we also participated in idea -- in a diversity workshop led by dave from sf state and berkeley. we also played games, and during the retreat, the eagerness to get started in the school year, i am really excited to get started. >> and i have to report that our next meeting which will be held in september, we will be electing a cabinet positions and a new student delegates who will be taking my spot. thank you. president yee: aw. thank you very much. item e, the parent advisory report, pac. >> my name is -- i am a member of the parent advisory council. as you know, we do not meet during the summer, so we have not had any regular meetings, but some members have had an opportunity to do a few things over the summer, and i would just briefly report on what we have been doing over the summer. one of the things we had the opportunity to do was have a meeting with claudia anderson and another to talk about the upcoming year and how we might be involved more in restorative practices, which is something that we were delving into last year and have a great interest in as a pac, so lovely,

. -- uc california, sf state. >> it looks like we are just about of time. thank you for being on your district supervisor. we have been talking to supervisor at a loss from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> hello. welcome to

with on a more golden gate bridge, highway transit district, planning department, city college, sf statesidio trust -- a number of different the to do project sponsors. in will receive a lot of pedestrian safety projects. the most over-subscribed would be the pedestrian safety in terms of dollar amounts. i believe there was a list of projects received that was included in a packet to this committee a couple months ago, but i can certainly forward that to you all of that would be of interest. you can see the specific what we received to date in part two of the call. supervisor kim: that would be great to get a sense of what is coming in and what folks are prioritizing about the city. i am glad there were a lot of projects submitted for pedestrian safety. i know that is only 25% of the fund. i think that is the way it was brought to the voters. >> correct. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. can we move this item forward, colleagues, without objection? that, we shall do. next item. >> item 10, update on the san francisco safe routes to school

states. >> what makes sf united states so special to others like the queen mary or some of the other great european ones? first of all, she had the greatest power of any commercial vessel in history and she was only by a few naval vessels. a steel hull was made and it was aluminum, the largest use of aluminum up to that time so everything about the final of the top was aluminum so that allow them to have a tremendous amount of weight. the engines are basically high-temperature aircraft carrier said she was just an incredibly powerful vessel built for speed. the leyba i liked some of is she combines the speed and the maneuverability of the destroyer was the luxury of an ocean liner something that had never been done before. >> talk a little bit more about the trials and the fact that some of the classified and why did that happen with this vote? >> he was kind of like steve jobs and that he was terrified of other people stealing his ideas, and he was also a very good project manager. i want the ship to look like this and be beautiful to. and then he will work and basically pester them to ma

today is one of the last meetings from quite good friend, a current manager of sf news. i stated this before, i've personally requested my friend do right by the community. we do not want to do right by having some limits -- gimmicks. we wanted to have the community at the tables of the week ahead of the writ. >> thank you very much. nathaniel with the general managers' report. >> the next item has a lease update. >> good afternoon, commissioner. first, you will recall. namely, mid-june, the contract will countered unexpected conditions while evading the temporary on the above. the contractor geologist said that these features were actually landslides that could impact temporary cuts. since that time, we have had our own consultants conducting pe

there are international markets for sf-made products. our state has yet to recognize that. that is why they have not invested in opening up an international office. i keep nudging jerry to pay attention to this. we are already creating international presence with our locally made and designed products. there is a huge outpouring of appreciation from the market to see this. i have great interest in supporting businesses. i will be investing in their success. if they're successful, our city is going to be successful. if they are successful, the lawyers are coming. [laughter] other sports and other entities will come. they will want to partake in the spirit of success that has always been the spirit in our small business sector. it is my pleasure t oadd to the awards ceremony by announcing my small business week honoree. this year if it goes to sunset. come on up jim. [applause] this is probably a little different than you would expect. sunset shapers is not manufacturing the biggest technology machine. they make surf boards and shape them. now in addition to the success of se

sf. >> good evening once again. united stateseast grower and expor exporter of corn but tonight the production has officially taken a dive. government today slashed its estimate of the annual crop by 15 and a half percent bringing it to the lowest level since 1995. more now from tl prisy. >> there are priors for rain across the midwest as the nation suffers through the worst drought in decades. >> not a lot of corn out there that is disgusting. >>reporter: this remember fare looks out at 1,000 acres of corn that is mostly dried up this soybean crop in high isn't fearing much better. >> probably lacking for another open. >> friday the usda department slashed the forecast for both crop. soybean production down 12 percent contained to last year. corn production down 13 percent. and the u.s. is expecting the lowest corn yield in 17 years. this is more than 50% of all the county new country impacts two-thirds ovtd united states. >> yupt rairns raining about these and they will suspend the law requiring farmers to put aside 40 percent

$1 million from the california energy commission state energy program through the local government commission for green finance assets. -- green finance sf. >> i'm with the department of the environment. this authorizes the department of the environment to accept and expand a grant in the amount of $1 million from the california state energy commission. essentially to assist the development of san francisco's development finance program. the funds will be used as a service reserve fund which would make financing more attractive, hopefully with a lower interest- rate, and more widely available to property owners to have deep retrofit opportunities. the funds will cover payment delinquencies for investors. the last time i appeared before this committee, i indicated we were trying to advance the projects and i'm pleased to report a first project is now underway. it's a $1.4 million energy upgrade in a multi-tenant commercial building in san francisco which includes lighting retrofit and a new solar photovoltaic systems. i hope this project will lead to other additional products -- and other additional projects and this will make it more att

sf dot com. >>> is nice being unemployment can be very rough even rougher when the state doesn't pay you when issupposed to. and that is what's happening to thousands of californians right now. reporter elizabeth cup on at the state's latest computer problem. folks and unemployment were supposed to see more money in their government issue debit card accounts instead they got a message from e d d saying they were having technical problems. >>> i didn't have money to get chris shays said didn't have enough gas in my car to take my kids up from school today. area of east oakland has two young children and has been on unemployment checks since march. at my income from about 65,000 down to 24,000 yr. every week she is $450 deposited into our government issued that that card is the maximum amount given by the employment development department. the money wasn't there. >>> it's a huge steel. i'll have one of a draft charge today. she called the day and heard this. >>> thanks for calling to to a technical issue payments were not processed on august 27th. we're actively working on this issue. we'll update

state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade and exports. to the entire team that have been at the helm for decades now, here in san francisco supporting our efforts to reach out to china on behalf of them, dianne feinstein who established our sister city our protocol chief, i am honored to be here. a 12 take a brief moment to say a few things on behalf of the state of california. like san francisco, california has always been a state of dreamers, and doors, and entrepreneurs. a state head -- that has prided itself of being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. we're one of the most diversity's, san francisco is the largest per-capita chinese population of many in the united states in the most diverse state in the world's mos

state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sflene chu,

state. and to mayor lee, thank you for example, your leadership, your stewardship, and her strong support and wisdom of identifying a great leader of china sf and darlene chu, carrying the torch for the board of directors. there are a number of you assembled here and you have done an extraordinary job to demonstrate our commitment not just rhetorically but substantively in terms of engaging in defiance -- advancing our collective efforts to focus on trade

everyone on this panel who runs for office at a young age, starts in the state legislature, starts sf- you want to give back. giving back to the public, what is the most rewarding thing about your job? >> it is the part of giving back. when i first got elected, all you can do is push and one day it might move. you might not even know it, but it did. undoubtedly, the place for you feel like to make the most impact is on a local level, working with constituents. i get calls very regularly. we do not have a staff in arkansas. we are limited in the view of the legislatures role in government. we do not have a paid staff, so i take all my calls directly on my cell phone. i because of the week from people who need help. sometimes it is permit applications, business is having trouble with work for services, or any of the other things politics deals with -- people trying to deal with a federal agency like disability or social security, having trouble, so it is very nice to be in a position where you can push a those smaller rocks and make the move a lot faster than you can on a policy perspec

sf owgrl. rg >>> giving you an update tropical storm isaac the path right now, louisiana, alabama, florida, mississippi, all under a statef emergency. thousands in those states are under a mandatory evacuation. people are stocking own supplies, check out this video from gulf shores, alabama. i mean, literally walmart shelves are empty. almost empty. few loaves of bread left in that part of the food section. if the republican convention was happening according to the original schedule, both ann romney and nikki haley would be featured speakers as mitt romney battles accusations that he and the republicans are waging a war on women with their positions on abortion, contraception and health care. >> with regards to women's health care, look, i'm the guy that was able to get health care for all of the women and men in my state. they're just talking about it at the federal level. we did something, did it without cutting medicare and raising taxes. number one. number two -- >> you're saying look at romney care. >> i'm proud of what we did and the fact that we helped women and men and children in our state. >> but a new cnn/opi