it was all anti-willie brown. that's when the chris daleys and we got this progressive insurgent board of supervisors come in because they ran against willie brown. we're going to see that kind of boil up again, the same thing to try to get ed lee. >> looking ahead, we have a big field of candidates. two voted for ed lee to be interim mayor. david chu and bevin. >> and john avalo. >> so three. so obviously they're not going to be happy. if he does decide to run, how is it going to change the dynamic? >> one thing we've seen at drama hall is a drama free city hall. after gavin newsom we have drama on the personal front and politics. as tom said, he's going to run for governor, didn't know what a lieutenant governor did for a living then decided he was going to be lieutenant governor. we've had a real kind of even keel, we have a budget process through, twitter tax break. we can go through all these things. people are working together reaching across the aisle. that's going to be washed out the wind dow at this poin

plus i think we'll get willie brown and melissa griffin from the san francisco examiner to talk about how nancy pelosi fared in this debt seal -- >> a little coffee talk. >> whatever it was. coffee screaming. >>> all that in a moment. first, there's new hope for two u.s. berkeley graduates behind bars for more than two years. >> iran's foreign minister is quoted yesterdaying a says he hoping shane bauer and josh fattal will be released soon. he is the highest ranking iranian official to raise those expectations. if two americans face spying charges for allegedly crossing into iran illegally back in 2009. their trial ended last sunday. iranian judges will reportedly announce their verdict soon, a third hiker, bauer's fiance, sara shourd was released last year. >>> a fire overnight in an auto detailing shop in san jose destroyed a customer's car. a neighbor saw smoke at diamond auto detailing on south autumn street. firefighters went in and found a vehicle fully engulfed. they contained the fire about a half hour later. damage to the building is minor. a gang shoot out in oakland killed

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of course, the mayor then was willie brown, and he said, what are you going to do with this? and of course the first thing you do if you read it, and you read it with the understanding that there is probably a lot of information there that will be very hard and goals and programs that will be very hard to implement at the department of public works, which had historically been a very male- dominated agency. but we made a commitment to the mayor, we made a commitment to the commission that we would study that report and to implement every single one of those as that applied at every level of the department. i was willing to do that because around in may were a lot of other powerful women, who said it would not be that hard. all you had to do is pay attention to it, and all you had to do was not take no for an answer and all you had to do was look forward, not backward. and with those varied little pieces of advice, which took on that task and we found at the local managers. we found that many women who were trying to even get to the blue-collar work, the work on the streets, h

, you would not know he served four mayor's and he had very powerful friends like former mayor willie brown san francisco's often fractured board of supervisors could not agree on at the mayor, then they agreed on the compromise -- ed lee. the board approved him ten to one, and they do not approve of anything ten to one. who is he? his mother was a seamstress. his father died when he was 10. he was so poor, he and his siblings would scrounged around in the basement for something to give each other for christmas. in one box, there would be an old shoe. in another one, a shoelace. he won a scholarship to bottling college in bowdoin college in maine. he returned to the bay area to attend ucla berkeley law school, before working for the city government, first as an investigator in the whistle- blowers department, and a few decades after california passed laws forbidding agents from -- asians from owning land, he became the first chinese- american mayor. now his mustache has its own twitter feed. i feel badly for the audience, because they can only hear the mustache. it is truly awesome up close

phil matier, willie brown, will weigh in on the security changes that all kick in this weekend. >>> the market opened just about 8 minutes ago. you can see the numbers are down this morning. the dow down 86, nasdaq down 8 and the s&p down about 5. investors really waiting on the big speech from the fed chair today. we'll have much more coming up. ,,,,,,,, [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. >>> good morning. look at these backups through oakland. northbound 880 as you pass the coliseum, it is just stop and go traffic like this all the way out towards embarcadero, fifth. that's where we are dealing with an accident 7 cars involved up to two big rigs. we have just learned that only minor injuries with this crash. so that's great news. an ambulance was heading to the scene though just as a precaution. we understand tow crews are already out there as well an

and when willie brown was our mayor, a lot of work came in on harrison street. so that whole area is changing. then it was the third round. in the 1970's, the neighborhood said, let us build a park there. then in the 1980's, when we first moved in, somebody once again brought it to our attention. it got as far as the drawings and then fell into the blue void also. and then we started working with the neighborhood, rec and parks, and then we had lots of meetings. after a year and half of talks, we finally got our park. it is build it and they will come, and they have not stopped coming. i am sure that is what will happen at 17th and folsom. definitely an area that could use open space. >> it iis there any other member of the public that would like to comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. commissioner's matters? is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 11. new business, the agenda setting. is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. item 12. communications. is the

a former mayor willie brown. we've got real issues. are they getting tossed to the side? >> substance doesn't compile as easily as making my case. how do you make a mistake on the case? i mean, you can't do that. on the other hand, $2 per gallon. i want to know when she is going to start that, because the day she starts that i am going back to my issue very at. >> but what was the level? what was it that we didn't see? we saw all of these county fair bit round the signals. but what were they actually saying as far as this? >> with take the corporations are you i was actually 5 feet away from that romney. weise posted extended video on it. he actually handled the situation very well. people were trying to say, why don't you tax corporations more customers he was tried to explain to them and it got heated. but he was fairly calm in that. now, he said something that was goofy by political standards. he said corporations are people too area within literally five hours, it was cut into a commercial by the democratic national committee. it is airing in iowa right now. his camp

the meeting i had with willie brown was 14 years ago. and nothing has been done since then. it is just business as usual. it is your business to see where you can do to help the public get better dispatch. >> [reading names] ." >>> i'm from aerocab company. it is important to point out that it virtually is negated by the memorandum in october of 2010. this requires cabdrivers to pay mandatory credit card fees. they barely make enough money to support themselves. the owners are zero former cabdrivers and they look out for the interest of cabdrivers. in order for us to survive in this industry, we must take decisive action regarding the unfair treatment. let me give you a quick example. oh russian-speaking citizens, they call a public meeting to transfer them die in this out in record time. something they have never done for any other cab company. we're grateful for breaking the pattern of non responsiveness. we hope that this board will follow her example and respond before they complete their review of our complaint. i would like to start with him. i want to hear the opinion

. >> phil matier and willie brown are weighing in on the latest attacks because president obama is on vacation. >> here's a look at the numbers. down 93 and counting. we are going to get an update from coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. the markets are remaining volatile this >>> good morning. we have been dealing with several accidents across the bay area so far this morning. but right now there is nothing out there that's blocking lanes. still a few fender-benders that chp is dealing with but everything is pretty clear to the right shoulder. golden gate bridge, the fog lawrence has been talking about a

willie brown actually made his name by going and trying to see one of the homes. it was a very political thing. he would walk up with a whole bunch of people in the person showing the home would sneak away. >> even in the teens, there were a lot of neighborhoods that had restrictions against certain groups of people. >> this was in the 1950's. willie mays had trouble buying a house in san francisco. a couple of people would not show him a house. they had to enlist the mayor and a bunch of people. this is their reservoir. companies would take a block and there would start wrecking houses. there were building two a day -- they were building two with a. the 1930's were the big boom times for the sunset. >> this is a recession. >> these are the homes in west would park. -- in westwood park. >> how did this perform? the composite the assembly -- come's assembly -- composite assembly. >> they would stucco it. they would put chicken wire on it. >> when i inspect buildings that are being remodeled, i see that the chicken wire mesh is completely gone. >> it is galvanized.

that is something that mayor willie brown taught me. we allow our communications to get through and people will get through to us. i also want to give my appreciation to the police chief being out there tackling those things, even if there are communities that do not understand what we are doing, trying to get to a level of communication that is comfortable for everyone, so that we get good information. as i said earlier, working with our public safety adviser and his staff to promote as much prevention as we can. it is not always going to be the police stopping everything. it will be other programs that prevent and change people's lives. that has to work in concert with our police department and all the things they do, but it begins with a good presence. the police chief has shown that through a number of things he has done, making sure there are great communications while we ask our police officers, has with our other public officers, to contribute to the deficit, making sure that our funding gap is closed. this is one of the most dif

involved in public life in san francisco, i was appointed as the predecessor to this board by mayor willie brown back in 1996. back then, the budget was much smaller. that the mission was just as important. in the two or three years i served on the board, and then as city attorney, were muni happens to be my largest client, i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the work that the organization does. scott talk a little but about his experience -- talked a little bit about his experience. to me, that is what it is about. to have the stick to it of this -- sticktoitiveness to stick with an organization. i cannot imagine a better addition for this organization. we have had the opportunity -- i've had the opportunity to volunteer working for him on neighborhood cleanups, and i see how much he cares about san francisco, in respect of of his role. he has the leadership skills, the drive, the vision, the people skills to take muni to the next level. i want to congratulate him on his new position and the mta board on a truly inspired selection. i know he is going to inspire nothing but confidence in the

and george moscone and i'll willie brown defended jim jones until the day he died. history is tragedy, not mello drama. >> what about tommy norman and joe after the trial? was that the end of their careers, or did they -- what happened to them? >> well, i mean, joe had no political future at all. he was through, and he left politics. tom norman went on prosecuting cases. um, doug schmidt and steve scherr who beat tommy norman in this trial liked tommy norman. i wasn't particularly friendly toward tommy norman. i didn't describe his style, but if you could imagine -- remember stanley tucci sort of slithering through the devil wore prada? that was kind of tommy's -- tommy would never say "said" if he could say "aver." he was a pretend white house kind of guy with a widow's peak. schmidt and scherr felt so badly for him that they seriously discussed offering him a partnership in their firm. [laughter] they liked, they liked tommy norman. a lot of people around the halls of justice liked tommy norman and were sorry to see that it had all, that he had messed up big time.

willie brown has been helpful in giving me advice about things that i did not have. i have had some private conversations with people about how to do things. that is part of my were read. i also enjoyed a lot of support from people because they want me to be successful. they know i am open to honest dialogue. whatever advice they give me, i keep it secret. and there are very content with that. -- they are very content with that. >> [inaudible] >> 6:00 in the morning on sundays. maybe every two weeks. >> [inaudible] you just want to be a city administrator. you are used to these distractions. >> no, there were a lot of things i have to get used to the first few months. there are a lot of things that i cannot get used to in this job, the attention, publicity, but also, the variety of issues. there are so many things coming at you. for example, this today, a friend of mine in mailed -- e- mailed me and said that one of his in-laws was one of the fishermen that was caught out in the kabul area. i said that we would call the account the general in mexico. so we immediatel

and when willie brown was our mayor, a lot of work came in on harrison street. so that whole area is changing. then it was the third round. in the 1970's, the neighborhood said, let us build a park there. then in the 1980's, when we first moved in, somebody once again brought it to our attention. it got as far as the drawings and then fell into the blue void also.

but that you were having trouble saying no to willie brown and rose park could you tell me what's happened's changed in your mind over the last couple weeks? >> i changed my mind because we -- my working with you, supervisor chew, and why all of the rest of the supervisors, had given me some great hope that this city can succeed in the things it wants to do. if we continue the high level of civility we have accomplished and we set the tone since january. >> our own phil matier moderated the debate in mission bay. he had questions for the candidate but in a unique way the political rivals were also allowed to pose their own questions to one another. >>> other bay area headlines now. the shutdown that prompted this protest which disrupted last night is being investigated by the feds. they turned off wireless service at survive stations last week to foil another planned protest. now the f.c.c. is looking at the agency's movements. >>> tonight the city council approved a plan to help the city hold on to money intended for the 49ers stadium project. the state has plans to eliminate all redevelo