or the design or development for the project shall be subject to the prior review of the board, city board of supervisors which the board of supervisors may give -- [inaudible] sole discretion. it should deem approved by the board have supervisors unless the board takes action to reject the proposed change within 60 days following the date that it was submitted to the board. we allow them to move forward completely. if plans substantially change, we ask for recourse of us at least having some response. it's that simple. and if phase one that occurred in this body several years ago does not teach us in order to understand just how empowered this government is, then we'll never learn. just so we know, we're only one of several counties statewide where the board of supervisors is not the redevelopment agency -- or does not have some proxy power. most counties in the state of california have development agency power and i understand that was a decision made many decades ago and i think it's potentially worth revisiting so we at least have, i think, some equalizing level of engagement that coul

oh, city board, when you fix it, it always makes it always better that way. i feel the city earth move under my city feet. i feel the city earthquake sky tumbling down, tumbling down. time to fix it up all around town. [applause] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm with the department of emergency management. as you know, we're the agency that runs the emergency operation center and we coordinate our first responders and other citiwide agencies that would be responding during an earthquake or other major disaster. we urge to you accept the amendments and move this very important legislation forward to the ballot in november. from the perspective of the emergency management department, we see two specific benefits of the legislation. one, the more buildings that are retro fitted, the more folks will be able to stay in their homes following an earthquake which means fewer folks needing shelter, fewer folks being displaced in san francisco. not only does that mean fewer shelters that we need to open but less misery and dif

i think it should be members of the board of education, members of the city college, a number of things. >> if i may respond to that. we don't have jurisdiction. this is something we explored. we don't have jurisdiction to dictate on the community college board, on the school board because we're saying dccc and school districts and none our city and county. what we have is for the 18 elected officials, the list i gave, that's who we can do prohibitions for. not the other organizations and entities. they would have have to pass their own rules. supervisor campos: we are joined by supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i would like to thank alioto-pier for the debate and i found the debate one-sided and completely ignoring some pretty significant facts about some members of the dccc able to take dollars for their race that would be entirely illegal if they were running for another office, p.a.c. money, money from people who take contracts from the city, entirely illegal contributions. i think what the mayor is putting forward will address that situation and make sure that there is no a

san francisco is the only city where the mayor alone appoints the rent board. in other places, the city council elects -- appoints them or they are elected in. just one example why the rent board is not fair. in 2008, the tenant harassment legislation that the city also fought for, a few months ago, i went to see how many cases that they had voted in favor of, they ruled in favor of zero times. that doesn't mean zero tenants have been harassed, it means that the way they look at the legislation is a very conservative viewpoint. when i am counseling tenants and we think about if we should go to the rent board, we know that the tenant will get retaliated against. is it worth it to go to the rent board if they know they won't even get voted in favor of? and of the rent board won't be there to protect them. they are not a viable option for tenants to use. i want to make sure that the rent board becomes a tool that it should be, a fair place for tenants to go. i am asking you to vote yes on this legislation. >> i am an organizer with the mission collaborative. i want

item number 5, promoting good government by prohibiting dual office holding in a city elective office and elected board of a political party county central committee. >> thank you. the proposal is an ordinance to prohibit city office holders from also serving on members of political party county central committees. this does not impact ex oficio members at the state or federal level, commissioners, or department head. the proposal states one individual that holds city office cannot hold party office at the same time. these two entities are already separated by law in several ways, and this will ensure they don't overlap. you are bound by strong ethics laws, electronic reporting requirements, no corporate contributions, and strict rules on what we cannot door say in -- do or say in this building. the purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the potential for conflict among individuals who hold city elected office and political party office. there is a way to do this that i am trying to staet. -- state. in the drafting process, the mayor's office worked to craft a proposal for ethics goals without running

of city workers. board reached an agreement to and mental penalize health services. they will take a second vote next week whether the mayor can sign it or veto it. >> k-mart has agreed to settle a lawsuit on charges they overcharged on certain items. sears and wal-mart were both involved. price scanners turned up the issue. in addition k-mart is accused of charging customers the california redemption value for redemption containers. both sears and k-mart cooperated with the investigation without admitting to wrong going. >> a man claims that he owns 84% of the facebook. he claims that he and the founder signed a contract when zu. trying to expand the online year book. he gave him a thousand dollars if he would own half the business. contract between the two men for an unrelated project. >> diane sawyer will be at stanford for a special edition of abc world news. she will take us behind the scenes of facebook and interview the founder. world news airs from stanford at 5:30. >> all right. so diane -- >> hot

city and sfmoma. does not commit the board or any other city decisionmaker to approving entitlements for the proposed sfmoma expansion project, the vacation of hunt street, where the proposed new fire station project. the land use and project entitlement approvals will come from the board of supervisors, the planning commission, and any other required city decision makers after completion of the internal review under the california environmental quality act. because these projects have not yet completed environmental review, the city expressly retains all of its regulatory discretion to approve or reject these projects. approve alternatives to the project, or adopt mitigation measures. this reservation of discretion is discussed in considerable detail in the proposed agreement attached to your materials. once the city has completed the environmental review and approve the necessary project in thailand, the agreement before you comes to life and garments the terms of the real estate transaction, which the city and sfmoma would then finalize. again, we have representatives from fire, dpw, other jurisdic

and it recognizes that eeverpb though we're grateful for the fact that we have board members who want to preserve the citydoes not provide the kind of independent oversight that is needed. we have a board of directors that has well-intentioned people but nonetheless have not demonstrated the kind of independent thinking that is needed to make sure that this agency is responsive to the needs to have -- and the perfect -- of the -- and the point made by the budget analysts that outlines the fact that even though mu ninch accounts for 40% of the city's overtime, not once has this m.t.a. board of directors actually discussed this issue on its agenda item. the chatter amendment tries to provide some balance to the appointment by creating a split of 3-3-1 with three members apointsed by the board of supervisors, three by the mayor and one jointly appointed by the mayor and the president of the board of supervisors. the second thing this chatter amendment does is that it also amendment does is that it also deals with the issue of work

board. as everyone knows, there has been a lot of time at city hall, board of district supervisors. i do not know how many people understand the need and importance of community outreach more than sarah, and we're giving her time to build the systems that are necessary. >> you ask for input. i do have a couple of suggestions. one is that we are doing a lot more facilities leases and we used to, and i think we ought to have an ironclad rule that if we're doing something to a facility, that the notice ought to be on the facility carries as the most likely place people are going to find out about it. i'm sure there's a certain amount of judgment in deciding how much outreach to make. it is not always a bright line. we are a department that knows where something is going to be controversial, i could desperately bend over backwards to go the extra mile because when we have competition, on policy, that is the last thing we want to hear, but the other last thing is i did not find out about this until yesterday kind of thing. commissioner harrison: this is all in new project that is being p

and not old in terms of time of life but senior representatives of various bodies and boards of commissions in city leadership. i have the privilege today of wearing in 13 people. five who have served previously on board the commissions and seven that will be serving for their first times. i'm honored to be joined by many distinguished guests, leaders in their own right and capacity, members of various commissions, directors of various departments. our senior leader at city hall, my chief of staff and, importantly, former mayor willie brown, who took the time to be here. thank you, mayor. [applause] >> i have said this in a few other public occasions but it bears repeating particularly in light of the fact mayor brown took the time to be here. i started my time and tenure here at city hall, was actually across the street, the temporary facility, when i got a call from someone in the mayor's office who said that she was very proud that the mayor had selected me to serve on the film commission, which i was quite enthusiastic about. 25, 26 years old, no experience in city government but i loved movies

closeness between russia and the west was on the show at a joint russian german summit in the city catherine board president dmitri medvedev and chancellor angela merkel shared jokes about paul the psychic world cup octopus and burgers with barack obama but amid the smiles they got some business done too with dozens of agreements signed our correspondent daniel bushell's been following this story all day for us. in the windy city of that there in berkeley it was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel m.n.m. show if you like is the su country's leaders were all smiles their personal strong relationship really highlights the country's two excellent relationship at the moment historically until it was greeted chatted with mr medvedev influence russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed octopus but later promised it was not paul the octopus who predicted that germany would lose in the semifinal all over the world well there was talk of a trio of world leaders forward looking leaders barack obama to reach madrid if i glue merkel a transatlantic troika if you like moving

temperatures may be soaring to new heights here in the russian capital but that hasn't stopped the city's stiff boarding elite from getting their thrills the latest stage of the moscow's skate treuer getting underway constantine to top off was there to see the tricksters in action. but. you would think the extreme hot weather would put a stop to the most extreme action except for water sports however skateboarders were tough enough together under the baking sun and take part in the fourth leg of the mosque or ski tour twenty tamp it sounds a little bit strange for such an independent extreme sport like skate mourning but the fact is that the contest was organized by the russians good morning federation and the federation was established to make skateboarding more popular in russia in our country all sports develop at the cost of the state so our main aim is to use the facilities the state can provide to make skateboarding more affordable and popular all across the country and this state had special rules to make it different from others a skater performs a trick and his opponent have to repeat it. back

from federal back to san francisco, city government, that the energy infrastructure be administered by public power. i'm proud of that. i think it's great that the board of supervisors united around this and i think it seriously elevates our ability for something that the city should have done for nearly a century. in case it does not succeed for whatever reasons, the amendment contingency here is that if the f upc does not provide electricity or natural gas to the site as set forth above in the community office -- city office community agricultural city in the area, then the tca service would include the party's site. future owners within the project site have the ability to participate in any such tca service available to citythere p contingency. i think what president chiu had endeavour to state as part of what. -- part of law. that is the motion. president chiu: we now have two motions. supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: this is a complement to the security agreement to the korea develop the agency in the city for making what i think is a very impressive effort -- to the redevelopment agency. it is hoping that they are lifted and making s

to the great city family, to the board of supervisors, to my colleagues in the state legislature,, it is a thrill to be with you. to. cutler, who is here representing the wonderful residence. we are thrilled you have this beautiful home in which to live. this

. >> >> >> san francisco board of supervisors approving a city budget that would close the city's $483 billion budget deficit they agreed tend to want on the budget after lengthy negotiations with mayor gavin newsom to some. there will vote a second time on the budget next week then it's up to the mayor to either sign it or veto it >> live look good side over downtown san francisco overcast conditions here that action is still in oakland at this hour. temperatures are very cool as a result of fog sticking look coasts this afternoon. 54 degrees at the bay, 55 san francisco typically the temperatures you see in the morning were seen in the afternoon. cooler around the bay shores low sixties there are in the spots struggling to get into the '70s this afternoon. 83 antioch there was location. or what is quite a bit more mature will have details coming up a bit. >> live look at the james link as we take a quick break. traffic moving smoothly southbound the northbound traffic as you make your way up to hospital kerf the southbound traffic is bumper-to-bumper that's leaving the city to pass h

city, chicago, allows non-citizens to vote in school board elections. >> 6:19 is the time. there is some progress in the santa rosa crash, right, sal. >> that's right. they managed to move most of it to the right-hand-side. some people driving past the scene say it is still causing a slow down because there are major injuries and the paramedics and the fire crews are still working on someone on the shoulder so they have managed to open up lanes but that is not helping much. southbound 101 at shiloh road involving a motorcyclist hit by another vehicle and major injuries reported. >>> let's move along to pictures here. this is 880 north and southbound, traffic moves well, here in front of the coliseum. right now traffic is okay on northbound 101. you can see northbound 101 traffic does move well in san jose up to the 80 interchange. i wanted to let you know about something we are finding out

to the great city family, to the board of supervisors, to my colleagues in the state legislature,, it is a thrill to be with you. to. cutler, who is here representing the wonderful residence. we are thrilled you have this beautiful home in which to live. this is really full circle. laguna honda was first challenged because it was seismically unsafe. it was the unchallenged because it had 30 person wards, and that was unacceptable. and so the work again. we said "yes we can," and now we say yes we did. we transform laguna honda into a remarkable long-term care facility for the residents of this great city. i was really privileged to be able to carry legislation. it was not easy, but we did come up with 200 million more dollars to put into this facility. your heart will skip a beat just like mine did when i walked into that building and saw the extraordinary are work that will live on in this building forever and that will be a reflection of our great love of the arts. i just want to say that i came here often as a youngster. my grandfather was here for two years. he had a stroke and be

i don't know what i can say about this particular man who means so much to not only the city, not only the board of supervisors, but especially he means so much to district five. what can i say about this man who walks with us in our rallies, who comes to our homes, who helps us in our projects, and who even gets down in the dirt and help us plant flowers in our houses and neighborhoods to beautify where we live? what can i say about this man whom is the model for all supervisors in not just san francisco but every city in northern california? what can i say about this man? other than welcome, our supervisor district five ross mirkarimi. (applause). i'm going to -- i'm a little stunned. i am so absolutely delightd and honored to be welcoming all of you here for the second annual summer youth show case to city hall. everybody should give themselves a really strong round of applause. (applause). >> now, we know that most of the organizations and most of the youth that are here are from district five and the western edition but it is also a growing family, a impressive growing family and just one y

to the voters for giving us your vote of confidence last year, and congratulations to the board of health and city of san francisco for the great facility that is going to come. thank you. >> one of the challenges that you all will recognize is that you are standing on where the new hospital will be, but during the next five years, we cannot forget about the hospital there because that is where our patients are going to be. on that note, i want to thank and recognize kathy young, who has the responsibility of keeping all the other facilities going. are around here in the public sector, she does that with a lot of that tape. we have mops used to move certain engineering equipment. i know all of the secrets from having been here. i want to also recognize we have a great chief of nursing who is here. the administrative team -- i saw you here somewhere. our chief making sure that it all works well. we are very grateful to you. i also want to note dr. thomas kean, who is now head of medicine at ucsf. our former head of medicine here -- he watches over us and make sure that the university is fully suppo

we hereby object to the application by the city, and hereby invoke subdivision be of the government code. the board of supervisors and other city agencies will make any sort of determination, we kindly objected to efforts to list the property. we hereby request the city and county respect subsection the of the government code and seize any further designation as having any historic nature whatsoever. thank you. >> can we have these two gentlemen leave? supervisor mirkarimi: your clock is ticking. take advantage of it if you like. >> i will take that as no. as they sat and did eat, jesus did say, verily i say unto you, one of you shall betray me. they began to be sorrowful, and said one by one, is it i? is it i? jesus said it is one of the 12 that dipeth in the dish. it is written of him. did you get that? jesus was pointing to the fact that there is a prophecy by david that wrote about his own the trail. he said it is going to happen. judas has his part to play and he will play it. good were it for that man if he had never been born. my own familiar friend and whom i trusted has lifted up his heel

given the task of keeping san francisco's character and keeping the city forward thinking and progressive. it is incumbent upon you as a board to balance the forward thinking and the evolution of the city with the preservation of the past. since you cannot hear from every citizen affected by every change, there are guidelines that have been set. they do support this project. this board has established this to add to the architectural diversity of san francisco. that is one of the reasons i moved here. it is a beautiful city. i think this project maintains that. >> like a lot of the people here today, i think that edith alley is beautiful and quaint. i have seen the plans. the building and expansion matches the site. i think it would be a good addition to the neighborhood. i support this product. >> and judith shapiro, julia bernard, darla bernard. >> my name is to this shapiro -- in judith shapiro. i am a newcomer to san francisco. i move briefly to 30 edith when i first came here because i had no place to stay. i bought in the neighborhood on lombard street. anytime anybody moves to improve their home also improves the neig