how is the substation used? are people going to the substation? are they not? how much is changed by these officers not having to transport back to the main office the experts i am ok with doing this for now, although it is difficult to support of this moment, given not really having this information. it is a difficult item to support, but i will be supporting it. supervisor kim: i want to thank my colleagues. another is is a difficult issue, primarily because we are using general fund dollars for this investment. i do appreciate your support on this today. do you want to make an amendment to ensure we get a report that the budget committee within six months or a year on the investment of these funds in terms of the outcome? it could look at the data of crime previous to the substation, and what the results and outcomes have been after. supervisor avalos: i would support a recommendation. i think that might best take place in the public safety committee. supervisor kim: that can be referred to the public safety committee. chairperson chu: i would like to see th

i encourage supervisors to vote for the substation. supervisor chu: does anyone else wish to make a public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. supervisor kim: i want to thank the individuals that came out for public comment today. i think that the substation is an investment in the market community and it should be viewed that way. i know that for one particular neighborhood here in san francisco, i agree with some of the comments that were made already. i do not believe the substation by itself will make the neighborhood safer, but it is the myriad of things that happened, like chp moving to market in june, and other businesses being attracted to the mid market sixth street area. all of these things are important components. i think that part of attracting more businesses, be they small businesses or larger companies that have moved into mid market, it is showing that the city is invested in public safety. when those pieces come together, we will keep the use of all that and start to see a stronger community. cook clearl

supervisor chu: what is the strategy for staffing this substation? there is a question that i have about lack of clarity. it is really, primarily, for the beat officers in the area to have a place to complete their reports and perhaps issue citations or other opportunities. and do you plan to having non- officer presence? is this a resource that people in the community will have? will the subspace be closed for part of the day? >> it will not close for the night, that is the intention at this point as a result of staffing. we are down approximately 200 officers. as staffing increases, their bill be re-evaluation of the ability to staff on a more regular basis, as technology allows. for the near term, there is no intention to staff it on a full- time basis. supervisor chu: if that is the case, we are practically paying for a fancy administrative building for people to do it -- to do their reports. >> i would not characterize it that way. i've said this is a place for officers to conduct reports and create a presence on the street to provide public saf

i want to support this resolution for the lease on the substation. i did have reservations about it. we have experience of the substation on broad street, broadband capital. there was a bit of confusion on the part of the police department whether that substation is utilized at all. it is -- basically has a chair and some desks but is not used by the police department. if we're talking about the history, we do not have a lot to sit on. knowing that, there has been a great deal of hope in the community about a greater, more community driven presence on sixth street with the police department. i am supporting -- supportive of this measure. we need more than just the plan say there will be a greater presence of police officers on the street and police officers will be filling out reports in the substation. we have to operational is what our strategy will be along sixth street. last year we supported an ordinance sponsored by supervisor campos looking at how we would make sure we have standards in place about community policing. that ordinance comes into

supervisor chu: what is the strategy for staffing this substation? there is a question that i have about lack of clarity. it is really, primarily, for the beat officers in the area to have a place to complete their reports and perhaps issue citations or other opportunities. and do you plan to having non- officer presence? is this a resource that people in the community will have? will the subspace be closed for part of the day? >> it will not close for the night, that is the intention at this point as a result of staffing. we are down approximately 200 officers. as staffing increases, their bill be re-evaluation of the ability to staff on a more regular basis, as technology allows. for the near term, there is no intention to staff it on a full- time basis.

to repair the substation that was damaged by lightning in 2005. this is the power supply for the division deraa trolleybus line. new signal contracts 61 would fund the design phase for five new traffic signals and four new flashing beacons at four intersections. locations for the signals and beacons is on page 20 of your enclosure. you can see the location has proposed. the memo describes the process for how nt and reprioritize to signal a patient. on page 23 of your packet, you can see the signals that are going to be improved -- a new signal that would be constructed as part of this current contract, as well as about 10 other locations that are currently being considered for new signal contracts 62. next project is a thermoplastic truck. this will allow the agency and mta to keep up with the growing demand for striping and street parking. there is a prop k request for a multi phase allocation for the 19th avenue accessible pedestrian signals. this will fund locations that are shown on page 67. these are 14 of the 18 high priority locations ident

i want to state that having a substation in the community can have incredible outcomes. we saw this recently when we moved southern station community police advisory board meetings to sixth and folsom street. over 50 residents were attracted by bringing it closer and into the neighborhood. i want to thank the mayor's office for working so diligently on this issue to identify sources of funding. i do want to thank budget committee members for making suggestions on how we can make a stronger. we want to make sure that sfpd is accountable to the act comes we want to see from this substation which means increased but patrnd

i want to state that having a substation in the community can have incredible outcomes. we saw this recently when we moved southern station community police advisory board meetings to sixth and folsom street. over 50 residents were attracted by bringing it closer and into the neighborhood. i want to thank the mayor's office for working so diligently on this issue to identify

i want to state that having a substation in the community can have incredible outcomes. we saw this recently when we moved southern station community police advisory board meetings to sixth and folsom street. over

who came out, small-business owners and community organization representatives that supported a substation here in the community. i know there was some reservations about this item, given the dissolution of redevelopment funds that were originally fretted for this project and the use of general funds for the substation. i did want to emphasize how important i think this is as a cornerstone for what we're doing to make our communities in the neighborhood safer and stronger. public safety is not just about sfpd. we want a foot patrol and reduced the time to do paperwork and reporting period is about relationship building with the community, perception of investment,

.  >>> san francisco's 6th street may get a substation a committee approved a plane substation could open as early as summer around the same time twitter's headquarters will move the city will spend $775,000 to renovate a storefront rent could cost more than $297,000 if police stay in the facility for the entire nine year lease the board will vote on the idea tuesday. >>> today at 4:00, the uc berkeley freshman who has turned his dorm room into viral video sensation. it has caught the attention of people around the world and in cal's administration building. at 5, new move that many claim is chipping at their right to bear arms. those stories at 4:00 and 5:00. >>> celebrate sing sing -- celebrate cinco de mayo and the premiere of a new ballet. -- [ inaudible ] . >>> in portland, a hungry lion trying to make lunch out of a little boy. >> the protective glass keeps the animal away. notice how the boy is dressed like a pwrafplt the lion tried lion trade to breakthrough the glass. >> mom wasn't aware what was happening until someone told her on facebook. she did dress h

. >>> san francisco's long troubled sixth street may get a police substation. a supervisor's committee just approved the plan. it substation could open this summer around the same time twitter's headquarters will move to the mid market area. the city will spend $775,000 to renovate a storefront. the full board will vote tuesday. >> cal-state system is ready to reconsider a new policy on how much university presidents can make, after an uproar. next week trustees will meet and likely a the poll say this lets them pay new presidents 10% more than out-going presidents. new salaries would have to remain the same until at least 2014. critics say the old policy is a slap in the face of students paying higher tuition. >>> 95% of cal-state faculty members have voted to authorize a strike. negotiations on a new contract are stalled, the union says members will walk out if csu chancellor imposes a contract. the walk-out would be a rolling strike, two days at a time and eve of the systems 23 campuses. if that happens it -- it would be the largest university strike in u.s.

you can see what they did to mission police substation. shattered several windows out front, paint bombed sidewalks nearby, vandalized, threw paint on 17 parked cars and damaged more than 20 businesses. most of them, if not all of them, mom and pops. this morning, frustrated business owners spent the early hours cleaning off the spray paint and fixing their broken windows. >> really ashamed when people have to act out like that. >> reporter: what would you say to them if you had a one on one? >> grow up. grow up. this isn't the way to handle your feeling of disenfranchisement or whatever it is. violence is not the way to deal with it. >> reporter: their march last night started at 7th and valencia, outside the police station, and went down several blocks. we spoke with the police this morning, asked about their response. they told us it happened very quickly. they vandalized several blocks before enough officers arrived to stop them at debows and south van ness. >> i wonder if business owners see them, wonder if they were outnumbered. >> w

. >>> san francisco's 6th street may get a substation a committee approved a plan the substation couldopen as early as summer around the same time twitter's headquarters will move the city will spend $775,000 to renovate a storefront rent could cost more than $297,000 if police stay in the facility for the entire nine year lease the board will vote on the idea tuesday. >>> today at 4:00, the uc berkeley freshman who has turned his dorm room into viral video sensation. it has caught the attention of people around the world and in cal's administration building. at 5, new move that many claim is chipping at their right to bear arms. those stories at 4:00 and 5:00. >>> celebrate sing sing -- celebrate cinco de mayo and the premiere of a new ballet. -- [ inaudible ] . >>> in portland, a hungry lion trying to make lunch out of a little boy. >> the protective glass keeps the animal away. notice how the boy is dressed like a pwrafplt the lion tried lion trade to breakthrough the glass. >> mom wasn't aware what was happening until someone told her on facebook. she did dress him in that. >> who

the city and community have worked tirelessly to at a police substation on sixth street to bring a more permanent presence of officers. in new licensed premises will contribute to a greater number of intoxicated people which translates to a greater number of victims and suspects. in conclusion, the san francisco police department has gone to great lengths to combat violent crime on sixth street. in recent years, thousands of personnel hours by southern station, the violent crimes task force, narcotics detail, gang task force, the tactical company, and various other units have worked to keep this blocks a for residents and merchants. in the recent granting of an abc license which were strictly conditioned, still resulted in crime and high volumes of calls for service, granting this license will not only contribute to the crime problem in this community, but it will also go directly against the intent of the laws promoted by that abc in order to maintain safe communities for merchants and visitors to our city. this application is opposed by southern station. alu recommends denial of this

. >>> san francisco's long troubled 6th street may get a police substation.ttee has just approved a plan the substation could open as early as this summer around the same time twitter's headquarters will move to the area. the city will spend $775,000 to renovate a storefront, rent could cost more than $297,000, if police stay in the facility for the entire nine year lease. the board will vote tuesday. >>> in a few hours caltrain board will begin discussing plans for adding more trains. caltrain is expected to have a balanced budget for the next fiscal year and seeing record ridership levels. the agency is recommending adding six more trains to its daily schedule to address overcrowding. cal trains faces a shortfall in future budgets, unless a new stable funding source is found the agency could be facing new service restrictions as soon as 2013. >>> cal-state system ready to reconsider new policy on how much university presidents can make. next week trustees will meet and likely a the recently approved policy that lets them pay new presidents 10% more than out

the maryland department of the environment says more than 160 dead fish were found near the substation, but they believe more than 1000 i actually dead. officials believe that algae blooms are consuming too much oxygen in the water, killing off the fish. the former president of a baltimore county fire company pleads guilty to investment. she stole thousands of dollars each month from the middle rope fire company to renovate her house and shop online. is that the company to miss -- led the company to miss loan payments and lose its fire truck. in all, they say she stole $122,000. >> what is going to happen is that eventually, depending on where we are with the funds, if we cannot keep enough funds with the company to keep the, the operational, we could close the doors. >> she has already started restitution payments to the company and will be sentenced in august. fire officials in anne arundel county are trying to figure out what started a massive fire and eklund burnie home. look at these intense flames from sky team 11 estate and tear through the home at ridgewood avenue thursday even

. >>> the lights went out in upstate new york when a car crashed in a national grid substation. a session of albany lost power after the vehicle collided with one car and careened in the power plant. power was restored shortly afterwards. the driver suffered minor injuries. >>> finally, dropping the kid off at grandma's house wasn't a good idea for one florida child. the 7-year-old's grandparents were arrested after they were spotted towing the child in her toy car at 5 to 10 miles per hour. they both face child endangerment charges while the grandfather is charged with driving under the influence and with a suspended license. oh, boy, is right. >>> for a look at weather here is bill karins, he was the weather channel forecast. someone won't be getting grandparents of the year. >> you trust the baby center and grandpa is drinking and driving, towing the kid. good morning, severe thunderstorms took the headlines yesterday in the weather world it's may we expect the tornadoes once again to be widespread. yesterday, 15 tornado reports, most of those were from the same thunderstorm

teresa sparks told me the police substation was supposed to open a few years ago, and is still not open. my question is, we know the situation. uit will be claimed to be a budget issue. we need san francisco citizens -- they need the same protections of other neighborhoods. and that is it. [applause] >> good evening. i am rico and i am a case manager for the -- organization. i will speak regarding our youth on the street in the school day. i feel the law enforcement is not doing enough to get the youth back to school, or stay home during the school day. when kids are on the street, it creates problems. not just among the youth but others are victimized. you are just hanging out doing nothing. i want to ask law enforcement to do something about it. keep them off the street during the school day. thank you. >> good evening. i am crystal, the program coordinator for lavos latina. behind me is the leadership group, a group of mothers who serve as leaders for the community. we have been around since 205 an05 and serve a unique need, te latino population and children as well. this is the high

. >> pg&e is checking an east bay substation to find out what caused the outage. >>> good afternoon to you. the cooler weather pattern has clinched the bay area. anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees cooler around the bay. closer to 12 degrees cooler for the inland areas. mostly sunny skies outside our doors. we have low -- we had low clouds move into the bay area. a little breezy at sfo, 22 miles an hour. we do have a light to moderate breeze around the area. anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour. 59 degrees in oakland right now. 57 san francisco. 50s in san francisco, 66 at this time, low 60s in napa, 67 santa rosa, so a mild day in many areas. but again, a lot cooler than what we've seen lately. some of us managed to warm in the low 80s yesterday. and today we'll notice the difference by the afternoon. we will rebound in time for the weekend. but expect every day to be cooler out, especially for the weekend. we wake up mostly sunny but the rain is still to the north. we shouldn't have a lot to deal with on the morning drive. it's the afternoon drive that we're looking at the scattered shower

at $4 a pound everything from power poles to substations have been hit leaves thousands of dollars in damage. alex demetrick, wjz news. >>> besides the damage and dollar loss, cooper thiefs have also caused power outages. >>> a $2 billion trading blunder tonight one of j.m. morgan chase's top execs is out for her big mistake. she retired after the bank suffered the big loss. two other top executives are also on their way out. tomorrow the top ceo is expected to face tough questions. president obama also weighed in the controversy today saying the trading loss reflects the need for wall street reform. >>> it could be the biggest deal in the mid-atlantic in decades. a ceo lists his river front home for $32 million. the incredible home and agents claim it's worth the staggering price tag, kai jackson has the story. >> reporter: it's a mega mansion and it could bring record bucks when it's sold. it's a majestic estates in anne arundel county. the owner built a seafood empire and is selling it for what could be a record amount. >> the house is listed for $32 million. >> reporter: they're s

including the police substation. >> reporter: twitter is one of high tech companies snatching up san francisco office space. yelp will lease a portion. >> what we are seeing is more than 75% of the demand for office spaces from technology companies. >> reporter: that has driven rent up. >> having good conversations to make sure we are doing our best to keep folks here for long term. twitter is occupying floors 7, 8, and 9 with an option for 4, 5, and 6. >> we had to customize to make it an office building but we try to retain the sense of scale and openness. >>> emmoyys will move in -- employees will move in in june. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> shares of audience road today. they make microchips that are used in the iphones. $17 each and at the end of trading it closed at $19. governor jerry brown delivered signed petitions to get his tax hike initiatives on the negative ballot. they had gathered 1.5 million signatures. >> it is fair. and it will take a major step forward in putting california in a solid position. >> the initiative asks voters to approve higher income t

i'm really excited about the substation coming up to 63. i think we need to continue to provide social services in our district. it has to be a partnership with sfpd. >> what about community courts? supervisor kim: i visited the court it was modeled after, which is the red hook court in brooklyn. the judge will visit the apartments or the locations talked about in the case and he has evolved this relationship of trust with the neighborhood that think is really positive. i think we are not there yet, here in san francisco. i am not sure if that is a time issue or the tenderloin is a different type of neighborhood then -- than red hook. i think we need alternatives to our criminal justice system. i do not think our criminal justice actually works. many of the offenders to come through our system of flood started as victims of urea the community courts is a way of addressing those offenders, which is important and what i hope to see from the community court here. i do not think we are there yet. it does not mean we cannot get there. it took se

they are looking for the wire at substations. since these occur in remote places, they have come up with a way to trace materials. >> we are beginning to paint our copper wire green in order to identify it when it shows up at the reclamation site that that is where it came up from. >> they are trying to report anybody who brings it in. >> day one of a special session is already on the books. the senate gave preliminary approval to a plan that contains an income tax rate increase. the increase affects individuals making $100,000 per year or more or joint filers earning more than $150,000. it also ships teacher pensions and raise the sales tax. republicans voted to show opposition. >> when you pronounced it your coming here to cut spending by an additional $600 million, and you know better, you are lying intentionally. >> it is because of this mentality that starts with the governor that is completely out of touch with the people. >> the special session reportedly costs taxpayers $25,000 per day. it is expected to last for three da