of san francisco since 1966, of fort brown has made our city quite proud. in november 2009, the university of san francisco informed of were down with decision to transfer -- informed upward bound -- we know the truth that i transferred to another institution would require approval by the u.s. department of education, and the bureaucracy is unlikely to be of much assistance in a short time. unilateral action will essentially kill the program. upward bound is located in the same building with the rotc. usf has found space for rtc but not for upward bound -- found space for rotc but not for upward bound. thank you. the rest i will submit. supervisor campos: thank you. colleagues, i have a couple of items. the first is an item that i discussed earlier during the consideration at the mid market tax incentive proposal, and that is in recognition of the need to address the large number of vacant buildings in the mid market area and throughout the city. i have made a request of the budget and legislative analyst to analyze the number of vacant buildings in san francisco, the average size, the len

kerry o'brien for the university of san francisco. first of all, i want to get on the record. we agree with the department of public works' report. we think it accurately describes the situation out there today. we do not believe that the sidewalk can be meaningfully widened. not without removal of those trees or vegetation. just to briefly refresh your memory on the overall encroachment, it runs along golden gate ave. it is 6 feet in depth from the fence at the edge of the sidewalk in towards the proper line. there is a little more detail on that eastern end of that. the retaining wall goes into the ground here. there is -- this is actually a couple little bit from the sidewalk. these are the trunks of the trees in the center line of that area. it is also correct that that part of the fence is not landscape. this is the view from across the street of those three trees that are in that area. this is along the sidewalk, looking at the trees of the eastern end here. on the inside, this is the retaining wall. i do want to apologize for a misstatement that i made to the board last

and i'm an adjunct professor of law at university san francisco school of law. i ask you to support this project. i think there's no question this project is needed. it's needed not just at the corner of washington and presidio but needed all over the city. right now this is the one place that can facilitate and help such needs we have in the city. i'd like to make one correction i heard earlier. in front of the booker t. on presidio street is a place where the street widens, it doesn't narrow. after you leave sutter and go towards bush street then it begins to narrow. i just want to correct that for the record. again, i'm here to let you know i don't want to get in the specifications of the attorneys and the planners do that but this is a good project and we might as well use what money we have to the maximum efficiency. and i say, again, i'm also on the board of directors. i'm the pressurer. please support this project. thank you. >> thank you. we have no more speaker cards. is there any additional public comment at this time? >> good evening. my name is lorel

that was stevens in a professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco and as he pointed out when it comes to african dictators and their relationships with washington while some have their assets frozen and face embargoes or even air strikes others enjoy a warm and fuzzy relationship with the u.s. diplomats now how does this happen well arty's kalen for take a look at the role of washington's p.r. machine k. street lobbyists and what part they play in a make over ok good part of. their country men have turned against them but several autocratic leaders have friends where it counts in washington. well several of them have been swept away by popular revolutions across the middle east and north africa for decades they clung to power with u.s. support and the help of d.c.'s k. street home to the biggest and most powerful lobbying firms in the world capable of transforming libyan leader moammar gadhafi from this mad dog of the middle easterners are. of the world revolution took partner in talks time between. two or three years perhaps the best cinderella tal

joined by stephens yunus professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco and i asked him what the motives were behind u.s. military involvement in libya and what it means for syria here's what he had to say . this is an effort that least initially the west thought they could win in a pretty easily and hopefully get a government that over itself though its power to us intervention is very different than say to nisha in egypt and the exciting thing about that was uprisings was not just that they were nonviolent but bad it rains were in genuinely indigenous movements by the people themselves but it was without foreign intervention it was a challenge both the al qaida insistence that you need to have that kind of terrorism and islamic extremism to overthrow dictators also challenge the whole new conservative law and then only through your sister vention candlebox he comes in at least right so in many ways they're trying to really hijack this cement so that people can do it themselves nonviolently by saying oh no we need to come to your rescue we need to help y

the universities of san francisco basketball team invested $10,000 in heart monitor equipment. each player wear as heart monitor that is linked to a screen that manages their exertion level. >> what we are doing for their benefit. troying to elongate their careers. keep them healthy, safe. >> according to a study, heart attacks kill 1-2 college basketball players a year, usually within the first hour of play. they are getting used to wearing the heart monitors. they are playing bet. 15 teams in the nation are using this software. >>> today is tax day and this year some companies are offering ways to help you get through it. cinnabon is offering two free bites. pf changes 15% discount. office depots are allowing free photo copies. bally total fitness is offering free workouts. >>> coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. we told you about a carjacking in which a license plate scanner led police to a suspect. plus immuney drivers are taking a strike authorization vote this week. that story and more coming up in our next newscast. thanks for watching. have a great day.

in a city as the purse as san francisco, it almost universal sounds created from this -- as diverse as san francisco, almost universal sound created from this music unite the city as a whole. i feel without this music you will have some very confused and disorganized use. -- youth. i am sure you have said actions -- heard actions speak louder than words. i hope the actions of everybody who came here to speak on behalf "save the rave" -- the sounds we love so much, together with the actions, and hopefully replace the words that i am trying to express in this speech. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> how are you doing today? my name is valerie. i do not have a special speech. i just want to say that i am part upon -- part of "save the rave." it has to happen. it is not just for a dance to hang out. it is a cultural event, something that makes us physically one. it is not just some place we go and take drugs and find different things we want to get into in a negative way. we want to experience something new and have light shining on us. it is a diverse community. it is a place that is

what you are also seeing is that where parkmerced stood between san francisco university and the bart station, you will see how bicycle lanes start to connect from university through the gateway to the census go -- or from san francisco university to the bar area. i'm going to drill down to show you what i'm talking about here is one of the mitigation measures we worked with said you need to make sure that pedestrians and bicyclists can safely cross streets. level of service really only measures automobiles moving through intersections. we have a priority on bicycle and pedestrian safety and transit reliability. wherever we can tweak an intersection that looks like it was getting in trouble to make it more say for bicycles and pedestrians, we did. what you see here is that there used to be a half -- this is the current half, the current situation now, of automobiles that were using the cloverleaf to cross what would be the bicycle path to get on the highway here analysis shows we can accommodate the traffic pattern in a way that does not necessarily -- also what that says is it actual

for democracy and human rights in bahrain in san francisco we cross to stephen's illness he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco and in new york we have matthew shaffer he is a writer for the national review online all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want but before we start our discussion here let's take a look at some of the issues and reactions to the arab awakening. what is the state then while crossing all security interests revolutionary sandstones have brought to the streets across the arab world. so will the west somebody cater as in egypt and tunisia meanwhile in predominantly claim ruled by a sunni minority. usually silenced and the so to truth since of ened some points and all of this double standards home to the us feeds lead and saudi's neighbor grain striving toward so to them a nation years and acceptable as a transponder to the interests of the west while in libya is seen as a priority that my neighbor really forevers and the un mandates under the un mandate we have an obligation to protect civilians from potential atrocities and we have

democracy and human rights in bahrain in san francisco we cross the street and zoom this he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco and in new york we have matthew schaffer he is a writer for the national review online all right gentlemen this is cross talk i mean you can jump in anytime you want to before we start our discussion here let's take a look at some of the issues in reactions to the arab awakening. what is this state democracy all security interests revolutionaries sandstones have brought silence through the streets across the arab world people sponsored so-called western budget creators in egypt and tunisia meanwhile in predominantly crain ruled by a sunni minority people have been sluggishly silenced and this so to truth since the viens some point this double standard home to the us feeds and so does neighbor grain strivings who would sell to the nation piers an acceptable as it sounds are really interests of the west while in libya the corsi is seen as a priority and my neighbor really threw it out first and then he. mandates under the u.n. mandate we have an obligation to protect ci

a full scholarship at san francisco university high. if there was ever a boot- strapped kid, it's jackie lou. the son of a single mom who struggles to pay the bills. after his dad was lost to gambling and drinking. >> she was borrowing money from a sister in china, which was a big burden for her sister, too. >> reporter: jackie was about eight when it destroyed his family. some experts call gambling the hidden epidemic in the ages community. >> he would gamble all of the money away. he wouldn't work. and by the time he left, he owed rent for almost a year. >> careful. >> reporter: borrowing, scraping, four kids and a mother who did not speak english. jackie took charge. >> it was in the enough to cover a family of five. i was afraid of not getting fed, being homeless. >> reporter: he really is the man of the family. >> if he wants to achieve something for himself and for his family, he will figure out a way to do it. >> reporter: that included finding low income housing in the mission district that was safer. and getting scholarships fr

the university of san francisco basketball team has invested over $so,000 in heart monitor equipment. each player wears a strap. >> what we're doing is for the benefit. we're trying to prolong the longevity of their careers. keep them healthy and safe. >> according to a study by the university of about 15 teams in the nation are kurtly -- currently using this software. >>> more states are joining the club, paying $4 for gas. >>> plus why saudi arabia has no plans to boost oil production in an effort to bring those prices down. we'll go live to one down in north carolina that's been devastated by one of the torandoes to hit the southeast and claim dozens of lives. >>> stocks taking a big hit. the main reason, s&p 500 cut its outlook object u.s. sovereign debt saying there's a one in three chance it will downrate the debt in the next few years. and builder outlook false ahead of the season and citi's income falls 32% as underwriting falls of the dow is down 212. oil is just a tick below $107 a barrel. >>> speaking of oil, the national average for a gallon of gas is up to $3..83. in san

ancestors of the people and some of those bones are still in places like the university of california in berkeley and san francisco state university. so i'm wondering if at any time anybody has raised this issue as to, for example, a place to reburr those bones from the place -- reburr those bones from the place they came from. if you on treasure island have reached out to the people to see what their wishes and desires were for what happens. i know that the e.i.r. always says that they will go to the native american cultural -- i don't remember what the title is but -- it is really important knowing they are the original people of san francisco really trying to reach out and make sure that they are aware of what's going on. it is really difficult to follow this from afar. they were exiled from here and so we're trying to raise the issue because we want to make sure that as san franciscans, we have a responsibility to the original people. i just wanted to thank you for letting me raise this issue once more. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner

. >>> activists who fight against abuse by priest staged a protest today at the university of san francisco said they made sure a man who used to work there father mcgire is now behind bars. >> he's a former priest, former jesuit which this is a jesuit institution, he has now been locked up because of our efforts. >> reporter: people in san francisco may know of more victims of mcguire. in the 30 years since mcguire worked there no one has come forward and they have shared documents with s.n.a.p. s. >>> and 46-year-old young chu worked as a computer technician for the city school district before quitting last month. chu is being held on more than a dozen felonies. the jail tells ktvu news he is scheduled to open a plea one week from today. >>> the virginia man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend's daughter then bringing her to san francisco is now facing a much more serious charge. a grand jury in virginia returned an abduction with intent to defile charge against jeffrey scott easley today it carries a life sentence. san francisco police arrested the 33-year-old back in december after

steven junior's he's the professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco professor thank you so much for being. it's great to have you back. now something that's been obvious i think for libya watchers for quite some time now is finally being officially acknowledged by officials which is that libya is at a stalemate there is a grim assessment by the chief of u.s. military command today and it looks like it's really likely to remain that way for quite some time but the bigger question on my mind is why does this always come as a surprise for us you know airstrikes do a lot of great things and a lot of terrible things but one thing they certainly don't do is build democracies so was our approach to this whole mess wrong from the start. afraid it was i mean this is striking the libyan oppositions create a stain through during its first week when it was overwhelmingly nonviolent that's when they liberated more than half the country where you had these massive defections among top people in the dark these regimes were also investors around the world and we saw

the university of san francisco announced today it has found a way for upward bound to remain on campus a week ago today the san francisco naacp led dozens of students and activists in a march to protest relocating the protest off campus. the program works to get students from low income families to high school and into college. >>> a class action lawsuit that raised questions about the quality of the beef used by taco bell has been dropped. an alabama law firm alleged that taco bell's seasoned beef was actually a mixture of binders and extenders that didn't meet the federal requirement to be called beef. taco bell aired commercials saying the allegations were wrong. now the law firm says that taco bell has changed it marketing but taco bell says they have not changed anything. >>> paul small was arrested on friday. the victim attended the program for adolescents and is run by the solano county mental health. >>> drivers heading south on highway 29 who take a right on 121 must stop at a red light before completing a turn. but more than 30 to 100 drivers were issued citations for running

joined by stephens nunez professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the university of san francisco thanks so much for joining us now you argue libya is not likely being fought on humanitarian grounds and you know you thought i had ongoing support we've seen forth a yemen or bahraini regime while those countries brutally suppress the anti-government protesters there those are of course u.s. allies but yet the quick intervention in libya so i want to know what you think is really the primary then the u.s. is bombing libya right now. oh clearly we want to get rid of because i'm. going in the side of those who would like to see more progress turn government in power. while he is indeed a brutal dictator. creatures very nasty and and one could indeed make a case perhaps that this intervention and then the massacre that's sort of the actual reason really when you look at the united states britain france i mean all three countries that have led this effort have supported governments that have also you know killed hundreds of thousands. of innocent civilians and guatemala and tunisia israe

. >>> activists who fight against abuse by priest staged a protest today at the university of san francisco. they said they made sure a man who used to work there father mcgire is now behind bars. >> he's a former priest, former jesuit which this is a jesuit institution, he has now been locked up because of our efforts. >> reporter: people in san francisco may know of more victims of mcguire. in the 30 years since mcguire worked there no one has come forward and they have shared documents with s.n.a.p. s. >>> and 46-year-old young chu worked as a computer technician for the city school district before quitting last month. chu is being held on more than a dozen felonies. the jail tells ktvu news he is scheduled to open a plea one week from today. >>> the virginia man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend's daughter then bringing her to san francisco is now facing a much more serious charge. a grand jury in virginia returned an abduction with intent to defile charge against jeffrey scott easley today it carries a life sentence. san francisco police arrested the 33-year-old back in december

the university of san francisco announced today it has found a way for upward bound to remain on campus a week ago today the san francisco naacp led dozens of students and activists in a march to protest relocating the protest off campus. the program works to get students from low income families to high school and into college. >>> a class action lawsuit that raised questions about the quality of the beef used by taco bell has been dropped. an alabama law firm alleged that taco bell's seasoned beef was actually a mixture of binders and extenders that didn't meet the federal requirement to be called beef. taco bell aired commercials saying the allegations were wrong. now the law firm says that taco bell has changed it marketing but taco bell says they have not changed anything. >>> paul small was arrested on friday. the victim attended the program for adolescents and is run by the solano county mental health. >>> drivers heading south on highway 29 who take a right on 121 must stop at a red light before completing a turn. but more than 30 to 100 drivers were issued citations for running

denise why there is the chair of the journalism department at san francisco state university, where 600 students are studying journalism. next to her is mark adkins, the president of the "san francisco chronicle." next to him is dr. xena ibrahim. lisa frazier is the publisher of "bay area citizens." paul connelly is the senior vice president of the tcc group and he manages the challenge fund for journalism, one of the largest sources of grants for journalism. now on the back row, crank aaron is the senior director of the free press, a group working to increase government funding for the media. frank frankle is a journalism professor at stanford university. next to him is ron dellens, the mayor of oakland. he has served 14 houseyears. next to him is a former writer and publisher. he and embed the publisher. next to him is david calloway, editor in chief of marketwatch.com. next to him, sandy close, the director of new american media. she is also my executive editor and i get to hold the microphone up to her. let's begin the discussion. >> thank you. let's start with a question that is on

i've retired from the university of california at san francisco. one of the big concerns i have is that there is no respect for seniors. i am a senior now and i have to use a cane. the streets have drivers with bicyclist and skateboarders. the sidewalks are not safe for seniors or children. we can't work collaborative lead to bring some respect for each other? the design of the city streets with the bicyclist have been crazy. it is crazy. there is no respect for the drivers. i have a vehicle and i can't ride a bike throughout the city anymore. bicyclist take up the whole street. it is not safe for seniors or children. we need to change the plans of the city. also, i want to mention that it would be good to make in the whole mission historical district has was the western addition. we need to develop those and to save our history. i have been doing that for the last 10 years. we need to preserve our past. we can't forget it. if we depend on bureaucrats, it will never happen. >> this is for you. city pools, all but one are closed on sundays. and of h

last, but certainly not least -- with the help of one of our interns at san francisco university, and we have catherine in the back room -- we had eight fantastic intern's from sf state as part of the rec and parks tourism program. they have been doing a tremendous variety of projects for us. this is the second year in a row. we will show the work of one of our interns, ginnie hopper -- jaime hopper. if you of been to our website recently, you would notice we have launched our recparktv. there are a number of basically guerilla videos about what we're doing in our parks. i have a very short two to three a video for excerpt about some of the things that's been happening over the last month. i am supposed to cue the overhead. i do not know how to do that. [laughter] volume tax -- volume? it is an ode to the silent movie era. [no audio] >> so, elton, when we come back when you figure out how to get us some volume? but you get a strong sense from the video of all the things that happen in the park last month. that concludes the general manager's report. president buell: thank you. good re

there are the boundaries of the project, impacting san francisco university, and thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is laura traveler, and i have lived in parkmerced for 26 years, and i am here representing the action coalition. it is my professional opinion that the planning commission needs to further review and study the eir. it appears that they rushed to approval of the eir, and in their haste for approval, three major areas were not addressed, area one, the environmental impact on parkmerced. number two, the displacement of people, seniors, parents with young children, because the developers have forgotten that they are dealing with human beings of all races, creeds, and that room. it does not mean that the planning commission should do the same. decades of destruction impacting existing tenant can only lead to homelessness as well as terrible health issues among thousands of people. in closing, only the board of supervisors can address my three areas of mikey concerns. to review, we do, but and reconsider -- red

i am an athletics coach at san francisco state university. my degree is in chemical engineering. i have been attending raves for about 10 years, and i enjoy the inspiring music. not all are drug users. the city's recent actions against the safe and permanent dance parties are unjustified and are going to backfire. i attended a wonderful new year's eve party that was perfectly permited, peace will come and save, but officers shut it down before midnight seemingly on the basis that electronic music was being played -- permited, peaceful, and safe. instead, i moved into a fund but less a house party. -- i moved into a fun but less safe house party. i want the city to recognize that people from all walks of life and enjoy the music scene and to provide opportunities for us to meet with our friends at large outdoor public venues or a small private parties to enjoy the music we like. thank you. president newlin: thank you. >> hello. thank you to the city and to the sf commission for having us here today. my name is roxanna, in the eye and an active member of the dance community nights

. >> we have an all-day conference sponsored by san francisco state university. it will be at the center offices there. golden gate business association expo has been moved till june. but there will be several different neighborhood organizations. there will be mixers sponsored by wells fargo and the golden gate business association. we'll be having hours at the center on market street. a lot of these other neighborhood organizations will be having theirs as well that we. most of them are having them on tuesday night. saturday, the sidewalk sale throughout the city, i think everybody on this commission for approving the fee waiver. that is a huge deal. we thank you very much for that. we will have a spotlight on comcast, headline news. local headline news. it will be running for the next three weeks supporting small businesses. >> and also, commissioners, in regards to -- we have advertisements in the bay garden, san francisco magazine and wells fargo is doing promotions for shop your neighborhood. they are participating. this is something that's new and added. i

next to him is an assistant professor of broadcast and electronic media at san francisco state university. next is the managing editor for local news at -- i'm sorry. he is not at yahoo!, right. he is editor-in-chief of patch.com, a division of aol that provides news to specific communities. very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journali