the first quarter, maybe a third of this year, but also to begin by telling you this is a very unique city. and i continue to be so enthralled by the wonderful people who live here, that work here, even though i finished the ninth of tin budget town hall meetings, numerous meetings with community-based agencies, inviting people who have not been there for years, as they tell me. i am hearing so many stories, stories about white people came to san francisco. and just -- about why people came to san francisco. and just so many stories about whether or not their dreams or conditions were fulfilled, or they are here working were living with their families or they are trying to conduct business here. it has been wonderful. a lot of people have been asking -- i really -- to i really enjoy it? the word " julyenjoy -- "enjoy" is a little strong. i set out on a commitment that i would do this for a year. i made a commitment i would try my best to unify the city and then set out to do at least five priorities. at least one of them has been fully accomplished, but the five priorities were budget, bal

have a choice to correct these fatal deficiencies now and urge you on behalf of our beautiful and unique city neighborhoods to reverse certification of the e.i.r. so that the 2009 element may be reconsidered by the planning commission after complete and accurate information required by ceqa is provided to the decision maker. also, according to a march san francisco p.u.c. memo, the system has a newly projected shortfall of available water supply of 7.4 million gallons a day due to new requirements of reducing more water into streams to protect fish habitat and new water treatment facilities will probably be needed to address the shortage. this is a new significant impact not discussed in the e.i.r. in addition, the e.i.r. also rates as insignificant the impact on existing character of the vicinity repeating as before that the 2000 element would not itself change allowable land uses or increase allow believe building height or bulk. the court of appeal clearly stated that although it may be technically true that the element is not linked to any rezoning, it's not a vague policy document, it id

city. i guess my question to the commission is you have to figure out where we go as a unique identity of this city compared to other cities. we are known to be a vibrant city with uniqueness and independent stores. if we proceed with this opening, which i support, we are putting another nail in the coffin. that being said, we already know we have had our fights with pet food express, a major chain. it was the second-largest chain store. down the road, we are hearing rumors of pet smart wanting to move in. now you have three giants who are going to be battling for marketing dollars for that particular business we all enjoy, my colleagues and myself, as independent stores. we attract people from across the nation. people from l.a. come up to the stores because they do not find it where they are. do we want to be like l.a.? or do we want to be san francisco? president o'brien: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is jesse think. i am here as a retail store owner. i am here as a parent. i am here as a resident of san francisco. i totally support iraq m-- eric mar's legislation. you have to realize

this city is unique because of small business. thank you. commissioner clyde: i also want to thank everyone for being here and showing such a great solidarity with this issue and with the small independent stores. the effect of predatory pricing is, and has been demonstrated repeatedly -- one small shops go out of business, then the prices increase and increase. i have some experience with a local safeway that is exponentially higher than other safeway's simply because it does not have any competition in the area at all. this has been happening for years. it continues to happen. there is that time where a community might enjoy lower prices, and that is great, but once those little shops close, then the price goes to what the market will bear, and prices are often higher. in san francisco, with high incomes and high disposable income in many of our neighborhoods, we know why these companies want to locate in our neighborhoods. we have high disposable income. that would be death for our city. it is not our value. one of our great values is all

unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to beart of the city and so honored to be part of "culture wire." >> to learn more about the exhibition and other upcoming events, visit the website. thank you for watching "culture >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way for the public to get involved. the director of public affairs recently met with the founder and liquor -- local gallery owner to check out the first art care project. ♪ >> many san franciscans are not aware that there is a civic art collection of numbers almost 4000 works of art. preserving the collection and m

we will include the everyday items, and include the unique offerings for city dwellers. the busy suburbanite's working downtown will appreciate a clean and safe store that they trust to purchase diapers and purchase items for the meal on the way home from work. this target will include the expanded selection of fresh foods, including dairy products, and meat. the opening is still scheduled for october 2012, they are working hard to make certain that we meet the high expectations. this has large expenses of clear windows overlooking the park. this is with the redevelopment agency, and the south of market employment center, to prioritize hiring local team members. it ought we expect higher 200 team members and the hiring process will begin six to eight months before opening. we are committed to being a good neighbor in the communities where we serve. last october, we sponsored family day, featuring performance by the circus and free admission to several neighborhood museums. we will sponsor a couple of free concerts in may and july. thank you to the fellow speakers for all

city. charleston is unique from other cities because so much of the history has been preserved it is still always say history is not boring. what real people do is better than fiction. the history of seafood and cooking is huge here in charleston it's all love... you gotta put all the love in your food you've got a fish owner here. it's just a beautiful thing. >>> the death of bin laden has drawn mixed reaction from around the world. u.s. allies are applauding the news. here are the prime minister of britain and australia. >> i would like to congratulate the u.s. forces who carried out this brave action. >> i welcome the death of osama bin laden. i welcome this news. >> israel's prime minister called it a historic day. in yemen, the death of osama bin laden actually sent some muslims out to dance in the streets. others, however, denounsed his killings and say it will only strength kren thoseen those that support him. >>> the mood has been somber at new york's ground zero. people who lost love loved ones on 9/11 say osama bin laden's death will not ease their pain. >> it's a victory for the

city. i think what is unique year -- and that is where we have to always look at all of these business plans, regardless of who they are coming from, on their own merits, exactly where they are going. we all know that what works in one block, two blocks away, just will not work, for whatever reason. we are keenly sensitive to that, and i think this one was unique. it is my understanding, cvs did do some outreach to the community and the community is not opposed. for these reasons, i think we are on track to proceed very cautiously. supervisor avalos: ok. and my comment about willy-nilly was not about your work. i know we are going to see more and more of the pharmacies coming forward, and walgreen's and cvs as they want to increase business in san francisco, will probably come forward. >> there's no question that every segment of our industry is looking for potential revenue streams. i can tell you that absolutely, we will be seeing cbs -- cvs tried to emulate walgreen's, not only with the number of locations in the city, but hoping to get licenses. we are seeing it every day where people ar

because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade. >> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some of the most exciting technologies in elevators. george, tell us about destination elevators. >> this is the technology of the future. probably the biggest single investment in elevators. san francisco has embraced the technology more than any other city in the country. a big advantage with us is passengers get to their floors sooner and there is more opportunity of customization of features for individual service. four issues of secu