then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san francisco? i think the city is now looking at doing art paths for that purpose. it would not be hard, given the abundance of -- after so many years in the desert, there is a huge backlog of brilliant art. magnificent piece is done by armies of artists working together. so that is an obvious things that could be instituted. i also pulled him that we did not have any trash cans in our city. we did not really continue that dialogue. [laughter] >> the question that everyone in san francisco is asking now, i'm going to ask you as a formality. are you going this year? have you ever missed one? have you ever wanted to? >> no. [laughter] at one time, i was very much needed -- i am still needed, from time to time. although, if i and my partners have done our job, we should not be needed that much. i am like anyone else out there. it is a big place. it is hyperactive. not only are there 100 things, b

when we need resources here, it stretches resources from the entire city. so i would really like a good look at the police resources right now. we talk about family fight -- a family flight in the health of the city. not being able to work safely through my neighborhood, the mission, or my work neighborhood, district 3, i mean, we really need to take a long comprehensive look at violence and public safety. i would like to ask for that. the other thing i would like to talk about -- i would like to actually take this opportunity to thank the public health department. when i came to san francisco 30 years a card, my first health care plan axes was right in this building. before i had health insurance, it was a sliding scale, completely affordable for a student cartel waitress, completely affordable. when i had health insurance, they took health insurance, but it was right here. it was accessible, affordable, and it was quality care. the public health department is the largest general fund department. so i would ask for some real thought about the public health

making sure that we cover the entire city. we looked at geography, etc. we are pleased by the fact that we have made an expansion of hours a priority and we have been successful. as of today -- and i want to emphasize this -- all of our libraries are open five, if not six days a week. what we are proposing in this year's budget is two more branches that would be open one additional day. that is the visitation valley. this is in keeping with a plan to be strategic to where the need is. we have also opened up new facilities, have been delivered about the hours on that. the proposal would get us to 54% of all of our libraries open seven days a week. look at that comparison with other cities across the nation. san francisco is at 54%. san jose has only 5%. seattle, 44%. chicago, 4%. philadelphia, 2%. this means san franciscans really are supporting their libraries, and we are supportive of the preservation fund, but we are also the only urban library in the nation that has had no impact during the economic downfall. we are proud of that but we also continue t

the power plant outside the eco city limits is cleaner than many others. the entire tianjin region has been chosen as a flagship climate protection zone. efficient use of coal is essential for a good carbon footprint. coal is the backbone of china's growing prosperity. several billion tons of it annually fuel its economic expansion. but it's a nightmare for the climate. china is not just concerned about the environment, but also about its energy reserves. where will all the raw materials come from? energy efficiency is the key to sustainable growth -- and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. in our power plants there are a total of six boilers, five of which are coal-fired. we can't manage without coal, but coal is becoming more expensive. for our economic success to continue, we have to use less coal. besides, the government has set energy conservation targets and permissible pollution limits that we have to observe. new sulfur filters, modern boiler technology, rainwater use are a start. in the past few years the power plant perator has invested quite a lot and gr

bayview when the captain was there, now the efforts extend beyond bayview in the interests of the entire city and this particular issue. the good news is that the numbers of users entering into this system is clearly pronounced this last year. while the percentages are slightly the same in terms of the percentages of use in cassidy representing the use of color, -- percentages of the youth in custody representing the youth of color is the same. >> and i would like to see the recidivism rates. supervisor mar: with racial and ethnic disparities, whenever there is policy having to deal with juvenile, are you looking at the impacts especially on latin-american and african- american populations? >> that is a good point. we deal with racial and ethnic disparity as we examine every one of our policies. we put that on like a lines. supervisor avalos: any member of public like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move this item forward? we have a motion to move forward with recommendations. next item, please. >> item two, ordinands amending the san francisco police code by amendin

if a group get together to give a gift to an entire city, it is easy to find people who will give to that. and the consequence is, you can learn a lot. talk about a networking opportunity. but nobody ever went there to network. they went out there to give their energy, imagination, their heart to something. >> there is that collaboration, the cross-disciplinary thing that happens out there, but i also feel like there is a bit of a sense of competition. people are trying to outdo each other, try to outdo each other trt impressive thing. >> that is human nature. i read a few years ago somebody complaining, i remember the good old days. you could put up a pink flamingo in front of your tent and it was cool. now with all of these big projects, i feel few tile -- futile. well, they learned the wrong lesson. the interesting thing is, people say that they are connected, but in an environment like that, it is easy to get connected. it is easy to get help. unless you insist on being the leader, you will find something to join. that is what my whole career has been, basically. >> speaking of y

youth opportunities are tremendously important for the entire city. >> the council did vote in favor of the mayor's originally proposed budget. they will take a final vote on the budget on monday. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> two men are behind bars and baltimore county, linked to the murder of a college student found dead inside his own car. but then you are johnson was picked up and charged today. it happened an apartment complex where police found 22- year-old miguel bailey suffering from several gunshot wounds inside his car with the motor still running. residents expressed concerns about their own safety, but tonight police said there is no cause for concern. >> this is not a random act. these were parties that knew each other. this was an act of violence, not an armed robbery. >> the ongoing investigation will continue until they determine who pulled the trigger. they have determined that all three men were shot during the robbery and struggle. >> we broke this story yesterday on 11 news it 5:00. lowell melser joins us live from the newsroom with reaction. >> it was just last

the constitution said you are not allowed to negotiate a government pension that are wallowing entire city. detroit pension costs are surprising what they put on workers. our taxes are going up. . to fund the fat cat pension where people retire and three-quarters of the worker pay. sweet deals and we can't afford it >> it is okay to take away pension credits for years not yet worked and okay to make state employees chip in and that is fair it is not fair or legal or constitutional to take away. >> >> you have federal workers with a bigger pile. >> they were promised too much and that was a big mistake. what if you put money in the 401 k and your employer didn't want to match it can't take the money. this is money i put in there. and it was a taxpayer that put the money in there. a state like california put it over the investmentings. i want to spend million on my public service. and that is making a hard choice . last year in los angeles. mayor sat down and renegotiated the exiting contract. it applies to the local town. there is a reof unicontracts. i am an opportunity for 30 years. don't

we're talking about deciding where to build and how to build to best empower the entire city of san francisco, not just one part of the. which i live a block away from. i would love to see my neighborhood revitalize on van ness, but not at the expense of the neighborhood around st. luke's. seaboots needs to be kept at its current level, are made even larger. -- or maybe even larger. we just got beat by a percentage point, by huge amounts of money from a large corporation. cpmc is a large corporation. if you look at the analysis of what is happening in wisconsin, the unions were not tight enough together to win that campaign. we all need to sit down at the table together and create a war room where we decide how we are going to get a better deal out of them. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is monica. my family runs a family-run business in the bayview district for 35 years. we are also certified. we have been proud to host interns from the construction administration training program. we do not do this because is required. we do it because it is the way we have always done bus

wednesday they will host a people's school board meeting rallying the entire city of oakland. >>> a danville marine killed tweaks before his 20th birthday will be remembered. the life of joshua and fallen heroes celebrated today. the danville fallen soldier monument will be dedicated in front of the new veteran's hall at 10:00 this morning. afterwards at danville community center airing luncheon, music and activities. thousands including military families are expected to attend. >>> former penn state coach jerry sandusky is in jail this morning. he will likely spend rest of his life there. after two days of deliberations, a pennsylvania jury found sandusky guilty of molesting ten young boys. chris is at the courthouse in bellefonte, pennsylvania with the story. >> reporter: as he left court friday night, jerry sandusky said nothing, he didn't have to. the look on his face said it all as he was led away in handcuffs. he's now a convicted child molester, guilty of preying on the kid his promised to help in the charity he founded. cheers rang out after verdicts announced. jurors spent 21 hours

sitting around the border supervisors are happy about their decision to move to santa clara, but the entire city family and residents have been working to plan for the revitalization of the communities around the stadium with or without the 49 years. is no secret that the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium have tremendous needs and have borne the brunt of traffic and noise impacts of the stadium for decades. and in particular, the resident of the alice script public parking site. they have suffered from years of isolation as well as neglect. however, i am pleased to see that this lease amendment contains a number of provisions that benefit the city should the 49ers' choose to terminate their lease early, including a payment of over $1 million to the rec and park department for the youth program. however, as with any project or agreement in our duty, if elected as decision makers, is to ensure that any payments or community benefits as it is heated with these transactions are administered responsibly. and in a public manner that takes into account the needs of our city and surrounding communit

he's known clout the entire city. he's gotten votes -- throughout the entire city. he's gotten votes throughout the wards, is well respected by blacks, whites, latinos. >> kwame brown was on the short list to be the next mayor. that list is really short now, isn't it? who else could there be? >> among the sitting city council members i would say muriel bowser, phil mendelson and jack evans. jack has expressed publicly he would like to become mayor. >> he's run before a couple times. is d.c. now speaking of jack evans perhaps on the verge of its first ever white mayor? >> we came close once before with dave clark. dave clark is very similar to phil mendelson in the sense that i think they're very progressive, known throughout the city and they went everywhere. phil goes everywhere. jack evans has been very successful representing ward 2, but he's not yet reached out into the rest of the city. if he can start to do that, i think people will vote for him. i think black people will vote for somebody who is going to provide quality education, run our schools and keep our

i'm not sure if the entire area tracks 100% to a public submission, the department of elections or city planning, but i think we can still make the finding reasonably that we brought the portila together and put it in 9. what i'm hoping for is that the consulting can look at what was done and say these, we feel very comfortable and recommending that you find and these are some ones where you may need to vote and make that judgment call. because i think all of these are judgments for us to make. does that make any sense at 12:30 in the morning? >> no. apologies. >> all right. i tried. >> mr. alonso. >> i'm sorry, but somehow i cannot help but feel that we are making this a lot more complicated than it has to be. the bottom line is we were the ones that defined these neighborhoods. and we did based on public testimony, especially after we realized that a lot of the planning maps, a lot of the electoral maps were insufficient. so eventually the neighborhoods are as we did find them. and if we just keep it simple and call what the neighborhood is, what it is by its needs and bounds, i think

we're being asked to make a decision that will set standards and impact the entire city over the next 20. that is part of what we're trying to figure out. the issue of whether we could find parties that would be privy to an agreement, i would be happy to work with your office. cpmc is entering into least one or more agreements with neighborhood associations. if that is happening, it might make sense to consider a broader way of doing this. i would certainly add to supervisor mar's comment. part of what we're trying to do is build the broadest community support for the product we believe will have significant impact on the city in the future. i would love to help figure out how we can get there. >> thank you. i have a request that we take a five minute short break. then we will come to public comment. we will lose the koran in a moment. i will say five minutes. we will reset the meeting for 5 minutes and come back. >> i have to run off to other meetings. i do expect to be back to other hearings. i want to thank all the members of the public for all the work we're doing together to move

>> it feels like the entire city is in the midst of a renaissance. >> reporter: that's right. detroit and renaissance together. unemployment remains high at 10.5% and the blight is still here but something else is here too optimism. >> i think we can compete with boston, new york, chicago. >> reporter: that is billionaire dan gilbert. the chairman of quicken loans is talking about competing for great workers not to build cars but rather to build tech companies. they have moved workers into downtown detroit. >> lease rates were very low. so we could create our own vision down here. >> sit hard to find an apartment here downtown because people my age group basically are taking up everything. >> reporter: gilbert has started a firm to provide seed money to technology start-ups. >> technology can create value and wealth quicker than 1.0 economy manufacturing. >> reporter: because with tech all you need is a little space and big ideas. >> the tech sector here is important to detroit because it help change people's perspective of our city. >> reporter: greg schwartz moved back from

legislation as a district-elected supervisors, even though this is legislation that impacts the entire citye 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, fund

you is whether to choose a land use that brings enormous physical and financial benefits to the entire city that this project as, do that or preserve a parking lot for the benefit of a privileged few? after many years of going through the process, it is time to move forward and choose right before the city. >> thank you. after wendy is brad. >> my name is wendy lesser and i work for sotheby's. i am also a mother here with my family. i support development and building all over the city. we have a limited resource here and we have such limited housing and inventory that i think the highest and best use for this area would be the project. i also work on the port project that was very successful and it continues to thrive as a community. i am determined to keep my family here and my little boys are going to be enjoying the pool this summer. if we have to pull back and go to another pool for two years and go to another city, we're all for that. >> thank you. after brad, janine. >> good afternoon. i represent construction and development. i want to reiterate a couple of points that have been made

the new exactly what you're getting into when you were appointed to this body, but all was in the entire city thank you for your work. i had a number of colleagues who wanted to present to the proclamations, but we thought would make sense for our rules committee chair to make the presentation. our perspective on the specific lines that you drew are irrelevant. u.s. didn't -- he acted in the best interest of san francisco. while our opinions were not relevant to your inquiry, we are all of the opinion that he did a great job and we want to thank you the countless hours and your incredible patience. supervisor avalos: i got five minutes late to the closing of public comment, so i did not get to speak publicly, but i did shout over the rail to thank you for your work. most of all, there were a couple of principles i talked about when i came and we would do everything we could to keep the neighborhoods whole and not make wholesale changes to the city and district. that was clearly something that was heard throughout the city and i believe the task force did a tremendous job of filling those prin

forward in a way that makes sense for, not only specific neighborhoods that are affected but for the entire city. what is unfortunate about what happened yesterday, and not knowing about the chronicle that wrote about it, fully captured the significance of what happened. as the substance of that agreement was being presented, by the mayor's staff, and by the relevant departments, there was the acknowledgement on behalf of the people who negotiated on behalf of the city that the very key components of that development agreement -- they are no longer sufficient to actually ensure that st. luke's remains open and operates for 20 years. i have been on this board for close to four years and have never seen anything like that. it is unprecedented that in a project of this magnitude, as you begin the discussion in committee about whether or not to approve the agreement, a very important agreement, that the negotiating team says that the terms are not sufficient to provide protection that you would expect in that kind of deal. i have never seen that and i think it is unfortunate. so many people on both

we announced that the entire city family take time to think about whether the existing laws should apply to the new activity or whether we should create new policies and regulations that apply more appropriately to the activity. we look forward to tackling that with the working group going forward. >> how was the turnout? >> it was a pretty huge turnout. we had about 40 hosts from san francisco, probably more than that. many of them testified. it was an incredibly moving experience. i do not think i have seen a city hearing the was that emotional. people are using this income to pay property taxes if they own their home, pay off their mortgages, pay increasing rents. our cofounders could not afford their increasing rent so they blew up an air mattress in their living room and rented it out to make rent. this is incredibly important as a source of income for our hosts. if you are taxing at 15%, we need to do so thoughtfully. >> what was the treasurer's view? how is it different from yours? >> we do not know what the treasurer's view is. we would love to discuss this collaborative lee -- c

in the aftermath entire city blocks of los angeles burned for days. in life he was troubled, confused. he sometimes was able to push back against his own demons. but sometimes they won. before the end of his life he said he had no bitterness over what had happened to him. we have a look back tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: rodney king once said he could never outrun his troubled past. on sunday he was found dead in the swimming pool he built. king's fiance discovered his body. >> it appears that this is a drowning and there were no obvious signs of foul play. >> reporter: for the last decade king lived here in realto, california an hour outside of los angeles where some 20 years ago he was thrust into the spotlight. king's infamous arrest and beating came to symbolize police brutality. his story made headlines around the world. in one of his final interviews king spoke to nbc's lester holt. >> every time they swung the baton i could hear it cracking, you know, there was cracking of my bones every time i took a blow. >> not guilty of t

october and the fall so that we controlled and to modify it hours so we do meet the needs of the entire city with regards to library hours. it will also include a survey of the community. we're working with the comptroller's office to make sure we are fully engaged in do the data analysis correctly. >supervisor chu: you talk about the hours analysis and the outreach and to make sure we're cognizant of the unique needs, but with regards to the budget, do you have the ability to start adding hours if the study would turn back? do you have the flexibility to do that within your budget at this moment? is that something we can consider? >> we would have flexibility to make modifications it adjustments based on community needs. again, cause i didn't -- to be cognizant of the fact that we need the budget to balance. the commission has always been supportive of modifying the hours to truly meet the community needs. we would have fund balance and the reserve to look at that. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we go to the next apartment. there are a number that have not come to agreement, but think