project manager from the port, the project manager from the department of public works, and a local san francisco architect. the interview criteria included how well each firm responded to the following areas -- demonstration to complete phase one construction within the project schedule and that approach to it at-risk construction management process. for the new commissioner, phase 1 -- the project will be done in two phases. the first phase is the destruction of the terminal to be used by the america's cup. 2013 to help host the main event at pier 27. once they terminate their occupation of the new building, our team will complete the structure, which will include adding facilities and maritime e equipment and the construction of the plaza, so one of the other key ingredients is the identification of key project staff, demonstration to meet new certification, and meeting local hiring goals. based on interviews, the staff have determined that turner construction co. is lowest bidder on the project. the public management team would move to roughly from the terminal two projects to our work. i thi

2002, san francisco voters adopted a charter amendment to implement ranked-choice voting, also known as the instant run-off voting. san francisco voters will use ranked-choice voting to elect most local officials by selecting a first-choice candidate in the first column on the ballot, and different second- and third-choice candidates in the second and third columns respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with a majority of votes, more than 50%, without the need for a separate run-off election. in san francisco, ranked-choice voting applies to the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sheriff, district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, assessor-recorder, and public defender. ranked-choice voting does not apply to elections for local school board and community college board members, nor the election of state or federal officials. ranked-choice voting does not affect the adoption of ballot measures. when voters receive their ballot, either at a polling place or as an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards that contain contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state propositions

i wanted to announce that i am pleased that our local san francisco and santa clara grassroots community efforts to demand healthier happy meals and kids' meals at fast food companies has shaken up the fast-food industry, and i do not know if many of you heard that today mcdonald's announced, or they are claiming that they are going to add apples to their happy meals and reduce the fries, cut in half, so there will be apple's -- apples and fire -- fires, and there will be other changes -- apples and fries. this is major. when mcdonald's, a huge company, makes changes, the rest follows, but even two weeks ago, jack in the box and ihop and other restaurants announced major changes, as well. i think our grass-roots efforts and parents, public health advocates really have had -- hopefully it will have a global impact, as well. i think mcdonald's is taking a good step, a positive step, and they have acknowledged their role in the growing obesity epidemic among children in our society, and i think that is the key thing, that they are 8 nongenetic their role in the epidemic. i think mcdonald's

country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can pull all that together, then we've got it. >> it's as much about social and economic justice -- in fact it's more about social and economic justice than just >> this is a dpw corporation yard. i work for the bureau of street environmental services used to be street cleaning. we are a new age. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> clean. >> these are our communications dispatchers. hi. okay, no problem. you are welcome. bye-bye. >> all the information about the location, the nature of the complaint and we dispatch it. >> near the steps. >> by new they have started a hundred calls for dispatchers. >> once a get a request if they are not on the air i will page that unit. these are the radio c

project manager from the port, the project manager from the department of public works, and a local san francisco architect. the interview criteria included how well each firm responded to the following areas -- demonstration to complete phase one construction within the project schedule and that approach to it at-risk construction management process. for the new commissioner, ha

country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can

today, they have spent $50 million with local san francisco businesses, including the architectural firm. i want to thank the department of public works. certainly, i want to thank the construction team for working together, making sure this is all done correctly, on time, and compliance with all our ordinance is. at the same time, working hard with all our contractors to keep this project on time. we have a lot of good step on it. we have a private consultants. we have the public works director, working with our current public works director and former public works director and me -- we all have our public works and has on today. it is a wonderful time -- we all have our public works hats on today. if you take a look here into the pit, i think you will see how complex the project is. it has thousands of tiebacks into the sides of the walls. the utility relocation for the power and utility conduits that have been the formal historic connections for our hospital have been rerouted, and this pit will be the home for the sub 2 floors for the hospital. they will be trying to open a new hospi

it has become a celebration san francisco's san food culture. more than 3000 localds were featured in the winelands tent. almost 14,000 people were from the four zip codes that bordered the park, showing the appeal is not only for out-of-towners, but for our part neighbors. the economic impact on the city has grown. this year the event created an estimated 4500 jobs with 75% of all attendees from outside of the city, hotels and other businesses saw an uptick from the event. recreation and parks department staff, and the mayor's department, and many other agencies worked extremely close together. this work began immediately after last year's event and continued through the day yesterday as crews finish clearing the field. with all but the last few pieces of equipment removed from the park, the area is once again open for park users. as in years past, there was a community out line for presidepeople to call in commen. we did see a decrease in some complaints. notably, responding to community complaints, sound technicians made real changes to the sound system. the resu

sba.gov, and look for the local page to see the local san francisco financing sources. but before you do that, the takeaway message here is that before you go to a bank, make sure you are cleared to do that. you do not want to go to a bank looking for financing for your business and ask them a question that will immediately give them a sense that you are not ready. you go to a bank and say, "how much can i borrow?" they will tell you, "i do not know, but probably not from us." you need to know exactly what you're looking for, how you are going to use the money, and how you will be paid the bank. part of the process is make sure you are prepared. the first thing you need to do is take a advantage of the resources that can help you develop your business plan and really be prepared to go to a lender. being able to answer the questions you know that they will be asking is part of what we do as well. i'm sure we will have lots of time for questions, but i will send it back to you. >> director of the office of small business with the city and county of san francisco. again, i

our on going partnerships with the san francisco police department is also helping us keep our park clean to we partnered with localreate a moremural to discourage graffiti. a proposed state pakate park atn gate park. with respect to our recreational choices, we've talked a lot about this. we put a lot of focus and energy into our recreational activity and is paying off. we've increased the number of registered hours by 13%, providing more than 76,000 hours of programming to the public. we also had a significant increase of 20% in the total number of program registrations, meaning we have gone -- this year we were at 48,851. 16,000 alone in our summer camps this year. we've also gotten off the one- size-fits-all programming and we created new and creative programs to the public with significant input. recreation is not one size fits all. we have skateboarding, fishing, serving, kayaking, rock climbing, and biking. we have increased our aquatics programs. we provided programming for l gbtq youth and young adults. we have talked a little bit about our scholarship program. to ensure the program's remain accessible to

local level. some startups such as the "bases and close " in san francisco, "texas tribune" out in texas -- there have been others that attended some similar things -- are starting to use a digital- only medium to provide a layer of local coverage. after that, the other positive things that i see our outfits like -- are outfits like patch and yahoo!, which is looking to create semi-pro or citizen journalism to take place, a new layer, stuff that was not covered at all before. observational community-oriented journalism. things that might have been restricted to an e-mail newsletter or in the distant past, some kind of mimeograph letter. those are positive changes to journalism, and they are happening at the local level. >> speaking of local, how many here have heard up hatch -- heard of patch.com? interesting. i love my local pact, not because they are here, but i follow it. it tells me what is going on in the schools, and it tells me what is going on down the street. but not many people know about it. i'm wondering why you think that is, or are you targeting certain communities that are covered b

collaborators at home including private bradley manning in san francisco police cut cell phone services on the metro during protests and those who leave the local san francisco city government over the short is a heartbeat and you can imagine. if you. look at it you don't see that in following riots in london there is talk of shutting down social media we are working with the police the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence is order and criminality. the u.s. will spend seventy million dollars an internet circumvention technology in two thousand and eleven a bra even as tough questions remain at home. the one ford r.t. washington d.c. . and still ahead for you this hour age charles attack and washing waters sucking swimmers mauled by a great white shark after a young man had his last words and often a similar attack that stunned the country and. stunning performances by aerobatics teams from across the world war zone aircraft what does all this mean in march two thousand and eleven as opened its doors to the publ

when the state government gets fixed, whether it is redevelopment or some other local important piece, san francisco will get hurt. there is no way to fix that problem without hurting san francisco and every other city and county in the state. the state has been far outspending what it should. it will come home to roost in the next couple of years. >> was talk about the city's economic development and whether we are on the right track. if we are not, let's talk about the right steps to take. >> i think we're on the right track. the key is recognizing it. san francisco decades ago was home to the fantastic manufacturing industry and specialized service industry. we have to think of san francisco 30 years from now and try to prepare ourselves for the new economies. i do think biotech will be a key piece. information technology, can we be the hub of that? we have to address our payroll tax, land use decisions. we have to put in place a conducive atmosphere to attracting those economies. when we do that, it helps with our basic budget. it helps develop jobs. there is a lot we can do to catch the new eco

and so low prices where does it leave the local san francisco city government open to charges of hypocrisy when you can imagine my. use in the room thinking well i'm gonna look at the united states as a new there's i was a san francisco bay area i paid why it's called a bar to work with a cessna plane and we want to go what was going on here i don't know all the facts we found around you ours but what we do know is really that they didn't even after the providers faced the agency rise and seem a bit better for them to have relationships with bart they've turned off the electricity so the small cell towers inside the bar base and without even giving them notice and those in the you know water with vision by going to be left to the bottom of the to know exactly what's going on who made this decision is it that simple that just you know i and one report with saying that the media relations of bart decided to just go ahead and turn off their ass is this that that temple that essentially anyone can just say hey let's let you know. well over by me you know this is the case in san francisco it wa

since june 2010 when it started in san francisco, almost 1000 individuals have been held by our local jail in san francisco. the vast majority -- about 60% of this 1000 figure -- were arrested for low-level crimes. you might have heard about the story of norma in the "los angeles times." she was held as a victim of domestic violence to call the police for help. because they did have to investigate the perpetrator and victim -- that happens in some cases -- not a lot, but in a significant number of cases throughout california -- they took her fingerprints. even though they found out she is the victim, they kept her in the local jail because of secure communities. those of the types of folks being held under this program that is really undercutting the hard work being done by realignment. scom comes at a cost to san francisco often in terms of local dollars and public safety. it does not provide reimbursement to our city for the cost of the program. there is a separate program called state's criminal alien assistance program, which is unrelated, and it only reimburses for about 10 cents

to date, they've already spent about $50 million with local san francisco businesses. >>> the projecthich should allow the hospital to ride out a major earthquake is expected to finish up in 2015. >> the team is hosting ninth annual slumber party. they pitched tents and slept on the field overnight. its wonder they got any sleep at all. >> i love it. to be on the field. >> when you are old and gray, to be out on the field with the world champion giants, it's all about the memories. >> there is a 6:had a wake-up call this morning followed by breakfast then everybody will clear out tents and all by 9:00 a.m.. >>> 6:45, that sounds great. >> for us, that is great. >>. >> did you see any coming up the peninsula? >> some clouds. >> just mainly at the coast. maybe a little bit, but just cool this morning. extra clouds and drizzle have been minimal but delays developing at sfo the next 15 minutes or so. the bottom of clouds are thicker this morning, signifying a cooling trend that is on the way for today. as far as temperatures, 46 in san rafael, 60 in antioch and mid to upper 50s still have