they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to the playground and recreation center. my name is naomi kelly, deputy city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. today's press conference, the purpose of the press conferences to announce the implementation plan for the san francisco locao into effect on march 25, 2011. the implementation of the city's new mandatory local hiring policy is a top priority for mayor lee. it will outline the steps taken, contractors, and the broader community for the san francisco local hiring policy for construction. the new local hiring policy will require contractors to meet mandatory levels of san francisco residents and participation. the goal is to provide predictability for all stakeholders by maximizing cit

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors.

the average wage is more than jg to the local economy. they are local and our hospitals create thousands of ancillary jobs benefiting the commercial districts that surround them. california pacific medical center is the second largest private employer in this city. it is led by the chief executive officer, dr. warren browner, a physician overseeing the $2.5 billion rebuild of cpmc. here to introduce the mayor of san francisco, please join me in welcoming dr. warren browner. [applause] >> thanks, steve. it is now a great pleasure for me to introduce our new mayor. i think everybody knows mayor lee has been a diligent worker in senior management met -- management under many mayors. he was appointed our city administrator in 2005 and then appointed again in 2010. he was unanimously selected the interim mayor by our board of supervisors on january 11 of this year. mayor lee has promised all of us to be inclusive, to tackle things head on, and to move the bar for. we are all in need of that strength of conviction at this point in time. please j

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the stre

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circums

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. we had a couple of speakers who are here to support the program today, so the first one i'm going to introduce -- i'm not the world's greatest public speaker, so bear with me. first of all, let me start by giving thanks to a few different organizations that have helped out. one is trader joe's.

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's ne

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth.

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> being a pedestrian in san francisco is not easy for anybody. >> [inaudible] people push tables and chairs outside the sidewalk. >> i have to be careful not to walk the sidewalk. it is very hard. >> sometimes people get half way across the intersection. >> you have to be alert because there is always something coming up that you need to know about. >> i learned to listen to the traffic patterns. sometimes i notice the other pedestrians, they are crossing, on occasion, i have decided i'm going to cross, too. i get to the middle of the intersection, and i find out that the light has changed. >> we need to be able to work and go from one place to the other and have public transportation. the world needs to be open. >> people

if we were a country, we would be number 11 in the world in terms of size of our economy. that's the economic region. the local economy is spread across the five burrows with small business and retail and hospitals and colleges. and so our job base is spread across five burrows and some community that communities that came together and that's new york city. and in manhattan and then the burrows provide retail and neighborhood shopping, etc. >> how does one become a partner of new york city? >> it's by invitation, our membership is the chief executives of the companies that have a substantial influence in new york city. and mr. rockefeller's principles and the engagement and vc involvement is that you have to be involved and not just send a check. we attract business leaders that want to come to the city and spend their time and get involved with the issues that affect the city. and that's become much easier in the last 10 years, because one of our partnership members, mike bloomberg became mayor bloomberg and he's attracted everyone who is serious about international business. and understands the importance of

when all of these people come to town, they end up spending money here, and pumping money into the local economy. a report estimated last year, that the marathon pumped about $2 million into the local economy. this year there are 900 more people. if we take you back out here live to where we are. three miles into the race route, i want to point out one other thing. the police vehicle that you see out here, all the expenses associated with putting on the race, it's about $180,000. but the city of oakland is not paying for a cent of it. all of those are being covered by the race organizers. that is obviously, another economic benefit here. we should start seeing the runners head towards us. >> as we mentioned, we want to give you the race route. one of them includes a full marathon. runners from the start lake merritt. before going south along highway 13, back west towards international boulevard. the runners are going to circle around lake merritt before hitting the finish line. ♪ [ music ] >>> good morning to you, heading outdoors this morning, overcast skies. a live look in oakland. waking up a

the local economy is spread across the five boroughs with small business and retail and colleges. our job base is spread across five boroughs that came together. that makes up new york city. primarily the heavy economic lift is in manhattan. the burroughs provide housing and local employment and neighborhood shopping. >> how does one become a member of partnership for new york city? >> our membership is the chief executives of companies that are headquartered or have a substantial presence in new york city. they have to really -- mr. rockefeller's principal and the involvement once you have to be engaged. you do not just send a check. our interest is in attracting top business leaders who are committed to the city personally who want to get involved with the issues that affect the city. that has become much easier because one of our partnership members became mayor bloomberg at the end of 2001. he has attracted everybody who is serious about international business andy understands the importance of this city. what david rockefeller saw -- he was one of the first to articulate was

as local businesses, we support the local economy. we also support the concept of hiring local residents. however, there exists a combination of restrictions which make compliance highly impractical, if not impossible. these include california state laws regarding electrical installations and our apprenticeship standards. chairperson avalos: please continue. i would love to hear more of what you have to say. >> state law mandates the electric work in california to be formed by a state-certified electricians. there are approximately 450 electrician's living in san francisco. of this pool of certified electricians, 285 are union electricians, which we are contractually bound to hire. these union electricians are distributed among one-hundred- plus contract is bound by the local hiring ordinance, which prohibits hiring outside of the hiring hall and does not allow dispatch by geographical location. all of those items, we are trying to work with to remedy and help us meet the requirements. new hires come from our apprentice applicant list.

have to spend more money on gas you have less money to spend on other things that would help the local economy, local businesses, retailers that sort of thing. we are looking at the new york stock exchange. >>> we'll go ahead and good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here. monday march 28th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. >>> topping our news this morning. one bay area man is making national news by picking up a sunday newspaper. ktvu kraig debro joins us now from vacaville. tell us what happened. >> reporter: i just spoke to the city of vacaville information officer. i learned new information about this case. the newspaper might not have belonged to the man that was injured. we are on the 900 block of ashville. investigators will circle things or place plaquers near pieces of evidence. over on the front yard there is a hole in the ground where the explosion happened yesterday. according to people that lived on the street the explosion might have killed a smaller person. this happened at 10:20 yesterday morning when a man went out to pick up a newspape

one of his top priorities is to stimulate the local economy with jobs and he has empowered me with implementing the new local higher policy. i promised that i would not focus on the process, but on a measurable outcomes in the areas of the employment and job training. i and others in city government are inspired by the mayor's energy and can-do spirit. it's my pleasure to introduce my friend and my boss, mayor lee, the 43rd mayor of san francisco. [applause] san francismayor lee: good afte. i've been going around this whole city and talking about how many promises we make year in and year out as a city and how many do we really deliver on? this is one of those promises that has been talked about a lot. i've had a lot of discussions with a supervisor of lavalos abt the promises we made ever since we started funding these projects. every time we go to the voters, we are saying, you will get something out of this. you will get jobs. for some reason, they do not appear. promises get made and a lot of times, they just get forgotten. we are actually building these processeprojects. this park will und

14,000 jobs much once everything is built, the city projects it will bring 62 million a year into the local economy and 2 million of that would be generated for the city's general fund. >> it creates a sense of community and connection to the sports teams as well as creating jobs and economic development so it's a win-win for everybody. >> this project is privately funded , and right now they're still in the process of getting permits. once all that work is done, then we'll have a better sense of a time line of when this stadium will actually be built and open to the public. recording live from san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ahead, a dog making national headlines because he's still alive. this is a critical day for football fans, whether they'll be an nfl season this fall the question. >>> any rhine heading rain heading our way? we'll get the full forecast. >>> a deal announced at the white house could mean changes to our local highway. >>> new developments this new time in the fight over president obama's healthcare overhaul. a federal judge issued a ruling a short time ago declaring that stat

it would also put san francisco at the leading edge of thinking about how gardens fit into the local economy. i would love to answer any of the questions you have. we would very much appreciate your support. have a great valentines day. >> any further public comment? >> i am actually here for another item but i live half a block from the hayes valley farm. i moved in before i knew the farm would happen. i would have to say since the farm has been created the process of the creation and the existence so far dramatically improved the quality of life in the neighborhood. i say it as someone who does not volunteer on site. i haven't had a chance to buy

one that stands out for me is education, economic and work force of the element, stimulating the local economy. we have the third street merchant corridor and an opportunity to revitalize what i consider to be the main artery of the bayview district, of the southeast quarter. third street is a pretty long streak. from at&t park, it goes all the way to candlestick park. there is a lot of opportunity. don't squander that. we wanted to be a healthy mix that reflects the cultural history of the southeast part of the city. >> what are your thoughts on how the city can deal with the budget issue? >> we are in a very difficult time financially as a country, as a state, as a county. we have a multimillion-dollar deficit. what i see is we have competing priorities. >> ok. >> there's a whole host of non- profit and service organizations that provide a service and a social safety net for people. if people are not able -- they're not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. i would like to see the city continued to move

it shows a different side of the city while boosting the local economy. >> they estimate we'll have $2 million spent today in the city of oakland. >> business owners say the bay area is a desirable place for a marathon and runners and families to visit. people from 35 different states and six different countries participated in the event. >>> squeeze into the slammer. why bay area jails could be getting more crowded in the near future. >>> and a controversial part of the bay bridge is getting high praise this morning. why contractors lover the s- curve. >>> as we go to break. here is a live look outside. we are looking forward to sun and warmer temperatures this week. steve paulson will have another check at your temperatures coming up in a few minutes. >>> in vacaville this morning police are trying to discover the motive behind yesterday's powerful explosion. >>> well last week and the week before was rain, rain, rain. i'm happy to say this week it will not be that way. how warm will it get? >>> also week two of the barry bonds' trial starts today. which of his closest friends is set

they fill up hotel rooms, and they pour money into the local economy. it is actually estimated that a rave in one area brought in about $40 million for the county. there was also aid money for japan. a regulated party can be shut down, and unregulated one can be happening. it is my note important thought -- it is important that they are not shut down. thank you. note president newlin: next speaker, please. >> thank you. i am honored and humbled to be here. my name is -- and i was introduced to music and dance when i was a child. including hip hop in the 1980's. i went to the school of the arts in san francisco. music that made me feel, touched my soul, and let me see what could be created. this is electronic music, and it has never left my heart. this is a part of my role that i share with people. the music i chose. it was the whole experience, and we fell more in love with it together. i became part of the scene over one decade ago. the moment i walked in, i knew it was made for me. peace, love, unity, respect, and responsibility is our mantra. i have w

they are major contributors to the local economy and our vital cultural assets that increase health and happiness for citizens to pay government taxes. we are gathered to night to share our stories of electronic dance music events and the positive impact they have had on our lives. our right to dance, assemble, and freedom of expression is protected by the constitution. unless we continue to make our voices heard, it is easy for those rights to get swept under the rug. i would like to commend supervisor weiner who has introduced a resolution recognizing our social, economic, and public-health value. this is a huge step in ensuring the city will be working with us. we have about to celebrate. thank you for that. on that note, no the community is paying attention every step of the way. we expect accountability, fairness, and harm reduction, instead of eliminating the events we care so deeply about. i would like to thank the commissions for hosting this hearing tonight. thank you. commissioner zukerman: i am going to call five people at a time. if you can line up, that would be great. our

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. there are three things we want you to take away. how to open a air way and when to do it and control bleeding and treat shock and we want to talk about disaster medicine an death by trauma and by that i mean the body is acted upon by outside force and first is instant yainous and occurs in minutes and are we going to do much for this person? not so much. maybe in the predisaster situation and making the place safer but once someone is hit with something heavy and die within minutes you're not going to happen, and the next is occurring within minutes of the injury and bleeding to death or having their air way blocked or some unrecognized medical problem and this is the group we're going to help, and the third is die afterward

new wells that get opened are going to take ten years to produce well first ours is the economy to think about is the local economy in the gulf opening retailing down there is going to have paid out to the people back to write that off there's not one thing that's arguably hundreds to thousands i mean there's tens of thousands of people working in the area who are still drilling. and all that but so why do thirty at least that i know if that thousands offered jobs in the more time with but i'm not so that's one reason. if i know thing ninety percent of our energy consumption comes from often feels like natural gas and oil i mean why would we had cereal for the call when i see some foreign oil companies produced a whopping payment system so if another spill happens they can as well that ninety percent well first of all if we were to develop the entire eastern gulf corded part of the interior it would produce point two seven four million barrels a day we would increase production by that that translates into a five point four percent increase which is a point three two percent increase in the world supply le

the economy, going to be very hard-hit. and sendai is a major city in japan. so, you can imagine an earthquake this size hits the area. they will definitely feel the effects in the local economy. >> and talking about tokyo, which, of course, is so densely populated. you are still there working. you're on the sixth floor of your building. when you look at other buildings in tokyo, we heard that people just ran out, mass exodus, from their building. what has been the scene in tokyo? >> reporter: we're actually on the seventh floor. so, quite a lot of shaking. our office faces a park. we didn't see people running out of buildings. but we did see those images on tv. the good news is japanese people are very used to earthquakes. they know to listen. they're very prepared. once the evacuation orders went into effect, a very orderly process at that point. again, the officials are saying, at least on the coast, to stay away, obviously, until they give the go ahead to return home. and the evacuation order to stay out of buildings, sounds like. >> and just real quick, akiko, before we let you go. in tokyo, you're very used to this. the buildings are built for earthquakes. you'r

we need to help the local economy. i do understand neighbor's concern. >> is there any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. vice-president miguel: to me, this is a little bit difficult. there are several questions involved. i would like to ask the architect, how are you handling your garbage? >> commissioners, the rear patio was not only house the refrigeration instrument but we set aside for storage. also, this is something that restaurant ownership passed to manage. this is from the patio. they will bring the dishes inside and put them into the dishwasher. eventually, we will have to move that garbage bin to the front street. we will use rubber wheels on that. >> thank you. the conditions of approval seem to me to differ from other conditions of approval, particularly where there is patio seating involved. they do not reference hours of operation. >> that is correct. the department would be willing to add suitable hours of operation controls. it could be from 10:00 until 10:0

arkansas governor got to over a ports this could prove far more damaging to both their health and the local economy . we see the nuclear catastrophe in japan but we are closing nuclear plants the way from these kind of going sort. it's hard not to be gripped by panic when the world's high and mighty are sounding the alarm the closer you are to because shima the bigger your chances of picking up the panic buyers which is grabbing more so if you're not a physicist or a doctor people in russia's far is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across was the quickest to react. but my friend called me and said that she's leaving the city i'm not in such punishment but i'm already taking iodine just in case. but radiation levels remain completely normal and doctors are forced into sounding a different kind of a long list with the president just if anything really serious happens there things like consuming large amounts of oil going all red wine that's what people often say they're going to do such things won't help the reverse they may seriously damage their health because i am going bl

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and

are confident castroville reports this could prove far more damaging to both their health and the local economy. we see the nuclear catastrophe in japan in five years we are closing nuclear plants the way from these kind of sort of. it's hard to not to be great by panic when the world's high and to my seat sounding the alarm the clue so you are a typical shima the bigger your chances of peaking out the panic virus which is spreading more so if you're not a physicist or a doctor people in russia's foreign is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across but the quickest to react. my friend called me and said that she is leaving the city i'm not in session panic yet but i'm already taking iodine just in case. but radiation levels remain completely normal and doctors are forced into sounding a different kind of alarm just like the president is that if anything really serious happens there things like consuming large amounts of oil going all red wine gas water and people often say they're going to do such things won't help the reverse they may seriously damage their health becaus

thank god i don't know their day and wrong across appalachians coal fields mining jobs or by the local economies my husband us forthwith must say for just eight or nine years they all just we really appreciate massive that's where we get our money that you know our way of living but traditional deep mining requires more workers than mountaintop removal since nine hundred fifty the total number of mining jobs has steadily decreased from approximately one hundred twenty thousand to less than twenty thousand today over the same period coal production has steadily increased many coalfield residents are also concerned about another byproduct of coal production slurry pons. the slurry impalements the way that we dispose of the refuse that comes from the cleaning of coal which is literally nothing but dirt and rock i mean that's what you're separating from the coal so that's what you're disposing of it's not toxic it's not you know as people many people would like you to believe that there's something only it's the indigenous dirt and rock that is caught up in the coal seam and that natural material in