i am dennis herrera, and i hope i can earn your vote for mayor of san francisco. that election day is november 8, 2011. that is the last day to vote in person and the deadline for receipt of vote by mail ballots. >> i am ed le, and i am running for mayor said this appeared as your mayor, i have worked hard to change the tone at city hall, bringing people together to get things done for our city. i know that there is no problem we cannot solve when you listen to the people of san francisco and then focus on solutions. every day, i am focus on creating jobs for san francisco and on improving public safety and the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am also proud we are putting our city's finances on the right track, balancing the budget, and closing the $380 million deficit in a way that protect public health and safety. and working with the board of supervisors, business and labor, we have introduced a consensus measure to control pension costs and protect city services. we are hoping -- helping businesses succeed and create jobs from twitter and zynga and sale

general counsel position is now in dennis herrera.at was from a board resolution quite a while ago. nila was appointed earlier. the chief financial officer, and of course, my position. those are the only one that would come to this body. >> surprised we still have dennis, but i guess we still do. all right, motion, 2nd. any speakers? >> no members of the public wish to address you on this item. all in favor? >> congratulations, sara. you have been here so i cannot say welcome aboard. >> item 11 is approved. item 1item 12. election of chair and vice chair pursuant to the tjpa joint powers agreement. >> i would like to make the proposal that supervisor kim the the chair of this body as the elected official, and as the representative of the district where this is all taking place. it would seem that the best choice to me. >> all right. we have nomination and a second for supervisor kim. any other nominations? seeing none. are there any objections to the nomination? any members of the public wish to speak on the item? >> you have got it d

. >>> the san francisco mayor candidate dennis herrera kicking off the last part of his campaign, thankingeir efforts, saying he has about 200 neighborhood captains to help walk the precincts. he faces a crowded race, including mayor ed lee, he is looking at the project running south of market to chinatown. lee supports that project. >>> and people hoping to avoid foreclosures and to better manage their home loans get a helping hand today in berkeley, representatives for more than a dozen lending institutions were at the work shop, offering help on refinancing, money management, and survival strategy for tenants looking at foreclosures. about 150 people today took part in the foreclosure. >>> some good news and bad news, coming off the golden gate bridge. the impact it could have on you and the thousands of tourists that head this way. >>> and a special group of children meet today in marin county. the life saving procedure they have in common. >>> and the shuttle program may have ended but space travel has not. the mission for nasa's two probes as they head for the moon . >>> a few hours

collaborated to bring statements by 14 of the candidates for mayor of san and cisco, next up, dennis herrera and ed lee. >> this upcoming mayor's race will be one of the most important in our history. it is a single election that will have a profound impact on our city. not just for the next four or eight years, but for the next 50. as washington and sacramento push more and more public responsibilities off their balance sheets, those obligations will increasingly fall to local government, and the decisions we make in this election will determine whether or not san francisco rises to meet the challenges that we face. with the right leadership and vision, i am confidence san francisco can fulfil its promise and be a model for what a 21st century american city needs to be. i believe local government, run honestly and well, can make a real difference in people's lives each and every day. i believe that because i have accomplished it for nearly 10 years as your city attorney. i have used the power of the law to protect regular san franciscans from wrongdoing by powerful interests. i have taken o

the they have three runners up with dennis herrera at 3%. >>> increasing security levels at all military bases in the u.s. and the pentagon's decision to raise security level was not done by a suspicious fight. >>> security measures are still in place at some bart stations. some are still closed and initially after the attacks bart closed down all bathroom facilities. facilities. >>> they are celebrating the 100th birthday and the public is invited to mark that occasion. the concert will be playing outdoors today and the civic center has treats and activities. >> how about that? >> i love the san francisco sister auditorium, what to you call it. symphony hall. >>> time now 5:07, sal, do you have music to our ears about the commute? >> i would say so. if you are driving the road work that was there hats had been picked up and now the lanes are all open and it didn't really cause a huge traffic jam so traffic looks good. there are that major problems going into the city. >> and it looks like wow time is standing still, let's go to steve. >>> well san jose, maybe things will be cooler for m

. >>> san francisco mayoral candidate dennis herrera kicked off the last part of his campaign today.volunteers for their efforts, saying he has about 200 neighborhood captains so far to help walk the precincts. he faces a crowded face that includes ed lee. this week, he announced he's against the central subway project that would run from south of market to china town. lee supports that project. >>> there's word tonight a san francisco woman has pleaded no contest after being accused of pretending to be a victim of the deadly san bruno pipeline disaster. she faces charges including burglary, identity theft and using false i.d.s. county prosecutors say taylor faces up to two years in prison. she's scheduled to be sentenced november 9th. she's free on $100,000 bail. >>> experts are raising doubts tonight about a possible merger between yahoo and a.o.l. bloomberg reports that a.o.l.'s chief executive officer is working to gauge yahoo's interest in combining the two companies. both a.o.l. and yahoo are trailing far behind facebook and google in market share. the former yahoo c.e.o. oppos

lee's closest competitors were senator yee, city attorney dennis herrera, and jeff adachi. all three came in under 15%. >> one of lee's competitors is getting a new endorsement from a newsom. his wife jennifer. she has endorsed joanna reese. she says there is a lack of female presence in elected city post and vees a self-made woman who has boot strapped her way to the top of a mail-dominated profession. >> a self-made woman. all right. 5:08. we're taking over the world, meteorologist christina loren. >> you are. >> that's right. taking down one man at a time. just kidding. no. we love equality, though. what a great country. we're looking really good. high pressure is bringing in some of that monsoonal moisture. and in addition to the monsoonal moisture creeping up we have a short wave trough that pushed through so we've got a lot of instability over the sierra nevada. if your travels take you through here you want to take it easy. look at all of this lightning firing off. just around the california/nevada border. we're going to see more of that thunderstorm activity into th

the "chronicle" reports lee's strongest opponents are state senator leland yee, city attorney dennis herreraublic defender jeff adachi. >>> house republicans are proposing gas pipeline legislation that may undermine reforms in the wake of the san bruno explosion and other recent accidents. under the bill, federal regulators could not require pipeline inspections in sparsely populated areas. they would also not be able to set industry standards on detecting leaks. a house committee could vote on that bill as soon as today. >>> 911 tapes are shedding more light on a natural gas explosion that destroyed a condominium in cupertino. >> do you see the flames? >> yeah. oh, yeah. it's out of control. >> amazingly, nobody was hurt in last week's blast. fire crews say it took pg&e 90 minutes to finally shut off the gas because crews needed to dig through asphalt in order to reach the pipe and finally cap the leak. >>> that space shuttle era may be over but there's another nasa launch happening right now. the delta 2 rocket will take off with two spacecraft. here's live look at cape canaveral. now, the

patent dennis herrera >> linda filed for bankruptcy forcing a layoff of about 5000 workers. a memo posted said that solyndra tried to restructure a long worth 75 million which was agreed upon in the spring but after reviewing their financial statements of the energy department rejected that restructuring plan and solyndra filed for bankruptcy one week later. >> and live look outside as we take a look at san francisco. the clouds are hanging pretty tough. >> california judge has ruled against chilean debt and will not dismiss lawsuits over acceleration problems. toyota has recalled over 14 million vehicles worldwide because of the acceleration problems in several models. they have blamed driver errors and sticky petals. the trial is set to begin in 2013. >> department of homeland security is cracking down on immigrants who have overstayed their visas. the new policy has already identified dozens of investigative leads for people who pose security threats. some of the september hijackers were in the united states in violation of their visas. the visa system is a major of vulne

dennis herrera at 13% and jeff adachi with 12%. >>> gee an sibley believes the egging of her own was politically motivated. it happened after a political forum war she sparred with her rival ossie davis. she reported the ins depth to -- incident to police. >>> all right. the new weekly jobless numbers just came out what they are and the extreme some job measures are taking. >>> dick cheney's troubles on the road. >>> plus the security at bart after 9/11 and how that affected bart bathrooms. Ñw? >>> good morning. a lot more clouds. it will be cooler, 60s, 70s, low 90s, but more of a sea breeze. >>> the labor department just announced that the number of people filing new unemployment claims went up slightly last week. 414,000 americans filed for first time jobless benefits. that's up 2,000 from the week before that may be a sign employers are not significantly increasing layoffs. however, they're not hiring either. economists say first time clime -- claims need to stay below 375,000. >>> some job seekers in western new york are turning to prayer to find a job. this who normally be a he

unprecedented number of asian- american candidates. >>> new this morning "the chronicle" reports that dennis herreraeceived $45,000 in campaign contributions from law firms who have received contracts. herrera says those contracts were based on merit, not on donations. he says it appears one $500 donation to his 2009 city attorney reelection campaign was inappropriate. and he says that will be refunded. >>> in vallejo, residents are complaining about the condition of an enclosed city lot. it's on broadway street. it's used for several things including a flea market an a mobile home park. this is new video of the lot in question. people who live next to this lot say it's covered with trash and human waist. they want the city to clean up the area and better regulate its use. the city says they will investigate the allegations. >>> 8:37. the energy department approved two loan guarantees worth more than a billion dollars for solar energy projects in nevada and arizona. all of that despite criticism to the loan program after the bankruptcy files of fremont- based solyndra. >>> we're also getting new det

that includes the incumbent mayor ed lee but city attorney dennis herrera recently promised to cancel if elected. and now another candidate says he's found possible mismanagement and fraud by agencies involved. >> it was revealed that ccdc received fees of $750 per hour simply to attend a meeting. $25,000 to hold a community meeting -- >> all of the agencies deny any wrongdoing. >>> let's go to sal. big problems in contra costa county. what's going on? >> we have slow traffic on 680, on highway 4, on highway 24. let's go and talk about some things here. highway 4 has improved in antioch but very slow in bay point. most of the traffic is here in concord and walnut creek. i want to move the maps over here. there is a crash west 80 at highway 4. also we got a tweet from william tweety from vallejo fire, west 80 at magazine street, a motorcycle crash and the emergency responders have arrived on the scene. so watch for slow traffic in vallejo and also on the east shore freeway. we also have traffic in hayward. most of that is well under the speed limit there. let's go to the bay bridge tol