can do. so you are going to be getting the asks. the ask is to be able to help with that effort to furnish our library and equip it to make it the best library in the city of san francisco. so stay tuned, we need your help again. one more and that is prop b. how many people are going to vote in this election? can i see a show of hands? how many people will vote for prop b? >> yes. >> how many of you can think of at least two or three or four people in the next couple of days that you can talk to to make sure that they are voting for prop b, because that is it what it's going to take. we are within one or two percentage points ever victory. the people that you talk to could be the people that make the difference in that election. i want to thank the mayor and our supervisors, and phil ginsburg for putting us on that bond. let's get prop b passed, shall we? [ applause ] so we're going to turn some dirt and we're going to start a library. thank you all for being here today. you made this happen. [ applause ] >> thank you, julie. well-done, julie. thank you. thank you. mr. mayor, will you have

>> well, as you may recall, the budget that we have was for both signage way finding and sight furnishings. so, this initial contract is going to pay for the signage and way finding elements and we'll use the remainder of the budget for the site furnishings at the various nodes adjacent to the signage. >> we're going to have a wonder -- a beautiful blue grain way. are there any other questions? i'm sorry. ~ greenway i have the same concerns as commissioner brandon ~. why pick the lowest contractor here? have we worked with this guy before? >> >> hi, commissioners. my name is tim [speaker not understood]. i work with the engineering division. i'm the administrative engineer there. i was the one who opened the bids and one of the things that i do is a bid summary which summarizes all the bids. so, the low contractor i did contact and asked them how sure are you about this bid. and they affirmed that they would want to continue with this and that's the price that they will honor. so, we're willing to obligate the bid price that they put down. >> you know, we've had some problems with people n

and this room is furnished in a way that's very similar to the way it might have been furnished when she was living here. the furnishings you see today are actually pieces she owned after her marriage in 1866. so behind me you'll see her original wardrobe. and this is a piece where she would have stored her beautiful gowns, her european gowns she purchased from paris. she was well known throughout the country for fabulous clothing. she had a penchant for european fashions. most of her clothes were handmade for her. in paris. and the dress here was actually designed by the fashion house worth of paris and worn later in life. her signature style as first lady differed fairly radically from this dress here. she'd wear full gown with many layers of ruffles and white berthas at the neck and known for her low neckline, which wasn't in fashion in america yet but she brought it to the forefront of fashion and people started copying her. some of her garments created a bit of a scandal because she was showing quite a bit of skin but it caught on and all the ladies adopted this fashion. she cop

>> well, as you may recall, the budget that we have was for both signage way finding and sight furnishings. so, this initial contract is going to pay for the signage and way finding elements and we'll use the remainder of the budget for the site furnishings at the various nodes adjacent to the signage. >> we're going to have a wonder -- a beautiful blue grain way. are there any other questions? i'm sorry. ~ greenway i have the same concerns as commissioner brandon ~. why pick the lowest contractor here? have we worked with this guy before? >> >> hi, commissioners. my name is tim [speaker not understood]. i work with the engineering division.

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. >> here is a typical example. 200 square feet, furnished but sparsely.e as deck, and also share as common area and kitchen down a few flights of stairs. there are noelle i have tors in the five story building and units start at 600-dollars a month. >> a lot of verns, microsoft, those guys that are looking for a place that is furnished a short term lease. >> it is the kind of simple stuff that is perfect. >> i pay my rent, i pay a $25 pet fee. >> one company has trademarked a podment, and they say they wish they had more. these units fill up as soon as they open. this is seattle's capitol hill neighborhood. sort of the central battlefield in the micro housing war. here is the problem. apodments on this side, and across the way, single family homes and in many cases those homeowners are not happy with what is developing. this build willing have 28 units on a small inner city lot. increased density and monthly renters are concerns two doors down. >> i will be curious to see how the month to month character is. is it more transient, more of a party neighborh

meanwhile, the rest of their house is furnished the same, every bed the same, and the bible, of courseyour sins will find you out. >> reporter: merlin, the antagonist, comes from another part of the community. he spends his days trying to oust from power by any means necessary. >> pretty obvious, it what to be merlin. he must have found it. >> reporter: we have a hard time understanding, you're quoting the scripture, talking about god and setting his office on fire. i mean, is that something you should take into your own -- >> people said i set his house on fire. nobody knows that -- how can you say that? oh, so you didn't? >> did you see me there? >> reporter: i'm just asking you, did you? >> i'm not going to answer that question. >> reporter: oh, okay. >> okay. >> reporter: initially, he didn't want to answer some of our other questions either. what did you do to go to jail? >> what did i do to go to jail? i had been -- well, i don't know if i want to talk about it. i guess -- >> reporter: it is public record, right, i could look it up, çóright? >> you could look it up. it was indict

they were fully furnished. host: we will visit the galena, illinois house. this was where the grants lived in the years after the war and before coming to the white house. let's take a look. it sets the stage for their presidency. [video clip] >> this home was a gift that 13 businessmen from galena purchased to give to the grant family, in appreciation for his service during the war. julia mentions in her memoirs coming up the hill and being presented this lovely villa that she said was furnished with "everything good taste could offer." this is the parlor which was the entertainment part of the home. of course, we know julia was an avid entertainer. she loved it. the family spent quite a bit of time here in the parlor. we know mrs. grant and their daughter nellie played the piano. you can imagine the family sitting here, the general inhis favorite chair, the other boys listening to their sister and mother play songs for them. they entertained in here. julia and maybe nellie played a song for their guests. grant launched his presidential campaign from galena

there is no fear of law in the mind of people because they don't get furnished.hey -- they get away with it. >> reporter: the residents are shocked by this attack. >> we prided ourselves in living in a very safe city, but nowadays what is happening is un-understandable to me. what is going through people's minds when they behave like this towards women, children, and other people? it is because there are too many people in the city? >> reporter: police have promised to throw their full weight behind the investigation as the young victim recovers in hospital. >>> coming up on al jazeera, a march in washington. thousands are heading to our nation's capitol to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the i have a dream speech. >>> and i'll have the national forecast coming up. >>> welcome back. celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the march on washington kick uf tomorrow in the nation's capitol. on wednesday president obama will speak on the steps of the lincoln memorial, where martin luther king delivered his i have a dream speech. >> i have a dream, that my four li

harrison furnished it as a room.f you went up in the elevator, in the family quarters, you'd find that as a big sitting room and she furnished that a lot from old things she found in the attic. >> and she was trying to make more room for the family. the family quarters had become so cramped and overrun by the presidential offices that, you know, she was looking for space anywhere she could find it. so she turned that hallway into a large sort of living area with, you know, defined spaces for seating and conversation. >> did caroline invite any first ladies back to the white house? >> mrs. hayes had died. >> that's the one i know about, harriette lane. >> only harriette lane. so we talked about the fact that she was seen as a domestic partner. but caroline harrison was a great political partner to her husband, benjamin harrison. and next we're going to learn about that more and how it affected his political success in this visit to the harrison home in indianapolis. >> caroline harrison was certainly an active partici

then you look at how he furnished the white house. it is very different.e very much understood the importance of symbolism. it was to present the united states in a fashion that, majesty is the best word. you do it in the president's house. >> not only majestic. the monroes actually befriended [indiscernible] when they lived in paris. the president originally ordered 50 pieces of mahogany furniture. he was told by the french that mahogany was not appropriate. this is what he got in its place. >> here is a tweet. "did the monroes face any lingering problems in the white house due to the burning?" what state of repair was it in when they got there? >> it was not ready in march of 1870 when monroe became president. they lived in another house for several months. on june, monroe left washington and went on a four-month tour and his family went back to virginia. he returned to the president's house and at that point, it was ready for occupancy. they began moving furniture in. the furniture they ordered was not ready. he used his own personal furniture. they bor

we lived in a furnished room in a single family house.had to eat every meal all three meals, out. there were very few houses around to rent. we lived in the same house with my parents. then, about a year later we decided to look around and buy a house. families needed homes, but homes were not easily found. depression and war had put homebuilding on hold for almost 20 years. what housing there was was not cheap, beyond the means of most vets with new jobs and families. young families were looking for low-cost housing. homebuilders needed customers. it was demand in search of supply. the american dream included a house and car. henry ford had provided the cars. were there any henry fords in the postwar homebuilding business? every family in the united states is entitled to decent shelter. private enterprise should provide that shelter. the levitt organization was the most famous. it was the henry ford of the housing market. they recognized the housing shortage in the late 1940s. professor kenneth t. jackson of columbia university a special

in place with commercial interiors can furnish you with those placards. you also have to have a sign out front that your business is wheelchair accessible. and various signing issues. each one of those things you do not have if someone must use to you is a separate claim. the statutory damages are $4,000. a person can come back three times and see three different wheelchair-accessibility issues, that is nine claims. the attorneys' fees are only recoverable -- only the plaintiff has the ability to get the attorneys' fees. if you fight a lawsuit and win, you do not get attorneys' fees. is a one-sided statute. the policy is to promote access. one of the issues for a merchant to look at is your least. virtually every commercial lease, what ever the business maybe come up switches to the tenants all responsibility for code compliance. what that means is coming you have to indemnify the landlord on the insurance or the least, or any money that the landlord may have a. clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. theref

we lived in a furnished room in a single family house.had to eat every meal, all three meals, out. there were very few houses around to rent. we lived in the same house with my parents. then, about a year later, we decided to look around and buy a house. families needed homes, but homes were not easily found. depression and war had put homebuilding on hold for almost 20 years. what housing there was was not cheap, beyond the means of most vets with new jobs and families. young families were looking for low-cost housing. homebuilders needed customers. it was demand in search of supply. the american dream included a house and car. henry ford had provided the cars. were there any henry fords in the postwar homebuilding business? every family in the united states is entitled to decent shelter. private enterprise should provide that shelter. the levitt organization was the most famous. it was the henry ford of the housing market. they recognized the housing shortage in the late 1940s. professor kenneth t. jackson of columbia university, a spec

then we have to organize everything everything, furnishing the rooms, shopping, close. filling out forms. >> she found a room and shared accommodations and lives there together with jessica, herself a refugee from the democratic republic of congo. she says she feels more at home and is dreaming of the future in germany. >> i don't know if it's possible, but i'd like to be an actress or maybe a makeup artist. >> about her future remains uncertain. for now, she only has temporary resident status in germany. for comfort, she often reads her bible, the only possession she brought with her from kenya. >> let's get to business news now and one story causing a lot of grief in and around one german city. >> it's not something that makes for a happy summer. >> unions say it is high time for rail operators to get high. >> passengers stranded at the station -- evening traffic was paralyzed and now delays have extended to the morning commute as well. up to 40% of all trains have been canceled or rerouted. for some, delays have added almost half a day of travel time. the problems be

then we have to organize everything everything, furnishing the rooms, shopping, close. filling out forms. >> she found a room and shared accommodations and lives there together with jessica, herself a refugee from the democratic republic of congo. and is dreaming of the future in germany. >> i don't know if it's possible, but i'd like to be an actress or maybe a makeup artist. >> about her future remains uncertain. for now, she only has temporary resident status in germany. for comfort, she often reads her bible, the only possession she brought with her from kenya. >> let's get to business news now and one story causing a lot of grief in and around one german city. >> it's not something that makes for a happy summer. >> unions say it is high time for rail operators to get high. >> passengers stranded at the station -- evening traffic was paralyzed and now delays have extended to the morning commute as well. up to 40% of all trains have been canceled or rerouted. for some, delays have added almost half a day of travel time. the problems began after more than half of the

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product category and brand noting consumers are spending on bigger ticket goods like cars and home furnishings, though trading down on smaller purchases. >> the consumer has more capacity to spend today than the consumer had a year ago. they are spending it more selectively. >> something as simple as diapers, not necessarily buying the brand and more basic staples one and using savings to buy something else. >> reporter: while this round of retail earnings reflects a consumer feeling the pinch from higher payroll taxes, number of economists believe consumers have begun to get over it and think spending has begun to pick up. retailers certainly hope that's true, after all, christmas is just 131 days away. for "nightly business report," i'm courtney regan. >>> well, shares of the nation's biggest home builders bucked the market slide today. some of the best known builders, dr horton, lennar and kb homes spiked 5% higher on a jump in builder sentiment and drop in foreclosures in july. that's today. those same stocks are currently in bare market territory, off 20% or more from their peaks. now wit

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the average student spending $800 on clothing, electronics and furnishings. >> we walked up and down the aisles of target for like three hours and grabbed everything we could think of. >> mostly what you hear is what you need to buy for your college kids. but i have ideas for things you don't need to buy. he is the director of student housing at the university of san francisco. >> bring a laptop over a tablet for the sake of being able to print. many tablets will not let you print: and you don't know what functionality you will need in the academic environment. >> a printer is an obvious purchase after a computer, but a lot of colleges have printing labs where kids can send the work and you will save money on ink. >> you can print around campus. we have plenty of printers in the residence hall and the buildings and the library. >> you might think buying textbooks is a nonnegotiatable expense of college. you can now rent many books. ryan is heading off to uc riverside in a few weeks. he is hoping to save money by buying electronic versions of books in assisted of hard copies. >> i wou

scape improvement projected which will improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, add landscaping and furnishing and improve the area. i am joined by the project managers for the four projects and we are happy to answer any questions from you. >> thank you. colleagues, any questions? mr. avalos. >> i thought there were other programs and -- >> yes and the mta is responsible for the projects right now. >> colleagues, any further questions or comments? thank you very much. we don't have a budget analyst report and we will move to public comment? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward without opposition? so moved. mr. clerk can you please cull item number 20. >> item 20 resolution providing for the sale of certificate of participation and interest in the right to receive certain rental payments to be made by the city under a project lease finance capital projects at the port of san francisco. >> okay. could you also call number 21 up. >> item 21 and certificate of participation for the jurisdiction over pier 27 from the port commission to the general services age

the average student spending $800 on clothing, electronics and furnishings. >> we walked up and downof target for like three hours and grabbed everything we could think of. >> mostly what you hear is what you need to buy for your college kids. but i have ideas for things you don't need to buy. he is the director of student housing at the university of san francisco. >> bring a laptop over a tablet for the sake of being able to print. many tablets will not let you print: and you don't know what functionality you will need in the academic environment. >> a printer is an obvious purchase after a computer, but a lot of colleges have printing labs where kids can send the work and you will save money on ink. >> you can print around campus. we have plenty of printers in the residence hall and the buildings and the library. >> you might think buying textbooks is a nonnegotiatable expense of college. you can now rent many books. ryan is heading off to uc riverside in a few weeks. he is hoping to save money by buying electronic versions of books in assisted of hard copies. >> i would rather go

the average student spending $800 on clothing, electronics and furnishings. >> we walked up and down the aisles of target for like three hours and grabbed everything we could think of. >> mostly what you hear is what you need to buy for your college kids. but i have ideas for things you don't need to buy. he is the director of student housing at the university of san francisco. >> bring a laptop over a tablet for the sake of being able to print. many tablets will not let you print: and you don't know what functionality you will need in acade academic environment. >> a printer is an obvious purchase after a computer, but a lot of colleges have printing labs where kids can send the work and you will save money on ink. >> you can print around campus. we have plenty of printers in the residence hall and the buildings and the library. >> you might think buying textbooks is a nonnegotiatable expense of college. you can now rent many books. ryan is heading off to uc riverside in a few weeks. he is hoping to save money byng buying electronic versions of books in assisted of hard copies. >> i

anywhere from 7 to 12 feet toward the sidewalk, it's going to be what we call an activity zone or furnishing zone or cafe zone where you'll see tables and chairs and amenities that really encourage people to stop to sit down and to interact. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> tatiana. >> excuse me. i wanted to address something also about the market street. and i don't know how we can do it, i have some ideas but -- we're going to have a lot of people who are elderly and disabled who like to keep their independence, but sometimes there may not be a place for them to park there it would be, and they don't have the strength to walk distances and it maybe not good to our city too, so i'm concerned about our well-being. >> good observation councilwoman. so all of the three options would still allow for taxis and peri transit and also vehicles with plaqueers to be able to drop off pedestrian on market street so you would still have that vehicle relationship to market street. >> i'm just thinking that some people may bring their car and that's another thing that we have to allow them to have that indepe

this is how we can use this as furnishing and play equipment and activate the space and provide the flexibility of not having them for permanent but being able to move them for special events. >> we are looking at what are the historic ships that were built there and other historic things built and there are three things that exist today, the uss olynpia and it was built at pier 70 and the uss sulivan in new york city and was built there and the transbay were all built at pier 70, how could we take these historic facilities across the country and interpret them? and we are looking at outlining them in the slip way to recognize them and interpret them and offer possibly a partnership with the non-profit agency to do something about the existing structures that were built here. just an example. moving over to the east, building 109 and the 110 four court area. 109 could be the major park entrance and you come to the park and with directly north towards the bay bridge. and come out into a bosk of trees adjacent to the building, 110. and save the historic rail lines that mark talks about to interpr

lori: car sales, breaking down the report, and home furnishing sales disappointing. is that a harbor of troubling signs? >> no, actually, i think what we see in the future is that with the housing turn around, even though tepid as it is, i think that home furnishings should see rebound here shortly. lori: okay, maybe just to your point, pent up demand in the segments? >> yes. lori: okay. it's consistent with the level of economic growth we're having right now? >> it is, it's tepid, slow, but growing. lori: jeff green, a pleasure, thank you. >> thank you. adam: the country sees the light, on the verge of opening up production to private companies. lori: oracle ceo speaking out, which ceo he thinks is, quote, irreplaceable. adam: and take a look at metals as we head to break. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you get your boue? bounce is great because the freshness lasts for weeks in the drawer. why can't everything stay fresh that long? [ male announcer ] how do you get your bounce? [ man ] lasting freshness. lori: it's been 15 minutes, down on the floor of the new york sto