it's been great to have you. >> next, councilmember kostanian. >> i'm not good at speeches. all i have to say is that you have been up lifting to people that you have worked with throughout the years. i really liked this committee and we got a lot accomplished there. it was because of you that everything was well done. thank you. it's been an honor and privilege to know you. >> thank you. >> then we have councilmember harriet wong. >> thank you for your dedication to your work and trying to play games while educating us on your building codes. i was here for that. we really look forward to your report in the future so please come back and visit us and thank you. it is a really great honor to know you. >> just to say the presentations here have been a great thing to have here not just for us as councilmembers but others swem. a -- as well. a lot of times you pass the playgrounds and facility, you don't even notices and of course it should be there but i guarantee you as being a transplant here from the midwest, it's not everywhere and it's been a beacon of light from other mu

councilmembers have any questions, comments? councilmember lara? >> thank you for being able to tie in what plow shares does and thank you for telling a little bit more about your personal story. this topic is one that i'm glad we took an advantage and opportunity to focus this entire meeting, but what i get from all three presentations that this is a conversation that needs to be happening continually. thank you for swords plow shares has a presentation to find ways to reintegrate and bring those fully to integrate into organization. thank you, kevin. >> other councilmembers? >> councilmember senhaux? >> i want to piggy back with her and thank you for being here and when you talk about your job and your experience. when you talked about veterans disability, there seems to be more education in the employers perspective for how they see a veteran so they can be educated to not only accommodate them and not necessarily to out rule them that they can't be part of society and working. i appreciate you are focusing on that aspect which is a barrier, the

councilmember harriet wong? >> perhaps in terms of social events, social connections for veterans, last year the san francisco veterans lions club was formed and they have had a tremendous growth in their club. so if anyone wants to google, i think her name is los os -- latonia humming bird. she will connect you with activities. lions is worldwide and we serve our communities and people. >> wonderful. >> i would like to make one last comment. it's latonia dixon. she's very active in the community. >> thank you very much. >> with that, we will adjourn for a a >> next item. information item. recommendation for employers highering veterans. if you want to hold public comment to ensure that all three presentations. if anyone would like to make a comment. so we can recognize you. >> good afternoon. my name is christopher dame. workforce liaison for plow shares as well as my experience as a swords client. i transitioned out of the military january 2012. i went to school, i had a family. in fact let me preface that by

moving forward discussion item councilmember comments and announcements. item 14. >> for once we have nothing to say. >> i would just like to go ahead and let everyone know about the current advocacy efforts being under taken by the advocates of the independent living resource center in san francisco. one particular is here in the audience, vona hensley is the sunshine advocate and independent living council program. if you would like to know more about i lrsc about the advocacy and model cars. please get in touch with her. >> to the chair, i hope you can stay after the meeting to join us for some cake in honor of john paul scott and derek zarda. >> that put a smile on my face. item 15, adjourn. thank you for co

councilmember harriet wong? >> perhaps in terms of social events, social connections for veterans, last year the san francisco veterans lions club was formed and they have had a tremendous growth in their club. so if anyone wants to google, i think her name is los os -- latonia humming bird. she will connect you with activities. lions is worldwide and we serve our communities and people. >> wonderful. >> i would like to make one last comment. it's latonia dixon. she's very active in the community. >> thank you very much. >> with that, we will adjourn for a short break. we'll be back in 10 minutes, thank you.

councilmember, successfully, pushed the bill through final passage. >>> 10-3. >>> it requires them to shovel their sidewalks. >>> there's things, and $25, if the city clears it. >>> the bill is more straight-forward, 24 hours after snow stops falling, and they can start ticketing violators. >>> maintaining the public policy, that lots should be cleared. >>> since it was first introduced, it has been amended. instead of finds, homeowners, will face a flat $25 fine, and, business owners, $150. >>> it's not unreasonable to shovel the sidewalk. i think it's important. >>> others find the fines unfair. >>> just to be fined for that. there's so many taxes in place. >>> it will take effect next winter and, the legislation would give enforcement authority, voted against it. >>> seniors and, disabled, would be exempt, and, councilmembers, graham and berry say it is unenforceable. >>> he won't say, whether he will sign the bill. >>> still, it appears there's enough support to, override any possible veto. >>> all right. >>> perhaps that's a possibility of that being tested this week. >>> yeah, i

agenda item no. 13, correspondence agenda item no. 14, councilmember comments and announcements. item 15, adjourn. >> thank you. today as we continue the discussion with people on disabilities and employment to focus on bettering employment on disabilities it's important how to keep in mind how the two are connected. veterans returning from vietnam war had acquired disabilities. the anti-kwar movement gave rise to the disability rights movement in the 70s and veterans disabilities often crossed the threshold between the two communities and veterans got lost. soldiers returning from the recent conflicts, many of them with visible disabilities remind us that the connection is there and veterans with disabilities are still members of the disability community and part of the struggle for equal rights and community integration. on a personal note i'm very happy that one of our councilmembers was able to organize the event for today because this is a special time to be able to connect the two communities. >> moving now to information item no. 3 before we get to the presentations, publi

councilmember senhaux? >> i want to thank you for being here. your presentation was very impressive. i thank you for sharing parts of yourself and struggles that you went through with your family. i think that you are amazing not just from what you have been through but sitting here with your knowledge and experience not only from a disability perspective. you look at concerns from an employer and client from someone that has been through the services and you see this from both ends and how you approach and look at things and look at the clients and set them up for success. too often we don't see people in key positions who have the full scope of understanding from a visual perspective and i like how you appreciated reasonable accommodations for a veteran and non-veterans. i congratulate you on your job. thank you. >> thank you for coming here and sharing your experiences. i had a couple of questions. this happens with any speaker coming from a different sector of society. you mentioned disability rating. could you speak a little bit more about

he was a mayor here for 16 years and a councilmember for 16 years. he has been here at this building probably longer than any other political figure and his losses certainly a morning here today. black ands draped in council staffers are busy preparing a place for marion layy's body to eventually in state. up greens ofing

city councilmember sam liccardo. versus dave cortese, who sits on the santa clara county board of supervisors. here are the latest numbers. 51 percent for look cargo 49% for corti's kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose with dave cortese supporters. rob. evidently they are having some problems of the software at the registrar's office this evening the corti's supporters are hanging in there hoping for some good news in san jose corti's came and took the podium with the speech 11 months i stood before many of you when we kicked off the campaign and i did what i said i promised to do which is to meet people where they are with have i am standing for a city that will not ever vilify its employes again he is referencing at the public safety issue out here in san jose meanwhile here to marry it folks are standing around looking at at the screen for some good news continuing our team coverage. kron4's alecia reid is live in san jose with sam liccardo's supporters. alecia? well sam just talk to the hundreds of reporters

moving forward discussion item councilmember comments and announcements. item 14. >> for once we have nothing to say. >> i would just like to go ahead and let everyone know about the current advocacy efforts being under taken by the advocates of the independent living resource center in san francisco. one particular is here in the audience, vona hensley is the sunshine advocate and independent living council program. if you would like to know more about i lrsc about the advocacy and model cars. please get in touch with her. >> to the chair, i hope you can stay after the meeting to join us for some cake in honor of john paul scott and derek zarda. >> that put a smile on my face. item 15, adjourn. thank you for coming. see you at the next meeting in january. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san fr

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councilmember marion barry is back in the hospital tonight. the diagnosis has not been made public. >> a spokesperson said the 78-year-old was just not feeling well. marioner d.c. mayor barry was admitted to the hospital thursday night. >> under the weather. you don't take anything for granted. he went to get things checked out. >> he has faced health challenges over the air, prostate cancer, diabetes, a kidney transplant, and two lazy hospital stays earlier this year because of a serious blood infection. serious hospital stays because of a blood infection. today, washingtonians were anxious to hear how he is feeling. >> i wish him well in healing. >> i hope and pray for a speedy recovery. barry's spokesperson emphasizes coming here was a precaution, but it is not clear how long he will remain in the hospital. the doctors say he is alert and resting. >> mayor barry is ok. >> he is still working from his hospital bed. he was excited to see his interview with oprah winfrey, scheduled to air this weekend. and the show will go on at his annual tur

jack evans is up there, marion barry, yvette alexander, the new councilmember from ward 1.oing to be coming out any second on the stage. this crowd has been waiting patiently. this contest was almost a non-contest. she's leading by 20% almost out of the gate, never relinquished that lead and proved herself to be a formidable campaigner, and if you followpo dc litics, you probably saw mureiel bowser grow as this campaign went iel bowser grow as this campaign went on. she started in the debate to get more specific with things she was going to do, a dc native, adrian fente protege, long-time community activist in ward 5, a product of parochial schools, early 40s, single, been living in ward 4 all of her life, homeowner. what else can i tell you about muriel bowser? you're going to hear a lot more about her. she's about to come out on this stage. >> once again, put your hands together for the next mayor of washington dc, muriel bowser! [cheering] . [crowd chanting] >> oh, my goodness. [crowd hollering] >> oh, my goodness. i think washington dc has spoken. and i want to thank yo

councilmember marion barry is in the hospital tonight. spokesman declined to reveal the nature of the illness, saying only that he checked into howard university hospital because he was not feeling well. is 78 suffered from a blood infection last year. he has also had a kidney transplant and survived prostate cancer. >> vice president joe biden backed out of meeting with the president of the u.k. -- of the ukraine. the secret service determined it was not a good idea after a crowd became unruly. the memorial was four people killed during past demonstrations. mr. biden visited a separate memorial earlier in the day. he is talking with leaders about recent elections. be closed next monday and tuesday in ferguson, missouri, as the cumulate waste the grand jury decision on asther to charge officer -- the cumulative awaits the grand jury decision on whether to charge officer michael brown. michael brown's father released a public service announcement asking for peace. >> destroying property is not the answer. no matter what the grand jury deci

councilmember marion barry was released from howard university hospital tonight. his spokesperson would not reveal the nature of the illness. he checked io the hospital thursday because he did not feel well. 78-year-old is reportedly feeling great tonight and looking forward to his scheduled interview with oprah winfrey on "where are they now" and taking part in his turkey giveaway next week. a child playing with matches is blamed for causing a fire that damaged for townhomes in gaithersburg. this happened on horizon run road. the 15-year-old boy is being credited with discovering the fire and alerting others to get out. nobody was hurt, but 13 people were displaced. turning to the weather, you will want to keep your light and heavy jackets for a roller coaster forecast. eileen whelan has the look. >> the temperatures will be all over the place, over a 30-degree temperature spread the next seven days. , 46 degrees atow reagan national, the breeze out of the south that eight. the wind chill 42 degrees. the southerly breeze will be warming us the next several days.

to councilmember is hoping reiterate a law that is rarely enforced. under the bill, hone owners get a warning for the first violation. if you -- if it happens again, you will get hit with a 25 dollar fine. business owners have a more severe penalty. you, we did speak to a few people, residents as well as council members here who say the ticketing in d.c. is getting out of hand. take a listen to a person he had the bill. the bill.d >> i think the argument is ridiculous. if you don't obey the speed fives or the cameras, whatever it is, it's a separate issue. have,s an obligation you each to each other in the community, to clear your walks. >> i am concerned about what going to happen. i am not sure it's really going to clean the sidewalks. so many of our properties are owned by distant corporations and individuals and llc's. it will just be chaos. be goodwill certainly practice for when it does snow this winter if it does go into effect. good headway for those that don't clean their sidewalks. jeanette, thank you. >> it is frustrating when it happens be

. >> councilmember sharp. >> yeah. i'll express my interest in perhaps of removing the deck on the top and the stair we'll drop it down to 34 feet fits in better with the height of the structures there are a number of floors incessant incessantly so long as their is light and air where the buildings can be brought in slithering i know you've matched the light wells to be respectful but whatever you can minimize the impacts with the neighbors that's fine the larger square footage doesn't bother me tests okay. it have larger bedrooms and baths it's if it's a little bit a larger than the square foot square footage but to try to work with the neighbors and with staff to try to make the facade soft fit in with the traditionally homes along the street and give it the feeling of a sort of a rustic sort of street those are the things i want to see. >> sxhefks. >> i think translating with commissioner president wu said was modest medians shorter and smaller those are like track homes in tracey they don't belong in our neighborh

. >> councilmember davis there's no other business before the board we are >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remission he had his port removed hose monopoly on the chemotherapy. this particular wish the parents wanted to wait until he had energy. i began assigning this wish with the family in march and started to understand the two miles how are we going to achieve that i made a bold statement into turning this into goth am city. it codify catapulted. so, now it

he continued had to win elections as the councilmember, and, was in-and-out of trouble. and he always maintained ties to youth, like his godson of 15 years. >>> i felt like i lost a part of me. and a father and, a friend and, my godfather. friends felt that way and, he had had a profound impact on their lives and, now he is no more. >>> just a real strange feeling, that he's not here. >>> his friends say one thing he was looking forward to was giving away turkeys, as he does every year, and, he won't be there to do it, but we're told, that they will have the turkeys as always, 3,000 of them, and thethey will be giving them to e needy in the name of marion barry. >>> sam ford. >>> tradition does continue and there's been an out pouring of tributes following his death,. >>> president barak obama was one of. leaders and, we spoke with vincent gray, who fought back tears, while expressing his shock of his passing. >>> i got a call from his -- communications director, and she said he died. >>> ordered city flags order at half staff and, working on the life ceremony and, wants

the reaps why m mc decided to secondly, it it will be a greater liability for money to take it councilmember their program 80s to rehab the building it's a significant sizeable property and it exceeds over 35 hundred square feet more or less so it would cost them a lot of money and really that money can better be spent in stabilizing the services they currently provide into investing the money into higher immensity the other way of commissioner bustos the m mc about bring 35 units on the market at the expels of one that will be sold in the open market to answer your question. >> thank you okay any other questions? >> i want to know if the mayor the mayor's office of housing has to say anything? good afternoon teresa mayor's office of housing of community development we're looking forward to the assignment of this particular loan to our jurisdiction so we can move forward with m mc in making that affordable housing possible at their 24th street site >> thank you. i move this. >> okay item has been moved by commissioner singh we have a second commissioner mondejar please call roll. >> commissi

. >> councilmember davis there's no other business before the board we are >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and exp

death of adcthe councilmember and mayor for life overnight at the age of 70 years old.y. this happened after barry had been released from howard university hospital on saturday and was said to be doing well. continuingwe're coverage on this situation. a quick update on the weather. 59, and then rain tonight, almost springlike temperatures tomorrow. >> thanks. continuing coverage on the passing of marion barry on abc >>> good morning, america, from the american music awards. get ready. dale. ♪ >> dale, which we learned means like good-bye? >> yeah, like done. >> so that is pitbull giving us a shoutout during rehearsals where tonight the amas, the american music awards, he's hosting for the second year in a row. coming up a preview of today's big show and only on "gma," the big name performing tonight. it's so big, i don't even know. >> only on "gma," only on "gma" paula faris will use the term dale in a sentence. >> don't know what it means. >>> also coming up, the camera loves as we all know angelina jolie but is the feeling mutual making surprising comments this mornin

told some folks, some small retailers and other in the retailing business approached some city councilmembers to see if they can get a hearing on some of their problems here. at this point, too early to tell if they have the political muscle to get the kind of traction they need in city hall. live in upper darby, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. >>> the philadelphia police identified one of three men wanted for a carjacking and abduction ending in germantown last week. this is omar johnson. he and two accomplices forcing two into the car. and the sunoco on west queen lane they withdrew cash from the account, getaway with about $4600. and call with tips on johnson's wheres about. >>> knowing more about the manhunt for killer eric frein and the total more than $11 million. $10.5 million foreperson he will costs. the around-the-clock search ran up nearly $7 million in overtime. he alluded police for more than 40 days after the ambush at the sit police barracks leading a trooper dead. he is held without bail. >>> dozens of cats euthanized in delaware after a kitten

we let the neighbors get together from a roofing contractor or architect and it stops the water councilmemberown between the buildings if there's an encroachment i would be surprised in tars a water daily on thelan the project started and the district inspector has been there no august which tells me the foundation he's been there for shear wall i don't think we've talked about the roof frame and a complaint filed in abe ugly to hide that was received on august 13th and abide that on august 19th and the building was according to the senior building inspector so i don't think i've missed anything if you have questions i'll be happy to answer them. >> so when the building comes out to a half an inch when it does the city is there a point the city gets 0 involved with the dbi. >> it goes through a civil progress i've dealt with those they're not nice we've probably to stop a project for that is cruel in my opinion i've also thought it but their existing building was in a position and they built up with the plumbing matter and half an inch over the property line that's unintentional it's a good t

president is absent public utilities commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda arrest councilmember sharp commissioner wilson is absent the vote is 3 to zero it's continued until november 12th and the permit holders revised drawings are due tomorrow by 4:00 p.m. >> i think we're going to take a short break. >> week to the san francisco board of appeals i see the appellant for the next case our attorney is not not room do we need to - okay. are the representation for the permit holders here i'm calling item 7 abc 14101 and 4 on filbert street maria vs. the department of building inspection with the planning approval protesting the, llc of an alteration permit to remove the illegal unit for a single-family home to connect orgs with a staircase with, llc of an alteration permit for kitchen remolds in the units one thousand with no structural work and locking the issuance of 2014 on, llc of a plumbing for a forced air furtherance we'll start with the appellants attorney you have 21 minutes if you need to use them. >> i'll try to be faster on exhibit i filed a brief in june 26th or 2014

. >> reporter: councilmember sam liccardo says shaming the man might work just as well. >> i think the important thing is to simply ensure that whoever this person is, they know that they are being watched and i think certainly media attention is a good thing in that regard. >> reporter: there is no drone- specific law in san jose, but san jose police say if they catch up with this guy, they will go after him with an ordinance that prohibits flying remote-controlled aircraft in a public park. in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> as ebola continues to hit west africa, scientists and engineers at four universities add research centers including cal berkeley are meeting today to brainstorm ways technology can help in the crisis. researchers at uc-berkeley are looking at possible ways vobots may be deployed to fight ebola. >> the great thing about a robot is you can then basically keep people out of harm's way. >> reporter: robots could help diagnose patients as well as help with clean-up and decontamination although there's one major obstacle to overcome. >> most robots have wheels

rating we're going to look at the data when we looked at it by how often people use muni you see councilmember krekorian people that use muni less often rate it higher than our regular users i'll say this as well is something that we've seen on other satisfaction studies we've conducted open the mta and the golden gate you see the folks that see your service the most notice it trip purpose i see there people that use the service for things other than work or school rate overall satisfaction for highly and time sensitivity goes into this and the other one you don't see the clipper and cash options we were not seeing a difference between the groups in addition to the overall satisfaction we asked about a number of specific attributes we use the excellent good or important poor among the attributes is there a rank order so accessibility with persons with disability 79 percent said mta is doing a good job and helpfulness 67 percent and frequency of service 59 percent reliability and half saying it's no good all the way to the bottom 31 percent say that crowding and managing on vehicles that rates

. >> councilmember sharp. >> i have a question on the motion and also for representative arrest part of the agreement includes the reduction to 16; is that correct? >> yes. >> okay. so the motion then would include that number as the number being approved and yes and that's fine. >> okay. if that's part of the motion sounds like i'm flavor of it and look back in 6 months and make finding that speak to the situation regarding the conditions that have been agreed on. >> commissioner richards. >> so in 6 months we come back and everything is great and can we have a - and excuse me. david lindsey the motion as a reads right now is up to 20 i believe so if you wanted to change it. >> why don't we do 167 for the first 6 months and when we come back to the report why not make it 20. >> it would have to be a new ccii process they'll have to go through the process again. >> i'm cool with it going up to 20. >> and the community agreement can reduce it to 15 and a. >> i'm looking to ms. adams. >> the motion will include that up to 20 we can make an agreement with the neighbors to reduce it to 1

councilmembers voted to cover the cost of a week of events leading up to super bowl 50 in 2016. the money would be used for costs sponsors don't pay for. it would come from the capital projects reserve and not the general fund. activities include a parade, fireworks, food festival and pep rally. >>> the wishing tree has returned to eureka street between 21st and 22nd. it started in 2011 when the creator decided to bring a little. >> to people's lives during the holiday. hundreds of people have since left wishes from a pet to more rain and even a wish for mom and dad to stop fighting. sweet idea. >>> fitness trackers are supposed to help you get healthy so why are some users getting rashes. michael finney is here with an exclusive report on this tonight. >> i have been reporting about the popular fit bit force and the rash it can cause. the company just released a new version they said would be safer, but already the irritation is back. why is the cause a secret? >> and a little boy with very big plans. the inspiring way he is helping other kids on and off the court. >> i am sand

councilmembers voted to cover the cost of a week of events leading up to super bowl 50 in 2016. the money would be used for costs sponsors don't pay for. it would come from the capital projects reserve and not the general fund. activities include a parade, fireworks, food festival and pep rally. >>> the wishing tree has returned to eureka street between 21st and 22nd. it started in 2011 when the creator decided to bring a little. >> to people's lives during the holiday. hundreds of people have since left wishes from a pet to more rain and even a wish for mom and dad to stop fighting. sweet idea. >>> fitness trackers are supposed to help you get healthy so why are some users getting rashes. michael finney is here with an exclusive report on this tonight. >> i have been reporting about the popular fit bit force and the rash it can cause. the company just released a new version they said would be safer, but already the irritation is back. why is the cause a secret? >> and a little boy with very big plans. the inspiring way he is helping other kids on and off the court. >> i am sand