the next item is the final environmental impact report for the brannon street wharf, at long last heard by the city planning commission this thursday, june 16, and we sincerely hope that will be certified. this is the final eir for the project, which has spent 11 years in conceptual design. it is finally moving forward. banks to the generosity of multiple sources, including the bond measure, the project is fully funded -- thanks to the generosity of multiple sources. that is really exciting news for us and we are looking for to that at long last. as i think you already know, this week, the oracle racing has debuted to of their ac-45 vessels for the running of the catamarans. the ac-72's which are twice as tall, will be running for the calendar series in july, 2013, as well as the final match of the america's cup. this week, from 1:00 until 3:30, june 13 through june 17, is the running of america's cup 45, and they're testing out the courses. i think they have some fine- tuning, after yesterday's capsizing, as well as race management technology, all under the purview of john, who is the

you drive all the way from union square to fisherman's wharf, you try that. tell me if mason street is not the most efficient, safest, and most productive way to get tourists and visitors to the city who are staying at the hotel and who we would pick up in the area, visiting from out of town or coming from the up side area, and get over to the fisherman's wharf area, so it is going to create a problem and create traffic unnecessarily in the area, and i appreciate you also look at that when you want to improve taxi service. well, you yourselves by closing mason street is going to hurt taxi service. >> excuse me, sir, i believe you already had an opportunity to speak. president chiu: sir, you had an opportunity to comment on either the eir or the other. the reason we allow them to speak is specifically the city -- >> if you cut me off, you are cutting off -- president chiu: the city attorney has devised us that they could, and again during the public comment period of the other hearing items, but all the other members of the public, you had your opportunity to

wharf. >> they moved it to this temporary location at fisherman's wharf. they left an unusual little treasure of the city. >> ingleside terraces, again, i was trying to show off the residence park. a lot of crazy building. for still has one of the great stairways -- forest hill has one of the greats their ways. -- great stairways. this looked like a ship. they used to decorate fire houses for christmas. >> on the side of this fire house is a wooden tower. the tower was for drying the hoses. after they get water in them, they have to be dried. >> a fire house like this is for sale. if you have $1.3 million, which is really cheap enough for a firehouse -- >> one in the inner sunset was just sold. >> was it? i want to buy a streetcar. i cannot pay my rent. >> there were two of these for pumping water out of the ground. murphy gave a lot of money for it. >> what decided the boundaries and the location of golden gate park? >> it was a deal that they basically cut in 1868. the up side lands were u

that includes chinatown, fisherman's wharf, and part of the russian hill neighborhood.e was elected to the board in november of 2008 and has served as board president since january of 2009. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing them. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. >> my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's. i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area and lived in different parts of boston. i went to catholic price school in dorchester, a section of boston. -- i went to catholic high school in dorchester, a section of boston. because of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. that is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >

. -- pier 29 and walked up to fisherman's wharf. i think there are a lot of opportunities, but it requires us figure out what those strategies are and getting them in place in time. >> any other questions or comments? on average, how many people are we expecting per day? >> right now, we have some refined production that really range from the 300,000's on a peak day, 50,000 for a non-peak week day. we are continuing to refine those in the environmental review process, but that is the ballpark we are seeing >> great. -- seeing. >> great. just to put that in perspective, the x games, we had about 300,000 people coming in and day, and that was through art. of course, for the giants parade we saw multiples of that. >> thank you. it looks like a lot of work have gone into this plan and i look forward to the next version. to promote support a little bit more. also, in the people plan, we do really want to see the water taxi program take up as well. we did not talk about it much today. it is still in its infancy. but if there was ever a mo

we hope that people enjoy themselves through the america's cup village, wharf area. we are looking at ways to bring that online to ensure that it is effectively interspersed with the f line.

this would be just off of the wharf. so, again, this amendment proposal would be for the temporary use of anything like was contemplating the rate in the area so that we potentially have the same issues here that we have to work through with ac/dc as we do in the 24.5 area. all three of these amendment requests have been submitted. i would like to go over the next steps that we are facing in this process. the first step is that bcdc staff brings a subscription notice of the application. the commission says whether or not to go forward

we hope that people enjoy themselves through the america's cup village, wharf area. we are looking at ways to bring that online to ensure that it is effectively interspersed with the f line. hopefully, the e line can allow for more capacity along the ferry building, but also serve as a connector down to the southern piece of the embarcadero, down to the caltrain terminal. moving forward from there, we are really looking at bicycles as a key strategy. obviously, a lot of potential conflicts with pedestrians and cars along this route, but it also offers us opportunities in that it is a fairly flat. in an otherwise hilly city. we are looking at different ways to allow people to have safe and secure areas to leave their bikes, if they have their own, but also look at ways to bring bicycle rental companies for the city's bike share pilot program. if people did not want to wait in line for a train, they could spend the day running their bicycle along the beautiful waterfront. frankly, when i visited the first time when i was 22, i rented a bike and rode across the golden g

---el abogado de un comerciante de "fisherman's wharf", acusado de matar a dos empleados de un negocioxpuso hoy ante un tribunal que tiene dudas acerca de la capacidad mental de su cliente para ser juzgado.---"hong ri wu", de 56 aÑos, presuntamente maÓ a balazos a un hombre y a una mujer, despues de una aparente disputa.---las autoridades mantienen bajo observacÓn psiquiatrica a "wu" dentro de la Árcel del condado, por temor a que se haga daÑo a Í mismo.---un juez considerara la competencia mental del acusado el proximo 13 de junio. ---un bombero de san francisco que resulÓ gravemente herido mientras combaÍa las llamas de un incendio ayer permanece en condición crítica en el hospital... un colega suyo murio a causa del siniestro. ---"beatriz ferrari" nos trae la informacion mas reciente en torno a este incendio mortal.. . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> el hermano de valerio digo que el bombero sobrevivió a la noche y también conversamos con la ex esposa del bombero que falleció . >> es importante por que todo el tiempo quería trabajar . >> pérez tenía un sentido del humor . >> era un buen

fisherman's wharf, annual report, 2010. castro street and upper market, december 2010. noe valley, december 2010. tenderloin cbd, 2010. these were all formed in 2005 and 2006 s and their annual reports were supposed to be done every year. therefore, the mayor's office has dropped the ball. the board of supervisors has not done its job of having these meetings every year. this is the first time in four years that we have come here. by june 1, 2011, they will have 6640 properties. -- there will have 6640 properties citywide, and growing. you have more in the pipeline. if you do not get control, you will have these problems. chairperson campos: the reference on the sunshine ordinance -- does the sunshine ordinance applied? -- apply? >> it does not. cbd bids are under state law. they have to comply with the brown act or the california records act. if they follow those rules, they should be able to follow the sunshine ordinance rules as well. chairperson campos: they have the ability to go beyond what the brown act and public records act requires. they simply adopt the sunsh

fisherman's wharf, annual report, december 2010, castro street, and upper market, december 2010, noe valley, tenderloin c.b.d., 2010. all these c.b.d.'s were formed in 2005 and 2006 and their annual reports were all done four years in a row in front of you when they were supposed to be done in front of you so therefore, the mayor's office dropped the ball, the board of supervisors has not done its job of having these meetings every year and this is the first time in four years that we have come here, the community, to be able to have the talk even publicly about what is going on with the c.b.d. so you're out of compliance with state law as was stated by the mayor's office and by june 1, 2011, you'll have 6,640 properties under c.b.d.'s, 11 of them, citywide. and growing, because you have more in the pipeline and so if you don't get control over the c.b.d.'s, you're going to have problems as this grows. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. i was wondering if i could have a representative f

>> they can go to the fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

the criminal trial of the man accused of killing two people at san francisco fisherman's wharf was put on hold today so his competency could be evaluated. a judge ordered to see if hong ri wu was fit to stand trial. his attorney said he understands the charges. >>> the company that owns marie callender's filed for bankruptcy today and closed shops at restaurants across the bay area. >> my god! i can't believe it. shocked. >> three time as week here to eat. breakfast every sunday. oh, yeah. shocking. >> 31 restaurant closed across the country, including a number in the bay area. the company blamed the closure on a weak economic climate. right now they have assets of $290 but liabilities of $440 million. >>> new at 6:00, ktvu's tom vacar spoke to one employee who calls it greed that is behind the job losses. >> reporter: on july 31 this plant will close after 54 years of service, eliminating 150 jobs. >> a a business is a business and they have figured another way to make more money. it's not that we are losing money. >>> the head of the union says it's unjustified. >> north america is t

more and more, the people coming into this city -- they are not just going to fisherman's wharf any more. they want to come to the mission. they want to experience the cultural diversity we have and celebrate with us. so a safe city, a solvent city, successful city are the principles i am sharing with everyone while we make tough decisions that are bound to come up, and i want to make them with your concerns in mind. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. that was a brief introduction to some of the key figures in city government, department heads, and everyone else who is here who will just introduce themselves. >> my name is phil ginsberg. i am the general manager of recreation and parks. -- my name is phil ginsburg. [inaudible] thank you. >> [inaudible] i am mayor lee's budget director. it is my job to work with the mayor and board of supervisors to make sure we are going to balance our budget every year, as we are required to do under the charter. i appreciate all of you being here and look forward to hearing your thoughts on the budget. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i am direct

construction manager/general contractor services for the pier 27 james herman cruise terminal and northeast wharf plaza project to turner construction company in the amount of $3.5 million in to create a contract contingency fund of 10% of the contract amount, or three of $58,000, for unanticipated contingencies. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am the port project director. i will present a brief summary of the selection process of the turner construction co., as the recommended construction manager and general contractor for the project. next a representative from the department of public works will summarize the work going forward. finally, we have their representative from turner presenting their qualifications. in april of this year, the port commission authorize staff to have the department's public works, the project manager, advertised for construction manager, general construction contract, with the direction the contract not commit the port commission to approval of a project or grant any entitlements. dpw issued a request for politicians and qualified 12 firms. these were invited to

everything we're putting in the long wharf -- and along the worth will last beyond the america's cup events. we're trying to do its smartly. whether it is transportation, infrastructure investments, we're making sure the structures are there for the benefit of san francisco. we will have it there in between the events as they occur. we are even doing street improvements with the america's cup moneys. those investments will obviously help with transporting people around when there is no event as all. >> it could be a good deal for the city long term and not just the developers. >> absolutely. those improvements will not silvio berlusconi for this event. they will be for the permanent use for everybody. >> as the economy creates more homeless folks, what more can be done to divert them off the streets and into housing and job training? >> if i could answer that easily. one of the reasons i came to work enthusiastically with the former mayor is that i truly believe in the care not cash approach to ending homelessness. the solution is permanent supportive is in. we're already putting up