market to deal with the 10 van ness.the hub should not be the place. the hub has buses coming through it on five or six buses. maybe a lot more in the afternoon. there will be the demand in san francisco. for us to figure out how we're going to provide housing for people that need housing in san francisco. maybe some of the things that should be asked, the developer to provide is when the housing is occupied, where do those residents work? we have to do a better job of getting that information and developers need to be told, especially in areas like this in the hub. to provide that information and feedback, to tell the developer right up front, we're building housing for san francisco. we're not building housing for cupertino, mountain view. thank you. >> thank you. this was informational. commissioners? commissioner koppel. >> commissioner koppel: there's couple of words i may use more frequently. i'm thrilled to see the project in front of us is taking the sustainability as seriously as they should. going for lead gold

. >> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was i

i do believe that eventually, you know, that the transit will work on van ness. and, you know, this is temporary, but the use is much longer so i totally support this project. and thank you for being respectful of the architecture of the building upon. >> i'm supportive for many of the same reasons and i think that it's odd to put a plaque on here to talk about the car dealership. but, i'm in supportive of keeping the roll-up doors and i think they talk back to that as an auto use more than a plaque would. so i'm fine with the project and i think that it's a good re-used and it will keep as commissioner moore said the roll-up doors intact. commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: when people take over this building they are building in obligations for proper maintenance of windows and materials when you move forward. so the windows fail five years from now, and the current occupant would be obligated to execute any restoration of when those windows to the standards that come with representing historic buildings, correct? >> yeah. yes. this is a resource. it's a

wheelchair users will be directed to the elevators at castro and van ness or f line streetcar service. this is one of the projects that is part of the muni elevator modernization safety project where we're replacing 11 older elevators. this is the second project to go. that entire body of work is anticipated to take about four years and it started last year. and then finally we have a couple of utility cabinet that are undergoing work. i mentioned this because it does require trenching around the church street market into both areas where we're installing underground electrical equipment that will help essentially reduce the power outages and shutdowns that occur for the j. church line. hopefully, this work will make sure this is more reliable. and that concludes my report. >> chair heinicke: thank you. directors, any questions for director hsu before we go to public comment? seeing none, i have a few, if i may ask. on the van ness incident, thank you for the report and the speed of the report, getting it to us that quickly. two questions. i assume that we're going to do what we can t

beginning in 1959 for four years inside the kpix5 studios on van ness and greenwich in san franciscotwist, yea! >> reporter: -- we threw a big old party, a dance party. >> our parents would drive us every day. >> i remember kpix. i remember the building, the studio. >> it was exciting was different. >> we had good music. >> that was a full gainer. >> reporter: host, debonair dick stewart. six days a week, 1 1/2 hours each day, kpix5 broadcast an afternoon tv show that featured teens dancing to music. they flocked to our studios from all over the bay area. >> and we had what we called regulars. those were the kids that we particularly liked and were asked to come back again and again and again. >> reporter: two regulars, joey and joanna, they grew up doing ballroom dance and ballet. >> my sister and i were professionals. we'd been dancing at the san francisco ballet and a dance studio called house of leon. >> reporter: one day kpix5 invited them to dance on the show and they wowed them. >> that one dance generated so much fan mail that the producers asked us if we would be on the show

the 1660 and 1680 properties which were used to help fund the 49 south van ness project. >> supervisor peskin: welcome to new member haney. i want to thank you and your staff john gavin for meeting with me earlier and these are not questions about the rezoning but questions around the purchase and sale agreement and the appraisal i wanted to determine for the record and hopefully with some evidence for the record that the highest best use in the appraisal was for c3g or office if you will and that was set forth in the purchase and sale agreement. >> thank you for meeting with us earlier supervisor. it was our pleasure to speak with you this morning and to your question, based upon your inquiry, we did go back and look at both the purchasing sale agreement and the appraisal. we believe there are evidence in both of those documents that support your assumption and your assertion. i would first going to the appraisal report, the report was done by -- they indicated they used the comparable sale approach. if i may quote from that report. it says in quote, in the sales comparison approach,

it's so popular that on some weekends... there is a line of cars all the way down to van ness. well now the city is mulling a plan to ease the congestion. it's called the reservation and pricing system. the san francisco county transportation authority is contemplating the idea of charging 5 to 10 dollars for people to drive down this street. 5 dollars on weekdays and 10 on weekends. residents in the area are willing to hear out any idea to ease congestion. sot bernice lee people really really want to see it, 5 bucks is not much for a car but tourists feel differently about imposing a toll on a public road. sot julie caldicott tourist no i think that's far too much. it's not fair. we would come down on our bicycles and enjoy the ride cole wilson sam bradley tourist probably not, yeah not. it's a scenic route and it should stay that way along with the fee... drivers will have to make reservations... which will be spaced out in 30 to 60 minute increments. so instead of cars lined up all the way to van ness... planners estimate there will only be a line of roughly eight cars at a

on weekends you can usually find a line of cars from here all the way to van ness avenue. but now the city is mulling an idea to help ease the traffic 's called the reservation and pricing system, san francisco county transportation authority is contemplating the idea of charging five to $10 for people to drive down the street. $5 on weekdays and 10 on weekends. residents in the area are willing to hear out any idea to ease congestion. >> people really want to go see it, five bucks is not that much per car. >> reporter: tourists feel differently about imposing a toll on the public road. >> i think that's far too much. not fair. we are just coming down on our bicycles. >> probably not. i think it's more of a crowd, it should be open to the public. >> reporter: along with the fee, drivers we'll have to make reservations which will be spaced out in increments. instead of cars lined up to van ness, planners estimate there will be a line of roughly eight cars at a time. the other issue is how to implement the reservation and pricing system. one of the ideas is to install a fast

san francisco i can't wait to be there in march when we cut the ribbon to open the new hospital on van nessnue. i also want to thank harland kelly and the guys and gals at p.u.c. for your work. thank you so much for finally getting this job done, because a randy, not only did he harass the mayor at the time, he harassed every mayor of the board of supervisors, and that is why we finally have got it done, and yes, in less bureaucracy years than typical. i also want to thank the san francisco police department. thank you for so much for the officers who continue to walk the beach and develop relationships with the community on a regular basis. it definitely means a lot to have community policing so that members of our community feel safe when they are walking the streets. thank you to so many folks who are a part of really the driving force. they are the reasons why we, as a city, pay a lot of attention to providing resources to the community, starting with randy shot in the tenderloin housing community clinic, essential safety s.r.o. collaborative, thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >>

this was on van ness at union. as you can see ... it took a street sign down with it -- and traffic in the area was diverted. (pam) thank you for joining us, i'm pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. the storm had deadly consequences as well. we know it was responsible for at least 6 deaths... two of those because of falling trees. a man in marin county was killed while dodging this falling tree. (pam) kron 4's terisa estacio is live in mill valley tonight with the latest on what happened. gerrie kunin, mill valley resident. this is just a difficult time, my heart goes out to them. residents in this small close knit community trying to cope with a such a shocking death - authorities tell kron four news.. that it was around

luke's hospital with sick diabetics so van ness hospital can be filled? >> thank you. next, please. >> my name is kevin barnes and i work with the san francisco annes for housing and justice. i feel frustrated coming to you again about the diabetes center at st. luke's. it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. sutter says the number of hours of diabetic education at st. luke's is the same as before, but that's not true. as dr. diedel said, in the past, there were 3.6 f.t.e.s and now there are 1.4. you heard several months ago from cpmc that they were hiring more educators at st. luke's and now the number is down again. this is deceitful, disappointing and unprofessional and it hurts the care of patients at the st. luke's center. at valencia, there's an r.n. educator three days a week, doesn't speak spanish, and mainly sees pregnant diabetics. they use the phone service. they have interpreters sometimes. yes, it means the class standards, but it isn't the most beneficial way to deliver care, particularly to mono lingual patients and those who are less educated. in fairne

this is a tree that fell on van ness at union. it took a street sign down with it-- and traffic in that area had to be diverted for a time.. (catherine) the storm has left its mark in all kinds of ways... that includes san francisco -- where it was all too easy to spot damage.. kron4's maureen kelly shows us some examples...and the work being doneto clean it up.. workers at the harding park golf course came upon this damage when they showed up at 5am.some of the huge steel poles that hold up the netting around the driving range were bent....likely under the pressure of high winds blowing over the course. and brought half the netting crashing down. a man working for the golf netting company charged with replacing them says he's never seen anything like this. e been under quite bit of strain to push them over like that their steel e old. te y been in the ground for 20+ e old and this is not a normal occurrence at all for suremission street between 4th and 5th streets was shut down to traffic and even pedestrians in some stretches as