as trying to help the city. i think what we need to do is make sure that politicians realize that they have to spend the money to hire police officers, hire the right police officers, make sure they are trained. have a facility in which to train them and also be out there in the community. we've removed our foot officers through the -- most of the city and we -- >> laura: are they shutting down detective -- detective offices in these difficult neighborhoods, inglewood and so forth? >> they have closed some districts and whatnot. that has been the case. but, you know, i really couldn't say about the national guard, you know. >> laura: to me, it's like this is a local problem and for the most part has a local solution. >> i think it's a bit of a myth to say that there's complete distrust in communities from the police. a lot of people call us. they rely on us. they want us to help them. a lot of it is the gangs. most of the violence is gang violence. >> laura: 2400 offshoots of the gangs and among the most vicious

as we know, throughout the city, it's the number one problem in our city right now. >> director torres: i admire the leadership that the board has shown in trying to come up with a compromise and a solution. i'm concerned, however, is it realistic in your mind as to the timetable you want to put on this so people know we're moving towards a solution? >> chairman brinkman: staff, what timetable is appropriate here? ms. meyer, thank you. i don't want you to think that the supervisor's office is being heartless in this. we understand the problem, but it's just that some of us find our envelopes in the position where we want to find a better solution that's what's in front of us, so thank you so much and please take that message back to the supervisor. >> in answer to your question, it depend on what you want us to come back with. putting together policy crite a criteria, that can be quick. to bring back a pilot or demonstrati demonstration, we've been looking at that. you worked very closely with the interfaith council and many of the stake holders in the room and we've not been able to f

this picture right here identifies asserted in the city 's brief. in the planning cat department brief. it is ridiculous to suggest that that statue is not culturally significant. they want you to believe that, black and white. they want you to believe that. that defies reality. it is almost insulting to put that into letters. just as insulting as the idea that they argue in the brief that the purpose of the -- excuse me, what is the acronym? h.p.c., is taking other actions concerning historic preservation how is tearing down history taking action to preserve history? it is an oxymoron. it is a total contradiction of terms. and makes no logical sense. that is on page 2 of their brief then on page free just three of their brief, they acknowledge that the interior standards apply to individual landmarks and contributors within the historic district. >> thank you. you will have time. >> thank you. i just want to keep the process fair. thank you. we will now hear from the historic preservation commission mr fry? >> good evening talk commissioners. i'm h

and protect our city and city workers. we all deserve to work together and treated equal -- [microphone went silent] [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is yisella ford and i work for the san francisco department of public health and i'm here in solidarity today with my black african american brothers and sisters. i'm also the health care professionals chapter president for local 21. for 15 years, i was the s.i.u. member and i'm so proud of my brothers and sisters for having the courage to bring you this issue today and for your response and really listening to the concerns of city employees. i guess i would like to speak to the fact that a lot of my colleagues are suffering. the issue of racism and discrimination is an issue of power, privilege and resources and whos has them. and who are the decision-makers. i worked for the city and county for 20 years and i have seen a lot of people being passed up for promotions, we're encouraged to continue our education and then we don't have promotional opportunities. i started i

the city needs it. let's bring our government back home. 10 years ago i started rolling into this building. the last year of the eastern neighborhood's plan. four or five young adults spoke about reducing the amount of alcohol-to-go stores in the area. they spoke very well. better than i will. they got their way. last session here, a month ago all 31st, supervisor peskin represented chinatown saying we don't want anymore dispensaries supervisor safai said the same thing. that's what he was supposed to do. president cohen decided to change her vote. i thought that was a nice day of doing business in this room. last week also, at public comment, a young woman spoke and said she was against hiring 200 police officers. we need crisis intervention teams. i should have said i second her motion. the problem with crisis intervention teams is we don't know where to hire them. we have to create them. a diploma may not give that to you. we need natural talent that can talk down or diploma that can talk down people

the city council will have the final say next month. ikea wants to build on on an empty plot of land it owns near 580 and hacienda drive. while some say they would welcome the new store, on opponents worry it could cause traffic congestion. >>> air canada is pointing a finger at sfo after it almost crashed into a line of planes on a taxiway. air canada said it is hard to distinguish the right way because of bad lighting at sfo. >> i would view any party's input, including faa, the city of san francisco, who woepowns airport, air canada on finding a defensive position. >> they allow their pilots to fly planes when they are fatigued for 19 hours is very, very troubling and it ought to be changed. >> ntsb will issue its final report in the coming weeks. >>> bart passengers have been seeing homeland security officers patrolling trains. the officers are part of a normal anti-terrorism checks and they're members of immigration and customsen they are part of the v.i.p.r. team. they patrolled during the week of super bowl 50 and warriors three

in the city. with their approval, in 2012, we got to work with public works and planning and with public utilities and with the arts commission. all working together to design and build and implement this project. i think it is a great transformation of a city street and as mohammed said, is one of many that we have seen and will be seeing in the coming months and years. it is a great day for this neighborhood. for everybody who uses this street. whether they live here or travel through here, they walk or bike or take the bus or drive here. is a much better street and a great lesson for all of us on how to do things. we need to figure out how to do it a whole lot faster. i will acknowledge, we have heard from supervisor brown some concerns. this project is not perfect. we will continue as we do with every project to evaluate how it is performing at identify ways to make it even better. we will work with supervisor brown and the community to make sure that we make the street work as well as it was

gibner, our city attorney will read out the outcome. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. during the closed session, the committee voted 3-0 to continue item eight to the call of the chair and to forward items seven through 14 to the full board with positive recommendation. >> thank you. and we will take -- we will take that motion and pass that and colleagues can we take a motion to not disclose our closed session? we can do that without objection. mr. clerk, are there any other items before this committee? >> there is no further business. >> meeting is adjourned. [gavel sounds] >> clerk: commission -- agenda item one is the roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: agenda item number two, public comment on items appearing or not appearing on the agenda. >> gosh. i was -- >> sorry. >> charlie marstellar for the record, i was hoping we'd see commissioner kopp. is he coming? >> clerk: i wasn't heard anything. >> he was celebrating his 90th, so i was hoping we could celebrate. that was my hope. and today is my birthday. >> oh, happy birthday. >> yeah. i'm not as old as he is, but he'

do you think the city's on the right track or not? do you feel represented at city hall? do you feel that politicians are working for you or someone else? we all know friends who have been pushed out of the city. a lot of us know families in bayview where three generations died of the same cancer. we know seniors that live on one meal a day. we know long-time renters that know that the for sale sign means you're out and the new building is for us and not for you. so we know we need to stand up for change. let's talk tonight about the change and how to get there. [applause] >> all right. how's everybody doing this evening? that was weak. how is everybody doing this evening? all right. that's better. my name is theo ellington. and i am running for district 10 supervisor. i'm running because san francisco has lost its way. it's unfortunate that district 10 is left to fill all the city's inequalities. when my grandfather moved here, he got a good-paying job, he saved up enough money to purchase a home and he put all his family in there. if my grandfather was alive today, he w

so just really quickly, as you know, the city services auditor was established by city charter. as you know we have pendic f which lays out certain functions for city services to complete. we receive a budget set aside of 2/10 of 1% for the city's budget. we also receive g.o. bond proceeds amounting to approximately 2 million, and we have a total of 68 f.t.e.'s in the total organization. so this slide shows the large department that covers our general bond. functionally, c.s.a. has two units. so we have audit, and we have city performance to ensure that we fulfill the charter mandate for appendix f. as it relates to our work plan process, it's actually driven by your charter and administrative code. we also do risk analysis, and we receive information or requests from our executive leadership as well as our department, and we have our bond and capital programs, as well, that dictate our work plan. >> tanya ran through that really quickly. you're familiar with our planning process and mandates, but ask us questions at any time. these lists our charter requirement, which you are f

initially my parents were hesitant because we live in a different city but they knew that city ballet was the best choice for me to pursue a professional ballet career. they committed to drive to and a half hours one way every day so i could attend classes. ballet has always been one of my top priorities and passions. and city ballet has helped that passion as well as my dance ability to grow. i left ballet for it's beauty and grace and how it allows me to express my emotions. --dash i love ballet for it's beauty and grace and how it allows me to express my emotions thank you for your time. >> president hillis: next speaker, please. >> hello. i have been dancing at city ballet for three years and city ballet has given me the opportunity to pursue my dream of becoming a dancer. i think that ballet doesn't only make you a great dancer but it makes you a better person in general. since i spend so much time at ballet, i think the new building would be great, a great environment for me to spend my time and. thank you for listening. >> president hillis: thank you , very much. next speaker,

san francisco city hall looms over un plaza. on this night it looks clean and is without the homeless, the mentally ill, and drug users who often gather here. some say it is time to take back this iconic space for the public to enjoy. >> they feel safe if they can see a clean city, they feel like they can enjoy the city for what it is worth, and not be looking over their shoulders. >> reporter: police chief bill scott stopped by to speak with the officers who are now keeping an eye on the area. this mobile command center has been parked on market street since tuesday, a show of police presence, all part of a new strategy to rid the area of illegal activity. >> people cooking drugs and slamming needles, doing all the different things people do. it >> reporter: people in the area, including this homeless woman, question whether the new strategy will work once officers leave. >> i work every day and someone will stab me or rob me or rape me. it's hard out here. >> reporter: the police have stepped up foot patrols. it has also been

we, as a city clearly need to send a strong message. we hear you, we are here for you and will do everything we can to put the resources necessary to make sure that we don't just pass legislation to make an office like this possible. we actually passed the budget allocation to support the success of this office. i want to thank all of my colleagues who are here. every member of the board of supervisors was a sponsor of this legislation. every member of the board of supervisors thought for and voted to support the funding to make this office a success. i also would like to take this opportunity to address cheryl davis from the san francisco human rights commission. she's not here today but she will be leading the charge in this effort, because we know that she focuses on issues around human rights and equity and things that matter. this clearly matters to the city and county of san francisco, which is why we are putting it at the forefront of the human rights commission. i am grateful to cheryl for her leadership. thank you to all the co

brings on issues related to my neighbourhood and city wide transportation policies. i'm excited to appoint david klein on a citizens advisory committee. he has served on the commission of the our children, our family initiative in oakland and is committed to service at our community. he brings experience in engaging with communities to the policymaking process which is accent -- essential. he is a resident raising a family and brings a lens of a transit writer and passion for transportation through his work. i am confident he will be a strong representative. thank you. >> thank you. is that a motion to assign mr klein to the seat representing district one? >> yes, chair. >> that is a motion made by commissioner fewer. as to the chc seat to, the floor is yours. >> thank you. i want to say a few words. robert, in his presentation spoke a lot about some of the things i was going to say. he took some wonderful initiative engaging around some of the transit issues in our district, particularly a dangerous intersection on the jay line at santa rosa and san jose. since that

as you know, the city has changed a lot in the last 54 years. we hope to be around for the next 54 years with your support and your help and the help of great volunteers like we have here with me today, and with san francisco in general being a city that will be always eager to meet the needs of the people that call san francisco home. thank you very much. [applause] >> great. going to take a picture? please gather round to get in. [inaudible] >> supervisor yee: okay. next, the next supervisor that's going to present a special commendation will be supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: great. i am so pleased that dana van gorder is my first presentation on the board of supervisors. he is a legend. for decades, he's been one of the lgbt community's fiercest and more effective advocates. from the very first days of the hiv/aids epidemic, dana has been on the front lines, and it's no exaggeration to say his advocacy saved many lives in this community. he did some of that serving as a legislative aide, first to harry brit and then to carol m

earlier this year, the oakland city council, alameda county board of supervisors, los angeles city councils all unanimously passed resolutions opposing kaiser's plans to outsource jobs and urge kaiser to discuss in good faith with the union how to retain and grow good paying health care jobs at their facilities. on labor day, over 1,000 kaiser workers and their supporters marched over support of these massive layoffs. colleagues i urge you to join me in protecting these 16 positions in san francisco and the over 800 positions statewide. and i want to thank chair safai for scheduling this item today due to the time sensitive nature of the workers that's going to be terminated october 5. and i want to thank my cosponsors for standing with me and with our union workers. i hope we can stand united with our oakland, alameda and l.a. colleagues and hope that we can passion this resolution with positive recommendations today so the full board can vote on the resolution next tuesday before the october 5 date comes to us. we must, as a city, send a strong message to kaiser permane permanente that sa

in a city that calls itself, you know, and takes pride in being an aging family city. make it happen. make it friendly for aging people and people with disabilities. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is cindy. i am a 28 year employee of kaiser. i am here in support of the resolution sponsored by supervisor norman yee. the real urgency here is that these 900 jobs that are being outsourced is only the beginning for kaiser. we are seeing a very assertiveness. a very aggressive leadership at kaiser. norman yee spoke about the 18 employees recently given notice is at kaiser. the union had one hours notice before these folks were getting pink slips. so it not only are these jobs getting contracted out, but they are getting contracted out by someone who is not invested in good quality care. they are there for a paycheck. paycheck to paycheck. kaiser is not paying them benefits. it is not supporting their retirement or their health benefits. so we also want to think about these workers who are getting outsourced. it is not just the workers. it is the fam

each district in the city has two to four love our city clean-up locations.some people are making it fun with friends or coworkers and creating a team that you can register on the public works website. the event goes from nine this morning to noon so feel free to step outside your home with a broom or drop by one of these sites to not only meet your neighbors but to get some supplies to join in.live in the marina, sara stinson, kron 4 news. ( lydia ) thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( lydia )coming up on the kron 4 weekend news.. a major human trafficking and gun bust... is allegedly connected to a local daycare and adult recreational centers. ( lydia )plus... thieves are now targeting children. what they made off with after burglarizing an elementary school. ( lydia )and move over 'generation y'... your grandparents are smoking more pot than you. we explain.... after the break. it's finally here. the ross fall fashion event has the brands you want... nooo... yes. ...at "oh, yes!" prices. like that handbag for-wait-how much? what? or that cute jacket

associations of cities. in the cities are associations of companies and citizens. and these cities associate get rid of piracy on the high seas. and they do. they eliminate the threat of piracy. they are very important in the formation of what is today the international commercial. it is the law all over the world. if a korean and a kenyan and the canadian do business, they are governed by this law that emerges out of these associations. it's not created by governments. it's created by business people. by merchants. generates a high degree of voluntary governance and you get called the movement from status to contract. instead of being born into a position that determines your life you can create the life you want i'm making agreements with other people. this is extraordinarily important distinction. it's happening in the world today. india is undergoing this movement so rapidly from being born to a cast that determines your whole life. people are using the market to make the lives they want to have. this movement happened earlier in europe but it's unfolding in fr

one partner has been the city of san francisco. the city itself was one of the first to recognize the importance and significance of this project with a lead grant of $1 million. [applause] >> i'd like to thank and express our deepest thanks to joaquin torres for the office of workforce development for not only their strong support, but for their lead support in this project. [applause] >> we gratefully acknowledge the let's make it happen spirit of our partners and the compass board for getting this project off the ground. our next very important step -- you knew this was coming -- is to raise the funds we need to pay for this project. we will be out in the community, you can rest assured, shortly with a major campaign to seek the help of the philanthropic community and all to assure our service hub is here to stay. he can assured we are part of the solution -- you can be assured we are part of the solution. it's my extreme pleasure to introduce and welcome our city's honorable mayor london breed and invite her to say a few words.

i would like to thank the cities for bringing us here in providing critical resources for cities like san francisco to support climate initiatives. also, a thank you to the global covenant of mayors for climate and energy for creating this international alliance so we are all working together. we are thrilled to have you in our city and we hope that you take advantage of the many restaurants and amazing places that we have to offer. don't forget, continue to spend your money in those places as well. [laughter] >> mayor breed: our economy depends on its. -- our economy depends on it. >> please welcome, canyon sayers roots. [♪] [speaking indigenous language] >> it is still very important to recognize the indigenous peoples , histories of these spaces and places that we occupy in today's postcolonial secular settler society. it is important that we recognize we have a responsibility to the earth. indigenous peoples have been stewards of the land for thousands and thousands of years i am honored to be present here that you acknowledge that. i am here to offer a song. my mother and grand

that we have access to in the city. but that is not routinely put on that form, which includes 70 non-h.i.v. diseases as well as t.b. and all that, so we've had to make some choices about what could and could not about there -- be there, but we do agree with you. >> that includes city funded clinic or just city -- >> well, when i'm speaking of city clinic, i mean our sexual health clinic. it's a valuable tool for us understanding what's going on with sexual health. >> so the numbers all come from city clinic -- or no. >> no, those are citywide. the numbers that i was showing you on the graph, those are citywide data, those are all reportable to us by california health and safety code. just as we use city clinic data to look at prep and who's utilizing prep and how we're doing over time. >> yeah. i was wondering if st. james and marie provided h.i.v. testing and s.t.d. screening? >> yeah. they do likely have some data there that would be helpful, as well. >> well, commissioners, and -- we do thank staff for -- for the ve

i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1. my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriag

open city. and it's racing to a digital future at breakneck speed with solar powered street signs and parking places rental bicycles and free wi-fi everywhere off artists have opened a large park next to the kremlin lending a friendlier air to the somber center of government. politan and increasingly a relaxing place to live and a visit under mayor sergey. downtown has been transformed for visitors and residents alike sabean has been mayor for eighty years appointed by the kremlin and twenty ten he was reelected in twenty thirty and is now seeking another term. and he's doing his best to make this election appear democratic in this t.v. ad he calls on all muscovites to get out and vote. but the shock go forward do something for democracy for the part of the people in moscow but the people of moscow under sabean have no power says his challenger. his opposition party a just russia objects to the mayor's leadership style spirit of says it reflects the political system across russia that one person

so maintaining city plan is crucial. yesterday we had a firefighter whose first question in the door was, what's going to happen with city plan? because a lot of people move away and need those services. i just wanted to bring up some of those other issues and after reviewing more carefully we may bring in more suggestions as well but thank you. this is an exciting process so far. >> president breslin: any other public comment? seeing none. item number 6, please. >> clerk: item 6, discussion item. open enrollment update, mitchell griggs. >> good afternoon, mitchell griggs, deputy director of the san francisco health service system. president breslin and commissioners, i wanted to give you a brief update about open enrollment this year. we began this process last year of including it in the september meeting. we went through a really big demonstration with all the configuration and people saw the rates and the mailings, now that you can remember that from last year i want to brief you for what's changing this year. so on

the city of basra in iraq is now under curfew but iraqi politicians are still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has hit the city over the last few days but today's meeting of the iraqi parliament is like every other meeting of this iraqi parliament that have been accusations there's been finger pointing and there's been a lot of blame the but there's been no tangible solution to the problems that the city of basra is facing the reason for that is very simple since may this parliament has effectively been blocked it's been deadlocked and that's because there was no result of the election that happened in may that everybody could agree on therefore nobody up until this point has been prepared to agree on anything this is made of course the people are very angry because they are hoping to get money from the government to the prime minister that all the body has promised them will help them through the circumstances that they're facing but as the arguments go on in the iraqi parliament that money too is deadlocked and the big concern for the people in and aroun

areas across the city. this grant before you today will help us identify the actions we need to take to move forward. this trap significance to -- transition to cleaner vehicles and work to facilitate the adoption citywide through existing staff positions over the one-year life of the grant. and i just want to take a moment to just thank supervisor katey tang for sponsoring this item and for all of her leadership and partnership with us to promote zero emission vehicles. and with that, we are here to ask for your support and answer any questions. >> president cohen: thank you. and again this is to help the city build a strategic plan to address the electric vehicle adoption? >> that's correct. >> however, it comes after item one. >> yes. >> president cohen: okay. i don't know, colleagues, did you have any questions? we don't have a b.l.a. report on this, and i think this is pretty straightforward. let's go to public comment. public comment on item 2 is open. >> this demonstration just furthers my demonstrat

tonight, the city talked about its vision of the shopping mall. one option under what it calls the specific plan would create nearly 3,000 units of housing but includes a community benefits agreement. >> what i am hearing in general is that they are afraid that cupertino will be overdeveloped, more traffic and for a small city it can not handle this development, what is your response to that? >> we have gone through the process under the plan to analyze all of the impacts and there are solutions out there for them. in addition our community benefits package goes directly to areas of resident concern. >> reporter: alex shore with a nonprofit group supports the project. >> this is what people my age and a lot of people want to live in. we have to create dynamic communities, they are enticing. we can not just build single- family homes or stick our head in the sand and say no to development. >> reporter: if they move ahead with plans citizens group called a better cupertino is threatening to file a lawsuit to stop it. >> reporter: the city will recon

and iraqi forces were conducting air raid turned to the old city. traders are now slowly appearing to and with some semblance of normality. jawad as family lives in one of the countless narrow alleyways the militants chose to hunker down here where no tanks could enter drawing the iraqi army into a devastating fight for every street and every house by then the family had already left otherwise they would almost certainly have been killed. the twenty five year old is now living with her parents jawad whose father is out of work her brother picks up odd jobs wherever he can. her fifteen dollars a day is now an important source of income for her extended family comprising thirteen people. and her daughter cooked vegetables for dinner. they can't afford meat her husband used to be the main breadwinner but now he's gone. so not that he was hit by shrapnel in the head and shoulder and he died. it was from a missile at least i still have the children when my husband had work we would have something to eat but when he couldn't get work we would go hungry th

he has been in jail here in redwood city since 2014. but this trial has faced a lot of delays when it comes to questions over his mental competence and he was trying to be his own attorney, which is not being allowed. he is going to have a public defender here today. here's his picture. rodney halbower is 69 years old. he was in prison in oregon for decades when dna evidence from a cigarette butt linked him to a string of vial crimes from 1976. now authorities believe he is responsible for killing five women in northern california and one in reno. today, his trial begins in the deaths of these two women in san mateo county, paula baxter and veronica cascio. the murders took place on the peninsula over a five-month period in 19 76, one in the gypsy hill area which is where he got the nickname. he wrote a letter to kpix 5 a few years ago and then in a follow-up phone call he told one of our reporters he is innocent, that he is being set up. he said, that's a bunch of crock. i welcome them to take me to court. let them have 10,000 lawyers,

the city. so i think what we are concerned about is the commission -- as a commission, is doing anything that we can to ensure it doesn't happen in the future. it sounds like the department has taken some steps. it sounds like the new d.g.o. is in effect and we have done some new training. can i ask, do you believe, under this new d.g.o., and all of the changes since then, that if this happened today, would this be in policy? >> i can't say. i don't know. i don't like taking a hypothetical. >> is not hypothetical. it's a policy and a set of actions. >> i don't know. >> i'm sorry? >> i don't know. >> let me ask you this. as investigators as -- and as members of the department, would you be satisfied, after all these changes that have been made if you saw this happen again? >> no. >> nobody was satisfied that it happened at all. >> satisfied the department had done its best job that it does not happen again? >> again, nobody was satisfied. i understand what you are saying every o.i.s. is an oppor

the area has seen arab separatists attack oil pipelines in the past i have as is also one of several cities where they have been large anti-government protests in recent months dosage of body reports from. chaos and panic in the city of atlanta in southern iran as an unprecedented scene unfolds during a military parade. unidentified gunmen opened fire your parade at the start of sacred defense week it commemorates iranians who died during the eight year war with iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. . while the wounded were being treated people were warned to get down. evolutionary guard spokesman says four men dressed in khaki uniforms and riding motorbikes are connected to the al aziziya group which is supported by saudi arabia . some are killed others captured when they come to launch an attack like this the i.r.g.c. in southwest and iran in and out of a populated region in back me so there has been a bill and put out a plan in order to send a very strong message actually so there are delays sions to both leave now and there are reasons to believe now that. this is been a sack mastermin

my opinion is that the city officials have not moved our city in the right direction at all. i think that they have moved the city to a disastrous precipice. we are bordering on chaos. why? we don't need drug injection sites. we don't need an increase in the needle exchange program. we know that san francisco is handing out 400,000 needles a month but only getting back 150,000 used needles. these policies are not good for san francisco. in addition, the focus on increasing housing density and building along transit corridors is, again, misguided. >> thank you. and mr. kim? >> all right. i will also say that we haven't exactly been moving in the right direction. there have definitely been good advances made by certain supervisors and certain city agencies, but the fact is that we still have a crisis of homelessness and affordable housing, and we just keep giving away tax incentives to large corporations, and it's hurting the people. that's not a sustainable model. eventually we're just going to become a city for the super rich, and we'll have this giant wealth gap that all our

it is all about cities. cities have to sell problems first to live up to their economic potential, pollution, noise, housing. carol: so many problems and that is just a few of them. we check in with our editor for the thinking behind the story. max: our framework was the future, the sooner than you think cities issue, the framework we use to think about technology and where things are going. what i ended up focusing on was the idea that cities are really important. that is something everybody knows and we talk about their are these megacities growing really fast, economically. cities are grabbing ever greater shares, shares of population. that is creating all of these problems that are going to have to be managed. that is what gave the issue shape initially. you have these tech hubs all around the world. then there is this problem on top of that, which is housing. as these places grow, people cannot afford to live there. that is creating all sorts of interesting issues that are political and can slow down ec

pier 96 is out in the southern part of the city. and this is one of the federal staging areas outlined in the bay area earthquake plan. this year on monday, october 1, we'll be exercising our federal staging area, as well as our fueling requirements and needs. so through leadership with brian strong, lifeline council, we've create add fuel working group and worked through a lot of the issues of, what is a blue sky day of fuel look like in san francisco? it's fairly good. when you put the ground-shaking scenario in there, it changes pretty dramatically. g.s.a. has been a great partner in fuel planning. we know that the department of defense will need to help us with that as well as state, federal, nonprofit and private sector partners. so, again, this picture is highlighting that whole community approach to our disaster planning in the city. the capstone event for the fleet week program is our leader seminar on october 3 and 4. it's an emergency management conference with high-level folks from across the country discussing important

candidates back in two opposing visions for society right wing groups gather in the east and german city to oppose the country's migration policies while counter-demonstrators hold a rival running protest began a week ago onto a fatal stabbing allegedly by two migrant suspects we'll go live to cameroon and also coming up the. washington says farewell to senator john mccain a week off to his day former presidents bracher bomber and george w. bush also tributes at a memorial service saying mccain embodied american ideals. on how to home free thanks for joining me thousands have hit the streets again in the eastern german city of chemists for protests and counter protest spock's by the killing of a german resident last week two asylum seekers are in custody over the killing news that one of them could have been deported two years ago fuelled saturday's demonstration against germany's migration policies the counter-demonstrators also took part in a rally against racism and far right violence. songwriter groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti immigration a.f.d.c. paraded

out of darkness cities after war. starts september second on g.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin another day old street protests encampments and immigrant demonstrations gathering in that east in german city while counter protesters hold a rifle demonstration pull this off of days of bombing responded by a cycle stabbing the jitney committed by michael. also on the program at a memorial service in washington former president george w. bush and barack obama paid tribute to senator john mccain who died last week and he made us better press.

in city limits. neighbors expressioned their conce concerns. >>> we head toward this mini heat wave. >> it's going to get up into the 90s. that's going to be a bit of nice weather for some of you here that need that heat. now we have the haze in the distance and a cool 68 in san jose. we'll talk more about your pollen, the air quality forecast, things that might be aggravating you a little bit here. >>> plus, meet the artist. the inspiration for a mural honoring a beloved bay area icon. kardashian west. the reality tv star and entrepreneur is pushing ahead with prison reform. >>> a new passion project for kim kardashian west. the reality tv star and entrepreneur is pushing ahead with prison reform. kim was at the white house today sitting in on a listening session on clemency issues. this comes after she successfully lobbied president trump to commute the sentence of alice marie johnson, a non-violent drug offender serving a life sentence. >>> certainly he would have loved it. tonight we get to meet

buy a house in the city. stay here in the city and not commute four hours each day. that's just the way i think it should be done and this is the way it's being done on this project. so, again, as far as i'm concerned, from the construction side and the office and on the job site this project is in full compliance. >> thank you commissioner bernal. did you have something else. >> yes, thank you. for the opportunity to just add. i'd like to speak to the responsibility of serving residents the tenderloin. i understand this partnership is only less than a year in existence but when you look at the numbers, 180 versus a goal of 1500, that's only about 12% of that goal. and when you look at the residents of the tenderloin, serving them alliance with the priorities of the department of public-health and i'll use a presentation that we just received the other day about san francisco's getting to zero initiative. san francisco is exceeded in radically reducing the number of h.i.v. transmissions over the past several years far out pacing the rest of the country. we're about t

i have the experience in city hall, and i currently work as a city auditor. i understand the situations very well. i look forward to working for you. >> thank you. ms. basan? >> my vision for san francisco is this: i used to be proud to tell people i'm from san francisco, and now i'm embarrassed. i don't want it to be known. i would like it to go back to the way it was when i could be proud to say i'm from san francisco. i'm from a world class city. i invite you to come. but right now as it is, it's a cess pool. it's filthy, disgusting, and it's dangerous. if i am supervisor, i am going to vote no on the policies that keep perpetuating those problems and are keeping us down trodden? are you afraid to go downtown? i'm tired of wearing work boots to civic center because i don't know what i'm going to step in. this is my vision, to bring it back to where it's clean and beautiful. i've spent any entire career to fighting for my clients. if i'm elected supervisor, i will fight for you and your quality of life. >> thank you very much. mr. kim? >> i moved to the bay

the misuse of see funds, misconduct by city officers and employees, deficiencies in city services, and wasteful and inefficient government practices. >> as tanya mentioned, there were four very broad categories that we're required to receive, track and when appropriate investigate, however there are some categories or complaints that the whistle blower program is required by law to refer. we'll go over those and try and give you some examples. first is complaints which another city department is required by federal, state or local law to adjudicate. example of this may include perhaps a complaint about workers compensation that falls under the jurisdiction by law of the department of human resources as do complaints regarding discrimination or harassment based on a protected category. those would be complaints that we would refer because of requirements by local law. next are complaints which may be resolved by a bargaining union or contract. for example, sometimes if we get a complaint about an employee complaining about their schedule or the hours they were assigned, typically, that'

and city council man chalka and others across the country are having the conversation, how cities can act while the federal government fails to act. >> let's just finally wrap this up. you use very sort of shocking term, government-sanctioned abuse on these children. i mean, it puts it in stark relief really what's happening to these children. but what do you say to the people who say, yeah, we hate to see these families ripped apart, but we cannot have our border, you know, bust open by illegal immigration? and if parents want to do this with their children, then they know the risks? >> no question that people obviously have concerns. reasonable people can disagree. no question about that. but when we're talking about immigration, we're not just talking about a problem here of people coming into the country and really settling down. this is a bigger problem that we need to start talking about, about international policies of u.s., european policies, whether it's trade, whether it's economic. we want to make sure we address the intervention of the u.s. and european powers into places

cities have tremendous purchasing power. with cities purchasing over 13,000 vehicles annually, while gas and diesel vehicle purchases are still prevalent, you can see that with these policies in place, a real shift is not only possible, but is underway. besides municipal fleets cap cities also have options for their residents. with 94% of city respondents having best transit and 92% bike lane policies with implementation. this scrap -- of this scratches the surface of our findings and i encourage you to take a closer look at the survey and thank you very much for being here today. [applause] >> now i would like to introduce mayor john mitchell, the mayor of new bedford, massachusetts for some remarks. >> thank you, mr president. good afternoon everybody. i want to thank mayor benjamin for your leadership in the space you are one of the mayors he pushed very hard for all the mayors to sign up to the 100% renewable pledge. i want to commend jackie for her leadership as well in promoting this report and making this happen. ever