. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. i

the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all

i walk by this building all the time on the way to dolores park. i wonder what is going to be happening here and glad to see it's not turning into a massive home like the church. i think it's a great project and the fact that you can restore it as resource and upgrade it with seismic issues is great. i move to approve with conditions. >> second. >> commissioner antonini? >> it looks like you are doing modifications to make it seismically sound. it looks very nice when it's finished. >> the exterior dome is one of the trust from san francisco. that, nobody can touch it. nobody would alter that. within that dome there is another suspended ceiling, part of that is to recreate the top unit. that has been substantially dealt with the preservation folks. it's with some minor modifications. >> it looks beautiful when it's completed. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner sugaya? >> to staff, mitigation measure mct 1b on the on-site interpretive display. since this is going to be a series of private residences. where did staff think this was going to be d

. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. we'll begin by take the roll. commissioner studley. >> thank you all. here. >> commissioner hayon? >> here. >> commissioner hur? >> here? >> commissioner liu? >> here. >> all members being present, first item on the agenda is public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on matters of the ethics commission. >> good afternoon, commissioners and of course, stop the corporate rate of the public library and don't accept money from the friends of the library. you may remember that rights were violated on june 4th, 2009. you made a finding that she was guilty of official misconduct and made a reference to the mayor that the mayor should consider terminating her appointment on july 12th, 2011. you followed up with a direct request to the mayor, that he respond to you in some -- with some sort of explanation on september 24th, 2012. i followed that up with an immediate disclosure request to the mayor on december

the capital planning committee that these funds would be used for approval for 4.3 million for dolores park. 800 thousand for the playground and for the beach los angeles. supervisors i would note if you appropriate these funds today it would be strictly up to the department of recs to make the allocations. with regard to the dispositions being requested for the department manager 1 position and each in fiscal year 13-146789 for the additional annual salary $238,000 for both positions. the total on going salary and benefit cost is approximately $321,000. all the positions would be taken from bond funds and they current have eight project managers and 110 projects to manage which rpd indicates is not sufficient. however, as of our report, rpd does not provide enough information, existing staff assignments, comparison with other bond projects, staffing and the need for the requested two new positions to meet this work load. the bottom line is these position had not been justified. we are not negative on the positions but anytime the department requests positions we need the information to rep

. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> good morning everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday december 4, 2013. my name is supervisor farrell. i will be chairing this committee and joined by eric mar the vice chair and joined by john avalos. i would like to thank the clerk of the meeting and sfgtv covering this meeting. there clerk do we have any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and speaker cards and documents to be part of the file should be submitted to the clerk and acting today will a appear on the december 13, agenda of the board of supervisors unless otherwise stated. >> all right. can you call item number one. >> item number one and contract modification guardsmark, llc - security services for the allege to extend the term by two months for a revised period of week in a modified amount of $21,226,260. >> okay. thank you very much. this was continued from the last meeting. thanks for being here. >> dave curto human services and again we have

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. >>> san francisco's dolores park will be getting a $12.4 million facelift. ved the construction contracts set to begin in march. planned improvements include renovating the basketball and tennis courts, putting in a new irrigation system, and installing new rest rooms. about half of the park will have to be closed during each phase of the construction and the work is expected to be complete by spring of 2015. >>> an antioch couple is recovering after being attacked by pitbulls during an evening walk. as ktvu's rob roth reports it, took a sharp knife to fight off the dogs. >> reporter: his arm is torn up, his wife has cuts, and their poodle had the back of her neck ripped open. >> almost shell shocked. it happened so fast. >> last thing i expected was to have to, you know, fight for my life. >> reporter: it happened wednesday evening. the four went for their usual walk, when they got here to minto lane a few blocks from home, three pitbulls charged them, going for the dogs. one latched on to the poodle's neck. >> she was squealing a death cry. her face was up

dolores street. crews say the fire was mostly confined to the engine. there was minor damage to three other vehicles. police say surveillance video of the area showed a man in the parking lot shortly before the fire started. its not clear if he was involved. >>> later today community leaders in san francisco will launch a safety campaign for the lunar new year. police say crooks often use this time to celebrate to take advantage of business people. the safety campaign will also include volunteers passing out small red packets like this. the year of the horse begins january 31st. >>> yesterday solano county reported its first flu death of the season. the person who died was a man in his 40s. san mateo county reported its third flu death but gave no, ma'am information about the person who died. by our count there have been a total of 17 deaths from the flu in the bay area. all of the victims are younger than 65. >>> elm wood correctional facility are limiting the movement of their inmates after the cases of h1n1. no visitors are being allowed into the effected areas expect for attorneys for those inmates. inmates are required to stay in their housing area but they will b