seeing what was evolving, a coordinated with sfpd -- i coordinated with sfpd and horizon. they put their security back on the street and loaned them to other venues to help them manage the crowd, which was a very good thing they did. we were able to coordinate the clubs to tighten up there and policies and were able to get the crowd dispersed in probably half an hour to 45 minutes. it was good. it was a situation that could have gone sideways badly. but in high stress or bad times, people pull together. this is one of the examples where we had all the clubs on broadway working together. it shows that when they do all work together, what can be accomplished. that is it for my report, unless there are questions. vice chair joseph: i have a couple. i want to start with horizon. all the clubs on broadway participated or benefited by horizon tipped security going to them? >> yes. -- horizon's security going to them? >> yes. vice chair joseph: isn't that the chicago process we were talking about over the years, having security coordinate with each other? and you found it works,

the sfpd and the sheriff's department should live within a 75 mile radius. most of the cops i have met came very far. anyone with a high-school g.d. can become a harasser. -- g e d can become a harasser. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am the executive youth -- director of the library users association and have a slightly different story, although it involves a contempt for the public. the ethics commission voted unanimously that the library commission president acted in willful violation of the law when she shouted down a member of the public during an library commission meeting and prevented her from making public comment as required by law. the ethics commission is to send a letter to the mayor about the matter, recommending that she be removed from office. i have previously played the tape for this body. i will not do so again except to say it was pretty ugly. what did the president of the library commission, ms. gomez, say? she described her action as "raising my voice" and characterized it as indecorous. when the ethics commission intentions became cle

sf sfpd, the d.a., investigating this.conference is scheduled for later today at headquarters. as we mentioned police in seattle were interested in speaking with kenny harding. that's why we have natalie in our sister station in seattle to take it from there. >> reporter: good morning. you can see here on the street this memorial continues to grow. this is where four people were shot last week, one of the four a pregnant 19-year-old woman, tanya gilbert died. her family learned about this potential break in the case yesterday. we want to show you a picture of tanya gilbert. her family and friends. they did learn from police telling them that the 19-year-old man kenny harding killed in san francisco could be connected to the shootings that happened in seattle on wednesday. it was late wednesday night that a man walked up on foot and opened fire, shooting at four people on a south seattle street. three of those people are recovering from injuries but as i said, tanya gilbert who had turned 19 and was expecting a baby was kil

we work with the sfpd. we use their numbers to deploy the muni response team, and we see the areas where we have major concerns. we will deploy the inspectors with the muni response team out there also. john mentioned the pco's. they held go out, and they go to different locations on the lines. if there are traffic problems, they can direct traffic and help the transit vehicles get through safely and in a speedy manner. supervisor cohen, you mentioned switchbacks. we have tfi's the go out and perform customer service that to speak cantonese. they give direction to the non- english speaking public. if we know ahead of time, we're able to send those folks out there. we deploy them to those specific locations. are there any questions? supervisor cohen: not yet. supervisor mar: i did have one. after the march 2010 killing and if you other incidents that happened, there was concentrated targeted enforcement and armed police that were accompanying the transit inspectors. there were other efforts made to try to ra

sfpd also plans a news conference today. reporting live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. a lawsuit could be filed as early as today challenging the laws that kill redevelopment agencies throughout the state. the league of california cities and the city of san jose are among those expected to file the lawsuit against the sate. they say the california legislature not only killed redevelopment agencies but also added a, quote, poison pill that will prevent the agencies from coming back to life. basically it states the agencies cannot sell debt to help build projects. san jose's redevelopment agency has paid for projects such as the hp pavilion and convention center by selling debt. good morning. it is now 5:07. if you have business to take care of at your local court house you want to do it as soon as possible. california's budget crisis is trickling down to court houses. the state courts are preparing to absorb $350 million of cuts this fiscal year. longer waits to file divorce cases or to reso

sfpd says they arrested 47 people, only a handful of them were from san francisco. i believe only one of the san franciscans was from the bay view. there's a lot of nonspecific anger at the police playing out now. >> belva: what's the next step? what happens now? >> no one really knows for sure. the organizers who put together the meeting at the bay view opera house want to try again. they're not sure exactly when. san francisco mayor ed lee was in the bay view today. he didn't answer questions about the shooting, has yet to go on the record about it. he told one of the local activists he would arrange a meeting at some point in the future. won't be immediately. he's going to be in d.c. on monday with the giants meeting the president. >> belva: this is a new controversy. michael, we're going to talk to you about one that is almost as old as i am. and that is what's happening at pelican bay in terms of the hunger strike that was going on there. >> and it's winding down. there may be a few inmates still refusing food in other prisons. at pelican bay the strike is effe

and even when they might have valid questions about why this officer was not only reinstated within sfpd but actually promoted and in fact when i look at a report this incident, it's quite possible that this was all a misinterpretation of events and who knows, he wasn't beating the man, he was simply cuddling him, i don't know. but the point is it this information is kept apart from the citizenry, we'll never know and unfortunately it feeds into a certain cynicism about the police department, and i do feel the taxpayer has an obligation to know and a right to know, and i'm wondering how your department is trying to -- especially in light of the f.b.i. investigation of sfpd, are you making a link between this 2006 copley decision and how it may have fostered a hostile environment for good cops and a nurturing environment for bad cops. can't believe that was three minutes. >> again, we're not allowed to respond but there is the copley decision and the police officers bill of rights so by law we're forbidden, prohibited from discussing those matters, as in any other profession, you said you

this violence from the sfpd has to stop. it has to stop. it is really uncalled for.ally has to stop. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? would you please read the adoption without committee reference calendar? >> these are being considered without committee reference. these will be acted on with a single roll call vote unless a commissioner calls for an action item. >> would anybody like to sever any items? supervisor farrell: i was like to sever item 37? >> supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: those resolutions are adopted. >> this is a resolution commending the octagon house. >> thank you, colleagues. this is for a historic landmark in my district. it was built in 1861 for the mcelroy family that lived there until the late 1800's. it is designated as

>> cio sfpd. we are fully on board with the plan. what we have done is, we have tried to build upon comstat, the data warehouse brought in by chief gascon. we have recently automated our report and have put our data within the police department online. we are working to improve that by creating a better front end, the information that police officers enter into the system, that it better. think we have looked at the criteria and we think we can port are dated into the hub by october or november of this year. supervisor cohen: a question for, i think, robert. the tech guidy. i know you are familiar with the challenges we have been basing battling the budget. frankly, the challenge that we are going to have in the upcoming years. i am sure you understand the sentiment of some of my colleagues and their concerns to the quality -- maybe quality is not the best word. technology. is this technology that we are working with, is it a credible? is it something that we can build upon? at new technologies come to market, will they be compatible

he says there's no time line for the sfpd to wrap up its investigation and the sfpd does not want to release surveillance video of the shooting. >> the logic behind this investigative read something so potential witnesses will call what they saw that night and not by what they view in the media. >> the board also took comments from the public. one speaker says bart should have a zero-tolerance policy for police shootings. another said the investigation should be left to authorities and objected to recent demonstration that disrupted bart service. >>> ucla researchers are performing the second fda approved stem cell trial on two eye patients one volunteer has macular degeneration. another has another form of blindness. researchers say they are recovering but there's no details about the results. the first study involved the treatment of spinal injuries in atlanta, but researchers have not released any results on that study either. >>> fewer people are lighting up in california. new state figures show the smoking rate has reached an all- time low. last year, 11.9% of adults in californ

evaluating whether this commission is carrying out their responsibilities to oversee the operations of the sfpd. it also protects the police commission whose performance could be evaluated as to whether their selection of the chief was a good one. nothing personal, chief. you're new and i give you a fair shot. i'll be honest with you, i think over the last 30 years, the citizens of this city have done in the electoral process a much better job dealing with the sheriff's department and the elected sheriff than this commission has done with its selection of chiefs of police. look at the drug lab problem, the admissions to the court, the officers making false statements under oath, yada, yada, yada, it goes on and on and we had a succession of police chiefs that last a year or two years and they're gone and we're starting all over from scratch. i think the elective process has served the city much better than this commission has served in choosing the chiefs of police. now, i'm submitting a 150-word statement and you can check with lieutenant falvey on the last sotf meeting, the library commission

caliber bullet, the same type that was in his jacket pocket with not the same type of bullet used by sfpd. >> one gunshot wound which enters and exits his left leg. there's a second gunshot wound that enters the right side of his neck and was retained his head. the bullet, which was removed from his head, is not consistent with the service ammunition used by the san francisco police department. >> reporter: now, sfpd says it uses 40 caliber weapons. so that could not have been their bullet. they say the officer managed to shoot harding in the leg but he shot himself in the head. they say they're not sure whether it was accidental or intentional. they're going to keep investigating and they're hoping that someone from the public will come forward and help them find the gun. live in san francisco, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a big turn of events and we'll stay with the story in this newscast and ahead at 6:00. >>> and another story shaking up a quiet neighborhood in the east bay. police are on a house to house manhunt after someone reportedly shot at them. its happenin

>> reporter: well, diane, as sfpd has been saying all along that the suspect fired first, but they were unable to recover a weapon. now thanks to cell phone video at the scene, they tracked down a gun, a gun they say the suspect used. you can see it in clear view, amateur video showing a gun lying on third street, not far from where san francisco police shot and ultimately killed a 19-year-old bayview man. >> i think those police really need to be checked. they probably should be suspended without pay. >> reporter: but authorities say it's the same gun the slain man used just before being gunned down, and say they were protecting themselves. the shooting happened when two uniform officers were conducting a fare inspection at a muni light rail stop saturday afternoon. they detained the man, but he fled. investigators say he then fired at officers who fired back. >> this doesn't happen in pacific heights. >> reporter: community activist's son was shot and killed by san francisco police officers in 2008. >> they shot him 48 time. >> reporter: she argues cell phone video shot at the scene s

tonight sfpd says it made one arrest. jean ellie, nbc bay area news. >> we'll continue to follow the story, we invite you to stay with nbc bay area. we'll have continuing coverage of the bart protests and the instigation right here. and now you can see some of the raw video online from the underground protests on our website as well. >>> in an upscale gated community of santa rosa, a family remains in shock tonight after the death of their 14-year-old daughter. she died during a sleepover this weekend when she was hosting for her friends. alcohol was indeed a factor. there are several reports and several aspects to the story. we bring in cheryl hurd who joins us from santa rosa. two pressing questions here, will the parents face any legal action? and what were the girls drinking? >> will with, the girls were apparently drinking vodka mixed with soda. and authorities tell me that no charges will be filed because they believe that this was a horrible accident. an accident that one family tells me tonight that they're having

brought a lot of us together with the focus to work with sfpd. just briefly, giving you this document, i will walk briefly through a little bit of the background what we're doing and really briefly through the outline. that's subject to change. it will change a little bit. just to go through this quickly on the back side, methodology and values in it, it's opposed to c.i.t. training which is really great. we're building off of that one. this one will have -- each day will have kind of a theme, schematics. instead of focusing on specific diagnosis or symptoms, we're more focused on bow hamber. for example, one day might be suicidal behavior. one day might be voices and hearing hallucinations which we have heard from officers, there's going to be probably very useful in addressing behavior and deescalating behaviors. that will be the primary teaching modality. we'll have consumer interfaith so people who lived experience of mental illness will talk every day and that includes family and individuals. that will run throughout the training. really the