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providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> good morning. welcome to the san francisco land use commission to my right is supervisor kim and our left is supervisor malia cohen our clerk is andrea and thank you to sfgovtv for broadcasting disguise here jennifer lowe madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. employment speaker cards to be completed should be submitted to the clerk and all will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stayed. >> madam clerk call item one. >> is an ordinances african-american this 34i6k code for the city transportation planning and design projects and programs i'm the author of item one an ordinance 3 will adapt the national association of city transportation officials urban street design and bike way design guide as part of our official street design this is a continuing effort to improve street designs standards in san fran

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. roll call. item no. 1, roll call. president adam. catherine dooley is absent. commissioner mark dwight. here. commissioner white? here. >> commissioner paul sarkissian? >> here. irene yee riley. mr. president you have a quorum. >> great. next item, please. >> next item is general public comment. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to make any comments on items that are not on today's agenda. we have one. welcome, mr. appender >> hello, i'm a proud member of the association. on monday november 10th we will be celebrating at the opera house. i brought invitations for those who may want to participate in this historic event and at a future meeting governor jerry brown just signed the ab 78 which lgbt businesses have now been included in the california public utilities. and this is now an opportunity for lgbt businesses and if you wo

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here.. >> all right. well good morning to all of you seven hundred and 50 of you welcome to our annual san francisco structures forum i'm mar i'm the publish of san francisco business times i have someone i want you to meet this is our breaking news of this week i want you to meet corey wee bit beggar our new real estate resort he i've been talking to several of you so corey good job for the advanced work you've gotten stories going now have you have a face call him and we consider you all sources this is corey we're happy to have him he's smart and curious again call corey real estate is an important beat to the san francisco business times back to welcoming all of you, we have a great program good morning and thank you for being here on behalf of our spokesperson mr. hampton we're going to hear from our mayor this morning and from a group of developers

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providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> ♪ ♪ we are definitely pioneers in airport concession world a world of nationally if not entirely or internationally >> everybody is cop us right now. >> the people that were in charge of the retail this is where that began. >> i didn't think we would have a location at the airport. >> we've set the bar higher with the customer commerce. >> telling me about the operator and how you go about finding them and they get from being in the city to being in the airport. >> so first, we actually find a table and once we know what we want a sit-down we go to the neighborhoods in san francisco and other people seminary of the retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the local operators in the airport. >> we have to go going through the conceive selective process and they award a lease to the restaurant. >> they are planning on extend

thatere is some concern that could happen. we have not seen a rush to that happening.it filed a year. we have not seen an uptick since then. we don't view it that there is going to be e greater stress. >> we have about 30 seconds left. bankruptcy infor july of 2013. are you surprised or concerned at the speed with which this process has played out? >> i am a little surprised. we did not think it would be so fast. being informed by other bankruptcies taking a lot longer. it could be helpful for the city to web gone through that quickly. they have been focused on those bankruptcy issues. costsnge their operating is what they will have to turn to next. we see it as a challenge for them. jim, thanks so much. -- jane, thanks so much. coming up, we look at how "xpensive -- "bottom line continues in just a moment. ♪ >> in early september, get taxi announced it would be offering a $10 flat fair to anywhere in manhattan. which haso uber raised funding that values the company at $17 billion, gettaxi has only raised $10 million. they discussed the competition with uber. >> it's a

the only way to do that, especially when you're trying to do it with 50,000 runners, for to do thatersaces that are happening across six continents and 50 countries, you have to be able to do this in memory computing technology. >> in a marathon it comes down to seconds, if not fractions of seconds. county unit ensure the accuracy -- how do you ensure the accuracy? still using sensors that keep track of exactly where people are your still going to have a finish line, a laser let people cross. as people cross the sensors, the exact time is recorded, and it is extremely accurate. >> what are you expect in, how are you are expecting this to play out this weekend? what are you worried about and watching most closely? notrack has been using this for a while now. they have done thousands of races, including multiple new york marathons. they are very competent at doing this. they have partners around the world. i think it will go quite well. >> thank you for joining us today. we will be watching. we spoke with the san francisco servicesridesharing earlier. giuliani us that rudy launched an in

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. public ut commission >> please stand by... [ gavel ] >> >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission of tuesday october 14, 2014, to order at 130 :30 p.m.. madam clerk, please read the roll. courtney, caen, vietor. we have a quorum. 2 first item is to approve the minutes. >> second. >> any comment on approval of the minutes? seeing none, i will call for a vote. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? >> the ayes have it. the next item. city clerk: item 4, public comment. >> if you are interested in speaking, please fill out a card. if you do i will call you in this order. mr. decosta, yolanda louis. >> good afternoon. >> good morning. the community is at a stage where we are paying very careful attention to the water system improvement project but to the sewer

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> city of san francisco >> mayor's disability council >> >> all right. welcome, everybody to the september 19, 2014, meeting of the mayor's disability council. i'm chip supanich. cochair. welcome to all. we have councilmember wong leading the introduction. >> good afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday september 19, 2014, in

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providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project w completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is complete

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> my name is emily murase and i am the executive director for the department on the status of women here to welcome you to our event marking the birthday of domestic violence awareness month. we have so many successes to report to you tonight. first of all before i introduce our speakers i just want to recognize that domestic violence survivors among us they deserve our continued support and applause. >> next i want to recognize the staff of our partner agencies and all of the folks here who work fighting domestic violence every day, many of them are holding our signs and let's show them our appreciation. without further adieu, please help me welcome our may or, lee, who in every year of his administration has invested greater amounts of public funding to combat violence against women and has been a true

providing access through the city what you see through the visuals are the different play grounds thater lighting up across the city of san francisco and every neighborhood and hash tag, sf wi-fi, please use it and thanks again for being here. >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is r

thatere an economic effect is going to spread down to the south?e will talk about that a little later on. a big art fair is very exciting. a frenetic event. very words to the international auction calendar. stephen murphy will join us and we are looking forward to the conversation. he has great shows coming up and auctions coming up. he is really into technology surrounding us at the moment also we will talk about that, as well. >> the pulse is in seven minutes. on the move is back in two minutes. >> welcome back. let's get a quick check of the equity markets. almost one hour into the session. a bit of a turnaround. they are down by .2%. two pieces of data to watch through the morning. investor confidence out of germany comes out and we are expecting a monthly drop. inflation is expected to fall from 1.5%4 percent previously. in the meantime, we are talking markets. you know where i am. 20 to discuss. stocks are getting crushed. that is up for on the move. the pulse is next. ♪ >> tech giants, google and facebook, the tax loophole being closed in to

thater criticism of him is he should have stated chattanooga. there is a misconception, the union army did not occupy chattanooga fully until after the battle. just one part of his army went into chattanooga. he is dividing his army. one part comes through chattanooga area daily but brigade there, and then it continues on to try to capture and destroy brags army. so that is another criticism. the battle itself, chickamauga, the second bloodiest battle of the war. a two-day battle, september 20, a sunday, the day of the famous fatal order. wood, the misinterpretation. a lot of standard histories will say that thomas would willingly made the decision to follow an order he knew couldn't work in order to destroy his army. i can't except that. self-preservation alone would have something to do with that. recent scholarship has cast a lot of doubt on that. it was a mix up, all these battles. been long street who had transferred from the army of northern virginia down to brags force.massing a great rosecrans was outnumbered. union army had fewer people

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study thatere was a found a lot of the information sharing was not occurring. this is a valid reason for concern. it is premised on increasing information sharing and it is happening -- not happening, that is bad. it was time to hold these countries accountable if they do not share their information. since then, the information sharing has increased dramatically. earlier this year found nearly all countries were sharing nearly all data required. officials point to the fact that all countries are sharing all information and now it is a question of working out the particulars of the data automation and how the information is actually being shared but it is occurring. radicalized britons or germans or anyone from europe is certainly a great concern to any of our nations which are threatened by islamic terrorism, this is not a good reason to cancel the program. it promotes security through the information sharing arrangements. by canceling or suspending it, not only will be have the immediate economic harm, but we would also have less information available to us wi

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google, thater for is it time to panic? >> maybe not.ains,ould be growing because what you're seeing as google transitions into mobile and the same with facebook did two or three quarters ago even though they are a younger company. when you look at the percent of ad sales on tablet and mobile phone it is 33% this year. one year ago it was 20%. how google navigate -- navigates that be crucial. as theyg that's clear are hiring. another 3000 employees joined in the last quarter and that brings their total to 55,000 employees. one thing we want to look at is gross profit margin. -- indicationinto that the company is not as profitable as it once was. in this key metric of whether or per click.cost how much they are getting per user. this is down ever so slightly. you look at some of the previous quarters when they're making the transition to mobile, this could give an indication that the worst is over and that they are stabilizing and bringing the cost per click into line. thing, google does not break out their cost and what comes from mobile

written to the attorney general of the united states, thomas watts, wilson's saying thateral, senator harding appears to be having an affair with mrs. phillips and that there are all these allegations about her being a spy. it goes all the way to the attorney general and the head of what was called the bureau of investigations, this is pre-j edgar hoover, a guy named of the lasky writes and says we think that we can get jim phillips based on what he said to undercover agents in cincinnati that was very pro-german and -- we are in the wrong war and the germans are going to beat us, etc. wilson bit off more than he could chew. he spoke to these ever tender -- of -- these undercover agents. you talk about pure free speech, mmo goes all the way to the attorney general. they know about this. the authorities know about it from the local people who have told them about it. even talk about senator harding being caught in a compromising position with mrs. phillips in a local town. so they very much know about it, but they walked very gingerly. my question was, when i wrote my book, why did the

thater, i also think inflation citations are dropping in the u.s., and that is something that a centralanks cannot advise -- we have to make sure that inflation expectations remain near our target, and for that reason i think a reasonable response from the fed in this situation would be to invoke the , that saidhe taper the taper was data dependent, and we can go on pause on the taper at this juncture and wait until we see how the data shakes out into december. >> in other words, continuous qe. >> continue with qe at a very low level and then assess our options going forward. if it was just me, and i am just one person, but if it was just me, that was one of the things i would think about at the upcoming october meeting. >> $15 billion, you would keep that up level? that would not every much stimulus to the economy. >> no, but it would keep the program alive, and it would keep it, keep the option alley as to what we want to do going forward. if the economy still is robust as i'm describing it, then i think we could just end the program in december, but if the and isis right, portending

for thaters called campaign, but not targeting a specific group to lead that campaign. local organizations organizing economic boycotts of stores that don't hire black employees, but mobilizing ad on constituent group to lead that effort. randolph, in my group, is innovative in that respect. taking a concept -- mass action, and giving it a concrete form in ways that hadn't existed before. and laying the groundwork for what will come later in the 50's and the 60's. secondly, i try to point out the randolph is astute in how we understands the way in which minority groups can maneuver effectively in the context of american politics. before anyone else, randolph possessingthat when limited political leverage, the most effective place to apply that leverage is not the congress. is not the legislative body with multiple politicians all with their own agenda, but rather, the executive branch. where one person controls policy , whether he be the governor or the president. this becomes incredibly important as a vehicle for political and social change moving forward. prior to ran

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