. >> the whole city came to a halt. that was it. the whole city came to a halt. >> reporter: passengers on flights out of japan arriving at sfo shared the stories with cbs 5. >> it took us about five hours to get to the airport today, and the airport was like chaos, because there were so many people, just couldn't find a flight. >> it just kept going and i thought this might take longer than usual. >> reporter: ray was in tokyo, his mother was on a plane flying back from dallas unaware of her son's predicament. >> i said i'm oh, but my flight want canceled of course. and i asked why. and he said didn't you see the news. >> reporter: and we saw how bad it was, and thankfully, i didn't know in advance, because i would have been panicked. i was really scared. i was really scared. it was midnight here when i heard about it, and i turned on the tv, and it was everywhere, and i had no idea in japan where he was. he's going from meetings and other cities, from one city to another so i was trying to find out where he is, so i decided to tex

i've been going around this whole city and talking about how many promises we make year in and year out as a city and how many do we really deliver on? this is one of those promises that has been talked about a lot. i've had a lot of discussions with a supervisor of lavalos abt the promises we made ever since we started funding these projects. every time we go to the voters, we are saying, you will get something out of this. you will get jobs. for some reason, they do not appear. promises get made and a lot of times, they just get forgotten. we are actually building these processeprojects. this park will undergo a $13 million innovation. look exactly where it is situated, and the middle of a lot of high unemployment. then you looked at city build right behind us and they are hungry. are you hungry for jobs? [applause] they have been asking where the promises have been and who is implementing it. when we look at promise after promise not fulfilled, the city had to ask itself, can we do better? can we really deliver on this process? that's what this ordinance has been about three it's not

. >> you know the whole city came to a halt. that was the issue, the whole city came to a halt. >> reporter: the passengers on flights out of japan arriving at sfo today shared stories with cbs 5. >> usually it took an hour and a half to get to the airport, took like five hours to get to the airport. and the airport was chaos, so many people, couldn't find a flight to fly out. >> once the big one kept comingings it just kept going. >> reporter: ray roberts of napa was in tokyo, the mother was on a plane back from dallas. >> 6:00, i get a call, the flight cancelled. he said haven't you seen the news? and he said there was an earthquake. and so we turn it on and start to see just how bad it was, and thankfully i didn't know in advance because i would have panicked. >> reporter: one woman was here in the bay area while her husband traveled. >> i was really scared. it was midnight here when i heard about it. and i turned on the tv, sure enough it was everywhere. i had no idea where he was, because he is traveling for business and go

they're about 32 inches square and cover the whole city in 1948 to 1950, somewhere in the mid 50s or 60's. >> to go on the resources that are available to us there's aerial photography that goes back to the -- actually pre first world war and they're amazing and held by pacific ariel survey off,,hagen burger road by the airport. what they did in the early era is they had a large format cameras that they went with the originals over the city and did long exposure photos with very high resolution lenses so when you want to find something in the archives, they'll give you aqua drant go to and a loop and you can't see much resolution but they will blow it up for you and the resolution will be so high you will be able to determine the make of many of the autos you see on the street. in the teens and 20s. >> so let's go back to learning history of your building to find out when was your buildingibility and who built it. what do you think moses? >> for the newer buildings i believe their data base comes from building permit records. >> how do people access that. >> sfgov dot org. you're goi

the whole city, the work force, they are all very excited. certainly, the port is, but i wanted to let you know that the very first directive that i have issued -- and i'm not so sure i have to issue such a directive, but it is just a format, a way in which we operate to make sure everybody is on the same page. and my good friend, lt. governor newsom, is out there as well. he knows a lot more details about this, but we have been in many of his previous pronouncements where, "how are you going to implement this? how are you going to get this done?" we are going to get this done with the lieutenant governor's help as well and his enthusiastic support and leadership. it is a great decision, and it is one that the city will cherish for years to come as we unveil all the new things that will happen. but i want to announce today, in light of what i said and what we know to be the importance of this is to put together a top- notch executive committee team to lead this effort. we are looking at a solid relationship with our event authority. we are lo

the whole city was in an uproar over this. in this environmentally friendly city surrounded by water, the site of 10,000 red balloons drew a less than festive response. >> that seems like a dumb idea because how could they not know these would go in the water. >> they were launched at the masconi center attached with fliers to hypen upcoming video games. >> i see a lot of birds walking and eating just anything. they swallow one of the balloons and it can kill them. >> the fliers traced the balloons to the video game maker thq, a retail video game outlet. game stop quickly distanced itself from the fiasco saying the stunt was created by thq. the balloons drifted across the bay to treasure island. >> you can smell it and taste it. it is definitely latex. >> but thq says they were made from a 100% organ number product and a 100% biodegradable. >> it smells like balloons. like a normal balloon. >> it can take a very longtime for biodegradable materials to degrade when it is in the cold waters. it doesn't mean they won't be mistake

i have to say the whole city has warmly and enthusiastically embraced as. we feel like everyone is reaching out to us to offer a hand to help us make this the bet -- the best event possible. our job is to stage this event, working very closely together with the people from the city, the board of supervisors, the port authority, all the citizens of san francisco. the cup is coming home. it has been gone for a long time, and it is our job, together with all of you, to show the world what this cop really can be. to break this new crown, to take it to the place where it is going to become a worldwide spectacle, not just among the sailing community, but a global sporting spectacle. we have the most perfect place, everyone agrees. we have the sunshine with maybe a little bit more wind, but when we get that, you are going to see some giant votes. it is provisionally being planned that the race will start in this area. you see the course over here. that is just showing where the course will be. the actual course has not been defined yet, but when they get going in

development to bustlines outside of the priority development areas which will inquire you to focus on the whole city. residents living near the local bus lines and not near a part station were deprived of public notice that their areas could be affected by the transit oriented development which includes increased height, density. and thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? >> i am not sure if i'm speaking to the right item. brought time and time again to your attention which is the adequacy and quality of water supply. there is a development that occurred the day before yesterday at the san francisco public utilities commission. the assistant general manager reported to the commission that projected shortfall of available water supplies to meet the level of service goals and its contractual obligations. we raised this issue during the scoping. your document relies on the 2005 urban water management plan which was totally out of date ae signed the contract with our customers. after that time, in the summer of 2010, the city agreed to take even less water from our watershed

i wanted to make sure i give a shout out to all of the honorees because the whole city i think cherishes the contributions of women in everything that we do, whether it is a department head, commission, consultants, contractors, vendors. there are women throughout the whole works of the way the city is run, and i wanted to let you know that years before it did not work that way. when i first started, there were very few women that were in major decision making bodies, and now, we have a fire chief. i have had the privilege of working with the police chief. so many great department heads that have been my colleagues. and certainly within my current office, a lot of women are working in the mayor's office. where i came from, we have an acting city administrator. all of my top three city administrators are female, so i just recognize that. i just wanted to share that. so we have had a great history in this city. and we still are -- emily, i think we still are the single city in the nation that has taken upon itself to pass an ordinance embracing the conference on the end of discrimination,

a good point was made about the next generation having full access with public transit for the whole city for everything that those of more affluent backgrounds have, so it is about equity, and it or them -- i encourage you to keep working on this. other groups should really hear about the organizing you are doing, multiracial, a cross- class lines. this issue be -- congratulations to the great co-organizing for all the organizations that were here, as well. supervisor campos: i also want to thank my legislative aide, sheila, who is in the audience for all of the work done on this. thank you for making all of this happen and for putting this together. it is greatly appreciated. thank you. supervisor avalos: very good. we have this before us. we can motion to move forward without objection, and it will be with the committee report, so we are taken the vote, and when i gavel down, we will pass this resolution. [applause] madam clerk, do we have any more items before us? clerk: no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recy

whole cities have been reduced to shambles.in a year marked by tragic earthquakes, chile has been hit by the biggest tragedies by far. every pacific island felt their colossal forces. along the california coast it swept in at an angle ripping installations and causing heavy damages. japan and okinawa felt the impact. 1960 emerges as the most disastrous earthquake year of modern time. >>> looking inside the shanobel power plant. the role scientists played in designing the plant. >>> and we'll tell you about plans to allow tourists to visit the shanobel nuclear spill zone. >>> japan's damaged nuclear power plants have -- next month the world marks the 25th anniversary of the worse nuclear disaster in history. the 1986 reactor leak and explosions in the ukraine. it spewed radiation upward and led to 31 radiation deaths in the near by area. in recent years, united nations scientists have said their earlier estimates of 12, 12,000 deaths were probably too high. one of the most vexing problems has been the structure built around the

we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup

insuring economic good for the whole city does not mean gentrification to the soma and tenderloin working-class families, immigrants and people of color who reside around the central market. we are really disappointed to hear twitter claims they are socially responsible but yet they don't want to talk to the community about how they're going to be socially responsible neighbors. on top of that, asking the city to provide tax breaks for them but also asking them to provide foot patrols and more muni lines -- where is the money coming from? those foot patrols will not be there for free. that is going to be coming out of the city. we need to make sure we stop this idea of a revitalization for corporations to stay in the city but no real revitalization for the whole community. [tone] we urge you to continue this ordinance at the budget committee. we have letters in terms of our position. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the committee. my name is jeremy miller and i'm co-director of education and incarceration in district 6. i'm here to express deep concern over the payroll e

not destroyed at all because they were consolidation i remember the picture like a picture of the whole city to the ground cities. of course one street was destroyed completely it was very poor construction and very poor if not cement we instead of bricks that we have some concrete blocks and so one result cement and first sit on their own equip map of how old because they could be very poor and. people cannot expect and ever people who build to build and have no expects a strong core spirit after this new. appeared. to develop physically and certainly increase their. quality of bill and ever so every prediction community know iraq and so especially you to look around when people watch television these days first in russia they say that something wrong. is happening with the because we having more. crashes than we used to have like twenty years ago but people say no it's the information we just have more information about what's going on now what about what about the earthquakes one of these disasters is it's also a problem of information all really are witnessing a rise in say small logical

. ♪ from there, they have a view over the whole city and the sea.ceful affair compared to the activity of the bottom. preparations for the nordic ski championships are in full swing. ♪ >> this facility is not only for world championships. we're happy to be able to open and use the facilities for the championships. >> the new holmenkollen is a symbol of pride that norway takes in its skiing activities. it is a symbol that burns all through the night. >> he is not just a painter but also a performer. he says he does not work but has a good time. he specializes in portraits that he renders live and in a matter of minutes. the portraits he paints are upside-down. his show is a mixture of artistry and athleticism. >> there is no time to lose when franck bouroullec creates a new portrait before the eyes of his audience. he has been termed the speed painter for obvious reasons. >> the speed means i do not dwell long on details that would block me. they distract me from up painting -- from the painting. >> this is his depiction of the statue of liberty. his

the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also pass around a few sheets. the important thing is that amsterdam is one of the five major economic central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city. at the red lines, these are the congestion. this is the pattern of workers who go to work in the morning

i also want to emphasize to you what everybody has been talking to me about throughout the whole city. as i walk through the neighborhoods with individual members of the board of supervisors, as i hold town meetings, as i hold so many more meetings in room 200, everyone, to the last person, says, please, find a stops. help us with job creation. help us with getting back to work. help us with how to afford to live in this very expensive city. the only way we can do that is to create and sustain our jobs. that is why i want to say to all of you and particularly to my colleagues on the board of supervisors, please, let's all focus on jobs this year. it is so and valuable to everyone. the dignity of people right now, their wishes to keep their families in the city, their wishes to have dignity for themselves, is reflected in their ability to find these jobs and in their hope to have jobs in the future not only for themselves, but their kids. this is a very personal objective that i have learned through thousands of meetings with people, through the handshakes i have had. i want to say to

it was not destroyed at all because i work until i remember the picture i like a picture of the whole city they down to the ground cities of being in be sure were careful what one street was destroyed completely because of where you poor construction were very poor if not cement we instead of bricks that we have some concrete blocks it's all one without cement and first second their design equip map of how because they could be very poor. people cannot expect and ever people who build to build and have no expects us to want to speak after this new. appeared. to develop. and certainly increase there. could have been an ever so quick prediction community no iraq and civilian especially to look around when people watch television these days especially in russia they say that something wrong. is happening with aviation because we having more. air crashes than we used to have like twenty years ago but people say no it's the information we just have more information about what's going on now what about what about earthquakes one of these disasters is it's also a problem of information all really

the city is now doing this for the whole city. they will be bringing that on in june. that will help our department in getting some of -- more electronic forms available for the customers online. that will be a big thing for the department. i have also included a current copy of the legislation that we will be taking to the mayor for a proposed name change that the city attorney had rewritten again. if the commission remembers, this was tabled by the former mayor. he had a lot on his plate at the time and did not want to bring this to charter at that time in november. to make charter dead lines, to be on the november ballot, we have to have this in by the middle of may. have this introduced by the mayor and supervisors. we have several supervisors that are willing to support this, along with the mayor. that is all i have on proposed legislation. commissioner murphy: questions, commissioners? public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 3 c, opted and permit tracking system. >> pamela levin. in your package, we provided for your request a fairly detail

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it seems as if this whole city is in a chance for a coma. in particular, my black leaders.l of this information even from the u.s., today's news, saying how blacks are leaving these towns, but it all started in sentences go back in 1948. with jesse herman in a smoke- filled room came up with the urban renewal. that is how they do it all over the united states. it is very significant. anyone that thinks it is not significant -- they are insignificant. right now, i cannot understand. ♪ blacks are leaving town nobody around here seems like they care. but that is okay. ace is on the case -- [bell rings] supervisor chiu: thank you. next singer please. >> thank you. this might take a couple of weeks. i have a lot of graphics. ♪ what a city might bridges all were crossed with a winning way to go yes my mom lovely city meter maid bags for all you ever did and i sure miss you every day yester-me supervisor chu remember the 49er ties of your city life of your life of your life morning picnic morning warning on what was to be i wish i had nancy's house where would i find a house like

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