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, >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for

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, >> we're going to get started now. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. welcome. we have commissioner maufas with us. supervisor avalos. [inaudible] thank you. madam clerk, could you read the agenda for today? yes. can you speak into the microphone? we can [inaudible] >> it is 110443 [inaudible] >> thank you. i think we have city staff that is going to present for us today. our city librarian. >> good afternoon. first and foremost, you are probably wondering what this is all about. i am very proud of the fact that today, i spent part of my day at argon elementary school to read poetry to youngsters from first graders through fourth graders, and i had the pleasure of having the general manager of the recreation and park department join me for that, so it was terrific. i mention that because it emphasizes the relationship that we established with the school district i

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, >> hello and welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we're here with supervisor elsbernd from district 7. supervisor elsbernd was appointed to the board in august of 2004 and elected to his seat in november of that year. he is in the middle of his second term. we will get to know him and learn about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome. tell us about your background. >> i was born and raised in district 7. i went to st. cecilia's grammar school. i went to a small school in los angeles and came back here to teach law school. -- went to lost cool. i went to work here immediately after passing the bar on the first try. i worked at city hall for a few years. then lightning struck and was appointed as a member of the board of supervisors in august of 2004. i have been here ever since. the choice to live in san francisco was made for my family about five gener

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, ♪ >> hello and "welcome to meet your district supervisor. we're here with david chiu from district 3. that includes chinatown, fisherman's wharf, and part of the russian hill neighborhood. he was elected to the board in november of 2008 and has served as board president since january of 2009. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing them. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. >> my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's. i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area and lived in different parts of boston. i went to catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high school in dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents,

so as a san franciscoan, i want inform say thank you to all of you. >> i want to thank commissioner chan. i want to thank compligser hicks as well as the working group and chief goldberg and the department, because this is great. combhigser chan: i'm looking at this, and it was intense. it was actually a lot more intense. is -- i slowed it down twice to people. if -- >> we -- if we get half of this accomplished, it will be amazing. commissioner marshall: i hear people all the time saying, why don't the police do this? why don't the police do that? they aren't trained for it. at this time -- i do this every day, so it is no big deal for me, but officers aren't trained for this. now they can actually have the training to do what folks ask them to do all the time. you know, it's been unfair to me for them to be singled out and be to lamented for not doing something they haven't been trained to do. >> commissioner slaughter. commissioner slaughter: they are the ones on the frontlines bringing people in crisis in, and they will have the resources and they will know how to be most effective th

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, >> welcome to district -- need your district supervisor. we're here with supervisor john avalos, from district 11, which includes the excelsior, and will sign, our mission, and crocker amazon neighborhoods. supervisor avalos was elected to the board in november of 2008. we are going to get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome and thank you for joining us today. tell us a lot about your background, where you grew up, went to school, the job you worked. >> i was born in a town called and los angeles. it was a lot of working-class folks. my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast for six years before going back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the ex

. >> they absolutely, they fled to oakland, it is estimated that something like 200,000 san franciscoansd the city to come to oakland. >> the of earthquake and fire virtually destroyed the city of san francisco and the city of oakland became a welcomed refuge. >> the big difference was of course that we didn't catch fire like san francisco did. >> drew johnson says oakland was able to not only accommodate the ref you geese across the bye, it was instrumental in helping the city rebuild. >> communication lines stayed open, most businesses like banks stayed open, the newspapers kept publishing, the port was fully functional, being the second largest city in california at that time we became the center of the relief efforts. >> and a welcomed home for thousands. >> with the exception of the people who never returned to san francisco, and some couldn't handle the thought of going back. >> go to cbssf.com. click on "connect" to send me your good question. >> wow. fascinating. >> didn't have baseball in the sea by the bay back in 1906. >> no. >> the if they did they played out in the city with

. >> they absolutely, they fled to oakland, it is estimated that something like 200,000 san franciscoanso come to oakland. >> the of earthquake and fire virtually destroyed the city of san francisco and the city of oakland became a welcomed refuge. >> the big difference was we didn't catch fire like san francisco did. >> reporter: oakland was able to not only accommodate the ref you geese from across the bay, it was instrumental in helping the city rebuild. >> the communication lines stayed open, most businesses like banks stayed open, the newspapers kept publishing, the port was fully functional. being the second largest city in california at that time, we became the center of the relief efforts. >> and a welcomed home for thousands. >> with the exception of the people who never returned to san francisco, and some couldn't handle the thought of going back. >> go to cbssf.com. click on "connect" to send me your good question. >>> well we could have a little shake up on the sharks. i'm dennis o'donnell and the one feet that aeludes tim lincec,,,,,,,, i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an aller

we really fundamentally believe parks are too important to the quality of life of san franciscoans and recreational programs is too fundamental to the health and public safety of our communities to cut anymore. every dollar we've been asked to reduce and what's been happening in san francisco, by the way is no different than what's been happening in a lot of major cities with parks and generally, obviously. we've been focused on preserving vital services for those who need it most. by increasing the amount of revenues that we earn. and for those of you that art has been a leader in the park community and i want to thank you, art, for all of your involvement with the neighborhood parks council and there are other park advocates here. you have been following some of the noise and the noise is because we don't want to cut anymore. we want to earn revenue. we're open to partnerships. we've been working closely with the philanthropic community. not to support the fine arts but we have philanthropic support for some of our operating programs. literally we have a gift from a family foundation

i'm a fourth generation san franciscoan. allow compromise and allow people who already have a child in lakeshore start with new enrollings. thank you. >> hi, my name is matt. i'm a parent of a fourth grader at lakeshore. i do -- the other parents and also i would like to again underline the gate program issue. my child is a fourth grader and she is part of the gate program and i'm concerned with the feeder assignment because the gate program and the education that they get through the gate program will not be visible and it will not be -- during those -- so also i believe that quality education is a combination for curricular and extracurricular activities at the same time. i just wanted to underline my concern on that. thank you very much for listening. >> thank you. [applause] >> hi, thank you. my name is ben. i'm also a parent of a child at lakeshore. my personal concerns are similar to the those other parents who spoke already. i'm also chairman of the council currently. i'm hoping to highlight the negative impact that w

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

. >> i've met with an extraordinary amount of kindness and sympathy from very many san franciscoans. >> they attended a private memorial service for his wife this afternoon. he also said he met with the district attorney and the police officials who told him that they hope to make an arrest in this case in the near future. >>> a much anticipated sports complex is taking shape in east oakland. as ktvu's paul chambers reports, the new building brings new hope to one of the bay area's underserved communities. >>> residents of east oakland say they need more alternativess to keep young people out of trouble and off the streets. >> you go through all of the commuting and there is nothing for our children to do. we have to leave oakland to go to surrounding municipalities. >> reporter: now youth uprising is one place in east oakland for young adults to hang out. [ music ] >> reporter: but by the end of june it won't be the only option. on eades avenue this $27 million sports complex will open to the public. >> it's needed because it gives kids something to do. >> reporter: inside there is

. >> i've met with an extraordinary amount of kindness and sympathy from very many san franciscoans. >> they attended a private memorial service for his wife this afternoon. he also said he met with the district attorney and the police officials who told him that they hope to make an arrest in this case in the near future. >>> a much anticipated sports complex is taking shape in east oakland. as ktvu's paul chambers reports, the new building brings new hope to one of the bay area's underserved communities. >>> residents of east oakland say they need more alternativess to keep young people out of trouble and off the streets. >> you go through all of the commuting and there is nothing for our children to do. we have to leave oakland to go to surrounding municipalities. >> reporter: now youth uprising is one place in east oakland for young adults to hang out. [ music ] >> reporter: but by the end of june it won't be the only option. on eades avenue this $27 million sports complex will open to the public. >> it's needed because it gives kids something to do. >> reporter: inside there is

the fire shot up through the trash chute and spread smoke throughout the 105 room san franciscoan towers building. the red cross is helping the 113 residents find a place to stay. 5 people were injured. >>> police are investigating the death of a homeless man. the man's body was found in a tire shed behind a pet boy's store on contra costa boulevard. police say other homeless people notified them about the body about 5:30 this evening. the police said it appeared that the man had been dead for sometime and it is likely he died of natural causes. >>> back now to san francisco where a muni bus operator was caught driving while texting with a bus full of passengers. and we obtained cell phone video of the incident. new at 10, ktvu's heather holmes talk to the passenger who confronted the driver and was then kicked off the bus. >> reporter: take a close look at this distracted driver behind the wheel of a 24 muni bus. >> the bus is moving and she is texting while driving. >> reporter: passenger sean higgins recorded the one-minute clip back in february. watch and listen. as the driver sends

now, this is a san franciscoan towers hotel, 150 units. it has a fair number of disabled and wheelchair-bound residents who needed to be rescued. other residents did make their way down the fire escapes on their own. the fire started in a trash exact tore on the first compactor and it went into a light well and a chute and able to travel to multiple floors. residents described their first clue was choking northeast corner. >> i was on the -- i was in my room. all of a sudden i smelled smoke. so i went out of my room and the whole hallway was full of smoke. i just panicked and ran downstairs as fast as i could to get out of the building. it was very -- yeah. >> reporter: did you see any flames? >> flames, no, a lot of smoke in the hallways. >> the glow of flames has been seen from the glow of this building but not fire shooting out. most of the fire is inside and it is in a compactor garbage chute and it is in the light wells. so taking a look live now we have some people on the fire escapes making their way down. but the last update i got

now, this is a san franciscoan towers hotel, 150 units. it has a fair number of disabled and wheelchair-bound residents who needed to be rescued. other residents did make their way down the fire escapes on their own. the fire started in a trash exact tore on the first compactor and it went into a light well and a chute and able to travel to multiple floors. residents described their first clue was choking northeast corner. >> i was on the -- i was in my room. all of a sudden i smelled smoke. so i went out of my room and the whole hallway was full of smoke. i just panicked and ran downstairs as fast as i could to get out of the building. it was very -- yeah. >> reporter: did you see any flames? >> flames, no, a lot of smoke in the hallways. >> the glow of flames has been seen from the glow of this building but not fire shooting out. most of the fire is inside and it is in a compactor garbage chute and it is in the light wells. so taking a look live now we have some people on the fire escapes making their way down. but the last update i got

the fire shot up through the trash chute and spread smoke throughout the 105 room san franciscoan towersuilding. the red cross is helping the 113 residents find a place to stay. 5 people were injured. >>> police are investigating the death of a homeless man. the man's body was found in a tire shed behind a pet boy's store on contra costa boulevard. police say other homeless people notified them about the body about 5:30 this evening. the police said it appeared that the man had been dead for sometime and it is likely he died of natural causes. >>> back now to san francisco where a muni bus operator was caught driving while texting with a bus full of passengers. and we obtained cell phone video of the incident. new at 10, ktvu's heather holmes talk to the passenger who confronted the driver and was then kicked off the bus. >> reporter: take a close look at this distracted driver behind the wheel of a 24 muni bus. >> the bus is moving and she is texting while driving. >> reporter: passenger sean higgins recorded the one-minute clip back in february. watch and listen. as the driver sends an

. >> reporter: for a century, san franciscoans have run one of the most colorful races in the world with varying degrees of dress and sobriety. those who take the race less seriously say they have become accustomed to another tradition, the annual threat of crackdowns. but this year, bay to breaker spokesmen insist they are serious, they will not tolerate heavy drinkers. >> there will be alcohol con if con if i scags points, and police taking away alcohol from people. if people are deemed to be too drunk for their own good, they will be allowed in certain circumstances into sobering tents. >> reporter: sam singer says sobering tents will be set up along the race route. inside, they will feed you coffee and juice, sober you up and send you home. >> people will have to be pretty cool, because the cops are going to be making personal decisions as to whether someone's capable of taking care of themselves. >> reporter: race organizers say the alcohol aspect of the race has gotten too wild in recent years. in fact, last year there were 26 ambulance calls for alcohol poisoning. >> it's comical,

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, good even and welcome. jack hirschman. he has been a poet in san francisco from 2006. his powerful voice set the tone, his latest book, "all that's left". >> my voice is a little untuned. very simply so they are not any question of anxiety or worry. on march 14th, i decided to take an operation on my carotted artery and therefore. i don't want to go out by a stroke. i would rather go out another way. the operation was perfectly senseful. there wasn't pain. they put a tube down your throat. so i lost my voice for a month or 2. therefore, i ask your indulgence. i will read in this voice, if you don't mind. i am very pleased this book came out. i am going to read with the war. the war drug on. die after die. so shares and shout so jibes, nor many a steer of so cult exist and jams, juice, gins over in his tomb. tears over borrowed good as well. and future is dust and