seawall update safety and financial program, the seawall is the foundation of the embarcadero waterfront. it's over a century old, highly vulnerable earthquake damage and it run -- is running out of time to protect the city. phase one will very vel op the overall program and construct critical safety and disaster improvements. phase one is budgeted at 500 34i8 i don't know and -- million and scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. we're in the program development phase with the goal of completing the program. this predesigned work includes collecting data, field investigations, development and analysis of a range of alternatives, and selecting a preferred program. $15 million is budgeted for this program development work. we've assembled the dedicated team of port staff and consultants to carry out this work, to add to the port team, we are currently recruiting a project funded environmental planner four whom we hope to have on board in september. the major consulting contracts are in place. civic edge consulting, and ch 2 m arca -- no significant modifications during this quarter.

and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has guided the use and development of the lanes for the last 20 years major physical changes take place along the waterfront and now is the time to update the waterfront plan to continue improvements that will keep our waterfront vibrate, public and resilient the biggest challenges facing the waterfront are out the site an aging seawall along the embarcadero roadway and seawalls that will rise by 21 hundred to provide and productivity of tides seawall is built over weak soils and mud the next earthquake will cause it to settle several feet without the urgent repairs that will damage the promenade and other things we've been

as i said, we don't believe that the seawall is actually going to be destroyed. it's actually going to be strengthened from within. and if we do not do anything about the degaussing station now, it will continue to deteriorate and will then require eventually demolition. >> commissioner anderson: ok. thank you. that was very helpful. >> commissioner mcdonnell: on the deferred maintenance, probably a future request because what it, what the report doesn't represent is i'm assuming a billion dollars in deferred maintenance and you pull the opportunities to invest the dollars, i completely support but i don't have what that context is, because you chose these and not those, helpful to see those and maybe why context these, if it was purely financial we could squeeze this. i don't know. that would be helpful. >> we are getting there, commissioner. from all of our work and the life cycle project, with i we have been involved, the third year, and contracted with the firm, called v.f.a., and they are delivering to us a very robust and database that they have inspected,

the seawall is sort of a fixed point, so it's a fixed height. it's a fixed location. with sea level rise, the water levels are going to increase. and the only way to adapt a hardened structure iitto come backa higher structure. >> sreenivasan: project greenshores was funded by the federal government, thate and private sources,luding the local utility provider. another phase of the project is currening developed using money from the b.p. oil spill. boudreau says it was designed to be an example of what a living shoreline could but with more than 14,000 miles of the nation's nearly00,000 miles of tidal shoreline already hardened with infrastructure like seawalls, living shorelines currently represent a tiny fr of america's coasts. >> it takes educating the community because they see a softer solutioy just say how does that protect it? tht once they have it put in at neighbor's house and they say, "hey, their property is not t oding," and look at the wildlife tis attracts, that's how you get that change and you win people over. >> sreenivasan: so, seeing is believing. >>

we have a seawall coordinating committee. port staff and planning have been co-chairs to date, but there are 15 public agencies, public health, office of economic and work force development, and many perspectives coming together from the city, because this is a problem that crosses agencies. it's not all in anybody's, you know, authority or jurisdiction. and this work right now is funded by planning, the port, and office resilience and capital planning. so what does seawall rise action plan mean? what we're working with right now, by 2050, the sea level will rise between 11 and 24 inches. that means every day it will be that much higher. that doesn't take into account el nino cycles, storms, big waves, but you are rising the floor, the baseline tide. that range is pretty small. 12- to 13-inch range, you can work with it. getting to 2100, and the range is bigger. it's a planning challenge. what is appropriate to plan for? the state encourages you to use a most likely number and a range to date. the city has registration -- not

>> our seawall project was given a new start from the federal government. [applause] i wanted to thank you, jim, and the chamber for hosting us twice for federal lobbying efforts. it really paid off. >> i will put it in my personnel file. >> i will write a letter. there were six new starts granted and only two for flood protection, so really important step for us to get the dollars into the seawall project and move along to make it more safe. thank you, all, for your support on the seawall. >> very exciting. vicki? >> [inaudible] we realized that there were a number of city employees who were evacuated. and we had no way of contacting to individuals, whereas other local agencies already knew they were evacuated. we don't want to have an open door, but should have the facility and some compensated time off in the event of a significant emergency, so mayor lee supported us and so did the ensuing mayors, and finally the board has approved it. so the provision is that when there is the mayor declares a regional disaster affecting city employees, we will be able

to see this new seawall, that does not exist today. that will transform this part of the waterfront. we are excited about it. >> reporter: not everyone is hopping on board. some neighbors worry it will mean more traffic for the island. the mayor admits, it is tough. housing prices on the one hand, traffic congestion on the other. >> in addition to the big fairies, we are hoping to end up with some kind of a smaller water shuttle access across the estuary. >> reporter: developers plan to break ground next summer and complete the productÃproject in 10-15 years. kpix 5 . >>> new at 6, an update to a story we first told you about in may. a small winery sued google for not removing negative reviews that include crude but which. they were in small claims court. emily turner was outside the courthouse to explain what happened. >> reporter: this business owner has been battling a troll as well as google for more than six months. she said google has not done anything to help her in that endeavor. she said she is frustrated with that. she is mor

rebuilding the seawall will help address this threat at hand. thank you for this opportunity to voice our support, to protect our environment and the san francisco waterfront. >> thank you for your comments. neck speaker, please. >> i am a northern market neighborhood. i am an activist. this project, as it is currently composed, if you are going to be evidence-based and based on the evidence, the known evidence of the situation, this project is so grossly insufficient to meet the needs of the next 100 years. it is a joke. >> thank you neck speaker, please. >> recently i was watching educational shows pertaining to the high school ages in the area of geographical locations of places like alaska, and because of the global warming, it has been predicted that sea levels will rise within the next 10-15 years and a lot of flooding is going to take place, and a lot of property that is owned in the south, and also on shorelines will be flooded. so we need that wall to be reinforced, and raised up higher to be prepared for when this sea level rises becau

did anyone contemplate polling seawalls? >> no. we did not get into that. >> vice president courtney: inspecting the bay? >> no. no. we should work together on the next one. >> vice president courtney: good idea. thank you. >> i have a question too. how were those people selected? >> it was random. it was all explained in our report which we posted online. it was a professional survey where they have the voter database and they randomly reflect people and call as many times as they can before they get someone. i think it reflected a four% margin of error. >> vice president courtney: thank you, peter. >> i do believe there was a seawall survey done in advance of the ballot measure that is coming in november to rebuild the seawall. i would be happy to share some of that data. >> vice president courtney: please share. thank you, commissioner. next speaker, mark gonzales. >> hello. i'm a native san franciscan. my distant relatives came over as the first recorded spaniard to marry an indian. our family has been in california since the 1

we heard this item in budget committee for seawall bond in june. because of state legislation, you are coming back before us. why don't you tell us about it. >> thank you very much. brad benson, representing the port director, elaine forbes. i'm here with my colleague, deputy director of finance and administration, and director of public finance in the controller's office. >> president cohen: fantastic. >> so when we were before this committee before in june, there was some concern about a new state law requirement regarding how ballot questions are printed on the actual ballot that people vote on. the legislature passed add requirement last year requiring financial information be included in that ballot question including the tax rate, duration of the tax, and the estimated annual revenues. at the time, the legislature was considering delaying that requirement. so to be able to respond to the uncertainty the committee split the file and left the ballot question in committee, which is before you today. the port has been working with the city attorn

the question is whether or not a blue wave can rise up against a red seawall.any ways the republican seawall. >> it makes sense the democrats would feel that the process was unfair to them. so they are resorting to the courts to try to solve their political problem. quick question. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? yes? great! then you're ready for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. sweet! e*trade. the original place to invest online. yes. it's a targeted medicine proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, and lower oral steroid use. about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. fasenra™ is designed to work with the body to target and remove eosinophils. fasenra™ is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with severe eosinophilic asthma. don't use fasenra™ for sudden breathing problems or other problems caused by eosinophils. fasenra™ may cause headache, sore throat, and allergic reactions. get help right away if you have swe

construction, reconstruction, acquisition of seismic strengthening and repair of the embarcadero seawall and -- >> president cohen: excuse me, madam clerk. i just noticed it's after 3:00, and i just noticed we have a special order. should we call item 23. >> clerk: yes. >> president cohen: sorry. >> clerk: no problem. item 23, compromises of a public hearing of persons interested in the hearing of the certification of a final environmental impact report for the initial soma plan -- final environmental impact report prepared for the proposed central soma plan. item 25 is the motion to conditionally reverse the department certification and item 26 is the motion to direct the preparation of findings. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. so colleagues, we have before us today four appeals of the final environmental impact report for the proposed central soma project in district 6. before considering these appeals, i'd like to allow supervisor kim to say a few words. supervisor kim, the floor is yours. >> supervisor kim: thank you, president cohen. i will be making a motion to continue t

the seawall in the area needs to be fixed first. the project will take 15 years to complete. >> this was supposed to be a feel good event. a build a bear blitz. thousands of families rushed to stores across the country. things got tense. from florida to the bay area. the hins grew so long that stores had to turn people away. the chain calls it a pay your age day. as in an 8 year-old kid would pay eight bucks to build a bear. we're at the mall with the latest on what happened. and what happens next. >> build a bear had no idea this would be this big. people started lining up before the mall was open this morning. and families waited hours to get inside. and start stuffing. >> reporter: it maybe the cutest giant crowd you'll ever see. >> i want to build my bear. and take care of it. >> i want to get a teddy bear. >> reporter: the build a bear pay your age promotion line quickly stretched way beyond the doors of the mall. >> after a couple hundred people, and a couple hundred people more. >> i see you have water, a book. you prepared f

whether or not they should suspend a law that prohibits people from staying at the parking lot on seawallter a group of people known as "friends on wheels" settled their r-vs into the area in may. the city manager says the marina fund is facing a growing financial crisis partly because of the declining conditions at the waterfront. officials voted to allow the r-vs to stay until next monday morning. ( darya ) the dirty streets and homeless problem could be costing san francisco businesses money. a large medical convention that has been coming to san francisco every few years since the 1980's is now looking for a different host city. officials with that medical convention say ... the change is because of san francisco's homeless problem. that convention usually brings 15-thousand people to the city and puts about 40-million dollars into the local economy. <-kevin carroll - executive director, hotel council of san francisco - " when these things leave it affects all of us the taxi the hotel the restaurant we need to be concerned." >( darya ) tourism is san francisco's biggest industry... an

million dollars in compensation to be paid to the families of victims of the two thousand and fourteen seawall ferry disaster more than three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized a group of victims' families found a lawsuit against the government and ferry operators saying they were liable for the disaster the court ordered each family be paid about two hundred ten thousand dollars. now a new report by the human rights group for five rights is calling for the arrest of twenty two military and police officials in myanmar they were used of committing crimes that constitute genocide against the country's that one hundred community of a group bombed more than thirty police stations in august two thousand and seventeen and it was these attacks that led to a military crackdown against. stage but the report documents how the army committed mass killings rape and asked them against revenge in two thousand and sixteen months before the police station bombings the military also disarmed by confiscating sharp objects from their homes at the same time they provi

early last month a south korean court has ordered compensation be paid over the two twenty fourteen seawall ferry. all the three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized the court has ordered victims' families be paid around two hundred thousand dollars each. today the headlines what. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a break even price twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. for help now we bring you the stories of the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. we got off on the. go on the. audition with. much of the country i will. do that. and if you. give that all of those i don't know how you go bad guy night here but i live near you or sally field in charge of. themes nineteen sixty nine i've been working with this in production. but now i'm walking in the car. i benjamin my friend. with two people and their man the guardians of the archives. where you view these films and i have that feeling at all once you. would be in danger of not. and i've learned years about m

million dollars in compensation be paid to the families of victims of the two thousand and fourteen seawall ferry disaster more than three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized a group of victims' families filed a lawsuit against the government and ferry operator saying they were liable for the disaster the court ordered each family be paid about two hundred ten thousand dollars. now there is even more confusion about what donald trump believes or doesn't believe about russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen us presidential election the latest twist see him at odds with his aides and contradicting his own comments rosalind jordan reports from washington d.c. . u.s. president donald trump ended wednesday the way he started it leaving as country and the world very confused about whether he thinks russia interfered in the twenty sixteen presidential election trump told us television he did blame russian president vladimir putin well i would because he's in charge of the country just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that

we have to make sure that we continue to lead the way on climate change and repair our seawall.thing that we can not to leave one san franciscoian behind. growing up in poverty in this city you look at things through a different lens. you look at things and you see the challenges and you think what you see is normal. well, it's time to change what is normal in san francisco. it is time to change what has happened in the past so that we can move our city together forward. and i know that there are so many people in this city, people who feel that they don't matter. people who feel that nobody is listening. people who feel neglected. people who feel unheard and don't feel represented in this city. and i want them to know that i see them, and i will be their mayor too. [applause] i want them to know that when i hear the stories from the residents in public housing and hunter's point about the toilets that don't flush, about the gunshots on a regular basis and their concern, i want them to know that i hear them. i lived it. and i will be your mayor too. when i think about our immigr

million dollars in compensation be paid to the families of victims of the two thousand and fourteen seawall ferry disaster more than three hundred people mostly schoolchildren drowned when the overloaded vessel capsized a group of victims' families fond of also against the government and ferry operators saying they were liable for the disaster the court's order to each family be paid about two hundred ten thousand dollars. now a new report by the human rights group forty five rights is calling for the arrest of twenty two military and police officials in myanmar they are accused of committing crimes that constitute genocide against the country's community of a group bombed more than thirty police stations in august two thousand and seventeen the myanmar government says it was these attacks that led to a military crackdown against. the state but the report documents how the army planned and committed mass killings rape and ask them against two thousand and sixteen months before the police station bombings the military also disarmed by confiscating sharp objects from their homes at the same t

we have to make sure that we continue to lead the way on climate change and repair our seawall. san francisco forward. but doing everything we cannot to leave one san franciscan behind. growing u in poverty in this city, you look at things through a different lens. you look at things and you see the challenges and you think what you see is normal. well, it's time to change what is normal in san francisco. it's time to change what has happened in the past so that we can move our city together forward. and i know there are so many people in this city, people who feel that they don't matter. people who feel that nobody is listening. people who feel neglected. people who feel unheard and don't feel represented in this city. and i want them to know that i see them. and i will be their mayor, too. i want them to know when i hear the stories from the residents in public housing and hunter's point about the toilets that don't flush, about the gunshots on a regular basis and they're concerned, i want them to know i hear them.

this is something that has to be an important part of what we do, in addition to getting our seawallprepared. so this is something that's really important to me, i know it's important to the governor, so i'm looking forward to this summit and the work that we hopefully will accomplish as a as a result of bringing leaders from all over the world here to san francisco to discuss this really important issue. thank you for your question. >> and we have time for one more question. otherwise -- >> when do you plan to make your appointment to district 5? is that coming today or tomorrow? >> of course. as always, josh, you're always nosy, aren't you? i'm just kidding, josh. i will let you know when i make that appointment when i make the appointment. [inaudible] >> yes, i'm interviewing candidates. i'm talking to residents of the district. i've been talking to a lot of residents here in district 5, asking questions, what do they want to see in a supervisor, what are their recommendations? i've gotten a lot of e-mails, i've gotten a lot of phone c l calls, and so we're still working our way t

whether or not they should suspend a law that prohibits people from lodging at the parking lot on seawall. this comes after a group of people known as friends on wheels settled their r-vs in the h-s lordships restaurant lot in may. the city manager reminded officials that the marina fund faces a growing financial crisis partly because of the declining conditions at the waterfront. officials voted to allow the r-vs to stay until next monday morning. (pam) the high cost of housing has led to a growing number of people, many of them homeless, living in motorhomes and other vehicles on the streets.(ken) mountain view has its share but as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, a new effort is underway to provide some of those people with safe parking and other services. it's not just mountain view of course but there are at least 40 motorhomes pickup trucks and other vehicles parked here on crissanta avenue right next to the caltrain tracks. there are at least 300 city wide. this month, a 2-year pilot program begins that will allow some of these vehicles to spend a night or two in the relative