>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for [gavel] >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. it is tuesday, january the seventh, 2014. the inaugural meeting of 2014, colleagues, welcome back. with that, matt a.m. clerk could you please call the role? >> yes, mr. president. supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? bre

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for good afternoon and welcome to the special meeting of the joint city and school district select committee. first of all we would like to thank the staff at sfgtv that record our meetings and make the transcripts available on line. and a special thanks and our clerk today and are there any announcements? >> there are none.

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walke

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for okay good after everyone. thank you very much for coming happy new year i'm ed reiskin i'm the director of transportation and happy to kickoff the new year. san francisco has been a dynamic city during the break i was reading the history of muni how things have changed and required the city to view. we're in a lot of chan

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat fo >> thank you for coming again on i think just another momentum occasion for our good friend jose (clapping) and i know this is the third time i believe that the city is - is it the fourth. fourth swearing in that's right and the reason why lieutenant governor knows that because he appointed jose in 2004 so thank you. visio

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> everybody to the world and enter galactic rocket i'm joel we have the great honor and pleasure of ownership this building but having haley here we love you guys focused on digital health this is your grand opening. so we've getting got a set period of time we're going to have an interesting panel discussion. most of yo

>> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> i think that we are ready to proceed. roll call, wo o, he. >> here. >> brandon. >> here. katz. >> amoval for the december 12, 2013 meeting. >> move approval. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> okay. >> pledge of allegiance. >> please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing ele

. >> the priority was much greater for north ridge than it was for loma prieta. >> reporter: ken ridge has been a reporter for the times. he says the biggest reason l.a. has recovered quicker than the bay area is politics. >> clinton as president and wilson as governor went all out to deal with the north ridge earthquake from the very moment of its inception. >> reporter: governor wilson was up for reelection that year and president clinton wanted to demonstrate a commitment to voter rich california. >> the governor i think did a good job. >> reporter: duke majon was governor and was not running for reelection. george bush was president and never focused on california the way that the clinton administration did. remember how people complained how slow the government was to respond to katrina. they didn't complain in california. >> six days i got money sent to me. >> fema had a shop open in every corner. it's like they couldn't wait to help. couldn't wait to get the money in people's hands. >> reporter: people in the bay area could not blame the state and federal government for low work

as we know we live in earthquake county and it's the anniversary of loma prieta and the next one is not if but when. we have to be prepared. this program works to ensure that the essential services function effectively in the case of a major disaster and continues the work of the 2010 bond which i was proud to sponsor and work with staff here today. that was a measure to improve the neighborhood fire stations and emergency firefighting water system and of the public safety building that will open this fall. this program will continue on that good work and help san francisco towards that resiliency and relocate many of these services away from the hall of justice which is a 1950's building and not expected to be functional after a earthquake and this plan is prioritized addressing public safety for our residents, businesses and first responders. it's a bond measure to create over 3500 jobs for san franciscos and i hope you join me in supporting this for the ballot. with they would like to introduce our staff with more details about the program. >> thank you very much. good morning member

it happened during the loma prieta earthquake. >> very impressive. all right, allen, thanks. >>> the u.s. customs intercepted a creature at sfo that they consider a significant agricultural threat. take a look at this. officials say they found five of these insects in a shipment of basil from mexico on new year's eve. it's a type of stink bug and it's only been found once before in the united states. it can do major damage to crops. the entire shipment had to be refused entry into the u.s. and ordered back to mexico. >>> san francisco police busted a muni passenger who tried to impersonate a law enforcement officer to avoid paying a fare. police were doing fare inspections on a bus tuesday near the silver and san bruno avenues. they asked the guy to show his receipt. instead, he showed them a department of corrections badge but no other identification. police detained him. he later admitted to buying the badge off the street and used it to avoid paying for fares. >>> we really don't know how true a lot of this information is. >> the warnings have gon

loma prieta, that's nothing for them. brentwood, .078. mountain view, .05. el cerrito, .04.ill, 13/100ths. napa .07. san francisco, .03. it's looking like the driest january ever. the system is begil ginning to show breaks in the -- is beginning to show breaks in the clouds. some rain around the mountains. morgan hill, gilroy, they have had some. up in the sierra, that's the good news finally getting some snow. we'll have another couple of others of snow until 7:00 tonight. 40s to the north. 50s here with you the cooler air is on the way. 43 already in ukiah. that's a sign of what's on the way and that's going to be a cool northwest direction coming in as this system slide south. the system i'm looking for, coming down on sunday. i will tackle that one on friday. lowering snow levels. that cold air works its way in. decent higher amounts in up towards some of the higher peaks. but at least finally getting some snow. mostly cloudy. some sunbreaks here. but they will start to work this way in in the afternoon. it will be breezy as that northwest wind kicks in. temperatures wil