city council. reporting in san jose, marleau tai easiest. >> coming up at 7:30, we'll sit down with the president of the san jose firefighters union and we'll ask whether this weekend's vote will encourage other city unions to come to the bargaining table. >>> new documents reveal the san bruno gas line was so concerning that crews replaced a section years ago, but the construction stopped one block short of where the pipeline exploded last year. records just released by the national transportation safety board show crews were concerned about that transmission line bursting during an earthquake and replaced five miles of the aging gas pipes. 17 years ago. the stronger steel pipes though ended just 300 yards from the epicenter of september's explosion, which killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. investigators are still trying to figure out why all of the pipes in that area weren't replaced. >>> san francisco undercover officers busted on camera allegedly breaking into hotel rooms and arresting suspects without warrants and now the fbi is investigating those charges of police misconduct.

who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status, which means i am not going to ask you whether you are current or not. we are not even going to ask you about your name if you don't want to give it. it is a completely confidential process. it is going to be only about trying to investigate possible abuse and try to discuss with the city department about the actual situation. we are working for all san francisco residents, and we are working with city or county democrats. that means we cannot help with any ice issues or with federal authorities. but if you know someone who are have had an issue about sanctuary city, please come to us. we are here to help you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is lupe, and i speak spanish as my primary language, but i am a citizen. i appreciate from this commission that ther

at export-oriented industries easiest thing very strong positive relationship per capita, per employee output. it is certainly true that there is rarely a free lunch in city choice as in anything else. the fact that there are higher prices in new york is the price of living in a productive fun place. it's not as if new york is giving people more productivity without charging people in some sense for the. that's the nature of space, the nature of cities. but if firms were not more productive in metropolitan areas they wouldn't be sticking around and paying the high cost to the workers living in those areas. they wouldn't pay the higher cost of being in those areas. we have decades of literature looking at conglomeration economies. that's what these things are called in various ways. all of which uniformly come out on the side that they're fairly strong positive benefits from conglomerate around other industries in various ways. >> to your point about competition in schools, despite those who have left them to think going forward is a likelihood of an improvement in new york as well as other cities? >> you know, i'm hopeful. i most hopeful in places like ne

laughter] it is still pretty exciting to be the mayor of this city i was born in common use of a passionate about it. but challenging times. the easiest way to deal with it is to pretend like you did not hear what the legislature was saying. [laughter] it is like your grandparent that would just turn their hearing aid down when the kids came over and just smiled through the whole encounter. the reality is we're sitting here at a time -- and i think it is across the country, but may be nowhere more obvious than the three largest cities. there is a specific proposal the texas state funding only for those three cities in my state in no other city. the trek to take funding away from the suburban communities. the suburban legislators got mad and they just take it away from minneapolis, st. paul, and duluth. so people ask why i am angry, and as it is not worth getting angry because it is so ridiculous. and i will pretend that those cuts are not going to come and then pretend that we were fortunate to not have the situation that you saw in wisconsin, because we did have a governor that was elected the did understand the importance of cities.

city's we were born and raised in. i agree with mayor johnson. it is pretty crappy at times. they are challenging times. i felt the easiesty to deal with that is pretending like you do not hear what the legislature is saying. [laughter] it is like your grandparents to just turn the hearing aid dealt with the grandkids came over and smiled through the whole visit. [laughter] we are sitting here at a time -- it is across the country. there is a target on the back of the three largest cities in minnesota. there is a specific proposal that takes away state funding only from those three cities. as a matter of fact, they tried to take funding away from suburban communities. people say, "are you angry about that?" i am going to pretend those cuts are not going to come. we had a governor that did understand the importance of cities. he said he would put a block of what the legislature is trying to do. it makes me very happy. [laughter] >> the question you ask is how does it feel? for me, it is humbling. despite of everything that is going on, we all realize that the people we represent have elected us to be their leaders at this