. >> thank you, a role call >> president>> here >> vice president wong. >> commissioner perez. >> here >> commissioner poggio >> here >> commissioner thomas. >> here >> thanks the next item is general public comment is anybody interested in commenting. no public comment. >> item throw approval the minute for december 17, 2024 commission meeting. do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> so moved. >> seconded. >> is there public comment on our meeting minutes? no public comment. close public comment special vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye >> vice president wong >> aye yoochl commissioner davis >> aye >> perez. >> aye. >> poggio. >> aye. >> thomas. >> aye. >> all our welcome i will be sure to this evening e mail all commissioners and staff with just directions for attending as a member of the public. you are very much dips couraged from driving here. there will be many street closures occurring and please take public upon tnst if you comprehend that will be occurring 11:30 tomorrow and there will be an open house at city hall after. which is open to the public and the new mayor w

i'm claudine wong. >> and happy weekend one and all. i hope you're ready for some rain because you can see behind us. >> green on the screen. >> we got a lot of green going on out there, and a lot of rain coming our way in northern california. and let's check in with rosemary and find out how much and when the bulk of it is going to land here in the bay area. >> several days of rain, guys. so gear up. but i will say this morning if you enjoy the rain, it is a nice one to get outdoors and maybe take a walk. grab your umbrella. here's a look over san jose where we are starting out with mostly cloudy skies that flood watch. as betty mentioned a moment ago, going until sunday evening, the north bay expected to get another inch or two of rainfall in the next 24 hours or so. here's a look at storm tracker two, where it is widespread light rain over the north bay and scattered showers over the central bay and south bay at the moment. maybe a little bit of drizzle, but not a lot going on for you. as well as the santa cruz mountains. and this mo

that was true for wong kim ark. that was true for the legal team of prop 187.that was true for all of us who were fighting for roh. and this is incredibly true for the professional rules of the city attorney's office who could work anywhere but choose to represent san francisco and choose to fight for what is right. >> we are in this fight to gather. >> so i have one final thought and i'm going to say this to lucas buddy. >> i don't really remember much of what happened when i was eight. >> but my hope is that you and your friends might remember this moment when the city attorney's office and the community came together to take an oath together to uphold our constitution and to protect our rights, to stand united and radical inclusivity and love as one san francisco. i named my son after a character who believes in the future of hope and i'll just end with this. san francisco my friends, my community. may the force be with us. >> godspeed. and thank you . >> elected official and lifetime here to come to choir rehearsal and hang out. you are officially an honora

. >> good morning assistant chief was in the morning i did assistant chief wong what a gentleman you are my man oh yes good morning. >> yeah good morning class. take your seats. what do you do? >> time to okay. all right. good morning, class 285. i'm going to be brief in my comments and i'll turn it over to mayor. i just want to welcome you to the san francisco police department. i know this is a very exciting day. most of you i saw last week during your your one week orientation if you will and again i told you we'd see you this week. so it's it's a pleasure. it's really a pleasure to see you here. this is you are the largest class that we've had. i think since 2017 2018 somewhere around here first full class that we've had since that time and we are extremely excited to see you because we need you in this city now we're all going to give you a little bit of advice in terms of how to get through this academy time for me 30 almost 36 years ago it was the same as it is for you and you're looking at living proof that you can get through this. it's not going to be easy. most of you are

his only living sister, 93 year old marjorie wong, welcomed him back to the bay area along with her family as well as other first responders. hops plane was shot down on a mission in germany back in 1944. his remains were recovered and identified last june. hop will be laid to rest with full honors at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno on february 7th. baseball fans remembered rickey henderson today, one of the greatest players to ever play the game. a public memorial brought out fans, family, friends and former players together at the oakland arena. that's next door to the coliseum, where the oakland tech graduate forged his career as baseball's all time leader in stolen bases and runs scored. >> that man changed baseball forever. >> yes he did. yes he did. yes. >> along with griffey, other hall of famers attended, including former a's greats dennis eckersley and tony la russa. anderson died in december after complications with pneumonia, five days before his 66th birthday. much more ahead tonight on abc seven news, including an american hostage reunited with his family after bein

the popular hospitality team that runs novella, barbarossa and matt gray, managing partners hill1 wong arash gandin, both turtle tower fans, wanted to preserve the legacy of the restaurant. >> we're excited for the new partnership. you know, when the turtle tower shut down, i thought it was a significant loss for san francisco. this could be a good milestone, right, for sf recovery. we didn't just want to reopen another restaurant, right? we wanted to preserve a piece of san francisco. >> the new turtle tower sign has just gone up. murals are being installed inside, and photos that preserve its history will adorn the walls of the space that was once occupied by italian restaurant barbacoa. >> it will be an elevated experience. the location alone we felt fitted turtle tower very well along this iconic street. >> the pair is betting big on downtown. >> we're san francisco natives. we're hopeful, although it's still quite challenging post pandemic. but we do believe in the new leadership of the city, our new mayor. >> the beloved pho will remain unchanged, with new hanoi street food items

the popular hospitality team that runs novella, barbarossa and matt gray, managing partners hill1 wong arash gaynetdin, both turtle tower fans, wanted to preserve the legacy of the restaurant. >> we're excited for the new partnership. you know, when the turtle tower shut down, i thought it was a significant loss for san francisco. this could be a good milestone, right, for sf recovery. we didn't just want to reopen another restaurant, right? we wanted to preserve a piece of san francisco. >> the new turtle tower sign has just gone up. murals are being installed inside, and photos that preserve its history will adorn the walls of the space that was once occupied by italian restaurant barbacoa. >> it will be an elevated experience. the location alone. we felt, fitted very well along this iconic street. >> the pair is betting big on downtown. where san francisco natives. we're hopeful, although it's still quite challenging post pandemic. but we do believe in the new leadership of the city, our new mayor. >> the beloved pho will remain unchanged, with new hanoi's street food items added to

the popular hospitality team that runs novella, barbarossa and matt gray, managing partners hill1 wongnd arash gandin both. turtle tower fans wanted to preserve the legacy of the restaurant. >> we're excited for the new partnership. you know, when the turtle tower shut down, i thought it was a significant loss for san francisco. this could be a good milestone, right, for sf recovery. we didn't just want to reopen another restaurant, right? we wanted to preserve a piece of san francisco. >> the new turtle tower sign has just gone up. murals are being installed inside, and photos that preserve its history will adorn the walls of the space that was once occupied by italian restaurant bar baco. >> it will be an elevated experience. the location alone. we felt fitted turtle tower very well along this iconic street. >> the pair is betting big on downtown. >> we're san francisco natives. we're hopeful, although it's still quite challenging post pandemic. but we do believe in the new leadership of the city, our new mayor. >> the beloved pho will remain unchanged, with new hanoi street food ite

am i wong on that in -- wrong on that? >> well, at this point the airplane was lined up properly, flying a normal procedure. it's a little bit off the track and he was straight into one runway, circling to land to the another. that puts him over an area of the city with lights behind him making him difficult to identify and difficult to predict what he's going to do next. he's in a dynamic situation, turning and descending for the runway, making it difficult for the helicopter to evaluate. david: now, kit, of course you must have heard the president talking about dei programs creating staffing shortages at airports around the country. it does appear, however, that in d.c. sort of backing up what the president was saying is that there was one traffic controller doing the job of two people. that's the word that's coming out. have you seen these staffing shortages around the nation recently? >> well, that's actually not uncommon when traffic is low in the evening, frequently combine ground and tower. in this case, we've combi

he's only living sister, 93 year old marjorie wong welcomed him back to the bay area along with her familys other first responders. hoppe's plane was shot down on a mission in germany back in 1944. his remains were recovered and identified last june. hoppe will be laid to rest with full honors at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno on february 7th. los angeles is postponing the opening of the pacific coast highway through. the palisades. it was set to reopen tomorrow for the first time since the devastating fire there. many locals thought it was too soon to end a curfew and abandon the checkpoints. instead, one lane in each direction will reopen monday. checkpoints in the area will remain in place. non-renewed and forced out. seven on your side is digging into the data, investigating new concerns about california's insurance crisis. it's pushing people to the state's insurer of last resort. seven on your side. stephanie sierra shows us the area's most impacted. >> state farms. motto uh. what is it like a good neighbor? state farm is there. ha! what a joke that is. >> after 50 years

we have a few non substantive amendments that that we worked with deputy city attorney victoria wong on. thank you to her and i think those have all been circulated. i think our clerk has the maybe and i think members i've not i have copies and i will hand them out and then i think ben van houten, our director of nightlife initiatives is is at ewg is going to talk a little bit more about this. i want to thank ben for his work on this entertainment zone and others as well as kelly varian also at ewg. and then i want to thank calvin and my office and i want to thank the merchants for being here as well as for their support. and with that being said, ben van houten great. thank you. president mandolin good morning chair walton vice chair cheryl ben van houten from the office of economic and workforce development. i'm going to do a short presentation on entertainment zones. this is i think the third or fourth piece of legislation before the board on entertainment zones. but it's going to provide a just a little bit more background to supplement what president mainland said. again, entert

his only living sister, 93 year old marjorie wong, welcomed him back to the bay area along with her familyfirst responders. hoppe's plane was shot down on a mission in germany back in 1944. his remains were recovered and identified last june. hoppe will be laid to rest with full honors at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno on february 7th. los angeles is postponing the opening of the pacific coast highway through pacific palisades. it was set to reopen today for the first time since the devastating wildfires. nearly 5000 people signed a petition to keep the palisades area, which includes a stretch of the highway, closed to nonresidents. instead, one lane in each direction will reopen tomorrow. checkpoints in the area will remain in place. still ahead on abc seven mornings protests this week over massive cuts to one bay area university. but the money problems do not stop at just one campus. we'll explain. and here's a live look from our south beach camera. you see traffic moving along nicely here on the bay sometimes it takes a different approach to see the possibilities all around

his only living sister, 93 year old marjorie wong, welcomed him back to the bay area along with her familyother first responders. hoppe's plane was shot down on a mission in germany back in 1944. his remains were recovered and identified last june. hoppe will be laid to rest with full honors at golden gate national cemetery in san bruno on february 7th. los angeles is postponing the opening of the pacific coast highway through pacific palisades. it was set to reopen today for the first time since the devastation in los angeles. and nearly 5000 people signed a petition to keep the palisades area, which includes a stretch of that highway, closed to nonresidents. instead, one lane in each direction will reopen tomorrow. checkpoints in the area will still remain in place. still ahead this morning. protests this week over massive cuts to one bay area university. but the money problems don't stop at just one campus. we'll explain. and here's a live look from our roof camera. lisa is tracking a level one system moving through the bay area, with more to come you can access your fico® score in a sn

his casket was escorted off the plane to a car where his only living sister, 93 year old marjorie wonged him back home. in 1944, sergeant juan hoppe was flying a mission in germany when his plane was shot down. most of his crewmates became prisoners of war. nguyen and two other crew members remained unaccounted for until he was recovered and identified in june of 2024. well, the cafe and home goods store owned by ayesha curry is closing its downtown oakland flagship location. sweet july made that announcement today. no exact reason for the closure was shared, but the post said the difficult decision was made to, quote, prioritize the safety of our patrons and staff. the last day to grab some coffee or bread pudding will be on sunday, february 9th. and after 45 years of manufacturing cheese in santa rosa. family owned joe mattos cheese and farmstead is now closed. sonoma magazine reports the company stopped producing its portuguese style saint george cheese in november and closed the store. the excuse me, the store closed yesterday after selling its remaining inventory. joe and mary mat

sophia yu, lucas wong and rui yu versus department building inspection and planning department approval of subject property 62 santa isabel avenue appealing the issuance on november 1st, 2024 to samuel peck of an alteration permit remove existing exterior wood stairs, new deck and stairs protected by fire rated wall at property line at the rear of the building. this is permit number 20 2411 zero one 4190 and we'll hear from the appellants first. welcome. you can come up and we have you have seven minutes. >> we won't start the time till you're ready. okay. how do i help? how if i want to use that because this one has to show the picture not showing up here but if i want to put that in it you have to set a earlier and we have to start the meeting so you can show it on this if you are willing to show here for different reasons. no, i want to show that but i also actually have more pictures to show if i do it on on this thing actually does that actually close here you can even on the screen so okay so it does not show so once someone yes yeah so it's set up and all you have to do is you ca

facilitated by licensed facilitators i notice in the village in their budget is listed a person named james wongrpreter as the consultant. >> can you talk a little bit more about that? yes. so each of these in the current each of these is going to be led these are essentially english led language groups at this point. >> we had actually hoped to find a couple in non-english led but but then through the rfp process those proposals just did not happen. >> that's something we're going to have to think about if this goes on beyond. but so a couple of unique things happened next village who does have a significant chinese language cantonese speaking membership they are going to have a translator there on standby. they've budgeted in to try to see if that might be a way to be more inclusive of this process that that's what we're seeing there. >> i would note that golden gate senior services has a tentative plan in year two to to look at a chinese language group for their service. okay. so that baseline is my question in terms of will these sessions be available for non-english speakers. >> yeah. you k

. >> good morning assistant chief was in the morning i did assistant chief wong what a gentleman youing. >> yeah good morning class. take your seats. what do you

sonny wong and a cluster. >> i'm sarah saldana, principal at jean parker and member of united administrators. none of the decisions you have to make are easy and school principals are eager to engage in these hard choices with you bringing the perspective and experience of those closest to our kids and families. my comments target two areas first elementary schools with many students with ieps must have assistant principals. if you want to retain administrators, ensure legal compliance and have strong instructional leadership. second, we want to use our cde and city grants in the ways california and san francisco expect us to to quote address the uniqueness needs assets and aspirations of the school community. we want to be part of sustainability planning and ensuring off ramps for our grant funded positions as the funding ends in the next few years. we want to talk about these topics include us ask us to partner with us. we are always better together but you. oh god. thank you. my name's christian acosta. i'm the principal at lafayette elementary school. i'm here to talk about the staffing