neighborhood deserves a new park -- this neighborhood deserves a new park. i do not know what is going to happen to north beach or what will become of our neighborhood, but i think we have a lot better chance with this at the heart of it than if we have the concrete joe delmon geo and currently decrepit library are allowed to remain. if you will help us do that, we will be very grateful for your support, and thank you, supervisor chu, for spearheading this today. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public who would like to comment on this issue? mr. chair, it looks like it is over. supervisor mar: thank you. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i want to thank those people who took the time to come out today, those taking the time and then going back to school, the incredible work done on the project. i think this is a stellar project, and in san francisco, so often, we have opposition, in and it is easy to rally people to oppose anything that changes anything about any aspect of san francisco, no matter what it is, and anytime you have a pro

as far as trying to speak to other people that want to tear down park merced, they are brand new people there, hardly been there at all. no, i think if park merced wants to make a big splash and wants to help make more families, they can reopen frederickburg elementary school, which has been closed for 30 years. no, i don't think that is their great calling in life. all they want to do is tear the place down, cram as many people into a small area as possible and charge the highest amount of represent that they can. that is all that is going to happen. as the san francisco city and county attorney said, there are no guarantees, and the rent control discussion absolutely will not be upheld because it is not part of the law or anything. if they want to change their mind later, they can. thank you very much. supervisor mar: i am going to call several more names. jim cook, elizabeth cook, bill blackle weapon, and hirkuda. that is the remainder of the cards i have. >> good afternoon, honorable supervisors. i am speaking as an arc at the time and the father of two children here in france -- sa

i was worried about sharing funds by building a new park on the wharf. this is something i may continue to bring up. but for the purpose of this finding, it is not as relevant. so i will be supporting this resolution today. again, thanks to the port for answering many of my questions and addressing the concerns. president chiu: can we take this item same house, called? without objection, this resolution is adopted. >> item 9, ordinance appropriating approximately $6.20 million of general fund reserve, fort salaries, disability, and workers' compensation in the sheriff's department. president chiu: same house, same call? why don't we skip over our special orders and go to roll call. >> first on a roll call for introductions, supervisor weiner. supervisor farrell? supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: it is a request for a hearing, a comprehensive report on family violence, which was just released. this report was released by the house advisory body, and it addresses child abuse and elder abuse. the report eliminates the true scope of the issue of vi

parks. they have guaranteed any person affected will be moved to a brand new unit with the current rent at the time of the move. park merced is beautiful. thus the reason i moved there, and many people i know. but it clearly can't survive unless we pass this. if it doesn't pass. i am scared to see what would happen. i can't imagine any future company would want it since it needs a lot of work and not economically sound. supervisor mar: thank you. >> hello, supervisors. thank you for holding another public hearing on this very important issue. my name is ann marie bratton. i live in merced. i have been in my garden apartment for 18 years. i am in phase one, and i will be one of the first people to move out. i don't want to particularly live in a high rise apartment. however, i think that each one of us, everyone, has a responsibility beyond our individual lives. i think the park merced plan speaks to that responsibility. san francisco needs housing. san francisco needs affordable housing especially on the west side of the city. san francisco needs, as well as the earth needs, environmental deve

a new park opened today in richmond's notorious iron triangle. the dr. martin luther king jr. park was created from a long abandoned park. featuring a sports field for football and soccer. a competitive track. picnic areas and new landscaping. >> frankly, it was a police that detracted from the neighborhood. it didn't contribute to the neighborhood. and so we knew, the residents knew this was one place we had to take care of. not just for the future but to make -- not just for the future of the kids playing but the future of the neighborhood. >> the effort to restore the park began in 2002 and it is not over yet. they still need to raise more funds to finish the project. >> couldn't tell from those pictures. it was a blustery day. >> it was. over 30 miles per hour in parts of the bay area today. now the cold front headed in toward the bay area. starting to see some of the clouds moving in and they are moving in our skies right now. check it out. got plenty of clouds across the bay area. really mostly cloudy now. the breeze is continuing to below in spots and we got a cold front

martin >>> a new park opened today in richmond's notorious iron triangle. park was funded by nearly $3 million in public and private funding and credited for a long abandoned park. it features sports fields for football and soccer. a competitive track and new landscaping. >> frankly it was a place that detracted from the neighborhood. it didn't contribute to the neighborhood. and so we knew and residents knew this was one place we had to take care of not just for the future of the kids playing, but for the future of the neighborhood. >> the effort to restore the park began in 2002 and it's not over yet. they still need to raise more funds to finish the project. >>> the pomp, the ceremony, the hats, and it's not the royal wedding, it's the kentucky derby. cheryl shows us, the traditions are just as colorful and just as firmly established. >> the thrill of the races. the fashion. >> we decided we wanted to dress up in suits and fedoras this year. >> i'm excited to see all the hats and dresses. >> the food and tradition. thousands filled churchhill downs saturd

park machine next year. notepaper whatsoever. stephen tschida, abc7 newsll to come on "washington weekly >>> all travelers want to go through security faster, but now, something for trusted travelers. >> she and her husband are rushing to get through security at a busy day at reagan national. >> transportation. going from one place to the other. fantastic. >> the transportation safety administration wanted to get you through security faster with a new program it calls "trusted traveler. they would go through your frequent-flier history, which is kept by the airlines for decades, to determine your profile. >> some of them might be willing to wait that long to get a background check so i am not that much of a proponent for it. >> if the system can be fixed so it is faster and still save, then i am for it. >> if you qualify as a trusted traveler it would show up as a bar code and you could breeze through screening. it met with mixed results today. >> to go back for my history of where i have travelled and why, that is just not something that i am interested i

park. sheet number nine is the proposed site plan. of key interest is the provision of a new lobby access point at the intersection of noe street. that lobby access to facilitate public transit access into the campus. it's a feature that is currently very difficult and it will provide director intentional access to all of the existing buildings. there is a secondary entrance off the plaza which we saw in that earlier rendering. thirdly and very importantly, programmatically there is a new auto drop-off up internal to the campus that will provide patient access to the facility. most of those are motion and ability impaired. that is a drop-off to facilitate their access points. on sheet 10, we see the building as it's presented at the corner of noe. you can see the positive impact of that new lobby space. glass, discreet landscaping protected from the street, that should be a very different environment than you see there now. there is also an effort internal to the building planning that places corridors and lobbies directly adjacent to noe street, so we're able to produce glaz

this diagram shows face to come up with the new library already constructed and the future park improvements or relocating the new children's play area to the heart of the site and moving the tennis courts along greenwich street. the site of 701 lombard provides a number of opportunities for the new library. it is located at the crossroads of north beach with incredible abuse. -- with incredible views. the site allows maximum opportunity for daylight inside of the new library. there is a potential connection to the park. the plan also allows for a clear organization on one level for the three major program components of a separate space for a children's library, teen area, and adult reading room, with a staff area at the center of the library. this is a more detailed drawing of the library plan, with one block of main street clothes, again providing expanded open space and clear connection from the library to the park. as was mentioned by president chiu, in december 2009, one block of mason was temporarily closed as a pilot project to help study the actual effects of a street vacation. last

fix of look at the success of san francisco new parking top one month after its launch.the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5:00. >>pam: baby bomb shell for the former first family, arnold schwarzenegger admits to having a baby outside of the marriage. we will tell you what we know about this mystery woman, we find out what maria shriver and their children think of it. we will tell you how his santa monica office could play into the scandal. stormy times for former governor supports snigger he confesses to fathering a child out of wedlock with the household staff member more than 10 years ago. grant is here now with details on what is a stunning revelation. >>grant: the news of the secret child comes a few days after arnold schwarzenegger and wife maria shriver announced it earsplitting after 25 years of marriage. not everybody is

parking lot of look at the success of san francisco's new parking app one month after its launch. coming up. lots of us are sick or hurt we have four times as many emotional problems as other kids i'll have to move over and over again. i'm twice as likely to drop out of high school. there's a 50-50 chance i'll end up homeless. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen. just $29 a month for the first six months -- dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >>pam: a news conference with the loss angeles police department just wrapped up. officers gave the latest details on the brian stow case. as you recall he was the giants fan who was attacked on opening day outside dodger stadium. j. r. stone has been following the story. people were hoping that some arrests would of been made that they happ

you approved an in kind agreement for a new park and reestablished in new financing tool, the infrastructure financing district, which is a way to improve incremental property tax to fund infrastructure improvements. in the coming years, we will be able to work on developing additional isb's in different parts of the city. market octavia cac is a little bit further along. they have a list of what projects they see as their priorities we are in the middle of figuring out what the process is that we have. that is the high level summary of the ipic report. this report is a new report. this is the first time we have done it. we also tried to clean up how we administer the city, how we administer all the various impact fees. if you recall, we put them all in one section and tried to make them read consistently. we tried to do all the monitoring in one spot. i think there was a lot of good lessons learned and a lot of good relationships between all the agencies involved with impact fee collection. as you can see, it is a fairly good summary. there are about 23 plants covered in here. there are als

the bay area, including affordable and market rate housing, jobs, tax revenues, retail activity, new park space, so i urge your support of the proposal and a yes vote today. thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am president of the treasure island museum association. i would like you to get a picture in your mind but taking the ferry boat over from the embarcadero, and you come to the island and you go in through the dock. you get up and walk over to building one, and after you have gone through building one, you see the opportunity for retail, for something to eat, something to buy, but along the way, you say to yourself, "how did this all come about? how did this get billed? we understand it is an artificial island." if that is where our museum comes in. it was established as a bicentennial project, but was closed in 1997 by the navy to protect the collections, but those collections on the history, the building of the island, the clippers, the navy, would be the basis of the museum, together with a new way approachable by younger people in thi

we have about five members of the community out from us all the way from naples green, a new park with that as their, that was put up by dpw with city funds, one of our great assets out there in district 11. i want to thank the mta for all the work you're doing to street by street create a network. thank you for your work. thank you to dpw, who helped make that happen as well. it is very challenging because we have to change many minds about biking in san francisco. i live in a district where cars are more keen than bikes, and we want to change that. it is the work of the san francisco bicycle coalition that helped make that happen. how we organize our communities and make sure we can share the information about how we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, live more healthy lifestyles. that is what the san francisco by coalition does, and i am happy you are doing this work -- that is what the san francisco bike coalition does. thank you so much. [applause] i want to thank the mayor, supervisors, the tremendous support for connecting the city. i also want to bring up our next speaker, th

it is meant to capture parks -- if you are familiar with bryant park in new york, madison square park -- other urban parks surrounded by large buildings that create a sense of intimacy and a breakdown the mass of the buildings surrounding them. we also can see the linkages from the open spaces. one of them is what we would call the ramblas, like in barcelona, which is much larger, but a thoroughfare which connects open spaces where there are shops, retail opportunities, where people can hang out and enjoy themselves. certainly before and after games. in addition to the open space, we wanted a more refined street in mission rock. we wanted to break that mold and have a finer streets that were pedestrian oriented and buildings that were not all the same size, hite, and bulk, to create a more interesting form. that was a message that we heard from the community throughout the workshops. we also wanted to relocate a major parking resource on the south side of the site to support mission day and to eliminate parking at the other buildings. of course, interaction with the ballpark. if you h

interprets this second point that was the california coastal commission and the installation of new parking devices that we're not going inside an existing facility but we're brand new. and the court upheld it. >> ok. that may be. that's regardless of whether class three fits and i also acknowledge it's substantial evidence standard. supervisor elsbernd: i've got questions on that. this case seems to be on point that says this notion that it has to go into an existing facility. that case doesn't suggest that at all. it says the exact opposite. >> i would suggest that since the substantial evidence standard applies to whether something fits in a category, if there's evidence on the city's side, i haven't -- we haven't focused on that point. the more important point is that the cumulative affect of so many of these -- so it's not -- i would just move on from there and say, yes, you have a reasonable argument, i'm not aware of the case you're talking about. supervisor elsbernd: i appreciate that. the cumulative impact really is the kind of frankly lone hook the apellants have. >> and the unusu

. >> even if circumstances occur that force the park to close, states must provide new parks nearby subject to approval. other parks include redwood, castle rock and our state historic park in marin. >> the san francisco giants remain in a tight waste of for the lead--a tight race for the leave. but it just was not enough. milwaukee went on to defeat the giants in the ninth inning, the giants did it regained the lead but the a;'s have gone in a different direction--the a's have gone in a different direction. the teams are tied to to to. --2-2. >> still ahead, we will see what led to a fire fire rask rain down a plane today. and then we will tell you how much vacation time americans take verses foreign friends. and then will show you how one of the world's biggest burial company's plans to change your dashboard. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that

park. what new project destructive to the park are in the pipeline we do not know about because the very idea of protecting golden gate park is under attack. there will be a program about threats to golden gate park on the commonwealth club on may 11. encourage everyone to come, ask questions and learn about the future threats to golden gate park. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the vice president of the preservation commission but i'm not representing the commission in my comments. i have two -- i hope -- >> my apologies. i would have called you earlier on had i realized. my bad. >> there are two points i want to make. one is my family and i live in district two. i have two children in a local public school. we own historic home, one of the oldest in the neighborhood. my husband and i committed our children's college fund to the seismic retrofit of our house. and we also added solar panels, redid the heating in order to give this historic home a long life. it was more expensive than we anticipated and it took three times as long as we anticipated but we

among the parks that get federal money are castle rock state park in santa clara county, and candlestick point in san francisco. that's good news for park users . >> we need an outlet to go to. and this is close to home. a beautiful site, you know. a lot of people would be hurt by that. >> if the state closes the parks, the national park service could declare california ineligible for future federal park grants. >>> major progress on a wildfire burning in southern california. despite strong winds fanning the flame, firefighters have circled half of the flames which have burned about 1400 acres near bakersfield. thousands of people in the recreation area of lake isabella were evacuated briefly but tonight, their homes and no properties have been lost. >>> we've been dodging showers but it is bad news for the holiday weekend. the pinpoint forecast is next. >>> the raindrops are no match for carnival lovers. the holiday festivities when we come back. ,,,,,, i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path.

new york city prepares to enforce a new law against smoking in city parks and on beaches. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. president obama fresh from that frosty meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu took his middle east peace plan directly to supporters of israel today. the president speaking to the american israel public affairs committee defended his proposal and tonight the reviews are in. witt johnson has more from the white house. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: president obama stood firm while providing reassurance to the crowd of nearly 10,000 pro-israel activists. >> the commitment of the united states to the security of israel is ironclad. >> reporter: the overall warm reception came two days after his stunning proposal, one no u.s. president has ever uttered publicly before. >> we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps. >> reporter: those borderlines which are a key palestinian demand were in place before israel's capture of jerusalem, gaza

among the parks that get federal money are castle rock state park in santa clara county, and candlestick point in san francisco. that's good news for park users who say the parks are vital to their communities. >> it would be a shame. it really would be. taking away from the community. we already need something, an outlet to go to. and this is close to home. it is a beautiful site. a lot of people would be hurt by that. >> if the state closes the parks, the national park service could declare california ineligible for future park grants. >>> today thousands of bay area scouts remember the true meaning of this memorial day weekend. at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno, this morning, they placed american flags at the graves of soldiers who have died in the line of duty. there are 138,000 graves here. every fallen soldier was honored. >> we're just showing how much we care, and that what they've done for our country is not just looked upon and looked away. i mean they are true heros to us. >> the 2500 boy scout, girl scouts and cub scouts helped decorate the grave sites today. the groups have been doing this every memoria

there's these new parks downtown and there's these huge new skyscrapers and the census came out and said chicago lost 200,000 people in the last 10 years which was even more than they were expecting and at the same time the ex-urban counties away from chicago were some of the fastest growing in the country. is that a problem? and -- what could chicago do that it's not already doing? why are we seeing these results? >> chicago is, i think, a very successful city on a lot of dimensions. the right thing to do is level chicago. chicago has a lot of things in common with other rust belt cities and if you go back to the chicago that i knew when the city was there, you know, when i came to the city in 1988, that city seemed very much to be, you know, on a hinge of history, right. i remember it seemed like it could go the path of cleveland or detroit rather than the path that it's on. it fights against very severe trends. there's no variable that predicts the growth than january temperature and chicago's winters can be a little tough. chicago also center city chicago also fights against the gene

in accordance with the vision laid out, the new height and bulk district would be created specifically for executive park, in neighboring buildings between 65 and 245. this will allow buildings generally up to over 600 feet. the new zoning controls will further refined -- prefer to the design guidelines. this will be indicating sides for a street wall, with some for best views, public spaces. for particular circumstances, along the residential streets, this would include a better streets plan, residential setbacks, and this will be proportional to the right of way, while allowing ample sunlight access. the guidelines will require that buildings be modulated, both by requiring the breakdown of larger sections of the building with the rusie, bays, notches, and other modulation techniques pit -- with the rooms. also, in the building character section of the guidelines, there are specific requirements for ample windows, a commercial for outages, and set back specifications for residential. the planning committee is planning to take this up at their may 5 hearing. they are also planning to certified the eir.