and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who is even close to this would be mr. byron cobb, who has five wins. and buddy, my second husband, what's the secret to winning? >> stay on god's good side. >> ah, that sounds good. now what we're going to do is ask you to go up and gib these fine people a sample of the championship bell-ringing that you have done since, oh, gosh, i can't even -- when cable car was in black and white. it's been a long time. mr. carl payne, the winningest cable car bell ringer ever. [ringing bell] [applause] >> carl

then you also have the person coming from union square. coming from the beijing olympics, they have certain lanes in the city that had buses with certain placards or cars that could only travel there. we got to all of the venues quickly. buses were used because there was no way that anyone was going to use the public transit system. but i think you have to think about the private side of this as well and i do not know what the event authority plans to do. i cannot imagine if you are staying in a hotel, a shuttle service -- it does not need to be exclusively at one hotel, but there is a lot more to think about for the international visitor, but their profile looks like, and what their expectations would be. i think this is a great plan for the people who live here, who understand our values and san francisco, from the standpoint of environment, sustainability, but i'm not sure everyone coming to san francisco -- if you are coming from copenhagen, for example. there are a lot of bicycles. if you are coming from asia, you are think you have g

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

you drive all the way from union square to fisherman's wharf, you try that. tell me if mason street is not the most efficient, safest, and most productive way to get tourists and visitors to the city who are staying at the hotel and who we would pick up in the area, visiting from out of town or coming from the up side area, and get over to the fisherman's wharf area, so it is going to create a problem and create traffic unnecessarily in the area, and i appreciate you also look at that when you want to improve taxi service. well, you yourselves by closing mason street is going to hurt taxi service. >> excuse me, sir, i believe you already had an opportunity to speak. president chiu: sir, you had an opportunity to comment on either the eir or the other. the reason we allow them to speak is specifically the city -- >> if you cut me off, you are cutting off -- president chiu: the city attorney has devised us that they could, and again during the public comment period of the other hearing items, but all the other members of the public, you had your opportunity to

right after that, there is construction of the union square station. it is following a sequence. they are all involved in leasing space. there may be times of four or five months in between phases. if the timing works out, we could try a quick pilot. for example, the right-turn prohibition on montgomery or third street, and see how that works. director heinicke: i will say i am a little dubious. my skepticism has been proven wrong before. i am dubious of quick pilot programs. there has to be enough time for notice to take effect and to see what -- turn traffic patterns are, -- to see what long-term traffic patterns are. i am a little concerned about pilot projects. the other issue about that is the timing of something like this -- you think it is through 2015 we will be dealing with the tours. >> yes. chairperson nolan: we are talking about possibly options four and five. my preference is 5, which would improve pedestrian safety. my first priority is pedestrian safety first. if that is the project that would not be impacted a lot by central subway and things like that -- >> one t

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we had massive contentious hearings about shadows on union square. these never got resolved. four supervisors put it on the ballot and resolved it. that. prop k in 1984 -- that was prop k in 1984. it enabled supervisors to avoid something were either the economic forces are so powerful or the mayor may threaten a veto. that was 1984. in 1986, prop m was put on the ballot. the issue for prop m was rationing the amount of office space. we head office boom and bust cycles in the 1970's and 1980's. we would approve $6 million in the market would be going, and it would take. when we even that out, based on a study done by the planning department by economic consultants, and they said 1 million square feet. we said, ok, you can have 1 million square feet, but do not bring it up to 6 million in any one year, because it is making the market to crazy. we passed that limit, by the voters. and guess what -- when the market tanked in the late 1980's and 1990's on the office market and boston, a vancouver, new york, houston had massive economic weapons san francisco had gone ahead of the

right after that, there is construction of the union square station. it is following a sequence. they are all involved in leasing space. there may be times of four or five months in between phases. if the timing works out, we could try a quick pilot. for example, the right-turn prohibition on montgomery or th

right after that, there is construction of the union square station. it is following a sequence. they are all involved in leasing space. there may be times of four or

they are all racing down posts between height and union square line for a ride because there are not many. it is foolish to put out these camps. gillette's try to be innovative. -- let's try to be innovative. it is very difficult to hear mr. high on she attacked. she has done well by us when she started. she told us we would not get everything that we wanted but that she would do if she could. >> we appreciate it. >> we put up with these protests, everyone will go away. i wonder who is responsible for these policies and why you're wasting our time at these town hall meetings. they are nothing but window dressing this is not nice. i wonder where the truth is. about the electronic bills. i have not seen the survey. whoever is creating these policies should have more sensitivity to the drivers. so many of these pictures where they have been spied upon. we don't have any care for private property, we're taking it away, too bad. "another driver here today is outside. >> i am a cab driver. many here always drive because most of the drivers, we believe that the operator permit is unfair to

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officers will pass it from hand to hand as they run from union square to downtown along the embarcadero and back up union street. san francisco is one of several northern california cities where officers have taken part in the city. it's all in anticipation of the special olympic games. >>> coming up -- some things will soon be different on the internet. and the bay area beach road that's closed again in san francisco, the reason why just ahead. >>> stocks climbing for a third day. that's actually the longest streak since may as some buyers are emerging. there's some news that's impacting the markets including wall street's victory and the supreme court -- pie the supreme court and oil is falling at worries of europe climb. right now the dow sun 56. nasdaq is up 8, s&p is up 4.5. expect to start seeing hundreds of new website names next year. this morning, the organization that sees domain names voted to add hundreds of new ones. they could be categorized by subjects, including geography, ethnicity and new domain name applications will be accepted starting in january. it won't be easey.

police say she was caught in the cross fire of a gun battle between gang members in union square area. this happened last august as she and her husband vacationed here in california for their anniversary. some of the suspects face additional charges for attempted murder. >> the bay area radio preacher who predicted the world would end last month is in the hospital the 89-year-old suffered a stroke thursday night after his nightly radio show a friend said camping is doing well but his speech is slurred, despite two incorrect predictions of the world coming to an end camping says judgment day will still come in october. >>> campaign 2012, kicking into high gear tonight's major debate who has the most to lose. >>> first photos of gabriel giffords since the tucson shooting why another big milestone in her recovery could be weeks away ,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. [ fe

go down to union square. there is 100 companies that are located here. earlier, an african man was crying here, and a latino woman was crying here. that is a crime, a travesty. that they are crying of here, and these people are pandering to larry ellison. he is worth $18 billion. right? he got the city to give him all kinds of tax breaks, property, everything else. that is who they pandered to and try to tell us we are the problem. it is a crime. these police officers should be addressing them -- for arresting them. san francisco is controlled by the white, the wealthy, and their businesses and corporations. they do not come to a town hall meeting and get two minutes to a top. larry ellison had his ear right away. they stuffed the agenda. they profit from san francisco, and i will tell you -- their agenda is not our agenda. me? i do not give a fuck about race. fat is not my agenda. we need health care. we need services. we do not need more rich white men and their agenda. [applause] >> before our next speaker, the next three people i would like to call u

and then go down and pay another $24 and $48 to get to union square and you want to come back?ther $48. >> you've got a $100 bill? you'll have $2. >> are we making it a little better? >> we were dodging them, asking them to help. it helps them and the commuters continue. >> the locals that commute on the cable cars could buy a monthly pass that is going up. it is not $670, going up to $62. you can buy a $13 all-day pass that they know about. and you can take a bus or streetcar for $2 to replace one of the $42 trips. if you know about that, but many times, the tourists don't. thank you tourists. >> it's like a $5 bill. they just know it. >> reporter: san francisco, yes. >> so you know, there are all these alternatives. you take a bus, you know, you can take a taxi if you want all those things. but as a dad and a family of four, i know that you go on vacation. hey dad, let's ride the cable car. >> all right, we are using a cable car. >> yes. >> okay. >> how do i get back? >> well, you know, i don't know if there are buses. i don't know. i just take it back to where it came from.

this portion of the department with the rec and park department who also have jurisdiction over union square and portsmouth square and they agree with the findings of the audit. in the coming months, we will be addressing with them the i did concerns and to eliminate some redundancies in the operations model that currently is in place and help to standardize the row of the garage managers. we don't currently have a standard for specifying their job descriptions and the pay scales and so forth. that's in a nutshell the audit and i'll be glad to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. members of the board, questions or comments? thank you very much. appreciate the comprehensive report. >> next item under ongoing activities that i need to cover with you is related to our central subway contracting. as part of our continued momentum on the central subway project, i'm pleased to report that the first contract will be finished this week. this contract was specifically the utility relocation contract for the subway tunnel portal which will be completed by friday. equally as significant, we

we have for the world comes to work, the financial district's, where the world comes to shop in union squarewhere the tourists spend time on fisherman's wharf , and the wonderful polk street neighborhoods. 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 ha

not only as a benefit to the residence, but this will be running from the caltrain area through union square, up to the northern waterfront, and even having a quarter leg near the f line at jones street. that would be a key backbone for the effort. 30x starts further downtown and gives a more speedy route out to the western end of the spectator areas. one other item to show, the e line. that has drawn a lot of attention from folks in the area. that is one idea that lends itself well to how we want to move people to and from this event. by connecting the caltrain terminal, this building at the ferry terminal, and at the fisherman's wharf. we hope that people enjoy themselves through the america's cup village, wharf area. we are looking at ways to bring that online to ensure that it is effectively interspersed with the f line.

i frequently take the cable car to union square and back. i have had both my knees replaced. i can manage to get on and off the cable car without any problem. there are many restaurants in the neighborhood and all of them have been there beforehourly -- before hourly parking was first offered. some patrons due undoubtedly part in the garage. a round-trip cab

in the short term -- director brinkman: i will bring up again the response we had from the union square merchants at one of their meetings. they were pleased with the lack of traffic. i think that is an important thing to keep in mind. i have said before that traffic is not like the weather. you can do something about it. traffic will be like water if we are not careful. it will find another way. we can improve that area, as we saw in stockton street. >> what if we asked mr. ye to come back with more detail -- yee to come back with more detail, something like director brinkman is suggesting now? >> and also how to implement these. >> that is fine. may i ask him a factual question? the closure of markets street, or the plans for market street, got a lot of attention. the question i asked when i am standing out there on market street, on the east side of 11 th -- who is driving a private vehicle on market street for more than a block? it seems to be someone who is lost or from out of town, or has not figured out that is an inefficient way to drive. i wonder if we have done anything to loo

we are implementing a street ambassador program, akin to union square, that will enhance all three aspects of our operations. with a commitment of our property owners and residents, we can sustain our positive momentum. looking ahead, we also realize that as the cbd matures, we need to expand marketing to focus on the full diversity of our merchants, both large and small. we are committed to doing that. in the years ahead, there are new opportunities before us to create more seamless community, not just when the annual jazz festival brings us together. the infield project is the key to achieving that goal. so is our storefront improvement and streetscape beautification programs as well as the safety and marketing efforts. the vision is to connect fillmore as a destination for business. we moved one step closer to renewal for the next seven years and the continuation of the economic revitalization efforts. and the legacy of urban renewal. the reverend will now help to provide an overview of the outreach to the district property owners and the community at large. >> good morning, welcome. >>