we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a great stop for you. i've been searching high and low for some great cookies and the buzz around town that anthony's are those cookies. with rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see what the fuss was all about. so let's see. while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to make ends make. with no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all sta

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. ng it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, test. >> welcome to the wednesday, july 2, 2014, san francisco board of appeals the commissioner president lazarus is joined by commissioner honda and commissioner fung our supervisor commissioner fung will be absent robert is the deputy city attorney that will provide the device and we have the legal director also joined by carla with the public works bureau of street use and mapping she's here because of the cases on the calendar mr. pacheco please go over the boards guidelines that he do the swearing in. the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices. please carry on conversation in the hall the boards rules appellants and department representatives each have 7 minutes to present their cases. people affiliated with those participants must include their comments within the 7 minutes partied that are not affiliated h

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, >> all right. thank you. everyone welcome to our regularly scheduled rules committee meeting. i'm katie tang and we have david campos and scott wiener and david chiu. and i want to thank our sf gov. tv. san francisco television staff. >> city clerk: please silence all cell phones devices. items acted upon today will appear on september 2nd agenda unless otherwise stated. >>supervisor katy tang: we have a special meeting today. first we need to excuse supervisors norman yee. >> without objection. madam clerk, please call item 1. city clerk: item 1: motion approving/rejecting the president of the board of supervisors', supervisor david chiu, nomination of kathrin moore to the planning commission, term ending july 1, 2018. clerk of the boardddcharter, section 4.105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subjec

a second generation native san franciscoan. rent not affordable. not even a lousy hotel. i think bed bugs are getting a better deal than us. you may giggle about that, but it's true. it's really getting bad out there. i speak because i'm an ihs worker and i make minimum wage too and i fight for that. i'm a live in worker and provider for him. if i didn't have him, there is no telling where i would be, in a doorway or something. lord knows i have been there before and would not like to go back. we all need to bond and not just low income people, all of us need to as city of san franciscans to show pride. this is something we've all earned. this is something we need to keep and so you can look at your grandchildren and say, hey, i remember when that building was there. i feel that way. it's not fair that you have to live in a dump. and then have other people in nice places. i don't know what you guys can do, but all i can do is tell you how i feel and what's going on out there and it's getting worse. there are lots of kids from all over and sleeping on the street. it's just

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, >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really

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, the pl allegiance. >> approval of the board minutes of the regular board meeting of june 10, 2014, and a special meeting of june 17, 2014. may i have a motion and a second, please? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. any collections? thank you. roll call vote. >> mr. haney. >> here. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoz-mcdonnell. >> yes. >> doctor. >> miss fewer. >> i would like to remind the members of the public present that if they wish to address the board of education, an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and presented to the executive assistant. speaker cards will not be accepted for an item already before the board. item d, presentation to the board of education, the superintendent report, superintendent, carranza. >> there is no formal presentation, other than to say i hope everyone's enjoying their summer break. students are be

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan.ong it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, the pl allegiance. >> approval of the board minutes of the regular board meeting of june 10, 2014, and a special meeting of june 17, 14

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 can call the commission meeting to order. >> roll call. commissioner leslie katz? >> here. >> commissioner willie adam? >> here. >> commissioner kimberly brandon? >> here. >> commissioner murphy? >> here. >> commissioner door woo ho? >> here. >> item 2, approval of minutes - june 10, 2014? >> second. >> all in favor? >> minutes are moved. >> item 3, public comment on executive session. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> executive session. >> is there a motion to move into executive session? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? we'll move into executive session. >> executive session conference with legal >>please stand by - meeting in closed session >> we'd like to reconvene in open session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> move to not disclose anything discussed in closed session? >> second.

government focus on interstates and let oregonians plan finance and build their bike paths and san franciscoans their green energy transit experiments and texans their eight-lane express ways in their own way tailored to their own needs and their own local values. all we add to the process here in washington, d.c. is unnecessary overhead and self-congratulating press releases trying to take credit for it all. finally, many who admit that the status quo is unsustainable nonetheless support it because they believe their particular state benefits by receiving more money back from the highway trust fund than it puts in. washington perpetuates the myth that transportation money is free, especially for these so-called net donee states. but as in every other middle man arrangement, the status quo policy ensures that states actually get less value back than they should. federal regulatory strings not only make infrastructure projects unnecessarily expensive, they specifically divert resources away from actual infrastructure and waste it on special interests and bureaucratic red tape. the federal davis-