it was tremendously successful generating opportunity and comradey amongst the port and a tour of the port crapes so many of us had our first walk above the catwalk from the port of san francisco we have several planter i want to thank them for joining us as i mentioned executive director ms. mirror and the awards she received and demonstrated as a leader in cappa as well as the head of san francisco that was the leadership that the port was recognized. we also had our cfo eileen and david and unfortunately or fortunately jim mellone who was one the leaders that organized the group was away on business in asia was missed. commissioner mike was really one of the initiateors of creating the group and lead the orientation ever the formation this effort and then also richard from the port of oakland who i've known for a number of years but i saw him in a different light he brought the group together and arranged an critical day and chris who was not able to be there but certainly sent his wishes we've referenced this but the california port authority passed a resolution with respect to the california lesbian, gay,

to upgrade the track to increase the reliability and efficiency of rail service to the ports and provide capability for us actual locomotives to enter the port. here's a map of the lead. what have we done? the port applied for and fra rail line and relocation grant in october of 2010. we were notified of a $3 million award in september of 2011. the grant requires a 10% match making this a minimum of $2.2 million project. during 2012 and 2013 port staff completed pulmonary engine and work with the fra to develop project scope that fit the budget and meets the intent of the grant award. port staff applied for and received negative declaration from the city planning department and in april of 2013 and then in october 2013 we were here before the commission were you authorize us to accept and expend the grant funds. it's been a while and the holdup has been with the [inaudible] process. after the port we finally achieved compliance with [inaudible]. the fra grant us a categorical solution a few weeks ago. i just want to note this is a 16 month long process. by far the longest component of this project. finall

we have from the port, thank you for being with us. if you could indulge me for just a second, i will find -- hopefully find -- good afternoon. monique from the port of san francisco. thank you for the opportunity to talk about the port today. i'm accompanied by the port's staff as well, not the whole gam mutt, but i will rely on them for questions. i really appreciate the opportunity to set the context for the port's budget because i think the port struggles from an identity crisis. we are best known for our land use debates, but we really do a lot more for the community than to talk about just land use. i think it's important to realize that because that's where our budget comes from and that's where our budget goes. and so having said that, i want to point out that we are a port. we're also a water front. we're much envied for being able to be both. we're not behind fences, as other ports around the world are. one of the things we do for the city that's probably of the most value is our historic sea wall so i'll talk about that in a

report and idea you guys have done great in bringing in the community it's a win-win for both of us the port and us. so thank you. >> commissioner adams. >> you know jack, i think about what happened with the america's cup when they had that outdoor entertainment and a lot of people came down i can see the same thing coming to pier 70 with their concerts or fairs or whenever there's a variety of things that can be done. i'm in support to bring anybody down to the port and give them the exposure of what's happening so thanks >> and i concur very excited it tides into the concept of place making you've been talking about i know i dragged several of my friends to the maker fair and they want to come back. they'll realize and discover this opportunity this provides an opportunity for many other is to discover this part of the waterfront and gain an understanding of the opportunity and what's available this is a great as you of space. i think brad in his absent and jackie and david i want to make sure that the port has an opportunity to have event her i thank you for making sure that's included i

it was tremendously successful generating opportunity and comradey amongst the port and a tour of the port crapes so many of ushad our first walk above the catwalk from the port of san francisco we have several planter

the port of san francisco. i really want to thank jim and peter for the meetings it engaged us to put the port of san francisco and we were able to put a working group together with the port of san francisco and i o w and role want to develop pier 92 and 96 because those are jobs. unfortunately in this world we will in we've got to compete but we have a very, very good port we have basketball stadiums and restaurants and a crews term maybe a baseball thing i don't know but i'll be leaving next week and go to washington, d.c. and was promote the port of san francisco i thought our trip was really, really good i'm going to save a few minutes for jim and pete we had dinner with the port of san francisco but if china they don't like to do conventions calls you have to have a personal relationship but they've made it clear sometimes you have to meet with people 15 or 16 times. we had a really nights dinner with the port of shanghai. they've will want to come over and open up a port. shanghai is the largest port in the world one the things i like about china i've said it here in the states we do a lot of talking in

and you were there the principal because committee he supported use the port. i think it's important to subdue a disgusting. i think that the former commissioner had to cut smoking in licensed mustard and down my things and dissipated on the base of the cuban team to support calls from politicians and going there in that desolate indicate this to mr nasr has full access to ports should be restored. in its monthly test is on the weekend and i would like to take all the best moment for seconds minister for justice who has attended nearly all of the reserve calculations here didn't attend today because his office said it too much to do with the motto of work over the last few weeks. this was a very different from commissioner to the disastrous snow in o'sullivan spoke of the need for the force to be open to criticism and complaints. she also said she has written a letter to every member of the force seeking their commitment to improve the image of professionalism of the guardian and informing that the management team will be visiting all just six divisions to liste

the one-yard line and to start work soon. the project as bill mentioned is a mix of uses. the users fall within the ports master plan and extensive land-use planning that preceded us by a number of years as a mix of office space restaurant space late industrial space in public space. right now the site is dark. it's dangerous at night it does not feel comfortable. it's essentially cut off from the community. the people will go down and either hop the fence or take photos when the weekends it's really not accessible to the public right now. our goal when verdun is at this incredibly vibrant very very frequented area that feels like was always a part of san francisco and always part of the dogpatch community. this is part of the this is it difficult for agile project. there are a lot of major problems with the buildings.. impact abilities are right now in her current condition uninsurable. so, we intend to come in and address the most serious problems as soon as possible. in fact, as soon as the transaction documents are proved our goal is to start addressing the most glaring problems. as though mentioned,

got an instruction to the postulate of us to the cautionary in the act and the second one was killed. according to the board if that is give us the chance to make the ukrainian port. there is no make up snow of troops from the button to use a moment to prison but i can say that their operations ceased. this time since february the press but a compounded in front of this to my friend katie is in the disputed city to visit in august and smile. this picture is me trying to take was that scott into custody the police acted according to law. the ministry often tunnel as if ukraine put into the domain there is also the antenna investigation that might affect the actor's death. the report has already appeared on the backside of the ministry. the special commission to justify the actions of the leaks they don't detect any violations and execution of the operation. cisco the wide shot himself accidentally i coped. he did not account the track of the bullets and kick yourself any aerial parts. this pic all the leaks under the child died during the special operation of his address in the night of the twenty fifth of march with a nice show what did the bullet extracted from

the port is our primary partner. this project is very excited for us for many repeats one we're excited by the amount of community engagement and participated in the meeting also expressed with the variety of the recreation projects will be the programming for the site it has been thought of and lastly the total amount of park space is really exist because we know the eastern neighborhoods are growing and that's spaces will be well utilized i'm looking forward to the construction of the project there are a lot of park advocates that are 0 excited and looking forward to the parks results >> thank you for the parks alliances continued effort. >> next speaker. >> corrin woods. >> good afternoon, commissioners corrin one side. formerly with the neighborhood park council before it became the parks alliances. this is a very important park for the city as well as the port. it's also a really important catalyst for the historic rotation of the 20th street buildings we need to keep it moving to get it done and open to the public as quickly as possible as anna said the eastern neighborhoods when it was rezoned it had a lot of mixed u

the wharf needs latest seismic and sea level design standards, used to dock dry bulk ships. the largest ships ever to pass through the panama canal. >> how the port is fuelling the growth and economic development for silicon valley z all of the concrete you can see being used on projects coming through this port >> the redwood city mayor joined the representative in this afternoon's ribbon cutting opening the new wharf. >> very great. >> when your personal information goes online, it can go into hands of companies that sell that information >> and now a bill in sacramento will protect your privacy. >> people goring to like this. a lot of people not sure. the state senate considering a powerful law regulating owe called data brokers. companies that buy and sell your personal information would it let you opt out of any sale of your data and require commercial web sites to remove your personal information if requested. gm repairing defective ignitions and sent kits to dealerships around the country. also telling them how to get the repair, another 1 million owners will receive letters next month. the faulty ignitions could turn off, cutting power to

passengers on a doomed ferry could not get to those life boats. >> cnn's paula hancocks joins us from the portpaula, first tell us some new radio transcripts. we know have just been released from the moments the ship began to sink, began to list. they're pretty harrowing, aren't they? >> reporter: that's right, and part of the transcripts which we're focusing on happened about ten past 9:00 in the morning, bearing in mind the first distress signal went out 8:55. 15 minutes later the traffic controllers are asking the person on the ship how are the passengers, and asking if they can be evacuated, but the person who is communicating from the ship is not clear who it is at this point is saying that the ship is listing too much and it is difficult to move. so of course there has been a lot of controversy about the fact that the passengers were not told to evacuate. they were told do not move. it's more dangerous if you move and parents are asking why their children were told not to evacuate a sinking ship. this is showing within just 15 minutes the person in control in the sewol was saying it is t

the ferry capsized. >> paula hancocks is joining us now from the port city in south korea. and paula, first tell us about these new radio transcripts that have just been released from the moments the ship began to sink. they're shedding light on the situation facing the passengers and also the difficulty that the crew had communicating. >> that's right, randi. we initially knew we had transcripts from 8:55 a.m. on wednesday morning. we now have the transcripts from 9:06 a.m. until 9:38 a.m. that is when the last transmission went out. now, we did understand that at 9:12, in talking to the person within the sea wall ship was told that the passengers should put life jackets on and also saying have the passengers boarded life rafts and rescue vessels. and the person saying, no, they can't at this point, they can't move because the vessel has lifted. so just very shortly after that first distress signal went out. we understand from these transcripts that the tilting was quite significant. that one person in the steering room of the sea wall is saying it was impossible for them t

do it in the local market without you the us and other wafer we tend to gain a strong foothold in the us is either partner with the us and are backed up to the port area elissa some business that has greater access to a lot of users. in fact reports surfaced last year the ten cent had secretly invested in a california based service snap checks ten cents has never confirmed the reports new cctv mountain view california. this is for this news and updates. i am i hair. winning will. tuesday is a little bit lost in. in the midst of it. since we don't really have. records going back thousands of years we do. you know something about chinese culture and one it used to it. synergy of chinese martial arts. it's chinese. overheads and useful arts and one. the techniques i'd be interested. use that word not just of learning now it's clear they're interested in how we work internally. what what energizes us what is this what is this. consistent and insist that it will be to woo woo hoo. i don't the region isn't it. well we welcome all things considered i'm peeved labelle. strange that never was almost four years on he would appear the people's resolutions i

the port of jindo. nhk world's anna jung joined us earlier from there. >> shery, search efforts have continued throughout the day. rescue vessels have been coming and going from this port. they're using more than 200 vessels and 35 aircraft. teams of divers are taking turns entering the sunken ferry. they concentrated on searching the fourth and third levels today. they were also planning on using a remote controlled underwater probe. coast guard officials say divers have secured a new entryway into the ferry's dining hall. many people are believed to be trapped there. >> and anna, what can you tell us about the many family members waiting at the port? >> representatives of the families are planning to go out to the area where the rescue efforts are taking place. it's about 20 kilometers from this port. they want to look at the ongoing operation themselves. they will be briefed along the way, as well report back to the families onshore. relatives and friends of the missing have put out messages on the walls of tents at the port. one was from some parents. it read, our sons and daughters, wait a little lo

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the creek is bayview gateway. this used to be part of the port's working waterfront. today it's just an asphalt lot and brick building you see there is a fire station which would not be impacted by our project. what we propose to do is remove a lot of the wharf, open up the waterfront, restore the shoreline, and provide a pedestrian access and public amenities [speaker not understood], benches, things like that. here's the conception design. you can sort of see public pathways. >> can you talk into the microphone? thanks. >> sorry. this is the conceptual design for the park. you can see how the pathways and landscaping would integrate with the exposed creek. that is my presentation. want to thank the budget analyst budget analyst for their report and i'm available for any questions. >> colleagues, any questions? seeing none, mr. rose, can we go to your report? >> yes, mr. chair, committee, orphan page 11 as explained, on pages 11 and 13, the port proposes to [speaker not understood] 189,250 dollars and that's from the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks general obl

had covered up by using the same port number for the new switch.the simple work of the engineer hired by the trial lawyer representing the meltons had discovered the defective part and its replacement with the same number. and went mr. cooper confronted general motors mr. ray digiorg digiorgio, their league switch engineer with the evidence of the parts which, he lied. he said he did know anything about it. documents, general motors, validation sign off. signed on april 2006 bears the signature of in fact ray digiorgio. spelled out in the document also new plunger was implement it to increase torque force in the switch. with the box checked resubmission doing engineering changes. further, it is now clear that gm knew of the faulty switch in 2004, new the airbags were not the point in 2005 and in late 2005 knew someone had died. we don't know how many people crashed because of this cover-up. we do know that many died, including ms. melton at least one of my constituents, a missouri woman who died in a crash in 2009 out in the suburbs surrounding st.

see comes out of the seven years of planning that was initiated by the port through their 3 year master planning process and picked up by us. and what you'll actually see came out of the input and feedback in particular we've had the benefits of many ways of communicating with the community in the special events that have enabled thousands of people to energy act. the framework for this parks concept is the land use plan that was came out of the process that was endorsed unanimously by the board of supervisors last year that came out of the work that was done with the city family team including the planning department and all the other action that were involved and had a mix of office used and residential uses what we call creative small-scale manufacturing and, of course, bound together by the waterfront parks network. and in particular we're focused on the ground floor what's happening in the building connects to the narcs a way that activates those open spaces so they become the postindustrial environment we've heard from folks on pier 70. of course, open the upper floor is the offices and the revenue jason uses that su

the submerged ferry. >>> and harry joins us life from the port where a rescue center has been set up. g us up to date with the latest on the rescue efforts. >> reporter: well, they continue. the coast guard -- we spoke to the coast guard a little earlier, and they are saying these efforts would continue through the night. there would be no slowdown, although at the moment there does appear to be somewhat of a pause, they are waiting until the tide stabilizes, that will be in about three hour's time at which point they will go in and continue. there has been one batch of divers that have gone into part of the ship, so far nobody has been found inside the ship. 178 drives are standing by to take part in the operation, and in they do sense there is anybody inside, they do stand ready to pump extra oxygen into any air pockets. but here, dozens of very grief stricken, anguished relatives. some of those i think do now believe their younged ones are dead. we heard from one father that was saying they should just raise the ship. he just wants to see the body of their 17-year-old son. >> what k

us now. >> reporter: it's midnight here in the port in gendoe, and the coast guard are telling us this operationill continue through the night. there has been a slight pause, but they are planning to fire star burst shells into the area above the search site as they continue to look for anyone who may still be alive. day, throughout the day, it has been a day of confusion. initially we were told that the majority of those on board had been saved. parents of school children who were on board this ship, 325 school children on their way to the resort island told that all of their children were being rescued. then there was massive revision by the south korean officials and they revised down the number to 174 so at least 280 still uncontracted for. and given that this search was on a concentrated area, it started while that boat was still rolling of. the fear is that the majority of the people will be trapped inside. >> do we know what the passengers were told to do one the ferry started to sink? >> reporter: initially, the students who were on board were saying they were told to stay put, to stay i

his willingness to participate. he left a tremendous legacy here at the port. we are really just very sad that he is no longer with usn life. but his legacy was strong and in his memory the yacht club has dedicated the [inaudible] gui just outside of the copy as the billingham bully. they'll be celebrating his life on saturday, may 10 in the afternoon from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock. so commissioners, with your permission, we would like to recommend that we adjourn the meeting today in honor of robert billingham. >> absolutely. >> that concludes my report. >> thank you. any public comments? should have good afternoon commissioners. i am [inaudible] with special projects of the port. i just like to say a bit more about bob. i started working with bob. either good fortune of working with him starting in november of 2011 and at the end of 2012 when things really ramped up talk to him on the phone once a day at least maybe 3 times a day and have lunch with them every friday for a good stretch there. some small part [inaudible] because all nobody was frequently up to something clever on behalf of his organization but aback i

the ferry disaster in south korea where 36 people are confirmed dead. our kyung lah joins us from the port city of jindo where parents are waiting for word about their children missing on that ship. how are parents coping on another day with no good news and waning hopes that there will be good news? >> reporter: it certainly is waning hopes. increasingly they are lashing out more at the police and the government. they are desperate. you can sense it. you could hear it in q&a yesterday they'd with the coast guard here at the dock. they were screaming out how am i supposed to live? why aren't you trying to harder to get to my child and why can't you break through the glass? is there anything coordinating happening out there at sea? there is mounting frustration here that it isn't happening quickly enough. what these families are clinging to is the hope that their child may have found an air pocket somewhere inside this very, very large ship. it's a ferry but it is 6,000 tons and it's extremely large. it had a lot of passengers on board. even though it's submerged this they may have found an

and then there are still other folks that we would look to interview who will give us some input in the way the portlly operates. people who are not in the -- vicinity of 5th amendment issues. but who are important to come before us, and tell us well, what did you do when you heard about this? what are the processes that the port authority? so there is still work for us to do. we have not yet, as i said, finalized -- exactly which, of the -- which of the aforementioned alternatives we are going to take. i must say i was smiling with your introduction from the new yorker magazine. with the word self-described. i am 79. i am a grandmother. i am jewish. those happen to all be facts of life. the nosy part, i will leave the public to make that decision. along with my family. >> the public elected-up to be nosy about things like this. senator weinberg. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> hire on the right, let's play "hardball." >> good evening. let's start tonight with the right wing assault, not just on the president, but government. government itself. are they out to destroying not just

levy to get out of doors the one who was deceived into the port city of us will be enough to kill the deal the book. and people responsible. dams and locks in a prestigious much water as possible from the land coming off the natural kinds of golf and seemed to sch men with their lives often struggle to field deposits almost half the population works in agriculture. paddy fields dominate the landscape i . who needs the woodlands no longer live up to their name. the land is trying to open the fish are gone. for people and upon reaching into disaster. more than three hundred men and women are leading to drive the branch of reverb on hand. messi mako is helping. my job is to come to the one recent incident that it is. one of the day to try to check on them. i knew someone to speak. i didn't want to be a positive attitude. the project allows people like nancy not come to earn some money. the mother and i run to the scheme aims to restore and protect thirty four wetlands. this is nice to just assume that the us this could be some rules. it was obvious to some two thousand and three d and re

the hull. our paula hancocks is joining us live from the port city of jindo in south korea right now. we're six days into the tragedy. how likely is it there possibly could be more survivors? >> reporter: wolf, at this point, this is still a search and rescue operation. we spoke to the spokesperson of the joint task force. he said that at this point they haven't found any air pockets within the ship. but it's not out of the realm of possibility there could be air pockets. he said basically the reason he thinks that is because the ship has not sunk any further. it's about 30 feet below the surface of the water according to this official. he says it's about there for a number of days now. it's maintaining its flotation level. this is why he believes it is possible there could be air pockets inside. of course, it is incredibly difficult for divers to even get close to the ship, let alone get inside those cabins they haven't reached yet. the visibility is very poor. we're hearing it's something between 30 and 40 centimeters. some divers can't even see their hands in front of them, it's su

using force what tipped to go to that awful awful dilemma the use of force. the kids are well composed of rushing into action. we have built up of russian port. order. they don't do it. they are for quite candidly that might encourage actually more of these are the more buildings by doing that they were the wild. aperture turquoise one. there's a referendum that what i mean yes that would give a legal basis for russia that. then towards the end of a catch twenty two with no takers. disenchanted so much for joining us from donetsk. women in a move onto some other news now it is an historic day in the vatican the catholic church celebrated the first app for canonization of two popes in one ceremony. john the twenty third and john paul the second have both been a good thing. they had a major impact on the church and be on during the twentieth century and they left their mark on history. beginning early in the morning people crowded on to st peter's square for the historic canonization of the two quilts. many have lined up all night. francis led the ceremony together with thousands of cardinals bishops and priests from around the world. there it is bene

the developments to port has been contemplating because apart from revenue, these development agreements require developers to do capital work on port assets. i'm just trying to gauge what the possibility is of us having no choice except to start putting general fund money and have the port deal with these problems if they are not able to generate revenue on their own. >> i know it's a complicated question. >> it is a complicated question. it's certainly not something that we've had. we haven't had a historical pattern in investing general fund dollars into our enterprises particularly for capital needs. the port would certainly like that. they have, one of the things we've been talking about at the capital planning committee is how we address things like sea level rise. that's a question beyond one that you are asking. what happens if the port doesn't have the benefit of that development to strengthen the infrastructure and the assets it already has. i don't think we have a good answer to that question. we don't have hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit piers that are crumbling into the bay. >> just had another prospective and speaks to the report itself as ms. howard noted we are speak

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came these stories about david samson's own apparent conflicts of interest as head of the port authority. did he useosition as chairman of the port authority, this public agency, to try to make more money for his private law firm or to help his private law firm's clients? well, according to this new reporting at main justice, preet bharara's office is working with the u.s. attorney in new jersey to try to answer that question about david samson. new piece of office number two, also broken by main justice, is about the scope and progress of the new jersey u.s. attorney's investigation into the bridge scandal. we learned friday night from abc news that governor christie's before a federal grand jury investigating the bridge scandal. his lawyer confirms that the spokesman did testify under oath to the federal grand jury on friday. then late last night just before midnight, main justice reporter lisa brennan reported that two other christie officials have also met with federal prosecutors in new jersey. they are charlie mckenna, governor christie's former chief counsel, and also david wildstein. that da