supervisor weiner: what about building work or you would need to get a building permit? would that go to the hpc? >> it depends on the designating ordinance. the majority of the work has to receive hpc approval. supervisor weiner: any appeal of that would go to the board of appeals, requiring a four out of five boat? >> that correct. supervisor weiner: unless there is a cu or something like that. >> correct. the survey is a policy-driven tool. we use it to inform our long- range planning efforts. it also helps us determine whether a building is historic or not and helps facilitate survey review. a survey is a technical study, much like a transportation study. since 1968, the planning department or the community level service have been initiated. they are used to inform area plan development. however, there are some misconceptions about how survey is used. a survey does not automatically designate a property as an article 10 or 11 landmark. it does not listed on the national or california registers. ther

supervisor weiner: but the survey would be a critical first step. you cannot have an article 10 district without a survey first. >> correct. >> the math that you see actually includes the entire survey area. within that service area, there are typically districts that are a subset of what you see on this map. that is not implying that this whole area is potential districts. supervisor weiner: i presume this is because of market octavia and eastern neighborhoods. a lot of these survey areas are some of the most transit-rich areas in the city. do you agree with that? >> yes. supervisor weiner: do you foresee any potential impact of focusing a lot of our surveying energy on the transit-oriented parts of the city that could perhaps absorb additional transit-oriented development in terms of meeting our goals of building housing near transit? >> how we approached it is the survey is one of the many tools and studies we need to accomplish to support -- range planning efforts. what we found with the service, even though the area plans move forward in the su

supervisor weiner: we have several other departments. we give planning quite a bit of time because that is sort of the heart of our preservation process. i would ask the remaining departments, if possible, to make your remarks in more of the 325 minute range. that would be terrific. mr. schumacher from the mayor's office of housing. >> i am perfectly suited for three to five minutes. that is the limit of my knowledge on all topics. i guess i want to just jump off where this started. i think the challenge and are facing is a complex process that is ceqa. in the case of federally funded affordable housing, what i came to talk about is how we need to understand our local decision making, whether it is in the creation of district or review, in light of how it interacts with those other processes. i think there are lots of things we could say about how effective inappropriate landmarking, surveying, and historic district creation is. but we also need to be cognizant of how it interacts with other systems, especially one that is clearly a very

supervisor weiner: thank you, chairman mar. i am really impressed. this is one of the reasons that i love san francisco so much. you bring up an important issue and people come out and care enough and are willing to take the time to talk about what everyone's position is. i want to thank everyone for taking the time to be here today to talk about this important issue. that issue is how we should balance historic preservation with the various other key policy goals in a forward- looking city. it would be hard to find someone who is not a historic preservation supporter, whether we are talking about our beautiful victorian or art deco building stock, magnificent landmarks like the fairy building, the castro theater, or city hall, or gems like golden gate park and dolores park, we all cherish the greatness of our city passed. this is not to question the importance of historic preservation. there is near universal support for historic preservation. i enthusiastically joined that support, as i did when i supported the creation of the historic preservation

supervisor weiner: thank you, chairman mar. i am really impressed. this is one of the reasons that i love san francisco so much. you bring up an important issue and people come out and care enough and are willing to take the time to talk about what everyone's position is. i want to thank everyone for taking the time to be here today to talk about this important issue. that issue is how we should balance historic preservation with the various other key policy goals in a forward- looking city. it would be hard to find someone who is not a historic preservation supporter, whether we are talking about our beautiful victorian or art deco building stock, magnificent landmarks like the fairy building, the castro theater, or city hall, or gems like golden gate park and dolores park, we all cherish the greatness of our city passed. this is not to question the importance of historic preservation. there is near universal support for historic preservation. i enthusiastically joined that support, as i did when i sup

more weiner jokes for all my guests. trademark weiner humor. >> i use vote for weiner. he'll be frank. vote for weiner. he's on a roll. vote for weiner. he'll relish your votes. >> reporter: but questions surrounding the lewd photo quickly became the subject of a serious internet war, between liberal blogs suggesting it's a right wing conspiracy, and conservative blogs questioning weiner's hacking claim. andrew breitbart, a conservative blogger, whose site first reported the story, suggested there should be a forensic analysis to determine the veracity of congressman weiner's hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. a spokesman for the fbi tells cnn they're not investigating this alleged hacking of a member of congress' twitter account. weiner has hired a lawyer to investigate the next steps and get advice on what civil or criminal actions could be taken. the office is downplaying this as a prank and are loathe to treat it as more. dana bash, cnn, washington. >>> if you are planning to visit any federal monuments this summer in washington, d.c.,

some are calling weiner-gate. congressman anthony weiner has hired an attorney to advise him on what to do next after a lewd photo of a man was sent from his twitter account to a college student in seattle. the photo showed a man from the waist down in his underwear with an apparent erection. the photo and tweet were quickly deleted. representative weiner is denying he posted the photo, and says it was a prank by a hacker. we caught up with the congressman again today to get some more answers. but this is what he said. >> aren't you concerned someone is looking at your sensitive information? >> i'm going to return to working on the things i care about. i participated in the story a couple of days now, given comments on it. this is a distraction, and i'm not going to let it distract me. >> are the capitol police looking into it? >> put out a statement about that in the past couple days. put out a couple statements. i'm trying the best to -- i just spent a couple days cooperating, and you know, trying to help you do

supervisor weiner: i too will be supporting the legislation today. we can see it every time there is a distribution of the phone book, how overreaching the distribution is. for weeks and weeks, the book sit there and cause problems with the recycling program. this is an industry that does need to transform. this is a step in that direction. with that said, i share many of supervisor come close -- campos's concerns about the legislation, and i have struggled with this. i do think there are some small businesses that rely on the yellow pages. i know there are people in san francisco who will continue to use the yellow pages. the question for me is how do you get to the point where you have a yellow pages that people who need it and use it are able to do so, but do not have the mast over distribution of the yellow pages -- the mass over distribution of the yellow pages. at&t made a proposal in terms of reducing by a certain percentage of their distribution voluntarily. a am very interested in continuing those conversations. the proposal was made yesterd

weiner has hired an attorney. more now from senior correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: it came from congressman anthony weiner's twitter account over the weekend. a photo of an anonymous man's bulging underwear. the lewd picture immediately deleted from weiner's account was sent to this 21-year-old seattle college student, also available to the public to view on twitter. outside his new york home monday, weiner, an outspoken liberal democrat, insisted to cnn it was the work of a hacker. >> i was hacked. it happens to people. you move on. >> reporter: it's not clear who sent it. weiner tried to brush it off as a prank and a distraction. >> this is a prank. not a terribly creative one. and it's a distraction. look, you've got the republicans who are playing games with the debt limit, supreme court justice who is refusing to recuse himself despite conflicts of interest, health care act that is under siege. this is a distraction. >> reporter: the seattle college student the tweet was allegedly addressed to. the 21-y

trademark, weiner humor. >> i use, vote for weiner, he will be frank. vote for weiner, he's on a roll. vote for weiner, he will relish your votes. >> reporter: but liberals say it's a right wing conspiracy and big government first reported the story and suggested that there should be a forensic analysis to determine the voracity of his hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. >> spokesman for both the capital police and cnn say that they are not yet investigating the hacking. weiner says that he has hired a lawyer to get advice on what are the next steps to take and downplaying it as a prank, something that they are going to treat as nothing more. >> dana bash, thanks very much. >>> up next, the backlash against a new no smoking zone. [ waves crashing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. [ woman speaking chinese ] thank you. do you have

weiner. >> i used, vote for weiner, he'll be frank. vote for weiner, he's on a roll. >> reporter: but questions surrounding the lewd photo quickly became the subject of a serious internet war between liberal blogs suggesting it's a right wing conspiracy, and conservative blogs questioning weiner's hacking claim. a conservative blogger whose big government.com first reported the story suggested to cnn there should be a, quote, forensic analysis to determine the veracity of congressman weiner's hacking allegation, which certainly bears criminal implications. dana bash joins us live from capitol hill where congressman weiner spoke just a few minutes ago. dana, you were there in that room. what did he say? did he explain what had actually happened? >> reporter: well, i should say, our producer, rachel straig straightfeld was there. but the answer is not really. one of the questions we have, why is the police not investigating? according to the capitol police and fbi, they are not investigating. the question is, has he asked the police to l

supervisor kim: i want to concur with supervisor weiner. he is one of the strongest applicants i have seen for any nomination that we have brought forward as a commissioner on this board. with transit, he is very great and i know he will be a tremendous advocate for the city and the transit riders. it is great to have a director -- that is not on a vehicle, that uses this to see his friends and go so impressed by his work and his experience in advocacy, and his knowledge. i am very excited to work with them as the director. supervisor cohen: following my former colleagues, i also want to say that not only is the outstanding for the reasons, he is a father and knows the parent's perspective. the other thing is the as multi- lingual, and i support the nomination of ramos. supervisor chiuu: i want to talk about how i look forward to mr. ramos and what he is looking at with transportation and a different challenges that the neighborhoods may have. this is the multiple demands that there may be, among other things. i look forward to this convers

weiner, aye. avalos, aye. chu, aye. chiu, aye. cohen, aye. there are 10 ayes. >> the resolution is adopted. we'll go to the second special order. >> items 44 and 45 constitute a special order, for the committee as a whole. a public hearing to continue the proposal of the redevelopment agency to enter into a ground -- a ground lease agreement, and to further lease the land located -- 6,603rd street. this is for a term of 70 years for the purpose of developing housing for formerly homeless individuals and families. >> the item before us right now, this would lead to the development of new, affordable housing projects, and this is the former franciscan hotel. this has been years in the making and i am absolutely thrilled that the fight that was once -- once affected by drug dealing and prostitution will have 77 districts of affordable housing. i would like to call the staff for a brief presentation. >> members of the board, the executive director of the redevelopment agency. this is a ground lease for affordable housing and we are pleased to pre

supervisor weiner: it is a hearing only. chairperson mar: it has been moved to continue to the call of the chair. i am calling to ask mr. snyder to ask about the transportation plan. there will be an additional number of residential units and commercial space. what is the transportation plan? has that been developed by the planning department? >> i guess i would describe the transportation plan in three components. the big move for transportation is that we are providing a new street grid to allow a greater sense of permeability through from the hollywood in from visitation valley, through the neighborhood so you are not faced with a parking lot. as a part of the candlestick improvements, which this project is not immediately responsible for, a big component of what they are doing is bus rapid transit. that facility is being accommodated by our zoning to assure there is not room -- to assure there is enough room for rapid transit. as this project has evolved over the years, a shuttle program that is part of their transportat

president chiu: superviossor weiner and i will talk about street spot. i want to thank jim for his leadership as well as merely. in 2009, you recall that we can sitter a similar bond. every five years that we wait, the cost increases. every tuesday, my father watches the meetings to the internet. it is their anniversary today. i just want to wish you a happy anniversary. and with that -- >> thank you. supervisor? >> there is only one thing along the lines of what he just said. my cousin was here waiting for over an hour, and he just graduated from law school today. i wanted to recognize them but they were starving. he and the whole family were here, and we were trying to hold them back. this is the stock option thing. congratulations to him. i was there the day he was born. we are proud of him. he missed us by about 10 minutes but hopefully we will see him later on. >> thank you. first, following up on his remarks -- i wanted to thank the president for his leadership on trying to move this forward. this will be $240 billion in structured bonds, or the ro

mirkarimi and weiner were there. i want to talk about my fellow commissioners who are here today, regina and her staff. they do an incredible job for the city of san francisco. i want to thank all of you. i am just in proud that we have a board of supervisors that support small business, and on behalf of the small business commission, i want to thank you for your tireless worker. thank you very much. >> i want to thank you for being here. this does conclude this session. at the small business week. -- happy small business week. we have a little bit more business to conduct, if you can leave the chamber quietly this would be appreciated. we should move out the general public comment. >> this is the opportunity for members of the public to address the board for up to two minutes on items within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the board, including those items being considered for unanimous adoption, but excluding those that have already been considered by the committee. they may address the board for two minutes

i actually asked congressman weiner's press secretary about that. i didn't get a response. we know from the capital police and the fbi that they are not investigating. congressman weiner's office answer answer to me by saying that he actually hired a lawyer and that lawyer is going to use it to take proper steps to figure out what action should be taken. >> curious there. dana, stay with me. you cover the palin campaign back in 2008. now out on a bus tour, she was asked what she would do if sherp a candidate. what would she do to make the economy better? listen to harsh criticism of president obama. >> big ideas are for big tax cuts to give more of what they are earning and producing and reinvesting in their businesses instead of government taking it and doling out dollars according to the politician's priority. that doesn't work. that leads us to our socialism and look at other countries that have based their economy on that socialism. it doesn't work. >> i want a strong economy. that's for doggone sure. >> little hard to here with the cluster but socialism does not work.

weiner: amendment number one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky wish to be recognized? mr. guthrie: i reserve a point of order against the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. weiner: i ask that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. mr. chairman, i support this amendment, i hope we all vote for it. i want to take an opportunity to respond to the gentleman just at the microphone, you know, it is one thing to say you're saving medicare but if you leave a different medicare when you're done, then today -- than today if it's entirely different, then how have you saved it i know premium support or price support is the term of art now trying to take he will as you try to explain what you're doing but let me make it clear. if i say anything the gentleman can rise and i will permit to correct me. you should the proposal of the gentleman from wisconsin, under the proposal of the republicans in congress, that at a certain point in the future, medicare as w

supervisor weiner: present. >> all members are present. president chiu: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. colleagues, you should have copies of the april 15 and april 19, 2011 board meeting minutes. the motion to approve by supervisor elsbernd. are there any communications? if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 and two comprise the consent agenda. these will be acted upon by a single roll-call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever either of these items? if not, roll call vote. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. costa-hawkins -- supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. superivsor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the project. item four is in motion reversing the certification of th

supervisor weiner: we are on the same page on that one. chairperson mar: i know we have a number of department representatives. supervisor weiner: we have several other departments. we give planning quite a bit of time because that is sort of the heart of our preservation process. i would ask the remaining departments, if possible, to make your remarks in more of the 325 minute range. that would be terrific. mr. schumacher from the mayor's office of housing. >> i am perfectly suited for three to five minutes. that is the limit of my knowledge on all topics. i guess i want to just jump off where this started. i think the challenge and are facing is a complex process that is ceqa. in the case of federally funded affordable housing, what i came to talk about is how we need to understand our local decision making, whether it is in the creation of district or review, in light of how it interacts with those other processes. i think there are lots of things we could say about how effective inappropriate landmarking, surveying, and historic distri

as deborah weiner tells us, this was 60 years in the making. >> the remains of robert payne arrived with quiet dignity. killed in germany. finally brought heem to brothers and brothers who have waited for him. >> i can't describe this to you. this is one of the best moments of my life. this is my brother, bringing him home. >> a funeral service was attended by family, friends, and today's soldiers. the u.s. serviceman who had been interred and re-intered as a family member was at least laid to rest. >> a long time coming. it's been 66 years. since we've been working on it, it has been three years. there are still 74,000 veterans unidentified. for our family, i always felt like uncle buddy was with us because they talked about him all the time. >> modern frepsic technology made -- forensic technology made it possible, but a family's persistence was just as important as the science. >> they knew how important this was and they were an inspiration in pushing through. >> deborah weiner, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a sizeable -- sizable bet on the horse would have netted you a big sum. animal kingdon

supervisor weiner: with respect to the brown act, i do not know if it matters, but in terms of -- the agenda is not in a vacuum. their attachments to the agenda, hyperlinks on the website. and i believe they are in the binder in the clerk's office. that includes all the documentation from the planning department, which made crystal clear this was about 726 boxes. so i am not sure. i am not an expert on the brown act in terms of whether you just look at the face of the agenda or all the attachments, but anyone and glancing at the attachments would know this is about the entire project. i also have a question. given that the appellate are now taking the position that this is the brown act violation, i do not know whether it was, it strikes me that it might not have been, but if they are taking that position, i have concerns about conducting a hearing and then having the appellants potentially raise the issue in court later. then the whole process topples down. i would request guidance from the city attorney. i was hoping that even if we were able to continue this item that we would at l

weiner: point of parliamentary inquiry. the chair: the gentleman may state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. weiner: so the chair is deciding, even though a member is standing here, not to mention members are here seeking to be recognized, i believe of both parties, the chair is choosing at this moment that this is the moment to cut off debate early in the evening when we have plenty of work to do and members seek to speak and offer amendments, is this the deciding arbitrarily or is she given guidance by the republican leadership who don't want to hear any more critique? the chair: the chair is exercising her prerogative to resume proceedings at any time. mr. weiner: i take this as a yes. this is a travesty in the way we do business. >> order. the chair: the gentleman is not recognize the. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in the -- mr. weiner: i make the motion we do now rise. i move we do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion to rise. those in favor say aye.

congressman weiner, start with you. you're a native new yorker. i know you've done so much work with victims' families and families of the survivors right now. why do you think the president was right not releasing the pictures? >> well, i think at some point we have to trust the president and trust the military leaders to say, you know, these photos won't add anything. they're going to, you know, this notion that we're going to end some kind of conspiratorial debate, i think we've learned in recent years that conspiracies have a life of their own. there are still crazies who stand outside this site and claim that president bush knocked down the twin towers. so i don't think it does anything to end any kind of conspiracy. and i think more importantly, if it even endangers one military life, one intelligence officer overseas then the president is right to make that decision. >> congressman hunter i'm going to let you know respond to that. i know you have a difference of opinion here. >> for me, it's not about a big conspiracy theory. for me it's ab

earlier maggie lakes spoke with jeff weiner. he says both he and his rivals are too sophisticated in their business approach to repeat the mistakes of their predecessors. >> we're focused on our fundamentals and lodge-term plan and that was a primary oob jekive through this road show was to attract investors that were on the same page as us, that understand why we wanted to invest in our platform today. as for the industry, more bro broadly speaking, you see facebook in this horizontal utility platform, groupon, and each of those companies have amazing fundamentals driving those businesses. these are the fastest growing industries. so i think they're drawing a contrast with where we are today and say where we were in the late '90s, i think it's a little off for that reason. >> i'm sitting here thinking if facebook and google are listening and watching which we know they are and enterprise and sort of that target customer that's so valuable, what would prevent them from creating a vertical business that does that, cuts out the no

. >> weiner drafted a resolution opposing the restriction that goes too far. >> 80 or 90 percent reduction in the area where people can walk the dogs off leash. it is unreasonable. >> they want to balance the enjoyment with dog lovers and those who don't love dogs so much. a woman who breeds them thinks that they are a good idea. >> it is a safety hazard and needs to be the responsibility of the pet owner. >> her friend knows that first hand. >> i had to school my dog up that because of an aggressive dog. >> when they poop. they cover it with sand and leave it. >> abc 7 news. >> and nutritionist recommend that children and teens stay away from drinking energy and sports drinks. researchers point out the difference between energy drinks with a lot of sugar and caffeine and sports that come with electrolytes. they shouldn't have energy drinks . they rob children of the calcium. >> and sports drinks. kids should only occasionally use them after long vigorous exercise. the concern is that carbs increase obesity in the young. drinking water is always the best option. >> the study is in the jour

leading that opposition is scott weiner. >> as in weiner dog? >> this is a pet project for you. >> he organized public forums and drafted a resolution opposing restriction that he says goes too far. >> something like an 80 to 90% redestruction in the area where people can walk the dogs off-leash. it's unreasonable. >> the national park service says the reasons are simple. to balance the enjoyment of dog-lovers with the enjoyment of those who may not love dogs so much. one woman who love dogs so much she spent much of her life breeding them thinks the restrictions are a good idea. >> it's a safety hazard. it's something that needs to be a respopsable of pet owner. >> her friend knows that first hand. >> i had to scoop my dog up with a dog the's aggressive and coming our way that's not leashed. >> speaking of scooping, one man says some dog owners don't. that's why he favors the new restriction. >> when the dog poops, they cover it with sand and leave everything. >> in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> 5:09. it looked windy yesterday a

however, from what i've just heard from supervised weiner, he doens't care about a cab driver. 8 years with no increase in income. eight years of decrease in the income. this is 17,000 small-time businessmen, not big companies, were a couple of big companies, maybe three. as a small businessman, i think that i came here during this meeting, when he is so highly praised. but there is no small businessman and a cab driver. this is one cab and one person. he ticks up customers at the rest of his life. and the degradation of the city. the city has kept us down the road sometimes, but i remember -- this could not be any worse than the tax commission. mta does not mix with water. they are driven by oil. i am not alone. there are plenty of people and co-workers that have been disenfranchised. i am going to be the first to tell you, we are going to strike. and if i did not get agreement on this, i will make an agreement on this. i want to be the first to tell you. i can directly from the meeting of the mass transit authority. i would like to sit down with each commissioner to explain this situ

. >> thank you, supervisor weiner. supervisor kim: i am proud to sponsor it is being introduced today. i am introducing a lot -- a resolution for lyme disease awareness month. this is commonly spread by infected ticks. there are rash and flu- like symptoms. this may cause neurological disorders, memory loss, and may be fatal. we want to continue the tradition of creating awareness so we declare may as lime disease awareness month. >today, the jazz cente rir is working on the nation's stand- alone center dedicated to jazz. many trustees have contributed 4-- $46 million toward this. this is in district six in hayes valley. sf jazz is our largest presenter of jazz and world music. i am excited about this. i am dedicated to this, our nation's classical music. i wanted to say happy brithdairy to johnny hosey. he celebrated his birthday on sunday. the rest, i submit. >> with no other names, this concludes role call. >> let's go to our 3:30 special order, to recognize the small busienss week honorees. first, i wan ttt to welc