i served briefly as the president of leland avenue merchants association. point i want to get across to you is it has been tremendous community involvement since 1975, with executive park advisory committee combining with visitation valley. there is unfortunately not a dispute as to what the property lines are. having said that, i am really here to answer any questions you may have. i want to thank you for taking your time and look forward to meeting a supervisor -- with supervisor cohen in the near future. >> good afternoon. my name is michael burke. i am a land-use attorney for the yerba company. we have been working with the planning department on this project since 2005. i just want to provide you response to some comments that were made. in response to mr. dacosta's concern about infrastructure, we have an eir that is incredibly thick. we have looked at archeologist -- archaeological issues. we are looking at appropriate representatives of the indian community. that is totally under control. we do not anticipate any impact at all. infrastructure -- obv

. >> one quick announcement is there's a health fair our office and senator leland lee and other community-based organizations have been working on. it will be on may 18th at the richmond rec center and there's a lot of information here. thanks to kirsten mccauley, les from my office for organizing. this we will be around for a few more minutes but thank you for coming out, everyone. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one...

under the bill introduced by senator leland yee, daly city and san francsico where hold four seats on the board. a need for greater control of the cow palace has intensified after a number of incidents including drug-related overdoses and deaths there. >>> one, two, three. >> that is san francsico mayor ed lee taking his first swing to start the demolition of the metrodome complex. there is a 300 million-dollar makeover for the building first opened in 1999. the anchor tenant will be a new target store in 2012. >>> firefighters are still missing tonight at a residential fire we back to you live last night. dozens of people are still without a place to stay. >> reporter: residents were allowed to go in and some came out with boxes and bags. >> as i reach for the doorknob, i could see smoke coming out at the bottom. i realize, okay, i do not have time for my papers. >> you are not sure if somebody is thinking or something -- is faking it or something. >> reporter: the fire quickly spread to three adjacent buildings that were badly damaged. >> we decided to evacuate the buildings and swi

also today they named leland as the new chancellor with a salary of 310,000 a year, along with a car and moving cost allowance. leland is the president of georgia college and state university. >>> if you ask any graduating senior, they will tell you they knew this, the job market is tough for recent graduates, only half of recent graduates who have health insurance get it through their work. just less than half say their first jobs didn't really require a degree. those who graduated between 2006 and 2008 did better than those who graduated in 2009 or last year. the median starting salary for the earlier grady graduates, 30,000 for the last two years, it is 27,000. >>> and a jump in commodity prices helping to rally. the dow adds 80, the nasdaq was up 31. >>> and desperate, arrogant, that is how the prosecution described the situation. >>> and forecast as we move towards the bay area weekend weather your chauncey . >>> there was supposed to be a hearing this week for barry bonds in which the details of his sentencing was discussed along with whether or not the prosecutors would retry

leland yee doesn't support the ban, so it seems at the same time two cultures are brought together one of the cultures may be developing a split. >> it is easy to regulate something in chinatown here. >> reporter: he doesn't support the ban. he is also running for mayor. live in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the mayor gene kwan is flying to china on an economic trade mission. he hopes to encourage more business connections and partnerships with china. she says that will generate jobs and investments in the city and wants to promote direct air service between oakland and chino. she is traveling with port of oakland officials. she says the port is paying for it and not taxpayers. >>> president obama is pleased with the latest jobs report. he says it shows the economy is resilient and can take a hit from challenges like rising gas prices and still keep going. 244,000 new jobs were added last month. the jobless rate went up from 8.8 to 9%, since people who had stopped looking for work decided to start again. >>> this happening right now, a search is underway for a 19-

but senator leland yee is here to welcome you. [applause] and a man who went to bed on saturday night, a cop with a badge and who woke up on sunday morning a new d.a., george gason. [applause] city attorney twice elected in san francisco, and usually without opposition, dennis herrera. [applause] a member of the board of education and from your administration, mr. newsom, hydra mendoza. [applause] the assessor for the city and county of san francisco, phil teng. the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco, jose cisneros. [applause] the public defender and the man that first whispered to george, you should be the d.a., jeff hadachi. one of the judges with whom we have worked for years, lilian singh. [applause] and of course the woman who was your lifeline from here to hong kong when you were trying to escape this awesome responsibility, rose pack. [applause] fire chief of the city and county of san francisco, joanne hayes white. and a man whose work as an architect in three or four administrations, a man that i got from t

current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members being nominated. we were concerned about how the conflict of interest laws would apply to them. very specifically for foreign issues. perhaps there would be six board members who would be not able to bridge as a paid in a successor mayor selection and appointment process. we would lose quorum. we have to contemplate how we would then bring back quorum. i went to bed every night with it on my mind. i woke up with every morning. >> time was running out. there were no more meetings scheduled in november due to the holidays, and the board did not meet again until december 7. san francisco citizens again waited on the mayoral selection. >> we want someone who has the greater good of the people of san francisco in mind, not just business owners. >> i am here today basically to urge you to select an interim mayor who will prioritize our nonprofit sector coming here in san francisco. >> supervisor daly once again called for a discussion of mayoral character polities and possible nominations. >> it

. >> one quick announcement is there's a health fair our office and senator leland lee and other community-based organizations have been working on. it will be on may 18th at the richmond rec center and there's a lot of information here. thanks to kirsten mccauley, les from my office for organizing. this we will be around for a few more minutes but thank you for coming out, everyone. >> welcome to district -- need your district supervisor. we're here with supervisor john avalos, from district 11, which includes the excelsior, and will sign, our mission, and crocker amazon neighborhoods. supervisor avalos was elected to the board in november of 2008. we are going to get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome and thank you for joining us today. tell us a lot about your background, where you grew up, went to school, the job you worked. >> i was born in a town called and los angeles. it was a lot of working-class folks. my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast

current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members being nominated. we were concerned about how the conflict of interest laws would apply to them. very specifically for foreign issues. perhaps there would be six board members who would be not able to bridge as a paid in a successor mayor selection and appointment process. we would

and then leland avenue, which is very interesting because they, too, have an asian population and an african-american population. and then you have bayview hunters point. a lot of people keep year for jobs. and then potrero hill is very different because is kind of a new yuppie population, and little hollywood and dog patch. >> historical, district and has been home to shipyards, heavy industry, and a naval base. now, the naval base and most of the shipyards and factories are closed, but the environmental problems continue to impact the district. let's hear how residents are responding to the environmental and health issues they are facing. >> it was hard to breathe last night. i woke up coughing, you know? those are the things that we go through because of the contamination out here. >> this community has a history of issues, environmental issues that have been let go, just run amok. sitting in a meeting once with the health department, we discovered haphazardly that they had known for years that in bayview hunters point, african- american women under the age of 50 had the highest r

state senator leland yee attended the service with politicians and veterans. . one of the most spectacular finishes in history at the indy 500 in the 100 anniversary run on sunday. it was a heart-breaking one also for saucelito's j.r. hildebrandt. with four laps to go, the 23-year-old rookie took the lead. he was just one turn away from indy glory. just one turn. look what happens. he hits the wall. just a half-mile from the finish. dan wheldon avoids him and takes the checkered flag for the second win. hildebrandt limps in and finishes second. >> i knew the guy behind me were coming. i don't want to stop and go through turn four and have them back up on me. we were super tight on fuel. i got up there and pushed up in the wall. >> whel don wins after being runner up the last two years and says it was a tough break for hildebrandt. but he should be consoled by the second place prize money about $1 million. he can have the bottle of milk to drink next year. that is tradition after you win the indy 500. >> exactly. danica patrick had a good showing, too. she was dr

the plan there is for 1200 units of housing, along with improvements to the streets date on leland avenue, and on bayshore. in bayview hunters point project area, our main focus is on third street. we have dedicated this year about $1 million for a revolving loan program for small businesses that are operating on third street, in addition to that, a significant amount of money, about 3/-- about $750,000 for improvements on third street. in addition to those things, our priorities are to wrap up and complete and in some cases initiate affordable housing developments. our two major priorities with regard to housing in bayview hunters point in the upcoming year are to get the revitalization of double lock off the ground and to basically commit all of the funding that will get us through the revitalization of hunters view. there are two phases of the shipyard. the first is under way. we hope in the next year with our development partner to initiate the first vertical development on phase one, and on phase two, our hope is to complete the entitlement process there and commence the work associa

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