i'm extremely proud to be heading up this very complicated city. [laughter] one that does not let me sleep very much, but certainly it -- i have said this in many cases, just literally these eight weeks i have fallen in love with this city even deeper because it is such a wonderful place to be. every community i visit, every corridor that we walk together, it fascinates me house on many other people who live and work here -- but even those who don't -- just love this city and they do what they can to make sure that it is running well. it is very natural that as i am thrust with the responsibility of being mayor, that i look for talent, and i think a lot of the talent is with the women of san francisco. [applause] it has been my pleasure, of course, to have been an employee of this wonderful government some 22 years now. but to take you back, i had the pleasure of serving another mayor some years ago, one who taught me a lot of things. one of the things that i recall back in the late 1990's, the early 2000 tossed it was when i was the director of pub

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. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs and america, live from mexico's capital city to look at this complicated country. we have a picture of surprising economic optimism, but we also have alarming violence. five years ago, the government launched a war against the drug cartels. drug-related killings have risen, and now in this election year, security is the prime concern of mexico. we have this story. >> of the mexican army has been fighting drug gangs for five years. the mexican people are paying the price. 50,000 have been killed in the war against the cartels. and many mexicans are asking if the price is too high. 3000 or killed in drug-related violence. since president calderon launched an attack on the gangs, the numbers have risen. with trouble spots at ciudad de juarez. she was hounded out by the drug gangs. her sin, being a journalist who wrote an article the drug cartel didn't like. they threatened to kill her and her children. mexico is currently one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. this is just one story of many. is it time for a new approach? i asked a man

complicated. this is something that moves the city forward on the 20% by 2020 and has the support of the building owners, and we have done early at reach to help create this legislation. these are people who are responsible for looking at the commercial sector of downtown san francisco, and to have their input on this was very valuable. this legislation could not have been created as well without the support of the san francisco by coalition. i want to thank mark for his work on this, and the director -- and of course the members -- a couple of them are here today as well. i have a lot of females from the members who are very excited about this legislation going forward. i am happy we have the opportunity to move this forward today. we have several co-sponsors for the ordinance. supervisors kim, campos, and olague has expressed that she will be a supporter as well, a co-sponsoring. david chu is also a co- sponsored. for this radical piece of legislation. with no other comments from committee members, we can go to public comment. >> managers association of san francisco and in -- we represent the

city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organizationtook it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now. the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an eight

that goes up and down depending on how long the meetings are, how long the deputy city attorney to be here, how complicated, whether there are new items that are before the board that require research or complex matters, so i think it is important to keep a cushion in that number. i do think there is room for reductions. i think that, as the economy begins to improve, we will see an uptick in that utilization. we want to keep that in mind. i do feel comfortable if we were able to reduce that line item by $45,000. my second recommendation would be to apply the rate of inflation to the surcharge rates if the reduction in the city attorney's work order is not feasible to reduce with enough to cover the operating expenses increased. the rate of inflation minimizes the impact on the public. if we use cpi, we're looking at a rate of 3%, and if we apply that to the current surcharge structure, no rate would go up more than $1. that could generate an additional $30,000 in surcharge revenue if we keep the surcharges the same as they are now. i think those two recommendations, could generate enough revenue for us. i

i have never seen a city deal as well with the complicated history or any place. here's the 16th street baptist church. you see the sign up there, top right. this is in the middle of the demonstrations. this is during the children's march. when the children's march started because all of the kids gathered in the church and then came down the stairs to the park across the street. kelly ingram park. here's the church again today. so you see the white church, this is a different part of town. this is the southside baptist church. this is the white church. big enough? it's like a city block, right? here's another one. you can't quite see the whole thing, but you see that dome? this is the sanctuary. this thing with the enormous dome on it. so here's kelly ingram park which didn't have any signs back in 1963. it's been completely relandscaped. so this is on one corner right across from the church. and those words are pretty cool, right? place of revolution and reconciliation. it's not enough just to be a place of revolution. when they end up chopping the heads off the

city or town represents the executive branch of local government. motion to second to approve recommendations of staff. please vote. the role of the mayor of riverside is both complicated and simple. you're involved in chairing meetings and being the official spokesperson for the city. in addition to the kind of formal things, i try to see problems, get people who can make some difference ing them together and say, "let's do something about this." [ narrator ] the city council makes the laws that govern the city. they represent the legislative branch of government similar to congress on a national level. i'm having some concern, not feeling comfortable about... what our long-range plan is at the sewer plant. what we'd like the opportunity to do is to review the report, have the different departments look at it and come back with the council in the second week of february. [ narrator ] in this city, like many others a city manager administers the services the city provides. i work for the mayor and city council. they're the elected representatives. and they hire me to operate the city on a day-to-day basis providing services to the citizen. all the way from water, sewer

city. russia's attempt to broker a deal has been complicated. our middle east editor reports. >> it is not letting up. more shelling, more burning, more killing. but for the time being, the regime it is firing in. the rebels call themselves the free army have no weapons and no real answer. there is a determination to fight. conditions are worsening for the civilians. they are running out of bread and taking risks to get it, according to one of the few reporters there from the bbc. >> very bravely, he drove to another part. something described as a suicide mission because you have to drive through an area that takes a lot of sniper fire. despite that on the way there and on the way back. it really is becoming that difficult here. >> in damascus, a visit from the russian foreign minister. syria is a bitterly divided country. there is one set and other groups that backed his view that the regime is all that stands between them and the rebellion. one person representing russian government that is the most important ally of president faÇade -- assad.

don't think enough communication on this very comprehensive project, the city doesn't have a good track record of getting the complicated project done. i am not sure i completely agree with that characterization. >> one of the things i wanted to bring to the board's attention was that there was an m l u m place since 2009 to work closely together. we believe there is always room for better communication so of course we want to work collaborative lee and continue on in that direction. any advice or recommendations, we will take to heart. we believe we have been working collaborative lead over the last 15 months. could we do a better job? probably. i am all for that. and definitely support that. can i address a few other things that supervisor kim mentioned? she mentioned that motorola was proprietary in getting this. we can't change to got the grant. the three bay cities did not apply for the grant. one of the reasons we didn't was because at that time, you needed to come up with a match. that all happened before i was in this position. i do know that motorola has made a number of concessions during our negotiations, inc

a complicated crash northbound 95. at 7100. delays out of dale cityare of. back to you. >> thank you. doug hill is standing by. >> looks ok out there. >> a quiet winter morning. clear skies, the trees where they should be for this time of february. next couple days look pretty good. chesapeake beach and northern calvert county looking east across the bay beautiful sunrise in a little while. 7:07 for the sunrise. 32 degrees at chesapeake beach. below freezing to the north and west of the city. 27 in gaithersburg, 24 in hagerstown 30 in winchester. if the above freezing in quantico at 35. 32 degrees in fredericksburg, 33 in the city. futurecast takes us through the day, filled with sunshine. tomorrow a little action, a little disturbance coming, a cold front will increase clouds tomorrow night and set us up for the possibility of light snow or wintry mix. looks good as far as winter weather, because cold air is coming for the weekend. today, topping out in the 40's. through the next seven days, it will be up and down. near 50 tomorrow with sunshine. inc

the city of seattle has switched from september to august because of the complications of having a september election. before we go down the path of adding yet another election, especially one that takes place in september, lead to more carefully analyze what it would mean for the department of elections and what it would mean for san francisco voters. it's especially important for us to look at how some communities could be impacted by low turnout in september. there's a concern that in some communities, some minority communities, communities of color, turnout in september would be significantly lower. there are many issues that i think need to be discussed and one of them involves the an administrative challenges that will be imposed on the department of elections if we have to add yet another election to the roster of responsibilities they have. i think the debate can go on and on and i know there are different perspectives. i respect the intent behind the proposals that have been put forward, but i do believe the system we have in place is a system that works and a revised system along t

city designers and planners to get permit. >> the permit process is lengthy and complicated. and by the third or fourth time we went back, the students were proudly standing up happily answering all the questions from the different commissioners. >> reporter: suddenly public speaking wasn't so scary for brenda. >> i feel more confident now, more comfortable. >> reporter: gail and her husband larry founded forwords in 2007 after the death of their daughter katie who is painted in the mural. katie wanted disadvantaged young people to have a good education. forwords is teaching 450 children to read, write and speak english well. for many, english is their second language. raquel saunders of the canal alliance says gail is equipping students to break their family's cycle of poverty. >> it's the first step to having something that is tangible for them to really have them believe in themselves and see they can go to college. >> reporter: they have mentors at the canal alliance, san rafael high and helms middle school in richmond and provides support for teachers. students take prid

city. amid the violence and syria's isolation, russia's's bid to broker a diplomatic solution looks complicated. >> the pressure on the area held by armed rebels is not letting up. more shelling, burning, killing. the regime's tanks are standing off and firing then. the rebels who call themselves the free army have no heavy weapons and no real answers but there snipers and determination to fight seemed to be deterring the attempt to send in ground troops. conditions are worsening for the civilians. the are running out of bread and taking risks and to get it. >> the man who usually drives the bodies and the injured come out very briefly drives to another part of homs. he drove over a sniper position. he was fired at on the way there and on the way back. >> in damascus, supporters of president assad turned out for a visit by the foreign minister. syria is a bitterly divided country. the president's supporters back his view that the president is all that stands between them and terrorists. by chinaa veto backed at the u.n. security council resolution took a lot of pressure off of the president. mr

complicated. he is not complex. he is a lacrosse player." lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the city of annapolis is mourning the loss of its former mayor, dennis callahan. he passed away this morning after suffering a heart attack at his home. he was elected mayor of nablus in 1985 and served until 1989. flags have been ordered to fly at half staff until mr. callahan is laid to rest. -- he was elected mayor of annapolis. he was 70 years old. >> two people are recovering after an accident in southwest baltimore. investigators say the officers in the the officers suffered minor injuries when his cruiser had a cold or around 7:30 tonight. a civilian was also hurt in the accident -- when his cruiser hit a pole around 7:30 tonight pit a deadly head-on crash in baltimore county around 4:00 this afternoon. police say one person was ejected from a vehicle when the cars collided in perry hall. another person was taken to hospital in serious condition. police have not confirmed if the weather was a factor. >> we are not in the clear just yet. shelton dutes is live in north baltimore with what

there are some writes about the city retains to terminate, and those have to be fairly extreme in nature. the payment stream is a little bit complicated. there is a base minimum guarantee of $63,000 per year. there is an initial bonus payment of $30,000 made during the initial execution of the permit, amortized over an initial term, and then there is a percentage, 35% of any net over $180,000 per year that they might receive from advertisers, and then there is a tiered system we created, where in the course of negotiations, we learned that the elimination rights to the board were not documented to the degree that we thought they were, and in consultation with the planning department to see that the board does not have the right to be a eliminated, said there is no light at night. that $63,000 number i gave you is, perchance, the permittees should secure in the future the right to light to the board, the rate automatically bombs up -- bumps up over $100,000 per year, so we can capture that additional revenue we are not sure we will see that, but we wanted to condition this based on that. lastly, i should note that the prior agreement w

city. amidst this violence and the isolation by other states, assia's bid to broker diplomatic solution looks complicated to say the least. >> as the russian minister was flying into the mask is looking for a solution, and no sign of a respite for the people of homs. the government pledges to keep up its assault until they have defeated what they call the terrorists. -- as the russian foreign minister was flying into damascus looking for a solution. he was said to be carrying concrete solutions. the russians want president assad to speed up reform that he has been preparing but what the opposition says is too little, too late. both sides seemed willing to look keen and positive. >> he is in support of stopping the violence wherever it comes from. >> of the regime's definition of stopping the violence includes crushing any armed resistance. countries which supported the resolution on not waiting for the russians to pull a rabbit from the hat. france joined britain and other european countries and the u.s. and pulling their but ambassadors out of damascus. the gulf countries did the same and they spelled s

complicated piece of news comes amid. reports that both violent. and tried in a different country a different city go across. the country journal today reports from hama. allegedly trying to clean deployed around the city from the trying to. make clear but also receiving reports from homes where they reportedly. told high crime apparently why and maybe try again from the mosque to the capital damascus we're receiving reports about the literally searching the residential areas who paid for opposition members because we are right now selling. these. countries we have got sixty five. dollar are actually we've seen the ok so for example no car as we are asked to go. a lot of the country is actually already right now all these kind of random actually that's required some ability of police to go to a fundamental let me repeat here is that these people are asking for current coliforms and trying to go here a p right now we think unfairly. that's. her and i'm going to leave may. they be able to change the situation in trying to create hands and complicated in the last eleven months till the gases that. are pulled ac

city. b.r.d. still owes millions millions to vendors and taxpayers. >> everybody realizes that this type of event is challenging to put on. and they can be very fragile, economically. >> they're very complicated contracts because of everybody we affect. >> reporter: among the protections in down force's proposed new contract with baltimore, the city can work close -- more closely inspect the group's finances. down force will pay more fees to the city, making it more financially viable to them. and part of the cost will go to an account supervised by baltimore. taxpayers get their cuts up front. >> reporter: i think it's in the best interest for our local economy. the best interest in the city that we move forward but move forward without any risk to taxpayers. >> reporter: it will likely all come down to a vote by the city's board of estimates next wednesday. >> reporter: the mayor says the state comptroller is still working to get that money past organizers. oh. and new leadership the work to contract with last year's vendors. >> they understand what they're walking into, with respect to the vendors. and we're supporting the work they're going to do to try to work it -- it out. >> reporter:

they had to argue before the city designers and planners to get the permit. >> it's lengthy and complicated the third or fourth time we went back, the students were proudly standing up happily answering all the questions to the different commissioners. >> reporter: suddenly public speaking wasn't so scary for brenda. >> i feel more confident now. more comfortable. >> reporter: people walk by -- katie wanted disadvantaged young people to have a good education. >> if you can think about. >> reporter: they are teaching 450 children to read, white and speak english well. for many english is their second language. gayle is equipping students to break the family's cycle of poverty. it's the first step to having something tangible for them to really have them believe in themselves and have experience that leg college is something that they can obtain. >> reporter: the nonprofit hires teachers from bay area writing project to mentor students at the canal alliance, san rafael high and helms middle school and provide support for teachers. students take pride in writing and publishing their own books.