bob has made pier 39 one of the main attractionings for san francisco. he has given to board and san francisco a better place to live and visit and we have had some great memories from working with bottom from hosting international powwow and to the improvement of the district and renovation of the mass cone knee they are and so on a behalf of the travel industry it's been a pleasure working bob he is a photographic guy we are glad he is not leaving town and bob thank you for everything. (applause). . >> good afternoon commissioners my name is keiven with the hotel counsel of san francisco and i wanted to speak and thank bob for quite a few thing but i'll make it brief when i start to work with the community benefit district on fisherman's whof and he was so conclusive to the point and said, we have an extra ticket to the luncheon would you be able to go and i was like absolutely because i wanted to try to meet more people and at types they asked them if i work for pier 39 because that was the ultimate complicate because visiblably everything you did did

for the exploretory and at&t park, pier one and disprawn if we have the crews terminal project for one 10 million or $827 million of investments since the adoption of the water front plan. the three project that weave i'll that brad will be talking about in a moment is at a much larger scale in these three proposed project and you will see as you look at the project that there is about 400 and $10 million of planned i f d proceeds for infrastructure costs in this project and so this policy is really going to attract huge -- a much larger amount of private investment than we have seen since the adoption of the private land units lan and to pay for critical city owned land use structure and with that, brad will talk you through the project. >> thank you elane. and we do think that this is potentially a game changer for the port. i want to make one minor correction. we have not calculated yet the amount of i f d ass that are captured in pier 70 and it can be the location that we capture the tax increment and it could be that these projects will reach a billion dollars of investment from t

state's fair for pier 70 and trust sexual deflation and 330 and two recent pieces for america's cub a b-6 64 and a b two twoan 599 and brad is much better equipment to answer legislation on this and finances district proceeds are basically tax increpts that is baseline established and growth above that baseline of what pedestrian interest tax and so it's similar to increment financing and these are at the growth and tax of project's cause that otherwise go to the taxing entities pribblely the generally fund and we hold those proceeds to repay the investment and infrastructure. so no, to the proposed policy. there has been a long tradition both in the charter and in the burton act that the harbor fund is a self supporting the port is a self supporting enterprise and the city obviously, we pay for that was we purchase from the city and we want to maintain a balance so that the 50 city is not subsidizing the hash fund for our activities and the general services that we require from the city and so we have under taken a nexxus analysis in 2004 and eight that looks at the balance of paym

blue and gold excursion and rocket boat services operate from pier 39 and there are four births at pier 39 which can be used for some of the smaller vessels $622,000 will be paid to the worth port from revenue generate from this facility: we just signed a fooive year least with the port for pier 19. these are critical for our operations. there is a welding shop, machine shop, storage for spare parts and equipment need today make repairs there are two docks where both can be excused while repairses are made or to lay up while they are not in operation and blue and gold is expected to pay the port one $55,000 in rent in 20 if we will 20/20 12 for our pier nine facility. while ala media and oakland services use gate e. blue and gold operates ferries from value layer row and allay media to at&t partial and this service has been incredible pap more he especially this year with the giants success. in january blue and gold was awarded the water transportation authority contract under this contract we operate ferries to value layer row and ala media and so fraction and we work with the w ta to

lot 337 and pier 48 in the port's exclusive negotiating agreement with sea wall lot sociabilities affiliated with the san francisco giant, this slide shows is that the area that we are conceiving of the certainty lot a in mission bay was previously a from the period between 1905 and fine 26 it started to be used for what he will use and that is one of the things that drove the filming along the san francisco water front. this is the film today and you will see it in yellow and it really stands out as one of the areas that needs attention in mission bay. as the as you heard so eloquently from david port staff isel contempt plating the develop of this park and the earn part of eastern part of city was cut off from bay access and so this is one of the a pennities that we strive to provide and so this development is contemporary plating 3.5 million square feet of mixed use development and unto a thousand unit of residential and up to one .7 million square feet of commercial office space with ground floor retail and approximately 2800 to 3,000 parking spaces with over 8pm acres of parking space a

i say that it is next to pier 40. they make the assumption that it is next to pier 39, but we know that is not true. the numbering is bob and even. it -- the numbering is odd and even. then north of the ferry building we have pier one. >> 1, 3, and 5 have been redeveloped into a combination of office space and restaurants. they are in the process of leasing those out and it is also listed on the national register of historic places being a sailor, you are familiar with the public wants that sits behind us. >> usually, i sailed out of south harbor pier 40. there are very few places along the whole bay waterfront or there is public access. right up the street at pier 1 1/2 is a brand new public launch or you can pull in a boat up to 40 feet, spend hours, and it is a wonderful thing. whoever did that, thank you. >> it is a public/private partnership that was done with the port redevelopment. we hope to be putting in more of that type of facility up and down the waterfront as part of a collection of smaller facilities tha

newue tillity infrastructure new streets, sidewalks sidewalks and park locate and is improvements to pier 48 currently estimates at over $2 million in current $2,012 and this infrastructure is really needed to unlock the value of this site for the port and for development. very significant this would be an entirely new city neighborhood with significant economic development for the city as a whole and 5,000 construction jobs and over 7,000 permanent jobs on the site and 10,000 jobs regionally with up to 2,000 new residents so erail mentioned the fiscal analysis that we would do through fiscal feasiblable report to the board of supervisors prior to environmental review and the draft fiscal feasiblability for this probability indicates a 9 million-dollar tax benefit to the city after the cost of the city services and this is after netting out the property tax increment that we would capture through the i f b and so this is really coming from gross receipts tax and sales tax and other tacks that would continue to flow to the general fund. and elane mentioned the idea of excess tax increments

erpirs, piers, when did i say that? spirs, piers, when did say that? , piers, when did i sa that?ing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. >>> as you heard in my rather heated discussion moments ago, gun advocates are slamming the president's plan, saying it's all wrong, it's unconstitutional. nick kristof, i find it almost impossible to stay calm and rational when i'm confronted with an argument from two people there who are quite well-known in the conservative community in their own rights, neither of whom could see a single thing in the president's very lengthy proposals, 26, 27 proposals about what to do about gun violence. they couldn't find a single thing they agreed with. and they believed the right to bear arms includes the right to own a tank. >> i wondered if they think it includes the right to control small tactical nuclear weapons. >> there is no limit in their eyes. that's why the argument is important to have with them, to understand

now, what's burning is the wooden pier and also an abandoned structure on the pier.lling this suspicious because there's no electricity or ignition source down there and the pier has burned before. that was a few years ago and they say they never figured out a cause. the fire this morning went to one alarm. firefighters used a hose line from the waterfront and also some fire boats. this pier is located just a few yards away from the scene at a sugar factory in crockett. firefighters are concerned about debris. >> the concern is always that there will be floating burning debris that could get underneath their very large wooden piers that they have on the north side so they have been notified. they have people that are watching for such material. we have already had some materials get well out into the water. >> reporter: we have some video from chopper 5 to give you a better idea of where this is all happening near loring avenue in crockett. part of the road is closed while firefighters continue to battle those flames. nobody was hurt and again that fire still under i

but piers, here is the thing.if the founding fathers wanted this limited, they would have enumerated that. >> you don't believe in limitations. that's fine. so everyone can have a tank. why would anybody need an ar-15. >> have you ever fired one? >> i haven't. >> i want to answer this. piers, this will help so much. let me answer. >> let me ask the question. >> okay, go ahead. >> why would anybody need an ar-15 that has a magazine with 100 bullets in it, as with the shooter at aurora? why would anybody need that? >> first and foremost, if you have never fired an ar-15, as a woman who also has self-defense, uses guns for self-defense and likes to know that i have that security they're a lot easier to fire than other rifles with the recoil. >> you think all women should be armed with ar-15s? >> my goodness, are you going to go off on a tangent every time i say one thing? come on, now, piers. stay with me. stay here with me. >> i'm trying to find out what you believe. >> i'm trying to explain it to you, but you keep

that boat sprayed water on the underside of the pier. really hard-to- reach hot spots. >> the pier wood is treated -- [inaudible] it's 80 to 100 years old. it's problematic and it's real heavy timber. so it will burn for a while. >> reporter: crews out here say the fire does appear to be suspicious this morning -- the main reason, being there's no electricity that runs out to this pier. so really no way it could have started accidentally. on top of that, one of the firefighters out here tells me there was another fire at this same pier that broke out two years ago. i also want to tell you as well that this pier fire this morning did have an impact on some of the train lines here, the southern pacific and the amtrak train lines because they were running their hose line across the train tracks. at this point, the train lines are no longer impacted although we do understand there are some residual delays on the capital corridor train. crews will remain an keep an eye on this smoldering fire. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news >>> an escaped

if crews are battling a pier fire in the east bay. this is causing delays to amtrak and the capitol corridor. we are live on the scene. >> several counties in the bay area are also posting a gun buyback program today details straight ahead. >> we're also working up to cold mornings. a freeze warnings in effect is mourning for most of the bay area. >> we will star with our developing story. contra costa county of fire crews are still on the scene of an abandoned pier that caught fire just before 4:00 this morning. if to get you more news faster we will turn to jackie's sizzle who joins us live from the scene carry it >> an old abandoned. pierre was burning. it was really hard for them to fight the fire because is where the paralyzed. there are tracks between it and the martinez street. they stated that they had to wait for the fire bolt to our arrived. they started putting water on it and because it is an old pier it is very hard for them to fight it. he s >> this pier is about 80 to 100 years old perry ed it is very problematic for us

. >> i'm the manager and the place populace ray over here across the street from the pier boardings and about this time last year, we were in -- speaking on behalf of the street artists to request that we be kept at jefferson on jefferson street when the construction work is done and even though, here at jefferson plaza, we were all in the same situation about this time last year when the occupied the encampment was across the street from all of the businesses all along the quart front and we you and -- we were at the front line of all of that and acting as a buffer to protecting a lot of business and is interests along the water front. and we would like for to you take that into consideration that you know, we not only park the colorful city in term of locally made art. , but also we were brothers and aunts at one time when then campment was there and to you know, like beggings and asking that you keep us in your good instead and keep us at jefferson when that renovation is complete. thank you. >> thank you. phillips and then debra king. >>> thank you commissioners i'll be brief my nam

it's actually not, piers. and i would love for you to prove how that is -- >> you don't think having background checks on gun sales in america where currently 40% -- >> i didn't say anything about background checks. i didn't say anything about background checks. you're the one that keeps bringing up background checks. do you realize background checks wouldn't have done anything for sandy hook. do you realize background checks wouldn't have done anything for virginia tech. they didn't do anything for jared lee loughner. and it's not because the law failed. it's because people who are supposed to follow the law failed. and piers, i put this question to you again. what good are laws if people don't follow them? >> right. so you still maintain that we just have to put more and more guns out there and america will be safer. >> i don't maintain anything. you can put words into my mouth all you want to. >> do you believe that? >> piers, let me tell you something. >> do you believe more guns would lead to less gun cri

>> answer the question, piers. jones did the unthinkable making piers morgan almost seem sane. the voice of reason in a world gone mad. >> i hate to invite all of the alex jones fans to dump on me tomorrow, bit what did you expect? alex jones shows up with piers morgan, two crazy people who will go at each other. it sounds like maybe it was planned. >> do you think it was? i wouldn't go that far. you are so cynical. years in television and radio has made you a sin that you cal man, but -- cynical man. but you are still sexy. the sexy can sells the cynicism. piers had a guy larry pratt on and called him an idiot. now hasn't piers figured out find the guy who is the worse spokesman? >> that's what i was going to say. instead of arguing the point in an educated way he finds somebody who looks completelypsn rights news yism in that way. enthusiast in that way. >> that's right. you were nodding the whole time alex was talking. when he said new world order you said finally. you yelled finally we are back to new world order. >> the hatchet man of the new world order. we are never goin

we are unable to put crews on the pier. it's an old pier. so we are trying to reach things from the shoreline. very difficult to get to the fire that's actually under the pier and still burning. >> are there apartments or other buildings in the neighborhood that are being threatened right now? >> there are no buildings in the immediate facility. the cnh sugar refinery is notified of the fire since drifting material that's burning could threaten their wooden piers and dock area so there's a fire watch along those lines. the coast guard is also on scene to assist with that. >> okay. so at this point you really don't have an estimated time when you can attempt to get the fire under control? >> we are waiting for the arrival of the fire boat from contra costa county fire to see whether or not they will be able to get better access to this and put out the fire especially the fire under the dock that we are currently unable to get to. >> and chief as far as the commute goes how is this impacting traffic around the area? >> there should be no impac

because the pier itself was on fire.before 4:00 a.m. and we are right near the intersection of jackson and lori in crocket. the chief said there was nobody inside the building at that time and they had just called in a fire boat from the pittsburgh fire department and they explained why they are using this fire boat. >> the part that is acting is unable to get to that and that will be the goal of the fire boat when it arrives. >> they will spray water on the underside of the pier and make sure the embers are out. >> reporter: it is really just a stone's throw away from the sugar factory. it is drifting away from the pier and the determine was is that -- the concern was, it would drift over towards the sugar factory and they are warning to keep an eye out for the burning pieces of wood and they would make sure there is no damage. you can see it has been put out but now an investigation will be put there because this fire does appear to be suspicious. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting that seriously injured o

>> well, by my criteria, and this goes back to what you respect, piers. i think the second amendment really matters. i think if you look at the new law -- >> so do i, but what i want to know is where do you draw the line? you just said this law was set on automatic weapons back in the '30s. i put it to you that an ar-15 military style assault weapon as used in the last five mass shootings -- >> it's not an automatic weapon. >> what else do you call it? it can fire 100 bullets in a minute. what else do you call it? >> i would simply say to you that millions of people by your own definition, own an ar-15. they're law-abiding. they think it's their light under our constitution to own it, and don't kid the rest of us. the people who were just on would ban all guns if they could get away with de. you look at the new york state law that governor cuomo just pushed, basically, it eliminates virtually every -- >> hang on, hang on. hang on. let me take you up on that. dianne feinstein is attacked by many republicans as being somebody who wants to ban all guns. do y

this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. vice president joe biden says his gun task force will have a set of recommendations on the president's desk by tuesday. that doesn't mean there's a consensus yet. listen to this from the nra after today's white house meeting. quote, we were disappointed with how little this had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. we will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of madmen. i'm in favor of a nationwide ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and high volume magazines. i want to see president obama increasing federal funding for mental health treatment for all americans who need it. meanwhile, there's another school shooting today in california. a 16-year-old reportedly felt he was being bullied was accused of attempted murder. the student took direct aim and hit one classmate in taft union high school. he then aimed specifically at another classmate and then missed. kyung lah is in california with t

the young turks m s n b c everybody's covering this story this interview that alex jones gave with piers morgan and the news here the local news on channel four b.b.c. they're covering the fact that americans are afraid of tyranny and yet when you look at it there's no hevia score for is there's no due process the bomb administration says they can assassinate american citizens without due process and there are locking up activists such as aaron swartz for thirty forty fifty years some internet activists are facing one hundred and something years in prison and to me that seems like what you used to see with gulags it's an extreme punishment for what are the brightest people in the world sometimes you see these really really really brilliant one thousand nine hundred twenty year olds twenty one year olds and ok they make a mistake maybe they do a minor offense maybe they should be punished a little bit for hacking into some computer system like stratford but should they face one hundred twenty five years in prison. well you know i'm enjoying my answer the question of the second amendment s

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please welcome piers morgan. [cheers and applause] good to see you again. >> good to to see you. >> stephen: how are you? >> very good, thank you. >> stephen: thank you for coming on. i'm a big fan of the show and i mean this in the most respectful way possible get (bleep) out of town. [ laughter ] okay? no, no after the interview. >> okay. >> stephen: you understand to an american ear what it sounds like to have an english accent telling us how to live our lives. [ laughter ] >> i actually do, yes. i know how annoying it is, yes. >> stephen: you come from a place without the second amendment. >> we don't actually have guns. literally we don't have guns. you can't get your hands on them. the police don't have them. people in britain don't have guns. >> stephen: you hate the united states constitution. >> i love it. >> stephen: have you ever read a copy of it. here is is a copy of it. >> thank you very much. it's a very nice copy. >> stephen: second amendment says "congress shall make no law --" they can make laws