as you can see, it shows the differences between our construction work force agreements and the city's local hire policy. as you can see, while ocii's construction work force goal for other agreements is 50 percent of all project work hours, it is a goal. by contrast, the city's local hire policy has a minimum requirement of 30 percent and includes requirements for hiring disadvantaged workers. 50 percent of all project work hours be performed by local apprentices which helps lay the ground work for future san francisco workers. we believe these have strong /pher merit, but ocii /spwoepbdz to retain the office of economic and work force development to monitor the ta's compliance with this local hire policy and oewd has had significant experience enforcing this local hire policy. in addition the requirements for disadvantaged workers and local apprentices address important policy goals that are not present in the work force agreement. finally, although this is a relatively small project at under $3 million, staff would like to try the city's hoe cal hire policy. on this /kraebgt contract in o

while it's potentially the first localized city wide ban, it would have huge implications for women not only in new mexico but in other states as well. >> from al jazeera headquarters in london. coming up in the next 60 minutes one bag of food to last a family of five for three days, aid is being headed out in the fill teens but somphilippines you aby the government is playing favorites. and the taliban has claimed responsibility of 8 dead in kabul. >> in the stories that we're iovering in europe.

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narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and it just cuts right through the ground. so there's no more dynamite. and it's still a rough job, but it's gotten to a point where it's a lot safer. in the '70s, we lost a man a mile basically. here, maybe we've had two or three deaths in the last 20 years, which is too much anyway, but i

. - >> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encoura >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is e

[snortg] >> if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encoura >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course

particularly actually just in recent months, opportunities for for instance water districts and local cityto beef up their ethics investigation, and for the fcc to be more involved in investigations, and when doesn't rise to the level of the scandal that is now brewing around the calderons, the real question is who is going to enforce problems at the local level. and we don't have a robust system to do that. i think we need to invest our money where our mouth is if the legislature thinks this is a real issue. what they need to do is put money in for the fcc and improve at the local level. >> kathy has mentioned this idea in terms of reform people mobilizing and being active, but can you put this in context of the people that calderon serves. they could be considered a more vulnerable population. >> okay. yeah. well, in that region, i would probably say, and i'm painting with a brood brush here, but this is largely characteristic of it, they are -- it's a largely working class community. so you have people who, you know, are working very hard to just get by. they might not have the time be

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the first local government to really tackle this and hopefully our leadership will have other local cities and counties fall into line. i think margaret's work with the treasurer's office on the healthy city and resolution by supervisor ferrel and passed by the board increases our liasons with the public employees. we are the leaders and it's great to be not only out in front but including other public agencies. i wanted to publically say when we were in the old prop b hearings or c hearings, but the unions made it very clear that they didn't want to have one health care at the civic center, they wanted us to take things to them. we did four health fares and 17 flu shot clinics out and about the city in different departments is amazing. if we are not thanked by the people who asked us for it, i want to point out that we did it and saying thanks for responding to our request because we did it in a big way. lastly, it's listed in our report and i want to highlight the women's collaborative because you know the women's cancer rate of women firefighters is much larger than the national survey.

and other big issues around the bay area. >>> it was rejected by california voters but now one local city is making it a law. big changes are copping to bay area grocery stores. all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. we are live outside the apartment complex in sunnyvale where a two week old baby was taken. the police have a pretty good idea who they are looking for and a car description. we will get to that. claudine wong is getting new information just in the last 30 minutes. we will check in with her in just a moment. it is wednesday, november 6th thank

this is a program that the city can implement locally. this is something that the mta has actually already begun, that they have added 33 additional pco's to the disabled placard detail and now we have 14 pco's and a supervisor who dedicate all their time to enforcing placard misuse. also to make it easier for the ofrsers to do their investigations we recommend the department of motor vehicles should make placard holder photograph available so the officers will have an easier time matching the person to the placard. . >> in this third slide what you see is a dmv site. what i think is important is they have a special parking place for accessible vehicles so a person who is going to get their license using an accessible vehicle can easily park. that's all to the good, but we say dmv needs to do more. you heard the suggestion that they need to find a way to link a picture to the placard. there's something else. we suggest that dmv upgrade its data base to include information about medical providers who certify placards. right now they have n

two local city guys. >> there you go. >> i just want to make a public statement to acknowledge that appointments to the police commission and any commission which is a policy-making body is very important. i want to encourage about keep in front of our minds the importance of not only to elect women, but to work to get more women appointed to these bodies that help make legislative decisions for our city and county of san francisco. >> i am from san francisco. i grew up in the local neighborhood. i did my under deprad wait work at fisk university, where i studied political science with a concentration in public administration and worked eight years largely in the public sector. then i earned a master's degree from carnegie melon in pittsburg, pennsylvania. i spent some time as assistant executive director for a non-profit. we did work if a lot of kids in the neighborhood. i have done fundraising for candidates and issues. i have experience with the federal reserve bank of san francisco. when i look around my neighborhood and see the changes that are happening, i so there is no neighborhood groce

the problem. 15 years later, water quality is on the agenda of every city council person in that local city, and that's completely a result of activists forcing the issue, surfrider and other local groups, saying, "hey, these water quality issues are real and you need to address them." and only until the public sort of creates that will will the politicians respond. narrator: while some cities deal with infrastructure issues, others have concerns about the sustainability of water supplies. allbee: it's not just about the sustainability of the assets, it's about the sustainability of our water resources. parts of this country that thought of themselves as water rich 20, 30 years ago, now are discovering that they really are not water rich, they have source supply issues, they have serious questions about how they're going to accommodate additional growth in their communities. melosi: if we can find alternatives, we can preserve a water supply. conservation of water is a way of generating more water. allbee: we think that a household can actually reduce its water usage by about 30%. and that'

christian democratic party reached a coalition deal with the center left social democratic party local city fell just short of an hour right when jordi at last month's polls when it's liberal partner one no seats many asked me do supporters are aware do you after the party suffered in merkel shadow during the previous grand coalition. scotland has taken another stab in its campaign for in a pan inspire releasing a white paper doll by the country's first minister as a mission statement for the nation's future a six hundred seventy page blueprint outlined scottish plans to cut corporation tax expand free childcare and raise the minimum wage document comes ahead of next september's referendum when the scots will be asked simple yes or no question whether their nation should separate. from the rest of the u.k. one has strongly opposed the idea of clashing with endora on the issues of currency oil reserves membership but despite all the uncertainty scottish national party feels as the white paper sends a very positive message on it to the nation it really is an amazing amount of information that

two local city guys. >> there you go. >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people can be active and lead, active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. ♪ >> san francisco's buses and trains serve many riders who are blind or how low vision. muni is their lives line to get around. simple act of courtesy can help them access muni services safely. it is not just courtesy. it is the law. >> i used to take the 21 airlock. >> lot of times, when i would be waiting at the bus stop, the door would open and the driver would announce the bus line. >

their elite clan that they've got that we need to rise up in to assert ourselves and to go into our local city councils our local boards of supervisors and declare that they will instruct their law enforcement officials to defy any federal official that tries to come into their jurisdiction to enforce that statute which is clearly and plainly not only unconstitutional but in absolute defiance of the most fundamental principles of our constitution depriving us of free speech freedom of association the right to counsel the right to habeas corpus the most fundamental pillars of our entire constitutional system have been set aside by that particular statute all in the name of alleged anti-terrorism after the bush administration george bush sr sent two hundred fifty thousand united states military forces into the heartland of the oil fields of the middle east to attempt to establish full full spectrum dominance over the natural resources of the planet as soon as the soviet union voluntarily dissolved that's what we're faced at the present time with in the american people need to wake up and mobiliz

in order to decide how those funds should be used, what we would ask the mta or other local jurisdictions and cities do is to actually track the funds separately and to work with the disability community to come up with a list of improvements that are most relevant. there are a lot of different options. one of the options we've even heard about and talked about is doing better public outreach so people have an understanding when they misuse a parking placard they are actually depriving people of the spaces that they need when and where they need it and that they are committing more than just a ticketable crime but really harming somebody. we felt that the policy recommendations need to focus on increasing access and not necessarily revenue collection. >> our all right recommendation is to establish reasonable time limits to take away the unlimited time allowed to park currently. placard holders, 4 hour time limits at regular blue meters unless the posted time limit is longer and again local option could determine differently. but in cities that did have time limit options of 3 or 4 hours, they found

and that they have got it we need to rise up and to assert ourselves and to go into our local city councils our local boards of supervisors and declare they will instruct their law enforcement officials to defy any federal official that tries to come into their jurisdiction to enforce that statute which is clearly and plainly not only unconstitutional but in absolute defiance of the most fundamental principles of our constitution depriving us of free speech freedom of association the right to counsel the right to habeas corpus the most fundamental pillars of our entire constitutional system have been set aside by that particular statute all in the name of alleged anti-terrorism after the bush administration george bush sr sent two hundred fifty thousand united states military forces into the heartland of the oil fields of the middle east to attempt to establish full full spectrum dominance over the natural resources of the planet as soon as the soviet union voluntarily dissolved that's what we're faced at the present time with in the american people need to wake up and mobilize that's what

the project will serve local and inter city local buses and anchor the downtown extension of cal train and high speed rail once it's fully built. it's an expensive and complex project and not without challenges like filling up the gap. i know that commissioner kim as chair and the tj board are going through the phases of the project and we're working on a strategy to close the phase 1 funding short fall. this project funding contributions reflect the significance of the project from the medical state and regional level. about 39 percent is from the federal state and 21 from the regional and the remaining 40 san francisco and to be determined sources. looking ahead toward phase 2, i like to work with tjta and the mayor's office to better its project as it is not and should not be considered a san francisco financial lift. the current funding plan which is still under development and requires advocate, it shows the federal state contribution of 52 percent and local shares of 12 percent and 30 percent respectfully. finally in october i met with ben, the executive director of the managemen

. >>> it was rejected by california voters but now one local city is making it a law. big changes are copping to bay area grocery stores. all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. we are live outside the apartment complex in sunnyvale where a two week old baby was taken. the police have a pretty good idea who they are looking for and a car description. we will get to that. claudine wong is getting new information just in the last 30 minutes. we will check in with her in just a moment. it is wednesday, november 6th thank you for joining us i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve, how does it look? >> a little different today. mainly 40s on the lows. there are higher clouds coming in and patchy low clouds are trying to get their act today. there is still an easterly breeze so that should take care of most of it. the morning lows are cool to cold. 52 oakland though. 54 san francisco. some areas closer to the bay are running rather mild top warm. we'll go with 68 today in san francisco. i think the only reason

local business environment and infrastructure, so we refused them. we felt and still feel that responsible approach to locating a new facility has to be a win- win for the state, county, city or town and the local population. responsibility also means being able to provide jobs for skilled local area residents and not rely on the importation of an outside work force. a strong network of technical schools and motivated workforce, the southeast u.s. and the state of south carolina fulfills these requirements. also, the i 85 transportation trustor on the order of and provided us with an infrastructure for future export opportunities. so, we took the responsible choice and located in south carolina. now for sustainable. to is committed sustainability. in fact, it has been selected as world's most sustainable automotive company by the dow jones sustainability index. just a few facts about how seriously we take sustainability at spartanburg. we use methane that normally would be burned in the atmosphere from a landfill to provide 50% of the plants total energy in about 30% of its electricity. we have an 11 megawatt on-site energy center. we also have a solar farm to 200 piecesrg

. >> the warden of this local city jail says they ran out of food. the inmates threaten a mass breakout as one stands on the roof of the prison ready to jump. haiyan victims dangerously take gas as transportation out of the destruction is vital for their survival. thousands uncertain of when aid will reach them. and here at the airport, the lights have been turned on for the first time, which means that this can now effectively become a 24-hour operation to get more supplies in, more supplies which are so desperately needed jot enough of here but right across this province. >> the president of the philippines is now telling cnn he thinks the death toll is likely closer to 2,000 rather than 10,000. but as we know, these things are very confusing. the numbers are not certain. we still don't know. >> there are still places they haven't checked out. what we do know is that 2 million people are in need of food and water. something like 11 million are impacted in some way or other. now, the philippines is made up of thousands of islands. there's more than

>> thanks again julie. >> approval of resolution, 2013-11 commending the laborers local 265 city and county of san francisco gardener's apprenticeship program for the graduating the program's first class of community work and hers there is a document in the packet which is a draft resolution and the sponsor is commissioner joshua arce. >> thank you, colleagues, you know, there was a meeting earlier in the year with some members from the public said, how do we know that the city's pesticide ordinance is being administered in a way that protects people and how do we know that the parks are maintained in a way that is safe that promosts sustainability. how do we know that our city workforce is properly trained to advance all of the goals that we have with respect to the department and open space and sustainability. and the answer is the kind and participants in the program received both hands on training and in area of golden gate parks and other parks and facilities and spaces combined with ininstruction and plant identification and partnership with the city college of san francisco th

>> san franciscans are incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making surehat we remain the most amazing city in the world. i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail. they love to meet the candidates and engage in conversations with them. i learned how important it is to build bridges between different communities, particularly communities of diversity that we have. i was incredibly honored to have been elected in november of 2008. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i consider myself someone who shares the progressive values that many sentences can hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the opposition and the responsibilities that come with being the president of the board of supervisors. >> as president, i preside over the weekly meetings we have tuesday at 2:00 here in the chamber. i also determine which legisl