commissioner meko: tony hall administered the oath at our first meetinging. >> tony hall? vice chair joseph: no. president newlin: we can get an answer from the city attorney. >> i will find out for you. vice chair joseph: to that end, if the mayor is not around, who usually swears, i think any one of the supervisors can swear him in. we should make sure that that occurs. >> we will do our best to get an answer and do our best to have the commissioner seated by the -- before the next meeting, if we're able to. president newlin: any other questions? seeing none. inspector granelli. >> good evening, commissioners. if you turny your binders, you'll see my report. i'll recap it with you. initially there has been two changes. one a new manager has taken charge again of the venue, both acting the director and myself have talked to this new manager in the last week and pretty much told him the current situation that the space sits in. unfortunately also there's a typo there that says will, it should be wall. the venue opened a wall in the back of their space, thus increasing thei

. >> democrats surrounded bold enough though and among them former san francisco supervisor tony hall and they said that they are crossing the political aisle and endorsing the republican candidate. >> some friends may be surprised to see me today. >> i can speak on behalf of many san franciscans we are tired of those who use politics to advance their own political careers. >> the mayor and gavin newsom. >> considering everything that san francisco has been about. >> newsom's lead dwindled late last month's. >> you want to do something to differentiate and leave no stone unturned to. >> use the chair of the university science departments. >> if it's a close race you do not want to give up any vote preview want to give it your best shot. obviously slightly been a best shot -- slightly better than a best shot. >> he said baldonado can campaign where ever he wants and i will do just the same. newsom will attend a rally in northern california later this week. >>> the parolee suspected of slamming a stolen van into a san francisco police officer is in a jail tonight. they arrested 36-year-

and former san francisco supervisor tony hall pledged support and touted his ability. >> in the end ofhe day, they're californians. they're family people first, californians second, third, let's talk about politics. but right now, people don't want to talk about republicans and democrats. they want to talk about jobs. >> newsom says it attempts to appear moderate, something newsom claims he's not. >> i don't know any moderates that got zero rating from planned parenthood that opposed our landmark air quality bill. and that oop yosed not only same-sex marriage but opposed two resolutions urging the end of don't ask, don't tell and opposed domestic partnerships four times. >> and we should report newsom fired hall and endorsed joe maigs's opponent in a state senate race. >> newsom will square off tomorrow in a debate along with a silicon valley leadership group. we'll stream it live for you. at 3:00 and then, rebroadcast it sunday at noon here on abc 7. we'll have candidates for state school superintendent live online friday at 11:15 and on television sunday at 1:00 p.m. >> and leaving p

among them joe nation and former san francisco supervisor tony hall. today both announced they were crossing the political aisles and endorsing the republican candidate. >> some of my friends may be surprised to see me here today supporting able for lieutenant governor. >> i can speak on behalf of many san franciscoans, we are so tired of those who use politics to advance their own political careers. >> reporter: san francisco mayor and democratic lieutenant governor candidate gavin newsome. >> to do it on the steps of city hall is rather curious considering everything that san francisco city hall has been about he has fought against. >> reporter: according to the latest field pole newsom dwindled late last month. >> they agree on a lot so you want to do something that differentiates and yes, you leave no stone un turned. >> reporter: patrick murphy is the professor at the political science. >> if it is a close race you don't want to give up anything. you want to go across the state and give them your best shot. he had some democrats on the steps with

among them joe nation and former san francisco supervisor tony hall. today both announced they were crossing the political aisles and endorsing the republican candidate. >> some of my friends may be surprised to see me here today supporting able for lieutenant governor. >> i can speak on behalf of many san franciscoans, we are so tired of those who use politics to advance their own political careers. >> reporter: san francisco mayor and democratic lieutenant governor candidate gavin newsome. >> to do it on the steps of city hall is rather curious considering everything that san francisco city hall has been about he has fought against. >> reporter: according to the latest field pole newsom dwindled late last month. >> they agree on a lot so you want to do something that differentiates and yes, you leave no stone un turned. >> reporter: patrick murphy is the professor at the political science. >> if it is a close race you don't want to give up anything. you want to go across the state and give them your best shot. he had some democrats on the steps with

and tony la russa is one of those guys when you of the hall of fame manager in this day and age. guy? the condition of the wrong? tony la russa has his own way. >> and perhaps if there is something that he will not come back? however, he will stay with the st. louis cardinals for at least one more. when we return, but 49ers, and a hall of fame future will drive a car off his clef but escapes major injuries. those stories coming up-cle cliffside you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" hey, at&t u-verse tv? yeah, it's our new tv service. every day thousands of customers across the nation are s

anchorage where miller hosted that's how hall which he billed as a chance for voters to quote hear miller speak for himself well apparently when the dispatch out of there tony hopfinger trying to pursue miller in the hall with a handheld camera prodding him to answer some questions somebody got pushed miller ran away and hope finger got handcuffed so the anchorage police later showed up on handcuffed the man saying that they would leave it to the d.a.'s office to decide whether to prosecute but despite this a blatant lack of respect for the first amendment perhaps the most interesting part of the story is that the miller campaign later released a statement entitled liberal blogger loses a town hall meeting and described the man as an irrational blogger so now we've got a new book the men in this vicious campaign season and the mainstream media well they've jumped right on that bandwagon but are bloggers really the problem where earlier from our studio in new york i caught up with sam seeder political satire s. and commentator and i first asked him what kind of a world we live in where candidates like joe miller need a security detail to be with them at all

hall of fame baseball player tony gwin has been diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland.has had surgery since 1997 to remove the glands. the last operations the doctors discovered amalignant growth. he face he faces radiation and chemotherapy. they caught it early and plans to fight it aggressively. he is blaming years of using chewing tobacco for the user. he is a 15 time all star and voted into the hall of fame back in 2007. >>> coming up next, while we wait for the giants, the next game texas and new york go for the sweep. >> the usc trojans in town taking on stanford. it was a wild game that came down to that final play. the highlights for you. and of course the rest of the day in college football. sports wrap is coming up next. ktvu, channel 2 news at 6, complete bay area coverage. [ music ] >> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining our

tony and also a pulitzer. >>> a major new development in >>> a packed meeting at city hall in emeryville tonight, the topic an empty building that ikea wants to turn into a warehouse. the problem, some residents are opposed to it. heather holmes has the story. >> reporter: i just came down from city hall across the street where many people for the past two hours have been speaking out against this project. most of them were holding these signs and just minutes ago, the city council voted. council members siting with residents unanimously and they shot down ikea's proposal. that is exactly what a majority an overwhelming majority of people wanted as they argued that this particular proposal would negatively affect their quality of life. >> angry residents voiced concerns that what ikea wants to put here at hollis and 53rd street will shatter the piece they say currently exists here. >> we really feel it would change the character of our neighborhood to have that kind of activity right next to our home. >> reporter: it would operate seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with deliveries every morning. >