i want to personally thank the treasure island development committee along with [reading names] i also want to thank our city attorney's for all of their work. and the planning department. mta and pc also contributed. two groups that i did not mention which contributed heavily to the process for our neighbors on treasure island and yerba buena and the it is freeboard that has been chairing this committee. president chiu: unless anyone has any amendments for further discussion -- excuse me, if we could have order in the chamber. why don't we move to a roll call vote? >> on items 18 through 22 -- [roll-call] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the ordnances are finally passed. item number 23. >> this is from the land use and economic committee without recommendation. the one block portion of mason street between lombard and columbus for purposes of the north beach public library and joe dimaggio playground master plan. president chiu: can we take this item? without objection, this item is finally passed. item number 24. >> to bernadette loans from restricted sources and to modify the reporting requirements for

and the city is now buying a small rescue boat for $13,000,ingmething this island city hasn't had since 2009. in alameda, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> police say a young man found dead in the bay was found stabbed to death. and investigators are still trying to identify him. a marina district resident called police after seeing a trail of blood. police launched a search, but they did not find the body. the police department today defended that effort. >> they wanted a sufficient amount of officers to look. they searched vehicles. they searched -- they have the equipment to do that. they did not find the victim. i don't know what more you want them to do. >> investigators zeroed in on a green volvo, and they were unable to link it to the victim. police are now looking for two homeless men who neighbors say were living in the car. >> residents are accusing a neighbor of poisoning their pets. he is denying it, and police say he is not a suspect. at least seven dogs and cats have died. contra costa county animal control say the signs point to poisoning. each owner found foods in their yard the

20 percent - extremely low by global standards - a rapidly developing economy, and a land-locked island city 456 square kilometres in area - one-fourth of what the new york metropolitan region has for example, but four times the people. so all these factors put together contribute to avery real demand - continues demand for all sorts of real estate. >>reporter: and buyers are lapping up developments as soon as they are announced. vijay srirangan has invested half a million dollars in an apartment in this building complex in a mumbai suburb. even though it won't be ready till 2013. >>srirangan: they've got gardens, specialized gardens planned. they've got the usual clubhouse; they've got tennis courts that are planned, other games facilities are in place, children's park. several of those features, the ability to walk around inside the complex - as you grow older that's an important element - all of these add up to making this premium, exciting, and worth spending on as far as i'm concerned. >>reporter: the world's tallest residential tower, world one is planned in central mumbai. 60 percent

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treasure island will have an impact on the city. i want to think ross mirkarimi and david chiu for introducing some changes to the development agreements, which will help to mitigate some of these impacts. of course, the mayor's office, for being a really good partner on this project, working with our office. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jane. it does take a lot of teamwork. i think we are resurging that team work in city hall. i know the work of david chiu has been instrumental in doing that. i want to get david appeared to say a few words and also to signal, and we do not get -- often get an 11-0 vote. i can remember one other -- [laughter] david, you have been working so hard. come up and say a few words. [applause] >> it takes a village to build a village. i want to thank the village behind and in front of us. over the past year, we have put 10,000 units of new housing in the southeast part of the city with the shipyard project. [applause] we are putting 8900 new units of housing on the west side of the city with the appr

city's population by 2.4%, a population of about 805,000. those households are projected to spend approximately $220 million per year in taxable purchases. including those on treasure island. the magnitude of what we are adding to the city's housing supply, increasing by 2.5% be occupied housing units, which will have the impact of reducing some of the pent-up demand for housing, exerting moderate downward pressure, which was estimated at 2% upon project completion. the effect of this reduce real- estate occupancy costs will be to increase economic outlook. these cost savings, shifted to other sectors of the economy, the project increase in the city's housing supply and the impact on values is projected to results in direct and indirect jobs. that is through the 2015 projection. . supervisor chusupervisor kim: he to that number? i know we have had i love -- i know that we have had a blood of development, how did you come to that number to

right now, it's more of a commuter island. the city of san francisco wants it to become literally more of a treasure island where people can live more comfortably and not drive to san francisco or oakland for a shopping day. right now, approximately 3,000 people live here. the plan boosts the population to 19,000. it calls for up to 8,000 residential units. commercial space, 100,000 squar feet of office space, new roads, library and school. a ferry terminal. the $1.5 billion project would turn this island into an urban village. they narrowly approved the environmental impact. the board will consider an appeal put together by a pon t opponents. they did not consider the projects impact on the bay bridge and the added congestion it would bring. the vulnerability of flooding from a tsunami or earthquake and the housing market on the island. the board will hear the appeal tonight at city hall at a 5:00 meeting. even if the appeal is denied and it moves forward, it's not going to be transformed overnight. it calls for a 20 year redevelopmen

for certain real property located on treasure island/yerba buena island; approving an interagency cooperation agreement between the city and the treasure island development authority; and adopting findings, including findings that the agreements are consistent with the city's general plan and eight priority policies of city planning code section 101.1, and findings under the california environmental quality act. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> from the office of economic workforce development, we have a brief presentation for the project in front of the general public benefit for the project. land use already before the title board in planning commission for a number of public meetings, we will

francisco's board of supervisors are hearing an appeal of the billion-dollar plan to overhaul treasure island. the city proposes adding some 8,000 residential units and acres of commercial and office space. the plan was moving forward until last month when several environmental groups filed an appeal seeking to overturn the project. they are hearing that appeal as we speak. >>> fear and outrage in oakland tonight, a violent and deadly weekend motivated a peace march this afternoon. dozens of people convened at green leaf whittier elementary school at 3:00 right after school. the group marched through the streets of what many describe as the most violent neighborhood in east oakland. after that walk, the group met with city officials demanding a response to increased gun violence in their neighborhood. separate shootings left five people wounded and one person dead. >>> the jury deliberating the fate of two men charged with murdering journalist chauncey bailey and two others appears to be meticulously reviewing the case. the jury wrapped up its ninth day of deliberations after taking another look at tes

island can be a given point? they would not be even coming into the city. -- viewing point? >> i think what we are looking at -- we are looking at a lot of strategies and how treasure island could be activated. right now, it has not been one era called out for specific plans by the event authority, but they have been in discussions with us asking, what could happen out there? it is more so we try to describe the potential impact of having something in that location. some sort a spectator than you, mitigation that we need to make to make that work. how can we bring that forward and realize that shuttle service? it is those kinds of coordination issues -- >> or making sure that people from the east bay co to treasure island vs coming into the city. >> there is an eastern dock on treasure island at the scene to allow docks to be put in there. we are trying to speak with officials to see how that might work. then that might determine how the side make. >> i just wanted to be more specific -- in terms of -- you do not control where people will be disbursed to. weather is a system

today, asian-pacific islanders represent over 1/3 of san francisco's population, and yet, we only receive about 10% of all hiv tests administered by the city. despite the small number of tests, documented cases among asians and pacific islanders in san francisco have grown from 6% in 2006 to 10.3% in 2010. during the same time, the presentation decrease by 7% for whites and 0.5% for african- americans. we fear that the asian-pacific islander communities will not see the indirect benefits anticipated for the new hiv prevention plan. we are developing a five-year plan with a local monitoring tool to track the epidemic in san francisco's asian-pacific islander community. we need you, the stewards of our city, to work with us in developing this plan. together, we must keep the city accountable to the needs of the asian-pacific islander community and make adjustments as needed. thank you for your time. supervisor chu: thank you for your time. >> hello. i am a social worker at the institution on aging's linkages program. we are a small program within the institute that works with people who have become disabled as adults. usually through disease

island. what is happening through the city of intervention out their on the island. they do have traditional boys club. ymca. i am not hearing anything. what am i hearing today >> john torres. i want to talk to you later. >> i am piggybacks. d.c. y f has funded these and may are meeting with of the service providers. they do have a community interveners. >> where do we find out. the d.c. yf. >> it's an interesting thing we're dealing with here. our young people. of course, we are living in a very, very, tense time globally, with our young people really needing to be prepared and in their preparation needing to make a contribution in the united states and abroad. the question as well as the concerns that i have, have to do. i think the gentlemen in the orange and the other young lady and also this is for the mayor's aid. we are talking about mentor programs. i have been listening to this for the last 7 hours. i attend a lot of other events. the idleness of not having enough to do. are the basics keeping them in step. so, i'd like to know what other leadership programs

island vs coming into the city. >> there is an eastern dock on treasure island at the scene to allow docks to be put in there. we are trying to speak with officials to see how that might work. then that might determine how the side make. >> i just wanted to be more specific -- in terms of -- you do not control where people will be disbursed to. weather is a system where you can come up with a plan -- and it may be free -- maybe you have to pay for the viewing area. you have so many people in the blue area, green area. so you plan the dispersion, rather than letting it happen and not knowing what the congestion will be. it seems to me, if there is any thinking along the lines, make sure that people go online or whatever -- you get a ticket. it is free, but you go to this area. so you know how many people to expect, so you have some control at least rather than having everyone go to the same spot and be congested. >> that kind of thinking needs to be big into the environmental review. we need to figure out how to mitigate those impacts. that thinking is in process. you brought up using

we stand here talking about an island of possibilities. we present a city with an experience on heard of by anyone here, a new level of self- sufficiency. in its own way, a treasure island pushes the boundaries of great design, just as the global expedition they did in the eighth day. we urge you to be an important part of this project by becoming a model of sustainability. >> thank you is very much. next speaker. >> i am the secretary of the citizens of pfizer reborn -- citizens advisory board. i am here tonight as a member of the public who has had a firsthand opportunity to see exemplary action from the public about the level of detail and a lot more. and now i am not going to get into that right now. i have documents. i am here tonight to talk to you about arts. i will urge you to deny the appeal, but more importantly, let's talk about art. right now there is a 40-foot sculpture. there are hundreds if not thousands of people. this is just one taste of what is possible with redevelopment of the island. im brown said they are not allowing for an -- i am p

island. and then the increase in housing supply, price impacts in the city. about 2200 jobs until we have about 5300 jobs on average. $2.4 billion in economic output during the projection for 2015. that concludes my presentation, if there are any other questions. supervisor chu: in terms of cash flow to the city of the taxes that, in, this is relevant considering that we are considering the potential diversion in what it might look like. can you tell me about the tax revenue that we are expecting over time? >> i have that. >> you are talking about property-tax revenue in the general fund? supervisor mirkarimisupervisor y tax revenue. the buildup at 8% is that about $350,000 per year. >> about $3.8 million at bill dealt. -- billed out. that number would be upwards of $25 billion in property taxes. 65 cents would be $25 million, annually. but the 8% is about $3.3 million. supervisor chu: let's go to the budget analysts report. if i that as members of the public, if you have cell phones, please turn them off. what we have prepared a detailed report for the city'

forward, whether it is the park ridge said development in the southern, western part of the city or even treasure islandith there's many low-income families that currently live there. but it is a strong voice for the residents that currently are there. we also want to see new people moving into the city, and hopefully, we focus also on families and housing that provides better homes and home opportunities for families, but i always say that i support equitable development. i also do feel that big business and downtown interests usually dominate the discussion on development. i want to see a balance of those forces, but also with residents and environmentalists and others that have an important say as we try to create more complete streets and better designed neighborhoods that make it more livable for everyone. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? do you think the city should try it spend money to keep the 49ers? supervisor mar: did not get me started. i could go on for a long time. i think america's cup will help the w

cities. >> construction never stops here. another building joins the thousands of skyscrapers that dominate this island landscape. singapore is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. more than 7000 people per square kilometer on the island. already independent 50 years ago, the authorities knew meticulous planning would have to be at the heart of their urban future. reality is an exact match for the scale model of singapore's master planners. in water and waste management, singapore has been named one of the most efficient in the world. they have plans for everything from land sales to parking lot maintenance. even away from the city center, tall buildings by for space in the suburbs. what you see here are apartments built by the housing development board and subsidized by the government. it is where the majority of singapore's 5.3 million people live. this is one of the new or estates. they have been building these estates all over the island since the 1960's. a former master planner is the man behind it is public housing. >> we were very conscious of the fact that we were limited in land. if we m

island. but, the city of san francisco wants to make it more convenient and turn this, what was a naval station into an urban village. this plan would boost the population to 19,000. it calls for 8, 000 residential yunlts, 140,000 units of commercial space. new roads, a library, a school, ferry terminal, open space for recreational facilities. it's a $1.5 billion project. it's already approved by the san francisco planning commission. some environmental groups including the golden gate audubon society and sierra club/ lookingtyÑrthe is vulnerability to tsunamis and earthquakes. the appeal will happen at 5:00. the one thing you cannot argue now, the gorgeous views from treasure island. the skyline, the bay bridge. the golden gate here. you can see it all. >> no kidding. it is beautiful there. understand both sides of the issue. >>> get ready to pay an extra dollar to ride a cable car. it will cost $6 to hop on board. muni is raising fast pass by $2. adult pass, $72. fare evaders face a fine of $100. the increase is part of the two-year plan to balance the budget. let's check the forecast and ho

the incredible and ongoing work of our city attorney's office that has been wonderful in crafting a good language that people are not only living with on the island, but the delicate legal issues. eileen molly, charles sullivan, john malamut, andrea esquita, our city attorney's office. [applause] thank you also to your boss for giving you the time to do this. from city planning, john ram, i do not see him here. kevin guy, rick cooper, city planning, thank you. from the mta, i want to thank matt ford for his staff. [applause] from the puc, ed harrington, thank you for allowing us to work with mark -- michael carlin. doug schumacher, thank you for the great work you did on the office -- from the mayor's office of housing. then there are great members of our board of directors. they include, for many years, claudine chang. larry delcarlo. larry mazolo jr. lord richardson. john paul samaha. [applause] to members of the treasure island citizen advisory board, countless hours from our citizens involved in every way, especially the president, karen knkowles pierce. [applause] she has worked so well with the other island residents including becky hoge, j

island. opponents of the project claim would it harm the environment and make traffic problems even worse. the city has been trying to redevelop the island since the navy closed its base 14 years ago. a second vote is expected next week and developers hope to break ground on the project early next year. >> it's 4:38. finally we are getting a warmup we've been waiting for. >>> it was very nice to be out in the sunshine and warm weather. most have us will deal with it today. we do have clouds in the forecast showing signs, late spring, early summer has returned to the bay area. storm track well to the north. we'll get a northwesterly wind so most of us will see sunshine and few clouds lingering around the coast. you can tell the marine layer is back. fairfield is 15 and concord at 24. they are shooting up the san ramon valley and then out to fairfield. southwest wind 12 sfo and 9 in oakland. everybody in the low to mid-50s thanks to that blanket of clouds this morning. you can see the quicker it moves the faster the temperatures will rise and we'll hit 80 in antioch one of the first days to see sunsh

on the lower deck of the bay bridge, maintenance closure closing a couple lanes in the city towards treasure islandked up after 5:00. a live look at the sthot of the bay bridge from the san francisco side. see the stream of headlights starting to increase. more folks heading into the city. no problem so far. we do see the clouds hovering above. see things developing and give updates. >> thanks, mike. breaking news from san francisco where commercial fishing boat capsized off the coast overnight. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live near the cliff house with this coast guard rescue. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, marla. the coast guard has been standing out here for the last 25 minutes with binoculars. they think they have found the boat 1,000 yards beyond the cliff house in san francisco. what a night for the three men on board tossed into 55 degree water. it's cold out here now. i can't imagine what it was like around 12:40 when the mayday call came in for a 49 foot commercial fishing boat that capsized. those three men were clinging to the side in the water. the coast g

city college of san francisco. this year henderson helped the islanders in the playoff. governor brown plans to move thousands of inmates to county jails. the u.s. supreme court ordered california to reduce the prison population by the end of november. the state asked for the deadline. shifting inmates to county jails can only take place if they have rehab service. >> the polls are open in hercules where they are holding a recall selection. recall supporters accused the leaders of failed leadership to led to the city's financial crisis and accuse the two of supporting no bid contracts. >> paychecks of santa crus leaders. they voted to cut the benefits and salaries for themselves. reed's salary will be $114,000. council member's pay will be $90,000 to $81,000. the city council voted to cut pay for four city unions in order to reduce the deficit. >> house speaker nancy pelosi called for an ethic's investigation in the actions of congressman weiner. he admitted to sending the risque photoand confessed to on line relationships with women. >> abc's mike has more. >> the popul

the commission's hetch hetchy water and power system, and the treasure island project pursuant to amend its to the charter of the city and county of san francisco. >> good morning. general manager of the sfpuc. if you would like, we can call one through four and discuss the budget because the idea of how we pay off the bonds is part of the budget discussion, and that might make for a complete discussion if that is easier. supervisor chu: if we could, i'd like to keep the budget is separate and apart from the issuance of bonds. we can call item three. >> item 3, ordinance amended the san francisco administrative code to create the public utilities water enterprise environmental enhancement surcharge fund. >> i would be happy to give you a brief overview. on the water revenue bonds, it is an additional $700 million for the bonds. we have been issuing these bonds for several years now. the water system improvement program is a $4.5 billion program, mostly done by issuing debt, and we retain that over 30 years or so. when there are regional projects involved, 2/3 of the retain and is from wholesale customers. for in-city

but as a lot of people know, the city is cut in two sectors like islands. as been separated by the security forces and the regime in order to prevent what took place back on april 18th when 50,000 people gathered in the biggest square of the city. there was a small rally in different sectors. when i mean small, it is about like 5,000 to 10,000 people. those people from all sectors of the city, they tried to gather in one big square. >> a number of people were killed at the protests which you were at today. the authorities are blaming unidentified gunmen. were you concur with that? >> no, absolutely not. we started with a peaceful rally, very peaceful. all the protestors were heading to the main square at the city center. when the numbers started increasing, we were talking about 30,000 people were on the street coming from different parts of the season, then this is when the shooting started. first of all, they used tear gas bombs trying to break up the rallies and shooting in the air, but that did not prevent the protestors from continuing to head towards t

problems with the project because it only had been suffocation at parkmerced and treasure island, but the rest of the city was baird. it would be interesting if indeed at some point, the department could find a grant to really look with a fine tooth comb under the microscope of how identification really physically can happen -- of how it

in the cities available in the island resort and spa. is exactly three months since an earthquake triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster and people in japan are out on the streets demanding that something be done about the continuing crisis. in switzerland activates a venting anger at a media blackout surrounding one of the world's most secretive and influential gatherings trying to shine a light on what people build the bird group is up to. and level playing field the southern russian city of sochi undertakes major efforts to ease access for people with disabilities ahead of the twenty four team. international news in common live from our studios here in central moscow this is. three months on japan is struggling to recover from its toughest crisis since the second world war when a huge earthquake caused the most of the tsunami which left thousands that are missing a natural disaster triggered a major radiation leak at the fukushima nuclear facility and it's still on the verge of a full scale nuclear catastrophe correspondent sean tho

can see, this project are really scattered throughout the northeast part of the city, frankly, and beyond. treasure island, mission bay, south of market, the downtown core. in your most recent resolution relating to the annual limit, you asked that we as a staff follow-up on a handful of specific projects that appeared to be enacted, and look at those with an eye towards holding. here are two of them. market street would have constructed a new office space at fort st. behind the old navy. this project had an 18-month time when that concluded in 2002. we reached out to the project sponsor who confirmed that the project is no longer active, and as such, the project has been relinquished. 120 howard street, which is the vertical addition to an office building on spear, is now actually under construction. so that is now off of your revocation radar. here are another two projects of particular note, both in the transbay area, both very old allocations, and both which you will hear about. both were called out in 2009 as being an active, and as far as we can tell, 48, and 525 howard continue to remain inactive.

island. the project includes building a mini city featuring 8,000 housing units along with retail and officespace. the plan also calls for upgrading existing roads while building new ones. the former naval base will also feature a ferry terminal. the work is scheduled to start for next year. >>> the state budget deadline is now 24 hours away. democrats in sacramento are rushing to work out a deal now that could be passed on a majority vote without republican support. the latest plan would tax purchases from on-line stores like amazon.com. it would bump up the car ridge -- registration fees and it would cut higher education, public safety and the court system. also it would revive a plan to sell state buildings. remember it was abandoned a few months ago. under a new law, legislators' pay is cutoff if they miss tomorrow's budget deadline. >>> the san jose city council approved a new contract with police today that cuts officers' pay and benefits it by 10% to help the city close its $115 million budget deficit. the moves saves the jobs of 1 56 officers, but others would likely be laid off. the