the city by the ocean blue take care of you and on a star spangled night my city love my city love, me to me you can rest your head on my district shoulder and under dawn's early light, my city, my city come to me i will defend your right in public comment speech love, love, love love city american-style truer than the red, white, and blue love american style that is me president chiu, supervisors, thank you ♪ supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> can i have the time on the counter please. supervisor chiu: we are actually looking into that right now, but you can hear the time that indicates that 15 seconds are left. >> thank you. i have lived in san francisco for 60 years. i want to take this opportunity to thank the "san francisco examiner" for their sunday cover story, mentioning prominently a pg&e whistle-blower. that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that maybe the people here at city hall should listen to the city's whistleblower rather than keep blowing them off for the past -- i think it is five and a half years now. second, in the sunday edition, it did have a very inte

and we work in this city and love this city and care about this city and care about issues concerning any illegal activities. we want you to know we love this man, and this man has been in the trenches working on sixth street, downtown, on many issues. can you be fair? right now i doubt it. he raised the issue about previous misconduct. yes, willie brown, the fire chief, all these issues, and can he get the same treatment? what is with this man that everybody is going berserk about it. the other issue is an election. who is supporting honewho and te election? all these issues in our mind, please be fair and take it into consideration. thank you. [applause] >> i am here in support of his family. i worked very hard to get this man elected as sheriff. for you guys to try to reverse that, because this is a witch hunt. the mayor's guy did not win. he needs to admit this guy did not win and let the people in the jails who are going to suffer the most from not being where he was supposed to be, so i hope you relate take this into consideration and to dobecause o be honest, and you were put i

at the x-factor auditions it is going to be great at the city's main event ♪ i think it is at the cal palace. i'm not sure. and -- ♪ don't you lovecity madly? don't you want to give your heart gladly? tell me what you say tell me what you say don't you love this city as you are walking out your city hall door like you did 10,000 times ♪ -- i have graphics. ♪ before ♪ boy, is this an old door knocker. and it is the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake again almost. here is a piece of the melted metal from the graphics. ♪ i feel the earth move under my city feet i feel the sky tumbling down i feel my heart starts to assemble in when the city burns it is in back then 0, city, when i want you say it is always like the month of may won't you make it that way i feel the city to earth move under my feet i feel the sky burning it down ♪ >> supervisors, when the board had considered a resolution criticizing the israeli raid on the gossip flotilla two years ago, supervisor elsbernd voiced his opposition, saying he did not believe his constituents elected him to be weighing in on a blockade in the middle of the mediterranean -- supervisor chi

it is really great to have a business and a company and an organization here in the city that loves the city as much as we do and that contributes a lot. i want to thank the giants, who support a lot of our neighborhood organizations and communities. it was great to see you at st. anthony's a month ago as we celebrate the groundbreaking of what will soon be affordable housing for seniors and a great new meals kitchen for our community. it is important to have partners like this that care and are passionate about our city. i have the honor of representing one of the older neighborhoods in san francisco, but it also happens to be our emerging neighborhoods, the south of market and the mission bay. it is a lot of fun to be the supervisor of this district, because we have a lot to work with. we're kind of drawing the neighborhoods. one of the priorities of this district is developing a complete neighborhoods, neighborhoods that bring in infrastructure, whether it is street skating that encourages pedestrians and bikers and our public transit, that build open space. that is important to this

we love the city. there is a lot of transition happening, and the way it works here is different from where we came from. we tried to live the american dream and we hope that you can take care of us as much as we love this city. i have high expectations for the city and we hope and pray they live up to the expectations so that you can take care of us and we can keep on for the city, letting people know that it cares for the people. we will do whatever it takes to make sure that even moderate- income housing families are equally taken care of. >> i will keep it just a bit short because the last couple of months i have been looking for affordable housing for myself and my son. i have been looking around, there are some ideal ones. there is a long waiting list, or the family housing is nonexistent at all. i hope that we can find a solution to this problem. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. it is no news to everyone in this room that we have an affordable ho

city was green. all the young engineers -- they, too, said they loved the diversity of the city."e a clear indication that is for the next generation of workers in the city, people who will build in the street, and then to realize what twitter and companies like that have done all over the world, being a conduit for some many events that have cu

we love the city. there is a lot of transition happening, and the way it works here is different from where we came from. we tried to live the american dream and we hope that you can take care of us as much as we love this city. i have high expectations for the city and we hope and pray they live up to the expectations so that you can take care of us and we can keep on for the city, letting people know that it cares for the people. we will do whatever it takes to make sure that

they do not feel the love in the city anymore. it is a huge problem in san francisco. we have the lowest number of children than any other major city in the u.s.. by providing free transit, we can take a necessary step to support youth who are struggling to get by in this challenging time. that is why we are asking you to consider the free muni for youth. we want to see the city invest in our young people, invest in our families. we want them to feel valued and important. we ask you to provide free muni for all. thank you. chairman brinkman: thank you. >> hello, commissioners. thank you so much for the opportunity to come and address you. i am a commissioner with the san francisco board of education. last year, the san francisco board of education unanimously passed a resolution in favor of free muni for all youth. the governor is proposing not to reimburse us for any transportation whatsoever. free muni ensure that every student would have the means to get to school. add san francisco unified, we like to say the city is our classroom. in recent years, we have less of

as a young person who works in the city and commutes from outside the city, i would -- i so much love the city and am in the process of trying to move here. i think that discussions of housing affordability must be intimately integrated with discussions of transportation, particularly for the western side of the city. i appreciate the city's focus over the last few weeks, particularly at the board of supervisors, about this issue. i hope i can call myself a district four or seven resident with your support. thank you. [applause] >> we would love to have you. thank you. >> hello. i am nancy, a lifelong resident of district 7 and a member of the board of direction of the lakeshore acres improvement club. my question is about the funding that we get from the state and federal government. how soon do you find out about that? and how does that play into this whole budget? because we saw in the newspaper today that they are cutting grants to the folks that are in graduate school at the california state university assistant. that portends a very dark future for our youth. if we cannot educat

leading up to their love city nickname operates in the kings on thursday eric bledsoe's put back slam in the second followed by a crisp pulled under a jordan special delivery in the third pint size as our thomas would then give the kings a late one point lead in the fall for his acrobatic layout making it seventy two seventy one facilitates a pull still had plenty of moves left in his two is self case slicing into the lane because the clippers back up by three with a minutes ago the visitors finally closed out ninety three eighty five with martins while being the buzzer talking off a successful night. on the tennis court spain have made a good start in their davis cup quarter final tie with austria the holders looking to reach the last four games russia's conquerors in the previous round the world number twelve nicolas almagro defeated austrian veteran you can melt in straight sets six two six two six four elsewhere the czech republic hoping to capitalize on the absence of world number one novak djokovic exult starting time david nalbandian will get things going against croatia number

it has become such an international song throughout the world -- everybody loves it, and they love this cityeminds me of one time when i was playing the fairmont hotel, gorbachev from russia with here and travel throughout the whole united states and in front of the company could tell, i was listening to him speak about san francisco. he said, "i traveled to every city in the united states, and i was disappointed with what i saw. there was not one city that i liked, but as far as i'm concerned, san francisco is so beautiful that i would like to design 15 cities in russia that look like san francisco." [laughter] and he was right. [applause] my wonderful wife, my family is here. i'm thrilled. thank you very much. i must say -- excuse me, i have to mention one thing. i have never seen anything in my life as beautiful as these young people. [applause] you stand so beautiful. [applause] -- you sang so beautiful. [applause] >> it is tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] just fantastic. now, before we leave here today, just one more time, let's hear that special song one more time, now per

city. [laughter] one that does not let me sleep very much, but certainly it -- i have said this in many cases, just literally these eight weeks i have fallen in love with this city even deeper because it is such a wonderful place to be. every community i visit, every corridor that we walk together, it fascinates me house on many other people who live and work here -- but even those who don't -- just love this city and they do what they can to make sure that it is running well. it is very natural that as i am thrust with the responsibility of being mayor, that i look for talent, and i think a lot of the talent is with the women of san francisco. [applause] it has been my pleasure, of course, to have been an employee of this wonderful government some 22 years now. but to take you back, i had the pleasure of serving another mayor some years ago, one who taught me a lot of things. one of the things that i recall back in the late 10's, the early 2000 tossed it was when i was the director of public works. there was this report that came out not to recently thereafter called the seadoll report, which was being not taken very seriously on the status of wo

you want to make sure that we are growing a family steeped in tradition of people that love this city, that love every neighborhood, and who have experienced all the great positive dialogue, but have also been concern about negative dialogue, sharing in every aspect of the city has. i know many of you have joined with me some weeks ago when we celebrated the 50 years of tony bennett and his wonderful song. we have much more to celebrate in the coming years. i hope you all join the chamber in making sure that we share this prosperity. having said that, knowing that our economy is improving, i want to make sure you know i will be at the home with the board, making sure we are not tempted to return to spending habits and short-term choices that got us into trouble in the first place. we have two-year budgets, a renewed sense of obligation and responsibility, talking about our infrastructure, things that allow our tech companies to be successful. we have to solve some serious transportation issues in the city, and that is why at risk in and i spend hours saturday morning at a technology h

i love this city and it's always a pleasure to be here. i want to thank mishell t. one is new. it will give you a back story. a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn. i am deaf in my left ear. >> sitting on the l, i was made a wear, my voice of louder. he didn't know about the hearing loss in one here. i remained silent. i didn't turn around to expose the scar on the back of my head. so that i wouldn't have to explain the origination. instead of business cards, i should explain, it would read as follows. my name is emaniel. i became a prostitute. i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do not have aids. men are not allowed to be a soldier. i am not asking for your money. please get home safe and keep this pen to share your story too. may be some day, i will get to hear your voice. this next poem is from my first poetry. this is for latinos in the house. can i get a woo. >> i want to break tradition about latino macheese mow. >> forget. i want to break traditi

they own companies but love the city.y know the spirit of the city is one of innovation, that invites peoples and views, and smashes them -- meshes them together to see if we can make an even better san francisco. we have two other supervisors who may be coming later. we're all part of the initial group of policymakers at city hall who want to hear news views and ideas on the new collaborative economy. we're interested in it because it has aspects that have piqued our interest, about hoour environment, how to improve life for more people, how to make an expensive city more affordable to more people, how to utilize the strengths of the city as a great tourist city. how we can get more folks to come and experience the wonders of the city. maybe they will make their stake here. these panel members have decided to make their stake here. they risked reputation, may be small amounts of money. if they had a lot of money, they may not have had to start this. they have also done it for the right reasons. they want to experience th

thank you for your love letter to the city.i believe we are ready to take a trip down memory lane and check out some of those san francisco landmark that you have made famous, mr. bennett, with your incredible voice and visit some of your longtime friends who also want to pay tribute to you today. >> dear tony, we are here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of your song and our son, -- song, "i left my heart in san francisco." what better place to be then the fairmont hotel in san francisco where you first sang your song, our song, in the venetian room? i'm going to meet you in places where you have helped us celebrate the city by the bay, so follow me down memory lane. >> ♪ going home to my city by the bay ♪ >> toni, you have been an integral part of my life, and i get emotional because it was a wonderfully happy time. so i want to thank you. >> hello. you are at the home of the little cable cars that climb halfway to the stars. you know that line, don't you? you remember when we had the celebration to bring ba

when you look at that together, we help give people the whole picture about living in the city t is great, we loveity life. >>> and turning lots into something useful. the mayor will be on hand as the community installs gardens to kick off power in dirt. the planning committee will transform lots into gardening beds to create a site where residents can leash about growing and cooking healthy food. the dedication will be at 11 this morning. >>> well, airlines are trying different ways to fight pilot fatigue but it doesn't seem to be working. at least it didn't work for a copilot on an air canada flight when he dosed off. >>> what officials are saying that could be behind a poisoning of girls in afghanistan. details coming up. do you ever wish you could make some things just disappear? ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. (bell

that city that we love of san francisco can only be that way if we all work together, all listen carefully, that we reflect the traditions of a great city that listens to every neighborhood and bounces and makes those hard decisions the best way we can -- balances and makes those hard decisions the best way we can. guess what? we are not going to have state. jerry brown is not coming in offering more money. he is doing the opposite thing. he has to. washington, d.c., guess what? they are not going to give us a whole pot of money. we have to innovate our way to solutions in our city. i cannot think of a better way. if someone tells me they do not have enough money to do something and that i've got a period of time to do it, i'm going to look around for the best minds and the best friends and people who love the city most and say, let's work together to find solutions. how do we pay for those cuts for the aids programs scott has referred to, or supervisor campos has talked to me about community-based services that need to be here in the community, not in some centralized place where you cann

an anticipated arena for the warriors >> public except sit, we think the public will love the neighborhood >> the city loves it and the mayor has signed off on it. the report that agrees, owns the property has agreed to a tentative deal. >> i think this is a lot of things that need $1.6 billion before we need more shopping >> that might be but the giants are not putting up that money for the common good. construction could begin in 2015. >> mobile 5 in marin county live tonight where there is a new effort to improve trails and roads in the headlines >> we are at hot killed in the marin headlands and if you have not been here lately, you will notice some really neat improvements. there is a new railing here, some new native species plants have been put in. all of this to give people access, better access. alex of the national park service says this has been a long time in the making >> the first phase of the project cost more than $8 million. there are still improvements going on. there were men working along the road improving the coastal trail so that is a trail that connects all along the coastline

it is this thursday the 12th. >> excellent. >> go to it. >> it is a lovely city. >> why do