welcome to the people city hall. first of all, i'm kind of in a great state of mind right now we joined our fire department in honoring a heros who saved a life on our ocean beach a few years ago and it's got to be inspirational we have wonderful people in the city and hail oftentimes sacrifice a lot of their personal safeties in order to help with the other so i'm going to look all you knew commissioners as heros we're going to help me sustaining a successful city for everybody so we can grew up other heros in our families that choose to live in our great city. i want to say thank you all of who are here with the families and friends and people in the neighborhoods that have recommended our service i want to say thank you ahead of time you'll make time sfraz for this will be more than oofrments sometimes struggling with important decisions that help the commissions and depended figure out though how to create uniting in our city and for this ahead and all the aspects. some 16 different bodies restraining order re79d

way to end it is to put together all of it and working together and unify altogether, the people from the city hall and people from the community to come together, with great idea and say you know, enough is enough. and we have to have the housing and seems to be one when we create and all of the families united and we found them and 500, and families in sro hotels and today, we have this same number and that does not matter how many families we put in the permanent housing, and we have received half for the 500 families and we need to create the housing for these families and the other issue that i am talking about is that we had to put in money and in the san francisco housing and the housing in general. and we need to review and the 73 housing units. and we need the money and why. because we need to open the waiting list for permanent housing and section 8. and this time. >> thank you. >> the last time that we opened the waiting list was 2008 and so now it is time to open the waiting list. >> thank you have a good day. >> next speaker please. >> and thank you, supervisors and farrell for calling

city people have hearts of stone. and you know what that bring you city hall. we don't want that thought city hall doom but city i'm for real i'm for real. as real can get. >> jason: justice what you see it the city see is what the city gets is what you see is what you get by city. what you're looking for is real city. it's going to be pretty and i just want to tell you that city moments probation officer to moment every moment i spend with you. city moment to moment. city moment to moment. city moment to moment. i want to shurl thank you president chiu. >> hello supervisors. supervisor avalos and supervisor kim and supervisor breed and supervisor wiener. supervisor campos. supervisor farrell pr supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen and i don't know, you hello right in front of me your katie tang i'm a journalist i have no ability to sing but the ability to talk i want to draw your attention to the population of 2 thousand people that live on treasure island that are right now being second by radiation and chemical contamination and as that he is tuesday and led ho

city hall. >> hundreds of people have gathered here at city hall.hey walked two miles this afternoon from east san jose. they are joined here in solidarity. and just a few minutes ago, they were singing at solidarity. many here say kurntd immigration law is tearing families apart. we talked to one man out here today, 19-year-old david gonzalez who says his mother wu deported last week. this is another reason they're out here. they want to make sure that immigrant workers are not being exploited. well over 500 people are out here right now. there have been many, many speakers and many different groups united here in solidar y solidarity. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, mare anne. the titans is refusing to come to court and testify about blocking public access to a popular surf spot. the microsystems founder is being sued by the surf rider foundation over the closing of martin's beach. we're just outside the gate to martin's beach. there used to be a sign welcoming in public in. but as you can see, since he bought the place, the

the religious right and you see when gay people get married, same-sex couples get married they run to city hallhese people have run to city hall and not run to their churches or synagogues. they have run to city hall because it's about civil human equal rights. >> there are some portion of christians in the country that simply will not accept the hard right wing of the republican will not accept marriage equality. what does this do to the party? the party is going to have to make some changes or stay with the hard rooirt wingers? >> right. >> so december graphically and societ societally, this causes big problems down the road. >> i saw a 17 and 12-year-old. they have no issues with same-sex marriage and you have you have these milenials who are now voting. >> what about the "don't ask don't tell" but i was a real institutional move in the military. >> i think president obama brings this issue to light as much as heck he can and he brought it tolight being the first president to support same-sex marriage and don't ask don't tell and this work has culminated. not one case has been won in a court

people were kicked out in front of city hall, because a man entered. we don't know who they were, people say they were nards , others say it was militia. most thing test local militia. they went inside. the people at the polling station had to move to the park. after a while people stood in front of the city hall. they started shooting in the air. more came, there was shouting. they started to shoot in the air, then at the people. it happened a few times, you know, in a row. in the afternoon four vans came and they tried to get the guys inside out, and they started to shoot all around them. they were shooting at innocent people. i was there. no one had a gun. the only thing they did was throw an axe and a stone. the people, you know, were harmless and wanted to vote, and they were shooting at them, at the back. that's what we witnessed today. >> the armed militia - had they been around in the city prior to this incident or did they just arrive in front of the polling place, basically out of nowhere? >> the people say they are kind of a militia. they wer

decision right when i was here in december i know that's the best thing that ever happened to me at city hall people made a decision that i agreed with certainly much better than the time i came down here and got a marriage license so, please uphold the decision you made in december and put those corporations in a place where they have to go in and work with the people in the neighborhoods like 9 little nonprofits >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners i'm here tonight this is our 5 year anniversary of threatening with 1050 van ness it was on april 9, 2009, at 6 o'clock the gentleman first presented his plans at the neighborhood association meeting the reaction that has been repeated by the historic presently commission and the planning commission and the community at large has been the same. the mass of the building is incapable with the historic cultureal and architecture fabric of the neighborhood. the project sponsor has not done his adolescence he didn't come into the neighborhood to see there was a theatre nearby he has only acted to advance his financial goals. no

people out there. labor unions and workers are protesting and giving pleas from the steps of city hall on this may day. they called for more rights for workers. ktvu's noelle walker is live in san jose where the may day rally brings out a lot of people calling for immigration reform. >> they just arrived here at city hall after marching from east san jose through the streets of san jose to city hall. i think we have news chopper 2 -- we can show you how they filled the plaza here in front of san jose city hall. it is generally -- international workers rights day is general asky what may day is -- generally what may day is. people talking about immigration reform. we talked to two young boy whose found out yesterday their mother has been deported back to mexico. they have been a scattered to the wind with friends and family. i heard that story or similar stories over and over again from people who are undocumented and here in the rally or who have family members forcing deportation. very focused on immigration rights. in an election year politics is probably not going to do much with immigration reform

the reason i did that was i wanted to help establish the principle that the city hall people could notick people off the task force and that is why when we wrote the original ordinance we mandated that the society of professional journalists and league of women voters would have seats from their representatives on the task force because these were groups that were dedicated over a long period of time to freedom of information and the task force and these kind of issues. that's why they're there, and that's why it's important that you recognize this principle -- i'm sorry, i did want to mention their names. mark rumold and ali winston and alicia washburn. i hope you will put them in and reestablish that principle right now in this [inaudible]. also, i'd like to say a word for josh wolfe [inaudible]. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm peter war field, executive director of library users association and i have had a long experience with the sunshine task force many years, at least 10, the first three complaints were passed successfully and our last one march 5th went with a unanimous vo

they are hoping to have an influence on regulations that are currently being considered by city hall. >> people who have been leaving the city trying to close club versus properly regulate them and allow them to operate without impacting their community >> at the all american cannabis club also passing out orange fliers with the list of preferred candidates. >> those are people that we have found either cannabis friendly or they are just the best option that we have. >> one of the mayor race front runner dave cortez is on the top of the flier. his campaign manager decline any comment on the endorsement. city council member donald told me he didn't seek this endorsement either. san jose needs to adopt rules that are workable. this morning members of congress pass surprising measure calling on federal agents to ease enforcement and some form of legal pot use. he said that will help clear up some issues with dispensary in san jose but doesn't solve them all. by phone he said it seems like the federal government continues to punt this issue to the state to figure out. but we really need some guidan

commissiontion stationed at the people's republic in the occupied city hall says they are expecting over 75% turnout in the city. further away in other towns, they say they might get 100% turnout. we don't have any output figures on who might or might not vote. we have been to towns and villages where they say they are not preparing for abraham the -- referendum. there are no stations available to the separatists to stage a poll. there a great sense of anticipation. we will have to see what please out -- plays out. some said they would come out to vote. it is not clear if everyone [no audio] this move. >> assuming the vote does go ahead, any ideas how it might turn out? >> it is difficult to say. the pro-russian movement is confident. they believe they will have high turnout. [no audio] i think it may be true in have a cities, they do lot of people behind them. where people are not sure politically, they have gone on the offensive. they have managed to sway opinion in some places. there are other places that are still pro-ukraine and still have local government buildings aligned to kiev.

city hall. >>> you've heard the expression you can't fight city hall. people say it for a reason.ts have all the time and the money in the world. they don't care if you lose your investment or how much time it takes you. that's why they usually win. they pretty much defeated the little girl we met in the last segment, but occasionally an entrepreneur has the will and the resources to fight back and win. he raises oysters off his land. >> we have great oysters. the county ought to be proud of our them. they ought to be proud they're being shipped all over the country. >> they taste good. i approve. ten government permits were required and you got them, but then the authorities said it's not enough. you misinterpreted our 700 page code of ordnances. you'll have to get another permit, which we won't give you, so you'll have to shut down. >> the county said you're violating our zoning ordnance and we're not going to let you continue. >> you went to circuit court. you won there. the county took it to supreme court and you lost. >> they were deciding on a very technical issue about land

city hall. >> the people in the city have been trying to close clubs. >> reporter: at the all american cannabislub, they are passing out orange fliers with candidates. >> they are cannabis friendly or the best option we have. >> reporter: one of the front-runners, david corteze is on the top of the flyer. his campaign manager declined comment on the endorsement. san jose needs to adopt rules that are workable says sam roache. by phone, roache said it seems like the federal government continues to punt this issue to the states to figure out. what we really need is some guidance from the feds. tuesday's city council meeting is set for 1:30 p.m. >>> still to come, frustration in the east bay, why hundreds of students are being forced to retake a big test. >>> and at 8:37 on your saturday morning, how about this live look from santa cruz. very festive out there on the beach today. not exactly beach weather, but they're setting up for some type of sporting tournament in the sand there. it will warm up and get sunny. 72 later. so you can get cash back on all your purchases. so you can use your cash b

city hall. >> the people leaving the city have been trying to close clubs rather than properly regulate them andy. >> at this can bus club they are passing out orange flyers with a list of preferred candidates. >> we found people who are cannabis friendly or in some cases they are the best option we have. >> dave is on the top of the flyer. his campaign manager declined any comment on the endorsement. city council member told me he didn't seek the endorsement either but said san jose needs to adopt rules that are workable. members of congress pass add surprising measure calling on federal agents to ease enforcement in states with some form of legalized pot use. he said that will clear up some issues with dispensaries in san jose but doesn't solve them all. by phone he said it seems like the federal government continues to pun this issue to the states to figure out. what we really need is some guidance from the feds. tuesday city council's meeting is set for 1:30 p.m.. in san jose, abc7 news. >>> an east bay refinery wants to modernize it's facility and cut greenhouse gases dramatically in the pr

people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. . john: you've heard the expression, you can't fight city hall say it for a reason. the bureaucrats have all the time and money in the world. they don't care if you lose your investment or how much time it takes you. that's why they usually win. they pretty much defeated the little girl we met in the last segment, but occasionally an entrepreneur has the resources and will to fight back and win. greg garrett did that, he raises oysters on his land or off his land in virginia. you brought me some. thank you. >> the oysters taste fantastic, we're serving them up in new york, shipping them to california. all over the country. we have great oyster grounds, we're able to secure the prime oyster grounds at the mouth of the new york river at chesapeake bay, and the county ought to be proud of our oysters, proud they are shipped all over the country. john: they taste good. i approve. ten different government permits were required and you got them, but the authorities said it's not enough? you misinterpreted our 700-page code of ordinances, you have to ge

city hall. >> reporter: in the hallways of city hall, talk of taxing the rich, corporations and people over profits. inside chambers is a different story a legal battle over the environmental quality act. >> before government takes action, you have to be fully informed and analyze the environmental impact. >> yep, you heard that right. protests of it. it may strive to highlight inequality. the green lighted shuttle program says the issue is green. what are your impacts about the environment? >> specifically, when you impact a large transportation system, you are looking at environmental impact. >> reporter: like what? >> when you slow down, you are increasing idle times and particulate matter. you are creating an environmental impact. >> it's going to be an environmental positive. >> reporter: he says this claim is wrong on its face. there's no way you can take thousands of individual drivers off 101 and other bay area highways, condense them to buses and not see pollution improvement. >> the study that is have been done suggest that half of the people riding these shuttles would drive their own ca

people. and we need to be sure of the decisions we make shehere and o the other side of city hall of ones that take into account the needs of people that are low income and live in diverse parts of the city where there is left infrastructure and service support for the demands there. and the work of mta and the community groups are ensuring that we are doing that. and as we bring more revenue to bear to the meeting and transportation system in san francisco. we are look to do, the mta board is looking at an equity policy, we believe that's significant. and we want the backing of a charter movement that can tie with the mta board of decisions and resources and joint processes of the board of supervisors to ensure that we are held accountable to this equity process. and if we are able to create a framework that is in the charter and joint accountability between the mta board and the board of supervisors, we think we are moving forward in a sound way. we want the equity analysis to be binding and meaningful. and the result of these experiences need to be measured year over year. in addition to mu

this is the city hall. peopleering and been expressing demands and dissatisfaction against the world cup. this has been called the day of the international fight against the world cup. people here from very many groups. teacher's unions, student, bus drivers. there's a big police presence here following the protestors. things have been peaceful until now. i saw many banners today saying no, go home. asking for more investments to be made for health, education, schooling and not the world cup stadium. even the mascot was present here todayo8úiÑ in protest version. they dressed him in a black suit and put the words on his back, everything is wrong. less than a month to go to the world cup, people are saying they are not h!pwv with the world cup in the country. they want more0m investments beg made in areas that should be a priorityç to the country. >>> new details over the chinese coast guard ramming the ship in the sea. ships are locked in a standoff weeks after beijing deployed an oil rig near the island. china c

city hall. and i've got to get the peter's i'll be coming to you all because there are a lack of things that's going on that the people don't know but yours truly will be here at city hall i want to start a new show called this week at the city hall. there should be no problem her. and first, the african-americans plaques talking about the boycott. >> next speaker. >> supervisors and ladies and gentlemen, in the auditorium i'm mr. lawrence i've been a city and county resident for 45 years. i want to see it supervisor kim was applied that senator feinstein's kids were in public scott taylor's schools that's not interest true pursue i want to thank the gentleman with the taxi service. very briefly i'm talking to you about the taxi business are that i know some of the supervisors don't want to deal with f it and the public utilities commission is taking over we have rampant law invaders operating as taxis 31 they park in taxi zones and sit in cabs and they're sitting in taxi lots while you sit here doing nothing our income as mrujd and like taking 3 supervisors and divided their income. i'm submitting a letter my 7th in

made $33,000 your salary is up to one hundred 13 by the voted to stand on the people but when you come on this side of city hall your supposed to be able to look at it and take care of us in the city you don't know what the city hall is about the mayor has a reporter to do what he has to do but you have to stand up for the people you need to have miller parade a festival people will come here and it's mere i don't know you're letting us all out of here once you did this for the blacks and the enjoying jews you you know what you can build at

and people can sign up at san francisco city hall. candidates are running for governor and attorney general and two state and local measures. >>> watch abc is now available to bay area dish customers who want to watch abc news online or on tablets go to abc7news.com and click on the watch abc logo to fine out how to access it. >> some claim a popular restaurant on the peninsula is a neighborhood nuisance. a hot spot for dim sum faces a big deadline. >>> taking a live peek outside, there's more chance of rain this week, and a rise in temperature. we'll see -- that foggish layer going through. here's david muir with a look at what is ahead on abc world news. >> coming up here, more on the first case of mers infection. the other patients have been flown here, this infection coming after a meeting, and a dream dashed. triple crown favorite california chrome and the one thing we learn that could keep the horse off the track, right here after >>> a popular new millbrae restaurant has until tomorrow to show it can solve neighbor complaints.

john: you've heard the expression, you can't f >> you have heard the expression you can't fight city hall. people it for a reason. they don't care if you lose your investment or how much time it takes you. that's why they usually win. they pretty much defeated the little girl we met in the last segment but an entrepreneur has the resources and will to fight back and win. greg garrett is that. he raises oysters on his land or just off his land in virginia. you brought me some. thank you. >> the oysters taste fantastic. we are shipping them up here all over the country. we have great oyster grounds. they secure the prime police officers on the chesapeake bay. the county ought to be proud of our oysters. they ought to be proud they are being shipped all over the country. >> they taste good. i approve. 10 different government permits were required and you got them. authorities say it's not enough. you misinterpreted our 700 page code of ordinances which we bette give you so you ha-- both so you have to be shut down. >> we have all of the permits in the state you are violating our zoning ordinance we

made $33,000 your salary is up to one hundred 13 by the voted to stand on the people but when you come on this side of city hall your supposed to be able to look at it and take care of us in the city you don't know what the city hall is about the mayor has a reporter to do what he has to do but you have to stand up for the people you need to have miller parade a festival people will come here and it's mere i don't know you're letting us all out of here once you did this for the blacks and the enjoying jews you you know what you can build at all building and your building those all darn building build a building inspection for nonprofit that's not all right. we don't get the right to live here after we've lived here 25 years your let me ask is there any public comment if not any public comment on that item? . this hearing has held and we have the question in front of united states i us to release the fund is there a discussion. okay. let's take a vote madam clerk >> on the motion to release is reserves mr. president. >> on the motion we'll need a first and second and motion that i supervisor kim and second by su

marijuana regulations are on the ballot but with so many vacant seats at city hall, this is their chance to get the right people in. the city says the u.s. election code for bids giving something away in exchange for voting if there is a federal race or issue on the ballot. the hot congressional race between mike honda and ro khanna suggests it may be illegal. >> it's a gray area. >> reporter: yeah, but you're still going to do it anyway. >> we'll do it anyway. >> reporter: in that case, some patients say there is no need to hide and the free or discounted weed will get them to the polls. >> yes, it is. it gives motivation to know that the cannabis clubs are getting well-known in the public. >> reporter: some members of the public feel the free weed is unethical but it's the political system we live in. >> i feel the same as any lobbyist. buying a vote except this is more blatant. >> reporter: this offer could bring out more people and sway close races. in san jose, nbc news rchl brkb >>> leaders are considering cutting down the number of dispensaries to 20. right now there are more than 100 open in the city an

street safety generally has been a major topic of conversation in city hall reflecting the serious problem we have in our city in terms of peopleetting hit and injured and killed on our streets. our streets are not as safe as we should have them. it's been a long time dope problem in san francisco and getting worse. we talk about it and pass resolutions and hold hearing we're interested in making sure we're taking the tangle steps. we passes vision zero to get us to no more pedestrian injuries on our streets. this has to do with the third e engineering. we know no later than how much education you do humans are not perfect and our streets have to be designed to prevent accidents. we have to make sure that our neighborhood streets are not overly wide. when we look at some of the streets south of market they become speedways and when you have streets who wide it's not safe it's harder for pedestrians to cross and lik

attraction, retention, technical support, advocacy working with existing city hall programs, leasing assistants, working with people like urban solutions, to provide nonprofit leasing assistants and identify and fill vacancies on a monthly basis. manage resources day to day management of operations, advocacy at city hall, grant writing for specific grants the neighborhood would be able to get, fund-raising efforts utilizing the cbd as a fiscal agent for other local nonprofit groups that might want to put together a local event. of course, administration. proposed lower polk cbd market identity branding create logo, design, identity, neighborhood banners, continue our neighborhood events, activate public spaces or repurpose public spaces and also looking at streetscape improvements. and just a quick record, just a quick quip from our mayor talking about how the cb really helps the he economic vitality of our city also the different neighborhoods. as i said previously we have over 14 successful cbs in san francisco and i think they made a huge difference in terms of our local neighborhood. i'm here for any questions

cities turning buildings into cooling centers to help people stay out of the heat. one favorite spot near air conditioning vents other cities turned libraries and city hall cafeterias into cooling centers we'll have a list of cooling centers throughout the bay area on abc7 news.com. >> some people seeking relief from heat were confronted by a threat from the city today. signs like this warning drivers cars would be towed because the lot is a staging area. many decided to park and enjoy the sunny way. >> weren't sure what to think. except when there is a marathon. >> it's hot. we just said fingers cross. go for it. >> a spokesperson for the tept of parking and traffic warns cars will be towed. and conditions on the beach are a bit tricky, lifeguards warn people about dangers from strong rip currents >> in southern california hot weather, dry winds fuelling eight wildfires these are the live pictures of the new wildfires threatening homes between lake side on the east side of san diego. there are evacuations near san marcos. the school is having final exams this week, with graduations this weekend. >> we're also following developments on another major fire burning not

cities turning buildings into cooling centers to help people stay out of the heat. one favorite spot near air conditioning vents other cities turned libraries and city hall cafeterias into cooling centers we'll have a list of cooling centers throughout the bay area on abc7 news.com. >> some people seeking relief from heat were confronted by a threat from the city today. signs like this warning drivers cars would be towed because the lot is a staging area. many decided to park and enjoy the sunny way. >> weren't sure what to think. except when there is a marathon. >> it's hot. we just said fingers cross. go for it. >> a spokesperson for the tept of parking and traffic warns cars will be towed. and conditions on the beach are a bit tricky, lifeguards warn people about dangers from strong rip currents >> in southern california hot weather, dry winds fuelling eight wildfires these are the live pictures of the new wildfires threatening homes between lake side on the east side of san diego. there are evacuations near san marcos. the school is having final exams this week, with graduations this weekend. >> we're also following developments on another major fire burning not

nyad and others championed youth advocacy day which really shakes up this building in city hall and allows young people to have a stronger voice and for us as adults to work closely with them. they come into our offices. we've talked a lot with them and they help to shape policy through youth advocacy day each year. i've had the honor of getting to meet so many of the youth warriors in the past couple of ceremonies honoring them and their families. i'm blown away by their commitment to their work and supporting many of the nonprofits and community based groups they work with. they work with compassion and drive to improve community-based organizations and their communities for the better. i have tremendous respect for nyad and her nurturing of these young youth warriors and i just really appreciate her work for dcyf. nyad, nana we call her, is beloved by the dozens and dozenses of youth leaders she's helped to teach and nurture. as a model of city employees, i would like to say nyad and the youth that she developed, i'm sad to say that she's moving on from dcyf. but because of her work and the work of