they compared 12 marinas in four counties. the praise of verified the 2010 opinion that rates were significantly below market. the appraisal concluded that south beach harbor is "one of san francisco's premier harbors and is significantly underpriced." the details are in the commission packet. this slide shows you a lot of numbers and details, but essentially, the white barn is the current south beach harbor rate. the orange pabar is post- construction rates at the san francisco marina. they are doing renovations. those were the new rates approved by the court supervises most recently. the green bar is the market high for like arenas in the bay, going forward. we met last week with the south beach harbor community at the south beach harbor yacht club. we appreciate your hospitality. a number of the members were surprised at this data, quite frankly, and were concerned at the speed it was coming to them. we were surprised at the speed that it was coming to us. the meeting was frank and open. it was a difficult -- in a way, a me

i have been a homeowner in the marina for 18 years. i live right around the corner from this proposed development. i've concerns about the street facing deck. this is a precedent-setting situation and i am concerned about the impact to the block face, noise, and also the impact to the residence in the adjacent buildings. i do not understand them and the requirement to have this open railing. we do not see that on top floors. we do not see open a railing. we see solid railing. these open railing decks, it is an intrusion to the block face. you will be able to see the contents of the deck from the street. that is very disruptive to the block face. if this is approved, these types of situations are all over the marina. it is very disruptive to the architectural features of our neighborhood. secondly, this deck is situated inside -- there are walls all around it. that is a noise chamber. it is not like a roof deck where the noise can filter off. it bounces off the buildings. it affects the people around the vicinity. it would affect us, fo

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> this is a special meeting of the san francisco planning commission for thursday, june 7, 2012. let ra

pick up your radio, tell the marina residents shelter in place. don't go to your staging area out in the marina green. shelter in place. that may be one of your options. choose a room with no windows, as few as possible. pick a room with toilet, water, phone, have it large enough for family members. precut plastic with duct tape. there should be a law. have your disaster kit in that room, have snacks available for kids. turn off the hvac, heating, ventilation air conditioning units because you don't want to be blowing in or sucking in the vapor cloud outside. fireplace, close the dampers and seal off your shelter in place room by using duct tape and terms of the emergency alert system. listen to the radio. that's it. do not try to call the school, try to pick up your children because do you want to leave the area? no, you want to shelter in place. people own pets. do not risk your safety for pets. in summary, it is likely you are at an incident that may be involved with bnice, your safety is the most important. limit your time, get your distance a

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will it feel cold and electronic? >> the imagery will change. there will be four different sets. it is a two dimensional image. it is stretched out into three dimensions. the device is part of the experience. you cannot experience the image without the device as being part of what you are seeing. whereas with the tv you end up ignoring it. i make gallery work more self and budget and public art work where i have to drop this of indulgence and think about how people will respond. and

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> good morning. to date is may 16, 2012. this is the meaning of the abatement appeals board. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next item is item b, the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? anyone giving testimony? no. the next item is item c, continued appeals, orders of abatement, case #6752, 1743 12th avenue. action requested by appellate to reverse the order of abatement. >> good morning. the two parties are under an accord situation. this may resolve the matter. you have a request in your package for a continuance. the department would be ok with that. >> do we need a motion? >> questions? >> move to contin

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the city operations committee. we will soon be joined by members of the committee, supervisor olague, and to supervisor chu's and my far left, we have supervisor wiener, the sponsor of this agenda. >> item #one -- hearing with the san francisco public utilities commission, general services agency, 311 customer service center, department of public works, planning department, san francisco municipal transportation agency, and pacific gas and electric company to: participate and provide an update on the sfpuc's street light plan; and review the city's policies and practices relating to the lighting of the public right-of-way, including street light maint

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. >> check cashing stores can be found all over the city, but they're convenient locations come with a hidden price. >> these are big. >> i remember coming in to collect

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the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do

which is our take on me to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program tough talks are on the table for russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as they meet in st petersburg today to discuss syria the two powers are deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved lucy coffin of has more from st petersburg. if the two sides if rove and hillary clinton can come to some sort of position tonight in the meeting in st petersburg this really could drastically change the future of international action as it pertains to the syrian crisis the problem is that both sides have fundamentally different approaches to how we need to deal with this the u.s. has been pushing for a so-called yemeni style transition plan the first and foremost focuses on getting president bashar al assad out of office out of syria now the russian position has been that you know there's no need to have some sort of a backroom deal by world powers that doesn't include the actual syrians themselves this is a crisis that the country is unde

the first is an approval of the appropriation for the marina harbor yacht fund. the appropriations will go towards 36 new berths for smaller boats. enhances the west harbor renovation park that is currently underway. the second piece of legislation does a number of things. it codifies the existing fees previously approved by the board of supervisors in 2008. improvises a few other existing fees, clarifies the department's policy regarding the transfers. clarifies the time periods of the license that is now part of the legislation. we engage in a relatively extensive public process led by rec and park. i attended a number of community meetings, as did my staff. this is a situation where no one got exactly what they wanted, but it is something we all can live with. i want to thank everyone from the community, from the yacht harbor, as well as the rec and park department. >> thank you, supervisor. good afternoon. i just wanted to add a couple of things to what the supervisor said and thank him for his leadership on both helping us identify the funds for the 36 addit

the marina yacht harbor is a treasure. as we think about the america's cup coming forward this year, this project will burly showcase our waterfront in an extremely positive way. i want to thank rec and park. colleagues, can we have a motion to move this forward? so moved. do we have any other items? >> meeting is adjourned. >> good afternoon, and welcome. this has to be the coldest and windiest. i want to thank san francisco for your hospitality. i often feel i have one of the best jobs. every spring we get to work with communities putting in green spaces, and this is what this is all about, helping communities benefit from green spaces in urban areas. we could not have done this without partners. gerwe have the park conservator, and we have volunteers from lows and fresh and easy today. you really are the reason we are in the rain and cold during this great work, so we were talking about partners co., and we stard talking and realized we have added them as a partner, so i would like to introduce jocelyn to say a few word

in the marina, there are a lot of full lot coverage buildings. you would like to have open space in your own building. we know that many of the buildings of stairs that tick to directly to the roof, and you are allegedly not supposed to go on to the roof. we know that everyone goes on to the roof. we also know it is windy in san francisco and not very warm. so we can predict the times. fourth of july, new year's eve, weekend -- we can predict it. there are not many opportunities when people want to be on a deck, because it is windy. your usually up there to look at something specifically. those open spaces provide, usually, the only common open space in the building. i rarely see those spaces occupied. what is more common is that people do not have real roof decks, and they go onto the roofs, and they are dangerous. i have been to more than one party on a not-real roof deck, and climbed through all kinds of weird dynamics. i know it happens. it is better to be safe and appropriate, and this looks like it is set back enough that it should not be v

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there used to living and the cold marina >>> and she brought her niece and nephew to the marina to escape heat in sebastopol. >>> this weather is perfect i would say. not too hot and not too cold. >>> goldilocks weather. >>> exactly. >>> it is not a heat wave yet but for more on that here is brian hackney. >>> right now 99 degrees and palm springs, and in san rafael, where you are at 6:00 p.m. tonight it was 100 degrees in san rafael. maybe a dry heat. to other parts of the bay area instils kurt one hundred degrees and we set some highs in the bay area. it is 93 in santa rosa, which set records in santa rosa one hundred 3 at concord 103, napa haywards and as they all broke records. temperatures and above 100 degrees, 106 and livermore but not enough to break a record. they had to get to 1132 break a record. tomorrow a cooling trend. will tell you when and how much in a few minutes. >>> more than 50 people homeless after a fire gutted part of an apartment complex, it broke out last night at the north park apartments at cadillac weigh in per win game. crews are able to put out the flames in

i have lived in the marina for 24 years. some more pictures. what you can seek is these are pretty much all of the bedroom windows. this is my bedroom window. it is a glass. it could easily be broken into. i am very concerned about security issues. these other windows have line of sight directly to the? deck. all of our bedrooms and kitchen windows have access to that deck as well. the open bedroom windows are the only open -- source of light and air from those units. you can see my security concern with anybody ought not -- on that deck. it also affects five other unitst. he deck is going there. they will be affected the same way. they have direct line of sight, privacy issues. this is also a very narrow at neuss tunnel. it is very narrow and everything that goes in this area. -- echoes in this area. we would like to argue that this deck is not legal. only if there is no increase in discrepancy. the current code says that a structure in a rear yard cannot occupy any space within 15 feet of the death of a lot or the property line. -- depth of t

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prior to that, i was marina manager at an 850-slip herbert. prior to that, i was the general manager of a 300-room hotel in waikiki, honolulu, hawaii. i did that for nearly 20 years. those two industries may sound very different, but they are almost identical. both are pleasure industries. there is a high degree of customer service. there is a high degree of maintenance, especially in appearance and functionality. they are both transient businesses. it takes knowledge of specific regulations and laws that are designed -- that regulate those industries specifically. i feel like i have been doing this for a long time. peter gave you a good overview of south beach harbor, and over 700-slip harbor with over 200 guest docks and charter use. the facility is distinguished by a couple of things. it is a destination harbor. that is the nomenclature of the industry. that means a harbor that has attractions, activities, transportation located in the place people want to be. certainly, that would be the heart of san francisco. variety of dining choices, e

we can start over." >> reporter: this is her dad, reading from the last essay marina keegan wrote forol paper, "the opposite of loneliness," she called it, about college's long days of friendship and having to move on to hit the wider world. "it's just this feeling," she wrote, "that there are people who are in this together. who are on your team. when the check is paid and you stay at the table. when it's 4:00 a.m., and no one goes to bed." 940 words on that moment, when an ending is a beginning. "let's make something happen to this world," she wrote. and even passers-by in a park had seen it, facebooked everywhere, and they connected to the small regrets. >> "of course, there are things we wished we did." >> reporter: to the wish to hold onto what's there now. >> "i'm scared of losing this web we're in. this elusive, indefinable, opposite of loneliness." >> reporter: to the thrill of what can still be. >> "we're so young. we're so young. we're 22 years old. we have so much time." >> reporter: and why do those words connect with so many? >> there are comments coming in from all over

the first, it is an approval of of a little more than $1 million for the marina fund. this will go to 36 new berths, 36 ft. or less. this is part of the work harder renovation that is undergoing construction right now. -- part of the harbor renovation that is undergoing construction right now. the second piece of legislation does several things. it codifies the existing marina i got harbour fees previously approved in 2008 that were never updated in the code. it revises a few fees and clarify its policy regarding transfer policy. it also clarifies the timeframe of the berthing license. parks and rekha have done -- rex and park -- rec and parks had done an amazing job here. more broadly, it will get everything done before america's cup. i hope to have everyone's support. president chiu: before we vote. i am understand we did not call item 28. if we can call but at the same time. >> item 28 is appropriate and approximately $1,041,000 to the recreation and park department for the west harbor park department in 2012. president chiu: i know that supervisor farrell's comment

am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina josh welcome to the program now in your massacre has apparently taken place in syria with up to one hundred dead at a small village near the city of hama well you may find some of the images disturbing going by the vague reports available the circumstances are eerily similar to those surrounding the bloody slaughter in the town of houla last month well again it was all prelude by a government bombardment against a rebel stronghold in the village after heavy fighting troops say they found dozens of civilians have been tied up and shot or stabbed to death well this video apparently from the scene shows some of the victims who appear to have been dead for days killed well before government forces took the village. international affairs and defense analyst believes that timing is highly suspicious about it. appears that these might be. to a group that was settled so they could cycle to toil. to ship hurts but they also put the called the baby with the support of the government they were protected by the state by have became the first of

it is not and the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie deeply divided the e.u. leaders are gearing up for a summit this thursday this is german chancellor angela merkel insisted there will be no debt share in europe a stance that won't sit well with troubled states such as spain and italy and there's also no relief for greece where the country's most vulnerable suffering under a staring as artie's jacob greece now reports. dealing with the problems facing disabled greeks on a daily basis is all too familiar with the realities of the euro zone back to stare to the new government will be as you step beyond the bounds of the second bailout and. that means that you have car public. spending. within a month actually up to further eleven point five years she points out it's been three months since anyone has been paid five to disability benefits it's really difficult to have a health problem in greece today fighting a long term battle with multiple cirrhosis the fee is now without state support stricken health care system is left out on the road. i want you because i

one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t was marina joshie and syrian government have reportedly stormed a half waters of a pro-government news channel killing three employees now this comes after the country's president called on his newly sworn in ministers to do everything in their power to win what he called an ongoing war. is in the syrian capital with the latest. this is the strongest statement from president bashar al assad since the uprising began sixteen months ago and i have to say the things that are indeed dramatic here on the ground the conflict is definitely escalate to a halt more than one hundred people have reportedly been dead in the last in just the last twenty four hours and earlier on tuesday the rebels attacked the president's elite republican guard just a few kilometers from the mask assented and in the night before president bashar assad's speech before a new cabinet we've been hearing the sounds of heavy explosions and intense shelling and opposition activist to have laid to colditz is the worst day of clashes between the rebels and governmental forces sa

turkish media says that the plane crashed into the mediterranean let's get the details from marty's a marina who is in that damascus right now maria many different reports on the incident what's the latest you can bring us. well so far there are more questions than answers but what we're hearing from local media here in damascus is that turkey's jad allegedly was has been shut down here in syria not far from the country's mediterranean port of latakia by syrian military sources here in the country also say that the two pilots of this jet have been captured in the initial media reports have been claiming that two foreign planes have been caught by syrian raiders and one allegedly doll and another escaped so far there hasn't been any immediate reaction any any confirmation or comment from any side on these reports but meanwhile we are hearing that turkey says that it has lost contact with one of its military planes while it was over the mediterranean sea with some turkish media claiming that it has crashed in syria well the turkish military also saying that rescue operation in the region is no

a grim outlook there but that's it from us here at the business us for now back to you all right marina thanks for that we'll see you back same place same time next hour we're going to take a short break here on archie and i'll be back with the headlines. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we thought. we wanted to present. something else. just give me can i speak we use fear then we didn't explain my son died in a gun don't agree you don't agree we don't want to look for other things my son isn't isn't in the arena i don't know what is crap we are going to try before you'll see him to. be. sure of your country. if the country isn't your age. the moon or hope to help you family. you find in some of the old says war and meet some steam.

it is like many am and the russian capital you are watching r t with me marina joshie a new massacre has apparently taken place in syria with up to one hundred dead in a small village near the city of hama but find some of the images disturbing well the circumstances appear to be eerily similar to those surrounding the bloody slaughter in the town of houla last month again hours all bring you would by a government bombardment against a rebel stronghold in the village after having a fighting troops say they found dozens of civilians have been tied up and shot or stabbed to death well this video apparently from the scene shows some of the victims who appear to have been dead for days well before government forces took the village. international affairs and fans analysts believes the timing is highly suspicious. and. were. so. called. with the support of the government they certainly receive lads they were even water beans to cultivate the they were protected by the is so with feet that they had with the relations we feel. i cut it for sure we followed the base to gauge and i suspect th

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie you want to servers in syria say they can't confirm the details of the latest massacre in the country the monitors have investigated to the scene of the killing but are unable to determine how many died or who's to blame well several explosions and gun battles have since erupted across syria and in the capital damascus from where we are now joined by our correspond maria. so worried tell us what's happening where you are and has the fight come to present its door step. yes exactly damascus last night has been hit by what some have been describing as the heaviest fighting between the rebels the opposition the armed opposition and the governmental forces we've been do you been hearing sounds of explosions and how we shall ngs and separate shootings for several hours nonstop and as it's become normal for the syrian conflict we've been hearing conflicting reports on exactly what happened and why this occurred london based syrian observatory for human rights have been saying that the rebels before it all started organized a re

but and this is what i have for this hour always a pleasure marina many thanks indeed. the headlines in just a moment with me will research a then the ongoing crisis in syria that comes into sharp focus in just a moment of. world . science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now ballots are being counted in egypt after voters hit the polls to elect the country's first president since former leader hosni mubarak was forced from office last year the muslim brotherhood is claiming the lead based on a count from ninety percent of polling stations wired to suppose we are joins us now from cairo paul what more can you tell us about the latest situation in cairo. well people are beginning to gather in tahrir square just as the muslim brotherhood candidate dr mohamed morsi makes the announcement that he has won these elections and that he is egypt's next president the muslim brotherhood claims that ninety nine percent of votes have been counted and according to their own people who were present at all of the polling stations throughout the country the candidate came in with some thirteen point two million votes this is the equivalent of some fifty one point eight percent and they put the contender after which i think at forty eight percent now is challenging this he says tha

eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie had of the un along with the world bodies envoy to syria one more international pressure on damascus to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down arms here's. where the latest from new york. after hours of closed door consultations members of the security council and the secretary-general ban ki moon have come out first mr obama hugh moon saying that kofi annan six point peace plan to some the violence in syria remains at the center of the international community's efforts clearly nobody has calling this plan a failure and at this point nobody is indorsing any type of military intervention into syria the most important thing right now according to the secretary general is to keep syria from going from a tipping point to a breaking point joint special envoy for the u.n. an arab league mr kofi annan also has said to the media that what needs to be done now is for the security council to under stand and to come up with a plan in the best

or marina so i was the trading session go the wall street is the only one trading right now and it'sbasically tracking the losses that we saw in europe as well as russia before it gets that let's take a look at oil prices which considering i had south in fact they're trading month lows and light sweet is now trading under eighty dollars a barrel as you can see there seventy nine dollars and twelve cents when it comes to the brundtland it's at ninety dollars and seventy cents. wise's have lost fifteen percent a quarter i should say in the last three months and i don't know speaking for him months of taking from come on it's his information but a price and you explained want is happening with good prices right now and how they could in fact the most an economy. that mombo into. view europe does some of the very healthy as we all know i'm from a supply point of view the market is previews ing enough to account for the ear a neon sign shown effect so the market is really getting affected by the two prongs of that man the week on supply too much those two situations would continue at the

it's that time again for business there's marina and marina great news for shareholders of russia's biggest oil producer understand tell us more about. basically their dividends will now be. of course excited that i'll have more details about that in just a second versus take a look at the u.s. markets are the only ones trading right now and in fact have managed to reverse earlier losses and they're adding just a notch as you can see there both without end the nasdaq and the reason for that is as i mentioned for the last couple of hours investors were waiting to hear about the federal reserve decision policy that it would make everyone was speculating whether that would extend their bond buying program called operation twist and yes the decision has been made and there will extended by two hundred and sixty seven billion dollars and this is the reaction that was now investors are also hoping to hear about wants the easing of that was their main thought of course we analysts were saying that we wouldn't hear anything about that and that's what happened but still moderate gains as we can see

a dam in the russian capital you're watching r t it was me marina joshie ecuador says it will deliver the final word on whether of the world's top whistleblower will be taken under its diplomatic umbrella later on thursday doing a stunt is now in its london amnesty seeking asylum to avoid extradition to sweden which could eventually see him falling into u.s. hands british police are also on alert to arrest him for breaching bail conditions sara for us has more. held under house arrest and oppressed by the government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident suchi she's now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about a western explain and a freedom of speech the charges of ever being voted against julian assange yet he still spent more than five hundred days under house arrest fighting extradition to sweden and possibly the u.s. now he's desperately hoping ecuador in the safe haven see the latest dramatic twist in the case of julian assange has once again caught the eyes of the w

on marina josh welcome to the program now a dramatic new turn in the case of the world's top whistleblower julian assange she is pleading for political asylum with the worse embassy in london after the u.k. super and courts gave the go ahead for his extradition to sweden to answer sex assault allegations assad has repeatedly claimed the case is politically motivated and being driven by washington as r.t. sarah ferguson explains. when he handed himself over he made a statement and in it he spoke about his home country that's australia ignoring the obligation to protect a citizen that's being persecuted politically he also talked of his investigation for political crimes in the us and he mentions a country where the death penalty is still in force it's very interesting that to see some of the things that are possibly going to julian assange just heard when he decided to make this decision to claim asylum the ecuadorian embassy saying they're going to protect him while the department says mr saunders obligation mr sands will remain at the embassy under the protection of the ecuadorian governm