it does not take the place for venues and venue owners, managers, to choose their promoters likely -- to choose their performers -- promoters cautiously. you are still running around bar and security team. those are required. so, the answer is no. ok? >> [inaudible] >> it is not capable of editorial. i do none know that that would be a good thing, necessarily. it speaks to the need for you guys to speak to one another as well. because this is a person business, out of people business, we would be in an awkward position. and as always, as you might remember, this commission was a big experiment. this is also an experiment of sorts. we have never done this before, a way to know who is out there and somehow we will give you feedback in the process. >> [inaudible] >> white. let's -- >> right. >> [inaudible] >> maybe we should put this up here, somewhere link. we should probably do that. it is a fairly specific nightclub promoter definition. it is not supposed to be people in the park singing happy birthday to each other. it is very specific. we do not want to make it such that it starts w

they are talking about making sure that every venue had the same language, looking venue. wd idea, it is uniform, people see it. not only in north beachx%gsj maybe city wide. the next is temporary taxis jones in and around clubs on the weekends. it is 2:00 in the morning. it is hard to get a cab. if we could put in temporary tax rezones friday and saturday night, it would be easier for people to find cabs to and from then use. last, more light. i know we talked about cities, areas where there is a lot of venues packed into a few blocks. they will actually bring in temporary light towers. the last thing is organization. as venues, it is really important that you come together, whether it be in cmac, or your smaller organizations, so you can work together, have one voice to work with city government. >> that is a perfect segue. i was in the group with south of market, bayview. we talked a lot about organization, communication with the police department's. something that i wrote down that i did not even know, if you feel like you need to call the police, you should. if you do

it is a small venue. only 1200 square feet including the kitchen. >> no one paid me personally to do anything in her part. there are occasional one night permits she is done. it is very lengthy so she can have some of these birthday parties, that is what she is talking about. president newlin: any other questions by the commission? any public comment? my the concern is if we keep getting these places of entertainment that are so good that will put [unintelligible] out of work. >> i am the building owner along with my brother. we have owned the building for over 12 years and had a couple of tenants down there and during that time, i have not had one complaint from my residence upstairs. i have not had any petitions from the city telling me to make sure the garbage cans are brought in off the sidewalk. debbie has been nothing but a model tenant, she has run nothing but a complete professional operation. being born and raised in the city and being older than i look, i have seen how sometimes the city has enc

i think the the venue deserves people like this. i hope you give them that chance. they are solid from what i can see. >> [gavel] >> president chiu: good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting f >> good evening. i would like to clarify the comments made by the proposed applicants. we did meet with them, we were very disturbed about what w they had to say. we saw their menu. it is like a bar snacks menu and they told us they would be reducing that and i do not know what they're going to serve that is less than what i have. it would be a bag of potato chips, maybe. president mazzucco: looking at the same menus i am looking at? >> these were presented to us. they never changed -- unless they changed. president mazzucco: i want to make sure we're on the same page. >> the largest item was a hamburger. president mazzucco: there is two pages there. >> right. they would be reducing this. this is permitted as a full- service restaurant. not a bar, and it is not a nightclub. what we are requesting, we stand united in asking that this entertainmen

he did not reopen the venue and has since transferred ownership. i believe they are in possession but they are not operating -- they are almost done with the their permits. today, based on an incident that occurred halloween evening, essentially, and and around the permanent venue had john collins said 138 ministry, the incident resulted in an aggravated assault and the security plan violations. staff and the permit officer met with the permit holders today to discuss the police report that was quite lengthy and the security breaches. i will be issuing a director's order to impose conditions on john collins pursuant to police cut a section 1060. that will be done - -police c -- poliecce code section 1060. that will be done and hopefully we will have no problems again. that concludes my report. president newlin: you will see in your packets, two pages, one for tonight and also won for the twenty fifth of october which was the last meeting. you'll see a few of the things we are currently looking into complaints wise. -- complaint-wise. a west trigger

in the development of the america's cup venue. what this describes in brief is that we have completed and have operational the power hookups at 27 and 29. because it will also use that same venue, the port is also looking at removing it for temporary periods, and the terminal itself, the shell, will be reconstructed. there will be demolition of the existing pier structure, reconstruction of the pier and once the america's cup is over, it will be used as the terminal for the cruise ships. during that construction time and the use of the shell of the building, the power component will not be operational. it will need to be removed. we met our obligations in that partnership project and expects to continue to partner with them as it gets three developed and posts in the construction of the terminal used by america's cup . >> that will be when? >> demolition is expected to occur in january of 2012 at pier 27. the new cruise terminal will start construction in the spring of 2012. the show is expected to be complete by december of 2012,

the venue was violating their good neighborhood policy. and we updated their reviced security plan from fluid. and -- revised their security plan from fluid. one was how to deal with altercations meaning pushing both parties insued outside into the street is not the smartest thing to do and two, aparently, party buses, there's up to three party buses involved in the altercation that evening. and so we wanted an update on their policy, around party buses. they were going to no longer allow party buses at their venue. we'll continue to watch them and follow up on them to see if that is actually the case. officer mathias is here from central and he'll talk about some of the issues that have happened in central station. one that i will bring up is the ambassador club which was an issue the club had with two patrons. security escorted the patrons out in the process one of the security guards was punched in the face, actually had his known broken. once they got patrons outside, it escalated to a threat of violence and coming back and shooting pe

they're trying to change the course of a spacecraft headed for venus. they want to put the akatsuki probe into orbit around the planet in four years. the japan aerospace exploration agency, jaxa, failed to redirect akatsuki. the probe had some engine trouble. it's now circling the sun. engineers thought they could make another attempt at putting akatsuki into orbit by 2015 at the earliest. they gave up when they discovered the probe's main engine was more badly damaged than they thought. now they hope to use smaller engines to drive the probe into a different orbit that also circles venus. engineers at a control center near tokyo thrust four smaller engines tuesday for about ten minutes. they'll do the same thing two more times this month. >> translator: i think we could thrust the probe's engines as scheduled. everything seemed completely normal. we're united in trying to make akatsuki japan's first spacecraft to enter the venus orbit. >> project members say akatsuki won't be able to observe venus as originally planned. still they'll push ahead to enab

they are trying to change the course of a spacecraft head forward venus. they want to put the katsuki probe around the plan net four years. the japan aerospace exploration agency jaxa failed last december to redirect akatsuki. it's now circling the sun. engineers thought they could make another attempt at putting it into orbit. they discovered the probe's main engine was more badly damaged than they thought. nuthey hope to use smaller engines to drive the probe into a different orbit that also circles venus. engineers at a control center near tokyo thrust four smaller engines tuesday for about ten minutes. they'll do the same thing two more times this month. >> translator: i think we could thrust the probe's engines as scheduled. everything seemed completely normal. we're united in trying to make akatsuki japan's first spacecraft to enter the venus orbit. >> project members say akatsuki won't be able to observe venus as originally planned. still, they'll push ahead to enable observations with some scientific significance. >>> women across india are fightin

they are trying to change the course of a spacecraft headed for venus. they want to put the "akatsuki" probe into orbit. jaxa failed to redirect "akatsuki." the probe had some engine trouble. it's now circling the sun. engineers thought they could make another attempt at putting "akatsuki" into orbit by 2015 at th earliest. they gave up when they discovered the probe's main engine was more badly damaged than they thought. now they hope to use smaller engines to drive the probe into orbit that also circles venus. engineers at a control center near tokyo thrust four smaller engines tuesday for ten minutes. they will do the same thing two more times this month. >> translator: i think we could thrust the probe's engines as scheduled. everything seemed completely normal. we are united in trying to make "akatsuki" japan's first spacecraft to enter the venus orbit. >> project members say they "akatsuki" will not be able to observe venus as originally planned. still they'll push ahead to enable observations with some scientific significance. >>> japan has decide

i will leave the venue description to david. implementation plans, talk a little bit about the transportation strategy and go into question and answer. so there are three main parties to the host and a new agreement that the city signed in december 2010. city and county of san francisco, the america's cup event a 40 -- this is a group that is managing the planning for the event on land, and the america's cup organizing -- excuse me -- yes, organizing committee, a 501c3 which has been established locally to help the authority to obtain sponsorships and also to raise money to help offset some of the city's costs in planning for and executing the event. there is a fourth organization -- america's cup race management. that is the group that is really looking at designing the on- water racing activities and officiating the racing. there is quite a buildup that we are witnessing to the 2013 event. the ac 45 catamarans i talked about earlier are in the process of a world series series of events at different locations around the world.

be complete by december of 2012, and it is that show that will be used by american's cup for that venue. and the completion of the events, the cruise terminal short of power will be reinstalled in the fall to winter of 2013. and we will have the cruise terminal, the park and landscaped area around it, finishing off the improvements and complete the spring of 2014. we'll be opening the cruise terminal with power reinstalled by march of 2014. >> it will be two years not operational. >> there was a concern about how long that was going to take, so the march of 2014, they are trying to speed that up. the races are september of 2013. you can only speed it up so far. >> we have one speaker card. >> i am program director, a marine conservation and public health advocacy organization. i am here, first of all, to thank you for reviewing the staff of the project at the pier is 27 and 29. i follow the process very closely and there was a huge amount of support for the environmental community for the project and for the public funding. i've personally attended the unveiling of that property by 2010

they will show up to the venue, they will deny them had amendments -- admittance and they'll drop them off anyway. >> is there anyway we can approach that if it is causing problems? >> all right. >> do you have documentation about your neighborhood connection now reach -- outreach? >> there is more with the voice of broadway, a group that has been put together to deal with some of these problems. i don't have anything from the board member and telegraph dwellers. what else do we have on there? the north beach chamber is broken up. stefano is in the audience. we will have some discussions with him. there is a new group forming in the area, the north beach business association that is kind of a mixing of the old chamber with the the business owners -- some of the business owners. we have pretty much talked to some of the business owners there. we have made of reach to all those people. >> in what way did you do that? talk one-on-one, a meeting? >> and you want to speak a little bit about that? >> of the voice of broadway is basically the business owners on broadway trying to improve and

they will be even more respectful of the venue than they would have been perhaps in different situations. i suspect that once the music shutdown, people will make an exit to reasonably quickly. >> 20 minutes, half an hour? >> i can't predict, but i can't imagine it would be any more than that. >> do you expect for the doors to be closed by 11:00? or do you expect to have the doors open until after 11:00? >> i think we are allowed a certain amount of time for people to exit the venue but would like the flexibility to have the music on until 11:00. people would exit between 15 minutes at 30 minutes. president newlin: i think since they did not reach the neighborhood and nobody has issued -- if it gets to be a problem, we can revisit its for the future ones. i think it should go to 11:00. >> i have one more question about placement of speakers. have you looked into how to mitigate sound the best cayou c? >> as i mentioned earlier, the event will be tented. we understand it might rain, so we are fortunate. the speakers are position towards the inside of the enclosure. i think coupled with --

>> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel with a word about the venus embrace razor. if there's one thing i know a thing or two about, it's women. human women. women typically shave 18 times more surface area than men and some of those areas can be tricky but still a lot of women think they get a better shave from a man's razor. sadly, they are wrong. to prove it, i brought in a guinea pig, my aunt chippy. hello, aunt chippy. >> well, i may be a guinea, but i ain't no pig. for sure. >> jimmy: aunt chippy shaved one of her legs with a men's razor and the other with the curvy, easy-to-grip-in-the-shower venus embrace with five curve-hugging blades and a ribbon of moisture for a smooth glide. may i examine the results? >> yeah, you can examine them, but i wish you weren't my nephew. >> jimmy: this is the venus leg is very smooth. the other leg is -- i think i'm bleeding. it's like a cactus. >> probably. >> jimmy: you could shred carrots with that leg. >> well, just be careful, only touch this one. >> jimmy: how did you even leave your house with a leg like that? >> it wa

capital of museums it's no surprise considering there were hundreds of very different exhibition venues open in the city to case later there are even moon museums open to the public and exploring the wide range of us amazing and side service subjects. first up is experiment tamia located in the north of moscow if you think science and fun do not get together in this museum aims to prove you wrong featuring over two hundred interactive exhibits the idea behind the project is to demonstrate the science and technology of the world around us in an engaging and exciting way and that it certainly does its hands on no it's hands off ever wants to see how babies develop in the womb or perhaps how electricity of friction works. the interactive puzzles and visual illusions will exist in this it is for ours as for this mirror the use of reflection in lights is not always creates a flattering image which in movies one of our exhibits demonstrate many laws of physics such as the micro nomics optics and acoustics children can learn and it's. theory and science and it's principles in an entertaining w

there is a picture of the venue to the right. so this is where he buys his tickets. two tickets, $85 each. two service charges, $17.85 each. standard delivery is $220.70. he gets a receipt, but from i tickets center .com. >> it is a company that has designed hundreds of websites that are designed to mislead consumers that they are buying from the actual venue, when they are buying from a broker at considerable markups. >> here are some of them, i ticket center tells me "we are not trying to mislead anyone. " it says, "we target utilized websites to present to the user exactly what they are looking for" and right there on the front page is a disclosure. it readses in part, "you are buying tickets from a third party." the site is not affiliated with any box office team. >> i don't think it is enough. they are basically sending out an imposter website with the vendor's name included in the url. if that is the first thing a consumer sees or types in to tuck into the fine print that it has nothing to do with the venue whose name is in the url is not enough and it is highl

there is a picture of the venue to the right. so this is where he buys his tickets.ickets, $85 each. two service charges, $17.85 each. standard delivery is $220.70. he gets a receipt, but from i tickets center .com. >> it is a company that has designed hundreds of websites that are designed to mislead consumers that they are buying from the actual venue, when they are buying from a broker at considerable markups. >> here are some of them, i ticket center tells me "we are not trying to mislead anyone. " it says, "we target utilized websites to present to the user exactly what they are looking for" and right there on the front page is a disclosure. it readses in part, "you are buying tickets from a third party." the site is not affiliated with any box office team. >> i don't think it is enough. they are basically sending out an imposter website with the vendor's name included in the url. if that is the first thing a consumer sees or types in to tuck into the fine print that it has nothing to do with the venue whose name is in the url is not enough and it is highly misl

tennis now on venus williams will hold all the bragging rights of the family thanksgiving table this week after beating her younger sister serena in an exhibition match the thirty one year old who hadn't played since september shaking off the rust with aplomb in colombia the spike no major being at stake for the grand slam sopranos this much turned out to be a pretty competitive but it was venus those who would take the open said six forward to seize the early to judge but the fire under serino with the thirty year old racing to a five three lead in the second venus who are fighting back to raise the deficit and take a contest six four seven six both sisters showing potential upcoming opponents call it despite having been in the pro game almost two decades apiece the. team astray made an impressive early charge for glory at the golf world cup brendan jones and richard green leaving are in town scotland by two strokes after the opening day admission holds the jewel the only purpose of post two eagles in the opening round here is jones taking one of those on the twelfth hole as truly h

tennis now on venus williams will hold all the bragging rights at the family thanksgiving table this week after beating her younger sister serena in an exhibition match the thirty one year old who hadn't played since september shipping off the rest with aplomb in colombia the spite at no major being at stake for the grand slam supreme us that much turned out to be a pretty competitive battle it was venus though who would take the open set six four to seize the early initiatives that lit a fire under serino with the thirty year old racing to a five three lead in the second venus however fighting back to raise the deficit and take the contest six four seven six both sisters showing potential up in the pool is that they have still got it this game in the pro game for almost two decades apiece. quite extraordinary team astraea have made an impressive early charge for glory at the golf world cup brendan jones and richard green leaving ireland and scotland by two strokes after the opening day mission builds the jewel they only purchase close to eagles in the opening rounds here is jones se

website with the venue's name in the url. if that is the first thing the consumer sees or types in to tuck into the fine print, it has nothing to do with the venue whose name is in the url is not nearly enough. >> the company says we actually include on every web page the complete tirms and conditions which provide further details. these terms and conditions are also present on the checkout page and must be opted in by the user. >> and that brings us back to chang. believing he paid what was double, he called and requested a refund, buts was told that wasn't possible. >> he said if you want you can sell your -- resell your ticket on your website or whatever. >> so you can do it to someone else? >> well he said in the old days tickets had one price. that's no longer true. be sure to shop for price and quality. >>> next, going back in time with jack kennedy. coming up, through the eyes of some of his best friend, chris matthews talks about his book. >> and an amazing view from outerspace. >> and hi, everyone. i'm leigh glaser.

what is it like to play a more intimate venue? >> i have to say i'm enjoying it. if i had to flip the coin for the two, i like to play stadiums. i will never do it but i love the stadiums. >> you say you're never going to do it. do you think that is all behind you, the massive rock star phase of your life? >> i think so, yeah. yeah. i don't think i got -- you know? i don't think i'll ever get to play stadiums. >> reporter: gallagher says there is liberation in being the boss and in not having to deal

will be, spectator venues. i think we heard plenty of comments on those fronts so we are working to develop the appropriate set of answers to make that the whole picture come together. >> do you have an idea how much has been spent on this so far? >> how much the city has spent? under this year's budget there was an proposition of $12 million to match the incoming $12 million. we have spent i would say approximately $3 million to $4 million thus far. that is from a wide range of activities including staff time and environmental review and another consultant related to that. that is where we're at this point. we foresee that over the course of the full set of planning activities we would likely use th that, use a larger amount of that in this fiscal year but it is not clear until we have gone through those processes further. >> you said you had $12 million to match kerry's? >> it is not a match. >> it is eventually adjust set. >> exactly. >> [inaudible] continue with the event but use public funds? >> the decisi