addition to a padlocked, which we deemed inefficient, because it caught the vandalism at the time, had griffey all over it. we approved this project. was a lot of work. there were specific implications -- >> at the time, when we did is we did not certify the environmental impact report. we never got to the project, so there was never a project approved. we never certified may impact of environmental report. there was some talk that the neighbors would work with the supervisor, developers, to look at other potential ideas for the site, like continuing its use as a bitter. >> thank you for reminding me -- >> sad day, nothing developed from that. >> if there was a no approved eir, the owners still cannot leave their property in the condition it is and it really detracts from the neighborhood. i find it really sad that we do not have an ability to do something about it. >> does this not follow supervisor chu's legislation on deteriorating or abandoned properties? >> i think supervisor chu's legislation requires vacant properties to be registered, requires certain minimal maintenance. we can look a

these are the people picking up garbage, keeping the streets clean, abating griffey, trimming trees -- a bidding -- abating graffiti. those are the areas we have worked really hard to preserve services where we can. we only cut front line services after we have cut materials, supplies, managers, admen support, vehicles, workers' comp costs, which we do everything we can to preserve those for online services, but we are down to a point where it is getting more difficult to preserve those. a final note -- one of those services at risk are the maintenance of street trees. we're getting to the point where all we will really be able to do is respond to emergencies. one of the things we are contemplating is

at a controversial group of russian artists when the highest state award with a piece of college griffey evoking an argument over where is the border between art and obscenity. in moscow are going you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our team revolutionary fever in syria shows no signs of letting up around seventy people were reportedly killed since friday in military crackdowns against anti-government demonstrations that's on top of some five hundred other deaths in two months of syrian up evil in the wake of the latest bloodshed the u.s. has tightened sanctions and intensified its rhetoric against the country's political elite meanwhile syria's neighbor is a real fears washington's role in the region's recent turbulence could backfire. by clearing the way for extremists or his power has more from television. these kind of mean mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher. is the egyptian regime in a me trying to stop us for interest in girls or but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're ge