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welcome to the portola neighborhood. we're celebrating the successful efforts to revitalize san bruno avenue. this city has had a great partnership with the portola never its steering committee, where some of it's never the investments include streetscape improvements, from planting trees and leaves to utility underground in and fixtures and to install office saw improvements and much more. today, mayor edwin lee will talk about launching the investing in iran initiative. joining him is supervisor malia cohen, robert ramirez from the portola neighborhood steering committee, and many department heads, including jennifer from the office of economic and workforce development, ed harrington from the san francisco public utilities commission, regina from the small business office, bevon from sf hope, and revitalizing our commercial corridors has been near and dear to mayor lee's heart since his days as director of dpw and as city administrator and down as mayor. whether it did the dpw community corridor program, ambassador pr

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause]

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> i should not be on stage. when you should be seeing -- i am used to the stage but not. that is who should be on stage. i am an animator. i am with picks are animation studios. in some ways, i felt comfortable being on stayed behind my computer. it is weird for me to be on the microphone. i have a lot of work to do but i am here to explain that, i'll come to that later. i wanted knowledge some of our special guests this morning. first off, i have some flashcards. how wanted acknowledged and the asian art museum director jay tsu. when i think of jay hsu, i think, aka dr. j. he is master of the universe. also, i never thought had -- would have the opportunity to introduce the mayor of san francisco, mayor ed lee. i just a to introduce the mayor. that is awesome. we also have a bunch of other special guests today. i would also like to introduce david chiu, president of the board of supervisors. thank you for coming. the mayor does not come along. he has a policy. supervisor

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> thank you for comment. i am with the office of economic and workforce development, but i am representing quite a broad swath of the city and redevelopment staff who have spent rallying cry around this project. and i am here with a member of community folks who have been absolutely instrumental in putting this together. i wanted to start by introducing mayor ed lee to speak a few words on this exciting day in bayview, which has honestly left of me breathless when i walked in. [applause] >> everybody, welcome to our bayview. welcome to third and oakdale. we are proud to be here today. a lot of good things happening. we want to announce yet again a collaborative effort that has been going on for some time. but it begins with people who have dreams and we have one of those people here who have been working in the neighborhood, building a community garden, and decided that perhaps it was time to be less and nomadic about his skill and to establish himself in a neighborhood th

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> good afternoon petraeus i am hearing to present -- i was told over the weekend, no, i would go present and entered as the person who will be receiving the award this year. i said, when is that coming at the lunch? the end, the grand finale? she said, no, it is the first award. i said, isn't this the international women's day and we're giving a man the first award? she said, oh, they have to go back to work. i said, we have heard that before. so the man of the year. when we think about who the right person should be and is deserving of such an honor, believe me, we're not looking for a man who is in high political office or the ceo of the major companies. instead, we're looking for someone who has demonstrated over time that he is committed to advancing equal rights and opportunities for women and minorities, someone who has talked the talk and walked the walk. i know we have a number of guests from other countries at this year's women's summit. and at many levels. and it

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> good morning. supervisor carmen chu, thank you for being here in our city administrator, namely kelly, thank you for being here. of course, our new public works director and his wonderful staff here. thank you very much there is a reason why there's three public works directors on this side. ed risk then, our new mta director, and i have the former public works directors. we're here with muhammed and with our city administrator naomi. one, to get an idea of where we're at with the rebuild of our wonderful general hospital. i need not repeat how important this institution is but to tell you that we are honoring that level of importance by being out here in full dress, because we want to make sure that we're on time, with an budget, and this is proceeding with all of its complications as a major, important hospital-first city. i want to think the whole team that has been working together. i want to thank our dpw construction management team and the inspectors, because they

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> good afternoon. i want to thank everyone for coming. this is going to be the it gets better video, the first of its kind, produced by a law enforcement agency in the united states. some months ago, the commander came to me and said that she had a guy. it was a revelation at the time. she meant shawn norcutt, who was going to do our video for us. he has become not only are championed but our friend. unbelievable. along the way, i would be remiss if i did not recognize mike and albea, who worked with shawn to produce a very powerful video on such a critical subject. the young people in this country and in san francisco. without further ado, it is showtime. >> my name is greg and i'm the chief of police for the san francisco police department. i was a small young man in san francisco and i would get bullied all the time. i had many brothers and sisters and i really appreciated when people stop off for me. i cannot even imagine what it is like growing up as a lgbt youth toda

one is the portola is a unified neighborhood. we want it kept together. for me i consider myself part of the area because our neighborhood extends to about the top of the hill before you go around avignon. you are facing down toward mission. that is where you would be in the excelsior. i want to see our neighborhood together. secondly, i do not see how we could possibly fit with the-9. is the mission. colonel heights and so on. we have a vast freeway and -- on allegany and big rally between us. i am active with a group and my concern also is we have a supervisor who really does care and really does know about mclaren park, its problems, and its needs. our neighborhood would be most comfortable in d-tenn. -- taen. keep the portola together. >> i want to commend you on your valor in taking on one of san francisco's impossible tasks. i live at 79 pierce street. i have been a resident for 25 and if a resident of the lower pay. i am somewhat, torn it i thought it was a lot of logic to the earlier proposal that had all the hate included in district 5 by extendi

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] chairperson campos: good afternoon and welcome to the february 24, 2012 meeting. my name is david campos. i am the chair of the commission. we are joined today by the commission vice chair, commissioner john avalos, as well as commissioner pimentel. our clerk is linda wong. i want to thank staff which is helping to cover this meeting. could you please call item number two? >> approval of lafco minutes from january, 2012. chairperson campos: if there is any member of the public that would like to speak on item 2 below? seeing none, public comment is closed. this is an action item. supervisor avalos: motion to approve. commissioner pimentel: second. chairperson campos: without objection. >> item 3, community toys aggregation activities report -- a status update on the clean power program, status update on proceeding at the california public utilities commission, and status update on state legislation. chairperson campos: we will now hear from michael campbell of the public ut

as you indicated, it includes bernal heights, and it also includes the portola. such a rich district. getting to know people of the district through the campaign, doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding super rigid experience. -- the most rewarding experience. it is amazing how the people are. it has been a great experience. i do not know that i fully understood the richness of this district until i was actually talking to so many people on the campaign trail. now as a supervisor i see it every day. i see that. and there are challenges in these tough economic times. but i also see so much potential, so many amazing people, and we in city government have an opportunity to address so many problems and make so many things better. the campaign was a learning experience on so many levels. beyond that, i think you've learned something about yourself when you are putting yourself out there through the political process. i was very lucky that i had that opportunity because where i come from something as basic as free, democratic elections, that is a lux

---lo hizo en el distrito de portola, que lo presento como un ejemplo de revitalizacion y desarrollo. tiene programas con este objetivo, con frecuencia no funcionan coordinadame nte, por lo que se creara un comite que ayude a concentrar estos esfuerzos.... ---en la zona de la avenida san bruno dicen que eso esta funcionando... take sot roberto ramirez/comite revitalizacion de portola "si el porcentaje de negocios vacios era 20%, ha bajado a 4% en los ultimos dos anos" victor lara/residente de la zona "queremos mas turistas para que tengan mas restaurantes de diferentes partes del mundo" vo ---el vocero de la alcaldia dijo que esto no sera mas burocracia... ---el comite tendra solo dos meses para evaluar las necesidades de diferentes corredores comerciales que necesitan revitalizacion, como la calle geneva y mision... ---el proposito es que se identifiquen los nuevos recursos para incluirlos en el nuevo presupuesto que se presentara en el mes de julio. cu ---mas de mil millones de dolares se han acumulado en las arcas del servicio de recaudacion de impuestos, take vo ---en espera de qu

a heavy volume for 580 because we're jammed early by the accident at portola. that is cleared from the scene. starting to recover with speeds into the 50s coming past vasco and toward portola avenue. jammed towards greenville with that big rig still on the shoulder. reportedly, there was a fire in the cab of that. not a major distraction, but there are a couple chp vehicles there adding to the slowing down. that will be an issue for folks traveling through livermore but gumming up things and providing a break for folks in pleasanton and castro valley. on the east shore freeway, action on the shoulder at richmond parkway but no slowing in the last 20 minutes. i'll say some paperwork is going on. move along down the east shore freeway. excla makes points across the bridges show you the wind advisory by chp. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza as the volume kicks in. metering lights turned on a few minutes ago. along the peninsula, no problems for 101 or 280 but san mateo and dumb b dumbo, same bridge warnings. >>> san francisco has golden gate park, marin ha

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i go to the one in portola and ask the general manager, "are used in the alcohol to the machine -- are you scanning alcohol through the machine?" yes, but "we believe we are in compliance with this law." this is the doublespeak you get when you speak with fresh and easy. after community meetings, including the concern about wic, the fresh and easy representatives said the have applied but are waiting to be inspected. that was a lie. the quickly tried to correct that a week later. this letter says that these promises have been made. we are still waiting for them. they do not abide by the law that they say they are in compliance with. they do not do that. we need to have a safe sale of a call in our community. i would submit this letter. i know that supervisor olague is proposing an ordinance that is stricter. this group of people asked that you delay the department until you go deeper into that proposal. president fong: thank you. ramon, amanda, and sam ruiz. >> good afternoon. my name is rom -- ramon. i am part of a collaboration of six community-based organizations. we have representa

and portola valley as well. all as jon said it's in reach. 6:30 first. let's get you out the the door. >> we'll take a look at the san mateo bridge. look at the volume of traffic on the bridge. about 50-55, what we typically see. might be a not. we'll track this as well as 880 past the coliseum. at the limit. toward 980 there is a disabled vehicle from 880 to eastbound 980, you might have slowing as well. >> thanks. >> 6:31. college students across california holding protests, this one is a statewide day of action against cuts to higher education. christie smith is live in workly with all of the latest details. good morning. >> reporter: this gets started in about an hour, bright and early for students. they tell me they are going to start at california hall because that's where a lot of cal's decision makers work all the way down to ucla. students sprik for a public education. when the occupy movement had their tents up it tressed it was leading up to this. saying they refuse to accept massive hikes and outrage

through theintermet he arranimto ee mim h on portola avenue. police say after attacking the women in their cars, he stole their i.d.s and cell phones. detectives believe there could be more victims. >>> getting together to grieve. a candlelight vigil is being held for a 14-year-old boy who died while playing basketball at school. he collapsed yesterday during pe class. an autopsy was performed today but we won't know the results for weeks. today grief counselors were on hand and students wore the school colors, also his favorite color, blue, in his honor. one of his coaches describes him as a standout athlete and a hard working student. he was also the young eest of t children. >>> get ready to open your wallets. the city of san jose says it's in dire need of street repairs and it might look to taxpayers to fund it. they've taken step number one, making a list of the worst streets in need of the most work. one of those streets on that priority list, damian. >> reporter: the city spends about $18 million a year in street repairs. city leaders te

580 and 880 coming down from san leandro back into the castro valley and right on down here into portolaell. let's bring you back to the peninsula, what we will see through redwood city and down into palo alto. moderate rainfall that will be ushering in tonight and we're looking at another three to six hours of this rainfall here across places like the east bay where we're starting to go pretty good across pleasanton and back to livermore as the storm system continues to push to the south. it's been cloer down across san jose but this line to the south of san mateo with the cold front will be moving across and we do expect a decent clip of rainfall to continue at least into the late evening hours. right now 54 in sunnyvale. also 54 in napa and 56 in novato. a few showers lingering for tomorrow morning mainly some clearing by the afternoon on wednesday. still a very slick sierra tra l travel. another storm system will be developing but right now it's all about this broad area of low pressure out in the pacific. we're finally start to go see this upper level energy helping this front to sc

looking at westbound 580 at portola avenue. look at the slowdown.ll activity has moved to the shoulder as i reported last time. that's making things move more smoothly past the scene. but the yam here, 24-minute drive out of the altamont pass. things will get worse before they get better coming through livermore for the time being. highway 4 getting worse as far as the slowdown but a standard build, 26 at the l street sensor. lower left-hand corner we have southbound 680 slowing toward that 24 interchange out of concord. no accidents reported there, but i'll track that and bring you an update if there's anything going on. the san mateo bridge across the water. on the right, the sign is lit up talking about a high wind advisory for all the bay area bridges. that's just gusts at times. right now the camera is pretty steady. sustained winds are not the case this morning. >>> they are calming down. thank you very much. >>> a big win for romney but not a knockout. why his opponents aren't pulling any punches just yet. we crunch the super tuesday rt capit

portola valley getting heavier downpours and all of that action headed toward mobt ray.ell and we're looking at a slow drive in 101 in both directions pf 280 slows on the extension, as well. further south, still a tough drive through san mateo through 101 and 92, all of the way across the water and it's been a slow drive after a number of incidents this morning, but the span is clear. oakland, 880 on the other side of the bay. the mist and the drizzle and slippery roadways getting clear as far as the volume. >> thank you, mike. coming up at 11:00 this morning, college students around for public education and they're taking their message all of the way to the capital and the occupy demonstration education coming up. plus the search for e.t. looking for volunteers to help iorli ena se fchor ali felife. we'll see you in 30. >>> we're back on this thirst day thursday "cooking with curtis." a guy who looks familiar to us, but it has been a long time. >> celebrity chef curtis stone. we used to hang out regularly. then in november he and his other half, lindsey price, had a bab

portola, portola, portola neighborhood. thank you for coming out to the portola neighborhood today. [applause] >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience