it is thank you. >> hi i'm leslie the president on polk street at jackson and polk or in the polk district for over 11 years and been in san francisco multiple years for over 20 i'd like to state my opposition in banning formula retail in the amendment that supervisor peskin is proposing we already have current postal service policies in place does that make sense we limit our choice the city has represented a boom and bust city for years people in 2000 and 2007 understand that limiting our choices can limit our ability to navigate that boom and bust cycle we're in a boom cycle a lot of concern around housing but we're also seeing the technical factor starting to soften in twitter and microsoft and salesforce a variety of stovetops not getting funding we need to keep in mind that an anchor formula retail can anchor that corner and bridge polk street upper and lower polk i strongly oppose any limitations to our choice as a member of the neighborhoods thank you. >> hi govern my name is sharon solomon on behalf of my mom who she's out of the country so shows and homeowners in russian hill and

they were, polk was called the dark horse president. so they came to the presidency somewhat unexpectedly, but yet both were presidents during times of tremendous importance and turmoil in the nation's history. polk was the 11th president of the united states. he was born in north carolina. as was andrew johnson. and came to the states around 1807. he married a woman named sarah childress from murray county and murray county was his home as well as others of the polk family. polk was a protege of andrew jackson's and very loyal to jackson and the democratic party, which served him in good stead with old hickory. in fact, he was called young hickory by some. and as i said, a prominent murray county family. polk served as speaker of the u.s. house of representatives for 10 years. this is an image of him as speaker, and then ran for president in 1844 and served just one term as president from '44 to '48 and you can see just at a glance, that in a way it aged him. this is an early photograph. photography was invented during polk's administr

i'm here to represent the polk merchants tonight. polk district merchants have asked for this.he council district merchant have agreed with dos and their have asked for this. except for one, every single neighborhood association

that's all i had was polk street. i feel like i grew up on that street and learned a lot >> a kind of ethnic businesses. specialty grocery stores. >> i get where everybody in this room is protective. then i seen the other side of it, too. maybe if there can be a compromise like in the newer buildings 12 smaller buildings with businesses when they come in. maybe i can live with that, but an outright ban, like i said, in my neighborhood the on castro and 18, the formula to conditional work works. we take a timeout and i've had some battles with some major players coming in and jack spade wanted to comment on valencia street. we knew that would be bad over there and we thought that and one. so, >> what i hear you saying the hands preclude not only flexibility for creative solutions. so, the notion their creative solutions that will allow quote-unquote chain retailers to create a solution to subsidize other retail other local retailers is an interesting proposition because the dance will not prevent rents from going up. h

the polk street and cd is along polk. it's van ness is 600 feet away.ormula retail and committee chief choice within welcome along all these other portions. all were doing is creating a safe zone, is a zone along polk street much like they did and he's about. 13 developments in the pipeline. lower polk and middle polk neighbors are some of the most receptive and engaging organizations in meeting with housing developers. will meet with any developer wants to come and bring new housing to our neighborhood. other groups won't. they say we don't need more housing in san francisco was his praise of the drawbridge and we are fine. so, what were asking really is for a venue's protection. we are saying you for going to build a high class neighborhood, we get to save a little bit of what we've got. that's all were asking for. these merchants, they poured out her heart and soul out there and we love them. we've got a whole folder of california franklin. we have a trader joe's. we have to walgreens. we've got these basic amenities. we need to keep is our character

the polk street and cd is along polk. it's van ness is 600 feet away. formula retail and committee chief choice within welcome along all these other portions. all were doing is creating a safe zone, is a zone along polk street much like they did and he's about. 13 developments in the pipeline. lower polk and middle polk neighbors are some of the most receptive and engaging organizations in meeting with housing developers. will meet with any developer wants to come and bring new housing to our neighborhood. other groups won't. they say we don't need more housing in san francisco was his praise of the drawbridge and we are fine. so, what were asking really is for a venue's protection. we are saying you for going to build a high class neighborhood, we get to save a little bit of what we've got. that's all were asking for. these merchants, they poured out her heart and soul out there and we love them. we've got a whole folder of california franklin. we have a trader joe's. we have to walgreens. we've got these basic amenities. we need to keep is our charact

street that formula retail use will make that worse you should walk on polk street i shop there andhis is you know my neighborhood it is where i live and quite frankly two of the formula retail stores where i do most of my shopping and go to cold hardware and i go to walgreens because i need drugs and groceries and this ban was largely set up to avoid the 365 store which is an eminent large grocery store i can walk to and not drive to we're told not to use our cars i can't ride the bus and carry the groceries this not forever i'm getting older and 68 years old i'll be getting older we have to consider a wide mix the neighborhood shops are wonderful but i will also mention that the survey when richard alluded to we got over 200 plus responses and most felt they're growing under served for a grocery and against formula retail ban thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is laurie live on jackson which is at the corner have been polk and jackson i'm on the board of directors of the jackson plaza neighborhood association which by the way, is one hundred in favor of 3

. >> but in polking county, buyer and sellers of sex beware. >> welcome to polk county.ou are under arrest. >> where sheriffs police enforce the law. >> the john, they are the one that funding all of this. >> and find women dazed and confused. >> i don't know what. >> caught in modern grip of bondage. >> how long have you been on-line? >> this is not some skoenting adult having sex with another consenting adult for compensation. >> tonight msnbc goes undercover and comes face to face with sex slavery in america. >> if you live this life where will you be in ten years? >> as this sun sets on a spring break on saturday in central florida, police hit the phone laying a trap for those who traffic in illegal sex. >> i'm like 20, 15, 20 minutes from disney. >> after four days of targeting the buyers and sellers who traffic in sex, detectives have made 66 arrests. they spot a woman that fits the sglipgs hispanic woman in the building. >> we have her coming to the door. >> can i get a real hug? >> do they always hug. >> looking for wires. to see if he's a bug. >> despite her ini

but it's a task that polk county sheriff's investigators will not avoid.rts will pay off. >>> we're not here just to put people in quail. we're here to rescue people that need to be rescued. >> i just don't want this to ruin my life. >> it doesn't have to. it doesn't have to ruin your life. the only person that can change that is you. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day t"♪ >>> spend some time with polk county's human trafficking task force and you'll see a lot of arrests for prostitution and pandering. but the purpose behind all this effort is much greater than just numbers on a tote board. >> we're not here just to put people in jail. we're here to rescue people that need to be rescued. we want to help. that's why we do this. >> the reality is that most women arrested in stings like these will not ask for help. most are under the heel of a pimp. many are addicted to drugs. and some simply see no other way to put food on the table. >> i can't worry about the hundred that won't let me help them. i can just rejoice in the one that will let u

they were -- polk was called the dark horse president."y somewhat unexpectedly, but yet during e presidents times of tremendous importance nation's l in the history. polk was the 11th president of the united states. in north carolina. as was andrew johnson. and came to the states around 1807. married a woman named sarah childress from murray county and his home as was well as others of the polk family. polk was a protege of andrew jackson's and very loyal to and the democratic party, which served him in good old hickory. young , he was called hickory by some. and as i said, a prominent family.ounty speaker of the u.s. house of representatives for 10 years. his is an image of him as speaker, and then ran for and served 1844 ust one term as president from '44 to '48 and you can see just that in a way it aged him. early photograph. photography was invented during polk's administration and this of him at the end of his administration. there are some documents here polk's o do with inauguration. this was a tremendous event, of nashville, and th

the polk street and cd is along polk. it's van ness is 600 feet away. formula retail and committee chief choice within welcome along all these other portions. all were doing is creating a safe zone, is a zone along polk street much like they did and he's about. 13 developments in the pipeline. lower polk and middle polk neighbors are some of the most receptive and engaging organizations in meeting with housing developers. will meet with any developer wants to come and bring new housing to our neighborhood. other groups won't. they say we don't need more housing in san francisco was his praise of the drawbridge and we are fine. so, what were asking really is for a venue's protection. we are saying you for going to build a high class neighborhood, we get to save a little bit of what we've got. that's all were asking for. these merchants, they poured out her heart and soul out there and we love them. we've got a whole folder of california franklin. we have a trader joe's. we have to walgreens. we've got these basic amenities. we need to keep is our charact

polk street is conditional use authorization let me see if i have any speaker car cards. >> any public comment on item the item on the consent calendar. >> i do have one you want this item pulled off of content and heard separately i'm assume; is that right? we'll pull it off consent and you'll be able to submit your testimony at this time commissioner matters commissioners questions or comments. >> commission comments. >> not if there are nun oh. >> commissioner vice president richards in a second here. >> commissioner vice president richards. >> just want to note this morning chronicle in the date book section all the times we theoretically talk about people in protecting brackets and not understand exactly what their life is like there is an article in the land on hunger a housing nonprofit in the south of market that houses youth they gave the youth cameras to talk about what is that like what we eat every day they have to skip meals it is an interesting article i think that says some of you makes thirty percent of ami or 20 this is what we're talking about buying needs and survivi

property is 87 frontage on polk and on austin center it was one thousand square feet and contains a place for retail sales for wine for sale for offsite consumption and the tasting bar independence the liquor bar for the cerebral hemorrhage inform taft room in 2005 and envelope that was approved for the clarification of the wine store and bar the planning code section states that the principally permitted housing authority will be ponlz between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. with the conditional use is required for maintaining the hours of operation between 2 and 6:00 a.m. the hours of operation for the subject business between 6:00 a.m. and midnight given the business has operated since 2005 the project sponsor requests a cu for the extension of the hours of operation 7 days per week had community outreach for community groups with the lower polk and the association and in total the project sponsor secured one and 5 letters of support for the extension of hugsz and the department got one or two letters in opposition to the proposed project the letters generally site no concentration of ba

thank you, thank you commissioners honorable commissioner across the city lower polk reps the lower polk neighbors thank you for your time and you've received by e-mail thank you christopher's i want to address the late engagement we submitted i note in the letter not at fault in terms of single letter that was sent to the p.o. box clerical errors was an error we submitted the wrong there was one-digit wrong in the p.o. box on our end they sent that, however, we're it is a shadow organization the project went through a number of meetings with us with the prior project sponsor we worked with jed southern california have an they've referenced 1080 sutter street and liked to seen more outreach we met and submitted in our letter we would like your goal we submitted the letter to have a resolution from the commission today that will direct staff to see the frontage after the meeting yesterday we really feel a continuance it necessary i'll outline why the after meeting last night we outlined i believe a number of additional issues where the project i want to recognize we firmly believe that pr

thank you, thank you commissioners honorable commissioner across the city lower polk reps the lower polk neighbors thank you for your time and you've received by e-mail thank you christopher's i want to address the late engagement we submitted i note in the letter not at fault in terms of single letter that was sent to the p.o. box clerical errors was an error we submitted the wrong there was one-digit wrong in the p.o. box on our end they sent that, however, we're it is a shadow organization the project went through a number of meetings with us with the prior project sponsor we worked with jed southern california have an they've referenced 1080 sutter street and liked to seen more outreach we met and submitted in our letter we would like your goal we submitted the letter to have a resolution from the commission today that will direct staff to see the frontage after the meeting yesterday we really feel a continuance it necessary i'll outline why the after meeting last night we outlined i believe a number of additional issues where the project i want to recognize we firmly believe that pr

members are expected to take a vote on whether to ban chain stores along part of polk street. the legislation could affect whole foods plans to open one of its less expensive stores at polk and jackson. the san francisco examiner reports 7% of the businesses on polk street between post and california are chain stores. and the paper says the planning commission has already received more than 100 letters on the issue. many say allowing chain stores to take away the character of the neighborhood. having anchor stores with strong reputations would benefit the area. also right now, a committee at san francisco city hall is considering strengthening the rental law. it would require websites such as air b&b there are currently 7,000 hosts on air b&b alone. >>> renters unions and local officials are meeting in richmond today to push for rent control in their city. right about now, the affordable richmond coalition is holding a news conference at richmond city hall to discuss submitting 5,000 signatures to the city's clerk's office. they're looking to qualify the rent control and just

>> i participated in a merchant walk on polk street area to visit some of the folks that are applying for legacy business status. i met with the mta last week at supervisor peskin's office to go over more of the issues that are coming up , that are particular to north beach like wanting to put the lead transit lanes on columbus avenue. i would say he was a productive meeting primarily because supervisor peskin was quite forceful on his opinions on those things and we are apparently going to organize a group of stakeholders in north beach to work with the mta and i urge them to do that in every single neighborhood in san francisco because that is what we need, is to be involved from the very beginning in projects that affect our neighborhood. >> here here. anyone else? >> i something to report. i also attended the [inaudible] and was well attended and i had a chance to [inaudible] it was great. i also attended the asian-american business mixer that was hosted by a bank, ease west bank and was at the third wall at 901 market st. one thing i want to point out is one of the panel speakers

working for the maximus and esperanza rental for the small businesses and partially the nature of the polk street distinctly different environment why i'm some support of the legislation as it stands. >> i'm supportive of proposed motion and maybe just do add a few things i would i'm sure lean heavy on the hard work by the planning department staff two years ago and go in depth case study on the bad and evil of that if i recall stop me a fine mix is okay good evening effect the neighborhoods greatly and a 10 percent number came up gordon's not be supportive of a total ban but maybe hey we don't want clustering three or four of the same coffee shops and a supervisor a number of years did when he worked on starbuck's and in north beach and fashion able to try to open 3 starbuck's northbound one inspection think we're supportive of not seeing that and maybe the idea of 10 percent limitation per block or squad car block so we don't get the pile up of formula retail yeah. those are my two things i'm a little bit more of a karate this is an opportunity we can take advancing over the big guys the

. >> nice to see you all again yes madeline folks for polk i'm here to speak for the lower polk neighborhood association for the cd and the new leadership the polk association there is great support for the bike lanes and as jane kim and kevin referenced crisscrossed by freeways one way streets of which people go high speeds and the residents suffer a one, two punch one of the biggest crash zones but disproportionately for bicyclists i've personal rind there are no bike lanes that offer that route from downtown towards the west through the t l and dangerous and thus people rides on sidewalks or whatever and then suffering with the citations they get and supervisor kim referenced the nature the neighborhood and golden gate avenue is changing to which i want to add that bike shares have coming up with the second roll out we would like to see this in the ground and more safety for people which will 2, 3, 4 turn increase the uncle of the bike share system and relief some of the congestion i want to quote the mp a leadership it promotes safety and they would to see a 2-way street with wider sidew

. >> but in polking county, buyer and sellers of sex beware. >> welcome to polk county. under arrest. >> where sheriffs police enforce the law. >> the john, they are the one that funding all of this. >> and find women dazed and

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we noticed long lines at security checkpoints, including the one on polk street. there were metal detectors, want checks and bag checks. many say they did not mind the longer wait. while the celebration may be wrapping up, the parties we continue. >> people going to the castro and find a bar or a house party to go to. >> it was fun. feel like everyone was in a good mood, on the same page, having a great time, celebrating love. >> reporter: and a lot of people here saying that the parties will not only be in san francisco tonight. we met a number of people that were here from berkeley and they say there are quite a few parties planned in that city as well. live in san francisco. abc7 news. >> thank you. the highlight of the weekend is the pride parade with more than a million people lining the route. in the parade people honored those killed in orlando. cornell bernard has more. >> reporter: san francisco's pride was showing in a big way. massive crowds lining market street. to celebrate and remember. >> just really wanted to be part of everyone mourning the loss a

sanchez any size requirement requires a cu like in my neighborhood i believe in polk street 25. >> i recommend we use the same threshold it make sense. >> sure. >> the other thing i sat here i know this commission mentioned several times we need to know that retail a changing the face of the physical word i know that planning department staff and the director started to do an eating and cringing establishment threshold analysis i think that if you have the ban width any comments formula retail how much put it in a package we've heard 20 percent drinking becomes higher we get an idea we're touching on the ones but the other thing this motion were to pass we had - have a recommendation that no i'm sorry no eating and drinking establishment should steady 20 percent in north beach 20 or 50 percent we keep on approving things 74. 5, etc. we get automatic spending cuts so i'll recommend some kind of concern point rather than keep on adding to it. >> commissioner moore. >> what is difficult to set standard is the fact that 5 thousand square feet a size of formula retail that is hardly avail

and they close at 8:00 tonight and, again, here on polk street you can see that you can just pull upthis person just did and drop off a ballot if that makes things easier, if you have an absentee ballot, you want to drop it off at a polling spot this is a good place to do it here in san francisco. send it back to you, brian. >> i'll be dropping off my ballot later on this morning as well. alex, thank you so much. >> thank you, alex. >>> if you're not sure where to cast your ballot today, we have posted a link to all the county registrars offices in the bay area on ktvu.com. go to the top and click on the web links section and we will have coverage as we mentioned of the california primary on ktvu plus as the results come in from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. we will also have complete results on the 10:00 news right here on ktvu and, of course, tomorrow morning here on mornings on 2. >>> the investigation continues this morning into the chaotic aftermath of a donald trump rally in san jose. this is video, want to show you, of last thursday's rally. san jose police detectives say that they ne

the victim was on polk street when a man pulled up in a late model light covered suv and for some reason sprayed him with the fluid and then lit the victim's shirt on fire. the victim was treated for burns on his chest. so far police haven't released any more details on the attack. >>> new at 6:30 the family of a man who committed suicide at the san francisco county jail filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city today. >> ktvu's tara moriarty tells us why the sheriff's department and the chp officer are named in the complaint and why the family contends the man's death is partially on their hands. >> reporter: a once thriving restaurant chef in the valley, he struggled with alcoholism leading up to his death. last july a 911 call came in that he was at the golden gate bridge threatening to jump. >> people that are in distress do not deserve to be imprisoned, abandoned, neglected and left to die. that's what happened in this case. >> reporter: a chp officer took petrolio to jail after noticing he had pending misdemeanor warrants. >> this was a situation that cried out for him to be

folks is a minor polk is 2 min. we are soft on indicating 30 seconds remaining on your time is there anyone that would like to comment on in public comment for item 1? seeing none, public comment public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> thank you. i like to make a motion to move this item for two with a positive recommendation. moved and seconded. can we take that without objection? all right. this passes with a positive recommendation >>[gavel] >> thank you for the support. colleagues, item number two mdm. clerk >> item number two in oryx amending the transportation code. >>[reading code] >> so, we got diana hammons from sfmta eight to present on this next item. >> good afternoon supervise. diane hammond sf mta. the item before you is a amendment to division of the six san francisco transportation go to england the provisions of golf on your bill 114 which authorize local jurisdictions to bourbon street of penalties committed by his effort failed to yield for an elderly person or person with disabilities. on any publ

he had won numerous accolades, including an emmy and george polk award. >>> nearly 300 dogs were seized jersey home over the weekend in what authorities are calling the worst hoarding case they have ever seen. first responders of the monmouth county spca wore hazmat suits and used thermal imaging equipment to search for the animals. surprisingly, most of the dogs rescued were in fair condition. it's likely the owners will face numerous charges. >>> and check out this thrilling video out of japan. these pilots navigated their way through a tricky course over the sea. it is the third round of the red bull air race world championship. >> that's cool. >> japan pleased the crowd, coming in first, in just under 1:05. >> look at this guy. all right! >> that is amazing. czech republic took second place. the u.s. took third place. >> all right, we're on the podium. >> scary moments there. >>> a few bizarre competitions took place this weekend in england. these contestants from around the globe competed in the annual custard pie championship. dressed up teams in costumes threw custard points at e

an investigation on veterans and brain injuries won him the coveted george polk award. david, he's being remembered tonight not just as a photographer, but for the courage he displayed, and the passion he brought to each story. tom? >> thank you. >>> and in iraq, officials say they have taken back areas around fallujah. the center of fallujah is still out of reach, because isis is using tens of thousands of people that still live there as human shields. >>> officer smith, a 18-year veteran of the force, and a father of three. struck on the street by a suspect allegedly shooting three people. >>> we move on to politics. to days to major primaries that could determine the democratic nominee. hillary clinton still being challenged by bernie sanders. this, as donald trump is refusing to back down on the claim that a mexican-american judge is biased against him, going even further. here's david wright. >> reporter: donald trump doubling down on his statement that a federal judge should be disqualified because of his ancestry. >> very pro-mexican, which is all fine. but i sai

we noticed long lines at security checkpoints, including the one on polk street. were metal detectors, want checks and bag checks. many say they did not mind the longer wait. while the celebration may be wrapping up, the parties we continue. >> people going to the castro and find a bar or a house party to go to. >> it

and an investigation on veterans and brain injuries won him the coveted george polk award. david gilkey is being remembered tonight not just as a globe-trotting and talent ed photographer, but for the courage he displayed, and the passion he brought to each story. tom? >> thank you. >>> and in iraq, officials say they have taken back areas around fallujah. an isis stronghold. the u.s. has been supporting the two-week assault with air strikes. the center of fallujah is still out of reach, because isis is using tens of thousands of civilians that live there as human shields. >>> back at home, a police officer killed while on-duty. officer smith, a 18-year veteran of the force, and a father of three. struck on the street by a suspect trying to get away after allegedly shooting three people. tonight, that suspect is facing multiple charges, including first degree murder. >>> we move on to politics. two days to major primaries that could determine the democratic nominee. hillary clinton still being challenged by bernie sanders. this, as donald trump is refusing to back down on t

the girl may be on muni on the 19 polk 54 felton or t third lines. >>> in vallejo tonight, police searching for a gunman who killed a man on springs road between westwood and oakwood. police searching door to door after a man was shot in the head and killed. abc 7s news reporter wayne freedman is there live with the latest. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. to our knowledge, that search for the shooter is still going on in vallejo. we say to our knowledge because we have not heard from valet row police for several hours. we know just before 1:00 p.m. in the ickor store behind me there was a shooting in the parking lot. one man dead. identities, motives yet to be determined. neighbors say this has become an all too common sight on the streets of vallejo, police tape, shell casings, a man shot dead. it happened within just a few feet of courtney purdue who was parking her car. >> he had a wound to the head. >> was he moving? >> from what i could see. i didn't see him moving but they say he was still breathing. >> reporter: the suspect left the scene and led them on a chase through the

polk. >> is there any additional public comment on the housing inventory. >> seeing none, public comments closed. commissioner antonini. >> justice department from the report it looks like 2016 will be a lot big year for construction i see so many more units in crosswalks that didn't fall into the category when we counted them a year ago i think we'll see a big jump but a couple of things we want to note in a year our numbers are less than they have been in other years we still count for 16 percent of the united in the bayview in a city who's population is significantly less than contra-costa alameda and in san mateo county is compatible to san francisco unites the go side but the bad side as appointed by rob poole only half the production of city of seattle very a population of 6 hundred thousand - i appreciate the report and we have a lot to do hopefully, i think one answer is going to be if he can begin to move forward with project we pass area plans and prescribe and come up with projects takes years and years for those projects to get approved as in right to areas and still are not

my name is chris and on the executive board of the polk board association and i am here on behalf of the board to enthusiastically support the project and our organization is a few blocks away from the project and you're aware there's not lot a open space in the neighborhood and we look for a project that will create open space and bring benefit to the neighbors and merchants and visitors to the district and i urge the board of supervisors to approve the next phase of the project today. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> supervisors i am john riso with the sierra club. we're a strong supporter of the francisco park project. as you know parks are an integral part of the city's infrastructure just as much as housing and transportation are and roads. our population is growing but our -- unlike the national park system our local park system hasn't been expanding and this is a rare opportunity to do just that to expand our park system. this is a great location for a new park. this area has very few parks per capita and we enthusiastically support it and u

. >> host: you have a whole chapter in the book devoted to a very special place called polk meadows and i love how you set up this chapter. the right it's unseemly to got especially for reporter, were supposed to stand fully on the sidelines, keeping our opinions to ourselves and our emotions holstered. through that when it comes to the story of hope many roots. tell us what makes this place so special to you. >> guest: this is one of those planned communities. it was founded, developed by a single woman who was writing her phd thesis on the foster care system in the state of illinois and she was seeing child after child being rejected by foster parents and shunted from one family to another family and it was breaking her heart. she decided that if foster parents lived in a compound together, they wouldn't give up on their kids because the other families would help them andsupport them . so she taught the pentagon into giving her some beautiful homes on air force base that was being shut down. she wanted 12 houses. she found 12 families to take in and adopt, this was not foster care, ad

>> i participated in a merchant walk on polk street area to visit some of the folks that are applying for legacy business status. i met with the mta last week at supervisor peskin's office to go over more of the issues that are coming up , that are particular to north beach like wanting to put the lead transit lanes on columbus avenue. i would say he was a productive meeting primarily because supervisor peskin was quite forceful on his opinions on those things and we are apparently going to organize a group of stakeholders in north beach to work with the mta and i urge them to do that in every single neighborhood in san francisco because that is what we need, is to be involved from the very beginning in projects that affect our neighborhood. >> here here. anyone else? >> i something to report. i also attended the [inaudible] and was well attended and i had a chance to [inaudible] it was great. i also attended the asian-american business mixer that was hosted by a bank, ease west bank and was at the third wall at 901 market st. one thing i want to point out is one of the panel speakers

know that is would the the thought high injury corridors every 38 days someone is injured between polk street and market street and the one of the ways to calm the traffic loan along the heavily utilized corridors and we also building that additional cyclists on the corridor make the corridor safer that activates the corridors and supports the seniors and families on golden gate is really xrefrngs a lot of transformation to the historic y and down to one of the problematic liquor store big boy that is experienced so valencia and it is really great to see one the liquor store a riding program for the neighborhood and this is happening on golden gate complimented and protected by public safety really help to rae activate this street so thank you very much fewer support and sfmta not only for working us to prioritize had. >> thank you, supervisor kim. >> director reiskin. >> so that is the item on the consent calendar but fits nicely last thursday was dwarf day and supervisor kim and many other supervisors participated vice chair director brinkman was there as well hopefully many more i k

flag will sit prominently on the front of the building hanging over polk street. week from tomorrow and pride parade will be one week from sunday. >>> if you look for something fun to do this weekend. 7 news afternoon or reggie has good ideas for you. >> dancers. suspend from the sky r and b queen. hood line best entertainment money can't buy. the love that song. singing her song queen and you can hear her sunday at stern grove festival kicking off free summer concert series. >> tightrope. 3 seats first come first serve served. janell very popular. so you are going to want to guarantee a spot and only one way to do. that it will cost you something. sunday 2:00 p.m. concert fundraiser for stern grove. 250 dollars will score you reserve seat. it's not like seeing a show in arena. out doors. tree above you. coming up this summer. george clinton and parliament george clinton aorku+s(hony.t ? >> another free event the dancers from group called band loop of it's kind of like lionel richie dancing on a ceiling only cool. you look at rehearsal footage final project will b

situations alert 2 a little bit more serious in nature part of reports an indicator light showing smoke or polk stuck landing gear units will stage on the dedicated locations at that time the plane lands safely they'll escort the proprieties to the gate alert 3 is different we get an alert 3 this is generally in the hard landing some type of the plane has lost their engines and can't function properly 3r5r7z their elevators when an alert 3 is requested by the tower we automatically request a 303 or one 01 that is a first alarm response and our san mateo counterparts sends 5 trucks and a chief that again age alert 3 a situation where we are going to have some type of hard landing and injuries and damage involved the time i spent one year and a half at the air traffic controller i've been there 3 months on this 2 alert 3 they could have been alert two not that i want to make people nerves but several minor things that can motivate the pilot to call ahead next time your underlying ahead look at the yellow apparatus someone

his work won him many awards including a george polke award and edward r.murrow award. >>> investigative unit exclusive. oakland has become part of the nation's presidential debate with donald trump's derogatory statements how unsafe that city is. >> good morning. we spent the last six months or so digging into what life is really like on the streets of oakland. we pieced together economic data to show how there are right now two very different oaklands. we found the vibrant and booming part of oakland where high-tech companies are moving and jobs plentiful. unemployment 8% and dropping. there have only been five murders and a dozen gun arrests since last august. down the street nearby in east oakland, we found another part of the city that still lags very far behind, where unemployment is more than 18%, the average salary only about half what the others make citywide. 21,000 people there in east oakland live below the poverty line. there have been 26 murders and 90 gun arrests in that part of the city since last august. we asked oakland's marrawah she and

polk county in central florida.let-proof vests with guns drawn, an anti-drug task force busts through the door. after an initial search, officers determine no one's at home and begin their investigation. but as some start picking up evidence, others pick up the wii remotes. the officers of the anti-drug task force are unaware that video surveillance has been set up by the homeowner, a convict already in custody. caught by a wireless computer web cam, several officers can be seen bowling on the drug dealer's nintendo wii. for hours. one detective documenting evidence repeatedly puts down a clipboard to hit the virtual lanes. 13 detectives and three sergeants spend nine hours searching the home, with some trying to perfect their game. the county sheriff calls the incident embarrassing. a gutter ball for the cops with a little too much time to spare. >>> what are you doing? >> what are you doing? >> you can't touch me. >> an off-duty police officer lashes out after a video vigilante confronts more cops behaving badly.

and polk and johnson are both their democrats with a small d and believe in the privacy of the small man. that was really what tennessee presidents bring to the american political system. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to nashville, tennessee to learn about its rich history. learn more about national and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv. all we can, every week and on c-span3. >> each week, american artifact takes years into historical sites across the country. up next, we visit the smithsonian air and space museu. jeremy kinney is a curator who shows us some of the museum's prayer and one-of-a-kind artifacts. >> hello. we're going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. first, i would to talk about the museum overall. it has over 8 million visitors a year. looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. about 67 are on display in the national mall building. what supports these artifacts are

local man is spearheading an effort to >> what i want to do is show the world, show everyone that in polkounty and bradley county in tennessee, we love one another. >> rick tyler says he hopes to have his campaign signs back up by next week. >>> stanley's children, grand children and great grandchild are all remembering him this morning. the blue grass singer died yesterday, he was 89. stanley had skin cancer. he started performing in the 1940s and sang at president jimmy carter and president bill clinton's inauguration. stanley's music for the movie o brother where art thou was also popul popular. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of britain where vote voters have approved a move to leave the european union and president obama has been briefed. what he's expect abouted do within the >>> and you can see some rain sticking around the area. north and west of the city here. chuck bell says we could see some showers this afrnoon. te by supporting the doctor-patient relationship so more moms get prenatal care. offer moms access to maternity nurse support-- around the clock. empower l

polk county, tennessee. it's a dreary, chilly morning, and wdfe news cameraman is covering the story of a boulder that has fallen on to u.s. 64. >> originally, we were just going to try to get pictures of a boulder in the road. we didn't know how big. we didn't know if there were any cars trapped underneath. >> when fairbanks reporter bill mitchell arrives, the road is closed to traffic and the tennessee department of transportation, better known as tdot, is using a giant hydraulic hammer to break up the enormous rock. >> it was huge. it was massive. it covered up an entire lane of the road. they were hitting this thing with all they had, and it was not cracking. you can just see little splitters of rock fly up through the air. as far as breaking that thing apart, it wasn't going anywhere. >> the 24-mile, two-lane highway goes through a narrow pass called the ocoee gorge and is flanked by little frog mountain on the one side and the ocoee river on the other. the trip through the ocoee gorge normally takes 20

including this year's pulitzer prize for public service and overall for pulitzer prizes and six torch polk awards. a texas native we always like to point that out when we are here. our moderator for the discussion is marty baron, executive director -- executive editor of 2013. marty has been part of 10 pulitzer prizes during his time at the post or "the boston globe", "new york times," los angeles times and the "miami herald," but he may be best known for his uncanny nation of the actress leah schreiber. hope you enjoy the panel. [applause] >> thank you, mike. i'll try to continue without impersonation here. thank you all for coming. thank you to the panel for participating. the title of this panel of this panel is a presidency coverage in the digital age. i want to just start with the question about what fundamentally different about covering the president in the digital age. why don't we start with that. maybe olivia can take it off. >> when i started covering the white house in december of 2000, everything was on paper. we would get statements on paper and announcements on paper. the wi

it will hang over polk street. . >> for that moment of celebration, we're also honoring the victims that's it back for half mast. >> the two-day pride celebration at civic center plaza will start one week from tomorrow and the pride parade will be one week from sunday. >>> are you looking for something fun to do this weekend like maybe a game seven on father's day? >> or being pampered. >> that would be nice, too. >> reggie aqui has some ideas for you. >> dancers suspendinged from the sky and an r&b queen singing to you in the news. hood line has the best entertainment money can't buy. ♪ love that song. that is janelle monae singing "queen." you can hear her sunday at stern grove festival. she is kicking off the free summer concert series. ♪ the tightrope, the free seats are first come, first served. janelle is very popular so you'll want to guarantee a spot. there's only one way to do that. it is going to cost you something. sunday's 2:00 p.m. concert is a fund raiser. 250 bucks will score you a reserved seat. stern grove not like seeing a show in an arena. you're outdoors, there's trees