with state law regarding the shift of prisoners from the state of california to california cities like san francisco. it is well-known governor brown signed legislation in april and now signed a budget that redirects low-level adult offenders convicted of non- serious, non-violent, and non- sexual offenses to counties and cities like san francisco. we are expected to supervise 6000 prisoners and probation participants annually. part of preparing to see these inmates -- we are making plans and following state requirements. two of those requirements are addressed in the resolutions that i am introducing. one appoints the san francisco department of public health to sit on the executive committee of the community corrections partnership, the body developed to help develop a plan for this realignment. the second designates the san francisco adult probation department as a county agency responsible for supervision until an ordinance we have in the queue designates a department that could be considered and adopted by the board of supervisors. these resolutions need to be introduced today to modify -- to n

oakland has only five dog parks and no dog park rules in city parks. san francisco has 17 dog parks by comparison. dog lovers in oakland pushing for a change many giving a thumb's down to the astro park location which has preliminary approval from the park's commission. any other site they say would add to the delays. the park's commission will pick a plan -- expected to pick a plan tonight or perhaps even drop the idea all together. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> christie thank you, much. >>> chalk up another huge win for joe montana. his proposal for a luxury hotel, upscale restaurant across the street from the proposed stadium took a big step forward. the city council said it would work exclusively with montana and his group for the next 18 months. that means no other companies can bid on the empty lot in santa clara. they are convinced their hotel and sports bar will turn santa clara into a destination. >> what do you think of the vote. >> it's good to win but a long way from the process. >> the city council went against the ci

the city and county of san francisco recognizes that energy use in buildings is the single largest contributor to the city and county of san francisco's carbon footprints. therefore, the san francisco department of the environment has brought together two sets of stakeholders to advise the city on building with energy issues. the first is the renewable task force. the second of which, we, the undersigned are members is the energy independence advisory pafpblet as advocacy organizations and businesses connected to the property, buildings and energy industries, we have focused on energy use, particularly natural gas use in buildings, and energy efficiency in green buildings. our main discussion was the need for discussion among stakeholders in the economy, academics, building scientists, tenants, policymakers, and property owners and managers. inceased access to the latest research and information about energy efficiency and green building and the financial benefits would boost the energy efficiency sector through more effective green and social marketing and the creation of a critical mass of a

and for joining us on the 33rd annual carnival celebration kickoff here in your other home, san francisco city hall. i want to thank -- i want to thank all of you for being here tonight. our host committee, san francisco cultural arts traditions, our elected family, supervisors wiener and campos and john avalos who is on his way and mirkarimi who is soon here. wanted to say thank you for being here and bringing the community here into city hall. and we're always grateful when our mayor is here to join us tonight. thank you, mayor. i'd like to introduce the treasurer of the organization that's done so much work to make sure that all of us could be here tonight. superviser james camp, thank you for being here. also we have our president of the school board here, i think you're here some place. i'd like to droot treasurer of the organization who has done so much to make sure that all of us are here tonight and are able to celebrate on the weekend in may, carnaval. elena. >> thanks. on behalf of the san francisco cultural art trassdigs board of -- tradition board of directors, i'd like to thank ev

i moved here for many of the reasons that i think we're all here in san francisco. we're a city of compehensive immigration refoimmigrants. we know that san francisco was built on the backs of immigrant labor. we also know that for the past 10 years on so, it has been fairly dark nationwide for our immigrant community. we've had a new record number of rates belief had a tremendous backlog of applications of legal immigrants that are trying to become citizens. there have been countless stories of constitutional and civil rights violated of many of our family members and friends. i used to be an immigrant rights attorney. i can tell you firsthand that i would visit the ins detention center and see individuals who had been beaten by ice agents. this conversation cannot be more timely and more important with the new administration and a new recognition and importance of building an immigrants rights movement. hopefully we will soon get healthcare reform behind us. hopefully the next question that our nation grapples with is how do we tell you the constitutional and civil rights that

commissioner mirkarimi: welcome to the san francisco city and county trent titian authority. thank you to sfgtv in their excellence of covering the happenings at city hall. please call roll call. -- transportation authority. >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. item two. >> item 2. approval of minutes of may 24, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner mirkarimi: comments or questions? public comments? public comment is closed. approval of the minutes seconded by commissioner campos, avalos. roll call. >> [roll call] there are nine ayes. commissioner mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. >> item 3. chairs report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. commissioner mirkarimi: the region is now in the throes of an important policy discussion about the way that growth will occur in the next two to three decades and the focus is on dealing with climate change and assuring we invest in truly sustainable transportation infrastructure and services. this is a debate that has been taking pla

the san francisco city coalition provide the cleaning services. we use san francisco clean city as our service provider because i have a strong job training and placement program. they train and place about 150 people every year. about 75% of those people that are placed actually retain their jobs for the full year longer or after. that was important to the neighborhood when the community benefit district was forming. the services provided -- every property gets hand swept daily. they get sidewalk scrubbing with a machine twice a month, and power washing once a month. clean city also provides graffiti abatement. the service hot spots in the neighborhood. they also help us with hazardous waste -- needles, human waste, and a large trash items. they do not, unlike other cds -- other cbd's, we do not operate on a dispatch system. in other places, someone would call in. we do not operate that way because it is a large district. we kind of schedule the district to make sure that the cleaning we provide is done uniformly, threat the whole district. -- th

the huge screen meant there wasn't a bad seat in the square in front of san francisco's city hall. >> there's nothing compared to being out here with everybody else cheering. it's exciting. >> i think there's some hope, you know, for the united states with everybody going through tough times with jobs, and these girls are following their dream right now and we're behind them. >> reporter: they came up from san joes to watch the game. this year, the energy in san francisco seems to be enough and they made sure to arm themselves with blankets, chairs and, of course, a little bit of red, white and blue. >> we're just soccer fans. we went to the '99 world cup in la, that's where we got our gear from. >> reporter: this game doesn't disappoint the hundreds gathered, despite france controlling much of the game. shortly after the second half, france came back tying the game. in the last five minutes, the us scored again putting them up 3-1. their win sets them apart as well as the first time in 12 years the us is heading to the world cup finals. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a day

charter amendment (third draft) to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco by -- regarding city retirement benefits and health care benefits. commissioner kim: because we heard this item last week, we are just going to hear public comment. please line up if you have any public comment. good morning. -- >> good morning. i have a question for the board for which i have no -- i do not think i will get an answer. why should we expect our representatives to do any more to live up to this agreement than you have in the past? the reason i say that is, in past years, boards of supervisors have entered into negotiations with city employees on retirement, the different things that accrue over the years, and they made commitments to those city employees, saying we would give you this and that. they entered into what i considered bad faith agreements. in that same budget year, they would pass a budget that would pay for immediate expenditures and put almost nothing assigned for the items that were accruing over the years. each year, it got further behind and they would go back into neg

going to continue to make a very forceful case for san francisco to get shared transportation dollars, that it is fair and commensurate with the city's longstanding commitment to sustainable transportation and responsible land use and housing policies. i want to point out in this context the importance of defeating assembly bill 57, which would reduce san francisco's modem influence on mtc, just at the time when a fundamentally important decisions about infrastructure investment policy are being made through the regional transportation plan. thank you to the mtc commissioners for certainly representing our interests. we are working closely with the mayor's office and with our delegation in sacramento to make sure this is the case. let me also point out the city of san francisco, speaking in one voice at regional issues. we have been doing just that and i would like to thank commissioner campos and weener, as well as commissioners and avalos, wiener, and mar, representing us ably on those bodies, and for staff for helping us to find a clear policy as we coordinate our advocacy strategies at abag, mtc, and other districts. this conclud

you can close the loophole, and you will still have significant job creation in the city and county of san francisco. under the worst-case scenario, the worst-case scenario that has been described in this report, the city will gain 35,625 jobs in the next three years. so it will still gained 35,625 jobs as opposed to a possible gain of 36,000 jobs. that is in the worst-case scenario. if you compare that to what was predicted when the health care security organ is was introduced, when you had a much larger job loss projection as a possibility, we are in pretty good shape. that larger projection loss that was provided never materialized. it never materialized. so i think that we are in very strong standing here. even the worst case scenario that has been described talks about continuous job creation in the city and county of san francisco. the benefits cannot be overestimated. you are talking about increased worker productivity because of the meaningful access workers will finally have to health care. you are talking about ending consumer fraud because that is exactly what is happening when a consumer

listening to them. >> speaking of the public here in san francisco, what are some of the biggest issues you feel are facing the public in the city. >> today? >> yes. >> well, san francisco is one of the most magical cities i think in this planet and certainly in the united states. it is built with indigenous resources to that help make us that special. our natural environment both by land and by sea and water. and just a wonderful history that we have made us a standout city where i think other cities, which they had some of that aspect we doff. we're also a cost prohibitive city. it's expensive to be here. i think it's extremely important we remain sensitive to strategy and implementation of making sure the city retains its class diversity. there's always a lot of discussion about diversity in terms of culture and race. class diversity is something that shouldn't be subordinate to that discussion. i want to make sure that san francisco has a working class population. i want to make sure we do not take for granted because we are seen as more cosmopolitan, that that excuses us from not tackling issues of poverty, which there are

city is cool spot, 56. low 50s in downtown san francisco and low to mid-70s in the north bay valleys.nterey bay low to mid-70s, best chance for sunshine around santa cruz and gilroy mid-70s. temperatures tonight, a little cooler behind the cool front, low to mid-50s but pockets of drizzle is developing again. here is the low, it's moving to the east cold front dragging behind it moving to the southeast. you see the jetstream diving straight down from alaska and as long as it stays that way the cool pattern will continue with morning clouds giving cooler than average temperatures. we'll see more sunshine saturday and sunday with a slow warming trend. big jump in temperatures will happen next week with we're back to average. >> we'll begin in san francisco, reports of a new accident. on sky way eastbound 80 at seventh street brie yantd exit, blocking the right lane and it will affect your drive into san francisco coming up from the peninsula on 101 and could even effect the 280 junction, heading to walnut creek, beginning to bunch up, heading toward north main and 24 interchange, no rep

why when i came into office, i said one of the first things i want to do is introduce the said francisco city hall times, and we have done so since then. i notice that it is growing and growing in importance. next week is the death and assassination of dr. martin luther king. the principles that the practice, the compassion, the vision, the perseverance, are all those same kind of values and principles that i know are being practiced within the iranian american community today as well. whether you want to see a green iran or whether you want to help participate in the civic process in california or in your own city, this is what is very heartwarming, by us coming together on a night like this. i very much appreciate all the dedication that has been applied in making these nowruz events as special as they are. i also would like to say that we would like to have -- we like to have fun. it is really the best part of introducing what nowruz means. that is why over the last six years, we have had art shows in my office. we would have exhibits down here, supported by the mayor, and introduce it to

i want to thank the entire elected family of the city and county san francisco. i see the city attorney's office. i also want to thank neamayor lee. you have demonstrated you do care about the entirety of san francisco and are committed to making sure the choices made in san francisco in the government reflect the values of san francisco. on behalf of the lgbt community, i want to thank you for being responsive to our needs. we continue to be committed to working with you. thank you very much for being here. happy pride, everyone. [applause] it is my honor to call upon my colleague from district 8. it was not planned that we would have three graduates of harvard law to speak in the event. it is my colleague from district 8. i am proud to be able to work with him on the board of supervisors. he is one of two lgbt members -- as one of two lgbt members on the board, it is important we work together. scott wiener. >> i could tell you stories of them from law school, but i will not. it is great to work with david to fight for our community, hiv funding. supervisor camp

ongoing annual payments for the benefit of other taxing entities, including the san francisco unified school district and city college of san francisco; and adopting findings that the resolution is not a project under the california environmental quality act. supervisor chu: thank you. for this item, we have ever presented it from the redevelopment agency. >> amy lee. i will make this brief because this is more of a procedural issue. we will be back before the board for a more substantive discussion about the actual mechanics of the payment. as you may or may not be aware, the state, in implementing ab 26, called for the dissolution of the agency and temporary suspension of our activities. coupled with that was also ab 27, which permitted cities and counties to bring the agency's back to life, to continue to do redevelopment activities once their funds were paid to the education relief augmentation fund. that amount is under the community remit amount. that needs to be paid some time in the fall. there are two payments in january and in may. there are some procedural things in ab 27 that permits us to have ad

i'm currently at city college of san francisco. i believe i would be an asset to this task force because i know my community and city very well. i believe in the voting process and communities having input in city government. i've also a former youth commissioner, so i have experience serving my city. being part of the youth commission, i have learned to work across districts and find solutions. i have experience in the tobacco free project and in this program, i learned to assess the health needs of my neighborhood and work with merchants. i also learned the importance of action research and its relationship to policy. i believe my vision is to represent my community and the voices that have not been heard. i would like to see this city improved through this redistricting process. supervisor kim: thank you for serving as a youth commissioner and representing district 6. i saw that on your application. could you talk more about why you are interested in serving on redistricting. can you be specific as to why and what you hope to acc

all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space with be stored for retrieval and analysis. >> the department of public works they maintain what goes on in the right-of-way, looking to dig up the streets to put in a pipe. with the permit. with mapping you click on the map, click on the street and up will come up the nchgz that will help them make a decision. currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility.

one at san francisco's city club. a second at the art institute and another at u.c. berkeley. ve the mural at city college should have a home worthy of its stature. lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> don't go away. 7 on your side is next. >> an old gift card causes new problems. i'm michael finney, coming up, problem solved.áÑáÑáÑáÑáÑáÑáÑáÑw >>> well, it is looking a little gray and gloomy in san francisco at ferry building. this is a live look from our roof cam, but you know that is the way it goes. it will get better as the day wears on. welcome back. it is 8:49 and lisa will come along to give you a full accu-weather forecast just a bit later before we end the newscast. >> well known restaurant chain says no to a bay area woman when she tried to use her gift certificate. she knew it was against the law oh ee turned to 7 on your side's michael finney for help. >> she is telling me about a night out she had with a friend recently. she planned to pay with an old gift certificate her husband never used. >> it was a gift certificate but it's blue. they said, we don't take them an

. >>> san francisco city leaders are working on a long term fix to try and control the erosion along the beach. patch work repairs done last year and in 1997 aren't enough to fix the growing problem. over the years storms battering the beach eroded the sand and locals are noticing the difference. >> it's just more of a swallowing type of earth that's just swallowing it away. >> it's not as wide as it used to be. it's narrow and it's kind of sad. >> the urban planning commission must now get a master plan put together and implementation would take longer leaving some folks worried about what's going to happen during next winter's storms. >>> a record level snowpack followed by swift snow melt means lake tahoe's water levels have risen past, but as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, that has some wondering where's the beach? >> reporter: the waterfalls still roar, the rivers are still raining and lake tahoe is still rising. lifeguard cindy beber says where the water is now 9 feet deep last year's swimmers could wade. the higher water not only means fewer places to sun on the sand. >> we hav

i look at developments with a careful lens because they have a huge impact on the city of san francisco and shape of our city looks like. one thing i am proud about in this project, which i cannot take credit for, is the immense community outreach and input and process them and through this development, and to talk to folks who were formerly homeless who felt like their input was heard and taken into account into with this new neighborhood would look like. up to 2400 units of affordable housing for the city of san francisco, something that our city definitely needs. something to be clapped for. [applause] an unprecedented number of units going to formerly homeless communities as well. sherri williams and many of the community-based organizations will continue to not only provide affordable housing but actually support the community as well. we are looking at a mixed income neighborhood in treasure island. treasure island will have an impact on the city. i want to think ross mirkarimi and david chiu for introducing some changes to the development agreements, which will help to mitigate s

. >>> san francisco city leaders are working on a long term fix to try and control the erosion along the beach. patch work repairs done last year and in 1997 aren't enough to fix the growing problem. over the years storms battering the beach eroded the sand and locals are noticing the difference. >> it's just more of a swallowing type of earth that's just swallowing it away. >> it's not as wide as it used to be. it's narrow and it's kind of sad. >> the urban planning commission must now get a master plan put together and implementation would take longer leaving some folks worried about what's going to happen during next winter's storms. >>> a record level snowpack followed by swift snow melt means lake tahoe's water levels have risen past, but as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, that has some wondering where's the beach? >> reporter: the waterfalls still roar, the rivers are still raining and lake tahoe is still rising. lifeguard cindy beber says where the water is now 9 feet deep last year's swimmers could wade. the higher water not only means fewer places to sun on the sand. >> we hav