. -- 605 jones street at geary. the building with 75 people inside, someone reported to police about 2:30 this morning that there was something in the basement, it looked suspicious police not divulging what it looks like. people were evacuated and people are not being allowed to return to their apartments in at joining area. you see the san francisco police, san francisco fire. the bomb squad is here the lights coming from the back of the bomb squad truck. they are prepared for anything. they don't know what they've got. they have not gone in. they have ambulances standing by, fire trucks and a lot of police. we did speak to someone trying to get back to his nearby apartment. >>> i think -- i mean it is an interesting situation. i live two buildings down. i think it is early to decide and to know what -- with the whole bomb situation. but i would like to find out more details before making any judgments. >> reporter: again, suspicious device, something along the lines watch could be a bomb in the basement of 605 jo

. >> it is at geary, then pine up octavia, over the california, down the canon, to pine again, to scott, back to bush, down to presidio, down to coast, broderick, and then it goes to church, masonic -- to turk, masonic -- >> so and that's geary, up to california to sixth avenue to lake street to 25th avenue, back to california, and then west of 32. >> just an observe. know we have been struggling with the deviation between one and two for many weeks now. i know we had many discussions around the cathedral hill border but the numbers are district five is over deviation by 2%. i'm not necessarily proposing anything. it's just an observation there may be population within 55.2 border if the task force members are continuing to think or struggle with the 1-2 deviations. >> the pros poll as, we will take them one at a time but the is to reverse the 64 population decision. the second would be to go to the 25th avenue block. everyone clear on the questions? >> yes. apologize. >> can i ask the implication of creating an assembly district for the purposes of 64 people on the median? >> it's just

if you have business in this area, just so you know, jones from post to geary is shut down and geary to jones is also shut down. the bomb squad tries to figure out the best way to take care of this suspicious device and get it out of there so they can get this building back open and of course the streets back open as well. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest, bob. >> we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren to talk about the weekend forecast. >> it is looking so nice. especially if you live inland. not everybody gets the luxury of living by the beautiful pacific ocean and temperatures can soar this time of year. we're talking about mid-80s and that's about it. things do change as we head into next week. your full forecast is coming up in a few moments but this morning, grab a light jacket. 54 degrees out there in san francisco. just a touch cooler than it has been every morning so far this week. let's check your drive. it's friday. we don't want problems. >> so far no major problem except for the darn other drivers on the road. speed

before you consider brt on geary, read those three documents.member about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework. you have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they

read the final report of the geary transit task force which was published back in 1999. also the final report published back in 1995 of the work that has been done on the geary light rail project. with the central subway going forward, there's a stop at union square and there is a spur at union square for geary light rail. this is what the people voted for back in 1989. also, if you have a chance coming to the short range transit plan. the only way to alleviate traffic congestion is a light rail system, not a bus rapid transit. if you get the bus rapid transit going of ford, you're never going to get the money for a light rail. what the people have been wanting for over 50 years. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any other member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we call item no. 12? >> item 12, public comment. this is -- supervisor campos: this is for any member of the public wishes to comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. seeing none, public comment is closed. -- we will be going in

before you consider brt on geary, read those three documents.remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework. you have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> we all sound very excited because we have some special guests. we have nearly -- mayor lee. [applause] and we also have our very own superintendent coranza. i am sure you want to hear a few words from the superintendent, correct? from mayor lee? the spring them a warm harvey milk will come. -- let us give them a warm harvey milk will come. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to harvey milk academy. it is my pleasure to join all of you,

>> i have always been supportive of putting all of the post geary into six and moving the boundary from market to mission. but at this point it's getting into beyond minor tweak. that i hoped we would be addressing today. i'm satisfied where where we are with putting the bristol hotel back in the d-6 today. i would probably even be supportive of the maria manor block, but not in favor of reopening the discussion of market to mission and all of the post end geary. >> thank you. mr. leigh? >> it's sort of along the same lines that member schreiber just discussed. i agree with that. i also would be open to moving this block. it is a much smaller population move than any of the blocks that we have yet to move or that we didn't quite get to between post and geary. i think the block that was next between leavenworth and jones is 940 people and i agree with what member schreiber said, that's too much population at this point for us to consider moving and if that would require moving the boundary on the other side from market to mission, i would be reluctant to do that as well. the motivation b

before you consider brt on geary, read those three documents.member about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework. you have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. ♪ >> hi, my name is jamie hopper and i am with the san francisco recreation and parks department. we are featuring the wonderfully romantic part rotations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here, san francisco's heavily forested hill. a favorite for couples and a dog walkers. both have a significant stand with a live oak forest. the romantic paths that me

before you consider brt on geary, read those three documents.member about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework. you have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> and good morning, everyone. let's get this started because everybody wanted paychecks. it is a great occasion and historic when it is the first time the city is passing the two-year budget with all of the disciplinary things and others that watch our fiscal responsibility along with the board of supervisors, a great day to celebrate. i want to recognize and think, beginning with the board president david chiu, thank you for working very close

san francisco pd block off a block in every direction from geary and jones.ets should be opening up shortly. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> of course you heard it first right here 15 devices, the scene will be cleared soon. >>> another homicide in san jose this morning. police continue to investigate that and that's after a community peace rally and ahead of announcement by the police department about a new crackdown on violence. amy hollyfield is live in san jose. >> reporter: police are feeling stretched thin here in san jose. they are now at the scene of the city's 33rd murder of the year an 18-year-old was shot and kill last night. no arrests made -- shot and killed last night arrests have been made. what is scaring people a spike in violence some held a peace vigil last night calling for an end to the violence, eight murs in the past 11 days, six nonfatal shootings. there are concerns there aren't enough police officers to handle this state assembly member compose wrote a letter the chp asking that officers come to san jose and help patrol here. >> it i

just a few minutes ago they had five blocks blocked off in the area around geary and jones after the discovery of a suspicious device in the basement of an apartment building at 605 jones. that lead to the evacuations 75 people. police came out to look at the bomb squad getting ready to go in and check things out it was a situation where they didn't know what they had police came out responded to a report of what looked like a pipe bomb they found a number, 12, 15 items which could be pipe bombs, pipes, capped, it was a peculiar situation. they also found ammunition in the same room. after the bomb squad came out and the firefighters went in to take a look and assess the situation, here is what they determined. >> they went into the basement and they located between 12 to 15 sections of pipe that had been cut and capped they contained a substance there was some ammunition as well inside the room. they further assessed those items and determined they were not explosives, not hazardous. >> reporter: they gave it the all-clear some questions still have to be answered, 1215 sections of c

the following closures, jones from post to geary and geary from taylor to jones.e have a crew on the way to this scene. we're going to have more information throughout the morning. >> this morning san jose police chief chris moore will hold a meeting with the city's gang task force to talk about options dealing with a recent rash of violence that comes as police investigate the city's 33rd homicide of the year. the latest shooting happened before 11:00 last night at south king road and burrdet. no arrests have been made and police do not know if the shooting was gang related. >> it comes hours after hundreds hit the streets of san jose calling for an end to this violence. jean elle has more on the march and prayer vigil and the efforts to restore peace. >> he got killed by gang violence, both of them. >> reporter: remembering friends killed in san jose, 17-year-old stephanie is wearing a memorial shirt for her friend. her younger family members are wearing a shirt for fernando hernandez, both victims of gang violence. >> it's hard seeing so many people we know pas

commissioners, you are now on item number 17 for geary boulevard. put them right there. i will get them. thank you. >> good afternoon or evening, members of the commission. the case before you is a staff- initiated case for discretionary review as well as a neighbor request for the property located at 4334 geary street. the proposal involves demolishing a structure and when composing and a new dental office. is still in development at an underutilized block. it is helping to create the street along gary boulevard, and by not including a garage, and it protects the right of way. the staff found the rear of the building is overwhelming and cut costs from the open space. staff require the sponsor reduce the upper two floors by 22 feet. if i can direct your attention to the overhead. we have asked the upper two floors be cut back to theire. what this would do would help keep the connection between the makes use of building and the open space. this requirement is based on an urban design guidelines found in the commerce and industry development of the general plan. the requir

. >> i live at 4330 geary blvd. i am on the third floor, and what i have been told from the building manager and what i have read about this is that construction will cut out almost all the sunlight in the hallways. it is already -- it is not start. during the afternoon it is bright and sunny, but if it was shut off, it would definitely cause of problem. it is cold. we live in san francisco, so it gets cold even during the summer, so that would be an additional problem, and getting down the hallway to get into the showers in the morning and what they are describing as a dungeon is what this place would turn into, so i have to say i do not think it is the best place for the construction of this building. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. i have been in the neighborhood for 48 years. i have been a prisoner of the church for a long time, and the project is almost across the street from the church, and it is next to the old convent. it is now the star home for homeless mothers with very little kids, so the lack of

-- sixth and geary. a lot of issues in our neighborhood tend to be graffiti, carbos thing. sometimes, there are robberies, and on occasion the occasional killing happens. but it is nowhere near the other problems that other districts have. i often what the district with the police captain and look at the data that comes out to look at where crimes happen within the district. there is often different types of criminal activity that happen, but the police, i think, are very sensitive when residents call to really hone in on key areas and no one crime may happen, but it is a very primitive and proactive approach. i do think that the police department is one of the most community sensitive in our district as well, so they often are, with community meetings, and building a community advisory committee, our officers work closely with our police department to ensure that our neighborhood is safe. >> governor brown proposed eliminating funding for redevelopment agencies. talking about your opinion of this plan.

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police and bomb squad were called to the 600 block of jones street near geary after a report of 12 to 15 pieces of capped pipe were found with ammunition. 75 people evacuated, red cross stepped in to help and found beds for the residents. police say the pipes were not a a there but had questions. >>> lawsuits filed after a beating and shooting last year at candle stick park during a raiders and 49ers game. >>> new details about prince harry's wild weekend in las vegas. hear from two >>> in hayward police are trying to find out what lead to a fatal shooting in a jewelry store. >> it happened yesterday afternoon. katie marzullo joins us live from the hayward police department with the latest information. >> reporter: i just talked with a sergeant inside. he tells me that he can confirm that the victim of the shooting was the business owner. that bisque the jewelry boutique on tennison road they are not releasing his name they say he has a large family and not all family members have been notified of his death was around 3:15 yesterday inside the store police say they only found the vict

. >> i would just like to report that i had a meeting earlier today with the request on 4334 geary boulevard, and they are at the owners of the property next door. i did suggest that they should prevent us with photographs of the interior of the building. she may be you mailing goes to commissioners. -- emailing you those. >> i did have a meeting last night. the project is 434 if i am not mistaken. i have also been in touch with project sponsor, so i think this is an interesting project that hopefully we can work out something on it. it is scheduled on the calendar for next weekend. i also did want to comment on an article by john king of, and his concern that it seems like all office and residential buildings of any height are in glass or almost glass facades. i am a little concerned about this, too. they can be very attractive, but they can also be not very attractive. i think most people have been very favorable to the mission, which is one of the best examples of the class. i certainly hope that we have careful design guidelines as we move these things forward and go to staff for finaliz

redrawn, district 5 which had traditionally encompassed of the fillmore and japan town was divided at geary boulevard. we asked, and rosa parks was part of japan town be kept in district 5, where your community and neighborhood that has a long history. we worked together and we want to be at our neighborhood school. we really hope that we will have a good opportunity to work with staff. we presented to the leadership team and the data caught committee. i will look forward to coming before you. this is a handout that we gave to the committee and the leadership team. we brought copies for the board members that haven't received it yet. >> we are going to move on to item k. that ended public comments. supporting advisory committees by board members. seeing done, item zero. special order of business. a public hearing and adoption of annual budget and annual service plan for special education. we are getting there. public hearing adoption for the annual budget. a motion and a second. on the annual service plan. a reading of recommendations by superintendent. >> i would like to call dr. elisabeth

>> we've actually seen the greatest participation from the geary street merchants association which so far has submitted about seven strong leads. we have but we just haven't seen a return back from their membership of companies that might be a fit. president adams: ok. any other questions, commissioners? >> thank you all very much. >> thanks. president adams: at this point, can we do a 10-minute recess? ok, at this time the commission will be making a -- taking a 10-minute recess? >> how about 15? >> ok. at this time the commission ww >> welcome back to the july 23rd, 2012 small business commission. the business -- the meeting is being reconvened. mr. president, would you like to call items 4 and 5? >> yes, let's call them together. >> it possible recommendation to the board of supervisors on the initiative ordinance and business tax regulation code to proceed with the payroll tax. item number five, initiative ordinance business and tax regulations code. we have mr. tony whitaker from the payroll -- from the tax office. >> i apologize. thank you for waiting. we were downstairs with th