>> chair preston: sure. mr. clerk, call the roll on the motions. >> clerk: on the motion made by supervisor chan, that the hearing should be continued to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes on the motion. >> chair preston: thank you. and vice chair chan, would you like to make an amendment on the resolution? >> supervisor chan: yes. i would like to make a motion to amend the resolution as read into the record earlier. >> chair preston: thank you. roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion to amend the resolution as read into the record -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair preston: thank you. the motion passes, and vice chair chan, would you like to make a motion on the amended item? >> supervisor chan: yes. i would like to move to move move -- to recommend the item as amended as a committee report. >> clerk: on the motion to recommend the item as amended as a committee report to be heard october 5, 2021 -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, ther

>> chair preston: sure. mr. clerk, call the roll on the motions. >> clerk: on the motion made by supervisor chan, that the hearing should be continued to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes on the motion. >> chair preston: thank you. and vice chair chan, would you like to make an amendment on the resolution? >> supervisor chan: yes. i would like to make a motion to amend the resolution as read into the record earlier. >> chair preston: thank you. roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion to amend the resolution as read into the record -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> chair preston: thank you. the motion passes, and vice chair chan, would you like to make a motion on the amended item? >> supervisor chan: yes. i would like to move to move move -- to recommend the item as amended as a committee report. >> clerk: on the motion to recommend the item as amended as a committee report to be heard october 5, 2021 -- [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, ther

>> supervisor preston: yeah. so moved. >> chairman: madam clerk, let's take roll on that, please. >> clerk: on the motion supervisor preston recommend as a committee report, roll really [roll call] you have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. this motion passes with positive recommendation as a committee report. madam clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> clerk: there is no further business, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. we are adjourned. thank you both, colleagues. >> supervisor preston: thank you. >>> good morning. this meeting will come to order and welcome to the september oversight chair. . >>> . >> >> and supervisorings ralph. >> supervisor mandelman: . i also want to thank and jason from sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. thank you, mr. chair. the meeting members will participate in this meeting as if they were in their committee room. the board recognizes that public access is essential and invites public

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair haney, and all the callers. i did just want to thank you not only for your time today but chair haney in particular and supervisor mar, i did want to recognize -- we talked about prop i a lot. i just wanted to thank you for your leadership and recognize you for your kind comments and thank both of you for being among the original signatories of why we were able to take prop i to the ballot. and then also to you both and supervisor safai and our fellow members of the board for past commitment by unanimous resolution to allocate the prop i funds for the purposes that we've been discussing, so appreciate the broad support on that. and lastly, thank you, supervisor mar, for your cosponsorship and also wanted to acknowledge that supervisor chan has added herself as a cosponsor, so wanted to thank her, as well. thank you very much. >> chair haney: great. thank you very much, and appreciate your leadership and your staff, and we here in this community have seen the benefits of prop i that we've been able to allocate to

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. i know that everybody believes in getting more housing in san francisco. the measure doubled the tax rate for the highest value properties, those assessed at $10 million or more. the board has the authority to exempt transfers of rent restricted affordable housing from these transfer tax increases. in 2019, the board exempts transfers of property under the community rights of purchase act, and it takes it beyond that and includes deed restricted residential properties. in effect, for affordable projects valued $5 million or more, the increased tax rates will not apply. instead, that will be a flat 5% tax rate. in practice, this facilitates the creation of more affordable housing while ensuring that developers of market rate, commercial and residential projects continue to pay their fair share in transfer taxes. i believe it's helpful to situation this in the broader transfer tax content. prop i has already brought in tens of millions of dollars, with the controller estimating that in

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: okay. thank you, president walton, and i did have some questions -- i want to thank colleagues for addressing some of the more technical issues, including, in particular, the seismic issues, and i also think i concur with supervisor peskin's analysis of the standard by which we're reviewing this, which i think was misstated as a substantial evidence test and as was stated by supervisor peskin, whether the e.i.r. is sufficient or not on its face. but i did want to follow up, and i will start by saying i'm not sure that this is the key issue in an appeal, but there's been so much talk about some items here on the issue that the appellant raised regarding the gentrification and regarding displacement that i wanted to get a little clarity on this. i'm -- i must say i'm baffled that, in 2021, given the experience in this city in low-income neighborhoods, that we still see assertions such as there is no evidence to support the argument that new market rate development causes gentrification or dis

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: okay. thank you, president walton, and i did have some questions -- i want to thank colleagues for addressing some of the more technical issues, including, in particular, the seismic issues, and i also think i concur with supervisor peskin's analysis of the standard by which we're reviewing this, which i think was misstated as a substantial evidence test and as was stated by supervisor peskin, whether the e.i.r. is sufficient or not on its face. but i did want to follow up, and i will start by saying i'm not sure that this is the key issue in an appeal, but there's been so much talk about some items here on the issue that the appellant raised regarding the gentrification and regarding displacement that i wanted to get a little clarity on this. i'm -- i must say i'm baffled that, in 2021, given the experience in this city in low-income neighborhoods, that we still see assertions such as there is no evidence to support the argument that new market rate development causes gentrification or dis

supervisor preston, go ahead. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar. i just wanted to check, and perhaps you know or with the deputy city attorney -- or check with the deputy city attorney. are we able to discuss and vote on this without it being agendized? yeah. deputy city attorney. >> supervisor melgar: yeah. city attorney pearson, are you there? >> this is deputy city jensen, and i understand that deputy city attorney pearson had worked it out in advance and it is on the agenda although it's not involved. i know it does show up on the agenda now, that it might be heard today, but my understanding is that you are, in fact, allowed to hear it today. >> supervisor preston: no, and i saw the communication discussing that, but i wasn't sure if we could formally adopt findings without that motion, but since it is in the agenda, we can do that. >> that's correct. and it's my understanding that the board will be acting in a way tomorrow that will allow it to be enacted for the next 30 days without enacting city legislation. >> supervisor peskin: we met on

>> second preston. >> chair mandelman: okay. second by preston. please call the role. >> on item 6, commission chan? >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. mar absent. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: -- excuse me i was -- >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. commission walton? walton absent. commissioner mar? mar absent. there are nine ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chair mandelman: thank you. please call item 7. >> item 7, approve san francisco's program of projects for the 2022 regional transportation improvement program. that is an action item. >> chair mandelman: and i believe -- is here. >> good morning, commissioners. are you able to see my screen? >> yes. >> wonderful. april smith, transportation planner of the transportation authority. happy to present this item today. five-year investment plan for state transportation funds administered by the california transpor

>> supervisor preston: yeah. so moved. >> chairman: madam clerk, let's take roll on that, please. >> clerk: on the motion supervisor preston recommend as a committee report, roll really [roll call] you have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. this motion passes with positive recommendation as a committee report. madam clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> clerk: there is no further business, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. we are adjourned. thank you both, colleagues. >> supervisor preston: thank you. shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus be

supervisor preston, go ahead. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar. i just wanted to check, and perhaps you know or with the deputy city attorney -- or check with the deputy city attorney. are we able to discuss and vote on this without it being agendized? yeah. deputy city attorney. >> supervisor melgar: yeah. city attorney pearson, are you there? >> this is deputy city jensen, and i understand that deputy city attorney pearson had worked it out in advance and it is on the agenda although it's not involved. i know it does show up on the agenda now, that it might be heard today, but my understanding is that you are, in fact, allowed to hear it today. >> supervisor preston: no, and i saw the communication discussing that, but i wasn't sure if we could formally adopt findings without that motion, but since it is in the agenda, we can do that. >> that's correct. and it's my understanding that the board will be acting in a way tomorrow that will allow it to be enacted for the next 30 days without enacting city legislation. >> supervisor peskin: we met on

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair haney, and all the callers. i did just want to thank you not only for your time today but chair haney in particular and supervisor mar, i did want to recognize -- we talked about prop i a lot. i just wanted to thank you for your leadership and recognize you for your kind comments and thank both of you for being among the original signatories of why we were able to take prop i to the ballot. and then also to you both and supervisor safai and our fellow members of the board for past commitment by unanimous resolution to allocate the prop i funds for the purposes that we've been discussing, so appreciate the broad support on that. and lastly, thank you, supervisor mar, for your cosponsorship and also wanted to acknowledge that supervisor chan has added herself as a cosponsor, so wanted to thank her, as well. thank you very much. >> chair haney: great. thank you very much, and appreciate your leadership and your staff, and we here in this community have seen the benefits of prop i that we've been able to allocate to

>> supervisor preston: yeah. so moved. >> chairman: madam clerk, let's take roll on that, please. >> clerk: on the motion supervisor preston recommend as a committee report, roll really [roll call] you have three ayes. >> chairman: thank you so much. this motion passes with positive recommendation as a committee report. madam clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> clerk: there is no further business, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. we are adjourned. thank you both, colleagues. >> supervisor preston: thank you. >> i view san francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. i just love the city. i love everything about it. when i'm away from it, i miss it like a person. i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobo

>> second preston. >> chair mandelman: okay. second by preston.> on item 6, commission chan? >> supervisor chan: aye. >> supervisor haney: aye. >> supervisor mandelman: aye. mar absent. >> supervisor melgar: aye. >> supervisor peskin: -- excuse me i was -- >> supervisor peskin: aye. >> supervisor preston: aye. >> supervisor ronen: aye. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> supervisor stefani: aye. commission walton? walton absent. commissioner mar? mar absent. there are nine ayes, the item has approval on its first reading. >> chair mandelman: thank you. please call item 7. >> item 7, approve san francisco's program of projects for the 2022 regional transportation improvement program. that is an action item. >> chair mandelman: and i believe -- is here. >> good morning, commissioners. are you able to see my screen? >> yes. >> wonderful. april smith, transportation planner of the transportation authority. happy to present this item today. five-year investment plan for state transportation funds administered by the california transportation commission and up

supervisor preston, go ahead. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar. i just wanted to check, and perhaps you know or with the deputy city attorney -- or check with the deputy city attorney. are we able to discuss and vote on this without it being agendized? yeah. deputy city attorney. >> supervisor melgar: yeah. city attorney pearson, are you there? >> this is deputy city jensen, and i understand that deputy city attorney pearson had worked it out in advance and it is on the agenda although it's not involved. i know it does show up on the agenda now, that it might be heard today, but my understanding is that you are, in fact, allowed to hear it today. >> supervisor preston: no, and i saw the communication discussing that, but i wasn't sure if we could formally adopt findings without that motion, but since it is in the agenda, we can do that. >> that's correct. and it's my understanding that the board will be acting in a way tomorrow that will allow it to be enacted for the next 30 days without enacting city legislation. >> supervisor peskin: we met on

thank you, chair preston. i will defer that to jamie or bob. >> this is jamie curbin, finance manager with tita. the 82.5 and the 17.5% split is not a state mandate requirement for i.r.f.d.s. it was a negotiated position as part of the development, between tita, the city, and the matter developer, t.i.c.d. [inaudible] this district is the only financial district that has affordable housing eligibility and funding component to it. as it says here, 17.5% of the i.r.f.d. proceeds over i think it is a 70-year term will be allocated to fund affordable housing on the island at up to 27 -- or at 27.2% of the 8,000 units. this is one of three affordable housing funding sources. the other two being a developer housing subsidy that the master developer pays as market-rate units are built. and the third is being the direct funding of inclusionary units on the island. >> chair: thank you. i appreciate the clarification and the other sources as well. i wanted to make sure i understand that we're not -- by this resolution,

. >> chair preston: thank you. it looks like you were muted when you were trying to finish up. >> yes. if i could sum it up in two words, thank you, and look forward to talking about the discussion. thank you. >> chair preston: thank you, mr. mcguire and mr. scarpulla. supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i think it makes sense to open this up for public comment, and then, i will have to leave. >> chair preston: thank you. mr. clerk, let's open this up to public comment. >> clerk: thank you. mr. chair, we're looking to see if there are any callers in the queue. for those of you, if you were watching on cable channel 26, sfgovtv or other streaming link, dial 415-655-0001, enter meeting i.d. 2484-263-4825, and then press pound and pound again, then star, three to enter the queue, and operations informs me that there is one caller in the queue. >> hello. can you hear me now. >> clerk: please go ahead. >> thank you. david pillpel. in the past, not all civil grand jury reports have been thorough or meaningful,

chair preston, knowing that it's not just kaiser. that there are also other behavioral health service providers who provide data and information. in terms of their process and what they're doing, i would ask that we continue this hearing and again, thank you for everyone. thank you everyone for your presentation today. >> president: mister clark please call the motion. >>. [roll call vote] mister chair, there are 3 aye's. >> the motion passes, thank yo everyone and we will go to the next item . >> agenda item number three is a resolution approving an annual report for the greater union square is this improvement district focus year 2020 submitted as required by theproperty business improvement district law of 1994 and district management agreement with the city . members of the public pushing to provide publiccomments should call the call in number which is 415-655-0001 . today's meeting id is 2493 244 7467 . press the pound symbol twice to connect to the meeting and press star 3 to speak. a system prompt you have indicated your line

supervisor preston, go ahead. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar. i just wanted to check, and perhaps you know or with the deputy city attorney -- or check with the deputy city attorney. are we able to discuss and vote on this without it being agendized? yeah. deputy city attorney. >> supervisor melgar: yeah. city attorney pearson, are you there? >> this is deputy city jensen, and i understand that deputy city attorney pearson had worked it out in advance and it is on the agenda although it's not involved. i know it does show up on the agenda now, that it might be heard today, but my understanding is that you are, in fact, allowed to hear it today. >> supervisor preston: no, and i saw the communication discussing that, but i wasn't sure if we could formally adopt findings without that motion, but since it is in the agenda, we can do that. >> that's correct. and it's my understanding that the board will be acting in a way tomorrow that will allow it to be enacted for the next 30 days without enacting city legislation. >> supervisor peskin: we met on

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supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. i know that everybody believes in getting more housing in san francisco. the measure doubled the tax rate for the highest value properties, those assessed at $10 million or more. the board has the authority to exempt transfers of rent restricted affordable housing from these transfer tax increases. in 2019, the board exempts transfers of property under the community rights of purchase act, and it takes it beyond that and includes deed restricted residential properties. in effect, for affordable projects valued $5 million or more, the increased tax rates will not apply. instead, that will be a flat 5% tax rate. in practice, this facilitates the creation of more affordable housing while ensuring that developers of market rate, commercial and residential projects continue to pay their fair share in transfer taxes. i believe it's helpful to situation this in the broader transfer tax content. prop i has already brought in tens of millions of dollars, with the controller estimating that in

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: please add me as a co-sponsor. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. >> supervisor mandelman: me, too. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor mandelman. supervisor peskin added as a co-sponsor. supervisor ronen would like be to added and supervisor walton would like to be added. >> noted. >> president walton: thank you for noting that, madame clerk. thank you, colleagues. and seeing no one else on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, there are going to be some amendments proposed for item 40, so we're going to move to item 41. >> item 41, mr. president, i understand there was a mistake in this title. i sincerely apologize outright to ms. howie for not catching the mistake. i believe my office is responsible. we sincerely apologize and now reading the title as noticed. item 41 is motion to appoint howie madeleine, autumn, jason and tracy jacks to the market a

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: please add me as a co-sponsor. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. >> supervisor mandelman: me, too. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor mandelman. supervisor peskin added as a co-sponsor. supervisor ronen would like be to added and supervisor walton would like to be added. >> noted. >> president walton: thank you for noting that, madame clerk. thank you, colleagues. and seeing no one else on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, there are going to be some amendments proposed for item 40, so we're going to move to item 41. >> item 41, mr. president, i understand there was a mistake in this title. i sincerely apologize outright to ms. howie for not catching the mistake. i believe my office is responsible. we sincerely apologize and now reading the title as noticed. item 41 is motion to appoint howie madeleine, autumn, jason and tracy jacks to the market a

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, president walton. and, colleagues, i just wanted to thank chair haney of the budget committee for advancing this item to us and also thank the mayor who sponsored this item in my office, co-sponsored it. and i want to recognize and thank the work of rec park and also new community leadership foundation nclf and others working so hard on the renovation of the fillmore mini park. that is a crucial space in the heart of the fillmore and pleased to be supporting this item to get more resources for the design and urge support for this item. thank you. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. seeing no one else on the roster, i believe we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 21. resolution it approve the professional services agreement for the curbside management program between sp plus corporation and the city for a three-year term with one two-year option to extend for $20.1 million through october 31, 2024

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. i want to thank the probation department for taking some time with with our office to discuss this item and bring up some clarity on the contract amendment here, the process and particularly on the compass tool that's at issue. i want to thank budget committee and supervisor safai for raising issue. the reporting shows that the compass return bias results against black defendants. to their credit, probation department has stated they will not be seeking further extensions or amendments of this contract due to their own concerns about the compass tool. i want to urge the department to move that process along as quickly as possible. i have serious concerns about the continued use of a tool with documented racially biased results. i share adult probation concerns regarding the tool heavy emphasis on arrest intelligender related disparities. i understand that the requested amendment is limited in scope and length. i understand this is a retroactive request. i think this raises pretty sign

>> aye. >> a supervisor preston? >> aye. >> supervisor melgar? >> aye. >> you have three aye's. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. that motion passes. madam clerk, please call item 2. >> ordinance amending the planning code to repeal article 12 which contains regulations, governing land use activities associated with oil and gas exploration, development, and processing. affirming the planning department's determination under ceqa and making appropriate findings. members of the pub lib who wish to provide public comment should call the ie number on the screen, 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. is 2498 050 3583 and press pound twice. if you have not done so already, press star 3 to line up to speak and the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand to speak. >> thank you very much. this item was put on the agenda as a committee report, but the sponsor supervisor chan have amendments which are substantive, so here to speak about the amendments is kelly gross from supervisor chan's office. welcome. >> thank you, chair melgar. and hello, supe

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you. i want to thank the probation department for taking some time with with our office to discuss this item and bring up some clarity on the contract amendment here, the process and particularly on the compass tool that's at issue. i want to thank budget committee and supervisor safai for raising issue. the reporting shows that the compass return bias results against black defendants. to their credit, probation department has stated they will not be seeking further extensions or amendments of this contract due to their own concerns about the compass tool. i want to urge the department to move that process along as quickly as possible. i have serious concerns about the continued use of a tool with documented racially biased results. i share adult probation concerns regarding the tool heavy emphasis on arrest intelligender related disparities. i understand that the requested amendment is limited in scope and length. i understand this is a retroactive request. i think this raises pretty sign

. >> clerk: supervisor preston. >> aye. >> clerk: supervisor melgar. >> chair: aye. the motion passes unanimously please call item number five . >> clerk: item 5 is a hearing on reinforcement activity policy and programming studies. they're requesting the office of short-term rentaland enforcement, planning department and rents board to report. members who wish to provide public comment call the item number on the screen . that is 415-655-0001 . the meeting id is 2497 312 0703 . then press pound, pound. if you have not done so already rests star 3 to line up to speak. the system prompt willindicate you have raised your hand . >> chair: supervisor peskin thank you for calling this important hearing. will you make remarks before we call up the presenter. >> thank you to the planning department for preparing this hearing . these are two important pieces of public policy that short-term rental piece of the public policy was the result of some rather contentious legislation that then supervisor david compos was the chief operator that i cosponsored and passed in 2016. tha

supervisor preston, go ahead. >> supervisor preston: thank you, chair melgar.r with the deputy city attorney -- or check with the deputy city attorney. are we able to discuss and vote on this without it being agendized? yeah. deputy city attorney. >> supervisor melgar: yeah. city attorney pearson, are you there? >> this is deputy city jensen, and i understand that deputy city attorney pearson had worked it out in advance and it is on the agenda although it's not involved. i know it does show up on the agenda now, that it might be heard today, but my understanding is that you are, in fact, allowed to hear it today. >> supervisor preston: no, and i saw the communication discussing that, but i wasn't sure if we could formally adopt findings without that motion, but since it is in the agenda, we can do that. >> that's correct. and it's my understanding that the board will be acting in a way tomorrow that will allow it to be enacted for the next 30 days without enacting city legislation. >> supervisor peskin: we met on the rules committee earlier today and adopted t

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, supervisor walton. just a couple of questions. first, i just want to get clarity. is this an s.b. 330 project or, mr. starr? >> it is subject to s.b. 330, so we've determined that there's two units subject to rent control, and they have to replace it with two units subject to rent control. and that is reflected in the commission's conditions of approval. >> supervisor preston: isn't there a specific requirement of a separate application for an s.b. 330 project? 'cause i don't see that anywhere in the filed, so maybe just start with is a specific application for s.b. 330 required in your opinion? >> my understanding of the application wasn't in existence when they applied. the application happened a couple of months after s.b. 330 came into effect. i can find that out for you. i have our s.b. 330 person on stand by, but she's not in the meeting right now. >> supervisor preston: yeah, that would be great, and obviously, we have some time here. if we could get back to that. >> yeah. >> supervisor preston:

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>> aye. >> a supervisor preston? >> aye. >> supervisor melgar? >> aye. >> you have three aye's. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. that motion passes. madam clerk, please call item 2. >> ordinance amending the planning code to repeal article 12 which contains regulations, governing land use activities associated with oil and gas exploration, development, and processing. affirming the planning department's determination under ceqa and making appropriate findings. members of the pub lib who wish to provide public comment should call the ie number on the screen, 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. is 2498 050 3583 and press pound twice. if you have not done so already, press star 3 to line up to speak and the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand to speak. >> thank you very much. this item was put on the agenda as a committee report, but the sponsor supervisor chan have amendments which are substantive, so here to speak about the amendments is kelly gross from supervisor chan's office. welcome. >> thank you, chair melgar. and hello, supe

i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. >>> it's monday, october 18th, 2021.dnapped. 16 americans and one canadian are taken by a gang in haiti. why the criminal group is said to be among the most dangerous in the region. >>> school walkout. the massive protest planned across california today involving educators, students, and parents. >>> hollywood ending. an 11th hour deal is reached between studios and union leaders. the final hurdle to keep movies and tv shows in production. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a kidnapping of