chinatown is very walkable. as you know they have very fresh fruits and vegetables in addition to all the small markets and services in the area. and i'm afraid that after working for whole foods what a new store does to a neighborhood, it brings tons of traffic, tons of people, and it's already crowded over there, you know? we're already looking for parking, we're already looking for safe bike riding, safe walking, things like that. so again, i would surgery you to -- surgery you to vote no and definitely yes for better housing. thank you. >> president hillis: thank you, mr. rios. >> my name is nick, and i'm speaking in support of whole foods 365. unlike most opposing the project, i live in the neighborhood. i live in the same intersection as the proposed development and i've lived there for 20 years. if you have any doubt if the vast majority of residents are in favor of a neighborhood store, go to my building, buzz them, and ask them. i'd like to thank the planning department for its common sense recommendati

i think it's important for us to make it into walkable, bikeable, and that is our goal. think that is shared by the design team as well, to make this into a new neighborhood that is in fact very walkable and bikeable. where you can get around, it's an island, without the use of a car. and so i applaud you for making the changes and i know that there was a lot of adjustments to the bikeway and the type of bike lanes there were. and again, as you look at these new street scapes, maybe think again about how to make that even better for those pedestrians and bicycles. some streets are only six feet wide, some go up to eight. but again, in those areas where there is going be a lot of pedestrians, you might want to think about how you might make those sidewalks wider, maybe if you take away a lane for parking, it becomes available for that pedestrian space. it's something that you can look at. the other thing i'm concerned about is the clipper cove avenue. which is really one of the major streets that is going to be on the island. and it's right along the cove. and it's going

about the hunters point shipyard phase 2 plan, there is a lot to like about it, emulating thei e walkable neighborhoods, saving the fantastic buildings out there. the whole bulldoze and everything new, this was new redevelopment. and this is preserving a lot of the distinguished buildings out there. but i'm here to talk about the part of the plan that didn't get much coverage and that's the candlestick point portion. a lot of the hunters point, that's in the future. if you read the paper, 5,000 units of housing that were going to be built on the phase 2, the hunters point portion have been delayed indefinitely. i want to take you back to the earlier part of the meeting,

about the hunters point shipyard phase 2 plan, there is a lot to like about it, emulating thei e walkable neighborhoods, saving the fantastic buildings out there. the whole bulldoze and everything new, this was new redevelopment. and this is preserving a lot of the distinguished buildings out there. but i'm here to talk about the part of the plan that didn't get much coverage and that's the candlestick point portion. a lot of the hunters point, that's in the future. if you read the paper, 5,000 units of housing that were going to be built on the phase 2, the hunters point portion have been delayed indefinitely. i want to take you back to the earlier part of the meeting, housing, where do we build more housing? in the city, i think the answer is looking again at the candlestick portion, particularly the retail centre. they didn't show a lot of images about that, maybe they're embarrassed about it, and maybe they should be, because unlike this. there is a center, it's regional, automobile oriented retail, mostly single story that is going to occupy the candlestick portion. i look at the cit

a walkable city with fast growth. >> we're well aware this is a problem that our community wants to see fixed. >> reporter: research shows more fatalities happen when pedestrians are jaywalking or crossing at night. he hopes the new information will make people pay attention. >> i don't want other people to have the trama and the stress and the tears associated with it that we've had. >> reporter: reminding us that a simple crossing could be a dangerous decision. catie beck, nbc news, austin, texas. >>> coming up here tonight, the home run that wasn't one of the craziest things you will see on a baseball field this season. >>> a school bus driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after a crash that killed a middle school student and a teacher on a school trip in new jersey last week. authorities say the 77-year-old driver attempted to make an illegal u-turn disregarding the no u-turn sign. when the bus was hit by a dump truck. >>> if you have an amazon echo, this might be your worst nightmare. a family in portland, oregon, says their echo recorded a private conversation that sent

economic problems of another country that you're not promising so forget sanctions just tell longer walkable that the global economy has to integrate and fragile it's too. interdependent. twenty minutes into the program welcome back opposition activists thumping rallying in dozens of cities across russia the demonstrations are being held i had a lot of putin's presidential inauguration scheduled for this coming monday well these are the scenes right now in moscow the come on just following some riot police going through a crowd there and to burst sky the main thoroughfare that leads to red square moscow hundreds of activists have gathered the spike authorities refusing to give the green light to the rallies proposed location in a statement they said the protest would get. in the way of victory day celebrations rehearsals which take place through the city center of the russian capital of it would be an unnecessary destruction for police victory day takes place by the way on whedon's the at the ninth of may meanwhile in the siberian city of could scare arrests have been reported of a similar r

economic problems in another country that you're not trying to suffer get sanctions to spell longer walkable than the global economy has to integrate. its two. interdependent. people to the streets. demanding a second referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. . i. was led by a movement called. the similar event seems wrote eighty thousand people showed up this time which is twice the number that the organizers were expecting i can september twenty fourth you may recall scotland voted to remain in the united kingdom but then the better together campaign winning by fifty five percent to forty five according to jonathan shafi from the radical independents combine support for independents has risen dramatically since then. what's fascinating about steve's demonstration. by. the style bush. was. something that few minutes used to link the big. the school does the gabbert to march through the day so that tells you something that gives you an indication of the feeling in the country not only for another effort in them and making their support for another referendum but actually being will y

economic problems that another country that you're not trying to suffer get sanctions to spell longer walkable than the global economy has to come to integrate. its two. interdependent. hello again the arrest of a tourist drug lord a decade ago was heralded at the time as a devastating blow to the taliban on narcotics trafficking in afghanistan but now the very same man is callie walked free from american prison and has been looking into the possible reasons behind his release. here at this correctional facility in manhattan you've got some very dangerous criminals you've got the mexican drug kingpin knocking el chapo guzman furthermore you've got the terrorist suspected of driving his truck into pedestrians here in manhattan back in two thousand and seventeen but one rather famous inmate the afghan drug lord haji juma khan recently checked out and no one knows why khan was first arrested back in two thousand and one as the usa began its operations in afghanistan however he was almost immediately released and from there he went on to set up a criminal empire known as the khan organization he w

problems and another country that you're not trying to say suffer get sanctions or spell longer walkable that the global economy has to come to integrate it too fragile it's too. interdependent. welcome back schools in the u.s. state of illinois might soon have to change that curriculums to teach more about the contributions made by the l g b t communities in u.s. history they were called figures will be given more focus in subjects ranging from science to sports a similar move was already taken by california last year the bill still has to be given the go ahead by the states house of representatives but it's already got plenty of talk. it will promote acceptance and a more accurate portrayal of history. it is in direct contradiction to the clear judeo christian beliefs of many in illinois. the issue further his media commentator gina loudon and human rights activist peter tatchell. it's very important people understand the contribution that gay people of made i think is about informing straight kids so they understand bt issues they their prejudice is broken down if a history book or an

economic problems of another country that you're not trying to suffer get sanctions or spell longer walkable that the global economy has to integrate. its. interdependent. the rest of the tourist drug lord a decade ago was heralded as a devastating blow back then to the taliban and the narcotics trafficking in afghanistan but now the very same money it seems has quietly walked free from an american prison but looking into the possible reasons behind his release. here at this correctional facility in manhattan you've got some very dangerous criminals you've got the mexican drug kingpin el chapo guzman furthermore you've got the terrorist suspected of driving his truck into pedestrians here in manhattan back in two thousand and seventeen but one rather famous inmate the afghan drug lord haji juma khan recently checked out and no one knows why khan was first arrested back in two thousand and one as the usa began its operations in afghanistan however he was almost immediately released and from there he went on to set up a criminal empire known as the khan organization he was watched very closely

longer walkable the global economy has . to. welcome back. international thousands of people took to the streets of glasgow on saturday demanding a second referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. . i. the march was led by a movement called under one banner which held a similar event last year around eighty thousand people showed up which twice. the organizers were expecting in september two thousand and fourteen scotland voted to remain in the united kingdom with the better together campaign winning by fifty five percent to forty five but according to jonathan shafi from the radical independents campaign support for independents has risen dramatically and. what's fascinating about steve's demonstration is that it was not organized by. no organized by unions or. organizations in town it was a grassroots something from the communities the length and breadth of school does the job of to march through was the day so that tells you something that gives you an indication of the feeling in the country not only for another effort into making

. >>> which would mean that we would basically call this house as a non-walkable roof. we would call it out as not being a roof deck. there's a big distinction. i would really like to avoid that all of a sudden it would be a full roof deck at some point and we did not catch that. as a condition of approval, should we go to support this project, and i'm not saying anything to lead to that particular assumption, we would definitely restrict the roof being used as a roof deck. i'm still troubled by the upper unit being substantially increased and nothing else happening in the building. i'm curious to hear other commissioners speak to this. >>> commissioner melgar? >>> i would like to hear what is troubling you. i'm looking at the plans and i really don't see anything outside of the ordinary other than they want more space. >>> we weren't available at quick notice. while i support the ownership, this particular neighborhood is now to be occupied by smaller uni un units. this is basically at the edge of china town occupied by multi generational families who live in very smal

they're what helps to make our area a walkable neighborhood. our shops continue to survive because of a customer base that enjoys the personal experience of dealing with their neighbors. are we to offer that customer base for sale to the highest bidder like some commodity? that's exactly what we would be doing by approving healthy spot. let us stand up for our neighborhoods and opportunity. san francisco's independent merchants deserve support, not simply because our neighborhoods need character, but because our community need cheese characters as familiar neighborhoods. we need the personality and friendliness that says, this is my home, not just a collection of houses and stores that can be anywhere in america. and, finally, we need young adults to know that san francisco will continue to have opportunities for them as merchants. thank you. would you like me to leave this with you? >> thank you. we'll be glad to add it into the record. thank you very much. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner do

having been to hong kong and singapore, which are much more dense cities they still feel livable and walkable and they have a combination of a lot of, from the time you land in the airport you see nothing but highrises but at the same time you still see trees and greenery and in singapore there's a sense of calm. we have to be realistic about the future and we always complain about traffic congestion but if people can live here, right, if we can actually build enough housing where people to live here you would take cars off the road like in those cities. surprisingly traffic isn't as bad as you think it would be. it's actually rush hour in singapore, it didn't bad. which was surprising considering how dense it is. we have to be creative and we have to think about a vision and we often think that we're only san francisco is in the situation that we're in and you could be other areas in the world where they've done it effectively. we know it can be done we have to believe it can be done and not let old thinking limit us from reaching the potential of our future. >> thank you. >> do i have a sec

aspects of san francisco and its neighborhoods and the commonalities that we find where there's walkability and there's that pedestrian scale. san francisco's neighborhoods are all woven from a different texture, and we want to draw out those different aspects of them and bring them to the shipyards, so when we go there, we can think of it as one of our favorite places in san francisco. we want it to feel when you go to the shipyard, you're a part of san francisco, but it's also something special that's been formed by that district, so this is the thinking that went into the d for d, and i'll get into the planning of the d for d itself. this is the overall plan that shows the district, the artist's building and the north shoreline district which is primarily residential type buildings to the north. this plan illustrates in a bit more detail some of the key aspects of the site. there's the green room in the center, which is an urban scale park with -- framed by large buildings, the -- one of the existing buildings that you saw the photo of, and i'll show you it again later. new buildings aro

this project will increase access to save walkable nature trails while provide be habitat restoration to the surrounding area. our oak woodlands are few and it's crucial we protect and enhance these areas while allowing for an outdoor education experience accessible to all. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm bob. i'm head of the san francisco trail advocacy group. 30 years ago or so, when ridge trail began its mission to make a ridge top trail around the bay area, which one day at least 550 miles, now 370, golden gate park was not welcoming multi use trails through its park. however, over the last ten years, ridge trail has been trying to get more dirt, less asphalt, and we've had a lot of help from recreation and parks, the figure 3 at twin peaks and the portola trail and now golden gate park. so yes, we're very, very happy that this will become a wonderful asset and be supported. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? okay. being none, public comment is closed. >> commiss

until 2013, and until 2016, because it maintains the neighborhood as a family friendly livable, walkable neighborhood, and most importantly maintains a jobs-housing balance. everyone knows san franciscans need more housing, and we support that. but this plan doesn't deliver. what it delivers is more jobs. 63,000 more jobs, but only 14,000 more housing units. in other words, four times more jobs than housing. therefore, it exacerbates the jobs-housing imbalance that we already suffer. there will be even more employees chasing fewer housing units in terms of proportion which means it drives up housing prices, it -- it drives up displacement, and it increases gentrification, all the things that we should be avoiding. we support the midrise option which has a much better balance between jobs and housing. we urge the board not to certify the environmental impact report. we've filed two extensive comment letters detailing the detectithe detectives in the eir. i'd like to point some out. in the final eir staff proposes creating a housing sustainability district under ab 73. ab 73 says you canno

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of my head, i was looking at the plaza promenade options just because it's less traffic and more walkable open space which i think is the objective here. and then, for the civic center plaza, i like the public platform. and then, for the fulton street, i like the sanctuary, and then, the plaza, i like the platform again. but whatever might have the most potential for many more uses, whether it's a comedy show or a pmx skate competition or maybe a music concert. also, this is the ending for a lot of our parades. whatever gives us the best ability to showcase ourselves, our historic very important buildings would be, i think, in all of our best interests. >> president hillis: thanks. commissioner richards? >> commissioner richards: it's interesting. this union square, etcetera, it seems like every generation, something new emerges in terms of how we relate to the public spaces and, you know in the 60's, we put garages underneath and dug it all up, and the 90's, and the same in union square. one of the questions i have -- and this is good. it's going to take us into the future. i attend work