we have to start looking at what tools do we have to revitalize the area, and what i like about this legislation is we are not just giving a tax break to come in. you have to create jobs. you pay your payroll tax base, but if you move to midmarket and create jobs, we will not tax you on those jobs for six years. for the next six years, you are a community partner with us, partnering with us to revitalize neighborhood and then, if you are successful in six years, hopefully and the midmarket become successful, you come back into the tax system. i do not have an interest in expanding it. it was not about corporate welfare to companies. that was not the purpose. the purpose was to help revitalize the area and make it the use is supposed to be for large businesses that have an incredible number of jobs for santa insistence. with 18 muni bus lines that -- for san francisco. we have 18 muni bus lines that run through it. that is what this legislation was carefully tailored to have that type of outcome. i am happy to concede we should monitor the legislation and make sure it is doing what we

most exciting about the revitalization of pier 70.is project is going to really have the ability to single handedly transform a long neglected portion of our waterfront with new parks. it will rehab an amazing historic structures as well as create needed affordable housing. the project build on the foundation of many years of work by port staff, the central waterfront advisory group, and the many stakeholders whose work led to the 2010 pier 70 master plan. the city's development partner for city engaged in an extensive community outreach process to develop a vision for the next evolution of pier 70 waterfront site that's embedded in this term sheet which is what we're dealing with today. the concept of the plan reestablishes pier 70 as a key employment hub focusing on the types of uses and activities that already make dogpatch, potrero hill just wonderful neighborhoods. local manufacturing like bag and apparel manufacturers, chocolate and wine makers, space for arts, artists and cultural organizations,s and local neighborhood realtors

under the city recognizes the value of revitalizing key commercial corridors, historical influential artery in the heart of the cities commercial district, and at least five distinct neighborhoods. over the time the area has become blighted; while progress is being made to curb crime the area needs revitalization you to the perception that it is unsafe because it is nothing to offer the community. when was the last time that any of you spent time on broadway or even up grant avenue? partially due to the stigma of runway to find ourselves requesting assistance to change the perception of the area to attract visitors and locals it to nice our local businesses. we should celebrate the history of the neighborhood, and the people who made their mark here and call the neighborhood home. i hope you allocate funds to develop strategies to create a viable and safe . arts and cultural corridor which celebrates the history and diversity along with public safety improvements art education project such as murals, historical markers and lighting will go a long way in area renewal and will assist w

we revitalized the arresting - also to keep in mind we have utilized the enhance spots and we're relie down. this is a picture looking east and we'll be taking off the 1980 version of the old building. and this is the scale of the contemporary museum building. we're presenting the jessie plaza with the front door. as one sits at that front door you will see the jessie building and prostrate this type of agricultural on the plazas a it's good for the environment and attractive. keep in mind we've been working with the h pc and we have to do some work on the place. this is a place holder the massing has worked out with the wind analysis and we're going to be going back that the mexican wind team. again, this is a section at the base of the museum it taxes up the first four floors of the project. and the retail on third and mission it's important. here you have a picture of the old arson building we're going to be rehabilitating that whole building but excess any questionsly we're going to be redoing the whole floor. so i think the building in itself will be very activated on the first fl

the goal to have 2500 downtown residents with revit saigs. >> my goal is to make it cool. that means need a lot of residents on the sidewalks. revitalize the streets. >> there is 35,000 apartment units but this the first downtown project it takes a gamble whether it will make downtown a livelier place. >> for whenever people people don't seem to come downtown to do things. >> more family friendly environments. >> twhail change your mind living downtown? >> possibly. >> still to come portland verdict holding a lesson for anyone considering cyber bullying. >> halle barry goes to the state capitol lending her voice to a childhood issue. >> consumer reports teamed up with 7 on your are side to rate wireless speakers. stay with us. abc 7 >>> a sacramento man accuses amc theaters are kicking him out because of his religious attire. he says he was wearing a large knife worn by sikhs. singh says it's an important symbol of his religion. amc theaters says it's a matter only about the weapon not about religious freedom. singh threatened a lawsuit. >> actress halle barry used her cel

we will tell you what the reason to pick us for this revitalization. simon -- ( laughter) i expected better of you. >> tick tick tick. >> as i mentioned, we are joint venturing with premier structure, we have a great group of architects and all the basics that you would expect us to have. we have been in business as i mentioned for 29 years, and done about four billion dollars worth of transactions. our business is to reposition assets; you're familiar with the southern pacific headquarters building, we have been up another counties, marin, field and the north. we have done demo public private partnerships. we are used to dealing with agencies in the city fathers, usually rank as the most active in san francisco. we did about 2-3 billion dollars in the last two years. but last year was the pinnacle year, 3 billion in sales, we did this is a small development company, 35 people, privately owned. we pick a project that we think can have the best impact and those are the ones we go after. we decided on this one that we would joint venture with another dev

they include bold deregulation moves aimed at revitalizing the japanese economy. >>> more trouble at fukushima daiichi. tepco officials say they've found a leak in a tank storing contaminated water. >>> turkey's deputy prime minister has met protesters to listen to their demands in a bid to end unrest in the country. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe has proposed what he calls three arrows he will use to revitalize the economy. he's already fired off one to get the central bank to pour more money into the markets and another to boost government spending to stimulate the economy. now he's shooting off his third arrow, a plan for growth. and the plan has been presented to a government panel for in-depth discussions. the draft has three pillars -- reviving the industrial sector, creating new markets and promoting cross-border economic alliances. timetables and numerical targets are included. to revive the industrial sector, the draft calls for designating the next five years as a period to tackle structural reforms. specific plans include implementing drastic deregulation and boost

they include bold deregulation moves aimed at revitalizing the japanese economy. >>> french leaders say they have found proof that syrian government troops used a deadly nerve gas sarin in the country's civil war. >>> the u.s. government is upping the pressure on iran over its nuclear program. treasury officials have blacklisted what they call a shadowy network of firms generating huge funds for the iranian leadership. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe likes to talk about the three arrows he'll use to revitalize the economy. he's already fired off one to get more capital flowing through the markets and another to pump more government money into the economy. now he's shooting off his third arrow, a plan for growth. he aims to increase japan's per capita income by over $15,000 in the next ten years. and he says deregulation is the key. abe outlined his plans in a speech to business leaders in tokyo. >> translator: deregulation is the start of the growth plan. there are many outdated rules. we will eliminate barriers that hamper business. >> officials plan to present a draft of the pl

survey takers also ask about his plans to revitalize the economy. more than two-thirds say they approve of the measures he's taken. only 11% feel the economy is recovering. more than half also say they are concerned about the rise of consumer prices. the survey covered the plan to increase per capita income by $15,000 in the next ten years. 13% feel the plan will lead to economic recovery. one-third of respondents say they don't. >>> militants have laumpbled a deadly attack on a nato convoy in pakistan. the vehicles were traveling from afghanistan along continental route that has long been a favorite target of the pakistani taliban and other militants. the attack could have serious implications as the route is becoming more important for transporting nato combat forces withdrawing from afghanistan. four people were killed in the attack in the tribal region in north western pakistan. the area is home to several main roads used by supply trucks bound for afghanistan. local officials say militants dressed as policemen armed with rockets attacked vehicl

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this investment makes so much sense. >> residential living is the linchpin, critical path for revitalization of cities throughout the western united states and no truer than anybody in san jose. >> reporter: over the summer, developers will break ground on a new hotel ands are ens high rise in the downtown area, looking at three major projects breaking ground over the summer. this development spurred not only by confidence in the reduce construction fees that the city has agreed to cut in half. reporting live at one south market street, downtown san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> today is the day steve jobs would be proud of, because one of apple's original creations go under way in the south bay. talking about the apple one computer. there are fewer than two dozen left in the entire world. this one was signed by apple co-founder steve wozniak. check them out at mountain view's computer history museum in date through thursday. after that the computer goes up for auction. the last time one went for auction, pulled in more than $600,000. >> wow. going old school in a high quality way

and so, i think that the activation or the revitalization of lum barred street is a bigger issue and i think that we are not here to preclude all chains and we agree that they can play a vital role in revitalizing the areas and what they provide is under served. apple did not put a bunch of small computer stores out of business and it is a fantastic retailer as are you. and i think that this is always on a case by case, category, by category basis. and so, you know, what we are unfortunately faced with a black and white decision, it is yesterday, or no, ultimately and it is not us it is the planning commission, we are here to make our recommendation based on the community that we are here to serve the small businesses and i hope that you will appreciate, you know, kind of where we come at the issue. that being said, i'm new to the commission, and i was not here four years ago. i am a sane, rational person willing to listen to input and i am listening to you in three minutes and 30 second sound bytes tonight and that is not the best form to make your case. and so i am not opposed to l

, revitalize housing. in terms of the proposed amendment for the poison pill language, i think that it strikes an interesting balance. i don't know if it's the right balance or the wrong balance, but it's certainly one -- an interesting one that allows nontenant occupied units to continue to convert. i am intrigued by the tacking issue because one of the thing we think about, when we think about the future and how the impact of any legislation is going to have on the future, i think about what if someone were to die in their unit, how do we begin to solve that problem? whether loan alone or whether they stay in place. i'm commit today working on this issue. if we don't get it right, we can come back to the table and move this agenda forward. that's my commitment to making sure san francisco is affordable 230er everyone. thank you. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chair. and i appreciate the comments from supervisor cohen. i'm still not sure as to sort of the point around public housing. i

they are doing there so next year when we go to do a hire, our bylaw officers are working with revitalization, i'll be sharing this information with them to say these are the key neighborhoods you need to be in touch with as well as the different constables and beat officers to say, look, this is a problem and this is what's trending in your neighborhood. so it's been very beneficial to us in terms of how we deploy our resources. five neighborhoods accounted for 46 percent of the graffiti vandalism observed in 2012. even though i showed you in that last slide that downtown is decreasing, it still is one of our most significant neighborhoods as far as graffiti. queen mary park. those 5 neighborhoods within the exception of one, have remained fairly consistent from the beginning of the program. although the percentage of how much graffiti they have has gone down. what we're finding, too, is that while the reduction in the graffiti over all was very minimal this year, we saw huge swings in the amount of graffiti vandalism by neighborhood. so the gardineau neighborhood in 2011 had a 77 percent de

light duty from the corporate properties department going around in neighborhoods in our business revitalization zones trying to count and tell us how much graffiti was there. well, that was all very well and good but the graffiti we could find was only, the numbers were only significant to the capabilities of the person that was finding it. it wasn't giving us any real sense of whether we were increasing in graffiti vandalism, whether it was decreasing. we had been working with mgm management on our litter audits, we had been doing capital city clean up starting in 2007 started doing litter audits where we hired mgh management -- mark is the auditor who do our litter audits and now was doing our graffiti audits. basically, we looked at what we were doing on our litter audit and said there's got to be a more scientific, for lack of a better way, or statistical way of looking at how much graffiti was in a city and how we were really doing. so what we did -- so why do an audit? graffiti is a property vandalism crime. information we share from our audits are shared with bylaw and police and affect

a much anticipated addition to russia's navy set sail for france in a joint project expected to revitalize thai.

grassroots organizations, community groups to do building efforts, to help revitalize parks, murals. we have the funding for the first muni golf course in san francisco at [speaker not understood] park which actually has the best view of ocean beach in all of san francisco. no one knows that. she is deeply passionate, valerie is deeply passionate about issues regarding our rapidly aging population, place making and urban farming and a fierce advocate for community-based change. a graduate of uc santa cruz, valerie is headed to ucla this fall for a masters in urban planning where she hopes to gain the tools to become an effective change maker for her community. a big history note and a public radio station cheer leader, she can often be found gardening, sewing, or loitering at the public library whi

in the 16 months since the revitalization effort started, ten small businesses have launched includingk-cashing joint. cute. >> and tony gave me five weeks to just flip it and open it. >> reporter: and a restaurant beyond chef natalie young's wildest dreams. >> never, ever, ever in a million years did i think i would have my own restaurant. i was working in a casino downtown and i decided that i was kind of done with that. i felt like all the love was out of the food. i was on my way out of town, was going to move to santa fe. i need a white and a wheat. i got it. >> reporter: but a friend introduced her to shay, who told her to come up with a business man and ultimately became a partner in eat. >> they're not just giving you the fish. they're not just feeding you. they're giving you the knowledge to feed yourself. >> reporter: less than eight months into business, young is already close to paying off her loan. how has business been? >> amazing. amazing. the community has really supported eat. people from the suburbs. it's a phenomenon. everybody comes. it's really cool. sometimes i st

was a meeting in 2013 which i was unable to attend and i got a notice my neighborhood needs to be revitalized. but essentially i agree with the folks from the school and i'm excited to have them here in the numbers. this is wrong for the neighborhood i have a 7-year-old daughter i don't want to have living around the corner from the liquor sales. i'd like to go into the details in this flier about what it does and did not say. i want to take a second to commend the folks from the planning department. i want to thank rick crawford. i think the staff is going to make the right recommendation to you. and if i can speak later to some of the specifics i'd like to do that >> any additional public comment? >> good afternoon. i'm ron. and i'm the owner of 1900 19th avenue. i want the commission to know that i personally in february of this year went across the school to notify them about the project. the employee of the school said he couldn't handle the situation but sent a e-mail and i never heard back from the school. i'd like to continue this so i can try to work something out with the school. th