i worked on one the size of the golden gate. i was an apprentice. i was given the opportunity to work on it. i do understand that fairly well for somebody who is not an engineer. and can participate knowledgeably in discussionses about that sort of work, the timing of it, the financing of it, and the actual achievement of the work. i do understand fairly well the labor community. we have an in-house crew on the bridge all the time. it is constantly being rebuilt, essentially. something i said when i testified in my first appearance before this committee has to be put onto the bridge board. * at the same time it is in use it is being replaced over and over and over again. so, there are labor issues that arise around that. there are practical issues that arise around that. i think i can contribute to both, to an understanding and a rational discussion of both. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm an engineer and you probably understand it better than i do. >>> thank you. >> next speaker if you're here, dave snyder. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name

reilly and i want to thank you for taking the time today to consider my reappointment to the golden gate bridge board. it has been an absolute pleasure to serve on this board and i am just coming off of my two-year term as president and it was a very eventful two years. i have to say. last year at the district we celebrated 40 years of providing transit to sonoma and to marin counties to downtown san francisco. * and, of course, the highlight was we celebrated our 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge, which i think we put on this spectacular civic celebration that was inclusive of kids and nonprofits, as well as people from all over the state of california and beyond. so, we're really, really proud of that. and because of the 75th anniversary, we formed a unique partnership at the district that we've never had before with the golden gate national parks conservancy, and the national park service. so, this allowed us to not only put on a great sell braaetionverctiontion, but to also fundamentally change the experience that the 10 million visitors a year who come to the golden gate br

golden gate transit. * if reappointed, i hope to continue to work to improve golden gate transit and also to work to improve bicycle and pedestrian access and safety on the bridge. and i respectfully request your reappointment. >> thank you. supervisor cohen. >> thank you. i guess to the other speakers that are going to be coming up, you can probably work this into your comments so i won't have to ask questions. just curious since you're going or reappointment, how do you see yourself contributing to the discussion moving forward? >>> i saved this for this question. [laughter] >>> for example, tomorrow i am meeting with staff to go over the proposal for parking at the lark spur ferry terminal. it's hard as a one member on a 19 member board to have much influence. we can pay attention and do our best. but it's a special moment when we get to actually individually have an influence and i feel like i did that with regard to this proposal. they had come forward with an idea to charge for parking which is not best practice and wouldn't have raised enough money and wouldn't have served a g

so people now can actually get a sense of their rich history of the golden gate bridge and how it was built and the men and women in labor who built that bridge. and, so, it's really fantastic. we also improve the outdoor plaza area so there's more open space. we improve the pedestrian and bicycle path. so, really it's a much more pleasant place to visit now so we're really, really proud of that. on the fiscal side of things at the district, it has been a difficult time, as with any governmental quasi-governmental agency. but in 2009 the board of directors unanimously passed a plan for fiscal sustainability and we are in the midst right now of implementing that plan. there are 33 main initiatives and one that you may have been reading about and you certainly will over the next couple weeks is going to all electronic polling at the golden gate bridge. we are currently in a soft launch of that project. and by the end of march we will be fully implementing all electronic tolling. at the bridge and we'll be the first bridge in california to do this. * so, lots of people are watching and m

the golden gate is a very big place. you need to check it out. 375 stevenson, right off of market street between market and mission. come by there. the golden gate is very good people and will always, always help other people who need help. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. are there any further comments from those present? >> michael nulty. i am the program director of tenants association coalition of san francisco; which has been operating in san francisco for 15 years. we deal with people that are in supportive housing units. low-income buildings in san francisco. we have over 1,000 -- we have over 100 developments as part of our coalition. i wanted to speak to mail deliveries for those that are on special diets. i wanted to also mention that the accessibility of information that daas needs to update their resource guide. when i saw that, it's a very heavy thing. i don't want to take it home with me. how can you get it online? i went and saw it. bring back the senior disability discount opportunities like the se

so in golden gate park, and we did this citywide, in golden gate park. there were 336 trees overall with a ranking of 9 or above and among those 126 were monterey pines and 78 were monterey cyprus and the rest blue gums. from there, hort science gave us the recommendation to remove a number of the trees. it's worth noting that monterey pines were the largest group and two reasons for this. first monterey pines in golden gate park are what hort science refers to as largely overmature in development, which means that they are really old. which renders the tree for susceptible to inspects, the red beetle, et cetera. overall hort science found our urban forest to be relatively healthy an only recommending a very small number of trees to be removed. because nobody likes to see one of our big, beautiful, majestic trees removed, but after expensive study these were deem to be at-risk of failure. so i thought some context would be helpful. >> there was no public comment and with that we'll entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> moved and seconded. all those in favo

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news production company was sponsored by bill melinda gates so when it ends up happening is you have this collusion bill and melinda gates supporting the media coverage education and the schools themselves and working on putting certain policies into place and those policies are very much in line with race at the top no to left behind and they're very focused on breaking down teacher union. teachers' unions are very focused on increasing the role. and turning public education into a private marketplace absolutely i mean they want to see the return on their investment a huge want to what better way to control the media outlets that are pushing it forty years ago adam finland transform its education system to more personalized teacher to student learning since that i mean it shot up highest in the world with reading and math science is this the answer i mean are they on to something here is this where we should be going we have about a minute left yeah i mean i talked with a finnish minister of education policy solver who's written a wonderful book on this topic called finnish lessons

they're on the board of directors that some connection of microsoft are going one to gates and p.b.s. newshour in which this piece was aired is sponsored by i don't want to gates and even the company the news production company was sponsored by bill melinda gates so we don't have the cabinet you have this collusion bill and melinda gates supporting the media coverage education and the schools themselves and working on putting certain policies in the place and those policies are very much in line with race to the top no child left behind and they're very focused on breaking down teacher union teachers unions they're very focused on increasing the role. for all turning public education into a private marketplace absolutely i mean they want to see the return on their investment a huge want to what better way to control the media outlets that are pushing it forty years ago adam finland transform its education system to more personalized teacher to student learning since that i mean it shot up highest in the world with reading and math science is this the answer i mean are they on to somet

mind before the gates dropped.aby. >> watch the gates dropped. how about the shot, who's going to get it? it is villopoto. stuart is in there, bunch of riders are bunched up including trey canard. he is holding his right leg. the member, he has a problem with his knee. >> his right knee had ligament damage, he is frustrated comedy can tell by the body language. >> two former champions. >> justin barcia right there. >> for many of the contenders coming opportunity for a momentum shifting winds whipped away at the end of lap number one. and everyone had their own story of how it went down. speaker usually after the first turn, all of us were going in on the gas hot. all on the edge next to the hay bales. the incident happened on that side, i had that speed going, i went flying into the shoulder, took it pretty hard hit. it was definitely not fun at all. >> i kind of saw reed coming out, ended up hitting my front tire. i stuck in his back wheel and drug into it and ended up taking half the field with us. >> millsaps a

it will continue to dive out across the golden gate.lley, and around the peninsula. >> once body, scattered, showers on the back in. a cool air mass will settle into the bay area. >> keep your umbrellas handy and rain gear heavy throughout the course of the day. >> winter weather a advisory in effect until 1:00 p.m. for the north bay mountains. we did see one-2 in. of snow above 2,000 ft.. >> sleet, freezing rain is a possibility. we could see hail produced of the coastal waters. >> this is not going to be a huge rain maker. a half inch of the north bay and maybe around the heart of the bay we could see upwards of an inch for some of our hales and mountain areas. >> temperatures this afternoon will be cool. 49 for vallejo. 48 for santa rosa. 50 in hayward and fremont. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights unsettled weather could continue. rain chance until tomorrow night. >> thursday and friday looking dry under partly cloudy conditions. the wet weather returns as we start off your weekend. george. >> thank you erica.

golden gate, bay bridge, moving at the limit.rnight roadwork is actually cleared and san mateo problem- free between hayward and foster city. we'll have much more "timesaver traffic" and your morning drive coming up. >> it is 4:54 now. we know what joe flacco did after the super bowl. he went to disneyland. what did colin kaepernick? >> he got more tatoos to match the others on his arms. the san jose artist says it reflects inner strength, spiritual growth, and humility. >> hm. >> who knew. >>> the super bowl may be over but the 49ers' loss is still fresh for a couple of senators. dianne feinstein and barbara boxer paid off a bet to their counterparts in maryland after the ravens beat the 49ers in the super bowl. part of the payoff dungeness crab that was caught near the golden gate bridge. >> so excited about the ravens win and your gracious payoff of your debt. we have a lot of admiration for san francisco. >> there you go. the winnings also included sourdough bread, chardonnay from napa valley and an assortment of california c

-- major change at the golden gate. that's one of the top stories. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. >>> first, though, we're following some breaking news this noontime in san francisco where a pg&e crew is busy working to fix a gas leak in the city's mission district. newschopper2 is over the area near 24th and bryant streets. that's where a construction crew hit a 2-inch plastic gas line just before 11:00 a.m. several homes and businesses in the area have been evacuated and some streets in the area have been blocked off as a precaution. again, these are live pictures from newschopper2. you can see some of the trucks down there and some crews standing by. it looks like some dirt where they've built a hole in the ground. now, muni has rerouted service on the 48th quintara. we just spoke to pg&e. a spokesperson says crews are having some difficulty fixing the line because it's in an area where many lines connect. however, the leak should be stopped within the next few minutes. no word on how many customers have had thei

the golden gate bridge, it is delay free. things peak if the bridge follows its usual patterns. >> looking at the east bay ride here you will see heavy traffic which is usual pattern for six '80s south into the san ramon valley. >> 80 westbound a 26 minute drive time. >> south bay free wiways normal. >> the north bay ride the heaviest traffic have shifted south from the 37 commute south bound. the drive times are staying at 32 minutes from navato to the golden gate bridge. >> the delays for rail service is a train which as been consistent trains one, three, five, seven subject to delays the real service looks could. >> the time is 819. and bay area news for some controversy brewing over san francisco polk street in its over bars. >> the supervisor has introduced legislation that will put a cap on bar on polk street from california streak to zero farrell. the ban would apply to bars. some residents argue there too many of them and one of our banned put in place. are others in the committee have not in a problem. >> it has got

so, the golden gate bridge port, i serve on with great appreciation for the golden gate workers i worked on for a year and a half. i look forward to the leadership of supervisors breed, yee and wiener on the golden gate bridge board. a number of families brought to us at that board was one of the issues that we approved in concept and the 25 million more that's needed to build some barrier to acknowledge the dangers of the golden gate bridge is some of the unfinished business that will be before you. also, the all-electronic tolling that i know that supervisor chiu and others have been working it to educate our community about. it's going to be starting in several weeks. * the human beings that have been the toll takers for years, the district is finding additional jobs and training for them, but it will be all electronic tolling by the end of -- or by early march. i think it's march 1st. also for the bay area government that i've been in alternate to, i am now kind of active on the administrative committee and the regional housing needs assessment appeals committee. so, there's a lot of

bill gates foundation has spent $5 billion on education so far.aluating the performance of america's 3 million teachers and using the data to develop professional development system that is work. the goal? to increase high school graduation rates and get america's students into college. >> the number of jobs for high school dropouts or people that only have high school education, that's going down. so more in this economic cycle, unemployment will be determined by educational achievement. united states universities are still, by far, the best in the world. the research that comes out of there, graduate students are phenomenal. a lot of those students are foreign born and get sent back. they're not allowed to work here in the united states. and that's still united states. and that's still a sliver. the bulk of our universities need to improve because they have higher dropout rates than other nations. and our k through 12 system has a higher dropout rate than others do, as well. so because it's so central to equal opportunity and central to our econ

the golden gate bridge ride is problem free coming from marin county.e have added four minutes to the commute time on the east shore freeway. 16 minutes drive from our police hercules to berkeley. 16 to 18 minutes from the san ramon valley. the heaviest traffic in the east bay is on net 580 and highway 4. south bay's problem free. the peninsula is getting word of a print problem near as at all. southbound 1 01 right at the airport, there is a report of a did this it will dump truck, a bottom dumb bird that could be blocking the left lane. if it stays there that could be a hot spot. a day and read on bart, no delays. caltrans is clear out of central valley a strays are without delay. no problems reported on the muni metro. >> in update on the story from southern california the former cop that's wanda for shooting three police officers as morning, killing one of them they have found his pickup truck. we just saw here a moment ago. he is also suspected of killing a couple over the weekend. dead daughter was a daughter of a police officer who defended this

the golden gate bridge ride an easy one as it comes from marin county. the east shore freeway ride we are in the south bay here. theirs is the issue on the almandine bally out of highway 5, that is the only problem here. 1 01 southbound a little slide past accounting lined up from 37 down to the golden gate bridge, drive time under 25 minutes. slow traffic for the east bay is a highway four through antioch and interstate 583 all to my past. we're not looking at much in the way of slowing for interstate 80, these short freeway. >> false errors of the san francisco-based vary between vallejo and severance is going to be restored by this afternoon. one of the four ferries between the two cities has been out of commission since monday because of a mechanical problem, a backup ferry is

golden gate park was identified as a high priority area. as part of the park forestry program we have had two phases of tree removal and pruning contracts in the park. the first phase concentrated on the perimeter of golden gate park, primarily lincoln and fulton. the first phase was completed in 2012. phase 22 hazardous tree assessment and mitigation work is concentrated on trees along city streets within golden gate park, primarily along jfk, mlk, middle drive. as well as those near children's playgrounds. this bid was advertised in early january and bids were due on january 31st. we had established a pre-qualified pool of contractor because with this work it's very important to do that obviously for quality control, looking at both the pruning and the removal and disposal work itself and the bid -- the package was bid publicly. and other contractors who wished to submit a bid could submit documentation of their qualifications at time of bid. we received five bids. and the apparent low bidder from arborwell professional tree management in

others had every intention to cancel or change the format of the planned discussion of the golden gate to be held at the common wealth club, any e-mails were instantly deletes not because of the deep commitment to the record retention policy, but because ginsberg knows that the sunshine law requires disclosures he is not stupid. had it been true that the destruction was implementing the policy and this should have been stated to mr. wooding at the outset. the disclosure that there were once e-mails but they were indeed destroyed according to regulations would have led to the next requirement in the sunshine ordinance which is to assist in referring him to someone who could help him with his records request. miss gong should have referred him to the department of technology did recovering the deleted e-mails since her technology staff could not help. let us not kid ourselves mr. ginsberg attempted a cover up of an ill advised attempt to influence the private entity to have a open panel discussion about the development in the famous park and wanted to use his position to exert power over

fastrak is a great choice to save money on the golden gate bridge tolls.id balance, save money on tolls get your fastrak tax. it's seamless. if you don't want to do that, we recommend a license plate account. open it up online, over the phone, tie it to a credit card. youedge pay when you cross the golden gate bridge. you only pay when you cross the bridge. no prepaid balance, you pay the $6 toll. >> reporter: what of it you're a tourist? bridge officials say they will actually photograph your license plate as you go through and they will send the registered owner a bill for the toll. yeah. so you think about all the tourists that come to the golden gate bridge. believe it or not of the people that cross it only 3% aactually driving as tourists so that's not really a big problem and they say they are going to set up a system of kiosks, electronic machines around the city, around the bay area. where you will be able to actually enter your rental car information and driver's license, what not, get a little tag that will go into the system and be able to cros

we turn our focus to an incident connected with 1 of the world's most famous landmarks, the golden gate bridge. but the story is in the decisions that followed. its exclusive video showing ill advised helicopter trip originating from the field. >> when you watched this video, how did you react? >> kind of in disbelief. i have never seen any mission requirement like this. >> members of the california national guard say this showed a clear example. >> somebody needed to speak out. this kind of break down of discipline and violation. it sets a bad example. >> he fears retribution. he is a veteran military helicopter pilot. >> in your expert opinion, was this decision to fly these 5 helicopters a prudent decision? >> definitely not prudent. >> a decision made by 2 top senior leaders. >> the video shows 5 helicopters following each other into less than ideal conditions and nobody is speaking up. >> less than ideal because air force regulations require a minimum cloud ceiling of 700 feet. the top of the bridge measures 746 feet. the video appears to show the fog sitting well below the air for

starting with the golden gate bridge. can see traffic on the heavier side compared to our last report. we are seeing the cars streaming by. a lot of space between them. quiet conditions with traffic at top speeds. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza wrapping up the road work. a bit of a wait in the cash lanes no problems on the upper deck. >> over to the san mateo bridge westbound traffic looking good. the traffic 12-13 minutes. >> on our traffic maps green on the road way censors for northbound 101. interstate 280 the drive 23 minutes from navato into san francisco. >> violent crime is a continuing problem and oakland and now the oakland police department says help is on the way. after laying office back in 2010 because of budget cuts, the oakland police department is once again accepting applications. if you are 20 and a half years older, you are welcome to apply. however, a minimum requirement is on the horizon. >> the chief will change it25 it to 25. >> we would like to have our officers with life experience.

by 4:00 and 5:00 it makes its way south of the golden gate bridge.pproaching the north bay, by 9:00 it's sliding down through the north bay to the golden gate bridge. setting over san fransisco. depicting quite a bit of rainfall. but i don't think we'll see that heavy of rain. it's going to be fairly light. but there's a possibility of a thunderstorm in this band of rain rain. pushing down through free month. san jose. not only could we see a pocket of heavy rain. we could see small hail falling with areas of heavy rainfall. the man main band of rain slides to the east and leaves cold air in its wake. we have the possibility of snow locally. also spotty showers through the afternoon. kind of hit and miss. you definitely want to keep the umbrella handy in case you're caught in rain. throw oakland, but then into the 9:00 hour dryer conditions expected. as for rainfall totals. this is not going to be a big rainmaker. largely under half an inch of rain. less than that bay side. from the east bay to the south bay. the one exception the santa cruz mountain

north of the golden gate bridge is getting hit. it is raining harder. we will be back in a few moments. new nehoney bunches of oats greek yogurt and whole grain. herehe we go. honehoy corncoflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digging this yogurt thing. i feelfe healthy. new how ney bunches of oats gre. >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news we're tracking hot spots. the traffic out of a concord into walnut creek 680 southbound. and earlier a current problem. the back up and stalls have occurred. the ride on 680 back up to north of highway 4. 242 is backed up onto highway 4. for westbound to southbound traffic slow this morning. 18-22 minutes to drive time with no good alternate routes. >> if still recovering from earlier problems with a sig alert cleared from the light onto 80 southbound. this occurred just before the 380 interchange at hillsdale boulevard to use may hickey boulevard backed up the traffic into daly city. >> slow going to s f o. you may want t

fortunately no wait at the pay gates.eter lights are off and pretty good speeds up the incline and across the upper deck k. >> no problems at the santa tell bridge coming from the nimitz freeway. >> south bound 101 and lot of space between cars. that is the case for the entire ride out of the north bay. >> we are enjoying a quiet ride north bound 101, interstate 280 his problem free. >> was down 237 indicates speeds over 50 mi. an hour. >> problem free in the north bay and no accidents to report. >> we have checked with the chp. top speeds coming out of marin county. >> public transit is good. no delays for ac transit, bart, or h train no. 1. >> thank you erica bart announcing, it will want to get a permit allowing bicycles on board, during peak hours. the cartridge will be temporarily lifted from march 18th thru march 22nd. march bart previous experience with lifted the restriction of the summer in says it was a success. bart officials are experimenting with ways to improve writing for bikes. >> a story that you only see