lastly, i really like us to look at the examples of the valencia which does allow entertainment for the full entertainment permit with a conditional use. president olague: thank you. is there additional public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is stefano costeloto and this is the city of live music and also a city for influgs, not exclusion. and i would like to see this ordinance adopted citywide. i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for having the vision and foresight to fill a void in which the definition of entertainment in san francisco for a long time is a broad definition. and what happened there is there was no tier that filled the void at the bottom where we have a lot of cafes, restaurants, art galleries that either were discouraged from offering music because they couldn't afford it for the permit process and to go through the process and then we had some calf fays -- cafes that felt they were taking a chance and now we have a level field where everybody can participate and contribute to the city. the other aspect is when the city had the dot com we lost a lot

what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hill. they mined 26 million cubic yards of sand out of theire, and they mixed it with the debris from the fire and they used it to fill basements. so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to another site. now you come to find out the material you were going to move at $8 per ton is now going to cost anywhere from $40 to $78 per ton. the has a significant impact -- and has a significant impact on the cost of your project. if you are out on the sunset and vine a single-family home, just have the geotechnical engineer come out and say it is on earth quicksand, the building will probably settle three-quarters of an inch. have the

the valencia streetscape improvements has generated a work of art. one of the largest and most impressive outdoor improvements was to the plaza where we used an artist to use colored pavement to impact the plaza. if anyone has a chance to see that, it's quite a phenomenal change to the streetscape. but -- upcoming projects include the surrounding area of general hospital, soma west and the public safety building. going to the question you started out with, how will we try to change and improve the street smart program, we are going to be talking with the department of public works, which is our partner in this effort. we're going to change our memorandum of understanding so we will incorporate more communication between the property owners and surrounding neighbors. that will be more labor- intensive, but your point was well taken. as you astutely, given your financing background, urged us to do more with less. we've been able to allocate an additional $20,000 by shifting administrative costs and by funding 10 more murals and the program for the next

the valencia streetscape improvements has generated a work of art. one of the largest and most impressive outdoor improvements was to the plaza where we used an artist to use colored pavement to impact the plaza. if anyone has a chance to see that, it's quite a phenomenal change to the streetscape. but -- upcoming projects include the surrounding area of general hospital, soma west and the public safety building. going to the question you started out with,

i cannot think of a better way to celebrate the kickoff of small business week than to be right on valencia in the small business just started that has been the recipient along with some 27 other small businesses that have worked really hard to get to a place where they can be and allow the city to contribute and help. we did not hear a lot of times -- we hear a lot of complaints about how the city has not been doing things, but thanks to our small business commission, which is here today, and they're wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts -- their wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts, and supervisor wiener, who had a chance to open up a farmer's market in glen park with me yesterday. we never do it alone. whenever our city is working together, we have to find people who know how to communicate with small businesses, drill down to what they need, and then work with our policy makers like the small business commission and their staff, but really help in figuring out what it is that a limited amount of money

bottom of the second, twins up 1-0, danny valencia, the solo shot. this is a big one as well. to left. and second deck shot to make it 2-0 twins. bottom of the fourth, more twins offense. young with the double to deep right center. two runs will come in. minnesota tops the tigers, 4-1 is your final. how about the padres taking on the phillies who have the best record in baseball? bottom of the first, two on for chase utley, go and chase this shot. opposite field blast, 3-0 phillies, padres down 3-2 in the sixth inning, chase hedley ties it. man, there were a lot of home runs today. we are tied at 3. to the 7th inning, all phillies after that, chase utley. second homer of the day giving the phillies and 8-4 lead, they go on to win 8-6 is your final. >>> one more game for you, braves and reds from cincinnati, sixth inning, reds down 2-1. runners on the corners. edgar renteria doubles down the left field line. we have a play coming up at the plate. drew stubbs oh, my goodness takes one to the chin. but he's safe. 3-2 reds. bottom of the 7th, edgar renteria enters the game after z

we had that issue before us in the mission valencia area. ly, we continued with conditional use which has served commissioners will be just as thoughtful as we are. their decisions may reflect changing values but that's what happens as the city changes and neighborhoods change and decisions may not be the same but i think they'll give it as much consideration as we give it so i think conditional use works. president olague: thank you. supervisor mar: thank you so much. >> commissioners, i'm sorry, at the time i had written the report we had not received public comment but since then we have received public comment and i'd like to submit those for your reading. president olague: i'd like to recognize ms. dooley from the small business commission. i'm not sure if you'd like to address us at all, at this point. >> good evening, commissioners, kathleen deal, small business commission. at this point i want to talk briefly more about that it's really time for us to get together and discuss formula retail and the controls, talk about what's working,

and the fifth is on valencia and 17th. these spaces were testing to issues -- a couple of them in the commercial districts of a couple and residential areas. we want to see the demand for the spaces in these to differ areas that we will also look at the logistics about street sweeping. how will work and how will the issue of private cars parking in these areas associated with that -- a violation in front of view is creating a violation to allow us to address vehicles parked in the spot as well as the potential vehicles parked in the spot which would not allow the car share vehicles to access these spots. we're also looking at sign edge. what would we need to make it visit -- visible for the public as they walk by the spaces? we'll be looking at criteria to establish what a car share company is as well as what are the optimal criteria for a space that will allow us to expand the pilot citywide. we would like your support to move this into the pilot phase. >>supervisor mar: so if this cos forward as a fall contract -- >> we w

but there is difficult to have the theater constantly both in valencia that he says smaller theater which you can have the yacht is so. very lucky that she has that theater and that she can have her constantly working that's the way it is mistaken you saying together with only once and only. what do you christian singing with because because she had a lot to say after she performed with what can you say. she was great at these great. no only seeing tremendous actor is. full of temperament and a great lady of the theater and i don't want to say the needs of fighting lady would yes she's a very fiery and that day we have fire on the street which she was we were doing tosca and she's. going to kill. me when she took. the tosca when she was going to kill her week when the fire. i mean i was outside took the stage because. of the stage and. it was course. she realized she was in fire and he doesn't want to die. and he was pulling hair and he was trying to pull the week. and she didn't realize that she was on fire and finally was able to. util kind of in between burning fuel so bring the weak d

the ninth. twins down a dash. danny valencia, sweet and juicy. the shot to left for a walkoff knock.hael cuddyer score and twins win, 2-1. >>> brewers and d'backs out west and the brew crew, they sure brought their offense. the knock, deep and gone. same song, different lyrics. betancourt, that's one of his two pokes and rickie weeks says i've got the power. brewers go up 6-2 and win this one, 11-3. >>> jason mcdonald andndirates taking on the red, top of the third, pirates up a dash. mcdonald sits down drew stubbs. in the cage, not impressed. meet my uncle charlie, then another player suffered the same fate and the pirates go on to win, 1-0. that'll do it for us. but for the latest on the sports scene, don't forget to check out the highlight express. >>> well, members of the u.s. women's soccer team are still making their rounds after that incredible defeat. >> after appearing on "good morning america" yesterday they dropped in on "the letterman show." had a good time trying to kick some soccer balls, yes, into those moving new york city cabs. >> that can happen any time you're in a

the right thing later. a great example is valencia's street. when london to the sidewalks, and there were these polls that were too expensive to move and they are in the middle of the sidewalk now. most sidewalks in the city do not meet planning standards. they are not wide enough. even if you put utility boxes in that zone, it is going to be in the way when we go to widen the sidewalks. it is another thing we will have to move at public expense even though that of private facilities, when we bring those streets into compliance. we are working against themselves if we are putting obstructions in the public right of way. they don't allow the sidewalk and would get in the wake of the better streets plan standards. >> good afternoon. i live in the haight ashbury. my first view of san francisco was in 1940, when my parents took me from the sleepy little village to the world's fair. i looked over at that city and said my god, that is gorgeous. the tallest building it was the ferry building. i said, "someday, i want to live there." our family moved to

the crowd gathered near 19th and valencia streets just after midnight and walked to 16th street. the protest was over by 1:30 this morning. police were on hand to monitor the situation, but so far we're hearing no arrests. officers are investigating the shooting. a 19-year-old man was killed. as "today in the bay's" kimberly tere reports, police are reviewing cell phone video of that incident which does raise some incidents. >> reporter: he was one of many on a crowded street near third and oakdale in the bayview hunters point neighborhood saturday when shots rang out. >> we heard the first seven shots, but we seen it. i guess they hit him from around the corner, the first seven shots. by the time we seen the officer get in front of us, he gave him the last two shots while he was already down. >> reporter: san francisco police say they were attempting to detain a 19-year-old man on the muni platform about 4:45 p.m. when he ran from them. >> during the foot pursuit, we believe that the suspect fired backwards towards the police officers and at least one police officer returned fire

inside the homes of orlando valencia and jorge moncado they found what looked like a liquor warehouse>> we recovered a little over $100,000 worth of liquor stashed in closets, cabinets in the refrigerator, everywhere throughout these two houses. >> at least one defendant, he said he started out taking one or two bottles and after a while it became easy for him to take more and more and gradually over years he said he'd been doing it for four years that he just continuously took. >> valencia and moncado were each sentenced to four months in jail and probation. they were fired and had to pay restitution of $35,000 a piece. >> it's very difficult to try to disprove something when it's not just verbal. if you have something on videotape, you can't say somebody else was using my face. it's a person committing a crime. it's caught on tape and that's very important because that's a very conclusive piece of evidence. >>> still ahead -- >> it's a credit card, it's a visa card in her left hand. she's putting a sticky note on the back of that card. on that sticky note are stolen credit card numb

the a.l. central. tim tomei, no shot. danny valencia, huh-uh. eight innings, five hits, one earned run. out nine. tomei for the second time of the game, and verlander has nasty stuff. jhonny peralta leading off the eighth inning. that's what we call a nice little long ball. sesend deck. his 15th of the year. he was 3 for 4. tigers win it. >>> then the rangers and angels. bottom two here, mike trout to center, andy chavez, that would have been the third out of the inning. just his third error in the last five seasons, angels on top, 1-0. that's all they would need. when the bases loaded jam, weaver got some stuff there. seven innings, no earned runs. he struck out seven, bottom nine, chavez, yeah, he can't continue the game and how about this, the angels getting it done. they win it, 1-0. only two hits. doesn't matter. and that'll do it for this sports update. i'm mike yam. >>> well, california is about to see a new gold rush thanks to gold prices going through the roof. >> that's right. a group of investors is spending about $20 million to re-open a mine for gold in the very same region

. >> earlier in the march, more than a hundred protestors stopped at mission police station on valencia street, hurling flair, a smoke bomb and no one was hurt. people in the crowd vandalized the banks of america as well as the muni station. they are upset at san francisco police that shot and killed a suspected fare jumper over the weekend. >> that is what caused the guy to be shot down. when they chase them down because he didn't have his transfer. >> the man fired first, they say and was a person of interest in a murder of a washington state woman. >> demonstrators will be cited for failing to obey orders to disbersz. >> oakland police are questioning two men in connection with a death of a woman burning in the rockridge neighborhood. viewer sent us pictures of one man being detained in a via can't lot. they arrested him after a foot chase. a woman was found dead last thursday morning. there is no indication of a motive for the crime. >> marin county sheriff's office says an off duty deputy that was killed was known for his kindness. he was called to a friend's house in petaluma afte

they took to the streets at 19th and valencia, angry by the deadly police shooting. that went on until about 1:00 this morning. now we have had several neighbors here in the area come and tell us, there has been a very difficult relationship in this neighborhood between san francisco police and many of the neighbors here. they said there are many police officers who don't have the people skills necessary to handle this neighborhood. we'll hear more from them later on this morning. meanwhile, we're still looking to hear from san francisco police about the identity of the 19-year-old who wound up dead. >>> we should know about this afternoon, if the nation's second largest bookstore chain is going to go under. borders has until 5:00 p.m. to find a buyer. borders closed more than 200 stores nationwide, after it filed for bankruptcy in february. there are stores at san francisco's galleria, palo alto and sunnyvale. >>> apple's next generation iphone is apparently going to run on all carriers. those carriers, along with at&t and verizon are beta testing the new phones. fo

the park is to relieve congestion on busy sidewalks. san francisco has 15 parklets, including this one on valencia and more are on the way. park receiver appears to be spreading. the owner of this cafe in north oakland said is he working hard to have one >> i think it's a great opportunity for us to reclaim what is otherwise concrete and make it beautiful. . >> reporter: in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel "2 news." . >>> it was definitely a cool day out there, today. these were the highs from today, about the same if not a little cooler in some places than what we saw yesterday. a lot of cloud and low fog. there was drizzle, there was mist. tomorrow morning, not much different. mild, cool temperatures. plenty of cloud cover. i suspect less drizzle. when you wake up here in the low 50s for most part. this center to the north of us is going to continue. it has continued to thicken under marine layer. giving us a day tomorrow just like today. not much change between today and what we will see tomorrow, but as we go into the next 36 hours, temperatures start to warm up. i'll be back here at 10:45 to show you how much the temp

on valencia street in san francisco, the lights were timed to match the speed of the bikes, not the cars. and in palo alto, the city just unveiled 10 page plan complete with rendering the fancy bike lanes that would make portland jealous. >> there really is a trend going on. >> yes. yeah. there's a change in design standards in terms of how wide lanes need to be for cars and by moving to some of what we call more progressive standards, we can reclaim space on the street and make space available for bicyclists. >> the one way conversion is going to take some getting used to. >> try to accept it. that's a good thing. >> i don't care for t. right now i have to deal with construction, too. >> the vast majority of travel in san jose, 80% is done by people who are driving alone in their cars. so by 2040, the city wants to cut that rate in half. alex. >> all right, thanks. >>> coming up, what is sending more pregnant women and new moms to the emergency room? >> it's a mystery lighting up city hall. why is san francisco so blue? >>> local cops have a new weapon. >> predict the place and time of

valencia street in san francisco the lights were timed to match the speed of the bikes not the cars. in palo alto the city there just unveiled 130-page plan complete with renders of bike lanes that would make even portland jealous. >> there really is a trend going on? >> yes. i think there is a change in design standards in terms of how wide lanes need to be for cars. and by moving to some of what we call more progressive standards we can reclaim space on the streets and make space available for bicyclists. >> reporter: back on st. james street the one-way conversion is going to take some getting used to. >> i will try to accept it as a good thing. >> i don't care for it. and now i've got to deal with construction too. >> reporter: and so the vast majority of traffic in san jose, 80% of it is by people who are driving alone in their cars and by 2040 the city of san jose wants to cut that rate in half. allen? >> wow. all right, see what the time frame is for it. kiet do in san jose, thank you. >>> the bottom line is you paid a fee that is not being collected. who is supposed to reimbu

the park is to relieve congestion on busy sidewalks. san francisco has 15 parklets, including this one on valencia and more are on the way.receiver appears to be spreading. the owner of this cafe in north oakland said is he working hard to have one >> i think it's a great opportunity for us to reclaim what is otherwise concrete and make it beautiful. . >> reporter: in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel "2 news." . >>> it was definitely a cool day out there, today. these were the highs from today, about the same if not a little cooler in some places than what we saw yesterday. a lot of cloud and low fog. there was drizzle, there was mist. tomorrow morning, not much different. mild, cool temperatures. plenty of cloud cover. i suspect less drizzle. when you wake up here in the low 50s for most part. this center to the north of us is going to continue. it has continued to thicken under marine layer. giving us a day tomorrow just like today. not much change between today and what we will see tomorrow, but as we go into the next 36 hours, temperatures start to warm up. i'll be back here at 10:45 to show you how much the temperatur

on valencia street in san francisco, the lights are timed to accommodate the speed of bikes instead of cars. and in palo alto, the city has just unveiled a detailed plan for more bike lanes. so frank, i think need to to get some bicycles. >> i don't think i have had a bike since i was 16. >> i would be scared to ride one. >> especially in the city. >> lawrence is leaping? , he will be on the sleep in. kristy seifkin has weather. >> i was 7 the last time i rode a bike even further back than you, i need practice. out there this morning, pretty much socked in at the coast. clear into the east and south bay. should clear out inland by this afternoon. similar temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood right now. seeing 57 for oakland and concord. 60 livermore. 59 san jose. 55 in santa rosa. by this afternoon warming up to temperatures pretty similar to what we saw yesterday close to seasonal in the low 90s inland. seeing temperatures mid-60s to low 70s around the bay shores where we'll also see some lingering clouds into the afternoon. and at the coastline temperatures cooler, going to be in

the morning. police were called at 16th and valencia street shortly before 1:00 a.m. where a crowd had tipped over trashcans and expressed outrage about the earlier shootings. officers in riot gear patrolled the neighborhood and protestors dispersed without any arrests. >> hayward police are investigating the fatal shooting of a close friend of oscar grant. someone fired at a car in the evening as he sat at a gas station. he was on the train in 2009 when oscar grant was shot and killed by bart police officer johannes mehserle. they gathered last night at gas station where he was found to say goodbye. >> we love him. what happened to him should not have happened, but i can finally say he is at rest now. he is at rest and he will be buried right next to oscar. he has a plot right next to oscar. very best friend. >> police still don't know the motive, but don't think the shooting was random. causewell had a $5 million civil suit pending against bart claiming he was mistreated during the new year's day alter kiag is. >> a 12-year-old remains in the hospital this morning af

the mission buses and there's a bart station at 16th and mission street. this is a transit-rich area. it is flat and there is a bike lane on harrison and another on of valencia. it is very easy to reach without a car. like the carmeggdon that did not happen in los angeles, this is overblown. because san francisco is so obsessed with food and restaurant, i want to cite the "chronicle" 100 best restaurant list. there is one here -- this is not a whole wall. they have a seven course meal for $120 a person. this is on the corner of 17th street. i don't think these people pay $120 are going to come on the 14 mission. i don't want to malign them, but they're probably pretty entitled in their attitude, like they expect to get what they want. it says here in the "chronicle." street parking is generally easy. if these people pay $128 are not going to complain the parking is difficult, i don't see why they would pay any attention to this. this artwork is for you to share. [applause] >> thank you. after oscar, we have time for one more. >> the morning, commissioners. before i start, can everyone here in support of 70 and folsom part stand-up? [speaking spanish] this is

the morning hours. police were called at 16th and valencia streets shortly before 1:00 this morning where a crowd tipped over trash cans and expressed jut rage about the earlier shooting. officers patrolled and the protesters weekly broke up without any arrests being made. >>> hayward police are investigating the failings shooting of a close friend of oscar grant. someone filed at john caldwell's car friday night and then took off. caldwell was on the train platform back in 2009 when oscar grant was shot by a police officer, messerly. people gathered at the gas station last night where he was found to say good-bye. >> we love him, and what happened to him should not have happened, but i will say he's at rest now. he's at rest and he will be buried right next to oscar. he has a plot right next to oscar, his very best friend. >> police still don't know the motive. they do not think it was random. caldwell had a $5 million civil rights suit pending against bart claiming he was mistreated in the altercation. >>> in san jose a 12-year-old is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries this morning after h

the morning hours. police were called at 16th and valencia streets shortly before 1:00 this morning where a crowd tipped over trash cans and expressed jut rage about the earlier shooting. officers patrolled and the protesters weekly broke up without any arrests being made. >>> hayward police are investigating the shoot of course a close present of oscar grant. someone filed at john caldwell's car friday night and then took off. he was on the train platform back on new year's day, 2009 when oscar was shot by messerly. people gathered at the gas station last night where he was found to say good-bye. >> we love him, and what happened to him should not have happened but i will is a he's at rest now. he's at rest and he will be buried right next to oscar. he has a plot right next to oscar, his very best friend. >> police still don't know the motive. they do not think it was random. caldwell had a $5 million civil rights suit pending against bart claiming he was mistreated in the altercation. >>> a 12-year-old is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries this morning after he was hit by an suv while ridi

goes back in the year 2000 when i used to make complaints about domestic violence from my ex-partner. i remember very clear i went to san francisco police department on 17th street on valencia i was complaining about my perpetuator, my ex-domestic partner so i was making a complaint about the domestic violence. one of the officers told me, maybe you got beat up because you deserve it. if san francisco police officer inside the station told me that. can you believe it? of course not. but that happened. and i was given the report to one of the -- it was an asian police officer, i remember. so when he told me that, of course i left without giving me the report because i said, this coming from a san francisco police officer so why am i standing here? so i left. then they went to my house where i used to live and took the report from the perpetuator. then instead of him being the suspect, i was the suspect. because he was lying, of course, a man who was being violating you in domestic violence for many, many years, of course he wants to defend himself. so this is been a nonstop police misconduct forny