traditional southern claw -- northern traditional southern claw. this style of dance, before our dances would start, they would call upon the grass dancers to come out, stomp that grass down. usually, it was about chest high. in order for our other dancers to dance. when you are ready, make them dance. that is your style, boys. dance hard. dance hard. ♪ this style of dance coming to us from the north. one of the most competitive styles of dance. all right, one more time, our men's and boys' grass dancers. good dancing. all right. calling into the arena, our jingle dress dancers, make your way into the arena. all ages. michele, hi. gina. charlene harrison. all right. when you are ready, make them dance. all right, doubled the -- double beat. this style of dance once again coming to us from the north. the ojibwa, lakota, dancing throughout indian countries. again, one of our most competitive styles of dance. ♪ alright, one more time, give it out -- up for our jingle time dancers. [applause] coming into the arena, our women's fancy shawl dancers. make

as we had well indicated in last wednesday's hearing, the plan for the northern waterfront, in order to strengthen oured by to secure the rights -- our bid to secure the right to host the america's cup is substantial improvement. it has been amazing that based upon time lines that have been imposed upon us and how the city family has been able to marshall i think the resources to together in order to try to put forward the best bid we possibly could. the bid that is under consideration now on the northern waterfront is, we think we believe, the best that the city can do. and that we think by moving to the northern waterfront presents a number of advantages for both the city and the event authority. most certainly to develop facilities within the very restricted timeline that is required in order to certainly allow for the race and prepare for the race to happen as delineated in 27 and 29. the cruise terminal process which is already underway, paragraphs 30 and 32 which has substantial ceqa review because of prior projects. there is less risk to the authority, smaller investment to ac

that is the basis, that document, the 11/23 document for the northern waterfront. that is before us with slight modifications. the document today is slightly modifying something that has been in the public realm since the tuesday before thanksgiving. >> i would be curious to hear from the budget analyst. from -- supervisor campos: i would be curious to hear from the budget analyst. from my perspective, i did not know for sure that was the direction we were going to take until today. well i appreciate the fact that the budget analyst has been kept in the loop, from my perspective, the budget analyst is doing work at the request of the board of supervisors. this is the first time in this chamber that the northern waterfront has been sought for by the board of supervisors. >> i am not trying to be argumentative. only to say that we are all working under extraordinary pressure to meet deadlines in order to have this be possible, have ceqa begin, and have this baby something that can be considered by the team -- and have this be something that can be considered by the t

this morning at the northern station. we divided the northern district into sections. each section there are 3 section sergeants responsible for the section. one days, one swings and one mid night. within the section there are radio car sectors and beat officers. the beat officers you see are in section one of the northern and their beat falls within that section the officers assigned within that section are responsible for the quality of life issues and the crime issues that occur within the section. their mandate is simply this. they are to remain on their beats. they are to get to know their areas. get to know the people in the beats and address the problems in the beats. that's it. it's simple. i will be judging them evaluating them and the successes they have by how much crime goes down and how much your confidence level goes up in the neighborhood and how your feelings are and your perceptions about the neighborhood. really that's what it's about. if you will safe in your neighborhood you really got to feel it from inside. that's what this is all about. bringing

captain from northern station. regina from the legislative aid of ross mirkarimi one of our supervisors. from the da's office. the president of our merchant's association of the lower haight. ron, a beat officer and antoine another beat officer. the city attorney was at our morning session this morning and had to leave. regina and i work with the city attorneys office and will talk about that today in the lower haight or modo is to build a safe and caring neighborhood and foster that. we believe to build a safe neighborhood you have to build a caring neighborhood. it goes hand and hand. one of the things that when we started our neighborhood group which was a couple of years ago. we got together, we did small neighborhood building events like community clean up. started a neighborhood google group and started to out reach to the community in the neighborhood that nay not participate in the events or have a computer. we went to the senior centers. we hand fly erred public housing in our neighborhood. also we went to

[inaudible] we've got northern style of round dance. one of our social dances, friendship dances.dible] michael durant, come on out. join our dancers. aurora, come on out and then joined our dancers. nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers. and good to see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we will have larry harrison, will you lead our dancers out? robert leroy will be the last one to exit. and we do that because after our dancers leave, as they are making their way out, a veteran should be the last one to leave that arena. when you are ready. please stand if you are able as our dancers make their exit. i want to thank each and every one of these dances for coming out, helping us to honor our own. no. traditional dancers, string dancers, grass dancers, no. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well. ou

we are glad you joined us today we are talking about people in northern california. from the cattic perspective we will talk about catholics in general but certainly they have played a great role in northern california society we will talk with jeff burns he is head of archives francis can school of history. >> you teach at st. patricks seminary and have taught other places as well. >> francis can school of theology, berkeley. >> you are a historian of note. published i have a book here that you edited. i want to talk with you a little bit about northern california and catholics in general. kevin star the popular arthur in california, described the archdiocese as a wonderful idea of its time. what do you thing he was talking about? why did the archdiocese of san francisco, when it came into being, why was it a good idea? >> at the time all you had in california was the 21 mission that is went up and down the coast but when the united states took over from mexico in 1848, we had to create an american church that was difficult to do. the thing that connects what he was

it wasn't all northern voices. there were people, but they know more spoke out or could speak out then these people in the 1960s, so they could champion the cause of civil rights. it was the social pressures were just too great. during the vietnam war, antiwar activists, they launched a campaign to get protesters to sign a vow that they would not pay their income tax until the war was ended. and i remembered very clearly an incident in los angeles, where a southern california man had actually not only signed the bow, but followed it. he was arrested. his property was seized, and he was put in jail. that was a one-day story. what happened to him after that never made the newspapers, never made the television. and i realize that very few of us and i'm certainly not in that number, are willing to pay the total price for a commitment to a cause. some people are, and i always admire it, but it turned out that campaign against the war fizzled too and the people coming up in the people who organized it paid their taxes. s

moving it to the northern waterfront. the properties that are proposed do not require as much repair and improvements to be used. the race timing would be approximately the same. some of the same facilities would be used as in the central waterfront plan, but to a lesser extent and therefore require less in the way of infrastructure improvement. some of the obligations, and as we showed for the original proposal, some of the obligations for both the city and event authority are listed here. what changed -- the big significant change is the movement of the dredging costs, which are estimated at $16 million from the original proposal are shifted to the event authority, and that is in both the agreement that -- the no. waterfront alternative agreement as proposed by the commission, as well as the document you receive this morning. this is a comparison, then, as best we could do last week with the two agreements that we had before us. the $57.8 million is the net cost from the original host city and the new agreement that we

again, these presentations are geared towards the northern waterfront. thank you. with that i will turn it over to carry. >> thank you. good afternoon. since we have not been before this committee i thought we would spend a few minutes to discuss the opportunity, its impact, the process, and just as the directors suggested we are at the helm of a incredible opportunity. not only for the city, but also the america's cup. the opportunity to invest in these areas would be tremendous. key areas that have struggled in the past to secure public and private investment. the opportunity for the america's cup would be bringing the world's best sailors and sailing in the world's best racing venue. it would be a delight and draw for spectators from the bay area and beyond. there has been consensus, as the president mentioned, in agreement that the city and region would likely seek larger economic impact. i think that the comptroller will speak to this further. in this context we have endeavored to negotiate first what is before you today to secure the right to host this 34th a

this morning, my office released our fiscal economic assessment of the northern waterfront agreement that was introduced last week. the major change with respect to the northern waterfront agreement with the addition of long term development rights for 26 at 28. -- a and 28 -- piers 26 and 28. because of the uncertainty surrounding that, we did not try to model the infrastructure financing agreement, and it appears to have been modified to address that. what we have tried to do is fully account for all of these assets and liabilities that this event would generate and to consider them effortlessly and together. for us, it is this sort of tail that wags the dog, to review some of the figures in the report of last week. this seems to be rough consensus that there is a neighborhood of $20 million in debt will be generated by the event itself from visitors, and tickets, the operations associated with the event. as of last week, there were varying numbers. that would be things like muni costs. $15.2 million is about what the analyst has said. in the event itself, there is a slight gain. o

i made a copy of that article and put northern station if you produce this film festival northern station will provide the security and close down the street for your festival. we put it on top of their computers. i asked the criminal justice people at the mayor's office and said do you think there is a wake to contact luke us films to see if anyone would to an internship. that thought is out there and that attempt is being made. i'm sure somebody will show up. what we told the kids when we stopped by the other day. some said, you really mean that about the film festival. i said who makes the big break you have to come back and buy everybody a house. i mean -- so -- the beat -- yeah. the beat man that's -- [laughter]. the beat man that's there he's telling me he says, they are talking to me and talking to me about a film. they are talking and they are all excited about something. still we have to provide the security because if they move 2 blocks in one direction that's enemy territory. so >> i can talk about the stay away order. because -- dealt with a lot of them. no. well we had an inc

but northern italy, northern balkans and through eastern europe all will be looking at snow as temperaturesropping yet again. and that does follow the warm spell we did see over the past few weeks. and, in fact, with all that warmth we've been hearing of all the flooding in germany. that situation still continuing today. here's a look at some of the recent footage we've got. especially northern germany still looking at some very high water levels. and, in fact, some rivers reportedly still on the rising trend. this has been caused by all the recent snow melt as well as the rains following all the warmer temperatures. however, things are going to be looking a little bit cooler in the days to come. friday, zero for your high in berlin and only 1 in vienna and 9 degrees in rome. a lot more cooler air headed your way. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani.

. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well.ur bets the war dancer. thank you. good singing, good dancing, all right, one more time. let's hear it for our singers and our dancers. looking good. all right, good job. all right. we are calling all our veterans to come up. veterans, you do not need to be native american. all our veterans, come on up. randy surely, where are you at? lead them out. -- randy shirley. i had someone asked me why we honor our veterans. one of the dumbest question is i have ever heard. i was offended when i heard it. i'm still offended. you wonder why native people honor our veterans. because my elders said so. before r.e.m. men, our young women go off to serve in the military, back home, we have ceremony to protect them, to make share -- make sure that they return home safe to their family, to be a round their friends, to be able to sing and dance when they come back. we did the same period this arena represents a place of healing. they leave with their culture, their traditions, their language. they lear

that's quite cold actually here in northern china.ally we see around the 9-degree mark for the high. as for tokyo, 9 degrees is forecast for saturday. let's take a look now at north america. things are looking quite settled for many of you in mexico right through western portions of the u.s. and into the south. that said there will be a few snow flurries across the four corners region and nothing too significant. we will find heavier snow up into the pacific northwest and the system moves inland and it's right along this border from southern b.c. into alberta where we will see 10 to 15 centimeters of additional snow. then we go to the east and we find yet more snow. very cold arctic air spilling right down into the southern -- into the southeast here and although temperatures will drop the snow will probably stop around tennessee, north carolina kind of area. light snow showers here expected and the much heavier stuff pushing up into the mid atlantic and the northeast. we have minus 4 in toronto. 1 in new york city and 4 degrees in wa

that's quite cold actually here in northern china.ally we see around the 9-degree mark for the high. as for tokyo, 9 degrees is forecast for saturday. let's take a look now at north america. things are looking quite settled for many of you in mexico right through western portions of the u.s. and into the south. that said there will be a few snow flurries across the four corners region and nothing too significant. we will find heavier snow up into the pacific northwest and the system moves inland and it's right along this border from southern b.c. into alberta where we will see 10 to 15 centimeters of additional snow. then we goo theast and we find yet more snow. very cold arctic air spilling right down into the southern -- into the southeast here and although temperatures will drop the snow will probably stop around tennessee, north carolina kind of area. light snow showers here expected and the much heavier stuff pushing up into the mid atlantic and the northeast. we have minus 4 in toronto. 1 in new york city and 4 degrees in washin

out of this agreement that is subject to binding arbitration that that would be in a location in northern cal and in the event that the parties file a suit, that the venue for this action should also be northern california. supervisor mirkarimi: the suggestion that grew out of that conversation between supervisor campos and you all was that is the terms riddled potentially with the other what ifs of there being the possibilities that were taken abroad to mediate any kind of disagreement or discrepancy. and i think that we want to try to do our best to address that so there is no unresolved concerned in that regard. >> we heard that concern and we went back over the past week and reviewed the disagreement with an eye towards the discretion making decisions that are to be made by the city, to be made by the events authority and the ones that are to be made in consultation with each other. we're confident that this agreement provides the city with discretionñ with discretion where it needs to be. and more importantly, there are further decisions to be made with regards to hosting this event,

. >> captain ann mannix of northern station addresses the commission on police activities in the northern district. >> i want to welcome all of you, commissioners, chief, staff, fellow officers, and members of the community. i am a fourth generation san francisco and a graduate of washington heights. i've been with the department almost 25 years. i can say i have enjoyed every assignment i have had. none more than this, though. i am not the best at this, so bear with me. the no. police district runs quite a distance from markets street to the bay. we have these diverse communities. i have to think henry for putting this power point presentation together. we have five patrol sectors. we are at our five-car, the marina district. in the back of the room, you have your beat officer. matt works union street as well as chestnut street. he is very busy. in the one-car, we have violence reduction officers working. we have housing unit officers working. they cross over into the two- car and three-car. you have dedicated patrol cars. you have foot beats that run along polk street. we have seven-day

i was recently in northern of one it's not and i gathered. through. organizations like the law and the. movement of those because. you know. groups injection groups do. not then of one just on. one provinces like windows and buckle on the hubble did activity and the pope is not getting the northern of one just on what actually. is russia and the reason is that. americans know you know you're using the troops from july this year and. the reason is. you know that blunt. and that's why. is you know sorting out strategy do you know. of that strategy so are you saying you are saying this is our kind of face to face in afghanistan or pakistan and could it all be linked to the fact that russia is lending military hardware to the nato fight in afghanistan with helicopters and other forms of hardware is there some sort of connection here do you think. of course i'm saying that it is it is a strategy. of course i'm a little guy that is hard core to the hindu kush mountains between pakistan and afghanistan and of course i mean it is not that. you know only in th

would the prime minister consider introducing a similar scheme of a rural scheme in northern ireland? >> i do understand the problems of cross-border issue that he raises and also the problem of fuel smuggling which has been a real problem between northern ireland and the reluctant. the chief secretary of the treasury would have heard what he asked. and obviously we are looking hard at how we can help families and motorists with their fuel and motoring bills. but what i would say is this, everyone should remember the last four increases in fuel duty were all put through from the last labour budget. >> thank you it, mr. speaker. i know like me the prime minister is a fan of the british history in schools. does he think of the political history in the last 13 years are written it will allow pupils to borrow, borrow through the boom or learn from labour's mistakes? >> i hope -- i hope that we can get into the curriculum. the idea that you should fix the roof while the sun is shining. and it is interesting what we heard at the weekend from the right honorable member. he's now had nine mon

our team also visited the northern city of sendai. city's population of more than 1 million is likely to begin declining within four years. sendai has decided to review its plans to contract roads and upgrade the water supply because it predicts a lot of revenue. nearly all local governments will have to find ways to deal with population and revenue declines. >> now, why is the world paying attention to the japan syndrome? >> because many nations will face the same problem sooner or later. the german government has set up a research center in tojo. researchers are investigating the economic and social impacts of japan's population change. >> population decline, which has set in in japan in 2005, in the absence of war, epidemics, or famine is unheard of. it has never happened in history. and therefore, it is a topic of extreme interest. >> asian countries are not free from this problem, either. for example, china. china has been developing its economy thanks to its large working population. but it will lose the benefit of the large wor

i am an attorney with the aclu of northern california. i'm the new police practices director at that office. thank you. it's a pleasure to me to. i am here to express some concerns the aclu has about these recent shootings. two apparently mentally ill folks were killed in the space of a week. i saw the video posted online about the most recent shooting. i don't have access to all the details that you have about exactly what happened. i can tell you that we are concerned that, rather than the appropriate focus on what might have been the breakdowns in appropriate procedure with regard to dealing with folks with mental illnesses, the conversation has moved very quickly to tasers. i am very encouraged to hear about the subcommittee. that is exactly the kind of action that i think is appropriate, that the aclu would like to see taken, focus on more appropriate ways of doing training to help equip the officers on the street with the tools they need, and the assistance they need from mental health professionals who are not police officers in re

because of the land border, will the prime minister consider introducing in northern ireland a rural rebate scheme similar to that in scotland? >> i understand the cross- border problem that the honorable gentleman raises and that fuel smuggling between northern ireland and the republic has been a real problem. the chief secretary to the treasury would have heard him ask for the expansion of the scheme that was in the budget. obviously, we are looking hard at how we can help families and motorists with their fuel and motoring bills. however, i would say this: everyone should remember that the last four increases in fuel duty were all put through in the last labour budget. >> i know that, like me, the prime minister is a fan of the teaching of british history in schools. does he think that when the political history of the past 13 years is written, it will advise pupils to borrow, borrow and borrow through the boom, or will it advise them to learn from labour's mistakes? >> i hope we can get into the curriculum the idea that we should fix the roof while the sun is shining. what we hea