the various advisory committees and commissions all yielded either, it's on the draft eir or comments -- comments on the draft eir or that have come through to refine the product further. likewise, the outreach the city is doing with its partners also has yielded some adjustments in these projects that are articulated, and were called out in the project variants, which was described in detail in chapter 11 of the comments and responses document. we tried to get our arms around it as best as we could then. then, it just got better. the process has been very rigorous. it has been open, and it has been fluid. we have been trying to track those changes as best we can along the way. just to highlight more of the specifics -- reduced construction in addition to the event authority and the race management committee to highest efficiency equipment -- they have scaled down the amount of construction required for the events, which reduces environmental impact. as was just announced by the mayor a few minutes ago, there has been a big change in the view based in impacts that were articulated by the removal of the long-term marina in the open water basin, and shifting back to a location in mission bay, so that w

in the major issue with the product contract has to do with the products that the city departments wish to purchase. any purchase order worth over $100,000 must be a bit out, must be outreached to three of the technology store vendors. to this point, xtech has been the successful bidder for a number of purchase orders. the second item is for a fourth amendment to a services and related products contract with xtech. initially, we had set it up for $12 million. it was clear that xtech -- by the way, they are the product of a joint venture of two locally-based organizations. these two firms were certified local business enterprises. they have been so successful, that they have graduated from the program. we have had to modify the contract up words. it currently stands at $40 million. this current contract modification is $20 million for and not to exceed the limit of $60 million. the third items -- supervisor chu: in terms of the difference between six and seven, extensions for the xtech contract? >> additions to the contract limit. the first one is for products only. the second one is for services and related products. the issue has to do mostly with the fact that services ten

the streets. -- can end up back on the streets. with the st. luke's rebuilt, in regards to the community outreach, the comments of our doctors were literally written out of the minutes. they cannot solve the city's mental health issues and then ask for permission to effectively eliminate all of their sites -- psych beds. they are talking about where it -- keeping some at one campus but not say for how long. i will skip the most important parts since i heard the bell. cpmc pays no property tax on any of their buildings and yet make over $140 million per year in profit from their asset operations. it is our position that their plan is not adequate for the mental health of our city, and the board of supervisors must have them proceed until such time when they provide their lawful share of services with psychiatry at the top. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, board of supervisors. my name is -- and i am a member of district 5 and also here representing a physician's organizing committee. i have worked as a psychologist for 15 plus years, and we have witnessed the impact of the cuts to the department of public health, and many have closed in the last year. the ef

he has work on the city's homeless problem for years and is a supporter of the various outreach centers>> some central valley farmers had helping power fighter navy jets, growing cam lena seeds and now the military is extracting the oil from the seeds and mixing it with diesel to create a blend of jet fuel. >> delivering fuel that can power the fleet. >> this field has mladen as long as anyone can remember and we can't push wear here. we aren't able to grow food here or much of anything before cam lena. >> the harvest begins in march and april. the navy hopes toone day have 50% of its field come from alternative energy. >>> good morning to you! it is going to be a day for the outdoors! look at that beautiful view. we've got blue skies overhead, just a little bit of patchy fog reported over parts of the north way. we're a lot dryer this morning. that northeasterly breeze continues in the hills but most of us are calm. we do have just a light breeze here. san jose east southeasterly in our winds will be light for your afternoon. 32 degrees right now santa rosa. 31 in napa, which is actual

the next 90 days. >> up see increased appears patrol and visibility throughout the city. >> reporter: but that's not all. call it the kitchen sink approach. the city says community outreach groups will also zero in on those 100 blocks along with state and federal agencies, public works and parks and rec. >> we'll see everything from evaluating street lights, evaluating our community programs, evaluating our library hours. >> reporter: a tall order at a time when the city is preparing to pink slip 1500 employees. >> it's challenging. i have no idea what other cuts will happen but we will prioritize these 100 blocks. >> reporter: now, police say they tried a pilot project of this last summer it west oakland and it did result in a significant drop in crime. we asked them for the numbers to see how much of a significant drop. they couldn't give them to us. >> thank you, christin ayers in oakland. >>> other bay area headlines, opening statements today in the civil discrimination trial against the richmond police department. eight black officers accused off to brass of racial discrimination and harassment. the 2007 lawsuit is against chief chris magnus, deputy chief laurie rit

the city of san francisco should mandate competency training for elders and provide meaningful outreach efforts. it is imperative the city committed to finding solutions to the crises that the elders are facing. thanks for bringing much- needed attention to this underserved segments of our community. >> i will read a few more names. marilyn hayward, dougles yep, and other speakers. >> i am a member of the health commission and an officer of the coalition of agencies several of the elderly. since the beginning like many kids have a service agencies, we have been serving lgbt seniors and helping them maintain their health and independence. we learned how to make services appropriate. maximize consumer choice and a scheurer cultural compensate and make sure that client satisfaction measures are followed. maximizing consumer choice is important with food. the type of food, how you get it, how it is delivered. at the health department we designed help the san francisco so people could choose their own medical home. they could find out where they feel comfortable. i am the order of the ihss medical authority. the allow pe

the next 90 days. >> you will see increased patrols and visibility throughout the city. >> reporter: but that's not all. call it the kitchen sink approach. the city says community outreach groups will also zero in on those 100 blocks. >> we'll see everything from evaluating street lights, our community programs, evaluating our library hours. >> reporter: a tall order at a time when the city is preparing to pink slip 1500 employees. >> it's challenging times. i have no idea what other cuts are going to happen but we will prioritize these 100 blocks. >> reporter: they tested this strategy last summer and said crime was significantly reduced in west oakland because of it. however, they could not tell us how significantly reduced. live in oakland, christin ayers, cbs 5. >> a major shake-up at yahoo. cofounder jerry yang has quit the in evidence giant that he started 17 years ago. len ramirez on the is sudden departure that comes on the heels of a significant new hire. len. >> reporter: that's right, dana. it's going to be hard for a lot of people to imagine yahoo without jerry yang as the cofounder, former ceo and board member and lately as the chief yahoo but now all of th

inspections, held investigations, and forth and of the health code, community outreach, lead testing, and public health case management. imagining the the city to compete for a larger lead hazard grant from hud by leveraging existing city funding. the award will not add any new steps to either department during the 36-month performance period. supervisor chu: thank you. you have a question from supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i was curious about the 125 qualified units. do these units. like, have been tested, and the mediation needs to happen? >> in order to qualify, we do a series of things. most of our properties come to us from direct referral from the the part of public health, where a lead hazard has been identified. or a child with lead blood poisoning has been identified. we take those cases and do a risk assessment and the lead paint inspection. we determine what are the hazards, conditions of the paint, and then we draft a scope of work to address those hazards. we do the work, cleared it, we have to meet certain clearance levels from the department of public health. during which time, we occupied the -- relocate the occupants, so t

with priscilla here on "comunidad del valle," the volunteer with the clean slate tattoo removal program. also juan avula, youth outreach specialist for the cityn jose. he's been working for kids for a long time here. welcome back to the show and welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> so we talked about how important this clean slate ta toot removal program is. but you thought it was so important that -- well, let's talk first of all -- first of all, about how you nominated her this special award. >> basically, the foundation, they have an awards ceremony for volunteers of the year. this year we submitted priscilla's name into that pool of people. and our superintendent, mario estramoto and myself, we all got together to fill out the application. we submitted it. then -- >> because of her work with what we've seen here in this video with the tattoo removal. >> correct, correct. priscilla's been with the clean slate program even before my time. i've been with clean slate for going on 12 years. she helped with the very beginning stages of it and has been the volunteer. i've seen several doctors go through. but she's been the most senior nurse aro

city government. that election actually serves as the public input and outreach time. for legislation that is done through the normal channels, the muammar process in city hall, this charter amendment would simply add one jobs impact hearing to the process. the details of that, how it would get referred to different commissions and so forth, that would be worked out legislatively via trailing ordinance. it is simple, it is only a page and a half long, and it simply states the idea that with job loss, we need that extra time to have public input and outreach and craft as good a piece of legislation as you can, and the rest will be worked out. thank you very much for considering this. the amendments are substantive, and therefore would have to sit for a week. thank you very much. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. elliott. thank you for listening to the feedback. i'm sorry, there are some questions? i appreciate you taking the feedback on the charter amendment and bring the amendments for today. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you, before i get to my questions, how to ask the city attorney, one of the t

the outreach program we have for low-income kids. >> reporter: the director says that these outreach programs go out to about 5,000 low-income kids in oakland. they may have to go. the loss from the city would amount to about $55,000. even more frustrating though as she say that fairyland does not get a share of the hotel tax like some others do. she wants to keep the price at $8, so they will do everything they can. she's going to be at the meeting tonight. she says that a lot of parents will be there too. christy smith, back to you. >> thanks. >>> you might not see tents springing up in downtown oakland, but occupy protesters say they have something bigger planned. they are planning to take over a vacant building saturday afternoon after rallying at noon at the plaza. in the meantime, the south bay occupiers are planning their own day of action. they kick off their wall street wednesday protest today at 4:00. wall street wednesday will focus beyond banks on a broader range of issues. >>> this morning construction crews moving massive boulders and trying to figure out how to stabilize a sliding hillside in san francisco. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, john. i just got

the discussion has been put off because of strong opposition. leaders said they want to refine the proposal and allow for outreach and input before they move forward. >> will the cops be forced to bail out the city of pleasanton. they go before the council tomorrow night. the police officer's association could be paying up to $2.4 million more in pension costs to help the city get through the recession. under the possible new contract, top officers could pay nearly $900 more per month in pension payments. >> we are learning more about a norro virus outbreak. the outbreak forced a volunteer quarantine in the nursing home. the illness sickened ten residents and two staff members. if you know anyone who may have visited leading up to the 5th, they should see a doctor. it is highly contagious. >> thousands of nurses are starting to picket in the moment. a one-day sympathy strike is being held and several kaiser workers will be out. they are striking in solidarity with union worker who is charged kaiser with under staffing the mental health services in violation of state law. hospitals have prepared for the strike and all locations will remain open. >> this is by far the biggest thing that ever happe

the same problems as you can meet in congo and in the capital city. >> laurence helped doctors without boarders launch a street outreach mission. every day they walk the most dangerous areas of the city. you're not scared? >> we have to be scared to protect ourselves. just going and thinking that it will be easy, we will be very at risk. >> what goes hand in hand with the violence here is extreme poverty. the doctors without borders street team was giving medical and psychological care here. it looked like so many neighborhoods throughout latin america. if we hadn't been told, we wouldn't have guessed it was so violent. what he's telling me is that this is where he lives under this tarp. these are his spare clothes and he's got -- and this is his kitchen where you see these three fish being cooked right here. and they cook for all of the street children here is one of the other things that he's saying. the other thing that you notice when you're speaking to edwin is there's all these kids around here. but even in plain view of the cameras, all of them are sniffing glue. because we are the first foreigners, let alone journalists that the doctors withou

city employees. this is over and above prop c, by the way. training for inspector code, as well as supervisory training, we have increased the community outreach activities based on the discussions you have had with us. the details are in the documents that we gave you last week. the city's grant program, we had an rflp that was put out in 2011 for the program. we equalize the services, actualizing but they had to provide. contractors came back, requesting additional funding. we said to that that the current year would beg[/crw fixed on e budget, the current year being january through july. we request that additional money in the budget. that reflects the equalize units of service and the inclusion of the current cost of providing mq5o

side of the bar, with the judge of the witnesses and such would normally be our boston police officers, federal agents, supple county prosecutors, probation and parole is, sun city austin king outreach workers the city had hired folks to try to avert the corners and calm the stuff done and get the street. on the other side of the bar facing us are about 30 of the most dangerous gang members we could find in the city of bath and. and we spent the next hour or so talking to them. a couple of framing fax. you're going to hear a couple of names. one is freddie curtis to. pretty cardoso was a common acclaimed basically the worst game defender in austin. and the boston cops stopped them in roxbury one morning he had just sold an automatic pistol to a juvenile. the kid had begun in most most of the ammunition. fred had 19 millimeters cartridge in his hand. the freddie didn't know was that the boston cops had been working with the feds. freddie did not know that he had with the feds call it predicate criminal record that opened him to prosecution under what is called the criminal statute, the peasant armed career eligible defendant, he could be charmed to 15 year federal sentence. he especi

the district should become the nation's 51st state. it is part of a new outreach effort in which statehood advocates will be asking state legislatures to pass resolutions supporting that cause. >>> the chair of the d.c. city council wants every high school student to take a college entrance examination. even if it means forcing them. kwame brown is proposing that each student be required to take either the s.a.t. or the a.c.t. before graduation. and to apply to at least one vocational school or college. brown's proposal would create a workshop to teach students how to apply to schools and also how to get financial aid. his office says that this would cost between $300,000 and $400,000. >>> d.c. police are investigating the city's second homicide of the year. it happened last night. the 1500 block of 45th street northeast. when officers arrived, they found a man with several gunshot wounds to the chest. police have not released the man's name or any information on possible suspects or a motive. >>> hundreds of montgomery county students are in new classrooms this afternoon. modernization projects have just been completed for three elementary schools. cannon road also garrett park elementary school and seve

unfortunately where you can cut back is on the outreach program that we have for low-income children. the loss from the city would amount to about $55,000. >>> geologists and engineers were on telegraph hill today working to stabilize the giant hillside. boulders toppled down after a weekend of rain. crews are trying to reshape the hill to create a landing at the bottom. that way if more boulders fall, they have a way to stop instead of smashing into the condo complex. experts will try several options to keep the rock from falling using a special concrete and netting. residents have been let back into three yellow tagged units but experts do not recommend sleeping in a room that faces the hillside. >>> making the bay area proud. three high school students are finalists in the oldest and most prestigious science competition. all three will go to d.c. to compete and the 2012 intel talent search. based on their original scientific research, the projects are very impressive. take a listen as finalist from belerman explains what he worked on. >> on image imitation and it improves on the basic algorithm and finds

the opportunity to move into a state-of-the-art facility on folsom. we have an outreach with different agencies. supervisor kim has been particularly involved, as have other supervisors. we feel this is a win for the city and the fire department. we appreciate this project and how it moves forward. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> michael terrio. i will be brief. i think there was a thorough will buckle of the appeal. -- rebuttal of the appeal. in terms of the public view and affect of the museum, just as the original museum provided an enhancement to the public view, so the dramatic design will provide an enhancement. this is not a refrigerator box. this is a handsome and dramatic building. we look forward to working on it. we remain fully in support of it. we ask you to reject the appeal. president chiu: next speaker. >> many floras, carpenters' local 22. -- manny flores. in my opinion, this is a no- brainer. it is a great project, obviously, a win-win for the city. deny the appeal and move forward. thank you very much. president chiu: any other members of the public wish to speak in support? with that, why don't we hear from the rebuttal from the appellant? you have up to four minutes for

the homeless can take advantage of while keeping warm. >> they have access to hot meals, hot showers, case management services, outreach services. we have opened about 13 agencies in the city of baltimore to help provide access to benefits, housing, and jobs. >> thealtimore city health department reminds you to wear a multiple layers of loose fitting clothing and to wear a head covering like a hat. keep space heaters and candles away from flammable materials. drink plenty of fluids and avoid alcohol. also, check on the elderly and the sick. >> for more information on the shelters and how to keep safe from the cold weather, you can log onto our website, wbaltv.com. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the cold is going to be with us for another 24-48 hours or so. the second half of the week, it will warm up quite a bit. arctic air spilling across the great lakes producing lake enhanced snow showers. all the way down to the mounds of north carolina, a flurry or two could across central and eastern maryland as well. the emphasis will be on the cold. 19 right now in oakland, freezing in hagerstown. 30's ram baltimore. -- around baltimore. 21-29 for the overnight low with a wes