the second portion with regard to processing in time the city already has a certain requirements around how quickly we are required to process payments for both construction contracts as well as professional services contract. there is a lot work to be done to track how well the city does to standardize; we count that time. and be able to report on that and see how we do. there are opportunities in those two faces.finally in the third area, with regards to how fast primary contractor space of contractors, there are rules, a three-day requirement already in place. this legislation does not change that. once upon contractor is paid by the city, that they pass and pay contractors within seven days, it is a reasonable piece of legislation. in the sense that if there is a dispute those items can be - there is a separate process for that. as long as they are not disputed items, the payment should happen. there is an enforcement component, a 2% enforcement are fine if the prime contractor does not pay. also private enforceable action between contractors. part of the incentive of doing this thi

of public health and human resources provide a lot of services to residents of this housing, the city has an interest. we also have a prior audit. we did an audit last year in response to complaints of there were problems, referral to city properties etc. there is a relationship. we focus on -- we know that hud would look at things within a certain level of criteria. i believe that there will still be areas in terms of the financial performance, financial policies, strategic planning, procurement -- there are many areas where we believe that there are benefits of looking more strategically at some of these areas. financial policies, we do have experience of conducting a similar audit of the last couple of months of the los angeles city housing authority, looking at their financial condition. that was looking beyond what hud would look at. we have that as a model. if there are other questions? or requests or comments? >> chair: supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: thank you for the presentation. i'm going to thank you and the front side for your thoughtful -- the amount of energy that is

customers and to ensure our rates recover the -- begin to recover at least the financial collateral the city has applied, the security -- the city has applied to this program, so these are new rates. these are new premium statements factoring the two cost adjustments in. we're going to take that information out to the potential customers in a new survey. >> do we have on the slide, you know, estimate of what pg&e exit fee would be? is that included in the slide and the figures here? >> so exit fee. so any customer -- any customer that stays with the program after the first two opt out notices -- let me back up. if you don't want to be part of the cleanpower sf program and you tell us that there is no departure charge that a customer incurs that we are charging. after the program is launched if you then decide -- oh i got my first cleanpower sf bill. i don't want to be part of this program. we are still as the city saying there is no charge to depart from the program at that point. pg&e doesn't have a fee to exit the program during that portion of the time either. >> they don't have a fee that ch

this surge and violence in recent days in mexico city has some business leaders openly questioning ift means drug cartels are operating and perhaps fighting here in the capital. that's something the mayor of mexico city flat-out denies and rejects that and says it's just common crime in the streets of mexico. robberies have gone bad. you are seeing people now, the leaders in the state of mexico, this area that rings the capital and are saying there is a battle for turk there between two leading cartels. that's politically acceptable. what isn't politically acceptable is any admission we might have cartels fighting for turks in the capital because in recent years as drug violence raged across the country leaving tens of thousands of people dead, mexico city has been a relatively safe haven that hasn't been anything like the refusals -- levels of violence elsewhere. >> to the growing nightmare for aircraftmaker boeing, all 737 dream liners have been grounded by airlines around the world. engineers are trying to figure out why some of their batteries have emitted smoke and in at least on

i want to thank supervisor chiu who has been a leader both in the parks world and in the technology world. sf city has really been a driving force behind helping government think about new ways, new and improved ways maybe for some of you they're old ways now. but new and improved ways for government to reach users of our programs and services. and i want to say the last special thank you to the folks from apple-liscious. this thing is awesome. this past year, the trust for public land which is a national parks organization determined that san francisco, which has 4,000 acres of open space and over 220 parks, over 15% of the city's land is open space. the trust for public land said we have the best urban park system in america. and the challenge for us is making sure that all of our park users understand all of the wonderful things in our park system and know how to use our parks to tailor to their own specific experience. as diverse as this city is, there are hundreds if not thousands of different ways that people like to use and enjoy our parks. and in this app there is information about our par

may be changing policy, but for the last 15 months he has been working with existing city policy and good faith and has done nothing wrong and just wants the chance to be a good neighbor. thank you very much. >> i have a question. >> yes. so how far is the bathroom from the location of the truck? >> gary? >> 100', maybe. >> about 100' is what gary is saying. >> excuse us. >> what we can do, if you would like, we can work with the restaurant owner and see if we can get a map available to show to you during public comment period. would that be okay? >> okay. >> thank you. mr. kwong. >> good evening commissioners john kwong from the department of public works. there appears to be a continual different interpretations from the various parties related to the department's process. let's first go to the notification. the notification as stated by the various partis is correct about what is a truck. it's located -- the notification is to be 300' radius from the mid-point of the block or the length of block, whichever is greater. that is how the legislation is written up. when it's

allen is live in san mateo where the city council has been decide what to do tonight. allen. >> that decision or all started after a city attorney reversed the decision of the previous city attorney and gave 7-11 the right to operate in that neighborhood. now the city has voted unanimously to revoke 7-11 permit and ultimately go head to head with that corporate giant in a legal battle. >> i love it. it's quite convenient. a lot of the little stores we have around here are closed by 8:00 o'clock in the evening. >>reporter: despite approval of some, organized group of san mateo neighbor say this 7-eleven store was ill legally allowed to move into a former deli at the corner of north san mateo dry and east bell view avenue. >> it's a quiet sleepy also neighborhood. look at the fol folks across the street. apartment building they have to look at the lights all fate long. >>reporter: neighbor cooit the city code saying the commercial zoning use expired because the building was vacant for more than 6 months. now they weren't it rezoned as residential. the city already issued

tonight we honor the career of a man who has served our city for 28 years, who has left us a legacy of which he and the entire city can be proud of. tonight, we celebrate the lifetime achievement of ed harrington. [applause] >> you really have to believe. i will give you my trust. i will give you this authority, but you need to take care of us. that's your job. that is the important challenge. >> 20 eight years is a long time working for any place. i loved working for the city. two things come to mind as biggest accomplishments. one is, just keeping the place running. it's a pretty big accomplishment. if i had to pick one big thing, it would be helping to create the department of aging and adult services. we recognize people who were elderly or having to go to four different offices in the city. we changed it into one department with no wrong door. if you need those kind of services, you can come here. the way city government should work. it was a great thing to happen. i like to solve puzzles. i like to take things that do not work and figure out how to make them work. when i got ther

allen is live in san mateo where the city council has been decide what to do tonight. allen. >> that decision or all started after a city attorney reversed the decision of the previous city attorney and gave 7-11 the right to operate in that neighborhood. now the city has voted unanimously to revoke 7-11 permit and ultimately go head to head with that corporate giant in a legal battle. >> i love it. it's quite convenient. a lot of the little stores we have around here are closed by 8:00 o'clock in the evening. >>reporter: despite approval of some, organized group of san mateo neighbor say this 7-eleven store was ill legally allowed to move into a former deli at the corner of north san mateo dry and east bell view avenue. >> it's a quiet sleepy also neighborhood. look at the fol folks across the street. apartment building they have to look at the lights all fate long. >>reporter: neighbor cooit the city code saying the commercial zoning use expired because the building was vacant for more than 6 months. now they weren't it rezoned as residential. the city already issued

>> reporter: we're not even halfway through the first month of the year and already the city of oakland has six homicides. the vice mayor says he believes the city has lost control and needs to declare a state of emergency. he says the move would free up mutual aid funds from the state. his colleagues seem to think it's not that dire just yet. although they do admit it's tragic. the latest shooting happened at a birthday party last night. people scattered and ran to neighbors house after someone entered the party and started shooting. >> the victims went inside of a house seeking refuge on the people that were shooting them. officers responded and found five victims suffering from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: police don't know if last nights shooting as well as others on saturday and sunday that left six more people wounded are connected to friday's mayhem. friday saw a bloody six hour stretch that left four people dead. the victims ranged in age from 17 to 30 years old. the violence led to a conference call between the mayor and police chief. we're not sure if jean quan and howard jordan w

trying to get documents is one of the most frustrating things that a citizen in this city has to deal with. you want to get involved in the public issue. you want to get, in particular, financial records. and yet, city employees in this case, or in my case, louis herrera, the city librarian used his office to withhold public records from me. he just basically didn't want it made apparent to the public that all the claims that they were making at library commission meetings had no basis. but $10 million that was claimed as a gift to the branch library improvement program was just that, nothing, but claim. and so when i went and i tried to get these documents, he held off for nine months and now we have mr. menat shaw and he comes to you and he wants to get documents about a complaint. following these complaints is kind of like a black box, you drop it in the top and whatever comes out, you are expected to live with. same goes with the office of citizen complaints of the police department. i had a city and police inspector lie to be about the existence of a document. he repeated that li

the city has an excellent track record in that regard. only one default has occurred in the course of the 15-year program and costing approximately $125,000. this effort is particularly important to the small business community at this time as we have the central subways station contract and attempting to remove as many barriers apossible to ensure successful sbe participation. we ask the board to authorize the program that mirrors the city's program. i would be happy to answer questions >> thank you, miss harmon. any members of the board? any members of the public? >> no members of the public are here to address this matter. >> a motion, and second. all those in favor, say aye (? >> aye. >> please go back to 10.1. is that right, the only thing before the closed session? i would entertain a motion to approve this. >> move to approve. >> second. >> all those in favor, say aye i-aye. >> closed session. >> directors it would be appropriate to consider whether to conduct a closed session and invoke the attorney-client privilege. >> yes. >> al

allen is live in san mateo where the city council has been decide what to do tonight. len. >> that decision or all started after a city attorney reversed the decision of the previous city attorney and gave 7-11 the right to operate in that neighborhood. now the city has voted unanimously to revoke 7-11 permit and ultimately go head to head with that corporate giant in a legal battle. >> i love it. it's quite convenient. a lot of the little stores we have around here are closed by 8:00 o'clock in the evening. >>reporter: despite approval of some, organized group of san mateo neighbor say this 7-eleven store was ill legally allowed to move into a former deli at the corner of north san mateo dry and east bell view avenue. >> it's a quiet sleepy also neighborhood. look at the fol folks across the street. apartment building they have to look at the lights all fate long. >>reporter: neighbor cooit the city code saying the commercial zoning use expired because the building was vacant for more than 6 months. now they weren't it rezoned as residential. the city already issued a

gary has only benefited the city of san francisco through community outreach, donations. he has donated food products and money from anywhere from casa delas mad reses to the san francisco unified school district. i believe it's the job of city and county of san francisco to create business and i don't think this is the proper venue to vet what the processes of the department of public works are, which were followed wreckly. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is nigel hall and i remember a small business in marin and i come into the city frequently and invariably i'm in a rush. you don't stop in a store to get a coffee when you are busy rushing from one place to another. and the food trucks and coffee trucks are a great addition to the city. they satisfy a very specific need and it's very different to the market for people who go to a specific location to get coffee or get food. the city is very entrepreneurial focus and they support a lot of tech companies, expresso subito is a great example of an entrepreneurial business and the city has a great food cultu

he is also the late uncle of someone who has been in the city -- pj johnston. >> also we would adjourn in honor of spector mike nevin. also sadly we have to adjourn in honor of three current san francisco officers. these are current members. our thoughts and prayers are with her family, their cohorts at the stations, tonight we adjourn in the memory of them and others. we are adjourned. >> [applause] >> wow. thank you very much angela. let me say -- please, please sit down. all right. that's for my has ratty. >> no, that's mine. >> angela we really miss you here. you have been such a force and i enjoy working -- we will get that done. i assure you. that's a wonderful addition. not just north beach and another attraction for visitors from around the world as part of the international community and i honor that so thank you. thank you for working with me on ending homelessness as well and thank you even for being your civil rights attorney and you are still representing people in need and i appreciate that. i know angela represents again the kind of contributions the italian community ha

the recent violence can be traced to a pair of warring gangs still, just two weeks into 2013 the city hasdy seen, half a dozen homicides there were just two this time last year. >>> now that city is making a big money bet on a legendary law man to try to turn things around. linda yee tells us a controversial crime fighting tactic he calls a must have might be a tough sell. >> reporter: it was a bloody weekend for oakland and a stronger argument for the city's soon to be hired police consultant to impose one of his controversial policies, stopping and searching suspicious people, otherwise known as stop and frisk. in a satellite interview from new york he told cbs 5 he won't back off from what he believes works. >> any city to say they don't do stop and frisk i'm sorry they don't know what the hell they are talking about. >> reporter: the practice has come under fire civil rights activists are suing police for stopping and searching people in privately owned buildings. >> if it is constitutional i am not against that. >> reporter: oakland attorney john burres promises to watch carefully. >

deep inside, this is the historic old city. it has been under siege for months. you can hear the crackle of gunfire right now. opposition fighters slide down these lanes, but so do civilians, trapped in the middle. the old city has long been cherished by the people of homs. look at it now. we could not travel in. this video posted on youtube shows the toll of your long siege has taken on the heritage and the people who still live here in dire conditions. eight agencies have been trying to get in for months. -- aid agencies have been trying to get in for most. minutes away, it feels like a different city. it is hard to believe there is a war. most of the people who live here back the government. it is predominantly the same sect as assad. the pizzeria seemed to be doing fine. the owner tells me in the areas will to the government, life is good. even here, they feel the effects of the war. >> not a month goes by without having to close for three or four days. there is no gas or people are not going out. >> there is a place to complain. at the governor's office, loca