president fong: is it fast? let us hear the next item, a 10a. >> a request approval of the first amendment to the memorandum of understanding between the port of san francisco and the san francisco municipal transportation agency, extending for two years the ports contract for services regarding multi-based pay stations on port property. commissioner lazarus: is their emotion? in musty feel like you need a presentation, we do not need to make one. president fong: any public comments? any opposed? >> item 11, new business. i think you have heard a lot of it. [laughter] see you on august 19. president fong: keep going. >> item 12, public comment. i think he left. president fong: paul bicharte? >> hello, commissioners. i am here to speak specifically about a port aspect, which is dry dock number one. i do not know if you are familiar with that. it is a big tin cans that is currently moored at terminal 80. i consider myself a stakeholder in the harbor. i own a barge company in the harbor and also a commercial fuel b

commissioner fong: ok. a couple of commons. i think there are two different options, and it is interesting that princess cruises is trying 2011, and hopefully, they are very successful with that, which gives us more of a reason to make that investment. i know we have some monetary things to figure out as well, so it is clearly not a done deal, or we need to figure out some other things, but it is very exciting. i had the pleasure of being in shanghai, china, and took a tour of their crude ship port of call, and it was absolute state of the art. it is a beautiful building, a landmark building for that city, and it functioned very well for an event space as well as different use. this is a non-action item, but i look forward to the next steps, and remind everyone that there is a workshop on july 21, correct? a public workshop. thank you. >> item 9c, informational presentation on the department of the city planning's nebraska embarcadero study -- nebraska -- northeast embarcadero study. commissioner fong: we're going to take a two

commissioner fong: let's go ahead and call this meeting to order. >> roll call. commissioner fong. commissioner fong: here. commissioner brandon. commissioner brandon: here. commissioner lazarus. commissioner lazarus:. approval of the meetings in june 10, 2010. commissioner fong: approve. >> public comment on executive session. executive session. commissioner fong: all those in favor? commissioner fong: good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i move that we reconvene in open session. >> second. commissioner fong: any discussion? all those in favor? >> i move that we not discuss anything discussed in executive session. >> -- commissioner fong: any discussion? all those in favor? >> aye. >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones and pagers and it similar electronic sound producing devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that a chairman or the removal from a meeting room of any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing device. please be advised that a member of the public has up to three min

president fong: allan mark. >> hello. i am a resident of washington hills for 20 years and a homeowner there. i have also been a member of the telegraph club for 18 years. i am the president of the company involved in real estate consulting on the residential side. i strongly support the northeast embarcaderos study. it has been very thorough, very well thought out. this town averages about 1000 sales a year of condos. at the peak of the market, there were 3000 condominium sold in 2007. right now we have 800 left that are not in contract. there is virtually no new residential construction going on in the market. i do not see anything happening for the next year or two. i envision another shortage of housing, unfortunately. many developments take a minimum of 18 months to three years to build. i know the embarcadero very well. i think we can activate the site. i do not think it is terribly safe at night. i am a major walker. i think we should support this. it involves a lot of surface lots. i see empt

the city wants to take sam fong's property and sell it to the same people sam fong had a contract with. los rios community college district. >> i had a contract with los rios and they interfered with that contract. and they are taking the property for half of the contract price. >> reporter: that's right. los rios could buy the property for the current market value, about $4 million. that's less than half what sam fong negotiated with the college three years ago. fong is suing the city of rancho cordova to keep his property. >> yes, they are absolutely stealing this property and it's just un-american. >> reporter: sam fong is feeling the heat but so is his tenant eddie, who owns carolina's mexican food located next door to the empty lot. he has been here 10 years but if the city wins the eminent domain fight, eddie will be forced to move. >> we'll be out of business. i have employees who will be out of business. and it will be less income for us. >> reporter: and potentially less income for the city of rancho cordova because sam fong has an agreement now with a major grocer for a super

president fong: any more questions? we have to have a motion and a second. i believe there was a slight change? >> last whereas clause is actually the result: a. -- is actually the resolve clause. it is a typo. so with that change. president fong: resolution 10-51 is approved. >> item9b, conceptual authorizations -- conceptual design options and fiscal feasibility approval process of the james r. herman cruise terminal and nebraska work plaza public improvement project, located along the embarcadero. >> i am a port project director. i will present a brief summary of the project development since january of this year. next, the design team will present to conceptual designs of the cruise terminal and the wharf plaza. finally, john dahl will present the feasibility study and the public outreach process. in january of this year, the design team, which includes k &d architects in association with cruise terminal design consultants, committed to the design process. this began with internal workshops that led to a development of what engineers call a design basis.

[applause] president fong: any additional? >> jennifer, i just want to thank you for all you have done. you listened to the people fairly and democratically, and you did a job well beyond what we would think anyone could do here. thanks so much on behalf of the people and the residents of the area where all the activity took place. i wish you the best in smooth sailing. [applause] >> thank you, everyone, for your kind words today. it touches me. it is it's a row honor. it has been a privilege for me to work at the port. i have participated in some of the changes we have seen on the waterfront and i feel really lucky to have had such a challenging, fun, and interesting career at the port, and to work with such a great group of dedicated and bright people. i especially want to thank monique, byron, and my colleagues in planning and development for a wonderful experience. and i hope to come back for just a short period to close escrow on this moratorium if i can, because it has been a project dear to my heart for the last six yea

commissioner fong: thank you. any additional comments? ok, we are going to open this up to public comment, and there maybe some diverse opinions, so i'm going to ask there be no applause, and if you have any comments, to bring the outside. first one is dave stock fell -- stockdale >> good afternoon. i'm the executive director of the nonprofit firms market, so i'm here representing my board. our staff, our volunteers, and the 110 sellers at the ferry plaza farmer's market. we would like to commend the planning department for the extensive effort and thought that went into creating these guidelines, these principles. we fully endorse the view point they are presenting, and in particular, we would like to comment on just a few items in their plan that we find particularly important for those of us operating small businesses in the area because this is a mixed use area. residents, visitors, and it is small businesses, and we appreciate this broader view that has been taken. for instance, items such as lots should be developed and released fro

their part of the facility to service asia, our network is going to increase too. >> that was alex fong, ceo of the hong kong general chamber of commerce. >>> next is an update of the latest market figures. ♪ >>> and that's all for now in biz news. >>> nearly 50,000 students dropped out of college or junior college during the fiscal year ending in 2009. that figure comes from japan's ministry of education. next we see what one university is doing to prevent students from cutting their education short. >> reporter: ysuke okawa studies at a university in yokohama city near tokyo. two years ago he dropped out of a different university. okawa says compared to high school universities give students a lot of freedom. he adds that he couldn't adapt. >> translator: when you are given total freedom, you have no idea what to do. >> reporter: typically, more than 100 university students attend lectures in large halls. not knowing anyone, okawa couldn't cope. he started skipping classes. finally, he dropped out. >> translator: i got stressed out, feeling that i wasn't fitting into society. then i f

joining her on the dyess is commissioner chris wang, commissioner michael garcia and commissioner frank fong. the vice president kendall go is absent this evening. to my left is miss guessner, who will provide the board with any legal advice this evening. i'm cynthia goldstein, board's executive director. in the front row we have representatives from some of the city departments. the deputy director of the department of building inspection. sitting next to him is scott sanchez, acting zoning administrator who will also represent the planning department and planning commission. we also have in the audience dr. johnson ogzo from the department of health and a representative from the transportation agency and division of tax aries and accessible services. at this time if we can go over the board meeting guidelines and the swearing-in process. >> the court requests you turn off all phones, beepers and pagers so they do not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the board's riles are fonetprigses are as follows -- appellates or respondants have seven minutes to pre

at that time upon motion by commissioner fong, the board vote 5d-0 to withhold the board to variants.> thank you. you have three minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is ellen sanchez. i have only three minutes to speak. in trying to connect the injustice, i would note the outcome because a few days ago the director of d.b.i. send an e-mail and i quote, this matter can no longer be appealed and we will be not be doing any further research on this, unquote. the appeal process not completed when she wrote the e-mail. but both planning and building department continues brandishing my rights for public record so they could protest this illegal construction. as of today the planning department did not provide me with all of the public records. commissioner garcia at the last hearing made it very clear that his support and belief of administrator scott sanchez when he asked mr. sanchez, did you provide her with all of the records, and mr. sanchez said yes. mr. sanchez maked many forced statements and thace response and not a forced statement. he has not been involved in the project for over a

recall hav fong lee has davis. long horter: koua fong lee has ar didll along he stepped on the brakes but his car didn't stop. it was his life that came to a screeching halt. ng his life three years in prison, he's getting his life back. >> i'm very happy to see my wife, my children. >> >> reporter: lee was the driver the ds 2006 crash in st. paul, minnesota. he was coming home from church with his pregnant wife and family when his 1996 toyota een y crashed into this car at a red light. police say he was going between 70 to 90 miles an hour. it killed a man, his son and his niece. lee was convicted of vehicular homicide. >> i stepped on the brake and nothing happened. and i yelled to my family, "brake. brake's not working." >> reporter: the judge sentenced him to eight years. he could no longer support his his y. he missed the birth of his daughter. in the last year, other toyota in the last owners started describing the same thing. instances where they say they same stopdn't get their cars to stop. people heard le

however, i would have to agree with commissioner fong that there is no new evidence, and i'm not sure necessarily what a rehearing would give to us at this time because even the false statements are a misrepresentation or inaccuracies that were put forward and addressed today, do not seem material to me. so i would concur and deny. >> someone wiser than myself would leave this alone but i don't feel particularly wise tonight. it's ironic mr. harts would talk about what the permit holder did under oath and when everyone in the room who intended to testify tonight stood up to take that oath, he chose to stay seated. but i agree with what has been said by the other commissioners. >> in looking at the papers, the only issue that did cause me concern was that the apellant had intended to be represented by counsel and is now telling us that counsel was not available at the hearing. i conet recall, however, that issue was raised during the previous evening and we hear he's a trust lawyer. having said that, i know it is difficult to show up when you think you're going to be represented by cou

---"jimmy jen" y "jian min fong" son acusados de falsificar mas de 500 documentos, entre los cuales sembre y otras tres personas resultaron heridas el martes en el condado de sonoma cerca de santa rosa.---"laureano tarazas", de 19 aÑos, fue arrestado bajo cargos de homicidio sin premeditacion, por huir de la escena de un accidente, y por conducir sin una licencia.---el accidente ocurrio cuando el vehiculo que manejaba "tarazas" choco contra la camioneta en la que viajaban varios tqqqqqqqqfqf francisco aprovechan los almuerzos que se ofrecen gratis o a un precio reducido en las escuelas publicas.---el ultimo año lectivo, 90% de los 32-mil niÑos que calificaron para recibir este beneficio alimentario se inscribieron al programa.---pero existe un problema que hace que muchos menores pasen hambre:... este subsidio ofrecido por el gobierno federal no toma en cuenta el costo de la renta en ciudades como san francisco... por eso, Ólo 10% de los niÑos califican para recibir almuerzos gratuitos cuando en realidad 19% de los estudiantes de san francisco vienen de familias donde no les alcanza el

speaking to reporters, vietnam's minister of industry and trade wong fong nguyen said creating the asean economic community is crucial to speeding up reforms. >>> japan has lodged a written protest to china's request to review a planned trilateral investment deal with south korea. trade ministers from three countries met in seoul in may to come up with an investment protection pact by this summer. they were close to basic agreement, but japanese government sources say china suddenly demanded a review of some items. including a proposal calling for corporate tax to beated equally across the three countries. japan and south korea said china's demands makes the pact impossible to approve. sources say the chinese government has yet to respond. japanese foreign minister katsuya okada plans to urge china to reconsider its stance when ministers from both countries meet in beijing on saturday. >>> earlier this month hong kong held an international food fair, which is one of asia's largest. the region's already the biggest importer of japanese food products, and it continues to attract japanese p

reporter: he was simply driving his family home from church on a saturday afternoon in 2006, when koua fong lee's car accelerated hitting another instantly changing the lives of two families. >> i never intended for this to happen. >> investigators figured lee's 1996 toyota camry was going 70 to 90 miles an hour when it slammed into a stopped car ultimately three people were killed. lee told police his brakes did not work. >> translator: i know that lives were lost that day, but i did everything within my power to try to stop that vehicle. >> reporter: prosecutors argued he stepped on the gas, and a jury found him guilty of criminal vehicular homicide. but when toyota started recalling vehicles because of a sudden acceleration problem, lee asked for a new trial even though his car was not part of the recall. after a hearing this week, the judge ordered lee's release, citing new evidence in a flawed trial defense and ruled in favor of a new trial. then came a stunning announcement. >> i think it is time to bring this very sad situation to a close. >> reporter: the county attorney announced s

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with the approval of chief heather fong, cohen produced this documentary "inside the sfpd" focusing on the life of a bay view cop. the bloopers helped many bay view officers laugh for the first time since espinoza's death. and when captain rick bruce announced his retirement, they used out tacks from "inside the sfpd" for the infamous" cops gone wild" video. >> it was the jokes of the captain telling us this is how great you were. this is the video of us screwing around and doing these crazy things. it was meant for him to laugh and enjoy as a keepsake as he left the department. >> but hurley didn't get to make that argument. the police union could argue to close the hearing for fear of officers appearing on television. but this afternoon hammer made his ruling. >> it will begin at 9:00 tomorrow morning. >> there are other police officers who may not want to be in the hearing. >> officers who testify will have the choice whether to appear on camera or not to protect their own personnel records. we will be there and tell you what happens. you can see the story and the video that caused

jimmy jen and jane men fong facing a tote aal of -- total of 320 felonies. now, the district attorney says the two then filed those false documents with the city's department building of inspection. >>> these defendants reportedly -- purported to be licensed and purported to be licensed to approve property lines, surveys, permits, inspections, and they were not licensed to do that work. >> now, this investigation found that city building. inners apparently approved without questioning 500 documents that those men submitted. one of the defendants is considered a flight risk. his bail is set at $50 million. the other other's -- the other's $2 million. >>> we have the first case of the west nile virus in the bay area. >>> a little bit of a backup at the toll plaza. we'll tell you more about the morning commute -- straight ahead. >>> san joaquin counties officials are reporting the first west nile infection of the year. they say a 50-year-old woman donating blood tested positive for the mosquito-born disease. one in five people feel any symptoms. last year the v

. >> in this case, the police chief at the time, heather fong and mayor called a news conpresence tolay clips from the video and announce two dozen officers were being suspended. >> this is a dark day, an extremely dark day. >> it's shameful and offensive. it's sexist and homophobic and racist. we're going to make sure this ends immediately. >> jimmy lewis tried to argue skits were just harmless inside jokes but wound up in the records room while charges, neglective duty, bringing discredit to the department made their way to the police commission. four and a half years later he's having a hearing this week. >> we need him out on the streets. by need him to fight crime. putting him in records room, paying him a salary that he makes and having him push records is just not -- i think appropriate for reasonable. >> his attorney tells us part of the strategy was to improve the comedy video part of the culture of the department. but the top brass endorsed and participated in similar videos in the past. >> welcome to the 1996 task force christmas party. >> the i team received four older vi

koua fong lee always said he was trying to brake. first talking to "good morning america" from behind bars. >> i stepped on the brake. and nothing happened. and i yelled to my family, brake. brakes not working. >> reporter: with the flurry of cases of sudden acceleration in toyotas, first brought to light by abc news, the case was reopened. prosecutors offered a plea deal, telling lee he could be freed. but still as a convicted felon. and with more than a decade of he said no. >> he'd rather do the time, than admit to something he knows he didn't do. and he had the courage to say, i'll stay here before i do that. >> reporter: but then, just yesterday, the judge announced there should be a new trial. and soon after, the prosecution an >> the prosecutor just announced she's not going to pursue more e >> she did? >> she did? >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: lee is now a free man. speaking to us, before being reunited with his four young children. >> the first thing i'm going to do is to talk to them. and to get to know them, play with them.

that low up to the north, unseasonably fong for this time of year. the city is kind of fog and cool. they should be about 10 degrees warmer than that. bethel island made it 51. only 54. 50s almost for everybody. even out to the valley. up and down the coast we have a lot of drizzle there. the low is responsible along with a very, very strong fog bank. it stays cool, morning drizzle gives way to sunshine. you can be on the warm side. there are some hints that maybe the inland areas will warm up this weekend, especially sunday into monday. i will believe it when i see the whites of its eyes. overcast drizzles, 50s, 60s. not much change through friday and then warmer weather through the interior on saturday and sunday. dave? >> thank you, steve. >>> police have made an arrest in the terrifying sexual assault case, that victim is a south bay janitor. >> reporter: it's going to be the first hi hoof speed rail station in the country. the groundpregging for it starts in just a few hours from now. >>> welcome back. we're following a series of terrifying atta

. >> reporter: an emotional scene as koua fong lee embraced loved ones and attorneys after two legal really happy to see my wife and children. i'm really happy about that. so i think the first thing i'm going to do is spend time with my family. >> reporter: he was released from a minnesota prison after a judge decided there was enough new evidence to retry his criminal vehicular homicide case. in 2006, lee said his toyota camry would not stop on a st. paul freeway exit ramp, crashing into another car, killing two people and paralyzing a third victim. these attorneys wanted the case reopened because of complaints about sudden acceleration problems in toyotas. >> we started this whole journey for one reason. not for a deal but to vindicate his entire story from the day this happened. >> reporter: the prosecutors' decision not to continue the case led to more celebrating. >> the prosecutor just announced that she's not going to press more charges. >> she did? >> she did! >> reporter: as lee was allowed to go home to his wife and children he asked for forgiveness from the victim's family