native plants and this was a disaster please keep the efforts in our park beautiful and kay says the prelims is gone too far and not improving the status quo. i'm shocked at the number of healthy trees being cut down in grand canyon and many other - as a san francisco said there's areas i'm demanding a oversight now i'm opposed to kci terminal the trees of grand park cannon it's bad for the system and richard johnson i was one of the persons working on accident major plant in south of sutter park it was so unsuccessful. peter howard says the city is poisoning our environment and why is it this a good idea >> thank you very much. >> rachel i'm with the san francisco parks alliances i want to say it's nice to see additional investment in parks particle around park controls when we helped with the passing of the hoursz hours we heard we noted more participation commissioner bonilla i think that's identified as an area of need. i want to say our parks council have a conversation and again, the conversation was very supportive people were glad to see the additional resources but we all know it's

however, the pend legislation may have pending prelims of formula uses in the area it's not currently an actively legislation so it is not currently before you that concludes my presentation if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them thank you. >> thank you project sponsor. >> good afternoon, president wu i'm the owner and partner. thank you for hearing our application we respect san francisco and i understand why the rules exist. marcus and i started our company with no formal training we found a factory in kentucky where we went down there and watched those old ladies suing jeans. it was a really good founding philosophy for our brand we care about the people making our clothes and the majority of our production is done in america we've built our business if nothing we worked out of our homes supported by our wives couldn't get a bank loan but received support from the fashion industry. but the values our core philosophies as a business have been maintained and that is, we really care about the quality of what we do and the integrity of our process we import materials a

. >> next item is item 7 prelims of the gross receipts tax and we have a staff presentation from the tax collector. >> a change is coming. >> the first slide. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm greg i'm with the office of the treasurer and tax collector. i'm spearheading there around outreach and i want to acknowledge a few of my colleagues. what we're doing to get the word out into the business community. many of you have attend my presentations i've been giving on the topic this may not be new information but certainly those who are watching this hearing and certainly it will be helpful information. so first of all, 3 thing that i really want you to know headed out of this. first of all, business registration fees are changing in 2014. this may every business is going to see a registration fee in almost every case will be higher. that is the big thing to take away every business in san francisco will be paying at least more for their business registration fees. number 2 many businesses will continue to have a small business exemption for the small receipts tax. a number of businesse

we're prelim a system which allows us to transfer, however, many we'll be doing over a hvd layers to excel and that will be a huge improvement, as far as, information to the public. we have designed a single point of entry for the poub public to access this system we've got this web page. if you know which permit or planning application you're looking for you can go directly to the permit tracking page that looks like this. it's the citizen access page it is a more user friendly of the back office system and leased within this page you can see the various functions and the schedules etc. there's hard copies here on the table if you like just an important note is that this system is a tracking system it is meant to track projects the main source of information for property information will remain the property information map this was development many years ago and if you need general information about a property you should still obvious our map at the starting point and you'll see what we called pi m. the system will require an accounted so you have to log if you need to conduct a tra

case something happens and also as the controller mentioned there are a potential for the earthquake prelims and we're not actually assuming any supplementals but to wait until they've gone through the board process and take the money not to budget so for right now the $4.5 million if this passes the board it will reduce the 63 million dollars. the last thing that was mentioned we're working closely with the puc with the hetch hetchy power. i'm open for questions >> so nothing on the rim fire then that regards the puc at this point. >> no impacts at this time. >> and the difference between this is all general fund. >> right. >> and is difference on the table that mr. ross field poejd. >> in the 2014 - 2015 we assumed 11.6 then we had updated news there's 141.5 now, it's going up to 209.8 so the difference is we have available. >> okay. >> we didn't mention when was assumed. >> great okay. thanks. >> and lastly in terms of the labor contract that's a big unknown but the 28 contracts up. >> 26. >> okay. so we talk about the 81 increase of $20 million this is a for the remaining 26 that is corr

our kids are going to be required to do and for us engage with the public what are you talking core prelims just do it, it's not just doing this is at that fundamental shift 0 o on how we teach and for us who got our criminals 25 years ago but for folks who are newer to the profession it's going to be a shift this is so exciting we're moving away if a narrow curriculum english and math and expanding the curriculum it's an exciting time i can't help sharing this is the public. >> i don't fully understand it i kind of feel like some of the presentation we're doing are the best. >> i absolutely agree. >> i have to give that observation that is the best it's incredible and they might want to copyright this since we've done a great job and thank you j.c. i know you brought this to us before it was a skeleton thing and i couldn't

safety people at 1:23 in the afternoon an elderly female was transported for a leg injury and the prelim investigation shows that the vehicle had the signal but made a right turn north bound on to larkin and the driver did remain at the scene and cooperate and the initial report did show that she was working for lift, and that collision is under investigation, and when it is completed if there is probable cause to issue a citation for that violation that will be issued. an update on kia stevens who was at the commission the other night and spoke about the person who had struck her, having never been cited we did an audit of that report and she was correct and the citation was issued and sent registered mail through the court to that violater and she has been notified that citation was issued and we also received a call from a identify other people that want their issued. our audit is the same and ongoing and we will get the backlog cleared up. >> and not have one going forward. we had a little bit of violence but the officers did a great job on january 18th at approximately 10:30 four su

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the priests for german troops can also be read as a message to germany's alan's the prelim is already doing enough in the region even if they're expecting more. now here in germany the country has committed itself to a massive change in energy production over the coming years country will shut down its nuclear power plant in radically reduced reliance on carbon based sources like coal. the country is in the renewable solar cells and wind turbines are sprouting up all over the country. that construction work isn't to everyone's liking. major problem up a major power line brother needed to transport the energy is facing strong opposition from communities and environmentalists long this post. yes i am so proud of our visit to the tv to highlight three hundred and eighty kilowatt hour was preparing to be twice as big and would be installed next to this one. but the tube. so this is the name steve. it was time consuming but this time in central germany. for years has confirmed the transfer of power line here. since even the damage is not necessarily in that span too. many achievements are

all around the world the mining city is famous for its costumes and elaborate masks which makes the prelims catholic celebration one of latin america's most vibrant street festivals. since the upscale neighborhood in atlanta ga have a message for pop star justin beaver state alps the neighborhood is leveraging its facebook accounts to protest the possibility that the troubled pop star could move to the area on reports it is looking and mansions in the city. if anything though because he's so young maybe there's more to learn and some of us who are a huge breadth of. we expected. it emerged elected to obey his laws like everybody else. i decided to a number of celebrities such as janet jackson and elton john residents fear beaters recent readings with a lot will drive down property values. early this year to see sensation was arrested in florida on suspicion of driving under the influence in resisting line first in opposites. thousands of people danced with street carnival along the beach in the end is near and celebration at the annual block party the main carnival which runs from the twent

all prelim narcotic undinary in they followed protocol. the evidence markers were still out five hours after the shooting. this is where san jose police say the two university police officers shot a man after he repeatedly refused orders to drop a large knife he was carrying. >> one officer from the university police department actually discharged his taser, but obviously, that had no effect. what happened after that is the second officer on scene used his firearm, obviously, in defense of his life and partner's life and shot in the direction of the suspect, striking the suspect. >> reporter: university police rarely, if ever have to draw guns. in fact, one source told me it was the first time a upd officer has ever shot one in the department's 38-year history. >> those officers were not injured. those officers are currently at the san jose police department being interviewed by investigators. >> i heard like two gunfires and i saw like his body and stuff. >> reporter: what is that like? >> like kind of scary. >> reporter: abigail smith wa

. >>> it's prelim season as we get closer to the time for the kentucky derby. is the biggest derby prep race in this part of the world. what a finish it was. dance with faith is the hayes can the jockey in pink. in the lead. russell bay saved the best for last. coming up, they nipped dance with fate at the wire. bay gets this one. solidly in the conversation to run in may's kentucky derby. >>> and later tonight, we'll have highlights of the nba all- stark weekend. curry is in the shooting contest tonight. he was just warming up earlier and got the crowd excited when he made three straight shots from half court as practice time was running out. that's tonight at 10:00 on "sports wrap." that will do it for this special sportscast. see you tonight at 10:00. >> if only they were keeping store then. >> yeah. i don't know how many points you get for the half court shot. >>> coming up at 10:00, staying healthy. >>> how a bay area company is trying to improve patient health by tackingling a technology that most doctors ignore. we'll see you the next time news breaks >>

jean will extend this week's meals discussed at the beginning of the prelim said the improvement in cross relations with china. you know since two thousand and eight as being a factor in all leading up to the decision team by chinese taipei as a guest at the thirtieth assembly the fun tale. and that given the fact that he improved to cross re releases was very important in that decisions like pale what was the interaction day you had when the chief of the china delegation. cooley is steeped in pt director general of the civil aviation been fishing in china solve mysterious tyson park built what was the real atmosphere like that was it a friendly exchange or was it you know something that bill business as usual though can you share with us. it's helpful that i can share them since wednesday of the country some ok you'll know i hear a soul is so huge community p ninety one ninety one countries has been the case of both do when something he had to move again. conference call can hold the once boasted more than once awesome people. and although the non domiciled in aviation and even though pe

your thoughts on those remarks on one of those shoes instead of prelim result is going in today because they realize she insisted to agreement. to say that china should it expands its meeting to re set button is the same time stein is a rising china as a rising economy. tonight it's quite normal for china to expand its meaty three. i'm teaching this equation is old can sign up to it and went to china do with it. the ideal foil for teens allowed me to go kind of a new washington the fall conference the one that was the viking nineteen twenty two. between the us and uk between germany and a real top and two he meets the decrees of the japanese in ages and it ended. it isn't possible because china with acceptance. lucio of a swear word is at least now japan because it really is so strong that awkward hearing from others yes although i think a singleton not that it's an important point in this story of the day of quiet ones necessity i would use the word of caution again talking about the shift towards the five bites we will rise to a nice visit them across the country and as a result of th

we don't want to just show off in the midst of corners on a whim me to take the final breakdown of prelim one kg backpack. i knew. and. the us eye. welcome back to the final part of the scroll and key on the tile wild look on the hopes we will will will continue and hopefully wrap up this fascinating conversation. what got them are a part of that was the president of the international association of art critics barak with the top will do that by your personal experiences as we stated. you will earn you know trained at the beginning bill has a civil engineer greg hill at columbia university and later on of course you catch a phd in our history for the city university of new york and the whiny to make such a dramatic change in the pursue of the korean yell from being a junior high and all the way to the unit you are craving a look at this so why would say eu no less than a hundred eighty degree turn for help it's this no problem on the wii. but i was so is interested in art and as a child i was kind of this one of his gifts to children who you know which all endeavors of the levi is now a b

. >> you didn't hear complaints after the prelim heats.e didn't medal that you started hearing some of the complaints. look, there are those who are saying that it's sour grapes. we all want our guys and gals to bring home medals but some people out there are saying sour grapes. >> oh, yes, because as under armour has pointed out, by the way, u.s. speed skating pointed out very good times were put in during the practice sessions. and before the actual medal rounds got under way. and so what happened isn't quite clear. the one coach is quoted as saying they trained at high altitude and they should have trained at low altitude. at high altitude the ice is harder. at low altitudes it's softer. everybody has a theory. >> under armour, i wear under armour stuff all the time. it doesn't help me. >> i feel bad raising the issue that it could be sour grapes because all of us want the men and women over there representing the united states to come home with medals. at some point -- >> "usa today" had an yard line today about how under armour from a

until people start going under oath, i think we're still in the prelims. >> true.ne, and let's say he technically is untouched, is going to have to address how that's possible and why that's bad, too. so the question is, you know, the damaging influence of even what happened in the circle around him. i don't know. it does not look good at all. >>> a couple of other stories to get to. the u nighted autoworkers is reevaluating its next steps after an employee at a volkswagen plant voted against a union. it represents a big defeat for organized labor. the uaw spent millions of dollars on the campaign, and while volkswagen did not get involved, local politicians did, pushing anti-union arguments. it's a setback for the union's plans to organize other auto plants in the south. there were you fewer than 400,000 members of the uaw today, down 75% from 1979. overall, just 11.3 of all american workers are union members. in a statement following the vote, the uaw said, in part, quote, this -- we were outraged by politicians and outside special interest groups interfering wit

to liston as a big, ugly bear, even watering a denim jacket with the words "bear hunting" to their prelimup in his bus marked cautious clay up to surf side during training, sat and yelled big ugly bear, i'm going to tame the bear, i'm going to give him to a zoo, he's too ugly to be champion. we didn't know it, but he was getting inside liston's head. round one. he comes out, liston is charging across the ring like a bull. the mat door stops him with a jab. he's half matador. it's really something to see. >> he upset liston after six rounds. of the 46 sports writers at ringside, 43 had picked liston to win in a knockout. >> as he said at the end of the fight, i shocked the world. i shocked the world. >> clays bold personality was not confined to the ring. after converting to islam, he formally announced his new name, muhammed ali within a week of beating liston. he refused to acknowledge military service after being drafted. in 1967, he was found guilty of refersing to be inducted to the military. >> if they want to put me in jail for not going in the army, that's their rule. i'll go to ja