redevelopment statewide is in need of reform. san francisco is a model for redevelopment and it needs to stay intact. >> let's talk about the role of sports. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? should the city spend money to keep the 49ers'? >> i am thrilled about the america's cup. it will not just be an economic boom that creates jobs and long- term economic development. it will help us shore up our aging and deterioration appears -- deteriorateing piers. it will help us clear of deferred maintenance. it will be a >>> promotion for the city. people will see the panoramic views of san francisco and want to come here. i would very much like to see forty-niners stay here. what that means, we will have to talk about it. i am not a big fan of massive public subsidies to sports teams. i think we should work hard to keep them here. >> we're almost out of time. are there any other issues or concerns we have not discussed? are there any other specific issues you plan to concentrate on throughout your turn? >> a couple th

if anything, the uptown and redevelopment tax is ahead of schedule. that is why we are no. 5 on the new york times list, in many ways. what i think is the lemons from lemonade -- the fact we have had these blighted areas and these long old industrial areas are now becoming the hot areas. i see the estuary being very much like what happened in mission bay and near the airport and coliseum, areas that can be massive for research parks or office spaces. as well as integration of industrial uses other areas. we continue a fairly diverse economy. i think what we are saying is when you are the major you have to represent the 100%. i took my little 99% button and changed it to 100%. we need to grow the entire city. in our case, we are looking at an economy that has industrial roots, historically. we are rivals for a new, green, and tech industries. at last count, we had 250 of them. when we move forward in these new areas, redevelopment was very helpful in terms of the land, the cleanup of the brown fields. i think there will be some state programs that will

this project originated with redevelopment. redevelopment a star and our eyes, and we were wondering if they could ever came out. they came out with this project, and it was their idea to help redevelop our street. with the neighbors on the spot, we were able to win the award. with all the neighbors, and redevelopment, -- and i also want to thank one whirled designed -- this project came to light. we were able to get it on paper, and from there, it went to reality, with the help of the other departments. i also wanted knowledge the core members of the group that worked on this project. mardina, nimichelle, juan fuent, anna smith. we met with various residents on the block, at my house, month after month, to make this project work. there is so much love that goes out to redevelopment again, for all of the effort we put forth. it took six years to do this. some people said that it would never happen. in my heart and soul, i knew we were going to get this done. today is the day, as sunny as it is, you can see the wonderful and bea

not a whole lot to report on the past week on the redevelopment agency elimination, except that the redevelopment agency no longer exist as of yesterday. we knew that was coming in the past couple of weeks. the board of supervisors did approve legislation that the mayor put forward, as well as creating the successor agency. as you recall the portable housing asset will go to the mayor's office of housing and all other assets will go to the city administrator's office. the comptroller's office is setting up a trust fund to except the fund from those areas. casthose funds will be used as y are obligated to be used under existing contracts. the remaining guns will be distributed as they would be to the normal taxing entities. san francisco is both a set county and city, we are in a better shape than those that have to be split. since we are in one government, we are in somewhat better shape. beyond that, the logistics of how we're going to operate as an oversight board and successor agency are still to be determined. you probably know the staff of the agency will continue for at least two months. it

. >>> as of tomorrow redevelopment is a thing of the past in california. funds often used by cities to build special projects must now be forwarded to sacramento. in oakland it has forced a city to and plans for waterfront ballpark for the a's. tonight t annette reports on one element of redevelopment that actually might be saved. >> just few steps from the state capitol the k street mall one of hundreds of economic development projects state wide that will stop in its tracks when 400 redevelopment agency shut down february 1st. local government are upset a tool that brought revitalization and jobs to california blighted areas is vanishing. >> the need for transit oriented development affordable housing infrastructure jobs is as acute today as it has ever been. >>reporter: shut down of redevelopment agency is part of governor brown plan to save the state money. critic say redevelopment has become a subsidy for developers at taxpayer expense building malls and sports stadium and arain a instead of funding schools, roads and other vital needs. >> the 6 billi

even if they eliminate redevelopment, we are coming back. we are bringing people together and coming back with private enterprises, developers, people who have worked together with us. they know that delivery of promises has never been about a reliance on government programs, that we would fail ourselves and fail our community if we are so inclined to allow ourselves to lie down. that is why i have helped to assemble this group of people behind me. also people in front of me that are represented in the private sector. people who have been very successful in producing housing. we need everybody to work together. today, i am announcing that in light of the idea that we had about forming the housing trust fund, that we begin forming a housing trust fund working group. a working group of people reflective of all the talent in our city, from advocates to developers to producers to people who maintain housing stock in the city well. that is the private housing developers, the real estate association, to the business mines and the city, and that i

today, at the end of this day, no more redevelopments. a diabolical agency that has harmed a lot of people. this should spur us to audit these agencies, where we give them a lot of money to do as they please. who adjudicated this project? why was it sent in one direction when we have four neighborhoods that do not receive that type of money in the right place? why not bruno ave? you have the check that you can ratify, allegedly, to short-term leadership. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker? >> good morning, commissioners. i was at the finance committee a few weeks ago talking about the repaving bond. and the opportunity that we have to complete streets with that. also, the city's real failure to step up to its own laws. ever fresher, it is locked in the public works code and it calls for when the city is doing major work on the street at bb build them as complete streets that have -- that we rebuild? as a complete streets -- that we build them as complete streets. a few years before, we put language in proposit

their assets and debts, and we have decided to isolate the moneys that have been dedicated at redevelopment for the sixth street substation, capture that as the transition turned over to the city. supervisor kim, you will want to hear this clearly. we are going to build that substation. in fact, to expedite that, we are sending in the dpw staff to review the bids that were taken, not signed by the redevelopment agency because they could not get that far because of the dissolution of the agency, have that reviewed, and see what the work force can do that the money has come over to the city side, to expedite the work at the substation. i assure you we will get this done in short order. i cannot tell you exactly when, but we are already looking at what we can do to expedite the process. i know the substation is invaluable to our overall plan. not only community policing, but the collaboration, the presence that is needed. you will probably inherit even more city personnel, providing hearty breakfast this. -- breakfasts. we have all the elements here to not only breed success, but assurances fo

i think you have answered it in your comments about why redevelopment would come second. i thought before i heard your comments that it might make sense to make redevelopment first. the mayor and many of us have discussed the idea that there could be some sort of measure on the ballot to help address some of the funding shortfall. if we have the results of your proposal, it would help us frame how much we should shoot for. but i think you are making the point that you are not born to have much to analyze yet. >> that is our concern, yes. >> assuming this ms. forward as you have proposed, -- past -- assuming this moves forward as you have proposed, when can we expect to see the first audit completed? >> we would begin immediately. it depends on other resources. we would aim for shortly after budget. because of the nature, we might even consider a two-faced report. -- phased report. >> one of the issues that has been low on the priority scale, low on the issue at scale, but it is concerning to me, all the redevelopment employees are state employees. they will become members

and so they need a redevelopment plan and the i.m.f. is the best agency for instituting we development plans all as italy where where their money should go just was you then redevelopment but someone may say that one don't get greece out of the eurozone altogether many analysts have said that even e.u. officials have said that default could be a more preferable option for the people of greece and in fact that would lead to an exit of the eurozone is that an option i think that i suspect that the greeks greeks here's me the german finance minister minister wolfgang shortly wants that i think he is the one pushing hardest for the austerity measures without a plan to rebuild greece and i suspect that's what he wants and that's what the germans are pushing for i don't think it has to happen it would be unnecessarily painful they have to reconstitute the demand and if you just call for hysteria the u.k. . kills it it kills the economy i mean they're caught and he's falling like a stone right now because of that incident and so it doesn't the

without the head of the redevelopment agency, without the leadership of our redevelopment commissioners, this city would be in probably a perilous state. would you agree? we need every single leader we have and i look forward to cultivating new talent to come back and continue to serve san francisco because that is exactly why we're here. i started my public service journey when i was 8 years old. 8 years old, i met the then dine feinstein who was mayor and she took the moment to talk about the importance of public service and it was in a brief two-minute exchange that she planted a seed in me that has come to bear fruit which is why i'm here today. ever since i was in the third grade, i've been walking down this path of public service. so to my future senators and business men and women and doctors and entrepreneurs and engineers and architects, i welcome you to the table, to the -- what is it, the hundred million club? the one million dollar? i've increased the vision. 100 million sounds better to me. that's the ron conway club. sign me up. i welcome you to the club because we have a

tomorrow will mark the end of the san francisco redevelopment agency.rtered in 1948, the intent was to improve the city and create better urban living conditions through the removal of blight, or as some people have mentioned, urban removal, in revitalization projects. though they were responsible for a number of improvements, such as in my own district, district 5, with the revival of a jazz district, preservation efforts or japan anddown, and funding for job training and permanent affordable housing, we must also be clear that there is a checkered past. some of our historic populations, particularly african-american population, were completely upgraded and displaced by these projects. mÉndez be reminded of the long- lasting effects this will continue to have on our community and the struggle we will continue in order to keep families and working people in our city. we also want to acknowledge the work of advocates and leaders that were proactive and attempting to assure community involvement to mitigate these impacts. the fallout from the displacement

the bay area's redevelopment agency is out of business tonight. the closure is part of a statewide money grab that has funds going back to capital coffers. nbc bay area's traci grant is live in downtown san jose where money from the agency helped create the face of the city and people are sorry to see that money go. >> reporter: well, santa clara county executive jeff smith actually pointed to city heights condos right behind me as one of the examples of a building constructed through redevelopment funds that maybe was not the best use of money. now, there have been plenty of condominiums constructed throughout downtown san jose over the last few years with redevelopment money, but because of the economy, many of those buildings aren't even close to being full. now that type of money is going to be put toward services that some people say are much more of a priority. >> build some big buildings. i think that should be finished. >> downtown has renovated. >> yes. >> it's nice. >> i do think schools need it badly and fire departments are cutting bac

here you are just signing this to say no redevelopment.t you to know, "♪ who is in control in san francisco? i asked the mayor, but he did not care and he went out the door to sacramento the board of supervisors just a bunch of liars the redevelopment i am going to have to sue and make a settlement and tell the government all of the money they spent we do not know where it went and it was no accident just look around, ya'll and now they are gone the black people all gone ♪ thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and on to the month of february. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i attended a meeting of the land use committee, and i try to point out that i felt i thought the agenda was not very clear. this is one of the agenda items, and if you read it, it is a bunch of gobbledygook, and i read them part of the sunshine ordinance that said it is supposed to be clear enough that the person -- a person of average intelligence should be able to read this to determine if they want to go to the meeting or to get information on whether or not t

what do you think of that plan and the value of redevelopment agencies?velopment agencies have been very successful. golden gateway, treasure island, bayview. there is no question about it. they have been very beneficial. that said, i have a tremendous amount of respect for the very difficult position governor brown finds himself in. i am not as familiar with the state budget as the local budget. i think the state budget to any casual observer is absolutely broken. it will take radical changes like what the governor is proposing. when the state government gets fixed, whether it is redevelopment or some other local important piece, san francisco will get hurt. there is no way to fix that problem without hurting san francisco and every other city and county in the state. the state has been far outspending what it should. it will come home to roost in the next couple of years. >> was talk about the city's economic development and whether we are on the right track. if we are not, let's talk about the right steps to take. >> i think we're on the right track. t

tiffany is here, those from the redevelopment agency. the arts institute, byron chung is here, he has been a great supporter. kurt is here. shannon is with farm table. that is another great new entity that is coming on market street. coerce, mohammed as -- of course mohammed as i mentioned earlier. zandesky is here as well. all of the arts organizations, whoer going to spend hours not only in the mornings, but in the evenings activating our market street. one of the things i did when i had our campaign office here, we did pop-up art. we did these things that occurred in the evening. i would like this place to be not only safe -- to be so safe that evening activities would be a freight welcome. i want to thank our chief. he has been a great partner. i want to thank our academy for training our ambassadors. now without adieu, we are going to start walking down our great corridor, introducing all of our wonderful ambassadors to the existing, new businesses, and forthcoming businesses that they need to know by first name . thank you very muc

it also included ucsf, the redevelopment agency commissioned a development, and we had a couple of very good meetings. the whole focus was -- we also had neighborhood stakeholders, people who live there in that area. john ram put together a very good team with josh riskey and greg. and our whole purpose was to say that the raley joint -- real authority in the joint -- and this, that, the other thing are here, and we realize what the impact our and realize how important is to get it right. and i really cannot emphasize that, as much as ta it is important and so forth, i think you need to circle back to the stakeholder group that was really helpful in putting the whole thing together. they were 40 people that took part, and it included, like i said, the port. everyone that was enacted. well you do something with the rail, you might upset with the port's raley dark, unless you're very careful about it. so we had all sorts of people in this group with a lot of institutional knowledge and history, and i invite you to have that sort of a meeting. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very m

with the redevelopment going away, and they had a whole other system with cac, and you have probably and of the question of community board is a patient and a whioo runs thosei think it is important to understand in the context of this new feet and also an important conversation for the (@áy to have going forward with the demise of redevelopment. how do we keep citizens engaged at a neighborhood scale in helping prioritize the things that the most important to the livability of these various neighborhoods? thank you. commissioner antonini: thank you. >> patricia -- [unintelligible] the man in this book about 8ç washington, one of the biggest problems we have is every time we get these buildings, they said they will put the money into housing. they do not do it. there are so many buildings that have been built in the last six years that none of the money has ended up in anyone's coffers. and no one has been enforcing it. i think that this is something that should really be looked at, starting with rincon to our. i think we should look at this closely. i think there's a lot oft out t

we did it in a way that we did not just cut redevelopment, but reorganized the city. the consolidated many departments. we eliminated many levels of administration. a lot of that goes to the second most accomplishment a mayor is expected to do. i believe i have hired a strong administrative team. the business times calls them the dream team. i think they are a dream. we are a city of dreams. our new city administrator, dance and, -- san santana. my chief of staff, and washington campbell, who used to work for jerry brown. in this city, jerry is the governor, the only jerry we talk about. and a home boy a lot of you will get to know. i want to make a couple points for this year. v/#i .wr? forward in the city. we're going to build on what is the whole of retail in oakland. i went to ics myself this year. we are going to go with retail . we are going again in maine. what is a vector symbol bent a asian-american woman? we are the best shoppers in the economy. when i was campaigning door-to- door, i have to tell you, the women in oakland will have my head if i do not bring

i only wish sacramento and understood what can happen with redevelopment. does it blow your mind when you think about 1995 and what it is now. it is crews positives. -- is proof positive. >> i think it is a wonderful design, and the terracing softens the structure, and the multiple terracing are a welcome feature, and all the great public spaces are going to exist and will be a great asset, and i think we are creating a great local landmark. i am very much in favor of this, but our 309 compliant has two parts. it only has to sit in one of five criteria, and i think it satisfies two or three of those. the benefits certainly outweigh that. gooyou may want to go into the. >> in this particular district, they are numerically resolute. this particular project site has a narrow aspect ratio, so that fact alone makes it difficult to have a viable project, particularly in terms of a museum. i should note that both limitations apply only to the upper portion, and is building does not take full advantage of height limitations. in terms of an aggregate volume, this pr

california redevelopment association supports this measure. >> this is hardly an ongoing program. and it's better than nothing. and that is... unfortunately where we're at. >> the move to eliminate redevelopment agencies is projected to save up to $1.7 kbrinl. and state controller john chung says california will run out of money by early march and says the state needs to move fast to come up with $3.3 billion through borrowing and payment delays because revenues are $2.5 kbrinl less than what governor brown assumed in their budget. and chuck is seeking $2 billion in delayed payments to universities, counties and medical as well as borrowing from outside. >> a california teacher accused of bondage and even worse crimes. >> and also here smithsonian about to join force was a small museum in san francisco. >> there is a spectacular sunset. and lighter weather son the way. i'll show you when coming up. >> and there is a proposed state budget cut that has dog owners barking mad. the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> in los ange

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. >> and as of tomorrow, redevelopment is a thing of the past in california. and funds used by cities to build special projects must be now forwarded to sachblgt in oakland it's forced a stoi abandon plans for a water front ballpark for the a's. there is a report on one element that may be safe. just steps from the state capitol, the k street mall will be a project state wide that will stop in its tracks when 400 redevelopment agsz shut down february 1. local governments are upset. a too many that brought jobs to the blighted areas is vanishing. >> the needs for infrastructure and jobs is acute today. >> the shut down is part of governor brown's plan to save the state money. critics say redevelopment has become a subsidy for developers at taxpayer expense, building laws and sports stadiums and arenas instead of funding schools, roads and needs. >> this $6 billion a year which they're siphonning away from the school districts is no longer sustainable. the state is broke. we can no longer afford this expensive corporate welfare. >> for public schools, it means t

getting these sites redeveloped is in a form of options right now. this provides a pathway -- that said, i will talk about the next steps and opening up and be available for questions. tomorrow, we will be in front of the budget finance committee and the port staff will be there to answer any questions from the board of supervisors' committee and the full board is expected to take up this item on february 28. if that goes according to plan, we will be back in her early march 2012, both to improve the changes -- especially if the board changes us again. these are the legal instruments were the authority will be able to entrants are making these improvements. we plan on bringing that to you in march and with that, we're here for any questions. >> is there any public comment? >> i live and work here in san francisco and i grew up sailing in northern california. i currently a sale on the day with my two boys, ages 11 and 13 and we have a great time out there. i wanted to come here today to flag an issue you are going to be confronting soon as you begin t