. -- 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

. >> i am a citizen of this wonderful city and san francisco pride itself on being a green city. we are the best recyclers in the country and maybe in the world. we compost, we recycle, we really is. why would we want to put plastic down in our park backs there is no good reason for it. it is not biodegradable, it is not ecologically sound, it will have to be replaced and what will we do with all that plastic? where is it going to go? it is a horrible idea. many people who have spoken more eloquently than i can about other reasons why, and fervently, plastic is wrong. the gentleman who spoke before me talking about the light pollution, right now we have an amazing view in our western part of the city. why would we ruin it with lights every night of the year? surely, they're not expecting kids to be playing soccer until 10:00 p.m. 3 rudder 65 days of the year. i understand that i and other areas -- in other areas that have such lighting, they have been limited to 18 or 20 days a year that they like it at night. 3 rudder 65 dacey year in my opinion is treated 65 days to much. thank

. >> we are on the way to becoming a sustainable, liveable, green city that has become the healthiest, if not the healthiest in america. >> four people are riding their bikes to metro. transit agency reported bike parking is up. right now 85 of 86 stops have bike racks available and bike parking has increased more than 4,000 spaces. they hope to triple the number of people who bike to the station by 2020. >> this year's u.s. olympic medal winners will come home with more than just bragging rights, they have to pay taxes on the winnings. they are required to add the value of their medals to their taxable income. a gold medalist earns $25,000, silver $15,000 and bronze is $10,000. and donna toreez is outraged about the tax. >> athletes struggle just to stay alive to do what they love to do and to be able to compete and represent the united states. so not everyone is a michael phelps or ryan lochte who makes a lot of money so to get taxed on what they win is a little bit of an outrage. >> two senators have introduced legislation to make them exempt from paying taxes on their winnings. >>

are able to enhance the clinginess of the city by enforcing ordinances -- by enforcing city ordinances. the greening of the city continues. and right of way programs. we continue to be -- lead the implementation of st. parks, and great street programs. in the bureaus, we began a restructuring and consolidating of bureaus into two divisions. one infrastructure and the other building. this change will improve the integration and delivery of projects for the city in a more efficient and timely manner. will begin the centralization of our i.t. department. we started integration with one unit that will provide centralized data and centralized supportwe will be replacing all software systems into a design applications. in permitting and consolidation as part of the reorganization and redid move our inspection functions to the bureau of streets matching your good -- streets matching villaraigosa -- streets matching. we did start the process of relinquishing. we hope to relinquish as many as 6000 trees. it will bring us to 16,000 trees. >> i know they will be taxed very much with implementing some of the bo

. ♪ >> tampa, florida, is a green city. ♪ >> located on the gulf coast of the sunshine florida is a gleamingy. >> there used to be a motto, tampa is where the good life gets better every day. >> but a dark cloud has steadily cast a shadow over tampa. >> we saw the prescription drug abuse epidemic really start to appear on the radar here in the tampa area. and it continued to grow. and the result now is our drug treatment systems are taxed to the limits. and our county jails are now becoming taxed to the limits. >> colonel jim, a former secret service agent, runs the two facilities that make up the hillsborough county jail system. located just outside downtown tampa, the jail has a capacity of 3,000 inmates. and four miles away, the orient road jail has room for 1,700. it's also the site of intake, where men and women are processed into the jail. >> line up along the wall here. >> unlike prison, where all the inmates are convicted, the majority of jail inmates have only been charged with the crime and are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. but these days, many of them first arr

green infrastructure portion of the process today. first, the context and how validation fits into the multiple ways that dream infrastructure is being implemented throughout the city and the larger community. then i will introduce the next efforts in our project and briefly describe green infrastructure technologies and how they have been analyzed within the potential benefits. that i will recommend early presentation projects to the budget. the green infrastructure portion of the validation is part of a larger set of strategies we have been gauging within to encourage green infrastructure throughout the city. in 2010 the commission approve the storm water maintenance ordinance, approving projects > 3000 square feet that are redevelopments or new projects, which are required to manage storm water on site. currently there are more than 6000 projects, with 48 located on the base side alone. residents and businesses can take advantage of our program and we have been pursuing other projects within. puc is also promoting green infrastructure as part of each project, integrating it into our programs to continue our community incentive grants programs as feasible. this c

certain amount of the environmental movement these days is focused on cities, on walkable cities, green cities urban farming and all that. did mr. brower ever take an interest as an environmental lapel? thank you. >> i think the locomotive that drove him was wilderness and that was how he started and i think that gave him -- that's what he cared about he was very quick to give them is that feathers issues, but he quickly regarded environmental. it is nuclear proliferation. he was very quick -- he brought a lot of different themes into this movement. he mentored and smart farming and so i think he was. he was interested in all these things, all these aspects. >> this is your exercise >> this is your exercise program. >> the young people, i would wonder if you had a 20-year-old, the new millennial. are they embracing the same view for a different view, or do you have a read on the really people? there seems to be something new and exciting they are doing. i wonder if you might have an eye as to how attracts with you are viewing of the movement from its beginning. how is that changed at all? >> t

in preserving a certain amount of the environmental movement these days is focused on cities on green cities, on the urban farming and all that. did mr. brower ever take an interest in urbanism as an environmental locale? thank you. >> i think the locomotive that drove him always was the wilderness. i think that was how he started and i think that gave him -- that is what he cared about most but what he did was, he was very quick on all these other issues that he correctly regarded as environmental. nuclear proliferation and i'm doing a piece now. he was very quick to -- he brought a lot of different themes into this movement and urbanism was one of them. people like michael a. bowman who he mentored in in the smart farming and so i think he was -- he was interested in all of these things. >> this is your exercise program. the young people, i wonder if you have any millennials? are they embracing the same or do you have a read on the real young people? there seems to be something new and exciting that they are doing and i wonder if you might have an insight as to how it tracks with your feel

the first phase of our city wide green infrastructure projects and the combined discharge structure refurbishments. taking all this planning work and getting it through design and construction. when we look at southeast plants, we are looking at doing all of our planning up front in phase one so we will know everything that is going to occur, the timing. we are looking at phasing the construction and the construction dollars. if we were to lay that on the scorecard for phase two, that is approximately $3.2 billion. the breakdown is shown for treatment, collection, and program management. if you look further at this schedule, the implementation schedule, face to is laid out on the timeline. some of our projects are going all the way out to your 20 of the program. if we look at phase three of our implementation strategy, that is finishing delivering the entire $6.933 million. we are completing other programmatic work. if you look at that, it is just under $1 billion. if we lay it out on the schedule, we have the complete 20-year program. we have three phases of funding. what we would be looking to d

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

jean green lives in city supportive housing and getting her life together again. green is excited to be in the program. >> this is giving back because they need a home. and i think that person can enjoy getting that wonderful home. >> there have been critics of the program. among them, animal rights group peta. >> this is saying peta is wrong in opposing a plan to help both homeless and dogs that need a home. and there is peta dogged with criticism of woof and says the mix can be a zafter. >> poorly socialized. and they're being put together with a population of folks dealing with challenges. >> and he countered that they've been screened and back on track. >> they're individuals have been through a job and have gotten a gold star. >> and there are 10 care givers that work p pairs. the program is funded by a grant of $10,000 but peta says it will give the city 10,000s fdz they stop the program. that, peta says can go to homeless program was outdoings or help families who have dogs that they want fixed but don't have the money. >> and he's spent years working on the

kirk green heads a suburban mormon congregation near salt lake city. >> it is one thing to go to church, listen to some one speak, go home and say that was nice. it is different to have that get into your soul and try to see people that need help and fog ye -- figure out can we help them. >> reporter: help from the pocket books and good work by mormons, mormons fast once a month and the money spent on those meals gets collected and goes to help the needy. as the it turns out. mormon incomes mirror those of the rest of us which means there are a lot more than a few mormons who could use a lift. as a matter of fact one quarter of all u.s. mormons earn $30,000 a year or less. when they have trouble making end meet their needs are met in a big, big way. this is a rare look into the utah bishops central warehouse in salt lake city. there is sugar. there is salt. there is wheelchairs. there is toilet paper.

. >> you wantuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuú 60s we will all be in the 50s tonight clearlake six city one greenh where drizzle is possible a lot of mist handling in the air probably flight arrival days into sfo again tomorrow morning. tomorrow we drop a couple degrees, it is the coolest day in the forecast, notice the sea breeze lets up a little, hype pressure comes in temperatures closer to average by friday and saturday may see a little wobble sunday and monday. >>> she severely sunburn, she has -- multiple hits she has strained bicep muscle she could barely walk. >> this was nyad's fourth attempt at the record her 63rd birthday is tomorrow. >>> a bill that would keep your boss from asking your password to sites such as twitter and facebook cleared a key hurdle, the measure was passed yesterday it comes from complains that employers were asking for employee passwords so bosses could check social media pages for asking questions it couldn't legally ask. >>> proof this morning that sex sells. thanks to huge sales of the racy trilogy that women line-up for 50 shades of grey ing book seller barne

. >> you wantuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuú 60s we will all be in the 50s tonight clearlake six city one greenh where drizzle is possible a lot of mist handling in the air probably flight arrival days into sfo again tomorrow morning. tomorrow we drop a couple degrees, it is the coolest day in the forecast, notice the sea breeze lets up a little, hype pressure comes in temperatures closer to average by friday and saturday may see a little wobble sunday and monday. >>> she severely sunburn, she has -- multiple hits she has strained bicep muscle she could barely walk. >> this was nyad's fourth attempt at the record her 63rd birthday is tomorrow. >>> a bill that would keep your boss from asking your password to sites such as twitter and facebook cleared a key hurdle, the measure was passed yesterday it comes from complains that employers were asking for employee passwords so bosses could check social media pages for asking questions it couldn't legally ask. >>> proof this morning that sex sells. thanks to huge sales of the racy trilogy that women line-up for 50 shades of grey ing book seller barne

we are a green city. we have a beautiful city. host: we are listening. please continue. caller: thank you. we are a smart meter city where we have installed our own system. i want to thank the gentleman from edison for his wonderful explanation of the management distribution maintenance and restoration of our system. i think the an opportunity to bring forward the needed infrastructure. one of the damning reports, the alliance for american manufacturing grated our infrastructure as a d. that grading leads to how it is that we become a dependent and vibrant economy as the infrastructure needs are about 50 years old. guest: that is an excellent point and i can see you're a student of the industry. smart meters are a new way of being able to be responsive to customers if there are a major outages. the meter has two-way communications between the customer and the utility. the utility does not have to drive around in a truck to look at who's porch light is on. the meter is one part of what we call creating a dynamic and smart electricity grid or distribution grid. to make the

those will be connecting people from bart up to event areas in the north of the city, the marina green it will provide connection to the regular service and will continue to provide regular service to our regular riders. there will be increased demand testing does, bart and the ferry and the golden gate writers providing enhanced service. there will also be freed valet bike parking at the green. and anyone who does need to drive, despite all the great transit service and bike parking, should use the satellite parking lots. there is good information on the america's cup website and presumably on our website. there is also a web page on the 511.org website for the america's cup. we're looking for a bigger event in october and then another next year. the next rail related item, just an update on the central subway. in terms of the full funding grant agreement, it has advanced from the executive branch of the federal government to the legislative branch. that is moving well in terms of construction. we're just about finishing the second of our utility location contracts. the tunnel contrac

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'

showers from omaha to the twin cities and green bay. thunderstorms along the gulf coast, from south texas over to florida. also, pretty wet in the carolinas. >> 80 from new orleans to new england, the midwest and rockies. 96 in phoenix. and just 66 in seattle. >>> coming up after the break, an ominous warning from washington saying another recession is imminent unless congress takes quick action. >>> plus, good news for iphone fans. there are more signs this morning that an all-new version is just weeks away. >>> and the other bike. not just for luke skywalker anymore. >>> welcome back, everyone. the congressional budget office is warning that the u.s. will plunge into another recession unless congress acts before the end of the year. if not, a hefty series of tax increases and budget cuts will kick in january 1st. the cbo also predicts the unemployment rate will remain above 8% for 2012. >>> economists are seeing the start of a recovery in the housing market. existing home sales were up last month. and prices are about 9% higher than a

congested that i mentioned for the streets of any major city, san francisco being our lead city here, partnering with the green parking council and our partners in urban mobility, we will now bring together the parking systems with these cars, so you will be able to pick up a car, drive anywhere in the city, you can return it to one of these stations. soon you will be able to do it from out of the airport and as well in palo alto. i am delighted that you have a grander scheme of where this may work. we will add more vehicles to this over time, but in terms of park now,

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

louis, indianapolis, detroit, and kansas city, green bay included, all need to be on high alert. we're talking about dangerous and damaging winds with large hail possible, too. let's get to the active tropics. we have tropical storm ernesto, which should be a hurricane by the weekend. and across the yucatan. some of the models take it into the gulf and eventually close to texas. again, all eyes on that. also, a new tropical storm just developed. florence is way out there. we'll be watching that, too, as we go through the weekend and start of the week. we have so much here in the national high temperatures i want to focus in on. dallas at 104. omaha, look at that, 80. obviously, there's cooler air right behind. and back into the northwest, a big story happening. their first little hint of summer. at least the hottest they've seen. and back into the far southwest, phoenix 108. >> until this weekend, seattle and parts of the pacific northwest haven't had much in the way of summer. wait until you see how warm they are. that's coming up in my next weather. >> and oklahoma greats a bre

congested that i mentioned for the streets of any major city, san francisco being our lead city here, partnering with the green parking council and our partners in urban mobility, we will now bring together the parking systems with these cars, so you will be able to pick up a car, drive anywhere in the city, you can return it to one of these stations. soon you will be able to do it from out of the airport and as well in palo alto. i am delighted that you have a grander scheme of where this may work. we will add more vehicles to this over time, but in terms of park now, he will be able to turn your vehicle there, pre- booked the system, which takes away the uncertainty, takes away a lot of the reason why people not only have two cruise the streets looking, but also waste their valuable time as well. it gives me great pleasure to show you a little video now as to how it is all going to work. >> hello, i am the director of mobility services at bmw. as a car company, we spend a lot of time thinking about the freedom of mobility and the increasing urban environment. drive now, the bmw car shared experience, featuri