we have dealt with like merced issues -- like merced issues, but have not -- lake merced issues, but do not have a management for us. commissioner courtney: i am concerned about making sure -- commissioner caen: i am concerned about making sure everything is clear cut with management responsibilities, and i am not sure if the current mou approaches that. commissioner vietor: i echo those concerns. that is where i was going a little bit with it. it does not seem all that clear on who is responsible for what. i think that may be part of the problem we have seen in the last number of years, with the dilapidation of the lake. i do not know what the clear delineation really is. it seems like what is being somewhat proposed is around the puc being a landowner, land manager, landlord, with rec and park being somewhat of a tenant, if you will, a subcontractor who deals with the recreational aspects of this. but it does not really seen that clearly reflected in the current mou, so i just wanted to echo those concerns. >> i had a couple of questions that are in the same vein. i think you may h

we raise the money to improve lake merced. in the year 2006, we discussed with these agencies the potential of a puc taking over the management responsibility. we have also been engaged in a master plan for lake merced, which ultimately became the watershed report you are going to talk about today. we decided that if this could happen, if the management responsibility were taken over by the puc, that perhaps there would not be a need for the task force to continue. in 2009, with that assurance, through a resolution we made, we decided to sunset. in i believe january, possibly later -- actually, in july of 2009. we had a meeting where the resolution was approved unanimously by all the representatives. we had members of rec and park and i believe sean elsbernd himself. sean had requested through the city supervisors that this mou you are talking about today be approved. there could be written something to the effect that you would take over. we were looking forward to that taking place, and it's called for a long time. it should

they need accountability at lake merced. page 43 of the watershed report -- i swear i am the only person who carries a hard copy around. this is to cited, 187 pages -- two sided, 187 pages. page 43 says there is a need for a fishing concession out there. the prior concessionaire pulled out in april 1999 with some very harsh words i would be glad to send you by e-mail. they said, "we are out of here. we are tired of meetings and nonsense." i hope you will not approve the mou. should you decide to go forward, i am a former lawyer, a recovering lawyer. there are some drafting problems with the mou. one sentence in paragraph f says $4,000 the rod and gun club pays close to you folks. the next line says it goes to rec and park. it is just sloppy. in conclusion, the reversal, when puc said in 2007 they would take this on -- i have had a feeling it would fail ever since. i have a feeling we were betrayed. do not adopt the mou. carved out, maybe in february, two hours. let us have a lake merced workshop with you folks. actually spen

none of it goes into lake merced anymore. on the san francisco side, we have cut off the san francisco drainage. and we wonder why the lake levels go down. even my 17-year-old can figure that out. one of the things we are working with is a project represented in large part by the blue line. it would take water from the watershed and run it through a treatment wetland area, and then through a structure of some kind, to be designed. it would discharge amounts of that into lake merced. really extreme flows would go through the ocean, but it would be moving water through the lake, and that we you have a better chance of maintaining the like levels, as opposed to hoping for the best. we will be working with daly ity to look at alternatives of how to move water there. with technical report been done in their eir, we will look at how to execute the technical work. you all, as part of the approval process for their project, will establish what we think is the proper level for lake merced, and how their project can be operated to main

nbc's george lewis reports from merced. >> reporter: university of california merced political scienceor gerald brandon concedes he and his roommates are living the good life. >> it probably would be a pretty good party house. >> probably? >> it probably would be. >> reporter: merced, california is in the milgd ddle of a depre market, where home prices have collapsed and rents are low, even for well-appointed houses. >> this home shared by brandon and his roommates boasts six bedrooms. each of the roommates pays about $600 a month for rent. compare that to cramped campus dorm housing that costs $13,000 a year with space for only about 35% of the students here. university officials encourage them to look for off-campus rentals. >> i think it's nice that they can have large homes and take advantage of jetted tubs and cathedral ceilings if they can. >> reporter: so the empty mansions of merced have begun to house a growing student population. >> it would only make sense with these big homes for students that don't want to live in the dorms. >> reporter: it certainly makes sense for jared

golf club and would stay with him like merced. everyone agrees with that. so we would continue to a call of the chair. president moran: without objection, we will do this. thank you very much to the staff to carry it sounds like there is considerable progress on. he is seems like the mission changed somewhere along the line and this is not what you had in mind when you disbanded. i think we need to do this correctly with the benefit of the work. thank you for being here, for your testimony. we look forward to seeing this again. that concludes that item. secretary housh: the next item windy city department electricity rates and charges. future charges for city departments and other public entities. >> that will be equally fun to discuss. >> good afternoon, assistant general manager and cfo. over the past 12 months, you have had a great deal of deliberations on the san francisco water and power operations. you charge the staff to measure -- to review the measures we need to take to ensure financial sustainability of our operations.

if i did not feel comfortable that tenant rights have been protected here with parker said -- part merced. i say this as one of the few tenants on the board of supervisors, who has been a staunch advocate of tenants before i was elected and with my votes on this board. my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's, and i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area, live in different parts of boston, went to a catholic high school in dorchester, which is a section of boston. because of my parents work and the opportunities they gave me, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. it was intense. i stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a master's in public policy there. those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in public service and public policy issues and government. i ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special a

ritchie. >> i am here today to talk about lake merced in all of its facets. basically as a brief overview, i am going to talk about the proposed lake merced management mou between the puc and park commission, the watershed reports, and specifics about the bauhaus, which is a particular -- about the boat house, in dealing with the lake or said water levels. here is a photograph of lake merced. three legs. south lake, the main body. northlake, which is kind of the park at the top. at the bottom is an area called in how -- impoound lake. it is separated off because of sewer facilities. it is our responsibility overall. this would update the puc resolution. it does not replace that revolution, but would define better our responsibilities, defining the rec and park responsibilities. the whole point is we defining the responsibilities so that expectations are clear for all to say. on the pc front, there is a laundry list of items about attracting collaboration with rec and park, really focusing on water levels, water quality.

. >> reporter: university of california merced political science major jerron brandon concedes he andmmates are living the good life. >> it probably would be a pretty good party house. >> probably? >> it probably would be. >> reporter: this new york times photo of jerron studying in his whirlpool bathtub made him something of a local celebrity. merced, california, is in the middle of a depressed real estate market, where home prices have collapsed, and where rents are low, even for large well appointed houses. this house shared by jerron and his roommates boasts 4200 square feet of living space and six bedrooms. each of the roommates pays about 300 bucks a month in rent. compare that to cramped campus dorm housing that costs $13,000 a year, with space for only about 35% of the students here. university officials encourage them to look for off campus rentals. >> i think it is nice that they can have a large home and take advantage of better tubs and kitch fnz they can. >> reporter: the empty mcmansions of merced houses a growing student population. >> it only makes sense that the with

>> biggest issue right now and for potentially decades to come is parker said -- park merced. the owners have proposed demolishing half of the units and building 8000 new ones over the course of the next 25 to 30 years. that is a significant change for the district and the region. it is right there on the corner of california highway one. whether or not the project moves forward and if it does, how the city and region grapple with the growth is probably the biggest challenge of the district. >> how will you balance the needs of the city against the needs of your district? >> that is the biggest challenge for any representative, whether it is a local supervisor, assemblyperson, or congressional representative. it is important that i keep in the back of my head that i sit on the city and county board of supervisors. there is a responsibility to the city as a whole. there is no easy way to balance it. you deal with those issued by issue. >> the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and whether to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach the di

i was with a special unit called shadow company-- mercs, trained killers.n charlie was bringing in heroin to finance the vc government, shadow company went in, we burned the whole thing down. we killed everybody. we also formed a plan. keep talking. a couple of years ago, shadow company got together again. the war was over, but we still had our list of sources in asia. and? and we've been bringing it in ever since. bringing in what? heroin. 2 major shipments a year. it's all run by ex-cia... soldiers, mercs. if you were getting cold feet, why did they kill amanda? why not just kill you? they can't kill me. they need me. why? my company, the bank-- it's a perfect front. it makes everything look great on the tax reports. tax reports. this is big business, roger. not anymore. i'm gonna burn it down. you can't. it's too big, rog. these people are trained expert killers. i want to know about your next shipment. i want to know where it's coming in, how many people you got working for you. i can't tell you that. roger, i can't. i've got another daughter. i want al

. >> lake merced had a high water level.ce we paid over much of the city, the water levels have dropped, but at one time, the late actually trade out into the ocean approximately where the dog diner is that now. somewhere in the 1870's, they saw the damage at the water in the late so it did not exit out uncontrolled, and for 10 years, people were drinking lake merced water as drinking water. it is much bigger, too. if you go to san francisco state, the practice will appeal this part of the lake. i do daily city, that was part of the lake. it was huge. >> the southern area [inaudible] but there is a different area. >> there was a creek that came down basically through west portal and said that particular lake. >> that was filled in when they develop west portal, and they had the brilliant idea when they dug but,, they needed a place to put it, so they build the creek in with the tunnel muck. >> you can see in 1910, we are talking about after the earthquake, but outer richmond is still pretty sparsely settled. >> or anyone who

. >> así como carnicero de la merced. >> que suertuda se siente, estaremos hablando con melina león!no viene sola, hizo un dueto con el príncipe de la bachata jay martin. >> veremos las experiencias de los días hormonales. >> mira en nueva york paso algo insolito, una maestra de primaria decidió que a todo el salon decirle que santa clauss no existe. >> y los niñosle dijeron que no le dijera a los papas. >> pero no existe? >> no doberman- >> y a quién le pido yo? >> lady gaga fue de visita a loa casa blanca a ver a presidente barack obama hablaron del buying. >> le dio cachetadones a michele obama y se reporto molesta. >> sabes lo que es la faa >> es el instituto que controla el trafico aereo. >> al director lo agarraron ondas de influence. >> osea que andaba. >> renuncio a su cargo y todo, la cosa se extiende, cuándo se bajo la policía., el tipo lo vio así, me manda con unos cacahuates por favor? >> hagame el 4. >> y así?! >> y lo agarraron. >> si se dedica ala seguridad internacional no toma y maneje. >> vamos a ver lo que la gente piensa a cerca de esto. >> están de buenas de mala

. >> me parece terrible que un padre deje a un niño solo a la merced de nada. >> reportera: este tipo autoriidaese que lo han visto todo quedan desconcertados. >> no sabemos porque situación pasa esto pero en cualquier caso un niño de esa edad no se puede dejar solo. >> reportera: el padre del pequeña tiene una fianza de 25 mil dólares, telenoticias washington última edición y holaciudad.com. >> sulema: esta noche disfrutamos de temperaturas bastante agradables para esta época, vamos con carolina, buenas noches. >> carolina: gracias, buenas noches y aunque cinco de los últimos seis millonario han tenido presencia de precipitaciones, finalmente podemos despedirnos de este sistema que se ha movido de nuestra región, cielos parcialmente nublados para el resto de la noche. vamos a ver las temperaturas en diferentes aeropuertos,... mañana tendremos cielos parcialmente nublados, nuevamente las nubes regresan a nuestra área ya que el sistema de baja presión se acerca afectádonos en la noche y las primeras horas del viernes en la mañana, el pronóstico es que a las ocho de la mañana tendremos

. >> han realizado operativos en la ciudad de la merced y han detenido mÁs de 140 lÍderes de estas bandas son liberados rÁpidamente. >> salen por delitos menores que impide que la gente vea un castigo ejemplar. >> los otros se protegen. >> el alex me habÍa entrenado que dijera que yo estaba ahÍ porque yo querÍa que no tenia dinero para continuar con mis estudios. >> durante un operativo en la merced, paloma pudo librar se d la pesadilla >> organizaciones civiles hablan de medio millÓn de personas entre mujeres, adolescente niÑos y niÑas que son explotados sexualmente, obligados a trabajar para el crimen organizado y vÍctimas del kcrimn infantil. >> en lado ciudad mÉxico, leÓn felipe gonzÁlez "primer impacto" >> un sacerdote hispano fue puesto tras las rejas contra menores en clafr nalifornia, lo padres de un niÑo presentaron la denuncia contra el sujeto de 32 aÑos y al parecer los abusos tuvieron lugar hace 2 aÑos. >> en problemas con la justicia estÁ un hombre que sirviÓ como mula del narcotrÁfico intentÓ abordar un aviÓn en brasil con 89 cÁpsula de cocaÍna en el estÓmago. tenÍa un pasap

. >> durante un operativo en z@ mq la merced, paloma fg/ pudo ñ=uuÑpçokskrooedt!anizado y vÍctimas delricrimen infantil. >> en ladoiudad mÉxico leÓn felipe mq gonzÁlez "primer impacto" >> un fg/ sacerdote hispano fue puesto tras las rejas !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oé contra menores en clafr naialifornia, los padres de un niÑo presentaron la denuncia cona el sujeto de 32 aÑos y al parecer los abusos tuvieron lugar hace aÑos. >> en problemas con la justicia estÁ un hombre que sirviÓ como mula del z@ mq narcotrÁficofi intentÓ fg/ abordar un aviÓn en brasil con 89 cÁpsula de cocaÍna en el z@ mq estÓgo. tenÍa un pasaporte nick rÍa no ynigeriano y britÁnico. la droga tiene un valor çw3tvve# de medio millÓn de dÓlares. >> una joven fue atropellada y quedÓ en coma y la mq familia no sabe que hacer y por supuesto estÁn pidiendo ayuda. nos vamos con los talles de esta !v xoñ"el+dbe!pdkyo2oé historia. >> desesperados se encuentran los padres de esta joven de 16 aÑos que estuvo al !v xoñ"el+ filo de la muerte despuÉs de ser z@ mq arrollada por una bicicleta. >> fue llegas a e

trabajando, en la tierra los planes deiles de personas para pasar con sus seres queridos estuvieron a mercedpo. alertas de viento como gerente, nieve en pleno nuevo mÉxico. han hecho de esta nochebuena una no tan buena para miles de personas. >> la nieve que habÍa mantenido la interestatal. >> esta semana, temperaturas congelan habÍan provocado cierres. el sistema de emergencias se vio inundado de pedidos de sudar para conductores varados en medio de la tormenta. un poco mÁs al este, la nieve tambiÉn hizo de los suyos. autos descompuestos y agentes dando instrucciones para salir de estas condiciones. hoy fue un dÍa de trabajo para @wilizar las vÍas y limpiar los caminos donde varias pulgadas de nieve y ciro a los conductores patinar y derrapar sin intenciÓn. >> nadie querÍa pasar la nochebuena en el lugar menos indicado. quienes estÁn agradecidos es esta familia. >> este es nuestro milagro de navidad decÍa el padre de familia. se deslizaron sobre la carretera cuando iban rumbo nuevo mÉxico. los rubros comenzaron rq#(p&ar y estuvieron horas esperando su hasta quedar sepultados por la nieve. f

have also together put finishing touches on what i call once in a generation projects, like park merced and treasure island, and working together, we have balanced this year's budget in a fiscally responsible way and without compromising our ideals. i want to say to you though that we all just heard the governor released his budget predictions for this year, and as you know, there was $4 billion in revenue that the governor had intended with the state legislature to close. they were only able to close $1.80 billion of that, so the trigger cuts have been announced as of today, so i pledge to work with you, with the community- based organizations to try to figure out how to protect our most critical services, and we have already begun that service, that effort, by meeting with our community-based organizations and certainly by individual meetings with each of you, supervisors, as well, so these coming months, we will be making a very strong effort to make sure our budget is balanced, also with an understanding to how these trigger cuts will impact us. clearly, there is a lot that remains

officials identified a body in the merced river liassic as ninos yacoub. they found another body on saturday. a third body was found a month after the accident. the three all fell over the falls. >>> "occupy oakland" protesters blocked burger thing this afternoon to discourage customers from entering. they said they targeted them because they don't give back to low income communities. >>> the university of california today named a task force to look in to the pepper spray incident targeting protesters at university of california at davis. that instant triggered protests, national head explains calls for the resignation of the chancellor. university of california's president appointed 12 students, faculty, staff and alumni to the panel. they will be responsible for making recommendations on police protocols involving future demonstrations. >>> authorities issued an amber alert for three children kidnapped in west sacramento. the suspect is 30 years old, a white male, 5'11", brown hair, driving a black car. license place 6thu701. it's a 7-year-old boy and a

i came before you because i am a resident of park merced. it was recently disclosed to me on may 24, it was an unbelievable day because the first amendment rights of the residence and the public here in san francisco were denied in the land use committee at a later that afternoon before the sort of -- on board of supervisors. we were prohibited from reading the 14 pages of revisions that were introduced by supervisor david chiu in land use committee that changed the contract. we were not aware of the fact that there is a memo included in the legislation and the memo refers to $50,000 to be given to a project in supervisor carmen chiu's district. it is on muni stationery written by employees, and is a supplemental money. however, nowhere in the documents posted online and did this ever surfaced. that is alarming and disturbing. one of the things i did not mention in my letter, i think an investigation is warranted because i think it is a conflict of interest for that legislation to have been included within the development agreement that the

this is similar in many ways to park merced, in that it has a number of low-rise units, which i understand are up the zone, and i would anticipate that those are going to be demolished at some point, and we will see luxury high-rise condominiums built their -- there, and there will be a loss of many units due to hotelization. this is being rented out to corporations, for their pilots' and their attendants back, and that is not only taking affordable rent-controlled housing for the people need it, it is also robbing the legitimate hotels from their business, and it is robbing the city from its hotel tax revenue. it is technically legal that they can do that, as mr. paul pointed out, but i think a quick fix in the lot to redefine the rental of less than 30 days, even if the rental is greater than 30 days, that is less than 30 days, it is a violation of the apartment conversion law. but nonetheless, we should not be rewarding golden gateway for these illegal conversions. we should not be setting the stage for golden gateway to become another parker said fight, and we certainly do not need mor

living on merced hall, i joined an asian student group that did barbecues and held house parties and spent hours producing the music and the dancing stuff and i emceed for them. i worked for pg&e in the mail room. when i finished the promoted me to a public relations in the audiovisual technical field. i was in charge of all their video gear, audio taping, recordings. in 1982, being bored there at the corporate level, i quit to do -- to be an entrepreneur. i wanted to explore the situation of making a fun part time side money thing into a real business. i quit my job to do this. in 1982, i decided to learn everything i needed to know about the entertainment business in san francisco. from being a d.j. i managed bands and booked the bands. the street fair, the cherry blossom street fair, even worked on the coordination involved, bringing bans and entertainment to the community for their fundraiser uses. at the same time hosting -- over 500 events at that time. the largest one but myself, i had 3000 people at a new year's eve party -- by myself i had 3000 people at a new year's eve par