as a city employee, we need a city employee mayor who looks upon us as not the enemy.s from the bottom oup. city employees make up a lot of that middle class. i pay taxes, so do all my friends. city employees in the thousands. i think this has to happen now, it has to be open and public participation. >> i am with 1021 and i represent public health records. we are here to speak in favor of the supervisor avalos's motion. we are in favor of the current board and making the decision for the next inter-american -- and from mayor -- interim mayor. they can appoint someone who understands the budget and understands all of the pertinent issues that are before us. again, we want a transparent process and that the current board makes the new mayor can come in and make their feet wet right away. >> and the executive board at last night hot our meeting -- [unintelligible] this current board is the best decision maker for the upcoming and current mayor. we believe we have been through a lot together. there is a difference between people who are coming and and that is what you hav

proposition b is a measure that would increase the contributions made by city and county employees made to the city's retirement system and health care system. the city's share of funding these services would be reduced. >> i have with me here today michael hennessey, sheriff of san francisco, who is on -- an opponent to proposition b. sheriff, do you oppose proposition b? >> first of all, thanks to the league of women voters for having me be able to speak on this issue. i strongly urge san francisco voters to vote against proposition b because of the unfair adverse grim pact -- impact it's going to have on san francisco's lowest paid employees. i know proposition is being sold as a pension reform measure and if that's all it did, it would probably be a positive measure but the real negative impact is goinging to -- to be on the health care. people think city employees get paid a lot and frankly some do but 50,000 get -- 6,000 get less than $50,000 a year. if a person has blue shield, which is one of the option involved and not the most expensive one, a person will have to pay $5,000 mo

city employees have been able to put anything from notes to business cards to avoid paying for parking. parking than any other resident would have to pay war risk fines are was being towed. people abusing the public trust and it's wrong and there's no excuse for it. it's something we will immediately address. this is been going on for years and years. it's interesting not everyone has called the bill. not everyone is brought to the forefront. in may and newsome spoke about his adjuster ray in the parking problems to run separate cisco. wheat dramatically scale down the privileges of city workers. i made dramatic changes three years ago. including changes at city hall. as the mayor if he had a message for city employees and using cigarettes as go parking privileges. >> they should get over themselves and unselfishness and hold themselves to a hunter high level of accountability grow up. >> the car with the parking ticket open the window that's pretty weak. that's as weak as it gets. that's a new one. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> a man is in custody after a double mur

wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office didn't need to hear from the mayor to say what's your plan. they offered a plan and said here is our strategy. here is what we can do. we can add all of these computers here and there. we can connect our databases, we can expand our capacity by x. we can open up early and stay late and stay open on the weekends. it's unbelievable. we can coordinate all of the training for our volunteers and them in as deputy marriage commissioners and make sure it's signed and certified. that's

i made dramatic changes that may be unbelievably unpopular. >> has america had a message for city employees>> they should get over themselves and their own selfishness and they should hold themselves to a higher level of accountability so all city impose these grow up. >> about the car with at least part and parking it >> (laughter) that is pretty weak. that one is as weak as it gets. that one is a new week. >> san francisco, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> much more straight ahead on the kron 4 morning news alert other top stories just on the other side of the commercial, here's a look at the weather up there instead of despair, temperature 56 degrees getting up to maybe 60 low 60s this afternoon. we'll be right back. the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. but there's an even deadlier predator and at 1:06 a.m. on the kron 4 morning news' top stories that we're following at this hour oakland police are searching for a person responsible for the murder of a man outside the city's most popular churches we'll ha

city's health service system. the health service system offers medical and dental benefits to officers, employees, and retirees of the city, the school district, and the community college district. currently four of the seven members of the health service board are elected by beneficiaries of the health service system. the remaining members are appointed. all aboard members serve a five-year term and elections of the four elected members occur once a year in four years out of five so that the terms of these members are staggered. these elections are conducted by mail. proposition f would amend the city charter to reduce the number of health service board elections to two elections every five years instead of four elections every five years. a yes vote would make this change. a no vote would not. please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to votete >> hello, my name is katie with the league of women voters of san francisco. i'm here today to discus

because of my background as a former city employee he, i do understand the bureaucracy and the need to be able to make decisions in a public forum, but i also come from a background as a community organizer, and i think that what i would like to see is that we bridge the divide between those two communities and be able to come up with sound projects and sound decisions that impact all of our neighborhood communities, and for the redevelopment agency, there are some critical issues impacting the hunters point community as well as the south of market community that i have a very strong passion about, especially around intersections between public safety and community development and economic development and community civic participation. hopefully, my role on the redevelopment commission cannot allow me to do the things that i feel like we should be doing as a city and hopefully advancing those efforts to make them successful. supervisor campos: thank you very much. why don't we open it up for public comment? if there is any member of the public who would like to speak on this item, plea

it appears that the city employees have so much invested in the hope that there is other work for them. by the way, the library did not have a partner until march of 2008 when rent and park realized that the library -- when rec adn park -- when rec and park realized that the library had almost unlimited funds, so they seized the project from developers, and they became partners, and the triangle lot became an intrinsic part of the plan. one of the things that is really upsetting -- this is a playground. it is not a part -- park. you can look at the signs that are out there. in the packet you got, you only got one of the expert opinions. i do not blame you if you do not want to read all of this, but please do because it is an expert opinion. that is what i think you are supposed to be considering, whether the library really deserves historic preservation. the first taste says the building could be part of a local program along with the seven other branches. it has more integrity than any of the other applicable libraries. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> superviso

so, i would say to all the city employees grow up.will send those employes the perot message he says the city has r.d. dramatically scale back on parking privileges. >> the city of san francisco may ease rules on tacos truck operators yesterday that would of supervisors gave preliminary approval to legislation that would reduce the costs and operating permits additional vendors at several locations would no longer have to get permits. the inspections of those prints will be scaled back. >> the food and drug administration has issued warnings to alcoholic energy drinks. saying that caffeine added to their beverages is " an unsafe food additives " the fda commissioner says the agency has said the combination of caffeine and alcohol is a public health concern, they said the government could seize those products if the companies continue to make them this controversy that we haven't fallen in recent four states have banned alcoholic related energy drinks because people have been drinking too much it keeps them awake they continue to drink

♪ >>> santa clara city leaders are moving forward with a plan to lay off dozens of employees. >> theyave to close a big budget deficit. theresa garcia joins us. >> you have to get ten unions to agree? >> there are ten there but the city leaders did start to lay out the budget problems to the employees this summer. already three of the ten bargaining units are agreed to concessions. those include all the managers about you have the other seven to negotiate. it is a struggle between pay, cutting your pay or losing your job. >> people are worried about their jobs. coworkers' jobs and worried about serving the customers. >> brown heads up the santa clara prose association, a group of 250 employees stressed about its future. one of ten bargaining units asked to give up scheduled pay raises and take unpaid furlough days. >> some are office specialist type clerks. some librarians, dispatchers, records specialists. it's spread out in all departments of the city. >> santa clara city country voted 6-1 last night to support a playoff plan that move forward in january. it's facing a $5 million de

the transportation code to remove parking exemptions for city vehicles or vehicles operated by city employees and less developed parking permit is displayed. -- unless a valid parking permit is displayed. >> i move approval. chairperson nolan: all in favor, say aye. >> item 14 is a discussion and vote on whether to hold a closed session and invoke attorney- client privilege is. you are going into closed session for labor negotiation and to discuss the performance evaluation of the executive director. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to go into closed session? >> so moved. chairperson nolan: all those in favor? we will go into closedeither ma. to disclose or not disclose? >> any further discussion? so ordered. the meeting is adjourned. >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban se

all city employees have received 5 or more furlough days. >>> and thank you, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake released a statement saying she's disappointed but she's con typhi dent they'll come -- confident they'll come to an agreement. >>> bge is deciding on unionizing. a vote is set for next month. bge is one of the few utility companies that's not unionized. >>> a heart break loss from the ravens. and wjz-13 and ronald reagan are live at wjz.com and we'll tell you what the fans are saying about it today. >> reporter: and the ravens are taking on one of the best teams in the nfc and this went to the wire. the ravens are battling back and they take the league with this big pass. todd heap making the play and with just a minute left, matt ryan and the falcons charge 80- yards down the field on this go ahead pass and many players wanted a penalty saying that white pushed off wilson to make the grab, the ravens still lose it and the wjz fan cam question, what upset you the most about the raven's loss last night? >>> when i thought we was going to prevail,the defense folded. >> well, i think th

hundreds of people who will walk in this parade, dignitaries, city employees, anyone connected with the city or giants. >> we've been told by police could take a lot longer than expected. here is sky 7 hd. the world series champ yochbs and confetti beginning to flutter down from the skyscrapers. >> they found a lot of orange confetti to give that ticker tape effect. here parade route. washington down to market along market street toward civic center plaza. >> let's check in with cheryl jennings and kristen sze. they are at the beginning of the parade of montgomery and washington. >> reporter: okay, and there are half a million people. we have a giant parade and -- oh my goodness. 50 motorized vehicles. 700 people in the parade and that is the people walking in the parade today. that is some security issues. all the officers that had vacation days are working today but there is a ton of security. plainclothes officers and bicycles and motorcycles. the fans have been gathering for the last three or four hours. >> and we've been here for one hour. >> and how do you like the giants? >> thin

♪ >>> santa clara city leaders are moving forward wi a plan to lay off dozens of employees. >> they veo clos a big budget defici theresa garcia joins us. >> you have to get ten unions to agree? >> there are ten there but the city leaders did start to lay out the budget problems to the employees this summer. already three of the ten bargaining units are agreed to concessions. those include all the managers about you have the other seven to negotiate. it is a struggle between pay, cutting your pay or losing your job. >> people are worried about their jobs. coworkers' jobs and worried about servin the custers. >> brown heads up the santa clara prose association, a group of 250 employees stressed about its future. one of ten bargaining unit asked to give up scheduled pay raises and take unpaid furlough days. >> some are office specialist type clerks. some librarians, dispatchers, records specialists. it's spread out in all departments of the city. >> santa clara city country voted 6-1 last night to support a playoff plan that move forward in january. it's facing a $5 million deficit this y

. >> state and city employees have been going through difficult times in reductions and things like that. you know, i'm not surprised. i'm happy that i have a job and a good job. i have to make a little contribution and i'm comfortable with that. >> i think that obama should set his priorities straight and not make everybody in this country think that freezing his wages he is going solve all the problems he has caused us. we should look elsewhere as well to fix this problem of these devastating economics we're living with. >>> the obama administration says this is the first of many actions that have to be taken to tackle the deficit. it will require congressional approval. he did order a freeze of all senior white house official salaries when he took office in 2009. >>> berkeley police need your help to catch thieves that stole computers in an elementary school. it happened near telegraph. it appears that thieves knew exactly where to find the laptops. it comes after somebody broke in and stole cameras last year. >> federal government announced today it seized 82 internet domain names in

. >> mayor, city employees, elected officials, rotc groups, fire and police gathered at the memorial plaza. it focused on the 60th anniversary of the korean war and the 20th anniversary of the gulf war. many veterans were humbled by the praise. >> people, not heroes, had a job to do. heroes are not here anymore. >> retired general frank junior, of the marine corp was the keynote speaker. he was the first african- american marine core general. he also gave this message. >> remember those who served, especially those who are serving now. america is involved in two wars right now. it's sort of -- oh, golly, gee weez. >> while veterans received recognition for serving. >> and in the young generation, another young generation. you won't hear, he won't go, he won't fight. he will continue to say. i will continue toment. >> ology this day, we say thank you for the unsung heroes that have been there. cherie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> women who have had breast cancer surgery have the option of having breast reconstruction. that usually includes implants. a study helps women decide what kind of

anticipate a flat budget, to continue to assume -- and we have rolled through the 4.6% pay cut which city employees have given back to help balance the city budget. that also benefits the waste water department, the water department, and hetch hetchy water and power. we are looking at hiring plans with all the enterprises, making sure we only fill critical positions. we have about 80 to 90 open positions right now that we are monitoring. wheatley, we are looking at water deliveries for all retail and wholesale customers. also, we continue to monitor all of our spending and income needs for all projects. in the event we continue to see lower water, we can look at unencumbered project funds in the event we would need to pause or defer that spending to bridge any gaps. so we have tools that we can insure to keep a balanced budget, and to make sure we have sufficient fees to and in a very respectable place. overall, we continue to adhere to the key reserve ratio in the fund balance reserve policy, albeit not as high as we would like on the revenue, and the expenditure on the water enterprise -- we do n

. >>> city employees in san francisco will pay a greater share of their pension and healthcare costs.rs approved prop v that will affect more than 50,000 city employees and retirees. >>> many cities are closely watching san jose. that's where voters approved two measures to reform pay and benefit systems for city workers. the measure will limit binding arbitration for police and firefighters. it got about two-thirds support. and support was even greater for measure w which will establish a less expensive pension plan for newly hired city workers. both measures are aimed at curbing the city's budget deficit. >>> 5:50 now. it's the biggest shake-up in washington in more than 60 years. coming up, what it means for our country and the tension between republicans and democrats. ,, ,,,, we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. rule the bedtime. rule the upload. verizon built america's most reliable network to make a more powerful you. rule th

. >> ste and city employees have been going through difficult times in reductns and things like that. you know, i'm not surprised. i'm happy that i have a job and a good job. i have to make a little contribution and i'm comfortable with that. >> i think that obama should set his priorities straight and not make everybodin this country think that freezing his wages he is going solve all the problems he has caused us. we should look elsewhere as well to fix this problem of these devastating economics we're living with. >>> the obama admistration says this is the first of many actions that have to be taken to tackle the deficit. it will require congressional approval. he did order a freeze of all senior white hoe official salari when he took fice in 2009. >>> berkeley police need your help to catch thieves that stole computers in an elementary school. it happened near telegraph. it appears that thves knew exactly whereo find the laptops. it comes after somebody broke and stol cameras last year. >> federal government announced toda it seized 82 internet domain names in an effort to stop t

community activity and city employee tasa hill will serve as the captain's new president.e was elected on tuesday to. %-first. be sworn in on january part of her goals will be to help keee families out of foreclosure and partner with other ethnic organization. >>> there's a verdict in a long awaited terror trial in new york. as ainsley earnhardt, as the first detainee from guantanamo bay learn its fate, employees of the future terror plans arr digging inn >> he was facing more than 280 charges in the bombings of two u.s. embassiesed in africa in 1998. on wednesday in new york, hh was convicted of only one count of conspiiacy to destroy u.s. property. believed that ahmed was truly innocent of all of these charges. >> reporttr: he remains n custody and faces 20 years to life in prison when he is sentenced to januaay 26. the u.s. attorney says the feds will seek that life sentence. results. one prosecutor equates it as a blow to the obama organization. >>> now the 9-11 con spiri11 co. now he can't close it because he can't get the guys out of there. >> reporter: the attorney

the transportation code to remove parking exemptions for city vehicles or vehicles operated by city employees and less developed parking permit is displayed. -- unless a valid parking permit is displayed. >> i move approval. chairperson nolan: all in favor, say aye. >> item 14 is a discussion and vote on whether to hold a closed session and invoke attorney- client privilege is. you are going into closed session for labor negotiation and to discuss the performance evaluation of the executive director. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to go into closed session? >> so moved. chairperson nolan: all those in favor? we will go into closedeither ma. to disclose or not disclose? >> any further discussion? so ordered. the meeting is adjourned.

i am grateful for the city employees who understand that this ecomony has affected everyone. the men and women of baltimore police department have made tough sacrifices and continue to do their jobs courageously and honorablely even during tough times. the fop union president says the vote shows how men and women in the police department feel about how they have been treated. in the studios, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a consume are alert this morning. nissan is recalling more than 600,000 cars and this is due to steering or battery cable problems. japanese auto mark says the recall affects the front year pickup and xterra s up vs and more than 18,000 sentra sedans. no injuries or crashes have been reported because of either issue. for more information, go to abc2news.com. >>> the national retail federation says return fraud will cost stores almost $14 billion this year up over 4 billion from 2009. to make your returns smoother, experts say always hold on to the receipts and read the fine print on the receipts, and definitely look at everything so you can get a full refou

the transportation code to remove parking exemptions for city vehicles or vehicles operated by city employees and less developed parking permit is displayed. -- unless a valid parking permit is displayed. >> i move approval. chairperson nolan: all in favor, say aye. >> item 14 is a discussion and vote on whether to hold a closed session and invoke attorney- client privilege is. you are going into closed session for labor negotiation and to discuss the performance evaluation of the executive director. chairperson nolan: is there a motion to go into closed session? >> so moved. chairperson nolan: all those in favor? we will go into closedeither ma. to disclose or not disclose? >> any further discussion? so ordered. the meeting is adjourned. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor mirkarimi: very good. welcome. i would like to thank sf g t v for their fine work in covering this. madam clerk, please read the roll call. >> [roll call] supervisor mirkarimi: i expect commissioner mar to join us shortly. please read item #2. >> [reads item] supervisor mirkarimi: a

that is true for the city employees and everyone. we have to find a way to drive down cost and we need to take that into consideration and develop a master plan process that is effective, efficient, fosters innovation, fosters collaboration, and drives down costs and increases quality and puts it in the hands of the consumer that knows it best. health care very complex. it does affect the other departments that we talked about trying to put this in the hand of the single department is not going to be helpful and we have to think innovatively about how we look at health care in san francisco. and the other half i wanted to share with you is that i am with the community benefit partners in san francisco and we recently release released city vital sign with an electronic assessment of the health care of san francisco. we do know where emergency department visits are coming from. we know preventible emergency department visits are coming from and where ambulatory conditions are and diabetes and congestive heart failure is coming from and

jones' father was a city employee for three decades. >> i served faithfully 34 years and then retired and this is what has happened. >> community and the police are now at war with one another. >> reporter: the message so strong police shut down the b.a.r.t. station allowing the group to express their anger. >> they took him away from his 2-year-old daughter. >> reporter: monday night police were called to a domestic violence dispute at the quick cuts barbershop. jones ran from police. police thought he had a gun when he reached in his waistband. >> he was clearly unarmed. >> reporter: the jones family hired civil rights attorney john burress who is questioning police action. >> there are people who want to do the right thing and people on the street who may not be emotionally equipped to handle a situation they are in. >> reporter: the family saying tonight they would like to see the district attorney and city officials get more involved in this case. live in oakland, cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >>> the governor is calling for a special session to tackle a $6 billion hole in the

the two city employees who served as project managers -- one i know is here, the current project manager, joe connors. thank you and john predecessor stole away from us, michael lane. thank you, michael, wherever you are. lastly, my personal reflection on this building. this building, to me, is truly a monument to the tremendous capacity of generosity in the heart of sentences go. the voters of san francisco in their great willingness to support this facility will always have this hospital as a sign of their willingness to help those most in need. these neighborhoods that surround this facility, i think, consider laguna honda at their private treasure. we really do look at this hospital as our own. we love this hospital. we have great care and great love for the residents of this hospital. on behalf of the neighboring residents, to all of the current residents of the hospital, this is for you. we are thrilled we were able to do this for you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the work of the health department would never be possible without its commission. the commission is the governing

i am grateful for the city employees who understand that this ecomony has affected everyone. the men and women of baltimore police department have made tough sacrifices and continue to do their jobs courageously and honorablely even during tough times. police and fire unions filed a federal lawsuit again city because they feel officials knowingly underfunded the pension for a decade and claimed the pension changes violate the contracts. that suit is scheduled for march. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> the passengers of the stranded carnival cruise ship splendor are waking up to a good night sleep, hot coffee and some real food this morning. they docked in san diego yesterday. finally able to share their stories about the days adrift off the coast of mexico. abc's emily smith has the report. >> reporter: -- submit has the report. >> reporter: -- schmidt has the story. >> reporter: thousands of people welcomeed the ending of a vacation that never really began. >> we haven't had a hot meal for five days. we had no lights, no electricity, and we had no flashlight. we couldn't fin

regarding direct financial assistance, perhaps supplemental to or in lieu of inclusionary housing to city employees and others. i know that discussion came up during the supervisors hearing, but i would like to hear more about that. >> can get you more information on that. commissioner antonini: it has the ability to bypass some of the downsides of inclusionary housing units. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioners, that puts us on item 9, case number 2010.0697i 814 mission street, everest college abbreviated institution master plan. >> good evening. everest college has submitted an abbreviated master plan for the location at 814 mission street. the planning code requires post secondary institutions and hospitals to have a master plan on file with the planning department. institutions located within the downtown commercial district of san francisco occupying more than 1000 square feet to make an abbreviated master plan. upon review by the planning commission, you have discretion to hold or not hold a public hearing on the abbreviated imp. everest college has been invocation since 1998 and it -- h

as far as infrastructure on ti, i know as a representative of city employees that the grid is woefully under-sized. the grid -- i know the waste water facilities are out there. there is one tiny sewer plant. this is not an attractive topic. how to get water on and off? open space, a unit counts, unit make up, and larry mazzola jr. is situated on the plumbing side. he has experience as it relates to utilities and infrastructure. i think that is what larry mazzola jr. brings to fully round out the list of candidates. thank you for your time. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is al williams. i am here as a citizen and the president of the san francisco african-american historical and cultural society. i would like to make two brief points. one is that a number of people have referenced the time this process has taken. i would encourage you to move these nominations for work. you have an excellent group here. a number of people have mentioned the time. my good friend in the back stall and i were pointed to the citizens committee on the shipyard by the may

. >>> tough talk this morning from the city of santa clara to its employees union. the city is trying to balance its budget and is making big demands and threatening to cut jobs. kris sanchez is live in santa clara with a look at the ultimatum and why more than 80 city workers are at risk. kris? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. city workers here in santa clara in a very difficult position. protect my paycheck or protect my co-worker's job. despite the fact that the city has done well to save money and cut costs up to this point and even increase some fees, the city is facing a $5 million shortfall this year as a $13 million shortfall next year. that's why at last night's city council meeting, the councilmembers asked the union workers to take a 5% pay cut or take five furlough days, which is working without pay and to forego the december pay raise they were promised in their last contract. the job cuts could happen in all departments from police and fire to the library. not only could the cuts affect the quality of life here in santa clara, it could also affe

they plan to vote tonight whether to lay off 82 city employees if the city's unions don't agree to concessions. they're options? either a 5% pay cut or 12 furlough days next year and agree to forgo a pay raise in december. if not, a slip will go out effective january 8. >>> churches, too, are looking for ways to balance their books when congregations are tightening rather than tithing. one mountain view church came up for an idea of a tower of power. parents at a nearby school say the plan to make money off cell phone use could put their kids at risk. we're at mountain view to tell us about the conflict. >> reporter: some parents are really upset about this, so upset they're threatening to pull their children out of the nearby preschool if the church gets the go-ahead to install a cell phone tower on the roof of this fellowship hall right here. clear cell wire will pay the church $78 a month to rent the space off this tower. the church says this is not about the money but about improving cell phone service in the area. just 200 feet from where the first presbyterian church is planning on insta