commissioner antonini: so we already have the controls on van ness avenue. >> that is correct. commissioner antonini: and we're extending it to tarsz off the street -- to the areas off the street, which are the tenderloin and some others and wherever else the other parts of the rc-3 and 4 areas are that you put in. okay. it sounds like that probably is just redefining something that's largely in place anyway. because i think a lot of those areas are more similar to the downtown area and you add to at least along van ness and if it's already in place, it isn't going to make any difference. you already have to go through that process on van ness, so that's really not going to change anything. okay. thank you. president miguel: commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: pardon my ignorance, but we're going to take the rc-3 and 4 and then use wise we're going to refer within those districts to the n.c.t. uses. >> to the nc-3 -- it's actually the same whether you are looking at ncd-3 or the nct-3. the uses are permitted and both are the same. we have a little chart of some of the dif

i have heard this item in committee and have voiced my concerns. 1 com van ness -- one, van ness is a state highway and you cannot mess without without causing other problems. take into consideration the hotel between post and geery has closed because the california pacific medical center is going to take that over in a few years as a medical facility. if you have a medical facility there and a bus rapid transit on the curb, it will be impossible for the ambulance to get to the facility if there are accidents other than those in the california pacific center with curbside boarding. it will be impossible for the medical people and the emergency people to respond to any accidents. if there is a central thing, a central subway, a central boarding it will be impossible for those of us that block, as well as people with strollers. the way that the times are, you cannot really cross the street in time to make the connection. the lesson is to do your homework. think about the people. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> walter paulson. ♪ i hope that you fix van ness and

over broadway and van ness, even more red light runners, this time coming across van ness. i know it your thinking, something should be done to make vanna safer. city engineers did that but to no avail. i've come to the conclusion that drivers will be drivers. if you don't change their bad habits, all the engineering in the world will help. in san francisco, stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> the monday commute in san francisco the 80-1 01 split the top of your screen remarkably slight for monday headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge. if the bottom of your screen normally slow and it slow now. southbound 101 toward the peninsula. we'll be right back. the green bay packers are back in the super bowl for the first time since 1997. quarterback eric rogers and a strong defense power the pack pass the chicago bears 21-14 for the nfc championship. rogers is a northern california native, born in she go out and played for uc-berkeley in 2003 and 2004. kron 4 spoke with cal athletic director sandy about the local excitement surrounding rogers. >> it's always exciting when we h

, and 2201 van ness. those properties comprise 773 units, and that capacity is 1894. this is a little bit different than what has been previously submitted. the dead space is very fluid. if the academy of art is experiencing a large influx of students, they may take a lounge or study room or faculty room, and they will convert that to residential use. oftentimes, you will find that this number does fluctuate a bit. the academy of our properties are a mix of dwelling units, residential hotel rooms, former tourist hotels, and live/work buildings. the most recent acquisition was the lombard properties, which was acquired in 2007. the academy of art began to acquire the properties in the 1990's. some of the properties began occupancy prior to the acquisition. the academy of art happens to have a housing director that is not an employee of the academy of art but of campus living villages. they are a property management firm that happens to specialize in campus housing. they offer campus housing to all full-tim

the ballots voting against the plan included the van ness parcel indicates that there is no majority protest in the second elections report. the return ballots for the amended district plan, the return waited ballots were 89%, and those against were 10.11%, and this was from december 2010, not including van ness avenue. therefore, there was no majority. president vjoiz' -- chiu: ok, colleagues, there is no majority protest before i begin, i will ask if there is anything else. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am lisa with the office of work force development. the second shows a result based on the amended plans. these results, it does show that there is significantly weighted. on the back of the report, it also talks about the number of parcels voting, and the number of parcels voting in favor is 58, and the number of parcels voting against is 29, so there is also a significant numerical proportion more in favor than against. and if you have any questions, i am here to answer. president chiu: any questions? seeing none, i would like to close the public hearing, and item 28 is in the

. >> could you let me know when we get to van ness and sacramento?i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers to move down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate multiple lines will stop behind one another. i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind. the second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >> i'm

some of the most vittoria's intersections are on van ness. it is not as drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists are to blame. at market red light runners seem to come every light cycle. pedestrians take pride crossing at the last section. van ness and has its share of accidents. this one with the driver of his bmw s.c. be hit this san francisco where track which is heading to an emergency with lights and sirens but and for surely they became an emergency. this hand inside shows anyone i've been asked to come forward. and that gary and dennis i fund drivers tried to beat the left hand turn signal relating and smart red light fruit over of broadway and then ask, even more red light runners. the sun coming across van ness. i know what your thinking. something should be done to make it safer. they try to do that but to no avail. so i have come to the conclusion that drivers will be drivers. if you do not change their bad habits, all of the engineering in the world will not tell them. in san francisco m. stanley roberts for kron4 news. >> if you have

those parcels that face van ness avenue. secondly, there would be a conflict created? the limits personal uses are listed as permitted in the rv district. that's a little inconsistent, we all right have controls for how they shrug divided. we don't want to prejudice back to 231, but to keep consistent, we will just use the same nc controls, secondly we are proposing adding as use citizen limit. any use size over 6,000 square feet would be conditionally permitted. we feel this is a mine another change, most use of that size would already likely require a conditional use authorization. and then next providing that liquor sources be principally permitted on the ground floor in rc district, unless otherwise specified. much of the area in the tenderloin is in north of market special use district which has an outright prohibition on

so that remains to be seen how much entertainment we will see on van ness in that special use district, but given the fact that neighbor notification is not as onerous time wise as i think as special use authorization is, we could see some applications into time. and lastly, it ordinance that i spoke of last meeting regarding what the department of public works is moving forward, a delay in the changeover of the new board of supervisors, and this is at the committee level waiting for committee assignments. the new board members were sworn in, and a board president has yet to assign committee members, and was it today? i guess they snuck in the port assignment, so those should be up online, if not now, tomorrow, and we will find out what committees actually exist. we will continue to follow that for you. staff and office update. just briefly wanted to mention that the staff has a retreat on saturday january 8, and almost all of the commissioners were present, and all staff were able to attend. we spent about four hours assessing short-term and long- term goals. each commissioner took th

there will be street repaving along the 17 blocks of california street between van ness and drum street. on january 3, major shut down for the next six months of the california cable car line. however, it will be in good repair once it comes back next summer. director heinicke: one question or made the comment. obviously, notices to citizens who live here is handled by everything you have covered. but a great number of the people wanting to ride the cable car at the embarcadero are not here every week. rather than suggesting how to do it, i would encourage you to consider how we're going to get nervous to our visitors, perhaps working with -- how we're going to get notice to our visitors, perhaps working with the hotels that are at the starting point for many of these routes. executive director ford: we are working with the visitors bureau, and that is a great idea. that concludes my a report and i am available for any additional questions. >> item 8, citizens advisory council. mr. murphy is not here today. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board on matters

, for example, and draw a line at van ness, then most people who are not willing to pay would potentially move to the next likely street. so that would be franklin and goff. then if we drew a line there, most people would move to october of a yalt commissioner o'conner: what do you mean move there? they would drive? >> right. that we would consider an untenable impact on the neighborhood. commissioner o'conner: does this mean laguna which say pretty quiet street through the western addition is about to become a freeway? >> it depends on which part you are in. we've heard from people on the southern end of laguna that it does feel pretty packed when octavia is busy. commissioner o'conner: well, that's because of the freeway on-ramps. but i'm talking about more northern, in the western addition area. i thin -- mean everything -- i saw the city design octavia boulevard. it's a mess. this looks like a bigger mess. >> i understand your feedback. commissioner o'conner: looks like a gouge for us to pay more money the >> it's certainly the type of feedback we've included in the study report when

staff issued a letter of warning for the -- located on van ness. i will ask you to wait until we get to that agenda item. this occurred on november 13th and 14th. the police department has been on site since the issue. there has been no sites sent his staff. on december 9th, but staff issued a limited suspension. they have an extended hours permit. this will be extended from december 16th and 23rd of 5:30 p.m.. this is based on a pattern of incidents reported by the police department. i have attached a lot of information for your reference. the staff met with club operators on december 3rd in the office to discuss the report. but like a license this scheduled to be transferred out of the other. that should give you a whole picture about that location. Ñiçó>> will happen on the fourt? >> let's go back and look. this was not incited the bania. >> -- you might want to contact -- and they have tons of office space over there. let me know if you need help. >> you should have my report. -- as directed by this commission and we have had no new instances r

this time coming across van ness. know what your thinking something should be done to make it safer. see indian city engineers did that but to no avail. i've come to the conclusion drivers, will be drivers. you don't change that happens all the engineering in the world will not help. in san francisco stanley robert crumb for news. >kron 4 news. as those of yet te story e-mail us at www.kron4.com. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. thank you for waking up with kron news more weather, and traffic than anybody. today's news and traffic is how where it's going to be. the hot spots yet let's keep our fingers crossed. we will be right back. tomorrow president barack obama will deliver the state of the union address, kron 4 will have coverage of the address starting at 6:00 p.m., please join us for that. we will stream of life on www.kron4.com. >> apple says its ad store has reached a milestone with 10 billion downloads. tens of millions of by phones have been sold since the device was launched. it expands

. >>> walking on van ness avenue is still a risk. the examiner report said double fines have been produced. the most dangerous intersections according to the paper. market street in van ness. >> whenever you are -- wherever you are be careful. sal said it's quiet. >>> it's nice to know. i'm afraid it probably won't stay that way. we will be here no matter what. this is a look at 80 westbound. thicks are getting busier as you drive out to the mccarthur maze. no major accidents here. if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it will be light. we are watching this minute by minute. it tends to change right around now it tends to change. we will be watching it for you. if you are driving on the upper deck it looks okay. eastbound and westbound 580 looks good. watch for a tow truck to be clearing signs of an earlier accident. so far it's not causing a big traffic jam. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. we do have clear skies. patchy fog is trying to form. for those saying we have a stretch of warm weather where is the rain? there is

and also before the board was sponsor by alioto-pier, this was for the van ness districts. amended at land use for notification for these projects. it passed the first meeting. i want to share a piece of legislation introduced by the mayor's office. it would amend the planning code for urban agricultural uses. this would ease the permit burden for local produce. this'll be brought before you in the next few months for your consideration. commissioner antonini: thank you very much. he spoke about some issues that are under consideration. one question that have, and perhaps you could tell me about this. sequa rules may be accepted by the six supervisors, and overturning and other usage -- this is within the province of the city and county, and so i just wanted to find out if this is something of which we have control over, and the bar for approval or acceptance in those matters. >> i will look into that and bring you more information. >> thank you. >> the preservation commission was meeting but the only items that were important of the presentation on the -- are the presentat

you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board

now, if you ask the people on south van ness , they'll say why don't we have trees 't we have ?utÑi the potential of park presidio and park central. those streets could have trees. think of the bicycle pleasure drives, parks, you know, linial park, think of the possibility both for commuting and po work and pleasure for pleasure like bikes. 19th is a hugely difficult problem. cesar chavez is less difficult but worthy of our attention, both. our attention and action. virginia vicente in the sunset could be so easily made into a wonderful street. those are examples. best of all if you think about it, guys, and we're talking about the public realm, we could be having a lot of fun doing this. we could be having a lot of fun thank you. [applause] >> well ladies and gentlemen, the mayor is here. mayor, why don't youñr come on . let me say that one of the pleasures for me in coming back at my age is being able to work with mayor newsom. he has been terrific for planning and i can say this with certainty, he is one man who can't wait to have a master plan for streets so we can get on wi

it's basically between potrero avenue and south van ness. very mixed neighborhood. and thirdly, i would point to show place square. but it basically at the base of potrero hills where the design related businesses are. it's the 3 clusters we look at. the fourth one is bay view's hunter's point. we have recommended to transition about half of the industrial land in those 4 neighborhoods out of industrial and into neighborhoods. it's a finely wrought compromise for the city's need for housing and the imperative to keep some of these larger rougher businesses able to survive in the city. from catering kitchens to auto repair. furniture wholesaling, a lot of things that need larger, cheaper spaces to occur. those businesses they provide support for the the city's front office economy. the downtown offices, tourist industry. all of those businesses need support for linen washing, printing and what have you. so the idea is to support the economy and secondly the jobs provided are very good stable jobs. some activities that used to be clearly unindustrial active, because o

on van ness avenue, there is something that will probably interfere with the new rail system that is being proposed. that is on a collision course and that is a consequence you clearly have to address. also, i would like to point out to the public that $1 million was given to the city by the muni drivers, the transport workers union. it was given up from their trust funds, and they have made concessions, and the public does not know about it. also, disabled. time to get one drivers and service and stop trying to do this of the backs of the disadvantaged. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, members of the board. 6000 drivers are in trouble, they are waiting two hours. i got an e-mail that they was looking into this and no one looked into the issue. when we are sitting there for two hours, we are losing $80. we have to pay that to the company. we have to pay those expenses. you have 4500 drivers. what do you do for us? nothing. one woman was inserted in a picture and there was a lot of money behind the game. i am told that she has not done a good job. i had some criticize in -- criti

on van ness avenue, there is something that will probably interfere with the new rail system that is being proposed. that is on a collision course and that is a consequence you clearly have to address. also, i would like to point out to the public that $1 million was given to the city by the muni drivers, the transport workers union. it was given up from their trust funds, and they have made concessions, and the public does not know about it. also, disabled. time to get one drivers and service and stop trying to do this of the backs of the disadvantaged. disadvantaged. >> good afternoon.

so how we are directly affected is that we will be the only property from van ness 2 market street that is not a historical resourced that will be limited to 50 feet, and that is pretty significant when you think about it. the only corner parcel that is not of a historic resource that will be limited to 50 feet, so we will be required to go for an sed. we did not have the certainty of the eir process that others are granted, so we support the guideline. we support the extension. we've been working closely with neighborhood groups, but we will have to come back. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: mr. kaelin? -- mr. cohen, how's it goin'? >> we are obviously a major supporter and hope to be part of the architecture with this. this is a long time coming. i think staff work hard to come up with a good solution to what we referred to as the orphan block. it was this last little part of the upper market. for a 20-some odd years, the entire stretch of the commercial district of copper markets -- this was back in the 1980's when the city went through a number of commercial

van ness and lum bard are state highways. >> i will ltd. regina talk about that. well, the mta they have a specific traffic calming form you need a certain amount of residents that you send in. and they will come out and do a traffic calming analysis to give recommendations as to may be doing bulb outs or what have you. caveat is it's not necessarily one the most expedient methods. going back to the supervisor's office so that -- you can help because there may be things we can talk to dpt or mta and say, can we move this up? can we get this expedited and assist in that way. you can have a traffic calming analysis done. >> question back here? >> the question is when are the bathrooms at northern station going to be repaired. i put in work orders and quite frankly i'm completing my first mother-in-law there. the fir month involved an audit of the station. it -- the station i last worked at the station in 90-91. the station is in quite a bit of disrepair. i'm not happy with the facility at all. i'm disappointed with the facili facility. and i'm not pleased. that's al