it's a negative impact on san francisco's goal for a green city. will they're there be a cost savings. the number 3 is not the most under used lines. thirty to 35 have lower use and 20 of the lines have lower use in the night time hours. the eir plans to expand buses on the number 2 and 22 and 34. if 50 percent of our riders go over to their buses they would have to add considerable 76 percent of the eliminated buses would have to add and that's a case of robbing he peter to help paul. we'll be hurting those who cannot afford cars and the elderly and hurt those people who can't afford to hire taxis and sealed it will push those people who are doing the right thing for the environment by taking the bus thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners i live on jackson street. isn't there a positive fix to this? rather than cutting service and forcing more use of private transportation can't we work to take muni in and out of our neighborhood. there are 7 schools in our neighborhood. this would possibly reduce the congestion during pickup and d

hundreds of megawatts of local installation and hiring the california workers to make this city a green city. and started bringing in a deal for this country and if we get it done here it will spread. and the union labor is going to be key to that and so i want to make sure that the commission knows that we are strongly up portive on that. and i think that the shell contract itself is just a pretty tiny start up to the larger program. we are not thrilled with the idea of necessarily delaying the start up just because it is shell. i think that one of our objectives is that from our standpoint is that she'll role is only at the beginning and only in that small bit and temporary and not ongoing that there is a pec staff itself take over the role that shell starts of purchasing energy and you have heard from her that is possible to at least get that going in the next or in a couple of years. so i think that what i am getting at is that we are not opposed to moving forward with a competitive and not-to-exceed rate, and at your next meeting, and that let's get that out of the way so that we can ge

we first got wind of it when someone saw this online contest this is a very big and a very green city the best way for us to find them was to look for landmarks in the pictures many have planned this stunt is a bit of student high jinks towards the end of the academic year however this could be the start of something far bigger say those in the legal profession i think that this. is an act of civil disobedience should be a starting point for a much wider discussion on legalizing all kinds of drugs are not doing it i am not . made up my mind to it but we should have this discussion supporters of the activists believe that used responsibly cannabis could be far less dangerous than things like alcohol and tobacco many people think that you can actually consume it . and assume as you have that a responsible approach towards consumption then it should not be a problem to legalize that supplying the drug carries a prison sentence in germany so far no one connected with the raising of this crop has faced any legal action due to the your ability of the plant meaning it can grow just about any

sectors such as the office retail sectors and restaurants and hotels and more, being green makes a big impact here in the city, economically and environmentally. and so, over the course of one year, our greens and businesses have reduced over 36 million pounds of co2 and diverted 1.6 pounds of waste by composting and waters through the greening measures that we asked them for undertake because that makes sense by using less water and less energy you will save those as an environmental impact because if you use this you will have less utility costs and that helps a business's bottom line. >> so with the program, we are there, each step of the way to help the businesses, and some of the direct out reach that we do, to businesses, are through, indepth phone consults and on site visits from january, 2013, to june of 2013, so far we have conducted 32 sfoen consults and help to educate, and answer questions and set up audits and offer the rebates to a variety of small businesses and also on a larger scale, the program puts out a quarterly newsletter that goes out to the recipients and we also have a facebook page a

. ♪ >> tampa, florida, is a green city. >> there used to be a motto, tampa is where the good life getsetter 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 hillsboro 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 arrive in a similar state. >> we are seeing more and more men and women a

city wants to do a check, [speaker not understood], take it out. and again, i mentioned before then there is the project for greening the city. they are asking for bid and one of it is promoting the planting of trees in the city. friends of urban forest is planting the trees of the city. rpd is cutting the trees because they don't like the kind, not because they are hazardous. i don't know about the 59 trees. 21 of those are going to be removed. 21 is two-fifths. is it possible to remove the trees and give the trees to forestry and [speaker not understood]. thank you. >> i might point out as a matter of information the packets are posted online and there is a description that the trees were evaluated and were deemed hazardous under the standards for the department, just as a matter of information. next speaker, please. >> kelly. >>> sfgov, there's a video again. i put this up so you don't have to look at my ugly mug. this project, the [speaker not understood], is for the construction of the infrastructure or an sbrn artificial field. it is specifically designed for an sbrn artificial field. it should be noted coincidentally p

that's what we need to do to save our city hundreds of millions of dollars in energy consumption a year and set an example to everybody of how to save energy, to be greenble, to be responsible. the city is leading the way. >> it will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. that's the sfpuc building. it's a wonderful building. ♪ ♪ >> all right, everyone, want to say thank you all for being here today at balboa park and want to say, first off, thanks to the trust for public land who played a key role in renovating balboa park and to put it to be where it is today. and i want to thank you all for your efforts. you know, one of the best parts about being an elected official is the ability to effect change in san francisco in a very positive way. and today i'm very proud to announce that after two years of incredibly hard work on behalf of a lot of people, we are announcing a new project in san francisco to bring free wi-fi to 31 different parks, plazas, and open spaces across our city. from areas such as the marina green to washington square park to sunset playground, all a moe square, civic cente

to pressure city government to make folsom street safer for cyclists using measures now in place on market street, like a physical barrier between bikes and cars and painting the lane green. >> the city has not shown the urgency it should for safety on south of market street. >> it takes time and money to get this work done. >> reporter: metropolitan transportation authority spokesman paul rose. >> even green paint would take a planning process and outreach process and an implementation process. >> reporter: that would take years. >> there have been plans on the books for more than a decade to improve folsom street. >> reporter: true. but those plans were put on hold for five years by a lawsuit from a person who didn't like them. >> we can start looking at it now and exploring those options and getting something done. >> reporter: in the meantime, it's every cyclist for himself. >> if the bike hits a car, it's a little dent. if the car hits the bike, it's major problems. >> reporter: some measures could be part of a pilot program which might start in a year or so. but long-term fixes wouldn't go into effect until about 2017. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >

that's what we need to do to save our city hundreds of millions of dollars in energy consumption a year and set an example to everybody of how to save energy, to be greensustainable, to be responsible. the city is leading the way. >> it will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. that's the sfpuc building. it's a wonderful building. ♪ ♪ >> the most ribbon cutting and most ribbon cuttings, we keep everybody off limits and then we cut the ribbon and then stuff happens. you can't stop them. you can only hope to contain them in there so we're going to let everybody continue to play. so, it's been said that, that success has many, many, many parents and there are many parents, many people who have contributed to this outstanding, outstanding effort. we are so, so proud of this project and so thrilled to be able to give a new face to lafayette park. this park has tremendous history, from a city attorney who claimed ownership of 12 acres in the 1860s, holiday hill, how many know about holiday hill? right? where the city attorney actually thought he owned a piece of this. to a professor who set up th

that's what we need to do to save our city hundreds of millions of dollars in energy consumption a year and set an example to everybody of how to save energy, to be greenainable, to be responsible. the city is leading the way. >> it will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. that's the sfpuc building. it's a wonderful building. ♪ ♪

that's what we need to do to save our city hundreds of millions of dollars in energy consumption a year and set an example to everybody of how to save energy, to be greenble, to be responsible. the city is leading the way. >> it will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. that's the sfpuc building. it's a wonderful building. ♪ ♪ today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce