business. the good news, though, for businesses like you are describing, internet business, is that the capital requirements for that type of business is generally small. you are able to get yourself further along and share in revenues with a smaller amount of credit need. that is where we see a lot of businesses and personal service or internet business get started, and generate revenues and be able to show growth without needing any capital, like a brick and mortar business might. >> my name is terry said. i have a retail business in san francisco for 22 years. i have a 5 04 -- 504 loan. it took me three years to get. we need more capital. i tried to get a line of credit from wells capital. i was decline. where does someone like myself go? i have a loan, i need additional funding. >> did you try through the sba? >> i already have an sba loan. i went to wells fargo for a line of credit and they would not give me one. >> i can speak to you about it. when we look at funds that are needed, the biggest thing we look at our cash flow. i can address that with you. unless there is an issue, at that p

. >> we're not going to appeal to new business until we have a city is financially healthy and clean and free as crime as we can make it >> the emergence from brought rosie relieve the city and it will be a tough road ahead. >> another lawsuit has been filed with the deadly amtrak train crash of. details are ahead >> the runners are going bacchant forth across the bridge and we will be watching them throughout the morning. >> the truck up ready is now calling a lawsuit with amtrak that top driver crashed through i crossing gate and killed six people and injured 20 others allegedly filed lawsuit against the trucking company. >> a tank leaked liquid is in fact dead 11,000 gal. leaked out of that tank and it was reported yesterday afternoon >> those that use transit will have to pay a little bit more starting tomorrow a >> live look outside at san jose no delays the airport is free reporting and our delay in arriving flights due to the weather will be right back many folks that are on their way back during the marathon. weather is a little bit overcast. this will check on the weather an

if you would wish, you could move directly to 25, other new business. a commissioner at this point has any new business before adjournment. >> i have one brief comment on the calendar. i just want to make sure the sense we do not have a regular commission meeting in august, that anything we might need to address appears in july or september if we could put it off. but if not, that we address it at our next meeting. >> that is our intent. >> just as a reminder, there will be no meeting on august 23. other commission business? >> i had a question. in the paper the other day, they talk about new construction and the windows that birds fly into. i was wondering if we had made any adjustments for the -- for that? >> it was interesting, i read the same thing. the windows that we have -- part of the idea and part of the problem is that we can see all of it through a building, but that is exactly what you want to do for like harvesting, as they call it. most of the south side of the building, you would have to be a pretty strange bird to get into the building a

. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment. we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28. >> we are going to start this wonderful ground-breaking ceremony with some dancing from our neighborhood youngsters. here to do that are the whitney young dance group. let's give them a big round of applause and get started, folks. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] >> great to see you everyone. this will be the bayview neighborhood library. think about low wonderful cultural merit we will have for future generations to come. i also wait to make a shot up to one of the assistant superintendents who is here. thank you for being here and inspiring our y

appeal to new business new mexico we done everything we can. until we have a city that is financially healthy, clean, and as free of crime as we can make it. >> councilwoman says emerging from bankruptcy doesn't mean the city is free and clear. she believes the city still has a tough road ahead. in vallejo, i'm don, kron4 news. >> pushing into the bay for tonight. it made it into oakland. completely socked into santa rosa. the sierra, a busy day today, especially around yosemite. showers, thunderstorms producing heavy rain and large hail as well. these thunderstorms will be around again for tomorrow. but some of the closed from those storms could make their way over the bay area. in the morning, we'll see low clouds initially. the fog will stretch from the coast to the inland valleys, even some drizzle with the fog clearing slowly. it's going to start out in the east bay, clearing 8:00 a.m., then around noon for san francisco. for the an, look for high clouds and continued mild temperatures. i'll fell you what to expect coming up. >> a string o

. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment. we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28.

. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment. we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28. >> from our new headquarters building. the sfpuc is used to doing things. we build and maintain dams, treatment plants, transmission lines, water and sewer mains. at the same time, our staff has always been in rented headquarters. we thought it was time to own that, too. this is the time and place, 525 golden gate. this is a milestone in the project for building. in about 30 years, we will have paid off the building, and then it will be free to our ratepayers. it makes sense for them and also makes sense for green purposes. this will be one of the most sustainable buildings anywhere around

. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment. we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28. mayor lee: thank you, everyone. i wanted to be here to welcome the prime minister from new zealand's. i know he is here. he is on a stopover in preparation for the america's cup, on his way, of course, to meet our president obama and talk about our two countries' mutual support and help. i would like to think that the prime minister was here primarily co view the competition -- was here primarily to view the competition that will be between us in 2013, with washington being a stop over. i want to welcome him here. i know he is here to not only speak for himself, but knowing that team new z

toshiba announced a new business plan at a news conference in the capitol new delhi on thursday. they will set up a new team later this month at its indian headquarters to develop product exclusively for the local market. the company is seeing sluggish sales of flat tvs and personal computers in the country. toshiba will also start selling 3-d personal computers which do not need special eye glasses. the product are already on sale in japan an europe. >>> toshiba aims to increase its market share in india's flat television mark fret 2 to 15% in three years. targets a 10% shar personal computers. >>> and new a recap of the latest market figures. >>> that is all for now in business news. back to catherine. >> thanks very much. japan's safety administration says that power companies will conduct stress tests. the move follows thursday's approval by the nuclear safety commission of the agency's revised stress plant. they will have computer simulations to see how the reactors would with stand earthquakes and tsunami and loss of power. there is an evaluation of the combined influences

. >> alleged -- item 11, new business. >> there is plenty. do you have any more? >> my sounding like a broken record? >> many new business? >> any public comments? >> is there any public comment? >> you warned her. she left early. >> at this time, i will move for an adjournment. we will out for a moment of silence and to adjourn the meeting in honor of local firefighters. >> second to the motion. >> all those in favor, please say aye. >> aye. >> the meeting is adjourned at 4:28. when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expert

on everything from the mid- market payroll tax exemption to the stock options exemptions for new businesses, and i look forward further to working with everyone on the advice we are getting from the clean tech advisory council for more ideas to help sustain the growth in our new industries. at the neighborhood level, we will continue to operate on our existing economic development program, such as the neighborhood marketplace initiative, the revolving loan program, the community deficit district support, and the san francisco shines facade improvement program. funding for the sf shines facade improvement program was slightly increase in the upcoming fiscal year, which will allow us to do an expansion of that program. that means that in addition to about 10 for saw the improvement projects that will assist existing businesses, we will have the resources to undertake between three and five larger scales project to upgrade long vacant properties around the city -- in addition to about 10 facade improvement projects. our neighborhood commercial corridors are the economic engines of this city, a

new businesses have created and we're stifling that in terms of what we've done to credit market and regulations that are coming out of the administration. not just this one, but every administration. more they do, the less freedom they have to create enterprise in this country to grow it. >> greta: i don't know anyone that understands the tax code. i take it some politician has a constituent that likes a particular deduction. >> there are earmarks on the tax code. >> 3300. >> there are 3300 earmarks in the tax code. some are legitimate policy this, is a very gracious country when it comes to helping other people with private money that. is great. we can do home mortgages but shouldn't do second home mortgages and give a deduction on that. everyone of those earmarks has a constituency. it comes back tothe problem. what is the problem? politicians don't want to confront constituency for the best interest of the country. >> straight head, are you readyfor a blessing? yes. a blessing that will have you in stitches? make sure to stay tuned for this nascar. and there are news about the mi

so if it's a new business just like with the cafe, side walk table and chairs, that business, getting this permit should not be incumbent upon that business being able to open and operate. this is something that can come later. and that will provide a distinct definition of whether a place is wanting to be a place of entertainment or wanting to have limited live performance as an accessory use. >> ok. thank you. ok. now i'd like to hear from the public. we have four speaker cards. i'll call them and then if additional people would like to address the subject, we welcome that. we ask you to limit your comment to three minutes. the first speaker would be mr. ben fry. i'm sorry? >> good, evening. how are you doing today? thanks for having me. my name is ben fry as you know. i live at 601 minnesota street down in the dog patch district. and we have a big problem with a club called kokomos, loud. 2:00 in the morning, sometimes a little later. the crowd itself, they have a big party planned this sunday the 3rd from 3:00 in the afternoon to 2:00 in the morning. the windows and doors will be

new age. we have begun to look at funding from other organizations, and there seems to be an interest in a particular handful of topics, including investigative reporting, business reporting, but there is a greater need for training in journalism to get journalists to understand this new environment we are working in, and also to educate the broader public about the need and public good that journalism serves and why it warrants investment from private investors as well as non-profit organizations. >> to the question about the huge influx of new sites, i think it is partially a question of scale. for example, i do not know -- i know very few hyper local sites that have full staff, but i know tons of individual bloggers who get paid to blog, and that is all they do, but they only focus on small, really targeted niches. this could be the mission district in san francisco. a friend of mine only focuses on concord conservative, right- wing politics. i think you really have to know your audience. you have to know specifically what your niche is. and do not just look at yourself as reporters. look at everything that you have to offer, all of your skills, and see how y

>> the good news is we see an emerging business model for media, and the bad news is it involves giving 30% of your revenue to apple. but i think there is a lot of potential, actually, for building a business on top of distribution through mobile. the other thing we have got going on is really profoundly exciting and far more exciting than five years ago, that the tools are so much better than they were five years ago. they are profoundly better. compared to the dark days of 2005, media are now -- everybody is online. facebook can launch a product, and really, overnight, build community on thousands of websites. there really are some exciting things going on. in the last five years, things have changed a lot. >> does that count -- does that excitement also extend to content? >> i do not think we are there yet. i do not think we have seen any digital native content that has produced really ground-breaking journalism. a couple of years ago, we were pretty excited about what was happening at a place like talking points memo, where they were doing some great stuff. we have seen a lot of eff

new businesses have created and we're stifling that in terms of what we've done to credit market and regulations that are coming out of the administration. not just this one, but every administration. more they do, the less freedom they have to create enterprise in this country to grow it. >> greta: i don't know anyone that understands the tax code. i take it some politician has a constituent that likes a particular deduction. >> there are earmarks on the tax code. >> 3300. >> there are 3300 earmarks in the tax code. some are legitimate policy this, is a very gracious country when it comes to helping other people with private money that. is great. we can do home mortgages but shouldn't do second home mortgages and give a deduction on that. everyone of those earmarks has a constituency. it comes back to the problem. what is the problem? politicians don't want to confront constituency for the best interest of the country. >> straight head, are you ready for a blessing? yes. a blessing that will have you in stitches? make sure to stay tuned for this nascar. and there are news about the

[laughter] [applause] >> anything else under new or unfinished business by members of the board? >> item 5, the executive director's report. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, directors and members of the public. i have a great news to share with you this afternoon. this morning, the san francisco transportation authority voted unanimously to approve $57.2 million in funds for the central subway project. these funds will make a possible for the purchase of to tunnel boring machines and constructions of the tunnel lunchbox. i think it is apropos as we are monitoring carter, without his leadership we would not be at this point where we had that wonderful victory today at the transportation authority. this vital allocation but the large portion of the funding in place for the guideway tunnel contract that you approved at your last meeting on june 28th. this funding clearly signals to the federal government that san francisco is committed to completing the project on time and on budget. on a different note that is not so positive, on july 7th, the house transportation and infrastructure

in the news business they can't stand the murdoch name and the pressure on them. is how do they sell newspapers. there's no market for them. they will get rid of the news organizations in the uk first and then in the u.s., the "new york post" loses tens of millions of dollars a year. fox news, i don't know. leveraged buy out between roger ales and various republicans. "wall street journal", murdoch overpaid for that. at the end of the day this is an entertainment company. >> interesting. who is the next to fall in the scandal? >> well, the sewage waters are lapping at the guccis of james murdoch. now that rebekah brooks rebekah brooks and his trusted allies gone. his son is where it goes next. he was responsible for these properties in london at the time. rupert and james and rebekah brooks rebekah brooks will be testifying before parliament this week in the uk. someone asked me today from cnn how to describe that. it's more like an impeachment hearing for murdoch who is a quasi government powerful official in the uk. >> does this change anything? you said somethin

any new business? hearing none, the meeting is adjourned.

. >> president newlin: item 7, new business for future agenda items. anybody? i hereby call the meeting of tuesday, july 12 over. thank you for coming. you get to stick around. >> item 3 -- the announcement of the prohibition of sound devices. the usage of cellphone that electronic devices are prohibited. any person responsible for one going off may be asked to exit the room. item number four, the introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> let the record show that -- [unintelligible] >> unfinished business. >> what i want to do is voice my support for a job she has done. it is hard to keep everyone happy and she has done an outstanding job. i want to see us move to the next step where we need to come up with a strategic plan so that we know the things we want to get done and follow that process. so we do it in a step-by-step process so we know what is coming down the pike. that is what i would like to see from the board of strategic planning. >> we would ask staff, meeting ms. johnson, to look into this and report back in the near future. >

he thinks the scandal is enough to force rupert murdoch out of the news business all together. >> newss primarily an entertainment company. nobody expects that entertainment executives are anything but rapacious, but in the news business they can't stand the murdoch name and the pressure on them now. how do they sell newspapers in this day? there is no market for them. i think they will get rid of news organizations in the uk first. in the u.s., the new york post will go. fox news? i can imagine a leveraged buyout. the wall street journal? well, murdoch overpaid for that. who knows what happens to it. the end of the day i think this becomes an entertainment company. >> the scandal is reaching deep into rupert murdoch's inner circle. you can be sure the man at the top is feeling the pressure. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> murdoch has ads running in seven british papers through monday saying, quote, we are sorry. for the phone hacking scandal, the popular tablloyd he just shut down. here he is in his own words. >> i'm the founder of the company. i was appalled to find out what happen