take the city property owners out and let's not talk about the weighted just yet, but there are 150 parcels on ocean avenue. if you take the public properties out, only 12 property owners voted yes on this. 66 property owners voted no and the rest didn't vote and i really have a tough time saying 12 property owners get to tell 150 property owners, your property tax is going up. i just -- i wanted to be there really bad because i really admire supervisor avalos' commitment to ocean avenue. it's an area that needs this support, but i just don't think these numbers are fair, and i think longer term, we need to do more. all this work, but only 12 private property owners said yes. it's not a sufficient threshold for me. president chiu: colleagues, further discussion? supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: certainly the numbers, in terms of the number of people who voted against this c.b.d. are greater than the number who supported it but the actual weighted value of those is really tine. tiny. some of the people who are opposed to it have an additional assessment of like $140. that's typically wh

every parcel will be listed.know exactly what is the proposed district. >> i have a lot of difficulty with the city having such a large part of the property ownership within the community benefit district, and the city can play a very large role since it has so much property within it. it can take it to be successful just on the city alone, and i want to make sure i am seeing a high participation

every parcel will be listed. know exactly what is the proposed district. >> i have a lot of difficulty with the city having such a large part of the property ownership within the community benefit district, and the city can play a very large role since it has so much property within it. it can take it to be successful just on the city alone, and i want to make sure i am seeing a high participation from property owners outside of the city for me to really want to approve of it. the other concern is we are basically assessing this ourselves to provide services, and i know some of these departments are not going to be contributing and do not have a lot of flexibility in their budgets, so unless i see there is a really strong recommendation from the non-city side of the ownership, it is going to be difficult for me to support on january 4. i think you have serious concerns. >> i think i can approve the city for disobeying. the city participation is not going to be the overwhelming factor in the passage of the civic c

on the back of the report, it also talks about the number of parcels voting, and the number of parcels voting in favor is 58, and the number of parcels voting against is 29, so there is also a significant numerical proportion more in favor than against. and if you have any questions, i am here to answer. president chiu: any questions? seeing none, i would like to close the public hearing, and item 28 is in the hands of the board. supervisor mirkarimi? ok, i am just going to clear the roster. is there any discussion? the underlying resolution? clerk calvillo: [reading roll] there are y a -- six ayes. president chiu: this item is adopted. madam clerk, if we can now go back to item 26. so the item has already been called. the roster. supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: well, president chiu and colleagues, i had a chance to meet with all of the potential nominees for interim mayor and talked with others. i have not had a chance to talk with ed lee any more than him coming in my office and telling me he was not interested in doing it, and that was my last conversation with ed lee. he is c

and they clearly show that the 450 parcels were rezoned, though they were not legally rezoned. next, this legislation will correct this oversight by implementing the zoning, and all 450 parcels, some in the western area where i supervise, parts largely in between the western addition, district 5, and district 8, and with this section, the city can resume the pace they articulated in the adopted vision for this maybin. next, i am submitting an ordinance for the save drug disposal take back program. federal guidelines designed by president obama said that people should call your city or county government household trash and recycling service and ask if a drug take back program is available without cost to the consumer. informing the public but the point of sale how to dispose of their unused prescriptions is a productive and efficient way to disseminate the information. beginning september 1, 2011, the measure will require pharmacies to post a provision describing where and how persons may lawfully dispose of prescription drugs, as we agree concerns about their leaching into our

large numbers of letters and parcels are being refused entry and sent back to cuba.ere is our correspondent in hall of fame that. >> it has never been easy for cubans to set letters or parcels to the united states or the or way around. direct mail services between these two former cold war foes was suspended almost half a century ago as a result of the u.s. embargo against this communist-run island. under the obama administration, mail was finally allowed in via other countries such as canada and mexico. but that has ground to a halt. >> the cuban pose tal service says that it cannot accept in its offices any type of mail destined to the united states. >> cuba has fallen afoul of the recent tightening of anti-terrorism procedures following last year's parcel bomb threat from the yemen. now the company says large numbers of letters and parcels have been refused entry into the u.s. and sent back via third country's airlines. cuba is on the list of terrorists, which the president says is politically motivated and no longer justified. relations have started to ease. seve

parcels are in favor and are non-city property. so, it's -- you know, it shows that the city has had a very large part in assuring that there's a successful vote here, which i'm trying to mull over how much i want to support that or not. i haven't supported the c.b.d., but i'm concerned about the threshold we have here and i'd like to get an official report from the city about what they got calculated in terms of the city part of the ownership of the parcels that were favorable. president chiu: if i could ask, i know ms. pagon from the mayor's office on economic and work force development who has been helping to manage this process this year, do you have an answer for supervisor avalos? >> the parcels owned by the city of san francisco represent 11.80% and that includes the feelin loop parcel as well as the library and a median -- a hard scape median. president chiu: supervisor? supervisor avalos: i added up all the percentages of the city properties that are in favor, that are all in favor, of course, because we asked the city pro

among the city, state, and other owned parcels, about 43% have voted. that is a large voter turnout for this district. we believe there are many parcel south of market who came in at the end. well your board is in transition, at civic center -- president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> mr. president, supervisors, i am jim hass, coordinator of the civic center stakeholders group. we have made great efforts in the last two nights to get the boat in -- vote in. it is somewhat, actually, amazing to me that virtually all the large property owners who will be expected to pay 10, 15, 20, $25,000 in annual assessments have participated in the process, and most of them have voted in favor. there are a couple that did not vote at all. through the efforts of your former colleagues in city government, and jesse bowden and michael cohen, the bank of america computer center, and the san francisco marked have voted in the process. in terms of the size of the project, of the property owners, we have a huge turnout. second, i want to remind you that of the c

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13.

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go

dpw will have up to 10 minutes for their brands to approve the parcel map. then, others will have time to speak on behalf of the real party of interest. finally, the appellant will have up to three minutes for a rebuttal. colleagues, and the objections to proceeding in this way? >> the parties have reached a verbal tentative agreement. we respectfully ask that this matter be continued for three weeks to allow it to be produced in writing. i am the petitioner. the parties agreed -- reached a tentative verbal agreement. request this matter be continued for three weeks in order to allow it to be reproduced in writing. president chiu: is there a representative of the real party of interest here today? a representative on the other side? >> they are gone. president chiu: did they provide everything in writing? supervisor elsbernd: i would love to make a motion to continue this. president chiu: we will make a motion to continue this item to three weeks from today based on the representation from the appellant. the other side has also agreed to the continuance to j

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. >> welcome to coulterwire. the san francisco arts commission and department of public works has joined forces by battling graffiti by launching a new program called street smarts. the program connects established artist with private property owners to create a vibrant murals which is a proven an effective strategy for combating graffiti on private property. artists, along with his crew, recently transformed a building turn to vandalism int

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opport

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. milit

on market street that will be developed and its what the community would like to see in the parcelseing developed. an important aspect, of course is affordable housing >>. the castro has become a home for families with children. on occasion public expressions of gay sexuality have disturbed parents. how can this be addressed. >> gay neighborhoods are evolving and changing. no neighborhood, none in district 8 or in the city or country is stuck in time and frozen. you evolve, things change, there are dynamics and pressures whether economic or new housing and you have to respond to this. one of the things i see as my mission is the sustainability of the castro. i think there is concern that the dynamic of the castro is changing. >> a lot of families are moving to the castro a lot of gay families. and district 8 throughout district 8. what that has meant is i think that fewer people want the street fairs and parties. even john stewart in the daily show made fun there are straight families moving to the castro complaining about the sex shops with dildos in the window. it was called. ther

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to s

currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the newest hospital or police or fire station. >> we are positive about gis not only people access it in the office but from home because we use the internet. what we used to do was carry the large maps and it took a long time to find the information. >> it saves the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is wha

is probably linked to two smoking parcels sent yesterday. it was addressed to homeland security secretary. the parcel send to maryland hadl of highway signs that ask drivers to report suspicious activities. authorities say they're concerned that more packages will surface. >>> it appears a plan to upgrade thr system will be delayed. the upgrade is expected to cost $1.6 billion. the goal is to replace the statd budget and accounting system. a report with upgrated cost and completion date is expected to be relied later. >>> supervisors voted to name ed leh out gavin newsom's term. there is still one more final vote that needs to be taken. >> i. >> there are ten is, one no. >> history was made as the county's board of supervisors voted to make ed lee the city's first chinese-american mayor. >> it has to mean something. . >> lee will serve out the remar of newsom's term. lee's nomination tuesday thrilled the city's chinese community, but angried some supervisors. >>there's some buttons being pushed, but you know, it seems as if progressives as i

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. >> the court is now accepting applications for the civil grand jury. this investigative watchdog body is comprised of 19 public spirited citizens. >> we are seeking candidates from all walks of life, 18 or older, who will bring to the grand jury a wide spectrum of talent, ideas, and issues of concern. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> please welcome the hon. gavin newsom and larry el

boundaries include parcels on all sides of the street unless otherwise noted. those properties running along ocean avenue to interstate 280. they will complete tabulation of the ballots. members of the public may view the tabulation on the level of city hall in room 59. if the number of ballots is such that it is not feasible to tabulate the balance today, the board of supervisors may reassess to obtain a final tabulation. the board of supervisors may not approve the establishment of the district if there is majority protests. if upon the approval of the hearing of the ballots exceed those submitted in favor of the assessment. ballots are weighted according to proposed evaluation of the property. today's hearing will be conducted as possible. we will hear from speakers in opposition to the assessment district 4 of 2 minutes each. if a property owner wishes to change his or her vote, you may speak to department staff, and they will provide you with an affidavit and a ballot. after the hearing closes, the ballots will be countered. let me ask if you have any addi

the railroad bought two land parcels on december 29th. the company says it plans to use the site for transportation activities. one of the parcels is directly north of the tesla factory and the other is directly south. nummi built vehicles for 25 years before closing last april. >>> now to our weather now, and boy it was an absolutely beautiful day. smiles all over. what are we looking at this weekend, bill. >> sure does change everything. people are super mellow out on the highway. today was one of the nicer days we've had in a while. the fog burned off quickly. the temperatures are in the mid- 50s. we go outside right now, a little bit of fog out in san francisco. the story tonight and really tomorrow will be fog in this case a dense fog advisory in the north bay valley. so that's tomorrow morning. again if the mechanisms are right for fog to form, in those inland bay valleys it's certainly going to be possible for fog to form in your inland bay valley. so you're looking at sonoma with fog, napa with fog tomorrow morning. you get the pi

we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13. >> right on time. i am grateful that a number of you showed up today. i thought we had just a few people being sworn in. i kid you not. i was thinking we could do this in my office. we would have only been able to get a 10th of you in there. i am grateful that you took the time to be here. i thought this would be my last swearing in as mayor but i have two people, supervisor dufty, tomorrow that i will quietly swear in. this is the last pu

this middle color here is the upper market with the two parcels going down 16th street. it would ensure that development was in this area and also contributed to the community benefits program and impacts of new private development through infrastructure fees. specifically, the ordinance would amend the following controls -- section 134 to require rear yards be provided at the ground floor and above, require glen ridge a ground floor of commercial uses would be required. of street parking would be amended to permit one car for each two dwelling units. the general standards for parking and loitering would be admitted -- amended to not permit new entries on market street in this area, and restrictions on the demolition conversion and merger in the area would be amended so that there would be added restrictions on existing dwelling units in this area above and beyond the current demolition controls allowed by section 317. same with the division of dwelling unit controls. the area would be a special- exemption that would allow for additional height, and portions that are cur

and so that lead to advancement, two jobs and ultimately to seeking not just a job serving small parcels here you're the seaboard, that striking on his own and looking to get the on the mountain. the map of course sometimes is not clear these are actually mountains. these little individual peaks that are john one by one. but you can see the alleghenies and appellations create a serious boundary here at washington would struggle really for the rest of his life to try to create connections between the auto country in the great lakes be at the potomac river to bring the wealth in the trade of the west through virginia to the eastern seaboard and of course to the atlantic in europe. and so that quest really begins with the sense of being supported here, but opportunity down the mountains. and as we get into washington's early military career, 1753, 54, we see his surveying skills coming into play. here is a map that he drew on his first mission. his first military assignment ever, when he went on behalf of the virginia governor to challenge the french and the ohio valley. he went out to the

developer shah also have the right at any time without the consent of the city to sell parcels within the project site for vertical development not requiring the construction of community improvements, etc." i oppose the termination of public benefits. that is in letter a one to a 10. there are no public benefits to the current residence now living in parkmerced. the argument that there will be more usable open spaces by increasing the density by 500679 new units and new parking spaces and increasing the number of units from 3000 to 8900 is beyond absurd and illogical. you cannot argue of fact and statement goes beyond physics and mathematics. the city and developer arguments will be thrown out of court if there is a legal challenge. how can they -- >> they givank you. >> thank you very much, commissioners. [applause] >> i have 10 copies of the 10- page letter i have written about the agreement. i would like to give it to you. it breaks my heart that the architect's drawings are sitting on the floor. >> they will be given to us. >> i want to be sure that you look at them. good evening