i know that whether it's in the mission station, whether it's in the ingleside station, we're always trying to get more resources, more officers assigned to those districts and that's a challenge. and, so, i'm wondering if you can sort of talk a little bit about your thoughts, your strategy going forward in term of how we make sure that we get to the staffing level that we need to be and that we maintain that, and that, you know, that we have enough officers to do all the things that he we want to do. i know that for me in my district, that is an ongoing challenge because there are only so many also that are needed in other parts of the city. >> well, before i answer that question, supervisor, a couple fond memories. about sick years ago we were on a commission together. i said to my wife, ~ i think we did great work. i remember one particular meeting was a community meeting about halloween in the castro. we were there till midnight. we finally crafted some good ideas there. and just the second year, i also want to commend you on partnering with my community [speaker not understood].

to promote that at this time meeting as well as the following week there will be a meeting at the ingleside presbyterian church where we'll continue to have a discussion about the context statement. >> when the agenda is formed for this can we have a copy? >> sure. certainly. >> i would like to have that. >> thank you, commissioners, any other questions? seeing none, we'll move on. >> item 2. review of past events at the planning commission. staff report. >> thank you. a number of items to share with you. first the april 3rd hearing the planning commission commission adopted the open space element with a 4-2 vote with antonini against. the board of supervisors and we expect to have a date in the next several months. at the end of march we forwarded a final copy of the recreation and open space element to the commissioners. however, if you would like the final draft, that has been posted and we'll provide you a link to that as well. also the planning commission unanimously recommended a board of supervisors legislation to wave planning department fees for awnings and signs. the board is expe

24th street; 52 excelsior; 54 felton; 71l haight noriega limited; f market & wharves; j church; k ingleside; l taraval; m oceanview; n judah and t third street. explanatory documents include a staff report, resolution, mmrp, proposals sf 712341234 various muni lines. >> item 8: 8. amending transportation code division ii, section 601 to eliminate the transit-only area on potrero avenue from 22nd street to 24th street northbound and to designate a transit-only area on potrero avenue from 18th street to 25th street southbound, and approving traffic and parking modifications to implement seven fast-track segments along rapid transit routes included in the transit effectiveness project's the travel time reduction proposals including:1234 >> director riskin? >> thank you mr. chair. good morning. mr. chair, members of the board, obviously this what we are contemplating today is the culmination of about 8 years worth of work, really tremendous work by mta staff by planning department staff, the city attorneys office and many others. it really is a once in a generation opportunity for us to look at

lot of that has to do with staffing, what staffering is available, whether it's in the bayview, ingleside, or the mission station, for instance, the three stations that i have. so, i'm wondering if you can talk a little bit about that and sort of where you see things going and your strategy going forward on that issue. >> sure. in my time on the commission four years i've seen some really great officers, senior officers who have retired. and every time they retire, i'm sad because i know these are the folks who really have made the department what it is. but on the bright side, on the good side, this board of supervisors and this mayor have supported a significant amount of funding to go towards new officer classes. and, so, every couple months there's been a graduation, a new cad re of officers. i've had a chance to go to the graduations and it's exciting to see the future of the department, the diversity of the classes we're seeing come through the police departments, females, males, asian, black, white, the background is amazing. the bilingual skills is amazing. one of the graduations

services will be held at a church in ingleside this morning for jeffrey bronken, who was piloting the plane ... and his 15-year-old daughter, katie. her friend survived the crash. they were on spring break when their plane went down in clearwater more than a week ago. francis cardinal george was back out in public for a second straight day, after a week-long hospital stay. the cardinal made an appearance at temple sholom in lakeview for the 19th annual "joseph cardinal bernardin jerusalem lecture". he was recently treated for a stomach infection brought on by his cancer treatment. he says he's still keeping a busy schedule. and in spite of chemo treatments, the cardinal says he feels pretty good. the cardinal says he's still i feel good. i'm still pretty weak. the fill you with all kinds of stuff. but other than that, i am ok. the big thing is a really scared me in terms of infection so i need to be careful. >> planning to travel to rome next month for the canonization of pope john paul the second. opening day at the cell worked out for the fans. the weather was nice, and the white so

. >>> here in san francisco, police took close to 200 the st buyback program in the ingleside neighborhood. people were able to drop off guns including assault rifles, no questions asked. police say buyback events specifically target weapons commonly used on the street and help reduce the risk of accidental shootings. >> the hand guns and trying to reduce those numbers and the availability of those types of firearms. >> those who dropped off guns received $100 for each gun they turned in and $200 for every assault rifle. >>> let's talk sports with 5.7 seconds left on the clock, kentucky's aaron harrison did it get, he shot the game winning three-pointer to beat number 2 wisconsin 74-73 in last night's ncaa men's basketball final four tournament. harrison scored just five points before taking a pass from his twin brother and hitting a shot in the same area where he canned game winners in the wildcats' previous two wins. that's his lucky spot right there. and this was the scene after the wildcats punched their ticket to the ncaa game. look at the people there on the streets. university of ke

the car's being taken off the freeway right now, but we are left with backup coming right out of inglesideill there, westbound highway 4 at hillcrest avenue. a couple lanes blocked. slow traffic out of brentwood. eric? >> when we come back, meteorologist mike nicco has that warm e bay area forecast. you can either have high-end or low-price. is split in two. or you can go to t.j.maxx and you can have it all for up to 50% off department store prices. t.j. maxx. cannonize. temperatures right now mainly in the mid to upper 40s, 51 in fremont and san francisco, 50 degrees. big storm, you felt it yesterday afternoon, the change in the weather. we're going to get back to average today with temperatures about 3 to 8 degrees warmer than yesterday. let's check out your accuweather seven-day forecast. near record warmth tuesday through thursday ♪ my life >> we love that song from american authors. what a smash hit. breakout band. here to perform it live this morning. >>> so many of you have been sending the best days of your lives. we'll share those in our live rock star event coming up this monday