supervisor weiner: i am strongly in support of this nomination. i had the opportunity to meet with the nominee and i think that she understands the importance of continuing to reform the transportation function in san francisco and to make it run better and serve everybody. and in listening to her experiences as a regular rider, i think it was very compelling. i think she will be an exceptional addition to the mta board. president chiu: colleagues, can we take this item same house, a thing called? without objection, this motion is approved. item 25. >> item 25 is a motion appointing supervisor christine ozaki -- christina olague to the executive board. president chiu: we have a motion to excuse supervisor olague. seconded. without objection, she shall be excused. roll-call vote. >> on item 25. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. v farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 10 ayes. president chiu: th

supervisor weiner: present. mr. president, there is a quorum. >> could you please join me -- president chiu: could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flight of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. we have the meetings from may 24th, 2412. could i have a motion -- 2012. could i have a motion to approve those moments -- those minutes? >> a charter from mayor edwin lee announcing his plan to reorganize and were run is it -- to reorganize the executive branch. this will become approved unless not approved by the board. items one through 11 comprise the consent agenda. they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll-call vote on the agenda. supervisor chu: supervisor avalos: -- supervisor chu: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. president chiu:

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restaurant cooks up the world's most expensive weiner. hot dog. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. we begin with edwards walking. the judge in the john edwards campaign fraud trial declared a mistrial yesterday after deadlocked jurors were able to return a verdict on only one of six counts against him. nbc's chris clacken reports from greensboro, north carolina. >> reporter: the stunning fall from grace of two-time presidential candidate john edwards was cushioned thursday when a jury acquitted him on one of six campaign finance fraud charges. and deadlocked on the other five. >> thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have and i think those jurors were an exemplar for what juries are supposed to do. >> reporter: the decision comes after nine days of deliberations and results in judge catherine eagles declaring a mistrial on the remaining charges, charges that almost $1 million provided by

i wanted to ask if supervisor chone or weiner wanted to make -- cohen or weiner wanted to make closing remarks. >> good night. [laughter] >> i wanted to then if my colleagues are being bashful right now, let's ask mr. kenrich if he has any concluding remarks. >> i don't have a concluding remark. but if the committee has about two minutes, we were able during the public comment period to research the discrepancies that you pointed out between the e.i.r. numbers and the numbers that we're presenting so i was going to ask ms. watty from planning to take one minute talk about that and then we have nothing further. >> elizabeth watty from planning. >> thank you. as background the e.i.r. projection of the 4,107 new jobs created by the year 2030 is a very conservative projection because the number is used in the e.i.r. to project the housing demand. generated by the project which could result in housing production which could result in environmental impacts. so the jobs are analyzed really through that lens. i think that's important to note. but with regard to the previous question, the main

deborah weiner, wbal-tv 11 news. >> deborah is so right. there is still time to plan your visit to sailabration. you can watch ava marie's flight with the blue angels. you can get an event scheduled at our web site at wbal-tv.com. >> police are investigating what caused a deadly stage collapse ahead of a concert in toronto. the structure caved in. our report. >> from the air, a dramatic view of the stage. debris covering this piano just hours before thousands would have crowded the park to hear radio head. >> i heard the banging of the metal. >> several injured, one man believed to be in his 30's was pronounced dead on the scene. >> it was a crushing injury. it was bad enough, that unfortunately, it killed him. >> th this man made the trip to toronto after an earlier show was filled out. >> i feel really sad now. >> andrew bought his tickets months ago and flew to toronto from minneapolis. >> back in 2000 in toronto the show was fantastic, a-- in chicago. the show was fantastic, amazing. i was looking forward to coming up here. >> authoriti

kathryn waters, david's conscious, and carmen chu from the board of supervisors, eric mar, scott weiner and waiting for the others to show up. next, i would like to introduce the executive of our hospital sue kearn. she has been with us for many years. she is now the ceo and will be leading us to the future of the hospital, and it is an honor to work with her. i am sure you will enjoy her words today. think you. [applause] -- thank you. >> good morning. i want to thank you all for coming and welcome to san francisco general hospital for this great occasion. yesterday we had a signing here, and we had a lot of children and people from the community and staff come by. it was really exciting to have our one here together during that signing time. it has been really challenging building this big structure here in the midst of the campus where we're trying to run a full- service hospital. i really want to thank the patients, neighbor, and staff for all their support during this building time, but fit will pay off very soon. i also want to thank the rebuild team and wonderful architects who d

and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here. we appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it. we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [siren] >> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all. there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give the countdown. as we hang the reece,

supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> the right to vote allows us 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 wome

they squared off yesterday for a friendly competition with the foodies from d.c. 11 news deborah weiner has that story. >> if you haven't bought into this whole food truck thing, you're missing something. this blowout food truck gathering at the westport waterfront pitted baltimore trucks against d.c. trucks. a timely competition. >> it's great. i think they should do it every single year, if possible. i think the orioles play the nationals as well. great food. >> 20 trucks represented each city and apparently in the world of food trucks, size matters. >> baltimore has definitely got the size advantage on us. their trucks are bigger but -- >> are you together? >> no, yeah, together. >> inside the truck, it's like a mini restaurant severing up large appetites and really large lines. it seems everyone wanted something from the gypsy truck, a canton favorite. >> everybody here works really hard but the product is good. >> it's exciting especially when you're at work and you're out for lunch, you can get something different every day. they're always moving around. the unique experience to g

i have another meeting tattend my name herber weiner, in '73, a soal worker for the city and home support services program. i want to addressome major first, the transit effectiveness project is an agent that stands ftrashing elders. the district supervisor, people are expected to walk rter including the 33 ashbury li on ashbury street. what are people expected todo without the services of muni? are they expected to crl to their destinations? this is the most in human itasic has to be amined. i am surprised that the american disabilities act lawsuith not been filed. this is basically a cosmetic program and management operations have to be audited first. theecond thing regards proposition [unintelligible] that pass that the poll. -- past at the polls. it will impact lack of coverage and impact disabled seniors. basically, the board of upersors passed this unanimously, theea part with a liberal face. the other thing is, basically, throh publ transportation or other programs. they are pandering to hustlers to make a buck. e have served the city and deserve a lot better. thank you. [applause]

. >> i am deborah weiner. former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is spending the first day of what could be the rest of his life behind bars. he was convicted last night on dozens of counts of abusing young boys. one of the jurors tells us he is confident the decision was the right one. we have more from pennsylvania. >> as jerry sandusky was pronounced guilty on 45 of 48 criminal counts, one of the jurors said he knew he made the right decision. >> just a look on his face, no real emotion. just kind of accepting because he knew it was true. >> when the verdict was announced, the community that once applauded his victories cheered his downfall. he was let off in handcuffs to face a minimum of 250 years and a maximum of more than 500 behind bars. -- to place a minimum of 25 years and a maximum of more than 400 years behind bars. >> it is a sense of relief that it is over. having said that, i do not think it is far from over. >> the penn state athletic director and another top administrator face crimin

. >> reporter: supervisor anthony weiner he will ask the mayor to get tough on vandals like those whok here several times. there is even employer graffiti on that utility box in the median. the supervisor is fed up. just feets from where a father and son play chase, the work of vandals is visible. graffiti at the new play area at dubose park which opened just last month. >> to those of us who work very hard to get these parks improved it's very frustrating. >> reporter: both recently convenient rated did you boss and dolores park and scott winier's district were were vandalized days after opening. historic lamp posts smashed red spray paint across the restrooms and palm trees cuts. >> i think there's a perception in san francisco when you do graffiti there are few or no consequences. we need to send the message there are consequences. >> reporter: weiner wants police and district attorney office's to be more aggressive in vandalism cases. >> officers are doing a lot of the arrests they are document can a lot of the graffiti. >> reporter: mayor lee told us the real problem punishing va

that said, i'm happy to work with supervisor weiner to try to find language to amend this. there is a part of me that wants to call your bluff because i think this is so bogus, but this is the process and i'm more than happy to work with you on this, but to let less than 2% of a bond stop it from going forward is one of the boldest things i've ever seen. >> ok. thank you, supervisor else bern. excuse me. public -- else bernlt. public comment is closed for right now. we were talking about holding a special meeting next thursday. so c0u8d i entertain a motion to continue this item to a special meeting to be held on the 21st? >> i'll make that motion. >> and we can take that motion without objection. so moved. madam clerk, are there any other items? >> no, there are no further matters. >> ok, thank you. meeting is adjourned. >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on

chesapeake arts center, there was a special graduation today for some special students. >> deborah weiner'sentary "rebounding from loss" told the story of the benjamin franklin high school basketball team and how the team came together after one of their teammates marcus harvel was murdered. >> big on and off the basketball court, marcus harvel could block every shot except the most important one, the one that took his life at just 18 years old. >> today, a milestone for 10 members of that team in what would be the very first graduation ceremony for benjamin franklin high school. for basketball coach william russell, it was a proud day. >> i'm feeling amazing because i got a chance to see all of these guys come in before the graduation. and it kind of registered that all my kids are going to graduate and i'm really, really happy about that. >> in the audience this morning was marcus harvel's mom who was here to see her son's teammates and friends graduate. >> i'm excited for the children, i love the babies more than a lot of things. i really love that we have a great connection as a family.

. >> reporter: supervisor anthony weiner he will ask the mayor to get tough on vandals like those whoeral times. there is even employer graffiti on that utility box in the median. the supervisor is fed up. just feets from where a father and son play chase, the work of vandals is visible. graffiti at the new play area at dubose park which opened just last month. >> to those of us who work very hard to get these parks improved it's very frustrating. >> reporter: both recently convenient rated did you boss and dolores park and scott winier's district were were vandalized days after opening. historic lamp posts smashed red spray paint across the restrooms and palm trees cuts. >> i think there's a perception in san francisco when you do graffiti there are few or no consequences. we need to send the message there are consequences. >> reporter: weiner wants police and district attorney office's to be more aggressive in vandalism cases. >> officers are doing a lot of the arrests they are document can a lot of the graffiti. >> reporter: mayor lee told us the real problem punishing vandals lies

. >> 11 news reporter deborah weiner's documentary "rebounding from loss" told the story a high school basketball team and how they had to deal with the tragic death of one of their teammates. there were 13 players on that basketball team and a milestone yesterday for 10 of those players. they received their high school diplomas in the first ever graduation from benjamin franklin high school. 11 news reporter rob roblin was there. >> at the chesapeake arts center in brooklyn, there was a special graduation today for some special students. deborah weiner's documentary "rebounding from loss" told the story of the benjamin franklin high school basketball team. and how the team came together after one of their teammates, marcus harvel was murdered. >> big on and off the basketball court, marcus harvel could block every shot except the most important one. the one that took his life at just 18 years old. >> today, a milestone for 10 members of that team, in what would be the very first graduation ceremony for benjamin franklin high school. for basketball coach william russell, it was a proud

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jon weiner has not decided if the gop run house will agree to the senate plan. both parties in both houses are trying to stop this from going up on july 3. >>> this is the first for the department of defense. less than one year ago, they allowed gay military members to serve openly. >> the pentagon celebrated its gay and lesbian ceremonies. they also participated in a panel discussion about diversity. one marine said the event helped him finally feel like himself at work. >> reporter: it was like waiting for everyone to ask me if i was gay. nobody dead. [ laughter ] i felt like i was going to work for the first time. i felt like for the first time, matthew was going to work. >> it is all part of an event coinciding with lesbian, gay, trans -- transgender month. >>> the conditions we can expect over florida over the next several hours. >>> plus, getting the best deal you can on summer concert tickets. weakened to a tropical depression. . >> the center of the storm is expected to cross the peninsula. we will have more on that coming up. it is possible the area cou

i'm deborah weiner. the time is 8:25.ase of an attack in a downtown 7-eleven by a group of teens despite the fact that the attack was caught on surveillance cameras. prosecutors say after reviewing the evidence, charges are not appropriate. the high school teens became unruley during a free promotion. the clerk claims the kids stole merchandise and a bank deposit worth $6,000. >> police in brooklyn park on the hunt for teens that atact two 9-year-olds. it happened in the 200 block of 11th after east. the suspects approached the children, pushed them off their bikes, and stole one before taking off toward baltimore city. officers have been searching the area since it happened yesterday afternoon. >> the 11 news i-team spoke with a victim who believed that a man had planned to eat his organs, too. days later, he reported to killing a man and eating his heart and brain. dr. david wilson said campus >> good morning. the subpoena is out. a few clouds here and there. most significant clouds up to our north. that's where we expe

i am glad to join supervisor olague and supervisor weiner and matt and phil and others. we were walking up here, and scott and i were thinking, this used to be an edgy place. i was in a comfortable position myself as a city administrator. phil and others were saying some of the elements were starting to creep in and there was a lot of negativity and some activity at night -- maybe you remember that. so you got together. there is love it for our children. there is love for our families. we have gone to work. we have done that. we have done that with you. we have people waiting to get into this park. and i'm not just seeing today is a celebration of this. phil said there are literally 12 other love your park activities going on in the city. but what i want to say to you -- with the help of phil and mer edith and everybody else in the supervisors -- we are going to enjoy this all over our city, so neighbors here in bayview and the our mission -- outer mission, and all these areas where the city is still saying it is still a little bit edgy. guess what? the 2008 parks budget

it is a very important piece of legislation for both myself and supervisor weiner. to me, this is a win-win-win situation. it protect tenants and creates tens of millions of dollars for affordable housing community in san francisco, which is a very big deal, and something we need to address right away. i look forward to ultimately have in your support. the rest, i submit. sueprvisor campos: i wanted to go back to the issue of business tax reform. we have two proposals that have been introduced, one by supervisor avalos and the other by the mayor and president chiu. we have been talking about tax reform since i was elected to the board of supervisors. the first time that we were dealing with a huge budget deficit, there was talk about how we could not cut our way out of the budget deficit, and needed to take a revenue measure to the ballot. that was when mayor newsom was still here, three years ago. i am proud to be part of the small business relief recovery measure. i think the proposal is a thoughtful and equitable approach to revitalizing our economy. i think the

i am deborah weiner. those storms last night packed quite a punch. here in maryland, we are dealing with power, water outages as temperatures soar outside. water gas and preck like experiences widespread power outage due to the storms in excess of 500,000 customers are without power. this is a look at the bge web site where the outages are tracked as you can see. they have called in crews from around the area to help with repairs. 11 news reporter sheldon is live at the operation center in windsor mill with story. sheldon. [audio difficulty] >> well, deb, we are here at the emergency operation. crews have been all hands on deck since about 10:00 last night right as the storm was rolling in. as you can imagine, they got the hands full with outages. >> we are making progress. the fact we have been able to restore well over 120,000 customers and we are moving forward now. we got 300 and some customers without power tat time. the big challenge for us, frankly, the sheer magnitude of the storm. the crews are out there, but the reality is, there is a lot o

commissioner weiner: thank you. one thing that was not touched on, the replacement of some of the escalators, which i know is a huge source of frustration for all over the system, the failing escalators that had caused huge problems for a lot of people, and i was thrilled with the brand new church station escalator reopened in the north side of market. i never thought i would say an escalator was beautiful, but it was beautiful, clean, new and it works. it gave me confidence in the systemwide changes that will happen. >> why don't we open this up to public comment. this is an opportunity for the public to comment on the projects that we're finding in district 4 and 8. is the microphone working? to go in district 4 and 8, i wanted to focus on pedestrian safety. i was watching a program by the district attorney where he mentioned a number of cases, and we need the number of pedestrian cases since we're where he dealing with funding and improvement to be mentioned on the web site. the district attorney was saying that

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supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the board of directors of the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district. it is my absolute pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning. thank you so much for coming out. as caretakers of this magnificent bridge, all of us here in the district know how treasured this landmark is and we know that each of us sees this bridge as our very own. it has its own personal meeting, its

supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. there are 11 ayes. president chiu: the resolutions are adopted. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor chiu, ms. cathy came in. on behalf of supervisor column, mr. that holcomb. on behalf of supervisor farrell, miss mary and merah appeared and mr. peter malcom do we spirit and on behalf of supervisor mar, ms. susan hall. president chiu: is there any more business before the body? >> that concludes our business, mr. president. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> welcome, everyone. my name is bevin dufty, and we're so excited your your for the public launch of the san francisco home for heroes campaign. let me introduce some of the individuals who are here with us. we do have several speakers. we have several veterans who are here and bad recipience. you will be able to talk to them -- bagehot recipients. you'll be able to talk to them after the ceremony. michael and thomas and joseph -- have a t