san francisco. i do feel that it does the community good. >> has my name is courtney and i am an environmental studies major at san francisco state university. as a resident of the city, i would like to express my concerns about the renovation. i understand the the project will consist of the conversion of four soccer fields to a synthetic turf alternative. turf does not need water and maintenance, there are toxic heavy metals that will have the potential of leaching into the ground water and the surrounding environment. these chemicals will disrupt the well-being of the habitats and accumulate -- bioaccumulate in the area. i would like to assist the department in considering the possibility of dismissing the synthetic turf alternative and consider using natural gas -- and natural grass methods. thank you. >> i am an environmental studies student at san francisco state university as well as a representative of the sunset district. i have an appreciation for living close to the park, and i believe it will be greatly lessened with the construction of the synthetic turf fields. the renovation program project has beneficial aspects such as redu

coming from the sentences the state university campus, i am really expecting to see a three- been system. -- coming from the san francisco state university campus, i am really expecting to see a three- bin system. i feel that since the san francisco city is so progressive, i feel this is important that residents interests have easy access to places where they can easily dispose of their waste. high-traffic areas that attract residents and visitors should exemplify and promote such goals. and i am asking for your support today, and thank you for allowing me to speak and for your consideration. >> if i may before you leave the podium, the golden gate bridge district is a separate legal governmental agency with its own board of directors. it is the agency that would be in charge of that, not this one. >> i will look into that. thank you. >> hello my name is caitlin, and am also a student at the san diego state university. my concern is the buildings are the number one use of energy and climate change. in order for us to achieve the 20 percent said emissions decrease by 2012, commercial buildings must be strictly but they di

she attended san francisco state university in 1971. she became a student teacher and has fought for at the studies while earning degrees in economics, a process that is, and social work. getting her degree, she met her husband. they have raised four children in the mission. in the 1980's, eva and other mission community activists to join together for the san francisco voter education and registration project. she'd been organized the great boycott committee. she served as regional manager and a spokesperson of that organization until 2002. in 1988, the ufw co-founder was brutally beaten here in san francisco by a police officer. as a leader, -- there is a happy ending to this story. after a three-year effort, she worked diligently with the college and to ensure justice for delores and to ensure there was a change in the san francisco police department policies regarding police reaction to legal social protests. in 1994, she organized the cesar chavez street coalition. to change the name of army street to cesar chavez street. she led a

he lost his life to leukemia and was a nate a native of china town but attended san francisco state university where he was active in the san francisco state third world strike and fighting for ethnic studies classes in our schools and worked for 30 years as a federal employee in washington, d.c. for the eeoc and civil rights commission. he was a long-time supporter of small businesses and promightor of the golden gate caterers and editor of china line and teacher of chinese cooking. he'll be missed by many in our communities and a memorial service was held last saturday at the presbyterian church in china town and plans are made for a similar event in washington, d.c. in lieu of flowers, mr. chow's family request donations be made in his memory to organizations such as cameron house or presbyterian church in china town for the work of cameron house and unlock incorporated in san francisco. clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. superiors mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: believe it or not, i actually have submissions. it's an addiction and i hear there are 12 step groups for this. i actually have s

san francisco state university extended learning has a spanish- english interpreter program. the cost for the six-course program per student is approximate $3,650. the next recommendation -- rank and bilingual officers and bilingual civilian interpreter is by their language proficiency 2 or really match personnel with the complexity of the communication. the department of unum -- the department of human resources certified bilingual capabilities of the city's employees, including members of the s.f. deede. it is a tier one city department with a separate budget. there would have to develop a system to test and rank the efficiency of bilingual members. the resources to do so would be costly. one individual member costs about $150. the next recommendation was to equip officers in the field with cell phones to access a phone interpreter when a qualified bilingual officer or civilian interpreter is not available. due to the current budgetary constraints, as a result of the poor economic caught in -- the poor economic climate, equipping every officer with a cellular telephone woul

san francisco state university extended learning has a spanish- english interpreter program. the cost for the six-course program per student is approximate $3,650. the next recommendation -- rank

best to make sure we are working with our school district, community college, with our san francisco state university, and with private donors, a program i called bridges to success, which we are working closely on with dcyf, school district, school board, to make sure that we not only encourage people to go to college, but when they begin in the experience, that we support you when you are there. that you go all the way to succeed in your degree. as i told you on youth advocacy day -- and i would tell you again to the parents. there is literally a $1 million difference in someone that does not have that college degree and someone who does when they get their first job, and future jobs. i think in san francisco, it will be more than a million dollar difference because of the very good salaries that the private industry and public industry pay. if you have a college degree, you can get a good living. it will be expensive for you to have your own home here in the city as well. so with all of that, we want to embrace, and i want to thank the parents, siblings, family supporters here tonight, to share in

san francisco. i went to abraham lincoln high school and i am a student at san francisco state university. i am urging all the today to vote yes to restore sharp park. partner in with the national park service's means the legislation has excellent planning and it will appeal to a greater audience compared to that of a golf course. in addition, voting yes on this legislation means you are choosing to protect to endangered species. as we know, this golf course is dependent on government subsidies. the majority of bay area golfers have already cast their vote on this issue by continuously choosing to spend their money to play golf elsewhere. it is time to step out of the golf course comfort zone and recognize it has been financially and environmentally unsustainable. it's time to change the system rather than try to keep alive with temporary technological fixes. restoring sharp park means creating a more self sustaining recreational space that allows for san francisco dollars to be applied to more pressing issues. this is why it is imperative you vote yes to restore sharp park today. thank yo

. >> i'm brittany hammond from san francisco state university.re to kind of understand how public hearings work. but also, i'm in support of the plan, because i feel like it will be a good way for the city to kind of have more community vibe. it is easy for people to just go to work and go home, but i think it will have an opportunity to have a nice green space. i think that that's really important. there have been studies done about people that have seen green spaces and it relaxes them a bit more. i think that is really good to go ahead with it. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. to the san francisco state students, this is a good opportunity because the planning director is here. there is a great proposal for the expansion of the museum of modern art as next month. the development you're talking about, there are a bunch of different agencies that are involved. who controls the plaza will be the community college board. that might be another local body to look at as a

i am an environmental study student from san francisco state university. i would like to express my concern today about the lack of composting and recycling bins with than the city of sanford says go. specifically at the golden gate bridge, which is a high-

i am an environmental study student from san francisco state university. i would like to express my concern today about the lack of composting and recycling bins with than the city of sanford says go. specifically at the golden gate bridge, which is a high-traffic locations. on a trip that my roommate and i took last week to the golden gate bridge, we noticed there were no places for me to properly dispose of an apple i was eating. coming from the sentences the state universityam

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition to what others have shared. i think it is absolutely inspiring that the woman's movement in 2011 in san francisco, at least, is sharing a sponsorship of policy-making endeavors and the arts. i am telling you, we have to codify and our values. we need a policy to do that. we don't just need a people's movement, we need to codify. the arts brings a heart, they bring healing. there is not a person in here who has not been harmed or harmed themselves in some way. we have all lifived. the arts steel and inspire. -- the arts heal and inspire. i want it noted that all of us have to do this if we want to inspire our youth to keep on moving on. keep on moving on. thank you to all of you, the sponsors, the other binarhonore and most especially i feel really blessed i am the first to be honored for this community activist board. norma was remarkable.

i also teach a land use planning at san francisco state university. i do have a citywide view, i am thinking about not just how the developments in the neighborhood but also how it affects the housing element of the general plan, and how and pour into this plan is in introducing the side of the policy. those are just a handful of reasons ha about how you can consider me to reappointment of the citizen's advisory committee. supervisor kim: than kyouk you,. henderson. >> good afternoon, supervisor wiener and supervisor kim. i am a real estate consultant specializing in affordable housing and community facilities. i was a project manager of 40lgbt -- for the lgbt community center. i am also the project manager for college track, which is a college preparatory program being built on third street to help high-school students in the district and the area. i have worked in affordable housing for more than 20 years. i have a master's in business administration from berkeley with an emphasis on real estate and planning. as a parent raising three children, i am

we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offerin

. >>> the "occupy" protestors at san francisco state university have left campus now. they first appeared three weeks ago but the university told them they could not stay during the holiday break. despite that, a few protestors stayed. this morning, however, they all left after riot police showed up. >>> authorities make a troubling find at a northern california ranch. the animals found on the verge of starvation. the question remains, what happened? >>> baby formula pulled from walmart stores. the popular brand involved and why the stores didn't wait for a formal investigation. >>> and as the winds begin to calm, the temperature will drop. in fact, we have a freeze warning in effect. i'll pinpoint the locations as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. of nurses walked off the job today to join a massive state-wide strike. this after union negotiat >>> across the bay area, thousands of nurses walk off the job today to join a massive statewide strike. this after union negotiations with sutter health fell apart. this is the second strike since the nurses contract expired s

. >>> this morning, "occupy" protestors at san francisco state university packed up and left campus. they first appeared three weeks go know front of a student center but the university told them that they could not stay during the holiday break. ten people and two tents lingered overnight. police showed up at 5 a.m. and the remaining students left. >>> oakland mayor jean quan says if protestors want to close the port of oakland, there is not much the city can do to stop them. in fact, quan tells the "chronicle" that just a handful of those protestors could stop work at the port. she says it would take at least 500 police officers to try to keep it open. the port would have to pay for the officers. that would be $1.5 million. >>> there are more signs that the job market is improving. the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in 3.5 years. economists were actually expecting claims to rise. the news is having a positive impact on wall street. the dow is up 54 points. the commerce department also saying that the economy grew at an a

political analyst jason mcdaniel from san francisco state university says the government does have some things going for him as we go to the new year. there is approval of his style of work and let's make a lot of progress. next, mcdaniel said there is growing approval of the tax panel--plant in pension reform plan. they said the governor has had his problems though, the tax measure that he push so hard did not go anywhere and because of it he may have had to make major cuts affecting millions of people. part of that has been the fact that he has failed to connect with conservative republicans in sacramento. he spoke about some of the problems this afternoon. >> things definitely not have not improved as much as they would like--and they will blame the government, they will brain--blame the president. they want both, it is up to the government to find the sweet spot and right now they cannot. >>reporter: boom him room it was more is coming because now he is trying to reach out to the voters, to reach out to us. >>pam: we have had some views of how voters feel. >>reporter: they have done

. >>> san francisco state university now home to an "occupy" encampment. there are about a dozen tents set up outside the susan center. protestors there say they are demonstrating against state cuts to higher education that had led to fee hikes. >>> across the country thousands of protestors went after congress today calling it take back the capital. demonstrators waited outside the offices of congress members to protest the government they say favors the wealthy. >>> a debt demand from the state is sparking some outrage tonight. california is trying to recoup past overpayments to welfare recipients. and what it's doing is perfectly legal but ron jones tells us the issue is who is being asked to pay up. >> reporter: children the target of the state department of social services? >> because we think it's absolutely outrageous. it's wrong. we don't think it's legal, either. >> reporter: the office of senator darrell steinberg confirms it. >> we were appalled by this. >> reporter: cbs13 has learned that dss has an active policy on the books that if the state

i talked with political analyst jason mcdaniel from san francisco state university who use the year.e says the governor does have some things going for him as we go to the new year. first of all there is approval of his style of work. he has made some progress with budgeting. your finally, he says there is growing voter approval of his tax and pension reform plan to raise $7 billion. but analysts said the governor has had its problems, the tax measure on governor brown was pushed so hard that it did not go anywhere with republicans and because of the he made major cuts affecting millions of people. it failed. and part of that has been the fact that he failed to connect with the conservative republicans in sacramento. he spoke about some of the problems this afternoon. who >> i think the voters want high-quality public schools and universities and infrastructure but they also want low taxes, they want both. it is up to the government to finance the spot and right now they cannot account >>reporter: if you think you have heard jerry brown talk about tax initiatives in pension reform a

san francisco today. this one involves students at san francisco's state university.lan to meet at the malcolm x plaza at 3 p.m. for a march and rally. today's occupy demonstration is focused mainly on the recent college tuition hikes. >>> occupy demonstrators in santa cruz are showing their anger over the latest police raid in that city. last night police in riot gear removed some of the 150 protestors who took over a vacant bank building. it was a brief scuffle, when the officers first moved in. but there's no word of any arrest. make sure you stay right here with ktvu news for continuing coverage of the occupy protests. you can get updates at any time by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. >>> a u.s. district judge is siding with the federal government when it comes to a crackdown on medical marijuana. yesterday she rejected a request to buy marijuana dispensaries to prohibit the fed from seizing their property or filing charges against them. lawyers accuse the government of entrapment because the obama administration indicated two years ago it would not targ

he graduated from san francisco state university with a bachelor's degree in biology. as a member of alphaify omega national service fraternity, he volunteers extensively working with elderly and young asian-americans, among other people. jose has been authorized to work while his immigration case is pending. for more more than 10 years he s work the as a dental laboratory technician. the dentist who employs jose was so impressed by his work that he filed papers to sponsor jose for legal, permanent residency in the united states. the employer's petition was approved but because of our broken immigration laws, jose has been placed in deportation proceedings. all of these years in america, 16 years in america, a bachelor's degree in biology, a man who is currently working in the health field in dentistry, who's done such such a good job that his employer wants to have him here permanently is now facing the prospect of being deported to a country he cannot even remember. jose was scheduled to be deported last month, three days before thanksgiving. but the department of ho

. >>> this afternoon a protest against a tuition increase for cal-state university students will take place. occupy san francisco state is organizing the rally at malcolm x plaza at 3:00 also planning to march and pitch tents. occupiers want san francisco state's president to support a roleback of next year's 9% increase, -- really passed by trustees. >>> a vote on whether to raise salaries of campus presidents will not take place next week. trustees cancelled the vote fearing there could be a violent reaction. it was an unnoed yesterday the same day that leland ye of san francisco blasted regents for boosting pay by up to 22%. trustees -- yee accused them of lining the pockets of administrators rather than protecting students. >>> bart of directors set to vote on cell phone service shutdown policy. bart cut service in august after a fatal police shooting in july in order to prevent a protest over that shooting that move attracted international criticism and caused weekly protests that lasted more than a month. bart will be the first transit agency in the country to prohibit cell phone blackouts except in the ev

san francisco. in time on the campus of san francisco state. students pitching seven tents last night according to the san francisco chronicle. they marched the plaza after meeting with the university president. students asked him to sign a letter demanding the csu system roll back tuition to 2009 levels. he says he understands their anger, but tuition hikes are the only way to keep the doors open since the state has slashed the funding. >>> police tracked a murder suspect across the country. this morning he's charged with killing an occupy oakland camper. 20-year-old norris tarell was arrested in kentucky. cell phone video obtained by nbc bay area helped them track down the shooter. he's been charted with shooting a 25-year-old foster last month. three other suspects have been charged with assault. a couple reasons to celebrate. it is friday, and it started out warm. >> it's feeling a lot like christmas. all the lights going up. that was one of the biggest gripes from people across the bay area. the christmas tree ornaments and decorations were flying around. this morning you are going to be waking up with us. take it easy. overall the trend is the winds will decrease over the nex

occupiers calling for san francisco state's president to support a rollback of next year's 9% tuition increase passed by trustees >>> vote on whether to raise the salaries of cal-state university presidents will not take place next week as scheduled. trustees canceled that vote fearing a violent reaction. cancellation was announced yesterday the same day that state senator leland ye of san francisco blasted regents for boosting the pay of some cal speculatives by up to 22%. >>> -- >> bart -- >> bart cut cell phone service temporarily in san francisco stations in august following a fatal police shooting in july to prevent a planned protest over that shooting death that move attracted international criticism and caused subsequent weekly protests that lasted more than a month. the policy is expected to outline specific conditions for any future shutdowns and will identify who will decide to cut service the board meets 9 a.m. in oakland that meet something tomorrow to the public. >>> authorities in -- warning everyone to keep an eye on children after attempted kidnapping. police say before 7:00 last night an 11-year-old girl was playing in a courtyard when a man came up and grabbe

san francisco, thank you. >>> mike mcqueary assistant football coach at penn state university may testify today in the hearing of athletic director of tim curley and gary schultz. prosecutors say they did not respond properly nine years ago when mcqueary reported an alleged sexual attack on a boy in a university shower. mcqueary says the attacker was jerry sandusky a former coach. >>> newt gingrich had the front- runner target on his back as republican candidates gathered for the final presidential debate before the iowa caucuses. michele bachmann accused a former house speaker of being a washington lobbyist for accepting more than $1.5 million from troubled mortgage giant freddie mac. >> we can't have as our nominee for the republican party someone who continues to stand for freddie mac and fannie mae. they need to be shut down, not build up. >> i never lobbied under any circumstance. >> the other candidates tried to demonstrate what sets them above the rest of the pack. >> i understand by the way from my successes and failures what it's going to take to put americans back to work. >> i as the president woul