lazarus? >> i want to thank supervisor chiu and the parkmerced owners. we urge you to adopt the amendments and adopt a package of legislation necessary to have this project go forward. i think i mentioned this before. many of you serve on regional bodies and your predecessors have. we have pledged to take our share of population growth in this city, a regional population growth in san francisco and we have done that. our population has hit a historic high of 805,000 people. much of that growth is on the east side of town. we have rare opportunities elsewhere in the city to have in-fill growth of the type that is proposed, not overnight, but over a 15 to 20-year period. the chamber, our alliance with labor, urges you to approve this project. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. tommy, ben, brooke turner. i think i already called bart broom. my apologies for not recognizing bart from the sf public utilities commission. >> i've lived in the garden apartments since 1959, when they were only 18 years old. i recently sent in march a four- page e-mail to each

. >> good afternoon, president brandon, vice-president lazarus. welcome to the port. welcome to staff and probably many others i have forgotten. it is, as was said earlier today, a joy to see all five of you sitting up there. commissioner crowley, you are one lucky dude, man. use it on the only port commission in the country to have more women than men, to have female officers, a female executive director, and a female cfo, thank you for breaking ground with all of us. we are honored to have you. most importantly, we are honored to welcome you, commissioner ho. commissioner ho comes to us with 35 years of banking experience, which is going to be terrific for us. her expertise includes a lot of things that we do, such as small businesses, commercial real estate. i love that you have experience in construction lending. i think that will be helpful for us. retail lending as well. some experience in marketing and branding, which is a never- ending challenge for all of us, and my favorite part is that you have experience as a guest commentator at cnn bluebird radio, which

and that was very important in the decision-making. >> mark lazarus from nbc sports group.fox and espn for these rights. they get the 2014 winter games in sochi, russia. the 2016 summer games in rio. as well as the 2018 and '20 olympics in cities not yet selected. nbc already has the rights for the summer games next year in london. >>> as nasa's space shuttle program winds down, we got a view of the shuttle we've never seen before today. an italian astronaut snapped pictures of "endeavour" docked with the international space station as he was headed for earth in a russian spacecraft. the photos were taken on may 23rd on "endeavour's" final mission. the final space shuttle flight before the fleet is retired with the shuttle "atlantis" is scheduled to launch july 8th. >>> up next, whose history is it anyway? the fight over facts now playing out on wikipedia. she has this thing about bugs. no, no, no... i do not have a thing about bugs. i have a thing about bugs in our house. we used to call an exterminator. ugh... now i go ortho. home defense max. i use it once inside to kill

mccarthy, lazarus, gilman, jess, john stewart, leo capacitcassai george smith, lisa, james gilbert, patrick eulac, shrry williams, chang, emily rappaport. >> good evening. sampras is good chamber of commerce. thank you. -- san francisco chamber of commerce. thank you. we urge you to deny the appeal to approve this and approved the entitlements before you. there are a few that have had the scrutiny of this project proposal. there is nothing of the redevelopment of the 1950's and 1960's. they have the scrutiny of the project. i think i have said this before. i was working across the hall. it'll come up with a higher density, open space and sustainable development, not for some property that was once farmland but for property that has provided jobs and housing and brought people to and from it. there is little in the long- range reuse plan that can truly change since it was built for the world's fair in 1939 and taken over by the navy in 1941. we believe that the city and the development partners and the planning commission have properly certified them. we urge you to move it forward. thank yo

was that i wish to thank the commissioners present, and fall -- past commissioners including jim lazaruspported by that my suggestion to bring back grizzly bears to the san francisco zoo. this resulted in the construction of a world-class exhibit for those animals. i think the commissioners for their support, and as far as the other item, it may want to check the materials that are sent to your retired employees. >> we don't usually respond to public comment, but thank you for your 30 years of service. will be honored to recognize you and we will make certain that this happens at an upcoming commission meeting. this is a partnership with the zoological society and sometimes communication gets cross wired, but we very much of value the people who have dedicated their lives to the betterment of open space and recreation, and we wanted to begin to do more to recognize those who had devoted their career to the department. you will see more of that in the coming years. we will bring back this and other things. and we will recognize you as the future meeting and we are very thankful for your c

. >> [foreign laniuage] >> lord, you wept at the death of lazarus, your friend. comfort is in the sorrow at the death of tony and vinnie. we asked this in faith, lord hear our prayer. >> lord, hear our prayer. we will pause now to present our own prayers before god. >> we pray for all of those who are in the fire service from never department we may be. we pray for our police officers, sheriff's deputies, paramedics and for all who serve us and serve wher, we pray to the lordd your our prayer. [foreign language] >> amen. please be seated. >> members of the perez and also the valerio family will bring of our gift for this celebration of the mass. [music] haa her her abho been hit warm business # >> police to stand. and pray that our sacrifice will be acceptable to god, almighty. >> when lord jesus, we are gathered by the love of you and the love we have for tony and vinnie. in your mercy and love, her complete what you began in the waters of baptism and bring them to the gift of everlasting life. we asked this fruit jesus christ our lord. amen. " the lord be with

i know commissioner lazarus had this exact question last year, and we were able to get the as nchor tennant at pier 9 because we reduced the rate. so it does make a difference. >> in terms of when we look at the categories, you have class b fees, i am not sure how relevant, but given the location of this, location, location, location and real-estate, the fact that the building may be a certain class, but the other factors in terms of the view and others being considered. i guess when we talk to prospective tenants in terms of their alternatives, i would think somewhere house, at it is not as easy in the south bay. if you need warehouse space, you need it warehouse space, at a premium. all i am asking is hopefully to maximize what we can do in terms of office space. i know you are thinking of that as well. given the market is beginning to stabilize, whether we think there is more blessed to city these days than last year. -- whether there is more to last at -- more elasticity. >> a lot of the property week least triple net. i was surprised when it went from net to gross, from full- service t

but i think you will find, given your experience and knowledge of the city, as commissioner lazarus has, when she needs to get home from work across the green line, we really need everything written down, at this point. as they move forward, there is a check mark next to something that maybe they had not thought about. i know you guys will be able to add tremendous value to that. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? >> my name is toby levine. i am the co-chair of the central waterfront advisory group. this all is fascinating, of course. but i think one of the things that this young man -- that his staff does -- really provide an outline for the public. the public is often very unhappy about this and that. the tremendous benefits that are going to occur in the long run because of this. everyone knows we are right to have a cruise ship terminal, this and that. but these changes in public transportation can have a huge impact. think about the changes for fort mason. this is actually a decent transportation coming in there. think about if the hospital gets built on va

later sunday night, i think you went, commissioner lazarus, to the event at alcatraz followed by the party at pier 39. there were a number of events that continue tonight out in golden gate park at the california academy of sciences and, of course, the closing festivities tomorrow night at city hall, and as i'm sure mike martin can attest, city hall is looking very -- i don't know. what would you call that? again, hopefully, the weather will improve. it is looking very tropical over there at city hall. an oxymoron, but nonetheless, it looks very cool. the pow wow is expected to generate more than $250 million in tourism. it is considered the biggest tourist event possible. i know it has brought in a lot of work for a lot of people, and we were honored and privileged to participate, so we are really happy about that. lastly, i just had a request. if we could adjourn today in memory of aurora, a port employees who recently passed at the very young age of 61. she retired after 26 years, the last 10 of which she was here at the port, and unfortunately, we lost her rather soon, so if we c

have more time when now they have all been about how much jake's the guy you love to hate captain lazarus writes negative nancy needs to wear less eyeliner less is calling robert smith that's from the cure from now on he doesn't actually where i line in fact according to him snatch really looks that way his italian stallion roots and according to marcello rodriguez honestly jake should uses neurons to think and not let gates ass oh who snap and there was even a helpful suggestion from madison take a pill jump out of a plane will he does that anyways indeed he does and the area is known around required actually i'll be jumping out of a plane with jet next month for a special segment and will be giving away a free skydiving trip with jay believe it or not he's actually a certified instructor it will be my first times that will be a tandem dive and you'll have to decide for yourself which one of us is crazier we even got a tweet from jake about andor doon who writes adam coker ad out of focus love your friend nancy a very insightful ever thought of giving his own segment it would give you mo