leadership in the city to create a brand new civic center and brand new city hall that represented the citizens of san francisco mayor ralph said this building was built without a hint of grass and represents a sort of come back for the city of san francisco. >> and master sculpture that seebd the workforce from around the world left messages behind like the messages of strength and, liability and equality and learning that's what you feel when you walk a work in this building. >> for one hundred years all those two came through the braujz doors witnessed the history events it shaped the heart and soul in san francisco. >> it was an amazing place to come to work to report everyday coming bro through those doors. >> up that staircase made you want to do your best work. >> city hall is a jewel in our crown it's part of our culture and legacy like the golden gate bridge it's honored this building in its glorious history and preserve it for generations to come. >> san francisco city hall is criminally unique place not just a symptom of all the things that are uniquely san francisco it is a place that inspires one t

san francisco transgender woman falls victim to a deadly violence. hundreds gathered for an emotional demonstration this afternoon. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live at san francisco's city hall with their message. jodi? >> reporter: janelle, the transgender community held a pretty powerful protest here at san francisco city hall today. they say they will not keep quiet when they feel their lives are at risk. >> if you're trans you are a person! if you're gay, you're a person! if you're in this world, you're a person! if you kill us we will come for you! we will educate you! we will let you know we are here! >> reporter: dressed in red a couple hundred transgender women and men and their supporters gathered on the steps of san francisco city hall to let folks know the transgender community feels under attack. >> i do live in fear yes. you know it's hard walking around and thinking that i could be murdered at any time and i don't know who's going to be next. >> reporter: last month, a transgender woman was stabbed by a man she says was taunting her and her partner as they rode muni. and just two weeks ago, another transgender woman, taja de jesus, was killed on the steps

going to have to go but i want to thank you in advance i do support this and i very he sfgtv city of san francisco public utilities commission, ha watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are

i have always been grateful to san francisco general and staff for keeping city san franciscans safe. in 2008, almost 84 percent of city of san francisco voted a bond to rebuild san francisco general. it's a testament to how much they have helped and we did not have all the funds needed to build a world class hospital and supply it with world class fixtures and equipment. bond funds cannot be used for that. the city has committed $175 million through our own capital improvement fund but there was $65 million need and through work of mayor lee and san francisco giants has tried to work to fill. so this contribution from dr. chan and mr. zuckerberg, it's truly amazing and they have heard our cries for support and they have so gratefully provided this gift to the city. this gift will compliment the city's investment and specifically their gift will purchase psychological monitors to improve the tracking of patients vital signs and provide earlier detection of deteriorating condition and also purchase ir equipment to help dying and treating the lease invasive state of the art technique. i

housing i was able to get an affordable apartment for my family in san francisco close to the neighborhood i grew up being able to say in the city is the world to me i'm looking forward to raising my children here in my oppose community because of san francisco's investment in mayor edwin lee me and the support of my famed and friends and neighboring neighbors i stand here today proud successful mother of four standing here to introduce our mayor it truly takes a village i'm proud to introduce mayor ed lee who is making sure all of our residents success by providing the educational opportunity and the housing opportunity and so much more for not only my family but all of our san francisco families in and out now without further ado the head of our vinyl we call san francisco please welcome mayor ed lee (clapping). >> thank you thank you good morning good morning and thank you nicole how about another hand for nicole banks (clapping) nicole i'm so grateful for that introduction and proud of you and our city your story echoes what we're talking about this morning so many of the themes i'm about to discuss and your own journeys an

san francisco. stephanie chuang is live in san francisco where a die-in, they're calling it, will take place a few hours from now. >> reporter: good morning. if you're around cityall this afternoon, it will be a dramatic visual of this die-in. a call to the attention that the fear transgender live with day-to-day, especially now with the death of 36-year-old taja dejesus. she was found murdered, stabbed to death on the steps of her apartment in the city's bayview district. that was sunday, february 1st. her suspected killer was found hanged nearby. the death has torn apart taja's mother who is refocusing her pain into spreading her daughter's story. >> everybody's life matters. tran's life mattered as well. if this can save one person. >> people spent hours at san francisco's lgbt center last night to prepare for the demonstration. the center says taja is the fourth known transgender woman of color to be murdered in california in the last four months and the fifth in the u.s. since the new year so again the demonstration set to be here at city hall at 1:30 this afternoon. and they're seeking public comment at the supervisor's meeting at 3:00. stephanie chuang,

nobody can stop you. ♪ >>> the city of san francisco is home to some 300 massage parlors and spas. me are legitimate concerns, offering therapeutic treatment for aching bones and muscles, but many are just facades for the city's booming traffic in the business of sex for sale. >> i put together a list of seven places. >> to combat the problem the mayor's human trafficking task force combines personnel from several city agency who conduct regular inspections of local massage parlors, looking for any signs of sex or labor trafficking. >> tonight we received a number of complaints regarding massage establishments in chinatown that are not operating with permits. >> her redbook posting says it's nancy, asian chinese female. friendly yet playful. >> the task force including tony flores from the sfpd special victims unit. with 25 years on the job, flores spent the last decade working domestic violence cases developing skills that translate well to cases of human trafficking. >> they are similar as far as the victims not wanting to come forward. the victims' mistrust of the police. if ther

city clerk: item 126789 accept and expend grant san francisco city hall preservation fund. >>supervisor london breed: same house same call. this item is adopted unanimously. next item. city clerk: item 136789 accept and expend grant hiv transmission cluster analysis to inform prevention for the period of july 2014 through june 2015. >>supervisor london breed: same house same call. this resolution is adopted unanimously. next item. city clerk: item 14. planning code office conversion controls in landmark buildings. to require the project seeking office space in landmark buildings within this district to obtain other conditional use authorization. >>supervisor london breed: supervisor cohen? >> >>supervisor malia cohen: this is unanimously passed by the board of supervisors last year around a proposal designated around to henry adams, an historic building. in that particular case the project sponsor was going to conduct a building of long-term permits terments. during the review of the proposal i asked the planning department to look at similar buildings in the area that might

investigation in all of these killings of black people in san francisco, in spite of the fact that they want blacks out of san francisco. the city of san francisco has developed a hate for black people and it appears to be like that. i'm sure when they were exterminiating jews, they had the same types of conversations and people like y'all sitting around and acting like, it's just something that happened. this ain't something that just happened. this is a plan. it's bigger than that. and you don't want to do nothing about it. we need to have a major investigation of why black people can't work out at candlestick park? where they are building in west point? the only thing they have got is two or three blacks flaging. all of this is madness and all i'm saying to all of you supervisors you are as guilty as the murderer, if you don't look into this thing because there are more people involved in these murders than you have any idea. it's way deeper than you think it is. >> thank you, mr. walker. next speaker, please. next speaker, please. there is a line to the left, if you would like to provide public comment. >> [speaker not under

months it is important to pack e take the position to ban this trade i had no idea that san francisco was one the top city not hearing about the stories of rhinos and illegal e elephant issues around the world knowing we can make a defensive in san francisco i'm happy to bring this forward. >> there's a motion made and seconded for this item number 2 to the full board with a positive recommendation that motion is unanimous i too like to take a moment and thank you for your tireless work thank you congratulations. >> (clapping.) madam clerk call item 23. >> it's an ordinance amending the planning code for the office conversion and landmark buildings. >> thank you colleagues i'm the author i want to remind the committee members this was passed last year this legislation establishes the floor controls to limit the amount of office space in believes that are dedicated as a historic landmark it was amended to incorporate the recommendations of the planning commission and unanimously recommend the approval of that legislation let's take public comment on this item any public comment on item 3? okay seeing none,

and thank you very much. >> [applause] >> >> the renovation of balboa park the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1 [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it without public and private investment. the critical piece of the process of this renovation was that it was all about the community. we reached out to everyone in this community. we love this park dearly and they all had thoughts and ideas and they wanted to bring their own creativity and their personality to bear on the design. what you see is what the community wanted. these ideas all came from the residents of this community. as a result, there is a sense of ownership, pride and responsibility that goes along with what is going to be an exciting park. .

waiver which i am okay to call for, and miss tang is someone who was born and raised in san francisco but lives in daly city. her folks still live in san francisco in the balboa park area and she has a great deal of understanding and knowledge of the neighborhoods around here and the need of our transit community. she takes the station almost every day. >> motion for the residencely waiver and then followed by forwarding out miss tang, seat 1, to the balboa park advisory committee with a positive recommendation to the full board. >> okay we can take that. >> seat 7. >> i'm sorry, seat 7. seat 7. >> we can take that without objection. thank you. and let's go on to our next items. i'm told i can call several of these together. let's tackle 5 through 6, then 10 through 13 all together. these are -- madam clerk, if you can call those items, excluding 7 through 9. >> item no. 5 and 6 are motions reappointing supervisor scott wiener and norman yee to the golden gate transportation district. you said 9 or 10? >> 10 through 13, please . >> item 10 is a motion reappointing supervisor campos to the metropolitan trans

was alfred hitchcock's favorite. >> san francisco is the perfect city for anygreat catastrophe. >> yet despite all of the real and cinegraphas and chases, san francisco seems to survive. if this apartment building at haigh looks familiar, feature the water reservoir where tennis courts are now. the it isn't a great movie but it features great shots of the city from a half century ago. including this train turn around long before the drugstore turned into the gap and tourists lined up wearing jeans and backpacks. >> when we come back on a second look. a refrigerator possessed by the devil. who would make such a film. the story of director allen smithey. >>> welcome back to a second look. sometimes there's a great divide between inspiration and execution in movie making. sometimes that can lead to a specific name in a film's credit. bob shaw reported on the secret of allen smithey in 1986. >> you may not know his name but in one way or another we have all been his victims. his name is allen smithey and he's made some of the worse films ever to be seen in the cine