secondary use opportunity and ways that can be consistent with other efforts that are underway by the larger city family with city property and food growing that we wanted to come today with this item. so, we're asking you to take action to direct the general manager to conduct a feasibility assessment for food growing on two sides that are owned by the puc. college hill reservoir, which is a what the deputy city manager showed on his presentation, and the southeast treatment plant, which is another side that he shared, and the goal is to have an agriculture program on these two sides. at the workshop earlier demonstrated, cpuc owns a range of property. the commission is responsible for managing these properties for the benefit of the rate payers. they all come back for approval by the commission. the proposed pilot program to advance the city goals with sustainable food production. in july of 2009, the mayor of san francisco issued a general order, which has them take action consistent with the goal francisco. it required all of the departments, including the puc, to conduct an audit of our land

is connected to the region and the larger city by the transit network and a freeway access. the area itself is quite small, about 12 blocks. it is ordered to the west and to the east. the focus of the plan is about the five blocks around the bart station including the neighborhood commercial district. and just to sum up the pieces of the plan, it is really protecting andcharacter. did we like to walk ability, the transit access. the plan also aims to resolve some transportation issues during your -- transportation issues. we have discussed plans for san jose avenue and other roadway improvements, and with 9000 transit riders a day getting on and off transit at this intersection, it is a very who pedestrian-focused area, so it emphasizes transit and movement theory goes -- and movement, and its location, and establishing connections as part of the park and creating new open space and improve the public's face in his downtown commercial -- public space in the downtown commercial area. this includes the information and the technical documents. goothe general plan amendments inc

is connected to the region and the larger city by the transit network and a freeway access. the area itself is quite small, about 12 blocks. it is ordered to the west and to the east. the focus of the plan is about the five blocks around the bart station including the neighborhood commercial district. and just to sum up the pieces of the plan, it is really protecting andcharacter. did we like to

in larger cities, maternity care is improving.ore beds are being added, modern equipment coming online. but this kind of care is a world away for most afghans. we visited the province of badahkshan earlier this year this area once recorded the world's highest maternal mortality rate. 6,500 mothers died per 100,000 births. in america it's just 13. for a pregnant woman, traveling this terrain to a clinic is nearly impossible. only one in four births here take place under professional care so even the smallest medical issue can be fatal. >> reporter: in this case, the mother got to the clinic just in time. her baby's heart rate was very accelerated. doctors and midwives quickly stabilized her and safely delivered her new baby daughter. >> reporter: many girls here are married off before they're even 16. and infants born to such young girls are 60% more likely to die, hemorrhaging and severe infection threaten the mothers as well. one bit of hope: u.s.a.i.d. helps sponsor midwife classes to fill the gaping hole in the number of traini

you could have multiple plans in a larger city, for example, and then try to coordinate those altogether. now, the question here -- seen here is, how do you involve the community? and there's sort of this whole notion of bottom up instead of top down. actually you need both. you need both. we sort of overreacted in the 1970's about experts or just paid hacks and that sort of things and there are still consultants out there that will just listen to the community and all they get is something from the community which is all wonderful expression of values and valuable but recovery is all about investment, right, particularly in the business district? you have people to risk real money on real projects in your downtown which means you need expertise on retail. we tried to design a process that involved the whole community. we had this vision of santa cruz committee of 36. a year and a half to do it. people got a little impatient over that period of time. i kept telling them, the avocado seed in the jar, you have to watch the things go underneath before anything comes up out of the ground. th

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. >> reporter: here in san francisco, this occupy camp has been growing larger but city officials say that's exactly what could bring an order to shut it down. >> pelley: john, thank you. as we've said the president came here today to raise money. he's had no trouble doing that. but our poll found a sharp difference of opinion about how he's doing his job. 46% approve. 46% disapprove. but when we drilled down on the numbers, we found the president's approval rating for handling iraq is 60%. foreign policy in general 50%. but on job creation, what folks care most about, only 35% approve. norah o'donnell was with the president's point man on the economy. the secretary of the treasury tim geithner, when mr. geithner vis sited a fiber optics plant in north carolina today. >> reporter: our poll shows that 85% of americans think the economy is getting worse or will stay the same. that is a deep lack of confidence that i asked the treasury secretary about today. is the economy getting worse? >> it's still very tough out there. i think people are very frustrated and still hurting a lot. >> re

it you're traveling from the larger cities today, new york, philly, denver, those are the problem spots united states, scheduled to be in denver today. may have issues as well with travel there. >> what was it? 80 degrees in denver a couple days ago? >> yeah, yeah. love this time of year mgt weird. >> thanks, rob. >> thank you, rob. >>> now's your chance to "talk back" on one of the big questions of the day. can rich politicians relate it ordinary americans? rick perry thinks not. on cnbc, perry went there to describe mitt romney. >> i would say that he ought to look in the mirror, i guess. i consider him to be a fat cat. >> oh, perry called romney a fat cat. that term quite toxic these days. a cnn/orc poll proves that. the vast majority of americans think wall street bankers are dishonest, greedy and overpaid. although romney is not a banker, he's as rich as one, worth up to $ 250 million. something perry checks out and liberals, too. check out this magazine cover. money bursting from this pockets. his business savvy can create what working americans need the most, says romney. >> for

thinking of past mayors of larger cities in oklahoma, have any of them ever turned out well? anything -- amounted to much? >> i'm fortunate to have a long string of promising mayors that preceded me, absolute. >> i all right. all right. how about over in tulsa? >> i can't remember tulsa ever having specifically any good mayors. you will forgive me. that rivalry is extremely strong, senator. >> all right. >> will he me respond to that. >> during the time i was mayor of tulsa, i was mayor for three terms. three terms or four terms? a long time ago. but anyway during that time, we put together programs that others didn't -- it was back during the reagan administration, second reagan administration, he used my low water dam which we did with no public funds whatsoever. through the private sector as this is -- greatest single public project totally privately funded in america. my case rests. >> my time has expired. thank you. all right. first question, if i could of all the witnesses. i would like to talk about funds like the brownfields. other federal programs. i would like to fi

and now smaller cities, as well as larger cities.d complaints about what's happened to incomes. >> i tell my friends on wall street, you may not like it, you may not agree with it, but you've got to get it. these people are angry and they have a reason to be angry. and if people on wall street don't understand that and respond to it, then we're going to have a lot more social problems in this country. >> i mean, incomes have remained stagnant for working people. and i classify working people as obviously people who work. but making $100,000 a year or less. over a decade. >> they have been going down. not stagnant, down. >> they're getting crushed. >> so mika, you would think -- at a time like this, a progressive president who came in, talking about hope and change, would fill the void. i would think this would be a situation custom-made for barack obama. >> it really is. especially given the fact that senate republicans followed through with the filibuster that led to the defeat of part of the jobs bill proposal. the president says h

security responsibility falls for afghans here to stand in places like kabul and some of the other larger cities attack is reminder that the afghans aren't fully capable of preventing the attacks. >> heather: thank you very much. >> gregg: now to syria, security forces launching a brutal crackdown in the eastern city of palm. three people were killed today, syrian troops unleashed heavy machine-gun fire and conducted early morning raids, coming a day after 40 protestors were reported killed in one of bloodiest days in the seven-month uprising against syria's president. reena ninan has the report. >> gunfire and sweeping raids by president assad has killed three people today. this is coming just one day after one of the deadliest attacks in months that killed 40 people yesterday. >> some of the forces circled mosques after friday's prayers. security forces would not fire a singles shot but at least 35 people have been killed from bullet wounds according to a syrian human rights group. friday's violence forced the arab league issue toughest statement so far expressing disgust at the killing. a lot

thinking of past mayors of larger cities in oklahoma, have any of them ever turned out well? anything -- amounted to much? >> i'm fortunate to have a long string of promising mayors that preceded me, absolute. >> i all right. all right. how about over in tulsa? >> i can't remember tulsa ever having specifically any good mayors. you will forgive me. that rivalry is extremely strong, senator. >> all right. >> will he me respond to that. >> during the time i was mayor of tulsa, i was mayor for three terms. three terms or four terms? a long time ago. but anyway during that time, we put together programs that others didn't -- it was back during the reagan administration, second reagan administration, he used my low water dam which we did with no public funds whatsoever. through the private sector as this is -- greatest single public project totally privately funded in america. my case rests. >> my time has expired. thank you. all right. first question, if i could of all the witnesses. i would like to talk about funds like the brownfields. other federal programs. i would like to fi

it's like dodge city with all these different crazy people, and a much larger scale, and lasts for a couple hundred years, and an incredible amount of silver comes out of the mines by countless indian and african slaves. rivers of silver pours out and goes across the world, and an extremely large fraction of it -- scholars argue how much -- half, two-thirds -- ended up in china and there's this connection around the world now where american silver, mined by africans, taken by europeans to china, in return for sill and can porcelain that is then shipped across mexico to spain and the money from that is taken to buy africans. there's this pulse that is created by this wash of silver. >> i'm going to ask you, just on that sentence, the hardest question and the last question and that is, this reunion of the world, the world meeting itself after the fracture 12 million year ago, of this encounter when i see friends who are paying $500 to get their dna examined. what we really want to find out is what we don't know about the line, what our grandmothers didn't tell us. >> a lot of us. >> a

in a sense, it reflected larger issues that are impacting the city as a whole. so, there are issues like that that would require a knowledge of the neighborhood, and knowledge of what is happening on the ground, and knowing the difference is of how all bernal heights may look at an issue vis a vis the mission or portola. as a supervisor, i do have to be able to balance managing citywide issues, which is very important, but at the same time, focusing on the specific needs of your neighborhood. that is really important to us. one of the things we need to prioritize is that making sure we focus on the nuts and bolts of government. a lot of the calls we get involved fixing alights, replacing a pothole. i think it is really important to make sure we get those things right and we try to work very closely with the city agency to make sure government is responsive. if we do not do those things right, those little things, which are big things in life of a neighborhood. >> how you reconcile the needs of your district with the needs of the city? supervisor campos: i think

this is the methodology we use across the city from everything for larger venues like at&t park where we go out as far back as the castro to take neighborhood readings. our guidance is taking those measurements, it is very straightforward and governed by the we take readings on the scaf sound. recently, that ordinance is changed slightly. we can also take readings on the scale that is better for low frequency. we have to make sure that our equipment is in't near glass or walls that can have sound reflecting back at us. and that we get an accurate reading of sound. these visits were reports that you're talking about, i went on site to take readings from across the street and i have the reports in front of me. we checked to see what kind of sound was traveling from the location to us. commissioner garcia: this was prompted by requests from the planning department because the permit was under consideration, or are these business -- are these taken as a normal course of business or because of a complaint? >> how they were taken by request from the planning department. technically, it is n

facebook wall, we asked why oakland attracted such a large occupy movement, one that put the city in a larger spotlight. lester neil rights, that oakland has always been a site of diversity. a beautiful city with ugly injustice. tell us what you think at ktvu channel 2 on facebook. >>> the protests called main street meets wall street took place as commuters were headed home. the group has been gathering every wednesday for the past few weeks. one of the protesters we talked to said the effort is working. >> the signs, the fact that people come down here, sharing concern. having the media here to hear our concerns to the larger, you know world out there. it's all helping. >> this is the first time the group has been outside bart. the previous rallies were all held outside the bank of america in downtown walnut creek. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. in five minutes we'll go live to san francisco. >>> at 10:30, dissension in oakland. of course you can go to ktvu.com anytime for the very latest, just look for the occupy tab on the front page. >>> in san bruno, police are investigating a

facebook wall, we asked why oakland attracted such a large occupy movement, one that put the city in a larger spotlight. lester neil rights, that oakland has always been a site of diversity. a beautiful city with ugly injustice. tell us what you think at ktvu channel 2 on facebook. >>> the protests called main street meets wall street took place as commuters were headed home. the group has been gathering every wednesday for the past few weeks. one of the protesters we talked to said the effort is working. >> the signs, the fact that people come down here, sharing concern. having the media here to hear our concerns to the larger, you know world out there. it's all helping. >> this is the first time the group has been outside bart. the previous rallies were all held outside the bank of america in downtown walnut creek. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. in five minutes we'll go live to san francisco. >>> at 10:30, dissension in oakland. of course you can go to ktvu.com anytime for the very latest, just look for the occupy tab on the front page. >>> in san bruno, police are investigating a

the city larger and denser than new york city that sprung up over the last 30 years, and in that placeall of our devices come from, and i went and i -- there are journalists digging in, because most of them work for corporations, journalism visas and are monitored, i pretended to be an american businessman and said i just wanted to try to build connections for my factories. when you're a prospective client they'll show you anything you want to see. so i spent weeks and weeks just researching and interviewing people, and saw horrendous labor conditions. >> the irony here is, i remember apple getting tons of credit when they quit the chamber of commerce in protest, because the chamber of commerce was opposes the regulations and apple quit. now, apple would not be affected by u.s. climate change regulations and they're not lobbying for climate change regulations over in china. it's one of those things. and i actually appreciate apple because they did almost no lobbying relative to other companies. they didn't even have a political action committee, but in this case, it was a p.r. stunt. g

larger since the crackdown by. the occupy movement in new york city. sharing their supplies with the op to. supply. some. growing louder larger since the september seventh a lot of. athletes would not last long. to see that despite the weather despite the dropping temperatures they are still out here talking about. politics talking about. wealth inequality. and all the police actions with protesters many believe it's just getting this moving this can't. support reporting from wall street. to well this latest show of force by the police may have had an unexpected effect for solidarity protests springing up across the country because of it let's talk more about that and talk to joshua holland he's a san francisco based editor and senior writer at all to push for a very good morning to you thanks for being on our to international so why do you think the police crackdown was so severe and indeed this really surprised at the amount of support these protesters have received the last couple of days. the amount of support has been extraordinary the night before last when this brutal brutal police action came down

they expect them to end up at city hall and there's an even larger presence there. you see barricades in the street at broadway and 14th as a precaution. if you have any chance of avoiding this area, certainly stay away. it is an unpredictable situation. because of that, we'll keep our eye on the this protest all night long. that's our report for now. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. tmz is up next. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes, i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new p

the agencies have come together to create a larger public safety endeavor called the guardians of the city. it has a website if you want to look at it and get involved. the idea is to share the history of the san francisco sheriff's department, police department, fire department, and paramedics and emergency responders. as they say, those who forget history are destined to repeat it. it is also an effort to remind people of the challenges that we faced in the past and will face in the future. it is personalities, events, and amazing stories of humans overcoming incredible obstacles. that is why i enjoy the guardians of the city so much. i want to emphasize that today's remembrance of the 1989 earthquake, it is hard for me to believe it was 22 years ago. it seems like it was not that long ago to me. the city is much better prepared. we want to continue to work on those preparations so that we can face as best as possible any calamity that san francisco faces. thank you very much. [applause] >> another strong supporter. [applause] >> it is a real privilege to be here with mayor lee and my pu

down to the ground this is six weeks in to a movement and that his whirlwind are larger and louder not just in new york city but across the entire country in the past day or so we have seen a huge crackdown now in atlanta an occupy demonstration took place at least to this were arrested there but it was an oakland california that this seems many say look like something of the urban war still the occupy today is that into the streets there were at least three hundred fifty of them odd got into clashes with the police and the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd trying to remove the optimus from a campground that they stablish two weeks ago in front of city hall at least ninety seven protesters who were arrested but we do know that there was one man shot in the face by rubber bullets and it was in a rocky war veteran by the name of scott olsen is a former marine two time iraq war veteran he is now in critical condition from what's being reported he was shot in the head by a police projectile and right now he's in the hospital in critical condition he was one of the many iraq war veterans that