i have known mark and liz ferrell for many years and have known their children for as long as they have been alive. i know mark's character and i know his values and delighted to witness to the high ethical standards of this goodman of anybody who wants to listen. i volunteered many hours on mark's political campaigns because i believe that his high integrity and ethical standards represent the best that we can hope for in our public servants. from that experience i believe i can state with confidence that the actions of mark ferrell, the candidate, are guided by the highest ethical standards and integrity just as are the actions of mark ferrell, the father, the husband the businessman, and the friend. that's it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i'm bob plant hold. i support the waiver of letter. setting this forward would be more light shed more information required and provided. but, despite all the questions and the suggestions from the commissioners, i'm basing my comments on what two attorneys have said. mr. bell raised a point earlier and that goes to there is no indication t

at that time she had much more access to money people in district two than mark ferrell. she was raising money for him. i know because she asked me for money. she knew tom coats. he was one of her contributors. i don't know how well he knew mark ferrell. it is not in incredible to say he was aware of this. the reason i didn't give money, is i'm a director of alliance commission and several of the business people were supporting mark. we didn't have a majority. we wouldn't take a position. but most of the unions, i'm a union guy, we are supporting caroline. think to this day she would have done a good job. it is not at all in conceivable to me that mckaila alioto was going to raise that money one way or another. she didn't need three e-mails from chris lee. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jim maxwell. i'm a neighbor of the ferrel's. we moved in shortly after he graduated from high school in 1992. and i have known, watched this young man grow up and become a real force here for the city of san francisco. i'm not here just speaking on be

mayor ed lee and supervisor mark ferrell are proposing a 120-day limit for airbnb properties. campos wants a 60-day limit. but at least at the moment he does not have the votes. >> i think it is draconian and will hurt many many san francisco residents who are struggling to get by in this expensive city. >> reporter: a vote on restricting airbnb either the mayor and mark ferrell's plan or david campos' proposal will have to wait for 30 days. reporting from city hall, mark malt uz matthews. >>> also you've been warned. today san francisco becomes the first city in the world to require a warning label on ads for any beverage with sugar added. they also approved a plan to ban all soda ads on public property and prohibited the use of city funds to buy sugary drinks. critics are calling the measure misguided. >> these drinks are the largest source of sugar in the american diet. one 12-ounce can of soda has ten teaspoons of sugar. they are fueling the explosion of diabetes and other health problems and health warnings are totally appropriate. >> a spokesman for the beverage industry

supervisor david campos wants a cap of 60 days but mayor lee and supervisor mark ferrell want a longer cap of 120 days. the issue may eventually go before voters. >>> the state assembly health committee could vote as soon as today on a bill to remove the personal belief exemption from the vaccination requirement for school children. the supporters say it would help prevent the spread of childhood diseases. opponents say it should be up to parents to decide whether their children should be immunized. >>> sheriff of san francisco will have to scale down plans to get body cameras for jail guards. the sheriff ross mirkarimi telling the examiner he requested $242,000 for the program but was denied by the mayor lee. he says he now plans to use $50,000 from another funding source for much smaller pilot program. cameras became a big issue after recent allegations that guards had been staging fights between inmates. >>> authorities are combing through farms and fields in upstate new york after one man says he saw the two inmates who broke out of a maximum security prison. four days after their

but mayor lee and supervisor mark ferrell want a longer cap of 120 days. >>> time now 6:05. san jose firefighters will get the overall 14% raise under a tentative labor agreement between their union and the city. a retroactive 5% raise dating back to last year. >> the big thing that we wanted to do is to make sure that firefighters don't continue to leave city service. >> a firefighters have not had raises since 2008. the deal still needs approval from the firefighters themselves. >>> a new report is raising more questions about the security at airports across the u.s.. kiet do has details of this stunning report and he's live at mineta international airport. >> reporter: good morning, yet another bleaky for the d saw. the agency has not been checking the correct data base. as a result 73 workers who would have been flagged actually slipped through the cracks. it's the job to vet the applications for security credentials and the report noted that the vetting process was generally effective but identified thousands of workers that appeared incomplete or inaccurate. that inclu

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mark farrell. >> the moratorium on housing whether in one neighborhood or all neighborhoods in san francisco is the wrong approach we should be taking to our affordability crisis. >> reporter: ferrell say it is moratorium does nothing to address housing demand here in the city. now i just checked a few minutes ago and public comment is still going on. keep in mind julie this hearing started at 3:00 this afternoon so a lot of people showing up here at city hall to vent their frustrations and to show their passions over this issue. >> a lot to talk about. heather, the thank you. >>> a controversial tree removal plan in the oakland hills is expected to come up for a vote at some point during tonight's city council meeting. the fire department wants to prevent another fire storm like the one in 1981 that killed 21 people and destroyed nearly 3,000 homes. city council members need to decide whether to accept a $4 million federal grant to help pay for removal of tens of thousands of nonnative trees. in fact, more than 90% of the eucalyptus, monterey pines, cypress would be cut down. >> the goal is to cut the lower reaching trees from the ground. >> reporter: some have filed a lawsuit to