when gavin newsom leaves for sacramento, right now the person is david chu. on january 8th, a newly elected board of supervisors could decide to elect a new president. and it gets more complicated because the so-called acting mayor only fills the role until the board appoints an interim mayor. one person who seems to have some support, but not a lot of interest in the job is former san francisco mayor willie brown. >> i don't think there is any citizen of the city that couldn't consider being the interim mayor or mayor of san francisco. it's probably the best job in the world. but that's not something i'm after, period. >> reporter: the job of mayor can be filled by anyone in san francisco who is at least 21 years old. but it requires six votes from the board of supervisors. and a few candidates appear to be emerging. state senator mark leno for one. he told me he would consider leaving sacramento to take the job, saying should it be the board's desire, i would be prepared to serve. tom ammiano is another one mentioned. he told the chronicle it would be diffi

. >> commissioner david chu. commissioner dufty. commissioner maxwell absent. >> thank you. please read item two. >> approval of minutes. >> public comment? public comment is closed. without objection, so moved. please read items 3 and 4. item three, chairs report. item four, directors' report. >> vercommissioner mirkarimi: very good. my comments are a breeze. there's never a dull moment in transportation. especially here in san francisco. the main focus of activity this month was the sustainable communities process, which is being led by the metropolitan transportation commission. this is essentially the local implementation of the legislative mandate. it is very important to demonstrate that local jurisdictions working in concert with regional agencies can turn that into real actions on the ground. there are many dimensions to this challenge, such as land use policy, transportation, and other infrastructure policy, and other key policies related to schools. these work together to determine where people are located. we are moving in the direction more closely integrating al

we have been joined by david chu, bevan dufty, carmen chu is in route. the clerk of the committee is erica cheng. we want to thank the s.f.gtv personnel covering this meeting. please call item two. >> item 2. approve the minutes of the october 19, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor campos: we have a motion. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take that without objection? please call item three. >> item 3. citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. supervisor campos: good morning. >> good morning. this morning, there are two items on your agenda from the cac. the first is action items 6, allocating prop k funds to the mta for the central subway utility relocation contract 2. cac members had quite a few questions on this item, and they were all answered by authority and sfmta staff. i will mention a couple of concerns. one member was concerned that the prop k funding for vehicle utility relocation could be at risk because it wa

while they consider potential candidates, david chu will take over. some of the other names are state senator mark leno and tom al mi anno. he might consider lef figure he can get post. it would be tough for him to leave for a temporary job. >>> president obama's drug czar is happy that proposition 19 did not pass. he said that the vote shows america cannot be affected by the spin of marijuana advocates. he thinks that voters saw through false promises. only a little more than half the voters rejected it, but he calls for the end of the war on drugs, however legalizing marijuana is not the answer. >> remember the strange and sad pictures of birds with beer cans around their necks? wild rescue is asking for donations to buy development that would help them catch the buries quickly. they want a $35,000 net lauc launcher. animal experts say with cold weather coming, the collars make the birds's lives miserable and will likely lead to their deaths. paper people want to update old laws to control new cell phone towers. a meeting is set for wednesday and th

progressives on the board told us they hope the -- meanwhile david chu has given instructions to begin formulating process to determine who will be selected for interim mayor. reporting live, david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. >>> stocks fell to their lowest level in a month as international financial concerns sparked a sell off. it began with the asian market and fears of an economic slow down in china. then the european union. at the closing bell the dow jones was down 178 points. the nasdaq dropped almost 44 points. >>> general motors ipo is creating so much buzz the company is now going to offer 113 million additional shares. an unnamed source tells the associated press the move will expands gm's initial public offering on thursday by 31%. the auto maker could raise $50 billion. a mighty fee for a company that was in bankruptcy just 16 months ago. american taxpayers will also get paid because they own 60% of the company as part of the government bail out. >>> health workers rallied in sacramento today calling for better security. the demonstration comes after the death of 54-year

president david chu says they will introduce an ordinance for collecting someone and mark leno is among those expressing interest. he will have one more remaining -- one more year remaining in sacramento. >>> the race for state attorney general is still too close to call. district attorney steve cooley is ahead of kamala harris. neither made either official announcement today and officials say they are still counting about 1 million ballots. >>> jerry mcnerney is holding onto a lead in his bid to win a third term against david harmer. the state's office said today that harmer trailed by just 624 votes. 375,000 ballots have yet to be counted. the 11th congressional district which includes santa clara is at stake. >>> at least two major statewide races would have had different outcomes if not for the latino vote. >> reporter: if democrats have someone to thank for their razor thin victory, political experts say start with the latino vote is that showed up in california on election day. >> i think you have to state that the hispanic vote was what kept the senate into democratic hands. >> e

if the progressives get to pick the next candidate it could be david chu or it might be another current supervisor, district 9 representative david campos or the head of the local democratic party aaron peskin. on the other hand if newsom delays his swearing-in until january 8 that would mean the newly elected board of supervisors would pick his replacement. that board is expected to be more moderate and in that case the candidates could be -- current supervisor bevan dufty who is already planning to run for mayor next year or a whole slew of so-called caretaker candidates, people who would be willing to fill out newsom's term and nothing more. >> it should be someone above the fray because there is a mayor's race next year. and it should not be someone using that position as leverage. >> reporter: those candidates include the head of the san francisco public utilities commission, ed harrington. former mayors willie brown and art agnos. or state assemblyman and former supervisor tom ammiano. not confusing enough? how about this. stable assemblyman mark leno is also another possible cand

also included first lieutenant hawkins william bordelon and the only survivor of the battle colonel david chu. bonnie minh and many other brave men were on the islands mind when he paid his respects at the marine monument which has been placed in a parking lot away from the litter on the beaches. as a fitting tribute to the many missing in action and still lost on this tiny stretch of coral leon pieces respects to a special marine soames lies here he came to the coast watchers memorial a beautiful war all to those guys who gave their lives. in defense of their country and ours too by the way and the brits the the australians of those they were there's. no more allies here but soames is not he lives here or somewhere we're i'm standing and then unmarked grave and like our government recognized forgotten. and of no value. god rest him. and i feel very sad about him and his relatives in the intense difficulty of world war two many people seventy nine thousand of them basically were lost in space this is an example of different branches of the service not being able to communicate effectively wit

i want to acknowledge the president of the board of supervisors, president david chu, supervisor maxwell, subp-- superviser chiu, jose cisneros, the former mayor -- we are all proud to have you here. thank you. we have a special supervisor because he represents this district and has been looking out for laguna honda since he was elected. we are very grateful to him for that and for all he did to make today house -- to the possible. police help -- please help me recognize supervisor elsbernd. >> good afternoon, and welcome to beautiful and sunny san francisco. i would also like to single out and think my friend and colleague and recent father, supervisors mirkarimi, who is over there with his son, for all he has done. there are a few more things that i would like to offer. we are going to hear from one of the two directors of the laguna hospital foundation, and i would like to single out the volunteers who are also here. thank you to the volunteers. [applause] for more than 50 years of service to laguna hospital, thank you to the volunteers. we recognize the architect, but also recognize

. >> commissioner david chu. commissioner dufty. commissioner maxwell absent. >> thank you.please read item two. >> approval of

and we did have a hearing about a week ago with a representative from board of supervisors, david chu, and several members of the public. i think the most interesting information that came out of the meeting was that this legislation, while it is being pushed by the mayor's office and supervisor chu's office because of the incident that occurred near union square in which a tourist was unfortunately killed with an event -- as an event exited, that the legislation would only apply to venues with place of entertainment permit, which was not the case in the union square incident, and that therefore this legislation would not have prevented the kind of incident that led the mayor's office and supervisor chu to introduce the legislation in the first place. we will have one more hearing scheduled on this, time and date to be determined in the next couple of days. moran of -- more of an opportunity for the neighborhoods to weigh in on this. at this point there's no action that i would ask of you. i'd ask that you just continue -- discontinue this item. president newlin: thank you and thank y

if newsom leaves without a successor, david chu will become interim mayor. but chu says he's not sure whether he would appoint an interim d.a. or vie for the job himself. >> i'm 100% focused as president of the board of supervisors on ensuring an orderly transition of leadership. >> the board of supervisors has the authority to appoint an interim mayor until a permanent one is elected next november. the board itself is set to change on january 8th with four new numbers. >>> a magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck santa clara county last night. the quake hit before 10:30 and was centered about 12 miles southeast of san jose. no reports of injuries or damage. >>> let's check in with tara filling in for sal this thanksgiving morning. starting with lake tahoe. a lost people up there i'm sure enjoying some snow. >> that's right. more is expected over the weekend as steve was mentioning. definitely make sure you have your chains with you. although chains are not required on 80 or 60. this is a look at westboundle -- westbound 80 at whitmore. you can see tons of snow on t

david chu will be the interim mayor. be award to firefighters. they approved measure "w" that offers the city to offer reduced retirement benefits and menlo park approved measure "l". moving the retirement age to 60. do they have a case? here is legal analyst dean johnson. >> unions challenged that measure and try to keep it off the ballot and the judge in san mateo county again said there is strong presumption in favor of allowing the initiatives to be voted on but once it's voted on and once it's passed you guys come back and file your lawsuits because i think you raised significant issues. >> cash strapped cities all over california are trying to reduce the benefits to save money without cutting services. >> 4:51 and giants set some records in the world series. it's only appropriate with a see set some records or come close. >> as far as temperatures yeah. see how many people compared to last time. >> let's take a look at what is going on at 4:52 we're looking at the ferry building with the orange glow as we still bas

the board president david chu wants to establish a process first and that could take weeks. the person selected could serve out the entire year of newsom's term. >>> there are reports that leland yee will run for mayor next year. he has turned -- served one term in the senate. he was elected to a second term last week. he represents the westside, including large parts of the richmond and sunset districts. >>> in the oakland mayor's race, still, no final results yet. the alameda county registrar of voters says he will not release any updates until all ballots are counted. reportedly, only a few hundred remain. the latest numbers showed on friday, showed jean quan with the lead over don perata. you can find more coverage by going to our channel 2 weeks, ktvu.com. click on the "election 2010" tab at the top of our home page. >>> a meeting tonight will address the pending closure of err so line high school. school officials say it's possible they will reopen in the future as a charter school. but for now, cardinal newman, which is the all boys school in santa rosa has offered to

a lot of people think david chu is too conservative. some people are not too happy with him. on the other hand, he has a very high-profile position with those asian voters in san francisco. who knows what's gonna happen? >> let's talk about the attorney general race because kamala harris was pretty much counted out and now she's making a comeback. i didn't see many ads, i didn't get any mailers in the mail or campaigning for this job. it's an important one. why is it so quiet? >> there was a lot of activity going on in both of these parties because republicans thought that steve cooley had had the best shot to win a state-wide position, with republicans going down and meg whitman, the tide just turned against him. the fact is that kamala harris has survived ahead and clinging to a lead right now. that would mean democrats have control over the governorship, the u.s. senate and every state- wide office including both houses of the legislature if kamala harris makes it through. this is one democrats will be nail-biting all the way. >> we will watching this. thank you for joinin

get a jumpstart in the mayor's race for 2011, so we're looking at board of supervisors president david churk leno the state senator, supervisor david compos. that's going to be the fun political contest for the next couple of weeks if not months. >> belva: and you have to get the two measures we know about at least, sit lie. >> it will ban people from sitting or lying on the sidewalk between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. that passed pretty strong majority in san francisco. homeless advocates and others are saying this is just an unfair target against homeless folks. and the law and order people said enough is enough, we want something to happen, especially like around haight street. the other one was proposition b, pension reform, put on the ballot by public defender jeff adachi. that went down big. that was a big, big measure for organized labor, wanted to see it defeated. it shows that san francisco's still a pro-labor town. and when you look at pension reform measures across the state, they won. bakersfield, menlo park, san jose, mayor chuck reed there really kind of staked his political cap

david chu wants a process laid out first and that could take weeks. the person selected would take place in january. >>> more than a dozen law enforcement agencies joined forces today in the bay area to crack down on a suspected drug gang. agents say they arrested 16 suspects all of whom they were looking for. in the process some law-abiding neighbors were taken by surprise by the show of force. >> a bunch of them like, bang, bang, bang one right after the other. i got up, so i thought it was coming from the backyard. and this whole street was full of s.w.a.t. >> reporter: during the sweep, officials say they found five marijuana grow houses. they also seized about a ton of marijuana, a dozen weapons and $100,000 in cash. >>> there's simmering anger after police officers shot and killed an unarmed man. the man's family and others invoke the name of oscar grant saying the incident raises new questions about police use of force. amber lee has been talking to people on both sides and is live now with police officers. >> there's anger and frustration on t

david chu wants a process laid out first and that could take weeks.erson selected would take place in january. >>> more than a dozen law enforcement agencies joined forces today in the bay area to crack down on a suspected drug gang. agents say they arrested 16 suspects all of whom they were looking for. in the process some law-abiding neighbors were taken by surprise by the show of force. >> a bunch of them like, bang, bang, bang one right after the other. i got up, so i thought it was coming from the backyard. and this whole street was full of s.w.a.t. >> reporter: during the sweep, officials say they found five marijuana grow houses. they also seized about a ton of marijuana, a dozen weapons and $100,000 in cash. >>> there's simmering anger after police officers shot and killed an unarmed man. the man's family and others invoke the name of oscar grant saying the incident raises new questions about police use of force. amber lee has been talking to people on both sides and is live now with police officers. >> there's anger and frustration on the str