forestry and working with them and the scientific reports we did a survey of gonzales drive where park merced were cited and fined almost $10,000 this is park mercedes response if you want to see it. >> you've answered my question. >> thank you we can take rebuttal sir, you have 9 minutes. >> and i i won't use all 9 anybody's commissioner i will be restating the similar argument that i made earlier i would like you to consider that both dpw and arbor have yet to provide you or me any evidence they have current permits to remove those trees office of the city administrator those permits are only good for 6 months there's no evidence they have come up with current permits and i think you should consider that and order them to provide the permits here in the public hearing also the the gentleman didn't mentioned and the other gentleman those streets are narrow in park merced no longer than 20 feet wide i don't know how you can fit the crane and wood chirp and the crew and to a narrow street that's only 20 feet wide and expect it to have a safe operation he didn't mentioned that those streets are

this tree is a home to a number of birds that live in park merced. they haven't performed their due diligence in providing you, me or the public a bio diversity report as to the significance of this tree and the habitat it provides to these birds. another argument that i would make is that the option in h the event that mr. buck and the department of bureau of urban forest tree believe this tree poses a risk to the public, they haven't provided an option of cabling the tree if they think it's going to fall. there's nothing in his arguments that pose that solution, that the tree can be cabled. finally, commissioners, this block is slated to be torn down within ten years, if you believe par merced's demolition schedule. why not leave the tree standing? there's no evidence that it poses a risk to the public. let it stand, let it live its life out in park merced until the wrecking crews come. i'll leave it at that and let you hear from mr. buck and then any here member of the public. thank you. >> is there someone here from arbor well? anyone here for th

has park merced made some mistakes, should they be here this evening? absolutely. but this application and permit should be issued to the property owner. trees haven't been filled with cement in decades. there's nothing to cable a tree to you need another stem to cable a tree. we're not going to put a cable attaching it to any other pole, street light, street pole or in the ground so in our estimation as arborists in this great city, this country we love to work here in san francisco and fight for our trees. the tree's full of decay, it should be removed and that's it. thank you. >> what is the significance of the decay. does it con con it's going to fail at any point? >> it does. decay in that point in the tree has no holding capability. the amount of wood they create is redundant. they don't need it all. you look at a helen keller tree in germany with a lot of decay throughout it, those are extraordinary circumstances. street trees and cities are very active urban environments and they hooer not museums. we have people coming and going, we have trucks, we have to

parks and recreational facilities. her final achievement was assisting in the attainment of funds for merced merheights park in her neighborhood and close to her heart and have a lasting impact for thousands in the neighborhood. thank you colleagues. the rest i will submit. >> thank you supervisor avalos. supervisor campos. >> thank you madam clerk. i have a couple of items that i have discussed in the past that relate to the issue of whether or not hosting platforms like air brb have indeed paid taxes to the taxpayers of the city and county of san francisco. the first ordinance i am introducing today is an ordinance that would make the implementation of the airbnb law -- so-called law that passed contingent upon the collection and payment of back taxes that are owed to the taxpayers of the city and county of san francisco. the second item i am introducing today is a hearing request on the question of whether short term residential rental housing platforms that do business in the city and county of san francisco have in fact remitted all transit occupancy taxes that are owed to the city and county of san francisco, and a heari

the three most popular suggested sites were lake merced, the western portion of golden gate park, and harbor view, which is known as the marina today. after a number of proposals , including this one, which encompassed 1800 acres spread over harbor view, the district -- the richmond district, and golden gate park, harbor view alone was finally selected. the harbor view site was a natural amphitheater of 600 acres. lombard street on the south, the presidio on the east and west. the site posed unique challenges. about 70 acres were waterlogged. all this area here had been partitioned and sold years previous under the assumption that they would one day be filled. the lots were protected by a seawall. but at high tide, lay as much as 20 feet underwater. the first step for the site was to clear structures off the site in preparation for the dredging and filling operation. owners of the land could keep their structures and move or demolish them or sell them to the exposition company. the exposition company bought only the building and leased the land. on april 13, 1912, the exposition presi

park and also general ginsburg. dorothy strictland and i i are part of the 800 block club and have been stewards and advocates for the merced heights playground for more than 21 years. we have followed the failing playgrounds task force closely for about eight months. we were impressed by the facilitator, task force members, the recreation and parks staff and the parks alliance and say job well done. also we appreciated the opportunity for active participation of the public throughout the process. we wholeheartedly support the report given by dawn and ask that you adopt the recommendations of the failing playgrounds task force. thank you. >> thank you. >> dorothy did you want to speak? >> good morning everyone and i just want to really express my very, very much appreciation for our task force. the task force was so inclusive of the community at every point of their analysis of everything they did and we learned an awful lot and it's much appreciated. they have done a tremendous job. >> thank you. >> it was a wonderful experience. >> thank you both. >> next speaker. >> good morning commissioners. matt o'grady, the ceo of th

merced. personnel had to evacuate the lift one person at a time. >>> park service officials are urging the public not to collect any remaining shellfish is he otherwiser bay company's seashore. they said the last water has been removed. the 100-year-old family-owned farm closed wednesday after a long legal battle with the u.s. interior department over the loss of its lease. >>> one of the bay area's great natural events is happening right now. it's puff earthing season for elephant seals. they are beaching at a state park in point reyes national seashore. abc7 news reporter wayne friedman shows you the wild event. >> they came by bus curious humans migrating to marin county, all for closeup views of big guys like this who arrive by sea. >> sleeping, soaking up the sun actually, dreaming away. that's what elephant seals do this time of year. best to not wake one. >> they show up twice a year and right now it's the mating season >> elephant seal interpreter. >> he may prefer to stay away from the prey. maybe he will go up there and breathe meekly when the other males are occupied and come back and

topfs ---la policia de menlo park anda en busca de un sospechoso de un asesinato que fue perpetrado en el condado de merceda han logrado capturar a "victor hernandez" un primer sospechoso conectado al crimen todavia buscan detener a jose hernandez quien se cree podria estar en algun lugar de la peninsula. blanca --- autoridades del condado de alameda identificaron los cuerpos del hombre y la mujer que fueron encontrados en oakland en un campo de desamparados. take map --- el hallazgo se produjo el martes debajo de un puente de la autopista 580 entre las avenidas "grand" y "lakeshore". --- se trata de "thomas bar- tells" y su esposa "kathrin bar-tells" de 57 y 53 aÑos de edad. --- se desconoce la causa de muerte. blanca ---pasamos con gabriela dellan con las condiciones actuales del tiempo... gabriela... take gabriela live gabriela live amigos tengan todos muy buenas tardes y sean cordialmente bienvenidos a noticiero telemundo 48 . enseguida les comparto la informacion meteorologica del dia de hoy. como usted ve en su pantalla aqui tenemos las siguientes condiciones climatologicas: san jos sabado: 68 doming

merced. personnel had to evacuate the lift one person at a time. >>> park service officials are urging the public not to collect any remaining shellfish at the oyster bay company's seashore. the company is now closed. the last oysters have been removed from the water, and the collection of the oysters is now done. the 100-year-old family-owned farm closed wednesday after a long legal battle with the u.s. interior department over the loss of its lease. they will host a good-bye potluck for the public today at the green barn. >>> one of the bay area's great natural events is happening right now. it's pupp birthing season for elephant seals. the enormous marine animals are beaching at a state park in point reyes national seashore. abc7 news reporter wayne friedman shows you the wild event. >> they came by bus, curious humans migrating to marin county, all for closeup views of big guys like this who arrive by sea. >> we thought he was dead at first. >> nope, sleeping. soaking up the sun actually. and dreaming away. that's what elephant seals do this time of year. best to not wake one. >> they show up

merced county. but they suspect he may be hiding out on the peninsula. an alleged accomplice was arrested yesterday in menlo park if you see hernandez, you are being urged to call police. >>> he brings with him some silver and black swagger. the raiders introducing their new head coach today who is a familiar face in the east bay. this is a key higher for an organization desperate to revive itself. bay area native jack del rio grew up a raiders fan. now he is the man in charge of resurrecting this franchise. he says he is ready for the big challenge. nbc's christie smith joins us at headquarters in alameda. >> reporter: very commanding presence. when he spoke, he talked about his plans for creating a winning culture for the oakland raiders. we spoke with people in hayward who know his success very well, and they think he can bring out the best. jack del rio wants to boost the mind-set of the raiders. as head coach, he talked about his east bay ties but says he came in part for a belief in the organization and leadership. >> in looking at this opportunity, yes, it's coming home. yes, i'm from this area and yes, i

parked on friday night. witnesses reported hearing at least 15 shots but so far police have no suspect description. >>> and a gruesome discovery in san francisco's lake merced. firefighters stumbled across the body during a training exercise. that body has not been identified and no word on any cause of death. >>> now to our other top story. again, the golden gate bridge is closed this weekend. it has been since midnight on friday night. they have been working to construct a barrier that will eventually prevent head-on collisions in the bridge. it is going to be a movable median. they're supposed to open by tomorrow morning but that is, of course, if they don't open it earlier. we'll keep an eye on that. in the meantime, we have elizabeth langner keeping an eye on traffic as people try to work around this closure. >> that's right. we see some of the crews out there that have been hard at work since midnight friday into saturday. you see with got a lot of this median already set up. there's a good chance they may be able to open this thing ahead of schedule. in the meantime, traffic on some of your alternates has not been that. even yesterday we noticed the