c-e-q-a, the california environmental quality act, requires that when a project is being reviewed, you whole of the action, quote-unquote, the whole of the action of the project all at the same time. otherwise, you can segment environmental review and the cases and the statute and the guidelines say that you should not, you know, once you chop up a project into pieces, each piece may seem not to have an environmental impact but you have to look at the whole. and what happened here was 10 years ago there was a proposal to build a home on this very small site in between these two very large historic buildings. one is an 1895 queen ann victorian, the other a 1906 combination of an edwardian and craftsman style home. one is listed and one appears to be eligible for listing. anyway, the siding question is a small lot that had a carriage house initially for the house on the corner of the queen ann victorian. and when the project was proposed, there was a lot of concern about it and there were fully discretionary review requests made to the planning department. that was settled at that time a

. >>> governor jerry brown weighs the costs of overhauling the california environmental quality act. >>> and john myers reports on the governor's hopes of partnering with china in the fight against climate change. >> it is not just commerce that is moving through china to the west, it is air pollution and greenhouse gasses. >> coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> good evening. i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "this week in northern california." the manhunt is over for a suspect accused of the attack on the boston marathon. police have arrested dzhokhar tsarnaev in a boston suburb. meanwhile, a boy from contra costa county is recovering from the bombing. a family of aaron hearn said he could be released from the hospital soon. >>> there is plenty to discuss. joining us are paul rogers, environmental writer for the san jose news. jaxon van derbeken, reporter for the san francisco chronicle. and emil guillermo, a blogger for the asian-american legal defense. welcome. immigration in congress is getting attention these days on the farms and the sill valley.

i appreciate that the c-e-q-a california environmental quality act procedures community alternative legislationtten at the urging of neighborhood groups, environmental groups and preservation advocates has been introduced today. i look forward to reading it and having it heard before both planning and hpc, historic preservation, as requested. hpc meeting date is may 1st. i was not sure if the community alternative legislation will be at land use committee eight days prior on april 22. anyway, i look forward to reading it and for it to be thoroughly vetted so the public is given fair and meaningful opportunity to opine. it is hoped that the full board in future will also support the community legislation that may balance everyone's concerns. thank you very much all for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment, please line up. >>> [singing] ♪ ♪ good night city good night city welcome to chris daly today good night city here comes chris daly coming back today we're going to the lull a by of broadway that's

on argue 31 or september 1 and adopt findings under the california environmental quality act. i will take you through the event and the layout. the second part overview of the ceqa and eir issues. adam from the mayor's office and economic work force development will under take that and last review the major issues that we have identified and what we're doing on those. starting with an overview. there are three parts of america's cup this year. there is the [inaudible] america's cup challenger series. the purpose of that series is to decide who will be taking on our san francisco winner and it's the competing boats. it's during that time deciding which one merges as the winner. the second is exciting new event. it's the red bull america's cup and open to national teams of younger sailors. marina green will be the center for operations for that opposed to much of america's cup this year is actually on the piers. and the last and big item is the america's cup final between the winner of the louis i have ton cup and oracle usa. >> >> for each stage there will be different installat

an attorney representing the group trying to save the dome says the california environmental quality at says a permit cannot be issued while an election to develop the site is pending. as it stands, the theater could be torn down may 3. there is an appeal hearing for may 6. senator dianne feinstein is pushing a bill to expand yosemite national park adding 1,500 acres to the park in an area known as yosemite west. she hopes to protect the area from development which she says would raise the threat of fire, spoil wildlife habitat and ruin creeks that flow into the park. yosemite's originally champion, john muir wanted it to be included in the park originally and said the land would be acquired from willing sellers only and that eminent domain would not be used. >> congratulations it is tax-freedom day in california, although you may not feel like celebrating after filing your return the day most of us made enough money to cover our federal, state, and local taxes for the year. the tax foundation crunched the numbers and found that tax freedom day arrived for the rest of the country apri

number 1 is ordinance amending administrative code, chapter 31, to reflect revisions in the california environmental quality act and to update and clarify certain procedures provided for in chapter 31, including without limitation: codifying procedures for appeals of exemptions and negative declarations; providing for the board to make the final ceqa decision on projects requiring board legislative action, negating the need to file formal ceqa appeals; revising noticing procedures for environmental impact reports and negative declarations for plan area projects exceeding 20 acres; expanding noticing requirements for certain exempt projects; and clarifying existing noticing requirements for em projects. >> thank you. and i am the author of item number 1. so, colleagues, before us today is a modest piece of long overdue legislation to bring clarity, predictability, transparency, and fairness to our ceqa appeals process. ~ this legislation will allow full and complete public participation in projects whether in support or opposition, and will provide every opportunity for members of our community to ob

we stabbed firmly in opposition to gutting the california environmental quality act that is being proposed in sacramento. within the last month our rank and file members have locked hand in hand with affordable housing advocates and environmentalists to help legislators in sacramento understand how vital ceqa is to our state. that being said, we stand with supervisor wiener's legislation to have the implementation of ceqa in san francisco more closely conform to the practice in other jurisdictions in the state. nothing in the supervisor's proposal can supersede state law. it will provide clear, predictable and transparent procedures that benefit everyone. neighbors, project sponsors, and labor. we urge you to support supervisor wiener's legislation. thank you. >> thank you. mr. bueler. >>> good afternoon, members of the committee. mike bueler on behalf of san francisco architectural heritage. first i would like to thank supervisor wiener for incorporating changes in response to our initial comments on the legislation including restoring the existing definition of historical resources for p

. >>> governor jerry brown weighs the costs of overhauling the california environmental quality act. >>> and john myers reports on the governor's hopes of partnering with china in the fight against climate change. >> it is not just commerce that is moving through china to the west, it is air pollution and greenhouse gasses. >> coming up next. captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund

. ~ hearing as you well know, the california environmental quality act may be the singlemost important law californians have in preserving the environment and here in san francisco, c-e-q-a may be the singlemost important law in san francisco having a -- requiring a community dialogue for development projects. changes to the law will significantly impact the course of development in our city and i'm proud to be part of a legislation that will determine how our city implements c-e-q-a and improves the process as we move forward. as you know, for roughly about the last ten years since the state has determined that all c-e-q-a decisions are appealable to an elected decision making body, we have not set up a process in which we hear appeals of exemptions and negative declarations and that is what our legislation largely addresses. several supervisors before us have tried to put a process in place and clearly we have not been able to do that. so, that's i think goes to show the breadth of passion and really multiple opinions about what c-e-q-a reform means. but i do think that we all largel

the california environmental quality act has been a very successful piece of legislation and it has made good projects better. and here locally cpmc is a prime example of that. it's a much better project now because of ceqa and the process. we've heard about the difficulty of building things in san francisco that is absolutely true. this initiative needs to be addressed. however, there are all kinds of reasons for that that don't have to do with ceqa. it is equally very difficult in this city to appeal a project through the ceqa process. the finding of information from the city is very difficult and the amount of time, shortening the amount of time and requirements make it even more difficult for people who are not professionals, for people who care about their neighborhoods to follow this process. so, i think this is one thing that has to be kept in mind. when ceqa was written specifically so that appeals are not based on whether you like the project or not, but they're very focused on technical technicalities that are very specific that you as an appeal appellant have to learn. so, the

but an attorney representing the group trying to save the dome sites the california environmental qualityhat says demolition permit captain be issued while application to develop the same site is pending. as it stand now the theater could be torn down as soon as may 3rd. few days from now. city has scheduled appeals hearing for may the sixth. >> well if you saw something bright anything over the bay area this afternoon, could have been this thing. look at it closely. it's a so already powered plane. the plane was only 3000 feet up but can go keep in mind as high as 30,000 feet. high as jet liners. 1 12,000 solar cell on the 208 foot wing span. crator took it for a test flight today before making cross country trip next month. that's the plan. they say it is to show technology already exists for alternative i have a 80's fuels. it was very successful today. >> all right. as we continue. uncommon treatment for prevalent problems. still to come on 7 news at 9:00. how this video game could help millions of children see better. >> also ahead. how immigration reform will affect you and your nei

the settlement is already publicly available. thank you. >>> good afternoon. thank you. my name is tony stein, and i have a ph.d. in environmental engineering and i work for the state of california in the department of general services and environmentally preferable purchasing. i worked three years in the department of public health and environmental quality. i'm here to tell you that it is so important for the local government that you are to be aligned with the federal government's work and the federal government ha on its own website, sec website, everything that is in the signage that is in the right to know. and we really need to pass the message along to the public for public health service, to provide them with the information that is aligned with our federal government. it is so important for us as local agencies to inform the public and what is the fcc puts right into the phone. here's my iphone which i safely use and follow. it's right in our own iphones. yet, if you don't know how to access that information, you won't know. most people don't know what i know and what you all now know. it's so important for us to give people the right to know and make choices when they

the invasion of our homes with noise, the traffic problems, there was no mention of this in the environmental impact report that the significant change under california environmental quality act must be addressed and it has not been. it has been nothing but platitudes from live nation about how they are going to mitigate sound. i get you mitigate after you have already made it too loud or made too many people troubled by it. you yourself say that most of the complaints you hear are noise and this noise is going to be unbearable. i wish i had better prepared my speech but i would be glad to embellish on that >> thank you for your thoughts. >> good evening. my name is chuck bernard. i have the last family member that has lived on the hill since the 1890. we've gone through great fire after the earthquake. we've survived the depression, world war ii shhh ipg to both the theatres and army and the korean war. the great dust from the construction of the quake tower. we have lived through a lot of things. i could not be happier that the america's cup is here. i have bought tickets to almost every show. i'm really excited. i really hope this gets approved. i

legislature in the past but this time the bill has the support of a california grocers association, the california retailers association and environmental groups. >> we were talking about how many trees fell yesterday, so at this point everyone is waiting for the winds to die down. >> they will get their wish. >> it will be slower today and tomorrow as we head town the weekend. i will still be full of pollen with high amounts of tree and moderate grass and ragweed we will have a last. it will be high. we have a few showers. it will be cloudy and 41 at tahoe and 70 in sacramento and fresno where the fastest winds are. the winds are clear great monterey and no need to worry about rain headed to the south at 60 in san diego and 67 in los angeles and 78 in palm springs. safe travels. how is the local commute? >> as we take a look outside through san jose coming along 280 northbound the headlights headed away from 17, a couple of cars out there are not causing any congestion. we have construction in san francisco. the transition road from southbound 101 to eastbound 80 will be shut down until 6 a.m. and we are starting to see slowing there a

the affordability of california as it relates to environmental issues weighs heavily on their minds and hoping that the e p a will guide worldwide standards and not just for california or united states waters. we were recognized over and over again for our new cruise ship terminal. we are there with port with doing what they call reclamation projects where they are building multiple terminals to immediate multiple demand of ships. it was san francisco that got the most kudos and we were very pleased to participate in a joint conference, with cruise, the baltics and from air from copenhagen to san francisco and it sold out. so we started a great partnership there. copenhagen does around 450 calls per year. we do 65-70. it was great to be invited to that. i guess lastly i would men mention that we had a chance to visit members including the architect for james arm an cruise terminal. it was great to hear from them and they have chose to do the project if they go forward but it's having changes in ownership. i don't know if there is anything i left out, i'm sure i did, but it was a very go

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lead levels in baby foods calls below the threshold for warning labels mandated by the state of california. the environmentalland is suing gerber, del monte, dole and beechnut. >> we would prefer to see that they clean up the products so they don't have to have a label on it. >> the companies acknowledge some of the products do contain traces of lead but they say the labels are not required because the lead occurs naturally. the fda has previously stated products do not pose any health concerns based on the trace amounts of lead detected. >>> well, you don't have to go far to eat at some of the nation's greatest restaurants. berkeley is getting national attention named as a top ten foodie city. it's ranked fourth on the top ten list by livability.com. >>> a company in indiana is hoping to help employees stay fit by letting them walk at the desk. workers at brown and brown insurance companies standing desks with adjustable treadmills. how about that? the company's wellness committee wanted to break up the typical work day by getting people out of their cubables at least for a little while. >>> we walk right o

lead levels in baby foods calls below the threshold for warning labels mandated by the state of california. the environmentaln based in oakland is suing gerber, del monte, dole and beechnut. >> we would prefer to see that they clean up the products so they don't have to have a label on it. >> the companies acknowledge some of the products do contain traces of lead but they say the labels are not required because the lead occurs naturally. the fda has previously stated products do not pose any health concerns based on the trace amounts of lead detected. >>> well, you don't have to go far to eat at some of the nation's greatest restaurants. berkeley is getting national attention named as a top ten foodie city. it's ranked fourth on the top ten list by livability.com. >>> a company in indiana is hoping to help employees stay fit by letting them walk at the desk. workers at brown and brown insurance companies standing desks with adjustable treadmills. how about that? the company's wellness committee wanted to break up the typical work day by getting people out of their cubables at least for a little while. >>> w