i work the san francisco parks alliance. we're really excited to be partnering with rec and park on the mclaren playground renovation and all of the let'splaysf! playground. i support the addition of the swings and bathroom. every kid loves swings and everyone deserves a proper restroom. and especially given the community support for the project. we're excited to see this move forward. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> any other public comment? richard still here? seeing none -- >> president buell: you can't see him, but he's not here. >> public comment is closed. >> commissioner anderson: i just had a couple of questions. i'm looking at -- well, it's page 305 of our packet. it says mclaren playground funding at the top. and under the section that says group picnic area restroom project, it's $1.7 million i guess to construct the -- there is $820,000 to construct the physical structure of the restroom, is that what it is? >> correct, that's the construction contract amount. >> commissioner anderson: and then soft c

i would say the rec and park department in san francisco is now one of the top recreation and park's department. it got there with advocacy and partnerships. that's what we are built on with 12 now community leaders that we organize every year and 200 community groups, that we're fiscally sponsored organization and most are in our parks but we're expanding. we are the first city to reach a ten-minute walk to parks and open space and crane cove will help the dog patch area in the southeast waterfront be more successful. we started off with fundraising in the mid'90s with the conservatory of flowers. mamany of you may remember, it s blown down in a storm and we raised $26 million to reopen that with an endowment and we still operate that if partnership with the rec and park department. we just completed a $30 million campaign to redo the golden gate park tennis centre, as well, which has a big component for the tennis learning center which is invested in tennis courts, in equity zones around the city and we're nearing the end of our investment, of our initiative, which is 13 playground

for over 40 years, the san francisco parks alliance and the predecessor organizations have supported the recreation department, and soliciting donations for and managing small grant accounts on the department's behalf. this item requests that the board of supervisors approve these accounts. these grants supported a white variety of programs, including community events, park volunteer programs, such as our green agers youth program, employee recognition programs and more. they provide a wide variety of support for many of our programs and initiatives. we're grateful for their ongoing partnership, and hope you will support approval of this item. thank you. >> chairwoman: thank you very much. any comments or questions of my colleagues? seeing none, there was no b.l.a. report on this. any members of the public like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i would like to move this to the board with a positive recommendation. can you completion call please m number 8. [number eight called] [inaudible] >> chairwoman: we have christa canalocus, the chief innovation officer. >> good

they took it out of san francisco and parked it over the cordell bank and launched a remote operatedehicle to go down a thousand feet to look for coral and the animals down on top of this amazing bump in the middle of this big plateau. and this was the first time people would see animals. the things that are down that far through a remote connection. it was a ship to shore connection. we had an half-hour slot. we were talking to the scientists as they were operating these remote. and we had a really unique opportunity to learn about the amazing diversity right off the coast. remember, to be designated a marine sanctuary, the biodiversity has to be off the charts. this is all action by noaa. this is your zoo trying to connect our guests in interesting ways. it's open to anybody who wanted to come. that ends my report. >> president buell: thank you very much. >> clerk: any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> president buell: richard? >> hi, richard. public comment is open. >> the fair lawn islands. >> president buell: i've been. >> good one. they have a lot of row

this is a public-private partnership between recreation and parks department and san francisco parks alliance where we're leveraging about $15 million from the bonds program with a 15 million that's been raised. it's a successful program. we're excited. highlights of mclaren park and the group picnic project is under way. we have work that's ongoing, that will be ongoing. the concept plan was just approved at the commission a couple weeks ago. we're excited about that. on our committee opportunity fund project, the phase one of the project is actually under way. also it's slated to be complete in december of this year. a larger project, exciting project, the tennis center is under construction, which we're leveraging some community fund dollars with private philanthropy that broke ground this summer slated to be complete in time for the 150th anniversary of golden gate. and our order conservation, which is in construction right now, slated to be completed this month. this is just some highlights and pictures of our recent, some of our recent work. the water conservation is one. it's u

san francisco. phil wore many hats over the three decades he served the city and county of san francisco. debt administrator, abilitying director of the san francisco zoo, assistant general manager of the parksand rec department and c.f.o. of the human services agency. he served as treasurer and chair of the board of directors and commissioner for the housing authority and member of the parks alliance board of directors. throughout his career, phil maintained a steadfast commitment to preserving open spaces. to quote him, improving things people can't see, so what they do see works. whether he was putting together bonds to repair the san francisco zoo to prevent similar damage. creating and operating reserve for the bay area ridge trail council. or acquiring hilltop throughout the city to preserve views from public access -- for public access, phil was steadfast and meticulous in doing what he believed was right. his legacy lies in the intersection of financial planning, social justice and environmental preservation. which is why friends and colleagues describe him as extraordinary. the highest model of what public service can and should be. and the ultimate renaissance man. phil

and 1940 has been approved. >> information under the fundraising campaign and partnership of san francisco park's alignment.

. >> the san francisco recreation and park department and street soccer u.s.a.ave been partners now for nearly a decade. street soccer shares our mission in using sport as a vehicle for youth development and for reaching people of all ages. rec and park has a team. >> i'm been playing soccer all my life. soccer is my life. >> i played in the streets when i was a kid. and i loved soccer back home. i joined street soccer here. it was the best club to join. it helps me out. >> the tenderloin soccer club started in the summer of 2016. we put one of our mini soccer pitches in one of our facilities there. the kids who kpriez the club team came out to utilize that space, and it was beautiful because they used it as an opportunity to express themselves in a place where they were free to do so, and it was a safe space, in a neighborhood that really isn't the most hospitalable to youth -- hospitable to youth playing in the streets. >> one day, i saw the coach and my friends because they went there to join the team before me. so i went up to the coach and asked, and they s

to recreation and park department to accept and expend approximately $111,000 grant from the san francisco parksiance to fund community events, staff development, recreation programming and other activities through june 30, 2019. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, the next item. >> item 27, a resolution to authorize the department of public health to apply for one-time housing funds for the whole person care pilot program from the california department of health care services in an amount not to exceed $8.1 million from january 1, 2020, through june 30, 2025. >> president yee: colleagues, same house, same call? without objection, this is adopted unanimously. >> items 28, resolution to authorize the office of economic and workforce development to accept and expend $400,000 grant from the bay provincial regional planning unit, the north valley consortium workforce board for expansion of in-custody job center and coordination of post release job training and workforce development programs thr

how people who live near the san francisco park are responding to the call for more money.oday in the bay continues right now. >>> a very good morning to you. thanks so-so much for joining us. >> marcu waston has the day off. kari hall is here taking a look at your forecast. >> and it's a chilly start this morning. we're still about 45 minutes away from sunrise. a look at our camera this morning. ads you get ready to head out, you may run back in for a jacket. 44 degrees through 9:00. rising quickly going into the mid 60s at noon. mid 70s later today. after a chilly start, it will be a very comfortable afternoon. we'l talk more about this coming up. you're still tracking the south bay alert. >>> a traffic alert continues in mountain view. the traffic continues to build all throughout the south bay. san jose speeding up for 87. 101 towards the bay shore freeway. we have a couple of miles of backup by the alert. we still have your two left lanes blocked by a crash. sounds like there are some injuries. a vehicle is over on its side. two lanes blocked. that slows you down keepi

. >> reporter: we are at san francisco's park near the hyde street pier were you can see behind us there is a few hundred people who he gathered out here. they have come from all over the western united states and north america. they were watching what they are calling the alcatraz canoe journey. all morning long, we have seen participants from different tribal organizations heading out in their canoes. the plan was to paddle around alcatraz island, which many of them did. they set out around 7:15 this morning. now, some of the first canoes are back here at aquatic park. they represent tribes and organizations from california to british columbia. it is a way to commemorate 50 years since he native american protests and occupations on alcatraz island. it was a demonstration of awareness about native american civil rights and sovereignty. organizers of this event say the occupation of alcatraz was a pivotal moment in civil rights and native american history. >> before the occupation, native communities were targeted for assimilation, termination, and relocation. after the occupation, a new

to the san francisco parka lines for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed 800,000 and authorize the general manager to authorize a no fee revokable license with the san francisco park alliance. >> is there a second? >> second. >> any public comment on this item? all those in favor? motion passes. next item, please. >> clerk: item 14, approve direction to staff regarding development of policy for rationing for residential water customers during severe drought. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. do you want to speak briefly to this? >> yeah, briefly. as we went through the water supply assessment process for the last several months and for different projects, questions came up about how -- how much would projects have to ration in the future, particularly if they were very high performing projects where people were using less water. and so we prepared this as a way to get direction to analyze in detail that if people are using, you know, less water than others, you know, how would that be treated in terms of overall rationing levels we might get to in the future. because of the bay-delta plan, water assessments look at us in terms of one level of us having to go t

particular with her work out at ledge in the southeast portion of san francisco growi francisco, growing plants to do restoration to candlestick park and treasure island in particular. and her understanding of not just the forest but the understory and the coastal scrub, which is important factor in supporting habitat for pollenators and birds and other invertebrates and vertebrates is really critical. so i'd hope you'd consider her for that position, and i thank you for your time. >> chair ronen: oh, mr. flanagan, you had already spoke. [inaudible] >> chair ronen: is that possible? even though you already spoke -- >> clerk: thank you. as a party to, i don't think public comments are allowed for applicants. >> chair ronen: it's just i've never confronted this situation, so i'm learning. deputy city attorney jon givner? >> mr. givner: the practice of the rules committee over the last public years has been to not allow public comment by people who are applicants. at least for the past few years, you treated public comment as -- you've not allowed applicants to speak in public comment. >> chair ronen: okay. and since you already spoke

this is near san francisco's aquatic park. the people here have been training to do sea canoeing for years. they train intensely and they take it very seriously. so it is not something that people are doing for the first time. these people have quite a bit of experience. but this is all part of an event commemorating what op celebrate as indigenous people day and so as part of this after the canoe journey around alcatraz island some of the people will be at the pier talk g about their tribal history and some of their customs and they are going to have some singing and dancing that anyone can take part in until 1:00 this afternoon. allie rasmus, fox 2 news. >>> police in san francisco are trying to find the person that covered the christopher columbus statute in red paint. this is what it looked like this morning. the vandalism what happened yesterday the same day as the italian heritage parade and a day before the columbus holiday and wrote kill all organizers. there are cameras being looked at. >>> there is a mural in san fra

one of the nation's most celebrated bluegrass music events will start today in golden gate park in san francisco. this year's safety is a priority and there are some changes. >> reporter: the scene is set for the 19th annual hardly strictly bluegrass festival in san francisco's sprawling golden gate park. sound checks were underway thursday at the tower of gold stage were festival favorites like emmylou harris and steve earle will return for another rousing performance. bay area favorite is expected to show up along with other new faces. >> nick flame from nashville will be here. we have a couple of groups from overseas. we have a group from the ukraine. we have also one from the uk. >> reporter: nick howland's father, is the man behind the music. he's the reason why thousands of people enjoy this free festival year after year. it seems some changes since its inception in 2001 but all in an effort to guarantee a good time. >> we do have to deal with the world as we find it not as we wish it were and that means we had to think in recent years more and more about security every year. >> reporter:

san francisco police department is actively investigating this. there are a few security cameras here around the tower and pioneer park. investigators are likely scouring that videotape to see if they can get any clues as to who committed this vandalism. reporting live in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> sergio, thanks very much. >>> investigators say speed played a role in a deadly crash last night in contra costa county. happened about 11:30 on delta road in oakley. chp says a driver crashed into a pickup then a parked car. the driver who was not wearing the seat belt died at the scene. his passenger and driver in the car he hit had minor injuries. >>> the u.s. military is pulling out of northern syria on orders from president trump. surprise decisionvealed by the secretary of defense today saying the pullout would happen as safely and quickly as possible. turkey's invasion increased the risk to u.s. troops on the ground there. nbc's richard engel reports in northern syria. >> reporter: the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time. just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u

. >> new, a new green tax district in the area around san francisco delores park is getting pushback. supporters want to tax property owners to cover costs for more cleaning and security services. other districts in the city have similar programs. but this morning the examiner reports opponents are questioning the reasons for the added tax and how those rates would apply. >>> fortnite fans are dewildered. they have been unable to log in since yesterday. in the afternoon the game, a rocket blew up the landscape leaving a black hole and no way for users to play. it is believed when the game is back up and running it is a rebooted version featuring a brand-new map. in the meantime, playstation has issued a statement confirming the game and players debug so the virtual currency weren't gone for good. so you could play. maybe you want to sit back and watch. simone biles now the most decorated gymnast in history. >> she took gold in the balance beam final at the world gymnastics championship in germany on sunday. this is her 24th medal in the world breaking the record. she's not even doing

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superintendent the golden gate park laid out the bowling green are here sharing meditates a permanent green now and then was opened in 1902 during the course the 1906 san francisco earthquake that citywide much the city the greens were left that with an ellen surface and not readers necessarily 1911 it had the blowing e bowling that was formed in 1912 the parks commission paid laying down down green number 2 the san francisco lawn club was the first opened in the united states and the oldest on the west their registered as san francisco lark one 101 and ti it is not all fierce competition food and good ole friend of mine drive it members les lecturely challenge the stories some may be true some not memories of past winners is reversed presbyterian on the wall of champions. >> make sure you see the one in to the corner that's me and. >> no? not bingo or scrabble but the pare of today's competition two doreen and christen and beginninger against robert and others easing our opponents for the stair down is a pregame strategy even in lawn bowling. >> play ball. >> yes. >> almost. >> (clapping). >> the size of tennis ball the object of the game our control to so when

the park survive the loma prieta earthquake in 1989 the last year the venue hosted a world series. the san francisco giants moved to their new park at 24 willie mays plaza a decade later the san francisco, 49 ers played their last game here in 2013, before relocating to santa clara. the state officially closed in 2014. and it took close to a year for crews to complete the demolition. now what was once a san francisco icon at this point remains a vacant lot to still be a tremendous development currently developer 5 point has plans to build and and regional retail space and in addition to a hotel works and performance venues. 5 point says it will construct more than 7200 homes, some 35% of those units will be considered affordable housing and that will mean that people who are of modest means. >>we'll have an opportunity to get this housing doctor veronica honey cut is chair of the mayor's hunters point shipyard citizens advisory committee. >>she's working to ensure the community is represented by what's eventually approved by the city and county of san francisco and developed by 5 point. she understa

. >>> public horseback riding will be returning to golden state park in san francisco. he rec and park department announced the ranch will hold its grand opening on saturday in the park's it will offer trail rides, children's pony rides, horse camp and riding lessons. camp and riding lessons. besides a brief people wican have rides since 2001. francisco.shack iscanan >> this time at the west front mall. the location on fillmore street has yet to open with permits pending. shake shack also opened in alto and lack spurkspur. >> here's what's going on with our winds. they're 10 and below through most of the north bay. i was going to show you the winds if the computer could agree with me. around the kincade fire, they're calm to five miles per hour. this time yesterday they were gusting to 45. you worried about smoke? i can understand that in the north bay. it's spiking there. overnight it will calm down. tomorrow there may be another spike. so another spare the air day is possible because of that lingering smoke. we bay, this is san jose, 2 280. hopping on over to the san m

you mentioned the parking and the break in. there's a san francisco police officer parking enforcement and there it is right there inspecting the cars around because there is a huge problem with break ins and then the backup, you don't see the backup now, but we heard back up could be as much as 45 minutes, but the governor says that's something they'll have to revisit but the current plan as it reached his desk was a slippery slope for him back to you. and it could get a little slippery out there in the coming days, we may have a little rain coming our direction right now. >>and of the blue skies out along the bay you've got a couple batches fog trying to form out toward the coastline will see a little more that overnight tonight to watch what happens here. tonight we'll see some patchy fog reforming near the coastline maybe couple batches inside the bay tomorrow morning when you get up at 8 o'clock in the morning. you see some of that early on and then you got a cold front that start to slowly work its way toward california here comes and finally as

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if you are heading to hardly strictly bluegrass in san francisco and golden gate park lots of sunshine. temperatures approaching the mid-70s this afternoon and tomorrow, for day three, it will actually be a bit warmer under mostly sunny skies. the biggest drawback of course is fire danger with this pattern setting up tonight, we have this a red flag fire warning for the north bay hills. those dry offshore winds will be increasing this begins 8:00 until 10 a.m. someday. wind gusting to 30-35 miles an hour. here is the forecast model. advances to 12:00. he would it is these brighter colors indicating stronger wind speed and not too much happening by 5:00. then things begin to change tonight. this is after 10:00 in the early morning. those winds could be picking up, this is 5 a.m. on sunday and right in the middle of the red flag fire warning kicking up. winds will be increasing apportions up at napa county later on tonight into tomorrow. satellite showing you the stormtrack, it is not here, attending way up to our north. current numbers a little chilly start, talking about 40s and 50s ne