i hope to move us past the labels that have pigeonholed us at city hall or at least to not be bound by them. because if you're a so-called moderate, then i'm a moderate. i've spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for all of us. for its entire history, people have flocked to san francisco with their hopes and with their dreams. they've invested in this city, not only with their money but with their sweat and with their blood. i understand that not only do people need to flourish here, but business needs to flourish here. i understand what is at stake. what is invested here in all senses of that word. it's our responsibility to see that this investment isn't squandered. but with all due respect to the talent of many leaders with whom i share this responsibility, i was a progressive before progressive was a political faction in this town. [applause] years ago, years ago, i fought the establishment to make this city function better, to make our communities more inclusive. i fought for justice. when i left bolt hall and joined the asian law caucus i sought to int

i have gained abundant support a through use at the city -- through youth advocacy. we have been doing out reach, a fed planning, designing, with other youth. lyric has provided me with moral support and a safety net. we hope that you will stand an advocate for rest. thank you. -- we hope that you will stand and advocate for us. >> good afternoon, supervisors. when early care and education dollars were shifted through the general fund, each share was reduced to 7% of the children's fund down to the original 20%. we were strong in advocating for child care. when the economy was good, a lot of the dollars invested in child care came from the general fund. when the plan was first created, -- share was 24%. now this is down to 7%. if you see the biggest number of populations of young children, this is -- get the investment is disproportionate. it is critical that we save the child care from hemorrhaging and many of you have heard from yesterday's of that that we're getting a lot of cuts from the state. -- from yesterday's event that we are getting a lot of cuts from the

then you looked at city build right behind us and they are hungry. are you hungry for jobs? [applause] they have been asking where the promises have been and who is implementing it. when we look at promise after promise not fulfilled, the city had to ask itself, can we do better? can we really deliver on this process? that's what this ordinance has been about three it's not a new promised to local jobs have always been about an old promise that we would involve more communities in what we build for the city. the unions know that. carpenter's know that. laborers know that. they've known that for year. have we made that aggressive action to do so? through the hard work that everybody has to chip in and not only at the hearing that the board, but also, have we made the internal commitment within the city structure? has the mayor's office joined with the board, with the office of workforce economic development, with all of our allies at the labor standards office, the human rights commission, are office of contract administration, aour dpw, puc, mta, our airports, are port -- hav

. >> the city is struggling to decide how many dispensaries it should have, how they should be selected, and now as a result, an unlikely partner may be emerging. kris sanchez joins us live at city hall with what some consider strange bed fellows here. >> reporter: picture somebody a unionized worker and then picture somebody who smokes marijuana and chances are you're not picturing someone who runs in the same circle. they want to join ranked with the folks who work at our local restaurants and retail outlets. >> right now everyone's assuming we're a bunch of dope dealers and addicts and that's not the case. the union gives us legitimacy. >> reporter: he wants his fruit of the spirit marijuana collective to be part of something bigger as he tests the marijuana he has for his patients he is fully on board with the ufc's organize, that's the union that already represents about 200 marijuana workers in oakland. >> i know what the union did for this country when it was growing and i know it can do the same for this industry. so i'm 100% behind it. because we feel -- we're fragmented right now. >> reporter: fragmented, and in san jose on the verge of being shut down. the city o

the fact that this attack would happen at 16th and mission tells us that it is an attack that could happen anywhere in the city. i think it is important to take this time to recognize mia, who was the victim of this horrible incident. we should thank her for having the courage to come forward and speak about her experience. those of you who may be aware, there was a rally, a gathering, that happened on friday at 16th and mission. many people in the community, not just from the transgender community, but from all over san francisco, came and spoke up against this attack and made it clear that we are not going to tolerate something like this happening in san francisco. i thought it was important for us to recognize mia for her courage, for her perseverance, and for coming forward in a way it is very difficult for victims to do. but also want to recognize alexandra byerley for being here as well. she heads an organization that represents one of the most disenfranchised communities in san francisco, the trans gender community, the community that has great needs. luckily or unfortunately, she was there when this ha

association provides the fund on eight wheels and also a lot of the sound equipment that we use at these events. city car share, bike and roll, blazing saddles, they city bikes all provide necessary resources. the port, san francisco federal credit union. the exploratorium. you will hear later about the fisherman's wharf looks joining us march 20. thank you. [applause] ms sunday streets is all about biking, walking, and getting there by transit, so these are all very healthy activities. speaking of health the activities, we are pleased to have the department of public health as one of our major partners. i would like to introduce christine from the health department. [applause] >> good afternoon. shape up san francisco is so excited that we are once again doing sunday streets. it is the perfect epitome of what shape of san francisco is about, creating environments that make it easy and fun for people to get out there and play, be physically active. liveable streets is incredibly important to this. i'm grateful to the city as a whole for offering this fun, safe places for people to get out and play. t

alan wang is live at mill gray city hall for us -- millbrae city hall for us. >> carolyn, two big decisions for san bruno and millbrae. both city councils decided to go ahead with a plan that would merge their fire departments. the san bruno pipeline explosion had many city councilmembers questioning how a merger with millbrae's fire department would affect response times. >> how would this merger impact a place like san bruno. >> very minimal. san mateo county is bawivegly consolidated -- basically consolidated as far as service. we train together from foster city to san bruno. >> the son sol dation would -- consolidation would save $230,000 for san bruno and $375,000 for millbrae taxpayers. each city would close down one fire station and a new one would be built somewhere in the middle. >> if there is a little way to save a little money and take care of citizens the way we have been taking care of them,

many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated atular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times. to make this information available, muni has tested push to talk buttons at trial shelters. rider when pushes the button, the text is displayed -- when a rider pushes the button. >> the success of these tests led to the expansion of

the city was so welcoming and didn't give us space but sold it to us at a good price. the facility had everything. it was easy for us. >> that was then. this is now. vallejo has now gone bankrupt, one of the few cities in the world to do that. does it affect your business? have you thought about leaving? why stay now? >> for us, it has no impact whatsoever. none at all. it's life as usual. in a city that's really -- we couldn't feel anything different. there is no reason for us to move. our employees love the location. it's convenient. most of them live over here on the east bay and it's more convenient for them. i'm probably the only employee that lives on the peninsula. >> you have bucked a lot of trends, one of which is starting out wealthy and becoming wealthier. usually people born into money kind of have that lost generation of trust fund kids who don't do a lot. another is being the opposite of the tide of most american companies who have been manufacturing in china. i understand you came here because of the political change in hong kong. was there a point you sa

us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office didn't need to hear from the mayor to say what's your plan. they offered a plan and said here is our strategy. here is what we can do. we can add all of these computers here and there. we can connect our databases, we can expand our capacity by x. we can open up early and stay late and stay open on the weekends. it's unbelievable. we can coordinate all of the training for our volunteers and them in as deputy marriage commissioners and make sure it's signed and certified. that's an example and a model for others. this is -- what happens is when people prove that things can be done, it just raises the bar for what is possible for everyone else. >> it kind of went cooled plan and this is what we planned for. in some respects, people have kind of commented to me, oh, my god, you were a part of history and how many couples did we mary? how many families did we

us a successful city. i want the city to continue to be successful, to continue to attract the thousands of visitors that come every day to see us, be at our local shops. i want the city to be safe, solvent, and successful. that is the principle upon which i shared with the department heads, with commission directors, as we approach this daunting task as we fill in this gap. but there will be some hard decisions in front of us. there will be some programs that we are reviewing today with you that have to change the way they practice. there will be departments experiencing less in how they do their jobs, but will still be held accountable for doing the best job possible. i want to thank my colleagues from all the different departments because they are all working very hard. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with all of them. these are some of the best apartments that you can have for a city. they could be making more money in the private sector, but they have chosen a public service. i want to thank them from our dpw hence, rec and parks, children and family, aging, human services, they are all here spending their personal time with yo

factors in pedestrian safety and we want to use the data and share this with say parkers to target enforcement and investment going into the city. we want to look at best practices that are done either in the nation or internationally and look at what safety countermeasures are used in development planting, and any transportation improvements in the city. you have heard a lot about what first -- walk first. we are working with various organizations on pedestrian safety, what ability in the city. we are cochairing the new task force with the mta, that was derived out of the directive. what first is a project that we have, a grant from the office of traffic -- safety. in the city right now there is no systematic city-wide way to prepares pedestrian capital improvements. it is all done by funding silos. this is a way to look at all the streets in the city and try to prioritize where the limited funding would go. some of the things we are going to produce is a city-wide map of key streets and sounds, create a methodology for prioritizing these improvements, we will develop five case studies that we will share as part of the project. a very preliminary

spread too strong, and they could not take that away from us, so just give yourselves a round of applause. we are american indians. we are at cityl, and they are going to listen to us. [applause] i am deeply honored to be asked to say a few words on behalf of nathan. i have no nathan for many years. he and his father and i played basketball together in the 1970's, but i also know about the struggles they then had to overcome in his life, the disappointment, the hurt, and the pain. it is something that a lot of our children and young adults are going through in this community as they grow up. as elders and as adults, it is our responsibility to turn to these children and young adults and lit them up and encourage them to be proud of with a our as american indians, to learn their culture and traditions. those dancers that came out here this evening, give them a round of applause because that is our culture and our tradition. it is continuing. that is a drum. recognize them because they are carrying on that from that brings them together. a couple of weeks ago, i was sitting around with richard, and we were at a community event, an

these are the kind of things that force us to deal with city wide issues. sometimes at the risk of people accusing us of overstepping our jurisdiction and being a little too heady about dealing with issues that really don't concern san francisco. my response to that is, you know, with globalization and with the way that the world's been brought into closer focus and the way people now have been knitted together in social media. there are no borders in many of these issues. and if there's going to be this kind of policy paralysis on a federal level or state level and good for municipal government to step up to the plate and start leading the way or at least challenging the other tiers of government that if you don't do something, then get out. >> so let's talk a little about the budget. once again we've been faced with some tough budget decisions including where to the budget decisions, and the cuts, and whether or not to decrease taxes. how will you approach these difficult choices? >> in 2010, one way i broke ranks with everyone, i seized upon the idea that we looked f

the city requires them to provide 10% of the installed polls and fixtures available to us. that is all at the beginning of the capital project. sponsored by a third party, not the city, that would come to us as part of that. this of reborn by the project developer. this includes having some inventory and stock. >> >> i am not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing but there is very little money for the rest of the program to deal with. >> all the more reason. >> most street improvements, the sidewalks and amenities are paid for either by the developer or by the department of public works and the become teachers diction's for them to maintain this. a lot of the pedestrian lights we are talking about are not our obligation and their basically owned by the department of public works. >> i am not sure. i think that the document that you were given with the package, we're just looking for it says who has what. >> this is another area where someone is trying to figure this out. it environment where we show a financial plan that does not balance and we are talking about taking on a variety of

we saw more people today at this sight than there were running the town today. >> using this small city as a, you know, pinata, we find it offensive. >> reporter: at the sacramento courthouse the entire town leadership all stat, waiting to testify. but why? >> since the das offense is not communicating with us as to what they want, we are in the dark. >> reporter: the grand jury hearing is related to the city's approval of the pot farm. most city leaders will take the fifth and refuse to testify. but not the police chief. >> i don't have a problem. i know i haven't done anything wrong. >> leaders approved the pot farm with the hope of brings money to the town. >> they are broke. >> reporter: the mystery of the grand jury investigation may not have to do with the pop farm itself but how the farm came to be. i was told leaders were given immunity to testify suggesting this could be a corruption investigation. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the proof is in the paper work and president obama has provided it. the white house released a detailed version of the president's birth certi

at the san francisco public utilities commission meeting and they send their regards. we miss you over there. having said that, i used to come regularly to this meeting but there is so much happening at city hall, that you cannot be everywhere. i am here to state categorically that the 7.5 miles that you commissioner's control of his public trust land. you heard a lot in the director's report about the salmon, cruise lines coming here, america's cup, and that is all fine. public trust land means all californians have a stake in what happens. so, if you read the law, you clearly know that apart from the bay area and san francisco, meaningful outreach has to be done. one of the ways we can do that is by providing access to the dvd of this take deliberation. when i go into the neighborhoods, people do not know much and some do not know anything about what is happening over here. the good thing is, there are some of you who have been at city hall, some of you have had the occasion to meet the constituency that you know very well, that if you do not do that out reach, it will come back to haunt you. now, your director, we have a very good relationship. i know she is always looking for accounta

helicopters if we afghan army is using in this helicopter of course we'll start well commence at work in the near future so actually let them get used as we can go over the city oh look at all the countries of the russian nato council you have got to see what was said fourth the figures of hard core hollywood isn't much they're willing to contribute to that fantasy for us see i was discussed the battle of terrorism our potential for a cup regime this is very serious and we're trying to use it to be obviously were as efficiently as we can those are the results of today's meetings but also that i consider them good results which we will continue to russia believe in this a smart move for along the path that our leaders have set out at the sun to lisp on questions plates these with public radio mr minister love of russia seems to play the watchdog referring to real usually ninety seven point three m. measuring what goes too far what goes ok so what is your judgment so far do some countries engage people engaged in libya go beyond that revolution or not. i was there to see you here but the c.e.o. of russia's narco trying a super bowl a special role in this matter

used they work at a nuclear power plant and sometimes they work here a little. pry a local lawyer who we are calling on high alert tonight. from kindergarden city we can use any excuse me who is it me calling and then your pardon i must have the wrong number. i don't get it you're. our investigation brings us to one of pleats kindergartens and this one is truly a horrifying scene most of the things one can see here have been left untouched ever since the catastrophe and the side which is probably the best description and most dramatic one of the chernobyl tragedy is that children's toys i lay literally side by side with military gas masks. i don't know about minute this is my kindergarten i used to go here. with watchable nobody used to be many children in particular the last debate with a thoughtful specialists from all over the soviet union came here to operate the nuclear power station all the mostly young people who watched the store and they thought that they were waiting for a bright future talks with his book so this town experienced a baby boom it all doesn't like it was going to stop no one used the gas masks look out there because the

at city hall, introducing sf park. big announcement at 11:00. information on the parking spots are collected using sensors installed where you park, detecting whether the spot is in use. smart meters will contribute information and it will go to sfpark.org. you can download it via computer or iphone application available already. this is designed to take hassle out of parking and take pollution out of air. if you are not looking for parking spot you are not using your vehicle. safer for pedestrians and bicyclists because people looking for parking spot by definition are distracted. they are announcing flex prices to go in effect in month or two. if it's in demand the price goes up. if it's not, the price will go down. it's not available everywhere, but will be in marina, fillmore, fisherman's wharf and financial district. and the 14 city-owned public garages. this is the iphone application, again, available already. download it on the phone. as you are seeing. it can tell you where the spots are available. in the next month or two it will tell you how much the spots will cost. article in "chronicl

take you inside that meeting and looks at why the city wants to hand over the fire department to a private company. kron 4's reggie kumar has the details. he joins us live where the meeting went late into the night. >> reporter: moments ago the counsel did approve that redwood city fire department handle fire operations in the city of san carlos. 5-0. look at this video. there were many people opposing. the counsel meeting was packed with residents who strongly supported redwood city fire department running require operations in san carlos. neverly everyone opposed wackenhut to do the fire operations. and now many don't like the fact that wackenhut, which is based out of florida never 41 a fire department. first we will hear from wackenhut's vice president and then we will hear from those who oppose wackenhut and then those who support wackenhut. >> never for a city. do you think it would be challenging? >> sure. it's challenging. for them and for us. >> what happens if they fail? will you guarantee they can save my house? >> at 3:00 a.m. when i want someone to save my family this is not the entity i want. please, when you are making this decision

would say you could have too many bars and there is a sense of changing w e way people use the city and you look at the martini signs and imagine people kicking back with a drink at the neighborhood bar and a place that you felt at home and maybe you conducted business if you had that kinds of business to connect, and in a way in the city and a lot of that -- even though we like to drink has been replaced by the cafe and it has a different look and no one would say at this point that you couldn't have enough starbucks in the city and that as a meeting place has replaced the bar and how do they present themselves and how do we understand that starbucks may seem says intrusive but 50 years from now we will yearn for that and got the prozac at the corner dispenser rather than the cafe or the martini bar and how do the signs become a memory? >> and another old corner with a similar kind of design where it has the small window lines among the glazing and the reason they built these and the plate glass windows and typically have an awing and the window above would light it and the awnings would shade the