. >> we know how hard parks and recreation is trying to -- on am trying to get a handle on the process. if this went out and then it's elected a offender and the terms inserted the azeri variable that was not included, that is what i'm trying to understand. that would have been provided for match for some response by the others turned down -- by the others. >> that was not claim back to the other entities. city contract in not is very clear. once the bids are received, they can only negotiate. >> aside what was negotiated after the fact, one of those seven points that you expressed earlier was the improvements by the current operator. i think the current operator will to a solid job. my focus and my question is on process. if it is on capitol prudence, let's go into that a little bit. -- if it is on capital improvements. >> this was done previously at the parks and recreation commission. this would be the fifth one that went out. that led to the oversight of your commission? >> absolutely. >> in terms of the drafting, the commission and the department had feedback about what the waitin

we have a new lease with the pga tour at harding park. we are working on a pro shop at the golden gate park tennis courts. and we are increasing concession revenue at union square through our relationship with cafe rule. pending initiatives include revitalizing the boat house at lake merced. we have an r.f.p. out for that. urban markets, the marina degauzing station, additional mobile food vendors, putting a lease into the mill rights cottage, implementing merchandise carts in our park, and also bringing a zip line to park property. the partnerships and resource development is also working very hard on philanthropy. both on the capital and then more importantly for this presentation on the operations side of the department. they've been very successful in finding people to support park operations. so adopt a park for speedway and marks meadow. endoug a gardener at crocker amazon. endoug joe lee rec center. we've had a successful fundraiser at the herps theater for camp du jour. we have been enormously successful in donations to our scholar

we have a new lease with the pga tour at harding park. we are working on a pro shop at the golden gate park tennis courts. and we are increasing concession revenue at union square through our relationship with cafe rule.

parking. i have a car for. my husband and i have two vehicles. it is very hard to find parking with the university, which is expanding as we speak. the parking is insane when students are in town and in school. the other concern is crime. i do not get any updates from parkmerced management, but i do get updates from the police department on crime in the area, and we do have escalating crime in the area. assault, robbery, occasionally sexual assault. you put another 30,000, how many widows are you going to attract? i have a father-in-law who live here for many years. he had concerns about firefighting then. he said that the fire fighting apparatus in san francisco will not reach past the 10th floor. i have seen what happens out here when there is a fire call. there are six or seven units that respond, and that is great, but you put 30,000 more people in this place, what is going to happen? that is scary to me. the other problem is traffic. you come around here it 6:30 in the afternoon and tried to get at 19th avenue for parkmerced boulevard, it is insane. i drive

i have gotten tickets for parking that i have had to work off through the recycling center. i really appreciate the people that work hard in the park. you are not going to get rid of the homeless people by getting rid of the recycling center. i believe that we still need the cops on horses, the walking -- and the walking police in our neighborhoods. the homeless thing and the recycling thing are two different things. i am sorry that people are not happy with the way that people recycle, but it is important. it is something we have been striving for for many years. hanc has already been doing that. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> a few more names. [reading names] >> my name is robert. i am representing a community garden. i am a membership coordinator. i look forward to this transition. it could be a tremendous benefit for all of the community gardens out there. the one thing we have a difficulty with as having a location where we can have resources for community gardens, to enable them to do their function very well. there is nothing more empowering in this economy than for people to be able to grow their own

we have worked hard to reduce the parking spaces. i think that we all fault them for that. we only see a minimal loss. this is that a level that will break or operate the lives of those who are involved. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we are here to speak in support of this proposal. i would like to commend the staff on coming up with a great idea i don't actually live there but i did visited this area frequently. we strongly support enhancing the pedestrian rum. this makes it easy for people to get on and off of these vehicles. i wanted to speak on some of the parking proposals that have been talked about in the press. i think that this is a great idea to look at charging people for parking and i think as a first that, you should be eating your own cookie, as it were. this would be charging for parking for the employers -- and police. these are much better source of revenue than the parking tickets and that is just me speaking for myself. >> are there any other speakers? >> okay. members of the board. >> i will move the item. i wanted to make hay -- and wanted to make a

police vehicles exempted from parking penalties, others are civilian cars that seem to escape ticketing each day. >> yeah, i am worried about getting a ticket. because it's so hard to get parking out here without paying an arm and a leg. >> reporter: with a drop in ticketing rev are revenue, the san francisco municipal -- the sfmta says the police are responsible for enforcing code in a one block radio around the hall. >> my understanding is that the police department is responsible for that area and you know because there's a lot of undercover cars that could be mistaken for for private cars. >> reporter: but the police department says its shares that with the mta. left in the middle are motorists who say parking violators make it more difficult for those who have priority parking right out in front. >> very difficult, a lot of police cars parked here. some cars that are not handicapped are parked in there as well too because some of the people work here. >> reporter: now the smta says there is one exception that they do target loading zone violators right out here in the hall and they say they are making a bigger effort to go after yellow zone violators all ar

. >>> volunteers trying to brighten up the city park. hard to find anything wrong with that unless, as mike sugerman found out, things were getting a little too bright. >> reporter: aaron perry zuker and max platte kin walk through city parks with a purpose and with a bag of painting supplies. the purpose, to wipe out graffiti, the painting supplies? to wipe out graffiti. >> today weary painting this park bench in mclaren park because it is a tin just cycle of graffiti and the park painting it over. >> reporter: they aren't too fond of the city-issued beige. >> i don't want to have a picnic but it's a nice park in my neighborhood. if it's red i'll sit at this table more. >> reporter: they have been doing red and yellow and blue for the last several months and taggers don't come back as often if it's a bold color. they think they are doing a good thing. what they are doing is very noble and in the spirit of the community, certainly. the problem is, it's kind of illegal. and, today, they were caught red-handed. >> where is my painter. >> busted

parking permits. parents support the idea some more rate their it takes by presidents. >> it is so hard to find parking in the first place it should not go to those who can't afford it. i would wonder if those are taking away parking spots. >> even the critics aren't sympathetic, this did a parking permits would need stronger oversight. the permit would be $98 a year, under the plan one of four allotted parking permits for a child care provider permit a family without the bride a birth certificate showing there's a child 12 or younger, the family would have to sign a paper promising not to use it. >> it would not only reduce her nanny stress but it would give her peace of mind as a mother. >> we all know it's against a lot to talk on the cell phone while driving unless you have a hands free, some people have a hard time remembering that. >> look, i will not mix words if you're behind the wheel and your not parked, you can not hold a phone to your ear. it's almost like the handsfree law was never passed. i stood on a corner for an hour, to look for drivers violating the law. the sad part, there were man

. >> it is hard to get parking out here. >> reporter: with a projected $7 million drop in ticketing revenue the transportation agency is cracking down on parking violations city wide. even with a fleet of parking enforcement vehicles just around the corner they say the police are responsible for enforcing the code in a one block radius around the hall. >> because there is a lot of undercover cars that could be mistaken for private cars. >> reporter: but the police department tells ktvu it shares that responsibility with the sfmta and says ticketing is not a priority for police working in and around the hall. left in the middle are motorists who say parking violators make it more difficult for those who have priority parking right out in front. >> some cars that are not handicapped are parked in there, too, as well because some of the people work here. >> reporter: they say they only focus on loading zone violators outside the hall. though it is making a bigger effort to go after yellow zone violators city wide. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> bart's planned expa

. >> it is hard to get parking out here. >> reporter: with a projected $7 million drop in ticketing revenue the transportation agency is cracking down on parking violations city wide. even with a fleet of parking enforcement vehicles just around the corner they say the police are responsible for enforcing the code in a one block radius around the hall. >> because there is a lot of undercover cars that could be mistaken for private cars. >> reporter: but the police department tells ktvu it shares that responsibility with the sfmta and says ticketing is not a priority for police working in and around the hall. left in the middle are motorists who say parking violators make it more difficult for those who have priority parking right out in front. >> some cars that are not handicapped are parked in there, too, as well because some of the people work here. >> reporter: they say they only focus on loading zone violators outside the hall. though it is making a bigger effort to go after yellow zone violators city wide. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> bart's planned expa

parking lot. what do i mean that the neighbors are closed? the first public out reach of this meeting was less than six weeks ago. it is hard for me to believe that recreation and parks did not know about this issue for a year. my neighbors suggested several alternatives. we have not heard adequate responses to those alternatives. my neighbor has made a sunshine request and we have not received all of the documents. most importantly, my understanding is that a majority of our neighbors voted against extending the parking and that has been granted. what i know on my block is that 90% have worked against turning this into parking spaces. as you know, the exploratory and leases the buildings from all of you. that these does not require you to provide any parking for the export-oriented why should we sacrifice open space slots in order to provide parking that you are not legally required to provide? now let's get real for a minute. my comment is if you build it, they will come. yes, but not necessarily to go to the export-oriented. this is adjacent to richardson ave. many people drive on this every day. i think in a very short

this is a little like park if you look from the park it's not hard to find tag on just about everythingtle league parks, it's not open yet but it's already been tag. the brand new slides vandalized even before the kids use it. this includes a state park that is supposed to be close. although the skaters didn't quite get the memo. it's a problem in alameda county that doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon. and not incorporated san leandro stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> if you have a comment our story idea for stanley e- mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m. stay with us. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. die-hard fans of justin bieber are really angry about the photos showin

we definitely need support for the parking because it will be hard for our attendance and many of our staff. i drop off my kids at a preschool and i drive to the exploratorium. we definitely appreciate your support in this and it will help us with our commitment to reach out to the community and work with them. >> is there anyone else that like to speak on this? if so, come forward. >> i do not have a prepared statement. first of all, i have copies of the male -- emails. has everything been answered? i don't believe it has. i don't believe all of the things have been answered other than that. >> the answer to that question is yes. >> that everything in these pages has been answered? including confirmation that you don't need ada parking spaces. i think you do. from what i understand. i live on the corner of bay and lion. we get every tour bus, every cable car with amplification talking about our home because they go and they come. it will take away the parks that the neighbors have worked on and was nobody taking responsibility? we believe we deserve to keep 18 spaces. we just heard f

. >> parking is hard to come by all over the small town right now.urants are packed and no room at local motels either. the 101 is the only way into and out of southern california right now. and back out here live we now have one half hour to go until they make a decision at first light whether or not they will reopen the grapevine they will assess conditionchp says they probably won't reopen until well after 7:00 a.m. this morning. now back to you. >> looks cold. all right thank you. kirk hawkins on the grapevine this morning. >>> all right well, the markets. >> the weather market. how is everything going. stocks are looking quite well in the weather department it is going to be sunny today. trying my best. cloudy start this morning. inland for the bay as well for the coastline and a few areas of fog expected this morning. especially well inland and valleys temperatures, coldest spots ins land, mid-30s. upper 40s along the coast as well as around the bay. this afternoon, sunshine, sun and clouds expected high today and lower to mid-50s. here is what

parking at bart, and then commute in. why should the city employees be treated differently. >> others say they should not ho foot the bill during hard times? >> do you think they should have to pay for parking? >> absolutely not . >> it's part of the business ret goes under that umbrella of a business expense. >> most muni workers agree theyt have to pay for parking. they were reportedly so upset the board went into a closed session meeting. the issue, an added $55 fee if they did not have their $80 permit. >> is it outrageous to give the5 ? >> yeah. yeah. imagine if you hd to pay $55 to be out here to do your job. it would be like, why would i do that? doesn't make common sense. >> i've lived in this city, andn it comes to fines and parking tickets, you know, i mean i've been a victim when it comes to that. you know, when it comes to violations, i'm for the people when it comes to stuff like that. >> at this point the mta is not losing money because the parking fees were not set to launch until march 1st. so as for right now, all we know this is a delay for how long? we don't know. but the chairperson says this delay will be "brief

parking around here astronomical. it just makes it easier forethem to collect money. >> i find it hard to believe that they didn't makeenough money. the city putting out -- puts out quite a few parking tickets. and they are awfully high. >> prosecutors have begun to present their case against michael jackson's doctor in a hearing on whether he will stand trial for manslaughter. members of the jackson family arrived for the los angeles h earing this morning amidst the fans while -- while prosecutors say dr. conrad murray a dministered a dangerous anesthetic and failed to provide adequate and prompt treatment before he die -- before he decided. jackson's personal assistant described the chaotic scene. the hearing is expected to last about seven or eight days. >>> want to check in with steve paulson mostly sunny. a midwest kind of cold. kind of damp. there is still a little bit of fog holding on in the east bay. we had a lot of 30s, even some upper 20s. i know kenwood was in there. it is mostly sunny and that sun does feel good. right now we're looking for mostly sunny skies, maybe a few high clouds. but the morning lows

>> it's hard to tell, very early, it's the one lane valley looking back towards webster. it is facing the wrong way and seal the parked cars coming this way it's very hard to tell how this car got here. what was going on when it was set ablaze. >> we will keep close tabs on the story as it develops. >> darya, another developing story of the '30's will continue their underwater search for juliani cardenas , cut on tuesday will be a week since he was last seen taken from his grandmother's arms. investigators suspended the search of the canal that they were looking at on saturday. there were looking there for our part that they believe juliani cardenas a doctor may have dumped into the water. jose esteban rodriguez is accused of smashing his ex- girlfriend sent six days ago investigators are working to refocus their search. they say they have only one credible lead from a farm worker who places that car in the canal. they say they saw something that looks like that car going to the canal. the sun are being used to locate it has pulled five vehicles out of stolen. not the one they're looking for. investigators will contin

schools, baseball diamonds, this is little league park if you look around it's not hard to find tags ed near delete park, it is not open yet but it's our intent. brandies science vandalize even before the kids use them. this includes a state park that is close, although the skaters to back the mark. it is a problem that does not appear to be going away. sam antar, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> alec baldwin for mayor? it is possible he says he's very interested in running for political office. he admits the leading acting would be extremely painful. he made the comments added in a view on wednesday at parker smith. this is not the first time he's started with the notion he told play bay more dizzying that he was interested in running for office. >> in canada and family welcome to a newborn boy into the world in as snowstorm. he does could not wait for a hospital his grandmother was driving the car, pulled over, his mother gave birth rate there on the side of the rare emergency crews found in the storm with the little newborn. the babies healthy and happy to have an exciting story abo

they were like, "south park is still a cutting-edge show. and that's--that's what's so hard for matt and i, is, we've got this job after, you know, almost 4 1/2 years of doing this show, of trying to stay on the edge. and we don't want, you know, south park to be-- just sort of twiddle away and become just a cutesy little show, you know? and that's why we'll always do it ourselves. you know, but it's such a challenge to--to constantly push it, which is why there is this dynamic, you know? you would never see the simpsons ripping on subway sandwiches, ripping on that whole-- you would just-- that, to me, is what differentiates south park from a lot of the other shows, is that-- you can be edgy in many different ways. and one of them is in this way of, "oh, my god, "they have this--they're even-- subway does commercials on there and here they are taking the piss out of subway." i was struck when you said, "let us do it," because you guys have got tremendous clout. and yet you're not able to carve out a contract that says, you know, "we can call any sandwich we want"? no, no, b

park property. the partnerships and resource development is also working very hard on philanthropy. both on the capital and then more importantly for this presentation on the operations side of the department. they've been very successful in finding people to support park operations. so adopt a park for speedway and marks meadow. endoug a gardener at crocker amazon. endoug joe lee rec center. we've had a successful fundraiser at the herps theater for camp du jour. we have been enormously successful in donations to our scholarship fund which is very important. we had a successful gala with the san francisco parks trust this past october. we had a fantastic series of events that the partnerships and resource development division found funding for around world cup at civic center. we had a fundraiser for the peter pan experience. we've been working very closely with san francisco parks trust on the gear up campaign to provide furniture, fixtures and equipment for our newly renovated recreation facilities. and as phil mentioned today, we've secured a grant for the soccer field at mission

park. i would guess. hard to see through all the ice on the lens right there., yeah, it is definitely snowing there. i've already had reports out of northern atlanta of up to 6 inches of snow. in fact, i'm working on those pictures right now for you for next half hour. i have a loyal viewer in the northern suburbs of atlanta who sent me some pictures this morning. she watches us online. no, no. i don't think you've met my mom, have you? 6:18 this morning. you're looking live from downtown san francisco back to the port of oakland. you see how clear it is. we do have some serious weather here to talk about. let's show you the temperatures forming in the north bay and east by valleys, especially say around the delta communities. that's where we're getting black ice reported. san jose and los gatos, frosty there but no black ice. frances is watching that. she's going to have delays with an accident out there, too. definitely a dangerous situation. 41 oakland, san francisco and half moon bay. monterey bay freezing temperatures and santa cruz, watsonville, salinas a

parking. you need more green space. this is very hard to do because of the way that you evaluate these projects. we have the same problems going on in other places. all of these crazy things happen. there is so much housing, therefore there is so much riding. they look to the table and say there is a much driving. no, that is changing. as san franciscans get wealthier, they have fewer cars. there are more families without cars. start the future right now. all of these projects that you are looking at welcome back to you sometime soon for t.i. with less parking and less impact, people will be walking around their communities with all the good improvements. we hope that we can get bthe developers t to put some nichckles in the pot for the m. adding more parking does not help. we said facetiously that if you want to have fewer people parking volume of 24/7 parking meters and then you have more money to help me out -- muni o ut. we hope to with a steady for less parking. thank you very much. -- we hope that you look at the steady for less pa

hard to implement. the other flavor we have seen is parking. but parking is a very interesting phenomenon. just to give you a very quick sort of logical helper here, there's 24,000 parking meters in san francisco, and we have several million trips a day. more than half of those are taken with cars. so it is not a one-to-one correspondence between what you can do with curbside parking and how you can affect meaningfully travel behavior of people who are driving. so what we are looking at is what we think would be most effective and most appropriate to the environment we have. the flavor that it takes, the hours that it happens, the amount of money charge, who is exempted from it, and a host of other things, and especially how the money is used that is collected from the fee, those are all things that are up in the air. what we have done in the feasibility study is just posed one set of potential ideas and how it works for those. the conclusion is it can work. the next stage would be to apply it to something there is consensus about in terms of what services would be improved, who would get

received our second quarter park maintenance scores from the comptroller's office under proposition c, which i will talk about in a couple of minutes. another reflection of the hard work and commitment of our staff. our scores, which is a combination of staff evaluation from the comptroller's office and rec and parks, were at 94.81%, an all-time high. congratulations to our amazing staff. also at the six-month point, i want to share with you some exciting statistics about our new recreation model, which this commission supported in our last budget cycle. while we have had to do more with less, as we said in the budget process last year, and as we discussed in the development of our recreation model, which was done in partnership with seiu, we all felt we could build a better engine as it relates to public relations. the data has been very positive. in 2009, 2010, one year ago through six months, we have 14,005 london 39 people registered in our programs. after six months of this fiscal year, registration has increased to 15,158. after six months of last fiscal year, we had 20,336 hours of programming in the fall and winter seasons. this year, 31,775 hours. so we

. >> in novato police working hard to solve what appears to have been a gang related shooting in a parking lot two. victims hurt. the gunman is probably still on the loose. residents received a jolt when they drove in for morning coffees. >> it's shocking and crazy. >> there is a double shooting in hamilton marketplace parking lot two. novato residents suffered wounds sitting in this car. police do not believe this was a random crime. >> we believe this is a gang related incident. >> one woman is in custody. police did not elaborate but are looking for suspects. >> we're searching for two individuals. >> this might not appear to be biggest stories but consider where it took place. well to do marin county. it's not immune to crimes but doesn't see a lot of them. >> there we're becoming we're joining the world. >> in this community of expensive homes and fresh-scrubbed kids residents have begun to notice gangland taggings from out of the area. rick altman took photos and noticed how it keeps changing. >> this latest tag added between 3:30 yesterday and this morning. so i'm not a police offic

. >>> you may find this hard to believe, but in san francisco, hundreds of parking meters are vandalized every day. not only is that costing the city a lot of money, it could end up being more difficult to find a parking space. a story you will see only on 2. >> reporter: tony spends his days repairing meters in san francisco. between 80 and 90% of broken meters are vandalized by people looking for free parking. >> that's what you'll find. about 300-500 meters are day are vandalized. that's due to people trying 20 get over and trying to park in a spot all day long. >> reporter: cities such as los angeles have banned parking at broken meters as a way of dissuading vandalism. the more people parking in the area, the higher the price at the meter, the transportation agency says it doesn't know if higher meter prices will lead to more vandalism, but board members are preparing to vote on weather to ban parking at broken meters. >> what was recommended at our sub committee for our board was to allow parking at broken meters for up to 2 hours depending on the time limits. >> reporter: san fran

. >>> you may find this hard to believe, but in san francisco, hundreds of parking meters are vandalizedvery day. not only is that costing the city a lot of money, it could end up being more difficult to find a parking space. a story you will see only on 2. >> reporter: tony spends his days repairing meters in san francisco. between 80 and 90% of broken meters are vandalized by people looking for free parking. >> that's what you'll find. about 300-500 meters are day are vandalized. that's due to people trying 20 get over and trying to park in a spot all day long. >> reporter: cities such as los angeles have banned parking at broken meters as a way of dissuading vandalism. the more people parking in the area, the higher the price at the meter, the transportation agency says it doesn't know if higher meter prices will lead to more vandalism, but board members are preparing to vote on weather to ban parking at broken meters. >> what was recommended at our sub committee for our board was to allow parking at broken meters for up to 2 hours depending on the time limits. >> reporter: san franci

hard for a corner entry which is now in there. i know mission dolores spent a long time on the design. the residential parking -- we are happy to see that comply with the plan standard. the inclusion there is -- the inclusion rehousing -- our ideal is for on site. we believe in mixed income housing development. over market does not have units of any kind for middle or low income. market batavia -- market octavia puc has a resolution on that point. we have a tight geography. we are dealing with the same neighborhood. we hope to be involved in this group of that ordinance if it happens. it is down to be devilish details. we're not trying to throw cold water, but it does matter about the specifics. where we have landed this transportation issues. the transportation study only came out about a month ago. most of the community had bits and pieces of information. we've not had the full thrust of the information until just very recently. there have been very quick conversations happening, including out in the hallway earlier. for us it focuses on two pieces. both have to do with the whole foods operation. that will

park to receive free lunches. >> quite weatherworn. she was worn out. she lived a hard life. >> reporter: many say solano way is a dangerous road. >> the speed limit is 30, but it's not always followed. plus it was foggy yesterday. >> reporter: police are looking for the driver who left the scene. a white male in his '20s with brown hair and lots tips and a female passenger had long dark hair and they were in a four- door sedan, possibly a hatchback. reporting live, jana katsuyama. >>> now to developing news in east oakland. shots rang out at about 4:00 this afternoon on international boulevard near 80th avenue. when officers arrived they found a man lying dead in the street. they are now searching for the gunman. there is no word on the victim's identity or what led to the shooting. >>> anthony batts spoke publicly today about being one of two finalists at the san jose police department. he appeared with oakland mayor jean quan for a celebration honoring martin luther king jr. >> there is no guarantee that i will be selected. i do have a job right now, and my focus is