gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagershe members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to hand in speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front of you, to your left. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. please call the first item. >> hearing on the city's response to the surge in homelessness, and families and for various city agencies, including the her -- human services agency in the housing authority to outline the response to the crisis, including any plans to expand the rental subsidy programs, and he plans to address the loss in federal homeless prevention and rapid re-housing funds, any plans to increase, is prevention efforts, any plans to expedite the filling a vacant san francisco housing authority units, and moving homeless families into them, and ways we can protect households from for closure evictions. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. i call this hearing just last week, but it is an issue that has been on my mind for a number of months, especially

gail johnson. at sfgtv, we have john and nona. we have announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you have materials, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them in the container in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. can we excuse supervisor elsbernd? yes. we will do that without objection. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the issuance of the type 40 aren't-sell beer license to mark e. rennie for bart downtown, doing business as craft, located at 440 mission street to serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> inspector for the police department. good morning. the applicant has applied for and the original type for the on-sell beer license at 440 mission street, located between

gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to

the court today is gail johnson, and we would like to acknowledge the tofrom sfgtv. -- the staff from sfgtv. are there any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to

the court today is gail johnson, and we would like to acknowledge the tofrom sfgtv. -- the staff fromtv. are there any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, given to the clerk. please submit an extra copy for the file. items will be sent to the full board will be acted upon at a board meeting of january 10, 2012 and was another day is 2012 and was another day is indicated.

gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to rn

christopher gail entered an alford plea for the march 29 shooting of ricky johnson jr. police say johnson was shot during a drug deal of the mall. >> president obama says the state of the union is getting stronger. >> kate amara has that story. >> good morning. today the president hits the road, a swing through $5 grant states to sell his ideas to voters. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> facing a divided congress and a divided electorate, president obama's third state of the union address began with a moment of unity -- a hug for congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who's resigning this week. then the president got down to business, making it clear the economy is his top priority. >> it is time to apply the same rules from top to bottom. no bailouts, no handouts, and no cop-outs. >> the president laid out his economic blueprint, which includes higher taxes for millionaires, funding for education and job-training, and tax breaks for companies that create jobs. >> we have a huge opportunity at this moment to bring manufacturing back, but we have to seiz