what is the average life expectancy of this type of elm? >> i am going to dodge that question as i often do by saying that city trees -- urban trees have a very different life expectancy than do trees in their native habitat. i would say chinese elms are probably more likely to fail or have root problems than to die of old age. this canker affects them, particularly the older varieties that are not resistant. that contributes. they do not die of old age very often. vice president goh: one of the speakers mentioned a different species planted already. what is the expectation with regard to coordinating? >> there are a number of species already on the block. the homes are on the block along with some cherry, london plain tree, tulip tree, and others. the replacement tree was actually a requirement of a building project. that was not replanted by the city. that was planted by the property owner as a condition of their permit. president peterson: i know you addressed phasing somewhat earlier. i think we have an agreement there are three trees i

what is the average life expectancy of this type of elm? >> i am going to dodge that question as i often do by saying that city trees -- urban trees have a very different life expectancy than do trees in their native habitat. i would say chinese elms are probably more likely to fail or have root problems than to die of old age. this canker affects them, particularly the older varieties that are not resistant. that are not resistant. that contribu

--elm. president peterson: the photograph on the right -- what is that? >> that is a close-up of the canker on the same tree. president peterson: could you push it up? there is just a bit of glare. is it dark? is it burned? >> it is the process of the tissue. it is brown and weathered looking. president peterson: is that what -- is that exceed a third of the circumference? >> yes. it exceeds a third of the circumference. i only printed photos that were based on the trees he was recommending to keep. i fully appreciate there will be an impact on the street and i appreciate that. we went out to look at whether it made sense to try to keep these trees a few more years. i think we have been living on borrowed time with these trees. the extent of the damage in all the trees we identified for removal is quite significant. this is another one that was again considered a potential tree to preserve by the arborist. i wish that phasing made sense. it really does not, based on the condition of these trees. we would be very happy to work with property owners if they

when you go out here, you'll notice houston turning onto elm is a pretty sharp turn. and that's a pretty good-sized car. doesn't have a great turning radius. and so he had to slow down considerably. so much so that the motorcycle outriders had a difficult time keeping their bikes upright as they made the turn. and then when we got going, he was trying to get up to 11 to 12 miles an hour which is what we were running when we came down main street unless the crowds were too close to the car, but that was generally what we were running. >> and kennedy's drive, bill greer, had not driven the route before, but he knew to follow chief curry in the car in this front because curry, obviously, would know the route. >> that was his instructions. >> can okay. lisa, is this your first time to deally plaza, and what did you think the first time you did get here? >> no. the first time i came was in january of 2009. is that right? or was it this year? this year, 2010. we were, we were in the middle of writing the book, and i said to jerry, you know, i've never been to dallas, and i

president peterson: i think the appellate stated that all the chinese elms were going to be taken, where as you stated that one would be left? >> i can look at my notes and get back on that to you. president peterson: there is concern because we have heard from the appellant that at least one attempt to reach out to someone in your department got no response. i know i have seen you hear many times. i think in recent hearings you had awesome coordination with people that were going to be affected by your department decisions. what would your coordinated efforts look like if you could envision a post-hearing decision where we would uphold -- if we were to uphold your department's position? what would your coordinated efforts to look like? >> -- commissioner hwang: >> would meet with any neighbors who were interested to discuss the replacement and species selection. we frequently attend meetings outside of regular work hours. we could certainly do that. the reason there was no response was because this was scheduled for the board of appeals. once we have a director's order at the board of a

these are all mature chinese elm trees that are really critical to forming the character of the street. the trees are, as i said, mature. they have been there a long time. it is not typical in san francisco to have a block where you have such a nice canopy of trees. and they have been really important to the aesthetic quality of the street. they also -- it is a fairly noisy block because we are on a hill above the square. we have a lot of tour bus traffic. the trees to help with noise abatement and also some of the trapping of the diesel pollution. removing this many trees is really a big deal for the people who live on the block. i have a few photos of would like to show today. the first is -- i will set a couple of things. i am not a photographer or a technical person. so this is the best i can do. these are the trees on the north side of mcallister between pearson and steiner. unfortunately, i do not know how to give you the full view at once, but they are really quite tall. on this part of this block of mcallister street, between the bus stop at the top and the corner at pearce, th

just after 5:00 last night while walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of lemontree way and elm street in anti-of course. a dark colored minivan hit the woman and fled the scene. it was last seen headed westbound on highway four. one car stopped to allow the 42-year-old woman to cross. the van went around the car reportedly and hit the woman. she was taken to a local hospital and died several hours later. >>> tonight family and friends in the south bay are remembering a girl who was bullied by her classmates and then tried to kill herself two years ago today. >> friends and family are wearing these purple scarves and wristbands to remember the scene. purple is the girl's favorite color. if you take a look behind me can you see they're holding a vigil tonight. she now lives in a nursing home where she gets 24 years. the amanda network was started last year. amanda's mother says with the recent spike in teen suicides, it's more important than ever for parents to talk to their kids. >> they're not going to come out and tell you that something's going wrong at school. because they'r

that said, i don't have a problem with continuing this ate elm for another week, though i have to say that i think that not acting, or at least beginning this process at the next board meeting in my view would be a mistake, in light of the fact that we have a number of challenges that we'll be facing the the interim mayor, whoever he or she may be. president chiu: supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i wanted to acknowledge a number of speakers that have acknowledged that there's a value-based platform that a number of labor and community-based organizations have started to work on. i believe that there are some follow-up meetings that will be happening as they build an alliance to create values and criteria for us as supervisors. so i think i'm going to be supportive of delaying this for one week as the labor groups communicate to us what their values are, so that we can move forward as not only supervisors, but also with social movement and organizations that are also united with us as well. we find the strongest possible mayor for our cities, so i'm going to be supportive of the motion

. >> site elm number two, preservation easement, bayview opera house. supervisor maxwell: this resolution approved a preservation easement that will protect several elements of the bayview opera house, an important resource to the neighborhood and to the city which sits on third street. not only will it help protect an important pressure, this easement will allow us to utilize a national park grant for improvement work. additionally, it will support the application for the opera house's nomination to the national register of historic places planning staff and the art commission, i believe, will be here to present -- are here to present. why don't we start with the art. >> good afternoon supervisors, i'm judy, program director with the san francisco arts commigs and the arts commigs is the property owner on behalf the city that owns the property in question at the bayview opera house. we are actually thrilled at this opportunity to identify this easement opportunity. this is a chance for us to not only do the work that saves america's treasures has allow

investigators say the victim was crossing at the 2010 of lemon tree way and elm street when a minivan drove around a car that had stopped and struck the woman. she later died of head injuries at the hospital. the minivan appeared to be dark blue or purple witnesses say. >>> checking out other bay area headlines, parking signs in oakland are going up again. they'll increase $3 on january 3rd to cover a state surcharge being imposed on cities. earlier this year oakland extended meter hours, raised meter rates and increased fines. but public outrage forced them to roll back the enforcement hours until 6:00 p.m. >>> hundreds of bay area students gathered for a youth empowerment summit today to curb violence and bullying against gay teens. the public service campaign isn't enough to fix the problem. it's called "it gets better." the conference is supporting what they call the"make it better" project. >>> and a hanger was transformed into a christmas carnival for children fighting cancer and their families. the cops care cancer foundation features a lot of gifts, santa and a few 49ers. they

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but, of course, actually elm peercally that's not where the impetus for big government liberalism hascome from in the last 20, 25 years. if you look at the voting tables, the upper class, the taxpayers and the wealthiest taxpayers have become more liberal, more democratic in their vote. that's one of the big developments of the last 20, 25 years. the strongest -- the lower classes remain very -- the poor remain strong democrats, most of them. but it's the -- the greatest resistance come from people who objectively, from a cansian state kind of analysis, probably benefit from big government. the working class, lower middle class, there's a huge resistance now to the expansion of the welfare state. and it strikes me that one should just be careful. it shows the cultural and other factors which play a large role, not just a kind of narrow version of economic self-interest. people do care about their children and grandchildren's well-being. they don't just look at their own balance. a lot of people at tea party gatherings -- this is a point to the left, where they smirk about it -- are be

this again says that tell elm industry by eye prior agreement must -- must -- well, that there be a side agreement on full access to telemetry for allilesw missiles, it is one-sided. clearly, this is not going to be acceptable. and then it goes into the type i inspections. and i think if you're for the treaty, there's only one vote and it's to vote "no." and i very much regret this because i respect the senator. but as i see it, and there are things i can't go into here that i tried to go into the presiding officer: who yields time? mr. kyl: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: might i inquire how much time remains on this side? the presiding officer: you have seven minutese about three or four or five of those minutes, mr. president. i appreciate my colleague's compliments about important issues being brought up and i also appreciate their concern that amendments of this significance would cause heartburn for the russians and might well require them to want to renegotiate aspects of the treaty. i am trying to address that through the mechanism of the

when you go out or you'll notice houston turned onto elm street is a pre-sharp turn. and that's a pretty good-sized car. doesn't have a great turning radius. and so he had a slogan incredibly. so the motorcycle outlaws had a difficult time keeping their bikes upright as they made the turn. and when we get going he was starting to get to 11, 12 mother which is what we were when we came down main street. they had to slow down even more, but that was generally what we were running spent and can be striver had not driven that route before. he arrived with myself on air force one. >> but he knew follow the car in front because he would know the root. >> that was his instruction. >> lisa, is this your first time at dealey plaza and what did you think the first time you did get your? >> no, the first time i came was in january of 2009, is that right? or was it this year. it was an issue. fisher fisher, 2010. we were in the middle of writing the book, and i say to gerry, i have never been to dallas. and i think i need to go. so gerry and his wife joyce and i came here, and it

times in newsreel footage over and over, making that turned in dealey plaza and coming up under the elm trees. i could not get it out of my mind and yet i was not there to talk about this, you see. i was there to tell stories. but it was there, this car, which was the scene of a great change in the history of our country. we can talk about that for years to come, but it was. , peoplehat momento start to feel disconnected from their own government, conspiracy theories abounded that the government itself had killed the president's, so much darkness followed from that very moment. how many times had we gone back and rewound that film, wanting it to come out a different way? it seemed to be monstrous that we're sitting here are round tables and having drinks and their that car was parked. just beyond us. and yet this is a challenge of humor, somehow it must comprehend darkness and death. it must take this into cognizance. i stood up in front of them and i switched directions and i started to tell stories about death. [laughter] not what the united fund people were hoping for. [laughter] but

natural gas explosion it happened here as you see the location of " cool earth on 87 it avenue and elm street investigators are looking into what may have caused the blast it to get more news faster solo reporter jackie says a light is used oakland incredible to see what's left of the summit was to start a >>? yes it was a two-story duplex marked the top store collapsed out on top of the bottom story and from all reports out here right now sounds like a natural gas explosion. it occurred last night around 8:00 p.m. now as debris breaks out here you concede there is glass, all kinds of debris still out here, fire lines are still up, this happened around 8:00 p.m. last night the force of the explosion not only knocked down the top floor and to the bottom floor but as a pan over you can see windows and a nearby apartment building were completely blown out. the man in his 60s the live below were severely burned and is in critical condition and a nearby hospital but the question is what caused this explosion? we spoke with pg&e this morning they keep said they came out once the sea was clea

thousand times in news reel footage over and over making that turn in dealey plaza and coming up under the elmtrees. i just couldn't get it out of my mind and yet i was not there to talk about this, you see. i was to tell stories, but it was there, this car which was the scene of a great change in the history of our country. we can talk about that for years to come but it was. at that moment people feel a disconnect at that moment from government conspiracy theories abounded that the government itself had killed the president so much darkness followed from that very moment and how many times have we gone back and rewound that film, wanting it to come out a different way t seemed to be monstrous that we were sitting here around tables and having drinks therein that car was parked just be beyond us. and yet this is the challenge of humor that somehow must comprehend darkness and death. it must take this into cog that sans -- cognizance and i stood up in front of them and i sort of switched directions and i started to tell stories about death not what the united fund people were hoping for. but y

times in newsreel footage over and over, making that turned in dealey plaza and coming up under the elm trees. i could not get it out of my mind and yet i was not there to talk about this, you see. i was there to tell stories. but it was there, this car, which was the scene of a great change in the history of our country. we can talk about that for years to come, but it was. , peoplehat momento start to feel disconnected from theiown government, conspiracy theories abounded that the government itself had killed the president's, so much darkness followed from that very moment. how many times had we gone back and rewound that film, wanting it to come out a different way? it seemed to be monstrous that we're sitting here are round tables and having drinks and their that car was parked. just beyond us. and yet this is a challenge of humor, somehow it must comprehend darkness d death. must take this into cognizance. i stood upn front of them and i switched directions and i started to tell stories about deat [laughter] not what the united fund people were hoping for. [laughter] but you feel t

have to be de forces too in order to be able to justify a provision that said that we to exchange tell elm trip. maybe the united states -- exchange telemetry. maybe the united states ought to get on with the modernization of our missile force so that we could then go back to the russians and say, okay, we're modernizing, you're modernizing, now how about the exchange? but to me, that's not an argument for not requiring the russians to provide us information. and, in fact, when the shoe is on the other foot, that argument falls by the wayside and we end up putting limitations in the treatyhere's an example. the russians are not developing and don't seem to have any intention of developing something called conventional prompt global strike, which is a fancy way of saying put a conventional warhead on top of an icbm so that you don't have to send a nuclear warhead halfway around the world to destroy a target. we c we -- we can wee can see in today's conflict we're not going to engage in multiple nuclear -- well, a nuclear exchange with another country but might well have a need based upon ve