i would like to thank san francisco for all the work they have done as leaders of a green city, from banning plastic bags to green building bench mark ordinances and zero ways. this is yet another opportunity for san francisco to take the lead. in closing, the industry may suggest an opt-out policy, but we already know that does not work from seattle. yellow pages cost the city $1 million in disposal fees right now. if your bank wanted to date $1 million out of your account, would you allow that to allowan opt-out option? i do not think superior do not let the industry do this to us again. we thank you in advance for your support. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i represent russian hill neighbors, and we are a very large neighborhood organization in the city, and at our last board meeting, -- actually, our past two board meetings, we had a unanimous vote, which most of you know is unheard of when you have 28 people trying to come to one thing. to support this legislation. our buzzwords were waist and green -- waste and green. \ we felt like what has been m

. -- jade green, city grids, the last bite of an ice cream cone. these are all my names. i savor these words on the tip of my tongue. a book of lives lived in my right hand. i caught your pen in the other. all the rivers flower into the sea. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> next up is -- next up is marcela ortiz. >> ok. this is the first time i'm reading in front of people. ok. all right. this is a poem to my mom. you're nothing but a group of coffee klatching women. 19 years and the only image that i can think of what i hearl my mother's voice is rosie the riveter with her hand balled up in a fist and her hand underneath her face. coffee klatching women? a bunch of old grandmothers who sit in sewing sirgles and talk about the best blueberry circles. we banned my mother from the kitchenen -- because of an incident where she had burnt water the the only person who cooked was my father. please keep your peace, mom. yes, my mother say woman but coffee klatching? the term was worse than nails on the chalk board. oh, yes, a coffee klatching woman who has raised three childr

he has supported the infrastructure for green city government. the first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the city's first whistle-blower ordinance. after that, he served in several positions including the executor of the director of human rights, the director of city purchasing, and director of the department of public works. prior to being appointed to the city administrator in 2005. at this time, we will show a short video clips and then we will introduce the mayor. >> it is my

he has supported the infrastructure for green city government. the first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the city's first whistle-blower ordinance. after that, he served in several positions including the executor of the director of human rights, the director of city purchasing, and director of the department of public works. prior to being appointed to the city administrator in 2005. at this time, we will show a short video clips and then we will introduce the mayor. >> it is my pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] >> good morning. thank-you for that introduction. i would like to welcome i very good friend to san francisco. i want to acknowledge our board president and some of the other supervisors. one of the tenants that i have in helping run the city is to do this test team work and i have enjoyed this special relationship with the board of supervisors and i hope it continues through the whole year. i have known gene for many years. but we both worked very c

he has supported the infrastructure for green city government. the first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the

. >>> city of richmond wants to join the ranks of several other green cities in the bay area. so it is starting from scratch. mike sugerman on the century old piece of the city that is getting a green makeover. >> reporter: out of a nursery housing may bloom. >> it is beautiful. >> reporter: it's been awhile since people associated roses with richmond but there was a time for 100 years, in fact, that this part of the troubled city was green and thriving. >> it is not like it used to be in the 1920st. horse and buggy days. >> reporter: back then tom and his brothers ran a big nursery and did until 2006 with some time out during the 40s when we were put into internment camps. it closed down and has looked like this ever since. it is an eye sore. plans are it won't be any more. and with it comes a whole lot of what struggling richmond needs desperately. >> this project means a new injection of investments, of opportunity, of new housing, new residents, new jobs. >> reporter: it is called the mirror floor's development and will contain 230 units of senior housing and single family

this is green square, the city of the city. the foreign media has not been showing things like these because they are broadly bertrand libya as chaotic and violent. -- because they are wrongly portrayed libya as chaotic and violent. look what someone it just put to very discreetly into the palm of one of my colleagues. shell case from an ak-47 assault rifle. out in the suburbs, it feels very different. it is only about 20 minutes away. the shops here are closed as a gesture of defiance and as morning. protesters say that did coffeepots men, at night -- , at night.en >> i am scared because i am talking to you. there is someone that issing me right now. -- is seen me right now. >> they had buried seven dead since last friday. the authorities say single figures show there have -- the mourners would not agree. >> they gave us pictures they failed to show us what happens. on friday, protesters tried to get into green square. security forces or shifting to kill. the regime says it will only open fire in self-defense. the protesters t

now, there are many reasons why cities should have their, be relatively up leashed, but there's one reason i emphasize in the book which is the greenness of cities. i want to lead into this with a little story about a young harvard graduate who went for a walk in the words. he and a friend went to do fishing. it was good because there wasn't much rain which made it easy to get a fish and cook a chowder. the wind flicked the flames to the nearby grass and a fire started which grew on the dry timber nearby and grew larger and larger. an inferno up sued. by the time it was done, more than 500 acres were burned. he was cascaded as an enemy of the environment. heit's hard to think, of course, of any bos p merchant who did as much damage to the environment as this young man in the woods. this young man today is the secular saint in environmentalism. henry david thereau. if you love nature, you should stay away from it. [laughter] when i started acquiring small children five years ago, you can tell i'm and economist -- [laughter] i also moved to the woods, not that far from concord, and i started to do a heck of a lot more damage to the envir

this is the center of the city, and green square. authorities say the foreign media has not been showing signs like these because they are wrongly portrayed in libya as chaotic and violent. here in tripoli, it is not normal, and if they thought there wasn't any chance of a violent regime change, they would not be in the streets pitches if there was any chance. -- and if they thought there was any chance of a violent regime change, they would not be in the streets. in the suburbs, it feels very different. this area is only about 20 minutes away. the shops are closed as a gesture of defiance and mourning. they say gaddafi's men come at night, firing shots and sometimes taking people away. >> talking to you, sometimes, if someone sees me right now, maybe i will not stay at home tonight. >> they have buried seven dead since last friday, according to local doctors. the authorities say single figures show there have not been massacres. the people in this area would not agree. they gave us pictures to show what happened. on friday, protesto

city tradition of all things irish. the dyeing of the chicago river means one thing. st. paddy day is coming. thousands watch as crews dump buckets of monday toxic dye creating a bright green of water symbolizing the city's large irish-american community. the annual spectacle goes back 50 years and is eco-friendly making chicago's decision to go green an easy one. so cool. >>> i'm veronica dela cruz. this is your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> zoologists are hoping that it might be love at first sight. the endangered cats have arrived from two different zoos in hopes that they will breed. so far the two are being kept separated, but zoo officials plan to introduce the pair sometime next week and let the bonding begin. >>> carnaval may be officially over, but some schools in brazil couldn't resist one last dance. rio de janeiro's top six finalists headed to the stage for a final performance. it takes place each year on the saturday following carnaval. thousands took advantage of a last chance to see the elaborate floats and dazzling costumes. >>> and one cricket team will ne+r cancel due to bad weather because they play on ice. the libyan snow falcons won th

red or rust-colored bar represents health insurance costs for active employees of the city and county. the light green bar is health benefit costs paid for a retired city employees. we do have other benefits we offer that make up this larger number, predominantly social security contributions we make as an employer. the you can see on this chart that depiction of growth at a faster clip than cpi, which is shown as the blue line. looking ahead for the next decade, we start the financial year with approximately $1 billion in employee benefit costs out of the his $6 billion operating budget. we then, in projecting forward, our offices used a handful of different economic scenarios. that is critical to point out when we talk about looks forward over the horizon like this. no one knows what the world is going to hold 10 years from now. we do have to make planning and modeling assumptions. we base fees on three different sets of assumptions -- moderate positive, moderate, and moderate negative scenarios. it is possible the actual economic performance will exceed this and possibly be lower in future years. i

nursery supplies plans to numerous gardens and habitat restoration projects throughout the city, including green schoolyards, mission greenbelt, butterfly quarter, and many reckon park projects. we have planted over an acre of native plant gardens adjacent to the recycling center and keysar , and we are helping -- hoping to do more. soil is made from compost on site. monthly workshops along with tours for school groups complement the nursery. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> we need more negotiations. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker please. come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a 47-year resident of the haight ashbury along with my wife, who will speak next. i have difficulty imagining how i could compress everything i wanted to say within this time, but i discovered that through the various questions of the witnesses, that has been done for me, and i cannot see -- can now see the possibility of an outcome adverse to the recycling center given these. i thank you for your thoroughness, and turning the light not only on the issues, but also an equally serious underlying

green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see th

five of their past half a dozen league matches and in the bottom of the big spenders green chelsea and manchester city it was a londoners who moved to third also thanks to a two no wind late goals from david lewis on ramirez moving chelsea to third place a full nine points behind leaders manchester united however. brings us to the kontinental hockey league where we've discovered the third semifinalist for twenty eleven will be at lunch fighting back from behind against their do or die game seven overtime needed in this one the move to retreat because of proving himself the toast of the match for region touring with almost ten minutes to go on in the action trip periods it looked as if star were on their way and rode in time christ taking the lead before atlanta equalise knowledge of law and snow meet. in the western conference spoke. to the pool we go where china's dominance of world diving continues the sport's powerhouse collecting all four goals on offer up the latest world series event taking place here in moscow richard pump or three took up a seat for this one. china was expected to dominate on

the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are. they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the be

sought after outcome, and i wanted to take a moment to publicly acknowledge the city's power plant task force, the green action coalition, bright line defense project, as well as former mayor gavin newsom, the general manager, and the city attorney, and his office, and as previously mentioned, former district 10 supervisor sophie maxwell. i applaud all of them for their efforts and congratulate him for this significant achievement. and there's still much work to be done on this site, which now must be immediate for reuse. i look forward to facilitating a dialogue around these issues and in the upcoming months. on a little bit more sad and somber note, i am going to be closing -- ask that we close this meeting in memoriam in honor of my grandmother. she passed unexpectedly two weeks ago on march 12. just a little bit about who she was -- florence brown was born december 20, 1924, in new orleans, louisiana. for the most part of her life, she lived in san francisco, made her home in district 11 in the english side district. she had developed a very robust professional career and spent most of her working l

city is expected to top $25 million. >> 8:07 a.m. after years of waiting san jose public works project may finally be getting the green light tuesday. ncil will decide whether to fund renovation of the mchenry convention center it is home to annual silicon valley auto show and countless other events every year city leaders say updating the 22- year-old venue is a critical investment to boost the local economy san jose's 77 hoteliers will pick up most of the cost of construction they have agreed to charge guests an extra 4% hotel room tax. >>> two teens arrested in connection with the beatling of a cal train passenger the san jose man was beaten last friday at the redwood city station by a group of theory 15 people 18 and 19-year-olds arrested -- nearly 15 people, 18 and 19- year-olds arrested have been charged with assault the 44- year-old man is in critical condition still this morning police collected evidence and tip that is will lead to the arrest of other suspects. >>> wisconsin governor scott walker signed a bill into law eliminating most union rights. >> despite the nearly 100,000 protestors over the time. >> taking over the c

you may not see any showers at redwood city where we saw the green moving over your city.en miles of visibility in san mateo. less than a quarter mile in santa rosa. we have fog drifting around, we don't think it will stay up in the north bay, that's usually not the case. so watch out for fog development in the east bay heading throughout the morning hours with high pressure building in compressing the remnant moisture. that's what creates the foggy conditions. this is what we are expecting at noon today. mostly sunny conditions, especially along the coastline. a little bit of lingering activity in the east bay, but by 5:00 p.m. a dry area. friday looks fantastic. then more rain and wind on the way towards the weekend. we'll talk about that, 66 degrees today in san jose. not too bad in the south bay. back to you guys. >>> sounds good. you need to get out and about. 6:19 right now. one bay area group says video games are an art. see what it wants to do to convince other people they are right. >>> new charges this morning for the soldier linked to wikileaks and the reappeara

one was to reduce environmental impact, to create new uses for land in the city, and to foster green jobs, so there are key issues, out of which the ordinance cayman -- came. i states the san franciscans planning department integrates policies to support san francisco's food policy goes into elements in the general plan wherever they are outdated, and the other is section they -- a on the third page. they will conduct an audit for food-producing gardens and other agricultural purposes. i would like to introduce diego sanchez, who can walk you through the specifics, and we would be happy to answer any questions following that. >> i am presenting a proposed ordinance to amend the planning code within the city. the ordinance seeks to clarify the intensity of light of the taser while consolidating the current array of uses -- the intensity of uses well consult region while consolidating. it seeks to apply categories across all the streets, creating consistency. the planning code sites multiple uses, and certain categories are referenced while others are not superior and -- are not. the n

our economy is changing, as you know, we have been working hard to attract technology, green tech jobs for the city. i want to announce today yet another revelation. it is not just twitter. is zenga with their game and many other companies in the on- line game industry that is coming, that is beginning to expand their offices here in the city. it has been buying up 14 acres in mission bay because we have done the right thing in building that infrastructure. those kinds of technologies are still coming. they're still being attracted to our city. as of today, i wanted to make sure that you know that the other company has been here a while, but they are expanding. auto desk technologies, and their online entertainment software, is expanding. today, they just told me that they're adding some 16,000 more square feet to their offices that will invite another 75 people to work in the city to add to their 575 persons already. that is another indication that people have hope in our city. as long as we are headed in the right direction, we will get those jobs going. i do want to say to you that we have a big

so it's good for the environment, it's good for business, the city and the green chamber of commerce fully supports this ordinance. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. just for the record, this is my first night as president of the commission. i'm a little bit soft on the time value because i'm nervous and all of that good stuff. so if you could cooperate with me and my dealing with my nerves and help keep it down to two minutes, i don't want to cut somebody off and look like a really nasty guy over there. >> following we have nicholas milos, justin morgan, luther love. >> i'm aaron burke, san francisco business owner. i've owned a restaurant and also smault consulting practice in san francisco for many years. and i've tried a whole bunch of different ads. yesio pages, online, different trade association magazines and definitely there's more bang for the buck in a lot of those for me. it changed a bit over time. but to make a point when somebody was talking about the -- it seems like it would level the playing field to look at the yellow pages true distributing when all of

green. ♪ video from miyoko city. take a look at that.asses, taking out all those cars. the water carried houses, cars and debris for up to ten miles. then look at that ship, the boat, and right underneath the overpass there. roughly 9500 people in one northern town alone are missing tonight, which gives you a sense of why leaders are now saying they expect the death toll to climb above 10,000 people. we'll have much more on the devastation in japan throughout this newscast and of course nbc news is airing a special edition of "dateline" live from japan. lester holt is in tokyo. ann curry is on her way to sendai. that's coming up tonight at 7:00. we'll also check back with george kiriyama who's in japan. we'll do that of course at 11:00 tonight. right now we want to check in, change gears a little bit. we're checking in with lawrence scott and disappointment at st. mary's. >> when you see images like that, the ncaa tournament doesn't make too much sense but st. mary's looking at their march madness hopes taking a different turn. the selec

we need all the green we can get in this city, in this world, and especially in this block of peralta. president olague: thank you. >> good afternoon. i live at 120 haliday, corner of peralta. every morning when i walk my dog, there are illegally parked cars. these cars prevent fire trucks from reaching my home, should there be a fire. two years ago there was a fire at the corner of york. trucks were detained from getting there and the house was gutted. this is a danger to the neighborhood. if the project is scaled down to fit within the parking they can offer, it will make our neighborhoods sipper. -- safer. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is sean traffic. -- sean patrick. i have been here for 11 years, and my wife has lived on this block of peralta all her life. i would like to see this empty lot of some property built on it. i do not like empty lots in the neighborhood. i would be a supporter of a project in context with the rest of the week. i recently had work done on my property. i met with the neighborhood. i feel this has not been the case with the proposed project and t