it's going to greatly improve the embarcadero. t a private club. this club as someone pointed out is $145 per month. the four seasons sports club l.a. is approximately that for month. this club will not be closed down permanently but closed down to build a new one. so i do support this project. it is small compared to what's nearby. it's half the size in terms of the height of the golden gate apartments and that's half the height of the embarcadero buildings. so this is in keeping with the context of the embarcadero and as we've seen it's kind of the missing front tooth of a beautiful stretch of land. so i ask that you maintain your support. thank you. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i'm charles stetkin i want to speak on two things i heard in support of the project and that is jobs, and the lengthy and analytical process we've been in -- involved in over six and seven years. and i find both of those arguments specious in this case. i was in it vietnam. we had 500,000 people rotating in and out of vietnam ever

it's zoned 156 feet higher than the current zoning, 300 feet higher than the old embarcadero freeway. now, getting back to the initial comments made by our former city attorney, louise renne is the wall along our waterfront what we want for the future of our city. 50 years ago the fontana towers started epic battles between the developer and neighborhoods. these battles were resolved by agreements in height that we have in place today and those agreements are being ripped apart with the votes we have cast. earlier this summer i think that this board of supervisors sent the wrong message to san francisco about what we ought to stand for. and colleagues, i ask you to support the democratic process and send the right message about what we stand for, the fact that we do not, at san franciscans stand for walls on the waterfront, ask you to vote yes. thank you. >> thank you, colleagues. any other comments? supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. president. i'll be voting today as i voted before, to support this good and smart project. i stand by my vote. i did not vote for t

for car has the embarcadero and north beach. the central district is a truly a center of business, commerce, and tourism. we are home to 20,000 hotel rooms in our district and have 24 schools and 24 parks and or playgrounds in the district. this is in a very small geographical area. we average 5500 calls per service per month. we cover union square, chinatown, the financial district, north beach, russian hill, telegraph hill, the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. our main supervisor is supervisor david chiu and supervisor marc farrell has a pocket and supervisor james kim has a pocket along geary street. the population is about 75,000 residents in a 1.8 square mile area. on any given day, the population swells to about 350,000 people because of all the people coming to work in the financial district. the demographics in the central district -- female is about 50%, males 49.8%. it's almost even. age 17 and under is 17.56% which equates to about 5300 people under 17. our senior population is twice that much or approximately 11,500

visitors to the embarcadero will have a place to stop and rest. astly, ongoing good news -- what can i say? it continues to be great. the 27th cruise terminal which continues to be on time and on budget. so, with that -- myself and others that are available for any questions you may have on the details. thank you. commissioner ho: is there any public comment on the presentation of the americas cup? >> i think it is wonderful to see things moving so smoothly. thank you, monique and everyone. this is wonderful. thank you. >> i will take a self indulgence moment and welcome commissioner adams and the stench of. -- in abstentia. >> what is happening on the 30, 32? i thought the teams were going to the marina? >> the focus of the racing is going down to marina green. the team is based though we're really there is the workshops for each individual team. >> ok. >> i thought that was altogether. >> yes, during the race days next week, they will be available for public viewing, etc. >> the media center itself, which was originally going to be a pier 23, con

then it would pop back up on spear street and then over to the embarcadero substation. ng weeks. a wildlaá:x& t lease, cementing our application to the cpuc. the cpuc ultimately has sold jurisdiction on the routing of this project and that they will get the economic and engineering feasibility of the different routes. they will have the ultimate choice. one of them will be the port. they will be interested in what the lease costs are in terms of that lease as well. >> and robert is available to answer any questions that the commission may have when we're done with the presentation. i just wanted to close and said that robert minturn the california public utilities commission, the lead agency -- robert mentioned the california public utilities commission. they do an environmental review on the various alternatives to analyze in environmental impacts of each. as he showed you, two of the routes are upland routes and would involve installing a transmission line under city streets, so there would be quite a bit of construction activity among those routes. probably your const

for years, i worked on the embarcadero and i am pleased to be here again on behalf of the many individuals who have worked effortlessly for years to support the thoughtful development of the waterfront communities. to be sure, the tennis club and as lot surrounded by sensing and green netting don't belong on san francisco's beautiful embarcadero. san francisco residents and visitors alike deserve the opportunity to find new and repurposed uses for our urban fabric and the water's edge needs to continue to evolve with dignity and grace. the proposal for change is difficult, as we have seen most recently in this process, but there is no doubt eight washington represents sound planning principles, historic sensitivity, acknowledgement of open space requirements, and connectivity between neighborhoods and the bay. this city must continue to make bold steps in order to ensure our waterfront's viability and success, and this project does just that. at the end of the day, eight washington supports what many cities search for, particularly this city. after seven intensive years of design, planning

the overarching goal is to revitalize market street from octavia boulevard to embarcadero and reestablish the street as the premiere cultural civic transportation and economic center of san francisco and of the bay area region. we have identified some specific goals around place, mobility and economic development. in our project approach, we're looking at the street as one street, with six unique districts, and really three major public spaces that punctuate that street, those being embarcadero, holiday plaza and un plaza. the street has one identity, two key components within that identity, one around place-making, really what is market street as a place, what is its identity, what is its public space hierarchy, what's happening in the major public spaces today, and what's really happening within these unique districts as well. transportation, we're looking to enhance the continuous bicycle facility, transit efficiency, reconfiguring of the somewhat awkward intersection and reduction of conflict between all street users. as we look at the six district along the corridor they come to ligh

right along the embarcadero. you have the opportunity, today, to stop this kind of construction along the waterfront, where we will have to go to the ballot, which i don't think many of us would like to see happen. we'd like to have you change your mind today. also, a recent poll found that voters across the city overwhelmingly oppose the eight washington waterfront project, and the height limit increase by over 30 percentage points. we ask that you take this to heart. please listen to your constituents, and vote properly today, and let's all get on with doing a better project than what we see on your screen right now. thank you very much. >> president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> members of the board of supervisors, ray harts, san francisco open government. i was here when you passed this originally, and i think i can sum it all up in what your board president said at the time. the deals are in and there's really no sense in talking more to you because you've all made your decisions. a lot of decis

not only is eight washington an elegant addition to the embarcadero, the developer, san francisco waterfront partners has generously dedicated half of the site to recreation and public open space, retaining and improving its current recreational club. they are a local developer who has shown its dedication to the city with seven years of planning and entitlements. the project team has held over 100 public meetings which included an 18 month planning process led by the planning department requested by david chiu. it was during that process the project went through a complete redesign to address all of the public's concerns, and lowered the heights to be a third of the height of the nearest residential building. the public was given ample time to voice concerns and all the parties involved, from the developer, design consultants, special interest groans, neighborhood groups, engineers, planning department, board of supervisors, worked so carefully to plan a project that would be a great asset to our city it shocks me we are here determining the areversal. if that vote is not final, why do we e

you saw the new residential neighborhood which has been planned for in the former embarcadero freewayand and a neighborhood of about 10,000 housing units. it will be a high density neighborhood. those plans were adopted in 2005. as a result of this planning, the next step is to revisit the core of the transit district itself, largely made up of private property which formerly housed the embarcadero freeway. within a transit center, investments are being realized and entering construction. this is the pride of this city, to revisit the development control and growth immediately around the transit center to see what more we could do to enhance this area to absorb growth. scott spoke about the various components of the transit center projects. you can see the rail extension which is the next phase of the project which has a substantial funding program which this plan is helping to achieve. the plant area is bounded by market street, the waterfront and the east and hawthorne street on the west, about the eastern edge of the year but when a district. we are primarily focused on the private

we stopped a couple more times in that to before we finally made it to the embarcadero station. >>> authorities have temporarily suspended the search for a man who may have drowned in the napa river early this morning. investigators say two men were pushing in napa county just before 3:00 this morning. one of the men 260 jose had fallen into the water. a neighbor and get hit had heard splashing and yelling in spanish. those sounds faded after a few minutes. >>> he was not a strong swimmer. he may be knew how to to stay afloat for a little while. you can hear me in their river calling for help and of one of performance as he drifted away. >>> so far only a pair of tennis shoes have been set discovered during the search will resume tomorrow. the family friends are gathering to a missing teenager cellmark exactly six months to the day she was last seen. she disappeared on the way to her morgan hill high school on march 16th. this week search crews announced that weekly search this is will to discontinue appeared in 21 rural men has been charged with the march murder after her dna was found in his

next year possible america cup, the new year's eve celebration along the embarcadero, the chinese new year parade, the fourth of july celebrations and fireworks fleet week, the blue angels, the italian heritage parade, north beach fair and the auto moon festival. -- the autumn moon festival. our hot spots for crime are the broadway corridor. the chief has given us a lot of resources to fight crime on a broadway but it can sometimes be challenging. people come from out of town to come to the broadway area and we get a lot of undesirable behavior. we have auto boosting, when people break into cars. a lot of times, tourists leave things in plain view and it only takes a few seconds to break into a car. robberies involving cell phones, that is the number one item in the city. quality of life issues, everywhere i go in committee meetings, everyone complains about the quality of life, panhandling and drunkenness. more recently, the asian scam which the chief was talking about. our crime statistics -- aggravated assault for this year is down 16%. homicides -- we have not had a homicide this

in front of the federal reserve on market street after mayor ed lee ordered them evicted from the embarcadero. mention the 5:00 demonstration planned for this afternoon. there is expected to be a news conference around 11:00 this morning. i have only seen one san francisco police cruiser in the area so there is a small police presence in case the protesters were to get out of hand. really nothing, just a small encampment. >> do we have any idea how many people will be there today? >> they expect hundreds of people from various occupy groups from across the bay area. this morning i literally counted five-six people. >> we have been asking, do you think it is relevant? >> you can comment on facebook or twitter or e-mail us. an anti islam film produced in the u.s. has stirred up more violent protests today. kate is covering your world >> we're learning that the iranian top leader today ahead of hezbollah called on moslems in lebanon on to join in on these protests. hundreds of protesters there are clashing with police and marching towards a u.s. military base. protesters burned one police car. t

many of our merchants sold fresh produce in the embarcadero in the old market district. in the 1960's, the market was moved to its current location to allow for the golden gateway redevelopment area. since then, san francisco has evolved to become famous for its food culture and the market has been an integral part of this. our merchants provide fresh produce to a multitude of independent retailers, restaurants, food trucks, hotels, caterers, corner stores and the list goes on. all of this makes san francisco a great and unique place to live and eat. tourists spent $1.6 billion annually in food and beverage year in 2010 and the market has been a key partner in that business. today, the market is comprised of 26 businesses with shared warehouse and dock space across five facilities. much of our work is performed behind the scenes. hour workday ends when the sun comes up. our passion is produce. we bring healthy and terrific tasting food to san francisco. but in a fragile, time sensitive product like produce is not easy. the professional that the market have a wealth of lo

nothing happening on the embarcadero you will find slow traffic free app become a traffic spotter, get involved and report back to other spotters what is happening and where the traffic issues are. critical mass great way to get around it. >> she had me at free. >>> next, the hunt for jimmy hoffa, decades after he disappeared, a tip could crack a cold case open. >>> shooter opens fire at a sign company in minneapolis before turning the gun on himself. i'm tahman bradley with the details coming up. >> first, here's john muller with this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: facebook unwraps gift service some of the members can send gifts, real, not virtual to other members. facebook gifts will be available to all users eventually.vd android phones are boasting they have near field communication technology which will let them communicate with other nearby devices apple iphone 5 doesn't have it. they say that shouldn't be a factor. >> it is getting attention in the -- the fact is that presents real challenges they there are not a lot of terminals that can handle nfc. >> apple fields wallet a