i know this is a small amount of money compared to the millions that san francisco county transportation authority doles out, some $100,000, but i would like to know why some other independent entity could not do it. why does it have to be the san francisco county transportation authority? thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, sir. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe we have same house. take this without objection. >> item 7, increase the amount of the legal services contract with nossaman llp by $330,000 to a total amount not to exceed $960,000 to provide general legal counsel services and authorize the executive director to modify contract terms. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment? seeing none, closed. safehouse-same call. some of. item eight. >> age, allocate $340,000 and prop k funds with conditions to the san francisco municipal transportation agency for balboa park fast-track intermodal of permits and appropriate 65,000 defender dollars in prop k funds with conditions for the balboa park station areas circulation's study. thi

i want you to know that it is daunting that 55,000 people entered the san francisco county jail system every year. a number that almost merits the exact number of students in the san francisco public school. it sends the exact signal of what we must do through the educated community, working together to make sure that young people -- we are beginning to see a growing class of young people that would keep their offender rates in a way that we should take notice. take notice. this is hard when you see headline news that crime is down. bowels people, i think, into a false sense of security. -- that lulls people, i think come into a false sense of security. keeping the issue of high recidivism rates, keeping the issue of causes that continue to fuel but predicted the reality is not something we will ever let off the radar, and something we will continue to make sure is on the minds of elected officials and the people of san francisco. the job of sharing it is not to lock up people and throw away the key. mike hennessy and his an administration demonstrated that quite soundly. the effects n

in the black community of san francisco, especially adult males, are going into the criminal justice system. one out of every 15 black adult males are in a san francisco county jail. this statistic drives home the very need to recognize that while the jim crow laws of yesteryear were certainly abolished, i also believe that they have been redesigned in repackage within the criminal justice system. [applause] and so, with this trend that i feel that we have no grass bond, a san francisco is an opportune time to pull together with the community and city hall. it is important to realize that while we have grappled with hit and run strategies, hoping that something would stick, especially to the eyes of job creation and job training, as well as job placement, we see that one of the main leaders, such as the utility of the redevelopment agency, which is next to becoming a thing of the past, it was one of the original lever's for job training and placement for people of minority communities, eliminating that particular agency and the debate that is certainly being well heard in sacramento and throughout the state of california. suggesting that absent of that asset

. >> reporter: robert kamin was a psychologist at the san francisco county jail. >> completely against violence. and would remind people that is the right way to go. >> reporter: police found the bod s friday -- bodies friday in the car. their son is now in the county jail. >> those of us who knew soups knew she was struggling with a teen but -- susan knew she was struggling with a teen. nothing unusual. no expression of fear or anything like that. >> reporter: the teen is due in court tomorrow afternoon. he faces two counts of murder. his mother and his father. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on that double homicide. police went to the house on friday after they were alerted by robert kamin's co-worker he dinnedt show up for work. officers didn't find anything unusual and left. it was on the second visit officers found the couple dead inside their car. the couple had been stranged and the car was set -- strangled and the car was set on fire. >>> man arrested for a stable stabbing. he was taken into custody yesterday. police say he killed a man thursday during an argument.

san francisco county jail number 3 is actually in the city of san bruno. a lawsuit was filed in the 1990s claiming unsafe conditions at the jail. a settlement of that suit forced san francisco to build a new jail nearby. >>> the chp has cleared a big rig accident in tracy. this blocked off part of i-205 for hours this morning. officers say that the semi truck caused the crash when it tried to pass a cement truck. it sideswiped cars causing the semi to flip. it was hauling boxes and furniture before it overturned and blocked a lane of traffic. it took crews about four hours to clean up the mess. >>> s.w.a.t. teams in vallejo knocked down fences, hunting for a man suspected of killing a vallejo police officer. and the city of vallejo may face a new lawsuit for the property damage that was left behind. homeowners filed claims requesting $11,000 in damages. last november, officers were combing the neighborhood for a bank robbery suspect accused of shooting officer jim capoot. many residents say they can't afford to repair their fences. >> it was scary when i sa

san francisco, phil teng. the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco, jose cisneros. [applause] the public defender and the man that first whispered to george, you should be the d.a., jeff hadachi. one of the judges with whom we have worked for years, lilian singh. [applause] and of course the woman who was your lifeline from here to hong kong when you were trying to escape this awesome responsibility, rose pack. [applause] fire chief of the city and county of san francisco, joanne hayes white. and a man whose work as an architect in three or four administrations, a man that i got from the board of supervisors years ago, he became deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff under mayor newsom, steve koba, chief of staff. and as always, you're in good hands of public safety, but only if there is a police chief, and there is one here, the acting police chief, jeff godong. [applause] the controller, a man who could cook the books or make it very difficult for you, ben rosenfeld. [applause] and from oakland, california, an asian person that beat you for mayor of the cit

"san francisco county jail >>> back now at 6:10. demolition is set to begin this morning on a depression era bay area jail. san francisco county jail number 3 is actually in the city of san bruno. it was built in 1934. there it is. off moreland drive. now, a lawsuit was filed in the 1990s claiming unsafe conditions at the jail. a settlement of the suit forced san francisco to build a new jail nearby. the old jail building has been empty since 2006, when the new facility opened for business. >>> a swedish construction firm says that its joint venture has won a design-build contract to extend the bart train system to north san jose. the company says its contract is worth $347 million. it would be involved in planning and construction of the extension for fremont's warm springs station to san jose's berryessa area. the 9.9-mile extension is projected to be finished in spring 2016. >>> california's high-speed rail system has hit a speed bump along the way. an independent review board says the plan is not financially feasible and the whol

san francisco is to take the oath of office. i believe this is probably the first major who has had all the other living mayor's as the 16 county san francisco president for this swearing in. [laughter] but i do not take it personally. i did not even notice it. [laughter] of course, i should identify them quickly. to my left, she will be on later on in the program, but we will start with dianne feinstein, the only woman who was ever held the mayorship of the city of san francisco. united states senator. [applause] start with the man who most recently left this job and went on to become the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. [applause] frank jordan, former mayor frank jordan, former police chief of the city of san francisco. [applause] and my colleague from the legislative years and mayor of sanford says go, are new and tho san francisco. [applause] now that the stage is set, it is time clearly for prayer. reverend james, please come and give us the invocation. >> the per i offer todrayer i os on behalf of the more than 800 organizations in the city of county of san francisco. many of the agencies have served the p

ross mirkarimi, our newly elected sheriff of san francisco county, and a former supervisor? welcome, good to see you. . our dancers are ready. how about a big round of applause for our veterans? the marine in me wanted to call them to the attention and dismiss them. veterans, thank you for your service. at this time, we want to recognize our dancers, going over to our napsters. grand entry. our native american dancers from throughout the bay area. welcome. here we go. how about a big round of applause for our dancers as they make their way into the arena. here they come. good to see all of you dancers. dance hard. sing loud. here we go. looking good. good singing, good dancing, live from san francisco city hall, good to see you. leading our dancers in, no. traditional dancing. good to see you. followed by our women's southern claw. right behind them are women's no. traditional. good to see all of these dancers. we also have our women's dingell-dressed dancers. followed by our women's fancy shalwl. naomi and baby, good to see you. how about a big welcome for are a tiny tots,

san francisco girls chorus. it's your day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] we always have to start with the girls first. and then to your outstanding work and we have a lot of language to attest to that. and your contribution. and to all of you young men, this is your day as well in the city and county of san francisco. we thank you. thank you. so we're going to -- so enjoy. thank you very much. and we've got the change everybody's going to look forward to enjoying on tuesday. thank you. [applause] >> ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountains majesty along the fruited plain america america god shed his grace on thee and from thigh good with brotherhood -- thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ o beautiful ♪ america america ♪ ♪ o beautiful ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> this next number, by a local composer, a victory celebration. we can call it the final world premiere rehearsal. [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ can you feel the beat of

which i am about to enter during such time as they hold office of mayor for the city and county of san franciscotulations, mr. mayor. [applause] >> now ladies and gentlemen, the 43rd mayor of the city and county of for samsung could sann lee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. and thank you. thank you very much. please, thank you. thank you. good morning. weren't those lovely performances from our own symphony? let's give them a big hand. and [applause] 8 and to the incomparable, charlotte mirer shultz after whom this very staircase is dedicated. thank you for another wonderful celebration. and we're so grateful to you and george for your iendship and service to our city. thank you. and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still

counties in the state. they are not talking about san francisco. the mission area. all you have to do is check your history, what they have done, how they devastated the african- american community, and that is why i am here to the my horn. if you get a copy of this, it will say in black and white. no accountability. here you are just signing this to say no redevelopment. but i want you to know, "♪ who is in control in san francisco? i asked the mayor, but he did not care and he went out the door to sacramento the board of supervisors just a bunch of liars the redevelopment i am going to have to sue and make a settlement and tell the government all of the money they spent we do not know where it went and it was no accident just look around, ya'll and now they are gone the black people all gone ♪ thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and on to the month of february. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i attended a meeting of the land use committee, and i try to point out that i felt i thought the agenda was not very clear. this is one of the agenda items, and if y

san francisco county transportation authority has to do their job. today is the last day for the san francisco redevelopment agency and commission. today, at the end of this day, no more redevelopments. a diabolical agency that has harmed a lot of people. this should spur us to audit these agencies, where we give them a lot of money to do as they please. who adjudicated this project? why was it sent in one direction when we have four neighborhoods that do not receive that type of money in the right place? why not bruno ave? you have the check that you can ratify, allegedly, to short-term leadership. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker? >> good morning, commissioners. i was at the finance committee a few weeks ago talking about the repaving bond. and the opportunity that we have to complete streets with that. also, the city's real failure to step up to its own laws. ever fresher, it is locked in the public works code and it calls for when the city is doing major work on the street at bb build them as complete streets that ha

as a horseman or have a plaque, something like that, because he contributed so much to the county of san francisco. with that said, i do not know whether or not it is doable. then i was playing a little bit on, would it be a headless horseman? [laughs] that was in washington irving. with the second, thank you for listening to my comments. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner buell: entertain a motion? >> so moved. >> i want to make sure we approve any and all necessary road closures. a friendly amendment to the motion. but i will second it. commissioner buell: all those in favor? unanimous. >> thank you. we are now on item 13, general public comment continue. i have one card, bill carlin. >> commissioners, good morning. mr. president, vice president, congratulations on your election. i have come today to tell you some of the things that have been going on in a mclaren park over the past two weeks. two weeks ago to become one of the employees was served with a ticket which involved a $1,000 fine. the employee

one proposal increases the sale tax in san mateo county, the second raises the sales tax in santa clara and san francisco counties. voters must approve first. >>> scientist is being held in jail after his arrest for violating u.s. export laws. authorities say he bought prohibited lab equipment. he was taken into custody today. his friends say he was detained last month after stepping off a plane in los angeles. >>> it was not a random attack but police say it was a targeted jewelry theft. ktvu's maureen naylor is joining us live with what makes this case unique. >> reporter: investigators say this is unusual. not because it happened in a parking lot, but for how the robbers were dressed and targeted the victim and his goods. >> reporter: according to police the shoppers was attacked by 3-4 well dressed men about 2:30 yesterday afternoon outside macy's. >> the man gone to a jewelry store with the intent to have jewelry that he owned appraised and when he returned to his car with the jewelry he was approached. >> reporter: that is when he was pistol whipped while the others grabbed the jewelry, driving off

state bill that would allow state governments to opt out, something both santa clara and san francisco counties have been trying to do. >> we need transparency on this and we need oversight, and above all, we have to treat people living here with dignity. >> reporter: these people are hoping his plan gets a push from a higher power. >> in our faith, we are part of the body of christ. all human beings have a right to that dignity. >> reporter: but there is some skepticism. the federation for american immigration reform said today what the catholic church loses sight of is you can't be charitable with other people's resources. the group even questions the church's motives, saying the majority of people here illegally are from latin america, and primarily catholic. this is a way for the church to replenish the flock. >> we don't have a campaign in latin america to get as many catholics over the border. people are here. they profess our faith. we need to care for them. >> reporter: the bill called the trust act was put on hold last year after passing through the senate. he's hoping gatherings like

. >> reporter: he is not above the law and he is being booked into the san francisco county jail. that means he will be fingerprinted. they will take a mugshot and then he is going to be sent out on $35,000 bond. he pay that bond and again he can't go home tonight, dana. what is in question right now is why talks broke down of. he was going to surrender but he is under arrest and the police department made it clear he was going to arrest him of the he was not able to turn himself in like a lot of vips do away from the camera. >> he is being treated like anyone else apparently who would face these same charges. >> reporter: that's what the d.a. said. no one is above the law both he and the sheriff said that and apparently they are following through. >> thank you, joe vazquez. >>> now, can mirkarimi still perform his job as sheriff? state law says he would be automatically removed from office if he were to be convicted on a felony charge. he faces misdemeanor charges. however, the mayor has the authority to charge him with official misconduct and suspend him. then it would be up to

during the time that i hold the office of sheriff of city and county of san francisco.atulation>> congratulation. [cheers and applause] >> believe it or not, this is one of the happiest days of my life. [cheers and applause] thank you, mayor. thank you for being a dear friend. thank you forswearing me in. thank you very much to all of you. i am going to begin by introducing my family again. i know that they have been introduced before, but they mean some much to me. please acknowledge my wife, iliana, and my son, theo. [applause] my mother, my mother who is here. there she is. hi, mom. [applause] my aunt, patricia, my mother's sister, who is the ring leader in helping to orchestrate this amazing event. [applause] and her son, jeremy forsythe, who is also like a little brother to me. and by two younger brothers, who were not able to be here. darren is in afghanistan, dr. paul is in germany right now. [applause] i want to thank the large contingent of dignitaries, friends, and elected officials. i want to thank all of you for being here and for being longtime friends. i w

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

. >>> demolition day for an old san francisco county jail. ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong is outside the jail with why the demolition is 32 years in the making. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam. we are just outside the gates of the jail here in san bruno. i want to give you a look behind me. you can see the front of the brand new galicia that is the operate -- brand new jail that is the front of the operating jail. behind me is the jail will be demolished. that san francisco county jail number three when it comes down outgoing sheriff will be making good on a campaign promise that is more than three decades old. i want to show you video inside jail number three. back in 2006 when i took a tour through it. it was considered deplorable in terms of its conditions. lawsuits forced it to shut down. and this is what the sheriff said then. >> we'll see that there are windows that are broken outs with plastic stuffed over them. we have used enough duct tape to go from here to the moon. >> reporter: that year the inmates l

that's the san francisco county -- they wish to ordain someone, on their terms, regardless ofth licks or whatever, that doesn't mean that a presbyterian would need to admit that person. i thought that was huge. >> it was. >> hundreds and hundreds of churches took the opportunity. hundreds say, you're not christian enough and we want to leave. it gets down to property and it fractures the sense of it. do you have predictions as to which way this is going to play out? >> everyone hopes and thinks that everyone will be welcomed at the table and to be able to come as they are. it doesn't seem like it's clear. in 2007 -- in 2011, it didn't seem to be. you mentioned the presbyterian church. some wanted to leave and split because of it. the others went through the battle. sometime, you have to be willing to take the risk and dial the line. those of us who are involved in a justice movement, whatever it's for, always believe that we'll eventually prevail. if you're concerned about justice, you want everyone welcome at the table. >> right, and to be there. >> another theme? >> well, inter fait

here to observe the seventh annual asian pacific american heritage awards in the city and county of san franciscois year's theme -- celebrate the heritage, celebrated community voices. and to recognize the many contributions of our city's the reverse asian communities and their -- diverse asian communities and their efforts to promote tolerance and understanding between communities of color. 20 years ago, president carter signed into law a resolution declaring one week in the month of may as asian-pacific american heritage week. in 1990, that celebration was expanded to the entire month of may and in 1991, legislation was signed into law, proclaiming asian-pacific heritage month in may to be a permanent celebration in united states. that is wonderful for us. thank you again for being here this evening. back in 2005, mayor newsom enthusiastically supported the idea of a celebration each year that would include all apa communities in the city and county of san francisco, where -- get this. more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. our next speaker is no