as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership in energy and environmental design. it is a point base system for achieving sustainable and green neighborhoods. leed provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical solutions for green building design, construction and operation, and maintenance. in san francisco, we have a minimum requirement in the environmental code drop -- chapter 72 reach leed goals. our leadership goal is to reach platinum, which would require 80 points or more. as you see on the side, our initial take at reaching leed platinum status in the current status right now is that we can count on 75 points, and there are five more that are not secured. considerations for reaching leed in this interior are the hvac systems, electrical, lighting, the type of flooring, interior walls, as well as furniture. and using an existing building is consistent with overall sustainability. in sum, we have been working with real estate

san francisco boasts of being a green city, but this proposal is not a sustainable project. >> thank you. >> i urge you to make a thoughtful decision. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you for spending your evening to listen to all of our concerns. i am a native san franciscan. i am a mother, grandmother, and a great-grandmother. i am in full support of the parents and children who came here today to ask for what they want for their children. however, i oppose the eir and die welt spend a lot of part- time because there are so many -- and i will not spend a lot of our time tonight because there are so many others who want to speak. the people who oppose it had already spoken eloquently about the problems with the eir. i am here to tell you that i oppose it and i am hoping you will vet the information that you have. this eir is not complete as it has been presented to you. we knew it -- we need to preserve the wild places in golden gate park. and i thank you for your time. >> anyone else whose name i have called? let's keep going down the list. [reading names] >> goo

. -- 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 he 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

as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership

as is named for the green city index, we do think it is necessary for us to lead by example and had agoal of approaching the platinum interior. lead stands for leadership in energy and environmental design. it is a point base system for achieving sustainable and green neighborhoods. leed provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying practical solutions for green building design, construction and operation, and maintenance. in san francisco, we have a minimum requirement in the environmental code drop -- chapter 72 reach leed goals. our leadership goal is to reach platinum, which would require 80 points or more. as you see

college and the other colleges i teach in, what they extinct do in -- they seek to do is design green cities and green spaces and green technology. this is their great hope. so they will have both a job and a future and something they can look forward to. they want to make positive changes. and so i've come to believe that the most important thing we can do today, people of my generation, is to support all those who are engaged in these efforts, so that when the race for what's left is over, we will be left not with a depleted, exhausted, blighted world of massive poverty and despair, but with the world of light, culture, community, innovation and hope, and it's with that message i like to finish. thank you. [applause] >> i'm delighted you ended on a positive note because the impending perils are -- >> pretty grave. >> so i'd like to open the floor for discussion, and i ask that when the microphone comes to you, please identify yourself and try to keep your questions brief and to the point. susan? >> susan ol'son. thank you for your very carefully researched presentation. and for ending on a

green space? what happened to the ordinance is that the promises the city may years back when we want to keep her green space. it should be considered just as important as the densely populated cities. [chime] it should have the separation in those terms. president chiu: thank you very much. >> good evening, president chiu and supervisors. my name is ray, i live at golden gate way and i have been there for over 25 years. what i am asking you to consider is an obligation that you have as legislators and lawmakers to try to leave this city a better place for our children and our grandchildren. and for the life of me, i can't figure out how to get rid of nine tennis courts and two swimming pools is going to make this city better for children and grandchildren. i urge you to think about not your generation, but the generations to come, and what are they going to do to replace something as wonderful as this activity? thank you. houg>> have a small business owr in san francisco. my apologies to the labour community here, i appreciate the need to create more jobs. i regularly walk picket lines in support

out with something real, physical, local, a buildup that will hire a lot of people, that will green and the city, giving us real renewable, not just purchased on the market, which may or may not mean stuff gets built. that is where our strength is. now that the local power information is coalescing, we need to make sure we have final votes on this, hopefully around july and august, and sfpuc, so that becomes what we are selling to the public so that we can beat pg&e. chairperson campos: thank you. mr. brooks, is there any other member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other comment, questions? ok, let's go to item number 4. >> item number four, update on study on the voting process, including rank choice voting, for local offices in the city and county of san francisco. chairperson campos: thank you, and this is work that was started earlier this year. i know that mr. fried ihas been working diligently on this item. i know that some of you may have been briefed on the progress on this work. but i will turn it over to mr. fried. >> thank you very much.

. >> good afternoon, i represent the san francisco green party and our city. i just wanted to touch on a couple of things staff raised, the main on the polling data, mixed in with the p.g. in the announcement, and what this program is looking like. the stake holder meetings between lafco, sfpuc, a local power, and the advocates have been going pretty well. the local power information about the rollout is maturing. well, indicating a lot of very good things. it looks like there will be a lot of creative ways that we can use to build out to, for example, reduce the opt-out rate, which was raised at the beginning by very specifically targeting consumers who are willing to buy into the program at the beginning, to become part owners of that, things like that, renewable energy shares. if local power is able to come up with what it believes that it can, that also will give those customers a comparable rate to pg&e's correct rate, so it actually would not be higher, and that changes the whole dynamic with the polling. if we get that to happen, we don't have to pick a

thousands of empty regime activists have taken to the streets in the green syrian city of aleppo where human rights groups say people have been injured by. violence continues in the town of ras down we asked our forces attempted to break up defense lines set up by the opposition meanwhile the un chief says al qaeda militants were behind the deadly suicide car bombings that killed fifty five people in syria last week. puts the death toll from the crisis at ten thousand. california as a space x. company is set to make history sending a capsule carrying supplies to the international space station it will mark of the first time a private company has launched into space the unmanned dragon cargo ship is set to leave from cape canaveral in florida the u.s. government has given space x. and another company contracts to keep the eye is that stocked with food and equipment. next to russia and the similarly mundane everyday act of filling your car up at the petrol station except the men in this c.c.t.v. footage according to the person who posted the video decided to use a match to look into the

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a crash in glen arm at long green pike. in the citymadison street at ensor street, watch for an accident. 27 miles per hour in the west side outer loop. an accident in westminster at uniontown road. this is greenspring. outer loop traffic building as you get closer to the west side. those delays start to develop near 795. slowing southbound on the j.f.x. towards the construction zone. closures tonight from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. and every night until monday. follow those detours. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ava marie is talking shopping again. we loved it when you do that. >> we will embarrass all of the man at home. we're talking about a big girls might happening next thursday at greenspring station. it is a good night to get some good discounts on the shops and boutiques. there'll be free gifts with purchase. you can bring donations for ruth's closet. there will be collecting women's clothing and accessories. i'm alive at bare necessities. nd of a boutique. this is amazing. this to be great for it bridesmaid purchase.

open the first weed superstore in the country and now accused of taking a different kind of green from the city of oakland. >> for giants fans, owning this would be the ultimate prize. there you see it. why the gear used by your favorite player is now yours for the taking. >> oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh! >> tense moments at sea. a woman's camera keeps rolling as a boat makes an unexpected stop. >> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. the "weather center." that weekend's going to get warmer, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s for the south bay. warmer, temperatures in the thr quality. we'll talk about how hot it's going to get coming up in that seven-day forecast. >> the founder of the so-called walmart of weed is feeling heat from the city of oakland tonight. dar mann is facing 13 counts including fraud, forgery. he is the founder of the we grow marijuana superstore and now accused of pocketing $44,000 of grant money he received for upgrades to his oakland properties. city auditor courtney ruby tells us he submitted copies of phony checks for reimbursement and then redeposited the money into his own

green space? what happened to the ordinance is that the promises the city may years back when we want to keep her green space. it should be considered just as important as the densely populated cities. [chime] it should have the separation in those terms. president chiu: thank you very much. much. >> good evening, president ch

city will increase each year. and they will provide $50,000 each year in community impact fees, which will include cleaning and green efforts. the city will have a base return of $1 million each year for the contract. and the city may face on it at any time. >> it is an exceptional deal with a really good promoter. new have a legitimate chance at success at this point. this is the third agreement the city has struck for the grand prix. the first group, baltimore racing development, failed to pay $1.5 million in taxes and fees. now comes andretti sports marketing and a new message, downtown baltimore and its surrounding neighborhood will be open for business. >> we are making changes within the gates to be sure that people are able to go to places like little italy and to harbour east and federal hill and into mount vernon. >> mayor stephany rawlings-blake declined to comment saying it has been a difficult process, but they have what it takes to move forward and make this world-class sporting event successful for baltimore. the agreement goes to the board of estimates for approval may 16. >> the man convicted of shoo

rainy around the twin cities to green bay and the upper peninsula of michigan. thunderstorms in florida into the carolinas. a beautiful day meanwhile in the northeast. >> 75 degrees here in new york. 85 in atlanta. 88 in new orleans. 83 in kansas city. and 72 in chicago. another triple day in phoenix, unfortunately. 77 in sacramento. and 81 in salt lake city. >>> coming up next after the break, mounting losses for jpmorgan chase. think the letter "b" again. that grand tally getting worse. >>> and a new warning of foe closures across the country. >>> plus, what's that horse doing so far offshore? that and more, when we come right back. >>> there's mixed news on foreclosures this morning. nationally, fewer homes were seized by banks last month. down 7% from the previous month and 26% from a year ago. but in about half of the states where a judge has to approve foreclosure action, there were big increases. >>> another big story this morning, the losses suffered by jpmorgan chase on those trades gone bad reportedly, now, are growing. the total is up to $3 billion. t

striving to become green is one of the city's biggest goals, and this project is -- [chime] i am here to express my strong opposition to the project. >> my name is suzanne radcliffe, i have been a citizen of san francisco since 1969. i have had a business in this city, i have employed hundreds of san franciscans in that business and i have raised a child here. i am now retired. i have been a member of the golden gate tennis and swim club for over 25 years. i need this when there every day. i cannot use the public pools because they are not open and available for swimming every day. the cost is about the same. i don't like to hear it mentioned as a private club because it is a club you have to pay for, but anyone can belong. this has been fraught with dishonesty, it is inappropriate. i want to tell you one thing. i have a daughter that will not move back to san francisco because she said, mom, the city is not kid friendly. i grew up there and i knew from the time i was in school -- the only fun i had was that the golden gate tennis and swim club because you can be there with me in the

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green light. nothing complicated between dale city and baltimore on 95 in virginia and maryland as well. >> thank you. montgomery county expanding its speed cameras per gram,. >> the plan to add cameras in 18 more locations and will begin to use them within the next two weeks. new approach will be implemented this month. entire roadways will be monitored by speed cameras and will be continuously moved up the roadway. for complete list of locations log on to wjla.com. a heads up for drivers heading into the district this weekend. the ramp from the 12th street expressway to d street southwest will be closed from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on saturday. a detour will be in effect. the closure is necessary so crews can prepare for road work in nearby areas. 4:43, 65 degrees right now. >> trouble for a principal in prince william county. why she was arrested. >> and why the capitals will have to pay metro tens of ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the vertical chair-climb. it's not an olympic sport, but it takes real effort and it takes a diaper that fits their every move. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at

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

. >>> facebook is looking to expand their headquarters but first they have to get a green light from the city members of the armed forces in san francisco's area. >>> and we are off to a nice start, this is northbound 280, that traffic looks good and we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather. . >>> good morning to you welcome back t- tuesday may 29thth i am dave clark. >> we will check in with steve paulson, more cool weather ahead? >> yes, a couple of upper 30s , some sunshine once the fog burns off, a little warmer inland with a few mid-to-upper 70s, here is sal. >>> traffic is moving along well on 880 oakland which is northbound on the right there of your screen and also looking at the commute on the sunole grade traffic is moving along nicely and southbound 680 looks good as you drive down towards the area. allie rasmus is down in san francisco where one of the major streets is. good morning allie rasmus. >> reporter: it is open to traffic after being shut down the entire memorial day weekend and it was closed because construction crews working on a nearby p

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 and the 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'

the baltimore city council last night green lit the plan by 20% by the year bring propert ag wag this is an important first step and i'm looking forward to signing it. >> reporter: the mayor said the decrease will be paid for boy budget cut been -- for by budget cuts. it's a trend that the city hopes will attract new buyers and keep the families it already has. >> it's already been so expensive here. we all live in the city. i have three children. >> reporter: you don't want to move. >> we don't want to move. >> reporter: this will make it easier. >> we're happy about that. >> reporter: the plan passed because many city council members believe it will not interfere with other credits like the homestead tax credit. >> thanks a lot. >>> tonight you can expect some road closures around arundel mills and anne arundel county. abc2 news jamie costello joins us with the latest. hard to believe a month ago. >> reporter: the core discompany is behind the project. the diverging diamond interchange, the first of its kind in the state. it's at route 295 at arundel mills boulevard in hanover. it b

hours after he left afghanistan altogether, a suicide car bomb struck a place called green village just outside the city of kabul. it's a compound used primarily by westerners, kind of a safe haven to stay from the violence. the car bomb struck the entrance leaving a gaping hole and other suicide bombers, about three of them, got into the green village where they started firing their weapons as well. it was the afghan security forces who then killed those attackers. but, in the end, six afghans and at least one nep lease security guard was killed in the attack. the taliban claimed responsibility. they said this was because of the signing of the strategic partnership. they say they want the world to know those afghans who sat there with the americans signing the strategic partnership aren't the real afghans representing afghanist afghanistan. they say it's the taliban themselves who represent afghanistan. of course we're waiting to hear more reaction from the afghan people, proof now that the u.s. really is committed to afghanistan at least through 2024, something many afghans didn't believe at first. wi

city. the project addresses green space needs, lead concerns, housing and retail, and does so in an unusually balanced way. the project has been in the works for seven years and many modifications have been made to it. on behalf of susan and myself, i wish you would please all told the eir and approved the washington project. thank you very much." >> good evening, supervisors. i am here representing spur. since it is 11:10, i figured we are spending our evening together. i would like to have a real conversation with this board about the people we are actually talking about. the last nine years, i spend my time advocating as it shows co- worker -- as a social worker for the people we are referring to, the lower income residents we are -- of the city who are not living at 8 washington, living in our shelter beds, jail beds, hospitals. the individuals we are talking about in terms of affordable housing delivery in san francisco, they care about that $11 million that week bawk at. that is money that if i am working with a resident of the tenderloin, the bay view, any resident of this city, i ask

baltimore city has just given his company the green flag. >> reporter: after many twisted turns, the baltimore grand prix is officially back on. the city board of estimates approves a new deal with new groups. >> we've believed in the city for a long time. this is a world-class that deserves world-class events. >> the new organizers are well aware of last year's race managers went broke failing to pay the city and numerous local contractors. up until andretti. >> we are going to make sure we get everybody behind this thing. we are going to help them. instead of it being a hindrance, we are going to help. >> the new contract with ayers and up front payment for city services and guarantees admission and a amusement tax payments. >> you believe baltimore could be the second best indie rice. why is that? >> if you look at how huge it was last year, it's an amazing event. that was the first year. >> last year's race brought 160,000 spectators to downtown baltimore. an economic impact of almost $50 million filling city and state with almost $2 million each. >> race fans, race drivers. looki