just say that i support the whole arts eco system as tom ducaney the director of arts in san francisco identifies, but think we need more explicit efforts to raise the bottom so that our neighborhood art organizations and deersever arts group are supported with neighborhood stabilization funds, cultural equity support as we see new funds come igin so we expand the whole pie but especially for equity and the smaller arts groups. with that i wanted to ask if julia nagle from the budget and legislative analyst office can come forward for the report. thank you so mitch for the great work on this report as well >> good morning chair and members of the committee, present breed. [inaudible] as one aortdeuced [inaudible] who are the 2 an lshs who worked on this rrt. we were asking to look at 25 years of grants fl arts funding allocations. as part of that we were asked to look at funding for arts organization representing people of color and underrepresented communeies. because grants the arts isn't spirfckly dedicated to looking at underrepresented communities we had to come up with our own definition of

be fully acceptable and we are very excited about it. 29% of the homeless population in san francisco identifies as lgbt, it is a staggering number because in san francisco that 29, 16-24 for adults and seniors. most other cities you look at have a very high number for lgbt homelessness among young people but that number drops to 5%. in san francisco a city that is viewed to be the best city to be an lgbt individual, that you are an eviction away from being homeless. very vulnerable and fairly staggering number. if there are any questions that people have? >> at this time i would like to open up questions to the council. cochair supanich? thank you, mr. dufty for that update. i have several questions or comments but they are all brief. the first is the esh around partners and spouses being able to stay together. is there something in the works that will where we have married homeless shelters or section or floor of a shelter that can accommodate people? >> i think in the big picture what we hope to have is a more neighborhood base response to homelessness. what we have now are large facilities t

other jurisdictions and finally came up with a cost estimate for the city and county of san francisco and we've identified the potential benefits of the system we've included there are one 7, 8, 9 startup costs and maintenance costs potential benefits that appear to be greatly over recover the costs that are occurred and julia the colleague mr. give a brief study. >> the telling masks is the technical term but known as gps tracking they have the potential to save the city time and money and potentially lives and allow for the tracking of vehicles and reporting data open their location and history and speed and mechanic studies they've increasing been used in the public sector for example caltrain and city of language and sacramento and here in the sfifblgs some use the vehicle telling masks it does more than location tracking it does have independence day which sends the information to the vehicle but collects value information from the vehicles computer itself this is used data and survivalist data and digging not that i know of data that is triumphed to the fleet managers the standard update time is eve

in 2012, again in 2014, san francisco travel association identified pier 39 as the most visited attraction in san francisco based on the semi annual visitor reduction. both pier 39 establishing pier 39 fourth consecutive annual sales. the occupancy rate in 2014 was 97% and expected to be 94% in 2015. pier 39 conducted visitor research every two 2 years and the most recent research conducted in 2014. you can see the most recent findings here. interestingly the port of visitors have been great. the percentage of the visitors using the internet has increasedover the last 5 years. the mode of arrival has varied over time with automobile use ranging from 33% and 50% of visitors. 96% of customers were satisfied or very satisfied with their visit to pier 39. pier 39 operates with the bay and continues to grow. pier 39 holds dozens of events and with complete week in october and tree lighting in november. these events bring an additional half million visitors each year. pier 39 recognizes the unique asset to control and manage and committed to keeping the property fresh and first time visitors and

. >> catherine:14 san francisco police officers have been identified as taking part in the a racist text scandal it was initially uncovered during an f.b.i. investigation into officer misconduct. >> catherine: now san francisco's police chief is deciding the punishment. kron 4's dan kerman has more. >> reporter:san francisco police chief greg suhr did not hide his disgust with officers accused in the sfpd's racist text scandal >>it just makes me sick to even talk about it >> reporter:after reviewing thousands of investigation the chief has suspended 8 officers including a captain and recommended they be fired, one has already resigned and a second recommendation is imminent. >>greg suhr/s.f. police chief--their conduct is incompatible with a police officer and i believe it causes them to all below the minimum qualification that's required >> reporter:another two officers who the chief says took part in just a single texting event that did not rise to the level of the other 8 officers will plead their case before the police commission and 4 other officers who took part in a single texting

san francisco. >> the victim is in critical condition. san francisco police not releasing the suspect's mugshot until that victim can positively identify him. live in san francisco, maria medina kpix 5. >>> developing news out of petaluma. investigators are still on the scene of the deadly accident involving a small plane. it's an ultra light aircraft that spiraled out of the sky crashing near petaluma airport. witnesses say it looked like the wing had folded. it happened about 12:30 today near adobe creek golf and country club. emergency crews rushed to the crash finding the ultralight plane a mangled mess. these types of planes have very small engines made of lightweight materials. but authorities say multiple people called 911 saying they saw that plane go down. the ntsb is investigating. authorities say the pilot was the only one on board and was declared dead at the scene. >>> san francisco's police chief says eight of his officers deserve to lose their jobs suspending them after text messages were sent between more than a dozen officers in the department. chief greg suhr is recommending 7 officers be fired and an 8th already resigned

part of the trail in the san francisco watershed were identified as part of the california riding and hiking trail route back in the 30's and 40's when the state adopted that, so that is in fact the sawyer camp trail is part of that trail. most recently i want to point out some things that we have accomplished right in the vicinity including last year the ridge trail council secured a trail easement from the skyline memorial park for the ridge trail on portion of the kay hill ridge road and that easement we will transfer to puc as part of this ongoing planning process. we support liberalizing access to the ridge trail through the puc -- >> that was your time. >> and i would like to invite you to take one of the tours. bob if you could hol up your hands -- >> could you finish up. we have another hearing as well. next speaker please. >> hello. i am [inaudible] and cyclists for sf urban riders and our group works to promote cycling and everyone that can enjoy and since we live in this area we drive cars to search out opportunities and. we want to encourage more [inaudible] (low audio) an

at this time we want all members of the san francisco police department who are responsible for the texting publicly identified as it is an apparent officer safety issue for our members and citizens of san francisco. the limited text messages we were provided identify association with the klu klux klan, white supremacy, ideally and threats to kill "in bred children" and derog tors to minorities and including hispanics, african-americans, lgbt et cetera and others and in addition to references as women as "b" word and i will say that's the quote from the officers of justice and i wanted thank them for being here. the first presenter before chief sure speaks is jeff hi darby, our den den and followed by chief suhr and the district attorney's office and susan christian from the human rights commission followed by joyce hicks if she would like to make remarks. we will hear from you reverend brown. >> [inaudible] >> we will try to get through the presentation as quickly as we can and reverend brown and the naacp we will get to you. yes. >> thank you very much supervisor mar and supervisors for calling this hearing.

test this week 8 san francisco police officers have been suspended and the chief wants them fired as a result of the departments racist text scandal. the 8 are part of a group of 14 identifiedas being involved. kron 4's dan kerman has the latest. >> " i am disgusted by these text messages and we will take appropriate action" >> dan: san francisco police chief says he has identified 14 officers involved in the racist text scandal he has suspended 8 officers including a captain and wants them fired. 2 others he will let plead their case before the police commission and 4 others who's texting did not involve hate speech but violated department policy will be disciplined by the chief, but not fired. now the chief will look to see if there are other bad apples in the department >> we have everybodys background and personal history so rather than just look at these officers we believe it would be smart to look at other officers. >> dan: the chief also says cases involving all 14 officers will have to be reviewed to see if racial bais played a role in their testimony. >> based on just the 4 officers who were originally named we have identified 1000 cases in a ten year period, so n

public health looked at the departments inventory and materials management of the san francisco general hospital and identified the weakens in those areas including the lack of a security control system and lack of opinions and follower documents to dispose of expired in 2014 again an audit at the public works controls over billion dollars of payment for the hospital rebuild project we found the department made over payment for a discount as reimbursable expenses under the contract as a result of the audit public works recovered 34 thousand plus for the offer up to that time for the audits there were a total of thirty recommendations that were closed and then now i'd like to discuss a few audits that have outstanding recommendations so the first is a performance audits that was k34uk9d that brought to life the significant risks that the city is enclosed to related to construction contract and the risks of hiring krashtd that the city found to be poor performers the office made 12 recommendations that are substantially improve the contractors election processes the value of those recommendations is realized whe

san francisco. the top part is where the suspect identified the race -- the victim identify the race of the suspect at the bottom is where the arrested soon expect that we should be arresting the suspects that were dignified by the victims and if not, than the percentage differential would be -- for example, a- 2% on this slide would mean >> commissioner: i was can make decisions that i think with airport important as this my suggestion would be that we table this for the day. there we get enough copies for everybody to see. have them resent and then come back and do it. i think that would be best. that's my suggestion. >> presidentall added for future date. thank you. can we also provide a copy online. thank you ms. merritt. anything further achieving your report to misread >> clerk: line item to be review recent activities. >> presidentgood evening. >> testifier: good evening. i've no reason to recent activities to report by next week i will present the occ 20 14th annual reports. >> presidentokay: i once a special thank you to director exterior help in identifying some of the policy pieces that

. >>> san francisco police want help in identifying a suspect hitting a homeless man in the head with a metal type. some might find this video difficult to watch. the man was in his usual sitting on a bucket. you can see a man in a blue shirt pull out a pipe and strike the homeless man in the head. she in intensive care after getting more than 50 stitches. >> when you see an act so blatant and so raw like this it's uncalled for. in san francisco we would like to send a strong message for anybody who visits our city that if you attack the homeless there will be a consequence. >> the owner of a near by business says the victim is well known and hangs around the area. police say if the attacker was caught he will face attempted murder chargesment. >>> the bomb squad has blown up a suspicious package. the bomb squad responded to stockton avenue this morning at 7:45. that's near the college park cal tran station. it appears it contained batteries wrapped in tape with wires exposed. all of the streets in that area have now reopened. >>> a six alarm fire still burning at a warehouse in kentu

business all over the country and world and a place like the contractor center to identify the business in san franciscoy is you need training and that's what the center is here to train and make you better qualified to go work with the city and county and to be successful at the end. >> that will give people the competitive edge e edge at receiving contracts with the city. >> we have krafshth services here that help you find out where you need to get the skills forbidding. >> i mean local businesses participation in city projects is a winning factor it helms help the business their local businesses they're paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscans so their bowing goods and services in san francisco it really helps the economy of san francisco grow so its not only a benefit to the project but to the city. the contractors center is 5 thomas melon circle in the bayview area open 8:30 to 5 welcom. >> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfo

group on the list like the san francisco chamber of commerce that does everything by the group why not the friends of the san francisco public library on here half a identifiable from what i've found not done it we'll add this the f p pc found the library for 3 consequence years accepted over 5 thousand dollars dollars worth of itemser e was required by law to report and filed in penalty of perjury a statement that filed nothing you have a head engaged in a group i think they should be on here >> hello larry bush i would also second the question about the list whether or not it's complete of people engaged in elections who warrant being audited i guess those are the groups that have foiled they're a political committee i piloted a group friends of lib that's not a committee and the people with the lions that have put money into the parks measure they didn't folly wonder you might want to delay this with a more detailed campaign of details and not by the committees listed thank you. >> ms. shake can you respond to that are we missing entities. >> the memo does state we exclude entities are raise less than $10,000 and we based think that on prior guidance from t

how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum a smooth beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on peo

batch 25 percent of all the monies raised will go to poverty programs in san francisco i was excited to see the list your we've identified and a half million dollars going to the bay area youth and families to really well, it performing agencies in san francisco and the bay area we also are continuing to encourage our biz business leaders we sue another example of that recently with our san francisco general hospital and so i look forward to work with all of you continue to building this monument and make sure we advance human right not only in san francisco but well beyond that as ii said earlier gender equality is personal i grew up, of course, with a strong mother that happened to have to deal with us 6 kids at angle early age and i'm proud we raised two daughters that are strong 2, 3, 4 are their own right they'll permanently personality in san francisco in their in a iran and going to north america that all they're helping revenues and others deal with their challenges throughout the world this year we have signaled that i'll join libby shaft and women in a summit summit that seeks so improve economics for the women

. >>> san francisco police are trying to identify the suspect in a vicious and unprovoke attack open a homeless man. surveillance video shows the man hitting the victim on the head with a metal pipe and calmly walking away. it happened open when night. the victim is still in critical condition. our reporter will have more on the victim who is well-known and well licked in -- liked in the neighborhood. >>> a man accused of pushing another man in front of a muni train last month will appear in court today. he faces attempted murder, assault and battery. police say he pushed another map in front of the train during a fight at the civic center station platform march 8. the victim managed to pull himself off the track before he was hit by a train but suffered a life-threatening head injury. >> san francisco police are searching for a woman seen driving a jeep that hit three bicyclist and cars. driver first hit a mini cooper yesterday and took off on scott to oak. a bicyclist was thrown at least 20' and taken to the hospital. the driver kept going then hitting a parked car pushing it into

. >>> other headlines, the man that died in this fire at san francisco's north beach avenue is identified. 67-year-old melvin patterson was killed thursday night when smoke and flames consumed the apartment on columbus avenue. the cause is still under investigation. >>> a big rig crash in hayward that caused a major traffic crash. a cement truck collided with two cars near the san mateo bridge. cement and fuel spilled all over the highway. the big rig driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> beginning tonight. part of ns avenue and san francisco will be closed. crews are building a pedestrian tunnel connecting the california specific medical center to a building across the street. between gary and post will begin at 11 tonight until 6 tomorrow morning. and then 72 hours this week. >>> a fraternity plans to sue rolling stone magazine calling a story about game rape reckless. it comes as a review blasts the article as a failure. the story centers on a woman's claim of being gang raped at a frat house in virginia. but there is faults of rolling stone for failing to contact t

. >> four, a mummified body found in house of a hoarder in san francisco is not identified but is believede mother after woman who lives in the house and is estimated she was dead for worries. trash was piled so high it almost reached the ceiling. >> governor brown stepped and the national spotlight to talk about the california drought saying it called for drastic action and mandatory cuts of 25 percent but farmers who use 80 percent of the california water. >> six golden state will -- in boston marathon bombing the jury will deliberate whether the defendant is guilty in the deadly attack two years ago. >> this could be the ultimate way to doe fund someone on facebook a judge has given a new york city woman permission for file for divorce from her luesive husband by sending a facebook message. her husband has only been if touch with his we have by phone and facebook and has in fix address. >> the best teams lose every now and then include the warovers who saw the 12-game winning streak end against the champion spurs last knit. the coach of the spurs knows a thing of two of winning a title

identify. the san francisco dance festville being a prominent example of an entity that is not credited with service a cultural equity purpose, but the mission is to present the ethnic folk forums of various cultures. the report also does not count individuals artist specifically who may create art that has [inaudible] content that is not directly related to their cultural background. we feel that is something that should be taken into consideration. and the report significantly minimizes the fact it is illegal to consider cultural identity croyitary you and awarding grarts and contract. as a result the city attorneys office advise said the cultural exequity grants program to revice some of their criteria regarding the cultural specificity of the eligible grantees. so, a result of the report is that it has somewhat undermined the purpose that it is supposed to be serving. again, i would like to mention that in our last cycle we did have 7 out of 9 new grantees that were cultural specific that is just a result of the normal process. getting specifically to prop 209. that proposition amended the calif

identified at 22-year-old hayward man. detectives are still investigating and not said anything about a motive. if you have any information on the case call the hayward lived. >> san franciscoous unprovoked attack on a homeless man. surveillance video shows the man hitting the victim over the head with a mostal pipe -- a pipe and calmly walking away. our reporter has more on the victim who is well moan -- known and well liked in the neighbor. >> a man accused of pushing another man if front of a muni train will appear in court facing attempted murder assault and battery after pushing a man in front of a train during a fight on the station platform march 8. the victim managed to pull himself off the tracks before he was hit by a train but suffered a life-threatening head injury. >> police are searching for a woman seen driving a jeep that hit three bicyclists and a car. the driver first hit a mini cooper on fell street at action and took off on scott street guard oak. a bicyclist was thrown 20' and taken to the hospital and the driver kept going hitting a parked car pushing it into a garage door. officers found the jeep abandoned in san francisco. >> organizers of a fund a f

san francisco. a woman died from her injuries after she was hit by a car that contained a number of robbery suspects. tonight, that woman has been identified as 42-year-old bridgette collector of san francisco. she was in the crock at california and kearny. a second person was hit at a different location by the same suspects but is expected to survive. san francisco police say this started around 10 pp when three men committed an armed robbery, the latest in a series that had been going on in recent days including twoié earlier that night. an officer spotted the suspect car, a toyota corolla, the driver took off and hit klecker. the driver hit a car. witnesses say it was unbelievable in the streets. police are now asking for the public's help. >> the pursuit started over here at california and kearny. ended up in treasure island. so if anyone has any information, it was a pretty hectic scene here in the city, give us a call. >> reporter: now, the car was found abandoned on treasure island. police say it turns out it was stolen. no sign of the suspects but officers did recover two guns they believe were thrown from that stolen car. reportin

san francisco. >>> a teenage girl died in san francisco after being hit by a taxi at 10:00 p.m. last night. the girl has been identified as a 17-year-old of san francisco. she a senior at french american international high school. investigators say it appears the girl ran in front of the taxi. the driver stop and cooperating with police. no word on charges in the case. >>> the search continued for the bodies of the two boaters missing now since friday. two other victims were recovered yesterday. and they have been identified as 59-year-old richard hargreaves and 61-year-old diane kelly. they wereoon 21-foot -- were on a 21-foot fishing boat. the debris from the boat has been found but there is no word of any trace of the two remaining boaters. >>> new information tonight about a natural gas line explosion near fresno. pg&e says the line was marked when it was nicked friday sparking the blast. a official showed a reporter poles marking the gas line at the gun range. however pg&e says it was never informed heavy equipment was being brought in. 11 people were injured. six remain hospitalized. two are in critical condition