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i'm a 3rd generation city city san francisco city . i would like to show this mailing label . any other name is typed at the top. i'm not offended that they got my name wrong. it's across all the errors and all the documents. these documents are very confusing even when the data is accurate. when there is a lot of data with errors it's very difficult to determine the plans how they might impact me. how might i plan this effectively when the data is wrong. it's very frustrating. i would expect an architectural lawfirm to at least get my name correct. the respondents say they mailed me documents, i never received them. if i had received them i would have stated them in my brief. i would have received them over the course of the year and would have noticed the roof extension well before this document. note the following discrepancy, the respondents brief to mailing me the plan and states the permit holder was going to drop the plans off to me. did she hand deliver them or mail them. did she have a receipt for the post age. did she climb my gate and stick it through the hole. of t
i'm a 3rd generation city city san francisco city . i would like to show this mailing label . any other name is typed at the top. i'm not offended that they got my name wrong. it's across all the errors and all the documents. these documents are very confusing even when the data is accurate. when there is a lot of data with errors it's very difficult to determine the plans how they might impact me. how might i plan this effectively when the data is wrong. it's very frustrating. i would expect...
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city. there are high expectations in terms of the level of growth that can be accommodated in the city. and san francisco, is facing a particular challenge, all cities, medium sized cities and small cities are making different efforts to address this convergence of housing and employment. in san francisco, your experience a different pattern and san francisco coaleses in the financial district which is no longer a case, the set of jobs that you are absorbing in the region is a lot more complex and it really varies across the professional services and it is closely linked to entertainment and retail and that defines a new economic profile for the city in a new relationship with the rest of the region that we are hoping will be able to facilitate and are teaching this with the plan b area. so let me stop here. and i will let him take over. >> i used to work here when the dinosaurs, and this room as beautiful as it was. i am here to tell you about the money and it should not take long, there is a lot of it and that is certainly the case and as you can see on this chart, close to 300 billion dollars in this plan that we forecast will be available over the next 25 to 30 year
city. there are high expectations in terms of the level of growth that can be accommodated in the city. and san francisco, is facing a particular challenge, all cities, medium sized cities and small cities are making different efforts to address this convergence of housing and employment. in san francisco, your experience a different pattern and san francisco coaleses in the financial district which is no longer a case, the set of jobs that you are absorbing in the region is a lot more complex...
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. >>> san francisco's city attorney announced an agreement with 19 restaurants. back in january, the city offered amnesty for businesses, but failed a city audit of the san francisco city law. today, the city attorney says enforcement has netted almost $455,000. he says he expects more settlements in the coming weeks. and possible legal action against those who refew to pay. >>> have a lot of rage, and i wanted to lash out. >> we investigate a prank that starts with a fake 911 call. does it >>> new at 10:00, lawrence livermore lab is offering to lay off hundreds of employees. promising buyouts to 600 workers in preparation for budget cuts. those who volunteer for the cuts would receive a severance package of one year's service up to 26 weeks. the lab expects to see a 10% cut to its budget next year. >>> san jose police say they have broken up a sophisticated identity theft ring, that had at least 100 victims. police identify the suspects. police say they break into homes, steal mail and use that mail to help them make fake identities. two other people are also being sought as persons of interest. >>> wall street continued to climb into u
. >>> san francisco's city attorney announced an agreement with 19 restaurants. back in january, the city offered amnesty for businesses, but failed a city audit of the san francisco city law. today, the city attorney says enforcement has netted almost $455,000. he says he expects more settlements in the coming weeks. and possible legal action against those who refew to pay. >>> have a lot of rage, and i wanted to lash out. >> we investigate a prank that starts with a...
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. >>> san francisco's city attorney announced an agreement with 19 restaurants. back in january, the city offered amnesty for businesses, but failed a city of the san francisco city law. today, the city attorney says enforcement has netted almost $455,000. he says he expects more settlements in the coming weeks. and possible legal action against those who refew to pay. >>> have a lot of rage, and i wanted to lash out. >> we investigate a prank that starts with a fake 911 call. does it keep police from responding to real emergencies? >> but up first, lawrence livermore lab moves to cut hundreds of jobs. the offer it's making to employees. [ male announcer ] no matter what you're doing, or where you're going, southwest airlines takes you there... for less. big sales that help you get away. that's how we fly. act fast! these are the final days to grab flights for as low as $59 one-way to select nonstop destinations. hurry and book now online only at southwest.com. we are southwest. welcome aboard. >>> new at 10:00, lawrence livermore lab is offering to lay off hundreds of employees. promising buyouts to 600 workers in preparation for budget
. >>> san francisco's city attorney announced an agreement with 19 restaurants. back in january, the city offered amnesty for businesses, but failed a city of the san francisco city law. today, the city attorney says enforcement has netted almost $455,000. he says he expects more settlements in the coming weeks. and possible legal action against those who refew to pay. >>> have a lot of rage, and i wanted to lash out. >> we investigate a prank that starts with a fake 911...
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one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that, shannon? >> i think that there is actually quite ah few examples. we can probably talk to this more with smaller cities that are making open data efforts. but what i would say is that it's proven more than the value of the investment. the return that we've gotten just by opening up the data has actually given back more. so, that would be my short answer to it, but i think you probably have more rience working directly with some of the cities. >> so, i grew up in a small city so i care about small cities a lot, 15,000 people, southern illinois. i'm a card nastionv fa -- cardinals fan. i should say that. the city o
one thing the city of san francisco or big cities or federal, right, the other smaller cities, smaller cities have smaller budgets. having a structure to support all this open data takes a lot of money. so, when these small cities are thinking about this, they should think about a way of somehow equalizing because they are putting into having these open data team, right? so, what does make sense? this is kind of an open question to get your point of view. >> do you want to take that,...
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the need to make san francisco a modern city with free wi-fi for everyone and i say it's equally important to make it an attractive city like london, berlin and san diego and other cities that have put utilities underground and if you are going to up the streets for wire cable, you should consider opening them up for the undergrounding ever utilities. i think you need a task force to get the job finished. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> peter warfield, executive director of libraries users association and i note that many supervisors seem busy making notes or at their computers or writing or in the case of president chiu or supervisor wiener chatting upfront, while the public, which only has two minutes out of the whole week makes its public comment for the whole week. i think that is an exceptional rude and inappropriate for supervisors who after all are serving the public. there is a concept generally
the need to make san francisco a modern city with free wi-fi for everyone and i say it's equally important to make it an attractive city like london, berlin and san diego and other cities that have put utilities underground and if you are going to up the streets for wire cable, you should consider opening them up for the undergrounding ever utilities. i think you need a task force to get the job finished. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> peter warfield, executive director...
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cities toronto, boston, chicago, los angeles, hawaii and san francisco, it gives those 6 cities where we have labor peace. this is a 6-city coordinated effort where we have negotiated with the hilton corporation for a 5 year agreement that will allow all those cities and elsewhere to focus on the unorganized. there are thousands of workers that do this work. unfortunately those workers don't have health care for their families, those workers don't have a pension or retirement security and are often minimum wage. this allows to us focus our energies and resources to give them the kind of voice that workers and union properties have. that's the main reason why this local too has embraced this effort and i want to thank the rank and file hilton.99 percent workers voted to ratify this. thank you for being here. [ applause ] >> what i want to do is introduce amy wong who is a room cleaner, she's one of the leaders of the hotel, jacob is going to speak, he's a doorman and guadalupe chavez who is a room cleaner and a member of our executive board. >> hello, my name is amy win. i have worked as a housekeeper for many years. health insurance is the most important part of the contract for all of us. first this contract we can keep our family health care. no
cities toronto, boston, chicago, los angeles, hawaii and san francisco, it gives those 6 cities where we have labor peace. this is a 6-city coordinated effort where we have negotiated with the hilton corporation for a 5 year agreement that will allow all those cities and elsewhere to focus on the unorganized. there are thousands of workers that do this work. unfortunately those workers don't have health care for their families, those workers don't have a pension or retirement security and are...
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cities already moved to ban them. >> a lot of cities have some banned. south san francisco, redwood city, mill bare, a handful of 30 cities with a medical pot ban in the bay area. a riverside california case made it to the california supreme court. under california law they're legal but a number believe it attracts drug users and problems. it became clear they were concerned. >> what i need to you respond to zoning yes. >> this is land use regulation. >> the lawyer for the riverside kes pensry argued california law allows dispensaries therefore, cities should not be able to ban them. >> legislature knows how to say,000 shall not ban. they didn't say that. >> and in sacramento a protest of that decision and one participants, the founder of the dispensary. >> meaning most either dworing to take long drives or just going to return to the old fashioned way, they're going to buy it from criminal autos the mayor says patients can find outlet autos they're available but we're not in position to monitor or regulate or enforce a new facility that is opening up. >> the 1996 state law is in conflict with federal law outlawing pot an
cities already moved to ban them. >> a lot of cities have some banned. south san francisco, redwood city, mill bare, a handful of 30 cities with a medical pot ban in the bay area. a riverside california case made it to the california supreme court. under california law they're legal but a number believe it attracts drug users and problems. it became clear they were concerned. >> what i need to you respond to zoning yes. >> this is land use regulation. >> the lawyer for...
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cities already moved to ban them. >> a lot of cities have some banned. south san francisco, redwood city, mill bare, a handful of 30 citiesith a medical pot ban in the bay area. a riverside california case made it to the california supreme court. under california law they're legal but a number believe it attracts drug users and problems. it became clear they were concerned. >> what i need to you respond to zoning yes. >> this is land use regulation. >> the lawyer for the riverside kes pensry argued california law allows dispensaries therefore, cities should not be able to ban them. >> legislature knows how to say,000 shall not ban. they didn't say that. >> and in sacramento a protest of that decision and one participants, the founder of the dispensary. >> meaning most either dworing to take long drives or just going to return to the old fashioned way, they're going to buy it from criminal autos the mayor says patients can find outlet autos they're available but we're not in position to monitor or regulate or enforce a new facility that is opening up. >> the 1996 state law is in conflict with federal law outlawing pot and
cities already moved to ban them. >> a lot of cities have some banned. south san francisco, redwood city, mill bare, a handful of 30 citiesith a medical pot ban in the bay area. a riverside california case made it to the california supreme court. under california law they're legal but a number believe it attracts drug users and problems. it became clear they were concerned. >> what i need to you respond to zoning yes. >> this is land use regulation. >> the lawyer for the...
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city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally appr
city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system...
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san francisco. the city and county of san francisco has a 7.4 billion dollar budget. that might seem like a lot compared to other cities, for example, the city of philadelphia's budget is about half that of san francisco. for approximately double the population. but, there is a reason for that. we run an international airport, a court, two hospitals, and produce some of our electricity and provide water to every home in san francisco. so our budget is not only for the city functions, but for also, county functions. >> it is also important to note that during the year, the years, voters have approved many ballot initiatives and measures. and mandates. and for us to spend part of our revenues on things that the people san francisco think that are important. we have set aside for services that work for the children. we have approved initiatives that insure that we have an appropriate number of firefighters, to respond to any emergency, prioritized funding for repaving streets and keeping our libraries open. all that means that out of the $7.4 billion annual budget, only roughly 1 billion is discretionary, meaning that this inflicts (inaudible).
san francisco. the city and county of san francisco has a 7.4 billion dollar budget. that might seem like a lot compared to other cities, for example, the city of philadelphia's budget is about half that of san francisco. for approximately double the population. but, there is a reason for that. we run an international airport, a court, two hospitals, and produce some of our electricity and provide water to every home in san francisco. so our budget is not only for the city functions, but for...
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city like san francisco thinking about the health needs of the city of seoul. -- cities as all whole. it is good for us to know what the health care needs of the cityre going to be in the next couple of years or long term. so, making sure those who do planning and other things, that we think strategically about the need citywide and also neighborhood by neighborhood. and we were able to do that and pass that legislation as a district-elected supervisors, even though this is legislation that impacts the entire city in the future of health care in san francisco for many years to come. i think it is possible to do both. it is definitely possible. >> let's talk about budgets. the city is faced with tough budget decisions. including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will he make these tough choices -- will you make these tough choices? supervisor campos: the budget is the most important policy document that the city can pass. it reflects the priorities of city government. i believe we have to be creative in how we look at the issue of the budget. it is important for me that certain things happen. i think that public safety has
city like san francisco thinking about the health needs of the city of seoul. -- cities as all whole. it is good for us to know what the health care needs of the cityre going to be in the next couple of years or long term. so, making sure those who do planning and other things, that we think strategically about the need citywide and also neighborhood by neighborhood. and we were able to do that and pass that legislation as a district-elected supervisors, even though this is legislation that...
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city defrsz -- deserves. we have to prepare for those unknown but predictable accidents natural and otherwise that will occur in the city of san francisco. i want to thank the chiefs, the city administrator, victor, your work here as well, our real estate department, as well, thank you, john for being here. all the city family, our city engineer, figuring out things for being here as well. investing in our infrastructure, investing in our fire stations has been a main stay of my administration, working with a capital planning group. we want to ensure that our infrastructure always reflect the highest level we need and situating this station here is will is an incredible gift to district 6. i want to thank all the entities for getting together and making this happen and but for a very special circumstances this might have not occurred and we would be incurring another obligation $6. i want to thank all the entities for getting together and making this happen and but for a very special circumstances this might have not occurred and we would be incurring another obligation of 9-and-a-half million from our general fund. this is a gift that is going to keep giving. i want to recognize things that happen in this city we are a very incredible lucky city for all the things that happen to us. this is one of t
city defrsz -- deserves. we have to prepare for those unknown but predictable accidents natural and otherwise that will occur in the city of san francisco. i want to thank the chiefs, the city administrator, victor, your work here as well, our real estate department, as well, thank you, john for being here. all the city family, our city engineer, figuring out things for being here as well. investing in our infrastructure, investing in our fire stations has been a main stay of my administration,...
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issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a tough question. >> it is, but let me say this. it's a tough question, but it's also one that is easily answered because of our constant investment and my approach towards the role of education. community college is an incredible institution in san francisco. it is where people in their mid-careers need additional skills to meet the market demands of a new workforce. it is where many people who don't make it into berkeley and stanford and all the great institutions come to get an great educational start. it's where a lot of economically-challenged families invest in their kids. it is where veterans, returning from afghanistan and iran and iraq come because they are not ready yet to apply to the big universities. they are smart enough to do that, but they want to get going at city college. >> do you see the city in this budget cycle actually carving out a dollar amount? >> here is what we're doing, because i don't think
issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a tough question. >> it is, but let me say this. it's a tough question, but it's also one that is easily answered because of our constant investment and my approach towards the role of education. community college is an incredible...
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issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a
issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a
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issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a tough question. >> it is, but let me say this. it's a tough question, but it's also one that is easily answered because of our constant investment and my approach towards the role of education. community college is an incredible institution in san francisco. it is
issue at the moment, san francisco city college, and is san francisco mayor ed lee going to step forward and bail out city college to its keep accreditation, in the same way that the city has stepped forward and helped the public schools? i know that is a tough question. >> it is, but let me say this. it's a tough question, but it's also one that is easily answered because of our constant investment and my approach towards the role of education. community college is an incredible...