supervisor scott weiner has also written a letter of support. that should be included as part of the materials which submitted today, if not in the original brief. we think all members of the community who were open to meeting with us. the people we met were welcoming, open-minded, and entirely respectful, even if it were a bit wary about the idea. but always treated it as a prospect. we would like to thank the following individuals and organizations. steve adams, president of the merchants of upper market. alan beach, president of the eureka valley neighborhood association and a member of our philanthropic advisory board. liz watty has been a pleasure to work with. we respectfully ask the commission to approve our application. we intend to be exemplary members of the community. president olague: we have a few speaker cards. i am going to limit it to two minutes. michael coehn alibi josh kramer and david goldman. >> can you hear me? my name is michael cohn. i am a resident at 246 sanchez street. he will be a neighbor. i am a homeowner. and have

scott weiner wants the city to offer food vouchers to people turning in bottles and cans. weiner says offering grocery store credits instead of cash can improve communities. >>> and san francisco is trying to come up with a plan to entize facebook to san francisco. >> reporter: a bigger plan is in place. city officials hope twitter will help transform this blithed san francisco neighborhood. >> the money right now has been so tight. it's going to take some very wealthy people to develop it. >> this is our opportunity to really bring an anchor in that will really change. >> reporter: san francisco city leaders presented a plan for twitter to develop the area. city officials want twitter to take over the block long marked building. the hopes is that other business will follow and fill the area. >> twitter today has 350 employees, their expectation by the end of year is over 600. and in two to three years it is up to 3,000 employees. >> reporter: talks with twitter also focused on public safety and public transit. >> there is a bus line that they wanted to see happen with num

san francisco's supervisor scott weiner is voting the idea just as federal officials are proposing tighteningsh laws. many dog advocates are behind the law. they say regulating dog walkers will help make sure dogs are kept under control. the san francisco parks department is also considering a similar program to bring in extra revenue. >>> scott brown is revealing some secrets from his past. the 51-year-old republican told 60 minutes he was sexually abused by a camp counselor as a boy but kept quiet because the counselor threatened to kill him. he made headlines when elected to the seat held by edward kennedy. he describes the details of the attack in his upcoming book. >>> cbs correspondent lara logan is out of the hospital and recovering. she was working on a story when attacked last friday night by a mob in tahrir square. she was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted. a group of women and egyptian soldiers rescued her and took her to safety. today, egypt's health minister ' revealed that at least 365 civilians died in the 18 days of antigovernment protests in cairo. he said the count is p

yesterday supervisor scott weiner asked the board to hold a public hearing for input from residents, businesses and public agencies within the next month or two. >>> ahead, a well-known bookstore chain makes it official, and files for bankruptcy. and it's time to say good-bye to the big statue in the civic center. where it's going. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street. stocks are up today, thanks to another round of some good news about some corporations. dell, comcast, deer and company and abercrombie & fitch all up today after some good earnings reports and good indications about the future. the dow is currently up 61. and nasdaq up 21. s&p up 7. >>> weeks after the first talk of filing for bankruptcy, the borders group filed the papers this morning. the company which owns borders bookstores and walden books says it will close about 30% of its stores. borders has struggled to keep up with digital competitors, including amazon.com and apple. >>> and san francisco's civic center plaza a sh

and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule.the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so happy to see all of you come to city hall to recognize this and to recognize the great work that pat williams is doing because about the stories that need to be told. and i, as my life becomes unfolding in front of a lot of other people you're going to hear about me and i want you to know there's a lot of part of the black community that has to do in my peam and gsh famed -- family and so i want to tell you a story. it's a true one. so when

supervisor scott weiner is considering posting a change in state law to offer vouchers for food and other. >> basically you're saying these folks are using this money for -- to buy drugs or alcohol? >> some people. i'm not saying that everyone does that. but there are some people -- we've seen it in the areas around some of the recycling centers. some issues around the alcohol abuse and drug dealing. >> ed dunn runs a recycling center and is critical of the proposal to swap cash for food. >> the vast majority of people might want to use that money for rent or to fill up their tank again. >> by the way, tomorrow there is a hearing on the recycling center. that gentleman is the executive director of. it is in the haight ashbury neighborhood. meteorologist lisa argen here now to let you know, hey, rain is ahead. >> yeah, it is. not today though. we have a cooler day out there and some fog. in fact, parts of the north bay and cold temperatures. here's a look from our higher elevations sutro camera and you can see the layer of low clouds. more in the way of high clouds and, yes, rain headed ou

supervisor scott weiner is considering pushing for a change in state law to require recycling centersrs for food and other products instead of money. >> basically you're saying these folks are using this money to buy drugs and alcohol. >> some people. i'm not saying everyone does that but there are some people -- we see it in the areas around some of the recycles centers. some issues around the alcohol abuse and drug dealing. >> ed dunn is critical of the proposal to swap cash for food. >> the vast majority of people that use recycles centers are very middle class and use that for rent or fill up their tank again. >> tomorrow there's a hearing in the haight ash bury neighborhood. some city officials wanted to close it and transform the space into a community garden. well, rain for anybody's garden coming up. >> yep. a drink of water tomorrow. today temperatures will be cooler and in fact some pretty good rain coming our way the middle of the week. right now a live look outside the golden gate bridge and just one car right there. very cold in our north bay valleys. but upper 40s in san

san francisco city supervisor scott weiner is proposing legislation that would require professional dog walkers to buy a permit to walk their four-legged clients in city parks. this move comes as federal authorities are looking to expand restrictions of dogs on federal land, especially christie field. some dog owners are backing the concepts of the permits. they say regulating commercial dog walkers could lead to walkers taking better care of the dogs, as well as cleaning up after them. weiner says the details of permits such as costs and enforcement still have to be worked out at this point. >>> just ahead, though, the former first lady of san francisco gets a big nod from the queen of talk. >> if you watch the westminster kennel club dog show last night, you're probably wondering, what is a scottish deerhound. i'm kris sanchez. we'll get up close and personal with this very gentle giant. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're tracking thunderstorms, strong winds, and also temperatures that struggled to get out of the 40s today. santa rosa, only 48. livermore, 56. and we had 5