as far as the union square ambassador program, we also disagree. we need a stronger presence in that area, and we wanted to implement and economical solution to meet the need quickly. union square receives about 5,000 visitors per hour with an increase in tourism, conventions, and work day populations, that area needs more support. we see this as an economical and cost effective and innovative strategy to provide more presence and public safety support to that area. as to the overtime, we disagree with that recommendation, as well. in response to many community requests, businesses, including members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, there's a need for more proactive policing, and this budget asks, helps support that. this is not new funding. this is a repurposing of existing funding in the form of overtime to meet that need. we don't have the current staffing levels to sustain the progress that we've made. we've reduced crime, officer-involved shootings are way down this year. haven't had one in over a year. all these things work together. and this overtime request to support that

i know a lot of people, especially in the union square area, especially the business improvement district, were very much looking forward to this program, and i would like to understand why if we don't go forward, obviously, we still have policing to do in that area, which would seem to me we would be required for more foot beats, so i'm trying to understand the value of keeping the program when it might be more expensive to put more foot beats there to fill a public safety need that is very great in that union square area. >> yes, and thank you for that question. that's exactly how we have to arrive at a decision point. we identify a need, get demands from the public, look at crime statistics, trends, conditions in the area, and we have to decide how we're going to address it, and typically, our only resource is to put officers there. sometimes foot beat, but we have to address it by putting officers there, which is in an ideal world, that's great, but we're looking at a more effective cost-efficient or economical way to do this, and to have a presence, not necessarily uniformed officer,

area. there's three different facilities and southern stockton and aliso ferrell and union square i can speakto those in that geographic area the demand has don -- gone down and at any given time there's 500 available spaces and there is plentyiful amount at the other facilities. >> commissioner: it's overall reduction. >> for the garage ambassadors, can you speak a little bit more about what they're role is and is that a new role? >> it is. >> commissioner: and are you seeing positive results from that? >> yes, so we are seeing positive results and hearing responses from some folks here. i want to make sure we are getting it out better and many of the fixed cashier shifts should be roefg the garage. we -- roving the garage and i heard someone said we're not told to stay near the pay machine but the folks should be roving the garage helping peep answering questions, giving directions, walking people to their car. the numbers listed go to the teamsters. if we don't have enough at a certain shift and that call is going nowhere, we need to make sure we have the proper staff to field those calls

doing the job of a facility i have to say is one of the most prominent garages in the entire union square area. if you were to put a face on the sfmta shopping system for a world-class shopping system having been to chicago, miami, dallas, austin, new york, boston, union square is one of the most first-class shopping experiences in the entire united states. if all of a sudden jean people were used to having at least 16 valet and now down to zero, and it's this automated system, you reduced something that was part of a first-class jewel to something it sounds like people hate it. to me this is a major flaw of the sfmta and the direction of where we're going in our parking system. and i haven't gotten a clear answer from you on how many more reductions there'll be. i want to say this for the report as we have off-line conversations would you be willing and i could is the sfmta to having a moratorium on more reductions of staff until we can get a real understanding of how this is impacting the customer experience because you weren't even aware today that over 301 buildings the flood building, jus

but the concept is to hire back retired officers, to increase the presence in the union square area and around the powell street station. this is the area that we would like to pilot this program. these ambassadors would be non-armed, they will be a force multiplier and the eyes and ears of the area. they receive 110,000 visitors per day and 5,000 visitors per hour. with the increase in tourism and work-day populations, the area we believe needs more support. this is a cost-efficient program to put extra eyes and ears and extra presence in the area during peak periods. also on a new investment front, transparency laws that were passed last year have required us to do a large amount of work to reach and achieve the mandates of transparency. this will require no less than 300,000 hours of work to be in compliance. we have the needs for both civilian staff and technology to be in compliance with these new laws. the next investment is our family trauma counseling program. and then we want to do this in conjunction with the department of public health. the impact of violent crime to families

other thing that we are having issue with is the patrol areas around union square. i understand that there's great need. i actually think that should not out of the general fund. i cannot vote for that. i have heard a little from supervisor ronen. we have not had consensus on that. i'm going to leave that in case people would like to have more discussion about what the plan is. what are the measures for efficacy. how do we measure that? i know this is important to the mayor also. >> for the last item. i'm not conclusive on that yet. >> supervisor fewer: let's do that. $700,000 going to a patrol of either retired officers or whatever. i think we don't have that consensus on that. mr. controller, have you been keeping track of where we have consensus and where we do not? am i missing any of the points on any recommendation? i hope someone keeping notes here. i would say to mr. controller that i think that it is intention of this committee to repurpose $1 million in tasers that were in reserve. it is to accept the b.l.a. recommendations where there are agreements with

area. that is quite the big population. >> and lot of them will be at union square, right? >> i think so. >> we are talking dance, culture, and pull. >> filipinos love to sing, dance, and eat. >> there are also some concerts? >> yes, we have a free concert in the afternoon, we have a lot of great performers and acts. we are also honoring some community heroes. that takes a little bit of work. >> it symbolizes the fireflies in the afternoon. >> introduce our two dancers. >> this is jennifer and this is stephanie. >> it is beautiful. we will have maybe 40-60 performers. >> it sounds terrific, thank you very much. the festival and free concert takes place this saturday from 10-7. it is easy to find just go to union square. for more information had over to kutv.com and click on the web links. >> i had to message my friend anna in the newsroom, she is a anna in the newsroom, she is a proud filipina american. up, ♪ ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time. this is nissan intelligent mobility. ♪ >>> a once-in-a

to serve our members and to activate public space, to keep the area clean, safe, and vibrant for everyone. we want to ensure that union square is the heart of our city and an international destination and is really inviting for everyone. helen mentioned or boundaries. essentially it's bush down to market, kearney, over to mason taylor. it's really what you think of when you think of union square, and park to the heart. our services, probably cleaning and safety. probably 65% of our budget is devoted to that. that's what the property owners wanted. we also do destination marketing, public advocacy. our assessment methodology up to now has been essentially linear frontage. it's about $82.81 per linear foot. that's because we're provide services right on the street, but we also include building square footage, and there's five categories starting at 88 per parcel all the way up to 5567 for properties. major accomplishments, in 2017-18, our public realm improvements have been a big part of our mission. winter walk has really been sort of a highlight for us to mitigate the impacts of the central subway construction and we were ha

we found members of the sf pd running long the area yesterday after the nine mile torch run kicked off in union square. the goal of the runs is to raise money and support for special olympics in northern california. >>> a beloved california tree comes down. how it inspired generations of readers and dr. seuss. >> and looking, a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge, some of the traffic slowing down and emily has your compute, complete morning drive when you come back. ♪ this is how driving should feel. the tech-advanced nissan leaf. the best selling electric vehicle of all time. this is nissan intelligent mobility. ♪ >>> good morning here at 5:54, i'm checking the delays this morning. unfortunate, we are seeing some trouble spots. let's start with a look at the overall map. if you look toward the golden gate bridge, you can see three accidents piled up. that means there is actually one that is coming in as to accidents to the computers. but basically this one in the northbound direction, the trouble spot is the southbound direction as you are approaching the tunnel, that slowing things down. it'

union square. please come by, say hello and i wanted to say thank you to the consul general for the honor and all the filipinos in the bay area, second largest numbers of filipinos here in daly city and i dedicated this to my late mom who was born here and was a nurse. thank you. >> that's wonderful. >>> coming up in sports tiger woods looking to make up some ground in round 2 of the u.s. open. >> and the giants facing the explosive brewers offensive, but it's the giants with the power at the plate tonight. we'll be right back. a little bird told me that you have fast internet and now the best mobile network too? yeah and get them together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. wow, that's great. oh, and this looks great. are these words for sale? no. go, go, go, go. now you can get fast, reliable internet and save hundreds on your wireless bill. that's simple, easy, awesome. for 12 months, plus ask how to get two-hundred-fifty back when you switch to xfinity mobile. >>> nearly perfect conditions at pebble beach for the u.s. open, tiger woods looking to make up some ground today had a rough finish. patrick reed took out his

union square. please come by, say hello and i wanted to say thank you to the consul general for the honor and all the filipinos in the bay area, second largest numbers of filipinos here in daly city and i dedicated this to my late mom who was born here and was a nurse. thank you. >> that's wonderful. >>> coming up in sports tiger woods looking to make up some ground in round 2 of the u.s. open. >> and the giants facing the explosive brewers offensive, but it's the giants with the power at the plate tonight. we'll be right back. >>> nearly perfect conditions at pebble beach for the u.s. open, tiger woods looking to make up some ground today had a rough finish. patrick reed took out his frustration on his way to a double bogey, but matt kuchar had a better time. on the 18th hole third shot par 5, reads it perfectly and it sinks in for the eagle finishing the day tied for sixth with a 70. tiger hope to being get into contention after the 1st round 70, but his not bafor 37th and lefty phil mickelson trying for the birdie and drains it. he shoots 69 on the day, finishes 1-under tied for 26th, but the day belonged to gary woodland.

union square. we are a design firm. we were very excited and we have been in this building for more than 25 years now. we have seen the area evolve. we have been well aware of this project, generally very supportive of this project for all of the reasons i will not elaborate. here is the problem. as somebody who is very supportive of the project, i spent 10-12 hours per day at my office here, in this building. i think i must have noticed the notices, they were amazingly large, by the way, i've never seen notices that large, six of them pasted all across. i could stand 10 feet away and see the link that was provided. i have a picture of it. i went there right away. we spent 10 days evaluating. only to be told last night, at my home, that that was incorrect information. i see no reason, very unfortunate how this project can legally be even approved. the notice was so erroneous. when i say erroneous, it sent us two sketches that we were told later, were done in 2018 on the project. that aside, postponement seems to me to be the obvious solution, otherwise there would be legal jeopardy, this whole thing. in the sketches i do s

union control by the time the proclamation came around and therefore were now considered loyal regions again and would be exempt. but also, for example, in the two squares, parts of the coast of virginia and the areas surrounding new orleans. becausere all exempt they were considered loyal. there was no military necessity to interfere with slavery in these regions. a, you can imagine this was pretty devastating turn of events in december of 18 city to for those living in the coast of 1862 for those living on the coast of virginia. it is one thing to have it written in the sort of policy talk, written in the abstract in an order. but it is another thing to actually live it. what was going to happen? a missionary in virginia feared those he turned practically freed now seemed in danger of being re-enslaved. it turns out, he was right as some slaveowners started turning up at fort monroe right after the exemption and tried to reclaim their slaves. they were basically taking advantage of what had become a great deal of confusion at the fort. what did exemption mean? send everybody away? union officials did not know yet. enough of ad problem seven months later that one local army official stressed the i