i know, for instance, with van ness brt, district 3, two, would be impacted. making sure that those two supervisors provide their input as we try to figure out a preferred alternative. with respect to anything else, -- goyal drive, for instance -- doyle drive, for instance, making sure that the district supervisor is informed of what is happening. >> thank you. we are in the process right now of scheduling update meetings with all of the appropriate offices on van ness brt and a couple of other projects. it is a good suggestion over all, and we will be following up on that. commissioner campos: i would also encourage my colleagues, if there are any projects within your district or outside, that you are particularly interested in, make sure to reach out to us if you would like to have an additional brief or further information. thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please, come forward. >> united public workers for action. i wanted to talk about the ongoing retaliation by the m

i am talking about the mission hotel at 520 south van ness on south van ness between 16th and 17th and between south van ness and mission. and the all-star at 2791 16th st. which is at 16th and folsom. vice-chair lam: the time is up. thank you. the speaker. >> i do want to thank you, you have done a marvelous job. i'm here to talk about one specific census block. since bought 3001 to confirm it has no population so it is possible. i want to spend my time is telling you the story of the neighborhood and how hard we of worked. i am in that area. i was starting to speak with uc- berkeley a couple of years ago tried to convince someone it would be a good idea to take walls that were tagged in part on them. after getting a letter signed and -- uc-berkeley said ok. we started painting in 2010 and we continue to this day. over 30 artists have worked free. it is a community driven projects. the time, talent and energy of the artists who have grown up in the lower heat. and in many cases grown famous. 55 laguna is on haight street. it is the main artery for the lower and upper hate. the majorit

of van ness and market. we are easily accessible by public transportation. we also take complaints over the phone, and we also have an answering service on the weekends and in the evenings when we are closed. we can received complaints by e- mail and fax. you can file a complaint by your district police station and personnel will forward the complete to us. the staff is quite diverse, and they speak several languages including cantonese, amanda needed -- mandarin in spanish. two of our investigators are spanish speakers, which are important because the largest number of non-english interviews are in spanish. four languages other than we mentioned, we will obtain services. last year we conducted 28 cases in spanish, 5 in cantonese come in one in mandarin. and as i said earlier this evening, if anyone would like additional information, see your investigator reaching the senior investigator is here to answer your questions. thank you very much. that concludes my remarks. >> we will give an opportunity to ask qu

supervisors on a cost recovery basis, you will be happy to know, managing our heaviest corridors, van ness, south of market to direct traffic, and we also met some people, since it was moving 24 hours, to move people, and the project was finished early, and i think we're going to start budgeting a couple of extra years in all of our project so that we can and them early. -- end them early. we had no complaints, so i thought it was pretty good. a pretty significant closure can go off without any adverse impact in san francisco. next, we, this is something i started working on in my last job, which is the repaving of mission street, it down in the mission. the work to pay for this, this is a coordinated project between the pc -- puc, dpw, and us. it is very important as a corridor for us and for the city, so we are working very hard with the other agencies to do adequate outreach and planning to make sure the process goes smoothly, but very important infrastructure work for us to get done, so we will have re-routes. many will operate on south or red -- south van ness, so many of the buses wi

you are now on item 10 for 1245 south van ness avenue. >> good afternoon, commissioners. brittany bendix, planning department staff. this is a request for a conditional use authorization to pursue a retail grocery store doing business as fresh and easy. this is within the nc-3 and rh-1 districts, 40-x/50-40-x height. this will divide into a grocery store and a commercial retail space. this involves removal of approximately 16 off-street parking space, and we will reconfigure the law to provide 45 parking spaces, bicycle spaces, and to improve traffic flow. this was originally scheduled on february 23. the commission moved to continue this item to today at the request of supervisor campos, to allow a project sponsored to meet with opponents in the hope a compromise could be negotiated. my understanding is that meeting was scheduled for last night. however, it was canceled earlier this week at the request of the project if opponents. i have some e-mails that have been presented to me. i have copies i can pass out to you. they are divided by letters of support and opposition

item d, it is right off of van ness. it is primarily in an area that is dominated by office space. there is one residential area behind the building. >> good evening, this is svetlana poryes, the owner of myself stro. i'm here as a consultant to help with some of the english. >> ok. >> with her or with us? >> i'll leave that up to you, sir. now, welcome, welcome. and do you want to give us a little background on the club, maybe? >> certainly, it's not a club. i guess first and foremost, it's a restaurant that will, knock wood, be open here in about a week or 10 days with soft openings. we're sort of trying to recapture the spirit that stars had originally brought to the restaurants. the owner, ms. poryes, and her director of operations, have also been doing catering for a number of years for large functions. and they operate a side bakery business that operates at a lot of different farmers markets and a lot of wholesale. they took the facility over with the hopes of, again, bringing back the higher quality of food that that location has always been known for, as well as offering t

the president's budget also includes a proposal to fund central subway at $150 million and also van ness vrt. if there are not any questions, i will turn this over. >> thank you. there are four or five bills i want to draw your attention to, but before i do that, there are two quick updates. ab 57, which deals with the mtc membership was amended last week. it does now include the requirement that the member be a resident of san francisco subject to approval by the mayor. commissioner weiner: i will just say, it also -- it previously put a cap of 3 members per county, which would have allowed alameda county to have four members for the next three years, and we strip that out of the bill as well. commissioner chiu: i am happy to talk further about that if that is something will want to do. >> the other measure is the long expected caltrain sales tax. they have not identified to outside folks would vehicle they would tend to and put the language into, but they are on track to get it done later this month. commissioner weiner: on that matter, i think it is really important that we very caref

me to put them into the public record, but we can reasonably expect in-public response from 140 van nessve been like to see a table today, but if it is not turned down by the board of supervisors tomorrow, but it is reasonable to ask people about vested interests. the answer always comes back as a note. also, the contract year is very slippery. as it now stands, this contract will be administered by kit -- administered by caltrans. it may be permissible to go beyond 20 by 60, but this contract, i have been after the billboard industry for years and stranger things have happened. alerting the system to digital -- digital billboards. this is just a flavor of the type of pressure is behind there. if it will be 20 x 60, it should read that way. the city stands to make a lot more money if illumination is somehow permitted through our local procedures. there will not be a lot of worry over the relocation permit process, when all of a sudden you thought you did not sign anything, but we have. i did not want to go beyond my allotted time to indicate that this is contrary to broader policy perspe

shuttle buses will run between circle and van ness.ou can expect 20 minutes delays every line but the green mind. -- green line. be a very niceto weekend. in other warmup coming our way next week. -- and other warm up coming our week.xt this is arlington, looking across the city. nothing but clear skies. it is going to get chilly tonight. the winds have been gusting. 46 degrees on the boardwalk. the beaches are going to get crowded. t of folks are waiting for the warmer weather. 67 degrees at reagan national airport. around a winds blowing of tree pollen. 741 is the count. the wins will be able letter tomorrow. -- winds will be a little tomorrow. pittsburgh, 34 in detroit. the coldest air will shift to the east. us tonightill help theuse that will keep temperatures from dropping too far. temperatures are a good 16 than they were this time yesterday. starting to warm up a little thewhen he gets into central plains and midwest. former weather is heading here. -- the warmer weather is heading here. high pressure will move over here tonigh

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here is a live look from the roof on van ness avenue instead francisco. >>darya: we are tracking the storm in the bay area, you can see this stretch of cars at the approach to the bay bridge. it doesn't look like it is pouring rain just yet but there is a lot of puddling. look at the golden gate, even with a little bit of traffic you have to drive slower. the visibility is not great. the wind is kicking up and the rain is picking up as well. >>justine: the president has welcomed the british prime minister david cameron to the white house. here is president obama and david cameron. they did a tour of the white house lawn. a very formal state visit is taking place today. they went to an n.c.a.a. game yesterday and now they will have lunch and dinner at the white house. that does include a joint press conference as their welcoming all of the fans that are there. i will be back with an update as soon as we get more information into the kron4 news room. >>mark: here is a live look as we're checking out conditions around the bay and watching the james lick. rai

item d, it is right off of van ness. it is primarily in an area that is dominated by office space. there is one residential area behind the building. >> good evening, this is svetlana poryes, the owner of myself stro. i'm here as a consultant to help with some of the english. >> ok. >> with her or with us? >> i'll leave that up to you, sir. now, welcome, welcome. and do you want to give us a little background on the club, maybe? >> certainly, it's not a club. i guess first and foremost, it's a restaurant that will, knock wood, be open here in about a week or 10 days with soft openings. we're sort of trying to recapture the spirit that stars had originally brought to the restaurants. e

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item d, it is right off of van ness. it is primarily in an area that is dominated by office space. there is one residential area behind the building. >> good evening, this is svetlana poryes, the owner of myself stro. i'm here as a consultant to help with some of the english. >> ok. >> with her or with us? >> i'll leave that up to you, sir. now, welcome, welcome. and do you want to give us a little background on the club, maybe? >>ta

item d, it is right off of van ness. it is primarily in an area that is dominated by office space. there is one residential area behind the building. >> good evening, this is svetlana poryes, the

in terms of fiscal impact, the contract will be funded with the $750 termination fee from 100 van ness allowed by the new building at 1455 market street. with that, i would like to recommend an award to rossi builders inc. for the construction contract. i am happy to answer any questions and we have a representative year from rossi builders to answer questions. supervisor wiener: any questions? any public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. can we take item no. 3 without objection? that will be the order. item #4. >> item #4. recommend authorizing the executive director to execute a memorandum of agreement with the office of economic and workforce development for a one-year period with two additional one- year extension options, in an amount not to exceed $167,700, for citybuild services to promote workforce development for phase ii of the presidio parkway project and authorizing the executive director to negotiate the agreement terms and conditions. supervisor wiener: thank you. for the record, commissioner david chiu will be joining us for the last item in commissioner

in the green room of the veterans building on van ness avenue, there will be sunshine and ethics training for city officials. while it may sound routine, it is an important issue, particularly for commissions like rec and park. i want to encourage senior staff and fellow commissioners to attend. with that, let's proceed with the agenda. i have a couple of commissioners want to comment. >> i just want to report to the commission one of our longtime patrons of our parks, member of the portsmouth board, louis passed away. i would request that when we adjourned, we do so in her memory. >> i am on the committee for the community opportunity fund. we have had our first meeting on that. for those of you that would like to apply for those funds, please contact our planning department. thank you. >> is there any public comment on the president's report? item 3 is general manager's report. >> good morning, managers. spring program registration begins on march 3. summer day camp registration begins on march 17. we ask everyone to log on to our website to browse our catalog of classes for the entire

change this so that signs in rc districts, some of the most dense neighborhoods, tenderloin and van ness, would be regulated under section 601, which regulates signs in nc districts. taking the mixed views nature of the rc districts. signs for gas stations. they're allowed to project 10 feet above the roof line on the buildings. as far as i know, this is the only use that allows that. so the legislation would take that provision now. they would still be allowed to be freestanding sciencigns that project. number 8, the embarcadero -- the legislation would include the embarcadero in the scene extreme special sign district. this prohibits general advertising signs to be placed on the embarcadero. the city does not allow new ones, but you can transfer one from a different part of the city to another part where it is permitted. this would prohibit that from happening. it also limits signs to 200 scurvy. in general, the department sort -- supports this provision in. this might have an ax to the america's cup or another event that was to place signs on the embarcadero. we can perhaps get an exc

tomorrow night at the war memorial building in the green room just across the street, across van ness avenue. please come, and you will learn what the dutch experts and what our local experts and stakeholders think we need to make san francisco a truly great bicycling city, which i am sure we can do. thank you so much for coming today. we appreciate your enthusiasm and hope to see you tomorrow night. [applause] >> the right to vote s to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it wa

from the 101 of van ness.ervisor wiener: say that development went up that blocked it, or caltrans changed its rules in the future, under the contract would become expendable? >> it would permit up to the 28 by 99. yes, dan is here as well. there would be a review required at the city level. supervisor wiener: what would that be? >> supervisors, good afternoon. this is a somewhat unusual question. but in general terms, this accommodates a certain size and, going forward, should caltrans amend its permit, the review would be a verification of our records that the city did authorize conventions with them but the assignment was being restored to. >> i do not have any reason to believe that caltrans to be our control -- control or that there would be a monster building across from the freeway where they were asked to approve caltrans, if for whatever reason that would change, they may authorize a larger size? >> the permit, in a regulatory capacity, the apparatus would allow for that larger size. supervisor wiener

luke's hospital in the mission and a new pacific medical center on van ness. the mayor says the new hospitals will double the number of seismically safe hospital beds and says it will inject $2.5 billion into the san francisco economy through construction and other community benefits everyone the mayor did acknowledge it took months of negotiations to secure this project. >> had some interesting challenges but ones we think we've mitigated with both traffic and housing impact and safe routes to and from the hospital and mitigation around the areas and the corridors. >> reporter: now the next step on this project will come from the mayor's office up there. the mayor will be intrope duesing the proposal to the board of supervisors the first week of april. the board of supervisors are expected to have a series of issues. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the suspect in the san francisco mass killing will be in court at 1:30 this afternoon. luc is accused of killing five people all found dead inside a home on. investigators say they believe the family living -- on fr

while you are driving and he made a left turn from bay on to van ness.k this out, she talked her way out of the no return ticket. >>officer: we will let out a window. her way into a text in ticket by arguing the semantics of what handsfree means. she also told the officer to write out on a piece of paper what he started doing. who does that? the guy who got stopped in the beginning of this segment. >> i watch your show, i like your show but i will not watch any more after this. >>vicki: if you have a comment or story idea for >>stanley: e-mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m. all around the nation, attributes to a slain 17 year-old. will show you why the death of treyvon martin is touching a nerve in we will take a look at compensation for the loss of life in afghanistan and we will show you the latest high-tech satiric. the cost if you want less, you can always have less, but i like having a lot more a lot more than having a lot less. and the more more i have, the more i like having more. and that's exactly what i get at embassy suites. more post-m

police are questioning the driver to itch and killed a pedestrian while he or she was walking between van ness and franklin. police say the victim was not in a crosswalk. the driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with officers >> tomorrow class kids foundation will organized searches for 15 year-old sierra lamar of morgan hill. the girl's mother has asked the organization to get involved. last night friends and family held the biggest vigil so far for the missing teenager. her mother thanked supporters last night >> it is amazing how everybody is coming together and the sierra will be so amazed because i'm saving all this stuff because she will come back safely and now want her to see how much she is loved. thank you. >> police search and rescue units and volunteers conducted the fourth and largest search for syrup over the weekend. >> city leaders are calling for calm in sanford florida a month after trayvon martin was shot to death. there was a town hall meeting. the community remembered the 17 year-old who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. mourners wore hooded sweat shirts l

mta started paying for its real estate once it moved into one south van ness to work order to real-estate versus a rent line item. all the sudden we went up by something like $5 million for the real estate. our real estate costs went down. they shifted into the work order line item. i think there are other examples like that. i think at one point, the proposed work order budget was something up around $80 million. there were reductions made to get it down to the old level it is today. the one exception to what i have been talking about is the one youris the portion that goes toe police department your eg. i cannot speak to the history and when it was funded by the police department, but that is a policy decision that it would be funded by the transportation department. git is a clear legitimate expene that should be paid. the traffic enforcement has been a policy called. i do not think there is disputes that we need five service. it is a matter of who pays for it, and if it were up to our budget it would be an $9 million and addition of your your -- $9 million ad edition. that is not some

i have seen this typically on the two buses i ride, the 38th and van ness. typically does not happen during commuting hours because they need a lot of space. that is the sum of my comments. >> thank you. next speaker. >> as always, a new wrinkle in san francisco. all of the park station officers here tonight, captain, thank you for bringing the commission meeting to park district. i am the chair of the steering committee of the blend of vista neighborhood committee. we serve 4500 households around the area. we have about 400 paying members of the time. i'm also honored to serve on park station's community advisory board, and to be the representative on the city-wide cpab, part of the department of community relations you did. barry police captain feeney has been assigned to the park station. excited about the many fresh ideas that he is bringing. you saw a summary of them tonight. and that is just within a few -- a few weeks. especially his focus on the equal approach to enforcement of rules and behavior among vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. what a nove

let's have a live look outside, corner of van ness and wisconsin.still have some pretty good winds out there. they are going to really blow tomorrow. 55 right now. pressure today 30.36 inches of mercury. most of us are going to end up in the 50s tonight for lows. windy and warmer tomorrow. wet thursday night. that's kind of g. most of the showers will be confined to the nighttime hours on thursday. we will be in pretty good shape on friday. we will be breezy and cooler, then saturday is going to be a little bit on the chilly side. in fact, lower temperatures just a shade also on saturday. remember tuesday, yesterday, that's what saturday is going to be like. bright to brisk, as we say. here's the future could. tomorrow morning sunshine, no problems at all, dry for the commute. by afternoon you can certainly walk to lunch, a few scattered clouds. there could be some showers at hagerstown and in the mountains but not in the immediate metro area. even by 6:00 p.m. on thursday here come the showers. we'll see some showers across most of the metro area.