park rangers? >> congress, not exactly, it was considered as an option, our situation is that we have about 200 law-enforcement officers to go federal law training center, in georgia. and, we are backlogged on a. we have what we call a type to commission, or you have them into the final level of training, and we do put those people in the parks until they can get through, let's, your statement was correct, we have some of high stream people in the country in law enforcement, and we worked to make sure that when we put those people in the field, they are trained, and capable of their jobs. >> and you're saying you're going to continue to have that same training -- >> i am saying we are not instituting what you're talking about, but we do have a dilemma of getting our people trained, because of the backlog at the federal law-enforcement drinks and. >> and so what are you doing about it? >> we do have people with type ii commissions, and that has been a standard for many many years, that is not a new

a -- parks. so there was a loss of revenue. >> we fell further behind we sustained damage and there's nothing in the budget request to address any of that? >> i think i sort of understand your question. basically since we didn't use any of the deferred maintenance money because we did use operational money the 252 million that was available will be used. 55% goes to deferred maintenance and that number has not changed. so i may be not quite answering your question. >> thank you. i will recognize myself now for five minutes. so just continuing on the line of questioning for mr. huffman, with respect to the daniel and other maintenance issues related to president trump's government shut down has the national park service developed a comprehensive report of the damages caused during the shutdown? >> we have not developed that yet. we've made a request for some information. i do not have that available yet. but we do know from contact with the parks we had many that made public notice, we have a lot

park. when you have new communities coming in and new upper income people coming in to an area that is taking more than brunt new housing, you have to be very sensitive to preserving the institutions and the parks and the open space for the current residents unless you push them out the city. that balancing act is what you are going to do today. thank you very much. >> president yee: i don't see any names on the roster or questions from my colleagues. i will open up the public comments specifically for those who would like to speak in support of the pews. if you're here to support either the pews, you will have an opportunity to come forward for up to two minutes for those who oppose, there will be an opportunity later on the hearing. at this time, those who support the pews, please come forward. >> this is ongoing continue situatio--continuation which isa discriminatory practice. it's discrimination based only geographical location. i've learned that the lowest income for tenant to move in

at lafayette park. i want to thank you so much for your leadership and commitment to making parks better. i know you are not going away as a park champion and advocate and engaged community and sevvick leader. i hope we -- civic leader. i hope we will all look back on your tenure as chair of prozac and understand what a turning point it was through your grace, diplomacy and calm reason, prozac has evolved into a partner with the recreation and park department. no longer just an advocat. we work together to keeply explore park policy issues, to problem solve, to make sure the community is informed. i could not be more grateful for your effort in making that shift, and i know that jordan who i will introduce in a second will continue that legacy. that truly serves our parks and is one of the fundamental reasons we have the best park system in the country. if you want to come up and say a few words. [applause.] >> how do i follow that? thank you so much, commissioners. i did not prepare a speech, but i hav

you see india basin shoreline park which is an existing park. of that is because of its design, as opposed to our efforts to maintain. his disconnected from the community his that use it. there is a big wide road that borders it. we have pg and the transmission materials there. it is underwhelming and it does lend itself to send that behaviour. india basin open space is similar to 900 and switches a property that this commission voted to acquire in 2014 and it is not yet a park. it is an industrial shipyard. these are some of its existing conditions. some more about existing conditions in the openings -- open spaces. let me focus here a little bit. the quadrants, the lower left quadrant are our park maintenance scores. what you see are citywide averages. our bayview district ten scores which are around 87, 88%, and that bottom line is india basin shoreline park. it needs attention. this park is part of some significant concerted investment in district ten in not just for this presentation, but in our work, we are looking at what will be district

the parks should be focused on ensuring the national park natie well-maintained, incapable for outdoor recreation and are welcoming and safe place for the public. as my democratic colleagues reviewed this from the park service if they are prepared to address the opportunities for bipartisan cooperation offered by this request. one premade table of the bipartisan opportunities for maintenance backlog plaguing the national park service. the national park service faces a backlog of nearly $12 billion. to put it in perspective it is about four times the size of the entire annual budget of the national park service. this issue hits close to home for me in utah with 219 million of thbacklog at the national pa. around the world they come to experience these beautiful places and the backlog can impair visitors experiences and services. there are efficiency allocation issues in the national park service, but there is also the need or a sustained funding stream. the situation will only get worse, the more expensive and longer we ignore it. many of my colleagues work together including ranking re

can find it like a park. in fact that's why they destroy the gorillas habitat they need fertile farmland. in fifty of. the silverback has become a symbol of the national parks struggle for survival. but the fight also takes a heavy toll on the families of the one hundred fifty ranges killed in action just so these tragedies are often eclipsed by the plight of the gorillas. i'm funny if you will my husband died in one thousand nine hundred ninety two. he was killed in the park working to protect the gorillas i knew while my husband died on january twenty second twenty sixteen. he was on duty and kabaddi that hunting poachers. i did here my husband was killed on patrol in for i'm going to park. to help the widows of the rangers who lost their lives the park set up a sewing business last september the women make seventy s. were tourists. like i want to wipe out. the park build this little workshop for us because our men were killed in a service. i think. of. him anywhere to move out and his coworkers collect don

so the park or solitaries offered me help. but now the park provides a livelihood for me and my family. my children can even go to the park so no school for you to charge what i'm up. to. that passage complexity we must accept that we are first and foremost at the service of the people who live in the surrounding area people that we don't succeed in sharing the resources of the park with them we have failed in our work and we have failed in our mission and i don't feel. anything else. is that possible scientists are going into the sea researching the future of agriculture strips of wild flowers which could replace pesticide use food plants for. the fertilizers can a balance between high biodiversity be found tomorrow today thirty minutes. how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on what. don't expect a happy ending. the church must join us. the old order is history the world is reorganizing itself and the media's role is keep shifting colors the topic in focus at the global media forum twenty nineteen the labo

comes to parks.there is of course, other things like schools and shopping that we think about as well, we definitely promote sustainable transportation and active transportation, walking and cycling, not just recreation, but getting around the city in most neighborhoods, the vast majority of the public space is in the street is not parks, and so we want neighborhoods that are more level, more green, more healthy, more equitable, more playable, more sociable, you have to think about parks, obviously, but you also have to think about the streets, transforming them, making our streets more like our parks. so in this city, streets and parks are indifferent different bureaucratic silos. it is relatively coherent. you have a lot of players in the streets, different agencies, it is not that way in other cities. copenhagen -- copenhagen is another city we really admire. we really have understood these are two species and varieties of public space in the committee, but it is two different agencies to make our

from virunga park. but if we get caught selling them accounted today we go to jail for years. but the fact is the illegal charcoal trade is impossible to control and it's destroying the park. if it goes unchecked there will be no forests left in the eastern congo in less than ten years. that's why part director a man who had a top priority is to develop alternative energy sources. he wants to use the large rivers in the room to supply the province of north kivu with electricity a first hydroelectric power plant was completed last year in. much of it never was on pretty much as just the beginning so far the power plant has been producing thirteen megawatts but with a bit of luck we'll reach one hundred megawatts in five years that was five hundred megawatts is twice as total energy production and twenty five times the amount of electricity currently supplying the city of goma. thank you and that the park could make an enormous contribution to the energy supply in the province. and for me to have electric

parks in district six. the spirit he has brought that phil talked about of working as a friend with the department. we have such wonderful park employees that come to our meetings at night and stay until 9:30 p.m. when they started working at 7:00 a.m. thank you for your recognition of him. >> i want to add to his recognition. when he first came to prozac, he was one of the first to guide me to be a representative of my district. i appreciate the hours he dedicated to mentor me. we will miss him very, very much. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good morning, commissioners, ladies and gentlemen. i am robert ellis from the omi community action organization. i want to congratulate all of the honorees today. the solution to my problem is simple. it concerns the merced heights renovation program. my situation is the clubhouse, the renovation of the clubhouse to make the park more for the aging and disability people who are not being provided for means renovation of the clubhouse. making the clubhouse

called parents head park. the eco-center is a special facility because completely off the grid. it has solar powers, it has a waste water treatment plant inside that treats its own water. it is a really cool environmental, sustainable building, that serves as a community classroom. and it actually was constructed about nine years ago, and it was opened to the public in 2010, in april, which is why we'll be celebrating earth day event on sunday, the 21st. it was advocated by the literacy for environmental justice, approved by san francisco. rec and park will be operating the program, and has been operating programs at herrington park since 2010. we actually have several programs there. and i'm going to slide over -- actually, can i use this mic? okay. actually, i'm going to backtrack here. the m.l.u. agreement terms that we have is with the port, which is to continue to provide public access hours, at least five days a week, including one weekend day, track and record visitors and usage of the facility, and sen

which park with the shadow. it goes into defining what kind of shadow for a park with two acres and parkers with larger than two acres. that is an allowance of 1%. in this case, the cumulative impact on it park and the cumulative list is provided by the planning commission. it hes that even under the cumulative, increase is only 0.41%. it's clearly fits in the allowable increase. number two, the 1989 memo also provides that the project has to be the benefit has to be balanced against the type of shadow. how it is and how long it is so there's a balance between the competing public benefits. in this case, you're correct. in 2015, there was a decision by the recreation commission that the shadow for much smaller project is significant. however, that project only went before the park rec commission, it did not go before the planning commission. moreover, it is a nine unit building with zero benefits. namely no affordable housing and it has no other community benefit that was given. in this case, i won't go through

the park is truly a community park in every sense of the word. not only is the park heavily used by all members of the community, including residents, workers and visitors but the history of the park itself is the history of coming together to demand for new public open space that will help enhance the quality of life in the south of market where children, youth, families, seniors, people with disabilities and everyone can live, grow and thrive. the first park we had in soma was south park which was built in 1855. it took close to over 150 years to get another park built which is now the victoria menola drapes park. however the city does not makt easy to get this mark -- make it easy to get the park. though the land was zed -- dedicated it took many years to funds to build it. we had to go add back in 2006 just so they could have the funds to build it. and the following year after that we had to good back again for an add-back so the park could allocate staffing for it. the park is also located within both the soma filipino cultural heritage dist

parks and monuments. in my district, the people of nevada line on the national park service to be the faithful stewards of the great basin national parks and the death valley national parks, the tule springs national monuments, the lake mead nationalrecreation area and several national historic trails . nevada's parks, monuments and historic trails provide unparalleled outdoor recreational opportunities for the people of nevada and the visitors of our great state area and in 2000 alone the national park service accommodated more than 7 million visitors to nevada's parks, bringing more than $250 million of spending and supporting more than 3000jobs to our state . actually, due to infrastructure backlogs the american public and its rightful owners of our public land is increasing difficulties and inconveniences visiting and enjoying our national parks and monuments. the state of nevada alone already faces more than $220 million of deferred maintenance backlog and that number continues to grow. that is why i

is a public-private partnership between recreation and park and the san francisco parks alliance givebig round of applause. [applause]. >> which led to a citizen task force that unanimously recommended 13 playgrounds to be renovated all across the city as the first step in inspiring community creativity and wellness for 20,000 children. we are breaking ground today on not one, not two, not three, but five playgrounds. i skipped number 4, but 5 playgrounds. [applause]. >> we are breaking ground right here at panhandle, we are breaking ground at alice chalmers, at mclaren, in merced heights and in sergeant mccauley in the tenderloin. we are here today in the panhandle because these types of partnerships, in this kind of investment in parks takes leadership. we are joined today by not one, but two elected officials from this community, from this neighborhood. both of whom have served on the board of supervisors. one of whom has graduated to a different office. so it is my incredible pleasure to introduce our mayor, london breed, and we want to thank her for keeping equity. [cheers and ap

i live on the park and jog in the park and the day after the park it's almost as if it was never there. i could go on and cite lists of things that bother me in terms of noise and traffic in the city but those are the costs of being an urban dweller and they generally have no benefits so i think you could take into consideration the awesomeness the festival gives to our city. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is bb rutledge. i've been a teamster 50 years. i'm fortunate enough to work for another planet. a very professional organization. they've done a lot of to improve whatever needed to be corrected. i support the continuation of what's going on here and i appreciate them having me working for them and an appreciate the time you've given me. thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is steve ward. i'm a native son of san francisco and raised in north beach but i spent the last 30 years out in the outer sunset in a neighborhood we know as la playa park village. the beach village of san francisco. we've been working over the last 15 years to improve our community. i

park. there are only two parks hhre in south of market area. please support this appeal and tell the developer to redesign the project so there's no shadow at v.m.d. park. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i currently work in soma assisting seniors and adults with disabilities. i'm in here in support of somcan appeal, seven tower attempts to shadow the people and community. according to san francisco age and adult services 2016 needs assessment, 20% of that the city's population is 60 years older. an elderly person in the city are more likely to be poorer. san francisco senior live in every neighborhood of this city with district 6 being home to the second largest population of verievery -- seniors living in property. these are individuals we assist on a daily basis. who seek affordable housing. we as their service providers are advocating for affordable housing and this development is not that. this development claims to do good by adding housing but we must ask ourselves who is th

park. on behalf of our seniors, clients who cannot attend hearing, a 70 years use the park everyday to exercise everyday. >> good afternoon supervisors. live here in the tenderloin and work in south of market. i've been in this line of work for over 10 years. i'm here in support of somcan appeal's awork with families that live in s.r.o.s and overcrowded condition. we all know this and understand this. our families exist in one of the most dense areas of the city. open space specifically parks, healthy parks. they are vital to the growth of our children. v.m.d. park is only full-size community park in soma. this development will create a bigger shadow. further displace our communities. importantly this park is part of a long history and struggle of brothers and sisters by approving this project, you are continuing to partake in the destruction of this community that has shaped and formed san francisco. first the housing crises and relying on this argument is false. it is a political statemen

in the 5 o'clock b.a.r.t., you can see where they are parking. >> reporter: a proposal to the parking page. >> it's a juggle pick >> reporter: the city council is looking at a pilot parking program issuing permits for orinda residents and employees and b.a.r.t. writers. the idea is to pay to park for extended. the time. >> each area will be a specific zone. if you are in orinda resident, you would only get the park along altar orinda or certain zones picks >> i think that's a good start. you can't build more space. >> reporter: until then, be patient. >> and find other parking. >> reporter: how much is this going to cost? that is the million-dollar question they will discuss it tomorrow night and i can give you an idea, if you are a b.a.r.t. writer and used to parking residential areas or downtown, you are looking at about $300 for every six months for a parking permit but if you are a resident and want extended parking or you work here and need extended parking, it will be about $80 for six months. will keep you posted, the meeting is tomorrow night. >>> a woman at the center of a ma

just an overview of the park system, i think everyone is familiar with hilltop park.king the western and eastern peaks and turning it into public space as a park. there is also wrapping around the edges of the island trail system, which i will talk more about. there is the beach parked towards the northern tip, is this a pointer, too? there we go. i'm right-handed, but i'm trying to point at beach park up at the top, and then there is, within the trail system, a dog park around here. said there have been revisions to hilltop park to the location and design of the dog park, and to a stair at beach park, and lastly there have been developments of the trail system that were not originally included in the application and have now been developed. so those will be the four revisions that i will run through. starting with hilltop park, the revisions to the design here, the main one i will point out is the east hilltop, it used to have a loop road, so there was a vehicular access up to the peak, a parking area, and a drive back down. as the adjacent parcel was being developed

has awarded the room to park fifteen million euros. a large scale project called eco mccullough has also been launched to cultivate sustainable resources here on the edges of the protected area. fast growing eucalyptus trees have been planted on eleven thousand hectares of land in a project designed to conserve the forests in the reserve and also to help the locals. the premier is the project has two aspects first it converts the poverty of the local population to newly planted trees provide small farmers with an income but the bizarre bit of plant the lead busy a miss you don't stick secondly the eco mccullough project three four station effort protects the people here from the threat of armed groups lurking in the jungle. to make you saw it here but. all money then money. it's much better to work on this plantation it's too dangerous in the park why does it one day and many women and young girls have to go there every day on the summer raid others even killed now and you know i know why our i've been spared that family to man i mean

park and the pier 70 area.at should be done in the spring of 2020 and have a capacity of about 170 spaces that could be utilized for patrons, and leslie, the port has agreed, with the city and the warriors, on allowing the use of the western pacific site at the eastern terminus of cesar chavez street for dual event time. we are working with the warriors and our parking operator to open that up during dual events. lastly, the ferry projects. we are working away on the permanent mission bay ferry landing at the eastern terminus of 16th street, indicated by the star. our hope is that we will begin construction of that later this year, at least put it out to bid with construction beginning early next year, and the final facility being built in the latter half of 2021. some of that is contingent on r.m. three, but we heard yesterday that at least one of the two lawsuits was pushed out of the courts, and so we are down to one lawsuits, and we continue to work with funding that projects through our m3 funding, and the

james park in san jose. before approving the outside lands use permit, i request that the board and staff take the following actions, establish quantitative noise limits for the outside lands festival using standard acoustical measurement metrics that may be readily monitored, independently checked, and unambiguously used to -- >> president yee: thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is steve summerstein. i live a block away from golden gate park at 33rd avenue. the good of the people of san francisco, the city's government has in recent times turned its attention to plastic bags and the affect on fish and sea life in the ocean, as well as health effects of the ingestion of sugary drinks. now it's time to address the hearing health of young people attending outside lands concerts. in the majestic feat of inverted logic, the san francisco parks department claims that the federal government's national institute for occupational safety and health, niosh, safety standards does n

>>> public parks should be open to the public. >> keeping out of towners out of a public park, the bay area city facing backlash tonight. >> i feel like yes, only the privileged are allowed to come here. >> plus pg&e wants to raise rates again. >> she was once one of the youngest billionaires in the world, now disgraced theranos ceo elizabeth holmes is going before a judge. what happened inside the courtroom. >> plus caught on camera an air force veteran mowed down by a return driver, the dramatic moments for family seconds after the impact. >> neighbors came out, chased them. my brother and nephews chased him. >> reporter: after several very public health scares, an all important health checkup for the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> the new kpix5 news at 7:00 starts right now. >>> the public park that is off limits for most people in the bay area. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. you have to show your id to visit foothills park in palo alto. the park is west of 280 and is known to locals for its pristine setting, but as kpix5's andria borba reports, if you aren't

thank you sfpd for ongoing partnership to keep the parks safe, and to help us guide our kids in parks and activities. you were there every way. our city attorney is here. i don't know if ann is here. dennis and his wife are a member of the parks alliance board and big tennis champion and instrumental to make this happen. to every person here. i see so many donors and addvo cats, all all deserve a profound thank you. [applause.] the last set of thank yous and i can see the mayor telling me to get off the mic. finally it is my own staff. it is a a long journey. i am proud of your efforts. our project manager will deliver this. thank you ream. david is here. the facility manager is here, claudia. our director of property management who worked in lock step with the tennis coalition to make sure we will have chosen an operator to make this place hum and is going to preserve the fundamental value of access and equity. lisa is here. our manager, recreation manager who is a guiding light and has been a strong and information protector and advocate for the idea of tennis, linda barnard. lou, y

there's a parking spot remaining. she's getting a parking spot. i don't feel comfortable adjudicating this one as we have in the past. it's a really a rent board issue. it's good we're adding an a.d.u. it will be great to add two a.d.u.s. she's kind of in control of whether they take that or not. >> this permit is inserting eyeletitself in between their pe contract once again. >> commissioner richards: does the tenant have rights to a specific space or just a parking space? >> best of my knowledge what the building owners told me, the lease indicates that the tenant maybe moved to a different parking space at the discretion of the property owner. >> commissioner richards: if it's in the lease, i don't understand what the issue is. >> also to the point of the rent board, there's a separate amount of lease for the parking space. the tenant is not going to be charged renting the parking space and the construction timeline, the a.d.u. side may take little longer to finish. if the garage finished, they can park there. >> commissioner richards: is the p

the park administration is aware of the problem. don't get to be many tv's beneath the city go for us to continue having these to relisten elephants the local population loses out on more than a billion dollars a year. that's a high price and it's not fair. he says it initiatives but we have to find a solution of the park is to survive that's true because in the end it's up to the locals and their point of view is understand the political point. that the families have to make a living somehow knew that they need a future. so we want the park to continue we need an alternative that generates at least a billion dollars a year. and we can't do that alone. it took so long before you did too so. the park director has formed partnerships with public and private donors and investors the e.u. has awarded the room to park fifteen million euros. scale project called eco mccullough has also been launched to cultivate sustainable resources here on the edges of the protected area. fast growing eucalyptus trees have been planted on the eleven tho

rush to the bart station to find parking, then catch a train. >> it's a horrible place to park. sometimes when i work in oakland, i get here at 6:30 to park and i can't find parking. >> reporter: not only is it a headache to find daily parking, it is a strain on the finances as well. >> if you don't get parking instead of three dollars a day, it forces you to go to the other lot and pay $18 a day and i can't afford that. >> reporter: this is the reason why, sky drone five gives us a's eye view of the brand-new 900 capacity parking garage pick this privately developed lot just opened up at the end of march and departure, a daily rate goes for $18. in the old bart operated garage, it is only three. >> is a beautiful building, but, i can't see the justification of that. that much of a gap. >> reporter: this is just a first step in renovating the entire walnut creek bart station into a transit village. shops and housing. bart says there is a reason for the $15 difference between the two garages. >> this is a revenue stream that the developer needs to finance the construction of this

the park is using the newfound internet fame to help raise money for africa's oldest national park. >> that is it for the news ns r now. >>> new at six, disgraced ceo elizabeth holmes faces a judge, how all of the evidence in the case is delaying her trial. >>> after several public health scares and all-important health checkup for the richmond san rafael bridge. >>> we catch a ride on one of the fastest sailboats in the world. news at six starts right now with their nose founder elizabeth holmes in federal court. >> glenn ramirez is live in san jose where prosecutors are building their case against her. >> reporter: elizabeth holmes was once compared to steve jobs and apple computer but it all came crashing down in 2016 when the federal government brought to conspiracy and wire fraud charges against her and her partners for allegedly milking millions of dollars out of investors but this case is generated so much evidence it is now starting to slow the trial down. elizabeth holmes and her attorney step several news cameras and reporters on their way into federal court in san jose. >>