. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets andks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> i personally love the mega jobs. i think they're a lot of fun. i like being part of a build that is bigger than myself and outlast me and make a mark on a landscape or industry. ♪ we do a lot of the big sexy jobs, the stacked towers, transit center, a lot of the note worthy projects. i'm second generation construction. my dad was in it and for me it just felt right. i was about 16 when i first started drafting home plans for people and working my way through college. in college i became a project engineer on the job, replacing others who were there previously and took over for them.

prior to earth quicks for new buildings, two, actions for reducing seismic -- and four, actions to improve city -- the city's understandings of its tall building seismic risk. i would like to invite professor greg deerline and dr. shaw vindani to focus on strategies we can implement now and focus on later. i look forward to any questions you have during the presentation. >> supervisor kim: okay. thank you. >> i guess i'll speak from here. we have some slides if you could pull up, the powerpoint slides. it's always good to have a prompt here. it's a pleasure to be here, and supervisor peskin, i appreciate your interest. i've been involved in the pier tall building project for a number of years, so it's good to see this moving forward. again, dr. shah vindani is a practicing geotechnical engineer. we're here representing our team. i just wanted to mention john hooper, his team has designed the salesforce tower, many other tall buildings in san francisco and other cities. so this project is tasked with looking at tall buildings, both new ones in the future, existing tall buildings, and looking at

otherwise a the city would have to improve. we are increasing pedestrian safety and adding to street life and beauty and urban design in the city. so here is a quick view of some of the projects that we have seen in the past few years. that includes -- we have acquired 200 build off. raised crosswalks. many of these are on the vision zero network. we have a lot of development happening in district six and in the tenderloin. that has a tangible benefit on vision zero and pedestrian safety. so just a few projects to highlight the breath of the work that we do. this 300 grant project was a project that was required to build a post. they are struggling to fit it within the building envelope. so we worked with the project sponsor to build it in the alley and we -- you can sort of see in the plan there are tables and chairs over there in the alley but they have taken them out. we did not want them to go and get permission until we understood from the fire department that that would be viable. if the fire department would say note late

. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets andks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about ap

. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sin

. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. good afternoon, everyone, my name is naomi kelly and i'm the city add straight to be. thank you for joining us here at the marine memorial. i'm pleased to share the summary of recommendations from the tall building's safety strategy. this was a report that was commissioned by our late mayor edwin lee. who asked myself and the director of the department of the emergency management to work with outside consultants to help us preview our existing tall buildings in san francisco. copies of the summary and the recommendations and summaries are available here and will be postponed online

. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. didn't o- >> sound familiar do you keep on getting up there's an easier way. >> of course there's easier way get rid of of mosquito they breed whatever this is water no water no mosquito mosquito feed on good blood the eggs hatch and stay near the waters san francisco to breathe and the adult underlying mosquito waits on the as many until it's sexuality hardens water pools in any areas and creates places you'll not normally think of budget and any container that holds water and hidden in bushes or else were dump the water and do it over soil not into a drain the larva can continue g

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we also know, however, that we still have lots of work to do to improve the city's resilience, excuse me and our overall ability to respond and recover, including never-ending training by both the private and the public sectors so that we can be ready and better preparations such as success to grab and go bags. to help us to manage our own for the initial 72 hours. and we are better prepared mentally and emotionally to resist panic and fear as the ground shakes and rolls. and to be able to think clearly and to practice training we have to do. it's all -- it's a tall order and, make no mistake, and one that reminds us to keep working on -- with our families and loved ones every day to get prepared. and related to the ongoing observance of the 1989 earthquake, i want to let you know that one of the departments contracted non-profits c.y.c., is hosting 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. today another fire safety and emergency preparation fair at 290 irving street the they'll hand out information on the material to help people to prepare to respond effectively and quickly to the next disaster. and t

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city and county of san francisco, london breed. she is the first african american woman and only the second woman to serving as mayor of san francisco. she is dedicated to improvings housing, environment, and transportation for all. sitting on the city's board of supervisors, she passed the strongest styrofoam ban in the country. she has consistently advocated for safer streets for all users, whether on the bus, on the bike, or on foot. thank you, once again, for having us here, and please join me in welcoming mayor london breed to the stage. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone and welcome to san francisco city hall. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, vanessa, for that kind of introduction. i'm honored to be here with so many people from around the world, so many mayors from so many different countries. this is going to be an amazing week in san francisco. you know, many of us are here because we unfortunately know about a lack of leadership around climate change in washington, d.c. that is why this week, we are joining an unprecedented gathering of leaders from cities around the world to send the message that climate change is t

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improvements. finally, the city reserves an option on 5,000 square feet of commercial space for a possible future community facility use such as a reading room, library, or other community serving space. this concludes my presentation, and i am available for questions, as well. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you, and supervisor kim has a question. >> supervisor kim: i actually have a series of questions. first of all, a couple of things. i'm glad to see that within the development agreement that will be a public power consideration with sfpuc as well as with some of our other major area plans and the commitment to the child care center, which is incredibly important. i have a series of questions both on some labor issues, the t.d.m. program, and the housing program, and i'll just begin with some of my questions in regards to labor. first of all, i know that there is a waiver on requirements on prevailing wage and apprenticeship similar to what we did with mission rock and pier 70, but my understanding was in those cases, the developer had entered into a project labor agreement, and i remember strong

a bird in court has ruled in favor of banning all the more polluting diesel vehicles in the city to improve equality for submissions scandalous thrust the impact of diesel engines into the spotlight with other countries on the verge of betting the mole together. germany's motorists don't know which way to turn nitrogen oxide emissions have breached legal limits in seventy major towns and cities but which of them intends to ban diesels from their city centers and which cars will be affected politicians are differing at the so-called diesel summit a week ago they agreed with carmakers that they would clean their diesels up but just how they'll do it remains an open question and the mooted measures are not legally enforceable anyway. the only thing that certain is that anyone driving a diesel can't be sure they'll still be allowed to drive it in german cities. cities are imposing restrictions or plan to in countries including germany denmark sweden norway britain belgium the netherlands france italy spain and greece. some countries like denmark and norway want to completely ban all petrol and

so yeah, i guess i would really support efforts to improve our city's public financing program and make sure all candidates are able to have the necessary information to apply. >> thank you very much, and mr. mcneil? >> there's too much money in san francisco politics. we'll stop, period. i'm the only one up here who's run for office before. i was elected to the democrat central committee when i was in 24, in 2006. i did it by working hard. i believe there is a diminishing level of returns when it comes to money in politics. i don't know how many mailers you got in the last mayoral election, but hey, here i am, here's why you should consider voting for me. the inundation of special groups that only exist to prop up their person, that kind of thing, i think is bad for san francisco. i'm naive. i like politics. i think it's a great chance to learn from voters and be represented and do wonderful things for your community. it's like community service, but the amount of money that's spent on politics is ridiculous. i'm proud to run a grassroots campaign. i'm just going to be knocking on your

city. and also as part of the final deliverable, we'll be giving recommendations on how to improve the dialogue between the city and the community, and industry. so we want to share about how we're thinking about defining emerging technology. so how we're looking at is, emerging technologies are new technologies, new applications of technology, and new business models. and within that, those kind of three buckets, we're looking at emerging technologies that are in development and have only been tested at a market level or on a very limited basis. and we're also looking for technologies that will have a measurable impact, whether it's economically, socially, or morally in the next 5-10 years. and we also are looking for technologies that don't really fit into an existing regulatory category or scheme within san francisco. that's sort of our scope in terms of what we're looking at. and here's our vision. so our vision is to be a city that embraces technology. to enhance quality of life in our public spaces. that's where we're really heading. in terms of the process, and what we've done thus far,

charge internet service provider to come into a city, string of fiber lines along utility poles, that sort of thing, and also to improve competition. an incumbent operator may own the poles. you can imagine they are not very helpful when a new server wants to come into the city. i have been pleased to be a part of that. the fcc has taken some of our recommendations over the past year and put them into place. host: is this a volunteer position or something that you are paid to do? guest: pro bono, volunteer. everybody does it because they care about the issue. a lot of the neutrality movement comes from the fact that people don't always feel like they have , thatroadband choice providers may have poor customer service for them. the chairman -- a lot of us who favor a light regulatory approach, believe a lot of the concerns would go away if they feel they had competition, if prices are competitive, and if they feel well treated by providers. getting more competitors out there is part of that. of the internet is our topic this morning with brent skorup. coleman is into also, oklahoma. republican. it interesting that only

. >>> the oakland city council improved -- proved a safe parking program for the homeless will live in their cars. city leaders agreed to spend $300,000 over the next year allowing safe places for the homeless to park in the overnight hours. supported by local churches and calls for several special parking lot around the city with security officers and an on-site coordinator as well as porta bodies. >>> one family is demanding answers after man died after he was tased by sheriff's deputies. relatives 837-year-old kobe had a mental breakdown on october 3rd. he was seen running in and out of traffic. investigators say he attacked the deputy when he got out of the patrol car. the deputy called for backup. he was tased and taken into custody and he lost consciousness and later died at the hospital. >> there does not appear to be a justification for the use of tasers in the manner in which it was done. >> we think the least we can have as a family is closure, as to how he died. >>> john burres says all law divorce -- all enforcement and san mateo county should stop using tasers. those invol

this is to improve their quality and improve peoples experience in the city centre of paris. great idea and it can be inconvenient for some, great idea and it can be inconvenient forsome, but great idea and it can be inconvenient for some, but you had to rethink how you get in. park and ride. it is a sunday, a day of leisure. who knew as was the most polluted city in western europe? i didn't know that. in london, once or twice a year around the west end near the studios, it is a car free zone and it is really quite delightful. it reduces pollution and kind of slows down the pace of life, which makes things more relaxing. we have heard from many viewers around the world. in rwanda they are ready to do this and hoping to do this in new delhi, without one viewer saying they would love it to happen. we have jessica saying, they would love it to happen. we havejessica saying, please bring this id at a tokyo. —— please bring this id at a tokyo. —— please bring this idea to tokyo. people think it would be fantastic. it brings us back to the story we started with, this issue about cl

situational awareness with first responders and other city agencies as well as improving how we as a city allocate resources. and so the proof of concept for this online guide or online calendar, sorry, is finished and so we're currently in discussions with d.e.m. on how to finalize the list of stakeholder who is should be receiving as well as who should be editing the calendar. and the finalizing of the communications that were going to be happening and communicated in the next two weeks. >> and just a part of that idea as you know and first responders look to us to be an aggregator and a hub of information about one-time events or just parties that are happening during really busy, high density times of the year, so halloween's coming up, right? so i'm working with inspector burke and inspector sevino on developing halloween list of known events that we'll send to first responders, and that is going to be going out the end of this week. we've called out -- we've done the nument to people saying if you have an -- we've done the announcement to people saying if you have a

improvements were made to the corridor. these include installing traffic signals at minna, the city's first painted safety zones at howard and mission to protect pedestrians as they cross intersections. we also installed wayfinding improvements and reminded drivers to slow down through speed limit signs and street paint that guide vehicles to the 280 onramp all of which aim to address the most prevalent collision types, turning vehicles, failing to yield or non protected and non dedicated pedestrian crossings. despite these changes a person walking or biking gets hit by a car on 6th street every 16 days. and with 40% ending in severe injuries or fatalities it's clear more work is needed on 6th street. two goals, improve safety and create a safe and inviting public space for all street users and community members of 6th street. the major elements are between market and howard. this is the span where the crashes are most concentrated, making up 32 out of 41 collisions. the key elements of this project are first, removing a southbound lane to calm traffic and accommodate wider sidewalks. second, upgrading all intersections betw

employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in city government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of city government that. >> you can below the what if anything, by assess though the club program website arrest call 4147 or 311 and stating you wishing to file and complaint point controller's office the charitable program also accepts complaints by e-mail or 0 folk you can file a complaint or provide contact information seen by whistle blower investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and inefficient government practices when you submit a complaint to the charitable online complaint form you'll receive a unique tracking number that inturgz to detector or determine in investigators need additional information by law the city employee that provide information to the whistle blower program are protected and an employer may not retaliate against an employee t

included a completion in $800 million in rehabilitation and repair to dramatically improve housing for our residents. the city has succeeded before and will succeed again. to those of you who rely on section 8 vouchers examine low-income housing, the city is here with you. everyone in this room, i want to make clear that this is a significant, unforeseen investment that must take precedent over all other potential funding needs. i'm committed to stablizing the housing authority in the short-term and bringing accountability in the long-term so it never happens again, but most importantly, we will keep our tenants safe and secure in their housing. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you very much. [applause] >> president cohen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. that was very kind, but we actually have a no applause rule in the chamber just so we can run an efficient meeting, please, if you like something, do spirit fingers, and if you don't like something, do a thumbs down. madam clerk, will you call the next item. >>clerk: this week, supervisor peskin submitted the topic which was noted on our agend

city. i started out as organizing immigrant families for the ch chinese immigrant organization, to improve working conditions and end wage theft in the restaurant industry, and po pass our city's first minimum wage law in 2003. i've been the director of the northern california citizenship project working to register new citizens to vote and engage immigrant communities in the political process in the nine county bay area region. i've been the campaign director of the bay area environmental health collaborative working to decrease air pollution in the region. in over the past years of executive director in jobs for justice, i've created our nation's first ever retail worker bill of rights. -- including the creation of the support at home program. so i'm running for the board of supervisors to bring any decades of -- my decades of experience to help address the critical issues facing our neighborhoods and our city. and for me, this is also personal. i think about my daughter and her friends, and worry whether they'll be able to afford to live in the city they're being raised in. now i think a

this code section allows the city to require large developments to make improvements to the public right-of-way, including widening sidewalks, landscaping, special repaving and pedestrian lighting. it also governs curb cuts on certain restricted seats, particularly those streets which have protected bike lanes. this section allows the city to prohibit restrictions on the street0's or require a conditional use authorization to approve a new curb cut on these streets. this ordinance establishs the criteria by which the planning commission will use when deciding if a conditional use authorization has been grant and it creates a criteria that the commission will use if a new curb cut is granted on a restricted seat, which is identified in section 155. it also discusses design review and approval for large projects in the downtowns and eastern neighborhood plan. streamlining allowing projects to consolidate their hearings at the planning commission. currently projects that are required to attend the planning commission under sections 309 or 329 and are required to get a c.u., have to come to the pla

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cities. she wants an opportunity to do social welfare where she can make enough mondayy to live on her own. we have to create an environment for kids that want to help improve towns and cities and all of the other things we desperately need to do in connecticut if we keep losing people by the day. we're losing 80 people a day. when i've been doing this tour across the state there are a ton of good people out there but they're frustrated and want to help. they need tax relief. they need jobs. they don't need another four years of dan malloy. >> your efforts to help the less fortunate members of society? mr. griebel: i have more time? i get a bonus. again, keith, i go back to the cardinal sheehan center where i was on the board. i dedicated time and financially to that organization to help a lot of kids in bridgeport and the surrounding towns get the proper training. >> thank you. m griebel. mr. griebel: i want to tie your question back to joe's. if we're not having a serious discussion about this operating deficit and not prepared o to take the rainy day fund we'll undermine funding to special education and those agencies that take care of the most vulnerabl

the district enjoys working with city staff and we continue to meet with city staff to improve our relationship and we'll soon collaborate with cities and others on an emission plan for bayview-hunters point. thank you. >> >> president cohen: thank you. at this time i'd like to invite up ms. mary murphy or the project sponsor. >> i'm not mary murphy though i'll try to be. madame president, i'm with build inc. a local developer. as you heard our last meeting, there were issues on the air quality mitigation ambassador. i want to assure that you we will do whatever we can to minimize the impact the project has on air quality in the basin and surrounding neighborhoods. there are local regulations such as the dust control program administered by the wbh and d.b.w. requiring us to minimize dust and adhere to a minimization plan to reduce emissions during construction and once occupied the project must comply with the transportation management demand to reduce sole yo dorn solo car trips and builds infrastructure such as the dedicated class 1 bike lane through the project and signalized coordinated in

the city authorities are under pressure to improve public transport work on an extensive metro system is behind schedule there are a few express bus routes with modern vehicles but their impact has not been great so far. this apology has issued a ban on all motorcycles that takes effect in twenty thirty but that does not interest anybody here right now. at hanoi university of science and technology they're testing a mobile device that measures emissions at the source at the exhaust pipe of a motorbike. as for environmental police to use it to get the worst offenders off the road that could mean a major change for many in hanoi. where i don't actually know how they really react to the. action that stop them what a bank i'm not sure because we need to i think we need to be fair the campaign jayco the communication. the german advisors and the city environment department are working together on that as well. that they can advise and plan but it's up to the city authorities to act on their proposals. he needs to organize awareness raising campaigns so the citizens can properly understand