. >> thank you for being such a great leader and mr. wu as well from cpa. i think it is a perfect example of worker empowerment from worker centers and model of city departments working with you. thank you for the example. >>> thank you so much. >> i know there may be other workers that are here as well, but i'd just like to open up for public comment. go ahead, mr. [speaker not understood]. >>> my name is [speaker not understood]. thank you, supervisors. i'm from the scc. over the years like the city we've been able to recover over a million dollars in wages putting it back into the pockets of caregivers, like the filipino worker who work platt places like university mound. a lot of places across the west side and both of your districts, supervisors. there are so many care homes there. we're proud to be part of the outreach collaborative that donna mentioned earlier, with other organizationses representing chinese, filipino, latino, care givers, domestic worker, day laborers, hotel workers, mostly immigrant who are suffering from wage theft ~. we're also a

i'm not sure if mr. wu has looked into this. we're not looking at it as part of the ca package, but it may be tied to linear feet as opposed to volume. sfwl could we advise the project manager we want some restraint? >> i could add -- i mean, model that was used for the cvs project at 2280 market street in the kas gastro was something we discussed with the project sponsor and they'll willing to do something similar. the size of the signage is limited or is established by the code but the project sponsor can -- has agreed to work with the department to come up with a signed program that is compatible and attractive with the neighborhood, so instead of installing letter signs, we could do a different type of sign that isn't as bright or is more appropriate for that neighborhood context. >> along that line too, since we got them to open up the building, do we have any control over the stuff that goes into the windows? >> we do. actually the code specifies that for purposes of transparency that merchandise be located a certain dista

that's mr. wu who turned 2 at the san diego zoo.nto his frozen birthday cake. fans watched as he devoured the yam frosting. >> still a toddler i guess. >> little thing. >> looks like he's about three feet or so. >> little thing. cudd cuddle. >> no one else with him in the cage anymore. >> that's true. time now for a look ahead and a look back. >>> senators marco rubio, and others will unveil legislation aimed at curbing sexual assaults on college campuses. >>> on this day in 1956 president dwight d. eisenhower signed a measure making "in god we trust" the national motto. >> happy birthday to hilary swank. she's 40. "friends" actress lisa kudrow and the governor nater arnold schwarzenegger is 67. i'm frances "today in the bay." >> good morning, 4:30, i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm kris sanchez, in for laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. first, let's check your forecast with metrologist christina loren. >> good morning. a live look at san jose. good news, san jose and everybody across the bay area, we have some significant cha

. >> thank you commissioner president wu mr. ram and commissioners, i want to say i've been watching are for 6 hours i'm amazed at the stamina and amazing all of you who have been here. i'm going to cut to the case i view our ordinance before you as a continuation of the 2006 super bowl protection act that was passed by prop g overwhelmingly where there's a crisis of small business feeling the crutch of connective boom and a struggle to maintain hair brick and mortar type of businesses in diverse corridors san francisco voters in 2006 which the vibrant and commercial corridors not strip malls. they don't want an overrunning of neighbors with chain stores by maintain a unique character of neighborhoods that gives me communities sometimes quirky it attracts tourists as different commissioners brought up when ted egging con did it's study there was people from all over the world here because of the quirky neighborhoods but those of us who live here it brings a pride and enjoying joy of mixture of small businesses. i want to say i d

. >> i just wanted to change commissioner president wu and the planning commission for hearing us at this point mr. egon and his report buses especially to thank the planning staff mr. ram and burns as well as for their hard work the board of supervisors and the planning commission as well. i wanted to first say that i think the report by mr. egon is very important but it needs to be taken with a grain of salt in some of the areas by giving a couple of references as well i think i'm a little bit puzzles there's an analysis from our board of supervisors but not the one presented by the planning department as well. i wanted to say i'm glad that mr. egon finds instances where formula retail can be beneficial to the city and neighborhoods i'll start by saying i think he cites and quote situations arise in which limiting formula retail is to the economy and others parts he acknowledges this could happen with prices difference between a retailer is low when spending difference is high and the consumers building the loss of an existing business will have a negative impact on the neighborhood and 3 becaus

mr. egging on. >> commissioners that place us on item 7 embarcadero enhancement project discussion. >> good afternoon commissioner president wu and commissioners neil ac manager for the city design group for the planning department. the presentation this afternoon is on one of the places in san francisco that's your waterfront and the embarcadero from the ball park to fisherman's wharf we're here to present the embarcadero project it's led by the mta harvey watson's group as the painting but also with the port and diane is also in the audience and john thomas from dpw. today you can that waterfronts have been receiving an immense amount of tense and that trends is going to increase in san francisco we're going to have many, many challenges in front of us as we battle that in the next 20 to thirty years those questions we don't understand but the challenges we do and one of those is the safest comfort and attractive for the pedestrians and bicyclists as an increasing number of yourselves go into down to the waterfront to enjoy the views there are conditions that need to be addressed and the enhancement project is going to addr