at immediating our environmental challenges we have to do it in the urban cities. >> dr. ien chairs the environmental studies at san jose state. she says this is a huge challenge now and in the future as 80% of the population live in urban settings. a challenge i believe urban sustain ability try to bring the foot print of our activities into the foot print of the urban center. >> why there are many environmental problems, they say the city can do more on other front. >> i don't see enough focus on habitats and species. we are not the only ones here on the planet -- humans -- there's lots of other jobs -- we need to integrate natural habitats and the species that live here. >> the garden here on campus encourages students to get out of the classroom. >> these gardens help connect people with food -- reducing their foot print by eating right here. >> it is sustainable agriculture. they are able to gain -l knowledge through hands on learning. >> if we don't do anything about these issues, our urban environments and every where will be unlivable. >> when we come back we will

the diversity that exists in such an urban city, the concrete, the streets, cars, we have this oasis of a natural environment. it reminds us of what san francisco initially was. >> this is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available to get you there easily. and the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. there is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is the place to find some solitude from the city and appreciate what you share with a wonderful breath of fresh air. , an experienced this park and enjoy the peoples, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located in the middle of pacific heights on top of a hill, lafayette park offers a great square a of a peaceful beauty. large trees border greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have together. brin

the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of

flooding has been reported including urban cities. i want to show you the scene coming out of new york city. thunderstorms battered a large part of the tri state area on monday. overnight rains flooded the brooklyn district. well, unfortunately, the risk of heavy rain will linger across the new york city into tonight. but as we go into tuesday, as this problem tal system pushed away, our conditions will improve and sunny skies will return on your tuesday. however, the southwestern corner of the u.s. will be a different story. you will be on alert for heavy rain into your friday. and a new system is moving into the central plains, the plains once again there is a risk of severe weather from south dakota down to northwestern texas. even tornados cannot be ruled out. and heavy rain for the u.s./canada boarder. temperatures will be extremely high across the southwest. phoenix, 40 degrees for you. but denver will see a cool down. 24 degrees. it was 32 on your monday. and across the east, nice and comfortable. 26 in the u.s. capitol and 24 i

proposal with elements that have been tested all over the world so you can /*r successfully including urban cities and they are proven to make streets safe and it's needed for san francisco citizens so i urge you to support this project as well as the funding. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning. my name is joel, i'm an architect and i've lived and practiced in san francisco for the last 40 years. i'm recognized for my transportation expertise and have completed many projects in that cot /tkpwaeur. i'm in full support of the improves between fell and /tkpwaoerb gear. i am part of an architectural office that had one of my colleagues killed [inaudible] as she was taking her groceries from trader joes to her car. i wished her a weekend in the office the friday before and on monday i was told that she had been killed. she was 25 years old and in the process of becoming a licensed architect and had just passed the two parts of her examination and she was very happy on friday and we miss her very much. my question is, can a future plan be considered to aggress the ar

his book is called a country of cities, a manifesto for an urban america. >> one of the things i think is so important here is this is not just some kind of pipe dream about what's happening. more people are moving to cities today than in suburbs in the united states since the 1920s. it's driven by young people. there's a new urban generation in this country. >> rose: and finally this evening we look at presidential libraries with margaret russelled editor of architectural digest and two architects robert stern and james polshek. >> at the bush library there are 43,000 artifacts from cowboy boots to sabres to jewelry that they have on rotating exhibit. the permanent exhi business there is really marvelous. and so interactive and i think really geared toward teaching people about the idea of the presidency. when i looked-- when i was speaking about the two libraries, with the bush library it's very much about the decision-making, the presidency, the white house, the dignity of that office. with the clinton library and museum it's interesting, it's the time line of clinton's time in offi

. >> reporter: like almost all urban cities oakland pumps millions of dollars into crime fighting tools personnel. public works officials say there is no money in the budget for capital improvements. right now there is $250,000 in the current budget for minor building repairs but the city owns 300 buildings. she says that is a big problem. >> we see that some of the roofs are leaking in our buildings. we see today that there is a flood in the police administration building. that is the kind of wake up call when we realize we need to put some of our one-time money towards these deferred maintenance cht. >> reporter: this isn't the first time this building has been closed due to flooding. back in 2007 there was a similar problem costing the city hundreds ofsxoÑ millions of dol in repairs. reporting live in oakland i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> an overnight chase ended with an suv in the water. the chp says officers started following the driver on the bay bridge around 10:30 last night. the pursuit took officers all the way to the park where the driver drove the suv right into th

in urban cities like washington d.c., we have certain neighborhoods where black men unemployment is between 30%-50%. in brooklyn, i think it was 50% at one time. in detroit, in milwaukee, and the president when he goes to morehouse, he does not talk about these things. it puts the responsibility on those young men graduating from morehouse worked for four years, many of them the first in a family to finish college. his message to them is, you need to take responsibility for the feelings of the economic policies that democrats have pushed for the last 40 years. you guys need to take responsibility. i would argue that the speech should have been -- he told those kids, do not go after the dream of being successful. and making something of yourself and taking the responsibility to make yourself successful. he said, go to the barbershops, go to the churches. the problem i have that message, young black men need to be taught to take responsibility for themselves. he also should've told them, marriage, the lack of marriage is killing our communities. 73% of lack babies are born to unwed mothers, c

in theen trum, the city entered into a lease with a city called approximaty development which has a use of this space. it's a nationally recognized urban design and honestly we were say tg could have gone to the land use city. what was previously a parking lot is a model for development. it's a true haze valley. this is supported by the neighborhood association. proxy done a great job with working with job training companies. and the rent that the city receives is actually tied to what it would receive if the property was used as a parking lot and supervisor brief thinks this is better than a parking lot and happy to see the lease continued and ask for your support. thank you. >> thank you mr. johnson. >> we have john from our department of real-estate. >> john, director of real-estate. very briefly. this is an 11,430 parcel originally leased by the city in 2004 for parking purposes that in 2010 the board approved this lease with proxy development and we're here to extend that agreement. as part of the dissolution process, the property was transferred to jurisdiction as mentioned so today this is a straight lease agreement. we're askin

instead of having suburbs surrounding the city, instead of having a kind of urban sprawl, all of thoseuld be farms. those farms would be feeding into the economy of the city. there is a famous urban theorist who said that the goal for city designers, and city planners, should be that everything that a city is importing should eventually become as something the city is producing. that is absolutely the case with food. especially as we are going into the future, food is going to become a political issue. it is going to be in a river issue. -- an urban issue. host: we will hear from jonathon next. caller: can you hear me? i do like c-span. i enjoy. thank you for your guest. you are on track. i want to run for political party in michigan him up because what you are saying -- you are on the money. people should listen. you can probably help yourself if you listen when people talk. you say a lot of stuff going on that i can say. i do not like the governor --5 [inaudible] sent sunday 65, everything is gray. detroit has been going downhill since 1965. it is just getting trashed. i think people

under that ordinance our city administrator was supposed to recommend one agency to drive and coordinate urban agriculture strategy. this recommendation was supposed to come at the end of last year. it is or was a few months late, but at the end of the day the city administrator has recommended the rec and park department and has hosted a number of community meetings to educate the public on ongoing plans. under the ordinance we are required to pass a resolution to ratify the decision and recommendation by the city administrator and that is a resolution i'm introducing. i just also want to note that last year during the budget process we set aside $120,000 which was supposed to be spent for the first time on a full-time -- one full-time fte staffer. given that today and every year we have spent millions of dollars every year, but we have never actually had one person whose job it is full time to coordinate this work, we made that decision last year but never spent the money. i want to thank the mayor's budget office for transferring this money from last year to this year's budget and hope that

in urban cities like washington d.c., we have certain neighborhoods where black men unemployment is between0%-50%. in brooklyn, i think it was 50% at one time. in detroit, in milwaukee, and the president when he goes to morehouse, he does not talk about these things. it puts the responsibility on those young men graduating from morehouse worked for four years, in aof them the first family to finish college. his message to them is, you need to take responsibility for the feelings of the economic policies that democrats have pushed for the last 40 years. you guys need to take responsibility. i would argue that the speech should have been -- he told those kids, do not go after the dream of being successful. and making something of yourself and taking the responsibility to make yourself successful. he said, go to the barbershops, go to the churches. the problem i have that message, young black men need to be taught to take responsibility for themselves. he also should've told them, marriage, the lack of marriage is killing our communities. are born tobabies unwed mothers, compared to 30% of whi

city. there is a famous urban theorists who said that the goal for city designers and city planners should be that everything that a city is importing should eventually become something that the city is producing. that is absolutely the case of food. especially as we move into the future, food will become a very political issue and an urban issue. "solar panels cost 60% less today than full four years ago." jonathan, independent caller. michigan, you are on the air. caller: i really enjoy c-span. thank you for your guest. you are really on track, trying to get on it from political issues. i want to run for political party in michigan because what -ou're saying, a lot of stuff, some of the political, you are right on the money. when you look at people talk, he said a lot of stuff that i do not -- that i could really say. since 1965, everything was great? detroit has been going downhill since 1965. 1923, going up and up and up. it does not matter if it is a democrat or republican. people could work together on a plan. host: i will leave it there. annalee newitz? guest: i think that is absolu

in theen trum, the city entered into a lease with a city called approximaty development which has a use of this space. it's a nationally recognized urban design and honestly we were say tg could have gone to the land use city. what was previously a parking lot is a model for

we have this dance inner-city mixed with the urban area. it is also a very big benefit to the household, so that compensates for the higher cost and terms of the buildings. is all these people friendly residences and commercial sites. in construction, the unilever haus, an example of design and sustainability. ofre is virtually no loss energy at the european headquarters upper unilever. the big building is not only about respecting the environment. it is a wise investments. >> this is a benchmark for sustainable architecture. this is very expensive. it is a savings project. really, the sustainability does it pay off. first of all, the way they use materials, and learning, really, in the end, the usage cost, the annual cost of using the building. it is 70% lower. it is beautiful, and at the same a savings project. the electricity we use here in the building with the led lighting, for example the lighting above me, it is all from so-called dark green energy. dark green energy means it comes from small water power plants in the south of german

the other entitlements maybe the agreement of consider for the city that would produce the rate and the urban development krorms. it's done in new york city. those are 3 aspects we submit those in detail they're not a part of your records. i have substantial background as planning director >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> hi i'm linda i have been at st. luke's hospital and on frontline of health care there. i see there are many needs in our community that are not being met presently. it concerns me. i agree with everyone there needs forbid a collaborative agreement and it's important we have a say of what kind of care we're going to provide at st. luke's. we have a lot of psych patients coming in and we see them come and go with basically, no services after they leave us. but there's also a certain about some sub acute are the patients who are ventilator dependent. many of them maybeable be equivalent to go home. we have a sub acute but there are a total of assess of services in san francisco. the pacific and davis gnaws at that particular time those patients

plantagon, a leader in vertical urban agriculture, will construct a cutting-edge greenhouse in the swedish city of linkoping, south of stockholm. the aim is to produce more food using less space; to deliver fresh produce at lower cost by marketing directly to consumers; and to embody a new business model, one that makes money while doing good. >> hans hassle, plantagon international. it's a new concept. what is it? >> we are trying to be part of finding technical solutions on how we're going to feed the future really huge megacities of the world. we are sure that we will have many reasons for growing food large-scale inside our cities, and we want to be part of developing those few solutions for how to do that. we do believe that we will have 3 different problems to feed people living inside the city. one is the vast geographical sprawl of the cities. 2040, 2050--most scientists agree that 80% of 9 billion people will live inside cities. and already today, we are using 80% of the arable land that we have on the whole planet. if you put these two developing curves together, then you easily reali

in conjunction with the city of zurich's culture department as well as a artist program for dancers. they go to both comedies which are supporting and breezing, fresh to the urban relationship that our two cities have chosen to maintain. the san francisco comedy with lusa and james bridge man and benjamin, george, friger mark chan ler and matthew, and the zurich comedy, with kevin, oliver, rick, richard frank, ralph, dony, and ervan. >> we would like to thank swiss nick as ambassadors for the city partnership in the advisory capacity and as a point of contact chris johnson and his team mate and ideal and very tangible contribution to the ten year anniversary that we are celebrating as sister cities. thanks also to the swiss general con so late and the representation from greater zurich area. mayor ed lee we are very grateful for your generation and auspicious invitation and for your commitment. we look forward to engaging in further dialogue and exchanges of experiences, with you. thank you very much. for your attention and thank you very much for your commitment. [ applause ] >> i would like to recognize a few people that were mentioned our fire chief and our

cities. >> the world is urbanizing. 1.5 million people a week are moving to cities.at from a green perspective and an innovation perspective. they show it really bumps up innovation. >> small is sexy. we want space efficiency, things that are designed for how they are used the vast majority of the time, no the that rare event. why have a six-burner stove when you rarely use three? when. >> when i was talking to him about life edited, i thought it was a really interesting concept. my name is tony share ra, ceo of zappos.com and helping downtown projects. graham came and spoke with our employees and talked about how maybe you don't need all that space. maybe there is ways to enjoy life that isn't just about having a bigger house. that's a lot of graham hill's philosophy which is in line of what we are trying to do. folks are putting their energy into people rather than building big houses. research has shown if you could get high residential density, then a lot of innovation will happen, because people will just gather at the local coffee shop around the street or in r

and although it's been successfully implemented in other cities, it will be one of the first such installations in an urbanding. >> here is a city agency that treats wastewater, but they send no wastewater to the treatment facility. that says a lot. >> it's got a 12 gallon per day occupancy using 5,000 gallons per day with a building officing 1,000 people. that turns out to save over 2.7 million gallons a year. >> the public utilities commission runs water, power and sewer services for san francisco. we can't afford to be out of business after an earthquake. so, we're thinking about building a building. that building is going to hold our operations center and our emergency operations center for things like earth quack. that building had to be immediately occupiable. great. but we can do better than that. so, this new technology that we ended up using was a concrete building that straps basically, that goes through the interior of the building and allow the building to turn or twist as part of an earthquake as it corrects itself. >> in the course for the puc building, we've actually incorporated in addition

i understand at any time easier for departments to continue the way they do things by the city is an urban setting and we have to be adopt active. we want to make sure you guys are part of that discussion >> and maybe supervisor chu can attest to what you like a 6 in which bike lane. i'm not sure if that's the highest the safety. but it's again, all up for discussion. we care about the citizens safety and the pedestrian safety as well >> thank you very much. when we have - chief harvey >> next i'd like to - and i want to note that the department of public works and mta are here to answer any questions that may come up. next i want to ask pat to come up. he's done a lot on street issues and i want him to speak on that topic >> i'd be glad to. i'm a principle and shareholder. i should say i'm here today as a san francisco resident and also starting in 2008 i began leading a national consensus effort between firefighters and ambulance drivers and street designers like myself. >> seattle has students are parking on both sides were 11 feet of clearance. and in san francisco many of us live on t