where do you set that up in a very large city? >> that's a good question, because the one i ran here was two months ago and it was out in burr ridge. one of our practices is we use willow building the sweat lodges. so i say it took me five hours to find willow in chicago. and i looked all over, around the rivers, and i finally found it. but there's other places, out in the suburbs. one of the hardest things is finding wood, wood to burn. more or less, they want to buy the wood, and i say we should go and cut the wood and - but it can be done, nothing can be stopped. we'll always be, i'll be running a sweat here, hopefully, by saturday. >> warren, have you been in here yet? >> yeah. i was wondering if native americans have developed some pool of mythic stories about the coming of western man to united states, for example? have they - is there anything in the myths that spoke to that? >> well, there's nothing- the way i was raised and brought up is we're all here together now. i hold no grudges against nobody. as far as the stories

we are a large city.o talk and write about the things we're doing, and i want you to know that the internment -- and permit, our commitment to greening are parts of what we're here to do because of the advocacy that you do across the country, keep of that work, keep reminding mayors like me and everybody else we have an obligation to take the greening ideas and put them into the urban setting. give our kids the chance to get dirty with their hands, but watch things grow as they grow. this is the only way i know how to run the city. i have worked in this alleyways for many years. worked in the dirtiest smelling streets of our city. i come out loving our people even greater. whenever graffiti we have is our challenge. whenever illegal dumping that goes on. it is the ability to excite and organize our communities around these issues that bring out the best of all of us. the investment in our neighborhoods is one of my number one priorities as the mayor of the city. and to have example after example of how we

now, also, it's a large city, not just a second city, it has been a place where many traders and manufacturers as well preferred either because it was historically quite vibrant or because it was far away from the center where they might have a bit more freedom, even though that margin of freedom was not wide. >> host: where are you from originally? >> guest: i'm lebanese, but my mother is syrian. >> host: lebanon is bordering syria; correct? >> guest: yes. >> host: lebanon's, how would you describe their economy? >> guest: well, it's going to take until saturday to cover this because the lebanese economy is really very difficult to describe. it's no , nominally -- nominally a liberal open economy, but the kinds of networks and crony networks that exist in lebanon turn this kind of seemingly open economy into vick victims -- victims, creating an environment where it's difficult to move up and young lebanese men and women leave the country to find jobs elsewhere whether it's in the gulf, europe, or the united states, and you see them in various places although the country's pretty small soçv' l

types of metrics were helpful along with comparisons to our bay area neighbors, our california large cities as well as other u.s. cities and we have taken that already into consideration as part of our next rate study that is out right now and a request for proposal. and that's required as well as one of the rate payer protections. every five years we hire an independent rate consultant. they also asked us to consider looking at preventing ways [speaker not understood] school children clarity, and affordable outreach and monitoring. the cac had additional comments on page 6 of the presentation. looking at that 2.5% of average household income and while that was an important metric, that wasn't the only metric because a number of households would be low-income and you need potentially further assistance. they asked us to be mindful of that. and as we come back to propose rates to you, that we show how that affordability compared across the spectrum. >> on that issue, how do you deal with low-income people that are renters? which this would not necessarily apply? >> good question. so, in most

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the business is in the mid-sized to smaller communities who have even fewer resources than the large cities, less expertise. if you take options off the table, it will be, well, what we've done for the last 40 years, and right now we have some real challenges. so any good manager is going to want to have a maximum number of options. allbee: you've got to have a serious conversation with your constituency about what it costs to deliver the service that you're required to deliver and to deliver the service that they want. paolicelli: and i think, ultimately, the responsibility is going to be down to the user of this commodity. it costs money to operate these systems. there's a need to continually invest in these systems. there's going to be new regulations. it's all going to cost money. allbee: for all practical purposes, people are going to have to pay about twice as much for these services as they currently do. because a lot of the pipe that went in, a lot of the plants that went in, went in with very sizable portions of federal grant money, mechanisms that are no longer in place. narrator:

"in this very large city, there's a density of entrepreneurs here where there's always something going on." it's the kind of environment that incubates what might be the next groupon or grubhub. this week, scott case, one of founders of priceline, hosted a forum on what it takes to launch a startup these days. "when you look at startups, try to network for captial for talent and for customers." one of the attendees, jere mcallister, who created a music media magazine for the ipad called "groovebug," just launched an app with iconic jazz label blue note. "we've partnered with other tech companies and they helped open doors for blue note." mcallister is one of more than a hundred entrepreneurs who see america's future in its startups, not necessarily in silicon valley. "we have the capital and supportive environment for these early-stage companies." the startup america partnership was launched last year. it provides startups with access to corporations, investors and services they need to grow. the latest survey of small businesses shows a slight dip in optimism. overall, the index for t

around mobility and open data and transparency is which are significant and when you talk to other large cities and i work with new york and l.a. and boston and we talk about what we're working on and san francisco is one of the leaders they look up to and how to do it and we are doing things on a national scale people are taking notice of and doing that and i heard a lot of talk, and i come from the private sector so when i first got here one of the questions i got "how is government different from the private sector" from the it standpoint. it's night and day. you have hard time drawing parallels and from the private sector come to government thinking that a lot of our ideas and methods of success in the private sector are directly applicable to how we do work in government, and it's a different problem to solve frankly. it's something i have to relearn frequently that the large company i came from was a large monolithic corporation and 1ceo and pyramid up and trickled and everyone did what they did. government as you know we're are a highly decentralized independently elected, independently

area homeowners living arety good better than their in other large cities. >> we often think this is very to live. place >> the region is considered a pricey place to live and work. showsy published study the nation's 25 largest metropolitan areas, the d.c. region is the most affordable for moderate income home owners. when you throw in and come consider the areas in come, households are paying a lower share of their take-home pay. >> our region has the most housing in the d the third highest , are medianon costs e highest, which means 54% of your income is on housing and transportation. philadelphia and baltimore is are also low. miami, riverside, and los angeles face the steepest financial burdens. area residents we spoke with were surprised. >> it is hard to believe that it affordable city. >> that is amazing. it gives us some hope that we bad off as we think. >> the study's co-author insists side, thep high cost ofly living in this area is proving burden onnsiderable residents. his suggestion? affordable housing to more where there is affordable transportation. >> thank you. it f

unemployment fell in 90 percent of large cities in the country in the month of august.s the most in four months. it is dropping because of folks are dropping out of actively looking for work. >> what about the new economic poll. >> in the debate. most people agree mitt romney has the economic edge. 49 percet said romney is better able to handle the economy and 45 percent said obama is. we'll have to wait and see after the debate and most people thought romney did well. >> thank you so. it is now 20 minutes after the hour and we talked about this one a lot. absentee ballots are cast in the states. could the unprotected surge in early voting lead to voters fraud. >> why you may want to hold off on the next load of launddry. >> anything to hald off. >> like you need a reason. >>> and the price at the pump stands at 3.78 a gallon. ♪ ♪ do you believe in me. ♪ you continue is true. ♪ >> 23 after the top of the hour. this is quick headlines for you. another california city on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. the city council kedid claring fiscal emergency because of a 3 mill

and there's a book called "the importance of cities" and the author was noted as saying large dense cities influence productivity. and, you know, utilization of creative -- the utilization of the creative sectors in particular. and he also says that the denseness results in knowledge spillovers which, you know, is one reason why one business attracts another close to it. and everybody talks about iphones and electronic communicationses, but a lot of the spillover is still word of mouth, especially the more sensitive parts of it that, you know, can't be traced. if it's just a conversation, so, that's another reason maybe why businesses bunch together in areas where they're close to each other physically. so, interesting reading, and i found that to be quite interesting. >> commissioner moore. >> i have asked the director, actually, to give this securities and exchange commission and the public an update on an e-mail i received yesterday regarding the festial which is supposed to take place this we on urban prototyping. i could not even actually capture the abbreviation up, but i don't want

. >> there has not been a large city-sanctioned party in the castro since nine people were injured inay shooting in 2006. san francisco police say they intend to keep the peace and are making their presence known. >> some pretty cool costumes already. >>> it's a sight of the panda that few have seen. or heard. we catch upgiant's slugger, pablo sandoval about his other talent and his promise to ktvu. >> will this warm weather continue for the rest of the weekend? ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is next with what to expect for your sunday. çsk>> talk about orange october, taking a live look at san francisco's city hall, which is glowing orange tonight in honor of the san francisco giants' 2- 0 win over the detroit tiger in game 3 of the world series. giants, as you know, just need one more win to become world champions. >> there is orange all over the bay area. >> mark tamayo with a fuel plate, weather here in the bay area and a lot going on elsewhere. >>a lot to be tracking with the tsunami warning that we talked about at the beginning of the show. that warning still in operat