in the soma grid is recommendations from the ent project in coordination with long range plan core study, which the team will be -- is developing and will be presenting and chairing with you over the coming months. finally taking a look up even further away from individual streets, recognizing that this part of town, transportation issues mirror those of the city as a whole. in fact, the region as a whole. the challenge of developing a livable and sustainable way, managing automobile traffic, providing options for diverse travel patterns. what are programmatic and citywide strategis that can help be of -- help manage the demand in the neighborhood. this may be everything from parking management to supporting employer based measures such as shuttle services, looking at how does freeway access in the soma grid function in terms of priority for buses and high occupancy vehicles. actually improvements across the county, whether it is caltrain corridor on the eastern part. the 19th avenue corridor and the more policy based strategies such as extending the fast pass to daly city, might encoura

weeks and similarly just as a heads-up, you will hear a couple of informational hearings on western soma, and -- and the department has taken the planning effort after paul lauretz's retirement. i want to remind everyone that columbus day holiday is monday so the offices will be closed. i will be out of town monday and tuesday as well but back on wednesday. >> good afternoon commissioners. anna marie rogers, planning department staff, to review the support supervisors land-use activities. it will provide a -- for active users in the castro nc and -- ncd was heard, the commission uprecommended approval last week; the land use committee heard an ordinance that would amend the list or the code; legislation sponsored by supervisor and board president chu, would restrict the existing law, known as hotelization; the sponsor distracted legislation, corporate entities can no longer skirt city laws by signing long-term leases for residential apartments. occupancy plan for less than 30 days; creates an enforcement process. gives residents the ability to seek legal recourse through the assistance o

jessica wells is the style expert for soma intimates.lot of women have problems with these kind of issues, don't they? >> they do. we want every woman in america to wear a bra that she feels comfortable in, she feels beautiful in and she feels confident in. >> all right. we are going to put up karen's picture as she walks out. karen had issues you say she needed to deal with. what are those? >> karen has something she called cake roll. she is a professional baker. from all her baking, she was forming something called cake rolls, which were lumps above and below the bra band. >> she has on a bra now taking care of that business. >> that's right. this bra is completely seamless. >> wow. look at the back on that. >>> it really smooths her back. what i love about this, is no matter what your size, who doesn't want a smooth silhouette in their clothing? >> wow. i like it. >> i'm impressed she's willing to come out here and go girl. >> go girl. >> you know what yeah. you look great. thanks. >> beautiful bra. >> thank you. thank you. >> all rig

been a lot of concerns and a lot of different folks who have tried to revive the eagle in western soma to bring this institution back online. and as many of you have heard, this issue has been finally resolved a month ago where there is finally a negotiated deal a graced upon between the existing property owner and the owner, alex and michael who are actually here. alex and mike who are in the audience here today to reopen this site. so, i'm happy that this item has come before us today and will be supporting this item. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. president. and i want to second supervisor kim's remarks. this has been a -- it's been a real roller coaster year and a half since the eagle closed out and even before. and i know back to when we did a sit-in at the skylark one night, there was all sorts of ups and downs during the course of the efforts to keep the eagle alive and to get it reopened once it closed. and i want to thank everyone in the community who has been involved. i want to thank alex and mike for taking this on because it's not an easy task. there is a lot of w

the work in soma, sixth street, third street, we partner to do small business loans, midmarket project was coming back again, a survey area, no agreement in place that would allow to move forward. there was no contract in place. the oversight board still has to approve the minister the budget, the staff. what are the staff cost? the oversight board in fact could reduce costs if it disagreed with those administrative costs. is the same staff doing more work. it would have to approve administrative budget and the budget would be sent for approval to the oversight board; it also has to go through a process again like every other department, annual appropriations, use increment, in indiana can say up or down i disagree, and they could say no, reduce reduce reduce. two would be from district 6 and one from district 10. >> all of the five seats must be residents of san francisco. >> -- >> i believe the mayor's office, because of the scope and nature, it will not be city staff as was the case the oversight board given the nature of the approval of bonds, land use at the time, three of those s

double the amount of double space that's currently available in the south of market neighborhood, soma is the district in san francisco that currently has the at least amount of open space, 5.4 acres is equivalent with south park combined so those are just a few of the benefits associated with the new transit center, given those example, all of those are reliant on the funds that flow from development that's made possible through the transit center district plan, again, as josh mentioned, the project is divided into twao phases, the first phase is the construction center itself, we broke ground in august of 2010, phase 2 is the tunnel that extends cal train from fourth and king into the transit center into the heart of downtown, in terms of phase 1, we have land that the state donated to tjpa to rebuild the old transbay terminal and to provide funding for the new transit center, we're selling a parcel of that land to a developer to build the thousand foot tall transit tower that you're going to see images of later in josh's presentation, the revenues from the sale of that land are a si

and so october we've opened up many, some 75 technology companies from central market to soma, are opening up their offices and many people walk in, letting people exchange ideas and see how these companies are run. we're very proud of that and we're going to continue embracing innovation for our future. ladies and gentlemen, chamber of commerce and center for economic development, this is the story of san francisco. we are going forward. we're not talking about the negative things in the past. we are not talking about the 99 percent versus the 1 percent, we're going to be the city for the 100 percent. everybody has a chance to succeed in this city. we are city of innovators, entrepreneurs, risk-takers, and we say how can we work together to make our city better? that's what makes san francisco not only the innovation capital of the world, but we have now earned the title, america's best city. thank you very much. much.pars4 (applause) >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can com

map of the priority development area focuses on san francisco's core, the eastern part of the city, soma, mission bay, in the san francisco transportation plan we are paying special attention to that area of our city and the needs associated with growth, as well as the needs that we have today even without the growth; as we developed sftp, i want to urge you to think about what we need to do differently to achieve these goals, not just prevent conditions from getting worse. to achieve the ambitious goals that we have about them beyond just maintaining our performance the way this. for instant we want to thing about leveraging private sector investment in transportation. someone mentioned i think the investments that businesses are making increasingly into providing transportation services for their employees for the travel market that are not well served by transit, or where the demands for transit exceed the levels of service. reallocating the right-of-way; someone talked about the right-of-way how much do we need to doto meet our goals? we did look at what it would take to meet san fra

i'm excited about the soma alley, i'm glad that's locked in and hopefully to fund now the design is done of the alley ways. i am excited to make that a part of our filipino and lgbt social cultural district. the bike racks at civic center bart station will be important as we see more businesses on mid- market and very excited about second street. of course, as we have more residents and continue to grow in terms of residential development. to the concerns that i want to highlight for the board, i have already brought this up with the t.a. and m.t.a. is our van ness brt and completing our little saigon progress. it's an amazing design that's come out of the t.a.. as we're concerned about the future of cpmc and the development agreement going through, we may lose and critical funding for it is saigon and the van ness better traffic. i hope we start to think about an alternative fund in case that does not go through. i want to thank the t.a. for that great presentation. >> thank you, commissioner kim. thank you for raising those concerns. why don't we open up to public comment. i have a spe

the western soma plan is coming before planning for three meetings in november and heard at the board i believe the first week in december and i wanted to make people aware of that and we're also moving forward with the clear historic district. >> just one question. do you know if there have been changes to the south of market, not within 200 feet neighborhood, entertainment allowance thing. >> residential. >> yeah, residential buffer? >> i think if there are concerns it's important to email them -- >> do you know if there have been changes? >> i don't know. i don't know what the changes would be. >> any public comment? seeing none that will conclude the october 16 entertainment commission meeting for the city and county of san francisco. thank you one and all.

map of the priority development area focuses on san francisco's core, the eastern part of the city, soma, mission bay, in the san francisco transportation plan we are paying special attention to that area of our city and the needs associated with growth, as well as the needs that we have today even without the growth; as we

map of the priority development area focuses on san francisco's core, the eastern part of the city, soma, mission bay, in the san francisco transportation

the western soma plan is coming before planning for three meetings in november and heard at the board i believe the first week in december and i wanted to make people aware of that and we're also moving forward with the clear historic district. >> just one question. do you know if there have been changes to the south of market, not within 200 feet neighborhood, entertainment allowance thing. >> residential. >> yeah, residential buffer? >> i think if there are concerns it's important to email them -- >> do you know if there have been changes? >> i don't know. i don't know what the changes would be. >> any public comment? seeing none that will conclude the october 16 entertainment commission meeting for the city and county of san francisco. thank you one and all. >> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. c

there has been this argument for transit improvements or open space in soma, but i think we need to recognize the importance of the parks for everyone, especially in the really dense neighborhood. it is not exactly where the shadow is, or whether it is diffuse or not. i was talking to stakeholders in china town. we talk about how you go to the beach because it is sunny but you might sit under an umbrella. it is the atmosphere. it provides on space and a place forest when you live in these overcrowded conditions. i just want to keep that in mind. it is not just about exactly where the shadow falls that these parks are important. i think that is what i want to get across. i will leave it at that for now. ask what the other commissioners have to say. >> commissioner borden. >> i also want to thank staff for this memo as well as the presentation and even the video. it was very informative in the process. i want to understand the difference. i think it does make a lot of sense to make a cumulative decision versus project by project. can you explain the process. if we were to make a decision to rai

novelist albert huxley envisioned a future where everyone was kept happy and tranquil with a drug called soma. mr. huxley's brave new world is here, from ritalin to paxil to zoloft, people are taking mind-altering drugs in record volumes. not since the '60's have americans popped so many pills. have psycho pharmaceuticals turned us into a zombie nation? or should we just go with the flow and embrace the brave new world of mood control? we'll ask new york magazine journalist ariel levy and washington psychiatrist dr. brian doyle. >> a.d.m. the nature of what's to come. >> welcome. ariel levy, you authored a cover story for "new york magazine" which we see here "what are you on?" and you described new york today to -- you say sound the alarm, there is a new drug epidemic in town and most of the city wants in on it. in certain circles of new york, it is regular table conversation. we have entered the golden age of self-medication. drugs have become like hair products or cosmetics. this is brain styling, not mind altering, and you have a serious point to make there, but what is the extent of what

mind a couple projects are mid-block project submitted by authority and developed as part of western soma neighborhood transportation. is tmta has indicated it will sponsor and working on a project to schedule this project. the winston drive project, submitted by san francisco state would implement projects along winston connected to construction of new student recreation building across campus on the north side next to the lowel high school. we are working with sfta and san francisco state on the approach. the sfta would like to weigh in. there is a immediatal scheduled to clarify and address the concerns. also we want to verify this is ready to enter design in fiscal year 12-13 and determine which agency should lead. san francisco state has indicated it would be open to the sfmta or sf state delivering the project. the sfmta has expressed concerns over the ut mcallisters improvement project and working to schedule all meeting on that with uc-hastings -- yes. [ laughter] >> i'm glad to know i'm not the only one thinking that thought. who is going to be working with uc-hastings? >> sfmta.

the western soma plan is coming before planning for three meetings in november and heard at the board i believe the first week in december and i wanted to make people aware of that and we're also moving forward with the clear historic district. >> just one question. do you know if there have been changes to the south of market, not within 200 feet neighborhood, entertainment allowance thing. >> residential. >> yeah,