talk about the leadership that the department is providing in that work including on the task force with respect to the data and analysis and evaluation and education engagement in our growing roles as well the task force is co-chaired by mta and dpw we meet as i said on a quarterly basis co