use the bicycle. still a great share. and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of shola. over 50 october of of all trips daily made by bike. and for regional use of the bicycle. got some figures compared to a car. then you can see that schoolchildren use the bicycle very frequently for education. and still businessmen use the car a lot. and social recreational reasons. a reason for using the bike and shopping. we like to go shopping on our bikes. come to that later. and when it comes to gender. who's using the bicycle. i'm told that the netherlands is very typical on this. we have more women on bikes then -- than men. and the most intense users are girls from the age of 12 to 18 and that's easy to explain because i once was a girl of because i once was a girl of that age and to me, mabika was

use the bicycle. still a great share. and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of shola. over 50 october of of all trips daily made by bike. and for regional use of the bicycle. got some figures compared to a car. then you can see that schoolchildren use the bicycle very frequently for education. and still businessmen use the car a lot. and social recreational reasons.

families are using city parks more than ever, and that is also a national trend. 1/5 of users have increased their visits to local parks and playgrounds. 1/3 of families with children have increased their visits. 65% of all respondents were in our facilities at least once a week. at that number jumps up to about 75%-80% on a monthly basis. i am not sure people appreciate just how fast our system is. -- how vast our system is. while i think parks and open space is fundamental to the conversation, a lack of open space is actually not our problem. the city is blessed. 18% as local, national, or state-run and open space. when you factor in candlestick point, it's 18% of the land as parks. only new york city in the district of columbia offer a higher percentage of open space compared to their overall land mass. we average 6.6 acres of open space per 1000 residents that place us in the middle of the pack. that gets us to one of our challenges, the urban density. it speaks to wide open space is critical. -- to why open space is so critical. we average 221 open parks over the city. obviously, we eve

another point was that although there is a level use of top care programs in the city for children under 6, we are seeing a huge intake in after-school programs, youth employment programs, and counseling programs for young people. parents who send their children to san francisco schools, public and private, say they really love their school. i think this notion of a school being a bad school, and that is why they are leaving, is perhaps a small portion of the population. i will admit it is difficult. being a parent who had to go through the school enrollment process, it was difficult. but we have lots of parent organizations out there that support the parents in trying to maneuver through and understand how to apply, when to apply, which school makes the most sense. i do believe the school district is moving toward a much more streamlined and easy process for families to enroll their children. i just want to close with -- i believe our job in the city is to strategically linked all of our work together, to develop a cohesive platform for children and families. at the end of the day, it i

[applause] tony, you have helped us celebrate so many milestones in our city. u have helped us after earthquakes to come back and revive the spirit of our wonderful city. you have designed the wonderful art pieces to raise funds for those who need that service. you help us to reopen. after earthquakes, you have helped us climb -- not half way, you have helped us climb all the way to the stars with the -- a nation of our cable cars. you have just -- i in your career, you have generated more love and more nostalgic for our bay area -- more nostalgia for our bay area than all the songs and all the movies and all the television shows associated with us combine. for that reason -- it is really for that reason, tony, that it is my pleasure if you would please come up, to declare today, valentine's day, february 14, 2012, as tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] and also, on behalf of all of us and with all of our love and with all of our hearts together, to present to you the key to the city of san francisco. [applause] >> would you like to say a few words? yo

new at noon, tara moriarty joined us live from san francisco's city hall to let us know the details of the settlement. tara? >> reporter: what the settlement means, is $70 million for the coppers of the -- coffers of the city of san bruno t must be paid over the next 30 days. how it will be spent has yet to be determined. the money is not for the actual victims who have their own lawsuits pending but for the city to use however it sees fit. it does not include renewing the site. the mayor says this is important for monetary and psychological reasons. >> there isn't a day that goes by that i don't hear people talking about the city. kids still have trouble sleeping night. it's a citywide issue. we as council memorial -- counsel members are affected by this. >> reporter: san bruno amayor says the city will -- san bruno says the city will -- he asked the city to settle other victims' lawsuits quickly, with the understanding that people here need to get on with their lives. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the union representing berkeley police officers says it's g

it could be used to advertise different programs the city is trying to help people with and can also be used for sfpd, or whenever they would need the space for, and i think it would enable a lot of nonprofit organizations to put up information there without going in paying for such space, so maybe if this space is not that a lucrative, since the top bidder did not really want it again, then maybe it might be more useful and more beneficial to the different communities along mission street to use some for our public service announcements and in this way, in a certain sense, it would not cost the city that much to advertise what it deems necessary to advertise, and it would also give the non-profit organizations a chance to say something to help the community along mission street. thank you. chair chu: thank you. next speaker. >> ♪ would you not fix it, budget, fix it night and day proved that is the only way the magic and the music gets to you, then just enjoy the money

city. spur is committed to making this happen. we hope that all of you join us as we work to leverage a lot of these partnerships once again. spur is a nonprofit. member-supported think tank in san francisco committed to the success of the city in all its forms. many of you are already members. can we get a show of hands of spur members? that's fantastic. thank you so much for your continued support of our organization. without your help, none of this would be possible. for those of you who are not yet members, i hope you'll join us and get involved. roll up your sleeves and really get involved in the nuts and bolts of the city. we can all work together to engage the city so we can all succeed together. we're all investors in this town. thank you very much for all of your support and for joining us this evening. it is now my pleasure to introduce wade rose, the chair of the 2012 good government awards. wade? [applause] >> thank you, cory. appreciate it. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 32nd annual good government awards. 32 years. finding people to giv

have not drifted into what they are proposing in the budget, which is a follow-through impact to us. city department budgets are due to the mayor's office this week. the system would get a sense of whether the baseline numbers from the other departments will be changing significantly or not. we have already started to engage conversations with the other agency to identify ways that we can reduce costs. let's from their perspective, they are likely looking at just the opposite? >> true in some respects, but they have also been given a budget cut target from the mayor when he issued instructions from the department last fall. presumably, they are cutting their costs and we should get some closure benefit for us. we will see. it is something that we are working very hard to hold the line at. from the members of the board of supervisors, no one wants to see these work orders increase.

the number one thing i heard all the time was help us get more jobs in the city. people feel that if they do not good jobs, they do not have the income to afford all the expenses. when you go in to good restaurants or the movie, it cost a lot of money. it cost a lot of money to even get a car. which i would advise you not to get too early in your life because there is no parking. i would want to encourage you to get a bicycle instead. we are investing in our committee system so that you get around any place you what -- are muni system so that you can get around any place you want to go. my daughters never asked me for a ride. outside of that, they would see their friends all the time. we do not need you to give us a ride. at that time, it was $10 a month for a pass. now, it is $21. it is getting harder and harder. the movie might be asking, this is so expensive, academy -- some of you might be asking, this is so expensive, can we do anything about it? we are working on it. some people are stating, making it for free. we will try to get there. we will have a pilot

not a debate about window material and what is best for the building but a way for him to try to use city process as leverage in a lawsuit against me. if he really cared that much about his windows and preserving the building, why has he waited this long to install wooden windows. he just apply for a permit and got it approved last month after trying to sue me about this. i just do not understand. his desire to suddenly improve a building like this with wooden windows, that is his prerogative. i should not be punished for putting code-compliance would and -- windows in that are not wouldn't more than four years ago. he points out that i was planning on selling a property. that is neither here nor there. this d.r. is about my windows and one's right to sell their property is one's right. it has nothing to do with my windows. the planning department has established that my windows are pri and that is what this is about. thank you. president fong: the public hearing is closed. commissioners. >> i would like to make a clarification. a couple of things i skipped in my presentation that were pa

many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times. to make this information available, muni has tested push to talk buttons at trial shelters. rider when pushes the button, the text is displayed -- when a rider pushes the button. >> the success of these tests led to the

the city now has an earthquake-safe emergency command center. they've given us money to be able to -- what i really like, it's a really cool thing, an emergency water supply where they take it down to the bay and drop it in the bay and they can pump water all the way up to the hills if need be. or they can go to the lakes behind the city and tap in there and bring water. so when the earthquake occurs, we don't have any water, well, we will have some water because we're going to be able to do that. we'll be able to use that supply. so that's been good. but the other thing that's happened is that we have recognized for a long time, look at -- as they indicated earlier, 72 hours is what you are going to be on your own. so we have to figure out ways in which we empower those communities and the nonprofit sector to take charge because it's going to be a long time before the city is going to be able to help them. so we have now about 60 caches. these are emergency stashes we put out in the community that's all over the community and they are in people's garages. they'

i am going to use the additional revenues we see coming into this city. make sure we do it and use it smartly. we are going to invest in our community challenge grant program that has been so successful all along this corridor. they have worked magic with the neighborhood groups that want to see greening and better programs. the murals in place of grafitti have been wonderful. it will be replicated throughout the city. thank you very much for joining us. [applause] >> coldiron, we have some more people -- hold on, we have some more people. there will be questioned. next, i would like to invite up supervisor malia cohen. [applause] >> good morning. i think today is another example, as was yesterday, of the physical manifestation of what happens when thoughtful people and thoughtful leaders come together. i like to publicly to thank the portola neighborhood steering committee. thank you for your leadership and commitment to san francisco and to this little cove that recall the portola. my home. i was raised here. my parents still live here. this corridor mea

city. secure ccmmunities.../ is... used.../ nearly... everywhere...// in maryland .../ ááandááá 41... a ne report by the baltimore ssn. myranda stephens is live outside city school headquarters - with why the school system says it's not a big deal! that's right. very few people probably know his name.... but ralph askins was the highess earner of overtime last year in the city's school system. so whht does he do? he's the driver of superintendent doctor andres alonso. accordinggto the bbltimore sun pollars last year. more than hall of that was in overtime! over the past four yeers - he school system paid out about 14-million dollars in overtime....raising concerns over whether it's spending its money wisely. but schooo officials say askins earns what he deserves. "our drivers... needed to go." 3 33 there's a new plan for the old cardinal gibbons high school. school. the catholic archdiocese says iis selling the property to the nearby saint agnes hospitaa.the archdioccse says it agreed to the deal because it will preserve the historic nature of the property and the values of the cathol

police had to use tear gas on the crowd. the city here may be politically charged. >>> explosions at another bus station take the lives of 43 people in kenya. 43 others are hurt in this blast. and some are hurt tonight. witnesses say they saw people in of a moving car hurl three grenades. there have been similar attacks in recent months. officials believe that al qaeda may be behind the bloodshed. >>> a flight attendant scares a plane full of passengers, when she goes on a crazy, demonic rant over the intercom. [ screaming ] >> you could hear there, she's saying "get out of the plane." she goes on to talk about a crashing. all of this happened just moments before takeoff. apparently the flight attendant reached her breaking point on this flight that was heading to dallas. in addition to talking about the flight crashing, she also mumbled other words that the passengers couldn't understand. some passengers actually jumped in and they wrestled the woman to try to calm her down. >> she spoke in and out of spanish. talked about the fligh

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city administrator, dance and, -- san santana. my chief of staff, and washington campbell, who used to work for jerry brown. in this city, jerry is the governor, the only jerry we talk about. and a home boy a lot of you will get to know. i want to make a couple points for this year. v/#i .wr? forward in the city. we're going to build on what is the whole of retail in oakland. i went to ics myself this year. we are going to go with retail . we are going again in maine. what is a vector symbol bent a asian-american woman? we are the best shoppers in the economy. when i was campaigning door-to- door, i have to tell you, the women in oakland will have my head if i do not bring retail by the time i finish my first term as mayor. that is their number-one goal. we have interest in downtown retail we have not seen in decades. we plan to build on that and work on that. everyone was bragging about the new york times, so i will not do that again. we were considered the fourth best place to celebrate lunar new year, with san francisco and new york city. the cultural and the arts scene here in oakland as one of the most

remain in a use that benefits a small, privileged minority or should it be put to a use that benefits the whole city? it is very simple. what happens to seawall lot 351? the good folks at telegraph hill oppose building anything on seawell lots 351 and maintain that using a for mixed use development is such a poor policy choice that should instead remain a surface parking lot. these poor souls are grieved and oppressed because new housing has been proposed in their neighborhood, one of the most privileged in the city. they are not opposed to change so long as the change happens summer else. the a.n.d. plan, there is no other viable use of seawell lot 3 fedor 51. it is clear they insist this public land be noted -- be donated by the city to remain a surface parking lot because they cannot tolerate any change to a private swimming and tennis club. how is that not a giveaway of public land? we're learning that they're also very large powerful commercial entities that have a strong interest in preserving this parking lot. why, for the convenience of its tenants. the other, to protect the is from class a