commission at that time. recommendation number four is that san francisco environment and all city departments should proactively seek advice from the city attorney's office and the ethics commission when questions arise about city ethics rules and ensure full disclosure of relevant facts to facilitate accurate advice. the three actions that we developed are that the department will review are internal ethics policies and protocol and develop written policies including seek the advice of city attorney ethics commission. the department will regularly schedule staff training on city ethics rules and the policy. second is that the department will conduct annual staff briefing and advice. the way to make the process more accessible to staff. it staff has a very clear list of actions in order to seek that advice. here's the process to do so and here's the new contact to seek advice. as part of just beginning four weeks ago, one of the new requests that we request additional city attorney resources to ensure that the sufficient budget to account for the work we like to do with the city attorney's office in term of rev

to the san francisco public utilities commission and the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you, madame secretary. commissioners, i'm honored to introduce and recognize three outstanding individuals who have recently retired from the public utilities commission after having served in the department for more than 25 years. i'm going to read some resolutions for them and, at the end, invite folks up for photos if they're available. the first is john martin. in recognition of his 25 years of service to the city and county of san francisco, i'd like to recognize john who retired in january after working for 25 years as a stationary engineer at the southeast treatment plant. while john's not able to appear publicly, we want to thank him and show our gratitude for his service to the p.u.c. and i'm going to read this resolution. whereas john martin exemplifies tireless commitment and dedication to the maintenance of the equipment used at the southeast treatment plant, which improves the lives of san francisco residents, and whereas john is known as the, quote, unofficial centrifuge exp

san francisco. the health commission recognizes that asian american and pacific islander community enhance the rich diversity and straighten the city of san francisco. >> thank you commissioners for reading the resolution. before we move onto public comment and discussion among commissioners do we have a motion to approve the resolution. >> i move to approve. >> i second. >> we have a motion and second. secretary, any public comments. >> folks on the line to make public comment please race your hand. i'll read a statement before you speak. >> members can make a comment up to 3 minutes. this is designed to invite feedback to insievials there the ials -- indivie meeting. you cannot engage back and forthwith the commissioners note, each individual is allowed one opportunity and read statements from others. person on the line, i'll unmute you and put three minutes on the clock. caller us let us know you are there? >> hello. good afternoon commissioners. i'm angelica. happy asian and pacific islander heritage month. i was trying to call in for the public comment piece but my phone wasn't working. i hope

>> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocols and building rules must be adhered to. hand sanitizer stations are available throughout the building and masks are available upon request at any of the city hall entrances. i like to ask please silence any electronic devices. we welcome the public participation during public comment period. for each item, you will take two minutes of public comment first. members of the public may provide remote public comment by dialing (415)655-0001. meeting i.d.. you must limit your comments to the topic of the agenda item being discussed. remind you stay on -- if public comment be made in respectful manner and you address the re

commission at that time. recommendation number four is that san francisco environment and all city departments should proactively seek advice from the city attorney's office and the ethics commission when questions arise about city ethics rules and ensure full disclosure of relevant facts to facilitate accurate advice. the three actions that we developed are that the department will review are internal ethics policies and protocol and develop written policies including seek the advice of city attorney ethics commission. the department will regularly schedule staff training on city ethics rules and the policy. second is that the department will conduct annual staff briefing and advice. the way to make the process more accessible to staff. it staff has a very clear list of actions in order to seek that advice. here's the process to do so and here's the new contact to seek advice. as part of just beginning four weeks ago, one of the new requests that we request additional city attorney resources to ensure that the sufficient budget to account for the work we like to do with the city attorney's office in term of rev

san francisco. black people in san francisco are six times that of whites to be stopped by the police. san francisco's police chief says his department is working closely with the police commission and the department of police accountability to craft the new policy. he said there is room for reform, but cautioned that any new policy should not stop officers from doing their job. we have to have policies that still allow officers to do the job of protecting the public. and that balance is difficult, so there's a lot of work to be done on this policy. we do have to address disparities. san francisco police commissioner his susie inez says too often pretext stops don't make the community safer and amounts to racial profiling we're trying to do is minimized the police footprint on incidents that have nothing to do with public safety and improving our public safety outcomes. so i fully support the direction that we are taking. fema cray from san francisco's police officers association says. the new restrictions would be unnecessary that officers are enforcing the laws as they stand now, and she says officers are looking at infractions, not skin color. the city is very diverse that th

in 2016 and meets one of the commission's four priority areas for designation, being property types associated with underrepresented social and or cultural roots. san franciscosioned historians to draft the national register documentation which formed the basis for this local designation. the next slide, please. the character defining features outlined in the ordinance in front of you today include the exterior elevations, form, massing, structure, roof lines, and ornament identified as the reinforced concrete shell of the building, the mural on the upper facade on mission street, spirit of the arts. transparent store front. the volume of spacial and spacial relationships of three major interior spaces, theater on the first floor, gallery on the second floor, studio d together with mission graphic, a print making studio on third floor and partial mezzanine. the building has a character defining feature mural that extends over private property. if you see the photo it's on the left-hand side of the slide. the building will also undergo some renovations that are being planned, which include a new store front. this ordinance is intended to exempt these types of

this is the meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment. the date is tuesday, may 24th, the time is 5:05 p.m. the ringing of cell phones and pagers and similar devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of anyone using a phone or similar device. for remote participants, note the ringing of cell phones, pagers and similar devices can happen virtually and is still prohibited. please turn your devices off. due to the

commission board of appels, department of building inspection, child support services, office of county education, department of environment, law library, municipal transportation agency, port, public library, san franciscoc utilities commission and residential rent stabilization and arbitration board and retirement system. 2. proposed budget appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and expendituring for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. 3. proposed annual salary ordinance for positions in the budget in the appropriation ordinance may 1, 23022 for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. id 24800696647. press pound twice. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to comment. >> chair ronan: thank you so much. i just want to start out by thanking my office. i will explain how we will go through the agenda to jump around a lot. we will hear from the budget legislative analyst for six departments whose presentations we heard last week. airport, building inspections, port, public library and public utilities and retirement. once they present the report depar

or imagine if it was a young person that you were connected to the san francisco police commission will consider a proposal by one of its members to restrict these types of stops by the san francisco police. the public is invited to share comments on this proposed policy change at the commission's meeting tonight. gaseous back to you, ali. thank you. the april inflation report is out. and while it shows the run up in prices may have already peaked, inflation still remains high and is straining americans checkbooks with prices at 0.3% in just the past month. lauren blanchard reports from washington. april showed an 8.3% consumer price index the year over year a bit higher than predictions. but for the first time in eight months, the number is slightly down from march is 8.5% for me, there are really no signs that inflation is slowing down. there's no sign that the fed's policies are having any effect at all right now. over the last year, food up 9.4% meat and eggs soaring in price. also, sky high airfare jumping 18.3% from march to april. energy prices up more than 30% fuel oil up a stag

san francisco. black people in san francisco are six times that of whites to be stopped by the police. san francisco's police chief says his department is working closely with the police commission and the department of police accountability to craft the new policy. he said there is room for reform, but cautioned that any new policy should not stop officers from doing their job. we have to have policies that still allow officers to do the job of protecting the public. and that balance is difficult, so there's a lot of work to be done on this policy. we do have to address disparities. francisco police commissioner his susie inez says too often pretext stops don't make the community safer and amounts to racial profiling we're trying to do is minimized the police footprint on incidents that have nothing to do with public safety and improving our public safety outcomes. so i fully support the direction that we are taking tracy mcrae from san francisco's police officers association says the new restrictions would be unnecessary that officers are enforcing the laws as they stand now, and she says officers are looking at infractions. not skin color. the city is very diverse that the pr

kevin the newest member of the san francisco police commission, joined us this morning to talk about the timeline for the change. there's data that showed that black san franciscans are between 6 and 10 times. >> more likely to be stopped and searched. and this new policy. we startei the introduction of justice last wednesday i think is going to help address that. we're working with a coalition of over 60 community organizations. there's going to be 30 days of public comment. and i the plan is to pass a pause in the summer and hopefully can such as c but tangible impacts from that new policy on stops. >> is a civil rights attorney. he was unanimously confirmed as police commissioner in april. you can watch the full interview on our website kron 4 dot com. >> coming up here at 6 o'clock, an arson investigation underway following a series of small fires set this weekend in the east dotcom fire says they have a description of the person they're looking for. plus, it's just about time to keep your eyes to the skies. a total lunar eclipse happening tonight. the details on when and where to

public hearing to consider the adoption of schedule of rates, fees and charges of the san francisco pup utilities commission, power end for cleanpowersf in san francisco to be effective on or after july 1, 2022. item 12 public hearing to consider the adoption of rates of the san francisco public utilities commission for hetch hetchy power service beginning on or after july 1, 2022 and july 1, 2023. >> good afternoon president moran and commissioners. general manager herrera and counsel. i'm a principle revenue and rates analysis with the team here. i'm here to present the results of the power rate study to adopt power rates for fiscal 2023 and 2024 for hetch hetchy as well as for fiscal 2023 for cleanpowersf. we will go through the power rate study. the goal we've kept in mind and rate study process itself. we'll dive specifically into cleanpowersf as well as hetch hetchy power, rates proposals the key takeaways ands bill impacts. starting with the rate studies overview, the sfpuc as an agency is required by the san francisco city charter, to perform a power rate study at least every five years by an indepe

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities

commission board of appels, department of building inspection, child support services, office of county education, department of environment law library, municipal transportation agency, port public library, san francisco public utilities commission and residential rent stabilization and arbitration board and retirement system. 2. proposed budget appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and expendituring for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. 3. proposed annual salary ordinance for positions in the budget in the appropriation ordinance may 1, 23022 for fiscal years 22-23 and 23-24. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001. id 24800696647. press pound twice. please dial star 3 to line up to speak. system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until you are unmuted to comment. >> chair ronan: thank you so much. i just want to start out by thanking my office. i will explain how we will go through the agenda to jump around a lot. we will hear from the budget legislative analyst for six departments whose presentations we heard last week. airport building inspections port public library and public utilities and retirement. once they present the report de

san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unseated home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhab tanlts of the san francisco pep anyone sla. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and accordance with traditions the ramaytush ohlone have never seated, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takers of this place. as well as for people who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional home land. we wish to pay respects acknowledging the ancestors, elders and irrelevant tifs of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. thank you. will itemly. public comment. members may address the commission up to 3 minutes in the jurisdiction that is not on the agenda of speakers address to the commission as a whole and not individuals or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter in debate or discussion. the lack of a response does not necessarily institute agreement with or support am statements made during public comment

welcome to the san francisco planning commission hybrid hearing for thursday, may 26, 2022. in-person and remote will require everyone's attention and most of all patience. if you're joining us remotely and not speaking, mute your microphone. to enable public participation, sfgovtv is broadcasting this. we will receive

kevin the newest member of the san francisco police commission joined us in studio sunday morning to talk about the timeline for this new change as data that showed that black san franciscans are between 6 and 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched. and this new policy. >> started the introduction of justice last wednesday, i think is going to help address that. we're working with a coalition of over 60 community organizations. there's going to be 30 days of public comment. and i the plan is to pass a pause in the summer and hopefully can such as c what tangible impacts from that new policy on stops. >> well, benedict, though, is a civil rights attorney. he was unanimously confirmed as police commissioner in april. you can watch his full interview on our website at kron 4 dot com. one person is injured and 7 people need a new home after a garage caught fire in san francisco. fire crews say it happened sunday morning on on around edinburgh's street. the cause still being investigated this morning. the red cross is helping the people who are displaced. in the east bay. investig

jot san francisco commission acknowledges we're on the unseed home land of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of san francisco the stewards of the land and in accordance with traditions they have never seed, lost nor forgoaten their responsibilities as care takers of this place. we recognize we benefit from live and working on this home land. we acknowledge the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community. secretary, can you take the role. >> thank you. president knutzen, >> upon prohibit. >> vice president janet spears. >> present. >> commissioner bittner. >> present. >> commissioner carrington? >> nelson lum? >> not present. >> commissioner sklar. excused and kelly deerman. >> we have a quorum. we like to provide instructions for the comment process, public comment available on the agenda and during public commentful channel 78 restraining the numbers cross the screenful each speaker allowed 3 minutes to speak. commenters available i have phone call. during the period viewers and callers instructed to can 415-655-0001, code 24857469083 pound and pound a

commission. call the roll y. buell. >> anderson. >> here >> hallisy. >> here. >> commissioner jones >> here. >> commissioner louie. >> here and grift and i know mazzola have excused absences. >> san francisco rec and park commission acknowledge we ocpilot home lavenltd the ramaytush ohlone people from the san francisco pel anyone slam we honor the ramaytush ohlone peoples for commitment to mother earth. as the protectors of this land and with their translations the ramaytush ohlone have never lost nor forgotten responsibilities as the care takers and all people who is reside in their territory. why stewards of park lands we recognize to honor them through preservation and interception of landses. uninvited guests we honor them and pay respects to the irrelevant tifs of the recommend ram community. >> good morning and welcome to the rec and park commission this thursday may 19th, 2022. this is held in hybrid format t. is occurring in person in city hall room 416 there are options to participate remote. >> members joining us in room 416 must be seated unless you are providing comment or speak during public comment. sorry. before we begin i reminds you present and in person today that all hea

the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honorf pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring ta

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this is the meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment. the date is tuesday, may 24th, the time is 5:05 p.m. the ringing of cell phones and pagers and similar devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of anyone using a phone or similar device. for remote participants, note the ringing of cell phones, pagers and similar devices can happen virtually and is still prohibited. please turn your devices off. due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect commissioners, department staff, and members of the public, commissioners and department staff may participate in the meeting remotely. the exception is taken to the stay-at-home order and proceeding and preceding local state and federal orders, declarations and directive. commissioners may attend the meeting through video conference or telephone if the video fails and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item in agenda. comments on matters not in the agenda, there will b

design professional services agreement with mark cavagneroed associates for the new san francisco public utilities commission water enterprise city distribution division facilities at 2000 marin street for a total cost not to exceed 27.8 million with a term of five years, exempting san francisco officers and employees from the prohibition on behested payments in the campaign and governmental conduct code, for any roommate regarding the social impact partnership, s.i.p., program obligations included in the agreement, and authorizing the sfpuc to include its s.i.p. program in the agreement notwithstanding that prohibition. madam chair? >> chair ronen: thank you so much, and supervisor peskin, who is the sponsor of this item, asked to continue this to the call of the chair. there are a lot of issues that need to be worked out. i'd like to ask the budget and legislative analyst if they'd like to present now or waiting on the item? >> i do think it's worth stating what the issues are. >> chair ronen: sure. >> this approves a new contract with mark cavagnero for $27.8 million, it's a new city distribution division

he is now director of the public utilities commission for san francisco. dennis herrera. [applause] >> general manager. now don't get mad at me, i am not coming back. madam mayor, you could not have made a better selection than matt dorsey for district 6 supervisor. unfortunately, it is true. i was around for 20 years, a long time. let me tell you, matt dorsey stood by my side for 14 of those years as spokesperson as city attorney's office. they asked me earlier. how does it feel to have matt dorsey being sworn in as supervisor. you know what? people have been benefiting from matt dorsey's service for close to 20 years. they just didn't know it. we have a tremendous family in the city attorney's office. city attorney david chew can attest to. we all work together. it was never just about the lawyers in the city attorney's office. the mayor alluded to the battle for mayor. i don't care if it was fighting for healthy san francisco, fighting on issues of sanctuary city or working on a myriad of public safety issues we pioneered in the city attorney's office to keep the stree

the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honoreers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pin

kevin the newest member of the san francisco police commission, joined us in studio this morning to talk about the timeline for the change. there's data that showed that black san franciscans are between 6 and 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched. and this new policy we started the introduction of justice last wednesday i think is going to help address that. we're working with a coalition of over 60 community organizations. there's going to be 30 days of public comment. and i the plan is to pass a pause in the summer and hopefully can such as c what tangible impacts from that new policy on stops. as a civil rights attorney. he was unanimously confirmed as police commissioner in april. and you can, of course, watch this full interview on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> 9.32, time to get you another check of your 4 zone forecast this evening. yeah, we some pretty warm temperatures today, but it was kind of spotty, right? yeah, it was warmer. you came to the city was a little bit more foggy what can we expect? the moment is what was going on? weather wise. yeah. let's take a look

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing.hey feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this communi

san francisco rising. the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art

kevin the newest member of the san francisco police commission joining us this morning to talk about the timeline for the change. there's data that showed that black san franciscans are between 6 and 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched. and this new policy. we started the introduction of justice last wednesday i think is going to help address that. we're working with a coalition of over 60 community organizations. there's going to be 30 days of public comment. and i the plan is to pass that policy the summer and hopefully can such as c but tangible impacts from that new policy on stops. as a civil rights attorney. he was unanimously confirmed as the police commissioner in april. you can watch this full interview on our website. kron 4 dot com. coming up in sports tonight. some fun in an otherwise bad game for the giants. got his new mosque with the highlights. coming up. >> he told as a big appetite. details on. >> just how big this little >> and steer clear of the seals. a message from the marine mammal center. they say too many people are approaching the wild animal. >>

to this food, and we're just really glad to be >> president moran: meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. please call the roll. [ roll call ] vice president ajami is excused. we have a quorum. this meeting is held in person at the san francisco hall room 400 authorized by the california government code and mayor breed's 45th supplement to february 25, 2020 emergency proclamation. i like to remind individuals present and attending in person today, all health and safety protocols and building rules must be adhered to. hand sanitizer stations are

it comes ahead of the san francisco police commission meeting happening tonight to discuss reforms to the force. >> this is actually going to help us better use the limited resources that we have to impact and focus our energy on improving the safety outcomes of san francisco. >> the meeting is scheduled for 5:30. we will bring you the latest as we get it. >>> starbucks workers in santa cruz could make history today as the first to form a union in california. employees at two locations have been voting for a couple of weeks now. we expect the results so. the two shops employ about 60 people. they join seven other west coast locations to form a union. starbucks said it opposes the move. >>> tensions are running high as nurses call out hospital administration. this morning nurses with the facility held a rally to share their concerns over closures of two units at the hospital and alleged patient safety issues. nurses in the union said the closures just the latest in a history of mismanagement at the hospital. >> the nurses here want to provide the best level of care possible to our pati

a new policy proposal was discussed at the san francisco police commission meeting tonight. it bans people from being pulled over for a dozen of offenses. >> a lot of people have things hanging from their rearview mirrors and i have had friends who have been stopped for this reason alone. ama: the police officers union argues traffic stops save lives because they can lead to the seizure of all people -- seizure of illegal guns. dan: people are being jolted awake by blaring train horns. a partial quiet hours are in place. how this works. >> a bustling train track has been blaring horns for residents living and sleeping near this area in san jose. but this newly established partially quiet zone is putting schedules back on track. between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., trains traveling between the quiet zone will not sound their horns unless there is emergency, relief for neighbors that have been forced awake at all hours. >> you can hear them at 10:00, 12:00, 3:00. reporter: in early 2019, union pacific changed traffic patterns, running the trains at night to reduce the amount of i

kevin the newest member of the san francisco police commission is hopeful about the change. >> as data that showed that black san franciscans are between 6 and 10 times more likely to be stopped and searched. and this new policy we started the introduction of justice last wednesday i think is going to help address that. we're working with a coalition of over 60 community organizations. there's going to be 30 days of public comment. and i the plan is to pass a pause in the summer and hopefully can such as c what tangible impacts from that new policy on stops. >> is a civil rights attorney. he was unanimously confirmed as police commissioner in april. you can catch this full interview on our website kron 4 dot com. >> still ahead here, mcdonald's pulling out of russia amid the country's invasion of ukraine. and can ukraine actually win that war? we've got those stories and more next. hi, i'm pat and i'm 75 years old. we live in the mountains so i like to walk. i'm really busy in my life; i'm always doing something. i'm not a person that's going to sit too long. in the morning, i wake up

san francisco rising. the show that's focused on rebuilding, reimagining, and restarting our city. our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art

welcome to the san francisco planning commission hybrid hearing for thursday, may 26, 2022.l require everyone's attention and most of all patience. if you're joining us remotely and not speaking, mute your microphone. to enable public participation, sfgovtv is broadcasting this. we will receive public comment on each item on agenda. public comment is available by calling 1-415-655-0001 and entering access code 2483 459 7905. we will take public comment from

we want to thank all of our partners, san francisco arts commission, thanks, ralph again and, yes, arts city cultural center program, san francisco grants for the arts, our wonderful leader and champion mayor lyndon breed. our city's supervisors and elected officials in sacramento which phil was just up here today. and i want to have a deep heart felt thanks to my colleagues at api cultural center, mel any, tj basa, thank you and i love you. and finally we are no -- we are no one without our elders ancestors and artists who inspire us every day. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> another round of applause, thank you so much and congratulations. and now the second award that i want to help announce for our community milestone if you can believe it, this organization has been around for 50 years. [cheers and applause] >> come on. 50 years. [cheers and applause] >> there you go. please come on up managing director kim from workshop. [cheers and applause] >> was founded in 1972 during the height of the asian-american and cultural movement, workshop is the oldest asian pacific american mult

we w kristen: we reported last week that the san francisco police commission is discussing banning police officers from making traffic stops with minor offenses, often with the goal of investigating the occupants for something else. now comes where the city is preparing to pay a $375,000 sentiment -- settlement in connection to one such start -- stop. our media partner with the san francisco standard, michael, nice to have you on. explain what a pretext op is and why chris wanted to and. >> a pretext stop is a police practice where officers pull over someone, often for a minor traffic offense. they end up, -- they do that because they want to investigate them for another unrelated crime. the reason why advocates want that practice to end is because they say these traffic stops too often impact people of cover -- color and black people in particular and can needlessly lead to situations where officers use force. kristen: a prime example of that is this case we are talking about, lawsuit brought back by mn name arthur higgins -- by a man named arthur higgins. tell us what happened to higgin

a new policy proposal was discussed at the san francisco police commission meeting tonight. it bans people from being pulled over for a dozen of offenses. >> a lot of people have things hanging from their rearview mirrors and i have had friends who have been stopped for this reason alone. ama: the police officers union argues traffic stops save lives because they can lead to the seizure of all people -- seizure of illegal guns. dan: people are being jolted awake by blaring train horns. a partial quiet hours are in place. how this works. >> a bustling train track has been blaring horns for residents living and sleeping near this area in san jose. but this newly established partially quiet zone is putting schedules back on track. between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., trains traveling between the quiet zone will not sound their horns unless there is emergency, relief for neighbors that have been forced awake at all hours. >> you can hear them at 10:00, 12:00, 3:00. reporter: in early 2019, union pacific changed traffic patterns, running night to reduce the amount of idling no komod