city hall. vandal gets past san francisco tight security and right into the building. good evening. carolyn is off. >> man police say broke in san francisco city hall over the weekend certainly left his mark. graffiti pantyed on the marble walls. of sergio is there live tonight with the story. larger concern here again is about security and how he could even get in. >>reporter: yes exactly exploratorium city hall is closed on the weekend so sheriff's deputy are trying to figure out how this person got inside and spent several minutes l sprawling stuff all over a large har bell panel wall on the second floor. city workers able to remove most of the writing on the marine el wall with detergent. most likely got into san francisco city hall sometime yesterday the. he was arrested inside last night. >> at approximately then p.m. deputy sheriff apprehended individual took him into custody. individual was strans ported to the county jail. >>reporter: 32-year-old shawn o'neal watkins now facing a felony burglary charges as well as misdemeanor trespassing vandalism. the fact that he got throu

city hall. vandal gets past san francisco tight security and right into the building. good evening. n is off. >> man police say broke in san francisco city hall over the weekend certainly left his mark. graffiti pantyed on the marble walls. of sergio is there live tonight with the story. larger concern here again is about security and how he could even get in. >>reporter: yes exactly exploratorium city hall is closed on the weekend so sheriff's deputy are trying to figure out how this person got inside and spent several minutes l sprawling stuff all over a large har bell panel wall on the second floor. city workers able to remove most of the writing on the marine el wall with detergent. most likely got into san francisco city hall sometime yesterday the. he was arrested inside last night. >> at approximately then p.m. deputy sheriff apprehended individual took him into custody. individual was strans ported to the county jail. >>reporter: 32-year-old shawn o'neal watkins now facing a felony burglary charges as well as misdemeanor trespassing vandalism. the fact that he got through sec

san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwh

city. when we certify a company in san francisco they get benefits. they get benefits in terms of a bid discount and in most contracts for city and county of san francisco if there's local dollars involved there is a mandatory -- they use the word "goal" but it's a mandatory aspect of city contracting that a certain amount of money needs to be gone or set aside to local businesses, so this is where we have different sizes, we have micro-set asides for those companies to do business with the city and county of san francisco. we also have small sizes and the larger size which is the sb's'. we really do this so that we can track and we can assist and help our local businesses in san francisco to compete more effectively on city contracts to be certified at the local business in san francisco you nee not be a resident of san francisco but you do need to have a physical office and staff here if you have staff, so a little bit more about our businesses in san francisco that we have certified. 21% of our certified firms are wbe's. i put 79 non wbe's. this inc

congratulations to the city of san francisco, too. >> we'll have the team members. i just like to say on behalf of the mayor and local team members, this deal is good for city of san francisco. it takes care of our team members, it takes care of our guest. but what's going on, the building, construction, the new companies coming to the city, our goal is to welcome them and if we have labor peace, we have a positive contract for our team members, they will feel comfortable coming in time and time again. if anyone hasn't seen the cranes coming into the city, we want to welcome them as well, the hilton san francisco union square. we want to welcome them and be a part of it and the city. thank you. >> i'm mike casey, president of the united local, i want to thank you mayor for the leadership in not just creating and bringing new jobs to san francisco but making sure they are good jobs, quality jobs, where workers can retire in dignity for their families. mr. mayor you have been showing that leadership since you have been appointed. we want to encourage you in advancing t

david fleming, work with -- i'm a san francisco rep and work at san francisco general hospital as a registered nurse. born and raised in san francisco and worked for the city of san francisco for the last 20 years. since 2009 we have experienced multiple cuts in san francisco both in public healthcare and other services. as we look at what's going on with the financial system and the money they've taken out from us i urge the board of supervisors to investigate any form of fraud or any pleens by which we can recoup money taken from the city. it's a great city and we need to fund our services and not allow the banks to take money away from us ever again. thank you. >> supervisor avalos: thank you. >> i'm rebecca morrow, the public health nurse and i live in district 5. i think about this kind of in general terms, in family terms. when you have small children, and they have done something inappropriate, they have a time out. when you have a kid in high school, and they're not making the grade, they're acting up, they're breaking the rules, their report cards, their sat scores and there are consequences for what they do. if you're an adult and u a dui and you

kpix 5's don knapp is at san francisco's city hall where an antigun rally just ended. don? >> reporter: that's right anne. this is one of throe locations in the bay area today where people weric piecing feelings about -- expressing feelings about gun control by the actions they were taking. [ people chanting ] one of these gun control advocates protesting here at san francisco's city hall is mindy. she knows about gun violence firsthand. she was a teenagers camp counselor when she was shot with an adult and three children in california in 199 bring a white supremacist. >> he walked in and shooting overing -- started shooting over 70 rounds of ammunition out of a semiautomatic weapon and i was shot twice in the leg and as we ran outside he continued shooting and there were five of us wounded that day. he shot and killed a filipino american postal worker. >> reporter: the newtown shootings reminded her of her goal of achieving gun control. >> newtown made me feel like a failure. mothier represent their children who didn't make it and that's a responsibility i am you know happ

let san francisco take a stand against all violence, especially that of our own nation. san francisco invests 1 billion in fossil fuel. seven cisco, the city of ecology , ending for now waste carcinogen free air, admission free buses, san francisco asking for higher standards than the rest of the nation, priding itself on sensitivity, social and environmental justice. san francisco investing 1 billion dollars in carcinogenic fossil fuels, 1 billion dollars and cancer, 1 billion dollars in hypocrisy. 1 billion dollars and another billion in firearms and ammunition. san francisco city of hope, do not betray us. san francisco, by investing in our own defeat. thank you. >> i stand before you and most effective children's health advocate failure. ,this is what i concluded after five years of presenting to the board dozens of studies on the toxicity of -- i have the easiest task in the world. with the growing public outcry against the harmful exposure to chemical toxins in the minutes of skywriting cases of autism, and asthma, sbr chrome contains unregulated harmful chemicals, many found on the prop 65 list of cancer-causing materials .today to

here in san francisco city hall in room 400. please call the mayor's office on disability for further information or to request accommodations at4155 554-6789 voice, or 415 -- 6 p p y or e-mail at s f chlt gov.org. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. go back and get the approval for the agenda. we need a motion? >> i so moved for the approval of the agenda. >> i second. >> thank you. >> so we will move on to public comment. item no. 3. >> please step up or roll up to the mic. thank you very much. >> i'm howard shab ner. it nice to be back here. thanks. >> thank you. >> the timer wasn't going. okay. good afternoon, thank you, it's nice to be here again, howard shab ner. i have spoken here several times about the effect of san francisco's campaign or war against cars is having on people with mobility disabilities. one of the things has been the lack of, the increasing difficulty in finding parking spaces, the fact, the timer is not on. is there a -- i can keep on going, but i think three minutes will be enough. the epidemic of

clerk can you please call items 7 and 8 together >> item no. 7 here on city college of san francisco. item 8 urging the board of trustees and administration to utilize to preserve the quality of education that has served education well, and to support the city of san francisco to reevaluate the charges and providing more and kind services to support the resolution. >> this was a resolution to support the issues i'll turn it over to you. >> colleagues we have a number of speakers from the community of supporters of city college and faculty i believe we'll have a trustee or two. my hope is this hearing on city college and dialog on resolution to support the college this is a difficult time and we can also end with a commitment to have a working group that would be looking at the financial support and putting our heads together in creativity ways to feel what month supporters feel is a jewel of the san francisco system. we've invited all students from all background and the chance to develop a better life for themselves and their families. i know last year the focus was on how the colleg

and on the other side of the argument, a small but very vocal group spent the day at san francisco's city hall calling for an end to gun violence. kpix 5's don knapp has a look at both sides of the debate. [ people chanting ] >> reporter: one of these gun control advocates protesting here at san francisco city hall is mindy. she knows about gun violence firsthand. she was a teenaged camp counselor when she was shot in california in 1999 by white supremacist bowford furrow. >> he walked in and shooting shooting -- started shooting over 70 rounds of ammunition and i was shot twice if the leg. there were five of us wounded that day. as he left the jewish community center he shot and killed a filipino american worker. >> reporter: mindy says the newtown shootings reminded her of her goal of achieving gun control. >> newtown made me feel like a failure. and you know, i've met parents from people from virginia tech who have told me i'm here to remit their children -- represent their chin who did -- children who did not make it and that's a responsibility i am you kn happy to bear. but i can't d

cities, neighborhoods every day. all of the award recipients share one common goal. and that is to ensure that san francisco continues to be the best place to live, visit, and do business. i am proud to be the mayor of a city where residents and civic leaders are partners and work together to tackle challenges and find innovative solutions to keep our neighborhoods world class. thank you for attending this important event, and thank you to the neighborhood empowerment network for your dedication and commitment to our neighborhoods. keep up the great work and have a wonderful evening here at the nen awards. (applause) >> the first award we're going to be presenting tonight is an award that for many people is an award that is one of the top highlights of the event, and that is an opportunity to induct someone into the nen hall of fame. the hall of fame is an opportunity to take a moment and celebrate the lifetime of the contribution that an individual has made to our city and perhaps just seize the opportunity perhaps if they haven't been highlight and had elevated for that contribution here in city hall in t

reporting live at san francisco city hal hall, abc 7 news. >> okay sergio thanks very muc much. >> from vandalism to violence. tonight san jose police identified the man arrested for yesterday wal-mart rampage. man who crashed his car into the front of the store then started attacking people. lillian is live tonight at the wal-mart on story road with the latest on incredibly strange attack. >>reporter: strange indeed dachbility we saw some people driving by today curious as to how that car made it past the metal poles. police tell us the car actually drove along the sidewalk here made it past that narrow opening then made hard right that the store. san jose police relessed this pet of the man they have in custod custody. 33-year-old man has been booked on suspicion of assault with deadly weapon hit-and-run resisting arrest and being under the influence of drugs. >> these are symptoms that were obvious to the officers that araved on scene. sweaty profusely. some mum blipping grum length unknown what he was saying. he was yelling at some point. >> police say he plowed the car in the wal-m

of anti-cancer, very prominent doctor, was dying in pares and he saved on his deathbed the city of san francisco for what they had done. thank you. ~ thanked the city of san francisco for what they have done. thank you. >>> good afternoon, supervisors, and happy earth day to you. we'll be celebrating that shortly saturday here in san francisco. i'm the coordinator for the presidio heights residents for public safety. we encourage you to keep the lawsuit going. and you have an elected humanistic progressive value. we would like to see that continue in the city of san francisco. let me add a little additional information about this issue to the not knowing. we just went through proposition 37 in the state of california. the corporations put up nearly $50 million to defeat the right to know what goes in your mouth. people have a right to know what goes in their ear and the consequences of this. if you fail to keep this going, this lawsuit, you would be denying your humanistic and your progressive values. the people of san francisco would appreciate your awareness, to stop corporate [speaker not und

item 2 may i hear a motion on the resolution of the san francisco unified school district authorizes the school district city and county of san francisco general obligation bond proposition organization election 2011 not exceed $5 million. may i hear the reading of the recommendation >> yes one year ago we did series a for $205 million. the recommendation that the board of education adopt a resolution inform the board of education of the san francisco school district authorizing the school district city and county san francisco, california. general obligation bonds proposition a election of 2011 on a ago integrate principle amount not to exceed $5 million to do the improvement furnishing and equipment of certain school district of a april official statements and official statement and notice of sale in an official bid form and authorizing the execution and delivery of a bond purchase agreement and an to a reasonable degree of certainty disclosure agreement providing for such bond in execution of documents related through to in certain action in connection there with >> there are no public speakers signed up

but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city, culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002, i moved to the san francisco city attorney's office, where our work on the trial team, doing trials for the city and doing my own cases and supervising a team of attorneys as well. another huge issue confronting the city is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have not maintained it properly, from our roads to our sewer system to muni. we need to be much more diligent about maintaining our infrastructure. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i have worked on campaigns since i was a teenager. i was involved in campaigning against senator jesse helms when i was in college. when i came out here i was not initially involved politically. i was involved in community work, helping to build the lgbt community center, doing neighborhood work, and i eventually started doing campaigns and gradually got more inv

(cheers & applause) gabe slate tech report >> four people along the beaches, san francisco, city hall some fog. right down to the streets. swirling around and temperatures in san francisco just in the 40's. mid 70's. that is up 14 degrees oakland and redwood city. and possibly as warm as the 90's and the hot spots in fairfield. for tomorrow, loss of sunshine. along the coast and the bay. we should be done with that by 10:00 a.m. and it is basically that will be the story as to go for the next week monday, tuesday, there were a little fog. warm temperatures. 80s and 90s. and it will stay warm for the entire week. thursday will be even the warmest day with nine these inland. and it will remain warm-up for the next weekend. april long stretch of hot weather. here is futurecast. notice, the readings in the '90s. pretty much the same story. and we will get a bit of relief on tuesday. notice this area is getting a little bit smaller as we go towards tuesday. already by wednesday it will be swarming right back up. mountain view, fremont. milpitas. campbell, los gatos, 85 degrees and some ant

gregg coto from the san francisco treasurer's office. i'm here to talk about the city and county of san francisco treasurer's pool fund portfolio and to give you context over the period of time from 2007 up 'til present, the actual size of the portfolio has ranged from $3 billion to $6 billion. during the time that we've been talking about with the manipulation from it 2007 through 2011, the treasurer's pool fund did have investments in securities that had interest rates that were based on the libor rate and that was roughly about 5% of our portfolio. and none of these investments experienced any principle losses. our analysis does show that due to an active trading strategy our portfolio yield and our earnings were not materially or significantly impacted by the libor manipulation. >> supervisor avalos: what does that mean in terms of dollars, not materially impacted? >> less than three basis points. less than 3/100 of 1% and we're making over 1% on our portfolio this year. >> supervisor avalos: what would that be in dollars. >> the three basis points i referred to wo

san francisco. making us the largest employer in the city. today we have already more than 800 thousand square feet in san francisco and we expect 1.8 million square feet by 2016. that is tremendously exciting for us. we continue to grow and higher the talents that this city brings and enable and people that want to join our mission and are passionate about not what we are just doing about technology but our broader things and -- san francisco stands for power and passion and the need that makes technology go. we are powered with the community and leadership and other departments that share our vision for the future. also as the mayor mentioned we are extremely passionate about giving back to the city. right from the beginning we had a one one model from the beginning. that's the one percent equity and one percent of our product giving back to the community in the form of free donation to non-profit and we've given $40 million in grants and 445,000 volunteer hours and today as i travel around the world i meet many of our 18,000 non-profits to

san francisco's airport. they include a san francisco fire official, a redwood city council member and the former ceo, san francisco's city of commerce. they'll set policies for renaming the airport but will not pick a name. the committee was established in response to efforts to rename the airport after slain gay rights leader. >>> new at noon announced a couple hours ago the america's cup concert series being scaled back after complaints. the concerts are set to take place once a new 9,000 seat pavilion is built at peers 27 and 29. forty concerts were planned between may and october, but now there will be no more than 30. the decision was made after a series of meetings with neighbors concerned about noise and how late the concerts would end. >> noise was a big issue and the timing of the concerts. we suggested 11:30 on the weekends and 11:00 during the week, and through talking with the neighbors, we reduced the times. >> live nation also plans to install a sound tampening curtain to help reduce the amount of noise going out to the neighborhood. >>> rolling stones fans are about to get some satisfaction. >>> the d

in total the program represents an exciting evolution for the city of san francisco. connecting 11 transit system and boosting the 5.4 acre city park. the transit will be an incredible asset to san francisco area. we are accommodating growth in a manner that both leverages our economic success while preserving our environment and a complete neighborhood that is safer for our pedestrians, open spaces for workers. places to work that you can walk to and places to live, 30 percent which will be affordable for our residents here in san francisco which will ensure a diverse community in this part of downtown. we must improve and enhance our infrastructure which trul highlights san francisco as a world class city. i have had the opportunity to be more intimately involved in this process and i know you have done an incredible job. i have visited the tour and terminal that will improve our skyline. as a district supervisor for the south of market and district plan, i'm excite d that the existing residents will benefit from this neighborhood. i'm also proud to represent a city

san francisco's airport. they include a san francisco fire official, a redwood city council member and the former ceo, san francisco's city of commerce. they'll set policies for renaming the airport but will not pick a name. the committee was established in response to efforts to rename the airport after slain gay rights leader. >>> new at noon announced a couple hours ago the america's cup concert series being scaled back after complaints. the concerts are set to take place once a new 9,000 seat pavilion is built at peers 27 and 29. forty concerts were planned between may and october, but now there will be no more than 30. the decision was made after a series of meetings with neighbors concerned about noise and how late the concerts would end. >> noise was a big issue and the timing of the concerts. we suggested 11:30 on the weekends and 11:00 during the week, and through talking with the neighbors, we reduced the times. >> live nation also plans to install a sound tampening curtain to help reduce the amount of noise going out to the neighborhood. >>> rolling stones fans are about to get some satisfaction. >>> the d

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not just as a government official but as a human being. >> reporter: san francisco city attorney dennis herrera, demanded, in this letter, that nevada health officials hand over records in response to the report. herrera says it appears the people who arrived in san francisco had no contacts here. >> it's very disconcerting when you think about these individuals being given one-way tickets on a bus with no meds, minimal food and drink. >> reporter: according to the report, the hospital, between 2008 and march of this year, put 500 psychiatric patients on buses bound for california. herrera is asking san francisco social service programs to come forward to discover the true scope of the patient dumping alleged. and the nevada department of health and human services says it is reviewing the 1500 cases of alleged patient dumping but that the problem does not appear to be systemic and that the hospital involved had a documentation error. herrera says it appears, based on the allegations, that the patients were dumped in places where social services are generous. >> it seems to me that goes

i can tell you that my soul is here in san francisco. i love this city. i've just been away for a week and a half it was great getting back to san francisco. i'd like to thank monique for making this transition easy for me and also amy who got my schedule it out to arizona for me. i've admit a lot of department heads i've enjoyed meeting them. so i'm a newcomer going i don't know very much i'm willing to be teachable and i want to do what's best for all citizens of san francisco. and again thanks a lot >> thank you commissioner and welcome i suspect you know more than enough to help us out. i think as you know commissioners the last week there was an article in the san francisco chronicle having to do with the ports. we thought it is a very important issue for the port and we think it's important to share with you what the port is doing and why we're intent on protecting the birds >> good afternoon, commissione commissioners. as monique said there was a report in the chronicle a week ago and on channel 2 news last wednesday and there's a few things we woul

san francisco first african american city administrator naomi kelley. the mayor's office deputy chief of staff, for public safety. paul henderson. >> san francisco treasurer, sisneros. >> san francisco port commissioner kimberly brandon. commissioners south east city, toya moses. >> oakland port commissioner, brian parker. director of workforce development office of economic workforce department rhonda simmons and president jack and jill of america incorporated san francisco chapter and former soul service commissioner karen clopten. thank you all so much. well, we are so thrilled that our most distinguished keynote speaker was able to work us into his schedule today. welly has a way again of folks to show up. you know? he attended the american conserve torrey theater in san francisco and went on to appear on the big screen and the big stage. give a big warm welcome for the great amazing delroy lindo. can everybody hear me? >> i have to say that after agreeing to be here this afternoon, a few or some short time after i was sent a schedule, and on the sch

of san francisco or working with the city of san francisco close to 2-1/2 years ago after our initial concept. we realized about two years ago we discovered the innovation office. we discovered sf data sets, and we were absolutely delighted to have the resources available to us through these offices. and they really were the driving factor behind our development moving forward. obviously they weren't exactly where we needed them to be at that time, and we had worked with multiple departments now on cleaning up the data sets obviously. and then putting that back out there. one of our biggest pin points or struggles has been with the legislation and the old models of the [inaudible] the regulations and laws which are being slowly worked on through the legal departments and the san francisco's legal department. but essentially we found the experience through innovation office has been driving the initiatives through and helping us develop and the data sets have bon become cleaner. they have become easier for us to use and the pr

san francisco. (indiscernible) fighting this issue of graffiti in our city. iscernible) we have planned this for a while. the issue of graffiti -- not just san francisco but many other cities. all over the world. tackling this problem. let me start by saying we have a very beautiful city, 49 square miles, second most dense city in america. (indiscernible) we have several neighborhood groups. you will hear a lot of people talk about the issue. the conference will be a great -- (indiscernible) are able to learn more and share ideas and -- in our communities. we also have -- (indiscernible) because of the giants, the 49ers, the other sports. (indiscernible) >>: okay. it's a partnership. and finding solutions that solve problems by all of us coming together and talking about what we do. as you heard on the public works side of the table, we are responsible for regulating graffiti, enforcing the ordinances, we have a voice -- (indiscernible) we take 30,000 calls at a minimum every year. (indiscernible) it's a huge problem. i have worked for the department for over

san francisco has a taxi short average. today, "san francisco examiner" reports a consulting firm report concludes the city will be better served by adding 700 more cabs on top of 200 already approved. operators complained they are losing business to unregulated ride share companies but at san francisco international airport officials are telling the ride shares to "hit the road" for now. >> next, neighbors at an east bay community have a new crime-fighting crime if police do not catch you, the camera will. >> exploring the wonders of the new exploritorium, a look at a major new points that -- that mixes science and arts. >> is microsoft ready to unveil the next generation xbox? the new system will require a constant intent connection and cost $500. >> the htc1, a new droid smartphone features a 4.7" screen and 5 mega pixel camera. the phone offers a lot but will it compete with the upcoming samsung galaxy s4? >> wait. this is a great phone. you will not regret buying it but you should get a comparison between the two hottest droid phones. >> it will retail for $200 with a two-year >> san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all t