really concerning that there was such -- it is really interesting because we live in densely populated city. very often, we are living adjacent to each other. it shouldn't be that we can't figure out a way to coexist, had a really concerns me that some many people felt that they would be negatively impacted. i don't think it is the kind of city that we are and we are aspiring to be. there is no other choice but to have buildings above each other. this land was owned in a way to encourage residential housing. i would hope that we can find a way to make sure that the sites are able to work very successfully together. it would be unfortunate to have this land is vacant. at the same time, i would hope that there is a chance, a potential conversation about purchasing the property and that is not really our business. if that is a serious desire, i would hope that the project sponsored would give them an offer that is reasonable to them. i think a lot of ways, it would be a great resolution to the whole circumstance. as a planning commissioner, based on what we have done to this land and how we ha

there's this huge boom in a population of seniors in our city that will grow. i think by 2020, 60% of the population will be seniors, and i think some people are now defining 60 and over, but i think generally, people looking at 65 and over. that is a huge population. i'm trying to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, but even housing policies that allow our buildings to become more senior- friendly. i guess we are calling it developing an aging-friendly city. we are also looking at how to support senior services and unique neighborhood by neighborhood programs called aging in place or village models that allow people who are older or seniors getting older to be able to support each other and to stay in their homes and communities longer so they can be contributed to the community as long as possible as opposed to institutionalizing them, which costs quite a bit more. so i'm looking with senior group's ideas of how to create more aging in place programs neighborhood by neighborhood as well, but i think those are the key issues. i am

that limited while there is a limit to to the cities to cities population modern times or you know some specialist like this are you. there is a limit or maybe there's a kind of ecological limit but if you take a look at cities like mexico city or sao paulo or mexico city these are cities where there are twice as large as wasco thanks to murder well some power is approaching thirty million if you think about regional not just the city but regional tokyo you're talking about twenty million people doing so so these are the most this population has doubled in my lifetime it used to be eight when i was a kid right at sixteen right now in the south so i think that there are undoubtedly there is some kind of limit but it's on noble exactly where it is and moscow's problem and is russia's problem is everything is so centralize here that if if you really want to get something done you really need to be here this is where the money is and maybe there's always like exactly three percent of russia's money isn't most that's right so there you go a kid growing in told there's money elsewhere well le

population shift means more areas of the country are celebrating the year of the dragon than ever before. those changes are happening across the country. new york's china town no longer home to the city'sest chinese population. officials there say it remains an important cultural center. >>> modern planes land in all sorts of adverse conditions. wind may be the biggest challenge for pilots. take a look at this youtube video that makes that point clear. several large jets landing in cross winds at germany's airport. the tilt ago will yous the planes to compensate for the powerful winds. pilots are trained to handle cross winds like this. >> term for it is crabbing. they crab into the wind and then when they get to the runway when they flare for the landing the nose points straight down to the runway. >> i knew i would learn something about that, thank you. >>> the clouds are out there not as low as they were yesterday. good morning everybody 4:50, almost 4:51 emeryville across the bay bridge to downtown san francisco you can see the includes mid and uper level clouds low clouds cause the delay. we'll keep an eye on it. about an hour from now is when they let us know they are going to ha

city's population has plummeted. >> not extern the lake, internally we are doing that constantly. that is a constant process to evaluate where we have adequate resources, or where we may be over dedicated. to go the city still has one of the worst murder rates in the country. and his employees have already sacrificed he says. >> the pension rules went from being able to retire with 20 years of service, to now 25 years of service. that is in the middle of the game. you will not find people inside the police department that would say to you we have gone unscathed through these very difficult budget times. >> he said he would not be opposed to an independent review of the department's budget and operation. great bernstein also joined us today on are taping. -- greg bernstein also joined us today on our taping. >> still ahead, the former head sthen state coach, joe paterno, makes his final trip through campus. >> today his funeral may have been private, but it did not stop the public from coming out. the story straight ahead. >> school lunches are about to get a lesson in nutrition. th

population. the easiest to be some of the meanest streets in east baltimore, but not any longer. overall, violent crime in the city declined by 12% in 2011. non fatal shootings drop by 9%. an analysis of population trends in the 11 -- in 11 east baltimore neighborhood may provide a clip -- may provide a clue. many residents have noticed the exodus. they credit neighborhood revitalization of breivik -- revitalization efforts by a johns hopkins. >> i have seen how johns hopkins has taken care of this neighborhood, and we have seen the crime rate dropped so much. >> from patterson park on up, yes, crime is down, most definitely. john thompson has a lot to do with it. >> according to lot -- johns hopkins has a lot to do with it. overall crime in baltimore city dropped by 6% in 2011. juvenile arrests declined 25%. prop. climb -- property crime decreased 4%. not necessarily increased patrols or crime camera technology could be the reason. >> in my personal opinion, the people downtown have really dropped the ball on this city. >> there are signs of hope. a new school is slated for this deserted corner. elementary school

now philly tops the list as the city with the highest homicide rates of the nation's ten most populous citiesso he failed. however, he does say he's going to take on gun control now, gun legislation. we'll see how he fares there. >> that's not such a bad failure if you get a second term. you may not have met your goals. >> it's kind of interesting, maybe it's because he is going after the gun legislation. he's got people fighting him on that. >> from one mayor on one coast to a mayor on another coast. a big story that has a lot of people talking. it tease series of fires in los angeles. in fact, we can rest a little easier this morning. police say they have put an end to that arson spree, but not before about $3 million in damage was inflicted on the community. 24-year-old harry burkhardt from germany originally in custody. he's the one smiling to the left of your screen there with the ponytail. not sure what he's smiling about. at this point charged with one count of arson. but officials saying certainly more charges may come down the pike because there are 52 fires that were raging in just

more than one-third of the city's current population has never experienced a major earthquake. so older residents are passing on what they learned from the disaster to younger generations. >> translator: the date has come around again. it's been 17 years. it seems so short. and at the same time, so long. >> translator: i saw my mother die in front of me. i've never forgotten that. >> participants will also observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time when the quake hit northeastern japan last march. >>> nonprofit organizations moved into kobe shortly after the disaster. some of them are still at it, trying to help survivors get back what they lost. we have more from kobe. >> reporter: this man and his wife left their hometown after the great hanshin earthquake. they are still living here in another prefecture. the earthquake destroyed their home. the couple applied to move to temporary housing unit, but again and again, failed to draw a winning lot. a municipal government official advised the couple to move out to a municipality accepting quake survivors. they decided to

more than one-third of the city's current population has never experienced a major earthquake. so older residents are passing on what they learned from the disaster to younger generations. >> translator: it's been 17 years. it seems so short. and at the same time so long. >> translator: i saw my mother die in front of me. i've never forgotten that. >> this year the organizers invited people from northeastern japan. >> translator: i have no words. i'm stunned that after all these years, many people still gather and carry on by strengthening bonds. >> participants will also observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time when the quake hit northeastern japan last march. >>> nonprofit organizations moved in to kobe shortly after the disaster. some of them are still at it trying to help survivors get back what they lost. nhk world reports from kobe. >> reporter: this man and his wife left their hometown after the great hanshin earthquake. they are still living here in sakaiminato in another prefecture. the earthquake destroyed their home. the couple applied to move in to a tempo

to be fully immersed in a second language and a appropriately challenged curriculum, a diverse city population that is reflective of the city that we love and the leadership of the school principal, administration team, teachers, and p.t.a. if you're here tonight to represent paul revere, would you stand up and show that support to the board. thank you. [applause] >> and thanks to tough choices made by our principal and staff during mandated school reform. it is fulfilling its mission statement and on its way to meet all of the goals on the front of the agenda. i'm a member of the building bridges team and witnessed the innovative leadership team in action. it was so moving to see what this passionate team of mentors is doing for our kids. to keep our principal and keep down this path, our school is going to become a powerhouse. another district success story that will give thousands of kids education opportunities they deserve. if you remove our principal in year two of reform, that is the equivalent of shutting down our school. please don't put our kids' education in jeopardy. thank you. pre

need has never been greater, whether it be a need to drive tourism greater in our city or a need to accommodate the population growth. we have the urgency in front of us, as well. i will end by saying i am thrilled and proud that san francisco is such a good bicycling city. we can be a great bicycling city. we look forward to your help. i want to invite everyone here, please come and invite friends to tomorrow night's closing ceremony. as hille mentioned, we're now going to lock these good folks in a room for two days to help us come up with exciting and doable, that's important, implementable plans for mid market street, for polk street and the wiggle route through the lower haight. they'll be coming back miraculously tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. to share their design ideas with all of us. this is open to the public. 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night at the war memorial building in the green room just across the street, across van ness avenue. please come, and you will learn what the dutch experts and what our local experts and stakeholders think we need to make san francisco a truly great bicycling city, which i am s

. >> helping cities, helping us do our jobs is what will help america. 80% of the population lives in the city. 85% of the jobs are in cities and metro areas and as mayor gray said 90% of the gross domestic product is in cities and metro areas. it only makes sense to invest in that 90% because that's where you get your biggest return. unemployment rate in our cities will only come down as not only the national unemployment rate comes down but also targeted strategic investment in cities to get things done. the real question is what is congress doing or what do they think they're doing when millions of americans are out of work, bridges, roads, highways, schools, waterfront, airports, job creators. we know this. a nonpartisan issue for 50 years. >> what specifically in your city would you like to see done that congress could approve sooner rather than later? >> huge project for us is seven miles of waterfront on the delaware that extends from below center city up through the northeast. that would revitalize not only that part of the city but a major attraction all across the region. it

city is broke. the state is broke, the country is broke. for the good of the vast majority of population in this city, for the welfare of this country, for god's sake, do the right thing and approve this project. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. thank you, president chiu and supervisors for staying here late to the hear us out. my name is emily o'rourke. i'm a business representative with the international brotherhood of electrical workers local 6, journeyman, wireman, san franciscan and fortunate to be working but i wasn't for 21 months and i remember hearing about this job for a long time thinking it would get started and it kept a lot of us hopeful and still has a lot of us hopeful, not just people who are working now and hope the job will start soon so they don't become unemployed but hundreds of our members who sit on our out-of-work list. so i'm able to represent my local, an organization that has been representing electrical workers in this city for over 100 years. i'm a proud member of it because we're a highly skilled union labor force and i s

our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> we believe we can bring innovation to government, entrepreneurs, developers, with the government to make a difference. i would like to introduce mayor ed lee of san francisco to kick us off. >> thank you, good morning. happy new year i want to start out by saying the new year brings us -- while we still hear bad news from the federal and state economy, i hav

our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on to

other cities my blalock these concerns because they affect a small percentage of the city population in light of the millions of dollars that developers a promise to bring in this city. san francisco is different. we take care of our citizens no matter how ludicrous their lifestyles or recreational activities are. move the jumbotron to dry land where it belongs and make sure rules are in place to make sure that sea lions and sell both its members can peacefully exists. i urge you to reverse the certification of eir and urged a planning staff to make its critical changes. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good evening. i am from the executive director of the san francisco bay keeper, and i have been very active with the environmental council efforts to work with the city to try to identify and get out of the wake of the possible and are mature concerns before we got to this point. it has been thousands of hours with a lot of people with different expertise and a lot of good fruit technical comments and negotiations with the city. i do want to say, and i have said b

ballot, put it on the november ballot when turnout will be higher and more representative of the city's population. in summary, keep rank choice voting. mend it, don't end it. three of my colleagues were going to speak, as well, but had to leave a few hours ago. thank you. chiu chi next speaker. president chiu: next speaker. >> there's 10 more shopping days until christmas and i recommend this book very highly, it was read on family radio, the british josiah, edward tudoor was the son of henry viii and is known as a pius king and did more for protestantism than anybody. i would like to read a part of the treaties. took him 8 1/2 months to write and he wrote this at 12 years old and this is just a little taste of what it says. "jesus wore a crown of thorns and a purple robe was thrown upon him in derision and all the multitudes mocked and spat upon him but the pope decks himself with a triple crown and is adored by kings, princes, emperors. jesus washed his disciples feet and kings kiss the feet of the pope. jesus opened his mouth and taught people, the pope takes his ease and rests in his castle.

city. my guess they are 10% of the population, but who sees the queer, seniors? what about the seniors who live in substandard housing? they are afraid to complain because their landlord might retaliate and evict them. i hope that any worker that comes out of this meeting will fight for these issues for more affordable housing for ways to enforce the housing codes and for protections for seniors from eviction. we need action now. our lives depend on it. thank you. >> i am a lifelong resident of san francisco. i want to speak in support. i want to speak about the open house and what it has provided for me. and my partner. i have a disabled partner. open house has provided a tremendous opportunity for social interaction that we would never have had. myself and my partner, my partner is less able to interact in an open house. i intend dozens of open house activities including the man's drop in group, lunches, the discussion groups, every third tuesday. also offers opportunities for volunteer work. the really need support in obtaining a person who can coordinate volu

. >> reporter: doyle park elementary has been open since 1952 and has a largely latino population. the citychool district said budget cuts may force it to close this school. they gathered at a nearby middle school to talk act the fate of the school and it's 230 students. the district said they have poor test scores and declining enrollment and faced $8 million this budget cuts the school may have to shut. >> we have to give layoff notices by march the 15th. we cannot wait. we have to go head and project it what we have is what we have. >> reporter: everybody who spoke here was against the closure. one said recruiting a few more students could reverse the financial drain at doyle. >> using some basic math it turns out that's about 40 kids. 40 extra kids go and they break even. >> reporter: some parents say the latino students will have to transfer to other schools who suffer the most. >> whether the district cares to admit it this is a racial issue. there have been white blight in many schools for years. >> reporter: the district said they will likely reopennance a charter school. >> the onl

population, per say. >> reporter: new york's chinatown is no longer home to the city's large population of chinese people. the neighborhood's councilwoman said that chinatown remains an important cultural center. >> the cultural, the history, the roots are here. people, no matter where they move to, they always manage to come back here. >> reporter: while fewer asian americans living in chinatown, the population shift means more will celebrate the year of the dragon than ever before. shawn yancy, fox 5 news. >> the chinese new year's celebration kicks off sunday afternoon and the parade starts at 2. >> and that is an average day. i don't know what i would talk about. >> and that is a day. you may be able to get this and they held it bay a little bit, the remnants of high pressure keeping them off to the west and they will be riding in town and doesn't the capitol look terrific? and i am not sure about the glow, but i like it and there is some cloud cover and moisture in the air contributing to that. to the weather maps, i want you to see the next three days. believe it or not, we may start as warm as 62

and half of the city's population that's in the other boat is disconnected from all that potential prosperity. >> we really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to people's lives here. so a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local san francisco community. >> i think it's our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. >> you have to blend this idea of community network with computer equipment with training and with support. we can pull all that together, then we've got it. >> it's as much about social and economic justice -- in fact it's more about social and economic justice than justst >> the evening, and welcome to -- 2012. this is the regular board meeting of the board of education, tuesday, january 10, and this is now called to order. >>

population shift means more areas of the country are celebrating the year of the dragon than ever before. >> those changes are happening across the country. in new york chinatown is no longer home to the city'sese population. officials there say it remains an important cultural center. >> big influx of immigrants settling in the suburbs all over the bay area, good schools, education a big factor for immigrants of all communities. >> cheaper than living downtown, sure. >>> no rain in sight, right? >> not really. another week and another seven days without rain. we could use a break after the rain but we are going to need more and more sierra snow. right now the models go out to 16 days have a few blips for next week but outside of the seven day cycle. good morning. coming up on 5:51. you saw the clouds, they are mid and upper level, not as many low clouds as we had yesterday. they are doing the same thing, keeping temperatures mile, 51 san francisco and oakland, cool spot, 41 napa, everybody else mid to upper 40s monterey bay and inland low to mid 40s. i think we'll see more sunshine and warmer temperatures today we'll still have high clouds won't be as thick as they were yesterday. we don't

now philly tops the list as the city with the highest homicide rates of the nation's ten most populous citiesso he failed. however, he does say he's going to take on gun control now, gun legislation. we'll see how he fares there. >> that's not such a bad failure if you get a second term. you may not have met your goals. >> it's kind of interesting, maybe it's because he is going after the gun legislation. he's got people fighting him on that. >> from one mayor on one coast to a mayor on another coast. a big story that has a lot of people talking. it tease series of fires in los angeles. in fact, we can rest a little easier this morning. police say they have put an end to that arson spree, but not before about $3 million in damage was inflicted on the community. 24-year-old harry burkhardt from germany originally in custody. he's the one smiling to the left of your screen there with the ponytail. not sure what he's smiling about. at this point charged with one count of arson. but officials saying certainly more charges may come down the pike because there are 52 fires that were raging in just