that's why this city is poised to become the first city in north american history with a demonstration, a commercial project, to place, in essence, a large green power plant underneath the mouth of our golden gate bridge or the mouth of the bay below the golden gate bridge that could conceivably provide enough power for 12 1/2 percent of all the households in san francisco. 100 percent green, 100 percent renewable. they are doing smaller projects around the world from israel, just over in england, we've seen these demonstration projects. we've now got to make them more commercially viable and san francisco wants to take the lead. my great hope and expectation as a californian is to see those gas oil rigs off the coast of california completely replaced with wave energy systems which again exist around the world but aren't being taken advantage of here in the state of california as they could or should be. we have done a lot on solar. in fact, we're very proud to have taken the leadership on our solar initiative a number of years ago the public passed a $100 solar bond in san francisco.

just two weeks ago, we open up the first lead certified public library in the entire city, the first ever, and now, we are at the home of the sunset solar project. the sunset truly is a cool place to be. i just want to say thank you to all of the amazing staff members who really helped put this together. it is exciting to see the panels of, to see them generating power, to see the people who now have job skills that are available to take on to other future projects. thank you to the staff, the mayor, and thank you to my staff for supporting this. >> you get a lot done with the sponsor of the board. it takes six votes to do a lot of things at the board of supervisors these days, and eric mar was the sixth vote. >> i think i'm getting way too much credit. this was a partnership with the mayor's office, the department of the environment, and many community-based organizations that advocated for the future. i used to take my daughter to the swings right on the corner there where you can overlook lincoln high school, and i know this is a great educational opportunity to teach about how we

so, first of all i just want to say that on behalf of many city departments how proud we are of the ideaintegrated pest management programs. the program as being in place since 1996 and city agencies have worked hard to reduce the use of toxic chemicals on city property. before you are examples of creativity come up with by city staff as ways to greatly reduce pesticides. everything from the framers used in golden gate park to the compost on golf courses and airports. the list goes on and on. all of those are the results of city staff wishing, in their way, to make a statement that they do not believe those are necessary in a good deal of city property. in the last 14 years we have managed to reduce pesticide use. we do not use pesticides on city playgrounds. every step person in the city thinks about them as a last resort. the department of the environment is not the one doing this work. it is our city partners, agencies, and notably here today we have record park areas here to look at these amendments in support of them today. so, what these amendments will do is strengthen the ordinan

if we are ever going to be a transit first city, we need to have this first access in the northeast neighborhoods i would like to thank my colleagues, the mayor, and federal officials for their strong support of this. i look forward to continuing that work. supervisor campos: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you for coming out here today. i know that you have been working on this for quite some time. i am pleased to see that there is a pathway for word. i know that there are a number of things that need to be bought and, but this has been a good update for this committee. i want to address some of the things i heard in public comments. central subway is also a project that i am very supportive of. it is important to chinatown and the regional area. we heard public comments about funding, like how this is robbing peter to pay paul. this is not the case. when we spoke to the departments, it was clear that the project and moneys that we were relying on, it does not take away from a previous project. it is the priority of the mta and the city to make sure that the central subway is built and tha

sanfrancisco recently became the first city to prohibit f ast-food reaurants with kids meal who don't mean health guidelines. >>> there was a ban on the cribs that have caused the deaths of 30 infants and toddlers, the dropside can drop and create a dangerous gap between the mattress and side rail where the baby can get caught. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, the sun is shining around much of the bay area today. but the long-range forecast calls for rain off and on all the way to new year's day. that will make the holidays especially tough for those who live on the streets. find out who plans are underway to shelter the homeless. that story and more coming up in our next newscast, the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day. , sea ro f t t..

week on unrelated text crimes allegations. >>> san francisco mayor gavin newsom opened up city hall today for the first ever open house. of course city hall is open every day to visitors. but today's celebration included music, cookies and a food drive. the big draw, however, was getting a chance to meet the mayor and his wife and take pictures with them as well. hundreds of people took advantage of the offer to say goodbye before the lieutenant governor-elect leaves for sacramento in the new year. there they are. >>> and in washington state, record rainfall caused flooding and landslides near seattle. trues floated down rain-swollen rivers. in king county more than three inches of rain has fallen in the past 24 hours. one landslide pushed a home down the hill. there it is. three people were inside at the time, but remarkably no one was hurt. the worst of the danger is expected to end by early tomorrow. >>> we have jeff ranieri checking out weather around here. we have weather coming in around here. >> can you say la nina >> i can. la nini. >> very good. very nice. >> so la nina. this active stormto pa

we will be the first big city in the nation to have an electric fleet. that will leverage roughly $30 million of local money, including the partnership's we are announcing today, with companies like mastercard. all these things today are taking shape in real time, and i just think it is exciting. again, we are in the house business. we are proving how we can get this done. we are proving we can get it done in a business better and create a new opportunity to build the economy in this more sustainable future that we tried to build. i know we are here to announce this partnership, but i am here to celebrate that vision and celebrate that resolve and collective wisdom through our bay area bay quality district, our partners at the pork, -- port, the work of ed lee, the border supervisors, and through these public-private partnerships that we are now developing. this federal stimulus grant provides 4600 of these charge points by october 2011. $37 million from the fed to do this. and they are doing it in cities that have demonstrated leadership first, and that

you have a million other cities that you could be doing this first conference, but you chose san francisco, the birthplace of life science and biotechnology, the home of the california stem cell institute, one of the most dynamic cities still in this very difficult economic climate, the -- the home of twitter and companies like wikipedia, sales force.com. four square as he was mentioning. all of these remarkable companies that are now starting to take shape here in san francisco. play fish, the gaming industry really taking off. zinga and the work that mark is doing and their growth and that potential, all taking shape in this small city that we call home. again, because this is where the talent about that ability to recruit and retain the best and the brightest minds. almost 0-plus percent. not almost, over 40% of the people in the city have bachelor's degrees or greater. not many cities have that concentration of talent. at the end of the gay, the primary function of a mayor is -- to create the conditions so we could create an environment where people like you can come to -- together and

san francisco recently became the first city to ban fast food restaurants from including toys meet those> at a time when it seemed difficult enough to hold on to the job you have, a new approach is catching on. starting your own business in the company of other people, trying to [÷do the exact same thing. samantha hayes shows us a new kind of office space where coffee brakes is mandatory and sharing ideas is the biggest perk of all. >> reporter: on the roof of t washington d. c. condo building sits the realization of zach axelrod's dream. >> literally it's as simple as the bqy÷sun's raise heating tha >> reporter: solar panels is not a new idea it's how he uses them. that's his business and it's off. >> we're essentially a lower cost utility for him and obviously a green utility. >> reporter: skyline renovations could have failed éfirst year but zach axelrod says the key to his success was not having a great idea but sharing it with other entrepreneurs in a very xunique office space. called the affinity lab. this eclectic office space above a city diner is ink you baiting dozens of othe

in july, went oakland city council passed an ordinance making it the first city in the nation to regulate large-scale commercial marijuana grow operations, many people expected a flood of people to jump at the chance to do it. but city council member brooks says it is not as easy as some people thought it would be. >> people thought this was their lottery ticket, they were going to make millions of dollars, so let's go do this. >> reporter: four licensed growers chosen would have to pay $210,000 in annual fees to the city in order to operate the cultivation site, as well as set up a trust to help community nonprofit groups. the city council is meeting right now to try to find a way to clear up some of the misperceptions about the cultivation proposal and some of the language in the original ordinance. a spokesman for the oakland city attorney says much of what his office has discussed with the council is covered under attorney/client privilege so it can't be discussed publicly, but the spoe spokesman did confirm that setting up a medical marijuana operation of this type could be considere

. >> in 2000 is it san francisco became the first city to ban tobacco sales in drugstores, they included big box stores and supermarkets. >>> the woman that was the face of a antismoking campaign is back. this may be my last chance to warn you about the dangers of smoking. gradually. >> you remember this one. california health officials brought debbie austin back for this tv ad. in 97 she showed americans where addiction to tobacco by smoking through a hole in her throat. that's where doctors removed her vocal chords. she traveled the world to campaign against cigarettes. >>> parents of a teenager said he died after a night of heavy drinking on a party bus. it's the new go to mode of transportation for teens. under aged teenagers should not drink on them but they do. there's no regulations to stop them. >> bret was 19 years old, a college freshman. >> last february has life was cut short in a drink driving accident on highway 101. brett was the drunk driver. >> he had a high alcohol level. >> more than three times the legal limit. they say it would never have happened if he was not allow

slides dempster as you may know, as you both voted for this ordinance, san francisco became the first citythe country to have an ordinance that required local retailers to post radiation on specific absorption rates but the point of sale. the other part of the ordinance that is important to note and relative to today is that the city recognized that just that radiation level alone out of context would bring residents benefiting from additional information touse -- cellphone radiation. it required a posting of the fdar value and posting information on reduced exposure. since the time of passage i am pleased to tell you that philadelphia, new york city, and three more in california have directed their attorneys to draw up ordnances. the french parliament has also drafted and passed a similar disclosure law. san francisco was the first and not the last to go in that direction. since the time you have passed that ordinance we have been busy implementing it. the ordinance before you today is further along in the process as we have already been busy at the department. we have held two public hea

first from the city of san francisco for welcoming us. we opened the doors, and it has been wonderful hearing all the comments from the customers about how excited they were to come into lowe's and how they look forward to come into lows. i want to thank the community and neighborhood for welcoming guests -- welcoming us. i want to thank the honorable mayor of san francisco and sophie maxwell for welcoming us. i would like to thank rhonda simmons and her wonderful and entire staff for her guidance and support, and i would like to thank everyone for the partnership. i would like to thank derek smith for his guidance with this whole project. without your advice, i think we would be wandering through, wondering where to go. i would also like to thank my district manager for his support and guidance, but most of all, i would like to thank short construction and the storm voice and their families for the hard work and dedication and the hours away from home that they spent building this store. it was a wonderful experience to bond with our gro

we were the first city to put our greenhouse gas emissions to the third party to have them analyzed this. we unveiled those new numbers just a few months back. it proves the point that the governor is making. you control your economy and preserve and enhance your environment. we grew our economy over the last decade or so. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates of any of the 50 counties in california. we lead the state in almost every category. with the most aggressive green building standards. with the most aggressive alternative fuel program, etc.. we know it works. without taking too much time because we have a lot of speakers coming up, let me try to distill this. this is not democrats or republicans. it is about people coming together. one issue we all come aroutogetr around is the issue of jobs. the state and employment rate is 12%. this is exactly the conversation we need to be having. is not as a celebration and announcement of 2500 jobs and the down payment on that because of what tom and others are doing. if you put $1 billion into a coal plant, he will generate about 870

she is the first one in the city to install it. in noe valley, the corner of castro and 24 has a lot of pedestrian casualties from automobiles. there was a lot of dangerous -- it is a very busy intersection with cars and buses. there is a school. there are the catholic schools. there are children in that area. one of the priorities in the street scape improvement plan was pedestrian safety. they implemented a duratherm crosswalk, which is a much more visible crosswalk with a special pattern for safety reasons. it adds more character and detail to the street that you normally would not havede. b -- not have. deb brought duratherm. it was the first project where we used this material in the city. the city studied it to see how it worked. since then, other districts have -- in the tenderloin, they have also implemented this. the budget amount for each category was within the 10 percentage points from the management plan. they also met the requirements to have 5% of their income come from other sources. they have done an amazing job ra

of those is that the first host city agreement obligates the city to sell the lot. we have softened that language, saying that we will explore the sale for 70 five-year leasing. -- 75 year leasing. with bank credits for the $55 million or whatever the infrastructure ends up being. that is an important distinction. similar to the way the moratorium deal that was just signed the day of the parade -- we did that under those exact terms. there receive credit to mint -- commensurate to what was below the debt. i also wanted to address the timing issues that people raise. in terms of the holiday and the actual agenda when the materials went out on tuesday before the thanksgiving holiday, two of the advisory groups could not make it out until after the holidays. everything was properly posted when the meeting was announced. i also heard some questions about the issues regarding what was brought by the maritime union in terms of foreign flag vessels. those issues can be addressed by the city perspective and it would be appreciated. >> thank you. cherry cullen. as i said, we

hard. >> the sledding and the snowy play area were set up outside city hall hosted by gavin newsom. >> a little nos allege yeah. my first day in office we opened up city hall. the last few days in office i will open it up again and this time celebrate with families. >> newsom gave towers of city hall telling people what being mayor has been the last seven years. visitors told me they were impressed. >> well, i think he is reaching out to all sorts of people today. the think i am struck by is how sincere and real he is. his responses aren't just ham. [ music ] >> reporter: inside the city hall hundreds of people enjoyed classical music, the impressive architecture and visits with santa. >> it's just a really novel opportunity to be able to come in and come in a very social capacity to see how wonderful it is. and just fellowship with the west of the san franciscoans. >> reporter: mayor newsom is winding down his time in office where he spent a better part of the last two decades. >> i love this job. i don't like this job. i love it. i love the city. it's in my soul. it's in my dna. i am not giving up on the city. i will

san francisco was the first city to prohibit them from including tries. far it gets. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. . another look from ontario as people have been stranded on the roadway, you can see nothing, there the cars, stranded on the right. as they are waiting for some rescue stranded for days. as this note just pile up. >> ore., a town there is cleaning up from a tornado that left the path of destruction. riffs were ripped up buildings leaving debris scattered in the streets. the winds were so powerful they not the train off the tax. no one is seriously injured as you see all the damage tornadoes are rare with an average of two of them each year. >> of the on our weather a live look at james lick of get there, a break before more rain returns christie has the latest. speaking during the dry weather what you can wet weather is back in our forecast in the next couple of days, fog this morning that will lift, not to much sunshine cool, dry in-store major storm making its way into bay

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