the breath of fresh air and the artists and arts organizations are with us in city hall. my hope is that the event authority and the port and the other entities involved can work alongside the arts groups and individuals to develop that comprehensive, city-wide arts and culture program that would benefit the america's cup and the whole city. i also want to say that my hope is that we can follow up with this hearing in two months around early february where hopefully there will be more meat on the bones. but i want to thank mike martin from the office of economic and work-force development. thank you for being here and presenting. also, my hope is of conversations can continue on as we have started from earlier this year. colleagues, did you have any comments? supervisor wiener: i want to thank everyone for coming out. in terms of my previous comment, i know the entertainment division has had some involvement so far. i think it was recently a meeting with the office of small business and entertainment commission convened so that the club and are operators knew what was goi

in the city's history. david collins was in the audience. he joins us live from city hall. >> it feels more like a coronation. rawlings-blake received 52% of the vote in a city where democrats outnumber republicans 9-to-1. she is not scheduled to speak until 12:40 p.m. in her speech, which we have not seen a copy of, she is expected to announce her intentions to l ure as many as 10,000 families into the city over the next decade. we will be listening closely to her speech to see how she plans to attract new residents and to keep those already here from leaving. her two years in office after dixon was forced to resign -- she has steered the city through budget deficits and soaring crime rate. she has also had to deal with 30,000 vacant properties and school buildings that need $2.8 billion worth of repair. she has already laid the groundwork to address these problems. she said she intends to seek another term in office after this one. we are currently being serenaded by the baltimore city school of arts. there's a lot more on the plate here in terms of the opening with song

us today. the truth is we all are being exposed to antennas, there are obviously none in city hall, but there are other sorts of wireless -- there are in city hall there are all kinds of wireless antennas about us all the time and it's just reality because we're in a city with complicated topography and when we have had these multiple hearings around cell phone antenna sightings, we found that because of our topography, these cell phone antennas are needed every few blocks which is really startling, but then i look at the ipad, the iphone, all other kind of tablet devices, droids, computers, wireless network systems and so on and so on, you know, a lot of small businesses anymore, they don't even have to have a cash register. they use a wireless, the new squared system or other sort of products that are wireless to allow them to take credit cards. we're moving in an age and we're living in an age where we probably, i imagine everyone in this room probably partakes in these sort of devices and so we all say we want this and we grab for it and we go for it, but the consequences of that lifestyle th

us to city hall tonight. without further ado, we will begin presenting next door. in addition to that, i wanted to make sure we recognize our other sponsors that are so important for us tonight. an issue to wells fargo and others, want to recognize at&t, pg&e, bullhook bank usa, and a special thank you to ms. ann cervantes, who helped design the beautiful program. thank you for helping to design that. [applause] she really puts a lot in to make this happen for us. we invite you to try the food next door, served by check moon -- chuck moon, along with the florida street cafe. thank you for bringing us commission language vocational schools and florida street cafe to provide some of our beverages for the evening. we wanted to make sure that we had some libations tonight for all of you that representatives of the latino community. you can try them tonight. the bodega winery and others, all who wanted to be here tonight to help reflect our diversity that we can enjoy. >> please join us in the court over there. muchas gracias. buenos noches. >> thank you, everyone.

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in the up 0 oakland protests. >>> the city of oakland will take a closer look at using the police ands for during the occupy oakland forecast. craig is in oakland tell us what happened inside oakland city hall late last night. craig? >> reporter: a lot of litral fireworks, dave. off in the distance, across the plaza, you see there is still a presence of occupy oakland protesters here. you can see the lawn hasn't started coming back yet. it needed two thirds of the city council to pass last night, and the resolution died on a 4-4 vote. the resolution calls for the city administrator to do anything legal to stop another port shutdown. >> i think it's time for us to make sure that it's an unegive oh cal direction and -- un-- give oh cal direction and message that we will not tolerate it. >> when i grew up in oakland, you could go anywhere and get a job. always a place to go to work. there is no place to go to work now. >> reporter: in about 90 minutes, the mayor is scheduled to announce an independent auditor will evaluate use of force and police response to the occupy oakland protest in downtown oakland. an iraqi war vet had a skull fracture during the protest. there there has been no showing

city hall to reorganize. kai reed joins us on their efforts. >> occupy baltimore protesters held a general meeting every night in the square says the move started. tonight the move that here to city hall or the discussions focused on regrouping and were the movement will go from here. >> occupiers may have been moved out of their recent home, but their nightly 8:00 general assembly meeting went on as planned at. >> second thing on the agenda -- the discussion was moved to outside of city hall and focused on how the occupied baltimore movement will reorganize and continue on. >> i think this is just a start. there will be occupations. it will be popping up around town. this is just -- lost i was not the end. it is just the beginning. it is time to move on to face it two. >> plans to retrieve items removed from the campsite during the early morning raid. about 100 police officers moved protesters out of the square just before 3:30 a.m. he was about one of a 40 occupiers the evicted from the site. >> it was definitely peaceful. it was respectful and a sense -- from a personal standpoint i see it as a violation of our first amendment rights. >> pro

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way.

in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having t

in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it coul

in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> hello well concealed need your district supervisor. -- welcome to meet your district supervisor. we are here with supervisor kim. welcome. thank you for joining supervisor kim: thank you for having me. >> tell us where he grew up. supervisor kim: i grew up on the new york city. my parents immigrated to the u.s. i actually started becoming active in the community in high school. ed i went to stanford. -- i went to stanford. when i graduated, i move to san francisco. my first job, i started working developing economic policies for low-income communities statewide in california. i worked with young people, parents, families are around issues that concern our neighborhoods, whether it was communities, affordable housing, public schools, or just planning issues in neighborhoods like parks. i did that and actually ran for the board of educatio

in city hall. he will not be able to join us over there. and i know how carlos so much deserves this, but i want to say it is fun of working with you. you are not only talented, your staff is dedicated, you have gotten the school district focused on things that we had to be focused on. the improvement in that performance is there. we're giving hope to all of our parents from all the things we're doing together. we're europe -- we are uniting the city in ways which we never imagined for so long. it is just another confirmation that we're having this great movement come together in california. i want to recognize you for your great leadership. i know you started this organization, and you are still leading it. and i know it will have a lot of soul and great ideas coming out of it, so i want to give you a personal to ticket of honor to recogn

in city hall. >> great. we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> thank you. let's hear it for the band. [applause] >> thank you. let's hear it for the band. [applause] welcome, everybody. once again, i have the honor of being your master of ceremonies for the annual lighting of the snowflakes on market street. great event. i love being part of it. good to have you with us. i should point out that we just saw a spectacular light show under the dome over west field center. you probably have not seen it because we are the first to see it. you should get over there and see it during your holiday shopping. tonight, we have the dancing snowflakes from the san francisco ballet school. they are currently preparing for the annual performances of the "nutcracker" at the san francisco opera house. here's something you may or may not know -- san francisco was the first city in the country to premiere the "nutcrac

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant

i want us to do it, it is possible, as kind of a joint thing with the mta, the board of supervisors, in city hall. i do not want the sfpd out there as the bad guys. i saw something recently about cycling in the city of copenhagen, which we all hold up as a role model that we want to be like. the article said it to 25 years to get where they are, and we have tenures of may be good bicycle encouragement under our belt, so we have a way to go. in copenhagen, they are not tolerant of scofflaw cyclists. someone got a tip of running around without lights, and i do not know how much it was, but i think that is what we need to do. we have enough cyclists. we have to remind them that with the rights, responsibilities. we need to make its of the cyclists feel safe and give them a good set of rules. again, i do not want the s&p to simply be the bad guys on this. i just want this to be something where we are talking about safety and where we are talking about cycling, it is an accepted form. we need to hold ourselves, we need to hold ourselves accountable. president nolan: i will ask them to look at that, es

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> i am the director of the mayor's office of workforce development. thank you for joining us on the waterfront. we're here to talk about two incredibly important san francisco institutions. when the city was successful and won the bid for the america's cup, it allowed us to accelerate the development of our cruise ship terminal. we have had to face some changes that involve relocating long- term tenants have been such an important part of the port vitality. two of those tenants had some real challenges in terms of their space and operational needs. we're here to talk about their successful transition to anothe

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪ i have been working with them on the last two years on the award and the exhibitions. the book looks at

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform

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city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> good morning, everyone. i'm the executive director of the san francisco tradition nor did. the me take a second to welcome you all warmly to this event. -- transportation authority. i am glad that we are able to hostess for the third time in a decade. i have the honor of introducing the official welcome to the city, edwin lee, the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. a former city administrator, former director of public works for san francisco. he was appointed unanimously as the successor mayor in 2011 to fill the remaining year of former mayor gavin newsom's term. as you know, former mayor

not happy with their daughter's death evaluation and have laid blame on city hall and the police department in the past. they told us all they want is justice and the truth. reporting for abc2 news. >>> the search resumed for the washington suburban sanitary employee hop within the miss -- who went missing. the sanitary commission said montgomery county officials are coordinating the search. duckett is married with three children. >>> over the weekend, gary giordno, the prime suspect in the disappearance of robynner se with abc2 news. >> gary giordno is very busy. he got out of jail about a week ago. already he sat down with two interviews and answered several questions directly and specifically. when asked if he had anything to do with robyn gardner's disappearance he answered absolutely not, but when asked about the circumstances of her disappearance, a little less clear. >> walk me through how that would work, a boat would take her out of the wart and you wouldn't -- water and you wouldn't notice? >> i don't know how it would work. >> then, why did you bring it up? >> um. >> that's all we get. giordano said he he

of fries and puts apples in every happy meal but rather than go as far as the city wants we'll stop toy give aways and charge a dime. and. >> they didn't want to us fight city hall. they also wanted to have their choice preserved. >> says 100% of the fee will go towards building a new ronald mcdonald house in san francisco like this one where families can stay while children are hospitalized. that is a good selling point for this parent, nagged about the toys. >> this is a plug. >> mcdonalds is the only restaurant to take out a full page newspaper ad today to explain it's approach to customers. >> they still don't meet basic nutritional standards and still using a toy to lure kids and parents. >> the other chains the city says have toy give aways are burger king, subway and carl's junior. the supervisor says he's not sure how they're going to respond at one point the industry had threatened a lawsuit. >> and the head of a high tech firm finds e mail is a waste of time. he runs a french information technology company with offices in houston, and in connecticut. he believes only 10% of the 200 messages received per day are useful. he says he hasn't used e mail in

in dismantling the tent city in just under two hours. >> re-opening for public use. >> you don't know. >> you don't know. it is a public square. >> last night a crowd of 100 gathers in front of city hall to set a new plan of action. >> there is a bunch of abandoned businesses and businesses in need. now is time to truly occupy baltimore and not the square. >> the new idea fill vacant houses. >> you are going to see more organizing and this movement continue to grow. this is not the end. this is the beginning. >> the mayor long said she supports the message but not did not support camping out in a public space. >> was given a warning the tents were not permitted, said it repeatedly and we would remove it at a time of our choose in and did it in a respectful way. >> the mayor and her representatives have been generic when asked the question about why now. we can tell you it comes a week before the annual menorah lighting ceremony here in the square and that group does have a permit in order to stage that. mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news, back to you don on tv hill. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> police made no arrests since it was peaceful. >>> staff and students are hope i ng for a

protesters held a holiday potluck in front of city hall. organizers tell us that the event is important to bring the group closer and keep the occupy movement's message alive. >> you have to hear about the issues of what people are bringing to the table as far as food and issues and they take away a full belly and full ears. >> the food was made by demonstrators as well as supporters of the occupy movement. occupy l.a. protesters could soon pace a lawsuit from the city of los angeles. the la times reports that the city officials are considering suing the protesters for the losses during the two-month campout. the paper estimates that los angeles paid $2 million mostly for law enforcement overtime and that doesn't include another $400,000 needed to restore the lawn in front of city hall. >>> new figures show new home sales rose slightly. the chamber of commerce says sales rose in november 1.6% compared to the same time last year that. is a 7-month high, but economists say housing has a long way to go. just over 300,000 new homes have been built so far this yea

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthus

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. >> i came out to san francisco about seven years ago. i was trained as a carpenter. i got sick of the cold weather and the hot weather. i wanted to pursue art. i thought i really be here for about three years. here i am, 7 years later. ♪ i have problems sleepwalking at night. i wanted to create a show about sleep. a mostly due painting kind of story telling. these are isolated subject matters, smaller studies for the larger paintings. i fell in love with it and wanted to create more of them. it is all charcoal on mylar. it is plastic. i was experimenting and discovered the charcoal moves smoothly. it is like pa

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us for the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] happy holidays, everybody. >> if you listen very carefully, you are going to hear coming down the streets -- i think santa is coming, mr. mayor. i think he is coming. there is a lot of traffic out there, but he is on the way. president chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors thursday of tuesday, december 6, 2011. please call the roll. president chiu? >> supervisor avalos? present. >> supervisor campos? present. >> supervisor chu? present. >> supervisor cohen? present. >> supervisor elsbernd? present. >> supervisor farrell? present. >> supervisor kim? present. >> supervisor mar? present. >> supervisor mirkarimi? present. >> supervisor wiener? present. mr. president, all members are present. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance

city hall, and you can take pictures with your family. city hall will be open from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. please come in to join us the holiday season. thank you. with that, are we ready? everybody stand up. how about a countdown beginning with 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause]