they are building to building strictly in accordance with the cookbook requirements of the san francisco or california building codes. it this is a building we are very confident will perform the way we expect it to perform because we have built tens of thousands of buildings just like these, the structural systems. >> that is correct, it is fairly conventional in terms of residential construction. >> will we have our concrete walls, reinforced with steel. i have a couple of pieces of steel. >> this is called mild steel. this is not high strength steel, which is used for the attendance. -- better used for the tendons. these are used for columns and foundation. these are 60 psi. >> this is available in all different sizes, eighths of an inch? >> number 3 is 3/8. >> number 4, number five, maybe 5/8. let's pass this around. it is heavy. it is deformed. tell us what that means. >> in the surface of the rebar, that is what engages the reader are with the concrete and creates the section that works with the compression. >> it is rough, and roughness of it connects or secures to the concrete. when i was in k

san francisco sf number. https: //apply.covered.ca.com. there it goes >> great. if you would like to call there is two options. either the "covered california" call center or the local san francisco sf benefits net call center number. for "covered california" the hours of operation is monday through friday 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. as well as saturday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. the main general number is8000 300-1506 and there is also a tty option which is 888-889-4500. now for sf benefits net hour hours of operation is monday through friday 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.. our number is 855-355-5757. that's toll-free . in process of making a tty number available, i just didn't have that number ready for today, but i believe it's being set up today and that will be made available on our website. i can update this presentation and send you the copy. okay. in terms of how to enroll there is a visit option if you want some assistance or there is a mail in option. for the in person option there is an sf benefits net. we are open monday through friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.. it's at 1440 howard street in san francisco. there is also, thank you. 1440 harrison street. >> there i

san francisco. when i say. i've traveled all over or gone and california with my dogs and i think san francisco has the best off leash area for dogs. i hope that continues. thank you. >> thank you. before we get to [inaudible] a few more cards to go. john keller, gwen mccullen, margaret [inaudible] barbara: and suzanne [inaudible] though i had >> my name is [inaudible] i'm a voter from district 7 in speaking for myself. i took an numerous classes at city college including the ecology of the gg nra. i also completed an internship in the gg and ras were. one thing that struck me while being in these boxes how many dogs are off leash and how they run all over the natural area including those that are fenced off for protection. it's very difficult to publish rehabilitation of native species and protect those endangered such as [inaudible] if dogs are digging and chasing which our natural instinct for them. i'm not opposed to dogs in the gg nra butmany ways.impact the scintillators. i'm an animal lover and a dog sitter but these are not urban dog parks. they're part of a national park system. a species that live her

california homemade food act in that it creates additional opportunities for entrepreneurs, lowers barriers to entry and makes it more inclusive for the food industry in san francisco and throughout california. and we're here or i'm here speaking against the zoning verification fee. though it's a one-time fee and relatively low in relation to other costs of starting businesses, it is not an insignificant cost for a lot of the entrepreneurs that would most benefit from being able to start cottage food operation out of their home and we think it would work in detriment to this attempt to foster inclusivity in creating more opportunity. thank you. >> great, thank you. any other members of the public who would like to make a comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner dooley. >> i think that obviously the benefits of this are great, and i -- >> [speaker not understood]. >> i saw dooley up there, i didn't see her. i'll call you next. >> and, you know, i think that we need to just give guidance on the planning referral part. but i don't think that we should condemn this entire piece of legislation over this one topic. >> i would agree. commissioner riley. >> yes, since w

thresholds for that is that the businesses were located in the state of california that make 14 billion or less a year, also accept the san francisco local business enterprise certification and so the three of those make-up what our program all about. san francisco and the state of california has done a great job as far as out reach to the small business community and so what we try to do on our project here is to make sure that every event and out reach and communication we put forward is really truly relevant to giving the small businesses information that they need to be competitive even if we are evolving through the recession, and kind of getting on the better economic ground, the competition is still enormously stiff and the small businesses disadvantaged businesses need every tool that they can get at their advantage and so our programs are innovative to make sure that we help them get a competitive edge here. one of the things that we do is that each certification has a certain kind of data base that contains certain information and that is good information for the prime to access and we use something called the expression

add a news conference in san francisco the california public interest group or calperc presented the trouble in toy land report. a spokesperson showed toys that contain toxic substances along with toys that are so loud they could damage a child's hearing. there was also a warning about small magnets that can easily be swallowed. >> when a child swallows two of these magnets they can actually cause internal damage by pinching internal or begans. >> reporter: calperc is also urging parents to test by using something everyone has at home. a common toilet paper roll to test for choking danger. >>> while president obama has been doing damage control over the rocky roll out of health care.gov. it's a guide that allows users to compare plans. >> we allow you to browse the options without going through the pain of the sign up process. >> reporter: they added a user friendly interface. type in your zip code, family members ages and whether you smoke. >> in those quick steps i've gone from knowing nothing about my options to knowing exactly which plans exist. what subsidies i can get for them

california" health insurance marketplace. the program remains in place. for people who do not qualify for medi-cal or "covered california" they will still be able to utilize the healthy san francisco program. something we unique to san francisco and something we are very proud of and that will still remain in place. this slide talks a little bit about the federal poverty level. on the right side you can see i covered a little bit about "covered california" without a subsidy and with the subsidy, menial financial assistance and expansion medi-cal for children and adults. on the left side i try to have the poverty levels with dollar figures. no income without a subsidy, when you go e to the next like when you qualify to "covered california", financial assistance. if your annual income as an individual is below about $46,000 a year, you would qualify to purchase "covered california" health insurance but with financial assistance. for the expansion medical group for children, if you are at 250 percent of the federal poverty level or essentially as an individual about $29,000 a year a. , if you have income below that, you qualify for the medi-cal expansion program. if you are an indivi

modified, tweaked, perfected, but they're what works in san francisco as opposed to what works in general area of california. we delete unnecessary or duplicate amendments and the codes developed in the model documents. they do address some of the things we have previously addressed and so occasionally we are able to delete some things and make our codes simpler. we do strive to make maintain a current standard of safety. there's one last part, that and that's legislation that happens right in the middle of all this. there's this middle that we give you and then there's legislation that passes and become effective and become put into our code after our submittal that are given you. the submittals that are given you include some that are expected to go through by the end of the year. significant changes in this cycle -- chapter 11b of the building code is our disabled access to commercial buildings and the 2010 ada standards were adopted by the federal and california and that's the new format going forward. san francisco's made no amendments to that chapter. there's a new chapter 34b, mandatory [inaudible] legislation that you're fam

it took place in the city of san francisco which temporal a time into gotham city match or a column about math. miles called least in the two relay california. he was diagnosed with leukemia when he was one year old. on friday morning w was called in to satisfy the police chief in golf the treated in this morning's ride past the breaking news from the effort that goes holland just as we age to age bring them back. lesson of the cost to them. can attend in common with them. snyder come on line sci fi rescue the woman tied to an explosive device. residents who built the fountain to media reports on the internet thousand and two. going to stand up to help his wish come true. president barack obama joined the band by posting of the deal message regal miles away this rig up he then became a big present for the colt he was chaplain is great to get the bachmann cost the mets so he could dress like his favorite superhero. i don't resist edition of news line from there. i don't. i am. creek summits. lohan said to be the last unexplored area this race and cheer this. i am the spectacular landscape was

taking gotham city last week or san francisco by storm, batkid is back home this morning no doubt resting. >> no kidding. 5-year-old miles scott returned to the northern california town of tulelake an international celebrity. his dream of becoming a superhero played out last friday in the streets of san francisco for all the world to see. the experience is something miles or his family will never forget. and that is what they had to say when asked about what was the most memorable moment. >> saving the world. >> everybody was smiling, happy, jumping up and down with their phones out and just to see a crowd like that of everybody excited and happy. >> miles' wish was granted by the make-a-wish foundation. he has been fighting leukemia since he was one but now it's in remission. >>> and good luck trying to find a batkid t-shirt. the shirts made for last friday are sold out with people as far away as australia trying to get their hands on one. the company that made the batkid shirts is now scrambling to make more of them. the san francisco police department is planning to sell them next month to raise money for the make-a-wish foundation. >>> a learjet suddenly goe

california be ready if or when it does? >> finally tonight, we visit san francisco. a city famous for cable cars, fog and, of course, earthquakes. ever since the last big quake took out the city's bay bridge, scientists have working on ways to engineer the next big one. as marita davidson found out, not just in california but perhaps around the world. >> rising from the depths of the san francisco bay is the newest architectural crown jewel of northern california. the new bay bridge, which connects san francisco and oakland, is now open for business. and what a sight it is to see. roughly 280,000 vehicles travel the east and westbound lanes each day. it's now widest bridge in the u.s., with five lanes in each direction. this is six years' worth of time lapse video of the new 2.2 mile east span. the project cost $6.6 billion. the bay bridge is a stunning engineering feat for another region. something that's not visible at first glance. crumple zone technology. until now, crumple zones have mostly been used in car. they absorb the energy by controlled deformations. so

or was the living new deal site about a couple months ago. it's much denser now. san francisco county is the best documented of all the california counties. we think that all of california will look like san francisco now. when you begin putting in the work of the civilian conservation core, you find it's everywhere. we are talking about a lot of agencies. roosevelt loved building things. he was the lord of the manor at hyde park. it shows roosevelt in his convertible. if you visit there, you could see he could drive using the upper part of his body. he's pointing to the plans of the hyde park. he was quite a passable architect. once he became president, he was able to build a lot more. even though henry loose was generally opposed to roosevelt. we ran a double page on his to show how the work he had done. i couldn't get it all on my standards. in the west, you would see without the new deal projects, the republican voting sun belt cities wouldn't exist. they were built at that time. so, it's as i say. there was at least a dozen agencies that left remnants. i am going to give you a primer on all of these. the premise was to put people to

or a geotechnical review process as part of determining. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state building code rather than just the local requirements. >> as you recall, this was called the edge hill ordinance. >> is this the same kind of condition? >> this is more of the rock, all on one side and on the other side -- >> this is a combination. >> a lot of sand hills were scrapes down and deposited to other places without being engineered or consolidated and people build on top of that. we have a whole change as the city surfaced. what is the deal with sand, is this a good place to build on? >> if you want to understand the properties and if you designed to mitigate any adverse effects of the settlement, this is the strongest. i live in the sunset, i have been doing this right on the other side of this hill. i see the same conditions exist here where we have the earthquakes and the sand shakes and it gets more dense. we see differential settlement of are on. >> they might have filled in a low land or a wet land and build

or cancellations from san francisco. >>> a drone m'am functions off the coast of southern california sending two sailors to the sick bay. we find out what went wrong. >> coming up, a clean up is planned for homeless encamp. s in east bay city but is it needed? i'll investigate in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>> a new hotel is offering you can chance to sleep with the fishes and live to tell about it. it's an under water hotel room added to the hotel opened for business this month. it was designed by a swede dish company t.bedroom is downstairs with the fish. it will cost you $1500 a night for 2 people, $900 for singles. >>> coming up at 8:30, puppy abuse and warnings about what's put the pups in peril. >>> a confrontation between a cop and the driver. >>> this is the bay areas news station. kron 4 news continues now. >>> a $1500 reward is being offered tonight in an animal cruelty case. some of the following pictures are very disturbing. >> reporter: as hard as these pictures of the dead 10 week old pub pi is hard to look at, there are far worse to look at. >> eyes barely open, deep wounds, lacerations o

with recognizing the rim fire that grew to be california's third biggest wild tire and talented our region or the asian crash that happened at san francisco. we saw our first responders. i'm very proud of our cities rapid response that protected our water and power system and recognized those police and fire and the staff at the general hospital or the san francisco public utilities commission our elementary medical family who are prepared for the necklaces disfavor to come. it's not if it's a matter of time when something like an earthquake will a happy and we need to keep strong relationships with evidentially and i want our birds back i stood on those grounds in new orleans and wondered why people didn't come back. you are welcome in this city you're a part of our lifeblood and be with us to rebuild in case third degree anything happens and thank you for everyone that's sobered with the america's cup raises. we're seeing is final races maybe extended bus the september show down continues and really it's about delivering the race sz with thrill and breathtaking images of our bay and that's broadcasted all over the world. obviously we'd

san francisco declined or ignored our request. has been cleared f trial.uit nearly twoozen families throughout california including one that you juet are banng together and alleging the state department of ucation is not enforcing the laws a is allowing schools to delaand to deny services fo more on that lawsuit and a list of resources for paers to go to, head to our bsite at nbcbayarea.com. >> a do you have a potential story for us? call o tip line at 888-6-tips. or you can send usn e-ml tot unitbcbayarea.com. >> a bigecision is expected this week at prieton universi on whether to giv thousands on that campus an unapproved vaccine to protect themselves against meniitis. the fst princeton student was diagnosed with potentially deadly disease in march. diagnosed.a visitor was there have been five mor cases since. meningitis kild about 120 pele in the u.s. every year. what's especially concerning is the strain of meningitis at approved vaccines.overed by >> it just doe't make sen that this many childre over six-month period he been infected. the fact that thanksgiving break is coming up i reay scary. with all the families that ar g

san francisco says you can't smoke in your own home. san rafael california passed a lawmaking it illegal to smoke indoors if you share a home with another home orrtment. the ban applies to renters and owners alike. city officials are calling it the most stringent law in the country. >>> this connecticut couple could teach all of us a lesson in commitment. they are america's longest married couple celebrating their 81st wedding anniversary. john and ann batar eloped in 1932. he is 102 and she is 98. they say marriage is all about taking the good with the bad. >> marriage isn't a lovey dovey thing you know for 80 years. you learn to accept one another's ways of life. >> in 1932, their parents said the marriage wouldn't last but they're having the last will have now. >> good for them. coming up, fedex may want to return this truck to the sender. wait until you hear who was behind the wheel when it crashed and why police were involved. >> he just wanted to take his buddy with him. this little pooch showing if at first you try and don't succeed, keep trying. it will eventually work. >>> it is about three minutes till the top of the hour. pw-fs pw-fs

or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco.y're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. and

and cal fresh, or california version of snap is designed to provide supplemental support to low income individuals to food purposes, however, an individual making san francisco minimum wage and working full time, for example, even with rent and utility expenses at an extremely low amount, for example, about 1,150 per month, most likely earns too much income to be eligible even for the cal fresh benefits even if eligible for benefits the amount is too low in most cases to sustain food security. as we will hear today in 2012, the original individual benefit was approximately $150 a month. which calculates to approximately $1.60 per meal. i am currently, i think there are a number of people here that are joining me in attempting project open hands snap challenge or it is the food stamp challenge this coming week from today all the way to thanksgiving which asks participants to attempt to feed themselves on a budget of 4.60 per day for food and i went to the grocery outlet, a new, market in san francisco, on geary this morning, and purchased 30 dollars, worth of food and i used a lot of resources from food stamps.com, and a film from open film makers to a lot of

san francisco. now the california energy code fills the space of green building requirements. fire department where you have an occupant load of 50 or more and the occupant load is not the patrons it's based on the square footage of the restaurant typically 50 square feet per person. if you have 50 or more the fire department wants to see a complete seating plan to make sure exiting is not blocked. of course, we need to see exits. san francisco probably the number one problem that i see that is difficult to resolve is how you get out of the land locked buildings where you have one front street frontage and no back or side entrances which typically mean you need to put a fire corridor. in there was a change in the california building code in january saying where there is a fully sprinklered building the exits have to be separated a third of the diagnal distance. a technicality but it makes a difference a third degree of the diagonal difference meansure able to have 2 doors on the fall of the building which previously you need half of the distance you couldn't meet. it's possible to use the new code requirement in sprinklered building

california code says 120 square feet. san francisco says 100. fire escapes need lots of maintainence. this requires a fire escape person or contractor to test it, lube it, maintain it. you have to keep it painted and scrubbed. wire brush. this is one of those folding ladders, which we used to approve. we still approve other folding ladders. what do you have to do? >> if any of you have a ladder you are depending on for eggress, you don't want to wait until there is a fire. there is a lever to pull, and you should check it once a year to make sure it is still working, the bolts haven't rusted out, the mechanism still works. they're dangerous enough to use in a fire, but if they aren't working perfectly, there is more of a danger trying to use these ladders than there is running through fire. bucha>> you can climb down easi. my mother can. my wife can. >> if you are trying to get out with a toddler or a baby, forget it. >> for that reason, we no longer allow people to put those letters there and say it is equivalent, because clearly it is not. >> it was the code for years. >> fire escapes are much better. they provide a spa

or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the cal

general population, we're seeing this increase, not so in san francisco, but across the state of california. >> do you keep track of who is aaround you or where you're walking when you're using the phone? >> not really. i probably should, though. >> reporter: police were out in force in union square this afternoon, handing out these flyers, warning shoppers they could be robbed in an instant. shoppers told us they will keep using their phones in public. >> just try to keep a good grip and, you know, be aware. >> reporter: police say the good news is the city's homicide rate is down and that even with the bump in property crimes, investigators say they are also making more arrests. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2news. >>> bart is beefing up security for this black friday and the focus is not on the trains, but on getting riders safely to the parking lot. ktvu's patty lee joins us live in west oakland, where the added security is in place right now. any problems so far today, patty? >> reporter: well, not so far today, ken. but you can see it's just now starting to get dark. as you can see behind me, the b