san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the san freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> you guys ready to light a tree? it's that time. all right. so good evening, everyone. my name's phil ginsburg. i'm the executive director of your san francisco rec and parks department, and i want to welcome you to the 89th, let me repeat that, 89th annual tree lighting right here at mclaren lodge. so let's start with a big round of applause for the young teen people musical company, and its director, on their recent first place win at san francisco's youth arts summit. they are an amazing, amazing organization, and i'm particularly grateful for the hanukkah song. so i'm so honored to be joined tonight by our amazing mayor, london breed. [applause] >> and our rec and park commission president, mark buell. [applause] >> and so i want to start by acknowledging all of the special people who are here with us tonight. these are f

to banesia, the bay bridge, emeryville, alameda, san francisco, south san francisco, peninsula, pacifica, down through el granada, see the showers and sanateo. see the cloudy start to the day. temperatures are in the 40s. 50 san francisco. san jose 44. 49 concord. livermore 45. 48 for santa rosa. also tracking the dense fog. looking at 3 miles livermore, better there for you. 3 miles petaluma. dense fog santa rosa across the north bay this morning. fog, showers as we go through the afternoon, we are going to dry out with clearing as well. the satellite and radar view, upper level low and it's swinging a cold front our way. a weak front, as it continues to push through this front is going to continue to weaken. as we go through the day today, we are going to see drier and clearer skies. by 9:00 a.m., a showers, stopping the clock at noon, all of oh us are dry in the bay area. through the rest of our afternoon, catching sunshine. mostly cloudy to partly sunny skies. a lot of clearing through tonight and especially for tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. sunrise 7:14, sunset 4:50. daytime highs today around where we should be for this time of ye

san francisco san francisco state senator scott wiener is trying again -- renewing his push for higher density housing near transit hubs throughout the state. wiener attempted to pass a similar bill earlier this year. he spoke with us today from sacramento about his new proposal. (pam) the senate bill has already been endorsed by the mayors of san francisco, oakland, and emeryville. coming up... a group from san francisco travels hundreds of miles on a mission of mercy for children ... only to be turned away at the border.. we'll tell you what they plan to do next. (pam) happening tonight.... governor jerry brown will induct eight californians into the california hall of fame in sacramento. among those being honored -- former san francisco mayor ed lee. lee will be honored posthumosly after he died in office late last year. also among the honorees: actor robert redford ... musician joan baez ... restauranteur thomas keller ... and baseball legend fernando valenzuela. and one recipient we are especially proud of tonight .. iconic, award winning bay area journalist belva davis ... who worked many years here at kron four .. davis was the first woman of color to work as a television reporter on the west coast of the united states. governor brown says, all of the honorees have inspired californians with their "creativitiy and courag

from san francisco this morning, we are dealing with a little bit of fog this morning and a few patches of dense fog. here's another view for you up san francisco. san francisco right now checking at 49 degrees. santa rosa at 34, we have a little more -- livermore at 48, and we have san jose coming in at the low 40s this morning. a little cooler along the east bay shore along with the south bay and peninsula, little bit warmer. as we get into the second part of the afternoon we will cover mostly sunny skies. this morning we are dealing with a fog, especially if you're going to be traveling. i'm talking about the central valley were it is thick and dense. here picking up on a few patches out there. if you get a little bit closer, because the our visibility report shows barely -- fairly good visibility. little bit of fog over the bay, but it looks like it has cleared up. i saw some darker shards of gray. it looks like for the time being we are in good shape.- expected for today upper 50s to low 60s. notice to the north we've got some rain out there. it will eventually come our way. i will have details on the rest of your weekend an extended forecast c

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san francisco. walk san francisco strongly supports this legislation and hopes it will unanimously pass out of this committee with a favorable recommendation. this is a triple win for people from san francisco and you can use the land for specific basis if parking is not needed the sponsor can opt for more favorable public-serving amenities and also as has been said dramatically lowers development cost for projects that are not parking dependent and lower price which is is critically needed. finally, when parking is not fundamental to the project use, it encouraging project users to use habits more sustainable and walking and taking advantage of transit which we already invest in heavily and use shareable options. stim to the legislation would have a net effect of conflicts improving the likelihood it will achieve our vision and goals. and as a greater percentage of people opt for getting around via other than single-family vehicles, we will reverse the unhealthy air quality now pervasive in too many neighborhoods. as others have said, now, every san franciscan knows what it's like to live in particle-laden air. some of us live adjacent to freeways and major arterials. >> thank yo

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the sanan gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is

san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines a

san francisco. i know it says berkeley, but this is in san francisco. right now there's a bomb threat at the sancredit unions. this is near california presidio. the street walnut is just around there. one of two bomb threats happening in the city of san francisco right now had. the other is at the san francisco jewish community center. we're continuing to monitor the situation. you can see a lot of police presence in that area. having a little problem with that video right now, that live from sky ranger, and, of course, we'll continue to follow this store el. two bomb threats, one at san francisco fire credit union and the other at the san francisco jewish community center. if you are in those areas there stay clear of that harrah so police officers can get everything under control. we'll continue to follow that. our graphic did say berkeley because sky ranger was just in berkeley because of a suspicious vehicle. we're following both of the stories for you >>> right now a developing story for you. france is on high alert. security forces are all trying to kept a suspected gunman dead or alive. >

so many throughout san francisco, but they often are paid the least and, like so many of our residents, are too often struggling to get by in an expensive city like san francisco. san francisco has always demonstrated a commitment in supporting our lowest wage workers. when the governor significantly reduced financial support to counties for in home support services programs, san francisco stepped up to fill in that gap. we have led the way in raising our minimum wage to one of the highest in the country, and we are continuing that leadership today with this legislation. the negotiations were difficult, very difficult, and they were long, but that's because we all knew the importance of making sure that everyone had a seat at the able in this conversation. as a result, we have an ordinance that reflects our commitment in taking care of what are the lowest wage earners in san francisco and moving them to a better place although we know they deserve a lot more. our in home support service workers will see a wage increase of $3.75 from their current wage over the course of next five years. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: the minimum ordinance will also raise the

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the san francisco lesbian gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how

san francisco. san francisco 47, fremont 41, napa, vallejo, fairfield, santa rosa dropping to the 30s overnight. don't want to call it bad, it's decent but dropping. we haven't had much rain in santa rosa, 82% of normal, san jose 69% of average for the water year which began on october 1st. plenty of storms, not for lack of weather, it just is not heading here. we have another frontal the way but notice where the arrows are pointing, toward the pacific northwest. the storm track is working its way back to northern california. but it's not there yet, we a frthis morning, didn't feclou next one after that will give us much-needed soaking rainfall coming up on sunday. futurecast tomorrow, clear tomorrow afternoon, sunday, mildest day of the week, friday morning, cloud cover, friday afternoon, light rain moving through, the front weakening but some rain and look at the timing, at the heart of the evening commute coming up on friday, getaway day for the weekend, some rain, high impact rainfall on friday, lingering showers on saturday, rainfall totals very unimpressive, less than a 10th of an inch, and in sunday which will be a soaking rainfall, now we're talking an inch of total rain, nearly an inch for san fr

san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery. >> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli, brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really a

san francisco. san francisco fire department sent res ccue teams around 5:00 last night. there were reports of people trapped in the building. fire crews say one person was treated for smoke inhalation. that person should be okay. frefighters also rescued a dog from the beginning. >>> developing news out of capitol hill. the house is to take up a bill to avert a partial government shutdown. it comes a day after they approved the stopgap spending measure. it will be funded through february 9th. it does not include the $5 billion president trump wants for a border wall. president trump hasn't said if he will sign the bill. >>> now to the sudden surprise decision from president trump to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. the president declared in a tweet that isis has been defeated. republican lawmakers and members of the administration, though, disagree. abc news reporter hand ma z hanz details. >> reporter: they are also complaining to vice president pens they feel it is premature and could hand strategic control to russia. >> if this decision is a withdrawal of all of our forces in syria now, we're dramatically less safe. this is an obama-like move >> reporter: the president made the decision to pull all 2,000 troops out within the next 30 days without discussing it with key lawmakers and even key members of the administration. >> they're all coming back, and they're coming back now. >> reporter: not everyone was surprised. president trump reported told turkey's president erdogan on a call friday. on wednesday, the administration announced a $3.5 billion arm sale to turk y. the decision flies in the face of what many of the president's advisers were saying just days ago. >> if we have learned one thing over the years, you can't just defeat the physical space and leave. you have to make sure internal security forces are in place to make sure the security gains are enduring. >> reporter: yesterday the pentagon issued a statement saying that the fight against isis is not yet over. lana zak, abc news, washington. >>> this next story had a lot of people talking. they were calling our station all about a mysterious bright light in the night sky. >> i don't know what it was until i started to get pictures in my feed. it appeared just after 5:30 in the evening. a lot of people thought have been a lock elrocket. but that got scrubbed so it couldn't be that. the other tore said it was a meteor, one that can likely fit in your hand. what you saw was the compressed air around it. i have to say i was already saying my good-byes last night. i thought this could be the end. i'm glad i went to disneyland. i was actually good. >>> it is the highest level cloud we have, about 50 miles up. they are called called called cl clouds. 49 in the sunset just to your south. richmond, san leandro, 47. mid to upper 40s in the east bay valleys. some othe fog starting to yty creep around the bay bridge. this is the western span. looking from south beach. widespread fog. more so than yesterday. we talked about mass transit. misty. some of that fog is juicy. great for being out on the water. the north bay, you're the first to see the rain. we start off with fog and 47 at 8:00. cloudy most so fast day. mid-50s. by 6:00, the rain is starting to roll in. the evening commute a little more dicey. east bay, we have fog all the way up until 10:00. mainly cloudy. temperatures in the upper 50s this afternoon. 53 at 8:00. down in the south bay, it will be dry from 8:00 this morning to 8:00 this evening. but we have the thick fog through at least 10:00. warmer temperatures around 61. you may even see a little sunshine this afternoon. you would be the only ones, though. we'll talk about the one on the storm impact scale coming up. let's bring alexis in. more widespread fog. more issues

and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant community >>> san francisco, 911, what's the emergency? >> san francisco 911, police, fire and medical. >> the tenderloin. suspect with a six inch knife. >> he was trying to get into his car and was hit by a car. >> san francisco 911 what's the exact location of your emergency? >> welcome to the san francisco department of emergency management. my name is shannon bond and i'm the lead instructor for our dispatch add -- academy. i want to tell you about what we do here. >> this is san francisco 911. do you need police, fire or medical? >> san francisco police, dispatcher 82, how can i help you? >> you're helping people in their -- what may be their most vulnerable moment ever in life. so be able to provide them immediate help right then and there, it's really rewarding. >> our agency is a very combined agency. we answer emergency and non-emergency calls and we also do dispatching for fire, for medical and we also do dispatching for police. >> we staff multiple call taking positions. as well as positions for police and fire dispatch. >> we have a p

area including san francisco, oakland, san jose, santa rosa and mountain view said they investigated similar threats today. nbc bay area's christie smith joins us live from san francisco police headquarters with the latest on this hoax. christie? >> reporter: san francisco politician tell us that these e-mails started to come in this morning and they really arrived san francisco from tech companies to parking garages and san francisco police responded to each report more than a dozen of them. fraengs police taped off two blocks of california street this morning bringing explosive-detecting dogs to the san francisco fire credit union after an e-mail was received. >> from an individual or entity who was notifying us that they had planted an explosive device on site, and they were demanding payment. >> reporter: a paint in bitcoin. a twitter user also posted an e-mail he received demanding payment from bitcoin. the credit union evacuated and so did the jewish community center across the street. >> and one of the attendants come in, said everyone has to leave right now, grab two or three towels and go through the side entrance. >> reporter: edwin ward evacuated from a spi

san francisco. hundreds of festive lights are illuminating san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works welcome all to enjoy the magic of the >> this has been a dream in the making, especially for our general manager, for many, many years, to be able to allow residents of the tenderloin and western addition to be able to walk and skate at civic center plaza and experience a little slice of an east coast winter. >> it truly was a one-of-a-kind collaboration between willie b. productions and the city departments. he said i want to challenge you to come up with something bigger and more fun, and something in such a historic location right here, right in front of city hall. this is amazing. >> we starting off by leveling the entire plaza. it was about a two-week process to get the area brought up to a dead level because the ice

mateo, san bruno, south san francisco, pacifica, watching the showers push over you right now. looking at temperatures in the 40s to 50 in san francisco. san jose, coming in 44 with cloudy skies as we start off the day in the south bay, concord 49. oakland 47 and santa rosa and livermore, 44. scattered showers, areas of dense fog, especially across our inland locations and the north bay. a dry afternoon with clearing and dry for most of the week with rain returning on friday. we are going to time it out on future cast, taking you through the day, coming up, now let's check in with gianna franco for a look at traffic. >>> a busy start. a laundry list of problems, a serious accident on the bay bridge. westbound near the incline, a motorcycle crash, another vehicle involved. injuries reported. a lot of activity happening with lanes blocked. it's going to slow your drive if you are commuting out of oak land in to san francisco. we will show you the metering lights at the toll plaza, traffic is stacked up. back in to the maize. expect the drive to get busier than usual and all connectors coming in to the maize. our drive times are slow as

the environment. ♪ clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the sanancisco public utilities commission. the program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner

. >>> new developments san francisco voters will decide whether to extend free tuition at the city college of san francisco. san francisco became the first city to make community college free in 2017. that pilot program expires after the spring semester in 2019. >>> hollywood is remembering penny marshall who died from competitions from diabetes. >> she first broke out in "laverne and shirley". but then as a director. including big with tom heynckes. >> man, did we laugh. >> she was 75 years old. >>> a very generous gift to underprivileged children. 6,000 english and spanish books were donated, the charity's largest single donation this year. it has the goal of collecting 19,000 toys from 6,000 kids. with the library's donation, it will include two toys. a stocking tougher and new book and each gift to a child. >> nice. >> yeah, i love that. >> open up the imagination. >> yeah. books, so great. >> take you anywhere you wat to go. >> let's take you where you don't want to go. that is rain and fog in the forecast. sorry about that. it is that time of the year. our first step, fog in san rafael. southbound 101. it

i feel like if i imagine 25 years from now how this san francisco arts commission will be, the san franciscoome a people's commission. i think that would be a huge legacy to leave behind. [♪] [♪] >> this is the regular hearing for wednesday, december 19th, 2018. i would like to remind members of the public the commission does not tolerate criticism are outbursts of any kind. please silence your mobile devices that may sound off. when speaking before the commission, to state your name for the record. i will take role at this time. [roll call] >> commissioners, first on your agenda is general public comment members of the public may address the commission on items of interest for the public that are within the subject jurisdiction. with respect to agenda items, the opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. you may address the commission for up to 20 minutes. d

of late san francisco mayor ed lee will be celebrated at city hall.. ( james ) today is one year since his sudden passing. kron 4's will tran is live in san francisco with the details. will? san francisco will take time out this morning to remember mayor ed leehe died one year ago from a heart attack while shopping at safeway. he was rushed to san francisco general but he didn't survive he was 65 years oldat 830 this morning mayor london breed.. along with members of lee's family will gather at the mayor's balcony to remember the late mayor who was san francisco's first chinese american mayor ( james ) thanks will. ( james ) thanks will. ( darya ) breaking overnight... oakland police are investigating two deadly shootings. the first shooting happened just before 9:30 last night in the 6-hundred block of 23rd street. one man was shot and killed. police remained on scene until midnight investigating. the second shooting happened just after 9:30 near the intersection of 11th and center streets. one man was also shot and killed. police do not have anyone in custody. ( darya ) the all clear has been given to facebook's campus in menlo park after a bomb threat was called in. n-y-p-

only business to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get questions to your answers about doing business in san francisco. the san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small business in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, it starts here at the office of small business. >> item 11 is adjournment. action item. >> do we have a motion? >> moved to adjourn. >> second. meeting adjourned. >> motion passes 5-0, total absent. >> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun

police in san francisco, san jose, oakland, and other cities are investigating numerous bomb this is the scene about a half hour ago at the jewish community center in san francisco, one of many scenes where bomb threats have come in in the past hour. >> and this is a live look in son fran at the marine memorial building in the city. joins us live on the phone is the security analyst jeff. tell us what's going on and what kind of investigations are underway? have they confirmed any bombs or any devices? . . >> reporter: --[ no audio ] . >> all right. we are having audio problems. this is going on at cities across the country in places like boston, denver, even idaho. thatse wercongseeing, rlpocong through e-mails, perhaps a robo e-mail and resi yents were -- recipients were threatened if they didn't present a bitcoin, they would be bombed. most of the threats deemed not credible. we have not heard about explosions or any violence. just the threats. >> this is a live picture if the ground -- from the ground at the jewish community center in san francisco. you can see in the shot, police and authorities cordened on the area with yellow tape. of course, it is san ac

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the sann gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> the office of controllers whistle blower program is how city employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in city government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of city government that. >> you can below the what if anything, by assess though the club program website arrest call 4147 or 311 and stating you wishing to file and complaint point controller's office the charitable program also accepts complaints by e-mail or 0 folk you can file a complaint or provide contact information seen by whistle blower investigates some examples of issues to be recorded to the whistle blower program face of misuse of city government money equipment supplies or materials exposure activities by city clez deficiencies the quality and delivery of city government services waste and in

citizens of san francisco and two of which having been voted into office directly by the citizens of san francisco. you commissioners are there to serve at the pleasure of the mayor and the citizens of san francisco. we are elected by the citizens of san francisco. this is a number one priority for quality of life. it is a big deal. and, yes, if i went block by block, i would get a different response, even within my own district, but the volume is high enough, and you're going to hear from people that have come today, many of whom have consistently come to the round table and talk about how their lives have been turned upsidedown. so i just wanted to get that on the record. >> supervisor tang: all right, thank you, supervisor safai. any further questions or comments from any members of the commission? no? commissioner crayton? >> commissioner crayton: i'm not sure whether my mike is on. is it on? okay, great. i just want to say, first of all, thank you, again, supervisors for calling this. it's important. i was at balboa high school at that hearing that you reigned over, and i wanted to say that i felt the frustration of -- i don't want to say your people, because they are our people, b

san francisco. it started a few minutes before 1:00 on clay street near maple street in san francisco's pogood morning. an active scene in san francisco, the firefighters are doing overhaul work, they are carrying out the burned debris so it doesn't reignite inside the home. before 1:00 a.m., san francisco fire got a call of smoke and flames at the brick home on the 3800 block of clay street. the front door was sturdy and heavy and took them longer than usual to force open. after 10 minutes the fire went to a second alarm, details are unclear but the fire was burn on the second floor and trapped a couple as they were sleeping in the third floor bedroom. an elderly couple that lived here. one is dead and the other went to the hospital with severe burns. a firefighter suffered burns when the crew entered the foyer and the flames pushed towards them rag indown brand hot embers. the firefighter was injured and was treated and released from the hospital and should be okay. >> one fatality, one occupant fatality, and one severely burnt transported. >> reporter: the cause is under investigation. the next of kin and relatives have n

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the san francisco lesbian gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> this is a regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everyone to turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call]

francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works welcome all to enjoy the magic of the >> hello, everyone. i'm supervisor katy tang. welcome to 12 days of kittens. my staff came up with an idea of hosting animals in our office so people can come and not only find animals that they might want to adopt, but we found it's a great stress reliever for people that work in city hall. they come around all day, whether it's the shift department or upstairs or the mta, just want to pet the animals and it helps people feel better. a lot of people proactively ask us, are you bringing back the kittens? we've been doing this for five years. it usually culminates in a party in december. we'll see animals adopted throughout the year. if people are thinking about animals to adopt, they may go to a pet store, buy from a breeder, go to spca, but we want people to know that the acc has animals that need homes. >> every year, her office does the 12 days of kittens. and she picks up every morning cute, adoptable kittens. she has different gr

san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works welcome all to enjoy the magic of the . >> president cohen: good afternoon, and welcome to a special meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. today is december 18, 2018. thank you all for being with us today. for this important meeting. to the members, begin with attendance, lead the pledge of allegiance, communications and nominate and vote for their president pro-tem. so let's start with the roll call. [roll call vote taken] we have a quorum. so, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. members of the board please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance was recited] >> thank you all. during the roll call for attendance, those marked not present were president cohen, supervisor peskin and supervisor tang. my office has received communications asking to be excused from the meeting. a pro-tem officer is appointed by the members, a motion to excuse the members the first order of business. but f

san francisco. when you look at mayor moscone who sort of ushered in the modern era of san francisco. when we think of what is san francisco, george moscone played a critical role in allowing that to happen and allowing everyone to blue cross cross -- blossom in this city. when you look at what happened in this city in the last couple of city, especially around hiv/aids, what harvey milk did, he didn't just give this community hope, he in many ways helped teach this community and helped us understand that we have the strength to survive and thrive, that we don't have to always rely on other people to bring us up, that we are able to pull ourselves up, and without the hope and the strength that harvey milk helped create, i don't know if things might have gone a little differently with hiv/aids. when you look at the carnage that happened in this community, but the strength of this community was able to make it through. not everyone made it through, but we're still here as a community after everything that has happened, and harvey played such a key role in creating the atmosphere in the lgbt community to allow that

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the san francisco lesbian gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> for tuesday, december 18. miss dowd, would you please read the roll. >> clerk: yes. [roll call] >> clerk: you do have a quorum. >> just a note for the audience, we don't have ms. boomer today. >> clerk: item three, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. please be aware that use of cell phones, pagers, or other sound producing electronic device is prohibited.

san francisco, let's make it official by signing the legislation. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> okay, ladies and gentlemen, the official band of san francisco, the sanan gay freedom band! [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [applause] >> let's give them a big hand, the san francisco lesbian gay band. [♪] >> this has been a dream in the making, especially for our general manager, for many, many years, to be able to allow residents of the tenderloin and western addition to be able to walk and skate at civic center plaza and experience a little slice of an east coast winter. >> it truly was a one-of-a-kind collaboration between willie b. productions and the city departments. he said i want to challenge you to come up with something bigger and more fun, and something in such a historic location right here, right in front of city hall. this is amazing. >> we starting off by leveling the entire plaza. it was about a two-week process to get the area brought up to a dead level because the ice risk itself is not tolerant of any change in slope, because the water would build up at one end. then, we brought in these refrigeration pa

san francisco's da. susie, a san francisco native volunteers at the hutch community center in the cities western addition. >> we were thinking of putting them in gift bags. for mac or partnership with the nonprofit which serves underprivileged families started 10 years ago when she worked as an assistant san francisco district attorney. now she wants to serve as the top elected law enforcement officer. >> i think there are a lot of things we can do better. we can build a safer city. >> reporter: in september, she filed paperwork to run for public office. her first time. we asked how ct attorney's offi has had with the police

san francisco heritage. as you know, heritage is partnering with the san francisco latino historical society on a city-wide san francisco latino context study. as desiree mentioned, our lady of guadalupe is among the most significant landmarks associated with the early latino community to present day. i'm authorized to speak on behalf of the latino historical society this morning -- sorry, this afternoon -- as well to express our strong support for designating the interior of the church. i had the opportunity to tour the building a few weeks ago with the current owners and stewards of the building, and it's been the first time since i've been inside in about six or seven years, and i was immediately impressed by steps already taken to restore integrity of the interior. the last time i toured the building, it was filled, the sanctuary was filled with temporary classrooms. that's all been removed and much work done already to restore the interior integrity. it's important to note and give credit to some of the other steps that are already underway by the current owners including resurrecting the annual processio

san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community. [roll call] >> clerk: second item is the approval minutes from november 6. >> is there a second? >> so moved. >> any corrections to the minutes? seeing none, all those in favor, aye.