and partially because of this issue. >> reporter: the california coastal commission wants every single community along the coast to develop a managed retreat plan if you're in the coastal zone. and here in pacifica, the coastal zone means everything that's west of highway 1. all of these homes here out toward the ocean. the coastal it clear that the city try to avoid that the strategid are basically seawalls and protection barriers like that. and beach replenishment. >> reporter: it may not be that simple though. the city's local coastal plan has to be approved by the coastal commission, including senior engineer, lesley ewing. >> we can either let external forces take control over what's going on in california or we can start taking control of it to an extent ourselves. >> reporter: she points out what happened in pacifica after several el niÑo winters just three years ago. 30 feet of slough, apartment buildings included, came tumbling down into the ocean. >> that type of unmanaged retreat is something that i don't think anybody wants to see. >> reporter: ewing says seawalls will no l

in the alternative, supervisor mandelman for the north coast central seat on the california coastal commission. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisors peskin and mandelman made by supervisor around. roll call, please. [roll call] >> there are eight aye. >> colleagues -- seven. seven, yeah,. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? okay. it is adopted. madame clerk, please read -- i believe we are to the point where we will read the memorial is if we have any. >> mr. president, i have no in memoriam his to read tonight. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any other for the business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. >>> my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility. i was worried when we

in the alternative, supervisor mandelman for the north coast central seat on the california coastal commission. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisors peskin and mandelman made by supervisor around. roll call, please. [roll call] >> there are eight aye. >> colleagues -- seven. seven, yeah,. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? okay. it is adopted. madame clerk, please read -- i believe we are to the point where we will read the memorial is if we have any. >> mr. president, i have no in memoriam his to read tonight. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any other for the business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. . >> good morning. the meeting will come to order welcome to the may 9th meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services. i am the chair of the committee. we expect to be joined. our clerk is john carol. i want to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> please silence cell phones. your completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items today will appear on the m

. >> it's the fight between homeowners and the coastal commission.em to move? >> what do you want to see happen? >> it is our home. cars in a south bay neighborhood. >> this is a way

in the alternative, supervisor mandelman for the north coast central seat on the california coastal commission. >> can i have a motion to excuse supervisors peskin and mandelman made by supervisor around. roll call, please. [roll call] >> there are eight aye. >> colleagues -- seven. seven, yeah,. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? okay. it is adopted. madame clerk, please read -- i believe we are to the point where we will read the memorial is if we have any. >> mr. president, i have no in memoriam his to read tonight. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of the agenda. is there any other for the business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. >> my s.f. dove -- government t.v. moment was when i received a commendation award from supervisor chris daly. then we sang a duet in the board chamber. [singing] >> happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. happy anniversary to you. happy anniversary san francisco government t.v. anniversary, anniversary, happy 25th anniversary to you. anniversary to you. [♪] - working for the c

i have one job, it's called the coastal commission. oh, they're fun to deal with.f you're really good, you'll have your permits within 20 years, or not have them within 20 years. we vote no. wait a minute, we've been looking at these things for 20 years. we vote no. how about that? how about when you're looking at a permit, you've devoted millions and millions of dollars, and you go into that hearing, after years, and you have no idea if they're going to vote yes or no? and oftentimes, they vote no. so we're trying to end that. state and local regulations can easily add $200,000 to the price of a single home. and it's no surprise that in california, and i don't want to single them out, but they have a train going up now, you know, this fast train? you heard about this disaster? i mean, you people know how to build on time, on budget, preferably ahead of time and under budget, right? this is a train that's not working out so well. it's a fast train, but not a bullet train. so it's not that fast. and it was going to go from san francisco to los angeles. and then, a t

coastal flooding and serve as a member of the general assembly state water commission. i'm here today to paint a picture. a picture of the real impacts coastal flooding is having on our rural, suburban and urban areas of the commonwealth. our constituents are feeling the impacts already. one of the smallest localities matthieus accounts county has 9,000 people but has already suffered $$65 million loss of land value directly and indirectly due to flooding. the loss of land impacts not only impacts the property owners but means less tax revenue is available for critical public services such as police, fire and schools. i will also outline the challenges we face in mitigating effect of wert. the regulations that stand between property owners and ability to protect themselves and the innovative solutions being developed to address it. solution that is ultimately could be applied in any coastal region in the nation. we can all agree that the commonwealth's signature water quality protection legislation. the chesapeake day preservation act date back to the eight late 80s was

have the distinct pleasure of serving on the committee for coastal flooding and sir as a member of the general committee state water commission. i am here to paint a picture, a picture of the real impact coastal flooding is having on rural, urban areas of the commonwealth. one of the smallest localities in my district and in the commonwealth has just 9000 people but has already suffered $65 million loss of land values directly and indirectly due to flooding. loss of land impacts not only the property owners, it means less tax revenue is available for critical public services, such as police, fire, and school. outline the challenges we face them of the regulations that stand between property owners and their ability to protect themselves. and the innovative solutions being developed to address it, solutions that ultimately could be applied in any coastal region in the nation. we can all agree that commonwealth signature water quality legislation, the chesapeake bay preservation act, dating back to the late 1980's, was needed and is a responsible and significant improvement that have made over time to clean up our most importan

coastal areas is at risk. we are talking about billions of dollars and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people that are at risk. you're part of the global commissions bankrolled by bill gates, among others. but you're not the only part of the country at risk. we have had some of the worst wildfires we have seen to date in california, puerto rico has been devastated, huge areas of florida are at risk. are other republican mayors, like you, starting to sit up and pay notice? you cannot deny what is happening. i cannot sit in three feet of water in my financial district and pretend it is not happening. i am also the chair of the environment committee for the entire us conference of mayors, which set a national policy. which sets national policy. so i am now in a global commission, helping to set a global environmental policy, and adaptation policy, but i'm also on a national committee convincing mayors, really from both parties, this is not a partisan issue, this should not be a partisan issue. the president is making it a deeply partisan issue. i will read you his recent comments. "i think something is happening on climate change, i do not know that