we are challenged in golden gate park. it is not immune from the public safety challenges we see throughout the city. it is a balance. i think golden gate park is very safe. we welcome 15 million visitors a year. i also believe that nothing good happens in golden gate park at night. i think we need to take a hard look at saving money, resources, preventing vandalism by thinking about strategy is to restrict people from engaging in bad behavior in golden gate park at night. i feel very fortunate to work with the richmond district who invests resources. our coordination has never been better in keeping golden gate park safe. with all that, in the past today weeks, we have had some unfortunate incidents of violent crime. our tree vandal is back cutting down trees. this is a public policy issue we struggle with. it is one reason why the parks and recreation department needs resources. thank you. >> mayor lee, i want to salute you. you have been a breath of fresh air. i know you have been meeting with a small business community.

it took about 13, 15 years in public. >> this is actually in golden gate park, the casino. it was a controversy at the time to have a place that serve liquor and had card games in golden gate park. eventually, it moved to 24th ave. >> we still have the newly recently refurbished stop along the great highway. the beach shall i -- chalet. i always find it ironic that these federal highway funds were used to refurbish this place for drivers to get a drink. terrific. [laughter] >> there were farms, and there were dairies, as these houses are starting to be built, and they are more conventional residents is, and they are still a farm. in the distance, you can see it is still sand dunes. >> and water once again from windmills and wells. >> there is a few small lakes. some of the lakes are natural lakes. they are not all man-made. >> it took a while to get the water lines out there. >> you can see the huge sand dune behind it. it was a challenge to get basic services. people would build houses, and instantly, a huge sand banks would blow in the night and basically close-up people's

throughout the city, when they finish a job any particular location, have to go back to the art at golden gate park? >> correct. our structural maintenance yard is in golden gate park. generally, what they do, it is instead of coming back after the completion of every job, they leave themselves a space of time at the end of the day and come back and do all other data entry into the computers at the art. essentially, this would eliminate that need and they would have additional time over the course of the day to be of repairing things. this is an efficiency measure. supervisor chu: this is a coit- approved project? >> is. >>supervisor chu: i would like o leave this item open in terms of the maintenance service equipment. given where the department is, i know you are short staffed in terms of partners, custodians, and everything else. to the extent we can keep people in the field as opposed to having to travel back and forth to close out projects, i get a good investment. colleagues, if we can take the remaining balance of closeout for projects worth $35,342, take the remaining balance of the recomme

well, for one thing, the golden gate park, the roads, the park commissioners were very jealous about. they didn't want anybody to use the golden gate park roads for commerce or transporting things. they wanted to keep it for recreation. so for a long time i thought maybe they used that streetcaroline on lincoln way, used the rail, somehow put the cars on some kind of fladbed rail thing, brought them out to the edge and dragged them across the sand, perhaps on sleds or something. i finally came across what heyman did in an article. he actually somehow talked the commissioners into using the golden gate park roads. so he -- remember, the apparatus, most of the machinery, is taken out of these cars which makes them a lot lighter. they're mostly wood at this point. they're probably brought out, pulled by horses through golden gate park road. then in 1892, the great highway gets improved. then he's only got maybe half a block of sandunes to drag these cars on to his land. now, once you get these cars kind of sitting in the sandunes and somebody buys a lot three blocks away, i don't know ex

everyone donated a certain amount to create golden gate park. they also created smaller parks. there were all part of the deal. >> a lot of people got moved closer to downtown as part of the deal. if you are out in the middle of nowhere land and had a couple of acres, they would trade you a better acres somewhere else. >> how was it decided to put it where it is? >> it was controversial. people thought they could not put a park there because it was all sand dunes. people were pushing for a large city park in other places. it was a political compromise. >> between lincoln and fulton and the beach. >> you're saying, why did they decide that exact plot? they brought someone from new york to come up with a park plan. they eventually made it a rectangle. they had the panhandle part. the panhandle was the same with as golden gate park, but there was dealmaking going on between park commissioners and they decided they would buy the land and cut off part of the panhandle. >> the development of lincoln park is interesting. you can see the cemetery. >> on the map, it is a cemetery. >> wh

we have about 70,000 of these in golden gate park. and we have been working with a company that actually assesses the health of trees, and we will go to the system, cataloguing the health of the entire forest. we're able to a anticipate and watch al -- watched closely these trees, but we have no capacity to do routine maintenance that the urban forest deserves. i will let katie continue with a couple of short minutes left, in the solutions for balancing the budget. and then i will be available. >> this is the final revenue item that is in the budget for the coming fiscal year. we are continuing to grow the support for the department, and we have been very successful so far with our operations, and this is more difficult than finding funding for capital projects. at the beginning of the presentation, it was said we have a new day camp this summer for those on the ought to suspect -- spectrum, and this is funded through donations to the department. we did have to make some expenditure reductions to the budget for the coming fiscal year.

they are naturally occurring. >> and they take up residence in san francisco's golden gate park. >> park and recs director of operations say they have always been here but seems to be a war right now. >> that's a pretty steady population which we are fighting man and beast back and forth on. >> reporter: and this is how they are fighting the war. with traps. every one of the parks 200 gardeners has been trained in setting these devices. >> you spend the first part of your morning putting gopher traps in the burrows covering them up then uncovering them in the afternoon to see if you trapped any. >> reporter: they are averaging 3 to 12 gophers a day. owls, hawks and coyotes are getting the rest. they could wipe out the problem once and for all but it is an option they don't want to use. >> we don't use poisons. we only trap mechanically. >> reporter: and the trapping will continue. >> welcome back rest assured the batter will continue. >> your gardener is on duty. >> go to cbssf.com. click on connect to send me your good questions. ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4.

. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> good afternoon. i'm with the department of building inspection. we are approaching the sixth year of our brown bag lunch series here at the department of building inspection where we talk about topics related to construction in san francisco. we invite you to join us on the third thursday of every month here at the building department. we have an exciting lineup of shows this year.

we are lucky to have golden gate park. the museum and the academy of sciences and so many other institutions. but also, a lot of community arts centers. there is all these community arts space is that i just love, and it makes our neighborhoods a much more colorful and livable as well. >> what motivated your interest

this is a very challenged corner of golden gate park in terms of public safety and we strongly believe that having more kids in that space engaged in healthy recreational opportunities, this will keep the parks safe. >> i know that there are -- legislation's going with this, quickly, items 8, 9, and 10. supervisors, you have for ordnances. you have harding and lincoln and sharp. we have the four courses, and changing, we continue this through sunday. we're asking to have change to the gulf, with the administrative gulf, and we change the way that we defined the recap and we would like to charge a promotional rate. and we would like to change is to allow for a discount of 35%. we ask for the ability to increase the tournament race, and this is designed to let us benefit from the fact the u.s. open will be held next june, at the olympic club. there will be many people from out of town interested in playing in harding park, and we would like to classified -- to capitalize on this. >> we will go to the budget analysts report. >> members of the committee, the recommended reductions total 66

. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got interested in this idea that maybe there was a dark side to plants. >> the white snake root. people who consumed milk or meat from a cow that

it will have no alternative but to go homeless and go to golden gate park, if golden gate park will receive them as homeless people. the environmental impact of 30 years of demolition, but the release of toxic pollutants into the atmosphere of the most vulnerable part of san francisco, the son said, did irreparable damage to the environment. not just the $1 million homes own parkmerced, but the low- income homes in merced heights. environmental damage that will never be eradicated because pollutants will stay in the atmosphere forever. please reconsider and deeply ponder over the so-called imaginary profit for the future of 30 years. it may not ever work. besides, seniors and handicapped are not adequately compensated. a large proportion of them will suffer and there's no reasonable accommodation for their needs as required by federal law. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. mr. faulkner. >> my name is dr. terence faulkner. i would like to incorporate by reference the grand jury report, which is titled "parkmerced vision -government by developer." we have a large group called fortress tha

to pet sales to thoughts about banning the bluegrass festival in golden gate park because it supposedly interferes with the lives of ferrell cats. -- feral cats. one of the things that struck me the most about the present commission is they are much too agenda driven and not into fixing problems with practical solutions. to my knowledge, there's never been a commissioner who has really intimate knowledge of running a pet store. during the 2 -- during the 23 years of operating a store, i have learned to seek practical solutions and resolve problems. i first -- when i first had my store, one of my purposes was to rehome pet birds. i considered it a duty to my customers. it has grown no a passion which i have continued to do to this day. i found another passion, and i hope i'm given the opportunity to interview. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. yorck. is there any questions for our applicant? seeing none, we will move on to pam hemphill. >> i'm pam hemphill. i've served on the animal control and welfare commission for four years, as have the other three commissioners who are also

we are lucky to have golden gate park. the museum and the academy of sciences and so many other institutions. but also, a lot of community arts centers. there is all these community arts space is that i just love, and it makes our neighborhoods a much more colorful and livable as well. >> what motivated your interest in politics? >> i guess i have always been passionate about civil rights and equality for everyone, and i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality and other issues, but i guess i have always been someone that is vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, and having to listen to many perspectives before making key decisions. as an activist in chinatown, i have always felt that working families and people who work in our neighborhoods need to have much more support. it is always about giving more voice to immigrants or the underserved and workers in the city. that is what drives my passion as a supervisor. >> tell me about the process of running for supe

>>stanley: you are looking at a hypodermic needle in the ground at this children's golden gate park.empty can anfour loco also on the playground. just where children play. what about this liquor bottle? again brighton said the playground. every morning and city employees have to clean empty liquor bottles and even that needles. dumped on the playground, from overnight. another problem are dogs. they're not allowed inside the park unless they are on a leash and oftentimes they are not on a dog leash. they are not allowed inside but it is often that a rule that is ignored. in fact just walking to the park could be rather challenging. not to mention that when you return to your car there's a possible chance that it could have been broken into. their backpack was found inside the men's bathroom it was inside the car but wait! they found another back pack. >> i found this backpack and another area. >> this was also stolen. >> this is costing you if you just go to the golden gate park. >>pam: lincecum and the giants with a one-run the game. the cubs could be their eighth straight win. kerr

it consists of everything from monument to golden gate park to market street, other works in the collection, from the wpa era, the quite tower, the works from the george washington high school. we have the contemporary education, where they depict some of the vocational arts that were taught at george washington high school. what is interesting is the artist's and corp. of some of the -- incorporation of some of the architectural elements. they used the speaker from the p a system as part of the design. on the opposite side of the library, we have a large fresco which depicts the academic subjects that were taught at the time. it serves as a foil to the other fresco in the library, we have academic subjects on one side, vocational subjects on the other, and result is the concept of a well-rounded education. additionally, what we plan to do is the academy of hospitality and tourism will be part of, so the students can share with other students, faculty, the neighborhood, and others to come by and what to look to the artwork we have. >> by working with the students, we hope to raise awareness

. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal

. >> they take up residents in san francisco's golden gate park. park and rec's director of operation says they have always been here, but they are at war right now. >> we are fighting back and forth on. >> and this is how they are fighting the war, with traps. every one of the park's 200 gardeners has been trained in setting these devices. >> spend the first part of your morning putting gopher tracks in the burros, covering them up. then uncovering them and' if you trapped any. >> they are averaging from 3 to 12 a day. >> owls, hawks, and chi ye tees are getting the rest. they could wipe out the program all together, but it's an option they do not want to use. >> we trap mechanically. >> the trapping will continue. >> you're at war with them. the battle will continue. >> your towardenner is on duty. >> go to cbssf.com. click on connect to send me your good question. >>> well dug themselves out of a hole tonight. i'll be here all week. thank you very much. you won't believe it, next. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet?

moved four or five times across the country and ended up at the golden gate exposition and moved into the park and replaced an old carosol that was built in 1888 and the stuff i read was a priprimitive one with horses any a steam engine. >> there are lots of interesting things in the golden gate park from that time. >> and still some left. here is another one of the round buildings in san francisco and these rectangle protrusions. >> tell everybody what the building is. >> calabery come come comes frod it's filled with the ashes of people who have been cremated and it's the last remaining operational useable one in the united states i understand. >> and the last cemetery in the city except for mission delores and the other ones were excavate all the people. >> what is the word? >> disentur. so there are a few other people buried in the city and star up at the first unitarian church. there are people buried at the mission delores. there are a few people buried here and in the presidio and other than that if you look at the other cemeteries were disenturd and moved out but you have to go in ther

our organization, we do not have many concerns about the golden gate park area, but there are many groups that do, and it has taken longer to find an alternative, but on the whole, i think the plan looks good. >> good afternoon. my name is joan. girardo, we hope to get some comments in by friday, but we have some concerns based on the demand, and it seems to be changing almost monthly. table three says we're going to have over 900,000 people. that is 79,000 people more than we say now. and yet, in this scenario, if it comes true, they are projecting an increase of over 90,000 households during that time period. at 2.4 persons per household, according to the documentation of the average citywide, we agree to have an increase of over 200,000

. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, ga

with the continuation and the management of a shuttle service, which we like to provide within golden gate park, so that individuals coming to the facilities there have the ability to park out at the beach in be shuttled into the park, thereby alleviating traffic and other parking in the park. that is one of our greatest projects right now. it is ongoing, and particularly good in the summer months. supervisor wiener: thank youl. . supervisor chiu: supervisor chu. supervisor chu: i want to thank you for your considercontinued leadership. i was struck by your last bullet on the opportunities and challenges pages around the shipping user demographics and having attended york friday night's at the de young, i think that has been a tremendous success. can you talk about the things you're doing to increase participation among the first constituencies? that is over a three-year period? >> it is over a three-year period. the themes or the contents of each of those friday night's is driven in large part by the diverse schedules that we maintain, as well as the permanent collections. for the winter time,

nonresidential rates, and making environmental findings to designate weekday and weekend hours to golden gate park, and item number 11, the ordinance amending the health code section 128, to set rates and other services provided by the department of public health and effective on july 2011, with the ordinance administrative code section, to add a fee of $35 for services provided by the public, for this program. >> thank you very much. items one and two -- this is the budget and the corresponding item. this is a piece of legislation, trailing with the budget for the particular rates or other pieces of legislation corresponding to the budget. those items will be continued so that we can have public comment on them tomorrow. we will begin with a budget hearing, if you have any opening comments. >> we have no opening comments. >> we will go right into the departments. we have heard this over the last few days and we continue on, primarily with the organization and the recreation organization, and the services agencies. >> supervisor chu, david chiu, and scott weiner. i am very surprised -- i am very p

our organization, we do not have many concerns about the golden gate park area, but there are many groups that do, and it has taken longer to find an alternative, but on the whole, i think the plan looks good. >> good afternoon. my name is joan. girardo, we hope to get some comments in by friday, but we have some concerns based on the demand, and it seems to be changing almost monthly. table three says we're going to have over 900,000 people. that is 79,000 people more than we say now. and yet, in this scenario, if it comes true, they are projecting an increase of over 90,000 households during that time period. at 2.4 persons per household, according to the documentation of the average citywide, we agree to have an increase of over 200,000 people so those projections are out of whack, and if we are using 50 gallons per person per day, we would have to have another 10 million gallons per day to service that repopulation. will that happen? i do not know. the planning department and politicians and planning committee are aggressively promoting population growth in the city, so these are the

. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco.ave been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> i

appreciate you wanting to think on a beautiful saturday afternoon. 8 years ago in the ban shell at golden gate park. jonathan, one of our readers was there. 20 readers and 8 afternoons and now there are venues around the city. i will read a few poems. the first one is, after the bleeding. it was inspired by 2 photos that were in the san francisco chronicle in june 2005. the first, i will read the captions. photo captions. and follow with the poem. children watch as police collect pieces of bodies from a suicide bombing. front page photo caption san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. >> the not guilty verdicts in the michael jackson trial. front page photo caption, san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. after the bleeding the blood spattered walls draw the gaze of children wanting to see what has caused such a noise. how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteou

i guess the water from leaking laguna runs underground out to golden gate park. it covers about two or three blocks along side to seventh avenue. there was a lot of water damage we might have even had some liquefaction soil failure. we had a major failure. >> that's right. this tribute goes all the way to golden gate. this is in a mountain lake and beyond ththat, it was a surface flow. this is a reservoir. on my right is this defensive the positive dune sand. the wind blows, it comes from the ocean beach. because the sand is moving, you can see evidence along this side of the hill in 1989. the vibrations in accelerated. you have a significant amount of movement to the point that the homes that uc had very severe damage for two blocks. we recognized what the problem was at the time, it was a matter of loose sand on a very steep slope. thank you for the effort. we were able to get federal funding and design which you see in the upper walls. the lower walls was actually billed as part of the wpa. the upper wall was built in 1991-'92. this is a concrete wall and it h

forced us to take a step back and look at finding alternatives to the current recommended site in golden gate park. we have conducted a number of workshops to address those comments. those have been completed. we are now starting up this phase. the project was essentially put on hold pending these three sets of workshops. we are working very closely with the water supply group to facilitate that process. this is a chart that i also share with you every quarter. it shows the approved budget in red in comparison to the forecasted costs in blue. we continue to have forecasted cost that is well below approved. with respect to the last quarter, the savings were reduced by $39 million. it is important to keep in mind that we are still forecasting to underrun are approved budget by $5 million. let's look a little bit at the breakdown of the forecasted cost change between the second and third quarters. what you see in the boxes are the changes from q3 to q2. the red ones are cost increases. this has increased by 40.5 and $13.8 million respectively. our construction costs have decreased for a net of $39 mi

don't miss the 23rd annual aids walk at golden gate park. go to aidswalk.net. you have any more information about any of our guests, it's all available on our website at abc7news.com. if you are looking for community resources in your neighborhood. dial 211 for help. i'm cheryl jennings. thanks so much for joining us. have a great week and we'll see you next time.

more patrols will take place in golden gate park. >>> i remember yesterday at this time our chief meteorologist would see triple digits and we sure did. >> now this cooling off quickly in the oakland area. the fog is back. live stormtracker 2 shows the fog coming up the coast. that is the south tower of the golden gate bridge. you know what that means, basically fire danger goes down, air quality gets better and the heat advisory goes away. it is just that kind of day. the fog will return this whole week. the fog tomorrow morning ride along the coast. more up towards petaluma. this is the computer model. 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, fog at the coast and in pacifica. the fog will be a player right through this week. the high pressure goes away and this week, low pressure comes in. this is a mechanism that is allowing the fog to enhance itself. this is a classic summer pattern, by the way. it is complex and simple all at the same time. it is still hot tomorrow despite the beginning of this cooling trend. we do not have a spare the air day tomorrow. mid-90s in the livermore valley. a cooler day. i'

since 2005 golden gate parks and many volunteer groups have been working hard to preserve it. >> it was in bad shape when volunteers first started working on its restoration. >> the floor was covered with garbage and debris, groofz every vertical. >> after two and a half years and $150,000, battery townsley opened to the public. park service is working on restoring other battery sites. >> it's part of our national heritage. >> still ahead, a centennial celebration in daly city. woman has a tale of the san francisco suburb, plus.... >> the mosquito, recognize it and shoot it down. >> a mosquito killer, how technology used in video games can help the spread of disease around the world. >>> daly city celebrated its centennial in march. it even has history museum. the woman lynde it has collected daly city history all her life. >> if think putting a museum together is easy.... >> this is oldest picture in the collection. >> it takes organization, time and perspective. in daly city you will find all those qualities in bunny. >> my mother was a school teacher and she believed in collecting it

john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim. it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in parks. we have 317 acres and god knows there's plenty of room for both of us. man and his best friend. early in the morning people before they go to work will walk their dogs or go on a jog themselves with their dogs. joggers love the park, there's 7 miles of hiking trails and there's off trail paths that hikers can take. all the recreational areas are heavily used on weekends. we have the g