city in the neighborhood. so we ask that you support this today. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, i am maury starky, a member of the neighborhood association. i would first like to submit our petition against narrowing the dolores street at the sttop. we are not against all improvements of this in-kind. but we simply believe that a bulb out of eight feet would be adequate for pedestrians to get across. we want all the other improvements that the in-kind proposal is adding to our neighborhood. we think that the planning department's exclaclaim that thb outs will have view on the traffic and we view this as a political proposal and we believe that scott weiner is the one pushing it. it's social engineering in our neighborhood. it will back-up traffic. whether or not they have a lovely graph on how it will not affect us. but if you live in this neighborhood and you see other places with major groceries stores. you will see the back-ups. even with the mitigation they want you to believe this will not ca

the entire city and county of san francisco is oversaturated. we have way more liquor licenses than what the code says. you could theoretically go anywhere in the neighborhood and put an out-right prohibition of 100 feet. and you could. if you are talking about saturati saturation, that point is pretty much everywhere. that's why i don't think you want to go with an out-right ban. and it's the practice of those establishments. and distinguishing those places that are bars versus restaurants. and some are providing a different experience than others. some are nuisances and some are. and the bigger issue that we went to, we can't determine what is hot and not. and that creates a nuisance. and those people with huge lunch crowds it's a nuisance. but it's a different kind of nuisance, while people are standing in front in their property. that's why i don't think that makes sense, you could ban that everywhere in the city. >> commissioner. >> the issues are specific to this particular area. and that's why the legislation came up in the first place. i

city. and just to highlight a few of the benefits for district 5, the 5 million for the geary and van ness vrts, the work force development and construction jobs, hopefully to significantly benefit the residents of the western addition community. and nearly 40 million for affordable housing, which ought to benefit the district with some of the most distressed public housing development. all that said, our work is not done. we have a framework for development agreement, not a complete consensus. when i endorsed the term sheet before -- while i endorse the term sheet before us today, i am cautiously optimistic about our progress so far. and this is clearly not our last vote on the project. i have reservations about shifting money into the mayor's office of housing without a clear plan for how the money will be used to actually create housing, particularly in the effective area. and i am convinced the work force development -- i am not convinced that the work force development adequately prior

we contribute projects to the community and to the entire city. lulu restaurant was our first project and we're still here today. we've grown strong and we don't want to be limited. we want to stay small, but feel the limits are too low. and in an industry where a few are already nickel and diming, we can't afford rent in the financial district. so, please consider these amendments and allow our community to thrive, especially after we've endured the years of crime and public defecation and used needles. now that the community is going to improve we don't have to leave [speaker not understood]. thank you. >> thank you, ms. [speaker not understood]. >>> supervisors, i'm john goldman of goldman architects, and i am here to speak about 340 11th street which is the only project in western soma which is grandfathered in by the planning commission that needed to be grandfathered in as a pipeline project. it was proposed to be housing above commercial for the block of 11th between folsom and harrison. we had a very illuminating meeting at supervisor kim'

city. a we see from the environmental impact report, we're impacting in particular the 19 bus line which is already a really slow bus line and goes all the way to the southeast sector. and we're looking at delays in that particular bus line. so, in terms of the environmental impacts of this particular plan is why it's so important to me that we look in the surrounding community and they receive an opportunity to participate in this project in some capacity. so, i'd like to make sure that this is looked at and that i'm a part of the process of helping to craft this to serve the residents specifically of the western addition. the other thing that i look at in this deal is, first of all, it's an incredible deal and i think, wow, we got here and we got here a lot quicker than i thought we would ever get here and i'm really pleased and excited about this. but not necessarily pleased and excited about the people who are going to be working in this hospital long term who have yet to receive, you k

mark the first time an entire city has fallen into opposition hands. activists say rebels have attained a provincial governor. the news sparked celebrations in the central square. provisional results coming in from kenya's presidential election indicate the deputy prime minister has a clear lead. >> that could change. monday's election was largely peaceful, but the country is watching the peace count with concern. if neither candidate wins an absolute majority, they will face a runoff in april. in 2007, with a 200,000 people were killed in post-election violence after allegations of widespread fraud -- more than 200,000 people were killed in post-election violence. this year in hanover, the focus is on shared economy, and poland is the partner country. thousands of visitors are expected over the next few days. >> today, there was one high- profile visitor -- german chancellor angela merkel. she worked as a scientist before getting into politics. at this year's fair, she also expressed an interest in high- tech fashion. >> if someone ever claims polish

which he and the entire city can be proud of. tonight, we celebrate the lifetime achievement of ed harrington. [applause] >> you really have to believe. i will give you my trust. i will give you this authority, but you need to take care of us. that's your job. that is the important challenge. >> 20 eight years is a long time working for any place. i loved working for the city. two things come to mind as biggest accomplishments. one is, just keeping the place running. it's a pretty big accomplishment. if i had to pick one big thing, it would be helping to create the department of aging and adult services. we recognize people who were elderly or having to go to four different offices in the city. we changed it into one department with no wrong door. if you need those kind of services, you can come here. the way city government should work. it was a great thing to happen. i like to solve puzzles. i like to take things that do not work and figure out how to make them work. when i got there, it was the place you went to get a no- answ

it seems like the entire city is on the move, hearing all kinds of sounds. [ drums play ] african rhythm. >> ♪ i fell for you like a child ♪ >> american country-western. [ rock 'n' roll plays ] there's rock 'n' roll. >> ♪ you were always on my mind ♪ >> even elvis. >> ♪ you were always on my mind ♪ >> but my personal fave was this one. >> are you ready? >> ♪ it's fun to stay at the ymca ♪ >> [ singing operatically ] >> not far away, opera lovers were singing along, too, to "die fledermaus," which means "the bat." written by strauss' son, johann jr., the plot's too complicated to explain right now, but fledermaus is young johann's most famous operetta. and the sachertorte is vienna's most famous dessert. served everywhere, but especially here at café sacher. this delicious chocolate cake was invented almost two centuries ago by a 16-year-old apprentice chef. sweet. as midnight approaches, vienna's giant amusement park takes center stage. when the hour strikes, all eyes are on the skies as the new year starts with a bang. [ fireworks crackling ] ringing in the new year, vi

anything that deals with that is going to deal with the entire city. if you think you're going to be late tonight, just think what's going to happen if that legislation went through. yeah, i see the smirks and smiles up there. that type of legislation results in a city frozen in time. it does not allow for the normal, logical, thoughtful planned change that is necessary for san francisco. this legislation, as i say, works. more than anything else, what we have now is confusion, object obfuscation and uncertainty. and we can't let it continue. thank you. ~ >>> good afternoon, commissioners -- good evening, i guess, commissioners. eric brooks again representing san francisco green party, the local grassroots organization in our city. and i've been coordinating the community c-e-q-a improvement team that you received an e-mail from earlier or yesterday. first i want to clarify, we are not against improving our access to c-e-q-a locally and improving the process. we understand that there needs to be a clearer trigger for appeals instead of the open-ended p

city as a whole. i am asking that you send this back for proper scoring and consideration. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker please? >> good morning, committee superviser, lance burton, planet fillmore communications. i am a local business enterprise that worked largely with some of the small business venues and event makers here in the western addition as well as the south east communities. we struggle with the ability to promote ourselves expose ourselves through the marketing and advertising that is needed to get a grand scale audiences and to our opportunities. and as we looked at the season of african american acknowledgment, this recent few months, we noticed that it was very, very tough to get our messages out above and beyond the very, very localized participants who showed up because of our fliers or the links that we do with the internet. but when i size up the profiles of these two companies, and i look at what the innovation that jcdco has had a history of having over t

city. so, this project and cpmc's ongoing operations, you know, have a big impact on employment in san francisco in addition to health care in the neighborhoods. so, actually as supervisor mar previously commented, cpmc, the current local hire and work force development commitments are significant improvement over the previous ones which were among the weakest terms of the development agreement that the board had considered last year. so, we're -- our coalition fully supports these increased commitments as a key part of the overall package of the community benefits being offered by cpmc. i just want to offer a few more specific points of feedback that kind of reinforce comments that were already made by supervisor cohen, breed, and avalos. for the commitment of 40% local hire for permanent entry level jobs, you know, we believe that's a solid commitment. local hire commitment. but many important details still need to be flederction out about that. you know, for example, what positions are g

city as a whole. i am asking that you send this back for proper scoring and consideration. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker please? >> good morning, committee superviser, lance burton, planet fillmore communications. i am a local business enterprise that worked largely with some of the small business venues and event makers here in the western addition as well as the south east communities. we struggle with the ability to promote ourselves expose ourselves through the marketing and advertising that is needed to get a grand scale audiences and to our opportunities. and as we looked at the season of african american acknowledgment, this recent few months, we noticed that it was very, very tough to get our messages out above and beyond the very, very localized participants who showed up because of our fliers or the links that we do with the internet. but when i size up the profiles of these two companies,

city. so, thanks once again, and we look forward to you approving the term sheet today. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> michael lion, gray pan theyx and also a member of the coalition. we have come a long way. st. luke's looks more viable. cathedral hill looks more manageable but there are serious questions that remain, not only about the cpmc itself, but also how that deals affects the rest of the health system in san francisco. how is the rest of the city going to care for some 5,000 more medical patients -- medi-cal patients that we anticipated? how are we going to have enough skilled nursing facility beds? how many psych bed do we need? how are costs going to be contained? we need to have a continuing community advisory group that can continue the work that advanced us this far. and a good example of this is the [speaker not understood] commission in the past and the master plan that's going to be coming in the future. so, we need to have a continuing advisory body. finally,

city. because we know how important it is for public safety and i just wanted to stop by and say hello and express my interest in getting more folks out in the district especially in the areas where we need it the most and thank you very much for this community. >> thank you, supervisor, also a native and she graduated from uc davis and came back and she served at the african american cultural center as the director and it is great to have her on the board of supervisors because she is a true san franciscoan and her district is in the northern district along with the park district and so she deals with the captain all of the time. we need to look at oakland with the crime rate skyrocketing because they are laying off police officers and we are hiring police officers that is because the board of supervisors have decided that the public safety is their first concern and mayor lee has made the same commitment and we have two academy classs in there now and for that we thank you. >> yes, thank

departments, and really promoting a model of greening for our entire city. so, i'll introduce tina [speaker not understood] who is one of the leaders of the parents who is here with her son noah and she shares the green argon school committee. ~ chairs also the principal of argon and the parents here with them. so, tina? can we get the microphone? >> it's live. >> it's live? okay. well, supervisor eric mar and esteemed members of the board of supervisors, on behalf of all of us at argon elementary school, i want to fares our deepest appreciation for the honor to come before you today. i remember nine years ago the last time i was in this room testifying, i was pregnant with noah, and he's here with me again today to hear the story of how we got to this place. about four years ago when noah was admitted to argon, the school yard was a vast expanse of asphalt. i envisioned something different for noah and thinks classmates. a garden with earth worms, bees and poppies. at the time the state of california and san francisco unified were facing the largest budget

city. >> and our final speaker for today, supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much, mario. i remember you were one of the first department heads that i met with when i first came to city hall. and i share a very special place in my heart about the youth commission. i was part of the mayor's youth forum which was a predecessor to the youth commission and realized the impact that you have on a daily basis on the young people's lives that are going to be the future leaders of san francisco. and you yourself are an amazing organizer and an amazing human being and i look forward to continuing to work with you. thank you. >> actually, mario, one more speaker, and that would be our good clerk. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. yudidia, i want to four being part of my management team, specifically for the youth commission, the efforts that you coordinated have been triumphant whether it's been your management of the staff in the department, your hiring, your administration in the division, and the v

city. it's a result of organizing efforts that began over 12 years ago and i'm excited to finally see this project realized. because of organizing it began so long ago i thought it would be helpful to provide some historical context to understand the significance of this project to our residents in the market and the cop in, valencia, and stevenson neighborhood. between 2000 and 2005 many of our residents initially united to halt the rebuild of the freeway ramp. and when they failed in doing that they mobilize today get themselves onto the central freeway highway advisory committee and lobbied for $5 million for the project itself to be spent within the immediate area. thousands of meetings later, the cac was able to come up with a plan for the funds and the transportation authority initiated the central freeway replacement and [speaker not understood] project study of 2005 which sought to identify and prioritize potential projects that would help improve the surrounding neighborhoods impac

departments, nd really promoting a model of greening for our entire city. so, i'll introduce tina [speaker not understood] who is one of the leaders of the parents who is here with her son noah and she shares the green argon school committee. ~ chairs also the principal of argon and the parents here with them. so, tina? can we get the microphone? >> it's live. >> it's live? okay. well, supervisor eric mar and esteemed members of the board of supervisors, on behalf of all of us at argon elementary school, i want to fares our deepest appreciation for the honor to come before you today. i remember nine years ago the last time i was in this room testifying, i was pregnant with noah, and he's here with me again today to hear the story of how we got to this place. about four years ago when noah was admitted to argon, the school yard was a vast expanse of asphalt. i envisioned something different for noah and thinks classmates. a garden with earth worms, bees and poppies. at the time the state of california and san francisco unified were facing the largest budget

. >> reporter: port officials hope it will be good business for the entire city and they estimate the cruise lineer's passengers will spend more than l1 million over the next 15 months. in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and this hour negotiations continue at music hall to end the symphony strike. late this evening the symphony canceled tomorrow's 2:00 performance. this is the fourth concert to be canceled since the musicians went on strike on wednesday. they are upset over management proposeolal to breeze their pay the first year and 1% increases in the second year. >>> vallejo police are trying to identify a pedestrian seriously injured this morning when she was hit by a car. the woman was walking near the intersection of springs road and columbus parkway before 4:00 a.m. when she was hit. the driver called 911 and he was not arrested. police say the victim was wearing a black jacket with an orange interior and patterned white pajama pants. the chp stepping up enforcement to catch speeding and reckless motorcyclists and bicyclists the crackdown comes after a ri

. >> unless we avoid under the street it will be hard to go and conduct a survey for the entire city. >> engineers say groundwater and/or rain can cause sinkholes to open unexpectedly and three homes have been red tagged as a result of those new sinkholes. >>> you have to see her, the world's oldest woman is celebrating and she is 115 years old today. the guinness book of world records honored her and she received a certificate on wednesday. she got married in 1919 and has four grandchildren and six great grandchildren and they asked her about the secret of her long life and she said look out for your health. happy birthday. >>> let's check in with sal and get you to where you need to go. dave, you and i don't feel so old now? >> no. >>> this year they are cooperating and northbound 880 that looks nice and no major problems in the santa cruz mountains and the mountains coming up the bottom of the hill and traffic is moving along well, let's go to rosemary. >>> we have one final dry day and by the evening hours, though, things will begin to change. for your tuesday partly cloudy skies,

what the city mayor says he is willing to do to win one of the biggest sporting events on the entire planet. good morning. >> reporter: he's willing to waive millions of dollars. we're going to see if the city of santa clara goes along with his plan. we want to give you a live look at the stadium. if you haven't seen it in some time, take a look. it's very real. very cool vantage point from where we are, right across the street. the stadium becoming a reality for the san francisco 49ers. now, the mayor of santa clara is hoping the super bowl will become a reality for his city. tonight, the city council will hold a meeting to vote on proposals drawn up by the mayors office that will cost the city millions. ultimately, the mayor is agreeing to all the demands, outlined by the nfl. that includes waiving the city's 9.5% hotel tax for nfl employs and the teams, assuming they stay here. he's agreed to suspend ticket surcharges and drop parking fees. this will cost santa clara at least $6 million. but the mayor says not to worry. the super bowl crowds would offset the loss and then some. >>

he wanted to show how al qaeda was effectively governing an entire city. >> jaar is really poor, is wretched. yet he points to all of this and he says, "this is the ultimate just city, because we're implementing sharia." >> narrator: but fouad told him that the attacks from both the americans and the yemeni air force made the locals fear for their lives. >> (translated): these days, a lot of people have been displaced. schools have shut down. >> narrator: it came as a surprise that al qaeda allows national newspapers to be sold. this headline says that a government air strike on the town had killed many local fighters. >> they talk about the air force. they're too embarrassed to say it's actually the american drones. >> narrator: he also said that only three fighters had been killed, and claimed to have known them. >> (translated): we are at war with america and its allies. just like bush once said, if you're not with us, you're agait us >> did you see that? did you see? two guys on a motorbike with the flag of al qaeda. >> narrator: gaith met fighters who he believed were from somalia, afgh

. >> it's almost impossible to survey the entire city for something like this. whether it's caused by flooding or underground streams, sometimes the ground can open up beneath us without much warning. >>> in florida, another sink hole has opened up three miles from where a man was killed when the earth literally swallowed up his bedroom thursdays night. this time the sink home appeared in a backyard. this second sink hole has not caused any damage to a home but has made neighbors worry about their safety. >>> rain headed our way. it's going to be here but not until later in the day tomorrow. tomorrow is about increasing clouds as this system teeing up and starts to move in. crowds increasing tonight means overnight lows are going to be in the 30s, upper 30s and low 40s. tomorrow is all about increasing clouds. as we get into the afternoon hours and the evening hours, showers will develop. temperatures outside right now 45 in napa, 46 in concord so kind of mild out there. umbrellas needed not just for tomorrow but as we go into the next few days. when i get back

. >> it's almost impossible to survey the entire city for something like this. whether it's caused by flooding or underground streams, sometimes the ground can open up beneath us without much warning. >>> in florida, another sink hole has opened up three miles from where a man was killed when the earth literally swallowed up his bedroom thursdays night. this time the sink home appeared in a backyard. this second sink hole has not caused any damage to a home but has made neighbors worry about their safety. >>> rain headed our way. it's going to be here but not until later in the day tomorrow. tomorrow is about increasing clouds as this system teeing up and starts to move in. crowds increasing tonight means overnight lows are going to be in the 30s, upper 30s and low 40s. tomorrow is all about increasing clouds. as we get into the afternoon hours and the evening hours, showers will develop. temperatures outside right now 45 in napa, 46 in concord so kind of mild out there. umbrellas needed not just for tomorrow but as we go into the next few days. when i get back

city, meaning rome. he said, let's start working together and walking together. his words striking a very positive chord among the crowd. he asked them to pray so that god prays for him, and during this time that they responded in kind. he also led them in the lord's prayer. the crowd still standing there, after about a five tigo eight-minute address by the pontiff, to the crowd that has been gathered for well over an hour. we saw the white smoke go up at about 2:06 eastern time today, that was about an hour and a half ago. >> mary, great job. thanks very, very much. so history is made in vatican city, and we may still be making history son wall street, as we head toward the break here, very quickly, with about 20 minutes left, the dow is up -- now 11 plus points. and again, any positive close is a new all-time high. we'll have much more on the markets, "closing bell," after this. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 when i'm trading, i'm totally focused. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and the streetsmart edg

. >> reporter: a turnaround, the entire city is hoping will last. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >>> an update to a story we brought you yesterday. in connecticut, a flur basketball coach forced to resign because of a movie ten years ago, back calling the shot today. coach mike hvizdo is back coaching. the school was upset about the sexual content of the movie. >> 30 kids in this program like my sons. they're my family. and they were taken away from my life three weeks ago. and it's been really rough. so, it's probably the most important thing right now for me to get on that sideline. >> coach hvizdo was allowed to return after angry parents came to his defense. and just in time. the state playoff begin on monday. >>> finally, not exactly the kind of rescue firefighters had in mind when they went to their training. in florida, five fighters saving a baby raccoon with a soup can on its head. someone dropped it off with a note asking for help. took about a minute to cut him free. after that, he was sprinting under a car. th

libya's capital. >> tripoli just fell within three days they had control of the entire city which no one had expected. and gadhafi and his family fled. there was a lot of kpooimt in the country because it seemed like it was over. >> but it isn't over. not while gadhafi and his sons remain in hiding. until october 20th, 2011. that day tracy shelton is with a group of militia members she's been profiling for months. >> some of the guys went into sert. i went with them. >> a heavy convoy of vehicles is heading to his last remaining stronghold. >> there were snipers all over the city set up to protect the convoy. everybody knew there was someone important in this group. >> nato forces bombed the caravan from the air. dozens are killed. >> there were a lot of survivors who had run into bushes and housing in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to go, shelton asks to go along wi but they refused. >> that was the only time they said no. it was dangerous in there. >> as soon as they discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western journ

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i buy enough golf balls to fill the entire city. where do you get the best deals? >> well, consumer reports did a survey of 24,000 subscribers on sporting good stores, outdoor stores issue and it was not the big guys like dick's and sports authority that won from the readers. it was the outdoor stores like ll bean. gerri: you're kidding. >> no, no, but things for golf, the best places were either proshops, one trick pony stores like edwin golf galaxy, the chapes that specialize in one sport. those are the ones -- or independents, they stood out for value, which you don't think, prices high, people got great bang for the buck. value, service, selection, and quality. gerri: very interesting. okay. price matching. it's a big deal. people love to do it. find an item they want to buy, find it less somewhere else, and get the price matched. how hard is that to do in reality, though? >> well, you know what? price match policies often have as much red tape as a police crime scene. that's the problem. it's, you know, there's always restrictions. best buy recently came out,

will be the first time the rebels will have reportedly controlled an entire city since the fighting began. secretary of state john kerry issued a warning the syrian president assad during his first official overseas trip. secretary kerry says the united states and its allies will boost the support for the revels until president assad steps down from power. we're live in abu dhabi. reporter: good evening. secretary kerry says the syrian rebels are increasing the pressure on bashar assad because the u.s. and its allies now have the means to make sure the right supplies get to what kerry calls the moderate forces in syria. a go portion of the secretary's time here in the persian gulf is focused on iran, which some regard as a regional threat. saudi arains where prime minister said the long-running nuclear negotiations with iran should not be used to trick the we were nations that are demanding tehran halt illegal enrichment of uranium, and secretary kerry agreed. >> talks will not go on for the sake of talks, and talks cannot become an instrument for delay that, in the end, make the si