constantly knocked on my door or complaints about traffic congestion, this is a city that is a growing city, a city under a lot of construction these days. we are a city where actors and actresses in their vehicles and delivery trucks and seem to think that double parking is helpful to themselves and don't understand the impact or blocking the blocks the intersections thinking they can get across at not thinking clearly about the congestion it causes. i want to say to everyone that i'm getting the complaints constantly about traffic congestion. i want you to know we are thinking short-term and long-term. in the short-term, the chief, the solos. the motor traffic department and the parking control officers are engaged directly with my effort in the short-term to really deal with things that are causing congestion in this city. there will be no tolerance of blocking the box. those that do are going to face the hefty fines that we already have on our books. thanks to sf mta and their staff and thanks to chief gregsuhr is going to have those conversations already. we want that enforcement along

to sit back and i've charged my departments to do more for our residents and to prepare for a growing city. i'd like to send out a reminder that during the holidays and all year round our social service providers need your support and during this time of the year they are distributing food and toys and lending a hand to those who need it the most.let's goo to the questions. . thank you. for your first question we have supervisor mar. >> thank you madam president and mayor lee for being here with us and happy holidays as well. a recent story written by tim redman is with us by the chambers found that 39% of the condos built since 2000 have absentee owners in in san francisco and for newer owners that number is 50% or above. luxury developments like the four seasons residents have more than 60% properties housing prices skyrocket beyond the reach of residents making the cost of living unaffordable for even middle income people. not only are these wealthy absentee buyers buying up all the residents also constrict the spliez of housing available, to meet the high demand of our city's growing w

san antonio is the 7th largest growing city in the country. >> narrator: no more apparent than just outside downtown in the solid brick fortress that is the bear county jail. it's where anyone charged with criminal acts in san antonio will surely spend some time. >> my father always said nobody comes to jail for being nice. one thing we have to remember is people coming to jail have not been found guilty yet. >> most of the 3500 men and women housed in bear county have only been charged with crimes under awaiting trial of the resolution of their cases. others have been convicted and are serving short sentences or are awaiting trial in prison. he is currently awaiting charges of assault and vehicle theft, to which he's pled not guilty. >> i've been cut with razors, all around here. i mean, i got cut with a knife when this dude put six razors in a toothbrush. >> somebody tried to stab me in the chest and heart. it's been rough. i've been in two fights since i've been in this jail. >> narrator: one of those fights occurred after another inmate made fun of allen's personal style. >> i'm the one

for more of our residents, provide more efficient and responsive city services and prepare for a growing city, and while we have accomplished a lot to date clearly we have to do more to keep san francisco affordable, support our working families, and to make sure that all of our young people -- all of them get the best education possible, and the best opportunities they need to succeed and support them in this 21st century economy so i am looking forward to working with all of you to accomplish this, and more in 2015 as we tackle more of the challenges that our city faces and keep it affordable, and i look forward to formally outlining my focus for 2015 in the state of the city address in the coming days and i understand there are no questions for me today and i want to thank you and continue working with you. i appreciate it. >> thank you mr. mayor. that concludes question time with the mayor and we will see you next month. okay at this time we don't have any items on consent agenda, so madam clerk we will move forward to unfinished business and can you please call item 1. >> item number one

for the past few years, midland has been one of the fastest growing cities in the state and also has one of the highest average incomes of anyplace in america. increased improvements in drilling technology and controversial practice of fracking set off a wave of investment in the west texas town for the past few years. in every direction here there are new companies, new construction. building after building after oil rig, operators, drillers service companies and everything else that is attached to the permian base in oil surge. the permian boom sustains more than 400,000 jobs and more than 100 billion in total economic output. we asked long time oil man and resident paul ken worthy if it is all at risk. >> certainly not going to go away entirely but from some of the equipment stacked in here it's going to slow down. so the extent of the slowdown remains to be seen. >> reporter: but texas has seen this movie before. in the past two or three decades, there have been a number of oil boom and bust cycles in the state and those in the oil business do remain optimistic. >> we're only abo

fastest growing city is fredericksburg with a 16.2% increase.flip side, wise county at the kentucky state line is losing the most people. >>> you you may be shocked to know that more than 1100 children are sleeping in homeless shelters in the district. that was the count as volunteers hit the streets two nights ago to count the homeless population. homeless families in the district are housed in the old d.c. general hospital and seven hotels. there are close to 3,000 men, women and children living in d.c. shelters and possibly thousands more on the streets in our reemg region. it does seem the number of homeless people is on the rise particularly teens. >>> new concerns about the measles outbreak. the alert to keep thousands of travelers safe. >>> keeping your family alive in the event of an accident. a handful of cars that have never been involved in a deadly accident. >>> winds will pick up today. we're talking about 50-mile-per-hour winds in some neighborhoods. tom kierein will show you where you it will be the windiest. i love the taste. alw

you've got families members that are looking at the wonderful sites in our city we've golden got to be careful with our growing population if the city we've got to do more we're absolutely going to do more we're building the basis with our mta and hopefully tomorrow our public will bless us with a strong vote of prop a that will allow us to do that much more (clapping.) $500 million the bulk of which goes to vision zero and pedestrian safety projects just like this one we need more things to slow down traffic we need better signage and education we need enforcement i wanted to thank our police department that's here a good number they're walking the beats and louth for the siefrt issues 4r0ug9 for people that may not be uss the street properly we have to use our streets smarter n this is why it's important to place that vision zero and there are month activities in our streets we're encouraging walking in the streets when i get through with this job i'm going to walk more and i want to feel safer and join with all the people that want to join me in walking the streets to be safer we won't ghetto there without

growing. there's a movement. other cities are thinking about doing it. do you want it to grow. ch today, dinner tomorrow. where are you headed? >> i think absolutely again, black brunch is a tool kit, and it's a model that people can replicate in their own cities. that will grow we hope in more cities. it's one tactic out of many. we believe in the diversity of tactics. >> you sound very respectable, respectful to the people that you approach. is that the way it work or does it get tense? >> i mean when it did get tense, it was people, you know owners who sort of were aggressive towards us put their hands on us. shouted ex-pleatives at us. we are following and away in the footsteps of previous and civil rights people who are nonviolent, meaning that we are going to go into the spaces hold the spaces. we are not - we not a movement. >> good to see both of you, thank you very much >>> in new york jury selection begins in one of the country's famous missing trial ace. et eton packs vanished while walking to school. it helped to ignite the missing child movement. the suspect alleged

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louis the fastest-growing tech city in the united states. that is according to cb insights.ing st. louis is the next silicon valley. all you people in northern california can cool your jets. there are a few reasons why st. louis is a great promising place. number one, there is plenty of talent. it's relatively inexpensive. the toasted ravioli is a big hit out here. there are a lot of young people out here and schools like wash u., st. louis university are very invested in entrepreneurship. the government is very committed to startup funding as well. there are a lot of incubators, a lot of accelerators. people say this could be the next big midwestern tech hub. it is on the list of tech hubs to watch. >> so is austin, new york, scottsdale. everyone wants a little silicon valley in them. why not? >> i was reading a tech blog. it said that v.c. wealth here is growing. a lot of people in the city have more money and they are looking at what to do with it. tech is hot. the percentage growth, more than 1000% -- that is a big number right now. maybe this will be on the map in a few

grow more than 65% since 2005. more than twice the pace of growth in cities. that makes the suburbs home to the largest and fastest-growing poor population in the country. >> this is a widespread trend that effects all kinds of metro areas that we long associated with urban poverty. to see poor population in suburbs grow significantly. >> and the majority of people of color. of those who live below the poverty line more than 50% are african-american and latino compared to 23% of white suburbsites. in ferguson, 25% of blacks live below the poverty line compared to 11% of whites. >> we've seen structural changes in the economy that have led to people in suburbs and across the country slip down the economic ladder. >> there are many ways that they've slipped down the ladder. some suburbs suburban poor are middle class who have slipped down the ladder. many are new immigrants, minorities pushed out of cities. minorities left cities in droves in hopes of finding better jobs. president obama addressed the issue in his state of the union address in 2013. >> america is

by the 1870's, america is a new nation of big cities and growing industries.been torn apart, then reunited. in 1876, a special train takes passengers from new york to san francisco in just 83 hours. and america has a birthday to celebrate. 100 years of independence. the centennial exhibition at philadelphia is the biggest the nation has ever seen. out of 40 million americans, 5 million would come to see it. there is much to see. if the festival has one theme, it is power. the conquest of energy made possible by iron, steam, and coal. the main attraction is a giant corliss engine. president grant and the emperor of brazil join to set the big machine in motion. at last, inventors are making use of america's fast -- vast store of natural resources. ♪ ♪ visitors remember the unfailing good humor of the crowds that centennial summer. times are hard in 1876. but on this occasion, the humblest or the newest american can take pride in his country. memorial hall still stands where grant opened the centennial 100 years ago. smiling colombians still extend a welcome to a

additional subways and make bus rapid transit a reality and go for the bart to continue to grow bart's in the city and get caltrain trek if i had and move forward aggressor with our efforts to make our streets safer for pedestrians and drivers and muni riders we have so much work to do and so many choices to make it's a question of the political will as a city and region to make those difficult issues happy we don't regret making those happy but regret looking back and is why didn't we do that so this agency plays an important coordinating role with our city agrees to help us represent to the regional as a supervisor david campos on the mta we see how important the ta is to the mayor's office along with the mta so we need to continue to play that role and even play a greater role as the transportation authority i'm sure you're aware of we're to grow by 2 millions people and our city by one hundred and 50 thousand if we don't take the bold steps and keep moving to make sure our transportation system and roads and everything is able to keep up we're going to struggle i know we can do it colleagues,

a growing number of cities and downs over the years enacted laws. when house bill 80 was signed into law it was the have toingest firearms preexemption. it shows that gun owns do not have to be harmed to win in court. according to chris cox, the director of n.r.a.'s institute prosecutor legislative action: in the city of lancaster with a population of less than 60,000, half of which is aimish the n.r.a. is whelming an ordnance requiring a person to report a loft firearm. >> the lawyer representing the n.r.a. threatened great post to us if we would allow this lawsuit to go ahead. quite frankly, we feel that's public policy by blackmail. >> under threat of litigation more than 20 pennsylvania municipalities moved to repeal the firearms ordnances, instead of going to court. lancaster and philadelphia challenge the law, which, according to pittsburgh mayor, was: states have firearm pre'emion statues, connecticut, hawaii new york and massachusetts allow for local laws. >>> a spokesperson for the brady campaign to prevent gun violence joins us. a growing

you have, for example, large megacities growing, cities that have 10 million people or more.to any love the large cities, the traffic is tough to get to -- through. we want to be part of the solution for that. we are not only coming out with great products, but also challenging the folks in our organization to innovate the on that and look at major transportation and congestion and mobility challenges and come up with solutions. we are experimenting and we will learn in terms of what we can offer customers and what it can do for us as a business. >> i heard you at a conference in las vegas talking about autonomous cars that will be out there in maybe four or five years. you have no plans partaking in that sort of innovation? surely, if somebody will put little pots that travel around san francisco by themselves, for has to be in on that. >> of course. our approach as we have semiautonomous vehicles on the road today. they will help you parallel park and adjust your feed based on traffic flow. they will help you keep in your lane, those kinds of things. we have fully autonomou

compatible comparable and it is a little bit more free flowing and changing with the winds as the city grows and slinks some of the dangers of the setting the policy as the city changes you need to have reactive measures to counter active events that occur that can be done and boat ridden to new policies and procedures i share it this organization plays a role i think we don't a great game we're on top but it can be improved i will be interested in carrying on that conversation. >> at the. >> commissioner johnson. >> i would also again in the efforts not make this decision today but in the future continue the conversation with the vein of how to increase our calculation with other departments i agree with you setting the vision not that we can't change the procedure you gave the example you're not going to get all 7 to agree the devil is in the details b there are a lot of activities in terms of policy if we have no connection to those other offices where in the mayor's office or other departments or agencies that our vision doesn't really go past our hearings so i'd like to have a discussio

topics included demographic changes, growing city populations technological advances and operations likeuber. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome. i am bob skinner the executive director of the transportation research board and i have the pleasure today to do some of the introductions. i will get started with that in just a second but let me give you a heads up regarding the format. our featured speaker no surprise to that is will come to the podium and a moment and deliver a modestly long -- summer marks and then when he has concluded i will introduce our interviewer/moderator and then there will be a q&a session after that. so, it is my really great pleasure to introduce as they say the featured speaker, u.s. secretary of transportation anthony foxx. anthony foxx became the secretary of transportation july 2, 2013. he now heads an agency with 55,000 employees and annual budget of $70 billion in previously as i think many of you know secretary foxx served as the mayor of charlotte south carolina from 2,092,013 and before that he served two terms on the charlotte city council wher

what makes a city like wheeling grow is the transportation developments, whether it is steamboat or theational road or a bridge, and later the casino railroad. because of that transportation because the transportation declines, the ability of people to drive it increases. so you have a furthering of the entrepreneurial spirit. you cannot understand wheeling unless you understand the role the national road plays. this community would not have developed as fast as it did if the roads were not here. i have spent i don't know how many days traveling that national road from wheeling to cumberland. when i go visit family in northern virginia, i seldom take the interstate. it's not very interesting. but to go on that national ro ad, and having seen photographs of it from the 19th century and to appreciate the fact you are on that road that was put in 150 years ago, 170 years ago, and it is fascinating. you know, if you are into history as i am, why wouldn't you want to travel some historic place? in terms of roads, there are not too many more roads that are as historic as this one. >> find out

so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionallyve been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to

which is going to become a bigger and bigger issue on the planet as the middle class grows around the world, as large cities keep growing, as nd as we see the impact on air quality. >> ford announced they are expanding your silicon valley research center. what do have their now? -- have there now? >> we have a small lab there now. we are going to expand significantly for a couple reasons. one, we think it is important because when we look at the talent -- we are developing, we are in a growth business, which is very exciting. also the technology company. we need to make sure we have the right talent to consummate the talent we all would have in the company for some of these new skills. it's really important to go to where some of that talent is and be involved. because one of the things we have always tried to do by coming to ces and visiting silicon valley very often -- i go three or four times a year for a couple days at a time to learn and establish relationships. but also to be viewed as part of the community and not just some transactional partner that comes in, buys something and swoops out. >> mark f

city address at the winter kickoff at caesars. guardian focused on a.c.'s objective to focus on conferences and not just a gambling destination. >> we are focusing on growing atlantic city way beyond just gaming. we have the wow factors. coming back to atlantic city. >> it includes repurposing the boardwalk casinos that went dark last year. richard stockton college bought the show bought to create a second campus. >>> and a school in burlington county will stay open, the st. paul school had until today to fill a $250,000 deficit or be forced to close in june well an announcement went out last night to parents they met the goal, they will work on a registration push to bring in more students this fall. >>> harkem college kicked off their centennial celebration in bryn mawr, a celebration was held for students, faculty and staff. it will celebrate its 100th anniversary throughout the year. >>> they celebrated the birth of martin luther king jury today with a moving performance at the kimmel center. 50 regional students and singers and dancers and musicians took the stage for the twib out. it was entitled living the dream. king was born on this day in 1929 an

institution and i'm really excited about common wealth club finding a space that they will be able to grow in the city for. the issue before us today though is the appeal of the negative mitigated declaration and i think a number of different issues had come up today and i think while the bifurcation of the building appears to be unique and certainly not one that i have seen before nor am i familiar with, i do believe that both the planning department and the project sponsor were able to adequately argue the case on behalf of affirming the approval of the mitigated negative declaration. i also want to recognize because we have been meeting with the project sponsor and also the appellant over the course of the last year, my appreciation in terms of project sponsor's work of reaching out to the neighborhood and community and also working very closely with ilw and labor council for

proud of our city and people those are it is time to approach our future with confidence and optimistic we must acknowledging twovp too many of our resident have not shareholders in the growing success of our city good many families and resident i understand the times of prosperity are times of anxiety they're worried about affording to stay here they are worried the children's ability to raise a family about the character of the san francisco friends this is san francisco and as long as i'm mayor we won't leave anyone behind (clapping) turning that anxiety into optimistic and turning that despair into hope that's in my job that's why i get up everyday and go to work as your mayor, i pledge this year i'll work night and day to make sure prosperity benefits all and to make sure that san francisco remains a city where everyone belongs (clapping) and i ask you to join me today, i cigarette a course the pathway that builds on a strong economy and pursuance that led us to the pathway that conditions to address notly with the resources our housing and affordability crisis i'm directing my affirmation administration to my new affordability directives to focus our efforts for the ch

. >> we've been working all this year on growing atlantic city way beyond just gaming and the project that we have or wow factors is to get people to come back to atlantic city. >> guardian's plan includes repurposeing empty dark casinos that went dark in 0 15. richard stockton college brought show boat for a second campus and that purchase will create jobs and build atlantic city's educated workforce. >>> an event was held at a casino that filed for chapter 11. ceasars made that declaration today. it affected several properties including ceasars and bally'ss in atlantic city and the company says the move will cut its accident by $10 billion. ceasars will split into two units kas even own property owner and property trust and none of the details or casinos will close as a result of the bankruptcy filing. >> visiting cuba is about to get easier. we'll tell you about travel regulations that go into effect in a few hours. >> and nfl linebacker facing charges josh mcnairy accused of raping a woman and what he says happened and what police say happened when they showed at his door. and two

that as we continue to keep drawing talent and those kind of companies that are city's economic state will continue to grow speaking of growth in our city, how do you feel about the role of the warriors coming to san francisco and the plans for the new stadium? >> so, the warriors and the plan for the new stadium, you know, the project approvals and the environmental review report will actually have to go through the board of supervisors. so, i'll have to make my decision then. but the prospect of something like that would be very exciting for the city, i think, not only as an economic engine but also in terms of san francisco's cultural history. >> to a degree, do you feel the city should subsidize the team? >> i think that negotiations are still to be sorted out and i think that all of that is in the works. but it's something that i'll pay close attention to. >> what would you like to see change in the city's approach to developing its economy? >> you know, i think that san francisco is a very creative city and we tend to be on the cutting edge of issues, right? and i think that to that extent of our adm