coming back after having been a city commissioner. there is a lot of good talent focused on problem solving, focused on doing work in city, which is ultimately making places to live better for their citizens, and they've been doing it in the midst of the economic recession without much help from the states or federal government. >> not that it's ever a great time to be running a city. but with the recession they were taking in less money, and their states were in crisis, and the feds were in crisis. >> yes. >> did everybody hold fast during that time? could cities really invest in themselves? >> i don't think you could say that they invested in themselves. they were trenched. all you had to do was look at the statistics. cities laid off staff members, even public safety police and fire officials, housing departments were decimated. building inspectors went lots of services were contracted out. volunteers were recruited to clean up parks. cities continued to pay their debts. paying off municipal bonds, and they continued to do that. they had a

this entire thing is supposed to be all of masdar city. looks like an oasis in the middle of the desert. this is architectural eye candy. >> there has never been a single attempt by anybody in the whole world to do anything as aggressive and as ambitious as masdar city. >> this is definitely a place of superlatives. >> yes, we go big. we do not do things small. when abu dhabi decides to do something, they go all in. we are in a very hot, uncomfortable, humid place. how did people adapt before there was air-conditioning? one of the things we do at masdar is try to blend architecture as well as maintaining the sustainability standards. >> everything here has a purpose. these doors are designed to direct wind into the courtyard. the tiles are cool no matter how hot it is outside. the exteriors of the building are designed to maximize shade. >> we put the buildings close together. we are using the buildings to shade each other. we are showing people how things can be done in the desert, in a very harsh climate, how we can significantly reduce

the bankruptcy of cities locally -- it is a spreading problem for every big city. a great productive city like l.a. nonetheless follows the track of other cities that have been bankrupt. let's take detroit. that is a supreme example. detroit's boundaries were drawn in the 19th century. downtown detroit was really drawn with boundaries from 150 years ago. since 1960, detroit has gone from 2 million to 700 thousand people. two thirds of the population gone. a lot of the schools gone. a lot of abandoned things. detroit looks like a disaster area. what people don't know is, downtown detroit, the greater detroit metropolitan region includes 10 counties around detroit. those 10 counties during the same time when detroit went from 2,700,000 has gone from 3 million to 5 million population. leftof the industry that downtown detroit resettled in the counties around detroit. if you look at the five top economic new economy sectors in 10 counties around detroit are among the top five. greater troit is flourishing. the detroit from the 19th century, bound by these ancient, anti

a city that is equally divided between blacks, asians, latinos, african-americans. we're diverse racially and economically and makes it one of the most interesting cities in the world. we won over 20 accolades being one of the most exciting cities to being one of the greenest cities, and portland and oakland are similar, we're both old port cities. oakland is more diverse, we have the best weather. there are some things that people think they know, but when they come, i have walked with many groups, many say i didn't know it was this beautiful. that you have the redwood forests and we have every micro climate for gardeners. and we're a city of innovation. i have very poor neighbors where african-americans are still not graduating at 50%, and on the other hand the most highly educated cities in the country because we're home of university of california. it makes for a very interesting city. it's now becoming the city of preference for boomers who went to the suburbs but quite frankly it's a cultural desert,

and the third primary option, is the city option. and here there are really two options under that option. and the first is, if a person is eligible for healthy san francisco, and they go into healthy san francisco. and so again this is a program for uninsured individuals to be eligible you have to live in san francisco. and you have to be between the ages of 18 and 64. and you have to have been uninsured for a period of time and have an income limit, but if you are eligible and not be eligible for other publicly subsidized health insurance. and so, if all of those conditions applied and then the person is put into healthy san francisco. and if those conditions do not apply, if the person lives outside of san francisco, or if they have health insurance through a spouse, for example, and then they are given a city medical reimburse amount account. the city medical reimbursement account works like the health reimbursement account and so they submit it after the fact and but the coverage services is what is covered under the city, mra is

a serious wake-up call to the city in terms of what is our commitment to making this city a safer place. we know that you are more likely to be hit if you are a child, if you are a senior, if you are low-income. this is an important public safety issue for everyone and we also know that this is an equity issue. and i think there are three things that our office will be looking at along with several of my colleagues here on the board who i know will be speaking after me about what we can do. number one, we must look at fully investing and funding the pedestrian strategy. this is not just an issue policy. this is an issue of life and death and critical injuries here in the city that are absolutely preventable. there are so many ways to go in the city, but this is the one that is 100% avoidable and 100% preventable. and often made by reckless driving that could have been prevented just by yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk or turning carefully when making right or left turns. i think it's also important as we look at driver education a

present and it is our city story. but we also know that this is a story that is going to continue and one of the things that we love in pier 39. if you come here any day you will see the boys and girls playing with their parents who will come back a few years later as teenagers and young adults. and young men and women, flirting on the peers, dating each other, who will come back a few years later for their honeymoon, who will come back a few years later with their kids. and so, the cycle of the story of our city continues and that i know that in 50 years when we are celebrating the 200th birthday of this blai, when monique's grand daughter and ed lee's great grandson, are helping to run this city, they will look back on to the city leaders today, who are represented by all of you. and say, you know, in 2013, our city forefathers or city foremothers thought it appropriate to invest in our port and make sure that we are building a 21st century port to last, happy birthday. thank you. >> i think that we all look forward

all this is under the theme of the global city. the mayor is trying to create chicago, again, under this global city which is code word for a city for white folks with money. it's about policies that perpetuate a city that is dividessed, right? one of two cities, those who can benefit do benefit through connections and political positions doing well in the city. when you step outside the lines, where we are now, and a few mile radius from where we are sitting tads, the city looks different. the struggles are different and benefits that are to trickle down to us, and heard it before, continue to not be true. our work to really take this on, and i think that it's been about organized again just to lift up the truth around what's happening, folks get it. like, we've door knocked in the last few weeks around tips, around the sur application, door knocking around the city, and people get it immediately; right? this is a fairly much a no-brainer. what people -- people -- it's clear folks look for independent leadership, looking for older

george city is not going to guarantee your school's system. legislator may not give it to you still. so what then? >> i don't believe they will deny the fifth larger city in state a school system. and it is written in the constitution of how they will fund the school system. the department of education lawn. ed an investigation for a cheating system. you have a failed school system that went up a couple of points after the state had to take away ten to 15 of your worst-performing schools -- >> i think that's really -- >> hang on just a little community. >> yeah, eric says . . . >> all right. so coming up, what will it take for st. lougeorge to pull this ? and what does it mean for other unincorporated areas across the country? ♪ >>> welcome back, we're talking about a community just outside of baton rouge, louisiana that is looking to become its own city. lionel, obviously this movement is not without opposition. what is needed to get from where you are now to the ballot box? >> we knew this wasn't going to be without opposition, any time you s

and a lot of it is employees will make a complaint. and if the city is going to buy a whole bunch of microphones and they put it out to bid and somebody in mississippi decides to sell it to them, do those employees at that company selling this to the city, get the same things that we have to give to our employees? i don't think so. and i think that it is hard to catch. the caters who are down stairs now at city hall, are they going to be mandated to do this, and how is anybody going to catch that, it puts us at a very much disadvantage here in the city for small businesses. i think that that is something that we have to really look into. thank you. >> great, thank you. >> next speaker, please? >> scott how, town insurance. and i think that one of the things that is significant is that most small businesses will probably most small businesses are using 35 or 40 hours aca requires, 30 hours, and dropping it down to 20 hours, and i understand the obligation, but saying that the accepted benefits will only go up to 20 hours, and i don't fully understand w

i'm also echoing what is going on in fillmore. the city and county has to be aware that we are in a state of emergency. if they can move on it, the fillmore is what the whole area is about. not only just marcus bookstore, but that is the beginning. i was telling people when the mayor did his work, he went down to the barber shop and down to yoshi, all of those places have closed down. we do not only need to focus on this. we need a hearing on what the redevelopment has done with the urban renewal because the results of the urban renewal is just an example of what marcus bookstore is about. we have up and down fillmore streets, business after black businesses closing. there is a problem there of all the millions of dollars spent through the era of the urban renewal of the redevelopment. this is just the beginning. i'm hoping and praying that our two sisters sitting in this room can at least come together and meet with the rest of our black organizations to find out how can we champion on this small victory for the mass of our people. i'm he

this is a very organized effort across city departments. you will see there is four city departments working day-to-day, the sf mta, planning department and department of public health. other city agencies directly involved in this work and who are brought into this program are capital planning, department of public works, transportation authority, mayor's office and sort of different side of sf mta. so to be clear the work is focused on what we are calling the high injury corridors. those are 70 miles of streets in this city. they represent 60 percent of the collisions that consider. and your eyes will immediately focus on the tenderloin and south of market. this is not news, but what we have understood is those areas are going to be clear needs for priorities. so now i'm going to hand it over to reynolds and we'll learn more about this process. >> my name is salta reynolds and i work in the sf subdivision. our project is to be the subject matter expert. she showed a slide chart. about that chart is that it really represents one of the firs

colleagues have made are very important and we need to not lose sight of, and that is that we need to do things differently in this city when it comes to pedestrian safety. and the good part is we know exactly what we need to do and we need to have political will to do it and make sure our city departments are doing it. we have a pedestrian safety strategy. we know from the mayor's strategy, from this board's better streets plan, and from the 70% of voters that passed prop b, that doing physical improvements to our streets to make them safer is a top, top priority. every policy maker that weighed in in this city, that includes shorter crossing distances through build outs and other improvements to have safer streets. and we know what we need to do. and we finally have the funding to do it and we have -- everything is in place to be putting these projects forward. and unfortunately it seem that with each project, even just improving one intersection, it's a constant struggle. it takes too long. different city departments, they don't coordinate with each other. mid level people in the department will make a decision that

this is a supplemental for 2-1/2 million dollars which would be funded by the property tax increases that the city is expecting to receive in that zone for this current budget cycle. the increase is based on the revenue growth given today's taxable values so it's likely to get larger as additional construction projects in the area are completed and newly assessed in the year ahead. this supplemental is one part of a larger collaborative effort spearheaded by supervisor kim to address the need to protect nonprofit organizations that have been providing vital social services to our residents from displacement. based on the budget analyst report on this issue, she has convened a working group with the mayor's office of housing and community development to assess and recommend policy solutions. the supplemental that we're introducing today will be directed to nohcd to fund the working group programmatic [speaker not understood] for grants for rent subsidies, displacement assistance and capital improvement [speaker not understood] at least until hopefully commercial rent stabilizes. my office will work

city. regarding and that is at 1235 mission street. and that has been used for many years, by the city of human services agency. and which continues to have a need for that space. and we will continue to occupy that under a lease that we are finalizing in the negotiations around with the different discussion with the city and county. however, one of the conditions in that negotiation is that we would pay for part of the cost of capitol improvements to upgrade that building and our share of those capitol improvements is $3 and a half million and so most of the 4 and a half million that we will receive from this property exchange will go to the capitol improvements on 1235 mission which is associated with that new revenue stream for the district. and the rest of the money that we would probably put into a building reserve for that same site. >> thank you. >> commissioner haney. >> yeah, so i am just going to make some very brief comments i think that there is no way that i can be nearly as articulate as all of the folks that came

and we thought that this was only happening in the mission, it is happening all over the city. and we are getting calls from the gay community from the castle and we have gone to the meetings there and the gay community is telling me that they are affected and the african american community and look at hunter's point, 6 percent. you could put 40,000 people who are african americans left in the city, inside of at&t ball mark park and you would have empty seats they have been wiped out. wiped out. we are talking about cleansing, of the ethic culture, of this city. so, please, today, look at giving all of that land that you got that is vacant, sitting there doing nothing, rotting away, give it up and turn it over for housing for teachers and all people in san francisco. >> can i go after somebody else? >> i have four minutes? >> cool. >> very short director housing rights committee and i i wanted to first off really thank commissioners fewer and mendoza for bringing this forward and the time has come so thank you very much and i, am really tired and it has been a long, hard day and

as housing market is booming in the city government is running a budget surplus is everything really ok in our nation's capital and just who's benefiting from the city's boom years as d.c. they are all candidate any a cut in tonight's conversations with great minds. you need to know this new jersey's largest newspaper the newark star ledger said that it doesn't buy the governor's story he laid out a two hour press conference yesterday paper's op ed board wrote that christie's story stretches the bounds of belief let's rewind a bit yesterday governor christie responded to allegations that isn't. mr ation deliberately caused a traffic nightmare in fort lee new jersey as part of a political payback a vendetta against the city's mayor he repeatedly apologized for the actions of his staff and said that he had no direct knowledge of the lane closures of the george washington bridge were politically motivated he also announced that he had fired his deputy chief of staff bridget kelly who helped initiate the political vendetta turned traffic jail and he responded to questions over whether he

people moving out of cities, denver is one of the big booming cities. much more are affordable. a very diverse talent pool. there is accessible mass transit now. they have a downtown area that has a vibrant cultural scene. here in new york, you are -- $515,000 -- that is a lot of money for a home in middle america. here, if you're very lucky, you get a two-bedroom apartment. that is very unlikely. in san francisco, the same is true, maybe you get a house. 500 $15,000, go out to denver, for less than $300,000, you can get a five bedroom house with five bathrooms and 5000 square feet. it is a very different story out there. sees it adin different way. >> i happen to disagree. trees in new york city. ason new york city. the growth in demand, ibm is moving from westminster not far from our project in the east village to open their watson computing center for cloud computing. just anyou say -- even example of what i just mentioned with greenwich village and the amount of demand. some peopleside, might say this is why i am worried about moving to manhattan or being in new york. i migh

people, the public greater access to information that is available through the city agencies. and this chart shows you the level of participation. by the department, and it is actually by user name and the top line steve massy is our tech person and so that purple line represents the ethics commission and you can see that participation and this far exceeds the other departments and steven wanted me to point out because he was a modest young man that many, members of the staff actually made these contributions, data, but he is the main user, which is why his name is the one that is up there. but does he ever sleep? >> he is magnificent staffer and we are lucky to have him. finally i have one other thing that i would like to point out and i don't want to do this, it makes me very sad, but this tonight is mabeline's last meeting. but i am going to have a lock changed on the office door so she can't leave. >> it saddens me very much. >> saddens me very well. >> she come to my first meeting last week and seeing a former student of mine, mabel lang who i was looking forward to workin

city. regarding and that is at 1235 mission street. and that has been used for many years, by the city of human services agency. and which continues to have a need for that space. and we will continue to occupy that under a lease that we are finalizing in the negotiations around with the different discussion with the city and county. however, one of the conditions in that negotiation is that we would pay for part of the cost of capitol improvements to upgrade that building and our share of those capitol improvements is $3 and a half million and so most of the 4 and a half million that we will receive from this property exchange will go to the capitol pr

this is on the west avenue in redwood city. the machine shop is in flames and will bring you more as soon as we get it. >> it is a good thing that we do not have big wins. >> the wind has come down over the past couple of days or right now the temperature is on the cold scool side. we're looking at the possibility to break records and it will be another warm day around the bay. oakland will have a record high of a few degrees between what i am forecasting and the old record. and some areas it has just been warm since the early 1980's. i will break down your extended forecast and highlight your weekend coming up. >> we continue to track delays on a 880 in the southbound direction to fremont. there is an accident that occurred at maori. there is another accident 880 southbound. so now, the traffic there was slow from 84 is now starting to back up towards highway 92. >> on to more headlines, facing pressure, governor brown is taking action. terisa estacio has more. >> a major announcement that is want to come out at this building i

city. i was though i said the us. that post this is due to the city. he told mrs to get out. a few weeks and that the city. this week where you can see the future. it's a tasteful but the deal was it worth it because he had been over the course of the last two years to locate the peace bridge but hope that it was or wasn't leaving the door that leads the stepping stone a performance with which it doesn't feel the miserable from all parts of the city of course this up the muddy just go read this somewhat entertained. this is the springboard with it. all that day visitors. it took me to stay for the great taste experience the band. they spend the whole towns in the bars and restaurants that we hope that this gonna be a button band. all of the key in all sin city center but for this opportunity to debate a good man to put a bomb that's probably the most of the semester but the rest of the most avid and seven at a number of people that shallots. this is like a mom my holiday says but the studies invites you know what's definitely turned a corner has been fast again they gave the

as they are going through the bankruptcy process, is the city -- i mean, is this city gone? going to come back? parableought to be a about what not to do for a city, a state, or a country. you should not borrow too much. you should not let your debt get so much greater than your .apacity to repay you should not have unfunded pension liabilities. as mayor of houston in 2004, we reformed that. we get into trouble where you have to raise taxes to service old obligations, he cannot offer services to the people who are there, and people move back. >> rahm emanuel is a friend of yours. what do you think chicago can do? give local needs to governors the power to renegotiate pensions for new hires. not to take away what has already been accrued, but what could be accrued in the future. i applaud mayor emmanuelle, for having high- performance charter schools, so there are alternatives. >> i bet he has boned up on snowstorms. >> i bet he has. we are going to have much more with the former houston mayor. coming up, fixing traffic. ♪ quakes we are here with former mayor of houston bill w

how the district is working with the city in partnership on the yerba buena street life plan. it's a plan and violation road map for large projects. this is one of the larger projects. we've done artful bike racks their cool and creative. we're going to have a bike core wall relay. our plans will have a cleaner air doc station. for free were going to improve the alleys and adding after the ethics sidewalks. the goal of those projects is to facilitate action and promote pedestrian life and ultimately community pride. the yerba buena is proud to work with the city and the composure to your memory to design and implement this important project. on behalf of the yerba buena and the property owners that fund it i want to thank mayor ed lee and supervisor kim and their amazing support for the yerba buena work to help improve the quality of life. i want to thank spur this gentleman has been an amazing companion and deserves the credit for the violation and implementation of those projects. i want to competence my appreciation to the staff our director of neighborhoods projects that do

people moving out of cities, denver is one of the big booming cities. uses are much more affordable. there is a very diverse talent pool. there is accessible mass transit now. they have a downtown area that has a vibrant cultural scene. here in new york, you are looking for $515,000, that is a lot of money for a home in middle america. here, if you're very lucky, you get a two-bedroom apartment. that is very unlikely. in san francisco, the same is true, maybe you get a house. $515,000, go out to denver, for less than $300,000, you can get a five bedroom house with five bathrooms and 5000 square feet. it is a very different story out there. >> bill rudin sees it a different way. >> i happen to disagree. trees in new york city. the growth in demand, ibm is moving from westminster not far from our project in the east village to open their watson computing center for cloud mputing. >> when you say -- even just an example of what i just mentioned with greenwich village and the amount of demand. on the flip side, some people might say this is why i am worried

this is in a very busy part of redwood city, industrial but also residences in that vicinity. is is gonna create a lot of havoc for folks just trying to get around that area this morning as well. they fight this amazing fire. >> they do welding there, they may have acetylene tanks in there, that may be one were firefighters want to keep their distance a little bit in the blaze, they could easily explode. you see them pouring water on this fire from this firefighter on a ladder truck here, others on the other side of the structure, trying to keep the fire contained to this area, putting it out doesn't seem at this point to be much of an option, letting it burp itself out is probably closer to what's going on, thick plumes of smoke in the air, you can see there looks more white than black because it was thick and black a few minutes ago. all right, we will continue to monitor that and bring you back to it. >>> in the meantime, talk about developing news from southern california, where firefighters there also continue to battle to protect homes from a 1700-acre wildfire. >> comes

the first comment provided by at&t is incomplete. the city law does require they place these boxes on private property and this is very similar to what comcast does. i will tell you what comcast provides which offers voice internet and video as does at&t product. what they provide on information that i received was the side of the private citizens they approach. i could not retrieve under a sunshine request where the amounts they offer to those citizens on those boxes on the private property. i point this out because based on this as they said before and $100 per month. that's about $600,000 per year. that would be $30,000 per year. i'm pretty sure you would find a local resident who would have a box go on their property for $30,000 a year. the second point i want to point out, actually i will leave it at that. >> good afternoon supervisors. i have not had to contend with any new installation of a box. i and everyone else live on a daily to try to submit the daily existing boxes. that the boxes be automatically painted every week. i religious

a great city, but it is a bifurcated city. ch wonderful philadelphia, and a poor philadelphia. >> one, thanks for having me on, and congratulations on the new show. philadelphia is a dynamic diverse city, and we have a wide range of demographic elements to the city of philadelphia, and what we're focused on with our promise zone is as the commentator mentioned the partnership with drexel university, mount vernon manner, lisk and our own poverty organization. so we leave there are great assets in that area. yes, there are high rates of poverty in many of those census tracks, high rates of unemployment in those areas, but still good housing stock in many areas, while there is also vacancy in some, but the elements are all there. the team worked very, very hard, put together a fantastic application. a whole group of folks working on this, and we're very fortunate and proud to have been selected, and i think ultimately for us, part of that selection process was that we have a plan to deal with poverty in philadelphia, released last

course with all that has happened over the past couple of days i want to say though a volgograd is a city of hope and i was really encouraged on our way back from dinner we saw some children and they were dressed for the new year and you know this is a city of hope but it this something this is something that does happen globally it is a global issue it's not a russian issue and cities across the world have dealt with terrorist attacks like these and unfortunately volgograd this is happens here but a sober mood yes with the three days of mourning and there is a damper here on the city we do hear a little bit of fireworks in the background but not what you would expect on new year's eve but we were able to visit with the victim's family members who had them you know other family members die as well as victims who survived these attacks and in particular one young man the security officer who died the first victim of the terrorist attack he was able to speak with his father earlier. he had this job for about a year or so how it all happened on the video footage he was standing by the railin

in and it is not just a crisis that the city is facing it is a crisis that the school district is facing and i incredibly appreciate the folks who say that this is not something that the school district can ignore and it is also our responsibility and we had this conversation earlier this year around local hire, and the school district spends a lot of money in the city and we own a lot of property and so when we make the decisions that reflect our values and it is no just what happens in the classroom but everything that we do and i hope that this can be a wake up call for us. and an opportunity for all of us to work together and there is a lot of property that we own, and we need to learn from you and work from you to hear how we should be using it. and i think that it needs to be done in partnership with the community and it is not just a decision and it is not our property, it is the community's property and it is the city's property, and so, when we make the decisions about how to use it, it has to reflect the realities that our community and our families are face and that is

that is reaching 22 cities. another thing was about linking procurement contracts with eligible small minority business. we needed to make sure they were getting certified for the right contracts and getting the support to meet the challenges. you have many fiduciary roles, not easier for smaller businesses. one of the areas we have been doing not in los angeles. it is with the university of southern california. it is getting a number of the small businesses not just certified, that in a position to successfully bid or collaborate on bids. they are getting contracts. it is keeping some of that work in the city itself. the opportunity for small businesses in your own municipalities to have that access. another focus area that many of you talked about, the unemployment. the longer-term in the older communities, people in their 50s who are out of work. they are having a hard time getting back into the job market. most of whom are strong candidates whose industry has shifted. those groups need something more or diff

it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the park is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy the history. the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis cour

there is a block party in the mission district. tonight, city hall lit none red and gold. we may see something else and that is trouble. the city is trying to stay one step ahead. san francisco without the cable cars? it is kind of like coffee without the cream. even if it is only off the menu for a half day. >> i think the cable cars are part of san francisco. >> not only for san francisco, but everybody. >> reporter: the city's historic cable and streetcars come off the rails sunday afternoon and evening during and after the game, win or lose. >> i'm not happy. i have a three-night pass. >> reporter: these power lines that run the buses will be deenergized in case an under the influence fan try to reach out and touch one. >> what we have seen in the past is people get on top of the vehicles not aware of the overhead wires. >> reporter: these measures are meant to protect people and property. it wasn't that long ago after the giants won the world series this city bus was torched and totaled to the tune of $700,000. >> that is definitely fresh in our minds but mainly, what

it is hoovering around zero degrees in new york city and that is a record set in 1896 and it was 4 degrees back then and 6 degrees then and 4 degrees today. yesterday in new york, in the 50s. so temperatures plunged nearly 60 degrees in just 24 hours and that is causing a massive amount of problems because that major plunge in temperatures. amtrak is saying that earlier today that the temperatures the causing problems with the equipment and seeing a number of numbers in the northeast corridor. the lines are down and having problems with the electricity and the components and dozens of delays and cancellations and northern illinois three amtrak trains stuck in the snow overnight and affected 500 passengers that slept overnight on board the trains. >> after we left, we got stuck in five feet of a snow drift and we had stopped so many times before then, we thought just another stop. now it was nine hours. >> now, amtrak brought in buses to rescue the passengers and brought them into chicago after spending the night on board the trains stuck in the snow. major delays at the airports, 3,000 fli

a spectacular investment on our cities future. i know rick is here today and rick we're behind you for another successful playoff season thank you. we'll continue to invest in our neighborhood within our 25 investing corridors throughout the city places like gary boulevard in commissioner antoine: district and other districts. i'd like to thank our 2010 and 2011 along with the heads for giving back to the city for the giant team last year. thank you giant (clapping) and in 2013 we brought 3 w if any, to our city thanks to supervisor farrell and in 2014 we'll continue to connect our folks to the cloud. and we'll continue to invest in the quiet machine of our small businesses with our ata assistance program our job squad and on line business portal. we must continue to support our nonprofits they provide vitality in front line services to our resident. and just like many of the clients on low income it's tough to absorb an there in rent so i applaud supervisor kim and supervisor chiu and look forward to working with them for practical solutions. y