warriors obviously just announced a big project here in town but we have been an exciting and vibrant city not only in our neighborhoods but in the city as a whole. i think we all share the values that we want to make sure san francisco continues to be an exciting place to live. i look forward to the conversation. >> thank you so much, supervisor farrell. finally we're going to hear from kate howard, the mayor's bunket director. she's going to give us a brief overview of the process. >> good morning, everybody, thank you mayor lee, thank you, supervisor farrell. my name is kate howard, i'm the mayor's budget director. with i'm going to do is briefly talk to you about some high level elements of san francisco's budget. as i think the mayor and the s*urp both indicated, a budget really does reflect the priorities and the values of a city or of a community. it's also a spending plan just like in your household your budget reflects your spending plan for how you are going to spend the money that you have and then in san francisco and in all public jurisdictions a budget is also a legal documen

people make cities vibrant. not just a couple of device that want -- not just a couple of guys that want to squeeze every dollar they can out of the city and say, hey, this is great for america. that's why you should vote coming up in november. i think these folks are dangerous to this country. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question -- do you trust the coke brothertion and jp morgan chase to save detroit? the or go to our blog and we'll kbring you the results later on in the show. for more, let me bring in the mayor of lansing, michigan, and detroit homeowner lee gaddy. great to have you with us. what do you think of this grand bargain? >> you hit the nail on the head, ed. wall street will look to privatize whatever they can of detroit. these are the same people that sucked $8 trillion out of the economy with the mortgage crisis. they brought us to our knees. cities everywhere. nobody was investing for years and we're just beginning to inch back in cities across america and ye

. >> creating a healthy and vibrant city. if that happens, it's good for us, too. ook at it as an american patriot. this is one of the few cities that hasn't had a renaissance. most of the cities have. if it's done right, maybe they can, too. >> joining us is co-managing partner who has made it out of vegas alive. >> great job out there. >> thank goodness. >> let's talk about -- i think it's a great move. some people say it's a pr move. $100 million, a drop in the bucket. i disagree with that. they're putting money in to stop the urban blight and adding a seed venture orientation to this thing as well. he'll also get some partnership public and privates together. if this does turn around. and if enough money goes in and right tax and social policies, it will be very good for jpmorg jpmorgan. >> it could be a nice cycle. jpmorgan goes in. makes some loans. >> yes. >> and private equity might go in then and buy some of the distressed homes. >> i think there'll be people that may say this thing but i think this is a leading edge sort of move. i know that karen has a hu

the run will showcase everything that makes oakland the vibrant city that it is. >> we have gone out partnered with every major restaurant owner, running club to make it the best it can be. >>> the giants are definitely on right now. in the first quarter of the season for san francisco nothing short of a picnic and as long as matt cain is no longer involved of sandwich making he's ready to join the festivities. the offense delivering in high cuteness factor weather at at that time. down 4-1 in the third. michael morris the rare right- handed homer to right. his tenth of the year. two run shot suddenly it's just 4-3. then two on for buster posey. he cranks one toward the valley. it's a double. it's a 2-run double. as it was and a 5-4 lead and morris continues the inning. just kind of muscles it to center field it will drop in for a base hit. morris what an addition. three for four. three more rbis tonight. giants have won 16 of the last 21. 6-4 final. cain went 6-2/3 wind -- winds up with the victory. the clippers are no longer front page news and after tonight, staple is no longer th

the run will showcase everything that makes oakland the vibrant city that it is. >> we have gone out and partnered with every major restaurant owner, running club to make it the best it can be. >>> the giants are definitely on right now. in the first quarter of the season for san francisco nothing short of a picnic and as long as matt cain is no longer involved of sandwich making he's ready to join the festivities. the offense delivering in high cuteness factor weather at at that time. down 4-1 in the third. michael morris the rare right- handed homer to right. his tenth of the year. two run shot suddenly it's just 4-3. then two on for buster posey. he cranks one toward the valley. it's a double. it's a 2-run double. as it was and a 5-4 lead and morris continues the inning. just kind of muscles it to center field it will drop in for a base hit. morris what an addition. three for four. three more rbis tonight. giants have won 16 of the last 21. 6-4 final. cain went 6-2/3 wind -- winds up with the victory. the clippers are no longer front page news and after tonight, staple is no longe

this vibrant city of 23 million now perceived by many as the rape capitol after the deadly gang rape of a student inside a moving bus in december 2012. the gawking, the groping, there is no doubt walking around in this sprawling capitol taking public transportation is not easy. from a very young age women are taught to be cautious, but the notion that there's a culture of rape in india is simplistic and unjustified. no culture is innately prone to rape. in fact, india ranks behind the united states and europe in the total number of rapes reported, even though india has more people than both of those places combined. of course, women in all cultures often don't report rape. that's what's changing here. december 16th, 2012, was the tipping point. hundreds of deli students have gathered -- >> day by day the protests swelled from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands marching towards india's tower braving water cannons in new delhi's december cold. this was a watershed moment for women in india. security was stepped up, false court set up to deal with sexual assault cases. >> report

significantly over the past years and their success has come at the expense of the city of philadelphia. >> there are vibrantty. now comes the task of luring those middle class people back to a city that is starting to stabilize. gentrification and a flush of jobs from universities like penn, temple and drexel are showing the beginnings of a new middle class. >> my house is the house on the corner. >> greg de stephano is the owner of a cafe. he says gentrification is happening quickly and there's money to be made. >> so this doesn't match the story we have of a hollowed-out philadelphia? >> anything but. i guarantee you they are being gentrified as we speak, people are buying them up. >> as home values, rise, the city has decided to reassess its property taxes, which could be a real problem. greg's property tax has gone through roof so to speak. >> this particular area, they were tripled. 300% increase. >> but it's not just property tax, that is wiping out the struggling middle class. philadelphia has the highest property tax in the country second to bridgeport connecticut. >> the tax are trurs has driven pe

to be some people braving the curfew, but this is downtown bang kong, a normally bustling vibrant 24-hour cityvast majority of thais and tourists alike with abiding by the curfew. >>> the thai army spokesmen has talked to al jazeera. he has denied knowing the whereabouts of the former prime minister. but says other politicians were detained. >> not only has she been detained, but approximately 100-plus politicians that have been involved with the political conflict in thailand has been detained and the reason for that, we just want to give them some chance to think over the issue so that they can be more relaxed and come up with -- and be better off and come up with a good option for themselves and for the country, and the way -- but we look after them, very well, very good treatment, and it will not be very long [ inaudible ] even former prime minister has also been detentioned, we want them to talk to discuss -- >> okay, sorry -- if -- just to be clear, again. if they are all to be talking -- we were under the impression that she was under house arrest. but is not the case? are they being he

are saying in detroit, the proposal local officials are putting out to restore what was once a vibrant cityre than a fifth of properties are plagued with blight. they're going to have to demolish abandoned buildings. the demolition is going to cost the city $2 billion. that includes more than 84,000 structures and vacant lots. nearly half need to be demolished or cleaned immediately because of their condition. >> the tea party pulled off a major victory in texas. in tuesdays run off election, state senator dan patrick beat out incumbent david dewirst, both vying for the spot of lt. governor. he is a rising star in the party. another tea party favorite won the republican nomination for attorney general. the tea party has not fared as well in other states. >> ending the political career of the oldest member of congress, 91, losing his bid for his 18th term the house was beat by the forth 8-year-old, former u.s. attorney. his first term came during the carter administration. >> syria will hold presidential elections next week, but citizens living abroad vote today, costing their vote outside t

>> i hope some we're doing it to grow investments, grow the city and create a healthy vibrant city. >mon says the money will be used to help clean up the city. poppy harlow is covering this story. she has more. >> reporter: good morning, carol. jpmorgan, the wall street giant announcing they're investing $100 million in detroit to help with the bankrupt city's recovery. about 40% will be investment, meaning they expect so make some money back. 60% is philanthropic, basically in the forms of grants. $50 million, half going to community developers trying to turn around struggling neighborhoods in detroit. one of the biggest problems in detroit is all those abandoned homes. $25 million will go toward tackling neighborhood blight. $25 million toward worker training, small business development and a new rail line. ceo jamie dimon says he wants to see the city recover. obviously they're putting their money behind that. detroit is a big customer for jpmorgan. they've been in that city for 80 years, millions of customers there. detroit, when you think about big pictures, this is a city that's

life-threatening dangers, and small coastal villages in alaska as well as some of our biggest, most vibrant cities like l.a., used in, or, as we saw in sandy, in the big apple. we show howapter, the lifelines like energy infrastructure and water pipes are a growing risk from sea level rise and storm surges, and we show how nationally important exits are at risk of being repeatedly disrupted by storms or floods. of our show how many most vulnerable populations are more exposed and have fewer options to adapt, and then how coastal habitats that we love and need are at the tipping point of your reversible damage, and what our chapter will also tell you is that coastal managers are also beginning to recognize these dangers and are working hard to find solutions. simple, there are no easy solutions come but, then again, america did not become a great nation because it was easy. what they show us is that we can, with hard work, reduce these risks, work together with foresight for a safer future. thank you. >> well, thank you all and there are not a lot of smiles. of the questions i thought i would ponde

and hire more people and yes pay more taxes and help fund our critical services, and keep this city vibrant and make it even more vibrant, and in terms of the small enterprise work place issue that was raised. first of all as i understand it supervisor cohen went through a lengthy process here agreed to quite a few amendments that were proposed. i'm not a big fan of the negotiate a bunch of changes and for the changes that you didn't get come to the board and ask for the additional changes anyway. legislation is give and take. we don't all get what we want. i have yet to pass a piece of legislation i got everything i wanted and i think what we have here thanks to the good work of supervisor cohen and her office is i think a very good solid piece of legislation. i think it's also important to keep in mind that manufacturing or pdr or whatever we want to call it is not some sort of static thing. it's a spectrum. when you look at what manufacturing is, what production is, what distributions is, what repairs it's not just one thing. it's a flexible spectrum and i think the planning code needs t

in small coastal villages in alaska, some of our most biggest and vibrant cities like l.a., houston or as we saw in sandy, in the big apple. so in our chapter we show how lifelines as roads and bridges and energy infrastructure and water pipes are growing risk from sea level rice and storm surges. we show nationally important assets are at risk of repeatedly disrupted by storms and flood of the we show how many of our most vulnerable populations are more exposed to coastal risks and have fewer options to adapt. how coastal habitats we love and need are tipping point of irreversible damage. what we will also tell you that coastal managers are beginning to recognize these dangers and are working hard to find solutions. clearly there are no simple, easy, solutions but then again america didn't become a great nation because of what's easy. what they show us is that we can with hard work reduce these risks, get better prepared and work together with foresight for a safer future. thank you. >> well, thank you all. i've been looking out beyond those lights. not a lot of smiles. one of the que

life-threatening dangers, and small coastal villages in alaska as well as some of our biggest, most vibrant cities like l.a., used in, or, as we saw in sandy, in the big apple. so in our chapter, we show how the lifelines like energy infrastructure and water pipes are a growing risk from sea level rise and storm surges, and we show how nationally important exits are at risk of being repeatedly disrupted by storms or floods. we also show how many of our most vulnerable populations are more exposed and have fewer options to adapt, and then how coastal habitats that we love and need are at the tipping point of your reversible damage, and what our chapter will also tell you is that coastal managers are also beginning to recognize these dangers and are working hard to find solutions. clearly, there are no simple, easy solutions come but, then again, america did not become a great nation because it was easy. what they show us is that we can, with hard work, reduce these risks, work together with foresight for a safer future. thank you. >> well, thank you all and there are not a lot of smiles. one of the

>> we grow the city, create a healthy, vibrant city. if that happens, it's good for us, too. american patriot, this is one of the few cities that hasn't had a renaissance. most of the cities have. if it's done right tray can have one here, too. >> what do you think of that? >> i think it's nice $100 million. it's a great idea. i wish they hadn't plane, where is the 20 billion the reg haters and the shake downs from the government, where did that go? >> that is a good question. >> do we know what they're using the money for? >> i think some when to the homeowners to support the green technology. >> not much. >> and the cell technology. >> so this private company decides to put it into a private sector usage and help detroit out. it's only $100 million. it's nice to have the 19 billion 900,000. >> it's a lot. >> to do sell lar things with. he doesn't. it was a the amount you had to set aside for all the terrible behavior during the financial crisis which you outlined. >> should i even comment? >> on what? >> one-fifth of that is what he gets a year. >> oh. >> you did that for me

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city. it is vibrant and alive.d yet i was in one of these abandoned buildings that hasn't been used in decades. this is full of contrast. buildingst interesting by far is the tuberculosis ward. by the time it was completed by of tuberculosis had passed. there was not a need to quarantine people on an island anymore. it was used mostly for housing, for returning veterans and then juvenile delinquents. i would like to think that my photographs tell more. you get a sense of what happened before, but also how quickly things can disintegrate. i read this wonderful book that discusses what would happen to the world is able just left and nature took over. it mainly realize the work i was doing was not just a look into the past, but it was a look into the future. and these photographs show what would happen to new york city and the world around us if people just suddenly left and how quickly nature would just reclaim what was hers. it leads to the conundrum we face, living in a natural world which we try to alter, but it a

city can spending on services like police, fire, and updating the aging ♪ >> philadelphia's middle class may have hollowed dramatically, but there's still a solid, albeit much smaller base in a few vibrant of the city. this is one of those neighborhoods, traditionally blue collar, italian american, the area is now in the midst of a transformation. as a new middle class of professionals move in. news editor brian howard bought a house here in 2009. you could call him the face of the new middle class. >> how does this feel to you as part of a city that has seen decades of hollowing out of the middle class? >> this feels like a good middle class neighborhood. >> i like it. i mean, there are a lot of newer faces on my block, but there are also faces who have been there for decades, people who were there. >> but it's a tentative piece. young professionals have been buying up property in this neighborhood the past few years and bringing with it many changes. byob restaurants, hipsteres and higher home prices. >> what do they think of guys like you? >> well, i think there was a sort of feeling each other out period, the first winter we were here. i got some side long looks. >> the side long lo

>> it has evolved into this very rich, vibrant new city that has the best of the best these days. >> good, huh? >> reporter: i didn't know a meatball could be so good. smack-dab in the center of the strip, is where stevenfá is heating things up. at stk las vegas at the cosmopolitan. >> something we do different at stk, is we have small, large and medium cuts. everybody is going to eat comfortably, and not be too full so they can go out and enjoy vegas night life. >> reporter: and i go to the border grill las vegas, inside the mandalay bay casino. the two hot tamales. why is vegas the place to be? >> it's such a fun place to be. and when -- the minute you get off the plane, you can feel it in the air that people are excited to be here. >> reporter: for "good morning america," rachel smith, abc news, las vegas. >> thanks, rachel, for that. >>> coming up here, jennifer lawrence, talking about her big role in the big, new "x men" movie. a broader mix of energies, world needs which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emission

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legislation reducing barriers for liveable vibrant public is that a we need this obviously, we have plaza within our jurisdiction but it's great for the city in terms of a gateway to san francisco and creating a prospective as a clean and safe and attractive discount area that's our focus where it's vibrant there are sociology and health benefits and shouldn't be lost in the benefits of the public spaces. and as we can plaza is in need of basically, it is not working or functioning well, we're looking at legislation that creates plazas that are underutilized to well-used for san franciscans and visitors. so we hope you support this legislation we appreciate our time as well >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening supervisors i'm steve with the san francisco parks alliance we're you're going you go u you to support this legislation that helps to streamline the process for plazas we're currently

we're doing this to grow investments and create healthy and vibrant city. ppens, it's good for us, too. but also, i also look at it -- i mean, as an american patriot. this is one of the few cities that hasn't had a real renaissance. most of the cities have. if it's done right, they can have one here, too. >> if anybody is pulling for the city's success, it's detroit's mayor, mike duggan. i was reading something about you recently. they called you the new coach on the last place team. how do you like that reference, and do you like being an underdog? >> yeah, i don't feel like we're a last place team. we have a whole new team. and people who have had enormous success in their lives. we brought people in from louisville, people from washington, d.c., and a lot of talent from here in detroit. >> $100 million sounds like a lot of money, mr. mayor. when it comes right down to it, there's a lot of need in this city. is it a drop in the bucket? >> i think it's a significant start. it's a good jump start. with what jamie and his team are doing, we're going to have m

. >> reporter: there are vibrant parts of the city. now comes the task of luric bag the middle class people back to a city that's starting to stabilize. gentrification and a flush of jobs from universities like penn, temple and drexel are beginning to show the beginnings of a new middle class. >> my house is the first house on the corner. >> reporter: long time owner of victor's cafe in philadelphia. he took me on a tour of his neighborhood and said gentrification is happening quickly, and there's money to be made. >> so this doesn't match the story that we have of a hallowed out philadelphia. >> it's anything but. there are probably certain parts of the city that are hollowed out, but i guarantee they're being gentrified right now. people are buying them up because people with do it. >> reporter: the city has decided to reassess it's property taxes which for long time homeowners in the neighborhood could be a real problem. greg's property tax has gone through the roof, so to speak. >> this particular area that i'm in right now were tr

the mission of the program is to improve the city's ability to support san francisco's vibrant communities by lowering barriers to creating and successfully managing san francisco's open spaces. the program aims to support local, long-term stewardship and activation, create a citywide management approach and create more open spaces than are currently possible under existing resources. in addition to the outreach described in our march 13th memo to the commission, oewd conducted additional outreach over the last seven weeks and able to bring various stakeholders tot process many of who came public comment at our march 13th presentation. we conducted meetings and made presentations to 17 additional stakeholder groups since march 13th and have three more scheduled for a total of 20. you have in your hands a one-page list of outreach meets. it's a separate one-page in green. many hours' of discussions with the various groups helped us craft the changes to the legislation that i will describe in a moment. we believe that these many mode moedfications to the legislation will address the vary inp

activating public spaces and researching them for the past 20 years that vibrant and well-maintained plazas are vital for the city. in fact, kaiser permanente is beginning to work with the project for public spaces at looking at public plazas. so when it works well they serve as a stage for public lives. so pps, the organization that i residenced 80% of success of any public space can be attributed to its mansion. management. [speaker not understood] there are visual cues about seeing couples holding hands and laughter and smiles that people remember and they want to return to the space. that is what a successful public space look like. i think we have all experienced that in your travels. in this country and abroad, as well as in certain parts of san francisco. so another rule of thumb that they go by great place should have at least ten things do it and ten reasons to be there and this is one way -- in terms of the activation to create a reason for being in these public spaces. these things or activities should define people's experience of san francisco and be dynamic enough to attract a range of user groups,

considered some sort of second class area or secondary and not very important city for some reason or other. obviously it's a very vibrant place and serves its own community in ways that i guess we don't. but i am very concerned about the latest proposal of let's recruit the raiders over here. i note that historically the raiders former owner al davis did a lot to jerk oakland around and caused taxpayer dollars to keep the team there and according to the papers what i didn't hear from commissioner antonini, the papers reported should this all happen and the raiders were brought over here, i think the net debt to the people of oakland would be $172 million. i would just caution san francisco's public officials to be careful about encouraging something which is going to maybe benefit the private owners of a sports franchise and whatever contractors get benefit here. it's going to cause the people of oakland to spend a fortune of their own money for nothing, just to pay debt. we should be careful and thinking in terms of a regional thing and supporting each other, rather than frankly, from my point of view, anyway, stealing

vibrant communities. i'm happy to support this legislation i believe it will have positive benefits towards the plazas and open space. now the legislation gives the city a tool to activate plaza like farmer's market and limit live performance that will have partnerships with the community members and proposes to streamline the permitting process for standards of the plaza making activation easier and sustainable it establishes an inner agency group to incite the administration of the program. now we've got a couple of speakers first, i want to bring up ms. robin as well as another gentleman from the office of economic workforce development they'll give us a detailed description of the program and answer any questions you have. colleagues you should have in front of you some non-sun active codes and the planning code that's some of the questions the public has. this clarifies privatization it addresses concerns about privatization noting identification of plaza stewards and private events we have anothers attorney here to discuss this matter. we're joined by john updyke and the department of real estate and the rec and park department staff are all pre