san francisco all of my life, and i have grown up and have spent a long time -- a lot of time in westport. my uncle used to take me down when i was younger than you. i am here to support the community benefits district. i think it will welcome west portal into the current world. people go to places now. they go to restaurants. they could to shops. they expect to see something bright and shiny, and this is a great way to make a place bright and shiny. the assessment that the merchants and property owners will get is so small that they will not even feel it, but they will feel the benefits of it. i have experience in with the benefits district and a small town in the san joaquin valley that has added benefits district for over 15 years, and i have seen their downtown area go from a ghost town to a thriving place where everybody within to i urge you to support this benefits district. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am the owner of a carpet store, and a property owner. i urge you to support this. west portal is one of the best family oriented neighborhoods in san

westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two different ways. one of them was cut and cover, the other was a tunneling machine. as they came close to the side of the hill, they dug down vertically, took out the dirt. they took the dart -- they took the dirt and replaced it as phil -- fill all along the lower part of market street. they filled in the ravine. >> thank you all very much. that was a heck of a tort of san francisco. thank you for your attendance. we hope to see you every third thursday right here. so are you going out tonight? i can't. my parents say i have to be home right after work. ugh. that's so gay. totally gay. ugh. that is so emma and julia. why are you saying, "that's so emma and julia"? well, you know, when something is dumb or stupid, you say, "that's so emma and julia." who says that? everyone. announcer: imagine if who you are were used as an insult.

you need rental housing in westport, nothing else. >> my interests in the city are personal, direct from my experience. i think change has to be made. people have to take seriously that we have thugs running and harming people. not sufficient education and protection for our future and for the children of the city. when i have come over and over to mayors or supervisors or people running for mayor, i said it is a good idea to give me some protection. instead, i cannot even get so much as a respite. i get 10 hours of sleep in five days after a broken arm, concussion, anything else. when i came to you, i was promised health and respite. i have been asking -- i sing happy songs for kids. i have no convictions. yet 75 times, i have been illegally tortured, i have come to you with torture. i have come to you to protect women new respect. i want change that is sufficient and helpful and i want to be able to be a part, maybe even a paid participant. i had a genius iq. i care and see whats wrong. no one will protect my campaign. i do not have a campaign now. i have nothing. zero. a life preserve

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westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two

westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two different ways. one of them was cut and cover, the other was a tunneling machine. as they came close to the side of the hill, they dug down vertically, took out the dirt. they took the dart -- they took the dirt and replaced it as phil -- fill all along the lower part of market street. they filled in the ravine. >> thank you all very much. that was a heck of a tort of san francisco. thank you for your attendance. we hope to see you every third thursday right here. >> and good evening. welcome to the meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i'm bob, a member of the commonwealth program community and a chair for of tonight's program. i'm also a member of the house of delegates of the american bar association, where it first met steve. this is a series of programs underwritten by the charles gesky family, which examines the constitution in the 21st century. this examines the balance between safety, security, and public order, and the protection of civi

there are no other members of the public who wish to speak on this, speaking on the topic of the westportommunity benefit districts. we will have general public, and later, so if you wish -- you have been listening to it. if you want to speak to the westboro community benefit districts, otherwise we will have a general comment, and you can speak then. >> i disagree. president chiu: thank you. any others? supervisor cohen? supervisor coehn: -- cohen: i have a question. who pays into this, and how is the budget derived? >> well, in the west portal, the property owners are assessed. lisa pagan, and the property owners are assessed. the assessments go out on the property tax bill, and they are due at the same time the property tax is due. in other districts, not this one, businesses could be directly assessed. we do have one in the fisherman's wharf area on the port side, but this is a property based district, some property owners are assessed, so -- supervisor cohen: all property owners, whether you are a commercial space or in residential >> within the boundaries of the management plan, yes

san francisco all of my life, and i have grown up and have spent a long time -- a lot of time in westport. my uncle used to take me down when i was younger than you. i am here to support the community benefits district. i think it will welcome west portal into the current world. people go to places now. they go to restaurants. they could to shops. they expect to see something bright and shiny, and this is a great way to make a place bright and shiny. the assessment that the merchants and property owners will get is so small that they will not even feel it, but they will feel the benefits of it. i

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then take the trains to westport tal. in a sense muni becomes your boarding pass to the dance. of a neighborhood. students from hilltop school and berkeley high school got a chance to experience it on the hour and a half tour. >> this new piece explore transit. steps at the main libraire lend themselves to interpretation and visitors get involved. >> yesterday a woman came up and was sort of dancing with us on the tour bus and then she had her husband take a picture of her dancing with us. it was awesome. >> urban jazz dance of oakland explore animal call, raw energy. a fascinating performance because an tone is deaf. >> any kind of struggle can also reach their dreams and you have to find it inside of you. >> they have six muni connected performances saturday and six on sunday. >> art making it important, a form of bringing people together. >> in san francisco, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> coming up next at 6:00, the occupy demonstrators are staying put. the big protest they have planned for this weekend. and also bay area home prices drop the 12th month in a row. drop the 12th

then take the trains to westport tal. in a sense muni becomes your boarding pass to the dance. movement that reflects the character of a neighborhood. students from hilltop school and berkeley high school got a chance to experience it on the hour and a half tour. ♪ >> this new piece explores transit. steps at the main library lend themselves to interpretation and visitors get involved. >> yesterday a woman came up and was sort of dancing with us on the tour bus and then she had her husband take a picture of her dancing with us. it was awesome. >> urban jazz dance of oakland explores animal call, raw energy. a fascinating performance because antone is deaf. >> if you have any kind of struggle you can also reach their dreams and you have to find it inside of you. >> they have six muni connected performances saturday and six on sunday. >> art making it important, a form of bringing people together. >> in san francisco, don sanchez, abc7 news. >> one last look at the forecast. here is lisa. >> we've got more clouds around. more clouds and mid-level clouds, making for a partly to mo

westport open up this whole area down here, with the reservoir. the tunnel was built and two different ways. one of them was cut and cover, the other was a tunneling machine. as they came close to the side of the hill, they dug down vertically, took out the dirt. they took the dart -- they took the dirt and replaced it as phil -- fill all along the lower part of market street. they filled in the ravine. >> thank you all very much. that was a heck of a tort of san francisco. thank you for your attendance. we hope to see you every third thursday right here. and that late afternoon sadness rolls in like the luminous california fog crossing over the hills. and some part of me is convinced that i might never have really felt joy. and yet, there's a mythical quality to the garlic mustard, the afternoon, the angle of light that fills me with a peculiar heart-breaking beauty. and i wonder, as i often do, if things will ever be simple. the train sounds down by the river, the cloud passes over the sun, and what could be memories feel like deja vu... like th