i am fourth generation san franciscoian. you have a lot of people that live in san francisco that live in the sunny side and lived out here for years. as a result you have a real concern and care for just basic quality of life and community issues. i think that's our unique characteristic. >> strict 7 has reputation of being the conservative district. let's hear from the locals. >> i would say it looks to city government to provide more basic city services. it's a focus on the basics. and if that's more conservative, so be it. >> frequent midwest, anybodying that sfanz is to the left of anything in the country. it's relative. i think because there is is an older population out here in the past, it's been slightly more conservative. in general homeowners tend to be more conservative. because i think their properties taxes are being used for the bond issues and things that get passed. >> one of things i love about the neighborhood, as much as it changes the feel of ocean avenue and the general atmosphere is the çsame. you have

native san franciscoian. based on board members, taxi service, based on hearsay, she said without any debate, numbers or current facts is another government blunder too big to fail. like the iraq war. and weapons of mass destruction. enron, aig, j.p. morgan, country wide fan and he freddie were no accidents. based on good faith, they were not accountable. it was just a effort prone to fail. board members in 2003 bruce shaller, the now president of the taxi and limo commission in new york city was hired by the taxi commission and recommended a customer survey be done. in 2006 they produced one. in 2007 the taxi commission produced one which was generated by 42 responses. they refused the taxi commission's offer to do another survey. hardly that is what was recommended, a 42-response survey. i know the response rate and margin of error is far better than the barts, but i am sorry i am not a team player. you know, maybe you think you need a college degree to produce a valid survey. but they don't teach taxi driv

of a movement toward social change, how do we address the issue that, you know, as aware as san franciscoians may be about issues and walkability, the city during the day, basically belongs to the bay area, and how do we think of regional government ideas or spread the message out, particularly given the things, and some suburban stagszs charge for parking and glenn parks doesn't. and we are part of a chain and i would like to know your thoughts of spreading that change network. >> i can actually speak to that briefly, but, part of education aspect is sort of what the metropolitan transportation commission does and reach across county lines and engaging our partners in that. and it's a difficult thing to do, but you know, with all the different transit agencies and jurisdictions in the bay area, it really speaks to education as a major kind of key point. jason? >> yeah, just briefly, i think in general it's a main street phenomena and that the city of san francisco is a cross roads for the bay area, but you can think of it as a small state main street on the state highway and part of that is

possibilities and that our streets are designed and gracious by design and the public realm that san franciscoians truly deserve. thank you. >> thank you david. our next speaker is john paul scott, he's a licensed california architect and the deputy director of physical access for the san francisco mayor's office and he's responsible for the ada compliance and building plan for buildings and facilities. john paul. >> i would like to tell you a few things about our office, the mayor's office on disability. and first off we are not responsible for yellow, but it's required by state law. our offices also is responsible for the ada transition plan for curve ramps and sidewalks for the public right of -of-way. and we published this plan with the department of public works and it's in the 10-year capital plan and this was a process and resolution by the board of supervisors and signed by the mayor and we must plan for the future in an organized way. and the transition plan for curb ramps and sidewalks, identifies 15,000 curb ramps that are missing or need repair, and a potential 16 ,000 more that we hav

i am a yellow cabdriver, 21 years, nailtive san franciscoian. i am here to help and not hurt when it comes to saving money. excuse me for one second. i have done a survey. i do a survey every year. i do 1,000 customers every year. i have done it for 13 years. yet it seems to get discarded. they did approximately 662 people responded to their survey. i believe it was recommended by the federal agency. it says here it was a dirty trick. by staff. how could that happen? you know this will save you money, the survey that i produced. all you have to do is analyze it. it has an over 90% return rate. i don't think their survey is any better than mine. in case you didn't know, you have a mandate. taxis have a mandate for on time service. i believe that is your obligation, unless you changed the rules. i am not a team player. i'm sorry. i am not for m.t.a. i am for my customers and fellow cabdrivers. also for the general public. now, without any taxi advisory commission or committee you have not had one yet. how can you possibly be making rules without a

as a second generation san franciscoian and last family member able to live in this city, i ask you to vote no on this proposed tax. thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity -- supervisor avalos: speak closer to the mic. >> i am -- i am with the urban restaurant. there is a lot of details from the previous speaker. the only thing i can say is a business -- it's going to be impacting us. we are having a very tight budget running a business. and what it's going to create for us is like a chain of reaction. we have to try to get the end of the month and what the solution some kind of capped labor, capped hours in a way to make the budget. i understand that the city needs to cover the expenses with alcohol problems. i don't think this is a moment, the time is not the -- to give more fees. we are paying taxes. our budgets are already tight. i ask you to please do not pass this legislation. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. my name is justin. area manager of future bars. i've been working with the timberland district fo

probably a lot of san franciscoians don't realize we have shark sightings every day. >> the shark attack happened a few weeks ago, and he was not hurt. there were plenty of teeth marks in his kayak. it's important to point out that none of the recent sightings resulted in injury to people in the water. back here live you can see surfers are in the water. people are heading home right now. hundreds are expected to crowd coastal beaches tomorrow for the labor day holiday. reporting live in pacifica, "nbc bay area news." >>> one in 10 people in california have labor day off because they don't have a job. the "l.a. times" the u.s. unemployment rate could remain high for years leaving millions out of work. right now the national unemployment rate is at 9.6%. in july california's jobless rate stood at 12.3%, the third highest in the nation. >>> the fight over furlough days is heading to the state supreme court. on wednesday the high court is set to hear if the governor had the right to force unpaid days on tens of thousands of state workers in 2009 and early this year. a ruling could affect th