tech sf is the money that was granted to us as a city, and aimed at those entities that helped train kids like you and others to the technology skills so that you can get a job at ibm or twitter or salesforce or wells fargo or bank of america. all of these technology jobs need the skill sets. it is a good opportunity. we are working with entities. that has been putting those skills together. you can get enrolled in these nonprofits and cable brokerage you. you can get job training. i saw some of the kids. they are smiling because they know they have a future with all the these companies. they can move around and choose what it is they want to do. whether it is in the music industry, financial industry, social services industry. all of that will be tech driven. i been spending time making sure the city is safe, making sure we do with our budget. it is an exciting for me because it is the first time i ever did this. i have not been a politician before this. some of this stuff is coming at me in a new way. i have been working for government for 23 years. i try to use that experience in m

a real responsibility to help investment and success of our city. spur is committed to making this happen. we hope that all of you join us as we work to leverage a lot of these partnerships once again. spur is a nonprofit. member-supported think tank in san francisco committed to the success of the city in all its forms. many of you are already members. can we get a show of hands of spur members? that's fantastic. thank you so much for your continued support of our organization. without your help, none of this would be possible. for those of you who are not yet members, i hope you'll join us and get involved. roll up your sleeves and really get involved in the nuts and bolts of the city. we can all work together to engage the city so we can all succeed together. we're all investors in this town. thank you very much for all of your support and for joining us this evening. it is now my pleasure to introduce wade rose, the chair of the 2012 good government awards. wade? [applause] >> thank you, cory. appreciate it. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 32nd annual good government awards. 32 years. finding people to give a

a legacy business. years from now the cheap and myself and others in the room will be retired and gone. we need to learn as we learn from those before us and make the city as a visit can possibly be. we have our estimate annual signups take effect this saturday. shortly after we will have nominations and elections for the part council. moving on, it is great we have community meetings. one major thing missing in the meetings is having a park station used council. nowadays being the father of a 20-year-old daughter and young adults have a distinct ideas on how things should be, and i think in this community is specially, it would be great to bring together kids, young adults come a teenager's, teenas know how they would like their district police. some of the things i have mentioned is providing them with the voice. also, second saturdays. there is volunteer programs, especially in high schools right now. my son volunteers of the school for autistic kids. there are other things we can do. giving them the ability to develop projects on their own to make their own neighborhoods more livable and save come in for themselves to grow up in. second saturdays is

a spokesperson for the agency tells us just as the city is facing a budget shortfall, so is recreation and parks. members of the city council tell eyewitness news they have no power to add anything to the mayor's budget. they can only make cuts. they're hopeful she's willing to compromise. recreation and parks tells eyewitness news from inspection to maintenance to staffing, opening and operating a city pool is expensive. >> all of us want to work toward a good solution for young people in the city. >> reporter: none of the city's six park pools is scheduled for closure. the park pools would have extended hours under the recreation and parks new plan. by the way, pools are scheduled to open memorial day weekend which is may 26th. that's the park pools. >> right. under the recreation and parks plan, the city's three indoor pools would be open during the summer. two local school districts have new superintendents. he was also a finalist for the top job? howard county. that position went to renee. she becomes the first female superintendent for howard schools. >>> how much money can buy h

latino community as to how far you can come through in the city, through the -- sorry, i'm not a good speaker, but through all of the opportunities that the city has to give and gives us as a latino community a chance to stride in the city, and through its guidance and example, he has been powered me to become a business owner myself. i would never in my life think that i would be capable of doing that. thank you. >> good day, supervisors. i am and member of the whole district -- polk district merchants association. we applaud approximately 35 employees in san but cisco. i never was in front of this commission, and the reason i'm here is to support mario west. i have known him for many years, and from a business perspective, i know that he is a very knowledgeable person. san francisco small business is a complex matter. to do business in san francisco, a person should know legal and taxation peril aspects and operational aspects, and i want to assure that mario is the one who knows the business in san francisco better than anybody else. i mastered in business administration. i met mario, and he explained to me many things. before this, we were talking about pro bono,

the work to pay for this, this is a coordinated project between the pc -- puc, dpw, and us. it is very important as a corridor for us and for the city, so we are working very hard with the other agencies to do adequate outreach and planning to make sure the process goes smoothly, but very important infrastructure work for us to get done, so we will have re-routes. many will operate on south or red -- south van ness, so many of the buses will be able to continue running as electric. there will be some other re- roputes -- re-routes that will be on and off, and we are working to make sure that the impact is minimal for all of us, but it is a good project, which anyone in the submission street knows is long overdue. just a little bit of an update on the mission bay parking management plan. i think we touched on it briefly last time. the interest in this project continues. we did send out a communication to all of the stakeholders, and we hope to reach an even larger audience, kind of a acknowledging that we want to take more time to go back and gather more data, work more closely with folks going block to block so that we understand, p

president assad is targeting deir al zor because it's believed the opposition uses the city as a gateway to smuggle in large quantities of weapons from neighboring iraq. it is the third rebel stronghold to fall. government forces have already taken the central city of homs and northern city of idlib. the united nations is trying to find a way to end the hostilities. assad's government has accepted a u.n. fact-finding team looking into humanitarian aid activities. it has also agreed to allow in experts who will discuss the formation of a group to monitor any cease-fire. still, syrian soldiers show little sign of letting up in their attacks. >>> russia has offered conditional support for a u.n. security council statement designed to end the crisis. foreign minister sergey lavrov made some of his toughest comments yet. the security council has been negotiating a statement to express its support for the mission of the u.n. and arab league special envoy kofi annan. the former u.n. secretary-general has been working to persuade syrian president bashar al assad to stop the crackdown on civilian

a suggested donation of $2 for 15 minutes. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think of a plan to use homeless people to serve as wireless hotspots on city streets? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. paying off a credit card is not always the easiest thing to do. there are some pros and cons. >> transfer credit-card balance can be one option to consumers make a bigger dent in their debt. this is usually for a temporary period. know the go-to rate when the offer expires. >> you need to be sure that you read all the fine print. >> the best balance transfer offers those with 0 inches are made to those with better credit. the window of low interest will probably be shorter, giving you less time to pay down that debt. >> decide how much you are going to pay per month. if you have 12 months on your divide your payment by 12 months. >> to not add any extra payments to the balance transfer card. >> back to you. >> we will see how much americans were spending while the shops last month. there is now light at the end of the tunnel for the housing market. jane king has

what do you think of a plan to use homeless people to serve as wireless hotspots on city streets? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. it seems more women are willing to take money over a perfect body. the jobs market is showing signs of improvement. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> u.s. employers are back in hiring mode. a new survey shows the majority of its 18,000 respondents saying they plan to add workers from april until june. a number of workers planning to drop the job acts is on the decline. women are better positioned in the jobless recovery. the jobless rate was the same in january a. it fell adjusted it for women. the promise for men are getting worse as they do not have the skills for today's labor force. a maryland casino gearing up to open its doors in june and they still need workers. they are hosting a job fair this saturday at the maryland live employment center in hanover. markets higher for the most part yesterday. investors weighing whether a chinese slowdown will lead

it would create a new land use definition for the use of student housing, as well as develop controls to regulate this new use throughout the city. supervisor wiener has signed on as a sponsor of this ordinance at the board, and he is considering amendments to the ordinance which are still in progress. this week, he discussed some of the issues around it, and the ordinance was continued to march 26. the issues of concern that he discussed were whether or not the conversion of housing to student housing should be prohibited, as recommended by this commission. or allowed by cu, conditional use authorization. if the recommendation for existing housing to prohibit that conversion is maintained, the question then is, should there be exceptions from the prohibition? such as exemptions for certain institutions and lots that are adjacent to a certain educational institutions. third, another modification would be how should this new use be treated in specific areas of the eastern neighbor plan where regular housing is not prohibited? and lastly, another question he identified was whether student housing should be exempted from f.a.r. acc

cities, not these vague constructions on a studio back lot. (narrator) christmas eve in new york. (paul arthur) but to use the look of the city as a part of its stylistic web. (jean-pierre gorin) when you're in the city, you've got a space which is immediately dramatic. and you've got immediately -- you're in a universe which is maze-like and claustrophobic. the characters arewaike smas in an aquarium where all sorts of stuff is happening. look at the first sequence of "pickup on south street." one guy, whose job is to steal purses, open purses, a pickpocket in a subway. (paul arthur) the number of underground spots that we see in film noir is quite phenomenal. underground garages and subways and sewer systems. it's a manifestation of the underworld, of this secret labyrinth where criminals hide in shadows this is the image, representing a modern hell. (paul schrader) in dealing with a doomed world, you go for visual correlatives. it's hard to do a doom story on a pleasant, sunny day. (dramatic music playing) (martin scorsese) the image of richard widmark running in the streets in "night and the city" is a seminal film noir imag

city, really, is impacted. that is why it is important for us to have a discussion as a city in as a city government about this crisis. it truly is a crisis. i want to thank the accessory reporter for commissioning this report. my hope is that out of this discussion, we can come up with some strategic ideas for steps that can be taken to address this crisis to make sure that we respond to what is happening to so many residents who have lost their homes or are in the process of losing their homes. again, i want to thank supervisor avalos in olague for being co-sponsors of this hearing -- avalos and olague for being co-sponsors of this hearing. i want to call upon other city officials whose offices are also involved in the foreclosure process to see what we as a city collectively can do to address this crisis. whether it is the city attorney's office, which i know has been looking at this issue for quite some time, whether it is the sheriff's office or the district attorney's office. i want to thank supervisor calling for being a code-sponsor of this hearing. it is important for us to have a discussion about thi

wants to close 7 to 13 pools this year to save money, also known as neighborhood pools, a spokesperson for that agency tells us just as the citycing a budget shortfall so is recreation and parks. members of the city council tell us they have no power to add anything to the mayor's budget. she can only make cuts, but they are hopeful she is willing to compromise before any pools are closed. recreation and parks tells eyewitness news from inspection to maintenance to staffing, oning and operating a city pool is expensive. >> all those on the city council want to work toward a good solution for young people in the city and for opportunities for young people. >> under the plan none of the park pools would close. in fact, they would have extended hours under their new plan. by the way, park pools are scheduled to open memorial day weekend, may 26th. kai jackson reporting, back to you. >> under the plan the city's three indoor pools would be open. >>> turning to sports believe it or not major league's regular season is underway right now in tokyo, japan. as for the orioles they still have a few gales games left and were lucky yester

a strong supporter of this program. he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection committee for the good government awards. it is really a treat. as a human-resources director, i get a lot of bad news. some of that gets in the newspaper. with all due respect to our brethren in the press, it's always a good story to write about bad behavior that may happen in a city department or that a public employee may have engaged in. we are the largest employer in san francisco. it is only natural as some of that bad behavior may fall on our doorsteps. it is refreshing to see some of the wonderful work people are doing, who really personify the ethos of san francisco. i want to celebrate that. on behalf of the mayor, thank y

actually not a debate about window material and what is best for the building but a way for him to try to use city process as leverage in a lawsuit against me. if he really cared that much about his windows and preserving the building, why has he waited this long to install wooden windows. he just apply for a permit and got it approved last month after trying to sue me about this. i just do not understand. his desire to suddenly improve a building like this with wooden windows, that is his prerogative. i should not be punished for putting code-compliance would and -- windows in that are not wouldn't more than four years ago. he points out that i was planning on selling a property. that is neither here nor there. this d.r. is about my windows and one's right to sell their property is one's right. it has nothing to do with my windows. the planning department has established that my windows are pri and that is what this is about. thank you. president fong: the public hearing is closed. commissioners. >> i would like to make a clarification. a couple of things i skipped in my presentation that were partially sta

when we look at other cities, this is something that is not [unintelligible] boston, the same land size as us and has a slightly higher population, they started something called countdown to kindergarten and number of years ago. it is a model and a brilliant program on uniting the city around what does it take to get children ready for school? it is something that was brilliantly conceived to focus on what different sectors can do pray what can families do to get children ready for school, what can the city do to support children, what can schools due to be ready for those children and families coming to them? everyone's role was clear in this plan which was part of a large public awareness campaign that created an environment in a city that people were focused on how is boston preparing its children for school? this program, this initiative was so successful it changed into something called thrive in five. it is akin toou our first five program. we already have these things that other cities took time to develop. how can we come together and look at what we can do collectively? that being said, the sa