and this is too large for the neighborhood of mellomiddlde polk. the diagram that i put up, there was a survey on the buildings in the neighborhood and they were included in a letter, for the conditional use application. this is where i have those numbers. 74 out of 89 of the buildings, 83% of the buildings in this neighborhood are three stories tall or less. 83%. the proposed building is six stories. as you can see, there is only one building that is six stories. the precedents in the neighborhood is the smaller buildings and we ask that you would all the standard plan and design of the street, where the buildings on the corners of the block are going to anchor the streets, and the building on the corner of pacific is already five stories high, and this is already higher than 83% of the buildings in the neighborhood. and then, the building next door to that, which would be on the other side is stepping down in height which is typical for the planning streets. this is a typical block design. we asked that the project continue this trend, and contin

i also worked as a business entertainment quarter master on polk street and i am extensively involvedh the police department and individual venues, working with those agencies. of the past several years, my focus is has shifted to a more collective approach. i currently served on the north beach merchants association board. we work with neighborhood issues and entertainment. my current products include a bar security collective, working on lower polk street, including the security costs and having an attending officer present on polk street, looking at and shame and issues such as entertainment permit waivers, looking at problem promoters, and looking into legislation supported by supervisor alioto- pier. with my diverse background, i think i mean equally qualified -- i think i am uniquely qualified. my 20 years of industry experience will speak for itself. i have seven goals to accomplish in the future. the first is fostering a closer relationship with the board of supervisors, the san francisco police department, and abc, to work and communicate with each other. they have spent far

i am on a couple of sides next to the height limit, with the zoning -- this is in the polk neighborhoodoning district. this is the historic structure, and the building -- to the east, this is to the west to pacific heights. this is directly across the street, and this is looking down to pacific heights. and this is looking up to knob hill. we're looking at the predominantly large structures on the block, these other large structures immediately behind me. and in particular, the nine story residential building. my original plan was the slowly conforming plan but i requested that the variants for this setback to include windows and the original plan from two and a half years ago, this was given to the neighborhoods with written and public comments, that this building was too tall. the density of the building is too much, and the commercial district allows for the rear yard variants. this would accomplish six stories of residential on this extreme. i did not have this so i could get six stories of residential. i was not providing the affordable housing and they were worried about the shado

this is not a standard residential block, this is a transitional block between van ness and less on polk. this becomes transitional on residential until this narrows drastically. this is a series of transactions. this is a mixed use block. this is not the existing residential block. i think that these concessions, i do not believe that this car share was available for the public. i am happy that this was taken care of. i do believe with the setback on the sixth floor, the shadows, which, from what i understand, are equivalent to a 50-foot building, will be taken care of because the other side of the block, -- >> i agree with what the president has said. >> this is supported by the buildings, particularly on jackson, if this is of the taller nation -- taller nature. this is the parking in the retail. many people spoke about the affordable being on site. we have the affordable upside in the neighborhood and this would be in -- this would be possible in the city if we begin to put together the resources and we do this in the various neighborhoods. this will eliminate some of the challenges.

alexandria, 39 at polk elementary school. indian head, 34. 41 middleburg.alm, only 2 miles per hour. that is nothing. compared to the 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts that we had yesterday. we had some gusts up to 50-mile-per-hour. we'll start the day with sunshine and then have an increase in the cloud cover, especially later this morning into the midday with high temperatures in the mid 50's later on today. it is normal for this time of year. winds about 5-13-mile-per-hour. it should be dry for a vast majority of our region. that said, a little mini sprinkle could fall over the mots today. more sunshine tomorrow, more than today. it is 5:40. let's check in with lisa for our morning commute. >> nothing disturbing to report now. across the wilson bridge, be careful out of maryland to alexandria. not sure if it is the thru lane or the local lanes because no one is there yet. along the 66 corridor, great. nothing on 66 outside the belt way. next geico camera is the belt way traffic in montgomery county moving at speed toward university boulevard. >> thank you. 5:4

if you live around polk, suter, how do you get to the north? you go down to sutter, and then you get on the 30 or 45. now what is going to happen here? you are going to go down to the civic center, get off at washington, and then wait for a bus. i do not think so. they are going to reduce service through there. i am all for capturing federal money. put it into van ness somehow. you have heard about my last winter rainy trip, when the meltdown occurred, it took me two hours to get to my school. last weekend, i tried to take the van ness bus because of the rain. you do not have it -- expect to have a bad experience at 6:00 at night. the driver told us to get out and take taxicabs. i went on a 4.5 hour odyssey tried to get to berkeley. i never got there. the van ness vrt plan is not going to work. people need more time to get across, not less. there are 13 places where another bus crosses dan ness. they are dependent on making the signals go for that bus. what happens to the pedestrians? commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> howa

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chris polk, that's going to do it. the walk-off touchdown dropping the heartbreaker 16-13.t means no bowling this year. a roller coaster. that is the best way to describe the sharks season thus far. after an emotional win over the defending champion black hawks on wednesday, san jose followed it up with a 6-1 loss to vancouver last night. which sharks team would show up tonight? second period with the sharks on the power play. the badgers with two goals on this one. that proves to be your game winner. the sharks hang on. look who was not only on the court in minnesota tonight, but in at the starting lineup. david lee in his first game back since the two surgeries for an elbow infection. it was really a wright show. he had nine three-pointers. they snap a five-game losing streak. the raiders had to work extra hard this week. not only does oakland have to prepare for miami's sunday visit to the coliseum, but the team also put on quite a show to make everybody believe jason campbell will be the starting quarterback. according to reports now, that job will go to bruce tomorrow.

not just here but all the way up polk street and beyond. this is very happy town. a little while ago, someone passed out orange towels for everyone, thousands of orange towels and probably still not enough. 12:30 is the estimate. pd has a strong presence and fire department. a few moments they took a lady away. they wheeled her out. it's going to be quite a while. its joyous celebration. >> thanks very much. >> as wayne mentioned the woman who had shortness of breath. that could be a concern if it goes much longer than people anticipated without restroom facilities and many people showed up and they didn't bring water and didn't bring food. >> standing there for that lent of time can make you feel woozy packed in as closely as they are. >> let's go to carolyn tyler. you are on market street? >> yes, montgomery and market street. it has been pandemonium all morning long. the crowd is kind of quiet and just anticipating and waving. you remember those, loud annoying horns for world cup soccer. they are back, but they are not annoying or irritating for this victory par

. >> this is a historical wasps nest he didn't want to polk. he sent the u.s.r to japan to the memorial in august on the actual anniversary of the dropping of the bomb. so, there was no need for him to go. you don't want to suggest moral he quiff vow lens in the role of the united states in world war ii and imperial japan in world war ii. the dropping of those weapons brought an end to the war. it was a last resort. truman didn't want to do it. but at the risk of having a full ground invasion of japan to end the war, it was the right moral decision. >> that's proposition has been attacked wildly. >> i understand. >> you know that the wisdom of the historian is that the emperor was on the verge of collapse anyway. >> it's history. he collapsed because we dropped nuclear weapons on him. >> correction is in order. harry truman didn't do it reluctantly. he said i didn't give it a second thought. i don't think the bombs on those cities was morally justified. if you had to use it, they should have used it at the end of tokyo bay. >> do you think it's a stain on ameri

i'm also a member of the lower polk neighborhood association, and he is the liaison between the neighbors office in our neighborhood. he has been instrumental in getting a security collective together with the local bars and the officers as our neighbor has grown and the bars have become more popular. supervisor avalos: please continue. >> i think a strong aspect of what he brings to the table as he has the ability to listen. he has the ability to listen to the residents and really thoughtfully create solutions so that both parties can thrive in the community. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i am speaking today for the north beach merchants association and land in our support to shell. he has one quality which i want to emphasize. the entertainment commission has had a lot of problems in the past with conflict of interest, potential problems in that area. we have here today somebody who is intimately knowledgeable of this industry but will not have an opportunity or need it to be overly influenced on the side of the entertainment venue

territory move under control it was singled out into a separate federal district it includes stopper polk right and the republics of courage. korea north. chechnya and dagestan the district is home to dozens of ethnic groups and languages relationships between neighbors are not always perfect which is also an obstacle to development there are signs of progress with grozny the cutoff to undergo an intensive rebuilding and neighboring. he's considering being turned into a specially can on. exultant with tax breaks for local businesses in north caucasus possesses economic potential as it is reaching natural resources however attracting vestment to ground stable region is a challenge and the federal district remains much choice subsidized by the state it's a place where people have become used to relying on themselves so experts know we cannot make progress is possible without changing public attitudes and the development of a civil society. we know that a new body is being established in the north caucasus area names the social council of the north caucasus federal district what is it and wh

this would again be a continuous, separated route following san jose, valencia, all the way to polk park. a priority network of bicycles. this goes back to when david was showing us about the netherlands, starting to build an interstate for bikes, so to speak. a network that everyone will know will get them to their destination, is comfortable the whole way. even a few years more into the future, we see that network being augmented to neighborhood connections throughout the city, resulting in a complete network. a total of 128 miles of bikeway. we believe this is what it would take to get 20% of people using their bicycle as a healthy, and economic way to get around the city. what it will take in terms of an investment -- this would be a significant investment for the city. it would be about $100 million to build out the 128 miles. but if you look at the amount of capacity that it will add to our city in terms of moving people around, we are limited. we have a seven square-mile patch of land here, so there is not the ability to move more cars. that $100 million investment, we could go fr

chris polk scores as time expires. the huskies win 16-13. the bears end the season a disappointing 5-7. >>>arkansas and fifth ranked lsu. final play of the first half. forget about taking a knee. ryan malllet fires a strike to colby hamilton and the two defenders run into each other, and this is how you head into the locker room, with all of the momentum, and an 80-yard touchdown, the razor backs knock off lsu 31-23. and an outcome that is huge for stanford's bcs chances. >>>for the second straight year, the horned frogs of tcu made it through the regular season undefeated. and andy dalton throws three touchdowns in the first quarter. and as they blow out new mexico, 66-17. tcu still has an outside shot at the national title game. but they are now guaranteed a spot in the rose bowl. >>>stanford can all but clinch a spot in the fiesta or the sugar bowl if they beat oregon state. the cardinals lead 31-0 in the third. they could still go in the rose bowl if auburn loses in the s.e.c. championship game next week. >>>jumping again. wisconsin was

cliff polk the walk-off td. 16-13, that means there is no bowl for them this year. >>> there was a bigame in the big ten this afternoon after michigan state and ohio state both won. sixth ranked wisconsin trying to do the same to make it a three-way big ten tie. third quarter, nothing but offense for wisconsin. especially on the ground. monty ball, 44 yards, anyone from northwestern want to catch him? 44 yards, 19 carries for honty. 174 yards. also four tds. 56-17 at that point. the badgers rolling over the wildcats 70-23. they are likely on their way to the rose bowl as big ten champs. >>> in the s.e.c., number 5 lsu having trouble against the 12th-ranked razorbacks in arkansas. trying to keep their status as the highest-ranked one-loss team. ryan mallett going up top, finds joe adams who's totally beaten his defender. arkansas pulls off the upset. lsu takes its second loss of the season, 31-23 the final. what this means is boise state also using. stanford could be number four when the polls come out. >> my favorite part of that spygate story? $100,000 in fines, guy loses his job. the

if you have been been to polk, and valencia, it is extraordinary. the work that will be done soon and balboa, the work that will be done down on 19th avenue and then the significant work that will be disproportionately certed by harrington, down caesar chavez will be extraordinary. those will be the final three of those nine great streets projects. leland and sam bruno were among the last two. we're celebrating this -- this today, but we're also celebrating those that we completed in the past number of months and last few years. why does this matter? you'll hear in a second why this matters. creates a sense of place. a streetscape with the neighborhood and it com -- in a completely different way. it encourages and enlivens a pedstrone flow and -- pedestrian flow and sense of community. it slows people down. i have been here 300 times, if you think i'm exaggerating, i have not. i spent too much time. there's never too much time, but a lot of time at the sunny dale housing projects. the first few years i was mayor, i was down here for the wrong reason

six hundred men have already been arrested in connection with the murders one of them surrogates of polk is an influential and tipper newark who is alleged to be the mastermind behind hundreds of other bloody acts of terror that wealthy landowner support is also alleged to have his own private army disguised as a security firm besides many unsolved murders and rape cases the gang is also suspected of records hearing in the aftermath of the horror fear still stocks the streets here with people afraid of being the next victims of rape. when you get up there neighbor was also killed not so long ago he and his son were shot right on the porch of their home. someone is in someone's way investigators say it may have been city of it amid a refusal to pay off that cost him his relatives and friends their wives some of the regional police the storm brus as well as local officials have already been fired others are not ordering you to trust the guard the governor may get even stricter punishment should it be a bit up today we arrested the gang members tomorrow we continue by getting two dollars am

screen grab of some of the people who actually checked in during the riots they said giants riots on polk street another one said riot on hate now talk about high tech writing i guess but what happened to the good old days what arrived broke out and you just showed up you tossed a few things you started the fire and then ran like hell and you know police are obviously going to be looking at these speeds to see if they can find out who was there so maybe your check in was such a good idea now it should be noted that san francisco is the urban epicenter of social media technology but come on foursquare for a riot that's why tonight's tool time winner is any of the giants fans updated their status and checked in during the riots last night. now google is back in the news again this time they're suing the u.s. government to google or they're not too happy with the u.s. interior department they claim that they were excluded from bidding on a large contract do with. government's preference for microsoft technology now the lawsuit highlights the company's growing competition with microsoft over

. >>> polk said he backs india's push for a permanent seat on the u.n. security council. >>> it has been almost a week since last tuesday's election but two bay area races remain undecided. jade hernandez is following the latest results. she joins us from outside oakland city hall. it's still not clear who will occupy the mayor seat. >> reporter: good morning. that county outlet has been extreme busy. we're live in front of city hall this morning. who will be the next mayor of oakland. we may soon find out. city council woman gene quan leads don perata 51% to 59%. alameda county expects latest numbers to be released by 4:00. oakland voters rack their top three choices at the ballot box. that has created an interesting shift in votes. perata's lead was by 10% until oakland city council member votes were distributed. quan stepped ahead by a little bit more than a point. election workers have been sorting and counting furiously. the ranked voting is supposed to eliminate the runoff process which could be costly. what do oakland voters think? >> i like the r

polk street has shut down. a lot of places -- a lot of things still need to happen tonight.isa amin gulezian. >> thank you. >>> if you are coming to san francisco for the parade, take a close look at this parade route. cross streets will be closed after the morning commute along the entire route. >> yeah, the parade starts at montgomery and washington, and then the street closures will include all streets to market, clay, sacramento, california, post and a long market that is a cross street to hayes and larkin. >> the streets will re-open shortly after the parade passes after 11:00 a.m. when it begins. >> if you can't make it to san francisco tomorrow, we hope you will join us here. >> please do. our live coverage begins tomorrow morning at 10:30. it is right here on abc7. >> we will be streaming the parade on-line at abc7news.com. >> now, if you are going to the parade, help us cover it. send us your photos and video. we will show some of it on our web page. goy you can e-mail them to us at you report at kgo-tv .com. >> and we will be here covering the parade tomorrow morni

essentially involved in practicing law and developing the firm, which by this time had been renamed davis , polk and woodwell, which is still a leading new york law firm. i would -- i had planned but don't have time to read some of the quotes from davis and coolidge, but i think it's very -- for conservatives, it's very exciting to go back and read what both of these two men had to say in the election of 1924. it's fair to say that there philosophically were very few differences between davis and coolidge, and that was one of the difficulties davis had in the campaign. he was as conservative as coolidge but wasn't more conservative, and so conservatives voted for -- probably denned to vote for coolidge. then there was the candidate on the far left, and davis was left kind of in the middle without a way to distinguish himself. but his statements are just classic conservativism, very much like coolidge's are, and it's amazing for us to think back to a time when both candidates would make statements like that and i would encourage you to look for those quotes if you read the book. after the '24 ele

the sanitized image of what men like cronkite and davis and daly and smith and rather and jennings, polk glorified st stenograp stenographers. using only the facts as they can be best discerned plus their own honesty and conscience. and if the result this story over here is the presidential chief of staff taking some pretty low-octane bribes, you judge all the facts and say so. and if the other story over there is not just a third-rate burglary, but the tip of an iceberg meant to sink the two-party system, you judge all the facts and scream so. insists that long enough the driving principle behind the television era was neutrality and objectivity and not subjective choices and often dangerous evaluations and even commentary, and you will eventually leave the door open to pointless worship at the temple of a false god. and once you've got a false god, you're going to get false priests. and sooner rather than later in a world where subjective analysis is labeled evil and dangerous, some political mount bank is going to ease is catechism of that false god. words like objective and neutral a

the sanitized image of what men like cronkite and davis and daly and smith and rather and jennings, polkt glorified stenographers. these were not neutral men. these were men who did in their day what the best of journalists still try to do in this one, evaluate, analyze, assess, put together a coherent picture or challenging question, using only the facts as they can be best discerned. and if the result this story over here is the presidential chief of staff taking some pretty low-octane bribes, you judge all the facts and say so. and if the result is the other story over there is not just a third rate burglary at a political office but the tip of an iceberg meant to sink the two-party system in this country, you judge all the facts and scream so. insists long enough that the driving principle behind the greatdownalism of the television era was neutrality and objective and not subjective choices and often dangerous evaluations and even commentary, you will eventually leave the door open to pointless worship at the t l temple of a false god. and once you've got a false god, you're going t

and minarik discuss the proposed debt reduction and tax reform plan, and an author talks about his polkivatization and deregulation of the u.s. transportation system

(hail to the chief) >> reporter: james polk in 1846 was the first to be immortalized with his cabinethotos of james buchanan, andrew jackson and john quincy adams. abraham lincoln struck a pose before a campaign speech. 100 years later, john kennedy became the first president to appoint an official white house photographer. private moments with caroline and john-john added to j.f.k.'s image then and still touch a cord. president lyndon johnson had a face that revealed everything and a style that held back nothing. jimmy carter is the only modern day president not to have a white house photographer. richard nixon had one. but when it came to his resignation speech perhaps the most memorable event of nixon's presidency, atkins was banished. >> ollie? only the cbs crew now is to be in this room during this. only the crew. there will be no picture. no. after the broadcast. you've taken your picture. didn't you take one just now? that's it. >> reporter: the unforgettable picture from the next day of nixon looking back at white house he was leaving was taken by david kennerly soon to become

the storm pummeled polk county, missouri, with 3 inches of rain. five inches in indiana, leaving both states under flood watches. the storm also drove cars off the road in north dakota. police in fargo say they responded to over 60 cashes since wednesday. residents of minneapolis say it's their coldest thanksgiving in 25 years. >> the best thing that people can do to keep from either sliding off the road or being involved in a crash is reduce their speed. >> reporter: in seattle, many thanksgiving shoppers avoiding steady snowfall stayed home. >> people are afraid to drive. >> i think the weather kind of scared people away. >> reporter: but even off the roads there was trouble. frozen train tracks cracked in santa clarita, california, due to frigid temperatures causing a three-hour travel delay. >> it was really cold when we left the station. really cold. >> reporter: but even colder at yellowstone national park, where temperatures dropped to an icy 23 below zero. one place that is welcoming the frigid weather, mountain-high ski resorts. in wrightw

washington is closed down near montgomery street also grove is shut down between van ness and polk.tbound market street and end up at civic center plaza. use mass transit to get there. golden gate larkspur ferry is offering an extra departure at 9:45 a.m. bart will be offering longer trains. caltrain is a good option as well if you are coming from the peninsula. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for this morning, plenty of sunshine , here's a look out toward ocean beach along the coastline. coastal highs today in the mid- 70s. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. plenty of sunshine for the morning and also the afternoon. warmest spots in the mid-80s. more sunshine, warm temperatures tomorrow, cooling down though friday well through the weekend. and a chance of showers friday and sunday. >>> cr >>> crowd making such a racket. >> uh-huh. a lot of college ten any players here. dave will explain n that just just a second. come up we'll meet a remarkable young man this morning. you know this story. this is one of the best s