i also served on the commission on the golden gate issue with homeless. one it is already illegal to sleep in the park. second, we heard from multiple people that no good things happen in the park at night. i think what the park department is asking for in that particular legislation is something that is more clear as it relates to the hours when it is not legal to be in the park. there is another very very important issue that seems to have gotten missed and that is in general, there are two types of homeless in the park. there are what we will generally call older homeless who believe it's their right to live in the park. these are the moren entrenched, they know the park, they live in the park. i'm not going to say it a good way to live. i'm not going to comment on that that is one. there is another population that duffy is much more hopeful to do something about and that is younger, more transient population. they tend to hang out on the east of the park. they often arrive and plan to be there a short time and they can't move on. they get involved in

>> just golden gate park. >> did you actor or lead the study? >> yes. we worked with a group on this project. >> thank you. >> are there any other questions? okay. thank you very much. so we've got a number of state department representative. we have supervisor deputy public defenderey -- duffy and sfpd and department of public health. >> good morning supervisors, i will be brief. i want to thank the civil grauj grand jury for a very collaborative effort. i went out with them at 4:00 in the morning and we spent time talking about issues around numbers and while the presentation from the civil grand jury was briefed this morning i really want to acknowledge them for being very collaborative and very interested in digging deep in understanding what the dynamic are around golden gate park and what we have here today will reflect and in terms of outreach and coordination and for the city department to do a good job. i would like to introduce dr. who will present the first recommendations and we'll go to lieutenant from the police, bill just got promoted so

i don't know if you're all aware, but rob is going to be leaving the golden gate restaurant association. and, so, i thought we have to recognize him for all the work that he has done as executive director. and, so, on this monday, november 18, the small business commission is honored to recognize rob black as the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association as the executive director, you've worked tirelessly to promote san francisco's restaurant industry ~ as a strong and essential part of san francisco's economy. as an executive director, you have been excellent at

toward the golden gate bridge toll plaza. we'll get a check of travel times. and road work still out there for another half hour or so. >> certainly. thanks. coming up, video from that terrifying day in the philippines. >>> a man almost got blown away ride out a super typhoon. coming up, a terrifying video. >>> and this google earth map, you can see a before picture of one of the regions hit by typhoon haiyan, and here is the after picture, nearly every building gone. joe vazquez with the latest pictures of devastation in the philippine. >> reporter: families shattered, entire communities are no more. >> every building is significantly damaged or destroyed. >> it was 15 to 20-foot waves came across entire villages, everything is wiped out. >> reporter: even in a region, the midsection of the philippines that has been hammered by natural disaster in recent years, this storm went above and beyond expectations. >> we just need your help. >> reporter: loaded corpses lined the streets and sidewalks, the stench of death is everywhe

we are tracking a hot spot on the golden gate bridge. all southbound traffic was withheld in order to accommodate a ambulance. this is likely still blocked in the only two northbound lanes. here is another look at the golden gate bridge. you concede this is just having the traffic mold. all south bond lanes have been reopened. take a look at the back up from the presidio park way. this is traffic at the west end of the tunnel. the traffic is jammed all the way and this is a bridge that you should avoid. >> we will have more when the kron4 morning news continues. >> multi million dollar mistake that has been made. there is a new contract with the union and bart management is stating that they do not like it. >> and your toll across the golden gate bridge could increase. but by how much?? we'll have the details in a live >> and a superhero fan's wish comes true today. how the city of san francisco is making this little boy's dream a reality. >> there is an accident in the north and southbound direction. this is an injury accident that occu

the golden gate bridge is easy and they are getting ready to have a guest.at we was see the bridge switched over from four lanes to three lanes. >> still ahead on the kron4 morning nils. the wild fire that devastated yosemite national park is proving to be costly to the city of san francisco. we will tell you just how much the rimfire will cost the city. [ male announcer ] with at&t, you're sure to get a better bundle. just choose the two, three, even four services you want to build a bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at&t now. choose a u-verse triple play bundle for just $79 a month. get the same great price for two years guaranteed. plus, switch today and get a total home dvr included for life. [ male announcer ] with u-verse high speed internet, connect all your wi-fi enabled devices to your wireless gateway and save on smartphone and tablet data usage at home. and now, choose from internet speeds up to 45 megs. with u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once with a total home dvr and play them back in any room. [ female announ

it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves. >> started in 1990. the citizens of the marina district came to the fire department and asked for a program to survive for 3 days. there is a 70 percent chance we will have a 6.5 earthquake. 71 large fires. 40 major rescue operations. [inaudible]. rescue operations there were 34 structure fires we need 275 engines to handle this. we have 41.

but with the golden gate restaurant association, you've done an awesome job. we talked earlier about entertainment and late night, you know. restaurants are part of that and the reputation san francisco has on restaurants, i mean, you carried that mantle. so, i can't thank you enough for all your help you've done with small businesses. you've done an awesome job and i wish you continued success. >> thank you. >> hopefully we'll see you up here again. >> yes. and one more thing to add. we're still going to be calling you. regina and i have already discussed this. [laughter] >> absolutely, absolutely. well, i'm truly touched, commissioners. regina, thank you so much. it means a lot -- it means a lot coming from the folks who i have spent, since my time at city government, working for alioto, ggra, a decade working on behalf of. so, i'm very honored that you would take the time to honor me. it just, it really does -- it's very touching. i have had the privilege over the last three years to represent what i would term an entrepreneurial artist in restaurantures. w

the golden gate bridge is in good conditions.were driving slower when they were headed across earlier. >> president obama is offering an apology to americans about the problems with implementing the new healthcare law. the president says that his administration is working to close some of the holes and gaps that are causing millions of people to have their health insurance canceled corporate that enclose problems with the health care and web site. >> we want people to know that we hear them and we will do whatever we can to deal with people who find themselves in these positions. >> house speaker john boehner released a statement calling on the president to support a new house measure to allow anyone to keep their coverage if they wish, otherwise an apology is a meaningless. >> 54 people were arrested last night during a walmart protest. the demonstrators gathered outside the walmart in l-a's chinatown to show support for workers who walked off the job demanding better pay. hundreds crowded cesar chavez avenue, blocking traffic a

and come and follow, and the field make-up the blueprint of the outside land here in golden gate parkthe future events and please visit sffresh parks.org. (clapping) >> are you a parents that's unemployed and struggling to pay child support we have teamed up and positions ourself to offer an opportunity for permanent employment. for more information call >> (clapping) good morning. >> good morning. thank you, don for that introduction i'm glad to be here at the tonight center again. it's also great to be here. i was telling me our deputy secretary marie this this was one of the first when we went through the translation of that to use the arresting are a fund it was such an enlightening positive effort in the tenderloin to use the federal program that president obama gave us. i'm here to welcome you to san francisco and thank you for being here for the home matters for health symposium. it is the right place to be because t n d c has been a powerful change and i'm glad their championinging the center between health. no one else can do that because you've got it it right here in the co

was a lull to mid-60s north of the golden gate bridge. headlines show we do have on several weather and the forecast. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows temperatures will warm up as we head into the start of the next work week. as for traffic around the bay area you are good to go with your approach to the bay bridge. live look at the golden gate bridge. again visibility much better than what we saw 24 hours ago. and as a to get over to the traffic maps we did have an accident highway 4 at the railroad ave but it looks like that accident has been cleared to you are good to go which is good news because remember highway 4 over the will pass is one of the first rights to back up. right now speeds are still above 50 mi. per hour. >>james: house republicans are offering an alternative "fix" for obamacare: a bill to permit companies to continue to sell health insurance plans. yesterday, president obama announced a change to his signature legislation. designed to keep his promise -- if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. reporter

dedicating his life to saving others as the guardian of the great golden gate. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. we are all about to hear the president of the united states apologize, and not just for the troubled rollout of the new health care website but for the fact that his promise to the american people that if they like their current health insurance they can keep it has not held true for all. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd sat down with the president exclusively a short time ago at the white house. he's on the north lawn to start us off. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the troubled health care rollout and the president's apparent broken promise about people keeping the plans they like has been weighing heavily on the entire white house. it was a chastened commander in chief i spoke with earlier today. i will start with health care. it's probably the most quoted thing or requoted thing you have said in your presidency. if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. >> if you like your health c

. >> san francisco parks, golden gate park transforms into one of the greatest music festivals of all time, let's journey, inside, outside land. ♪ >> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and park. and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here. >> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in northern california and 16 brewers out here. >> and you have seen a lot of people out here having a good time and we have no idea, how much work and planning has gone int

there are new tools coming on board but not enough to address the people that live in golden gate park. >> that was my concern. i'm wondering do we have enough housing to provide 50-400 people? >> of the resources we have currently, no we do not. i don't know if all the individuals would take housing if it were offered, right now at our stabilization beds we have 240. there may be 5 vacant at this point. of our shelters they are 97 percent full. of the emergency resources we have, we are opening our winter shelter program opening the week before thanksgiving. that will be approximately 100 beds. those beds don't turnover very much. >> my fear is because parks and recreation is kicking them out of golden gate, they are going to wind up on the streets. >> we went through a listing with individuals who have been very impacted in a negative way in the park. they identified 30 individuals and 10 of those individuals are continuing to conduct damage. my interest in involvement is going to be to pursue this with the district attorneys office. the district attorney has a program where they tra

approval 1980 golden gate avenue. protesting the issuance on april 18, 2013, to urban green investments llc, alteration permit (repair wood frame in basement; replace retaining wall in basement; rebuild one bay window). application no. 2012/10/29/2977. jurisdiction granted august 21, 2013. for hearing today >> this is on for a hearing today and we will start with the appellant. appellant at the attorney. >> we are called your case, we are ready for you to present your case. >> okay. >> miss fox, are you ready? >> great, we are ready for you to call your case. >> >> you are smart. >> yeah. >> and that does not... >> good evening, with the housing klen clinic on behalf of the tenants of 1980 golden gate and lion street, and so we sought to revoke this permit because the work seemed to piece meal soft story work and now there is an attempt to expand the scope of the permit to include the soeft story work, and we are not opposed to that, because it makes sense to do both together. and the building definitely needs work. w

the golden gate bridge is still a beautiful ride. >> over the golden gate bridge, the same thing goesor san francisco they have no complaints. the frost advisory has been cancelled. take a look at livermore. they're very mild. as i break down your afternoon high you will notice that it will be warmer that yesterday. danville will have a high of 72 degrees. martinez will be in the upper 60s. union city, fremont will be at 69 degrees. down in the south, it will be a mild day with 70 degree readings for santa clara and sunnyvale. mid 60's for the san mattel down to the san francisco >> for the north it would be 71 for sonoma. upper 60s for vallejo. satellite and radar shows clear skies and high pressure as part in place but it has not moved in the past couple of days and that will move its storm from the north. we do have changes on the horizon, the seven day of on the bay shows showers as early as sunday. >> following develop a nils out ofing news out of el sobrane this morning. firefighters responded to reports of as many as 500 used needles down on the ground. kron4 terisa estacio is

the golden gate bridge is looking good with a drive time of 23 minutes.urning our attention to the traffic maps, 1 01 is currently incident free. we will continue with pretty good conditions along 11 and 280 for mitt peninsular ride. >> a federal judge in san francisco today turned down a bid by 10 homeless people to block the city of albany's plan to evict them and others living on a bayside landfill known as the "bulb." u.s. district judge charles breyer said in a one-page ruling that the homeless people and a nonprofit group that joined them in the case had "failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits" of their lawsuit, which was filed last week. the ruling came two hours after breyer completed hearing arguments on the request by the 10 individuals and albany housing advocates. about 60 people are now living in tents and structures at 40-acre tip of the landfill, according to the lawsuit. the site juts out into san francisco bay near the golden gate fields horseracing track. last may, the albany city council voted to begin enforcing a no-

parks of golder gate park but not all of golden gate park are included. as noted because of the lack of codified park hours, these signs that are typically posted by parks and recreation in the park have all been impossible to enforce. the best course is to establish a clear baseline establishing basic opening and close ing hours of parks from 5:00 a.m. to midnight. these have significantly narrowed the cities. they are offered from 10-6. longer hours than what we are proposing here. colleagues, we all work very hard and our constituents work very hard to have parks that are clean and assessment there is nothing more moralizing that a community ban together to improve a park whether it's through renovation or replacing a playground or any other things that the community does and the community members and parks and recreation work so hard to come in and see their work trashed. whe we opened the delores playground several years ago, the beautiful one of the best playground in the city, the very best night it was trashed and vandalized. there are streets in

so far things are looking good across the golden gate bridge. your latest traffic in just a few minutes. >> now you come to visit me, brother. why? . >> kind of got into that a little bit. look at the weekend box office. who was your big winner? the answer to that question an easy one. ''thor." took in more than $80 million in receipts, 8 times what the second movie earned. ''ender's game," top 5. i saw it. don't recommend it. >>> the sleeper torch back home on earth. landed yesterday in kazakhstan on board a russian soyuz capsule. three astronauts brought the torch back. the torch was on board the international space station where two crew members took it on a space walk. russia is hosting the upcoming games in sochi. part of the run that leads up to the games. >>> where it landed nobody knows. the european space agency said satellites ran out of fuel last month. gravity pulled it back to earth. reentered the atmosphere last night somewhere over ant ark caw. experts say most incinerated. the rest likely landed in the ocean. chances of someone g

and come and follow, and the field make-up the blueprint of the outside land here in golden gate parkthe future events and please visit sffresh parks.org. (clapping) >> are you a parents that's unemployed and struggling to pay child support we have teamed up and positions ourself to offer an opportunity for permanent employment. for more information call

the golden gate bridge shows a fog advisory in effect. if you are coming into san francisco use low beams. >> thank you. >> next, targeting female college students. a warning going out from police about cocktail drugging. >> the serious new charges facing the motorcycle rider at the center of a road rage beating caught on video. >> the traffic warning caltran has moving through the caldecott >>> covering benea, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> imagine waking up this morning and seeing this, a sinkhole gobbling up your neighbor's home. this is happening in florida. the sheriff got emergency calls with seven homes evacuated. officials are evaluating the problem. >> grand jury is stepping up charges against a motorcyclist accused in the road rage attack on an s.u.v. driver in new york. christopher cruz faced four felony charges. the prosecution says he slowed down in front of a range rover and caused the accident that injured another motorcyclist and led to the driver being pulled from the s.u.v. and badly beat

under the freedom of information act i obtained data from the golden gate district that shows just how many are crossing this toll plaza for free. it's $6, five if you have fastrak, the toll that every noncommercial driver is supposed to pay when they drive across the golden gate bridge, but our investigation and our cameras have found that drivers with no license plates or with those ununtraceable cardboard dealer plates can drive through without paying. >> i think that's pretty unfair because i pay tolls every time i go across. >> everyone should pay their fair share. >> reporter: the data we obtained shows a huge spike in offenders at the golden gate bridge. in 2011 there were about 80,000 no plate violations. in 2012 that jumped to 108,000 this year that has more than doubled to 224,000 that's just through october. bridge officials say the rise in violations is likely due to the switch in march from toll booth workers to all electronic tolling. >> prior to all electronic tolling they were stopping and paying their toll and now there is a larger number of people crossing the golden

and come and follow, and the field make-up the blueprint of the outside land here in golden gate parknd in the future events and please visit sffresh parks.org. ♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you suggest? >> there are a lot of great transportation choices in the city and there is one place to find them all, sfnta.com. >> sfmta.com. >> it is the walking parking, and riding muni and it is all here in one place. >> sitting in front of my computer waiting transportation options that is not exactly how i want to spend my saturday night. >> the new sfmta.com is mobile friendly, it works great on a tablet, smart phone or a lap top, it is built to go wherever we go. >> cool. >> but, let's just take the same route tomorrow that we always take, okay? >> it might be much more fun to ride our bikes. >> i am going to be way too tired to ride all the way home. >> okay, how about this, we can ride our bikes there and then we can take muni home and it even shows us how to take the bi

it thing that we do see will stick north to the golden gate bridge.lihood of showers will start to diminish but it will be cloudy. thanks to the cloud cover we are waking up to very cloud conditions. 58 degrees for hayward and low 50's for santa rosa. take a look at the highs for today, was see a mix bag of '60s and '70s. campbell will have a high of 61 degrees. 66 for fremont and low 70's for the alta mott valley. >> castro valley will have a high of 70 and 69 for san leandro. downtown san francisco will be a degree cooler at 65 degrees. your 7 day or around the bay shows of the likelihood of rain for tomorrow. as we head into the afternoon the skies would clear and you can expect mid '70s. the winds will pick up thursday into friday and macy wins into the north. you can expect cooler conditions. >> the time is 5:18 a.m.. >> right now we're looking at pretty good conditions your drive there are no extra times required. there are no hot spots to slow your trip down. as we looked at the bridges, the bay bridge is light for this hour. there are no backu

the very cold north of the golden gate bridge temperatures milder along the golden gate bridge.d radar shows the clear skies. we don't have any areas ofht now. really don't have an active weather. temperatures will soar over the next couple of days before today futurecast predicts temperatures cooler the where we should be for this time of the air assault expect 60s for most of the bay area by lunch time '70s will start to feel when as we advance into your afternoon highs. it will be a little warmer along the delta for those of you in the north bay where we're actually expecting '70s and by later on tonight of a clear condition stick around temperatures will drop down to the upper 50s low 60s. specifically less take a look at the afternoon highs for you today. mountain view 56. could squeeze out potentially low seventies for fairfield and danville. pleasanton with high of 70. mainly sunny skies downtown san francisco at 68. a degree warmer through the bottle. we have this time of your temperatures are necessarily warmer for the an inland spots. in fact in some spots it's actuall

under the freedom of information act i obtained data from the golden gate district that shows just how many are crossing this toll plaza for free. it's $6, five if you have fastrak, the toll that every noncommercial driver is supposed to pay when they drive across the golden gate bridge, but our investigation and our cameras have found that drivers with no license plates or with those ununtraceable cardboard dealer plates can drive through without paying. >> i think that's pretty unfair because i pay tolls every time i go across. >> everyone should pay their fair share. >> reporter: the data we obtained shows a huge spike in offenders at the golden gate bridge. in 2011 there were about 80,000 no plate violations. in 2012 that jumped to 108,000 this year that has more than doubled to 224,000 that's just through october. bridge officials say the rise in violations is likely due to the switch in march from toll booth workers to all electronic tolling. >> prior to all electronic tolling they were stopping and paying their toll and now there is a larger number of people crossing the golden

the golden gate bridge socked in with fog. temperatures not that cold though, still in the 40s and 50s headed toward the 60s and 70s today. so we'll see more sunshine and a warm-up as we head throughout the afternoon. in your inland cities a cool day in pacifica and where we get fog over daly city. i'm going to show you the weekend numbers, we made to the friday and we're going to continue to update you on super typhoon haiyan throughout the morning. strongest storm to ever make landfall. that's a big one. let's check on your drive. >> we're talking about the fog. i can see a little bit of the golden gate bridge at the bottom of the screen. and you lose it in the fog. that's reason for the advisory as you drive across the bridges. but as we look at others there is no problem as far as the north bay. this is san mateo, foster city camera, not too far away but you see the visibility is tough through the city to the bridge itself. on the span your distance is all right but we're watching the low clouds in oakland drifting through

this is the police stables in golden gate park and public libraries. and then one at north berkeley. public hospitals. clinics and sanitary. as well as polio people did get tuberculosis. remember that counties were strapped for funds. so the wpa gave it to them. children got health care. we were headed for a national health care system. we treat things differently now. essentially, what we have of med-cal is going to be slashed true. as an environmentist, i am opposed to this. they laid concrete in southern california. without which, a good deal would be washed into the ocean. the ccc and the wpa workers were trained for disaster relieve. we didn't have to rely on the national guard. these kinds of things wouldn't be as disastrous. we need a new wpa. they are walking over the sidewalks, which is wpa. this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainab

it is 50 minutes down to the golden gate bridge.e back up from the accident has merged. >> some joy, not much for north bound 680 they managed to open the montague expressway offer a upper right lane is still closed this accident has been with us since the 4:00 a.m. hour. it is right here north arm. accident at alum rock has backed up the traffic to 85 and we're looking at about an 1 hour drive time from coyote valley. 85 is slow putting pressure on 87 and 280. >> a quick look at the bay bridge, and little more than the normal backup for westbound ride. 18 to 20 minutes. even the 880 approach is back up and we are recovering from an earlier back up. >> we are picking up light rain. here is a look at storm tracker 4. the rain is continuing to work its way south. take a look at all the rain over highway 37. highway 4 is affected and your ride onto 42 down to an walnut creek. we're picking of light rain across in the bay bridge heading into oakland. we're also said rain as far south as san mateo. cloudy conditions for every one of the

the golden gate bridge has no delays. >> the golden gate bridge may not have delays but it has its faire of fog. we do have a dense fog advisory for the san francisco bay carrier the only spot but despaired is the interior valley. the temperatures are a 40's and 50's, they are very mild. the visibility is down fog tracker 4 is showing we are seeing a widespread but pockets of clear skies for concord and walnut creek. it is not too bad in livermore but as we head into the ladder part of the morning the dense fog should expire. >> sunshine is expected for the afternoon. speaking of the afternoon let's bring down the highs. 60's and seven is for the south santa clara will have what high of 69 degrees. you will notice cooler weather compared to what we saw yesterday. no longer are we in the upper 70's. upper 60s for richmond and san leandro. >> we will see a mixture of 60's and '70's north of the golden gate bridge. the san bruno will have a high of 63. the more rental there has been established and high pressure is weekend. a dry cold front will drop down and bring gusty winds as we head i

our final stop for you this morning will be the golden gate bridge.ries here as you head out of marin county. southdown 101 looking good out of about all the way down to san francisco your drive and at the limit this morning. >>: san francisco has more than 200 parks and they are used by thousands of people every day. the biggest golden gate park is already closed from midnight to 5:00 a.m.. the new law will make the standard closing time for every park under the city's control. the biggest reason for the law by scott wenner is to prevent this. graffiti, vandalism and ollie go down and that is prevalent in san francisco and can be found in nearly every part in the city. the lawsuit does little more than make the closing time for all the parks the same across the city. there are ready to laws against sleeping and graffiti and vandalism and illegal dumping. the biggest opponent on the board of supervisors has always been district 5 supervisor london a breed. she felt so passionate about her position that she bought a eight page in the guardian newspaper

. >> your fare across the golden gate bridge could go up today. the district board will vote on toll increase options today. the details >> it is $5 for fasttrack and $6 if you pay electronic. obviously, there are no more toll takers. we talked about the possibility of increasing your time at sounds like it is a battle of win? as you stated the board of directors and the committee will meet and they will discuss all the options that are on the table. right now, they have five options on the table. three of the options have electronic payments to $8 by 2000 and 18. you then see a significant increase over the next four years it has been since 2000 8¢ we saw an increase. they stated that they have a five-year $142 million-a- >> the money goes the infrastructure and pain the people who work on the bridges. but a huge chunk of goes to subsidizing the ferry and bus. they stated they have cut service just and that they still need money. >> as you stated, the board of directors will meet today and they will pick what options and possibly, it will go to t

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national (speaker not understood). >> within golden gate national recreation area. and this little harbor here, is this gaslight cove, is that what the area is called? (speaker not understood). as we get even further north, we get up to federal lands into -- is this golden gate national recreation area part of chrisy field? it was the original airport in san francisco, is that right? >> yes, one of them. it was a military airfield. >> and since it's recently been claimed as a national history exhibit. >> habitat. >> habitat. this is as far as i go and all the way up at the other end we have fort point -- >> presidio. >> and keep going, you go all the way around the other side. that is as far as we're going to go today. do we have any questions today about the waterfront? >>> diane, what about we saw the ships getting fixed. and i have just a simple view of what happened down there. what about hazardous materials and all the southern part of the city, hunters point, et cetera, what's happening there in terms of hazardous waste, et cetera, the lead paint? >> well, if

we need signs at the golden gate bridge letting them know what numbers they can call so they are not stranded in the cold. it's not right that tourists don't have not even one phone number at the golden gate bridge, the biggest land mark maybe in the country as well as inside golden gate park at the museums, we need more taxi stands at fisherman's wharf, we need to fix the u-turn at the caltrans station, better driving training, this is what the money needs to go to. >> madeline savot >> yeah, i can't speak to the particular platform that's been chosen, i would only hope in consideration of it due diligence has been done. i would also like to add i would like for reasons of equity that it be accessible not only by smart phones but also land lines and computer as well. yeah, as somebody who is actually visited and lived in cities where there is a unified taxi calling service that worked seamlessly i would like to encourage san francisco and all the taxi drivers present and not for us to move forward and have this kind of service and to consider in fact that their cost savings may be h