. >> my name is peter and i am the director for the international longshore union. i want to acknowledge the rich blood lines on this board of supervisors. supervisor cohen's grandfathers' part of our local. and of course supervisor avalo'' father is in our local 13. we have some concerns about the cup. we support moving forward. we want to see this happen. in addition to the challenges around the environment and physical issues, there are social equity issues for the work force that is one to handle this cop. we want to see what pete and benefited a work force, a union work force working on the waterfront. we want to make sure that happens for construction, hospitality, for our maritime workers and security workers. it is extremely important. we have been in multiple meetings to try to resolve these issues. we continue with productive discussions. we look forward to coming back and telling you we have had this resolution to those issues and our members are ready to go forward and work on the waterfront. thank you very much. >> good evening. i am the president of th

i am the director of organizing for the international longshore warehouse hunan region where ross union. i want to follow on the remarks made in support of certification and in support of the coup. one thing vathe eir does not deal with is social equity, and that is something we have to deal with, making sure these are jobs with good benefits and good working conditions, and i am sure that is an issue that is going to be played out as we go forward, but i am in support of the cup, and one benefit of these meetings is you get to meet people, and i had the occasion of meeting the event manager. we have agreed to get together over the next few weeks to discuss these issues of social equity, so i hope these will be positive and we can move ahead with a successful america's cup, so thank you for your time, and thank you for listening to these concerns. >> my name is john platt. thank you for the time and all the work that has gone into this. i work for a company called sports supply, and i am fortunate. i travel around all the marine businesses in the bay area, commercial and recreational ma

it also directly benefits our other maritime industries, such as longshore, a hug and tell, our pilots, and ship suppliers. the cruise industry is also vital to the ship repair sector, where with the 2008 dry dock expansion, san francisco is now capable of repairing the largest cruise ships that flow. this coming january 7, the clerical spirit will be dry docking for a two-week repair job, generating thousands of man hours of work for a local trades union. in 2007, understanding the importance of this industry, the mayor formed a cruise terminal advisory panel to look at the need for a new terminal, and recommended to the port that they develop a single bird primary cruise terminal to meet all the industry standards. these recommendations were accepted by the port commission, who in turn directed staff to implement this initiative. the port entered into an mou to implement the project here in november 2009, the commission authorize staff to execute a design contract in association with cruise terminal design consultant. we commenced our efforts, mind you, well after the possibility of

it happened about 270 this morning outside the longshore plans union building. the 15-year-old girl -- the longshoreman's union building. the 15-year-old girl was with a tour group in san francisco. the police got a call that the girl left the group with the suspect and didn't come back. police found them together outside the longshoreman's building until the bushes. >> one of the members of her group who she had been with earlier had the concern over i guess her safety. we actually commend them for contacting the police. >> police arrested 18-year-old christopher due tell of southern california. >>> other bay area headlines a gas line scare in san bruno this afternoon. dozens of homes were evacuated after pg&e says that a city construction crew accidentally hit a two inch natural gas line on chestnut avenue. it took a half hour to cap the leak. >>> the santa clara city council is examining a proposal that would block the new 49er stadium plan. members are discussing two petitions submitted by an activist group critical of the billion-dollar project. one plan wo