[applause] san francisco, frankly, would never be complete -- i left my heart in san francisco? that is part of what we are about. there is something that has become equally important in this city. that is none other than what john silver has been putting together now, one way or another, in memory of the in in an ongoing basis to silver, which is beach bank -- beach blanket babylon. so, cool it and watch beach blanket babylon. >> ♪ it only takes a tiny corner by the place, not your love. i have been away, but now i am back to tell you san francisco, open your golden gate san francisco, you are the laundering one no more tell me why the heart of the golden work. san francisco, open your golden gate shoes you're wondering one no more. but tell me you are the heart of gold in july [unintelligible] ♪ >> good morning, everyone. i am one of the founders of foundersne end. this is a space for more entrepreneurs, technology and innovation. supporting it is near and dear to our heart. we are happy to welcome ron and mayor lee here. founders and that is almost one year old. we have had 4

san francisco must remain a place -- [applause] san francisco must remain a place where every one of us can call home. let's roll up our sleeves, let's go to work and let's get it all done. plauseplalls [applause] i'm aware this isn't just government, sometimes it's plex. sometimes we'll be tempted to derail the process or look to demonize one group or another, i'm telling you now as your mayor, we have no time for that. we're all elected by the same boss, the people of san francisco, and they expect us to get things done. [applause] you may not always agree with me, but every day i will make one pledge -- that every decision i make is what i think is best for the city and for all the people of san francisco. that is my standard. san francisco is the greatest city in the world, the greatest city in the world. [applause] and because of our people and because we are the innovation capital of the world, i have no doubt that we will confront and overcome each of our challenges. let us take up the call. let us make the city work for everyone. together, let us get it done. thank you very m

going to use this in a san francisco way. the federal government created a housing trust fund and never funded it. the state government had a housing trust fund program that has really been sort of fair to middling to say the best. we're going to create a housing trust fund in san francisco that once again shows that san francisco is the leader in affordable housing development and finance. i really appreciate the mayor giving me this responsibility to work with all of you, both in front of me and behind me, to shepherd this effort through. the mayor clearly believes in the big tent. this is probably the size of the first working group meeting. we will look and receive all sorts of ideas because i think we really, truly want to take this opportunity because it is going to be a permanent source. it is not just a one or two-year program. this is a permanent program, and we are going to do it, and we are going to do it right. again, i want to thank the mayor for this opportunity to lead this effort. [applause] >> ok, this one is

i came in determined to make san francisco work for the people of san francisco. of course i started with the benefit of a great team in place with me and the mayor's office across the city departments and with city conditions. let me stop for a moment to acknowledge gavin new some and all that he did for our city that allowed me to hit the ground running and build on his accomplishments. a few comic added. -- thank you, gavin. [applause] together we set out to achieve five goals of office. police chief, put some of kids go back to work with new jobs and to local hire program, chart a stable course, to balance our budget despite steep deficits, and tackle pension reform -- one of the most boxing challenges every city in america has faced. we got them all done. [applause] today, one year later, i stand before you even more honored, even more humbled by the responsibility you have placed in me. whether you voted for me first, second come third or not at all, i want to thank all the people of the city for giving me this historic opportunity to serve as short elected

san francisco was hit early and hit hard by the devastation of hiv/aids, but san franciscans responded by developing a model of care that became the model for the ryan white care act. our city shows that, bourbons of hiv/aids work saves lives by keeping people healthy and productive. today, again, san francisco leads the way for compassionate, community-based care with the supplemental budget from mayor lee. ryan white funded initiatives are saving lives. declines in aids deaths are a direct result of the '30s and services that have been made more widely available through the ryan white act to large numbers of uninsured and underinsured people here that is why it was disappointing when the bush administration first proposed severe cuts, and that is why i have fought continued republican efforts to sustain these cuts. for several years, i worked successfully in a bipartisan way to roll back these destabilizing cuts and their potentially devastating impact. since 2007, we have restored nearly $21 million to san francisco systems of care. every step of the way in fighting these cuts, i ha

i was born in san francisco, moved to the peninsula, raised my family there, moved back to san francisco eight years ago. my day job, in addition to civic activities, i am an angel investors. since 1994, i have invested over 600 companies. it is very interesting to see -- and most of these companies are in the bay area. there are about 200 companies that are active today. of those 200 companies, most of which in the bay area, over 52% of our portfolio in sv angel are in san francisco today. what is significant is, in 2005, 75% of our portfolio was in silicon valley, i the south of san francisco. so there is definitely undisputed the migration of tech companies to san francisco, and we want to support that. some of the company that i am an investor in that will lead the charge in san francisco, twitter, ising guy, jawbone, eventbrite, trulia, and google. approval has a large office in san francisco. we think the tech community in san francisco needs to finally get active. ed lee, the minute he stepped into office, the two significant things for the tech community, he got twitter to stay i

here in san jose. and as we -- as far as we can tell, the firefighters are going to be on the scene, here for quite a while. frank and grace? >> you mentioned this was an assisted living center for seniors. do we know how difficult it was to evacuate the building? i would imagine they would have some challenges with that. >> reporter: well, you know, the fire captain didn't say or reference how long it took to get the seniors out of the building. he did say however it took them nearly an hour and a half to get that fire out. but i can tell you that the four people who were taken to the local hospitals, they were just complaints of minor burns and minor injuries. nothing very serious. apparently they were able to get them out rather quickly. >> a close call, thank you, lisa. >>> deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno, led to three bills that are being announced this morning. the one bill from assemblyman jerry hill would require the state puc to implement federal ntsb recommendations, and another would

san francisco inaugurated its first new streetcar line in 67 years. but the f line runs only old cars. one transit buck came from new york just for a ride. >> san francisco knows how to move their feet and do things. that's the only thing i can say. >> the city hopes the old cars will draw tourists just like the cable cars do. she says it wasn't very popular then with city planners and engineers. >> everything was going under ground. we didn't want anything aboveground on market street. there were a few people who persisted. >> the persistence paid off it took some 10 years. it had been repainted in the colors of cities where they once ran. >> ladies and gentlemen this is the beginning of car 1056. >> today all rides are free, starting tomorrow $1. with all the troubles of nummi the drivers who volunteered [captioner transition ] and city by we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dan

in san francisco. george, congratulations and i'm just honored to be up here and honored to be participating in this important day for you. [applause] >> now the reason i was asked to do this was to introduce your mistress of ceremonies. as all of you know and all of you do know dianne feinstein, there are probably many less, well, a few of you clearly do, more of you i think do quietly, you know, what an extraordinary use big to us -- ubiquotous in this city. kissinger says no one less needs an introduction than henry kissinger. no one enjoys one more. that may have been better introducing willie brown saying that than dianne feinstein. i digress. i was just reminded of that quote. willie, don't take offense and please don't write about that on sunday. [laughter] >> i'm just, as diane knows, i'm a big fan that goes back to my high school days when i was that little nervous teenager that was invited in the mayor's office. she asked me what i was interested in, a shakespeare class i was talking. next da

san franciscans are proud people. it has been a bellwether for some and a watershed causes and reforms. i have grown up with many songs that proudly remind me of walt -- why i love san francisco. flowers in your hair, and certainly i love that song -- i played all the time for my son. of course turning back to the movie and musical of san francisco, clark gable film of the 1930's and the song san francisco reminds me of the purpose of the song, open your golden gate, let your stranger wait outside your door. this continues to speak to the lessons of who we are today. a city that lets no stranger wait outside the door. we must know what it means to receive them by the time they come out of the criminal justice system, and not treated as if it is a problem in visitation valley, a single site, a sunnyvale, bayview come up mission, so much fomma or any or neighborhood that continues to be routine neighborhoods that are the ones assigned in shouldering this particular problem. the fact is a lot has been done to address the

the number of tech companies in san francisco has doubled, and now 50% of our pulp folio is in san francisco. -- flip-flopped. social media and community websites, it is no coincidence. they have to be in cities with lots of people. mayor lee understands what the tech sector can do to help. he has a 17-point plan. probably a third of that has to do with job creation. mark pincus and zynga will be a key partner on that initiative. zynga will be the lead tech company on the jobs initiative. we have already

san franciscans are proud people. it has been a bellwether for some and a watershed causes and reforms. i have grown up with many songs that proudly remind me of walt -- why i love san francisco. flowers in your hair, and certainly i love that song -- i played all the time for my son. of course turning back to the movie and musical of san francisco, clark gable film of the 1930's and the song san francisco reminds me of the purpose of the song, open your golden gate, let your stranger wait outside your door. this continues to speak to the lessons of who we are today. a city that lets no stranger wait outside the door.

light-possibly moderate rain in san francisco. that will last through the entire length of the game. finally, the rain beginning to push off. based on some of the latest readings would could be in store for a wet 49ers game. by sunday we are looking at over 3 in. of rain in the santa cruz mountains. and inch and a half in oakland and it's a little over an inch in san francisco. it is a pretty good rainmaker. some of this will translate into snow in the sierra. here is the 7 day around the bay. looking past sunday, a high pressure comes back into the mix. tuesday- thursday we will dry out and begin to warm up with temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. let's get a look at traffic. >>george: we are in a hot spot mode. we're watching some slow traffic. i think because it is friday we got off a little bit easier than we otherwise might have. let's take a closer look at the drive on interstate 80, 680, 580, this was our hot spot, but no longer. we are looking at a slower traffic southbound as you head through the san ramon valley.

us san diego, 10.lifornia as crack the top 10 after three years because more weight was given to academic mesh . >>> probably world's most -- famous bridge. where do you think the go go bridge is on the list. nowhere. forbes magazine is out with its 11 most amazing bridges in the world number one is a roman bridge built around 2,000 years ago at the time christ was born. why didn't the golden gate make the list? forbes says it is past its prime. been? >> basically. it is nasty e-mail time folks. let forbes know what you think of that >>> san francisco police play an all night waiting game with a burglary suspect stuck on the side of a san francisco hill. >>> to candidates emerged victorious from the -- two candidates have emerged victorious from the iowa caucus. we'll tell you about the tie and who technically won. >>> next, is it a signal maverick surf contest will be this weekend? why the world's top surfers are coming to town friday. >>> check out the cold temperatures heading east, not even freezin

francisco and san jose, concord 68, san francisco and san jose 67, extra minute and 14 seconds of sunshine today near 70 oakland livermore everybody else in the mid to upper 60s more 70s around the monterey bay inland the only exception morgan hill 68°. tonight low to mid 40s richmond oakland san mateo upper 40s along the coast into san francisco everybody else mid to upper 30s except santa rosa 29 napa 32. here's the game time forecast near 60 saturday at 1:30 if you are out there early we'll start off in the mid 40s end up in the low 50s. still warm even though it is going to be cooler tomorrow much cooler you can see wednesday -- excuse me sunday to tuesday then chance of rain wednesday and thursday. >>> new crash in san jose north 101, 680 already off to the shoulder. i'm going to check the waze maps in just a minute. right now westbound 80 still looking good through berkeley just a little more crowded no slowing on that east shore freeway. san mateo bridge also looking great westbound on the right out of hayward into foster city. here's a shot in san jose northbound 101 fine now under

, san mateo at 10272. -- san mateo at 10:22. it is expected to arrive in san francisco at 10:55 this morning. you cannot purchase these freedom train ride tickets from the stations. you have to get them through will call brown paper tickets and here at the san jose station you will be able to get your specially printed freedom train rides for this martin luther king, jr. holiday. >> do they expect a lot of people? >> reporter: they are. this is the 28th year so it's familiar to people who celebrate the holiday in this way. if the tickets are sold out, they are encouraging others it get a regular caltrain ticket here and ride up to san francisco so they can be part of the festivities. >>very good. thank you, lisa. >>> there are a number of closures for the holiday this month including federal and state courts, city and county offices, banks schools closed. bart and muni on saturday schedules and ac transit on sunday schedule. vta, samtrans on regular schedules on this monday. >>> online shoppers' personal information has been lea

they are planned outside the courthouses if many san francisco -- in san francisco, san jose and other cities. >>> they thought they left that protest back in oakland when she headed to washington, d.c. for the conference, but the headaches followed her. why they trapped her inside a taxicab. >>> a man arrested in hayward overnight after crashing into several cars. police were called just after 2:00 this morning when the driver crashed into three cars near bishop avenue. he was under the influence of alcohol going about 70 miles an hour when he crashed. police say he ran from his car, but thanks to a witness description, police found him a short time later, taken away in an san francisco. now, he injured his face and his head. no one else was hurt. >>> also, they success any removed the suv that drilled underneath the tunnels. the driver drove down the tunnel, crashed into a platform. the 40-year-old scott mitchell was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driver. munni was able to push the suv off to the side of the tracks. then during the overnight hours, they removed that suv so the

especially for a city like san

. >> reporter: i'm amy hollyfield in san francisco, court documents in the case against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi have been released. they layout the case against him and include allegations of shoving, pulling and grabbing. >>> here's a live look at the bay bridge over san francisco quiet and calm not as cold as yesterday i'll show you temperatures before you head out. [ inaudible ] >>> live shot of the san mateo bridge. taillights in the westbound direction when you get to the other side you will find a stall on 101. another stall in san jose all that coming up. >>> wait until the afternoon commute when the rain starts to come in. thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas this saturday 1500 oakland city workers have dreaded for -- this is the day 1500 oakland city workers have dreaded for months. the pink slips go out today that is not the size of the group that will be laid off, right? >> reporter: we are going to be finding out next week. starting today for one week work 1500 employees will be on edge thinking they might be the ones who lose their job.

it's in the willow glen area of san jose. the people who were injured were all men the victims went to the hospital in private vehicles. there are a lot of questions about this story now. is a suggestion respect on the loose? the bar & grill are closed so we haven't been able to speak with anybody there as to whether a fight may have broken out. we're waiting for more information from police and information on what what happened with the car they towed off. >> thank you. >>> oakland police are investigating their second homicide of 2012. it happened in the 6100 block of foothill boulevard. shots were fired overnight. a man was found shot lying in the street. he died at the scene. no suspects this morning. >>> new hampshire's time in the political spotlight over for another four years with mitt romney closer to the republican presidential nomination. mitt romney was declared the winner and it wasn't close. he nearly doubled the vote of second place finisher ron paul who surprised a lot of people. jon huntsman a close third. >>

san francisco is recognized as a leader. a system that is implemented more broadly would prevent a spoiler situation or if you are a republican in ron paul-mitt romney situation. supervisor kim: thank you. i am calling up five more names. >> malive to speak against no. 4 and in favor of -- i wanted to speak against no. 4 and in favor of no. 5. the aspect of clarifying and extending their requirement for ranking more candidates, the reason why that is important is when the landlords association filed a lawsuit to try and get san francisco ranked-choice voting turnout several years ago, the city's attorneys and department of the election did not say what was appropriate and that free rankings is what was possible with the current equipment and was permissible under the law, they also tried to argue it was better to have only three choices and clarifying and extending the desire of san francisco to have as many choices as possible would prevent that from happening in the future and see you can move to more than three choices as

chorus. -- and the san francisco girls chorus.here are they? [laughter] [laughter] [applause] >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. ♪ [chorus singing] [chorus singing] [chorus singing "star spangled banner"] [applause] forward. halt. forward march. [applause] >> you may be seated. i moved a little bit ahead of schedule by introducing all of you. i was supposed to do that at the end of that. and understand if you have been in my position, i would have wanted you to introduce me first. in [laughter] you understand why that happens, mr. mayor. ibm, of course, delighted to have so many of my yearayor le' good friends from throughout san francisco and the bay area and the country. mayor lee had some special things he really wanted done on this occasion, and the girl's chorus was one of them, and the boys' chorus would be another of the special activities that he would like to see occur. his emphas

training, we can fill those gaps and employ more san franciscans in san francisco. all of our member companies will get their h.r. departments involved and analyze their hiring for the next year, give that to the zynga jobs team, we will aggregate those, and develop programs to employ and educate the job force to fill those positions. san francisco already has a great web site, hiresf, it's akin to monster.com, and the tech community will be going to the website to try to fill positions posted there. ed lee said in his inauguration is the year of the dragon. that represents confronting challenges and embracing innovation. that is what we are going to do. we are the city of the 100%. we are partnering closely with code for america. we would not be a tech organization without a website. our url is sfciti.com. with the headquarters city of twitter, it would be heresy not to have a twitter handle. #sfciti. with that, i want to introduce our great mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you for that very detailed explanation. first of all, i want to thank the board of s

class after moving to san francisco over 28 years ago. to being elected to the board of supervisors, he served in the san francisco district attorney's office, investigating white-collar crime. as a member -- yes, please. [applause] as a member of the board of supervisors, sheriff mirkarimi has been an outspoken advocate for policies and programs that increase public safety for all san francisco. [applause] among his many accomplishments on the board, the sheriff offered legislation that created the state communities reentry council, coordinating local efforts to break the cycle of crime by giving former offenders the tools that they need to get back on the right path. he spearheaded efforts to strengthen community policing because he believes it should be at the heart of any sound public safety strategy. [applause] he has strongly advocated for increasing police foot patrols, so that there is more regular face-to-face interaction between community members and officers that serve them. [applause] now, as sheriff mirkarimi takes over at th

then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me. when you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you are from san francisco. i have been a corporate attorney at palo -- in palo alto. i became an >> i worked in the finance industry about 5 1/2 years. in the summer of 2009 i joined a venture capital firm with two other partners. >> we are all excited about the americas cup here in district two but one thing if you think about it everyone knows what fleet week is like here in the marina. this is fleet week on steroids. think about fort mason, these will be the most brings taken places to watch the americas cup. what we're working on and working to continue to work on and want your input on, how do we make it a positive experience for the people that live here. >> i'm happily married and my life and -- wife and i live around laurel village. we have two children, five around they. we are proud parents and now

i've known of his work sips my days at san francisco state -- since my days at san francisco state where he organized many of the different concerts and dances throughout the communities. he's done a tremendous job reworking the former historic gay disco and sister club to studio 54 on this west coast and transformed it into 1998-1999 into the glass cat which i know has had its ups and downs but i think he's worked through the industry with great experience. again, 4 years. also food and bev ranl -- 34 years. also, food and beverage experience. construction founding and operating different clubs and entertainment organizations. he's also been the former manager of a number of performers like the jets. those of you that may have grown up in the 1980's know a number of the hawaiian bands and the others that he brought to the area. also working with community-based organizations, he's a wealth of experience. i also think that he meets the qualifications of a venue under flash industrial seat for this position and he's the highest qualified person i think that is before us. so i make a motio

i am a native of the city of san francisco.plause] i grew up here in the haight ashbury and the sunset district. this city holds an extraordinary place in my heart. i am making a personal appeal to everyone here. i have been living in los angeles for about 20 years now. [disgruntled boos] i am petitioning to migrate home city to find a way to get me back here. [laughter] i have a 4-year-old son that i want to go up in the same incredible environment that i did. [applause] i am just putting out there. i am ready to come back. -- putting it out there. i am ready to come back. this is a momentous occasion that i am honored and proud to be a part of. it is an amazing situation. i met ross at the airport a couple of years ago. i have not, since the airport, i have not been able to get away from him. i did a little bit of work on his campaign. as i said earlier, i am so excited about what is going on here. the tradition of progressive politics will continue in san francisco in the sheriff's department. [applause] thank you. i was hir

downtown san francisco this morning they are expecting the occupy san francisco protests to take place heart of the financial district montgomery at california and san francisco police asking to you lease avoid this area if possible. -- to please avoid this area if possible. heavy rains in marin flooding low-lying portion of northbound 101, typical sir francis drake boulevard especially when the tides are right, two lanes flooded there drivers are hydroplaning through. northbound 880, car vs. bike on-ramp blocking a couple of lanes. live look golden gate bridge southbound slick but light. >> sue hall, thank you. >> new questions the acts of the crew of a capsized cruise ship. the confusing distress calls as the vessel went down. >>> the influence the location of your polling place could have on your vote. >>> a little angel heading home, stunning story of survival or one of the world's tinyiest babies. the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300

the red legged frog and the san francisco garter snake. we have difficulty managing our parks financially in san francisco where we have deficits every year. i want to commend the rec and parks department for the work they do. i know they are strapped. i think they do a good job considering the situation in terms of keeping our parks maintained but the liability we have with maintaining sharp park that has a deficit that over five years has had a $1.5 million deficit is not something that makes a lot of sense when our parks department is so strapped to continue its services within the boundaries of the city and county of san francisco north of daly city. i would like to urge you to vote with me on this to override the mayor's beat out and i welcome your support. thank you. president chiu: any additional discussion? why don't we take a roll-call vote. >> supervisor wiener, no. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye supervisor chu, no. supervisor elsbernd, no,. supervisor kim, no. supervisor olague, aye. six ayes

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san francisco county jail number 3 is in the city of san bruno.was built in 1934 off moreland drive. a lawsuit was filed in the 1990s claiming unsafe conditions at the jail. a settlement of the suit forced san francisco to build a new jail nearby. the old jail building has been empty since 2006 when the new facility opened for business. >>> it is 5:40. san jose's pot clubs may be catching a big break. >> why the city is having second thoughts about its marijuana crackdown. >> and it's one of the world's most famous landmarks. how the golden gate bridge just got a major snub. that and much more coming up. my fashion blog is about my personal style and things that inspire me. i like to think of myself as the voice of real girls. since i post new looks almost every day... i have to shop almost as often. t.j.maxx is great because i can score designer fashion... without spending like there's no tomorrow. that's what it's all about. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. i post for fashionistas... but i'm a maxxinista. t.j.maxx. let us ma