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point reyes, you get a surge. 2.4 pacifica, half moon bay about 3 foot and santa cruz up to 3.3 foot. that's what we're expecting to hit, the time frame. we have fog around napa. most of our temperatures in the 40s except oakland 50. monterey bay, mid-50s. that's santa cruz at 44. so partly to mostly cloudy. lose an hour's sleep. we wanna make sure we change those batteries in our smoke detectors. active pattern starts sunday. sprinkle throughout next week, a pretty healthy storm system coming in midweek. for today, high sunshine. as far as the east bay shore, upper 50s the south bay. on the peninsula, 59 millbrae, low 60s elsewhere. mid to upper 60s along the coast. as you head through the valley, upper 50s to low 60s but your beaches will be in the mid-50s. monterey and caramel, low 60s and inland. cold front came through yesterday, got the tail end of a little bit of rain. clouds came through last night but they have since dissipated. that's why we're seeing the following form. we have two days of dry weather. but look at this active pattern across the pacifica ocean. brings us a c

midnight tomorrow or tuesday till 4:00 wednesday from 7,000 feet up, you get another foot to foot and half of snow. here's a look at your accu-weather 7-day forecast. because this is coming in from the west, it doesn't have much cold weather with it. temperatures even when we have rain in the forecast which is today, tomorrow, thursday, saturday, sunday and monday, those temperatures still upper 50s to low 60s. >> troubled actor charlie sheen is making headlights again today with his proclamation though his show has been cancelled his unconventional home life is perfect. he talked about his two live-in girlfriends. >> look at these. who's got it better than me. >> what do you love about this? >> what's not to love. every memory, every feature. all this. >> amateur. she started in '90. a pioneer. i'm honored to be mentioned in the same sentence with them. >> natalie is a former nanny and model. rachel observerland is a porn star. they even take care of the twin boys he fathered with his ex-wife. we talked with canning this morning. she says she asked him why he's addicted to porn stars

midnight tomorrow or tuesday till 4:00 wednesday from 7,000 feet up, you get another foot to foot and here's a look at your accu-weather 7-day forecast. because this is coming in from the west, it doesn't have much cold weather with it. temperatures even when we have rain in the forecast which is today, tomorrow, thursday, saturday, sunday and monday, those temperatures still upper 50s to low 60s. >> troubled actor charlie sheen is making headlights again today with his proclamation though his show has been cancelled his unconventional home life is perfect. he talked about his two live-in girlfriends. >> look at these. who's got it better than me. >> what do you love about this? >> what's not to love. every memory, every feature. all this. >> amateur. she started in '90. a pioneer. i'm honored to be mentioned in the same sentence with them. >> natalie is a former nanny and model. rachel observerland is a porn star. they even take care of the twin boys he fathered with his ex-wife. we talked with canning this morning. she says she asked him why he's addicted to porn stars. he answered

at first we were calling for a three-foot wall of water, but now it looks like one foot or a foot and a half in some places. the ocean floor topography will change, though. you are talking about major force coming to the ocean coast. heading through the next couple of hours once we see what happens in hawaii we'll have a much better picture of what we can expect here on the california coast. today's weather looks good. i can tell you right now once we get past this situation by about 9:00 a.m., if you are concerned about the forecast, you don't have anything to worry about as our temperatures will climb from the upper 40s and low 50s to the 60s today. a little rain on the way for the weekend, but we want to find out if we have any impact. are people trying to get out and e vak wait right now, mike? >>> so far the roadways are relatively normal, but you are talking about evacuation. i want to read a new message from the san mateo county emergency system. they are just saying that all beaches and low-lying coastal areas should be evacuated immediately. as we have been telling you, and s

foot per year for 75 years, rather than the $6 per square foot amount in the agreement for all of the long- term leases, except for piers 30 and 32. >> it was a matter of liability. bringing it back to liabilities, as well as asking for how we arrived at how the structure needs these, to answer that question, i have to go back to our assessment about what the issues were on december 14. under the agreement of december 14, based on our best estimate of what those valuations of the long-term leases are, based on what we did at the time, the entitlement work that had previously been done at this site, which they had been working on from about 2002 to 2006, we have a pretty good assessment about what that valuation would be. if you look at that valuation, the property values, and how we could expect that evaluation process to transpire, as well as we expect the appraisal process to transpire, all of those coming in totality, if we add up all of those factors, we believe -- all of those, in totality, if we add up all of those factors, we believe it is as good. supervisor mirkarimi, discussing the internet note -- interim rents -- to sell the seawall. many of these are about certainty and contingencies, which we could not address in crafting agreements in roughly the six weeks leading up to december 14, and some of the things that have entered this agreement, going over this in the presentation, we really have to address some of these contingencies. what happens if the primary obligations of the city do not happen exactly the way we think they will happen, so, specifically, the rental is outside of that case. we have an obligation to remove that trust, and we started exploring the question of sight of that, what would happen if we did not remove the trust. supervisor mirkarimi: keep in mind that in the responses from city families here, the question is, dramatically the deal changed, but those dates, but also speaks to vote -- to what may be material or not, and i think it is vital in the conversation that there at least be some characterization of knowing what is considered as in the aggregates -- aggregate or portion of the deal that this compensation would come down to, so that is why i am trying to give you this methodically, clearly point by point, because i think we are dealing with the net effect of each deal that you have all committed to, city negotiators have committed to, post december 14, and yet, we have yet to determine what the aggregate deal would look like, so that is part of why we are here today. chair chu: thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. and did you want to add to that, brad? can you pull the microphone closer to you? >> these changes, it is with respect to the entire set of changes. city staff made a clear finding that, on balance, all of these changes are not collectively material, and we consulted with the city attorney's office on that point, so i do want to suggest that the city attorney could weigh in on this matter, as well. chair chu: if i could ask the city attorney to weigh in on bass, .-- weighed in on back, and then we will go to supervisor -- if we could ask the city attorney to weigh in on that, and then we will go to supervisor campos. >> it would be to look at the changes and not in isolation a particular change. chair chu: ok. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you. through the chair, i know it is tough to finalize the specifics, so i want to keep an open mind. what you're trying to do. i have to begin by questioning the city attorney where they get that definition of materiality, because the resolution that was passed by the board of supervisors does not say that the board delegate the authority to staff to finalize implementation based on o -- an on-balance -- if there is case law that supports the city attorney's position? what is consistent with what i heard from the city attorney's office, so if i can, through the chair, ask what the legal opinion is? >> through the chair, supervisor, the language in question is language that is customarily included in both development agreements and leases, and the traditional interpretation is that you would look at the changes in their totality and not in isolation. supervisor campos: it is very clear that the changes have to be in the best interests of the city and do not increase liabilities, are necessary or advisable note, and effectuate the purposes -- are necessary or advisable, and effectuate the purposes. i understand that there may have been a practice, but in terms of once this board delegates what we ought to rise, i would like to know what your definition is -- but in terms of what this board delegates and what we authorize. >> the discretion the was conferred on both the port and the mayor's office under the resolution, and agreed to which they could appropriately conclude that the three-part test best-interest of the city did not materially increase obligations and liabilities and was needed to bring the america's cup to san francisco, whether they could reasonably conclude that it satisfied those -- that three-prong test. the ultimate question of materiality and liabilities is essentially a factual determination, based on a factual analysis and a business assessment rendered by the port and the mayor's office with respect to the totality of the changes, and the role of the opposition is to determine whether or not there was a reasonable basis for the negotiators -- and the role of the office is to determine whether or not there was a reasonable basis. supervisor campos: if i may, i do not want to belabor this point, but going back to the question that supervisor mirkarimi asked about , so the new, revised agreement basically sets -- asked about, so the new, revised agreement basically sets -- four square foot -- per square foot, the agreement that was approved makes clear that what we approved was rents be set on an appraisal, and that is different, and the reason why i voted? for setting -- why i voted for setting rent based on appraisal was to make sure the we got the most in red for the city -- in rent for the city, so setting it at $4, or $6, it may not do it. not a material change, because depending on how the appraisal looks, you could end up losing money. >> ok, supervisor campos, to that issue, i want to say that reports, one of its missions is leasing real property that the city owns, and in the course of that leasing, the port has real estate professionals, and you have heard from jonathan stern, and we have a whole division, who routinely look at market comps, that set -- that represent the fair-market value of the property, and the $4 for 30, 32 is much greater than the analysis prepared. there was an analysis prepared that was the basis of our evaluation discussion of 30, 32,

the project is removal of a 14 foot by 23 foot advertising will sign the -- wall signed. we will start with the request your -- requester. >> let's wait until the commissioner returns. >> certainly. >> i represent cbs outdoor. we bring this request on the grounds that there is new or different evidence in this matter. the previous hearing and said that the information was inadvertently obtained. it said that the committee and the property owner was unaware of the permit application. subsequent to the hearing, mr. espinoza has made it clear that he now contends that he did not authorize cbs's application for the permit and his authorization was necessary to validate the permit application. whether or not they were unauthorized agent or acting on behalf of the property owner was never discussed during the previous hearing and was not an issue during the previous hearing. in fact, there was a representation during the hearing that cbs actually checked the blocks on the permit application claiming that it was an authorized agent, which was incorrect. now we are on the applica

foot coach's 460-foot. i think that begs the interest as to why the 60-foot coaches are not in service, because when the buses get overly crowded, that is when the service slows down dramatically, and that is when buses, the lack of preventive maintenance, scheduled maintenance, repairs, that, i think, contributes to usage of vehicles. when you have a 40-foot,

oral vot>> it was a 4 foot setbt an 8 foot setback. i am looking at the set back here and i think that this is with recommendation. i like that and i think that creates a good transition between the different building types. >> i feel there is not enough consistency to do this. >> the motion is here. >> on the motion, the -- >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the motion passes. the next item, we have a 5:00 calendar. >> we will be in recess for 20 minutes.

foot front set back, we believe, is necessary. right now, they are proposing an approximately six-foot setback. we would like to protect that street well with a 15-foot setback. we are looking at modest modifications. we think there is some articulation needed to address the shorter building to the east. this concludes my presentation. we are asking for these modifications in the staff initiated dr. i do have photos of all the buildings on this block so you can get a better understanding of the street wall. president olague: project sponsor? >> my name is mark macy, the project sponsor's architect. in the interim, since we submitted a response >> mark macy. >> i have one speaker card. >>>> we have lived on the block for about six years for a number of reasons. there are some long-term neighbors that are committed to improving the homes on the block. we have looked at the plans extensively. it is unfortunate that it has to come to a review the cuts would follow if the support, it will add to the property and certainly to the block. >> i called a few names. whatever order you come in as fine.

basically sets -- asked about, so the new, revised agreement basically sets -- four square foot -- per square foot, the agreement that was approved makes clear that what we approved was rents be set on an appraisal, and that is different, and the reason why i voted? for setting -- why i voted for setting rent based on appraisal was to make sure the we got the most in red for the city -- in rent for the city, so setting it at $4, or $6, it may not do it. not a material change, because depending on how the appraisal looks, you could end up losing money. >> ok, supervisor campos, to that issue, i want to say that reports, one of its missions is leasing real property that the city owns, and in the course of that leasing, the port has real estate professionals, and you have heard from jonathan stern, and we have a whole division, who routinely look at market comps, that set -- that represent the fair-market value of the property, and the $4 for 30, 32 is much greater than the analysis prepared. there was an analysis prepared that was the basis of our evaluation discussion of 30, 32, -- not an appraisal

foot tall, 200 foot rock slide that is at worse, an inconvenience. >> we live in the mountains. it's great fun. it's cheap, free entertainment. >> the tractor and a can do mounting spirit, neighbors simply cut a path around the slide through poison oak and ankle deep mud. this basically qualifies as a road now in scott valley. it's the only way into and out of the slide area. the concern now is it just started raining. the first of five inches to fall in the santa cruz mountains this week. families spent the afternoon working together to beat the storms. navigating the muck and positioning cars on either side of the slide before the rains really made the makeshift road impassable. by the end of day two, neighbors had the system down. carrying supplies on foot. from this neighborhood, a rock slide does not mean isolation. >> it doesn't actually bring the people together and then once this is over with, we'll kind of go our separate ways for a little while and live our lives privately and probably we'll wave to each other then. >> until the next disaster. >> yeah. exactly. >> oh man. oh man. >> yesterday, a neighbor was shooting video with her cell phone when tons of rock came crashing down. the sand stone soaked and heavy from a wet winter gave way. amazingly, there were no injuries and minor damage. >> this is big. this is going to be difficult to deal with. >> in the meantime, they will do what they always do in these parts, adapt and shrug it off as life in the mountains. >> and a geologist is here tomorrow. the earliest estimate for a cleanup will take weeks. allen. >> it looks like the folks in the santa cruz mountains are prepared and it gives them a chance to use their toys and get out there and clean it up. >> yeah, they were defini

foot front set back, we believe, is necessary. right now, they are proposing an approximately six-foot setback. we would like to protect that street well with a 15-foot setback. we are looking at modest modifications. we think there is some articulation needed to address the shorter building to the east. this concludes my presentation. we are asking for these modifications in the staff initiated dr. i do have photos of all the buildings on this block so you can get a better understanding of the street wall. president olague: project sponsor? >> my name is mark macy, the project sponsor's

a tornado whipped through santa rosa this morning, blowing a 100 foot by 50 foot landscaping storage shed apart. first the roof, then the walls caved in. workers were able to get out safely. firefighters say when they arrived debris was spread out. the high winds tossed chunks of debris high up into the trees and onto neighboring homes. another strange sight was captured on individual yes at ocean beach in san francisco. a waterspout spinning out over the pacific. just a few hours later the national weather service issued a tornado warning in santa mayo county. there were no reports of damage. along highway 1 in big sur crews working to repair a slide that washes away part of the highway got a surprise. hail. it's not easy getting construction work done when you're being pelted with ice. back at ocean beach, corona is wondering what it all means. >> it could go back to the pollution or the change of earth. scientists say that earth goes through a lot of phases, certain periods of time. so i guess it's pretty cool to see one during our time. >> reporter: he never got a picture of the

foot, 3-foot tsunami can do. >> at least most people paid attention to the warnings. it looks like we have lost one person but most people listened and they did what they were told. >> that's right. advisory remains in effect. we are not just done just yet. we have seen tsunamis continuing along the coastline so we have to stay on guard for a little longer. >> lawrence, thank you. >> all right. >> gentlemen, thank you. >>> the size of the tsunami was shocking. but the size of the earthquake that caused it almost unbelievable. simon perez went to menlo park to ask the simple question. 8.9. simon. >> reporter: dana, this definitely was a big one ranking in the top 5 of the last 100 years. >> it is hard to imagine. really in terms of what could be more powerful. i mean, it is on the class of these catastrophic hurricanes or asteroid impacts. >> reporter: this earthquake unfolded under the worst circumstances. >> it was almost like the perfect storm. it was a really strong quake. it wasn't very deep. and it happened close to shoreline where there is lots of bay. >> in a way you can say that. >> the quake was just offshore as the ocean floor rammed against japan. >> but how much stronger was this one than 1906. >> the comparison is a little bit difficult because it is a different kind of earthquake. as you know the san andreas earthquakes tend to be a slip so the motion is horizontal. whereas this particular earthquake involved the pacific plate diving under the japanese islands. this is probably one of the worst places for tsunami waves to hit because it has a lot of bays, a lot of harbors and in bays and harbors, they tend to funnel the tsunami waves and make them much bigger. >> reporter: heading east the wave roared across the pacific. >> in the open ocean the tsunami waves go at about the speed of a modern jet liner. about 500 miles an hour. >> reporter: the damage seen in other parts of the california coast were absent in the san francisco bay because after the water rushed through the funnels that is the golden gate it spread out across the expanse of the bay. the energy dissipated. >> is there any reason to suspect that what happened in japan could trigger something here? >> i think most geoscientists would say unlikely. >> reporter: this quake really crossed into territory almost to the nines. the 2004 indonesia earthquake was the biggest so far. the richter scale doesn't apply to today's science. dr. richter never saw a magnitude 9 earthquake. in fact the richter scale only goes up to 6. so, dana, you can very literally say yesterday's earthquake was off the richter scale. >> definitely was. simon, thank you so much. simon perez. >>> you probably know a lot of things about your home and your neighborhood. but do you know your home's exact elevation? plenty of reasons why you should. that's in 2 minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tsunami was coming, it still >>> turned out to be a pretty nice day weather wise around the bay area. a dry one outside. catching a break from the stormy weather but we have got more storms on the horizon. just another live look from our chopper 5 over the santa cruz harbor where they have experienced the most damage we have seen in the bay area from the tsunamis moving onshore and they are not done just yet but you can see folks hard at work trying to fix some of the damage that has already been done. so as we head through the night tonight, it looks like weather wise we are going to see a few clouds making their way across our skies. we have got a weak system trying to move on through for tonight. that will bring some clouds and we will have to see a couple patches of fog out there as well. but doesn't look like a bad night. if you're headed out the door partly cloudy skies into the evening. temperatures running mainly into the 50s all around the bay area. probably a little fog developing though as we head into the midnight hour. temperatures as we look toward tomorrow will see a lot of clouds moving in especially late in the day and planning about 59 degrees in santa rosa. 59 in napa. could see 60 in fremont. 61 degrees in san jose. 61 degrees in livermore. but, this break that we had today, not lasting long. looks like the clouds will begin to move onshore tomorrow. clouding things up especially late in the day. a slight chance of showers mainly north of the golden gate bridge. late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. then looks like a better chance of rain around the rest of the bay area as we head into sunday. come monday another chance of some showers then i think another storm moves in to make for a wet day come tuesday. a chance of more scattered showers into wednesday and probably next friday as well. that's a look at weather, guys. back to you. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> even though with had warning that the tsunami was coming it still caught people by surprise. julie watts on the consumerwatch with some tools now that can help you assess your home's tsunami risk. >> reporter: the first rule of tsunami survival is simple. >> pack up your emergency supplies and head inland and uphill. >> reporter: but jeff norris of the san mateo office of emergency services says figuring out in advance if you're on safe ground is more complicated. >> reporter: emergency officials will order the evacuation but it is important to know beforehand if you're in a danger zone. it is usually based on geography, elevation and distance from the ocean. to find out if you're at risk you can start with the website like earthtools.org. for instance, cbs5 at battery and broadway sits at 22 feet in elevation and about 6 miles from the coast. san francisco residents can cross-reference this with this inundation map at 72hours.org. for the rest of the bay there are similar maps at noah's website but they happen to be down today. keep in mind these maps are estimates and the reality depends on the size and origin of tsunamis. >> if you are in the inundation form you shouldn't have to go far for safety. >> as little as a quarter mile or half mile or elevation change of 100 or so foot is more than adequate to get you out of the danger zone. don't do what these folks in san mateo county did saying pulling over in the wrong place could pose more problems. >> that creates a potential roadblockage if enough people do that. people become fearful and want to leave the area. >> just like with earthquake preps good idea to keep an emergency kit inside your home and your car along with warm clothes. most home insurance coverages do not cover tsunami damage. >> that's right, an act of god. >> thank you, julie. >>> in the next hour we will focus our attention back on the heart of this disaster and that of course is japan. the latest from an island dealing with everything from flooding to fires and a growing emergency at a nuclear power plant. >>> i'm linda yee in san francisco. those terrifying pictures from japan were seen by relatives and friends here in the bay area and some of them say they haven't even been able to contact any loved ones to find out if they survived. >>>

oral vot>> it was a 4 foot setbt an 8 foot setback. i am looking at the set back here and i think that this is with recommendation. i like that and i think that creates a good transition between the different building types. >> i feel there is not enough consistency to do this. >> the motion is here. >> on the motion, the -- >> no. >> no. >> aye. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> the motion passes. the next item, we have >> we will be calling all the remaining items. >> good evening, commissioners. i am here tonight with -- and its partners. we are here with the second informational presentation on the redevelopment project. and also changes to the general planning code. actions that needed for the redevelopment project to move forward. we gave you an overview of the project. we have additional information on the open space plan, the infrastructure plan, the financing plan. we had hoped to have a presentation about the sustainability plan but the consultants are not able to be here. when we come back with the final presentation, on apr

if this starts to become a daily occurrence, which it could well be with a sea level rise of a foot or a foot and a half -- not that much -- then we have big problems. i noticed a lot of my waste water colleagues in the audience and i think we all understand what the problem is. it's really, simply stated, it's two things. our treatment facilities aren't designed to handle salt water. we have biological treatment systems that operate in a fresh water mode. salt water intrusion -- actually we've had this happen to us in san francisco where we have had a breach of our system, about 15 years ago, i think, and we had a huge influx of salt water into the system. the chloride levels got very high and that produced great stress on the biological treatment systems to the point that we were worried that we were going to lose the entire treatment system for a period of time. once you lose a biological system like that, it takes some time to regenerate. luckily we avoided that problem. one issue is that with a lot of salt water entering the system, our current state of treatment processes just won't wor

foot. that is just ridiculous. this is just a job killer at a time when we need jobs, not just here, but throughout the country. everybody is talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. to add $10 a foot to a project is just not right. at this time, we should have a moratorium on all fees on projects if you ask me. all fees on residential should be off until the unemployment rate gets back to a reasonable level. thank you. director nolan: thank you. next speaker. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i would just like to say that it is an extremely poorly written document that was submitted to the commission for consideration. two, i like your staff to really look at the impact report that was prepared by the planning commission -- department for the planning commission on the last round of planning. in that report, there was a recommendation and statement that the impact fee for that area cannot be as high as the actual process because the development community is tapped out said that they can no longer afford to go beyond and development fees. also, in every planning district reasonably in the city, their impact fees aren't citywide for different types of infrastructure. what i see is that there are in pac fees by every single agency, and they really need to be coordinated so you know what the taxes are on the developers. finally, i'm grateful that this commission is going to take this out and act on that after you have more information because i was extremely offended by one of your staff that said that it is this commission's policy not to have any out reach until after you acted on it today and it takes place after you take action and the time it goes to the board of supervisors. i realize i'm an immigrant, and a lot of the people that will testify before you are immigrants, but i do not think that our language ability is so bad that i misunderstood her statement. director nolan: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioners. to reiterate the last few speakers, if you have a product, you play -- pay approximately $11,000 per unit, the average unit being 1000 square feet. if you have five units, $50,000. 10 units, $110,000, and we have to bear these costs. the industry is being crippled. we need jobs. we need people to create work. not put a hindrance on it. it is not even present today. it is a disgrace that this has been jammed through. i appreciate that you are continuing it, but let's look at it and everybody -- let everybody, all the stakeholders, get a say in the matter. director nolan: next speaker please. >> good afternoon. while i do not doubt with an apartment with usually do on our reach, i would question with the q&a is for making sure that things happen. if we do not have quality assurance, at least the rest of us in the public really dowling the integrity, especially when we do not have legislation, it is something that is generating money for the department. i look at this and say that this is a complete -- we are being dropped as far as it not being a situation that is being brought to life. you want to talk about unemployment. everybody says we've got 17% unemployment in the state of california. try our industry. we cannot afford any more fees. there is stuff not getting built now. you have permits at a record low, and we want to add more money to that? we need a break in the building industry. you hear from every commission, every council, everybody that steps up here. we need jobs. we have families to feed. i will take one last bus out there if it means that all the guys who work for me can come back to work because we can actually build something. i think a lot people would do that. i urge you to consider this and look at the real human impact of it. thank you. director nolan: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i will keep my comments brief because my voice is going, but i do want to speak specifically to the process. it was my responsibility to coordinate and get my colleagues out here today. we heard about this at 4:00 yesterday afternoon from a reporter. he was calling for our opinions. you made a comment, the quality of out reach was not done on this item that is normally done on items such as this. i would beg to differ. it was not long ago that we were before you with a similar experience. no outrage being done. we had to go back to the policy and governance committee, and eventually, through endless communication, we finally found ourselves in a position we were comfortable with going back to our members and making them aware of an increase. i was told that it is not staffed policy to do it out -- on items such as this by this body at this point in the process -- to do it out reach. it was recommended to us that we should go to the board of supervisors to engage in public comment. i think that is an absolute disgrace. i really do. i know our members are very concerned about jobs and the economy, but it is my responsibility to do the out region share with them what is going on, and -- my responsibility to do the outreach and share with them what is going on. if we are not on your radar, i do not know who is. we should be on your radar. i think this is an absolute disgrace. i do look forward to dialogue, and i appreciate the continuance, please, learned from my testimony today that i am very angry and annoyed, and our members are, too. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i just really want to talk about small business. we are a small construction company. we build residential homes. most of our subcontractors are in that area. we all live in san francisco. we pay property tax. we pay taxes. going back to residential construction and fees, every time we turn around, there is a new fee. it really does affect small business. you have your plumbers, your electricians. you look at a residential home and the amount of people that were in them, regardless of the size of it, it impacts everybody. we have kids in school in san francisco in the neighborhoods. and this is one more tax that is going to cripple our industry, which has been already decimated in the last two years, so please, consider what you are talking about and did a lot of thought because it really does affect the communities, the schools, the subcontractors we all work with, we all live with, so please consider. director nolan: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i'm a developer in the city. we've been trying our hardest to get the construction industry moving. our crews are out of work. there is a lot of subcontractor- related industries down in a grave stances because of the downturn in the economy. this legislation right now would cripple, on top of the hardship we are going through trying to get stuff moving, this is going to definitely crippled the whole process. i would beg you to defer this legislation and go through and out reach study analysis, which will, i'm sure, clarify the sense of where we are at. when all the other government departments realize we are capped out with these right now. we cannot take any more. we need to get the industry moving. we need you guys to put this legislation behind us for a while. thank you. [-- >> [reading names] >> i'm a small developer, small builder here in san francisco. i live and work in san francisco. the people that work on my projects live and work in san francisco. this analysis on how much the industry can bear at this stage because of the situation with the economy right now. basically, i see it as another tax, and it is a job killer. i think, obviously, we are going to be following this. there are going to be layoffs in the planning and building department. i think you've got to keep that in mind. thank you for your time. director nolan: thank you, sir. >> good afternoon, directors. san francisco bicycle coalition. we support this update. we have supported tidf for a long time. we are particularly supportive of the two corrections happening in this update. you have heard speakers speak to the inclusion of residential in the scope. it has long been inexplicable you could build a building on market street that is commercial markets face and the next or build a building and filled it with residences and have no tidf. that seems wrong, and this proposal speaks to us, and we applaud that. obviously, the particulars of whether you are building a 1000- square-foot building or 40-foot tower might come to bear, so further review seems in order on that. the other big adjustment in this round is that we are discounting projects that have less or no parking. this is important recognition that parking is a trip generator. if you build an office building or residential building that is half parking, you will generate a lot of car trips. that will affect muni and street safety and generally be an impact. to the extent that every word products that have less or no parking, that is a very good thing, and it takes us towards a much more defensible and meaningful evaluation on transportation and hats. again, by coalition supports this. i understand, and we understand you have to have more conversation with the community, but these a two important corrections to the longstanding tidf. >> anyone else who would like to turn in a speech here card at this point, please come forward. >> thank you for hearing this today. i am president of walk san francisco. the

foot setback rather than a 5 foot setback if the building can be pulled back in the rear. 7.5 feet is our request. commissioner antonini: that gives me some perspective. i will see what the other commissioners have to say on this. commissioner sugaya: are we talking about 7 feet on the ground floor, first floor? there was a discussion of averaging and it does not apply in this zoning district. however, we have applied it in other zoning districts. perhaps that could give me some reasons why it is in applicable here, given the separation between these buildings is so slight. >> the rule of averaging is established in section 134 to allow a decrease in the requirement for the rear yard. in a case where you have a 45% requirement, the can reduce the requirement by averaging -- they are not in coaching the record rear yard space. -- they are not encroaching the rear yard space. they are living 32% as open space, above and beyond the 25% requirement. president olague: we have no commissioner names up and i think we need a motion, if someone is ready to make one. commissioner antonini: mr. paul, could i ask a question? there was a suggestion made. it looks as though what you have done is you have increased the side set back from 3 feet to 5 feet. the dr representative is saying they would prefer to have some of that off the back then trade them for the smaller side set back. do you have any feeling about that? >> only that the amount of production of the projection should be proportional to the amount of setback. it is important to keep in mind that this lot is longer than the adjacent lot. we actually are meeting the averaging, based on where their rear lot line is. commissioner antonini: i understand all that. i understand the fact that 32% open rear space -- it is just a question of what little additional light might be let in. it is 2 feet off the back and 2 feet off the side. i think it is a fair trade. if that is ok with your -- the project sponsor, i might propose making that change. i will see what the other commissioners have to say. i think it might make a slightly larger impact for the dr requestor than having the side setback. president olague: i want to remind commissioners that we have a 6:00 time-certain item and crowds of people in the hallway. if we could move along with this item, it would be fantastic. vice president miguel: i think raising the house 18 inches is necessary. i have seen that grosz and walked that slope. it is -- i have seen that garage and walked that slow. it is untenable to drive in. it was a bad design in the first place. i think the planning department has done a good job on this. i think considering everything that has been said that it has been dealt with quite well. i would move that we take dr and approve the project with the department's modifications. commissioner moore: i would like to ask -- i would like to ask mr. gass perhaps to step up to the lectern and ask him, irrespective of the neighbor wanting a specific set back -- and have you tried to consider it in a very minimal way reducing the death of any of the rooms which lead to what i think it's a very large home, which indeed causes some form of impact with adjoining neighborhoods -- with adjoining neighbors? there is no real rule, but i am asking you as an architect. i see a lot of storage space. i see a lot of lining up of pictures. this is not a discussion that this house needs very specific attention to clear passage, a generous ability for the applicant to live with more room and more orderly space. i am asking you as an architect, as an attempt been made to size it? this home for a single family is very large. >> we have already pulled it back 1 foot and pulled it back from the side property line another 1 foot 4. the upper floor i believe it leaves a 42% rare yard, slightly over the 45% maximum rear yard requirement. we did do some juggling. one of the things that affects the neighborhood -- the stairs have to go behind the garage in an area that is existing where we can go out to the property line. the front door needs to be maintained, and the central corridor. there is a certain depth for the stairs. it sets of circulation in the house. commissioner moore: does that answer questions for you about sizing and when your dimensions going in an east-west direction? commissioner antonini: i have talked to the project sponsor's representative and it sounded like the dr requestor wanted another addition, but i am comfortable with 2 ft. 4 2 feet. >> if that is the desire of the commission. you might think about asking them to move the spiral staircase to the south a bit, so it is not right in the corner. i think that would be helpful.

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foot -- fled the scene on foot. >> i heard that you found a loaded gun in the car after this chase. what happened to the suspect? you caught him nearby? >> yes, after the suspect fled the scene on foot we did apprehend the suspect with the help of the hayward police department, at which time we located a loaded firearm in his vehicle and also have confirmed that the suspect has one or more outstanding warrants for his arrest, and we're still investigating as far as what's going on. >>reporter: that's officer jackwitz from the chp. just to sum it up, you see the patrol car badly damaged. the officer was taken to the hospital with minor head injuries. the officers are doing an extensive investigation, but the good news is the officer did not sustain major injuries, and one suspect is now in custody. live in hayward, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> just within the past half- hour, barry bonds' trainer said no. once again greg anderson will not testify against bonds, and he is being taken to jail right now. this was not a surprise but still a big deal in the case. >>reporter: that's right. not a surprise because the attorneys and judge knew it was going to happen. barry bonds is on trial becau

specifically, the 12 by 14 foot position, the 198410 by 12 foot addition of a dormer, the 1994 in light unit reduct -- the 1995 -- the 1994 in-lw -- in law unit. it states its show be unlawful for any person to conduct, altar, repair, or occupy any building regulated by this code in conflict with or in violation of any of the provisions of this code. the property owners applied for repairs to these illegal structures, which violates this section. owners were priced twice about the permits, first when they bought the house in 2002. they were provided with a report of residential building records that listed the permits, and second, in 2010, the dbi produced copies of all permits for the property to this board and the parties but to my appeal last year. therefore, the owners were forewarned of the limited number of permits issued since 1914 for building improvements. since one owner is a contractor, he could easily detected that two editions, three extra bathrooms, skylights, paris -- two additions, three extra bathrooms, skylights, and the in-law unit -- the owners requested an emergency

foot building or 40-foot tower might come to bear, so further review seems in order on that. the other big adjustment in this round is that we are discounting projects that have less or no parking. this is important recognition that parking is a trip generator. if you build an office building or residential building that is half parking, you will generate a lot of car trips. that will affect muni and street safety and generally be an impact. to the extent that every word products that have less or no parking, that is a very good thing, and it takes us towards a much more defensible and meaningful evaluation on transportation and hats. again, by coalition supports this. i understand, and we understand you have to have more conversation with the community, but these a two important corrections to the longstanding tidf. >> anyone else who would like to turn in a speech here card at this point, please come forward. >> thank you for hearing this today. i am president of walk san francisco. the city has many expenses to keep it running. the transportation system, being, obviously, a very large expense that is needed to keep the city functioning. the reality is nobody wants to pay for it. nobody wants to pay bus fare. nobody wants to pay for parking. nobody wants to pay for taxes, but the reality is that as nice as it would be to say that we have the transportation system and we would love to just a completely free, that is not possible. obviously, we have to pay for this room, for the drivers, for gas, maintaining buses, and things like that. i think that there is an inherent inequality when commercial office developers have to pay this fee and residential developers do not because both uses to generate trips, and i think that going in the direction of offering a discount to folks who built less parking is the right way to go. it is consistent with our transit first policy, and i do want to mention one small thing -- i do sympathize with the folks in the bill would association when they talk about outreach. it is something that i think this agency needs to do a better job of. i'll leave it at that. thanks. director nolan: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i will fill out a speaker card in a minute. i woke up this morning at 5:30, and the "chronicle" was thrown at the front door, and when i opened it, i saw this article on those impact fees. you have to understand that the city -- when we say the city, we are talking about the people that work here. we cannot bear any more impact fees. i'm a contractor. i'm a developer. the people that buy the homes from us that we develop -- they add some much to the city by actually buying the homes. between property taxes, between working here, and what they get to the city. and you want to add so much more to it. the planning department did an analysis, and they found that you just cannot bear any more in the city at the moment. there is a limit to what you can put on developments. what they've put on is even too much at the moment. because of the recession, there's nothing happening, so we cannot even judge the analysis that they have done, you know, because there is nothing happening. i implore you to forget about this and just leave everything the way it is. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i do want to thank you guys for continuing this item because, as some of the speakers said earlier, it is very important we do have a copy of the legislation. i come to this room a lot for the planning commission, and there is always copies of the legislation right here. it is very important, and we have been the biggest stakeholders. dialogue is very important. when we see that we are getting hit with more fees, we get very nervous. a decisive steady says that we bear most of the impact fees in the neighborhood now. now, we're looking at more fees. so again, i think that we need to keep the dialogue open. but due process is very important. i found out about this thing this morning. i should have known about it three weeks ago, four weeks ago, and a lot of our members did work with mr. ford and his staff on this. they knew about this. they should have told us. that is how you do it. we come to all this commissions. this is the first time we have never been notified. so thank you for the continuance. we look forward to further dialogue. >> thank you. first of all, i would like to say what was proposed today was an outrage. without any due process whatsoever, it was recommended for approval today. there is a sun shine in this city, it is renowned for sunshine, so we know what happened. this needed the input of stakeholders. what we need right now is a fee moratorium because the construction industry cannot bear any more. the problem is that you create a fee here. puc creates a fee over there. school board has another one. there is an accumulation, and nobody knows what the other is, so there is a straw that breaks the camel's back, and this is the last straw on the camel's back. back in 2008, an economic analysis was done for the eastern neighborhood, and the maximum fee that could be imposed on projects back then was $8 per square foot based on the prices of 2008. the mayor's office of economic analysis say today that it will be 2016, 2017 before san francisco will be back to 2008 prices, said there's no way on a that was actual financial analysis back then that we could afford to pay any more fees. how can we afford to pay any more fees and have more unemployment? on top of that, to add insult to injury, this was going to be retroactively back to july 2010 when the fee deferral process was approved by the board of supervisors. the process was a stimulus package that was supposed to try to help the industry move forward. so you could defer some fees. you take this to look backwards to try to force these, so i'm glad that you are continuing this hearing today. i think we need to shine some light on this. we need to get stakeholders involved, and i thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. >> i would like to start by addressing the effort put forward by staff. i do not expect staff to know the intricacies of our ind

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foot traffic, and that foot traffic will lower costs, not raise them. the reality of large numbers of people working on the streets is more crime. lastly, i will said the this is a beautiful building, fabulous architectural building. i hope we can save it. supervisor chu: if i could ask speakers, as you come up, please state your name and your decision -- whether you are opposed, for, or neutral. >> i am definitely for an representing the residents of soma grande. i submitted a petition today. within a day and a half, we got over 100 signatures. business attractions and job creation are two very important components to revitalizing our community. i grew up in this city. i am a native. i used to come downtown in my teenage years, and it was vibrant. there was activity. if this legislation is not passed, i believe that we are going to continue to see blight and devastation in our downtown cities. many people now do not come here to shop. people use to travel from far and near in areas outside of san francisco to shop in our downtown area, and they do not do that anymore. residents would like to see revitalization and see the vibrancy that this city used to have. i have seen businesses leave this city in the past year because of the unwillingness of the city to work with companies and businesses that locate here and do business in san francisco. i implore you to definitely pass this legislation. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning. we are in support of this legislation. with 140 manufacturers all located here in city limits, and by far, the largest of our sectors is of help and showing products like bags. the core of the manufacturing capacity is actually centered in some of these very buildings we are talking about. we believe that having a tax exclusion will have a stimulative effect as these companies begin to start hiring again coming out of the recession. contrary, i think, to popular belief, the garment manufacturing sector is not dead in this city. we have seen, although brian, designs may have failed on some levels, we see is that in the manufacturing sector, when we are very pointed about connecting those companies to these kinds of incentive programs and helping them use them in advance of hiring, that both can help them bring in their date of when they start to add headcount, and it also will help them hire more than they might have an ability to do by releasing extra cash flow. we believe for this sector, it is immaterial whether twitter does or does not come, and we also believe that having twitter in an adjacent building is not a threat or in any way in conflict with this objective. so we are in support. thank you. supervisor chu: 90 very much. i will call a few more names. -- thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisors. i am chief marketing officer and senior vice president for the san francisco chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce is fully in support of the payroll expense tax exclusion. you really are -- [bell rings] i was going to say more. advocating for small businesses and midsize businesses, the kind of companies that had egan had shown up for. i'm representing 1500 member companies, which of chocolate to about 1/3 of the business community, in terms of number of employees. we have strong support for the job incentive because we really feel like it is the newcomers. pedestrian activity, safety, in our once bustling district. as we mentioned before, in an area where the city vacancy rate is at an all-time high. we have recently conducted a citywide hole where sen for assistance were asked about the support for this particular measure, and 70% of voters in san francisco as recently as last month said they supported a payroll tax exemption for new hires and only 19% oppose. the 41,000 unemployed san franciscans -- let's put them back to work. we need creative measures to bring companies in to get a good start with in san francisco, and we appreciate the leadership of the mayor and supervisors for sponsoring the measure. exactly the type of policy we need to jump-start the neighborhood in our economy. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i'm from seiu 1021. i'm calling to speak against the payroll tax exemption for twitter and other buildings that may go in that area. we feel that this is the time when we really do need taxes into the general fund of the city. we are seeing vital services cut. i am the union representative for general hospital. we see lots of services cut. throughout the hospital and throughout the city with nonprofits, these are services that go to the city opposing most impoverished citizens in that we need this important money for the general fund. i think it is unfair that we have other businesses that have to pay the payroll tax, but twitter is the most profitable corporation of and it does not. in the context of us saving jobs, we should really consider not having the payroll tax for twitter and other buildings in that area. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of sustainable economics. i were to speak in favor of the payroll tax exemption for the area. specifically, it is about directed investment with in this corridor. when you think about real estate decisions, these are one of the line items that we are looking at, and they have to make a choice in their costs when they make that very costly investment of where they are going to locate. while a share of their total cost is relatively low, as a share of their real-estate costs, it is quite high. in decisions of where they are going to locate, it is clearly important to think about how we reduce those costs. this first investment is a good one. the other point i would make is that the international council of shopping consumers estimates that the average office worker spends around $3,000 in the local retail environment, so by bringing twitter and other office workers to this location, you are reinvigorating the retail market along that corridor. in addition, there is also trends and occupancy tax or hotel tax that can be realized as you bring more offices to this location. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervises. i'm with residents solutions, and i'm here in tremendous support for this item. we have been doing business attraction in this area for several years now. without the incentive available to the redevelopment agency, the success we have had of in those areas would not have happened, and vacancy rates would probably still be pushing 60%. that said, amid market and the tenderloin need much more robust incentives. they are very large and in a grave state of disrepair. i wanted to quickly reiterate something i heard yesterday from the president and ceo of intel. he has recently been appointed to a white house committee on job creation. he said the most important thing government can do right now to spur development and create jobs is to get out of the way. i think that this legislation in some small way help san francisco to do that, and our implementation of this incentive really gives us the competitive advantage that we need. >> in a resident of district 6, and i'm in favor of the proposal. i think twitter is a good company. aside from that, i think that -- i'm very excited about what is happening on market. excited about city place being approved. excited about the international hostel on seventh and market being approved, excited about crescent heights development at 10th and market. there are all kinds of things indicating a resurgence of market street that has not been happening since i have been here in the city since 1978. so i am in favor of this proposition, and i cannot really understand any objection to it because, as i understand it, it does not take away from the city. this building would probably go vacant if twitter does not move in, so it is not really a loss to the city, as i see it. also, i am a member of seiu. thanks. supervisor chu: thank you. i'm going to read a few more names. [leading names -- reading names] . >> good afternoon. i am on the board of directors of san francisco beautiful. while we profess our love for the livability and unification of the city, we also understand that there has to be some kind of proliferation and activation of open spaces. those spaces, of course, do not happen without some level of foot traffic and certainly employment. i myself was an employee in district 6, very much closer central market for 15 years. i have lived the goods and the bats of the community, but i'm very glad i did. san francisco beautiful has been around for 64 years. in fact, we were the ones that say the cable cars in central market. 64 years ago. additionally, we are still committed -- so committed to this area that we had a student from berkeley create a niche market strategic plan that we have on the website that you look at on your ladder -- letter of support as well. more recently as well, we were able to be successful at banning billboards on central market at the last election in 2008. we have certainly worked on funding several projects in the tenderloin and central market area, and we are very glad we did. on that note, we certainly support the payroll tax exemption. thank you very much. supervisor chu: 90. >> thank you, supervisors. i am the chair of the redevelopment agency's mid market

and who does not, but if we fill up some of those towers, there will be a great deal of foot traffic, and that foot traffic will lower costs, not raise them. the reality of large numbers of people working on the streets is more crime. lastly, i will said the this is a beautiful building, fabulous architectural building. i hope we can save it. supervisor chu: if i could ask speakers, as you come up, please state your name and your decision -- whether you are opposed, for, or neutral. >> i am definitely for an representing the residents of soma grande. i submitted a petition today. within a day and a half, we got over 100 signatures. business attractions and job creation are two very important components to revitalizing our community. i grew up in this city. i am a native. i used to come downtown in my teenage years, and it was vibrant. there was activity. if this legislation is not passed, i believe that we are going to continue to see blight and devastation in our downtown cities. many people now do not come here to shop. people use to travel from far and near in areas outside of san francisco to s

foot, maybe even another foot of snow with a lot of moisture. and a warm system that's going to pass through our area over the course of saturday night into sunday, sunday doesn't look good for outdoor plans. but today looks phenomenal. this afternoon we have a bit of fog rolling through. novato still registering a quarter mile of visibility. heading throughout this afternoon our temperatures which are right now in the upper 30s to low 40s will end up in the mid-60s. a gorgeous day on tap for us. 67 degrees in los gatos. 66 in san jose. even santa rosa will hit 65 degrees after the fog lifts and breaks apart up in the north bay. we do have low pressure on the way. this is going to provide us with our first showers late saturday night in the north baby 11:00 p.m. showers are starting to slide south. then for the whole day sunday we'll see on and off spotty shower activity. we are hoping it will clear out before monday morning, which is good news for the next workweek. clearing conditions on monday, 56 degrees. you can see next week overall looks nice and dry. but good conditions for tahoe if you want to go skiing today or tomorrow or boarding. you have great options up there. 57 degrees on sunday. not too bad. as you recover, the after party from laura's big day, you'll be needing some major recovery time, brent. >> he always does. >> i always do, yeah. >>> 6:20 right now. some people don't like police cameras in tuberon, but police say they are doing their job coming up. >>> amazing sales of ipads is bad news for the rest of silicon valley. we'll have that coming up in tech news. >>> and here's the drive past nut tree for your mountain highways as well as your local commute, because you have to get through friday. that's coming up. 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"today in the bay's" par louisiana marla tellez is live with what's happening now. >> reporter: good morning, laura. so far this firehouse has been relatively quiet this morning. this is station number two in alum rock. i spoke to one of the nine firefighters who are currently on duty inside. i asked him about this tentative agreement reached with the city for comment and he said he can't comment at this time, but he did tell me they should be voting on this issue as expected this weekend. now here's what happened late yesterday. the san jose firefighters union agreed to take a 10% cut in pay and benefits to avoid further layoffs. again, a 10% cut in pay and benefits. and in doing so it became the first of the city's 11 employee unions to reach a deal with the city so it could set the tone for the other unions. in a similar situation last year the city and firefighters never agreed and as a result 49 firefighters lost their jobs. so this time around, of course, they are hoping to prevent that. this is a victory for mayor chuck reed who is dealing with a $105 million deficit for the fiscal year starting out on july 1st. here are the nuts and bolts of the deal. it would mean the 10% cut in compensation and benefits for two years. the deal expires on june 30th of 2013. again, this is not a done deal yet. all of the city's 647 firefighters have to vote yes to make it a done deal to ratify the deal. then the city council has to give its approval at its next meeting next tuesday. live in san jose this morning, marla tellez for "today in the bay." >> we are keeping tabs on all of it. thank you, marla. >>> san mateo county is now better prepared to deal with mentally-ill people in the wake of a deadly officer-involved shooting. officers are wrapping up an intensive four-day training course designed to help diffuse situations that involve people with mental illnesses. that session also giving officers communication techniques and it trains them to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder. the course comes just a few days after san mateo police shot and killed a mentally-ill man in his backyard after that man fired a gun at the officers. >>> members of a church plan to protest outside of a bay area high school play tonight. they are members of the controversial west borough baptist church in san jose picketing a production of "the laramie project" at gunderson high school. members believe god is punishing the country for condoning homosexuality. the play tells a story of matthew shepherd, a young gay man, who was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead in laramie, wyoming. tonight's production of the play is sold out. >>> state senator leland yee is fighting a public date with the university of california leader. yee will rally at noon an ucsf to block the state senate from confirming david crain to the uc board of regents. yee is blasting crain's opinion piece in sunday's "chronicle." yee says that piece is an attack on working families, but crain went on to tell the sacramento bee he misunderstood the piece. he does think the uc workers should have collective bargaining rights. what he objects to is unionizing public workers who already have those protections. >>> 6:36 right now. a two-day student protest on the berkeley campus is over this morning and students are calling it a victory. after spending seven hours chained to one another on the fourth floor ledge at wheeler hall, the nonstation comes one day after a day of protests on campuses around california. 17 people were arrested on uc berkeley's campus on wednesday night. last night it was a different story. students say some of their demands were actually met. >> all prior student charges that were possibly up for suspension that have been lingering on forever are going to be reduced to the option of probation for the rest of the semester. >> during the demonstration 26 classes were canceled affecting about 1,000 students. school administrators are hoping it will be business as usual. >>> we have an update this morning on the work taking place right now on the bay bridge. crews are making some pretty good headway. christie smith is live in oakland with some new information and the progress they are making. kristy? >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. the tower is really the centerpiece of the new bay bridge, not just because of its look. it will certainly be the tallest thing out there, but it is also designed to move in an earthquake and parts of it can be replaced. you can see it there in the distance. caltrans is telling us they were able to get the sections done ahead of schedule thanks to the weather. caltrans just held a media briefing 20 minutes ago this morning showing us how it worked with the pieces of steel floated in on a barge and carefully lifted with a jack more than 400 feet into the air. this latest installment brings the bridge tower to 480 feet tall. now work started early monday but then on tuesday they ran into some foul weather that slowed work down. then it changed in their favor. >> yeah, we work in the rain okay, but wind is a big challenge for us because wind makes things unstable on the water and also with a piece of steel like this we have to carefully control how it moves. and if you get 500 tons swinging, it is very difficult to wrestle it into place. >> reporter: now when it is complete the tower will be 525 feet tall. and in april some real exciting work begins on the top including the cable saddle sitting out here in oakland this morning. this is the seat for the cable system on the self-anchored suspension span, the only one of its kind in the world according to caltrans. the new bay bridge is expected to open four to six months ahead of schedule in the year 2013. reporting live in oakland, case christie smith for "today in the bay." >>> looks pretty nice out there if you are out and about. we want to check the temperatures right now with christina. >> it is chilly out there, but it is pretty nice. the south bay is not registering any fog this morning. it is nice and clear down there. we are seeing a bit of fog develop along the bridges and peninsula as well this morning. so take it easy out there. that will be the factor probably until the next couple of hours pass. then we should see clear conditions, mostly sunny skies for today. and our temperatures are going to climb into the mid to upper 60s as a result. 67 degrees in los gatos today. 66 in san jose. 63 in san francisco. high pressure is the reason for the clearing for the nice weather we'll see today. we are kind of sandwiched between systems. we have one to the south bringing a lot of moisture into southern california, but today we are going to stay nice and dry, just a few high cirrus clouds making their way into the bay area. then the next system arrives late saturday into sunday. looks like we'll see more rain, but this morning pretty clear out there. how are we doing on the roadways, mike? >>> good morning, christina. we have friday light. the bay bridge toll plaza, no meter lights yet. a mild backup in the left lane crash section, so stay over to the right if you can or fast track is better yet. once you get off the upper deck you may have an issue westbound 80 at 5th street with reports of a disabled vehicle at the off-ramp. but also the on-ramp for the eastbound. opposite sides of the roadway. this could cause a major problem, but so far no major backups through the area. slowing through union square because of construction near the stockton drive. the south bay, look at northbound 101 januarying up approaching tully road. chp is on the scene with the big rig blocking the lanes there. capitol expressway will get you back on track there. >>> are you ready or already paying more to drive these days? get ready to pay more for flying. it will be crazy. we'll tell you how high fuel prices are impacting the price of airline tickets coming up next. >>> going the way of the dinosaur? i'm bob redell. we'll tell you why some bay area scientists believe earth could see another mass extinction. that story is coming up. >>> a lot of people wish the traffic would go away, at least right here in this span of 880 and oakland this morning. ht now.spou the busiest hot 6:41 right now. 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"today in the bay" cease bob redell is live at the uc museum of paleontology to explain the new findings. >> reporter: a mass extinction involved the dinosaurs, that was a long time ago, just over 65 million years ago. or as you refer to as childhood, i believe. or maybe that was your high school years, i can't remember. anyways, now there are scientists here at cal just releasing this paper in "nature" magazine what wering warning we could be on the verge of a sixth extinction. there could be the argument it has been 65 million years, aren't we due? isn't this just part of the normal cycle of earth? >> that's an interesting argument. i think the counter-argument is that humans are a species on this planet, but unlike other species we have large brains and the ability to anticipate the future. and really we should use that ability and not just act like everything else and do our own thing. >> so you looked at the species that are in danger, you are looking at the rate of extinction of the ones we have seen so far and are finding that man has a lot to do with this, everything to do with this, and i think that was a surprise to me, not that man has something to do with it but the fact that it is happening so fast. the ones prior, dinosaurs took hundreds of thousands or millions of years, this is how long? >> this current event, which is starting an ongoing, may only take a few hundred years or at most a few thousand years given if current trends continue. so if we make different decisions this one doesn't necessarily occur, but that's the decision we have to make. >> reporter: if things don't change in a few hundred to thousand years, a is a safari in africa would look like what? >> north america used to look like north africa. early humans were moving into north america making many extinctions. now we see more with modern farming technology. >> reporter: what gives you hope this will be averted? >> there's a lot of concern about this. this paper has gotten a lot of attention and groups are trying to preserve habitats and limiting the effects of climate change. if we can do that we can preserve these for future generations. >> reporter: there you go. nick is the co-author of "the sixth mass extinction." it would be a few hundred years off, obviously not in our lifetime, but our descendants could experience this. >> so bob, if we took action, could we prevent it? some people say, for example, climate change, if it reaches a certain point, there's nothing we can do to reverse it. is there hope that we can reverse things? >> reporter: well, i believe that gets into a whole different argument of climate change. are we at the point of no return, that being one of the key issues with regards to mass extension. the other being de-forestation and man moving into hunt, that sort of thing. 10,000 years ago this continent had a lot of animals, but we came in as settlers and wiped out a lot of the species through the natural process of trying to get food. one thing that should be noted is that the animals that would still be around are more like deer and cows. so as far as humans are concerned and having a source for meat, that would still be around, just the other guys wouldn't. >> interesting, thank you, bob. >>> switching gears now at 6:47, you are paying a lot more for gas and food, but get ready to pay more to fly as well. several airlines are raising prices to try to pay for that fuel. jet fuel prices up 19% from two months ago. airline executives have predicted jet frul to cost about $270 a gallon this year, but unrest in the middle east has led to $3.10 a gallon and it continues to go up. some airfares are up $100. united airlines is tacking on a $20 fuel surcharge for roundtrips. >> what we are seeing is one airline initiates a fair increase the others respond and it is sticking. >> experts predict that higher airfares will stick through the summer vacation season as well. >>> yeah, we are talking about a whole other mammoth now. we are expecting more snow in mammoth as of sunday. same goes for everywhere in lake tahoe. we are going to get about a footmaybe a half a foot. a juicy system on the way. high pressure in control for today. that's going to keep things really nice. in fact, today looks better than any day we have seen in the past two weeks with temperatures back towards that 70-degree mark. abundant sunshine for today. and it is already warming up out there. 45 degrees in hayward. 45 in san mateo. you see the time right there, 6:49. the sun rises in one minute. once that happens our temperatures will be on their way to the mid to upper 60s. 64 degrees in redwood city. 67 degrees in los gatos. and i have saved the best part of your forecast for the extended. tomorrow, even warmer, 70 degrees in all cities across the bay area. it will be beautiful. rain returns heading into your sunday. so get ready for that. i think you'll enjoy the next two days as we'll see temperatures really, really warm for this time of the year. typically we hit about 60. 67 today. 70 degrees for tomorrow. certainly warm enough, brent, for you to jump

foot of rain, half a foot in the jant cruz mountains. there is from south beach camera. we're seeing? sm rain, and in the higher elevations looking at what's happening from heavenly camera there is visibility down to a quarter mile. an accident has been recorded and shut down. there is still a wet situation. scattered showers in the north bay now. mostly light, pockets of moderate rainfall. east bay, there is rain. if you look here, mount diablo there is snow mixing in with rain. around the bay moderate to heavier rainfall right now into sierra nevada 80 is shut down due to an accident there. chains required on other routes leading to tahoe z they're under a winter storm warning. temperatures now into 40s and 50s, scattered showers and thunderstorms through tomorrow. snow levels around 2500 feet. and high definition camera we've seen something staying on the ground but we've seen the high surf advisory continuing until 9:00 p.m. saturday. west flow, 14-17 feet. watch out for rip currents and toastal floodings, storm now kicked up surf, 10-13 feet. surf continues throughout tomorrow night. and here is the storm. it moved through and dumped a good amount of rain that is what is responsible for a water spout in san francisco and tornadoes in santa rosa. still a lot of cold, unstable air so, look out for thunderstorms and showers right throughout saturday. and behind this storm this, is a storm going to be a soaker on sunday that we've talked about up to haifl foot of rain by sunday night. so and there is what we're expecting out of the storm. high wind watch posted for sunday. gusts 60 miles per hour possible. potential for downed trees and power lines. zbround getting saturated we're not going to get much of a break. tomorrow going to be another wet one. gusting winds and you're likely going to have problems here. scattered showers tonight and there is some snow around hamilton. and wet weather across the bay area, 11:00 in the morning wide spread showers and snow showing up here around clear lake. and towards saturday night there is stomply conditions developing. by sunday morning, you notice heavy rain showing up here in the bay area. heavy rain, wide spread at 7:00, right along the cold front here, 7:00 a.m. sunday morning when we're expecting stormiest conditions to pass through. behind the front there are showers tapering off by sunday, late afternoon into evening. looking at rain totals that are impressive. up to six inches into santa cr

foot patrols in the mission. what is the status of that in this -- of that and is that being impacted? >> despite staffing challenges, we have a permit foot beat in the valley, we have a permit they watch and castro, and a night watch in the caster. we have a bay watch foot beat on 24th street and evening foot beat on 24th street. we havean 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. between 24th and 16th, and we have baby at least as often as we can -- and we have a beat that we staff as often as we can. commissioner hammer: are those teams, especially in the tougher areas, around mission, although sometimes staffed by one officer? >> the only one we have is the noah valley beat which is 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and the day watch castro beat as well. commissioner hammer: we heard about an assault on a officer working on his own. >> that was officer friedman. commissioner hammer: who was badly hurt, it could have been killed. it has caused concern, countering gang members by himself. what is the policy? >> that incident prompted me to issue a mandate that we don't have any one-officer units at night in the mission district. they watch, because of staffing, we're forced to have a lot of 1- officer units, but that time, the swing watch, the 8:00 until 6:00 a.m., and mid

weep could have been looking at a 6-foot to 7-foot-high tied and couple that with a 2-foot to 3-foot-higherat tsunami, the effects could have been devastating. >> a lot worse than knew. >> these boat owners think they are sheltered in a cove but little did they know. a lot of the devastation at least in northern california right now has been in this little inner harbor in santa cruz. >> it's kind of the nature of the harbors where they put the harbors, they put them in those nice sheltered areas that tend to focus a lot of the energy from the tsunamis. we have seen that before in crescent city a lot of the damage done in the area is in some of the harbors and that's because of just the way they are located and the topography of the oceans surrounding the harbors. >> how long, what are we looking at, half hour, hour, an imperfect science? >> we thought it would be 8:08, water receding, shortly thereafter -- i would love to give uv a time to say it's okay to go back to the coast but seeing what we are seeing, we are actually seeing observations, we are seeing that the fact that we are looking

foot shoulders and 2 foot wide median. >> narrow. dangerous. when you get through some of the narrow passes up towards the middle of the mountain you have a lot of diesel trucks this they come around the bend really fast. >> why ex pan the road. people will go fast tivrment incredibly intrusive and destructive project that will harm the creek corridor, harm the scenic valley of the canyon and worst part it's completely unnecessary. >> environmental impact study says the accident rate here actually dropped below the state wide average between 2005 and 2007. but the cutting already in full swing and it may take some quick legal action to stop this project. another larger protest is scheduled for this saturday. reporting in alameda county along niles canyon road, abc 7 news. >>> and to another project. construction crews plan to work all night installing the latest pieces of the new bay bridge tower. giant crane started lifting one of the 4 legs early this morning. each leg weighs about 1 million pounds. when work is complete later this week the new tower will reach 4 80 feet into the air. that is 91 feet taller than the current bridge structure. >> fremont police hope surveillance video of moving van will help nab a sophisticated gang of robbers who held up a high tech compan company. 15 mask robbers carrying rifles and hand guns stormed into the corporation on warm springs boulevard sunday morning. the oakland tribune reports they tied up and gaged 5 employees before taking a significant amount of computer parts. >> walnut creek police hope this image will help them catch the man would robbed the 7-11 on south main street on thursday. the thief told the clerk he had a gun in the jacket pocket and demanded money before running away. detectives also believe he may have robbed another 7-11 in walnut creek as well as one in concord. >>> dispute has developed between the family of the jones town massacre victims and cemetery where 400 of the victims are buried. the family claim that evergreen cemetery has reneglected on promise to erect a wall listing their nam name. the cemetery calls their plan unfeasible and agreed to allow another memorial marker but that would include the reverend jim jones who led the may murder-suicide. >> to put jim jones name on that memorial is like going to the jewish community and telling them to put hitler name on the holocaust memorial. >> if you leave jim jones name off, you give him more power. more authority. >>reporter: jones son wants to have the memorial in place by this november anniversary of the 1978 tragedy. >> three days of hearings begin in dc tomorrow on the san bruno pipeline explosion. pipeline engineers will be among the first to testify before the national transportation safety board safety board. board plans to release thousands of pages of documents that include lab test on the pipe that failed in september. they have been looking into whether faulty wells may be to blame for the explosion that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. abc 7 heather is in washington for those hearings. she will bring us the testimony over the next couple days. >> sfo getting ready to tell pan handlers to take off. san francisco international airport commission is said to vote tomorrow to ban religious grurngs charity and all organizations from asking for money anywhere on airport property. groups still would be able to distribute literature and practice free speech in designated areas. >> thousands of californians have some money coming to them. abandoned property that has been turned over to the state. >> but hers the question. is it always worth claiming? michael is here. for one woman this really turned into a wild goose chase. >> it did. this woman saw my recent report about finding forgotten treasure through an unclaimed property web site. so she checked it out. found out she did have something coming to her. a box with a mystery inside. jane evans sdaided to go on a treasure hunt. and for the heck of it looked up family names on the state unclaimed property web site. >> up popped the thing that said bank of america had closed a safe deposit box in my grand mother name when my mother was a co-sign or. >> they had died so jane figured she and her brother were entitled to whatever was inside that box. the state controller wouldn't say. >> they provided me the fact that there were 3 items in the box and they were deemed of value and they still couldn't tell me what they were. but they were worth claiming. >>reporter: so jane filed a claim and found she had to prove she was the rightful hairment. >> so i filed all the fovrment like a 6 page instruct set. they called and said they needed further documentation. >>reporter: in fact she needed a lot more. notarized statements. death certificate certificates. bank of america records. and on and on. >> 17, 18, 19, 20 pages. >>reporter: treasure hunt was getting complicated so jane called the state. was it worth all this trouble? she got the same reply. >> they couldn't tell me what was in the box but it was deemed of value and worth claiming. >>reporter: so she kept going. took whole year nearly 100 dollars to dig up and cope all the required papers. finally her package arrived. >> i came home. and cut the box open and inside is the treasure. >>reporter: her big reward was carefully bundled in a sheet of bubble wrap. she tore it open and out it came. >> literally a pest of jumping. >>reporter: jane was dumbfounded. the valuable content were this. worthless fragment of old plastic jewelr jewelry. >> i think item a piece of broken costume some sort the of little pin. >>reporter: all that work. all those documents. all for a piece of junk just to make sure jane took it to a jeweler. >> she actually said well if you take that little piece of junk out of that zip lock bag you could put an half sandwich in the bag and use it. >>reporter: where were the the valuable. turns out the state had auction opened them off 10 years ago. 2 rings and gold coin fetched 22 dollars and 1 cent. money went to bank of america for the safe deposit box. jane couldn't believe state workers spent hours figuring out who is entitled to a worthless trinket. not to mention sending 15 dollars.87 of taxpayer money to send it by registered mail. >> mislead citizens to run on wild goose chases for nothing. >>reporter: so she contacted 7 on your side and we spoke with controller office. it said claim rules are stringent to protect rightful owners and pay him work is more complicated when the owners are deceased. jane is still shaking her head. >> in the end it was for nothing. first, controller office can only give a brief description of what is inside and abandoned safe deposit box so it could not say why jane was told there were 3 valuable items in hers nor why the office was would spend so much money safe guarding a worthless item. >> imagine how she felt when she opened the box. awful. >>> well there's a new with tonight in the charlie sheen saga producers of 2 and a half men say they will pay the show's staff for half of the season remaining episodes. sheen treaty end to sue after they cancelled the sitcom after his antic. in the if is enter view since the cancellation, andrea asked sheen how he survived the drug use. >> because i'm me. tl because i'm me. i'm different. i have a different constitution. different brain. different heart. i have a different, >>reporter: some are saying you are bipolar. >> wow! what does that mean? >>reporter: i guess that you are on 2 end of the spectrum. >> wow! and then what? what is the cure? medicine. make me like them? not going to happen. >>reporter: sheen says he's now clean and drug test appeared to confirm that today. you cap see more of the interview tonight on "nightline"and tomorrow morning on good morning america followed by a special edition of 2020 tomorrow night at 10 right here on abc 7. >> for the moment let's talk about the weather. spring lake dayi] around the bay area. >> more change on the way. let's check in with sandy. >> short time of dry weather and then we look at period of wet weather for the rest of the week. let me show you the current temperatures. they are all in the 40's. compared to the weekend they are actually milder believe it or not. this weekend we had record cold conditions. not going to be the case tonight. partly cloudy tomorrow turning wet and windy for your tuesday night. and really count on showers right through thursday morning. here's the satellite radar high pressure still keeping us dry for part of your tuesday? and then this system here start to bring in the rain. you can see us tapping into sub tropical moisture. it is coming in over the pacific. this is milder storm compared to what we just saw bring us the snow on friday and into saturday at some very lowell vegas. this storm will bring us rain. after dark on tuesday and it is going to get windy at times as well beginning tuesday night the wind starts to kick up out of the south. wind gusting as high as 40 or 50 miles an hour at times and then the rain begins at around 8:00 o'clock in the north bay. approaching the coast line right around then. it becomes more wide spread and heavier heading into the 1:00 o'clock hour. wee hours of wednesday morning. 5:00 a.m. wednesday your commute is going to be sloppy as the rain still continues to come down. behind the front though we will go into scattered showers mode for the wednesday afternoon and still a possibility of few showers for early thursday before we start to see things tapering off. rainfall total actually pretty good in some areas. look at this. santa cruz mountain north bay mountain anywhere from 2 and a half to three inches of rain. north bay could pick up 3 quarters to inch and a half and south bay right now estimates at around half inch to an inch. peninsula and east bay less than that heading into wednesday. for the sierra nevada this is going to mean more snow. 2 feet above 7000 foot elevation. storm watch in effect late tuesday night. continues until wednesday nigh night. even at lake level they are expecting 6 to 12 inches but with this storm we are expecting higher snow levels so we are not expecting them to drop quite as much as what we saw last time. overnight tonight temperatures in the mid 30's to mid 40's and tomorrow still going to feel like spring in the south bay. low 60's for you from santa clara down to san jose. saratoga and peninsula 59 in millbrae. 61 in wed wood city. los altos 62 degrees. coastal area mid to upper 50's. beautiful day. mix of sun and cloud in san francisco. 58 degrees. daly city 56. north bay you are going to see temperatures right around where you should be this time of year. low 60's for santa rosa, petaluma, in the east bay berkeley 60, oakland 61, go inland and temperatures will be in the upper 50's to low 60's. 61 in concord around the monterey bay 58 degrees in monterey. here's your accu-weather 7 day forecast tuesday night

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and last 24 hours, snowfall reports from a half a foot to just over a foot there.alking about additional snow here. six to 12 inches above 5,000 feet and there is is a swell kicking up, watch out for strong rip currents. there is minor flooding possible. tonight we're talking about temperatures into mid-30s to mid-40s. and tomorrow afternoon, if you're in the north bay, area umbrellas. mid-50s mid-60s and partly cloudy skies there is is your accu-weather forecast. a chance of showers for st. patrick's day. rain, thunder, wind on friday. looks like a strong storm there. saturday, showers rain on sunday. and there is monday showers and tuesday, wednesday, a chance of rain, so still looking like a sloppy accu-weather forecast. >> sounds like it. thank you. >> and still ahead words a muslim mother said that were misunderstood. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingdients, and miracle-gro p

there are eight-foot, nine-foot, ten-foot snow banks on the side of the road where the roads have been plowed. but people are going back to work and school, and i'm delighted to be back here, mr. president, to what i hope will bring about the successful conclusion and vote on our legislation. it is, after all, a product of eight hearings over the last three congresses, hundreds of meetings, dozens of briefings. i again thank secretary locke for involvement, wise counsel and support. and i'm very pleased -- i see my distinguished colleague from iowa on the floor, his help in getting the cloture vote passed by an overwhelming majority last night. you know, i introduced the patent reform act of 2009. that is the precursor to the america invents act on the floor today, along with senator hatch and others.á and our bill was the subject of consideration and amendments over several thoughtful sessions of markups in the senate judiciary committee in march and april of 2009. at that time, senator kyl and i convened a meeting with the director of the patent and trademark office to discuss whethe