every day, staff would update and public meetings that are being held in city hall. from that way, everything beyond the initial link would be pre- programmed to open to specific language. the meetings for that day would be translated utilizing the software. the issue with doing this is the accuracy of the translations. you will get literal translations and not specific colloquial speech, i guess. land use might turn into a ground functions. these are things that have to be thought about. however, one will be able to get the gist, and will be able to find the locations and get the majority of the information to get where one wants to build. this is a way to get around the need for staff to constantly translate on a daily basis. this is what we would like to proceed with, and we think it will get us very close to where we want to be. and as google also-translate gets more accurate, we think this will progress further over time. supervisor chiu: i have a number of questions about the topic. are you familiar with how the ethnic press covered this ordinance in 2009 when

tomorrow morning and march to city hall. here is a huge mayday rally in san jose in march of 2006 that took place without any arrests at all. police say caltrans and the highway patrol are ready to help with traffic control. we continue our coverage on our website. we will bring you problems as soon as we learn about them. we will post them on www.ktvu.com. >>> today mark as new phase of the doyle drive project. drivers are a temporary roadway. ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco with the two wrinkles that popped up today. >> reporter: just beyond this rubble lies the new doyle drive. news chopper 2 has the view. traffic moved well today although they were expecting congestion north of the new marina intersection. you can see the view right now. this project is getting rave reviews from those on the roads and those exploring it by foot. >> it brought more light and, you know, just lot more green and it is great. >>> the new doyle drive made its debut this morning with a caravan of engineers led by the california

we had specific concerns with signeage around city hall. oewd says they did not provide services to the public, but we know they are providing services, so it may just be a matter of their own reporting. finally, the compliance plan is mostly in progress, and they are also working with our office to meet the lao requirements and make improvements. so, supervisors, our recommendations are really centered around three major areas -- amendments to the lao. i would call these tweaks and clarifications. and compliance guidelines and centralized balance. the types of amendments we are talking about removing at the time line so that the period in which my office has to analyze data, chase down apartments, make sure everything is accurate and timely and helpful is not so compacted. we have really less than two months to collect data on all 26 departments, but relevant information in the report. there are some ambiguities in the law that we can easily clara. guidances'. the department of justice is doing this for federal agencies, and i think that i

reporters that walk around city hall, took pictures of the lack of accessibility of this building, and it is now 2012, and there has been no headway on this issue. i know you have thought about it. i definitely appreciate the creativity of thinking about how you use technology on this issue, but can you tell me why there has been no progress in getting close to four years? >> online, from a technical standpoint, i was looking for a true solution to be able to do updates on the flight. i guess it is equally possible to be able to implement all the static documents, and if that is sufficient, i believe we can move on that very quickly, but the delay in large part was looking for how we deal with the request to be able to update on a daily basis. >> how is our bilingual staff when it comes to security and sheriff's apartment at the door? i think that is one aspect of how we address this. >> we actually are not -- we do not specifically supervise our deputies. however, the sheriff's department has been good about providing multilingual deputies and cadets, and i think you will find that ov

you have a city hall who is listening. we are dialoguing seriously about the things you care about. i want to keep the focus on our city. that's why so many of our departments today came -- they sensed mission is important. we've got to listen to everybody as we go forth, involving a budget that will be balanced. we have not made any decisions on the budget yet, except for one. that decision is that we have to balance our budget. i've got to go in the direction that everybody educate themselves about all the needs of the city. that's why we started very early in the budget season. we have combined two districts tonight. i am so glad to see all of you here. tonight is for us to listen and listen carefully of how you articulate the needs of your community and how we must take that into consideration as we make the decisions that affect our departments, our personnel, and our budgets. before i begin, i want to give a thanks to the immigrant affairs and civic division here. they have been so helpful, along with all the others, to make sure you knew we were coming out here tonight to be p

. -- riding to city hall. i do want to go back to something president chiu said. if we meet our objective of 20%, we have to make sure that we are investing more money into our bike infrastructure. we have to make sure a higher percentage of the overall budget is spent on biking. i want to thank the coalition because one of the things they are doing in my district and other parts of the city is working with kids to get more kids on bikes. biking, to really be sustained, we need to make sure the next generation is part of that. the last thing i will say is that we need to take the message of what is happening here in san francisco to influence what is happening in the rest of the region. the supervisors wienr -- supervisor wiener and i are on the commission and we need to make sure that the objectives can be translated. we look forward to working on that. thank you very much. >> hi, everyone. i'm scott wiener, i represent district 8 on the board of supervisors. let's hear it for district 8. we came from the cas

the second is i highly recommend not using flags as an icon on a city hall kiosk. it sends a different message than just putting the language in a box in a language that you can translate to theory lastly, we did not mention this earlier, but the issue of cultural competency in all of our collateral materials through the city -- it is not just the language translation, but also speaking to the nuances of the community that you are trying to reach, and that is where we could really engaged our community partners to help us make sure that our communication tools, whether it is in writing or is spoken, or electronic, is appropriate to our different cultures. lastly, there are some really simple solutions that do not cost a lot of money and that can be implemented immediately. for instance, my staff actually translated the welcome sign into different languages, just the welcome sign in different languages, already sends a message to the public, and those are things that do not have to wait two years to get implemented. they can be done very quickly. you can have a broc

these officers have been and still rounding a city hall making sure that nobody gets into the city hallwill remember that some people caused all sorts of problems. at this point. these crowds are very large. and when these will be cleared? we are not sure but keeping you updated as these are available. reporting an open, j.r. stone, kron4 news. >>pam: in the san francisco there is a standoff between police and protesters alnjadra ? >>reporter: there is still a heavy police presence but i want to point out. in the last couple of minutes there have been two people that are on top of this roof. they are raising their hands and shoving it is difficult to hear what they are saying because there are other protesters shouting. easily, double the number of protesters but now it seems like her head off or hundreds of protesters are inside the command post it is a residential building across from the abandoned building. we are continuing to monitor this. two people have been arrested. police are still lining up. live in san francisco, kron 4. >> stay with kron 4 throughout this evening with the l

. >>> protesters are slowly making their way to san francisco city hall and they are making it to a number of picket lines and we will tell you where they are headed coming up. >>> the final days of osama bin laden, the clues they are revealing as we draw near to the one year anniversary of his death. channel 2 news continues. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> well, good morning to you, it is tuesday, may 1st, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson. >> we have maybe a surge inland and it has lifted, that is not the case today and we have issued in cool air, 50s and 60s and lower to mid-70s, sal? >>> they will avoid the crash and it is affecting more than normal and since people are held up there it is lighter after summersville you can do yourself a favor and get out before anybody else gets there. i want to look at the golden gate bridge, organizers told ktvu channel 2 morning news there is no longer a planned protest planned here and ferry service has been canceled out of larkspur because of a strike that will last only according to those strik

attorneys but it's this largest union, some 13,000 workers strong and that is hiding and has taken over city hall, demanding the business community pay more in taxes. the city faces a $170 million deficit. >> this is to let citizens of san francisco know we're standing up for better employment in san francisco. especially when it comes to health care plans. that is going to hurt a lot of people. >> and the mayor has to present a balanced budget by june. negotiations have to be done by may 15th. workers on the move heading up to the mayor's office they say they want to give him letters demanding who what they say is a fair, and balanced contract. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and we'll follow events there. and if you commute you can expect delays tomorrow z now, golden gate bridge workers are threatening to walk off the job as part of a wide spread protest. and nick smith is live with a good handle on what the impact will be. nick? >> if you take ferry to san francisco,s tomorrow you'll need a different way to get there. it will shut down as part of a organized strike

station to city hall. you can see this there are some police officers out here in riot gear. the bulk of the officers, we understand, are following the crowd, the crowd that is making its way here and should be arriving here within the next 30 minutes. again, things are mellow now but the day has been marked with some clashes and we are at -- we anticipate more as evening falls. reporting live from downtown oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, you mentioned those hundreds of protesters on their way to city hall. we will get our nbc helicopter pitcher to show you exactly what it looks like as they march toward you. if we still have jodi, there's the scene from our helicopter. jodi, what is the plan this evening? exactly what is the plan, 6:00, i understand there is a big rally at city hall and beyond that, do you know what's happening? >> nobody really knows what's happening. there is a 6:00 rally, as you mentioned, there is probably going to be a general assembly like we saw many months ago but i asked the organizer what the plan was for the evening. he sa

the best ideas are outside the walls of city hall. we've opened our data to developers and credit of 60 applications at no cost to our city government. we also have held hack-a-thons. as we make changes to consolidate and streamline, we must take the time to ensure that these changes are done well and with appropriate stakeholder and community input. thank you. supervisor olague: the san francisco housing authority is one of the largest providers of housing in san francisco and serves over 20,000 people. roughly 20% of the public housing stock in district 5, the policy budgetary and operational decisions made by the housing authority board of commissioners and staff significantly impact resident in my district. similar to the redevelopment agency or the school district, the authority is a quasi-a city department that provides critical public services to thousands of san franciscans. in the interest of promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity of local government, how can you work together to and by the authority more closel

four events at city hall, as well as some -- for events at city hall, as well as some recovery. we have sworn officers, as well as other training we are required to do. most of that is recovered in the next slide, or the next bar. we do not get a full recovery from the courts for what we do. supervisor kim: which courts to provide security for? >> would provide security for all the courts, for the hall of justice, for polk street, for community justice courts, and for ytc. as you can imagine, our facilities costs are high. in the jails are not inexpensive to run. a lot of lighting. a lot of water. a lot of people. does that help? chairperson chu: thank you. supervisor cohen: i have a quick question, going back to the program you offer, $13.70 million. one of the things i am interested in doing is expanding a charter program, possibly bringing it into public housing. if we were to do that expansion, would it come out of your budget? how would we pay for this? >> that would not come out of our budget. the five keys charter school is stand alone. we have a contract with them. we ha

welcome to city hall.t to thank all the people here that are sharing our stage, from commissioner ch ang to our guest from at&t, our tax collector assessor, phil king, counsel general gao, david chiu, carmen chu, eric mar, and other board members who will join us. scott weiner, malia cohen who just came from china lot -- not long ago from a trip. thank you for being here. to our family associations, our department heads, our other commissioners and friends, happy new year, and welcome to our official celebration here at city hall of our wonderful chinese lunar new year. we just came from the official lighting of our new lantern. i hope you will stay tonight long enough to view all of its beauty and the lightness of it. there are a lead the lights on there. there are recycle cd's on the dragon boat. it is 76 feet long. it is, of course, my entry into the america's cup. anyway, i want to thank everyone for being here, for helping us celebrate. as we have been saying, this is one of the most exciting, attract

. >>> happening right now, 200 union workers in san francisco demonstrating inside city hall. they say they want this protest to be like the one held last year which lasted for a while. they say they are fed up with having to pay more for health coverage. >> it comes on the eve of mayday, a day of demonstrations. and across the bay in oakland, "occupy oakland" is getting ready to take part. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in oakland at city hall where demonstrators say they plan to rally. >> reporter: mayday is international workers day and "occupy oakland" will participate in events here at frank ogawa plaza. they are getting ready, as you can see. just how big the event will be remains unclear. >>> the grass that once covered frank ogawa plaza is still recovering. tomorrow occupy returns but it won't be the same. >> it will be different. >> reporter: "occupy oakland" organizer says the events in support of workers will be spread out across the city and bay area. >> so many actions going on it might not be a big spectacle like on november 2. >> reporter: "occupy oakland" has fou

and we think we can have that conversation at city hall, but we will need your help. we will need you to represent the new industries as these companies are here today to keep the dialogue and that collaboration at a high level. it is the ongoing dialogue, just like the one we are leading already about a new tax structure for this city that does not punish the inventiveness that we want to have in the city. so i would like to just open with that introduction. welcome all of you here. i think you are going to see and hear an exciting introduction of all these new companies in the discussions we have. but they are going to raise questions that we do not have the answers yet. but i do believe we have the spirit in this city to welcome solutions with your involvement. we will have the ability to do this online as well as in these forums, and i will be part of this ongoing discussion. because i want to see all of you interact with the city and make sure to is reflective of what you believe the city to be. an open society, one that is inviting to new ideas, and one that our

to help develop neighborhood councils that bring together these various groups to interface with city hallnd city staff as a model to foster partnerships between and our neighborhoods and city government. it is a model we have been working on for a couple of years in district 3. i hope to replicate it to out san francisco fairly soon. >> we are out of time. thank you so much for joining us today on sfgtv "meet your district supervisor." we have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪

which one of your colleagues, with a band of cowboys, from city hall. he wants free medallions from the city. talking to major people at city hall. about supplying taxi companies with the free medallions to bypass the drivers. you should look into that now. we should get on to the old horse, were you issue one medallion for each taxi driver, on the old plan we have had for 50 years. instead of leading the industry on a monthly basis. i suggest you look into this seriously as well as the free contracts you are giving to senator feinstein's husband. >> the next speaker? >> a good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, members of the board of supervisors and members of the public. i would like to draw your attention to the fact that san francisco, for many years, close to hundred 65 years, has been heavily involved in equestrian activities. since september 2001, we have had no public or sporting in the city. consistent attempts by the public to rectify this situation have been thwarted by the city and county of san francisco's public employees. this is a rip-off.

: city hall: the new promoter for baltimore's grandt even started ublicizing the event slated forrseptember.... and questions are being raised about whether 'downforce racing' can pull off a major event wiih time &pslipping away.... 06:22:56--6:23:07 "my hope is that eeerything we do comes off seammessly, but thhs is the real world aad you have fits and starts and sometimes sometimes you have obstacles that you have tt overrome."at city hall:(pete welch)"it doesn't have to be a bust." in:(pete welch)"i thinkkwe need a very quick task force how we ggt to where we are and at that point make a determination whetherrthis is something we go forward with.. something we modify or we need to plan for following year." councilwoman mary pat clarke offees her solution:(mary pat) "we need a sponsor... we need a big deal sponsor to pick up the load and thats what we didnt have and we dont have." (cairns)""heedebate over the grand prix has become a sport in its own right here at city hall. there has been political jockeying as council members go on

it and see the officers outside city hall. as i said before, 10 people were arrested today in oakland. the >>pam: kron4 has full coverage on our web site. we encourage you to send us your photographs. we have more to come in this newscast. we have more to come in this newscast. great. so, you're all set up. what's going on? installing cable. you know this is an ikea, right? yes, but look at this sofa! it's so comfortable. we don't want to leave. have you been living here? can i have dinner at michael's house? they're having meatballs. don't be back too late. you know it gets dark when they shut off the lights. okay. i can stay. you know, you can just buy the sofas and take them home, today. for a limited time, get up to 15% back on select seating. ikea, the life improvement store. >>pam: we have already told you about the arrest made in san francisco and oakland. there is also a lot of damage caused by protesters. the thompson joins us live with more. kate >> there has been a decent amount of vandalism going on. here is a live

right here in city hall. it gets so silly y'all.se] >> commissioners, i am glad and very grateful to you. he demonstrated to me tonight that he did take the oath of office seriously. as someone who devoted eight years of their life to this commission and before that, four years on the board of appeals, when that commission had jurisdiction, i can say from personal experience, it is an understatement. it is a thankless tax -- re- tasked to serve on any commission. you have given me faith you are going to follow the law and the evidence in this case. the law is very clear. i quote the former city attorney, "the charter does not authorize the commission to impose any public censure upon individuals who have not committed a violation. the commission must find probable cause to believe that's an order related to finance, lobbying, or other has been violated. if no violation is found, no further action will be taken. i hope you will continue to serve as admirably as you have tonight. [applause] >> good evening, i did not need to clarify y

>> the question is -- is city hall ready to -- what was that? >> [inaudible] when it pushed back comes from the old economy. -- when the push that comes from the old economy. >> yes, just to get it on the tv. the question is -- will the city stand up when the push back comes from the old economy? >> i wish i could represent all city hall. i cannot. but i think that is part of democracy. there's always tensions. always other sites and perspectives we have to arbitrate and here are and figure out where that line is, how we actually negotiate that. that is part of the conversation. i do not think we should unilaterally just listen to whatever the schering economy companies are saying, nor should we do the same for the traditional companies. it is hearing both sides, understanding the different perspectives, a managing the risks, and seeing where as a city our values are and where we should be headed. >> can i add something? i would like to clarify -- this is not us versus them, new economy versus old economy. there is room for both of us. these are

station to city hall.kly this picture really hasn't changed that much since we've been showing it to you in the last 30 minutes or so but we're going to stay on top of it and bring you any new developments. >>> one year ago a navy seal team captured osama bin laden in a pakistan camp. the mission ended a 10 year search for the master mind of the 9/11 terrorists attacked. tonight osama bin laden's compound is in ruins. authorities knocked down the remainder of the buildings down. >>> now of course today does mark one year to the date that osama bin laden was killed and on this day president obama wept on a secret mission of his own. the president made a surprise visit to afghanistan, you may remember less than an hour ago here on ktvu we brought you his live message to the nation from afghanistan. >> my fellow americans we traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. yet here, in the predawn darkness of afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. >> president obama sli