it will also be important to the livability of the city. it is a great thing to have nature so close by. we urge you to support the legislation. we hope it will carry forward as the first action in what will be a long project of looking at the opportunities to preserve and conserve the habitat and endangered species and create an incredible asset for our children and grandchildren. >> i am the coastal ecologists. i have worked on conservation and management of coastal wetlands and beaches are over 30 years. i am an ecologist for the fish and wildlife service and army corps of engineers. i was assigned to manley, hunters point, and other areas. i was the author of the latest accessibility report on sharp park. the plan contains updated information from the city report from 2010. that is at the heart of the contentious land use policies being discussed today. the city 2010 report built on some outdated assumptions. i believe those have resulted in fatal flaws in environmental management. it will affect the feasibility of construction and main

livable city, and the excellent planning staff who has been working on this. a really great piece of legislation. we will be back when we talk about it again. thank you. >> tim colan followed by linda chapman. >> good morning, commissioners. tampim colan. i would guess over the past year, was gracious enough to come down and make extended detailed presentations on this topic to our regulatory affairs committee, and i have to say the response was pretty much that is really reasonable. really like the direction it is the way. it makes a lot of sense. a lot of small changes, and we think it is a welcomed step forward for a more sensible use of are very scarce -- very scarce land. we love the incentive for on- site affordable housing. and we like how it emphasizes alternative the te transportati and of a clear sense of where the direction of things are going, it reduces emphasis on private audits. it is inescapable that is where cities are going. we also love the changes that have been made to allow grandfathering. we saw projects we like that were good. i think i

they want a 24 hour livable city model public transit. we have barged into muni along market street. the report says that generation y., young professionals these days are driving up the demand for apartments and driving up the transfer which makes investing in apartments a safe bet. thank >>jaqueline: here is a look at storm tracker 4 raider. it's a few clouds tomorrow morning with temperatures in the 30's. here is a live look from the mt. tam cam shot from earlier this seconded. tenders this afternoon will be in the call to mild side. >>gary: coming up later in the broadcast, the warriors have a seven footer. the oakland a's have decided to stay put. all of that and more coming up later in the broadcast. the and then receive hoffa and get off and 398 all clogged all lowe's since knowledge and to go to call a bad cough, and gave you the check this morning i handed it to you first came and i shall do- east coast that are of hig >>kimberlee: enhance your professional presence on line. you may want to rethink the word you are using to descr

in recent rankings of the world's most livable cities, economists ranks the american entry at 29. the quality of living survey, number 31. perhaps we have another form of agreement here. >> which countries are at the top of those lists? >> i could not say. i believe a number of them are scandinavian. others believe that china, as the emerging power of the world, will head the list. >> i propose that we take the top of that list, scandinavian countries and others, and open the borders in both directions and see where people move. i'm willing to bet that the movement will be to this country. that is were smart entrepreneurs want to be. we would have to have a very different political environment to engage in experiments like that. >> we do want to involve our guests here at town hall, so we will take some questions now for our speakers. >> a question for yaron brook, i wonder where is the morality of allowing unhindered accumulation of wealth. in a country where you have people working three jobs and having no health insurance, i wonder where the morality is coming in. also, a count

in recent rankings of the world's most livable cities, economists ranks the american entry at 29. the quality of living survey, number 31. perhaps we have another form of agreement here. >> which countries are at the top of those lists? >> i could not say. i believe a number of them are scandinavian. others believe that china, as the emerging power of the world, will head the list. >> i propose that we take the top of that list, scandinavian countries and others, and open the borders in both directions and see where people move. i'm willing to bet that the movement will be to this country. that is were smart entrepreneurs want to be. we would have to have a very different political environment to engage in experiments like that. >> we do want to involve our guests here at town hall, so we will take some questions now for our speakers. >> a question for yaron brook, i wonder where is the morality of allowing unhindered accumulation of wealth. in a country where you have people working three jobs and having no health insurance, i wonder where the morality is coming in. also, a count

in recent rankings of the world's most livable cities, economists ranks the american entry at 29. the quality of living survey, number 31. perhaps we have another form of agreement here. >> which countries are at the top of those lists? >> i could not say. i believe a number of them are scandinavian. others believe that china, as the emerging power of the world, will head the list. >> i propose that we take the top of that list, scandinavian countries and others, and open the borders in both directions and see where people move. i'm willing to bet that the movement will be to this country. that is were smart entrepreneurs want to be. [applause] we would have to have a very different political environment to engage in experiments like that. >> we do want to involve our guests here at town hall, so we will take some questions now for our speakers. >> a question for yaron brook, i wonder where is the morality of allowing unhindered accumulation of wealth. in a country where you have people working three jobs and having no health insurance, i wonder where the morality is coming in. al

in recent rankings of the world's most livable cities, economists ranks the american entry at 29. the quality of living survey, number 31. perhaps we have another form of agreement here. >> which countries are at the top of those lists? >> i could not say. i believe a number of them are scandinavian. others believe that china, as the emerging power of the world, will head the list. >> i propose that we take the top of that list, scandinavian countries and others, and open the borders in both directions and see where people move. thewilling to bet that movement will be to this country. that is were smart entrepreneurs want to be. [applause] we would have to have a very different political environment to engage in experiments like that. >> we do want to involve our guests here at town hall, so we will take some questions now for our speakers. >> a question for yaron brook, -- i wonder where is the morality of allowing unhindered accumulation of wealth. in a country where you have people working three jobs and having no health insurance, i wonder where the morality is coming in. also

in recent rankings of the world's most livable cities, economists ranks the american entry at 29.ose lists? >> i could not say. i believe a number of them are scandinavian. others believe that china, as the emerging power of the world, will head the list. >> i propose that we take the top of that list, scandinavian countries and others, and open the borders in both directions and see where people move. i'm willing to bet that the movement will be to this country. that is were smart entrepreneurs want to be. we would have to have a very different political environment to engage in experiments like that. >> we do want to involve our guests here at town hall, so we will take some questions now for our speakers. >> a question for yaron brook, i wonder where is the morality of allowing unhindered accumulation of wealth. in a country where you have people working three jobs and having no health insurance, i wonder where the morality is coming in. also, a country that prides itself and christian values, christianity does not espouse that you have such a wealth disparities. >> let me just

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 whole area. i think the organizing committee has a big task to raise a lot of private sector money so it does not impact negatively on our general fund, but i do think the deal crafted by a lot of the enforcement is a good deal will help a lot of the parts of the city that need the help. it is also a lot of gauging of community groups and the yacht club saying that they want to provide better boating opportunities and education for young people in the mission district or, hopefully, in the mission or other places. but i know that as the america's cup moves forward, there are many community-based groups that want to be part of it. we recently had communications from the parks council wanting to ensure the swimming and blue and green projects could be created with