committee and i am joined by supervisor john avalos and breed and, we will be joined by eric mar and scott weiner and i want to thank the members of sfgtv as well as the clerk of the committee, linda wo ng. >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete the speaker cards and all of the documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted items will appear on the may 20 agenda. >> a few procedural items we have a long agenda, we will take a break from 12:30 to 1:20 wherever we are at that point in time, and given that it is a 90 degree day, we don't see that very often and so we are without coats over here at the board of supervisors and with that madam clerk, could you call item one? >> hearing on services and solutions for women and families who are experiencing homelessness. >> okay, thank you. colleagues, and members of the public this is a hearing that i requested, and the third of hearings that we have had over the last few weeks and this hearing kicks off the focus of the subpopulations of the over all homeless population here in san francisco. today's hearing is

, and not after, because once the legislation is out of here, it will not be amended, witness scott weiner's strong statements to that effect. i have right here the negdak for 650 indiana, which is on today's agenda and coming back two weeks ago to get approval of the use of 19th street. i am one of maybe three people who gets negdex [speaker not understood] and because you don't have eirs for most projects in the areas that are high-development, and you have to figure out how you are going to give notice that this is happening? and it has to be real notice. the current process of getting notice that you get to go through the 00 ages' of documents, six days before the hearings and you will find this exemption. if you are crazy enough to do that every week. i'm crazy enough to do that, but it's hard. so you have got to tell people hey this is going on and we'll add this to the project district, in advance and not at last-minute and projects that do have an eir, 75 howard street, that has amazing amounts of public lands next to it, if they are going to add a front yard to their very high-end h

and we are going back into the regular agenda and we have a special guest with us here today, scott weiner who wants to say a few words and so please come on up and thank you for coming today. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you very much for giving me a brief opportunity to make a few remarks about an item that is a little bit later in your agenda relating to street clearance and the 100th point shipyard and the candle stick point project. and so, commissioners we learned about a month ago or as you will recall, back in 2010, after many years of community process, and community support, and approval by the board of supervisors, this plan was approved with 20 feet of street clearance to the standard ten feet lane, and ten-foot lanes on the residential side streets and which is good, standard urban design in terms of livable, walkable streets, and that is what was approved by the board of supervisors. and we learned about a month ago, and that unbenouned to any of us, two of the city departments the fire department and the department of public works had between themselves agreed tha

committee and i am joined by supervisor john avalos and breed and, we will be joined by eric mar and scott weinert to thank the members of sfgtv as well as the clerk of the committee, linda wo ng. >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete the speaker cards and all of the documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted items will appear on the

. >> reporter: and supervisor scott weiner says that one big reason is wide streets. >> you have moreances for pedestrians and you end up reducing safety. >> reporter: weiner wants new neighborhood side streets like those going in at hunters point development limited to 20 feet of clearance. but the fire department says they need 26 feet and the extra 6 feet could be critical! >> we need to make sure we can get down streets particularly when we're building a new project. >> we had a tough time this day. >> reporter: as an example, the chief points to the recent massive construction fire in mission bay. >> it's one thing to navigate to get there. but once you're there you have to strategically position the rigs. >> go! >> and you need more clearance so that they n get by one another. >> reporter: narrow streets also mean more crowded streets which is also affecting public safety in the city these days. >> more cars on the road. there's more bicycles on the road. and there's more pedestrians. there's just more congestion. we pride ourselves on getting to the scene of emergency calls wit

you'll see a crowd including san francisco supervisor scott weiner. they're commemorating the late icon's birthday. he would have been # four years old today, they're posing next to a giant stamp. much like one revealed at the white house today, nancy pelosi and harvey milk's nephew were on stage at the white house today, applauding the move. this forever stamp of the late san francisco supervisor is the first to honor an openly-gay politician. at the castro neighborhood post office where milk used to buy his stamps, more than 10,000 with hoiz smiling face were purr kased before noon. >> it's day one. it's harvey's birthday. >> the postal service calls milk a visionary leader. >> this means an enormous amount to have his legacy recognized by the federal government of the united states i'm very, very proud. >> milk would have turned 84 years old today when he was a supervisor in 1978 he was assassinated along with mayor george mosconi by a former colleague. iet was obvious dan white was the asassin. he turned himself in. >> the at the glbt museum, tire

various committees whether it be the land use or the dpw and whether it be giving the money to e scott weiner to come here and tell lies and they are not to be trusted and finally let me tell you commissioners you need to do everything possible to get each and every artist on the shipyard. thank you very much >> hello. can you hear me? >> yes. thanks. >> my name is margarete brown and i am a shipyard artist. and i must say that the first of all, my first problem is that the name hunter's point has been removed from all of the advertising for the shipyard. i understand why they maybe have done it and i don't agree with it because hunter's point is a definition or a title, that belongs to that space, long before what has happened to the hunter's point neighborhood. and it was a place where native americans lived, and it was a place where people that were fishries and there was a place where there were form farms and on and on and on and i i think that is really a negative and now to me. in this new building, i have been offered a space, that is 200 square foot smaller than the one that i have a

would like to hear what you have to say about that, i think that is a practical come component scott weiner and he agreed and he took it to the mayor and he said we knew that it is a flaw in the law but we are not going to do anything about it and while you are adjusting this law i would ask you to consider that component of that to make it more he he equal. >> jane, and john mendez and petes on born. >> thank you, division campos and yee for hearing us today. i am the director of the golden gate restaurant association and i want to say one thing first and this is not being against healthcare or against the popping up of the subsidy and everyone agrees that the healthcare is affordable and we should support that and if ordinance did that we would not be here today opposing it. the issue is obviously as the hra accounts which we have discussed and they primarily exist because of the hourly spending requirement by san francisco that does not make into account whether or not you can provide insurance and in other way for a lesser about of money, because it hurts the smaller employers as you kn

but scott weiner believes it's time to impose tighter regulations he spelled out measures requiring more robust outreach to neighbors about potential locations and a provision to beautiful the boxes >> we'd like to at and t do more whether it's allowing murals on the boxes, whether it's planting then maintaining greenery around boxes we'd like to see them make a better effort. >> mark blakeman is with at and t. >> we do believe in. legislation as it's written violates our state rights. and so we, yes, we do have some issue was that. >> he says the utility is working with the city but in the meantime, about 400 more of these could be coming to a sidewalk near you. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> thanks for joining us at 4:00. the news at 5:00 begins right now. investigators hope wreckage will lead to answers in the crash that killed a stunt pilot. >> a small plane crashes into a home. and stunning news about a man in a cockpit. and... motorcyclist reving up about free speech. >> breezy, blue behind me. we can see showers or two. i'll have details coming video showing a pilot crashing at t

you'll see a crowd including san francisco supervisor scott weiner. they're commemorating the late icon's birthday. he would have been # four years old today, they're posing next to a giant stamp. much like one revealed at the white house today, nancy pelosi and harvey milk's nephew were on stage at the white house today, applauding the move. this forever stamp of the late san francisco supervisor is the first to honor an openly-gay politician. at the castro neighborhood post office where milk used to buy his stamps, more than 10,000 with hoiz smiling face were purr kased before noon. >> it's day one. it's harvey's birthday. >> the postal service calls milk a visionary leader. >> this means an enormous amount to have his legacy recognized by the federal government of the united states i'm very, very proud. >> milk would have turned 84 years old today when he was a supervisor in 1978 he was assassinated along with mayor george mosconi by a former colleague. iet was obvious dan white was the asassin. he turned himself in. >> the at the glbt museum, tire

but scott weiner believes the city can establish standards. today, he explained his legislation, requiring at and t to provide a list of every phone shall locations in each neighborhood. and establish a better process for feed back. it also targets how boxes hook. >> we'd like to see att do more. whether it's planting around boxes. >> mark blakemanman is with at and t. >> we believe legislation violates state rights. so yes. we do have some issues with that. >> he says boxes now in various neighborhoods were installed without incident. another 400 or so should be in place by 2015. >> residents in oklahoma are returning to in oakland. it's barned 3,000 acres and now seven #% contained. >> i fought like hell. this is my life. >> the flames killed a 56-year-old man who refused to evacuate. several had to be treated and authorities believe the fire began as a controlled burn that got out of control. the governor asked the federal government for an air tanker to fight flames. >> two of the performers injured in a weekend circus accident in rhode is

>> supervisor scott weiner says it's more than just a technical issue. it will have real impact. >> it will require that sidewalks be cut back. it will be a longer crossing distance for pedestrians. we will have wider roads, leading to faster traffic. which will lead to more accidents. >> major arteries vary in size, but the standard is 20 feet. the fire department wants 26 feet for new neighborhoods. and points to fires like in mission bay. >> those sheets are 52 feet. we're asking for half of that to be able to have two apparatus side by side. >> but supervisor weiner not buying it >> the fire department gets to fires just fine. and does a fantastic job keeping the city safe. he says they've ex-peermented before with widening streets these though it transformed from a residential boulevard into a pseudofreeway. whatever happens with this project, could affect others in the pipeline. >> coming up at 4:00 researchers unveil a robotic arm with a unique skill set the question is, will it catch on? tonight's special ceremony honoring some oakland students f

but scott weiner believes the city can establish standards. today, he explained his legislation, requiring at and t to provide a list of every phone shall locations in each neighborhood. and establish a better process for feed back. it also targets how boxes hook. >> we'd like to see att do more. whether it's planting around boxes. >> mark blakemanman is with at and t. >> we believe legislation violates state rights. so yes. we do have some issues with that. >> he says boxes now in various neighborhoods were installed without incident. another 400 or so should be in place by 2015. >> residents in oklahoma are returning to in oakland. it's barned 3,000 acres and now seven #% contained. >> i fought like hell. this is my life. >> the flames killed a 56-year-old man who refused to evacuate. several had to be treated and authorities believe the fire began as a controlled burn that got out of control. the governor asked the federal government for an air tanker to fight flames. >> two of the performers injured in a weekend circus accident in rhode is

the city can't ban them but supervisor scott weiner believes the city can establish stand arrested. explained his legislation requiring at&t to provide a list of every potential location in each neighborhood and establish a better process for feedback. his proposal also targets how those boxes look. >> we would like to see at&t do more whether allowing mural to be placed on the boxes. weather planting and then maintaining greenery around the boxes. >>reporter: mark blake man is with at&t. >> we do believe that unfortunately the legislation as written violates our state right at&t state right so yes we have some issues with that. >> and he says the boxes now in various neighborhood were installed without incident. another 400 or so should be in place by 2015. in san francisco, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> as of may 15 all u.s. carrier will be on board with the text to 911 plan. might look something like this. as the name suggests the program will awill you you to send text message in an emergency. here's what it would look like for the police dispatcher. but it will only work this co

san francisco supervisor scott weiner is expected to announce an effort today to try to persuade the mayor's office to add $7 million in funding for cleaning up streets and parks. >>> a semi smashes through a san francisco funeral home and then catches fire. the impact this accident is having on traffic. allegations of a coverup. the tough questions facing the v.a. this morning following the deaths of as many as 40 veterans while they were reportedly waiting to receive care. >>> good morning. right now we have slow traffic if you are driving in many areas. san mateo 11-minute drive time. we will tell you more about the drive times across the bay. >> the fog is on the northern sonoma coast now. in the city it's a mild 66. we will look at those cooler coastal temps coming up. >>> sometime 7:45. a senate committee is currently investigating the scandal at the v.a. department. this is a live picture from washington, d.c. that's eric shensecki who has been criticized by members of congress and veterans groups about the backlog of healthcare cases. critics, in fact, have called for shensec