so this is an absolutely perfect opportunity for us to team up with a world renown, very creative inspirational artist and put the sounds and sights of the animals that we study into a brand-new context, a context that really allows people to appreciate an esthetic way of the idea that we might live in the world without these sounds or sites. >> in the scientific realm it is shifting baselines. we get used to less and less, diminished expectations of what it was. >> when i came along lobsters six feet long and oysters 12 inches within they days all the oyster beds in new york, manhattan, the harbor would clean the water. so, just getting people to wake up to what was just literally there 200 years ago, 150 years ago. you see the object and say what is that. you come out and hear these intriguing sounds, sounds like i have never heard in my life. and then you step closer and you almost have a very intimate experience. >> we could link to different institutions around the globe, maybe one per continent, maybe two or three in this country, then once they are all networked, they begin to communicat

the delays we have experienced the capacity has run out and we are coming to you to give us a waiver to allow to design team to complete the work and start construction this summer. >> thank you very much. thank you. i see no public comment. let me ask. is there any public comment? seeing no public comment, it's closed. is this an action item? can i have a motion? thank you. motion made by supervisor katie tang. without objection, we've moved this item. thank you for a fantastic presentation. i'm so excited. i know we all are. we'll all be at the ribbon cutting. mr. clerk please read item no. 2. approving legislative analyzing work plan for 2013. >> thank you so much. good morning members of the committee, from the budget and analyst office. this is in your packet. i just want to pass it in case you don't have it. this year, every year we present the work plan for the service hours. this is based on not only last year's work plan but how weal -- allocated our services last year. we will not project the budget in may. it's on a 2 year budget and we don't think there is a reason to review this year unless the

team. nurses tell us they're essential to our team. >> we depend on them to move patients every few hours, keep them healthy that. service was slash. >> one of the nurses assistants says she has no idea how she'll pay rent. >> i'm crying and what happened to me, oh, no, tomorrow i have no job. >> ucsf would not comment on camera. we have carefully evaluated the impact of the affordable care act. we must make a correction if we are to maintain resources to care of for patients. >> a cancer patient said cutting staff will hinter patients. >> here, if they lay people off, people will be rushed, they'll be injured, they'll be mistakes. >> the hospital estimates that of the 300 positions cut, 75 are layoffs. the rest will come from not filling vacant positions and planted retirement. >> ktvu channel two news. >>> the heaviest rainfall came before dawn today, but many areas saw down powers throughout the compute. the wet roads and standing water did cause problems for drivers. our meteorologist will let us know when more wet weather is on the way. his complete forecast coming in at 7:23. >>> the

to the 9ers. steve brought us his legacy. during this time, the 49ers earned the best team in the nation and continues with that legend so coachank you for bringing your winning record and wonderful great name to help us win another super bowl bid for super bowl 50 or 51 for the bay area. and coach seefrd's partner in 1999 was the famous quarterback steve young who through a record 6 touchdown passes during that game and became the first player to lead in super bowl rushing and passing. thank you for your support and leadership and lending your bid for this bay area support of this effort to bringing it all the way to the end zone. you know, george and steve and jed, we all know there is no better place in america to host the super bowl for 50 and 51 than the bay area. the game to be played in santa clara, we know that every hotel and restaurant between here and san jose will be filled and the entire region will benefit tremendously from this super bowl. that's why we have everyone from our entire departments from city administrators and super works to make sure we host a great event for the whole entire area. an i know that o

so all these things add up and actually adds up to more than what oakland paid for us to be there. >> 11 teams of deputies have been working two days a week, mostly weekends and averaging 15 arrests a shift. the contract hangup comes as oakland struggles to put more officers on the street to fight crime. >> oakland has a crime issue and the role of government, the primary reason is to protect people to provide for the safety. >> can the budget afford the cost? >> we need to continue to talk to each other and work with each other and let the bureaucracy and the political agenda go by the waste side. >> you think you will salvage this deal? >> we have no choice. >> the sheriff deputies and extra paroles have made a difference. >> the sheriff needs to understand and his job is to protect the people of oakland as well. >> midnight tonight, those paroles come to an end. ann. >> don, the city council sounds like the city can't take no for an answer. what reports do they even have? >> that's an interesting question. the mayor came up with a budget that is tight. they are trying to get four academy cl

postal service use to sponsor his team. >>> the coors field was cleared off the field tuesday to avoid their fourth and fifth snowed-out games in the last week. rocky fans had their cold weather gear on and the braves, b.j. upton, homer in the first inning as atlanta beat colorado 4-3. in the night game b.j. upton blasted another home run to left field and his brother justin hit a back-to-back homer to right field in a 10-2 win leaving some fans to dance shirrless even in that weather. last pair of brothers to hit back-to-back homers was paul and wayne back in 1938. >>> former major leaguer manny ramirez is playing baseball in taiwan for the eda rhinos. and tuesday he hit his third home run. >> manny! home run! home run! >> they say home run in chinese the same way. >>> just ahead he's back and breaking records. psy's new single is setting the web on fire yet again. >>> welcome back. a nice simple forecast day in the west, we're looking at sunshine galore out there. now, we are going to see more clouds, the exception being southern portions of california from l.a. to san diego, oceansi

and i want to thank the giant for helping us to remember we're part of a team.bility in how we manage our buildings and we're diverting our trash away from the landfills and you're helping us do that. so we're asking for your help again. this is going to be a fun activity there's going to be contests and you'll be winning stuff. thank you, very much. >> thank you rachel for your contempt to education. well students are getting involved in the giant sweep and right now we have two student leaders. that's right you give it up for your student leaders. >> all right. lincoln high school. how you feeling today? >> it's so nice to see many of you coming out today to celebrate the giant sweep in joining with our schools and, of course, the san francisco giants. >> you guys want to know why this is important? because it gives us the chance to work with the police department and the fire department. and it gives us the opportunity to be the leaders and as a whole we can really make a difference. >> by sometimes young people get on unfair wrap for not caring about the wor

us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county, transportation authority, my name is john avalos, the chair of the transportation authority, the clerk of the board is erica chang and we are brought to you by the sfgtv staff, madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> roll call, avalos? >> present. >> breed? >> present.

to guess about 50 minutes apart. if it was a flash-bang, that is a very common piece of equipment used by the s.w.a.t. team. as pete pointed out it is designed to create a lot of noise, light and disorient the person. it's usually used in dynamic entry situations when the s.w.a.t. teams are trying to come in on a suspect. really at this point this is a classic fugitive situation. you have a fugitive who has been making his way somehow through the underbrush here, being tracked all day. there were k-9 units here. i'm surprised the dogs didn't pick up on him. making his way somehow, i guess under cover of darkness. it's hard to think he made his way during daylight hours, over from a spot about a half mile away to where he is now. the only reason we believe is i was in the area where the authorities first had that location where they got the vehicle, found two devices in the street and knew he was there because they were engaged in such a gunfight there. we know they were shooting at the vehicle. he makes his way over here. we don't know how long he's been in there. god bless the woman who realized -- she open

collaboration. >> the department of public works decided to try a more team oriented approach with this project. the best value approach. they really went to to usrd as a team member and work with them. >> what that meant was the contractor allowing key subcontractors such as the electrical, mechanical, plumbing systems, would always be reviewed and looked at for constructability, for cost constraints, for scheduling. >> and it was a risk for the city. it was a change for the city, it was something very, very different. we met all of our project parameters, the budget, the schedule. we love this project. it is a fantastic example of what can happen when you take a risk, you do something differently, and you work together. you get a great result. >> one of the things we're going to have in that building is going to be this media wall in the lobby. and that media wall has several things that it can show people, but one of the things it can show our employees and our visitors is how much energy, how much water, what we're using in the building. >> the wall is based on building data. we have total energy use per floor. we also have energy use in the

to us. >>> from 68 teams to two. it's louisville and michigan. they will square off in atlanta tomorrow night for college basketball's national title. last night louisville knocked off wichita state and michigan ousted syracuse. so no game today, but that hasn't stopped the fans from flooding downtown atlanta. live look right now at a packed centennial olympic park. a gorgeous day today. free concerts all weekend long. initi kn >> reporter: fred, you know what a good muse ic venue is all abo. you can barely see up to the stage because there is a sea of people up there. we are waiting for grace potter and the nocturnals. she's supposed to take the stage in about ten minutes. that's -- she's like number one on the bill today. the other two big headliners -- sting at 6:00, dave matthews at 8:00. this is like the appetizer to the big game. everybody on a sunday, nothing much else to do, they're waiting for the big game. people have really come out for the big dance concert series. is free. so i mean hello. this is a good time. yesterday ludacris took

to look at things, the small things, you know. >> come back out here, now! >> not long after harper's interview, the use of force teamo subdue him. >> he was threatening us with throwing feces, spitting at us through the door. >> you going to talk to me, you hear me? you no good mother [ bleep ]. >> duane harper is a person that sometimes don't think before he reacts. >> i told you now. >> harper's current release date from segregation is in 2009. >> if you talk to a lot of cats that really, really know me, they'll tell you that i overreact. i let my anger and my, you know, things get to me that i shouldn't have, and as a result of that, i'm still here. >>> when we return -- >> i'm not going to live with child molesters. i'm not going to live with punks. i'm not going to live with rats. i'm not going to live with that kind of people, because i have a choice, because i have nothing to lose. >> we meet some of the castle's most notorious and violent inmates. >>> and later -- >> you've got a lot of time to examine yourself, think about the things that you've done, think about the opportunities you had in life and squand

to mostly condones human rights abuses. at six pm here in a moscow you live with us on our team is good to have you with us this sunday investigators into the boston marathon bombings are trying to figure out what triggered two young suspects into carrying out of the worse u.s. terror attack since nine.

us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> >> good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, april 17th, 2013. my name is supervisor mark farrell, i will be chairing this committee. i am joined by supervisor eric mar, vice-chair, also supervisor john avalos, supervisor london breed, and supervisor scott wiener. i would like to thank the members of sfgtv covering this meeting today, greg burk and jennifer low as well the clerk of this committee, victor young. do we have any announcements? >> yes, please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 23rd, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> all right, mr. clerk, we're going to do a few at least one item out of order here. can you please call item number 4? >>

us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> >> april 16, 2013 before we call the roll just like you to take a few seconds and in consideration of what happened in boston. okay. call the roll. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner hyde. >> here. >> commissioner akers. >> here. >> we have a quorum and for the record commissioner tan is absent. commissioner perez is absent for the moment and commissioner newlin is absent. >> item number one pent comment. this is the opportunity that the public may address the commission on items that are under our jurisdiction which are not on the agenda. i have one card. marsha garland. >> [inaudible] >> hold on. >> try it again. >> [inaudible] >> try it now. >> live from new york. my name is mashie garland and i am here to address you during public comment to announce publicly to the people who watch this on television that live at the razz closed a couple of weeks ago. a lot of people have asked me the reasons why, and i would say wi

you, and you guys can grab us afterwards and we are not going to take questions now, may 7th, the bid is due, may 21st, we present in boston to the owners and with this team, behind us, we are going to get it done, so thank you, have a great day.

us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> all right. how is everybody doing? who wants -- walked to work today? happy walk to workday, everybody. i'm excited to be here for san francisco to lead the nation for the very first official walk to workday in the us right here in san francisco. [ applause ] >> i'm elizabeth. i want to welcome everybody who walked near and far. i want all of you to post online and tweet about it because that's how you win prizes. i want to introduce the mayor who has an exciting announcement to make this city safer and better for walking not just today but everyday. mayor ed lee. >> thank you four your walk and advocacy and leadership as well. we do a lot of things in the city for the first time and i'm really glad to see this walk to work program get kick started in our city. we are one of the most walkable cities in the world. i just completed a walk down market street to update myself on what all the things that are going on on market street an

us to be there. >> reporter: 11 teams of deputies have been working on weekends averaging 15 arrests a shift. the contract hang-up comes as oakland struggles to put more officers on the street to fight crime. >> the reality is that oakland has a crime issue. the primary role of government is to provide for the people's safety, whether the county or city. >> reporter: can budget-lean oakland afford to pay the costs the sheriff wants covered? >> we need to continue to talk and work together and let the bureaucracies and the political agendas go by the wayside and most of all protect our people. >> reporter: sounds like you think you're going to salvage this deal. >> we have no choice. >> reporter: the councilmember says the sheriff's deputies and extra patrols from the chp have made a difference. >> in this neighborhood in particular that's involved with prostitution and robbery, they have dropped significantly. so as taxpayers in oakland we need to continue to work with the county sheriff's department and the sheriff needs to understand it's his job is to protect the people of oakland, as well.

and it actually adds up to more than what oakland paid for us to be there. >> reporter: eleven teams ies have been working two days a week. >> the reality is that oakland has a crime issue. and the role of government, the primary reason, is to protect its people, whether it's the county or city. >> reporter: but can budget- lean oakland pick up the cost? >> we need to continue to talk with each other and work with each other and let the bureaucracy from the political agenda go by the wayside and most of all, protect our people. >> sounds like you think you're going to salvage this deal with the sheriff's office. >> we have no choice. >> reporter: he says the sheriff's deputies and extra patrols from the chp have made a difference. >> the sheriff needs to understand it's his job to protect the people of oakland as well. >> reporter: in about 50 minutes, those patrols will end. the money runs out. >> the city councilman sounds like that they can't take no more an answer. what recourse do they have, though? >> reporter: doesn't look like they have much. remember, this week, mayor quan sa

us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you

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us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day. >>> >>> [ cheers ] >> this park is part of our water front. it is set to make it part of our great city and we are celebrating, the 150th anniversary of our port of san francisco. [ cheers ] so all of you who are here tonight, those of you who live and work in the city, have a great connection to our port. so it is a wonderful history, and come on down and spend your entire time at the port you will have a lovely time from our exporatorium to the giants, to the park and to go out and celebrate. so thank you, for the port commission, and the wonderful staff and the director. the port of san francisco, congratulations to the city of san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. i'm tailor stafford, president and ceo of pier 39 and on behalf of our grateful water front family, it is my privilege to extend a sincere thank you to the port of san francisco for all that you have done, and continue to do to build the best water