case here in a city that calls itself sanctuary, especially what happened with the residents of park merced and how many of them have lost their homes [speaker not understood] development agreement and i am one of those persons. the other thing i'd like to say, i did read an article in the newspaper about the comments made by the nobel prize winner walek wolenza [speaker not understood]. i haven't heard anything about you making a comment on the alleged comment made by larry boy kin, the alleged gay icon as some call him on the african-american child that was being molested in the photos. and i say alleged comment because how are they to be true molest is a very [speaker not understood] word. the word that should be used is rape because that's what it really was. and lastly, i would say i haven't heard anything from the mayor whom i've written when commissioner in the department bartholomew murphy made the racial comment calling the people at park merced cry babies. it was made in a meeting december 13, 2011. and i asked the mayor to remove him because he was an embarrassment and i asked co

i'm a member of the park merced action coalition, i live in park merced and i consider c-e-q-a a very important tool to protect the environment and for citizens of san francisco to be enfranchised in the democratic process. and i do feel that supervisor wiener's legislation, which i have followed dutifully as a member of the community c-e-q-a improvement team as well, is going to endanger the participatory democracy that we're entitled to. i think that two things have really struck me in this process. since november 29th, this commission unanimously asked supervisor wiener to reach out to neighborhood groups and to incorporate their concerns in his amended legislation. the first is that it was very difficult to find out when these meetings were appointed that a number of our organizations weren't invited. we had to hear about it through other organizations that networked with us, and that meetings were set, then canceled and then met anyway without those people who were no longer able to attend. the thing that struck me the most was that this group of 30 organizations was incredibly i

in terms of the very large projects, the park merceds, the major projects that go on in the city, this has nothing to do with that, right. the projects we're talking about are categorical exemptions and negative declarations. these are projects that are typically an addition to your neighbor's house, maybe something on a public building. we're not -- the major projects that people really get concerned about are not being influenced by this because this is -- they have a different process that already exists. that is just a fact because this does not deal with e-i-rs. this is p dealing with e-i-rs. it's dealing with cad ex's and negative declarations. fundamentally it's created a process for those documents where one does not exist. i will agree the website of the planning department is not user friendly and that needs to change. regardless of whether or not we're talking about c-e-q-a form, that does need to change. you have to go under the e-i-r section and then look under the categorical exemption, then i do think we should make it more obvious and i think that that's something, i kn

i'm a member of the park merced action coalition, i live in park merced and i consider c-e-q-a a very important tool to protect the environment and for citizens of san francisco to be enfranchised in the democratic process. and i do feel that supervisor wiener's legislation, which i have followed dutifully as a member of the community c-e-q-a improvement team as well, is going to endanger the participatory democracy that we're entitled to. i think that two things have really struck me in this process. since november 29th, this

groups that were represented in this community, neighborhood groups, [speaker not understood], park merced, environmental groups, green party, sierra club, sft, environmental justice groups from bayview hunters point. so, there were, you know, a large number. 30, 40 groups involved. as far as outreach, yes, supervisor wiener was good enough to call some meetings. [speaker not understood] cancellations and misinformation. he was good enough to listen to us. however, you know, that's half the battle. they result in some of our most pressing needs. ~ were not answered and that's why we're here today, because we have some very important issues. first of all, the first approval trigger, that could be very misleading. it could go under the radar. and it seems like it's a method to sneak through projects that when people are not on guard. and as far as notification of cad x's, it was going to be posted on the planning website. at one of our meetings with one of the supervisors' aides who is very proficient in using the computer, i asked him, well, let's see how easy it is to find the cad x's and

then, how on some of these projects like 10 lundy's lane, these aren't the treasure island or park merceds of the world. why we have the number of days between a c-e-q-a determination and an appeal hearing of like 300 days, 400 days. >> well, because those typically, what would happen is that people would wait -- the appellants would wait until after the building permit issues and, you know, maybe the last day of the appeal period. you know, then they would file their appeal at the board of supervisors. they might not even file an appeal of the building permit, although some time that happens, too. so, that might be the explanation. it just depends on how long it takes the person to get from here to get their building permit issues. >> okay. >> under commissioner hillis' question, under the -- supervisor wiener's legislation, if there was a dr and we denied it or approved it with conditions or something, under his legislation, that would be the trigger for the 30 days in which somebody has to appeal it to the board. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> now, within -- apart of the dr proc

park service to protect and enhance that river. then came the lawsuit. a court of appeals ruled some activities contributed to the merced river. one environmentalist said they were trying to stop the dams, not recreation. the park is looking at ending bike, raft, and horse rentals, swimming pools at the lodges would go as well and they are alsos talking about removing the sugar pine bridge and even the ice ring at curry village would go. the park could allow rentals about a quar der mile awter mil the river. you could bring your own bicycle to the park. if you want to weigh in, that is from 5:00 to 8:00. reporting live,. >>> dancing in san jose. >> time to bring out the glass air jordan. >> a matchup that could bust up your brackets as the hp pavilion plays host to the ncaa tournament. >>> we give you a live look. the port of oakland, bright lights can get your day energized. we are back in a matter of minutes. unlv. both teams seen here practicing. this will be a rematch, cal having lost to the rebels back in december by just one point. also, an opportunity for cal to redeem themselves from last year's poor showing in the ncaa

this comes after a judge ordered the national park service to create a plan to protect an 81 mile stretch of  the merced. all five proposals include eliminating commercial, bike, horse and raft rentals, the curry village ice rink, the pools and the art activity center. >> we looked at trying to find activities we could tone down in terms of the commercial aspect. >> the park service says people will still be able to bring their own recreation equipment. the five proposals include changes to lodging. the park staff plans to make a decision by the fall. >>> yosemite is one of the national parks looking for ways to deal with budget or sequester cuts that went into effect earlier this month. right now the park service is considering options to cope with the loss of 130 million dollars from its budget. yellowstone park has already announced a delayed spring opening and other parks say their campgrounds might not open this summer. >>> tomorrow the sea otters return to their two story home at the monterrey aquarium. the exhibit has thrilled 50 million visitors. now otter fans can learn more about the furry mam

the merced river plan comes after lawsuits over what should really be inside of yosemite national park, more retail and activities or nature at its best? they haven't push ford an end to the recreational activities. proposed changes are more of an ongoing attempt to protect the merced river. they are more concerned with dams that were being erected than recreation. tom mcclintock says he may introduce an amendment to block the removal of these kind of activities saying it amounts to hanging a tourist's go home sign at the entrance to the park. that meeting is from 5:00 to 8:00 at fort mason center in san francisco, room 370. even if these are approved, you can still go ahead and bring in bikes and horses and rafts. you just couldn't rent them inside the park. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> 5:05, new this morning. fog is being blamed for an overnight crash that sent two people in san francisco to the hospital. it happened near west partportai station. it played a role in a number of crashes last night. >> it has been quite a foggy evening. we ha

visiter facilities are needed after a judge ordered the national parks service to create a plan to protect an 81-mile stretch of the mercediver. >> two things, providing access for people in a way that provides a quality experience, and improving river conditions, and insuring they stay that way overtime. >> reporter: the curry village ice rink, and yosemite lodge pools, and activity center. >> this whole direction that the park service now is deciding to go is reckless, irresponsible. >> reporter: people spoke with passion tonight about the changes. some in support, others against. >> closing the swimming pool, for example. the swimming pool is there. why waste money in destroying it? >> i think there are opportunities to adjust some of the previous impacts in the river and the meadows, and actually restore it to even better conditions than it was 100 years ago. >> reporter: right now, yosemite is designed to accommodate 14,800 visitors a day. the challenge is balancing preservation with public access. one draft leans toward more restoration, but decreases lodging by 46%, and lowers park capacity to about 14,000 daily vi

visiter facilities are needed after a judge ordered the national parks service to create a plan to protect an 81-mile stretch of the mercedions, and insuring they stay that way overtime. >> reporter: the curry village ice rink, and yosemite lodge pools, and activity center. >> this whole direction that the park service now is deciding to go is reckless, irresponsible. >> reporter: people spoke with passion tonight about the changes. some in support, others against. >> closing the swimming pool, for example. the swimming pool is there. why waste money in destroying it? >> i think there are opportunities to adjust some of the previous impacts in the river and the meadows, and actually restore it to even better conditions than it was 100 years ago. >> reporter: right now, yosemite is designed to accommodate 14,800 visitors a day. the challenge is balancing preservation with public access. one draft leans toward more restoration, but decreases lodging by 46%, and lowers park capacity to about 14,000 daily visitors. increased lodging slightly, replacing tents with solid buildings, and increased park capacity to 19,900 visitors

the idea is to cut services comes after a judge ordered the park service to find a way to protect an 81-mile stretch of the merced river. >>> if you are planning to head to oakland this sunday, be prepared for big crowds and street closures. nearly 10 thursday runners are expected to flood the streets for the annual oakland marathon. that race begins at 6:00 in the morning. it's followed by a festival which ends at 3:30 in the afternoon so all day. this is a look at the course. the areas effected by the race include broadway, telegraph avenue, 14 street, harrison and 19th street. bus tours will be delayed and detoured around that route. 6:2619 time. sal will tell us everything we need to know this morning. >>> we've been going actually pretty early this morning. we had problems since we went on the air at 4:30. right now we are looking at 280 in san jose. northbound looks good but southbound near mclaughlin we have two right lanes closed as you head to 101. not causing a big delay so far. but it's there. also the morning commute looks good on the sunol grade and on 580 we have slowing coming in from the valley. n

the idea is to cut services comes after a judge ordered the park service to find a way to protect an 81-mile stretch of the merced river. >>> if you are planning to head to oakland this sunday, be prepared for big crowds and street closures. nearly 10 thursday runners are expected to flood the streets for the annual oakland marathon. that race begins at 6:00 in the morning. it's followed by a festival which ends at 3:30 in the afternoon so all day. this is a look at the course. the areas effected by the race include broadway, telegraph avenue, 14 street, harrison and 19th street. bus tours will be delayed and detoured around that route. 6:2619 time. sal will tell us everything we need to know this morning. >>> we've been going actually pretty early this morning. we had problems since we went on the air at 4:30. right now we are looking at 280 in san jose. northbound looks good but southbound near mclaughlin we have two right lanes closed as you head to 101. not causing a big delay so far. but it's there. also the morning commute looks good on the sunol grade and on 580 we have slowing coming in from the valley. n

park. >> we want to go yosemite to see the amazing half dome and amazing cliffs and see the water falls and wildflowers, you don't want to sit in a traffic jam. >> other changes in the merced river plan would get rid of bike and raft rentals. >> twitter is celebrating eighth 7th anniversary. >> it's undeniable that san francisco is part of our life. >> inside the market street headquarters. how this start-up grew so fast. also catch me in you can. how this imposture made it into a a cockpit of a u.s. airways flight. and random act of kindness, supplies something left a woman. it's very touching. >> and we have music and bachelor is with us and we'll tell >> dan: developing news, firefighters in the solano county of dixon are looking for hot spots after a big fire. reports three trailers and hangar burned at airport. it took about an hour to knock it down but there was some considerable damage. >>> it is hard to believe that just seven years ago, think about this -- there was no such thing as twitter. tonight the company is celebrating a big anniversary. jonathan bloom has an inside look at twitter's san francisco headquarters. >>> seven years ago, in a small san francisco

park. >> we want to go yosemite to see the amazing half dome and amazing cliffs and see the water falls and wildflowers, you don't want to sit in a traffic jam. >> other changes in the merced river plan would get rid of bike and raft rentals. >> twitter is celebrating eighth 7th anniversary. >> it's undeniable that san francisco is part of our life. >> inside the market street headquarters. how this start-up grew so fast. also catch me in you can. how this imposture made it into a a cockpit of a u.s. airways flight. and random act of kindness, supplies something left a woman. it's very touching. >> and we have music and bachelor is with us and we'll tell you where babies come from. >> dan: developing news, firefighters in the solano county of dixon are looking for hot spots after a big fire. reports three trailers and hangar burned at airport. it took about an hour to knock it down but there was some considerable damage. >>> it is hard to believe that just seven years ago, think about this -- there was no such thing as twitter. tonight the company is celebrating a big anniversary. jonathan bloom has an inside look at twitter's san francisco headquarters. >>> seven years ag

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merced river. the proposed changes coming after some decades of back and forth lawsuits between environment. tallis ta and the park. >>> runners trying to get limber for this weekend in oakland, the city's annual running festival. the fourth year for this event which includes a 5k half marathon and a full marathon. 26 bands and d.j.s signed up to cheer on the runners with music and fine tunes. the race organizers particularly excited for this year. the weather, supposed to be nice and sunny for race day. that marks the first time ever for the bad weather the past three years. it has forced a lot of the runners, musicians to pull out last minute. this year should be smooth sailing. >> spring has sprung. it will be great. 5:51. teaching an old dog new tricks. why legal marijuana is now causing big problems for police dogs >>> just announced this morning, prince, this guy here, about to make a bay area comeback. dig it. >>> frae >>> san francisco music fans get ready to get your groove on. prince coming to town. two nights at the dna lounge in san francisco. prince expected to perform two shows each night on april 23