it no blankets the entire city. and finally, the eir -- the policies -- president shoot: -- chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am a past president of the women's league. the they are was done on draft two, not three, and it is inadequate. there will be see the impact on the following neighborhoods. the neighborhood association. the civic association, the jordon park improvement association, lake shore acres " laurel heights improvement association san francisco, and this includes the presidio heights association of neighbors sunset park there is the website hudgens association. think you. >> hello, my name is barbara. i have lived here for the past 16 years and have lived in san francisco for the past 24 years. i am here to ask you as a concern zant this has been, is the current eir adequate, complete, and objective proof is not. it does not analyze all of the effects of the housing elements. there will be impacts, such as density of housing and changes in historic in neighborhood characters that we all enjoyed in

they look at the entire city budget to find solutions. all we can do is look to the health department. i certainly sympathize with your feeling about this. >> thank you. i am happy to say that maria sue from the department of children and families is here as well. next speaker. >> my highest priority in the city is to see that our vulnerable populations are protected. i want to express appreciation to mayor lee for an approach that has been unprecedented this year in holding many meetings with community-based organizations to hear our side of the story and also to have transparency and stop some of the cuts before they happen. the cuts to organizations will cost us more in prison and hospital costs in the end. we need to fix that. we need to take more of a revenue approach. i realize this is potentially long term. banks caused the mess we're in. banks and large corporations need to do their fair share to get us out of this. yes, we need tax reform. i am not a fan of the piecemeal twitter approach. let's put this on the ballot next year. l

front program, and i want to thank "the examiner" for printing this up and distributing it to the entire city today. [applause] we have some great partners in the artery project. we are standing here in front of the new home of the home for the arts -- the home of the arts gallery. plaza -- [applause] they have been fabulous partners with us throughout the whole artery project. tonight, there's a recession and an opening, and we encourage you to visit and sit down with them -- there's a recession and an opening. down at the plaza, you can see two magnificent sculptures. [applause] while you dance with the space cowboy dj collective. [applause] so there is an incentive to work our way down market street today. some of the local merchants are staying open late for this lot and programming in there were, or they are offering coupons, which you will find in your program today. this year, rickshaw is a san francisco company creating art in storefronts bags. [applause] one of our artists whose work is directly across over there. these bags are available for sale for $100, but we have 10 to raffle o

we have messages out to the entire city council. there is a budget meeting tonight and the fire chief says he is ready to bring up this issue of funding at tonight's meeting. live in alameda, amy hollyfield. >> kristen: investigators are now trying to determine if there is any possible connection between a missing nursing students in hayward and a murder case in fairfield. the family of 26-year-old michelle le is now offering a $20,000 reward. le was last seen friday night at kaiser hospital in hayward. she left what was supposed to be left for a short break and never returned. police found her car a half mile away, but didn't find any indications she had been kidnapped. family members say le isn't the type of person to simply take off without telling anyone. this shows some similarities to disappearance of fong lee. she was eventually found dead in napa county two weeks later. that case remains unsolved but there are no links between the cases have been identified. >>> rescue teams are searching for a san francisco man that is stra

would be a big plus for any business, and getting more san franciscans working is a plus for our entire city. this program, the jobsnow2 program, it is funded through june 30 this year. there will be approximately 250 to 300 jobs that could be subsidized by this time. we are here to announce we have still got money. we still that enthusiasm and an opportunity. we are focused on local small businesses. we have done well with the public sector and non-profit sector. today, we are announcing the availability of these funds to entice our small local businesses to take advantage of this program. with that, i want to introduce trent rhorer, our head of the human services agency. and he will in see the rest of the speakers. >> thank you, mr. mayor. good morning, everyone. i am trent rhorer, director of the human resources agency. as the mayor said, we've had tremendous success with jobsnow. we employed over 4100 low- income, unemployed job seekers, as well as folks who were receiving unemployment. this was underwritten by more than $60 million in federal funds. unfortunately, expired september of l

she was the commissioner for the entire city of san francisco and the people who need the port of san francisco. she will be a great commissioner and i urge her appointment to be the next ports commissioner. >> thank you. and is there any other public comment on this item? >> i am -- the chief operating officer and i have known her in the past from having worked with her in a couple of different institutions. i have known her for 13 years, with distinct present -- pleasure, eight of those years being part of her leadership team. and i can probably provide some perspective on how her leadership style may fit into a commission. one of the things that she has an excellent mind, for getting not only the big picture, but keeping track of the little details that may get in the way of the big picture. she is able to synthesize information very well. perhaps, most importantly, and i have seen this in action in both areas, she can take people with different opinions and get them to reach a consensus decision that they all feel good about. the decision reflects the best thinking possible at the

they will tremendously at home to the entire city of san francisco. i support rebuilding. president olague: [reading names] people can start coming out to the microphone when we call your name. line up over there and start coming up to the microphone. that would be great. [reading names] can you please start coming up to the mic? >> i'm a registered nurse at st. luke's hospital. including being a patient myself, i am concerned about access issues. my concerns about access would be addressed with the far superior alternative, taking away some of the problems associated with traffic congestion and overall traffic flow. as the current plans to stand, emergency vehicles that included ambulances, fire department, emergency vehicle will be hindered in due to the increased traffic congestion generated by the 550 bed hospital built a one of the busiest intersections in the city. there are well over 26,000 patients a year. many come with little time to spare. any patient having suffered a stroke, heart attack or any patient brought in sometimes only has moments of despair. many use

we have messages out to the entire city council. there is a budget meeting tonight and the fire chief says he is ready to bring up this issue of funding at tonight's meeting. live in alameda, amy hollyfield. >> kristen: investigators are now trying to determine if there is any possible connection between a missing nursing students in hayward and a murder case in fairfield. the family of 26-year-old michelle le is now offering a $20,000 reward. le was last seen friday night at kaiser hospital in hayward. she left what was supposed to be left for a short break and never returned. police found her car a half mile away, but didn't find any indications she had been kidnapped. family members say le isn't the type of person to simply take off without telling anyone. this shows some similarities to disappearance of fong lee. she was eventually found dead in napa county two weeks later. that case remains unsolved but there are no links between the cases have been identified. >>> rescue teams are searching for a san francisco man that is stra

concept of transit-based development that references muni's cep, which essentially renders the entire city as a development area. we have been very reasonable in our request, patient with the process, and worked in good faith with the city, attending numerous outreach meetings only to have the rug pulled out from under arrest at the last minute. this is san francisco, and our neighborhoods are important. the second version achieved adequately what they needed without risking ruining the historic nations -- the historic areas of our city. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am president of the park improvement club. i think this is all about process. the third draft of the housing element was certified and approved by the planning commission. it was not reviewed by the environmental impact report. only draft two was assessed by the eir. last-minute changes were introduced between draft two and three that were not removed and vetted. a lawsuit was filed, and even after that, they continue to go around the process. this is a good example of why there is such a lack of public trust. y

i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. u can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right now. over each of the years i have served, we have had to balance budget deficits that were around $500 million. this year, we're facing another budget deficit of almost $400 million. fortunately in recent years, we have had some ability to do some one-time budgeting tricks that allow us to balance the budget that do not exist this year. in past years, we've received federal stimulus money. we received more monies from the state government. last year our labor uni

fully seismic retrofit them and make them energy-efficient and firebreak them, which benefits the entire city. i don't have any problem with preservation planning. preservation planning. i have restored these buildings

supervisors to our new mayor, ed, we look forward to doing many wonderful things together and with the entire city of san francisco. thank you all for being part of this wonderful community. [applause] >> i wish you had gone back to sacramento. because he just reminded me that i forgot eric mar. newsom had to remind me. [applause] thank you. the board of supervisors adopted a set of rules to determine how you fill a vacancy when it occurs during the time of a sitting mayor. and those rules require that the presiding judge of the superior court in this county administer the oath of office. we are fortunate to have the presence of the presiding judge and she is katherine feinstein. where are you? would you please join us to do the duty of swearing ed lee in. mr. lee. >> if you would be kind enough to please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i edwin m. lee. >> i edwin m. lee. >> do solemnly swear -- >> do sol manyly swear -- solemnly swear -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> that i will support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united

legislation as a district-elected supervisors, even though this is legislation that impacts the entire city in the future of health care in san francisco for many years to come. i think it is possible to do both. it is definitely possible. >> let's talk about budgets. the city is faced with tough budget decisions. including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will he make these tough choices -- will you make these tough choices? supervisor campos: the budget is the most important policy document that the city can pass. it reflects the priorities of city government. i believe we have to be creative in how we look at the issue of the budget. it is important for me that certain things happen. i think that public safety has to be a priority in the budget, the public safety cannot be compromised to save a few dollars. but i think the public safety goes beyond funding the police department and the fire department, as important as that is. it includes funding violence prevention programs, after- school programs so someone has -- and people have something to do after school

city's plans as written are left before, every building in the city would be allowed to have an eight-story building in a covering the entire lot. homes where children can play safely will be replaced by rental apartments with no gardens. more families will leave the city. each apartment with no mandated garage will add eight or more cars to our already crowded streets. traffic due to an adequate transit will destroy the livability in the city. as a 51-year resident, i am asking for your courageous help and support in these difficult economic times. the diversity and quality of life in the neighborhood need your protection now and for the future. when the votes which have won the honor to compete for the world cup are sailing in the bay and our citizens and sisters from around the world are enjoying our view, shoreline parks, and our unique neighborhoods, -- supervisor mar: thank you. >> hello. i would like to talk to you about a couple of concepts. that concept is that the older i get, the more i realize that you just do not get back kind. i am concerned that once we have lost the quality of life that we enjoy in san franc

entire country. there are 4.5 acres of open 1000 residents. that is 95% below the city average. this truly is a dense urban neighborhood. we do not have tremendous opportunities to create more open space or to add recreational amenities in this neighborhood. here is a project that will result in a 20% increase in open space, 12,000 additional square feet of park and playground. and it has been designed in such a way that it makes the park more accessible for all -- for seniors, for people with disabilities, for parents with kids. it improve sightlines from the clubhouse and pool to the playground. it reflects the need for flexibility on the blacktop. the park is being designed to accommodate a number of different sports and activities, ranging from basketball to four square to roller hockey to soccer. it is a thoughtful design. it is a collaborative design. it is what the community has expressed loudly and clearly to us it needs. this is again a great civic collaboration. we fully support it. thank you. >> i want to reiterate that this morning both the library commission and the

over the next 12 months we'll be rolling out the entire city on the microsoft platform, a new email system will be in place for all of the employees, state of the art. we're very excited about this opportunity. we're excited not just about the email but what it means for the future of the city, where we're going for the next five years. as many of you tomorrow we'll be released our first five-year strategic i.t. plan for the city. this is one of the key projects, one of really the key initiatives that we're focusing on the city to demonstrate where we want to go over the next five years. and we want to thank gail and microsoft for being here today and talking a little bit about this project. gail, if you want to talk a little bit. >> thank you very much to john. i'm hoping everyone can hear us ok on the other side. thanks so much for joining us as well. and i just want to really say thank you to john and his entire team here in the city and county of san francisco for this partnership. and the tremendous vision that you've shown in terms of the efforts to continue to have a have a t.j.ic v

fully seismic retrofit them and make them energy-efficient and firebreak them, which benefits the entire city. i don't have any problem with preservation planning. i have restored these buildings and that my problem is it takes so long to get the permits. [tone] i wish there was a way to speed up the process of the permitting. supervisor wiener: thank you very much. >> i come today to ask a few questions specifically around the parks themselves. our biggest point is at as our city grows, demographics are going to change it will see a huge influx in the diversity of new reds. we need to preserve our ability to change passive to active recreation as needed by the communities. we need to look at the cost with historical landmarking of parks. we have a lot of neighborhood store to put a lot of sweat equity into renovating and up keeping their lands. we want to make sure it is not cost prohibitive and the costs are not passed on to community members. lastly, our parks are outdated. we must balance our need to be ecologically conservative with our ability to preserve our open spaces. supervisor wie

this project is one of seven major developments that will impact the entire city, including all san franciscans now and in future generations. as an element of the america's cup project, i am proposing a marine science pathway academy to be included as a permanent year-round facility on the waterfront in collaboration with mr. larry ellison and team of investors. as these major projects and partnerships evolve and other developments in the future, i request the port of san francisco take a leadership role in order to gain support from all the parties involved from the creation of a public service leadership academy located at the port of santhis facility can introduction for our high- school students for the real working world cooperation required between public and private partner entities to complete entitlement and review processes successfully. these field study academies will offer students and future leaders practical experiences that can assist them in understanding the classroom studies as critical to meeting their college and career goals and how successful businesses and resources are

what you see behind me, there are large areas of this city that are undamaged, yet it seems the entire cityy sharing the burden of recovery. there are no strangers in tuscaloosa anymore. just really good neighbors. they are everywhere. on trucks, trailers, on foot. regular citizens passing out water, food. >> they need the water. >> reporter: at a call-in radio show a resident says they need water in his neighborhood. help is soon on the way. some of them haven't met before today and some aren't even from around here. but now rolling through this deeply scarred landscape, they share what they see as a common responsibility. in their wake, they leave a trail of grateful survivors. >> you getting any help out here? >> there's so much help it's unbelievable. >> reporter: many of those they help are volunteers themselves. no job is too small or too big. and there is so much to do. >> it's really encouraging. >> reporter: it would be easy to label this uniquely southern hospitality. except we've seen it before in many parts of this country. tragedy reminding us that at the end of the day, we're

and i just want to really say thank you to john and his entire team here in the city and county of san francisco for this partnership. and the tremendous vision that you've shown in terms of the efforts to continue to have a have a t.j.ic vision for the city and county -- strategic vision for the city and county and modernizing and we're happy to be on this journey together in terms of leveraging technology, improve the services that the city provides to its citizens. so with this opportunity to work together on this innovation in terms of the benefits of cloud computing to over 23,000 municipal city employees migrating from its on-premise solution currently to a cloud-based exchange online solution that will deliver better functionality, agility as well as effectiveness for the city and county. so we're really excited to be entering into this partnership with san francisco. thank you, john. so with that i'll hand it over to john mccarthy from i.d.c. >> hi, thank you very much. they just asked me to weigh in a little bit of what's going on in government with cloud computing right now.

generations, and one of the paramount thing is, aside from the larger issues that are important to the entire city -- i think the big issue that is really in people's minds is the state of the economy. how is it that we are going to be able to bring down the unemployment rate in san francisco? how is it that we can have sustainable job growth in different sectors in san francisco? how is it that our future generations -- our kids and use -- are trained so they are able to take advantage of what is emerging -- our kids and youth. weather is the health care industry and other things that might be looking rosier -- whether it is the health care industry and other things that might be looking rosier in terms of job activity. >> how will you balance the needs of your district against the needs of the city as a whole? >> -- supervisor chu: a lot of people ask that question. they ask how you can be an effective supervisor and have the city's overall interests in mind, but the thing people often lose is the fact that what is good for the city often times is good for our residents as well. if we are seeing

what survivors in missouri are >>> one quarter of an entire city reduced to almost nothing. what survivors in missouri are hoping to find. >>> stolen from her home, but police say she never left the family. the trip that cook -- that took a 4 month old away from and back to her east bay home. >>> while the man accused of beating a giants' fan could not have been at the scene of a crime. >>> a veterans' memorial vandalized. one city says it will stay that way. >>> it was the deadliest single tornado in the united states in nearly 60 years. it struck the heart of joplin missouri. at least 116 people have been killed. still, rescue issues have now found more than a dozen survivors in their homes. we are in joplin where that search is being hampered by more dangerous weather. >> reporter: yeah, dana, rescuers are being challenged by extreme conditions, lack of heat, lack of electricity and lack of daylight. so they have to go through 6 miles block by block and going through piles and piles of rubble just like the one behind me. at least one quarter of joplin, missouri no longer