. >> at the local level what prop 26 is requires us to public -- put regulatory fees before the public? mar or a regulatory fee. supervisor mar: commissioner maxwell? supervisor maxwell: give us an excellent? >> alcohol. >> that was passed prior to 2010 and just stays the same. you will be able to leave that on the books. if you increase it or extend it, if it was sunsetted, then you would have to play by the new rules, requiring a vote of the people. >> one i have wondered about if we were to ever impose a congestion fee impacted by prop 26? would we have to go to the electorate now? >> it could be. you could design the fee and have fight findings and dedicate the revenues. you get outside that and use the fee revenues for other things, it becomes a little more subject to 26. supervisor mar: economicser maxwell? supervisor maxwell: no. >> one last comment is there is a school of thought that the fuel tax swap, either in part or in whole, may be in validated. now a provision in prop 26 that anything that was enacted in 2010 that is in violation of the provisions of the act have a weir

public's data. we have an obligation, i would say, to push it out to the public to make it available and useful to the public. when you do that, it can help the department and city, but most importantly, it can help the public. it can be very empowering. a lot of what we do, whether it is abating graffiti, picking up trash, filling pot holes, improves someone's quality of life. when a neighborhood group is getting together to see how they can improve the conditions in their neighborhood, it is hard for them to do so if they do not know what the crime looks like in the neighborhood, where they have the legal dumping problems. community groups can then have real data to base their solutions on. it is very empowering in that respect. it can help us avoid a lot of cumbersome public record requests, rather than waiting for people to come to us to pull data out, we push it to them. they do not have to come and ask us for it, which for us to track it down. it is available for them to use. and finally, the mayor made reference to this, there are some leads that we have that if we were to try to address them w

it to try to use it as an incentive to think about how we can think about the public defender's office differently. to change things, perhaps. it is still a new form of media, so we are just starting to develop some of the ideas on how we can use it. >> can you give us examples of how your blogging has affected the media's influence on the public's perception? tell us about your blog. >> the fact that i am here says something. i wanted to speak to public defenders. they were my target audience. i wanted to give more cohesiveness. people from all over the country started contacting me telling me these stories about their day to day lives. i had some lawyers contact me saying they had 400 felonies a year and only some of them are class a. w

it to try to use it as an incentive to think about how we can think about the public defender's office differently. to change things, perhaps. it is still a new form of media, so we are just starting to develop some of the ideas on how we can use it. >> can you give us examples of how your blogging has affected the media's influence on the public's perception? tell us about your blog. >> the fact that i am here says something. i wanted to speak to public defenders. they were my target

us any moment. madam clerk, you have some announcements to make, and i want to thank the folks from channel 26 for bringing us to the public life. >> please submit copies of any documents to be submitted for the file. supervisor maxwell: we do have a committee report, item two will possibly go out as a committee report today. item one, please. >> item 1, ordinance amendment the building code. supervisor maxwell: staff, this is building code legislation. >> good afternoon, board members. office of economic workforce development. pleased to be here today. what we have before you are some technical cleanups to these very large development fee reform package that this committee reviewed and the board approved -- i believe now over six months ago. be specific technical amendments -- the specific technical amendments, if you look at the draft legislation on page four, at the request of the mayor's office of housing and the treasurer's office, these changes were offered. the first was to clarify that this program applied to all projects that have not paid impact fees prior to july 1, its effective date. there was some confusion b

to get serious about addressing that. it is literally killing us. we need to make publicransportation and other alternatives more attractive. we need to redesign our routes. we need dedicated lanes for bicycles and transit. we need better to language and access services. we need better shuttle buses and more reliable transfers. eventually, muni needs to be free to ride. we need to think big. >> i definitely think we need to put public transit -- more effort into fixing the public transit system. we need to expand on what our vision of public transit is the cannot only be muni. -- it cannot only be muni. folks need to be able to move about without too much hassle to there are a great number of folks in district 10 that are disabled seniors who cannot use the bicycle. we have got to use other things. we need to increase shuttle services increase services for seniors and disabled. >> you can appreciate muni because a.c. transi is barely showing up at the bus stop. our buses carry 7000 people a day. imagine all of us getting on the bus. i do not agree with "cars last." it sho

also i would like to take this opportunity to urge the department of public health to use their money efficiently to help the obviously need, rather than going after whistle- blower's like myself, with in my opinion, fake charges of mandatory sick leave and being mentally ill. as many people have noted in my basement here at city hall for the past year, if douglas is mentally ill, it says a lot about all of the other people here at city hall. thank you. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on item number four? seeing no one, public comment disclosed. bill, did you want to say a few words? do we have a motion to table the item? without objection. madam clerk, please call item no. 1. >> item #one. hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises liquor license from 730-732 broadway street to 163 jessie street (district 6) to jon gasparini for jessie street cafe will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we have the chief inspector here. yo

us about the caldecott tunnel? >> the entire region how soon a series of mega projects. it's very visible to the public. they are using the new austrian method of drilling there. they are 900 meters about ninth of way through the process right now. it's supposed to be completed about the time of the bay bridge. >> does it seem like it's going faster? >> it's apples and oranges but when you are driving on the 24 to look over there and see a new tunnel is coming too soon soo. >> no what is that going to do for folks once it's been completed. i've been stuck in that traffic. >> one of the great jobs about the cal did cot, it's going to improve the commute. some of the projects bay bridge are seismic orientated but this is something that should speed up travel time. >> aknow people that loves to watch construction projects you have a special website. >> at bay bridge info.org you can see live footage or click on see videos and see different processes and designs for the privilege. t the project?have questions for >> call us on the phone. we have a public information office that is opened monday through frida

public that might need the information. >> thank you. primarily, as the supervisor's office has noticed, this came to us under our community as well as some of the publishers. housekeeping issues, for example. the allowing of public works to use electronic mail as a primary source of communications. it brings everything up to the 20th-century -- 21st century, essentially. publishers can receive notification for citation violations against the code must faster -- much faster, enabling dpw to correct the action from seven business days to 10 calendar days. there is no need for that extra four days in the mail. it also imposes penalties that can be increased from $50 to $250 for fees regarding non- compliance to the code. excuse me, i am sorry. the codes are meant to recover the cost of transport to the yard and storage temporarily. to address the needs of smaller publications and those that do not distribute the news in traditional wax, we have added an informal allocation process whereby anyone that wants to participate in the program can get an empty box space that is available through a very informal process. it is a first-come, first-se

private money is used to maintain the class barriers and convert public assets to private goals. that is why the influence of private money always depends on lies and secrecy. it is important to realize how little private money is involved. i could tell you that the library's public budget is $83 million and the contribution of the so-called public-private partnership is 0.45%. last week i talked about the relationship between private salaries and the donation to the library. the week before that i talked about the abuse of public comment that the ethics commission has found to be below the standard of decency. those facts depend on each other. it takes a lot of abuse to make liars and thieves more respectable than an honest citizen. the truth is we are not being enslaved by private money. they are using our money to enslave us. are you prepared for a city hall where you cannot talk them corporations because they paid for the chairs? that is what they do for the library. we have publicly funded institutions to reflect the virtues of democracy. that effort is a trade for a fractio

legalized corruption one definition of corruption probably but to think of public parties we're monitoring is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come should be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interest may be left now because of someone's special interest on the outside this democracy is new voice people coming to a polling stay friends putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on meet first it seems who really has the vote in american mail is money going to check out on t. washington d.c. . well let's get more now on the american midterms which are well underway from scott mccarty are not folks with us the green party thanks for being with us scott now this midterm voting is seen very much as a verdict on president obama's first two years in office but is it so clear cut when you consider the massive amounts of campaign money used by th

representative from the san francisco police department. >> this grant will allow us to further expand technology as it relates to public both with gunshot location settings and community safety cameras. this will allow us to expand to a total of 9.3 square miles for the gunshot location system, potentially adding an additional 25 community safety cameras. obviously with the approval of the police commission. supervisor chiu: any questions? any members of the public that wished to comment on this item? >> ♪ i want you to stop in the name of love. i know that you will fix a good system well. stop in a name like love. you are going to make it go very swell. think things over. first. ♪ supervisor chiu: any other members of the public which to comment? public comment is closed. can remove this item to the full board? without objection, that should be the case. is there any other business, madam clerk? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor chiu: at this time the public safety committee is adjourned.

credit how risky it said in is to help end of their us to the public not to if you see one. >> the rain is finished fortune and now we have to learn about some cool temperatures next few days. coming up. >> (drumm) >> sunny day in the bay area but the rain did not drown out the sound for the veteran prayed pretty much done however the rain did slowdown air-traffic in san francisco, some flights were delayed for a 20 to 30 minutes through the stormy weather also brought snow up to this year. this is video taken as soda springs preconceived cars and trees cut it in sele and just-in- time for ski season. the resource to be opening up later this month. >> all lot of rain and gray skies this morning. finally afternoon we're going to see this and put into the clouds and windows around the bay area. tonight the clouds are clearing and the rain is over but still a couple of puddles up there. the rainfall totals from today were impressive of for the higher elevations just to be over 2 in. of rain from today. it's close to 2 in.. it is about an inch and a half and more rain is on the way for tues

. >> but kate is confident, independent, and is used to the public eye. the paparazzi has been all over it. congratulations have been pouring in. >> i am sure the whole country wants to pass along their congratulations to the happy couple. >> in this case, what is good for the royals is good for the country. >> it is similar to when diana got married, during a really bad time in the 1980's. maybe they will have a royal wedding. >> when we continue today, we are following yet another big announcement. coming up, the major music collection apple is adding to its itunes arsenal. and the monday night massacre. what is it anchoring fans the most? and be part of an exclusive pilot program. we will tell you about the first of hundreds of charge points coming to >> welcome back. there is big news today for itunes customers. the apple wide world service will begin to sell music from the beatles. until now, they have been the most prominent holdout from the music service. the company that managed the band's affairs had resisted until now. another story we are follow

basically legalized corruption one definition of corruption private to think of public party fear mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come as you would be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interests may be left out because of someone's special interest on the outside this democracy is move on with people coming to a polling station fast putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on me it seems a really has a vote in american mail is money that it's shut down on t. washington d.c. well ralph nader an independent u.s. politician who participated in the race for the presidency four times told r.t. that corporations are in food control of washington and its policies. we have corporate socialism in this country where profits are kept and losses are socialized on the back of the tax there isn't a single department regency in us govern

private to think of public party here mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come and should be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interest may be left out because of someone's special interest on the outside is democracy is move on with people coming to a polling station friends putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on me it seems all really has the vote in american mail is money and it's. down on t. washington d.c. . scopic laura d. a national spokesman for the u.s. green party says the runaway spending is detrimental to the country's political system and that america's desperate for the multi-party approach of the important thing to point out is that that money comes from corporations and corporate money has poisoned our democracy but the real problem is an election system that is

be able to be credited as anonymous donors has basically legalized corruption one definition of corruption private truth of public party fear mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come as you'd be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interest may be left out because of someone's special interest on the outside this democracy is new voice people coming to the polling stations putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on meat first it seems that really has a vote in american mail is money going to shut down on t. washington d.c. . former oil tycoon me how of course he who was jailed for embezzlement and tax evasion in two thousand and three is back in court new charges brought against him could see his term extended until twenty seventeen well he's been giving his concluding speech at a court hearing sarah ferguson following the case and joins us live start tell us what is hard

to the public. >> according to information from a foreign partner that reached us after the yemen incident, the planned attack was to go ahead in november. there is reason to be concerned, but no reason for hysteria. >> german media has quoted security sources saying that four militant islamists are on their way to germany to carry out attacks. security at train stations and airports are being tightened. >> of the security measures are visible to the population. there will be other measures that people will not see. >> experts say that wednesday's warning to the german public was appropriate. >> we are in the sights of the terrorists. they mention us regularly. we are in afghanistan and they want us to leave. that is why we are in such danger. >> the new security measures are due to remain in place indefinitely. >> our political correspondent has been following this story. he gave us this update. >> it is important to emphasize that thomas de maiziere believes that he has concrete, credible, information from two separate sources. there could be a terrorist attack or attacks in germany towards the end o