let's not depend on city also much.d, but sometimes we wait and wait and nothing happens. we need to start doing it ourselves and get to know our neighbors by name. sometimes love prevails. and when you love your neighborhood and you love your neighbors and you know your neighbors, why would you hurt them? you watch out for them, for their house, for their kids because there is love. [bell] and that is all, thank you [applause] supervisor avalos: any other member of the public? mr. beltran is here, our next speaker. >> i really feel that omi needs more support from the city. it needs more services. it has some fantastic community- based services out there, which also needs a more support. i believe these community meetings with the department should happen. and with these roadblocks and getting these services out there, it will happen if you continue to push on with this struggle to get your services for your community. supervisor avalos: any other member of the public who would like to comment? >> my name is cheryl dav

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the city budget, you will understand, having worked on the budget before, we have a $7.2 billion budget. now, i have attended over 242 funerals. when we see the city department and some of the heads of the department coming here, they are representing something as if they are representing -- presenting it for a grant. these people do not have the guts -- the mayor's office representative, all the others -- to go into the community, walk into the community, knock on the doors of the community, and find out what is really happening. so we spend thousands of dollars addressing this step and the other. we have a community for listing documents that everybody has, including all of the supervisors have read it at some time, but none of you want to implement it. so, today, some of the members, some mothers, have come and spoken to you about gentrification, about lack of quality of life issues, and what do our supervisors do? what do our authorities do? they waste millions of dollars trying to put the sheriff on trial. imagine a city and the sheriff cannot carry a gun. what kind of joke is this

city. that is one end. we have to do what we can use to subsidize other essential services, whether it is transportation or public health, so people can afford to live in the city. then you have another category of homelessness, which is chronic homelessness. it is not just living paycheck to paycheck, but other issues like mental health or drug addiction. that is a much harder population to address. i think -- the district that i represent as many of the community organizations. it continues to be a pressing problem. >> where do you think the attics and mentally ill will go? supervisor kim: first of all, a ton of families live in the tenderloin. people do not realize this, but the tenderloin is a family neighborhood. it in not a proponent for cleaning up the tenderloin. i love the tenderloin. i

often feels like an artificial divide on the school district and city and county of san francisco. i think for those of us on the city and county side to not think about revenue challenges those of us with the school district are facing and not think creatively about how we can support our schools i think does a disservice to our city as a hole. i very much appreciate the discussion both of our colleagues from the school district as well as from stakeholders in making sure we have a world class education system. i for one am certainly interested and open to thinking about how we on the city side, particularly as our revenue picture gets better, can be of assistance in different ways with what is happening on the school district side. we know that in the wake of say proposition 13. there are some constraints that exist in funding our schools. we have some, not unlimited, but some ability on our side of the ledger to be helpful. i look forward to the ongoing conversation. supervisor mar: thank you. i just wondering if supervisor olague wanted make any concluding remarks. 3 supervisor

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happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one. finally, dozens of members of congress are doing just that. handing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages, but wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the oba-- media group, michael steele was chairman of the republican party. both are msnbc political analysts. gentlemen, want to show you something that vicpresident biden, he spoke to one of the largest latino political organizations today. what he had to say. take a look.

the people who work at a city maintenance facility on boston's st. have a good deal. they are building had a good view and the city parking lot of steps away with plenty of free space. despite that, the supervisor thought more personal spaces were needed, so he allowed city workers to use taxpayer money and time to build five parking spots and a motorcycle pat closer to the building's front door. one employee even claim a spot of her own with a professionally made sign bearing her name. >> they asked permission to do so and i said it was ok. >> the maintenance chief of the city's transportation department responsibility for the job but we asked about it. >> you know the parking lot is right there. >> yes. >> does it make sense to spend the money to build the space is when you have plenty of parking steps away? >> after we saw what they did, we thought maybe it was the best thing to do. but it was already done. >> it is outrageous. there misspending the public's money. >> one city councilman is pushing to pass a bill that would require city agencies to be audited every

. >> what are your thoughts on the city's economic development? are we on the right track? what would you like to change about the city's approach to developing economies? >> in the chair of the land use committee this year, and i was vice chair last year with our former chair from the bayview hunters point area. i guess i approach land use and economic development from a different perspective. i'm not against development, but i want it to be equitable so we look at the lowest income populations or even middle income populations so that residents have a strong say as development moves forward, whether it is the park ridge said development in the southern, western part of the city or even treasure island with there's many low-income families that currently live there. but it is a strong voice for the residents that currently are there. we also want to see new people moving into the city, and hopefully, we focus also on families and housing that provides better homes and home opportunities for families, but i always say that i support equitable development. i also do feel that

the city's economic development? are we on the right track? what would you like to change about the city's approach to developing the economy? supervisor chu: in some aspects, our economic development is on the right track. if you take a look at some of the successes -- mission bay, for example, has been a success where we have been able to attract biotech corporations to come and headquartere in the city. we are currently building a hospital, and there are a lot of research institutions, and i think that will be a great anchor for the city. the city has worked closely with contractors to figure out how we can do hiring locally. this is through our citybuild program where we help individuals gain the skills needed to work in construction jobs. we have a number of big projects that are really generating the job growth and place for people to be working. so i think that in terms of the pace and number of projects that we have, in terms of identifying some key sectors to attract, in terms of providing rebates for films to come an

to get wasted from the suppression program to show the plan on a partially worked in this section of the city homicides chops lightly over the 90 days but one major crimes bison rapes by 70% and car thefts and burglaries climbed 5%. two homicides jumped dramatically by 83 percent to in part to the report says to the shootings the impact the '90s suppression had on the city's 100 blocks program is area met clements in west oakland to jump by 10 percent. was even more is to rebut this and more crime overall during the suppression. how many murders are is going to have 90 days? huerta's 60 now. we had a hundred block program going sell at 60 murders per. instead, activists who helps run a mortuary says the suppression effort has not stopped the flow bodies. five teenagers were shot and wounded in london square. walker believes there will be no solution until city officials stop playing politics and start focusing on oakland's children. did waves we spent a lot of money and locking them up. studeman is say they laughed {chief howard jordan is just returning from a town today and was not available

officials say they have a handle on the problem. the city's school cdo said he is convinced no one cheated on the latest test. >> this year there are no swings as and in a second consecutive year when we have monitoring in place we do not see the fluctuation we have had last year and that was exactly what i expected. >> the ceo made the announcement at gilmore elementary. a school recognized for making progress on the msa. electrical mathematics schools -- scores were up. scores were up more than two points but reading scores were down. the mayor says that is why she is on a mission to improve reading scores. >> when kids are out of school will lose ground. falling behind during the summer can cause them to fall behind in later years. greece launched a summer reading program last month aimed at helping students get ahead but parents believe they know what it takes to help students improve. >> to push our children to their limits and to do the best they can. and to go to school every day so they can succeed. >> do you think students have made t

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and we will respond to you. >> thanks very much. >> now we are going to sheldon dutes with more on this city's plans for the evening. >> we are set up on the other side and there are people coming from some of the yachts over here. people are staking their claim for the fireworks that will kick off a little later tonight. we gotta put some kids earlier this afternoon who were trying to stay cool. they were running through the found on the promenade caught trying their best to stay cool. there has been some live entertainment, there was a lie country band over at the pavilion this afternoon performing for the people who were out here. right around 7:00, the u.s. naval academy band will take the stage, and the fireworks began at 9:30 and are expected to last about 18 minutes from that point. if you are headed to downtown, you want to leave with plenty of time. officials are encouraging people to take public transportation. >> public transportation is a great option. the light rail will remain open one hour after the fireworks show. just think about it before you come, so you can have fun. parkin

supervisor chu: the rfp issue is that now the city is taking on responsibility for administering these contracts, we as the city have to reissue an rfp to figure out who the vendors are that will be providing the service. >> correct. supervisor kim: -- supervisor cohen: understand you said this is just for one year. have there been any thoughts on what will happen next year for jri funding? >> there is $1 million of funding in the first year of the budget. there's $800,000 in the second year. we have asked the director of work-force development to take those funds and look at those in conjunction with the larger portfolio of jobs readiness funding we have on the city side which is general fund dollars as well as federal dollars. to make sure all of those are being used in the most effective way possible. the larger question that has been coming up is a question about the timing of rfp's and making sure there is not a gap in services. there is funding in the second year. the city will need to conduct a competitive process for those funds. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor wiener. su

many cities in the world have far more people working or on bicycles into blocking or on bicycles. ey are pleasant most of transit and are efficient. -- many cities in the world have far more people walking or on bicycles. they are pleasant and efficient forms of transportation. that will take cars off the road and make it easier for those who drive. if we want to create a world- class transportation system, we have to make a commitment to each of these modes of transit to allow us to move where we need to go. >> is it safe for pedestrians on the streets? >> it is not. in recent years, we have had too many pedestrian accidents. there are estimates it costs our cities several hundred millions a year because of traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities. i am asking one of our transit agencies to study where we're spending our dollars around the district and whether we invested more money would help to reduce our overall costs that come when a pedestrian is hit by a car. >> let's talk about crime in your district. how is the police department doing? do you have any thoughts on how th

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coming up in six minutes, we will take you along as one bay area city uses a familiar crime fighting tool to crackdown on all the illegal fireworks. >>> the stars were out tonight in the nation's capitol for its independence day celebration. ♪ [ music ] the 4th of july tradition plays out on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol building and includes the national symphony orchestra. after the music, a spectacular fireworks display helps celebrate the nation's 236th birthday. >>> drivers who have been celebrating the fourth with too much alcohol can pocket their keys and get a free tow home. just call 1-800-222-4357. or 800-aaa-help. and tell the operate you need a tipsy tow. it's good for a five mile tow home and you don't have to be a aaa member. >>> tonight is the second night of the chp's maximum dui crackdown. officers said they made 220 arrests last night. that's down from 443 on the first night last year. in the bay area, the trend is the same. 40 bay area arrests down from 74 last year. the chp says because the holiday fell on a wednesday fewer people might be drinking. on ktvu.com

. >> what are your thoughts on the city's economic development? are we on track? supervisor kim: i think economic development is a policy area our city continues to struggle with your read it is so dependent on what the state and federal government does. on the local level, i would love for us to figure out what we can do, because this is the heart of san francisco. as i said before, they provide 70% of the jobs here. most people do not realize that. small businesses are what provides jobs here. they provided locally and the hon not going to go, they are not going to offshore their jobs any time. i think we're in a very difficult city. we have tons of permits, tons of different apartments to go through. i wish there were a way to streamline the process, just to make it easier for them to be here in san francisco. >> what are your thoughts about expanding the tax breaks, giving business to other areas in your district? >> i talked a little bit earlier about raising taxes and raising revenues and fees, and for me, the tax exemption is something i do not philosophical

i'm not sure where we will stop. >> one of the big issues we see all over the city are garages where there is a slope down into the garage. here is one of those slopes is this an encroachment ask how do we improve. >> this is an encroachment. >> old building. >> old building and old encroachment. this probably was never approved. >> what is the current standard for allowing to slope the sidewalk. >> current standards we have historic buildings in san francisco and we are getting requests for essentially putting in a garage a basement. based on existing bay windows you might have a beam right here. probably do and >> if they can do it they get a permit. public works code allows to slope 25 percent of the sidewalk width. in this case we have -- >> the sidewalk is not a good wide tth to begin with. >> correct. >> this is 80 percent. >> typically under current conditions, under this existing width with a curb cut, and we may not even allow them to have an encroachment because you have to maintain the 4 foot unobstructed path of travel. if you construct a curb cut and a 2 foot encroachment

yesterday, we had one of our weekly brown bags where we had them come from all over the city. mayer brown came and spoke to the young people, along with the district attorney. we do that on wednesday. you are all certainly invited to attend. it also has the lgbt use workgroup. we also have the lgbt fate work group, which works on problems between the faith communities and the lgbt issues. we have a housing group, and a group dealing with potential homophobia in communities of color. and also the racial potential in the castro itself. we also have a bisexual working group as well. in addition, we overseas sanctuary city and we have had one complaint so far and we are doing out reached into the community. we had very high profile events in the community. we now have a full-time working group operating on its own to follow these issues. reduced barriers for persons with price or arrests and convictions. we are in the process of looking at various possibilities with the bri entry council and how we can deal with this discrimination. youth the sensitivity and cultural training and l

i think we have lost focus on that in city hall over the past few years. it is something i want to focus on. to me, it is a huge priority, why i did this. i will be very true what i talk about on the campaign trail. representing a. 2, but also the city -- representing a district 2, but also the city and county of san francisco. it is such an honor and unique experience, and of just having a great time and look forward to making a big difference in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet.

city. i am very much looking forward to moving on to the board of appeals. while i could speak about some of the issues before the porch and the city, i cannot do so about issues that might be coming to the board of appeals. instead, i will make a few statements about how i plan to approach my service on that commission if you decide to recommend them. i will tell you that i plan to do my homework. i know that these are very serious matters, they are considered quasi-judicial. i will not go into any meeting not prepared to be conversant with the issues. another aspect of that is becoming familiar with both sides of the issue. it would be my intent to give equal weight to the sites represented there. i would not approach any of these cases with previously determined agenda, it would read the materials, would listen to what they have to say. i would not have any new hampshire bias towards any particular applicants -- i would not have any in eigate bias tows any particular applicant. i believe in collaboration. i consider myself a collaborative person. i will lo

overall, in terms of the fiscal impact on the city, you recall the redevelopment agency's budget was comprised of a variety of sources, including tax increment on proceeds and other revenues. going forward, these same sources are available to the successor agency, the city, but there are somewhat more restricted uses because of the rules associated with as 26. -- ab 26. over all, the agency tax increment, the successor agency tax increment request is increasing a little bit. that is primarily driven by mission bay and the requirements to transfer all of the increasing tax increment to mission bay. as well as increases to certain required passthroughs back to the state. there have been some changes in the windows are calculated by the state. debt service continues to remain the largest cost in the successor agency budget, and that is relatively flat. project and staffing costs are lower, both because the agency is no longer allowed to do the same range of things that it did before, and because there is a limit to administrative costs that is permitted by ab 26. this next slide is showi

in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team ing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a summer, fell in love with it. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i worked on campaigns as a teenager. i was involved campaign against senator jesse helms when i was in college. when i cannot hear, and was not initially involved politically. -- when i came out here, i was not initially involved politically. i helped to build the lgbt community center. i started doing campaigns. i gradually got involved in democratic party politics. i got involved in the alice b. toklas democratic club. i ran for the democratic central committee in 2004. i ended up sharing the committee. it was a gradual process for m

city. the sites are focused on the southern and eastern edges of the city. we have a service gap in the northern side of the city. each of these has synthetic turf and the light, and has significantly increase the hours of play available, which has positively transformed the neighborhoods and public spaces in which that are located. health and environmental concerns were raised about each of those sites around turf. we convened a task force. we reviewed the evidence, and found no significant risk. we adopted a number of recommendations to try to reduce any unknown risk, and that includes purchasing standards. city planning has rid viewed the data and studies, and found nothing to contradict those original conclusions. the shelling was -- beach chalet was chosen for several reasons. it fills a gap on the northern side of the city, and the master plan calls for the renovation and activation of this site. the goal of the area plan for the western edge is to increase legitimate activities, and transform that part of the park. the master plan outlined a proposal

back in one thousand nine hundred eight goldman sachs gave the city of oakland a deal on its debt saying it would convert the city's hundred eighty seven million dollars in debt to a new fixed rate of five point six percent over the next decade though thanks to the economy tanking interest rates plummeted meaning the city of oakland is now paying much higher interest rate than it would have before goldman sachs stepped in oakland has now paid twenty six million dollars more than it should have and goldman sachs is demanding more than fifteen million dollars more in fees and penalties rather than rolling over becoming a miss will slave to wall street oakland is fighting back last week the oakland city council voted unanimously to terminate the bad deal the city had with goldman sachs the resolution was simple yet very strongly worded saying if goldman sachs refuses to terminate the swap agreement without terminations fees or penalty within sixty days and they will be excluded from any future business with the city of oakland basically of goldman sachs doesn't do it the city says in the ci

coming up in six minutes, we will take you along as one bay area city uses a familiar crime fighting tool to crackdown on all the illegal fireworks. >>> the stars were out tonight in the nation's capitol for its independence day celebration. ♪ [ music ] the 4th of july tradition plays out on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol building and includes the national symphony orchestra. after the music, a spectacular fireworks display helps celebrate the nation's 236th birthday. >>> drivers who have been celebrating the fourth with too much alcohol can pocket their keys and get a free tow home. just call 1-800-222-4357. or 800-aaa-help. and tell the operate you need a tipsy tow. it's good for a five mile tow home and you don't have to be a aaa member. >>> tonight is the second night of the chp's maximum dui crackdown. officers said they made 220 arrests last night. that's down from 443 on the first night last year. in the bay area, the trend is the same. 40 bay area arrests down from 74 last year. the chp says because the holiday fell on a wednesday fewer people might be drinking. on ktvu.com

on our website. but we do that each week. supervisor avalos: thank you. i am curious to have that information. but we can see that there is economic benefits drop the citys that the board has requested that we produce even a cursory economic impact report on legislation below $10 million, but as ever -- absent that request, that is the general will we operate within. chairperson chu: i want to thank supervisor cohen for bringing this to us and for her leadership on this item. i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well. supervisor kim: i do want to appreciate supervisor cohen's work on this, because i believe that the pdr industry is very important for the city to support and encourage. it is often complicated to do so. there were a number of questions that came up from it because it was a complex deal. but i do think it is important for us to look at city property and surplus property to see how we can continue to support pdr and these types of industries. i know that has come up before in our conversations with both sf made and other types of manufacturing here in san francisco. we have lost some of those jobs in the past couple of decades. i loo

well, the mayor and the city council reach a deal on a financial recovery plan. are going to raise real estate taxes in scranton by a minimum of 33% over three years. that then takes away for the city to be eligible for a state loan as well as a state grant. the mayor admits yes, it's a bitter pill, but the only way. >> tough situation. i think it's a situation that ruled in our favor. i think the residents of our city. that a plan is put together. the state agreed to help. we have come to agreement. you remember, the employees are paid. >> just about everyone here will have to carry at least some of the burden. it could have been a greet deal worse. the mayor originally sought a hike of 78%. >> bret: david lee miller in scranton, pennsylvania, tonight. thank you. >>> mitt romney in europe. the reviews have been mixed at best. we'll find out what the fox all-stars think when we get back. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and wifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are ou

on van ness. many projects in the city have been killed or could have been killed based on aspects of vehicular access. i say that is nonsense. what we should be doing is exactly what this project proposes, which is building what is long overdue to give people who are willing to take transit and what to transit an opportunity to travel almost as quickly as those in medicine to drive in their cars each and every day. i also wanted to make comments of the openness of their outreach. the chicken with my experience at the davies campus, was involved in the neighborhood there and lived several blocks away and participated from more than a year in the community outreach process, which was very deliberate, very inclusive, and i saw them address issues in a very innovative way to make that particular location more transit accessible, mainly by moving one of the main entrances right down there close to the train station or the train stopped 40 n-judah and allowing people to access that -- for the n-judah, so i wanted to say that as someone who has seen this. chiar mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening

on immigration today. the d.c. council passed emergency legislation last month in order to stop the forced federal activation of the secure communities deportation program. the citysed a final vote this morning to make that legislation permanent. it will limit the circumstances in which local law enforcement spends money on local immigration enforcement and the police are searching for the man attacked a woman behind a community pool. >> jummy olabanji is live from where all happened. >> good morning we don't have too much information right now from montgomery county police. we do know that yesterday around 5:00 in the evening, they say a woman in her 20's was walking her dog along this area behind us when a man came out of nowhere and pulled her into the woods and sexually assaulted her. police are still investigating this. police have not released too much information about any possible suspect or description or about the condition of the victim. we know a woman in her 20's was walking in this area of gaithersburg yesterday around 5:00 in the afternoon and she was pulled into the woods and sexually assaulted by a man. police are working to get more information

city. i have served on community boards and even raise a child in the city, and all of that i have done withoutr, so i want you to know that it is possible to rely on your legs or walking and relying on the muni and an occasional taxi cab, so i speak in particular about the comments that some of the opera -- opposition made in terms of vehicular access and congestion on van ness. many projects in the city have been killed or could have been killed based on aspects of vehicular access. i say that is nonsense. what we should be doing is exactly what this project proposes, which is building what is long overdue to give people who are willing to take transit and what to transit an opportunity to travel almost as quickly as those in medicine to drive in their cars each and every day. i also wanted to make comments of the openness of their outreach. the chicken with my experience at the davies campus, was involved in the neighborhood there and lived several blocks away and participated from more than a year in the community outreach process, which was very deliberate, very inclusive, and i saw them

somehow, thousands of illegal weapons are making their way on to city streets.racked a gun responsible for killing a chicago police officer. you may be surprised to find out where it came from. thom wanted to be a police officer just like his father. his promising career with the chicago police department ended suddenly in may, 2010. the officer was gunned down by four gang members trying to steal his motorcycle. it happened in a matter of seconds, just outside his parent's house. his father, a retired police sergeant grabbed his gun to try to save his son. >> i saw them with their guns. i hollered out to them. >> you shot one of them? >> i won't say anymore than they shot my son and in return they were shot. >> this is where this tale of tragedy ends. investigators would soon figure out where it began. about 600 miles away in mississippi where the gun used in the murder was first purchased. this atf agent who asked not to be identified worked the case in mississippi. >> it showed one of our defendants purchased that firearm in mississippi. >> it was purchased i