illustrate very concretely why san francisco is the best place in this nation and abroad to host the cup, that is the deal before us. it is a great deal for san francisco as longdering the kind of excess of responsibility that we were quite concerned about before. great questions were being asked by a number of our colleagues here to keep the negotiations on track, and they really helped contribute, i think, to the intellectual arsenal for us to make sure -- this is really unprecedented for something of this nature and size to come before san francisco. the city attorney's office has also been working around the clock in order to really be as agile as possible to doing something that no other city in the country or abroad has had to do, and that is negotiate in a transparent environment such as ours. italy and spain do not have to go through this. leaders of their government can advance the deal in more of a unilateral fashion. there is no other city in the united states that is really a contender or has been identified yet, and yet, we have been negotiating in the most transparent public way to be able to advance this dialogue and advance incredible proposal

i think that only boosts san francisco's chances. >> as long as he does not move the deadline of december 31, then i would say we are in a strong position. we are the only one who has been operating in the light of sunshine so that through public transparency everybody has been able to see what the negotiations have been like so that we are earning the trust of the people in doing so that it is something that people, together, we have been moving as a complete city. >> rhode island, san francisco and an italian city are all competing. we will find out in two days who is selected. >>> target has plans in san francisco. top execs in the uc system threaten a lawsuit, hundreds of new laws and we will see how . >>> the city of san francisco isology a tough place for stores to get in to but now one of the more famous found space. kron 4'sicate t has -- kate thompson has more on target. >> reporter: this is the met reonnow, an underperforming shopping center. this is what the new improved will look like. an 85,000 square feet target store which takes up the entire second floor. construction is e

dear san francisco supervisors a as a long time news directors of kfpa f.m.t avalos, campos, marr asking pacific radio to enter in good faith negotiation with our union, the local of 9145 and reinstate the morning show. we've served as union stewards at points in the past and are extremely disturbed by the actions of pacifica. she went over managers, refused to bargain in good faith and violated our contract provisions in carrying out the layoffs of the hosts of the kpfa morning show and suspending the program. pacifica has disregarded thousands of listener emails and phone calls, union grievances and appeals to reason by staff. we hope -- staff members to rescind the layoff and bring back the morning show. we hope a firmly stated resolution -- >> thank you. next speaker. >> ace washington, i'm not here to sing, i've got two minutes but am flabbergasted, appalled of the procedures going on here at city hall. i've been around city hall 25 years, longer than anybody up here except for some of the clerks. i've never seen city hall in a position that it is right

i do hope that as new residents of san francisco, but ever experience i can bring to the table, i can look forward to the future. i plan to be a long-term san francisco resident and hopefully will use my youthful age as a benefit to go ahead and look to the future of what is possible in our city. commissioner campos: thank you, mr. goldberg. well done. rick hoffman? i do not see him here. alan lovin. good morning, welcome to the plans and programs committee. >> good morning. i am a senior project manager for california pacific metacenter -- medical center. i am a 20-year resident of san francisco, i have workedboth in the public and private sectors, real estate, and land use. i would but the opportunity to serve on this committee. our project is a large project that will affect and will be affected both by the van ness brt and egg geary st. brt. we will make contributions to those projects via our employees use of the transit system and our contributions to the project, as part of our entitlement process. i think i can bring the honorable experience to this committee, not only because i work for them, but because of my long standin

dear san francisco supervisors a as a long time news directors of kfpa f.m.t avalos, campos, marr asking pacific radio to enter in good faith negotiation with our union, the local of 9145 and reinstate the morn

san francisco. in fact it would ruin the san francisco heritage as a maritime power house on the west coast and would have a great long-term harm for the overall city. we think that there is a way to do this that will be successful and will not have these deleterious effects. we hope that you will consider strongly other venues other than the southern waterfront for this. let me suggest to you one that no one has mentioned that is an obvious choice to me, the hunters point shipyard. there are huge peers out there and a lot of space. i am sure they would be thrilled to discuss the opportunities with these people to provide everything that you have on pier 50 and elsewhere. thank you very much. >> [reads names] >> thank you. i am a historian with the california heritage council. we endorse bringing the america cup to san francisco. we have a couple of proposals in that regard for historical context exhibits. one would be to exhibit the history of yachting in san francisco and california generally. and a history of the america's cup going battue

as well is san francisco's oldest cat company. they say that they will stop by your house today, does give them a call and as long as but it is an wrapped it will pick it up free of charge. >> i checked on christmas eve traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza and there is not much at all. look at that, the left side of your screen while you're driving into san francisco. it is always moving quite well and on that right is the eastbound traffic, and all lot of traffic at all on this christmas eve. we'll be right back with more news ahead. a dazzling a tree for the holidays comes to like each christmas with the it spectacular light decoration. it is a gift to the neighborhood from a car dealership in the neighborhood. they take us through the display. >> it is amazing >> magical. >> so special. >> the biggest christmas display i've ever seen. i would like to see the electric bill. (music) >> i think realistically we have 100,000 whites. >> there's a lot of animated figures. >> we have the fair's still. >>-share, up prance there, dollar. >> this is alice-in- wonderland. this is our home. we started 10 years ago and a few more lights every yea

either they did that only boost san francisco's chances. >> my feeling as long as he does not move the deadline then i would say it were very strong position. we're the only one who's really bid in light of sunshine. throughout transparency everyone has been able to see what the negotiations have been like. we your earning the trust of the people in doing so, is something that people together moving as complete city as to how we want to secure it. rosa island, san francisco and unnamed italian city are competing to house the race. we should find out in a few days. coming up, following weather, traffic if you're headed out the door make sure bring a thick jacket. you won't get what but it is called. here's one of the reasons, you can see the moon. no cloud cover. keeping the warmth in. we had a very cold night. louisa will tell us all about the weather when we come back. we're winter storms, that the parts of these those buried and some areas under water. vicki libya at this gives us a snapshot. >> the skies may be clearing the wicked weather kept people scrambling to dig out. planes on

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opportunities that can lead to careers, local jobs, as well as business development that serves all of us in san francisco. a local hiring mandate makes a long term economic sense, because it will have an immediate social impact, especially for the jobless and disadvantaged in our community. it is also the right thing to do. the one thing missing in this legislation is to do not have the local cbo's. i would like to see them included. chairperson avalos: maxine, jim felinas, cesar verras, and jose

san francisco bay area, i want to show you real quickly, as long as we're talking about that, some of seen very persistent, lengthy delays. san francisco international airport, it had been, until -- for about two hours, they are saying until 9:30 eastern -- or pacific time, but what we're looking at is quite a bit of wet weather. we have a live picture here coming out of san francisco, kgo. they can see the storm clouds lingering on the horizon. but if you were to whip up into the sierra-nevada mountains, it looks like a couple of feet of snowfall anticipated there. this is going to be a huge system with the forecast expected for the l.a. basin. very heavy rainfall. where you see this pink shaded area, we're seeing significant snowfall. you can see that as we go to the forecast snowfall totals over the next 48 hours but not just across the sierra-nevada. not just here. but into the wasatch across northern utah. the wind river, the siskiyous and into the cascades. that's a lot of territory, don, to be talking about. pretty much every mountain chean is expecting snowfall, especially the

san francisco. roughly 250 office buildings, the largest in san francisco. its members have long been involved in sustainable practices including energy efficiency. we have been recognized the last several years by the epa as their partner of the year. because of our practices. we also have a program that is sort of a recognition program that recognizes properties for sustainable practices. we have not been lake coming to the sustainability party. we have been leaders all along. we have worked at the very beginning of this process with the mayor's office and the department of the environment to make sure that it was something that was achievable, affordable, and was using industry standards so that there was no guesswork. i think we have done that with this legislation. our organization is supporting this legislation as it is currently constituted. several of the things we had concerns about initially, if a building is already benchmarking itself, it is already going through a lead certification process. would they be given credit? yes, they would be. would it allow for extensions? and would it be a rolling implementation deadline? it has also been included. can we do this in a shorter time? i don't think

san francisco will experience long-term benefits in infrastructure improvements, jobs, and ongoing revenues. i would look -- i would like to talk about another opportunity for san francisco. i can think of no other sport that is as successful to as many types of people as sailing. sailing does not discriminate on the basis of race, economic or social status, and is available to people with physical or developmental disabilities. there are huge sailing programs in our area that serve kids. there is a mix of able-bodied volunteers and disabled sailors that allows people with limited or no abilities to use lakes and to experience the exhilaration of sailing on san francisco bay. guide dogs wearing life vests are also on board during many if not most live sailing events. american poet and abolitionist john which your wrote -- wittier wrote -- let us make it happen. let us use this lifetime opportunity to encourage all to enjoy the activity of sailing. we have an opportunity to host the world oldest trophy sport in our own city. i urge you to support the america's cup in san francisco. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> i am a lifelong san francisco resident. i am here to support the host city agreement.