we've not lived up to the great promise we should have as a green city we need more advocate and eddy will be strong. >> thank you supervisor chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> i'm sorry supervisor breed - >> thank you, mr. chair i will be joining my colleagues in supporting eddy he's one of the hardest working and atheist advocates and along with his organization of bright line i've found their work for green jobs and hiring and for building important community partnerships to be instructional in moving forward for significant project. i know that the support he has on the ground from representatives from dr. espanola jackson to a b u confirms the work he's done i'm happy to support him >> thank you supervisor breed. >> i want to add a few more comments i've not worked with eddy but what i've experienced with my midtown. i don't have a large laundry list of experiences but i felt the judgment of bright line and it was problematic for the residents that's the reason i'm making a decision like that for clarity purposes i heard a lot of great things about eddy and his work and i'm glad t

the stores on sunday flight of the southern chinese city of nine in the city is known as china's green city. they were tending the seventh annual green company summit organized by the time on sports club hundred companies including ali baba ibm as well as the one the group were chosen as this using green companies or low cost details the new new lambton quay companies had one great niece and a sea of people are stupid and greedy. i did things include stephen mckee sustainable grants. i mean since it's your responsibility and can stand on the environment. solutions will pull more trees than the great unknown group the need to string automation new and antique its destination and new ways of charging high speed cars apparently these products account for thirty percent of our protection. the speaker twenty million out in the future. yes complaints by major companies. seattle was put into disgusted that the ndp strategy. the temple grounds especially on the backs of the broker said on the country's inclined to kids. recent reports revealed that need twenty percent returns from asking contending

commissioners the matter is submitted >> i'll move to deny this this is in direct conflict with the city's greening effort. >> okay. we have the motion by wanting to deny the appeal and uphold the dependent on the basis the permit was appropriating denied and with the cities greening efforts. >> commissioner fong. commissioner hwang is absent and commissioner hurtado and that passes four to zero we're on our last item on one hundred thorton >> commissioners, i have a financial conflict and within 5 hundred feet of the project and prior to me departing i want to thank everyone for staying late especially my neighbors in the back. i think a lot of this at&t has consistently said the process is overly lengthy and unfair. at the same time this is a pretty good lesson that if at&t would do more outreach and identify additional areas that if 1, 2, 3 didn't work we wouldn't have this backlog of cases this is something we've discussed last time we we can only make the suggestion if they don't want to listen they don't have to that's my suggestion >> thank you, mr. johnson we can hear your opening argument.

can engage in so we can do better at the green infrastructure and leverage our dollars differently for example, if another city department had a bond that maybe they would include some money in their bond to do green infrastructure like tearing up a major artery but i think it's approximately 12 people they're like developers, green infrastructure specialities and folks that can help us what plant materials and folk folks with are policy expertise but this is call previously the kitchen cabinet and we renamed it. >> well, i know what a kitchen cabinet is but would there not be no one from 24144 because i have a great concern about the red. >> the red okay. >> yes. i'd like to among my own appointee. >> good afternoon emile crews while the lion share the phase one of our ssi p is happening in the southeast community clearly the sewer system will operates sfrarl to there are technical groups broke up by areas one is the mroont where there's a lot of work in the community other efforts like green infrastructure spread throughout the city that's critical for two thing one is that the representatives the entirety o

this year is green city theme. ly 30% of new energy came from solar power in the united states, now a technology out of california could make american cities more efficient. jacob ward is in davis, california, talking to us about a system that produces clean, renewable power. jake. >> that's right. this is a beautiful place i'm at. in the distance, behind me, is the hills that begin napper, and between them and us is the central valley. it's one of the most agriculturally productive parts of the united states. as of today a new system will allow scraps from that food to power 500 homes, thanks to these biodigestors. i have a lot of cool things i could have showed up. i decided to get you up close and personal to a clean form of fuel. >> it was a little water melon, lasagna, bananas. it's token garbage. what sets the system apart is that this doesn't have to be mixed with water. it can go right. >> the digester in solid form, get spun from a little while in this system, and get slowly pulled into the chambers here, w

the theme this year is green cities.as been to one area in new york. >> we have bok choy, and green leaf lettuce. >> reporter: this business itself is expanding. >> building a facile like this on a roof top certainly has its challenges. >> reporter: the cofounder claims to have one of only two roof top gardens in the country. and wants to grow more. >> we were able to attract a significant amount of investment. we have raised over $15 million to date. >> reporter: this is about as local as it gets. the second greenhouse was built on top of a whole food's supermarket. the mained a van -- advantage is the shortened supply chain. they tell their produce right downstairs. this reduces the energy used to transport the produce as well as the cost. many stores in new york get its food from california. it's a model that appears to be gaining an interest as well as investors. bright farms is another company raising money to finance urban farms. >> we come in and say we're going to grow produce on a commercial scale level locally

this year's theme is green cities. working to make clean renewable power. >> reporter: this is the central valley. it's probably one of the most agriculturally productive parts of the united states. soon the food groans in these fields will be providing electricity to 500 homes thanks to these bio digesters. now i had many technology i could have shown you on earth day but i decided to show you up close and personal something that is very futuristic and very clean fool. >> there is a little watermelon, a little lasagna for you. a little bananas. this is token garbage. what sets this system apart is that this doesn't have to be mixed with water. it can just go right into the digester in solid form like this. get spun for a little white in this system, and then gets slowly pulled into the chambers here which collect methane gas. garbage that is loaded here will put out enough power to power 500 homes. in a community like davis where the university is here, it's perfect as a closed system. that's what really sets this apa

the theme this year is green cities, and urban farms play a big part.e went to one in new york. >> reporter: we got bok choy growing there. we have green leaf lettuce. >> reporter: lettuce and tomatoes are not the only things growing at gotham greens. >> we want to be as lightweight as possible. >> reporter: he claims to have the only two commercial rooftop greenhouses in the country, and they're in the process of building more. >> i think investors were very intrigued due to this growing trend in the marketplace of locally sourced food, sustained produced food. we were able to attract investment. we raised $15 million. >> this is about as local as it gets. the second. gotham greenhouse was built right on top of a whole foods supermarket. the main advantage of growing produce in the urban environment is the shortened supply team. >> gotham specializes in highly perishable fruits and vegetables and herbs. they ship it downstairs as well as throughout the region. this reduces the transport the produce as well as the cost. >> many get their produce from ca

report that we have continued to be very active at the california puc on pg&e's green tariff application. for context, the city supports the development of a green tariff. we've said that in various policy documents. the city supported sb 43 which was a law passed in 2013. it requires [speaker not understood] with certain elements and we'll stay engaged to make sure the program is designed to succeed, but is also fair and equitable to customers. what pg&e has filed, they proposed a program at the california puc that would allow customers to voluntarily purchase up to 100% of their energy needs from small and medium sized solar projects located within their service territory and by small scale they're talking 20 megawatts or less. the program would initially rely on projects fitting this description that are already in pg&e's portfolio. so, not a new build opportunity, but existing resources. and pg&e has stated that they would eventually -- the program would eventually result in the development of new projects spurred by the number of customers that enroll and their green tariff program. our objectives in the

a day for action to protect the environment, emphasis this year on green cities. at the zoo" posted by cofounder of youtube. thursday, return of competitive swimming of michael phelps. entered three events in mesa, arizona. friday, northwestern university scholarship football players vote on whether to form a union. the green light of national labor relations board. saturday a section of stage wall from the ed sullivan show signed by the beatles goes up for auction. for today this is one of those rare easter sundays celebrated on the same date by churches both east and west. which means this is the perfect day to tell you about the treasure ukrainian tradition. ♪ it might not be as hard as walking on egg shells but drawing on egg shells is no easy task. the ukrainian tradition of the pysanky is a tedious process taking hours, sometimes days. despite appearances these patterns are not painted but drawn using bee's wax and colorful dyes. the wax heels covered areas from the dyes the wax is melted a way revealing the details beneath. dating back to pagan times, and e

cities need to do this. the climate action strategy is an impressive piece of work. cataloging the green house gases was a huge undertaking it is to meet our instruction and i want to commend the department. if we want to be a great city it's up to us to generated the political will to implement those strategies. the climate changes is happening and appearing inur lifetime. very soon society will have no choose but to address climate change now. if we don't take the responsible action we've been forced to react, down the line. this is great work on this report my concern is we have city government that's at odds with itself on one side of the aisle we have huge effort to flake to respond to the crisis of climate change and a report that lays out the steps and laid out the clear steps and retransacted some of the steps especially clean power sf. i think the work that the department has put out needs to be shared so i welcome the department to be here and welcomed the mayor's office but i've declined the environment director has decided not to come or has made an excuse not to be here. wha

>> good afternoon again, supervisors, eric brooks, san francisco green party and our city, san francisco. i just want to just tag my comments on the previous applicant and just encourage you that if you approve these applicants, which it appears you probably will and you may have very good reasons for doing that, i would appreciate you pursuing their tenure on the board and the rest of the board's decisions at treasure island with diligence as you just did with this boat insurance issue so that these matters of the radioactive and other contamination on the island are properly veted so that we're protecting the citizens that currently live on that island and the citizens that may live there in the future. thank you. >> any other public comments on this matter? seeing none, supervisors, colleagues? >> through the chair, i am happy to give miss tsen an opportunity to continue serving since she just started in november. >> motion is passed for your willingness to serve, get out there and clean it up. okay, madam clerk, item no. 3. >> item no. 3 is a hearing to consider appointing two member

largest cities in the country factor in air quality, alternative modes of travel, lakes, hiking trails and parks. paul joins us now from the newly crowned green city, mayor, congratulations. good to see you. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be with you. >> people have lots of reasons to love madison. i have never heard anyone who say they don't like it. you have a great mix of cultures, you have the university, state capitol and all sorts of things going on. why did you get the greenest city? >> i think it's in part because of a series of decisions that have been made over decades in terms of how relive, we work, we play. it comes down to how we design the city. the efficiency, the public transit system which is one of the heaviest traveled systems in the u.s. particularly for a city oh of our size. we try to put work, school, close together. >> rochester, new york, historically an industrial place, and greensboro, north carolina, you talked about decisions made some time ago. you've been on that counse counn years gone by and you've been n advocate for some time what contributes to this? >> i think that in some way we've created a culture. l

>> good afternoon again, supervisors, eric brooks, san francisco green party and our city, san francisco. i just want to just tag my comments on the previous applicant and just encourage you that if you approve these applicants, which it appears you probably will and you may have very good reasons for doing that, i would appreciate you pursuing their tenure on the board and the rest of the board's decisions at treasure island with diligence as you just did with this boat insurance issue so that these matters of the radioactive and other contamination on the island are properly veted so that we're protecting the citizens that currently live on that island and the citizens that may live there in the future. thank you. >> any other public comments on this matter? seeing

green benefit district. i would love to come back to address you better because there's a tremendous application thought the city and i've been work or working with the staff on this project. if the green benefit district is approved by ballot in july and august latest september there are about $400,000 annually that will grow as projects like this come online it will be going to maintain and capital improvements to enhance the free park and homemade park. but we're proposing on the end of 19th street it will be fully public with a plaza that will compliment the soft space. this g d d is run by a board from the community. this particular committee will propose advocate seats and we look forward to working with sarah and other we hope this will be a stewardship model. of course, i'm available for questions >> is there any public comment on this item? are seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low. >> mr. sanchez, is this project within the eastern neighborhood district. >> yes. it is. >> so i guess and is it code compliant with the eastern neighborhoods. >> it will be seeking expectations under th

the puc we've had tremendous opportunities for looking at the city for green extra and water projects. we've taermd with them on the community design process that's been positive the two agencies still have some disagreement when it comes to who's responsible for paying for some of the improvements and the constituents of the street underneath. so that's a conversation that still needs to kind of progress. but we have projects that we're collaborating and participating and co- designing the masonic is a great example not that the departments are working together but we need those resolves. first of all, i was pleased >> i was pleased when the mta directors finally when the mta has the authority to legislate the curb and some little the mta wanted to achieve consensus but the fire department was not going to back down. >> ultimately the agency that's responsible for making sure that our streets are safe you guys took that action and leg last day those curbs changes i was pleased to see that. with respect to the puc i'll give you my view

. >> good evening, last time, eric brooks, san francisco green party and our city san francisco. just want to say that i don't know who you are interviews or what the interviewees are going to be like, but i want to bring this back to march of last year when our presentation on clean power sf was given to you and your staff and interim director assmann wisely and rightly said he and his staff were ready, willing and able to go forward with this office and this department doing extensive work on clean power sf, even above and beyond energy efficiency. and so my call on this is that if you have trouble deciding who to hire or you've got candidates that are not quite where you want them to be, i would just ask you to do everything in your power to convince interim director assmann to stay on. i don't know what it will take to convince him to that, he probably is looking forward to getting up into the mountains and hiking and stuff but it sure would be nice to have somebody that is clear in their head about an important program like clean power sf to be staying on in the direction of

eric brooks, san francisco green party, our city and san francisco clean energy advocates. so, just wanted to first of all thank lafco and thank its staff for the incredible work to actually get this to happen. it's crucial. something that advocates -- this work has been -- advocates have been asking for for several years. it's finally going to be completed work. with regard to cca director malcolm's involvement with the rfp process, i don't want you all to push the envelope on that because we have to remember that ms. malcolm is being hired, was hired and being paid to work on cca. and that's her job. and we want her to come here and do her job and interact with the bidders for the rfp so that we're getting the best bang for the buck out of this program that we can. again, because it will bring future revenue possibilities to the sfpuc. on the rfp itself, we want to make sure that -- we want to again thank staff for being very good about working with the community and really changing that rfp a lot so we reflected more what the community was looking for and the robustness

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and the european union the new the largest eastern city of donetsk pro russian militants wielding metal clubs and ten people rallied in support of the green unity. some demonstrators were injured he also stormed a bank of the city that sentences the mayor of the eastern city of khartoum. it is in critical condition after he was shot on monday on the way to his office his staff to support the pro western interim government. the us department of defence says it has received assurances that russia will not invade and ukraine the statement says russian defense minister sergei showing the baby promise to his us counterpart truck a golden phone call russian troops have recently carried out major exercises to ukraine's border. choi to explain to go with your presence is due to concerns about possible violence in eastern ukraine. he said ukrainian authorities could use force to harm civilians readers of the us and the european union are urging present but the report him to hold what they called russian intervention in ukraine the white house spokesperson j carty said russia has not only failed to meet its commitments but as escalating the crisis.