backdrop for the street lights and waterfront access that is so important to the vitality of these unique cities. the understand that surface parking lots on public land along the waterfront are not enhancing urban design or civic life. there is only a handful that are able to replace the missing teeth of urban design that will complete the embarcadero as a great urban waterfront boulevard. if there is one spot where you would build a building to transition to the edge of the financial district, this is it. this is the right place for this kind of project. moderate density is the other point. even though it allows 600 units, this includes 134. even though it allows for the flat height, this modulates the height to step up back front to back starting from 59 feet. even though it eliminates an of the surface parking lot, it replaces the places within the project. even though the most recent high quality housing has been -- style, this project delivers large a family sized units. not a single market rate housing project is decertified, this will be at a high level of all. the back is not the front.

the first quarter, maybe a third of this year, but also to begin by telling you this is a very unique cityinue 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, balancing the c

san francisco is a very unique city in terms of we embrace history. we embrace legacy. we embrace our cable cars. we embrace our wonderful victorians that we have here, our history is very important to us, that legacy. but we also do a complete 180. we have awareness of technology. so many technological advantages started here. we have to embrace that as a city. so why do we leverage cloud? one, obviously, from an economical position. a second, because we are able to deliver services more quickly. we have a challenge with our staffing and resources, as you mentioned, but we have to embrace that legacy staff. we cannot merely replace them, as you pointed out. we have to embrace that legacy staff and repurchased them in other areas that we can benefit the city better with those folks. so our decision to recently go to a more enterprise version of cloud computing was leveraging e-mail in the crowd -- that was a major decision. ground-breaking decision for the city and county, but one that we feel will better prepare us for the future and better enable us to implement other

maintains and even strengthens the carefully tailored controls for the city's various commercial corridors to ensure that they remain unique, balanced, and neighborhood specific and that vacancies will be filled in those neighborhoods. the legislation's would make the city controls more flexible, allowing for new ideas and for businesses to improve and adapt over time. it is currently so overly specific that they do things like regulate whether a cafÉ can have a toaster or not. whether it can only be served in a cup, whether they can have 10 shares or 11 shares, whether a bagel must be served cold or plastic. this legislation will encourage job growth and economic investment in the districts. it would allow food and drink establishments to be flexible and dynamic instead of under strict, -- , and often outdated controls. the legislation has been pending for about one year, and recommended unanimously by the planning commission and unanimously by the small business commission. today, introducing amendments to the legislation. i have been advised by the city attorney that these amendments -- i will ask that the amendment be

. >> reporter: for parent reaction, we toabt the unique city barbershop and salon on benning road.t about a longer day? >> i'm with that. a longer school day. the kids need to stay off the street. >> reporter: they are talking about very large increases in test scores. >> that is a plus. >> i would never put her in public school. >> reporter: but they say they're going to improve the public school. >> i love our school. >> the mayor and chancellor realize for the regular public school system to survive, it has to get better. >> we will be peeking live with chancellor henderson later this morning. -- we will be speaking live with chancellor henderson later this morning. >>> sports is on the other side of the break.  . >>> another win for the washington nationals. they scored two runs in the eighth inning to beat the houston astros 3-2. jordan zimmerman was in international societial control. he allowed one run on four hits in seven innings with the help of excellent defense. in theating inning, wilson ramos drove home the winning runway bases loaded sacrifice fly.

. >> reporter: for parent reaction, we went to the unique city, barbershop and salon. >> and what abouthat longer school day? what do you think? >> i'm with that and that is -- to stay on the streets and in school. >> you're talking about a large increase in test scores. >> that is a good idea. a good sign, you know. that is a plus and i proved that. >> they're going to improve the public schools. >> i love the school. >> you're going to stick with the charter? >> yes. >> and that is in a nut shell and why dcps needs to improve. forty% of students are charter school kids. the mayor and chancellor realized for the regular public school system to survive, it has to get better. laura? >> and i think everyone would agree. >>> pat summit steps aside. why the link end airy basketball coach is calling it quits. >>> why some health experts say ageing patients are being given too many pills. >>> and some people are going to great lengths to sit in their wedding dresses and slim down. down. a trend that is growing in popularity. >>> and some rain out there. that is good. it's dry and we won't get

bair in jerusalem toxpiee the unique atmosphere of the holy city. -- they are in jerusalem to experience the unique atmosphere of the holy city. >> they truly want toake the thhajes lk, kw that he suffered four us. that is what impresses me the most. >> he runs a souvenir shoplo thvia dolorosa. he is muslim, but he celebrates both religions. >> there is no strike your. it is governments that use religion to cause problems. >> the blisters market is no place for peace and reflection. -- the oysters market is no -- the boisterous market is known place for peace and reflection. >> all kinds of people visit the via dolorosa. they speak all different ngge wellnoth jus walked here. >> the stations of the cross and at the church of the holy sepulchre. it will be celebrated re in the holy city as it has been for centuries. >> investors inur have welcomed a u.s. decision to ease sanctions on that country after a landmark election last weekend. >> the an ambassador to the southeast asian nation. the burma'--he burmese opposition won almost all seats in the parliamentary election. >> that has not s

when we start in a city such as san francisco, we look at what makes the city unique and seek out experiences and personalities and guides for the site that can really tell the city to tourists and locals alike. a couple of examples of the -- there's a passionate street artist in the mission will had offered tours to friends and family and people in the community. he had become an expert. he discovered our platform and is not able -- not only able to monetize and make money to do what he loves that he had already been doing the sharing the expertise and knowledge will be on his own network of family and friends. we have tourists coming from japan and france, and instead of just seeing pier 39, they are also venturing into the mission, spending money at the local readers shop and gaining knowledge about something they have now become passionate about. one other example is a homeless man who lives in the tenderloin at a shelter. him volunteering in the tenderloin. realized that there was a huge opportunity for people to educate themselves about homelessness in san francisco because it is someth

. >> what makes this exhibition at vatican city so unique, is the fact it has brought various faith groupsether under one roof, displaying the manuscripts that are important to the protestan protestants, jewish, orthodox christians and roman catholic faiths. >> this exhibit is so important because of the subject itself. the bible is the instrument that unites us. >> walking in st. peters square, there is success since the opening in march. >> do you pinch yourself? >> it is incredible? just a couple of years ago, the idea wouldn't have come in my mind. >> two-thirds belong to steve green and his family, the largest ancient biblical artifacts and rare books. >> our family has a love for god's word. that has been passed down for multiple generation. >> this archaeologists helped the greens buy most of the collection which is now called the green collection valued at some 500 million dollars. >> to my knowledge, nothing has been done like this in the history of christianity. >> why are they doing this? why are they spending all this money? they want to tell the story of the bible. >> is steve

the city's unique location provides the first clue as to why its fate is of so much interest to otherarts of the world. istanbul lies at a crossroads where the north-south axis of rich and poor intersects with the west-east axis of cultural differences. this is where christian europe meets islamic asia. istanbul lies on the bosporus, the narrow strait that unofficially separates europe from asia. the city has flourished for many centuries as an economic and political center. as constantinople, it was the center of the christian byzantine empire. as istanbul, it was the seat of the turkish-ottoman sultans. after the first world war, the last remnants of the ottoman empire disappeared. turkey, on the losing side, was reduced to its present size. in the 1920s, the political leader ataturk founded the modern turkish state. ankara, to the east, became its new capital. one of ataturk's major goals was economic modernization. development was focused on the cities. the effort led to mass migration from the countryside to urban areas. many villages were completely abandoned, especially in the

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

community have taken hayes valley from the worst to the best ever heard in the city and we have done that because the neighborhood is unique, small businesses, sold proprietorships for the most part. -- sole proprietorships for the most part. that is what the city should be about. the area shoppers come to our neighborhood because they're not confronted with starbucks and banks on every corner. it is not necessary. global travelers come to our neighborhood because they are shopping in a very unique and undeniably vibrant neighborhood, only small business and it is important maintain that. thank you so much. commissioner wu: thank you. laurence? and tess wellborn and catherine petrin. >> i am the manager of the mattress co. and i am on the board of the hayes valley labour association. -- never association -- neighborhood association. we do urge you to approve this, we echo what russell just said. hayes valley has transformed itself over the last two years, largely through sole proprietorships and any businesses. not only with the hayes valley be threatened visually and esthetically by the addition of financial institutions,

yesterday, you heard me talk about our unique opportunity to unite the city and move it forward past old political labels and focus on all of our shared priorities for the city. that is what has been on my mind as i consider this very important appointment to the board of supervisors. as no, i have worked hard to set a new tone of civility, and i said yesterday that ever decision that i make will be in the best interest of all the people of san francisco. that has been my standard and i expect that of any one that i appointed the board of supervisors to also have. that is why i am extremely excited and proud to announce today might appointment of christina olague as district 5 is supervisor. [jurors and applause] -- [cheers and applause] i have talked to her quite a bit, and i know that she shares my vision of job creation and economic development in putting san francisco back to work. and i know that is also shared by all of the members of our board of supervisors as well. i know she cares about our neighborhoods and smart economic development, and certainly public safety for our ne

narrator: each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the asset management approach that best addresses these challenges. inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot... or personally by a technician on a bicycle. sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. man: we have roots at this cap lateral at 79. narrator: tree roots can grow into the pipe, splitting it apart. man: more light roots at 69. narrator: sometimes they may even find fully collapsed sections. after gathering the data, utilities can assess the need for rehabilitation. sinha: you have to choose the rehabilitation technique so that the life of the pipe can be extended 30 years, 40 years, 50 years. allbee: any asset has an optimal investment strategy. if you're making investments in that asset too early, or too late, you're wasting money. it costs about three times as much to fix a system once it's failed. so it's all about finding that right point where the dollars should flow toward that asset. narrator: but finding the funds to evaluate and rebuild these assets is an on

i think that is how we landed on what we call a rather unique program of essentially providing the city with some immediate money on affordable housing providing their employees and also the city with what i would argue is a sustainability benefit of trying to locate a number of their employees within the city and then on the back end, the remainder of the affordable housing obligation. i want to remind the commission that we are getting the entire obligation through this. the payment that will currently be made to the city in terms of what they will pay is 29 million. we will see appreciation on that number. in terms of that unit count, it exceeds the 220 of the local contribution of the cost of production. in terms of the actual uses of the dollars, we believe that we are using it once, 29, the other, 35. we have a pretty creative approach to addressing that obligation. >> i want to make sure that i understand the program. let's say that this is an average cost to buy a home and you are getting out to to $1,000, then the owner needs to pay a $400,000 mortgage. i just have some questio

city, the galvanizing platform of sustainability and healthy living. 8 washington meets this cultural need by promoting vital, active, and healthy uses to the coastal culture of san francisco. seizing a unique opportunity to reconnect our city back to its waterfront. 8 washington's thoughtfully organized program and urban plan strategies that include pedestrian-friendly housing, new pedestrian corridors, ground- floor retail, a publicly- accessible open space, the aquatics and health center, and much-needed underground parking. well-seeded and brilliantly planned for the embarcadero. this site is the ideal location for higher density housing on a major transit corridor with open access to the waterfront. the existing golden gate tennis and swimming club represents an integrated urban paradigm that serves to privileged few. it privatizes the waterfront that should be shared by all san franciscans. remove a portion of the private tennis courts in exchange for public open space is inappropriate, civic-minded compromise. -- is an appropriate, civic- minded compromise. this will change our city into a walkable city, connecting jackson square, north beach, and chinatown to the embarcadero, encour

another unique thing that the city is doing in terms of helping our businesses and dealing with capital needs is as a city, sometimes, we implement regulations, and you would think that might require some substantial capital for small businesses to do an understanding that a lot of our very small businesses may not have the capital means to be able to implement those regulations. a new one that has just been implemented is there is the fats, oils, and greece requirements that restaurants are going to need to have for their restaurants, and many businesses may have to install new equipment -- fats, oils, and grease. we parted with opportunity loan fund to help provide a specific program for this new regulation for businesses, and we have also had many businesses experience some drive-by lawsuits, and understanding some of the financial needs in dealing with the losses, making the 88 improvements. again, we partnered with opportunity loan funds to help businesses comply and to deal with their legal needs and with these losses. also, we held businesses understand, if you want to do busines

each is unique to the space. whether it's on city or port or private property, there are different rules for each one. the confusion we found in the group between accessibility standards for title 24 and the ada, i don't think the entry level restaurants understand that as well. >> the city through the small business commission, i believe, has a group of various agencies as well as private interest groups working to develop guidelines for how to facilitate restaurant necessary san francisco. restaurant remodeling and rebuilding. i presume you are part of that group? >> yes. >> they have come up with draft guidelines which includes 3 parts. i have copies. these are just the drafts which are a road map for how to get through the san francisco process in restaurant development. things you should know while you are starting that. 10 tips in getting started. i have a hand out which reflects some of the issues that are being addressed by this special group. this hand out reflects the building departments involvement to a large extent. not

city. it does that keep or enhanced unique character of you take a ride or the city as a whole. it does not reconnect san francisco to the waterfront and put a wall that has all hard shaded and narrow edge along the waterfront, blocking views. why are we giving away this land? a community developer. why are we still entertaining the thought of accepting the proposal with the gateway land owners and the ports are the only ones that will truly benefit? ever since the developer established a relationship with the port, the proposal revisions have been self-serving. the quality of life mandated by the city general plan is not even of being considered. the developers' proposal is out voted. it does not consider present needs, nor does it look towards the future. it is another city so lot of land to a developer who will profit from building luxury condos at the expense of the elderly, disabled and middle income families. there are alternatives such as the aged redesign unit, which provides a comprehensive and feasible plan that is pragmatic and reconnect our neighborhoods, promotes mi

>> he is the city and county and got to take over himself. that is unique. you have to remember oakland is a poor city. we had many more blighted areas. we expanded the redevelopment areas amazingly. some of the products are worked out very well. when i started working downtown, we were still suffering from a lot of damaged buildings. you do not see that now. if anything, the uptown and redevelopment tax is ahead of schedule. that is why we are no. 5 on the new york times list, in many ways. what i think is the lemons from lemonade -- the fact we have had these blighted areas and these long old industrial areas are now becoming the hot areas. i see the estuary being very much like what happened in mission bay and near the airport and coliseum, areas that can be massive for research parks or office spaces. as well as integration of industrial uses other areas. we continue a fairly diverse economy. i think what we are saying is when you are the major you have to represent the 100%. i took my little 99% button and changed it to 100%. we need to grow the entire c

. >> this is is a man unique in a global city like san francisco.he remembered he lived in a residential hotel since 2006, and worked nights as a janitor in san francisco airport. he was well thought inform both places. he attended oikos clenl with hopes of becoming a nurse and returning to his home town. >> the quick thinking of one student may have prevented the tragedy from taking a thigher toll. this woman was in a classroom hearing a banging sound she thought was fire works then heard a woman scream and realized it was gunfire, she locked the door, turned off lights and told classmates to get on the floor. >> he start shooting on the door. i think three, four times he shot on the door and then, maybe he thought nobody was inside because it was dark. and he couldn't see anything. i think he moved on to another room. i can hear the gun banging. then, suddenly the lady she was asking for help. >> she says her faith guided her response and says she plans to complete the nursing program. >> more on the tragedy coming up at the bottom of the hour, we

first point argues that formula retail controls were primarily adopted to maintain unique visual character of the city's neighborhood commercial districts and i understand that's a component of it and i understand why that's there, but i think it could be argued that the primary reason that it was adopted by voters in proposition g was to protect neighborhood coffee shops, liquor stores, video rental stores, from competing from the larger big box and chains that they found themselves competing with. that doesn't necessarily apply to the banking world. there are very few sort of mom and pop stores. i would also argue that banks are inherently different from these retail operations. they are traditionally they don't follow the same traditional roots that these retail stores, how they operate. they are networked so that you can go from one place, put your money in one place and get it out in another place. the second statement in this report mentions that and has been mentioned here today that they negatively impact street life. i would argue and it was mentioned earlier that they are anchors of everywhere

unique situation. we're a coastal urban city with our customers. we have a lot in common. we have a lot in common with the folks in the central valley who are water users from the same system. there are many instances where we need to work for a closely with our partners on the rivers to make sure that we are working with -- with the context of what we consider the best regulation, the most effective regulation in terms of flows that could be provided. we actually do have a lot in common with them. as opposed to the state and federal water contractors who are large water uses that have different interests from those who are water rights holders. that does not mean we're bound to follow lockstep with anything. -- anything those folks want to do in the central valley. we would have a different interest. this joint powers agreement allows san francisco to not participate in specific projects if we find they are not in our best interest as an entity. it does give what we think is the necessary cooperation but with also the necessary ability to say now, there is something the r