at that time, the board voted to uphold the denial of the tow firm permit with adoption of findings at a later time. president peterson: i would just like to confirm that you are able to revert -- review the video, commissioner garoh? commissioner goh: i did it, i was able to review the video and the finding. president peterson: commissioners, the department is an agreement that the appellant is not. i would like to give the appellant three minutes to address the board. >> asked me to read a prepared statement. he says, i do not agree with your findings that it poses a threat to public safety. we vehemently disagree that we have violated state and city law regulating the cartel and industries engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices. there are two parallel lawsuits against the city and county of san francisco pending, one in state court by the california tow truck association, and another in federal court. we trust of the trees will be revealed and feel strongly that we will be exonerated. the statements are false accusations, evidence of fraud. we have proven that the incid

the board by a votes of six ayes approved a settlement. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $51,000. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $11,902. other informational items. there are none tonight. the meeting is adjourned at 6:42 p.m. >> would the public please turn off their cell phones? the first item is roll call. [reading roll] commissioners, the quorum is established. item number two, consent calendar. all items listed here under are considered to be routine by the small business commission and will be acted upon by a single will call vote. there will be no separate conversation unless a member so requests, at which time it will be considered as a separate item later in the meeting. the approval of the meeting minutes. explanatory documents. the, approval of the meeting minutes. c, approval of the june minutes, explanatory documents, the special meeting minutes. these are action items. [ayes] >> for the past three years, i have had a candy store. i welcome the opportunity to be a part of the commission, and i

the board by a votes of six ayes approved a settlement. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $51,000. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $11,902. other informational items. there are none tonight. the meeting is adjourned at 6:42 p.m. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need th

the board by a votes of six ayes approved a settlement. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $51,000. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $11,902. other informational items. there are none tonight. the meeting is adjourned at 6:42 p.m. >> as the city of san francisco has grown, there are a number of cultural organizations that have grown with it. the san francisco symphony, the ballet, and ensure we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the san francisco museum of modern art's. one of the things many of our viewers may not understand about museums is the way they grow and evolve is really about a broad. his patient and support from many individuals who give their collections -- and broad support from many individuals who give their collections to the museum. this year it will be celebrating and abolishing those individuals through exhibition -- and acknowledging those individuals throughout asia. joining me is janet bishop, the curator. i understand you have been with the museum quite a number of years. you rememb

the board by a votes of six ayes approved a settlement. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $51,000. the board approved a settlement in the amount of $11,902. other informational items. there are none tonight. the meeting is adjourned at 6:42 p.m. directors and parking authority commission. >> director beach. director beach: present. >> director lee. director lee: present. >> oka. director oka: present. >> director nolan. chairman nolan: present. >> you have a quorum present. the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. any personal responsible for one going off may be removed. please be advised that cell phones on vibrate will cause static. approval minutes of the july sfmta. chairman nolan: is there mokes to a-- a motion to approve. >> second. >> minutes of the march 2, 2010, parking authority regular commission. chairman nolan: is there a motion. >> second. chairman nolan: those in favor say aye. >> aye. >> item five, communications. i know of no

at that time upon motion by commissioner fong, the board vote 5d-0 to withhold the board to variants. >> thank you. you have three minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is ellen sanchez. i have only three minutes to speak. in trying to connect the injustice, i would note the outcome because a few days ago the director of d.b.i. send an e-mail and i quote, this matter can no longer be appealed and we will be not be doing any further research on this, unquote. the appeal process not completed when she wrote the e-mail. but both planning and building department continues brandishing my rights for public record so they could protest this illegal construction. as of today the planning department did not provide me with all of the public records. commissioner garcia at the last hearing made it very clear that his support and belief of administrator scott sanchez when he asked mr. sanchez, did you provide her with all of the records, and mr. sanchez said yes. mr. sanchez maked many forced statements and thace response and not a forced statement. he has not been involved in the project for over

at that time, the board voted 4- 1 with commissioner hwang dissenting to uphold the revocation of color scheme permit and overrule the revocation of medallion on condition that said medallion be suspended for one year with adoption of findings at a later time. president peterson: the appellant does not like the findings. i don't know if anybody is here, is anybody here representing mr. hollis? they were very well apprised of this evening, i explained that if they had no objection they could come here. they do not appear to be here. >> and there is nothing in writing specific to their objections? >> she did not believe that the allegations supported the ultimate decision to suspend and revoke. president peterson: nothing more specific than that? >> mr. hollis double checked that the time would go for 10 days? they're waiting to request a rehearing. president peterson: is there any public comment on these findings? scene 9, the matter is submitted. -- seeing none, thematter -- the matter is submitted. commissioner garcia: i move that we adopt as written. >> on the motion to adopt the find

vote on the two halves of those files. if i could ask for the deputy city attorney, if i could clarify for us. >> the board rules provide for division of the question and that once a supervisor requests a question to be divided that the president shall order it divided. it best not -- the question of dividing is not voted on. the rule also says that when divided, each proposition shall then be considered and voted upon separately as if it had been offered alone. president chiu: so at this time, it would be in order to vote on each half of those questions. supervisor elsbernd: does the elections code now require a new publicly noticed hearing on the separate issues? >> it does. you're now contemplating sending a different question to the voters than what was originally noticed today and because the elections code says that any amendment to a proposed ordinance shall be noticed for additional public comment, the newly proposed measure needs to have additional public comment and noticed. president chiu: supervisor daly. supervisor daly: i think this is a clear case of a procedural opportunity for any member of the board to vot

return of the board norris clinical hasa the twenty first of october this year to be the date for its extraordinary general meeting where shareholders will a vote on whether the current board should be removed and leave so soon will the makeup of the new board be tapi general director flew south would just love for us to love you for a tool does a dr who sell doesn't plan to sell its twenty five percent stake in norilsk nickel . for. its strategic stake crosses a strategic investment. benefits from the to the downstream. rising. the stakes why we. meanwhile there are some speculation in some states that the russian government will not be and how to stop even to the shareholders conflict if the existing shareholders fail to resolve it in the near future prime minister vladimir putin already mentioned that he says some progress in the conflict and i'm sure we'll receive more information as of the negotiations and are taking place. thank you very much for this indeed. oh and also from the city of new the prime minister says the government is considering a new flexible tax formula for nickel and exports he suggests their system could be similar to

i'm very proud to be here on behalf of the board of directors, joined with our distinguished vice chair. tomorrow, if the board of supervisors votes correctly, we will have a new chair, so we are very proud to report of the -- part of this. our board has had to do some very difficult things, had to make some really tough decisions in terms of budgeting, in terms of service, all kinds of things, but we are proud of what we have been able to achieve. i want to tell you that this was not hard for any member of our board. our board was unanimously supported every step of the way through, working with others in the city to make this great day happen. on behalf of all of our board, very proud to be part of this, and we look forward to the events coming shortly to make this plan a reality for all of us. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. next, we have renee rivera from the san francisco by a coalition. >> thank you. this is a great day for bicycling here in san francisco. we are beginning, as the mayor was just saying, a new era for bicycling and for san francisco. as the mayor said, we are not going to be number two anymore. we are wel

the board also voted to appeal a separate order which banned a.c. transit from imposing new working conditions. a spokesman says the agency will comply with the court order and take part in arbitration while the appeals are considered. >>> time now 5:06. >>> the last of american combat troops in iraq moved out overnight and has crossed into the border of kuwait. >> we're going home! we won! it's over! >> the fourth striker brigade second infantry division pulled out seven years and five months after the war started. that group included at least one bay area soldier lieutenant steven doyle of san jose. some 50,000 u.s. troops will stay another year, however, in noncombat roles including training and support. special forces will also continue to help iraqis hunt for terrorists. >>> international guard troops are getting ready for deployment to the u.s. border. governor schwarzenegger says the first of hundreds of troops have finished their mission. they will be patrolling the bothered. they will be on the job by september 1 and the deployment will last

. >> reporter: the proposal goes before the full board of supervisors for vote tomorrow. if approve, the fines could be implemented in 30 days. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco munni operators will receive a raise this year of almost 6%. with the raise the average describe would be paid $29.60. a top munni official says the increase will cost munni an extra $3 million. >>> san jose officials say the latest proposal by the fire department union is quote too little too late. the union is looking for a way to save the jobs of 49 firefighters laid off over the weekend because of the city's budget shortfall. the new offer includes a two tier recovering structure. the proposals would save less than $6 million and that the city needs more savings than that. >> reporter: the california supreme court today upheld the state law that bans affirmative action and public employment, education and government contracting. in the 6-1 ruling, the court rejected argumenting that proposition 209 passed through voters in 1989 violated federal equality protection. today's

in the end the school board voted unanimously to pass the resolution opposing prop 19. this is abc 7 news. >>> they are deep underground but the spirits are high temperature up next. new video of those men trapped in a collapsed mine in chile. >> also ahead here tonight. >> i am only yain and i it this is a thrill. >>reporter: making the best of a frightening airplane emergency in sacramento. more than a doll people were hurt. >> bend straw stipulation in the contract and later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline"we spend time with gloria hard charging la lawyer who represents several of tiger woods alleged mistresses. >> oscar winning movie was meant to stop the slaughter of b!kkckkkkkkkkkkkkkq!q!q!kckckckú >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> this trapped chile miner says he is calm because he knows he will be rescued. video relessed late tonight provides our best look yet at the conditions faced by the 33 men trapped half mile underground ever since a mine collapse on august fifth. the men gave a to

the school board voted to require all high scol students to complete at least ten hours of community e each ye in order to get their diplomas. the plan has its critics, including the principal of novato high. they argue it's only meaningful when it's voluntary. >> dr. laura is leaving her radio show at the end of the year. the decisionollows growing criticism after she used the "n" word repeatedly on her show last week. the comment came after a call from a black woman on an interracl marriage. she was complaining about her husband's friends and relativele making racial commen. >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo and listen to a black comic. all you hear is (bleep), (bleep). when black people say it, it's affectionate. >> i was trying to make a point to help her about what i felt. because -- about her hypersensitivity. and i made it poorly. and so i upset some people. i owe fepded some people, i hurt some people. >> well, several sponsors pulled their ads from her show but she says the decision to leav radio was hers alone and doesn't hav any plans to leave the public spotli

reid wants the department to vote on an 8.9% cut in take home pay. the executive board will vote on that proposal next tuesday. >>> teachers, police and firefighters may catch a break if a bill moving through congress is approved. a $26 billion jobs bill cleared the snatd today, but it still needs house approval. nancy pelosi will call lawmakers back into session next week to finish the bill, which would give states $10 billion for education programs, 16 billion to plug other holes in their budget. the new report shows that $348 million in state funding has been cut from california's preschool program. california spends more than $3600 a year for each prekindergarten student. state, local and federal government s spend 11,000 per student from kindergarten through 11th grade. >>> a new phone call home, a uc berkeley grad imprisoned in iran is being denied medical claire after she found a lump in her breast. she's not getting treatment for the lump or other medical issues. nora shord is asking the united nations to intervene to get her daughter some help. iranian official

clearly, it was the board of supervisors voted to put it back in the budget, and the library always wanted guaranteed funding. because they need the money for their public-private partnerships. the board of supervisors has endorsed this. you are getting your wish. i always say that the.-- more than the money. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, my name is -- and i write down a short story and i do not know what would require people to be a politician. i could never see myself doing that. seeing that campos is involved in immigration reform and other things, this will help us up, and i was brought to america by my mother. we have all worked hard and try to do our best to be good citizens in arizona. i came here about five years ago. i found out that in california you have the opportunity to make it here. this is a great thing because this is different in the way people are seeing the immigrants. a woman who crosses the border to work as a maid, she worked for several years and could not get enough money. [bell] president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. preside

the school board voted to require all high school students to complete at least ten hours of communityach year in order to get their diplomas. the plan has its critics, including the principal of novato high. they argue it's only meaningful when it's voluntary. >> dr. laura is leaving her radio show at the end of the year. the decision follows growing criticism after she used the "n" word repeatedly on her show last week. the comment came after a call from a black woman on an interracial marriage. she was complaining about her husband's friends and relativeless making racial comments. >> black guys use it all the time. turn on hbo and listen to a black comic. all you hear is (bleep), (bleep). when black people say it, it's affectionate. >> i was trying to make a point to help her about what i felt. because -- about her hypersensitivity. and i made it poorly. and so i upset some people. i owe fepded some people, i hurt some people. >> well, several sponsors pulled their ads from her show but she says the decision to leave radio was hers alone and doesn't have any plans to leave the publ

the board is scheduled to vote on the delayed fare hike august 26th. >>> more discouraging job news today. and more concerns about the strength of the recovery. nbc bay area's business and tech reporter scott bud man is here. no indication that companies are even thinking expanding the payrolls? >> no, we know that companies aren't hiring much. we may actually be back to cutting jobs. first time jobless benefits are up again. now sitting at their highest level since february. more people are filing for unemployment after losing their jobs, the first-time jobless claims have now gone up three out of the last four weeks. that plus last night's less than impressive outlook from cisco systems, brought the markets down again today. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all lower. you want some good news? video game sales improved the july numbers not as strong as last year, but better than last month. software sales fell by 8%. hardware sales, consoles and things jumped by 12%. >>> and going sell out with some new software for your android smart phone. it's voice based so you can dial, text and send e-m