aaron peskin, for the record, member of the committee. as president clinton said, i feel your pain. you guys are in a tough spot. i kind of know what it might feel like. i want you to stand up for the taxpayers of san francisco and the business enterprise that is the port of san francisco. you can, if you negotiate hard, prevent this from being a boondoggle. we have heard much discussion about december 14 and december 31. if you would turn on the overhead, i would like to show you a document that is available on the internet. that was dated december 14, 2010. it is pages 53 and 54 of the host of the new agreement. you will see on page one is signed by then-mayor gavin newsom. it is signed according to form. and it is signed on behalf of the america's cup organizing committee. you will see on page 54, also dated december 14, 2010, the signature of richard worth, on behalf of the america's cup event authority. i realize i only have 30 seconds left. i would be happy to answer questions. i was astounded. if i were you, as elected members, on behalf of the people of san francisco, i woul

the recent started in 2008 at the request of supervisor peskin.soon hired some architects out of copenhagen, denmark, who really gave us context. we counted every human being, and during the summer months, and we found some very surprising numbers. jefferson peaks at about 65,000 pedestrians per day. that is a huge number. we have done similar numbers the rock the city, and on the market street and one pier have more. it is very crowded. there is a high level of pedestrians. there is a safety issue and enjoy ability issue that extends not just for pedestrians but four cyclists. this is the largest gap in the bay trail remaining. in this area alone, there are about one-quarter of 1 million bicycles rented every year, and there is an important connection between downtown and the connections to the west. and the circulation is really geared to the automobile. most of the street is given over to the automobile even though by far the largest user is the pedestrian. this turns this relationship on its head and does more for the pedestrian while accommod

. >> aaron peskin says he may drop his lawsuit but it will all fend on the details of the final agreementt to the supervisors and we don't expect that for weeks. >>> if you have a story idea, log on to cbssf.com, click on "connect," scroll down to "closer look," send me an email. >>> last couple of days in february and we are finall getting rainfall. we'll have more coming up. warning. why california's ts >> there could have been lives lost. >> next time there may not be any warning. why california's tsunami alert system took a major hit. >>> it's the only place in east oakland where you can get an organic parisian crepe. why some hope this is the beginning of a food revolution. >>> they must have thought city life was for the birds. why the wild parrots of telegraph hill are moving to the suburbs. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bye rite >>> it has been almost a year since the disaster at fukushima dai-ichi fukushima but only now are we getting a look inside the meltdown zone. we see what remains of one of the most hazardous places on the planet. >> reporter: this is the heart of the nuclear problem i

a group called water front watch and former board of supervisors president aaron peskin filing the suit. it says the environmental impact report is inadequate. >> this morning facebook is denying a report accusing the company of reading text messages on android phones. facebook says its app for android doesn't read or write text, at least for most users. somebody says testing of the app required the sms part of the phone to talk to facebook's app. facebook says permission to read texts included permission to preseef process and write text like a lot of other communication apps. check out the permissions tab on your facebook page for more detailed information. >> protect your stuff. 5:25. the review site yelp set to go public. scott, it's been a long time coming. >> yelp stirred through its own controversies, now street offer shares to the public for the first time. we expect on friday it will trade under yelp, what else, we've seen several high tech ipo all with mixed results. yelp the review site, you can check out a plumber's reputation or see what others think of a restaurant. half o