for me is a good place to go to meet the - i mean in chinatown the only square area we have such quality of professional and work area it is like for me, i have a bank at wells fargo we go to other stair bucks and in that chinatown the wells fargo is forever the virtue norman yee is a good contact with people that are good people there. >> a comment to the commenter pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices please have your comments for us, please incorporate a couple of words otherwise, you put us in an awkward position. >> roll call vote. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee that item passes. >> okay great gone to our plans and projects. >> appoint bryan larkin to the financial committee seeing no comments from the panel is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed resolved. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell abs

the morning had my breakfast on broadway close to stockton i was enjoying my talk to the four side of people in chinatown routinely restaurant and think i was holding a platform for myself and all of a sudden outside the restaurant of the construction in the city there is noise and being a hostess really construction work outside and then the duty i didn't and pollution was right there we have to look at the restaurants i had to go to other restaurant to continue my day a no nonsense construction noise since this is truly necessary construction wo work. >> thank you very much are there are had is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed and the informational item next. >> item 5 adaptation of the legislation items. >> colleagues questions or comments public comment is closed. seeing none, i have a reality. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos absent supervisor chiu supervisor cohen supervisor farrell absent supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee that item passes. >> great. next item. >> item 6 authorize the execut

the family a 78-year-old grow. of 8 that was struck and killed in chinatown this past weekend it's been you know very difficult year i think that the board r ta board has done a lot of work and the board of supervisors to port the vision zero work but obviously much to be done we have so much work to do and it can't happenzoon enough i think that our vision zero committee will have e help with the education and capital street improvements when we meet on tuesday september at 10:00 a.m. at city hall i'm pleased to talk about governor's law under this law the drivers must maintain 3 photo when passing bicyclists if the motorist can't she or he must slow to a prudent speed and pass only when safe thank you to sandra and governor jerry brown and the treasure island management legal entity for the transportation authority that was a protected measure to firewall our prop k from the future operations of the new item ma we want to thank tom assemblyman for this initiative locally over the summer i was able to tour the yerba buena gardens island that is making progress together with our chief deputy i learned and experienc

the bay area. her husband passed away a few years ago but you chose to live alone in chinatown to be with her friends and her community. on the day of the collision mrs. jen had dropped her children off at the chinatown library. and continued on her way to her senior center for a game of mah-jongg. she was an active member of her family association and its choir. her older son said his mother strictly follow traffic rules. todd her grandchildren to look both ways before crossing the street. to pay attention to street lights. when the language turn yellow mrs. he would pull back and patiently wait until it was safe to cross. i know there are many throughout our city who are incredibly saddened by this loss. this is a tragedy that is another wake-up call that san francisco needs to be more to protect pedestrians. ironically, on saturday morning i was heading to the [inaudible] event where i know many of you were there to advocate for more funding for transportation safety. when i was called to join the scene. just earlier today, i have to mention at 11 o'clock a.m. was another collision at the same [in

home lessness in philadelphia the group's latest project, brings new homes and opportunities to the chinatown neighborhood. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry has more on what makes this project unique. >> ground breaking moment for those supporting low-income housing in chinatown. >> this project will be symbols, increasing, economic diversity. it is in center city philadelphia which is amazing. >> reporter: officials say mess low income families cannot afford rent in center city. >> as opposed to transportation, giving access to employment opportunity, grade schools, we want to make sure that we have housing in center city that can meet the needs have of lower income individuals. >> reporter: a group called project home pushed for the building at 810 arch street. it will have nine floors, 94 units and retail space on the ground floor. >> low income, chinese community who are working, restaurants, different things in the chinatown community, and then half will be for people that were homeless. >> reporter: governor tom corbett came to show his support. >> it does provide that diversity

there's opportunity sites on geary street safeway you further down and the chinatown is is another one can you dedicate what we can and can't build this is irrational to say that in the foreseeable future there's a low significance that has to be and the socializing this eir draft is inadequate, inaccurate and insufficient. going on as far as the shadows the shadow impact for the first time i believe in history that 4 parks and two public plazas will be impacted. i recall sitting at the hearing in which i believe it was a building obeying being discussed it may impact two or three percent and then the same hearing chinatown a 52 very low percentage but we have 4 public parks and two different plazas this is totally inadequate the high-rise belongs in a commercial district or south of market not on the cathedral hill this is inaccurate and inadequate >> thank you. >> am i able to show some pictures. okay my name is patricia i live? vicinity and cr=certainly walk through p - there a lot. is this how i do this >> face up. >> this is the neighborhood this is the project site where my pen i

barbecue we invite the chief of police and this coming saturday and sunday also two day event the chinatown will meet the moon festival so it's to days >> yes. >> honorable president chiu and honorable members of the board of supervisors. my name is rubin i'm a city and county retiree. who was employed and assessors office i'm a mental health consumer that participants in the programs. first off president chiu i'd like to add to our remarks earlier and that the deaf dump and blind kids play a man and woman pinball. it's my unfortunate duty to bring to the attendance of this board an incident that occurred to a facility it was a facility where my stepmom lives of $7,000 per month. what had occurred i went to visit my stepmom and who was before my daughters birthday i took a card to her already and the and stamped. upon that entering the facility as i was near the elevators i took out my cell phone and about to begin to make a phone call when the employee stopped me. unfortunately for me upon attempting to exit the facility any cell phone went off as i was stepping off the elevator to be cont

underground and marcus making sure this station with union square and the scare station and along with the chinatown station we're doing well, that the conversation has literally changed they want this done all the way to fisherman's wharf that's why leader pelosi is here today, we need to brag about the success stories those kinds of projects not only the jobs and investments we've made but you look at the 8 hundred and 50 thousand of hours construction hours that are logdz on this project so far look at it's investment in small businesses. over $1275 million has been contracted to the small business expires because of this project it's done well and right (clapping) yourselves local people that have been trained and sits across from the conference center and continues to feed that great, great hospitality industry that is at the head of a lot of industries in san francisco hiring more people in the hotel and i'm proud for a multitude of reasons but people took risks for american workers that's why we want to talk about the build american bonds that lorp was talking about we need american to contin

francisco police are asking for your help identifying a man wanted for several home invasions in the chinatown area. they released this sketch of the suspect, described as balding and african men and 5' 5" and 145 pounds. he is wanted for three break-ins the man enters the building in the video and searches for unlocked doors. some of the cases have been violent. >> an early warning system for earthquakes is the subject of an international conference at berkeley today. the early warning system issued an alert to bay area agencies ten seconds before the napa, struck and the conference will tack about feasibility of establishing a west coast warning system with a longer ahurt time. experts say it could save lives and property. >> a risk management company is giving lower damage estimate from the 6.0 magnitude earthquake. they are projecting insurance companies will pay no more than $250 million on damage to homes and small businesses and winery in snap pa and solano and sonoma considerably less than previous estimates that ranged from $500 million to $4 billion. the lower estimate is because of

underground and marcus making sure this station with union square and the scare station and along with the chinatown station we're doing well, that the conversation has literally changed they want this done all the way to fisherman's wharf that's why leader pelosi is here today, we need to brag about the success stories those kinds of projects not only the jobs and investments we've made

and auchlt i think it might be interesting to have a resource or be fun maybe a little bit like the chinatown movie about the history of water use statewide, but i think it would be interesting for us, peninsula and san francisco centric people to have a history of water usage for 250 years. so i just thought i would mention that today in front of the commission. >> mark, thanks for being here and thanks for those comments. >> yes, commissioner torres? >>commissioner art torres: yes, it was juan and june ipero sister a -- sera. thank you for pointing that out. >> thanks again. an clark. it's good to see you again. >> thank you. an clark. i'm here to tell you the good news that after wloot -- a lot of worry and concern and after a lot of work by all of you and everyone who pitched in we had a great summer. it wasn't without a few surprises. my week was the last week of the regular summer and it finished about week and a half ago. during that week we had thunder, we had lightning, we had power shortage, telephone shortages, we got very warm an we got very cold, and i was amazed at how much fun

new in the next half hour of "action news" the hunt for the man who broke into an apartment in the chinatown of the city. that intruder was stabbed by the resident there. we have new details and video. >> movie night on dancing stars features a local comedian who would admit to being a bit flat footed. plus we have more on the two perfect scores and who was sent home. we'll be right back. >> wal-mart is now saying tracy morgan was partly to blame for his extensive injuries in a crash along the new jersey turnpike. the retailer responded to morgan's lawsuit in federal court saying morgan and his friends weren't wearing seat belts. morgan required weeks of rehab after a wal-mart big rig slammed into his limb low bus in june. one passenger died. >> tonight abc prem mears another night of must see tv. selfie focuses on character eliza who has friends on social media and no friends in relife. can a marketing genius rebrand this social media diva. only time will tell. >>> manhattan love is a romantic comedy about a couple who meet in the heart of new york city only to find out they are complete op

the group broke ground on its latest housing community in chinatown today. nine-story building will rise at 810 arch street. it will feature 94 apartments and retail space on the ground floor. >> it will serve low income chinese community who are working restaurants, different things in the chinatown community, and then half will be for people that were homeless. >> the new housing community is expected to open in october 20 october 2015. >>> new tonight the largest gift ever in the history of drexel law school. philadelphia attorney tom klein has pledged $50 million to the school. in rec anything of the gift the school is now named the thomas r. klein school of law. that gift and concludes the beneficial savings fund society building at wellth and chestnut. here's your opportunity to weigh in on changes being made to a philadelphia landmark. city officials gather the suggestions from the public about redesigning love park. many people wrote their ideas down on paper. others drew them out. if you couldn't get over to love park today to share your thoughts the

there were two burglaries and two home invasions in the chinatown area in july. a 65-year-old woman says a man somehow got in the front door of her apartment block, then went up to her third-floor apartment and held a butcher knife to her throat. >> if -- we need to be alert. we need to work together on this. >> reporter: now, here is a police sketch of the suspect described as an african- american american man possibly mixed race. he's balding 5'5" and weighs about 145 pounds. santa cruz police are offering an unusual reward for information about a serial shoplifter dubbed el mustacheo. this is the latest picture of the suspect. police say has stolen electronics from the store three times since july. and made his fourth attempt after being confronted by a costco employee. in return, the police officer is offering this drinking glass with a painted-on mustache as an award. >>> a plan to build a new ceremony is sparking controversy in san ramon. developers have been working on plans to build the creek side memorial park ceremony on a rucked plot of land in the sou

the last one, this coming friday is the chinatown north beach college campuses citizenship day and i will be with -- who i taught many years ago to honor citizenship and fair and just pathway of citizenship for everyone. this day of celebration began 30 years ago in the 80s during the immigrants rights movement to celebrate the success of our immigrant families, city college and other students and all instructors for all of their hard work. please join us friday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 as well. the rest i will submit. city clerk: supervisor wiener. >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you. colleagues, today i'm introducing legislation regarding streetlights. we held several major hearings on the state of our streetlight system showing a number of deficiencies, the system is old, unreliable, has huge deferred maintenance, although puc and pg & e have improved the response time for if i -- fixing broken lights there is more work to do and focused on streets and not sidewalks. the legislation i'm introducing today will establish city streetlights in a number of way. first a uniformed sh

conducting targeted voter registration drives throughout the city at city college of citizens got the chinatown campus and ocean kid is also at high schools like [inaudible] which i know couple of my colleagues probably graduated from lowell high school and many of high schools as well. by voting in local national elections disenfranchised communities can have a stronger voice in helping our families succeed so children can receive a quality education. workers can receive justice. are able to provide for their families. all of us can afford to stay in san francisco. notable voters can register to vote online today. it's on it's easy. online voter restrictions have also in multiple languages including chinese, and spanish and vietnamese and many language that is spoken in san francisco. good only until october 20 to register to vote in california for jamaica for the november 4 election and it's a critical one. boaters world moved or changed their name must be register so it's really simple to do it online now. i look forward to working with my colleagues and others to expand democracy especially