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>> we do use the city attorney for several items now. debra works closely with the city attorney on the imminent domain litigation. we work with them on various matters. of course we used to work with them almost exclusively on the construction side before we lost staff to the airport but we will continue to reach out to them and as long as they have the resources we are happy to use the city attorney. staff is also very conscious of using legal time. just last week i tried my hand at writing an affidavit for a records request and baby -- and debra complemented me before she made the necessary corrections. >> i noticed again looking at their foundational documents that our legal counsel is the san francisco city attorney dennis herrera and it struck me that was an odd position given that as far as i could tell wasn't acting like a legal counsel so i had a couple of meetings with them and including mr. herrera on tuesday and he agrees that's a position that is untenuous for his office. he has no problem being the legal counsel but he under
>> we do use the city attorney for several items now. debra works closely with the city attorney on the imminent domain litigation. we work with them on various matters. of course we used to work with them almost exclusively on the construction side before we lost staff to the airport but we will continue to reach out to them and as long as they have the resources we are happy to use the city attorney. staff is also very conscious of using legal time. just last week i tried my hand at...
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.) >> i want to say thank you to all the young kids that are out with us today, we're going to be working with us we want to make sure our city it cleaned up for them yeah. (clapping) i also wanted to make sure that psyche i didn't right here is part of the effort we've got students performs with us he's wear the right colors because his colors also mean world series teamwork. >> (clapping.) so i want to say thank you we're n a world-class city a world series champion city and hopefully very soon our nba champion city and the superb 50 next year the arraign we're a world-class city everybody cares cares about our city supervisor kim's is is great champion not only for the beautification of every alleyway as mohammed said one hundred and 50 thousand volunteer hours since 2000 we have some thirty thousand plant that have been 34r5e7bd throughout even though city as a result of clean city 3 million square feet of graft abatement and i know that because i got one million of them and i got it on the same signal box i know a million square feet that's a square block i want to say thank you to the community groups you're helping not
.) >> i want to say thank you to all the young kids that are out with us today, we're going to be working with us we want to make sure our city it cleaned up for them yeah. (clapping) i also wanted to make sure that psyche i didn't right here is part of the effort we've got students performs with us he's wear the right colors because his colors also mean world series teamwork. >> (clapping.) so i want to say thank you we're n a world-class city a world series champion city and...
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use." the city says central park is rundown and could use a facelift. rty suspects the proposed changes are to accommodate a planned development in the parking lot across the street. >>- "theres going to be a seven story apartment complex going into that facility. i don't know if it's a noice factor. i don't know if its disruption. but i know the city's plans -- their master plan would like for this area to be a grand gateway into central park." >> reporter: in all three proposed redesigns for central park. the tennis courts would be removed. the playground upgraded. as for the baseball field. two of the redesigns would reduce the size of fitzgerald field. the third option would remove the field and stands entirely -- turning it into green open space. >>- "its not for me. my son ages out of little league this year. but after 18 years involved in little league, i would like to see baseball continue down the path and providing an excellent program for the kids in our community." >> reporter: haverty has already collected more than 15-hundred signatures on
use." the city says central park is rundown and could use a facelift. rty suspects the proposed changes are to accommodate a planned development in the parking lot across the street. >>- "theres going to be a seven story apartment complex going into that facility. i don't know if it's a noice factor. i don't know if its disruption. but i know the city's plans -- their master plan would like for this area to be a grand gateway into central park." >> reporter: in all...
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she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truck house
she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes...
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bias by the city government and the police force against black residents who were targeted with ticket fines, violations and then the city used the money approved through the fines to fill its coffers and meet its obligations. again, it was the poor black residents of the city that bore the brunt of that. many of those officials have been let go and in the police department there is no new chief, but the old chief has departed left under fire after the discovery of a series of blatantly racist emails between officers on the force and other city officials. a lot of people - what we hear from a lot of people in ferguson is they want to see change and a clean slate. it's not a question of black or white, but having competent and fair officials in charge of the small city of 21,000 people
bias by the city government and the police force against black residents who were targeted with ticket fines, violations and then the city used the money approved through the fines to fill its coffers and meet its obligations. again, it was the poor black residents of the city that bore the brunt of that. many of those officials have been let go and in the police department there is no new chief, but the old chief has departed left under fire after the discovery of a series of blatantly racist...
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my last two things were city assets obviously fiberoptic connectivity and as as far as regulating the use the city has had wonderful success with the community broadband project and monkey brains is a great success expanding internet use ing the network to extend to homeless shelters and install series of access point and within a few hours have 70 or 80 homeless people using the internet without any instruction from us and this is the type of thing that that can be done and taking the use of these assets and steering them and directing them to places that open up digital access. >> thank you so much for being here and being such such a good partner with the city as well. next speaker. >> good afternoon my name is charles bar san francisco resident and 3 kids in the san francisco public schools and owner of web path it's a dynamic market and i think that we should look at this report in a new way because the report as is shown shows the same problems that we've heard over and over again and they are solvable but the thing we keep struggling with is there's there's no technology that we do
my last two things were city assets obviously fiberoptic connectivity and as as far as regulating the use the city has had wonderful success with the community broadband project and monkey brains is a great success expanding internet use ing the network to extend to homeless shelters and install series of access point and within a few hours have 70 or 80 homeless people using the internet without any instruction from us and this is the type of thing that that can be done and taking the use of...
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children i support home sharing i'm a airbnb host for the loose 3 years and home sharing has allowed us to stay in the home and the cost of the about how far city and allows my college age children and elderly mom to come and go awhile providing us with the income and pay for college expenses plus we love our guests i'm registered adding the number of cap the majority of our guests prefer home sharing and have a friendly traveling experience most won't take a trip airbnb are supporting local businesses and paying tax adding a cap from the primary residence is unnecessarily inpuffy won't rent to long term owners this is not southern california the housing crisis other solutions are needed i'm i've been in compliance with the new legislation that was passed by number 5 at best it was a little bit confusing i'm being harassed by the tax collector and the sf official told me to ignore the notices from the tax collector i urge you to keep the fair legislation that was already approved and resolve issues with fascinating hosts registration with the planning department please support us we can easily survive thank you. >> good evening ever good aftern
children i support home sharing i'm a airbnb host for the loose 3 years and home sharing has allowed us to stay in the home and the cost of the about how far city and allows my college age children and elderly mom to come and go awhile providing us with the income and pay for college expenses plus we love our guests i'm registered adding the number of cap the majority of our guests prefer home sharing and have a friendly traveling experience most won't take a trip airbnb are supporting local...
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senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that get children out and about to stud athe streets and get them to look at ways to improve it and safety tips. it is the culture shift we are look frg so we hope there is [inaudible] >> thank you mrs. hew. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is john [inaudible] you approved me to serve on for another 2 year term representing the pedestrian safety needs of seniors and people with disabilities. i also serve on the boardf fdr democratic club representing political needs orphseniors and beepal with disabilities. one point that i share from both of my constituents is the need of expanded expenses or funding for pedestrian and vision zero safety for seniors. there is in the planning point now a senior center being cruthed at the intersection of 3 supervisor districts. 5, 6 and 8. we have gay seniors who
senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that get children out and about to stud athe streets and get them to look at ways to improve it and safety tips. it is the culture shift we are look frg so we hope there is [inaudible] >> thank you mrs....
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without slayer for 9 months now i'm barely off the ground i've taken a big step to hiring two full-time employees and using that income to represent in the city when the board of supervisors finally allowed us to do what we do and make ends meet i registered i had great hopes it struck a fair balance limentd to it to our primary residents if i can only share it it can't effect the availability of housing if the city i pay my dues and pay taxes local small businesses don't need more red tape i ask you not to change the rules i urge you not to treat us infairly we are san franciscans and trying to make end moot we're pay attention and we vote thank you. >> (calling names) >> good evening. i'm steve arnold's a san francisco native my came from oregon our 3 girls were born and raised here we lived in the sunny neighborhood our second house a 3 bedroom two blocks away in the in case of time as our girl went to high school now we have a empty nest we had to borrow for college we lived we've earned this through sweat equity and have a right to use our home as we see fit requiring the guest it has a positive effect the airbnb selection process weeds
without slayer for 9 months now i'm barely off the ground i've taken a big step to hiring two full-time employees and using that income to represent in the city when the board of supervisors finally allowed us to do what we do and make ends meet i registered i had great hopes it struck a fair balance limentd to it to our primary residents if i can only share it it can't effect the availability of housing if the city i pay my dues and pay taxes local small businesses don't need more red tape i...
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superintendent tried to make it into a school it proved not to be a good match and fortunately for all of us the city and the school board and the people had the courage to shut it down and attempt to conceive of something far greater i can remember mr. superintendant i don't think you were superintendent snafbs you were not rode by you brought me out for this first occasion in a room when the architects had what they had in mind and believe me what they had in mind was like yesterday compared to what we're looking at today, the effort was made starting with the concepts that had been done by those combiftdz and talented and well trained people they invited senate file i can't see mother and you'll the other mothers they invited did school board members and invited people from every agency of city government and my daughter susan got the responsibly to show up particle for every meeting i don't know the total number of month to month but prosecute a transformation of that concept to the reality that you have so logically described mr. mayor and to what we're standing in so what we're looking at and t
superintendent tried to make it into a school it proved not to be a good match and fortunately for all of us the city and the school board and the people had the courage to shut it down and attempt to conceive of something far greater i can remember mr. superintendant i don't think you were superintendent snafbs you were not rode by you brought me out for this first occasion in a room when the architects had what they had in mind and believe me what they had in mind was like yesterday compared...
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vote means and if prep those we try to tell me the voters if the measure passes are not passed uses the city attorney's office delivered it is to the 5 member committee created in 192376 the members are nominated business the leak of women voters two members are appointed by itself may and 2 by the board of supervisors the committee holds public meetings for two weeks before each election arrest you the chairman has the sterilized ability to direct the meeting and lead the discussion. >> there's no politics involved at all because we're all journalist or people that worked with communications that has our goal the free right to communication without agenda or boys or political involvements all. >> before the commission meets each member reviews the digest along with the material. >> we get the protective technicalities and the actual yaurgd background and letters from different departments and from the advocates and perpetrate for the meeting sometimes for and 5 days in japs sometimes someone will sigh did you understand it no one understand those bond measures of one hundred and one hundred
vote means and if prep those we try to tell me the voters if the measure passes are not passed uses the city attorney's office delivered it is to the 5 member committee created in 192376 the members are nominated business the leak of women voters two members are appointed by itself may and 2 by the board of supervisors the committee holds public meetings for two weeks before each election arrest you the chairman has the sterilized ability to direct the meeting and lead the discussion. >>...
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superintendent tried to make it into a school it proved not to be a good match and fortunately for all of us the city and the school board and the people had the courage to shut it down and attempt to conceive of something far greater i can remember mr. superintendant i don't think you were superintendent snafbs you were not rode by you brought me out for this first occasion in a room when the architects had what they had in mind and believe me what they had in mind was like yesterday compared to what we're looking at today, the effort was made starting with the concepts that had been done by those combiftdz and talented and well trained people they invited senate file i can't se
superintendent tried to make it into a school it proved not to be a good match and fortunately for all of us the city and the school board and the people had the courage to shut it down and attempt to conceive of something far greater i can remember mr. superintendant i don't think you were superintendent snafbs you were not rode by you brought me out for this first occasion in a room when the architects had what they had in mind and believe me what they had in mind was like yesterday compared...
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. >> why is it you're using the city attorney rather than issuing the citation. >> those are code compliance problems. >> we have to get a cu or. >> it's not a permit violation. >> okay. great. >> any other questions for our inspectors if not opening it up for public comment any public comment on the crazy things happening in the city all right. in public comment we'll move on to item 5 we have a guest to discuss that i'm going to turn it over to director cane a to introduce this to the commissioners. >> good evening i've been talking about this in a vague terms for that sometime now and i'm happy connor is here to present this legislation that we hope will not only protect places of entertainment from the potential of complaints by the incredible number of new resident coming up but allowing the entertainment commission to get into the communication without explaining firefighter i'll have connor explain and walk though how this came about and this is in terms of the legislation i gave you guys a copy you can walk through with him you can drill him with questions. >> please good evening con
. >> why is it you're using the city attorney rather than issuing the citation. >> those are code compliance problems. >> we have to get a cu or. >> it's not a permit violation. >> okay. great. >> any other questions for our inspectors if not opening it up for public comment any public comment on the crazy things happening in the city all right. in public comment we'll move on to item 5 we have a guest to discuss that i'm going to turn it over to director...
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the order of $8 million. our next challenge will be to find a stable long-term funding source for this program, but it is heavily used throughout the city in particular in the southeast quadrant as well as the north of market. we are also always trying to learn more about how students use the system. we did the transit effectiveness project which is a systems study in 2007 and 2008. i had the opportunity to do focus groups with students and really talk to them. we partnered with the youth commission so we had student facilitators so we trained the students and they had a dialogue and that was really interesting and we learned a lot about some of the challenges and opportunities of riding muni. we also were able to secure quite a bit of real estate on the 2013 youth vote survey to try to get a better noting what perceptions were on the system and how they were traveling. in know jt students in the school -- in general students gave muni high marks in terms of the on time performance, in terms of safety. some of the things that caught our attention when we ask them -- well, how many are planning ride as adults? and less than 50% answer ye
the order of $8 million. our next challenge will be to find a stable long-term funding source for this program, but it is heavily used throughout the city in particular in the southeast quadrant as well as the north of market. we are also always trying to learn more about how students use the system. we did the transit effectiveness project which is a systems study in 2007 and 2008. i had the opportunity to do focus groups with students and really talk to them. we partnered with the youth...
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that is the i think really the essence that our city can do to enrich the lives of the kids and families and this is universal in many ways and when i use that word i also use it with the commitment that we will do more universal policemans for the city. this is just the beginning. when the budget is as strong as it is, we can then negotiate with our supervisors because they have lists of needs that they have penetrated with the constituents of the city and we'll work together to make sure universal pree school is done, universal after school programs, summer camps and skill setting and a recreation are corbed while we work on better transporpation, safer streets and parks, open recreation centers. they are all toucheded by this prosperity our city is enjoying. we cannot do these type of things unless we are all together committed to having a strong economy and that means everyone has to work. we have to find had links and glad the people standing behind me are part of that incredible link whether it is the libraries, school district, public housing that is here, centers like this, school district is incredible. they are all here to pro
that is the i think really the essence that our city can do to enrich the lives of the kids and families and this is universal in many ways and when i use that word i also use it with the commitment that we will do more universal policemans for the city. this is just the beginning. when the budget is as strong as it is, we can then negotiate with our supervisors because they have lists of needs that they have penetrated with the constituents of the city and we'll work together to make sure...
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want that to be accepted this is not something the city he gets involved we deal with this amendment it is a little bit that fourth amendment that someone uses the city to get into someone else's property that's between the property owners this is an important fact i don't want this case to be the permits uphold and the city given them permission this is this gentleman he has to give them permission a judge and court but not the city unless that's an emergency situation but i said to point that out. >> thank you very much for pointing out. >> my motion to deny the appeal and uphold the appeal it was properly issued. >> as the inspector pointed out if we agree to the hundred dollars that work with the language in the brief. >> it is now on the record that mr. duffy said that's not a legitimate claim has nothing to do with with the permit. >> the briefs don't represent procedure or process. >> okay mr. pacheco and we have a motion on the floor from the president to uphold the permit on the basis it was properly issued on that motion to uphold commissioner fung. >> no. >> commissioner vice president honda. >> i'm sorry. >> i. >> commissioner wi
want that to be accepted this is not something the city he gets involved we deal with this amendment it is a little bit that fourth amendment that someone uses the city to get into someone else's property that's between the property owners this is an important fact i don't want this case to be the permits uphold and the city given them permission this is this gentleman he has to give them permission a judge and court but not the city unless that's an emergency situation but i said to point that...
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when a bomb exploded at the alfred building in downtown oklahoma city. will cartels us how people are remembering the victims today and hoping for change in the future. ♪ >> reporter:. >> the sound of bagpipes filled the air in oklahoma city as hundreds of people gathered to remember the victims of the oklahoma city bombing. former president bill clinton said the whole country can learn from the people of oklahoma city city. >> you have reminded us that we should all live by the oklahoma standard service honor kindness. >> reporter: in 1995, home grown terrorist timothy mcveigh set off a truck bomb in front of the federal building. the blast killed 168 innocent men, women and children and injured hundreds of others. bombing survivor richard williams spoke at the ceremony with two of his grandchildren. >> may this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace hope and serenity. >> reporter: they asked for 168 seconds of silence.
when a bomb exploded at the alfred building in downtown oklahoma city. will cartels us how people are remembering the victims today and hoping for change in the future. ♪ >> reporter:. >> the sound of bagpipes filled the air in oklahoma city as hundreds of people gathered to remember the victims of the oklahoma city bombing. former president bill clinton said the whole country can learn from the people of oklahoma city city. >> you have reminded us that we should all live by...
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the city used it to charge customers who use more water a higher rate. several cities in the bay area used tiered rates. it's now unclear how the ruling will impact those agencies. governor brown is lashing out saying state lawyers are reviewing that decision. >>> okay. did you hear it? loud and proud. warriors fans, as you can see, pumped up tonight. after the opposing coach complained of the noise wondering if it was actually legal. we're in oakland. what a game it was. it was close and it was loud. >> reporter: it was loud. it was close. you know i really think that the pelicans coach was very serious about the noise level here at the arena. the game and the fans tonight, i think he kind of has a point. come on, if the seattle seahawks can have a 12th man i think the warriors can give the sixth man award to the fans. the fans cheered before the game and during the game and together they are loud. >> it's loud because the fans are the best fans in the nba. >> the noise is great. home field advantage. it's working out well. >> reporter: a major distracti
the city used it to charge customers who use more water a higher rate. several cities in the bay area used tiered rates. it's now unclear how the ruling will impact those agencies. governor brown is lashing out saying state lawyers are reviewing that decision. >>> okay. did you hear it? loud and proud. warriors fans, as you can see, pumped up tonight. after the opposing coach complained of the noise wondering if it was actually legal. we're in oakland. what a game it was. it was close...
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i think we would prefer to have grass fields if we could. >> reporter: the city says the turf uses a tenth of the water of a grass field. and it's considering installing turf at more parks and field but no end in sight to the drought. the city says that it costs roughly $2 million to install the turf and they say while there is watering going on, they emphasize, it is significantly less than it would be if that was a natural grass field. in san consider lows, devin fehely, kpix 5. >>> flaring at chevron's richmond advisory prompted a health advisory today. the warning was for people with respiratory problems. people could have high, skin or throat irritation. hazmat was on scene as a precaution. the flaring happened as the equipment was being depressurized. it finished by 11 a.m. >>> yahoo's latest earnings report didn't leave investors with much to yodel about. they missed earnings and revenue forecasts for the 1st quarter. in fact, revenues fell by 4%. yahoo is still struggling to turn things around three years into marissa mayer's tenure as the ceo. it was a mixed finish for the ma
i think we would prefer to have grass fields if we could. >> reporter: the city says the turf uses a tenth of the water of a grass field. and it's considering installing turf at more parks and field but no end in sight to the drought. the city says that it costs roughly $2 million to install the turf and they say while there is watering going on, they emphasize, it is significantly less than it would be if that was a natural grass field. in san consider lows, devin fehely, kpix 5....
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the city and the parent company of nbc 10. >>> new at 6:00, the casino crisis was a major hit to atlantic city's job market last year, but now the casino control commission tells us the city's remaining resorts are in fact hiring. there are 1,400 jobs available right now at atlantic city's eight kacasinos. most are temporary seasonal jobs. only 350 are full-time positions. that's still encouraging news for a job market that lost 8,000 jobs when four casinos closed last year. >>> three philadelphia police officers are off the job tonight are tonight facing criminal charges in three separate cases. officer walton resigned yesterday. police say he abused his dog and charged with cruelty to animals. the second officer christopher holmes is accused of lying about narcotics arrests on police documents. officer christopher jackson is charged with stealing a witness' cell phone. he and holmes are suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. >>> less than a month to go before philadelphia's democratic primary for mayor. tonight the candidates will face tough questions directly from philadelphia parents about how to improve the city's public schools. the debate is at
the city and the parent company of nbc 10. >>> new at 6:00, the casino crisis was a major hit to atlantic city's job market last year, but now the casino control commission tells us the city's remaining resorts are in fact hiring. there are 1,400 jobs available right now at atlantic city's eight kacasinos. most are temporary seasonal jobs. only 350 are full-time positions. that's still encouraging news for a job market that lost 8,000 jobs when four casinos closed last year....
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. >>> in san francisco the spray- paint was out as two city fire hydrants were turned silver. the hydrants are the ones used to fight the huge fires that raged after the 1906 earthquake and fire. today's's ceremony honored the firefighters who risked their lives to save the city. tomorrow is the 109th anniversary of the great earthquake. >>> a close call for a chp officer. a driver taking selfies nearly runs into it. kpix 5's christian hartnett with a story you'll see only on "5". >> reporter: the chp says 44- year-old kara baldwin wanted to take some selfies while behind the wheel but this is the picture she ended up with. a mugshot after her arrest. according to santa cruz chp. baldwin was on southbound highway 1 when a motorcycle officer rode up on the driver's side and period in. the officer said baldwin was posing for the camera on her cell phone taking selfies. all while driving in rush hour traffic. she was allegedly so busy hamming it up for the camera, she didn't even notice the chp officer yelling at her to pull over. the officer said baldwin drifted into his lane and came within inches of hitting
. >>> in san francisco the spray- paint was out as two city fire hydrants were turned silver. the hydrants are the ones used to fight the huge fires that raged after the 1906 earthquake and fire. today's's ceremony honored the firefighters who risked their lives to save the city. tomorrow is the 109th anniversary of the great earthquake. >>> a close call for a chp officer. a driver taking selfies nearly runs into it. kpix 5's christian hartnett with a story you'll see only on...
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recognize, and through supervisor kim's work and that of many advocates and city leaders that has lead us to a new policy goal for the city, for the entire city, of zero traffic deaths by 2024. and it is a policy that nearly every city agency at this point as adopted. the premise is pretty simple. the premise is that traffic deaths are preventible. they're not accidents which means we can do something about them, and i think what's important about the goal it's big but also motivating so it's driving the city to work together in new and different ways, and we believe that's very achievable and we would like to thank supervisor kim for putting that forward and really championing this work. just a little bit about what is happening. you hear about the three e's and some are listed here and education, enforcement and engineering. there is an evaluation component with the partners at public health. there is a policy component to changing laws and engagement and advocacy, and sfmta has some key roles in this particularly around the engineering and the education sphere. again not diving into too many details so i will just
recognize, and through supervisor kim's work and that of many advocates and city leaders that has lead us to a new policy goal for the city, for the entire city, of zero traffic deaths by 2024. and it is a policy that nearly every city agency at this point as adopted. the premise is pretty simple. the premise is that traffic deaths are preventible. they're not accidents which means we can do something about them, and i think what's important about the goal it's big but also motivating so it's...
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senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that
senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that
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street and 32 city parks and people can access the internet as long as they have a device at those locations and finally the city issued its connectivity plan and do have goals to increase the use of fiber network for all city buildings by 2017 and 18 and allow for expanding the fiber network at the same time as city streets are dug up for other purposes and finally expanding sf wifi i believe it will go into more parks in the coming years and other areas of the city and other sites. the plan at this time doesn't provide providing access to all residents of the city and chair mar you identified chat anooga municipal broadband networks there's 150 throughout the country they offer tremendous benefits and the municipalities themselves have control of the network and can design policies and set prices and cover their costs of course but control that most cities don't have now because of the services provided through the private sector and it can also stimulate local economic development and chat anooga really used it to bring in in businesses who were dependent on high speed access for their core business and have had some success doing that. there's a lot of things to consider. i
street and 32 city parks and people can access the internet as long as they have a device at those locations and finally the city issued its connectivity plan and do have goals to increase the use of fiber network for all city buildings by 2017 and 18 and allow for expanding the fiber network at the same time as city streets are dug up for other purposes and finally expanding sf wifi i believe it will go into more parks in the coming years and other areas of the city and other sites. the plan...
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city's engineering report and received one from the engineer. we inspect buildings daily in the city and rely on residents and tenants especially in older buildings to call us directly or call 311 to report matters they believe are life safety issues and demand that the inspectors in the community economy we have to have those living in the buildings to work and assist with us and the owners responsible for the safety of the well being of these buildings help the city by letting us know immediately if they see matters of concern such as blocked fire exits, missing smoke alarms. i would like now to hand this over to chief rosy mary [inaudible] housing inspector and she'll go over the place in regards to housing inspections and how they do routine inspections and outreach of the enforcement outreach program. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am chief housing inspector. quite frankly the response to the devastating and displacing fires we have seen is enhanced prevention. that means accelerated and concentrated code enforcement, educating property owners, and it also means empowering the tenants within these buildings so if they see a problem they wi
city's engineering report and received one from the engineer. we inspect buildings daily in the city and rely on residents and tenants especially in older buildings to call us directly or call 311 to report matters they believe are life safety issues and demand that the inspectors in the community economy we have to have those living in the buildings to work and assist with us and the owners responsible for the safety of the well being of these buildings help the city by letting us know...
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the city council voted today. to allocate a half- million dollars for the system. it useslytics -- everything from weather data. to past crime incidents. to predict crime. the department hopes the crime mapping system will make better use of the citys limited number of officers. its one thing to be able to say what happened in the past, but then where do we put our resources, where do we station our people, so as to best prevent crime in the future. >> pam: the system is able to post the crime data to the police department's website for the public to see. it should be up and running by december. the new report on skyrocketing rents in the bay area. and the excitement surrounding 'super bowl 50 ' is starting early. today. plans revealed for the 'fan village' that will be in the heart of san francisco. go gary sports coming at >> reporter: what areas to see showers tomorrow i got your storm tracker to mark after the break by nearly 15- percent in san francisco the influx of tech money has pushed san francisco rents. up 14.8 percent. in san jose, they have jumped 12.3 percent
the city council voted today. to allocate a half- million dollars for the system. it useslytics -- everything from weather data. to past crime incidents. to predict crime. the department hopes the crime mapping system will make better use of the citys limited number of officers. its one thing to be able to say what happened in the past, but then where do we put our resources, where do we station our people, so as to best prevent crime in the future. >> pam: the system is able to post the...
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joining us, the city club is helping to underwrite tonight's forum. are live streaming this on our website. wttv.com. welcome to our viewers around the country on c-span. our political reporter is meeting at wttw online. we invite you to join the online conversation. joining us are rahm emanuel, and jesus garcia. before we begin, tonight we are doing things differently. we will start by talking mainly about finances with each candidate individually without interruption from the other. that will give the mayor and the commissioner an opportunity to clearly answered the questions. then we will engage both on a range of topics. let us get to it. mayor, your administration is in the process of arming $500 million -- borrowing for $500 million short-term expenditures. aren't you doing what got the city into trouble? rahm emanuel: what i have done is ellen's four -- is balanced four projects. we are ending the gimmicks of the rainy day fund. more importantly, we have invested in our children. in addition to that, we have changed a lot of individual things t
joining us, the city club is helping to underwrite tonight's forum. are live streaming this on our website. wttv.com. welcome to our viewers around the country on c-span. our political reporter is meeting at wttw online. we invite you to join the online conversation. joining us are rahm emanuel, and jesus garcia. before we begin, tonight we are doing things differently. we will start by talking mainly about finances with each candidate individually without interruption from the other. that...
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but maybe the adopting is a could a address this allows the city as the city attorney did last year for violation properties were illegal xherpd used in the ellis act and then it was reinsuring the city has the right to initiate enforcement at this time. >> adopting i think that in all those amendments with this lunge added the intent from the recommendation from our office to clarify the city can also foil lawsuits we don't have to wait for the administrative process to be completed that's the case this is clarifying language to make that crystal clear we don't need to go through the longer - >> process. >> quick question under the circumstances without the administrative proceeding are going through that process i'm confused. >> i'll let the zoning administrator most likely get a recommendation from the department we don't have to wait but often i assume in a situation where it is a bad actor and go after the bad actors open space and not wait for the administrative process if we have a lot of evidence chapter four 1 be violated and multiple properties in violation but 5 property that are the same bad actors the city attorney can
but maybe the adopting is a could a address this allows the city as the city attorney did last year for violation properties were illegal xherpd used in the ellis act and then it was reinsuring the city has the right to initiate enforcement at this time. >> adopting i think that in all those amendments with this lunge added the intent from the recommendation from our office to clarify the city can also foil lawsuits we don't have to wait for the administrative process to be completed...
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. >>> mandatory water cuts issued by the governor, yesterday a state appeals court ruled a tiered water rate structure used by the city of san one. the city in orange county used it by charging customers who use more water at a higher rate. several citizens in the bay area including east bay mud use tiered rates. it's not clear how the ruling will affect those agency. governor brown is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >>> every single day of rain we can get is a precious one. we might have more than one this week. >> that could be great news. >> we have this unsettled pattern as we head throughout this week. good morning, sam and laura. everybody at home, happy tuesday. and so basically the deal is that jet stream stays right where it is. we have about a 10% to 20% chance of showers each and every day. as we head throughout this weekend that chance will continual of the way into early next week, as a matter of fact. but after that, it's not looking that great for us. we do constantly urge you, please continue to conserve that water. 54% in oakland. 54 in san carlos to start. w
. >>> mandatory water cuts issued by the governor, yesterday a state appeals court ruled a tiered water rate structure used by the city of san one. the city in orange county used it by charging customers who use more water at a higher rate. several citizens in the bay area including east bay mud use tiered rates. it's not clear how the ruling will affect those agency. governor brown is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >>> every single...
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i know the other cities do that as well and it isn't just enough for us as a city to have the parks that we do have. we have to kick over streets once in a while and make sure those streets exhibit the kind of friendliness for at least a sunday to imagine and have our kids and families imagine how it is to play in open spaces without the challenges of the congested traffic. in our city we are growing rapidly. you see a lot of cranes as you come in. there is a bit of congestion on the streets, just a bit. we are growing and we are growing at a pace where our unemployment rate is 3.8 percent. some of the analyst believe that is close to 0. not sure i believe that, but i do say that causes other challenges. our city and that is quhie i spend a lot of my time trying to build a goal of 30 thousand new homes by 2020. we are making sure we do that with the public private partnership. we are putting on a housing bound for san francisco to the tune of 250 million dollars. in a city like san francisco that might not be a lot of money, so we'll comp lment with that that with a private venture with
i know the other cities do that as well and it isn't just enough for us as a city to have the parks that we do have. we have to kick over streets once in a while and make sure those streets exhibit the kind of friendliness for at least a sunday to imagine and have our kids and families imagine how it is to play in open spaces without the challenges of the congested traffic. in our city we are growing rapidly. you see a lot of cranes as you come in. there is a bit of congestion on the streets,...
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the city in orange county uses the system to encourage conservation by charging customers who use more water at a higher rate. several cities in t bay area including east bay mud use tiered rates. it's not clear how the ruling will affect those agencies. governor brourn is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >>> william shatner aka captain kirk wants to save california from the drought and is using kick starter to try to fund his efforts. shatner wants to raise $30 billion to build a water pipeline from the seattle area to california. the pipeline would run along interstate five and an idea floating out there before. back in the 1970s. california water officials talk about taking water from the pacific northwest. shatner says raising $30 billion may not work but the effort will raise national awareness about our drought. >> shatner may not realize all is not necessarily greener in the pacific northwest. they're actually now seven counties in organ where emergencies have been declared this year. oregon governor kate brown added two new counties on
the city in orange county uses the system to encourage conservation by charging customers who use more water at a higher rate. several cities in t bay area including east bay mud use tiered rates. it's not clear how the ruling will affect those agencies. governor brourn is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >>> william shatner aka captain kirk wants to save california from the drought and is using kick starter to try to fund his efforts. shatner...
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part of what we're trying to achieve with the change in allowing us to contract for more than 20 years is the ability to bring into the cca program, into the city's portfolio of energy supply, projects that can be financed and built at a pace that allows us to meet the demands of the cca program. clearly an overall goe of the city for the cca program has been to have new generation, new renewables, not just purchases. we can have effective purchasing authority under the existing rules and with the ability to contract just a little bit longer term and that's what the waivers component of the legislative reform will bring to you, will allow us to do. but to really be able to say to you, we think the cca program will result in new generation being built, not just what we own, but also out there in the market place being built to serve us, we need to be able to contract with the counter party for 20 years at least because then they can finance that project and have it be built. so i think that's what's really motivating that aspect of the reforms we bring to you, is to try to be responsive to have that as part of the cca program sthoo sthoo so the id
part of what we're trying to achieve with the change in allowing us to contract for more than 20 years is the ability to bring into the cca program, into the city's portfolio of energy supply, projects that can be financed and built at a pace that allows us to meet the demands of the cca program. clearly an overall goe of the city for the cca program has been to have new generation, new renewables, not just purchases. we can have effective purchasing authority under the existing rules and with...
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the city in orange county used that system to encourage conservation by charging customers who use more water a higher rate. several cities in the bay area, including east bay mud charge higher rates. governor brown is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >> as many swallows as you want in san juan capistrano? the irony is it's going to rain but every little bit helps, right, christina? >>> yes. sometimes with these thunderstorms we can get appreciable rainfall. hopefully that will be the case throughout the next couple afternoons. a much better opportunity for that over the sierra nevada. i'll show you why. first we need to welcome back scott mcgrew. we missed you! 56 degrees in oakland right now. 57 in san carlos. 62 in half moon bay. this is a picture from high atop mt. hamilton. this is still filled in like a bowl of soup with the low clouds. this is what it looks like on the surface in san jose. mostly cloudy sky. the sun working hard to break through the cloud as we head throughout the day today. that will be the case. limited sunshine for tod
the city in orange county used that system to encourage conservation by charging customers who use more water a higher rate. several cities in the bay area, including east bay mud charge higher rates. governor brown is lashing out at the ruling saying state lawyers are reviewing the decision. >> as many swallows as you want in san juan capistrano? the irony is it's going to rain but every little bit helps, right, christina? >>> yes. sometimes with these thunderstorms we can get...
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the sole practitioner dimensions as well as the amnesty program the massage from the conditional use authorization the city lose it ability to the planning process to weigh in an neighborhood issues this is one of the reasons that the land use were returned to local jurisdiction this exemption creates an initiative for one practice as a sole practitioner because of the racked land use process that is unclear from a land use prospective that a sole practitioner has a lessor land use than a regular establishment ate the lack of conditions of approval complicate the planning department issues and the planning department does recognize but use of the legitimate establishment and lucrative planning process we've been open to an amnesty practice those process that is skeleton and will be accommodated we'll like to legalize all the medical establishment as they were in the 2009 controls and the existing land use controls for medical uses used to govern the process and if you're in a location that requires a conditional use you'll be required to have that and we'll allow the businesses to continue to operate that
the sole practitioner dimensions as well as the amnesty program the massage from the conditional use authorization the city lose it ability to the planning process to weigh in an neighborhood issues this is one of the reasons that the land use were returned to local jurisdiction this exemption creates an initiative for one practice as a sole practitioner because of the racked land use process that is unclear from a land use prospective that a sole practitioner has a lessor land use than a...