we cannot wait for us to move our city for. we all know that likely this tax reform will not be considered by san francisco until november 2012. what we need to do now is a first step forward in the right direction. it is a first step forward for trying to bring back these neighborhoods, and it is a first of forward for making sure we get our economy back on track. colleagues, a very much hope he will consider this and i look forward to future dialogue about how we perform our business tax. [applause] supervisor elsbernd: supervisor chu? supervisor chu: thank you, president else burned -- elsbernd. [laughter] i am supportive of this moving forward. i just wanted to add three points we of not talked about just yet. one, with regards to the budget , i can appreciate how the decisions that we make in any given year affect our future budgets. to think about this item, the potential impact on the following years is something we should all consider when we start to say what does it mean to bring businesses? what does it mean to bring

our community. we want to thank you for allowing us to move out on this rewarding mission, thanking you for the opportunity to serve tonight on this stage and on the stage that is our city, every day of the week. we are honored to share this night with one of the musical greats of all time. we want to congratulate carlos on a wonderful, outstanding career and on his award tonight. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> so, the first time that i saw carlos santana was when i graduated from high school in angels camp, he played some legendary shows there with the grateful dead. a lot of incredible memories followed, filling the auditorium, carlos's superstar status went through the roof in the 1990's and continues today. the last time that i saw him was at the amphitheater with 25,000 people. everyone in this room, mostly everyone in this room, has seen santana of at least a few times. i know that everyone appreciates what an incredible artists he is. it is really special to be able to acknowledge that, as someone who receives his fair share of recognition but comes home to be with san francisco, a lot of the work that went into -- the mayor had the good judgment to recognize

us, it has no impact whatsoever. none at all. it's life as usual. in a city that's really -- we couldn't feel anything different. there is no reason for us to move. our employees love the location. it's convenient. most of them live over here on the east bay and it's more convenient for them. i'm probably the only employee that lives on the peninsula. >> you have bucked a lot of trends, one of which is starting out wealthy and becoming wealthier. usually people born into money kind of have that lost generation of trust fund kids who don't do a lot. another is being the opposite of the tide of most american companies who have been manufacturing in china. i understand you came here because of the political change in hong kong. was there a point you saw american companies going to china where you thought, i have to go back. >> if i may correct you, i didn't come here -- actually, i set up the company in the u.s. in 1981. -- of hong kong from britain to china. that was a good excuse to come. i really needed to be close to the marketplace. i needed to be here in order to get involved and run the business. because of that move actually i think it helped to

us to move where we need to go. >> is it safe for pedestrians on the streets? >> it is not. in recent years, we have had too many pedestrian accidents. there are estimates it costs our citieseveral hundred millions a year because of traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities. i am asking one of our transit agencies to study where we're spending our dollars around the district and whether we invested more money would help to reduce our overall costs that come when a pedestrian is hit by a car. >> let's talk about crime in your district. how is the police department doing? do you have any thoughts on how the city is dealing with crime? >> crime rates have been down, particularly violent crime rates and homicides. that is a good thing. in the first few weeks of 2011, homicides have started to climb back up. we have to be ever vigilant about crimes occurring in all of our neighborhoods. i have been generally satisfied with much of the activity of the san francisco police department. in my district on nob hill, we have always had too many automobile break-ins. on polk street, there are many incidences of drug dealing and prostitution. in some of the entertainment quarters, we

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

to be disingenuous. thank you. supervisor mar: before we hear from our city attorney, we have two items before us, or are you recommending that we move forward? some suggestions? so the first item is the resolution of intention, and the second item is the street vacation order. >> john, with the city attorney's office. the first is to insert in that the hearing date for the full board of supervisors reconsider this, so that data would be june 7, 2011, .-- that date would be june 7. that would be in two places in the resolution. it would be on page four, lines 11 and 12, entitled " resolution," and that is to set the date for the full board to consider the ordinance itself. with the without approval to the board of supervisors, that you recommend it to the full board. this will be before the entire board of supervisors. supervisor mar: and what is that date? >> g-7, 2011. -- june 7. supervisor mar: i know we did not close public comment, so public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take item one without objection? [gavel] and can we move to item one forward to the full board without objection? [gavel] and can remove this? without o

to the north of us. eureka, cent city reporting light rain. rain not a factor. again we will be gray as we move through the morning hours. as i slide you through our day notice the system begins to fall apart as it moves farther to the south. but you saw here not a lot of green or blues or anything popping up on the radar. we may see a sprinkle. we will leave it in there. it shouldn't be an issue. we will begin with partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. but behind the system the winds will pick up. a cooler day. a breezy day. winds along the coast could reach 30 miles an hour. the rest of us between 15-20 miles an hour. with all that cloud cover over head we are warmer this morning. 46 in fairfield right now. low 50s oakland as well as san francisco. mountain view reporting 48 and the afternoon highs be your extended forecast a very weak, weak system moving through today. mostly sunny for tomorrow wednesday a more organized storm will bring us scattered showers and cool us back. upper 50s in the forecast there. we rebound thursday. even warmer on friday. your weekend looking fabulous. low 70s across the region saturday and sunday. >>> time now 5:

thank the department's moving in the right direction and i do feel that we have to get a handle on this across the city. this is not acceptable to us that we cannot seem to get our hands around how to keep these costs contained. we have to figure this out. i do have a quick question about exemptions. the vast majority of the employees are giving exemptions from human-resources or the city. can you talk about the places where these are granted? >> as part of the presentation, we will hear this from the director of human resources. >> and other any other questions? thank you. we will now hear from the director of human resources. thank you for being here. >> thank you. i do not have a specific presentation by i am prepared to talk about the exemptions that we have granted and what the process has been for doing this. at the risk of sounding self- serving, we have had high standards and i think that, although i would agree that the primary effect of having the individual over time limit as to spread around over time, there is belief that people get used to getting overtime, departments are used to giving us, and so to the extent that people are depending on this, t

to the north of us. as we move through the afternoon it will swing closer to our coastline. we will move on. i will show you the satellite view. we have a little bit of rain over crescent city. i wanted to show you the radar. this is a ridge of high pressure in place. easy to see with this back view. we have the moisture that continues to roll through the area. crescent city getting rain this morning. we may see a light shower in the afternoon. that will be it. we have a good looking day in store. 46 in oakland. 47 san rafael. 49 in napa. 49 degrees in mountain view. some of us a few degrees warmer. 68 for napa for the afternoon. 69 in concord. closer to the coast we will be cooler. 64 expected san francisco. 57 in pacifica. still warmer than yesterday and mild over all we are looking at a great forecast. 68 redwood city. 70 mountain view. san jose nice, warm partly cloudy skies. taking you through the weekend here outdoor plans looking good. 72 expected with partly cloudy skies on saturday. increasing clouds on sunday. we do remain a little unsettled in any case. no reason to complain. we are mild weather in store for you there. even the overnight lows not too bad. sunday

us. supervisor chiu: thank you. >> moving to the spending side of the ledger, salaries and benefits for city employees. we are projecting $110 million increase the coming fiscal year, broken down to wages and benefits. the majority of our labor contracts are closed in the coming year. are estimations of the cost of closed labor contracts the next year are fairly well known. the majority of bargaining units and the city continue to have no change your every year, but continue furloughs and other measures that result in cost savings for the city. the $24.3 million in projected costs of closed labor contracts in the first year is really the result of wages that are scheduled for police, fire, and nurses in the coming fiscal year. in the years beyond, the second year, there is a significant increase, $83.5 million. we have to send those two years agreements expire and that employees, the furlough days expire and employes will effectively receive just short of a 5% wage increase as these contracts expire. we assume in the third year, a cpi on local contracts. that assumption in the second year will change as the city enters negotiations with our employer organizations next year at this time. on the benefits side, $80 millio

lucernely find it on-line in our video library and so we're going to move on with our campaign 2012 coverage taking us to iowa city and the studios of the exchange at iowa public radio. they have started the program talking about the release today of president obama's birth certificate, just getting underway on c-span. >> chiming in with what you said, our c-span listeners have just joined us and want to remind our listeners that this is an, change, the exchange from iowa public radio and this is politics wednesday, a day when we bat around the political developments of the past week, and of course, c-span listeners being in tune with the latest news will know that president obama released the long form of his birth certificate this morning, and also comments on it. we are talking about that in the first half hour, and perhaps longer during this hour of the exchange. donna hoffman is our guest, one of our guests, chair of political science at the university of northern iowa in cedar falls. tim haggle, associate professor of political science at university of iowa sitting across the aisle from me, two of many polit

moved into a fun but less safe house party. i want the city to recognize that people from all walks of life and enjoy the music scene and to provide opportunities for us to meet with our friends at large outdoor public venues or a small private parties to enjoy the music we like. thank you. president newlin: thank you. >> hello. thank you to the city and to the sf commission for having us here today. my name is roxanna, in the eye and an active member of the dance community nights and weekends and a productive member of the san francisco financial district during the day -- and an avid and active member of the dance community. deejays, singers, artists, graphic designers, even volunteers, and other vital people make up the vital nightlife economy that contributes greatly to the city's bottom-line. the new york times calls it techno tourism. we came here today because we care about our rights. for someone like me, at one of the nation's top three banks, even i cannot get ahead on my career on some things alone. these are helping to dance, promote, plan, regulate, note and repeat, that i have been able to secure additional career networking. without this community, it m

moved into a fun but less safe house party. i want the city to recognize that people from all walks of life and enjoy the music scene and to provide opportunities for us to meet with our friends at large outdoor public venues or a small private parties to enjoy the music we like. thank you. president newlin: thank you. >> hello. thank you to the

city. switching over to the live view of the harrisburg expressway, things moving fine northbound and southbound. you can see those roads are slick, so use extra caution this morning. >> ourtory this morning, the naval academy reports it's expelled 12 mid shipmen this month. >> all were taken out for the same reason, a controversial, albeit legal drug. >> authorities say this is part of an ongoing navings started last fall thanks to some whistleblowers within the academy. >> spice. k 2, whatever street name you use, it's a new sin net i can drug that when smoked provides a similar high to marijuana. it's a legal substance in the u.s. but got 12 mid shipmen expelled since december for using and/or possessing it. >> if it's legal and they are selling it, yoss where it's fair but they have a responsibility to be clean and stay straight. >> one female was expelled. the navy band the use of sin net i can drugs in 2005. last year it banned possession of it. spice is easily found in drug paraphernalia shops. it's not clear how the mid shipmen got access to some. >> i think it kind of depends. i'm not 100% sure. >> academy officials say the eventual expulsions were the result of

to get moving. purple line to connect our suburban areas around washington, the red line in baltimore, the carter city transitway to connect the 270 corridor for high-tech jobs. all those depend upon uscontinuing to move forward with sensible transit projects that, quite frankly, i think are in jeopardy as a result of the compromises that were needed to be made. teach for america is eliminated, the federal participation in that is eliminated. on monday, i had a chance to teach in teach for america. i was in a high school in baltimore with some very dedicated young people that are willing to give of their lives so america can compete in the future. we certainly should have continued the federal partnership in teach for america. and i talked about the environmental protection agency and i didn't point out that the republican budget in the house cut that agency by 30%. 30%. well, we restored half of those funds but the cut's still going to be pretty severe. so i just wanted my colleagues to know that whereas i am very pleased that a -- many decisions that were made in this compromise for 2011 budget that will allow us to be able to move forward as a nation for america's vision of being

us. chief roper, what is the situation there now? what are you seeing as you move around your city this evening? >> well, we're reaching a point of stability. we have a lot of work to do. but our primary priority was search-and-rescue. so searching these destroyed homes hand to hand, going in the rubble, pulling people out of the rub rel. we even rescued two babies. one that was trapped in a crib when the house fell down on top of the baby. that has been our priority. we're getting through it but we still have a lot of work to do. >> brown: you're going house-to-house. is it your sense that there still are people missing there? >> we do believe there are people that are still missing. we're getting reports of loved ones who can't be located, family members are searching the shell ters. so we've established a hotline where these family members can call, give their loved ones names, give us that address so we can go back to that address and try to use heavy equipment to get in that rubble and make sure their loved ones aren't trapped. >> brown: i just wondered on a personal basis if you have seen anything like this, what you went through last night? >> no, sir, not here in birmi

cities so we know how the freight moves. we know where the soft pints are. we know where our vulnerabilities are. we just need their help to show us where the threat is. so the short answer, yes. >> i think absolutely that -- i don't know what you would replace it with now. would be afraid to suggest what that might be, but i think there is a genesis or there is a generational change the air that needs to happen and i think anybody regardless of whether it is causeby an event are caused by the experience of friction that occurs atheck points where with what gary said with cao and the industry, i think it matures, that it does need to change in terms of how to address the future, say 2015 etc.. i don't think you can say tsa needs to be replaced but i do think that there are some fairly dynamic issues that have to resolved and i don't think it will be resolved by a government agency. i think it is going to have to be resolved by the industry itself and the people who use that mode of transportation. and it is time that we face that and we start when you say that, be ready because you will have to sign a risk-based managing risk mean

to the phone. we've got tara from park city, montana. she's got a question for us. good morning, tara. >> caller: good morning. we purchased our new home and movede time we qualified for the second-time home buyer's government incentive. we sent the government the appropriate information for us to receive this and we have yet to receive this and it is april of 2011. so is this incentive a sham, or what next steps can we take to get what we were promised. >> no, no, it's not a sham at all. something went wrong in the process. you should have gotten that refund within the most four months. it's been almost a year -- in fact more than a month. all you have to do is call the irs hotline. it's 800-829-1040. just like the form. 1040, easy to remember. call them, get the person's name, confirm the conversation in writing and you should have it in 30 days. absolutely not a scam. you should have the money in your pocket. >> what do you need. >> if you have if forms, probably you have them. let me review them. one you have to have an adjusted gross income of $225,000. the home price has to be $800,000 or less which covers 90% of the homes in america and o

cities so we know how the freight moves. we know where the soft points are. we know where our vulnerabilities are. we just need their help to show us where the threat is. so the short answer, yes. >> i think absolutely that -- i don't know what you would replace it with now. i would be afraid to suggest what that might be, but i think there is a genesis or there is a generational change in the air that needs to happen and i think anybody regardless of whether it is caused by an event are caused by the experience of friction that occurs at check points where with what gary said with cargo and the industry, i think as it matures, that it does need to change in terms of how to address the future, say 2015 etc.. i don't think you can say tsa needs to be replaced but i do think that there are some fairly dynamic issues that have to be resolved and i don't think it will be resolved by a government agency. i think it is going to have to be resolved by the industry itself and the people who use that mode of transportation. and it is time that we face that and we start talking -- you hear people say all the time let's take a risk-based appr