the other options, $150 million is the kind of investment that we need to make to serve the entire city. i don't think that we have had the understanding of the transit first needs, how they can be explored across the city. >> thank you. i think that there will be opportunities to explore that in our real estate study, in our upcoming circulation study. that is something to look at further. still with the transit oriented development, the city did find this consistent with station area plan and there is a good opportunity for retail filler liner on the north side. this would take advantage of empty air space and could serve our customers, the transit passengers. another set of issues that the study looked at, the transit boarding areas. this drops passengers off in the streets. this is before looping around our storage and maintenance yard and heading back down. this is not an accessible location. the study recommended seriously looking at moving that northbound final stop to the geneva-san jose intersection

whereas a unifying the entire city to focus and support our public schools relies on individuals in the private sector to drive and support. the city and county of san francisco is considering recognizing one such extraordinary individual for his contributions to the city. it is fitting to use this opportunity to specifically acknowledged the specific contributions from warren to the san francisco unified school district. a graduate found the school district in great need. he refused to turn his back on san francisco public schools. he backed the first of six consecutive ballot measures. he could transform 150 schools when completed. this brought desperately needed funding for the arts and sports. the special needs tags and the quality teacher education act, which raised teacher salaries and instituted critical reforms would bring more than $2 billion in critical support to teachers and students. the hellman family foundation has directly provided the funding for staff and other initiatives to support our most strategic work including the continued development of our strategic plan. whe

it is consistent with our goals, and we believe and offers benefits to both waterfront and the entire city. despite the heated rhetoric and controversy, which is being discussed is just a very simple question. should the law 351 remain a parking lot or not? this has been opposed by relatively small group of people, and good people, let's be clear. they are not bad folks, but they are overwhelmingly older, white, upper-middle-class, and they live in one of the most pleasant neighborhoods of our city, and these poor souls are aggrieved and distressed because new housing is being proposed for their neighborhood, but it must be noted that their housing displaced earlier residents. it was not sand dunes back there when the golden gate was developed. by contrast, the eight washington project displaces no one unless you consider the private swimming and tennis club. we also noted that many of the opposition comes from those who have lived in rent control housing, and this is a curious platform from which to oppose new housing. the accusation is that it will become a luxury housing, something we w

and they enhance the value of the properties in the city that are paying about 20% of the entire city's budget. we have to look at the big impact here. i have to disagree with mr. paul who stated that boma was at the table. when this was passed unanimously, they were not involved. this was to bring vitality to underserved areas of the city where there are not restaurants, cafes, sandwich shops. we have a plethora of them downtown. we are not underserved in any sense of the word. if you look at the list of firms that have been applied for, over 50% of them are downtown locations. why? that is where the customers are. we had these constraints around the city of not being allowed, not allowing mobile food trucks to operate in hospitals or near hospitals and schools. that needs to be changed. we need to make some modifications to look at density. how many are too many? right now, we are saturated downtown with mobile food permits. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i am the owner of the gaylord restaurant in the financial district. my restau

the entire community. in a sense, it reflected larger issues that are impacting the city as a whole. so, there are issues like that that would require a knowledge of the neighborhood, and knowledge of what is happening on the ground, and knowing the difference is of how all bernal heights may look at an issue vis a vis the mission or portola. as a supervisor, i do have to be able to balance managing citywide issues, which is very important, but at the same time, focusing on the specific needs of your neighborhood. that is really important to us. one of the things we need to prioritize is that making sure we focus on the nuts and bolts of government. a lot of the calls we get involved fixing alights, replacing a pothole. i think it is really important to make sure we get those things right and we try to work very closely with the city agency to make sure government is responsive. if we do not do those things right, those little things, which are big things in life of a neighborhood. >> how you reconcile the needs of your district with the needs of the city? supervisor campos: i think

then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san francisco? i think the city is now looking at doing art paths for that purpose. it would not be hard, given the abundance of -- after so many years in the desert, there is a huge backlog of brilliant art. magnificent piece is done by armies of artists working together. so that is an obvious things that could be instituted. i also pulled him that we did not have any trash cans in our city. we did not really continue that dialogue. [laughter] >> the question that everyone in san francisco is asking now, i'm going to ask you as a formality. are you going this year? have you ever missed one? have you ever wanted to? >> no. [laughter] at one time, i was very much needed -- i am still needed, from time to time. although, if i and my partners have done our job, we should not be needed that much. i am like anyone else out there. it is a big place. it is hyperactive. not only are there 100 things, b

since the comptroller's report recommending the dissolution of the patrol specialists throughout the entire city. it has been 21 days since we were told there was going to be discussion about apparent ambiguities regarding the disposition of illegally operated specialists in the castro. he has for eight months been ineligible to operate but has done so regardless. i see on your agenda there is another disciplined for another patrol special. every week it seems we get another one. this wastes your time. finally, i recommend an article published last wednesday. although it does not concern the police specifically, it concerns the district attorney, and i recommend it to yeaou regarding prosecution of hate crimes as a warning and as guidance for you about how important your role is to keep police and control specialists under control, because when they are done, it goes to victor wang who is correct. >> the police commission does not have the ability to eliminate control specialists. good evening. >> i tip my hat again. i heard about the raid at about 11:30. i got down there. the officers were so p

my district encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right now. over each of the years i have served, we have had to balance budget deficits that were around $500 million. this year, we're facing another budget deficit of almost $400 million. fortunately in recent years, we have had some ability to do some one-time budgeting tricks that allow us to balance the budget that do not exist this year. in past years, we've received federal stimulus money. we received more monies from the state government. last year our

the city of christchurch in new zealand. this time, there were no fatalities, but the city's mayor said the latest tremors have shattered people's nerves. our correspondent reports. >> the power of the quake rattled the entire city of christchurch, including the supermarket. it sent christmas shoppers into a chaotic scramble for the exit. these people have lived to the last earthquake 10 months ago and knew what it was capable of. >> there were people running to try to get out. it was pretty chaotic. >> it was violent. >> at a local television station, staff cat or dog under their desks, fearful of collapsing ceilings. -- staff power under their desks, fearful of collapsing ceilings. building shook for several seconds, forcing people to race until the relative safety of open streets. both major shocks registered well over magnitude 5. >> we are devastated that this has happened at this time of the year, right before christmas. >> in the aftermath, the city and surrounding areas were subject to landslides and flooding. >> i have had enough. >> this latest set of agreed >> will prove deeply disturbing to the people of the city will come to believe their worst fortunately behind them. -- fortunes lay behind th

it will give us a picture of the entire city, including all the municipal and state buildings. >> and that is the last point i would bring outup, we don't wano lose other advocates that we need on this. unlike city college, as you know, the president of the community college board is also very strong in community choice segregation. as soon as i brought this up with him, he said, how can you raise electricity rates on city college? we need to use the build-out work, use good scoping and a decade-long planne so we can goo the hospitals and schools and show them something that is going to work that is not going to hurt them. we don't necessarily have to put the full two cents like a flat tax on everybody. with the mta, we need to make sure that we are not rising electricity so high that we are discouraging transit. [chime] that is where the build-out is so important. >> good afternoon, commissioners. in support of raising their rates in reflecting the true cost of electricity. as he mentioned, revisiting the rates are essential to make sure that we reflect the true cost of electricity a

what we want to do is serve an economy for the entire city, keeping it all vital. coming to the financial district for lunch. thank you. >> i have a question. this was touched on earlier. was wondering if for the location, if you do have the certificates of sanitation? >> thank you for the question. we do have a certificate for dph. the important point to keep in mind, the permit that is before you is dph the -- is not the dph restroom permit. president goh: that's understood. and you have those for each of those locations? >> yes. commissioner garcia: we have seen the one for the next case, can you furnished the one for this case? >> we don't have the restroom form, and before they would operate, they would be required to have that forms signed atdph. -- at dph. so this is the global food facility permit issued by the department of public health. there is a separate document that supports this, that we don't have to provide to you today. >> we can hear from the department now. >> of the department has submitted a brief to you earlier. i don't want, necessarily, to

. >> the power of the quake rattled the entire city of christchurch, including the supermarket. shoppers were thrown into a chaotic scramble for the exit. these people have lived through the last earthquake 10 months ago and knew what was capable of. >> we were trying to run now. >> pretty vineland's. -- violent. stuff was falling off the shelves. >> at local television stations, workers hid under their desks, afraid of collapsing ceilings. buildings shook for several seconds, forcing people to race to the relative safety of the st.. both major shocks registered well over magnitude 5. >> it is sad it has happened at this time of the year. >> in the aftermath, the city was subject to landslides and flooding. >> i told them, i have had enough. >> there are people in the country who have come to believe their worst fortunes play ahead. bbc news. >> today the u.s. congress finally passed an extension of the payroll tax cuts that had been going down to the wire. across the atlantic, governments have not fallen and the word austerity has come to mean something rather real and european

. >> the power of the quake rattled the entire city of christchurch, including the supermarket. shoppers were thrown into a chaotic scramble for the exit. these people have lived through the last earthquake 10 months ago and knew what was capable of. >> we were trying to run now. >> pretty vineland's. -- violent. stuff was falling off the shelves. >> at local television stations, workers hid under their desks, afraid of collapsing ceilings. buildings shook for several seconds, forcing people to race to the relative safety of the st.. both major shocks registered well over magnitude 5. >> it is sad it has happened at this time of the year. >> in the aftermath, the city was subject to landslides and flooding. >> i told them, i have had enough. >> there are people in the country who have come to believe their worst fortunes play ahead. bbc news. >> today the u.s. congress finally passed an extension of the payroll tax cuts that had been going down to the wire. across the atlantic, governments have not fallen and the word austerity has come to mean something rather real and european

. >> the power of the quake rattled the entire city of christchurch. including the supermarket. it sent christmas shoppers into a chaotic scramble for the exit. these people have lived through the last earthquake 10 months ago and knew what it was capable of. >> there were people running to try to get out. it was pretty chaotic. >> pretty violent. >> at a local television station, staff cowered under their desks, fearful of collapsing ceilings. another part of the city, the ferocity of the event was captured in the smallest objects. buildings shook for several seconds forcing people to race to the relative safety of open streets. both major shocks registered well over magnitude 5. >> we are devastated that this has happened at the time of the year, right before christmas. >> in the aftermath, the city and surrounding areas are subject to landslides and flooding. >> [inaudible] >> this latest set of earthquakes will prove deeply disturbing to the people of the city will have come to believe their worst fortune lay behind them. >> today, the u.s. congress finally passed an extensi

the other thing that i wanted to mention was that we only have two homerooms in the entire city for medical respite. if there is an outbreak of influenza in the shelter -- [tone] we have no where to put people. it is a very different picture for homeless adults. we do not have the resources. thank you. supervisor avalos: has that changed, over the years? has there been a reduced number? >> it is a larger number of people. people are sicker. it is the numbers. with the same resources. so, the resources were not adequate before. now, you know, we sat around -- i am a mother of an ill child and i cannot imagine not having a roof over my head. we have to make really difficult decisions. it is unbelievable. in a city like this, where there is so much money. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for holding this hearing. in the political director of united educators of san francisco. made a job for 25 years has been classroom teacher. last week we passed a resolution to get the teachers and professionals of san francisco involved in every way