i'm the owner of a contracting business, we're a local union business, local contractor here in san francisco for the last 57 years. of all of the contractors in the land, cpmc and sutter chose us to joint venture six years ago to form a partnership to bring this facility to life. i have never seen an owner so patient with the process in my life. so many of the projects that we start never get to the start line and to the finish line. i know there are many waity issues on your plate here, life safety, seismic, economic, physical, and mental health of the community. these are issues as waity as the ones i deal with every day trying to put people to work. personally, i volunteer to teach a life skill class at the city build academy on evans. i love to do it. provide skill and hope for the faces that i see there, but it also pains me because at the end, they all come up and ask me for jobs that i don't have for them. additionally, for 20 years, i have been a board member of the pacific vision foundation. it pains me to hear the dreamonizing of cpmc when it comes to charity care. we support the l

is threatening the feel of our city, while also limiting space that could be used by local businesses and credit unions. thank you. >> thank you. many supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is andy katz. i'm here representing

is threatening the feel of our city, while also limiting space that could be used by local businesses and credit unions. thank you. >> thank you. many supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is andy katz. i'm here representing the telegraph hill dwellers. telegraph hill dwellers is one of san francisco's oldest and largest neighborhood organizations. we have over 600 members among our ranks and we support supervisor mar's proposed ordinance to close the bank loophole in san francisco's formula retail law. we earth you to follow in the steps of the planning commission in supporting this legislation. in north beach and on telegraph

is threatening the feel of our city, while also limiting space that could be used by local businesses and credit unions. thank you. >> thank you. many supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is andy katz. i'm here representing the telegraph hill dwellers. telegraph hill dwellers is one of san francisco's oldest and largest neighborhood organizations. we have over 600 members among our ranks and we support supervisor mar's proposed ordinance to close the bank loophole in san francisco's formula retail law. we earth you to follow in the steps of the planning commission in supporting this legislation. in north beach and on telegraph hill, neighborhood groups and merchants worked together for many years to protect the unique character of our community that makes it such a special place to visit and to live in. san francisco's formula retail law has successfully kept our neighborhood and other as cross the industry from turning into a series of cookie cutter chain stores. there's no reason that financial services and banks should not play by the same formula retail r

business representative for local 39. the jobs in san francisco that have built the middle-class have typically been union jobs. as i said, i represent the engineers that work at cpmc. we have been without a contract for 18 months and have been on strike with cpmc for five weeks now. all of the engineers that should be working inside the hospital, maintaining its in the basham -- in the fashion they are accustomed to, are out on the street. cpmc was charged with committing unfair labor practices. they have made no substantial of attempts to resolve this labor dispute. i want all of the union trades in this city to get jobs in these proposed new hospitals. i would first like to see cpmc deal honestly with the current labor dispute between the union and the guys out on the street, looking for a contract. i do not want cpmc to give us all snow jobs so union workers get the short shift and the benefit of short-term jobs to give up long-term careers. cpmc needs to resolve their current labor issues and move forward, allowing all union trade to provide good middle- class livelihood to keep standards as though economi

our brothers and sisters and the labor unions working with us, we're going to take the idea and the philosophy of local hire and meet it with every level of businessin san francisco. every level. [applause] so it should not surprise you that we are going to create those employment training programs linked to mission, language -- mission language vocational school right here. as part of the mission, part of san francisco. [applause] so that the most successful technology companies -- you know the names, twitter, zynga, salesforce,

local businesses in charlotte and he told supporters that while the economy is improving, it would be a much faster improvement under his guidance. romney also slammed president obama for being quote, beholding to labor unions. >>> president obama is looking to criticism on gay sex marriage comments. bristol palin says president obama shouldn't let his daughter shape her policies. he said his talks with sasha anne malia helped shape his decision. >>> former governor bob ehrlich was found guilty. julius henson was found not guilty of three charges of voter fraud. henson sent robocalls out saying the election was decided. >>> an alert for metro riders. expect delays. trains will single track on the redline between tacoma and forest glen. on the orange track between cheverly to eastern market. work starts at 10:00 tonight. now, luckily no major damage to report after quite a scene on the side of i-370. a trash cut caught fire. it was about to exit in gaithersburg yesterday. the thick smoke and flames caused many to slow down and back up traffic for hours. garbage inside of the truck caught fire. no one was hurt. >>> today is a big day for thousands of college students in our area this morning. many of you are

local business in charlotte. he told supporters that while the economy is improving, it would be a faster improvement under his guidance. romney also slammed president obama for being quote, beholdened to labor unions when making his policies. >>> bristol palin has chimed in on president obama's comments on same-sex marriage. she says president obama shouldn't let his daughters shape his policies. the president said earlier this week his conversations with sasha and malia helped form his opinion. palin a single mother says children have a better quality of life when there's a mother and father to help raise them. >>> bob ehrlich faces years behind bars for sending robocalls. but a jr. found him not guilty on three charges of voter fraud. henson urged democratic voters to stay home saying the election was already decided. >>> luckily no major damage to report after quite a scene on the side of i-370. take a look at this. a trash truck caught fire. it was about to exit on to shady groe road in gaithersburg yesterday and the big smoke and flames caused traffic to slow down. investigators believe garbage inside the truck caught on fire. no one was hurt. >>> today marks the day of accomplishment for tho

banker or a business guide, had he become governor, i'm not sure that he had the skill set that he did have because he had been a local elected official and knew how crippling those labor union contracts the government sector contracts were. we need to be set aside. the reforms that they did there was that unions were allowed to -- they were not allowed to impose work rules or negotiate on pensions. they can negotiate to raise their pay up to inflation, but not beyond that. they got rid of teacher tenure, which no matter how better to just come in to get to keep their job and keep getting paid more and more. all of those reforms were ones that scott walker could do and knew would work and understood it because it actually worked in the government. i think the question is, not so much that the obama type people don't have private sector experience, many of them are academics. they don't like the free market and they don't like the business community. it irritates them because their parents told them when they were young but he worked really hard and you study hard in school, you will be rich, which is not true. these people got a grades and they are not rich. they see the peo

banker or a business guide, had he become governor, i'm not sure that he had the skill set that he did have because he had been a local elected official and knew how crippling those labor union contracts the government sector contracts were. we need to be set aside. the reforms that they did there was that unions were allowed to -- they were not allowed to impose work rules or negotiate on pensions. they can negotiate to raise their pay up to inflation, but not beyond that. they got rid of teacher tenure, which no matter how better to just come in to get to keep their job and keep getting paid more and more. all of those reforms were ones that scott walker could do and knew would work and understood it because it actually worked in the government. i think the question is, not so much that the obama type people don't have private sector experience, many of them are academics. they don't like the free market and they don't like the business community. it irritates them because their parents told them when they were young but he worked really hard and you study hard in school, you will be rich, which is not true. these people got a grades and they are not rich. they see the peo

banker or a business guide, had he become governor, i'm not sure that he had the skill set that he did have because he had been a local elected official and knew how crippling those labor union contracts the government sector contracts were. we need to be set aside. the reforms that they did there was that unions were allowed to -- they were not allowed to impose work rules or negotiate on pensions. they can negotiate to raise their pay up to inflation, but not beyond that. they got rid of teacher tenure, which no matter how better to just come in to get to keep their job and keep getting paid more and more. all of those reforms were ones that scott walker could do and knew would work and understood it because it actually worked in the government. i think the question is, not so much that the obama type people don't have private sector experience, many of them are academics. they don't like the free market and they don't like the business community. it irritates them because their parents told them when they were young but he worked really hard and you study hard in school, you will be rich, which is not true. these people got a grades and they are not rich. they see the peo