and several grants. and then you go to other grants from other institutions like san francisco beautiful. so then to further emphasize the community challenge portion of the match, we then score applications once they come in. with a heavy emphasis on community building and community benefits. if you have the application package it's self explaintory 35 points to community benefits. 20 points to neighborhood participation. 30 pounts toward project feasibility. the paps, 20 points is sort of furthered by 10 points in the community benefit's section. a lot is geared toward projects that have a lot of neighborhood involvement. >> go through that one more time. >> it's on you have the package? >> it's there in the box up there. there is also it's on s fcc gp. org has the application the community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies an

community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies and the planning department on the planning department home page there is a spreadsheet they update when they have time of neighborhood organizations that want to be notified. so and many are interested in getting money to improve their neighborhoods. we usually have applications along the order of 2-1/2 times the funding that we have. like we will have 500 thousand dollars available to give out ask and we get 1.3 million dollars worth of applications. it's competitive. we are not hard and fast about breaking down the money between small, medium and large. we are pretty flexible. we like to look at good projects. we always try to fund one large project if it's a hundred thousand we may be might not fund 2 large projects. so, with that, i will quit and invite david and neil and joseph to talk about some of their projects and how they have looked at

regarding this grant, what type of activity are we looking for? are we looking for a full-time program? a weekend program? what can you do with $100,000? >> that is a great question. to your first point, thank you for that. that is really kind. we could not have done it without port commission support. you have voted on the budget every year to continue to support the program. that is why it has succeeded. what can you do with $100,000? that is one of the reasons -- one of the advantages of offering it as a grand opportunity rather than a contract is that with a grant we can lay out what we wish for and let the respondents return to us grant proposals that reflect their creativity, their ideas, and their resources. they tell us what they can do for $100,000. to give you an example, the current contract was funded at $85,000 a year. that gets us 1.5 full-time equivalent staff people. there are fairly limited materials in terms of books and other similar teaching materials. that is one of the reasons why with this year path budget request we have as

>> aye. >> the vote is 3-2 to grant. the rules require four votes to grant jurisdiction or jurisdiction is denied. >> thank you. president peterson: we can move on to item number five, if you'd call that item, please. >> calling item 5, bill number 10-056. elizabeth kantor versus department of public works, urban forestry, property at 835 wisconsin street. the appeal on may 10, 2010 of a tree removal permit, order 178.654. president peterson: thank you. since this is a denial we'll start with the department, ms. short, you have seven minutes. >> thank you. carla short from the department of public works, bureau of urban forestry. we received an application to remove one tree at 835 wisconsin. they accept the information provided by the applicant the tree is 26 years old with a trunk diame

the position is a grant funded position. the balance of the funding will be coming from an epa grant. supervisor chu: to clarify, the position is for one year's work for the upcoming fiscal year, half of an fte >> correct. supervisor chu: let's go to public comment. any members of the public debt would wish to speak on item number two. seeing no one, public comment is closed. colleagues, the changes are on the first page, on the title, we want to change the fiscal year to read 2010-2011. on page three, line one, the fiscal year 2009-2010 should also read 2010 through 2011. page three, line 11, it should reflect 0.5. correct? >> correct. >> will be ordinance no. change also? supervisor chu: i do not believe so. the file number? >> yes. i am not sure if there is a new ordinance no. 42010-2011? supervisor chu: i do not believe i have received changes to that number. supervisor avalos: it should work from one year to the next. supervisor chu: there is a motion to make those amendments without objection. i believe that these chan

>> what i have in writing is the full fund and grant agreement, the full fund and grant agreement road map that addresses all of the items and the schedule and the responsible party and when each activity will be completed by the agency and ultimately approved by the federal transit administration and there's also elements in there like when the federal transit administration will review documents, when they will review the full fund and grant agreement and when they anticipate the scheduled approval of the full fund and grabt agreement. i will respectfully disagree with you on that and my point is simply this, that those of us who are supportive of this project, i think we also need to push forward addressing some of the issues that were identified by the fta and i think that those issues are very specific and i think that they're required deliverables that have not been attained. and i think it requires some of the additional reforms that many of us have talked about and as someone who is supportive of this project, i think it's important for us that we go on parallel tracks, that pu

expend a grant in the amount of e department of public library to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $80,000 from the california state library as part of the federal library services and technology act for the out- of-school-time online homework help program. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is toni bernardi. this program is serviced under my direction. i wanted to say a couple of important things about the program. the assistance is provided in two different ways. worksheets are provided, with tutorials and study guides with said proxy components. more important and more heavily used, the program connects students to a tutor that will provide them with one of one help. students enter their subject and grade level and the tudor provides expertise at that level and within that subject. in tabling these students to access homework assistance outside of school hours. and to receive assistance from trained tutors i ever. grade level subject expertise, enabling the expansion of fun assistance that a parent might provide, which might be limited to educati

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if we grant it tonight, they get a permit? >> correct. >> i have some letters from the chamber of commerce and the supervisors and staff. the amendment to the current security plan, there is something a little more on that. commissioner joseph: is there any further presentation you would like to make? >> we inc. a jazz-infused funk happy hour. it is going very well. we got the health inspection done. of like you all to come and eat some day. we're doing comedy now. the events we have on the weekend are very well behaved. we staff twelver 13 security guards on saturday night, 1012 on friday night, at 56 during the week. for the safety of the community and the neighborhood and our patrons, we decided to overstaffed and keep everybody safe. commissioner joseph: is that affordable to you to over staff? >> it is costly, but i think it is needed for the present time on broadway until we can incorporate other establishments and the bloc starts to get better. it will come along, and i think it is good for the community. closing on the

there are 3 categories of grants. there are small projects, which are awards up to 10 thousand dollars. and those require a neighborhood match of 50 percent and i will explain how the match works. there are medium projects that go from 1001 dollars and 2500 dollars and then to a hundred thousand dollars those require a 25 percent match and require rigorous documentation that your group has done large projects before can can do them. [inaudible]. >> you mean -- >> how do you know if a project is a small, large or medium. >> people ask for that you want you have to ask for budget on your project. >> is that the whole scope of the -- we went small 10 thousand dollars. >> no, no. not at all. >> that's a great question and we should talk about that in q and a. i would like to run q and alike a discussion where we bounce ideas and how you can work your projects continuously if you need to. let's see, there are -- we only fund a certain kind of project the types are urban forest, community art. neighborhood beaut ifkdz. graf

grant's shooting protesters are here at the bart station spreading the word about at airport plan on monday at 2:00 p.m. they are at the supreme court as. the convicted cooler johannes. the coalition was rejected >> yes will be among the greek supported the movement for oscar grant's that we are not violent, we are not and animals. be too careful. >> they say they will be there but as well >> spiritual support and for the support of oscar grant's family. the >> support a rally for the shooter and his base but page by some anonymous person. it says here acquitted by support protests for johannes. by noon friday at 123 people confirmed. they quickly it said they are calling for backup from outside agencies. the protesters are reacting to the miserly verdict and they say that they've nothing to fear. >> yet you have nothing to fear its of the bonds business. it's for the people and by the people. >> meanwhile the bart police oversight bill which was signed into law yesterday takes effect gen worry first 2011. the new law enables the boy who solver, a citizen and lowborn >> deal is to ne

i don't believe for a minute he killed grant on purpose. >> reporter: but grant supporters stood their ground. though mehserle had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter, they believe he's guilty of much more. >> i think they're supporting a murderer. they feel like it's okay for a person to kill another person as long as you wear a badge. >> reporter: police in riot gear stood watch as people aired their feelings. those tempers flared no one got out of control. we are back here live where you can see this demonstration continues. now, i will tell you that a group of oscar grant supporters, about 20 minutes ago, marched down this road towards b.a.r.t., flanked by a group of police officers. we don't know what their intention is but, again, the group out here seems to be relatively peaceful, very calm. i did have a chance to talk briefly to oscar grant's uncle tonight. he says that he feels that the pro-mehserle demonstration was orchestrated by mehserle's attorney. i also talked to michael rains on the phone and he said nothing could be further than the truth. reporting live in wal

grant's family in a $25 million civil suit against bart.thinks the commission is a positive step. >> if there is accountability for the officer's action, then you have -- you are more likely to make sure they don't engage in inappropriate behavior. >> the adjudication of any disciplinary actions can now come to this body. they can review almost anything, and what that brings to the table is the transparency that was so lacking in january of 2009. >> now, the new commission will begin it work on january 1st, 2011. that's exactly two years to the day after oscar grant was killed. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> a young man from napa was among four soldiers killed in action this week in afghanistan. 21-year-old specialist chase stanley died wednesday when the truck he was in ran over an ied. he was assigned to the 27th combat airborne engineer battalion which is based out of fort bragg, north carolina. >>> dozens of firefighters could receive layoff in thees as early as monday. the firefighters belonged to one of three unions ye

, the risk process has been identified and mitigations are put into place before the full fund and grant agreement. and in the other point that you raised on the state of good repair, the agency is in the forefront, has submitted a state of good repair plan to the federal transit administration addressing its -- the maintenance, the operation and the overhaul program of its bus and rail facilities. in addition to many other plans like the operating plan for the central subway, the fleet management plan and the financial plan for the program. these are all elements of -- that need to be submited and approved by the federal transit administration in advance of them approving the full fund and grant agreement. supervisor mirkarimi: you talked about a plan being in process. what does that mean that you noted this letter was sent in january. this is almost august and so it's been quite some time and i'm wondering, has that plan been finalized and if not, what is the status of it and why has it taken so long for us to get to see a finalized plan in place? >> well, upon receipt of the approval

the support of the oscar grant family.pport rally for the shorter the on bart passenger was announced on the page by some anonymous person. it says here greeted by support protests for johannes mehserle. by noon friday 123 people confirmed it would be attending. walnut creek police say they're calling for backup from outside agencies. instead of pictures like this the protests reacting to the mentally verdict in oakland a's says walnut creek has nothing to fear. looking to tear up anybody's business when it tear down the system test of the electric car maker and toyota are teaming up to produce a new kind of mtv. greg has for details. tesla party as a prototype electric kron 4 car ready to be sent to toyota for testing by the end of the month. the plans for tesla to produce electric power train in the bay area at either the power of the headquarters of the former nummi in fremont. what less carbon corp which will appear by the end of the year tesla said it will have four models ready for trotted it's as well pure the proto

discusses potential new federal reserve governors this is jim grant of grant's interest rate observer these are people who. think or unlikely to oppose novel solutions to fundamental monetary dilemma which is that the u.s. dollar is the face based currency of the intrinsic value that is manipulated by the . consequences the delays are often quite distinctive quite different from what was intended that's the problem now let's focus on jim grant's words there faith based currency what is the faith in this case it's a broken ideology of neo liberalism and neo keynesianism which has done remarkable amounts of damage that's part of the. really ideology goal destruction that is wreaking deeply into the economy james grant knows it and he's got a really cool balta. here he's going to much cuter bow tie then jim rogers you know jim rogers both sides kind of sloppy but this is important to talk about is that he's talking about the fact that it's the federal reserve from whence all of our financial fraud exists in the world from inflation to deflation that follows the inflation to the situation

and many cities built their treatment plants with this grant money. oberstar: but even a decade after it was enacted, the reagan administration came in and cut the grant program to a loan program. and funding diminished over a period of time. now, we still have 1/3 or more of the nation's streams and lakes that don't meet the standards of the clean water act. we have to advance the cause. that is the big challenge ahead of us. you just don't think of raw sewage in waterways in a developed country, and yet, that's what we have, and not just in pittsburgh, but all over. narrator: pittsburgh is situated at the confluence of the allegheny, monongahela, and ohio rivers. these three rivers are vital for industry, recreation, and drinking water. and each year, billions of gallons of combined sewer overflows discharge directly into those rivers. hecht: we're now having to face the consequences of the choice that was made to put in combined sewer systems. narrator: in 1994, the government adopted a combined sewer overflow policy to reduce csos nationwide. citi

while the prosecution has the benefit of grants. in fact, i believe the district attorney might have at least half of their budget is provided by grants. that is not provided to the indigent defense providers. federal grants are almost all directed toward prosecution and law enforcement. so the problem to have vast resources that i'm facing right now is that you have grant funding the police department, the sheriff's deft, the district attorney's office. there is a share that -- etc., etc. that share, which for them is a portion of their funding is almost my entire funding so when you say you're going to cut 13% off everybody equally. well, 13% for us is more than 13% of their entire budget than for the other agencies. now the problem is that's the ripple effect we just had here. now they still have their investigators because they have other agencies that provide the investigation. we don't. our investigators are the ones that have to be trimmed off because we can't pay for them. our attorneys, again, they are paid for by the count

underway in support of johannes mehserle the former bart officer who killed on our passenger oscar grant on year's day in 2009 tariff 11 days ago he was convicted of a involuntary manslaughter which set off violent protests in oakland. if kron 4 is christine conley joins us with the various latest from the rally. >> or rate committee of the rally let's go ahead and show you it's been chaotic but it's not violent witching looking at this is what's been happening for the past two hours on the sidewalk those are four of oscar grant supporters. they have been talking with the people that are out in the parking lot those are johannes mehserle supporters. throughout the day they been yelling at each other at times have been heated discussions but no violence. let's go ahead and head over here so we can give you an idea of just how big this is terry were guessing anywhere between zero hundred 50 to 200 people that are out here right now. i can both sides are merging into one big protest. we pan over here you can see the police officers that are standing by. if those are conjure kosti sheriff of

one is a caltrans planning grant that has been submitted. planning grant.ore i finish come up want to acknowledge the other agency members of our design team. timothy from the municipal transportation agency is here. our project manager is also here. michael schwartz has been our authority lead. i just want to thank everyone for the incredible collaboration through the budgeting process. we are very excited to be making this request and hopefully launching a project soon. we do also have community members here. hopefully, they will add their comments. supervisor campos: i also want to echo the comments about bill level of cooperation and coordination. it's great to see that. it is an exciting project. commissioner dufty. supervisor dufty: one of the big improvement i have seen in terms of street scape on a market is when the northwest corner bart was replaced with open design. i think that would be great for market street. those bunkerish transit entrances lead to problems. >> absolutely, in terms of looking at their design, the balkan mess, the number and

the zoning administrator of granted a variance. we have proven many of their false statements at the public hearings and the staff was left speechless. in justice still prevailed. you three ladies are lawyers, officers of the court. don't you think that your decisions have been influenced by their plans and decisions? they have violated our constitutional rights by withholding talking -- documents. don't you believe that your decisions are inaccurate and unfair and unjust to the public? you should not support illegal and false statements. thank you. >> is any other public comment under this item? seeing none, we will move to item number two. seeing 9, we move to item number three, the adoption of minutes. before you for discussion and possible adoption are the minutes of july 14th, 2010. commissioners, any comments? >> i move to adopt the minutes of the july 14th, 2010 meeting. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> on that motion, -- >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> thank you, and the vote is 5- 0. >> please c

ever since grant was killed, we have seen dozens of rallies demanding "justice" for grant.monday there will be a demonstration to support the bart police officer who shot grant. simon perez is in walnut creek now. simon. >> reporter: juliette that rally is going to take place here at the superior court building in walnut creek. whole event has been organized on facebook so we are not sure how many people will show up but we can tell you that the crowd control preparations have already begun. >> i don't think it's a good idea. >> it's freedom of speech. so i have no problem with them actually making a rally. >> reporter: crews are already working to control the crowds that may or may not show up at the pro-johannes mehserle rally. >> i support law enforcement, but i think there may be some issues later in the evening as there was a couple of evenings ago after the ruling. >> i don't think it's a good idea. but -- but people have a right to express their opinions as long as it doesn't become unruly i think it's okay. >> reporter: why do you think it might be a bad idea, becau

h.r. 5114 establishes a new grant program that would provide grans to local government agencies -- grants to local government agencies, these funds from this grant program would be used -- for outreach to inform both renters and owners of the national flood insurance program. this amendment would specifically prohibit any earmarking of the funds made available under this new grant program. mr. speaker, i'm not sure it's the taxpayers and i don't think it is the taxpayers' responsibility to inform renters and owners of these flood plain requirements. having said that if we are going to provide funds here and say that it's a competitive grant program, then we shouldn't go in and earmark it later. those funds ought to be available to those who compete for them not directed by members of congress to favored constituents or groups. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. waters: i rise to claim time in opposition although i'm not opposed to the

i would be inclined not to grant the rehearing as well. vice president goh: yeah, i was not here for the hearing. i reviewed the transcripts and some of the video. i did not see anything in the briefing, at any facts or exceptional circumstances. president peterson: i will move to deny the rehearing request. >> thank you. if you could call the roll, please. >> we have a motion from the president to deny this rehearing request. on that motion -- [roll-call votes] thank you, the vote is 4-1. the rehearing request is denied it and the notion -- the motion will be continued. >> thank you. if you could please call item no. 5. >> calling item 5, appeal number 10-0007, salem kaileh, doing business as quick star market, vs. department of public health. is the appeal of a 25-day suspension of a tobacco product sales establishment permit, imposed on january 13, the hearing held in closed on may 12, and the matter was continued to allow president peterson to participate in the final vote. president peterson: thank you. commissioners, at the last hear

those who say they want justice for oscar grant. what happened when the two collided this evening in walnut creek. >>> two fire stations closed, fewer firefighters on duty. what it means for residents as one bay area city makes another painful round of cuts. >>> and you're going to hear it, why some are convinced that there is a sound that can get you high. and who is getting a little freaked out about it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> since the days following the bart platform shooting, we have seen any number of protests for those calling for justice for oscar grant. well, today something we had never seen. a demonstration in support of former bart police officer johannes mehserle. ann notarangelo was there, and ann, that message wasn't going unanswered, was it? >> reporter: serge not. certainly not. there were 300 people, half supporting oscar grant, half supporting johannes mehserle. the grant supporters started moving into the street. the police decided to close down ygnacio valley road for two hours but as you can see, it's back open a

i would be inclined to to vote for granting jurisdiction in this case. this tends -- this depends on the comments of my fellow commissioners. >> this issue has come up before. what are the rights of individuals with respect to an lod when there is no notice of requirement? we have been sympathetic to allowing parties at least their day in court, so to speak. i did have some stories i wanted to tell but i don't think that it deals with the request itself. i think that it is appropriate for us to grant them time and present their case. >> i would concur based on the reasoning set forth by vice- president goh. vice president gore. -- vice president goh. vice president goh: you can't but think of the merits addressing this and i have difficulty seeing how a pilot store does fit within the formula retail and the comments are puzzling about barney's, being a chain as well. commissioner hwang: i think while it's not well liked here is a competitive nature and not the issue we're supposed to be addressing today and whether there was proper notice and whether you

mother will not be here but oscar grant supporters are expected to show up. mehserle's sentencing date has been pushed back to november and the rally is scheduled to take place on monday at 2:00. reporting live, nbc bay area. >> thank you. >>> the marin coroner has identified the body recovered near point race with a boat capsized in that area on wednesday. he is identified as 65-year-old ronald michael fuentes. from a city in central valley. they also had two men that drown in a boat and one is still missing. >> hundreds of national guard troops are headed south to protect the border, part of a federal effort to stop drug trafficking and illegal immigration. the move comes as arizona is set to enact a controversial new law at the end of the month requiring officers to ask for documentation from anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. as many as 260 troops are expected to arrive for duty in october. 2450e8 serve for up to one year. >>> packing up, huelett packard is home to the company pc division and commercial hardware and software unit. the mayor

an $11 million stimulus grant for phase 1. phase 2 is [inaudible] dollars. phase 2 will install ticket vending machines at several stops and provide project support. procurement will begin this summer with project compleion expected by spring of 2013. the second project is the light rail corridor improvement, a $100,000 request to leverage almost $500,000 in federal funds to upgrade signals at 115 locations, over 50 on the line and shown to be improved under the project. it will also upgrade pavement markings to enhance no u-turn instructions. the counting project will do counts at 25 locations this fll, to complement 25 studied last fall and reocmmendation will be in a pedestrian exposure model based on volume and collision history. past allocation has provided for consultant services for model development. pedestrian improvement projects, $125 million to convert twenty locations from standard to continental, and these locations have been prioritized based on speed, generators, and so forth. locations will be coordinated among two projects. submit requests

they contend that oscar grant's death was an accident.ilty of involuntary manslaughter for killing grant during an arrest on the bart platform on new year's eve day of last year. critics of the verdict say it was too lenient. >> overnight two people were shot in brentwood at a party for teenagers. after midnight police were called to a home on virginia drive. witnesses say 20 teenagers were gathered at this house. three young men not invited to the party showed up. words were exchanged, shots were fired towards that house. two teens were hit. one in the leg, the other in the back. both were taken to the hospital. so far police have not made any arrests in connection with the shootings. >> police are investigating a series of breakins at several office buildings in pal 0 at top of the detectives say over the last five months burglars have broken the windows and stolen electronics, the first happened last february, the most recent occurred blocks away on embarcadero road. police are trying to determine if the crimes are connected. >>> polic