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'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.

and my question, will be city consider more green signs like outside of the city hall. >> fluorescent green. >> yes, we will include that comment, green is a part of it and we talked about the integration of transportation, and have to include what we are facing with climate change. and more and more we are doing work with them as addressing the climate change issues. and that's futures are we won't be able to separate transportation from environmental. >> and i think she meant literally the hall and it's a light green color and we are firming up a city wide policy of a plan of bringing those out in the areas. >> and i took that opportunity to steer back to the green message. >> i am isabell and from the department of public health and working on a child issue and including the children in the thinking and planning, and mr. albert, you said in comments about pedestrians, that we are adults and remember that some of us are not adults and we are going through different stages of development and have our own challenges and needs. >> when i said that, that's why we set an example, and we

. -- jade green, city grids, the last bite of an ice cream cone. these are all my names. 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.

. -- jade green, city grids, the last bite of an ice cream cone. these are all my names. 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 children

agricultural or water contamination does not signify a good environmental responsibility on our part as a green cityalso urge you to recommend a ballot measure to reform the 1932 ordinance. competitive bidding and a formal service agreement on all aspects of collection, hauling, and disposal is the best way to keep rates even here lastly, landfills should be a thing of the past. europe is using mass incineration that is both cleaner than a barbecue grill and transfers heat to warm their homes. once again, san francisco could lead the way and institute the green technology. i am submitting an article about this from the "new york times." thank you. commissionersupervisor campos: e any other members of the public like to speak, please line up. >> we represent longshoremen in san francisco and the bay area. we have marine clerks from local 34 and 75. we also have a union that is purge workers and backhands. we have heard a lot of stuff today but we have not heard it all. there has been no study detailed and complete on barging. you do not know what the cost would be for a 300-container barge. it is a b

city. we have greens from little city gardens, a free-form, a number of backyard gardens or rooftop gardens actually. some support from the garden of the environment. they are here. any other forms or gardens i am forgetting? from across the city, that is actually pretty broad section of the city. this and salad dressing and plates and utensils. i hope we can raise a play or bold celebrate this new law. >> i would like to introduce karen. the key to this ordinance is that not only growing the fruit -- the food is illegal. it illegal. it is still illegal for the next five minutes. but selling it was the key to this. as you know, when it comes to local food production, san francisco has a lot of fight establishments that tried their best to use local food. the neighborhood gathering place in the district, she is here to talk about her work and her support of this. >> with my partner and amazing staff, we run it as a place i hope you'll will visit. i hope i don't start crying partly through what i have to say. the key for inviting me to be here and explain why the passage or the adoption of th

he wrote a book called green cities, urban growth and the environment and his most recent book, climatoplis features cities in the era of climate change. fun facts about matt kahn, he likes to talk about how much he looks like quentin tarantino. [laughter] >> the truth hurts. [laughter] so, matt, here's my question. climatoplis is written in the breezy popular style, and it has a sort of breezy optimism to it. you write at one point and i'm quoting here, the innovative capitalist culture will allow us to make a faludi stifel these cade from climate change most devastating impact. what makes you so sure of that? >> my mother always told me to avoid wishful thinking, and i always try to be provocative to see if the folks are a week. i take climate change very seriously now that 12 minutes is up -- [laughter] i love good jokes. i take climate change very seriously. and my optimism is really -- the core of my optimism, and i don't want you to walk away thinking i am a 90 optimist is that when we anticipate a challenge that our minds in the world of 7 billion people, perhaps 9 billion people, if

you have children crisscrossing the city, which does not help achieve the greening of the city or the schools. passing or leaving behind them at least four close middle schools. equity is also an issue. currently, middle schools have a lack of enrichment aunt honors programs. -- and honors programs. capacity based on your own numbers that you have given to us at the community forum, if all of the community's schools go to their intended cedars, the district is already above the 100% capacity. i went to thank them for running the community forum -- i want to thank them. before changing the assignment process, and then here are some other quick alternatives. some of the southeast middle schools that were closed in the last decade will where apparently 37% of the middle school students should be coming from possibly should be opened. make them arts or sciences or technology or make some complete immersion schools and leave room for some general education. there are concerns expressed about the feeder process. thank you. >> i am here to speak about beefeater proposal. to deny a child the

us being able to rise to the frofey standard of us being one of the most environmentally green conscious cities in this country and we would like to believe on this planet and at the same time alleviate and answer the large question about what are we going to do about congestion and about parking? we like very much the overtures that are being made about the -- certainly the complication, the challenge of congestion pricing. we really are very, very i think revved up by the federal government's gestures towards helping local governments like ours. we believe we have a great bookend strategy here about what we're starting on addressing congestion and congestion pricing and looking forward to the future leadership of the federal government and answering this in other cities around the country. and for us to expand our congestion pricing strategies here in san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] >> you now have the opportunity to introduce my chairman, man who served on the m.t.a. board of directors since 2006 and elected chairman in 2009. chairman tom nolan's background in policy making an

honoring christina taylor green, the youngest victim of the tucson shooting will be be unveiled at a baseball field. the statue was made from materials recovered at the world trade city after the 9/11 attacks. green was born on 9/11. >>> and today marks the anniversary of the ban of cigarette ads on tv. richard nixon, an avid pipe smoker sign today legislation. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. new photos of lindsay lohan outside a new york nightclub caused a stir about whether she was drinking, a violation of her probation. >>> and one woman's plastic surgery nightmare. she went in for an eye lift and she came out unable to blink. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a terrific weekend.

between lead for homes presidentially obverses green point rated -- presidentially, versus -- residentially? it is the primary standard recognized by the city for residential consideration, and there is a memorandum of understanding. lead is the leadership standard and lead for homes is a harder level to achieve. green point rated is designed to be credible but more friendly, so if you were just green -- you would not meet the minimum bar for lead homes, but if you were home certified, you could be simultaneously green point rated. does that answer your question? in most cases, for the sake of simplicity, that felt optional, to achieve multiple certifications. some credible standard that they're home has been built to some verification. but you could optional we choose to get certified, and there are other standards, as well. >> but if you hit lead, you certainly hit green point rating. it is builder friendly. it is a checklist, certainly. meeting the lead standard requires that your design team comes up with an overall strategy and be very integrated into the project as a whole. >> it is complex, especially for a single-family home develop

eric brooks speaking on behalf of san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization of our city. those of you who have already heard me speak about tsunami danger please listen. the san francisco green party in our city also just as sierra club insists this e.i.r. be recirculated. it is extremely deficient. you have seen my remarks hopefully about sea level rise. since those remarks, we have seen the japan tsunami happen. we have seen reports and n many newspapers about what would happen in the case of a similar tsunami from alaska which would raise at least by 10 feet the water level in an immediate sense around treasure island in the midst of that kind of an event. since then, however, i have also learned, and please look this up before you make a vote on this e.i.r., you can look it up online. look up cascadia zone, the fault off the coast of canada, washington, oregon and california and it is a fault that if it had a serious earthquake, it had one 300 years ago. it has one ever 300 years. it is a tsunami events. we are due for one and it would raise the water levels much hig

city what a place ♪ chairperson mar: thank you. mr. brooks? >> eric brooks, representing san francisco green party and our city.last week's planning commission hearing, we reiterated our strong opposition to this project and that the eir should be recirculated. we were joined by the sierra club and others in that same call for the eir to be recirculated. the reason for this is not only the past things i have seen -- i have said about c level dangers, but the main reason now is the massive financial and governments changes in this project. these changes have happened all within the last month. the have caused staff to completely rewrite this whole thing in the last month, notwithstanding the claim that the product is not changing. the fact that they are going to have 20% less financing and do not know whether they can get that number back up from the state not only affects local hiring, not only affects affordable housing, but you heard them say today that the future preparation for sea level rise depends on future financing. if we are going to start this project with 25% less financing and no guarantee it is go

i should say that the company in associated with, green cabbage, could be the only one in the city not charging but strivers credit card fees. it would be hard to foes that had charged and we have no intention of doing so. as long as companies are allowed to pass on their charges to drivers, green tab is going to be at a competitive disadvantage. where if companies simply with credit charges made them part of their regular costs and those costs are

i should say that the company in associated with, green cabbage, could be the only one in the city not charging but strivers credit card fees. it would be hard to foes that had charged and we have no intention of doing so. as long as companies are allowed to pass on their charges to drivers, green tab is going to be at a competitive disadvantage. where if companies simply with credit charges made them part of their regular costs and those costs are reimbursed through the driver fee that they pay the company, it would be a level playing field. i should also said that i've heard that many companies, i know that many companies are in violation of even the standards that this agency has set. i have heard of drivers furnishing the social security coverage -- corporate [tone] >> thank you. >> . toronto. i wanted to address a couple of these issues. i am hoping that you will also examine this on the 17th. i will not complain about the fact that the meeting will love be held until the 17

the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the greenh 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 beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decid

exactly. >> as you drive around the city, you see a lot of green walls, green garbage can, green poles. several years ago when we started to abate graffiti, it became very costly for us to start going around and using different colors. we joined hands with the public and one of the things we came up with was one color for our street furnitureture and one color everybody can use to start with this graffiti. i can tell you, it's made a huge difference. the green walls look nice and we could do other things nice with them. for now, at least we are fighting off those vandals by using this green color. >> three more minutes. right there? >> if question is for mohammed. there's a whole lot of graffiti between caesar chavez and silver. there's this one doughnut shop on silver that i'm very close friends with the owner. it gets hit like once or twice a week. and also those vans and trucks over there, like box trucks, they always get hit. and, yeah,