terminated as well. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name's donald, a resident of midtown park apartments. i'd like to thank supervisor breed for all efforts and concerns about midtown park apartments. i'm also here to speak personally and for the /rez can residents that by the termination of our lease and the wording, that it leaves us vulnerable. i understand you guys are concerned about us, but we are asking that in good faith, that the city rescind the termination of our lease. i also had some concerns about whoever the lessor that will be assigned, what financial incentive do they have as being the lessor. again, in good faith, i'm asking that the city rescinds the termination of our lease with midtown park corporation. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm mar shell johnson, the president of board of directors of midtown park corporation. those of you who are residents of midtown, could you stand please. i didn't know all you came. thank you. okay. i want them to know how relieved i am from w

. >> if you had a terminal illness would you open up online?> i think i would because we share our lives with the community and i think death and getting to that stage i probably would want to share it and not feel alone and also talk to my community about the important stage in life. >> i wonder if people have jobs like ours or we see a lot of celebrities revealing these sorts of things or think about scott simon with npr when he organically started tweeting about the impending death of his mother, how millions of people latched on to it. >> global empathy, 75% of adults online say they use social media and seeing it as a way to update others on what is happening and freely discussing life, one topic is not as easily discussed and that is death and dying. according to the c.d.c. nearly 2.5 million americans die each year. majority due to chronic and terminal illnesses and a part of reality that people want to talk about but surveys show they are waiting for someone to talk about. >> i think if 30% later have metastices why are not 30% of stori

some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's. the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one of the highlights is a series of three left tapestries. they are on view after being in storage for 20 years. these tapestries representing various gardens. from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with wor

dollars on their cruise ship terminal and so you can imagine for a billion dollars you get a larger terminal than what we spent, xh i don't know at the end maybe it is less than 150 million by the time that we get through with phase two. and so i pointed that out to them and they sort of looked at me and it is a beautiful terminal. and it is huge. and i mean that they can accommodate the larger ship and they have three and they had the most intraindicate and i don't know what the docking is going to be but they have the latest technology of this gang way that moves up and down and it is fancy and they have the cruise ships at once but like i said the cost is staggering. and the moment that it is a very empty building and they have more work to do to put in amendties and it is located in hong kong at the orange old airport. and which is kind of like an island isolated away and so it is not like us, where we are in the middle of the fisherman's wharf where the tourists come off and they are in the area of the city and in the downtown. and so they are going to have the challenge of determining

milk we have to consider the signage and the infrastructure in the terminal and say i know and also i think the interpretation should be the tracking of terminals i want to see how people people are flying everyday and seeing honestly, i want to see a terminal being with high traffic this is a great opportunity for people all ownership over the world to learner about him people coming from countries where lgbt people are being per cutdown. so the ongoing process i definitely building especially people coming to san francisco from around the world it's important for people to know he brought people out of the showed and empowering them >> next applicant steven. >> not here. nick smith? >> good afternoon, supervisors. first, i'd like to thank the rules committee for me to express modifying. over the next few minutes i'll share with you some of my life experience that i believe make me the perfect campaign x candidate. my life is here because i was raised by a single mother a veteran of the u.s. army and news writer and corresponded and a proud african-american gay man who shares his lif

termination lease notice so we can go back to fruitful negotiations. it's a three party system with the city as well as with the tenants as well as with supervisors, as you are the ones who put this bill together. i have handouts for everyone and i wanted to recognize that -- you can tell midtown park apartments is recognized here today in force, but again, we 'd like to have, as a collective body, to rescind the termination notice so we can go back to fruitful negotiations. we'd like to have that. thank you. >> thank you board of supervisors for allowing us to speak. i am also from midtown park apartments. my name is pa trish pa smith. i have raised my family in midtown, i have raised an extension of my family and i'm also an adoptive parent and i also have special needs children who have been bullied and also have a transgender child. i think this whole meeting sort of relates to midtown and relates to the city of san francisco. we have not been reassured up to today about our standing at midtown. on christmas eve we received a letter saying that our

sfmta has 76 transit lines with 146 terminals all over the city. mound is served by over 2000 operator who work in challenging conditions to deliver service. one of those challenges is finding clean and safe rest rooms at terminal locations. facilities [speaker not understood] as well as health and safety of our sfmta operators. [speaker not understood] sfmta uses licenses with businesses, leases, use permits and free public rest rooms to provide operators with facilities. there are often circumstances that prevent our ability to use these options. they include the proximity of the business to the terminal site. our bus drivers have limited time available to them to access facilities. the facility has to be close by the terminals. other limitations are type of business. the operation of the business -- hours of operation of the business go from 6 in the morning to midnight and often businesses are not open during those hours. other issues that come up are the accessibility of the rest rooms and whether or not they're easily available when the opera

terminating ledges lease authorizes the port to lease the eco center to a new tenant that can operate it with it's original intent which it was an environmental education center and public access to in enjoyment of heron's head park and about building practices and san francisco bay environment. the port has solicited lease proposals and received responses from two qualified potential tenants. with board of supervisors approval and of the proposed lease termination, we look forward to managing the eco center building and look forward to seeing a new tenant operating with full available assets. >> thank you. any questions. supervisor mar? >> thank you, and the budget analyst for the history of ledge and literacy for environmental justice and the great project of developing this eco living classroom. i'm really sad to hear about the financial difficulties of the organization. off line i would love to hear what the two organizations that have in the interest in the site to make sure that it serves it's environment justice and sustainability purpose that it was built for. thank you for th

the majority due to chronic and terminal illnesses.t is a part of reality that many people want to talk about. surveys show that they are waiting for someone else to bring it up. >> what i think is it if 30% have a metastasis why are not 30% of stories presented in breast cancer awareness month about women and men with metastatic disease. it should be an equal ratio. they want the happy stories, the rah rah, and not from people like me that have the incurrable situation of taking chemotherapy for the rest of our lives and depending on that treatment. >> that is lisa, who appeared on the program kilogram breast cancer awareness month. she's used social media for six years. now facing incurrable cancer she uses the online platform to share this chapter of her journey. more are finding social media a helpful tool. through hash tags, pictures and blogs, supporters see it as a way to begin dialogue and allow people to deal with the issue of death at their own pace. >> critics question the appropriateness, sharing such details in a public fo

item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environmental justice - lease no. l-13816 - ecocenter]sponsor: cohenresolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for lease no. l-13816, for the ecocenter at heron's head park, located at jennings and cargo way, item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environmental justice - lease no. l-13816 - ecocenter]sponsor: cohenresolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for lease no. l-13816, for the ecocenter at heron's head park, located at jennings and cargo way, pending item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environmental justice - lease no. l-13816 - ecocenter]sponsor: cohenresolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for lease no. l-13816, for the ecocenter at heron's head park, located at jennings and cargo way, pending board approval. 1234 president david chiu: same house same

and right now, you're battling terminal cancer, and debbie, same question to you. how will you be using social media, right now and in the future to really connect with this community that you've developed and really honor the man who is to your left? >> you know, i think its important that we continue to document this journey. i've been in hospice care for year. i was a director, and now i do research in that area, and the lack of knowledge that people have about how beautiful this experience can be. people think we're crazy, but that has been one of the best years of our life. we traveled all over, and we're free of many kinds of responsibilities that you can get bogged down in, so my goal is to continue to document this, and i know it's going to get harder, especially as david gets more frail and less able to contribute more of the burden and it falls upon me. and how he do that during the bereavement is going to be more challenging. being alone and feeling it myself. but our family is committed to this, and our kids have joined in this process as well. and it's

the iowa state was documented in "prison terminal."t was nominated for an academy award, showing the impact an patients and caretakers. >> i thought it would be about what i could give to the patient, what i could do for the parment to make them do better. when you do what you do. the feeling is you give back from them, that you can't describe it. it gives you a feeling inside that for once i'm somebody that no one thought i could be. >> edgar barens directed the film. "prison terminal" premiers and has a theatrical one this friday. thaj you for joining us. congratulations on the nomination. thank you. you focus on a gentleman we saw a moment ago, jack hall. a world war ii veteran. he killed a drug dealer after his son was hooked on drugs. over time in prison you know that she found redemption. >> jack hall has been in prison for 21 years and spent the last 10 years in the infirmary. he had heart problems and was so weakened he was in the infirmary. he was a long-term patient. >> hospices, like the one at the iowa state pen ten shary h

terminally ill is a reasonable criteria.nk it's better to say a person has a chance to think about their life. i have a man who is 84 years old. he is totally deaf. he says this is living? i don't want to do this anymore. >> reporter: he wants to go? >> he wants to go. >> reporter: and do you think he should have that choice? >> yes, i do. you can go down and buy a rifle and blow your brains out. you have that right. >> reporter: but in the end it's somebody pulling a helium balloon over their head, and some would say that's not very dig anified. >> you can get the pills it's up to you. >> he is pulling balloons over people's heads. i think it's creepy. >> reporter: this woman is helping to lead the repeal against the death with dignity law. >> i think it's the exception not the rule that death is ugly and scary. they want you to think that the only way to make it pretty is to plan it and take a pill for it. and i don't think that mother nature is that cruel. >> reporter: how old was your mother when she passed? >> 90. she r

---segun la dependencia, la mujer esperaba a unas amistades cerca de la terminal de "greyhound" cuandoechoso, quien la forzo a meterse a un auto donde esperaban otros 2 sujetos. ---la victima fue llevada a una casa en el distrito de la mision donde fue drogada y abusada sexualmente. ---al dia siguiente, la policia logro capturar a uno de los sospechosos cesar ---un nuevo giro sacude la batalla legal en el caso de "audrie pott" y es que ahora los padres culpan al acoso virtual o "cyber bullying" por ser la causa principal del suicidio de la menor. =vo= ---sin embargo, un abogado de uno de los muchachos indic que la demanda presentada por el padrastro de "audrie" no debera ser vlida. ---el seÑala que, primeramente, las demandas slo pueden ser entabladas por padres biolgicos... y agreg que la razn del incidente fu una pelea que la joven tuvo con dos de sus amigos. cesar ---primera pausa pero al regresar, take vo ---una iglesia de san jose toma cartas en el asunto para tratar de frenar los asesinatos, enterese de que se trata.. vo - blanca ---saque lapiz y papel por que una compaÑia busca

that we just cut the ribbon for and you walk down to the terminals and the ports where america's cup will entertain a million, international visitors within a few months. walk down a couple more blocks to piers 15, 17, where we are going to see a half a million kids come to go all the way down to what we know that will be the next site of the warrior's arena and down to the ballpark and the water phone and the port is our city's present and it is our city story. but we also know that this is a story that is going to continue and one of the things that we love in pier 39. if you come here any day you will see the boys and girls playing with their parents who will come back a few years later as teenagers and young adults. and young men and women, flirting on the peers, dating each other, who will come back a few years later for their honeymoon, who will come back a few years later with their kids. and so, the cycle of the story of our city continues and that i know that in 50 years when we are celebrating the 200th birthday of this blai, when monique's grand daughter and ed lee's great

and i terminated bridget's authority this morning. second, i continued yesterday to have once again one-on-one discussions myself with the remaining members of my senior staff to determine if there's any other information that i do not know or need to know in order to take appropriate action. i've not completed with those interviews yet. but when i am, if there's additional information that needs to be clod disclosed i wio so. if there are additional actions that need to be taken with my senior staff, i will do so. i will tell you though, it has been written a lot over the last couple of days about what a tight-knit staff i have, and how closely everyone works together, and that's true. since the time i was u.s. attorney, i've engendered the sense and the feeling among the people closest to me that we're family, and we tell the truth and we support each other when we need to be supported and we admonish when we need to be admonished. i am heartbroken tha that that someone that i permitted to be in that circle of trust in the last five

cesar ---sta manana un hombre termin en el hospital con heridas de bala tras una balacera que se desatand. =vo= ---el incidente se report cerca de las 3 y media de la maÑana en el cruce del bulevar "internacional " y la avenida 36 cerca de la estacion de bart en "fruitvale." ---de acuerdo con las autoridades, el sujeto recibi al menos un disparo pero se encuentra en condicin estable. ---hasta el momento se desconoce de algn sospechoso que pueda haber provocado la balacera. blanca ---muchas ciudades de la bahia finalizaron el 2013 con una disminucion en el numero de homicidios que es la cifra mas baja en aÑos o incluso decadas. take vo ---san francisco, oakland y richmond se cuentan entre estas ciudades y las autoridades creen que esto se debe al accionar de las autoridades policiacas locales, estatales y federales, cambios en el numero de habitantes y el uso de video para resolver casos. take gfx ---en san francisco se reportaron 48 homicidios comparados con los 69 de 2012. ---en richmond, se contabilizaron 16 homicidios una cifra que no se reportaba en los ultimos 33 aÑos. ---mientras

the owner, though has terminated them and the only rationale seems to be concern for organzising thathas flared up there but nowhere else." christmas eve, the company's ceo posted on facebook that the closure was "insensitive and poorly planned" and to apologize, promised "an additional week's wages to employees terminated. so far, employees have seen nothing. a spokeswoman for snarf's declined to discuss whether the terminations trace back to union activism or slow business or whether the privately-held company had decide to reconsider it's c-e-o's facebook promise of a week's pay. in the latest investigation of major banks.. regulators are looking into whether the firms cheated clients "after" the financial crisis. according to reports...a number of banks on wall street may have deliberately mispriced a type of mortgage bond-- tied to the finanical meltdown.the wall street journal says banks under scrutiny are barclays, citigroup, deutesche bank, goldman sachs, jp morgan chase, morgan stanley, royal bank of scotland and ubs. official answers regarding boeing's 7-8-7 dreamliner troub

so, we would like to see if you can help us rescind the termination notice from the mayor's office of housing. midtown park apartments is a diverse community. it's still the bastian of diversity in the mid and western addition. after the 1960s, redevelopment, a lot of people can attest what happened in the 1960s. so, now midtown apartment apartments is like the crown jewel of that and we are still -- and we are -- the reason why we want the mayor's office of housing to rescind the termination notice lease that's coming up january 31st is to negotiate -- fruitful negotiations. at the moment we are having difficulties and our supervisor breed as well as we just got finished with the collective board to get their help. so, we are asking with -- if you can to help us to rescind the termination notice and to get back to fruitful negotiations and as a sustainable group, midtown park apartments. i wanted to say thank you for the opportunity. i have information here and, again, thank you. >> thank you. and if you give any materials to our commission secretary, monica, she can -- >>> okay, tha

their terminal to truly embrace the art of traveling.ak. ♪ >> checking other stories making headlines around the world. police and thailand have released pictures of a man who attacked. he appears to throw something and runs away. 28 people were hurt in the explosion which was caused by fragmentation grenades. groups of blame each other. the chief minister of delhi has faced controversy that they prosecute petty crimes and not a big crime. he was elected to root out corruption. people say they do little to attack drugs and the sex trade. on the streets to keep the protest of going. we'll get over to mumbai. what is the latest on this? minister seems to be turning out to be the chief protester. he went along with six other cabinet members as said he would be protesting on the streets -- [indiscernible] an attack against a danish woman. questions. the government came into power three weeks ago. course. collision -- andsort of governing what sort of governing on the street. [indiscernible] and also security. eets ofay, on the str delhi. he

that's the same as saying, they didn't terminate me because i abused the program, they terminated me because i was of a certain race or i was woman or i was handicapped or some other improper consideration so are you suggesting that this contract permits you to use that kind of self -- that kind of ground, not grounded in the contract but grounded in your whim and caprice? >> a couple of points, justice sotomayor. i think it's really important to emphasize that the claim about this pretax and all being about the merger is not made in the breach of contract count or breach of implied covenant count. that's pled in the misrepresentations counts, counts three and four of the complaint that everybody recognizes are preemptive. under the contract, somehow, we don't have the ability to terminate somebody without just cause and that's the argument that the district court rejected on the merits. the implied covenant count two is different. it says that under state law there is a duty of good faith and fair dealing and that duty is superimposed on the contract even if the contract gives one o

that's the same as saying, they didn't terminate me because i program, they terminated me because i was of a or i was woman or i or some otherd improper consideration so are you suggesting that this thatact permits you to use kind of self -- that kind of ground, not grounded in the contract but grounded in your whim and caprice? points, justice sotomayor. i think it's really important to the claim about this pretax and all being about the merger is not made in the breach of contract count or breach of implied covenant count. that's pled in the misrepresentations counts, counts three and four of the everybodythat recognizes are pre-emptive. under the contract, somehow, we have the ability to terminate somebody without just cause and that's the argument the district court rejected on the merits. the implied covenant count two is different. it says that under state law there is a duty of good faith dutyair dealing and that is superimposed on the contract even if the contract gives one the parties absolute discretion and those aren't my words, those are the words of complaint,f the appendix

our crews ship terminal this is the total budget by the various component of the project and just to reiterate this is very large scale investment that addresses the park and maritime short power etc. one thing to snoet that we while it's a large development we have any other funding funds 20 percent from the city through the voter and general obligation bond and a direct payment from the bond. this is the phase two sources and i can see the revenue bonds highlighted at the 19.5 million and it's a 50/50 split between port soured. we did a good job at getting other sources and support for this project. the northern waft historic piers when we were here in may he said we wanted to find some improvement we can delivery sup >> i'm happy to recommend this is deal with super struck notices and it's currently red tagged it's a historic fatality and on the national historic district so it's a win-win to find an economic project to bring this jewel back into at large use wore we're asking for more fund for reagan occupant u up to this point for other america's cup or other tenants. in terms o

the puc, agreed to that termination? >> yes. >> one thing that struck me in the penalty discussion, was that there was not much discussion of factors a, through, c. in the exhibit 1. and so i am curious as to what investigation we did and what, or how the staff came out on any intent to conceal or deceive and whether it was deliberate, intentional or in ad vert ant. >> with respect to the severity, it is addressed in the, it is one of the more serious violations of the conduct code and then, the... >> the suspect of the penalty amount, and i think that, at least to the two accounts and staft took into consideration, the penalty that the respondent would pay the fppc. and so that and also, she had no prior history with the commission, and she had returned all of the money that she had received from the green for all during the time, and when these events occurred. >> what is the most severe penalty that we leveed for something like that? >> they are not able to find a similar case regarding these types of violations. and

the terminally ill tell us there's more to it. their fight for the right to die when we return. >> now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." tax season is upon us. the wealth americans will feel it the most. tax rate for those earning for than 400,000 is 39.6%. because of changes to the fiscal cliff, filing was delayed. some things never change. taxes, and the deadline, which is still april 15th. president and the pope will take up a discussion of shared interest. the two men will meet during the president obama european tour. the president plans to talk about poverty and inequality with pope francis. >> shooting on kansas at a university left one dead. it was a teaching assistant. the victim is in custody, and others reported yelling in the halls of the electrical engineering building. >> if you have been at the side of a terminally ill family member you know the final days of life can be painful. what if there was another option? last week a new mexico judge ruled that terminally ill patients have the rig

the new terminal features a giant new picture window and lots of natural light. there are over 300 power outlets, and free wi- fi. travelers looking to relax and they can't check out the yoga room. there's a wide variety of restaurants and shops. the terminal revamped cost the airport almost $200 million spread next they're looking to remodel the airport security checkpoints and eventually top one. >> the drought problem is forcing residents in santa clara valley to reduce their water usage. water officials approved a 10% reduction in consumption. they have also secured half a million dollars to inform the public about the issue. right now, ground water levels are in good shape but that could change. santa clara valley gets half of its water from other parts of the state and if that starts to drive, it could be a problem. >> coming up on kron 4 news. how it woman was shot in her home in the east bay. >> here's a live look out open this morning. bart headquarters, a funeral services today for fallen more officer. don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mat

this financing plan is not now a to you open may 14 of this year you approved the cruise ship terminal. at that time, i was asking for a amount of 24 u $24 million and now thirty all to reflect the ability to address potential market urban certainty by the way, there are no change in the project fund requested. the approval i'm requesting is the the issuance of the bodies for not to exceed thirty million a second supplement of induplicative trust and bond authority for the executive director to enter into a contract with the under writer in the form of the purpose argument. as you're aware one of our biggest changed of having limited resources to addressing address an aging infrastructure. and there the ports policy through our private partnerships. the capital policy loudest us to address the chronic infrastructure meditates and the debt helps with the strategic facility. we're balancing the need to address the repair replacement with the deserve to help with the enhancement. we first identify where the capital projects are. as i said they support our revenues. we looked accident cove

the 69,000 square foot newly renovated boarding area e is in terminal 3. it has luxury ammenities and innovative technology and design including perks like a yoga room, san francisco style restaurants and shops with living room style seating. there are also interactive displays, higher end restrooms with changing rooms inside. the renovation took two years to complete. >> we accomplished this project at break neck speed, just about two years to complete a $147 million project. >> the newly renovated facility has 10 gates for united airlines. it will accommodate more than 50 arrivals and 50 departures every day for united. >> over the next few months they'll close down their operation in terminal 1 and have everything in terminal 3, but we expect united to continue to add flights. >> the $147 million renovation was paid for almost entirely by the airport with airport revenue bonds. the new terminal 3 will be open to the public next tuesday. >>> california has gotten millions of taxpayer dollars and are getting millions more, the specific group that money is

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