>> no, this project will replace the filtration ponds, sanitation system. some work in the locker rooms. i believe reroofing as well. >> so there will be some work done on the locker rooms. >> it will be somewhat cosmetic. we were just through last week during a site visit. of all the work that needs to be done there, this money cannot get to that. i do not have the project scope in front of me, but i believe we could be putting non-skid down on the floors. >> that is one of my projects. maybe we can see if we can get funding in the next year to maybe work on those locker rooms. they are in pretty dire need of some renovations. anyway, that is something for future meetings. >> commissioner harrison? >> commissioner lee took a lot of my thunder here. would the downtown park fund replenish? i notice on the open space fund, we used $2,600 so far. would the downtown park on the polish that? -- fund replenish that? the second question is, -- >> i am sorry, commissioner. what' $2600? >> in the opening page of the report -- union square. >> generally speaking, com

it is not so much the drinking water coming in being a mclean, but the lack of sanitation system. what happens is that some point, when a kid is out playing on the ground, somehow they get contaminated. that spreads the disease. in the current design for sanitation, is a flush toilet system that is in terms of expense and water usage is not feasible in poor countries. the amount of innovation in this area is very low. it reminds me of the time that we gave a malaria vaccine and became the founder. we gave a 50 million for an innovative toilet the design. we became the largest funder. i do not know why it is not a popular area for people to get involved in. the good news is that designing something that will be low-cost, i think it is possible. water and sanitation is an important program. we need more partners involved in that. i meant to bring up the 0.7%. it is a phenomenal commitment that 15 european countries have made it to get to that level. the very generous countries, norway, sweden, netherlands -- they are already above that. we see some that are working hard to get to th

system. water for drinking, sanitation, and fire remains in short supply. don knapp, cbs 5. >>> other news making headlines around the bay area now, a gold robbery in san francisco's district has left a man wounded. he tells police he was standing at persia and london around 5:00 last night and a thief tried to grab his gold meek las. the suspect got into a waiting car and took off. the victim is recovering. >>> an elderly man is safe tonight after spending a day and a half trapped in an east bay canyon. the 76-year-old drove off the boulevard near claire monte avenue in oakland. a hiker spotted his car this afternoon, but when rescue crews arrived, the driver was nowhere to be found. the crash victim who uses a cane was trying to walk out when the tow truck driver spotted him. the driver was taken to a hospital. >>> the fight against west nile virus is on again in south jose. kid do on how the economy is contributing to the problem t. county workers just found another dead crow infected with the west nile virus. the total is now up to three. that's on top

system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do. >>> i just found out the surgeon general has reviewed the home health sanitation initiative that ipassed it along to governor barnett. >> when can we expect to see the initiative in the newsletter? i gave it to you a month ago. would you please stand? >> i'll have it in there real soon. >> great. >> that's a scene from the movie "the help" which is out this week. the book has been on the new york times best seller for 26 weeks. you play a really evil woman. i can't imagine a woman less suited to play evil than you, miss sugar addiction. >> there's something really freeing about playing a character that isn't even like remotely likeable whatsoever, and there were a lot of very, very fun scenes that you know as a result of this playing this kind of horrible woman but of course, you know the backdrop of the movie is the civil rights movement and i play a character lily holbrook who is very prejudiced. there were scenes i would never want to go back to do again because i had to get into that ignorant psychology that isn't fun. >> are you worried about any controversy that this role wil

we're having to review our sanitation service and just be creative with how we deliver youth services, what we do in our parks. throughout the entire systemproperty taxes and your constituents were not happy. why didn't you just lay off more city employees instead of raising taxes? >> what we've done -- when we came into office a year ago, we were facing a $55 million budget deficit. so we had to put in place -- we had to do our due diligence as to who would be laid off and what the impact would be on our city. so the last place we wanted to lay off was police officers and firefighters because they are our front line employees. so what we did, we waited a year. we did our due diligence and we made certain that all cuts reected the need. so the last area we had to cut where we could get the best impact or best bang for our cut was our police service. they make up 70% of our salary line item so that was where we could receive the largest economic benefit at the time. >> so you felt you had to raise taxes and deal with the consequences later, far as your constituents were concerned, right? >> absolutely. no question. >> so both of you, both

sanitation department has instructed the mechanical street sweeper operations to pay special attention to any litter conditions near storm sewers in order to allow for a freer flow of rainwater into the storm sewer system and our department of transportation is deploying crews to 26 designated flood locations to clear debris from catch basins. in addition, three department of transportation facilities with high likelihood of flooding will be evacuated and the equipment will be moved to higher ground. now, we expect that irene will have an effect on our beaches, and we're urging anyone who chooses to swim in the ocean today or this weekend to be extremely cautious and to watch out for rip tides. in the event of rough surf at beaches, we are prepared to close those areas to the public and move equipment. but the most dangerous thing in this city probably that we're the most likely to have tragedies is people that go swimming. don't go swimming if there isn't a lifeguard there. don't go swimming when the beaches get closed. i know some people love to go in the rough waves, it's exciting -- >> michael bloomberg right now holding a live news conference on preparations for hurricane irene. something interest

sanitation, protection and other services for those in need. let me say how grateful i am to the aid workers who are delivering this system swiftly and affect to flee an extremely difficult and often dangerous circumstances. over the course of this crisis, u.s. officials have made multiple trips to the region, including just this past weekend to kenya, a delegation led by dr. jill biden and joined by former senator.dear bill bill frist come the u.s. administrator, raj shah, eric schwartz secretary of state for population refugees and migration and gail smith from the white house. they saw the best and worst of what is happening on the ground. they visited the kenyan agricultural research institute, a top-notch facility long supported by the u.s. government and i had the chance to visit it on my trip to kenya two years ago. i was very impressed by the work i thought there, by scientists who are cultivating crops that can thrive in drought and are enriched with essential nutrients. these breakthroughs of art he uninsurable save any more in the future. but the delegation also visited dadaab, the refugee complex in kenya. even before this emergenc