because this is pretty impress ive information so one of the points noted here is looking at neighborhoods city-wide and neighborhood by neighborhood that if you look at neighborhoods that are perceived to be unsafe, and i guess that's defined based on crime data and other statistics that 62 percent of children in san francisco who live in neighborhoods that are unsafe have no primary care medical home and then if you compare that to those neighborhoods that are considered to be safe, the number is inverse so in that case, in those neighborhoods, 61 percent of children actually do have a medical home. so 62 percent don't so 2 thirds more or less in those unsafe neighborhoods and in the safe neighborhoods it's the opposite so that's sort of an pam example of you know data that reflects what's happening to kids in these neighborhoods i don't know how that translates to the recommendations but stood out to me. >> recommendations fairly broad but you have specific guidelines and i think claudia has an example here. >> yeah. just to follow up. they talk about prenatal care specifically for example i

if you continue this dialogue with the police commission and the neighborhood city. here in san francisco i believe we have cultivated a driver first culture. for example, last night i was perturbed to read an article reporting a collision that the driver in the incident just couldn't get out of the way fast enough. we need a culture shift in the city and it starts withholding our drivers accountable with the tremendous power they have behind the wheel. cars are weapons and regardless whose fault it is, it is the driver who can kill, not the pedestrian or cyclist. i want to acknowledge supervisor avenues who -- avalos who has been an advocated to fund the driver awareness campaign and norman yee whose district has incurred a number of pedestrian casualties. the last thing that i will say is that although this issue has been a top priority for our office since we came on board, i continue to be reminded of the real human face of this epidemic. as i said last week there is nothing that combaers -- compares to sitting across from a grieving family how is it possible tha

another corridors, and the others that are going to serve the south east and part of the city in the eastern neighborhoods and other rapid corridors throughout the city and then finally, more of the policy or the way that we do business side of things is that a set of recommendations about the project delivery and both the approaches to the project delivery as well as the funding of the new revenues that it will take to deliver all of the projects that we know and need. and we identify our system research into ways to more efficiently, deliver both small and large types of projects and those are included in among the sftp recommendations. and we just completed a major round of out reach on these recommendations, and one of the key features of this round of out reach is that we partnered with about eleven different community-based organizations to reach, communities of certain, and non-english speaking communities and so we got a lot of broad participation in the out reach and to summarize the main things that we heard back, were first of all over all, we heard people write, in a broad sense, that these fi

city. and i know planning has a term for it which escapes me for a moment. it's the tipping point. i received several e-mails about these boxes coming into my neighborhood because i am registered at city decks which asno longer exist. there is no place to object except to the public

if you're going to involve direct and park department, if you talk to activist in other neighborhoods in the city, they say it's not that interesting working with them because obviously park and rec has their own agenda rather than the neighborhood's agenda in my opinion. i've driven throughout the neighborhood and based on what i heard this morning, you seem to be making prodpres so i think you'll be making more progress without this item. in my opinion, park and rec has had noticeable difficulties maintaining other projects that was supposed to be high priority in other neighborhoods especially in the richmond districts. it took a lot of behind the back discussions in order to get those two areas cleaned up from the way they had degenerated over the past ten years. so in my opinion, i think that the neighborhood would have more control and ultimately more benefit by doing it the way they're doing it now. let's put it this way, if the neighborhood supervisor's behind it, whatever you decide to do as a neighborhood will succeed. having park and rec is going to stifle things and make it a bur demo

city staff throughout the engagement process. the port thinks the draft rose document is in great shape and recognize the importance of the neighborhoods prospective and it recognize how the port can help fascinate the new open spaces where we see growth in the city like the eastern neighborhoods. the draft recognize the recent achievements the project has had such as the planning open the green new way and the new open spaces we've delivered including a mile of air-conditioned 3 acres of parks in the last year's. lastly want to recognize that the rose recognize that the port does deliver recreation and open space amenities but our goals don't also align with the facilities and we deliver them through 9 general obligation bonds as part of our projects and through grants and not all the policies that apply to rec and park apply to ail the ports and they do is great job. we'll awe like that with the ports open space policies and commend again, the staff for delivering a great draft. thank you >> thank you open this up for public comment. (calling names) >> hello good afternoon i'm chris schaffer. i've been working with the rose group it'

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the middle class in the city should have some areas in the neighborhood. and it's not been given sufficient attention if the city and we have a crisis not having houses for the middle-class. they will be sent out of the city a again, we think the housing element as it stand it totally inadequate. >> my name is a dave i'm address is 120 grant avenue in san francisco. i'm president of west highlands association. i grew up here and went to school here and work here and now my grand kids are here. as you know, in the 1994 our neighborhood coalition brought this to court. then planning received the 2009 planning element this time with an eir didn't address transportation. right now the busses on gary and stockton are already packed. i've rind public straight downtown and finally, just recently started driving and that particular eir didn't offer the alternatives now the public didn't know about this our neighborhoods have had three weeks since christmas to look at it. glancing at it the transportation system still stuck out but one huge alternative is housing th

community that -- i amis was done asking what you say to those persons who live in the neediest neighborhoods in the cityose black and brown neighborhoods, any of which were left out of the problem zone. int do you say to black folk l.a. who live in these needy neighborhood to our left out? they are our initiatives across the city. the crenshaw line in l.a. people in high poverty areas say, when his hours coming? other say, why not us? this will be great for all of .a. promise zones give us additional points when we apply the money. as you said before i got there that area had not been designated for a qualifying grant, so we could not apply it, but i am determined to make sure some of the money would go to other parts of the city to connect into that, south l.a., the eastside. so i understand this is not replicated across the country, how does an area as needy as south-central -- we all know about east l.a. -- how do areas like that not qualify? >> this was a technicality. we had to have a previous spending grant before we could apply for the promise zone. for the first grant. for the second or third i

city budgets hurting programs such as pensions, affordable housing, foreclosures, and inner city neighborhoods safe and a bad buy. but on the other hand new luxury homes are replacing public housing racing rent in cities to new highs. deteriorating transportation, and eroding transportation is hurting city's ability to prosper as outdated trains make it hard for commute. the transformation is far from over in towns of new york and boston. all eyes are on them. economists estimate that 10% of all global gdp growth will come from american cities in the coming decade. >> joining me now to talk about the health of our nation cities at a time of limited resources are from new orleans, , also from new orleans, the former mayor who is now president urgent urban league. james brook, program director of the national league of cities and from boston a reporter with wbur radio. james, you heard player bloomberg. he said the golden age of the suburbs is over, do the fact back him up? >> the facts are mixed. cities, i think, with mayors like mayor bloomberg and others who will be in office, the mayor in st

city. and i know planning has a term for it which escapes me for a moment. it's the tipping point. i received several e-mails about these boxes coming into my neighborhood because i am registered at city decks which asno longer exist. there is no place to object except to the public relations consultant. there was nothing about dpw or at&t. also i do want to thank you for this hearing, however, i would like to point out that it does not fulfill fulfill the mout and again after year two which should have taken place last year. mr. blake man told us this is a box. here is a photo of a box. the box is here. supervisor scott weiner: thank you very much. next speaker. >> thank you, i just wanted to share my experience. i live at 529 buchanan. they want to install a box at 503 buchanan. that address does not exist. i find that to be the most frustrating part of all of this, the lies, the strategy, to trick the citizens and i mean, i think it's been said before. i just want to say that i support them investing their own money in creating an infrastructure that we as city city san san francisco to be proud of. they want to add a fourth box. it seems absurd. tha

i fell in love with the neighborhood feel and the expansiveness that our city had. each neighborhood seemed to have an individual personality. unfortunately, what i fell in love with is beginning to disappear and what is happening --. >> ma'am, i'm sorry but the dr requested time is up. that's 15 minutes. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. so now speakers in favor of the dr there are any speakers in favor of the dr who are not --. >> that are not part of the dr requesting team? >> speakers who are opposed to the project. >> hello, thank you for this opportunity to speak and i'd like to thank michael smith for acknowledging my letter that i sent to him. my name is gary narimore, i have lived in san francisco, worked in san francisco for 4 years. i have lived in this neighborhood for 20 years. i have walked lampson lane and all the blocks around my neighborhood almost daily, i have enjoyed watching construction and remodels in the neighborhood and was pleasantly surprised and pleased with the tastefulness that's been done to date. when i saw the scope of this pr

i tell you it's neighborhoods that are underserved or have the great /*esz consent /trags of children youth and families in this city and neighborhoods in district ten. this will be a request of the city attorney and i hope to have your support and sponsorship with me when it comes to full board and i'll already consulted with several members of the board. i know many others are interested in how to move forward in having a strong children's amendment when we reauthorize it again, one that we can all be proud of and one that will really serve our communities and have a community development focus for the city. lastly, i have -- yesterday an icon of the united states, the united states left passed away at age 94 and i was -- i kind of liked the music of pete /saoeger, but what i liked about him was what he meant to peoples' movements all around this country and around the world, his influence. he was certainly an icon of the folk revival of the 1960's, but his music was really a means to an end. his end was making the world a better place. the new york times said his agenda paralleled the concerns of the american lef

we grieve for neighborhood and city. >> neighbors tell us of the family that lived in the home has rented the basement in the past two students of howard university, which is across the street. please say there is no indication that howard students are involved in this crime. policetell us that after found large amounts of cash and marijuana. they are not sure what happened last night was drug-related. this man and his wife arrived to the crime scene late this morning. he told us off camera he is now grieving the death of his knees. ece.is ni they do not break into the home. -- they did not break into the home. > northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc seven news. >> a fatal pedestrian accident in prince george's county on route 50. a man was walking on the beltway early this morning when he was struck and killed. no word yet on the identity of that man at this time. the case is still under investigation. still ahead, from new england to d.c.. we'll take a look at the impact winter storm. why chris christie is celebrating today. we'll have the latest on the growing security concerns i ha

. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain economically viable. equiping them and equiping residents in those areas with jobs that will enable them to stay in san francisco is critical to that. >> the important thing that i see here at caminos is it helps the low income community, it helps the women who wouldn't have this opportunity otherwise. >> the workers with more education in san francisco are more likely to be able to working that knowledge sector. where they are going to need that familiarity with the internet, they are going to find value with it and use it and be productive with it every day. and half of the city's population that's in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. >> we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people's lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool f

also we are partnering with non-profits that provide loans throughout the city including fillmore neighborhood. the invest in neighborhoods team is providing focus, customized assistance to our business owners. both the fillmore and third street corridor are part of this program an we are working hand in hand with community organizations and residents to support existing businesses, attract new businesses and revitalizing those corridors. one of the investment neighborhood programs is to sought improvement in the fillmore. however unacceptable situations still exist and you are right to recognize the achievement and educational gap and we are working hard to close that gap. these gaps start early in life. that's why we are working with kindergarten and making sure that every student is provided with an ipad and information for learning. not everyone wants to work in technology which is why we strengthen our work force academy. in the last two 2 years we have placed many residents in jobs in construction, technology in our sector academies. in our eve of this historic holiday we are reminded to

speaking of getting around, people in isolated neighborhoods in daily city now have a freeway to get in to town. the shuttle service between the neighborhood and vital services closer to downtown launching today. the daily city bay shore shuttle will bring people from isolated areas to b.a.r.t. stations, shopping centers and more. no charge. the price is right. >> 4:41. still ahead, relief could be on the way for millions of unemployed americans. >> plus, mystery solved. we'll tell hue was behind this crop circle that cropped up at a farm out of the bay area. >> a shift in the wind may help two ships now stranded in ice near antarctica break free. >>> welcome back everyone. a good monday morning to you. we finally know who was behind the crop circles that popped up at a farm. it wasn't aliens. never thought it was. nvidia chip maker claiming the credit. the company says it plowed through the farm to get publicity for its new chip. some spotted the numbers 1, 9, 2, in the design. that represents the company's new mobile chip which will be introduced at the consumer electronics show in

we look forward to working with them in the future for the benefit of the neighborhood and the city of san francisco. thank you for your time. i do have a statement for the record. >> i'm a business owner of multiple businesses and in favor of live nation moving into the masonic auditorium. i'm in agreement with the knob hill coalition and also a member of the board of directors of the knob hill association. i find it very favorable. thank you very much. chiu final speaker? >> thank you president chiu and members of the board. my name is stanley. i'm here to speak as a neighborhood resident of knob hill. i have lived here for 15 years. i live next door to the masonic condominium association where the wall is 18 inches from the closest wall to the masonic. i want to report to you that among people that live that close to the masonic support for this agreement is very very broad. i also work with the knob hill coalition of which i was an officer in the knob hill association which i'm also an officer and i want to assure you that support for this project throughout the neighborhood pursua

. >> yet the money coursing through the motor city bypasses vast neighborhoods where more than half of the city's population has vanished in the last half century, leaving massive pockets. >> there's a lot of poverty and a lot of transportation issues for people, and we have a gentleman who i believe is mentally distressed, harmless, lives in a tarp behind our building here. >> a decline in the decades could take decades to fix, and yet as some mission ut on detroit's fragile recovery, many see cracks in the fortunes. aljazeera, detroit. >> you're looking live right now. this is the scene at the white house. we're waiting for president obama and the first lady to speak. they're looking at forums to expand college opportunities here in the u.s. non-profit sector and big business for today's event. we'll bring that to you live. >>> having faith in hollywood. why movie makers are using the bible to create biblical blockbusters. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters and here are the headlines at this hour. vatican officials have being asked very tough questions about abuse

we have many, many buildings in this city and this is really a city-wide issue, but there are some neighborhoods that are more impacted than others where we have buildings that are [speaker not understood] in awful condition, dilapidated, some time missing entire portionses of the building, construction project that started and stopped years and years ago, situations where we have severe hoarding creating a fire hazard. and it seems that sometimes these issues just linger. sometimes maybe a notice of violation is issued, but then there is not sufficient follow-up and we've seen i know in my district some very, very bad situations that until our office got involved to bring departments together, we had a dangerous conditions that were lingering and not much was happening. we need improved coordination among departments. we need more willingness to go into enforcement when appropriate. and i think we just need to learn from our city departments what their strategy is, how they make decisions about when to enforce, when not to enforce, why they make some of these decisions, whether they had the res