secondly, or thirdly, or lastly, or whatever, there's a whole other bureaucracy out here that's going to charge us $743 -- $743,000. and two administrators that are going to cost us $160,000. this money should come to us, we can do this. so i have a real problem with that. president buell: let me weigh in and disagree with the distinguished vice chairman. it's a parcel tax but one that's willingly entered into by a majority they have property owners. it's the kind of thing you want and if you ask the rest of the city to bear the burden, they'd say, why should we be helping out this district. so those in the district see the advantage of putting the money into it and what it will do, i think, will pay for itself in the sense that it will give great comfort to people who go to the public events in the area and in fact increase public attendance but having that satisfaction that what they're calling diplomats or something are actually kind of uniformed people who will look like they have the authority to make you behave and i think that -- and the maintenance and sprucing up of the area

secondly, or thirdly, or lastly, or whatever, there's a whole other bureaucracy out here that's going to charge us $743 -- $743,000. and two administrators that are going to cost us $160,000. this money should come to us, we can do this. so i have a real problem with that. president buell: let me weigh in and disagree with the distinguished vice chairman. it's a parcel tax bu

third, they should be able to legally marry if they want to or not. lastly, they have voluntarily lived together like spouses for a significant period of time. but the court also ruled women who are in relationships only on weekends are not eligible for maintenance. >>> china's largest motorcycle exhibition is under way in the country's southwestern chong ching municipality. about 450 domestic and overseas firms including harley-davidson, ducati and poo joe are showcasing their products until sunday. 70,000 business people are expected to attend. honda, the world's largest manufacturer, is also attending the event for the first time. it is exhibiting its new models. the japanese company has two joint ventures with chinese firms. >>> a 20-year-old student has been chosen as the new miss thailand. she is a communication art student at a university in bangkok. in her spare time the young beauty says she likes to meditate, work with children and the elderly, and help flood victims. she also enjoys classical thai dance. she has already won many beauty contes cont

is $8 per person and families can depind out about ticket purchases by calling 831-600 or going to recpark.org. lastly fall religion jation. we split our fall programming session into two components, a september, session one, which was the month of september to late august and september to align with the new early start of school. we have much fuller programming beginning this month. so tall session two registration is under way. the first week i'm proud to announce that we already processed 4,000 registrations and the combined session one and session two, we got over 5,000 program participants in -- for classes and programs. we continue to encourage everyone to visit us to scomplour our catalog of classes. we have fan traffic programming being offered this fall for -- for everyone of all ages of all interests and we encourage you to get out and play. that concludes the general manager's report. >> constitution. >> commissioner lee, did you get your question answered? >> go ahead. i too was dismayed -- displayed with what happened at the golden gate golf course. if you consider -- consider it was $75,

secondly to discuss the status of it and tell you lastly what we see are the third or final steps. this graphic fetishes you'll look on the handouts i think it's the second to the last page is a little larger version of it that you might follow. basically what i wanted to point out is the process we're following, one, is that our first step is to establish what are the policies? what are the objectives that the city has during a performance during an earthquake? to do that we look at several sources of information. the san francisco general plan and the community safety on in familiar provides that kind of policy ginets for the city. we also -- guidance for the city. we also rely greatly on our advisory committee. it consists of 50 or 60 people. they don't attend every meeting but meetings throughout the year and their insight gives us attitudes and insights of individual groups within the city, and the third source has been spur. as you know spur has published reports on what it sees as recommendations as the way the city of san francisco should perform after an earth quake and fo

and park and i haven't heard a lot of other ideas in terms of where that $20,000 or $30,000 might come from. and then lastly, if this is in fact just too controversial to allow blue bottle to sell in delores park, that's a decision you have to make, i would encourage you to keep la cocina. he's worked really hard on raising money, and i think it's a lot harder for nonprofits to scramble around and get donations on his $30,000 trailer. we'll find a place to park it. we would prefer to park it in delores park. it will be a great opportunity and we look forward to working with delores park works. but in the event this is too much for you guys, i would encourage you to keep caleb. thank you very much. [applause] president buell: thank you very much. >> thank you. my name is timothy holt, business owner, residents in the mission for 15 years. and i see this relationship with blue bottle, and i'm not sure how it came to you guys first. it seems like phil is definitely involved with the dealings with blue bottle, and i think it was done just not in the best interest of the neighborhood. definitely not in the best

founded on how it was used to go forward does it wish to go forward with nothing or does it wish to go forward with truth. now lastly i think some people would say that perhaps you can't hold people like christopher columbus. who are from the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries you can't hold them to the same standards as you would someone in the twenty first century and then and for that reason i guess that it's not so bad because it at that point in time everyone had slaves right what do you say to people to make that argument well you know we have the same situation has arisen when you're on the murder of over three hundred wounded need all the seventh calvary attacked three hundred unarmed men women and children slaughtered and over thirty medals of honor world war two the soldiers who did the slaughter and we're approaching the senate armed forces committee ensured by a republican from arizona john mccain about removing them of those who said we couldn't hold those people responsible for acts committed because times were different obama long is wrong everybody knows everyone beings know knows in their heart it is

your body needs regular sleep, just like a baby and it needs that rerksm sleep or deep sleep. lastlyep. we set it up before sleep is the number one most important thing you can do for your health. >> it surprises me because you're a medical doctor and you're asking a doctor what is the number one thing you recommend and you always say sleep. it's the one thing you do not compromise on. >> it literally affects us head to toe. weakens our immune sleep, make our minds less sharp, make us cranky increase the risk for obesity. the list just keeps going on and on. really start with what's going on in your bedroom in terms of sleep. it's very, very important. >> all right. i'm going to picture it and -- >> count those sheep. >> thank you. >>> for more on changing sleep habits go to our partner in health, webmd.com and search aging and sleep. what are y'all laughing at? we'll get in on the joke when we come back. >>> up next, the school district pays for spying on students in their own homes using school-issued laptops. we'll talk with a student who sued and won when we come back. >>> cbs he

but if they don't want to tell it or they forget to tell it, it's not a major issue. there's no violation there. and lastly new business requests for future agenda items? seeing none, we will call the tuesday, october 26, at the same time commission meeting officially closed. officially closed. thank you very much. oh, my! haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg] i would like to call the meeting to order. >> [roll call] president crowley is excused attendance. the next item is approval of the minutes. he has requested that it be moved to the next meeting when there will be a quorum of commissioners to approve those minutes. the only item up for approval would be the minutes of september 28, regular meeting for any additions, corrections, revisions. commissioner vietor: all in favor? september 28 minutes are approved. we will continue october 15 minutes until the next meeting. the next item please. >> members of the public may address the commission on matters that are not on today's agenda. we have no speaker cards at all. commissioner vietor: next item. >> communications. i do apologize, however, in the staff repor

or the board of supervisors -- a nuisance issue. if this operation is a nuisance, there are ways to deal with this book before the fact and after the fact. lastly, it is the police issue. most of the reason this neighborhood seems to be against this is because they feel, properly or improperly, that this operation will be in texas for crime. i do not know that we should deal with that and decide anecdotally that the neighbors are correct, it will bring more crime into the area, and therefore we should say this permit should be overturned. go before the police commission every time they meet and say, "we have a serious problem in our neighborhood. we are known as pill hill. there are people overtly doing drugs on the street." it shocked the police officer and he talked about it. that is where it should be dealt with. i intend to vote to not overturn this. i may be the only one, in which case we will talk about whether a continuance is appropriate. vice president goh: i think that we are charged with considering what is in the best interest of the community. it is in code 26 that i read last time. that is the point. planning and building do not c

i guess lastly would be the esthetics of it. the ada, or comfort height, as they call it -- >> let me interrupt you. hey, how're you doing? are you shopping for a toilet? walk right over here. are you in a shopping for a toilet? if you were, were your shopping for a toilet, what would you look for? >> i don't know. some banks eco-friendly. -- something eco-friendly. >> do you have a lot of people say that? >> yes. water savings, and most have rebates, so you are saving on costs. that is important today. >> let's talk for a minute about aging in place because it is such an important issue. we have a seat height to be concerned about, but a lot of other things. for example, people worry about getting into bathtubs because they are slippery. how do you deal with that? >> it all depends. the most important thing you can do is have a grab bar for the tub and shower. we think about the toilet heights. we think about having barrier- free back from -- bathrooms. if you are in a wheelchair, a shower curtain would be a barrier. thinking about the doo

subscribe to, whether it is one the bed or 750 kilotons, -- one mb or 750 kb, pat we should let the fcc were to get the details. lastly -- we should let the fcc work out the details. lastly, if people went a higher- quality, faster service, ice- cream with sprinkles, they should be able to go out and pay for that. >> i do not think there is debate about these issues of any consequence. what is something much more dramatic were to occur? that is not just a tempest in a teapot, that is a hurricane in a thimble, because nobody is suggesting anything beyond what i just said. >> the last bit about the chocolate sprinkles, i disagree. there is a community of net neutrality components who roundly reject even that. it is something we do in every facet of our economy. you should differentiate price as a consequence of cost causing. there is a purist view about neutrality that is that there should be no distinctions for anybody, no pricing differentials for anybody, no fast lanes, no slow lanes. what is really interesting about that is that those groups who honestly commit themselves to represent consumers are really arguing th

but if they don't want to tell it or they forget to tell it, it's not a major issue. there's no violation there. and lastly new business requests for future agenda items? seeing none, we will call the tuesday, october 26, at the same time commission meeting officially closed. thank you very much. >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one

but if they don't want to tell it or they forget to tell it, it's not a major issue. there's no violation there. and lastly new business requests for future agenda items? seeing none, we will call the tuesday, october 26, at the same time commission meeting officially closed. thank you very much. >> thanks, everyone, for being here. i will be introducing todd, joanne, and randolph in a moment. i want to thank everyone for convening, particularly after fleet week, where we had another successful celebration, weekend of reflection on the remarkable sacrifice, heroism, and leadership that is shown every day by men and women in uniform. it is something that i look forward to every year, not just as the mayor of the city, but someone who has grown up in the bay area. and of course, millions around the globe are able to experience what is arguably the most fantastic demonstration of american pride. we thought it would be appropriate to piggyback this celebration with those who have returned from service, a recognition of those veterans that have done so much, provided us so much, that we need to do much more to

lastly, under this heading, as most of you know, and oracle corp. had a super duper or large open world conference last week in san francisco. this event included an additional st. closure on mason street. there was also the java conference. providing sound for various events, including the largest that has taken place on charger i have been for the last few years. some of you may remember, the 2009 event got numerous complaints from island residents and even further away than treasure island. this year however, staff is extremely pleased to report that there were virtually no sound complaints from a party for 20,000 people on the island that went until 1:00 in the morning staff believes this was due to the very hard work of inspector granelli, who did sound checks earlier and then was on scene during the event. there were also outreach efforts to the residents. the studios did great work. this down vendors to keep the sound directional and reasonable throughout the evening. -- the sound of vendors. -- sound vendors. five calls came in on one line throughout the whole e

and lastly, someone -- someone who hasn't been acknowledged who deserves to be acknowledged or who has been acknowledged in passing but hasn't been acknowledged for her vea valuable contribution to the artwork of the community is fran martin and her husband jim grouden. -- who have -- have -- who have volunteered their time without compensation from the city. volunteered their time and effort and materials to beautyify the neighborhood in various ways through -- through beautiful tile work you see and gate ways and railings and through butterfly and dragonflies. so thank you for your beautiful work, what a gift to the city and a gift to the neighborhood, and glad i have this opportunity to thank you publicly. so in concluding, i'll say i hope visitors and residents do to downtown visitation valley with enjoy our exubebrapt bright bouquet for generations to come. thank you so much. >> thank you. for this whole project is obviously a great benefit for all of san francisco. the primary beneficiaries are the folks here in viz valley, along this corridor. as primary beneficiaries, they were