we were founded on core values centered on equitable access to gardening for all san franciscoans and strongly value the unique opportunity community gardens offer to residents, organizations, businesses and local government to promote shared vision and enhancing the experience and connectiveness to community. we understand the perplexity of the proposal and in the event it proves the proposal to create a community park guarden, s.f. grow would support its development, if the proposal were approved, s.f. grow would straighten the process to involve the the community

i'm a native san franciscoan, homeowner from the richmond district. have i been visiting the hanc recycling center more than three decades. my neighborhood is served by curbside recycling but i take my recycling to the hanc center. the first point to make is the hanc center is the only genuine recycling center. the rest of buybacks that only accept california redemption materials. these are so-called recyclings do not accept mixed paper, cardboard, plastic bottle oz glass. they are accepted for dropoff at hanc. these centers attract more homeless than hanc because they deal exclusively from the high value recyclables taken from the blue bins. the second point i would like to make is the hanc center is also a reuse center. there's an area called a free table. here's items of value can be left for others to take for free. these are not items which would be diverted from the landfill by goodwill or other organizations. as an example i collect and repair bikes for the cast worker house. in the past two, three years i found eight, ten bicycles at hanc cent

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park,k, >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products.

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan.hey wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful.

. >> name is antonio romano, and i'm a lifetime native san franciscoan and urban farmer and co-founder of the san francisco agriculture alliance, which opposes this measure. the main reason why i oppose this measure is because it just doesn't make sense. the site is not appropriate. someone tried to equate growing native plants with growing food plants and that's just ignorant. there's a big difference in the amount of food food plants need to native plants. that is a factor. there's plenty of available sites that have been explained and i would say yes, we want community gardens in that space. i live in the mission. i don't live in the neighborhood but i can imagine there's a lack of community gardens and i support making community gardens but that's not the right part. to me it seems like a railroad process, very undemocratic and made in the sense to demonize the poor yet again. for rec and park to participate in the process of demonizing the poor and trying to with hanc. some people don't like homeless people and that's inappropriate. if you don't like homeless people, you should do

. >>> san franciscoans brave the cold tonight to make this a special holiday for kids.ttendees provided either a cash donation or a toy that would go to needy kids. fabio. fabio of romance novel fame, he was there to help load the toys into a big salvation army truck. organizers say they have raised more than $40,000 so far for their toy drive. >>> it was 30 years ago tonight they spoke to john lennon for the last time. > >>> we hear from two bay area men who got a chance to sit down with lennon just hours before his death. >>> did they or didn't they. why some scientists are blasting nasa's claim they discovered a new form of life. >>> another area of low pressure, a storm blasted through the bay area today and there it goes now. you're not going to believe what we have in store for your weekend. pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues on cbs5. ,, join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum co

nonprofits and service providers united in our commitment for san francisco that works for all san franciscoans for the city's future, based on historic san francisco values of exclusiveness, compassion and opportunity. the platform below reflects our vision for a city and a new mayor that unites, rather than divides city residents and communities. we know there are a lot of names being tossed around right now. what we want to emphasize, again, is the values that we think are important that involve inclusiveness and a city for all and a long-term vision and a mayor that will bring long-term solutions to the city that are sustainable economically and environmentally. there's a fuller document here that gets into issues of affordable housing, you know, more sustainable land use for public good and certainly the local hiring initiatives that supervisor avalos brought forward. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, supervisors. thanks for the opportunity to comment today. i'm also a member of the community in labor and other folks, group -- the diverse group of community-based organization

we were founded on core values centered on equitable access to gardening for all san franciscoans and strongly value the unique opportunity community gardens offer to residents, organizations, businesses and local government to promote shared vision and enhancing the experience and connectiveness to community. we understand the perplexity of the proposal and in the event it proves the proposal to create a community park guarden, s.f. grow would support its development, if the proposal were approved, s.f. grow would straighten the process to involve the the community ordinance together to best meet the needs of the community. >> i have three more cards, paul green, mark juarez and bruce woof. >> good evening, commissioners. golden gate park preservation appliance. i'm delighted to hear rec and park staff refer to the department as the department's most important planning document f you're going to apply the master plan to the industrial recycling center, then you must apply it throughout golden gate park. you must therefore immediately deny the request to build an industrial water trea

. >>> an army of volunteers today brought christmas cheer and a warm meal to 5,000 hungry san franciscoans. the salvation army kitchen was busy preparing meals for the city seniors and those too ill to leave their homes this holiday. volunteers cooked ham, vegetables and other trimmings and then hand delivered the meals to people's homes. organizers say it is all made possible by donations from the public. >> this is what happens to the money that goes in those red kettles. this is where it ends up. if anybody is curious about where that money is spent. it goes to making christmas meals. >> the salvation army said 300 more people this year than last, but also welcomed an additional 300 volunteers. >>> st. anthony's dining room opened its doors today to 4,000 people in need of a hot meal. the charity served its annual christmas dinner today. it took 2,000 pounds of ham to feed all of the guests and 50- gallons of gravy. st. anthony's has been serving san francisco's poor for the passed 60 years through events such as today's but also provides other life sustaining services for those in need

and just fellowship with the west of the san franciscoans. >> reporter: mayor newsom is winding down his time in office where he spent a better part of the last two decades. >> i love this job. i don't like this job. i love it. i love the city. it's in my soul. it's in my dna. i am not giving up on the city. i will be representing the city as lieutenant governor. >> he did some sledding and his daughter montana said there would be another big crowd here on wednesday. when the trophy would be on display here inside city hall. in san francisco i'm john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> well, sarah palin makes a trip to haiti. her message to americans, plus who paid for the trip and why she wasn't answering any questions from certain reporters. >> security breach, which popular website was hacked and what the company is now telling users to do in response. >> still tracking clouds and fog across the bay area right now. but i am watching a weather system offshore. coming up when the rainfall returns to your neighborhood. . >>> days before a white house review of the afghan war six americ

. >> another san franciscoan threw his hat into the circle to be the election. the field is already crowded with candidates, including state senator yee and supervisor bevan duffy. the current supervisor said he would let harris decide who replaces here as san francisco's district attorney. harris won the state attorney general's race and will be joining newsom in sacramento when he becomes the lieutenant governor next month. ktvu contacted harris' office and her spokeswoman said there is no word on her choice as yet. >>> ktvu has learned tonight that a plan to cut costs in the oakland schools has backfired and left some students shivering at their desks. for three days, at least two schools have not had any heat despite some very cold weather. ktvu's heather holmes is live at one of the schools affected by that problem tonight. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, there is no escaping the cold here at frank middle school. students walk up these steps into their classrooms only to find it's just as cold. for the passed three days this tobacco-free campus has also

. >> another san franciscoan threw his hat into the circle to be the election. the field is already crowded with candidates, including state senator yee and supervisor bevan duffy. the current supervisor said he would let harris decide who replaces here as san francisco's district attorney. harris won the state attorney general's race and will be joining newsom in sacramento when he becomes the lieutenant governor next month. ktvu contacted harris' office and her spokeswoman said there is no word on her choice as yet. >>> ktvu has learned tonight that a plan to cut costs in the oakland schools has backfired and left some students shivering at their desks. for three days, at least two schools have not had any heat despite some very cold weather. ktvu's heather holmes is live at one of the schools affected by that problem tonight. heather? >> reporter: well, frank, there is no escaping the cold here at frank middle school. students walk up these steps into their classrooms only to j for the passed three days this tobacco-free campus has also been heat-free. >> it'

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and minds.

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park,