i love the haight-ashbury.i don't do it for the money, i do it for the community and the spirit, and keeping some of the spirit of the counterculture alive, and i would be honoured if you would nominate my businesses a legacy business, so thank you so much for your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is nicole mason, i'm the director of community engagement at veritable vegetable, and i want to thank you for your consideration of adding veritable to the legacy business registry. excuse me. the three owners of veritable, maryjane evans and others would really have loved to have been here today, but you have me instead. i am proud to have spent over a decade in my career working with a company that represents such an important piece of the fabric of sentences. tucked away on the corners of satish -- cesar chavez, is a hive of activity. employing over 120 staff that worked tirelessly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our women led business has a lot to be proud of. as the nation's oldest organic pro

i live nar haight ashbury and found a place nearby on gery street i had to drive to. has very good reviews. i had a have -- very good experience. i don't normally go get a massage. there's not a lot of services in the neighborhood where i live so to hear they were coming to haight street potentially was a really great thing. i'd like to see them open. >> commissioner: thank you next. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm william kennedy. i am the owner of the order the parlor will be in. i bought that building in 1980 after living there for 10 years prior and so i've had children born there. in other words, it's a very family oriented business. i like long-term tenants. i've had several that were there more than 25 years and due to changing things, people get older and things change retire and move on. i'm happy i have a qualified tenant willing to take that space especially currently with the work going on in haight street and the redevelopment i think it's a good fit for all of us. >> commissioner: any other public comment on this item? with that pu

it is atypical haight-ashbury day. we all have our jackets on, and thank you, and let's play. [cheers and applause]. >> the let's play initiative would not be possible without the incredible partnership with the san francisco parks alliance they help provide opportunities for all children to have safe, imaginative, welcoming places to play. through our partnership, and through their work, generous donors have contributed nearly $10 million towards our collective 14.5 million-dollar philanthropic goal. the recreation and park department simply could not have a better partner than all of the hard-working staff and board members in the san francisco parks alliance speaking on behalf of the san francisco parks alliance today is the chair of the board of directors, liz farrell. [applause]. >> thank you all for being here. on behalf of the parks alliance, i would like to thank me or breed for your support, and for being such a champion of parks and public spaces, and for continuing to make that a priority. thank you. thank you to our supervisors for your support, intercourse thank y

the building's connection to the summer of love is the first hippy boutique on haight street.t is where they were outfitted and they just kind of hung out. 6:43. time now for a look at what is coming up later on "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell has a preview. >>> good morning, michelle. ahead here on cbs this morning. the new risk in the water. people returning to their paradise homes, six months after the deadly wildfire. what this means for the plan to rebuild. >>> plus, as the 101st pga championship teeless off. we look at -- tees off. we look at how tiger woods's resilience pays off. we'll see you at 7:00. >>> all right. jobless claims fall as new home construction spikes. >> and joining us now is kcbs radio financial reporter, jason brooks. good morning. >> good morning, michelle. good morning, kenny. getting a couple of good signals on u.s. economy this morning. new home construction in particular. with a gain of nearly 6% in the mont of april. and a lot of that was for single family housing, which is the key component of the housing market. even with that solid gain

. >>> the colorful history of haight-asbury. the trust will take action to make sure the building is not depolished. the goal is to turn the space into a counter culture center housing historical items from the heyday of the 1960s and hope it will serve as a space for special events, too. >>> check out b.a.r.t.'s new self-park bike station. b.a.r.t. says you can store you a bike link car is required for access. >>> we'll start with live doppler 7 and look at san mateo, burlingame and san carlos. you're going to run into light rain. make sure your costume is at least waterproof at the beginning by the end of the race. mostly cloudy and breezy and about 57 to 58 degrees. i want to reset the precipitation clock to midnight today and roll forward through sunday to give you an idea how much rain, nearly an inch to three inches of rain possible. very active pattern on the way. the lighter amounts around fremont and our east bay valleys. here's alexis with a look at some of the slick streets this morning. >>> a vehicle flipped over on

right now in district five, four in hayes valley, when we bought a year ago, the old mcdonald site in haight-ashbury. they are all 100% affordable, but there was no money, no money to build them, so now with this bond, we have an opportunity, an opportunity to build 100% affordable, to also build -- have units in there that people who make low income, very low income, can get into this housing. it is so important, and you are right. this is a two thirds vote. that means almost everybody in this room has to vote for it, so i bet you need to be registered, and most of your neighbors are going to have to vote for it. we will be on the campaign trail , making sure that everybody knows about this and votes. all these people behind me are housing advocates from all different areas, and they are here because they believe in this. i want to thank the president of the board of supervisors for stepping up and saying that we have to do this. i want to thank the mayor for knowing this is a housing crisis , and we can't just do the same old things, it is not working. i want to thank all of you because you will b

. >>> the national chocolate historic preservation declared the corner of haight and ash bury a nationale. the group works to save his, to places throughout america and they say this intersection was an historic place. >>> snow in the sierra, not an unusual sight. but in may, it is. this is near lake tahoe. no snow yet but that's about to change. we're talking snow up there and some considerable amount of snow. >> may 8 is usually the last time we average snowfall across the sierra. so we are definitely past that. and we could be looking at some record setting snow over the sierra as we move over the next couple days. the worst part is moving in right now. we have doppler radar up in, it's been a while since it's been this active. in fact, 53 days since we've seen this much rainfall sweep across the bay area. the light to darker green is light to moderate rain. anywhere you see orange and also red, throws some extremely heavy down pours. it has been moving through marin. the heavier rain in vallejo through 6:42 tonight. let's give you a wider view and it is wet on 101 beginning to see so

the trump haight syndrome is so vile that no matter what the president supports they are against.s is obvious of interviews of thehe last three days. the president does not want to be fighting moore's in the area of the world that let them do what they want. so i believe trying to listen to the truth and then to get over it what we do believe is to be truth is that teddy roosevelt syndrome which is good talks often carry a big stick. and he is working hard with some of the right people to do that. on the other hand,, just to go over there without congress to say yes, thumbs-up or know is wrong. >>. >> and the president has 90 days under the war powers but a responsible president would gold to congress to authorize to ask for approval only have veterans in this town but there is a chance. and then looking for advocates but you cannot hear the message because he still blocked us on twitter and his personal issues with groups or people become personal. and then to enable to find common ground. >> and then to identify with congress so congress has punted across three administrations v

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. >> the controversial haight-ashbury neighborhood will be preserved. it has been named a national treasure by the national trust for historic preservation. the goal is to turn the space into a counter culture epicenter that will house art, photographs, and historic items from the heyday of the 1960s. >> and i think we have the opportunity to do with this house, this iconic location, this is the epicenter of it. it completely influenced the way we did today. >> it is hoped the home will serve as a space for special events as well. >> a construction company is accused of taking advantage of victims of the sonoma firestorm. coming up -- >> you have to see this. high drama in oklahoma city. look at what is going on with these window washers in a . >>> here are the stories making headlines. live doppler 7 shows the rain continuing to fall. this storm is a 2 on our storm impact scale. expect a wet evening commute as well as gusting winds. cherry farmers in the south bay, they're hoping this farm will not wipe out there was crops but signs of damage are showi

we areher here in the average eight -- upper haight. you will be competing in the quick buy food challenge. an appetizer and if you are the winner you will get the title of the quitck bite "chompion." i am here with matt cohen, from off the grid. >> we assembled trucks and put them into a really unique heurban settings. >> what inspired you to start off the grid? >> i was helping people lodge mobile food trucks. the work asking for what can we get -- part together? we started our first location and then from there we expanded locations. >> why do think food trucks have grown? >> i have gotten popular because the high cost of starting a brick and mortar or strong, the rise of social media, trucks can be easily located, and food trucks to offer a unique outdoor experience that is not easily replaced by any of their setting any worlwhere else in san franc. san francisco eaters are interested in cuisine. there adventuress. the fact theyuse grea use great ingredients and make gourmet food makes unpopular. >> i have been dying to have these.

my name is karen, i am on the board charge of senior and disability action sta and haight-ashbury neighborhood council. i am not here today speaking on behalf of myself. thanks to my parents, my housing is secure, but this is a very important issue to me. as an msw and in lcsw, i worked at a number of nonprofits serving seniors in san francisco for over 40 years. still, my s.s.a., my social security is just under 24 -- $20,000 a year. as you know, the nonprofit community is a way for the city to save money and provide services, so they are low-paying agencies, but they are providing wonderful services. i attended what is called choo-choo, council of community housing organization. i attended their meetings for a number of years. this group is populated, for the most part, by nonprofit housing developers. i thought i sat amidst low income housing providers. imagine my shock and surprise to learn recently that i only received income of

. >> i am one of the editors in the haight-ashbury literary journal.the literary journal was started by a former heroin addict and other people here were also former heroin addicts. i also received many submissions of people who are schizophrenic who have compulsive disorders, and i'm against the way this bill is because even though people i know have problems, they all have specific things that were important for them. parts of the city that meant a lot to them, and also, when people say they had a relative that was in conservatorship, at least a relative was there who they knew, and was interested in them and would come and see them also, one of the people i know who is schizophrenic went to the centre in minneapolis or minnesota and i think it is a good model that can help people. there are a lot of creative programs. you might want to look into it. i wonder how, or why melanie doesn't want to use voluntary services. she was forced to be conserved and how she would feel. would she have to be restrained? what would they do to keep her in a place? tho

. >>> haight-ashbury has been declared of national treasure. counterculture. it is a nationally significant historic place. is home to the first hit the boutique. >>> remembering those who died fighting for our freedom from arlington to san francisco, how america is observing memorial day. >>> experts think schools my toe want to rethink their response. >>> we will take you inside as south bay called and wait until you hear the back story. second morning, everyone on this monday, may 27. the great city by the bay. the tower is looking pretty good on this memorial day. it's a day to honor those who fought for