what about our own city? >> yeah, we do. look, we're giving up $1.5 billion to egypt after they had a military overthrow a democratical elected leader. our president was down in africa promising $7 billion for some type of cmunication infrastructure. these are our fellow americans. we spend tens of billions of dollars building cntries in the middle east that hate us. look, i'm not for federal bailouts, but thin thing stephane makes that's right is these guys went to work every day and was promised something and won't get it. the auto bailout was a pension of unions and pensions and i'm not for a bailout on that. why arewe spending so much money bailing out our own ken try and not considering bailing out detroit? it's hypocrisy. >> gary b., last word. >> jonas makes a very good point but the question is, a, do we have the number and, b, what prevents another city from raising its hand? cleveland has parts of city that's unlivable, so does pittsburgh and every metropolitan arerea. boy, we'd be better off and safer if we could

of which 60% attend city college, to inform them of the status and reassure them that their credits count. additionally, president wong from san francisco state has met with his own trustees to see if classes can be increased to accommodate any city college students that are ready to come over to san francisco state. he is also setting up a hotline to ease the concern of students. but we need to deal with the problems that are in front of us. rather than let city college fail, chancellor harris has commitved to a rescue effort to save city college through a state intervention to save the college, and i agree to work closely with him to see this through. yesterday the california community college board of governors voted unanimously to appoint bob who has been the special trustee without the requisite authority this past year. mr. agrela will lead city college [speaker not understood] decision and address the challenges which include implementing necessary fiscal controls and other improvements to business operations, making necessary ongoing budget decisions, working to address other accreditation deficiencies, and hiring an exceptional permanent chancellor. now,

city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, july the ninth, 2013. madam clerk, could you please call the roll? >> supervisor avalos? avalos present. supervisor breed? breed present. supervisor campos? campos present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the f

so for those rations the city wants to conduct its own study. and most studies look at less immense studies. those studies tend to describe the local increased spending by non-chain stores. and at the same time the formula retailers provided goods and services and serve as neighborhood anchors. in 2007 a study was done and found that independent routines do have the most growth. the money is kept and recycled in the local economy and this generates more income for the local services. zoning across the nation. recently many small california cities driven their laws like san francisco. but they seek to prevent a formula retail establishments. also the concerned is disruption of the culture of the neighborhood. and discouragement of some services. so they have limited the number of the establishments permitted and some have abandon. our second example a neighborhood in new york city has the same concerns but they already have limited commercial space speaker at that time, 69 banks had opened for retail in the upper side. and the city adopted the up

i'd also like to recognize our city's first responders from our police and fire and the nurses and doctors at our sf general hospital and our own airport staff and many others, including the hundreds of volunteers that showed up at the hospital and at the airport. and also want to give a personal thanks to volunteers from city hall that came to help translate and do as much as they can to assist the passengers and the airlines and the airport staff. i was proud to witness all of their work firsthand over the weekend and just want to thank everybody for their courage and fine work in saving so many lives. there are many lives that are still on the brink. we've had a chance to visit some of them in the hospital and we'll get through it, but i just want to continue thanking all the volunteers appearing at the hospital. i also want to give a shout out to the international community. i've received quite a number of both calls and letters of concern and condolances from many consul generals throughout the world expressing their sympathies to the tragedy and hoping we recover quickly including all our consul generals. this past week w

and also for city-owned and leased buildings and garages since we want the city to be a model in providing bicycle parking, we require the existing city-owned and leased buildings and garages to comply with these new requirements within one year. so, while these new requirements wouldn't apply to existing privately owned buildings, they will apply to existing city-owned and leased buildings. a little bit about requirements for different uses. so -- and how it will change. for residential use currently the requirement is one per two units. the proposed language, the proposed ordinance changes these requirements to one space per unit for buildings over three units. and also scale it had down for buildings over 100 units and it will be one space for each four units. 200-unit building, the requirements will be 125. also, the requirements would be different for different types of residential uses. it will be lower for senior housing, higher for student housing. so, for commercial uses, the way the existing code is drafted, it's an overall definition of commercial. the proposed language changes

so, you know, some thing can be a little more abstract with it, but, again, don't use your own city. don't use a city because they're going to want to meet you, stuff like that. like i said, i use something up in wisconsin. i have a nice pretty little girl on my thing, other pretty girl pictures on there. that's what they like so that's how they get on there. and you just keep adding friends. let them do t. once you get 10 or so, and then 10 of their friends, 50 of their friends, a hundred of their friends, now you'll look like you're a tagger yourself. you're good to go. you get all that intel right there. you try to stay -- phoenix graffiti. * it's not broken. >> do you write any flickr warrants? >> i don't use flickr. instagram is huge right now. >> they went away from flickr. >> they came and went pretty fast. i'm sure there's some still out there, but our kids in phoenix don't really use it. >> it was good because you can put in multiple tags. if you put in the right key words and put a space in between them you can figure out all kinds of crews, monikers, and where they're tagg

difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your ownnvironment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a

if we exhaust all efforts to find city-owned space, we are asking that rentals cost be made to the available for rebate just as when they are renting city-owned property. we are not asking for any new additional money. it would allow us to use money already allotted to the rebate program under different circumstances if necessary. without the ability to use this money in this manner we will most likely continue to lose potential productions and jobs and local spending san francisco. i hope that you will recommend to the full board that you will pass this amendment to the rebate. thank you for your time and if you have any questions i will be happy to answer them. >> supervisor cohen: colleagues he have any questions? seeing none let's open up to the public. >> my name is dan camp, a union location manager working in san francisco in the last 20 years. i want to talk directly to the impact that this makes directly to the city of the major series. i work not only on trauma but also on nash bridges; in the sixties since i worked on nash bridges the film office would give me a form to get to the

to a manageable and that we start to read each other in our own neighborhoods in our own in our own cities with each other to start to ask these questions and he doesn't propose a rigid set of ideology or a program that is never going to live what it is that we as a group of people can make these decisions ourselves and localized ways to really affect ourselves can you talk about how capitalism is problematic. that you know capitalism like many systems like for instance to not be asked to be abolished we need to find ways. to share each other new ways with each other new ways to build civil society infrastructure which has been falling down for many of us for you know for fifty years at least at the top continue to build a second tier society and so capitalism is the problem because things like. sexism and racism and and having power over are all reinforced and challenges him today and free markets. change that respects the free markets that a lot of libertarians call for which is trainer gentler corporations or pretend to not have state involvement and making decisions about exxon mobil o

package doesn't go through, it is true because i was on the board and i remember specifically, we own city plan one. we are in the business of delivering health care. the only plan that we can guarantee to our members is the city plan. the cost for that because it's an indemnity plan, it's not just the premiums that would blow our members out of the water especially our family members and the retirees, but it's the percentage of cost of care that they would have to meet and continue to pay throughout the year. it would be devastating for our members. that is the only plan we can legally continue. kaiser has been our partner for over 66 years. we have worked closely with them and we will continue to work with them. they remain despite this increase, they still remain the lowest cost plan and i think it's important to know. dental, vision, mental health are all part of this package. we are not just bifurcating one group here or a portion of our benefits. it's a full package and we have a legal obligation. the board did it's due diligence and i think the rate package you have is unbelievable

difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your ownnvironment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building >>> i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely. >> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the

difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your ownnvironment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake t

manageable and that we start to meet with each other in our own neighborhoods in our own in our own cities with each other to start to ask these questions and he doesn't propose a rigid set of ideology or a program that is never going to live what it is that we as a group of people can make these decisions ourselves and localized ways to really affect ourselves can you talk about how capitalism is problematic. that you know capitalism like like many systems like prisons to not be asked to be abolished we need to find ways. to share each other new ways with each other new ways to build civil society infrastructure which has been falling down for many of us for. years at least at the top continue to build a second tier society and so capitalism is because things like. sexism and racism are. having power over our all reinforced and chatting with them today and free markets. change that respects the free markets that a lot of libertarians call for which is trainer gentler corporations or pretend to not have state involvement in making decisions about exxon mobil or corporations like that but w

consulting looking at that program, looking at potential market analysis of possible sale of tdrs from city-owned properties. this was a result of discussions with several city departments and we did -- i think dan just yesterday had a presentation of this to the historic preservation commission and we're happy to answer any questions or have a future hearing on it if you so desire. we don't know yet if there's -- i don't believe we are proposing any legislative changes at this point. this is more kind of a market analysis and kind of a snapshot of where that program is right now. secondly, i just wanted to let you know that in your packet today that you'll get today ~ is a memo from me that -- regarding information that you requested about concentration and controls for restaurants. this came out of a discussion that you had on june 20th on the 443 clement street project. this is not formula retail. it is related simply to the concentration of eating and drinking establishment. and that memo we summarize some of the current status of the general plan and the code amendments on that issue. and th

that help to enrich and strengthen the fabric of our shared community and i ask you on behalf of my own city and approve this project. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> hilly bloom and i am a happy parent, my second child is currently enrolled and my daughter started five years ago. this school has not only offered us a good sperps but the true community but the people touched on this school and how important it is and what a valuable resource it is because it provides us with a space that we can walk to and we live in the vernal heights and it is just down the heights from us. i know the families in the mission and all of the thriving area that really take advantage of the school because it is essentially located. and provides us with the real opportunity to walk as well. and also a teacher, and i want to talk about the value of the teaching staff thatvy been impressed with the teachers and my children have come out really happy and provided us with the opportunity to stay in the city and we did not have many options in the neighborhood. and the third piece is the school really touc

over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave furth

that help to enrich and strengthen the fabric of our shared community and i ask you on behalf of my own city and approve this project. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> hilly bloom and i am a happy parent, my second child is currently enrolled and my daughter started five years ago. this school has not only offered us a good sperps but the true community but the people touched on this school and how important it is and what a valuable resource it is because it provides us with a space that we can walk to and we live in the vernal heights and it is just down the heights from

this measure we will cap our city employee contribution to 10% of payroll so that we limit our own city's financial exposure and also refine the governance procedures of the trust fund. this unfunded liability has accrued over generations of time and this measure will solve our problem in one generation's time. through this measure we will ensure that our children are not paying for our retiree health care benefits down the road. the charter amendment has a number of positive implications for our city and its financial well-being. through this measure the $4.4 billion liability will be wiped off our books in approximately 30 years. the switch to a pre-funded system provides more balanced generational equity, current generation of workers pay the cost for our current generation's future liabilities. the switch also results in major cost savings for san francisco. the pre-funded assets of investment income that will be used to pay portions of the benefits cost, reducing the cost of future tax payers and employees. as an added benefit, as our liabilities decrease, this will be a major factor

campaign this week with these protests tomorrow the rebels they've said they will have must stage its own city disobedience if he stays in office so really we're seeing i continued good luck with the military getting involved as well. true reporting right there and i miss them all calm and historian and a middle east expert he says the army's decision to step into a conflict may well do more harm than good it seems very much that the army is essentially trying to determine the future and that could well be a return to the past because what is very striking is solutions an obvious alternative to morsi there isn't a clear figurehead for the opposition so even if it will suit was to resign it was nobody automatic to take his place not least because the constitutional court invalidated the elections to the parliament so that we have in the very very difficult situation as only one post with any kind of democratic legitimacy that the president and his own legitimacy is now under attack from huge clubs in the streets and from the army and the police who refuse to defend himself and his party but who

. >>> plus san diego's mayor is sued by his own city. the sexual harrassment allegations are growing practically by the hour but can the city actually force him to pay his own legal bills? wait until you hear this one. >>> "who made money today?" they just got one of the world's most controversial billionaires in their corner. stay with us and find out who it is. even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: all right, let's start tonight with pure money like how much ceos of public companies are making and the drastic difference between that number and what their employees are making. all with this question in mind. is it even relevant? should it really matter that someone running a huge company who's responsible for every aspect of how that company is run and profit it can generate for shareholders is probably making many, many, many times what the average employees are making. you can't compare the jobs so why compare the salaries? that is the heart of a battle brewing at thes. ec, whether or not public companies shou

i don't think the city just looked at city-owned buildings, but affordable housing developments the city has significantly invested in, that's a great idea. >> or public housing. >> or public housing. rec and park, if you could pass that along to the city administrator and add that to your mix? i know we have a couple representatives from the puc. i'm not sure who would like to speak to represent the department, but thank you for being here. >> good afternoon and thank you. chair wiener, president chiu, supervisor kim, and a special thanks to president chiu for introducing this inspiring legislation that brings us here today. my name is yolanda manzoni and i'm the [speaker not understood] for the san francisco public utilities commission. i'm here today on behalf of sfpuc to show our support for the recommendations of the city administrator regarding the establishment of the urban agriculture program and supporting the recommendation that the recreation and parks department serve as the location for the new urban ag program. because of the many established benefits that urban agriculture