it is a physical location and geographic locus of the life work of sam jordan. jordan was a prominent business, political, social and cultural leader in the bayview neighborhood through the middle decades of the 20th century. sam jordan's support of african american entrepreneurship, civil rights and political involvement began before 1958 when he took ownership of the bar and remained constant until his death in 2003. his influence extended far beyond the neighborhood to include the larger sphere of san francisco. in 1963, jordan became the first african american to campaign for mayor of san francisco, running on a progressive platform of social justice and racial equality. the bar was a centerpiece of jordan's neighborhood community building activities and he reviedd in the upstairs unit for nearly 50 years. jordan was known locally as the mayor of butcher town, which was the historic name for the area immediately surrounding the bar. his efforts to establish a place of community and legacy within the bayview area continues for which he is known to this day. th

everyone seemed to congregate around sam jordan this.porter: week generation of customers gathering to celebrate the bar 54 years of operation. including historic preservation consultant who volunteered his help with the landmark process. >> i have just always believed in using landmark program to recognize cull tawrl history. >>reporter: more than the building itself the designation honor life and walk of sam jordan who died in 2003. >> i think he would be most proud that the family is still involved keeping this legacy going. >>reporter: in san francisco, carolyn, abc 7 news. >> historic landmark. larry in new orleans covering the superbowl. rick is here. >> randy most usually doesn't talk to the media. >> right. he did today. >> he kauls caused a stir. coming up in sports. after behaving himself the entire season. moss raises eyebrow at superbowl media day and with 3 starter out with injury warriors have enough fire power warriors have enough fire power to getíáf- >> well coming up tonight on 7 news at 11:00. much more on the search f

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sam jordan's bar was known as an organizing space for community based initials and was part of the networkafrican-american bars and restaurants that served dual roads as neighborhoods serving charitable organizations. the twin peaks tavern at 401 castro street is associated with the lgbt history known as the first bar in san francisco to operate with the large expenses of glass allowing people to see, insed of hiding those in side. it is in the heart of castro and continues to serve the community. it's been in operation since 1972. also before the full board on tuesday was an appeal of the subdivision for one capital avenue. this project was before the planning commission in 2010 as a rezoning from p to rh-1, also needed a pud and the conditional use authorization to build 28 single family homes on previously surplus public lands. since the commission hearing the project has a new owner, habitat for humanity and they bought the entitlements. they retained the features of the entitlements, and instead of providing 15% inclusionary housing on site, they are providing 100% affordable family s

fillmore, i suggested to, like, supervisor mercorini a few years ago, just like we were speaking to sam jordan's a few minutes ago, the fillmore can be considered a historic district. all the facts proves the best way you deal with areas like the fillmore and even bayview hunter's point is take it to the people. we had joint meetings, even the human rights commission came out, we spoke on serious issues and then we had hearings here about drugs. but the follow through and follow-up i think is what pushes people to the limit and sometime our conversations get lost because people feel disappointed because they don't see things coming forward. i stay in king garvey, i've been there 30-something years, with the support of you, supervisor olague, that rehab plant was not good for king harvey you have doorknobs falling off, you have gates that don't work, you have a $37 million contract that citibank forced seniors to sign off. now redevelopment is not here, nobody knows who is responsible, we're in the fourth quarter and we haven't scored no touchdown. in fact, i think this is a good hearing and it n

okay, we'll close public comment and just in closing i want to say again thank you to the sam jordan family, thank you for your kind words and your hard work. i also want to acknowledge the planning staff that helped make this designation possible, thank you very much. and, colleagues, i'd like to ask for your support on this item today. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. so, colleagues, can we pass this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. >> miss miller, please call item no. 5 or item no. 4. >> item no. 4 is an ordinance designating twin peaks tavern as 401 castro street as a land mark. >> sponsor scott wiener. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. today before us is an ordinance to landmark the twin peaks tavern at 401 castro street right at the corner of castro and market. twin peaks is truly one of the gems of the castro and of the san francisco lgbt community and has been since it opened 40 years ago in 1972. and perhaps most unique about twin peaks is that it was the very first gay bar with large visible windows so that anyone walking by would s

everyone seemed to congregate around sam jordan. >> this week there were againations of customers gathering>>> will this provide breaks that police and families have hoped for? >> i'm abc 7 news sandhya patel. a warm up is on the way. i'll show you how much temperatures will rise, coming up. >> and live reports from new orleans continue as we catch up with jed york. >> there is a possible major break tonight in the kevin collins missing child case. he was a 10-year-old last seen in a bus stop in san francisco nearly 30 years ago. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> san francisco police and fbi search aid home today on page street. near the location where kevin collins was last seen in 1984. vic lee is live with detail that's you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> this search is now over. police are wrapping up their investigation. but they're here all day at that house across street, behind me. >> police closed off the sidewalk in front of a house as they began the probe. homicide inskbrorkts, members of the csi unit and agents went in and out of the house all day. two sources who acknowledge

jordan, lebanon and turkey. as more and more syrian refugees find their way to turkey next door, we have a fred de sam lazaro report today from one of the oldest cities in turkey, antakya, known tearly christians as antioc today, most of the people there are sunni muslims and alawites, about equally divided. alawites are an offshoot of shiite islam. president assad of syria is an alawite. the fear in antakya is that if assad is overthrown, his opponents will target all alawites, everywhere. >> turkey is predominantly muslim but residents of the southern hatay region like to tout its rich, historic, religious mosaic. christ's apostles, peter and paul, spent time in hatay's main city antakya, the biblical antioch, which is often called the cradle of christianity. >> antakya is a city of tolerance. we have tolerance for every different culture and religion. >> we have been living in antakya with arabs, with sunnis, with armenian people, with kurdish people all together. >> but beneath the appearance of business as usual, there's deep anxiety here as events unfold a few miles across the border in syria. in furniture sh

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sam to stay open, the battle lines are drawn. how will that fight play out? we'll ask two key congress american. democrat chris van hollen and republican jim jordans the grand old party to find a different vision. a new man in town with a message that champions opportunity. will the party establishment listen? we'll get a fresh perspective from senator ted cruz. from spending to immigration to the new gun control debate will the new congress be able to get past toxic party sanship to get things done for voters? we will ask our sunday panel to read the political tea leaves all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruises still fresh from the last dustup, early jabs already flying. joining me to talk about this are two influencial members of congress. welcome to you both. we were talking before the program started mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader said on another sunday program the rev