waterfront spelled out, north beach, telegraph hill, financial district, and union square. mr. mcdonnell: additions. you made some deletions. let's start with additions first. mr. pilpel: i would take no. waterfront, spelled out, north beach, telegraph hill, and add those. mr. mcdonnell: any other proposed additions? ok. here is the proposed list of additions. any objection to this list of additions? all right. we will add north waterfront, north beach, telegraph hill, financial district, and union square. you good? ms. tidwell: yes. sorry. thank you. mr. pilpel: thank you. mr. mcdonnell: any deletions from district 3 description? mr. schreiber: russian hill community association. mr. mcdonnell: ok. proposal to eliminate. any objection? ok. mr. pilpel: proposed to eliminate middle polk. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to elimination? ok. we will eliminate middle polk. the elementary school, a proposal to eliminate. any objection? ok. thank you. district 4. any additions to district 4 description? >> for those districts that are less than the deviation, are we treating it in th

and renovation into union square which we are all proud of and pass through and it operates like an italian piazza. and this building will cast a shadow in the open-space area, right in front of the cafe, putting the entire cafe in shadows. i look at it with particular interest because you see all of the tourists having their breakfast, espressos, whatever they're doing, right in that sunny spot in union square. and now we are basically talking about shadow in this area. i think we need to find -- we need to choose our battles. we need to balance the need for housing appropriately scaled, appropriate-height housing, but also maintain the viability of the city. and i think the e.i.r. needs to come to terms with not hiding themselves behind the transit center in shadows, but they need to answer on its own how it basically works not within the confines of the cafe. it needs to be approved and examined on its own merit, and at this moment the e.i.r. says it would be ok to have a little bit more shadow. as far as a solution is concerned, all of us need to see an animated shadow study by which ea

waterfront spelled out, north beach, telegraph hill, financial district, and union square. mr. mcdonnell: additions. you made some deletions. let's start with additions first. mr. pilpel: i would take no. waterfront, spelled out, north beach, telegraph hill, and add those. mr. mcdonnell: any other proposed additions? ok. here is the proposed list of additions. any objection to this list of additions? all right. we will add north waterfront, north beach, telegraph hill, financial district, and union square. you good? ms. tidwell: yes. sorry. thank you. mr. pilpel: thank you. mr. mcdonnell: anyet

union square is a valuable resource for us, both from a city standpoint and a fiscal standpoint. to make third street more of an obstacle will have a significant impact on the union square merchants and open space. the shadow impact on union square is significant. we understood that shadow impact on the transit center. it seemed a worthwhile trade-off with the increase transit service. that did not mean to open the door to this and other projects , which is caused by the height of the tower. i asked you to please send the environmental impact bat for further study. thank you. president fong: sir, did you have -- >> good afternoon. my name is howard wechsler. i and the council for the residential owners association. i believe you should have all received the comment letter and traffic report that we submitted on friday. i would just like to briefly highlight what i think are the critical items, because you have the full report to read and i only have three minutes. first, i think if you go through and staff goes through and consultants go through what we have produced, you will fi

union square is a valuable resource for us, both from a city standpoint and a fiscal standpoint. to make third street more of an obstacle will have a significant impact on the union square merchants and open space. the shadow impact on union square is significant. we understood that shadow impact on the transit center. it seemed a worthwhile trade-off with the increase transit service. that did not mean to open the door to this and other projects , which is caused by the height of the tower. i asked you to please send the environmental impact bat for further study. thank you. president fong: sir, did you have -- >> good afternoon. my name is howard wechsler. i and the council for the residential owners association. i believe you should have all received the comment letter and traffic report that we submitted on friday. i would just like to briefly highlight what i think are the critical items, because you have the full report to read and i only have three minutes. first, i think if you go through and staff goes through and consultants go through what we consultants go through wha

union square is a valuable resource for us, both from a city standpoint and a fiscal standpoint. to make third street more of an obstacle will have a significant impact on the union square merchants and open space. the shadow impact on union square is significant. we understood that shadow impact on the transit center. it seemed a worthwhile trade-off with the increase transit service. that did not mean to open the door to this and other projects , which is caused by the height of the tower. i asked you to please send the environmental impact bat for further study. thank you. president fong: sir, did you have -- >> good afternoon. my name is howard wechsler. i and the council for the residential owners association. i believe you should have all received the comment letter and traffic report that we submitted on friday. i would just like to briefly highlight what i think are the critical items, because you have the full report to read and i only have three minutes. first, i think if you go through and staff goes through and consultants go through what we have produced, you will

union square is a valuable resource for us, both from a city standpoint and a fiscal standpoint. to make third street more of an obstacle will have a significant impact on the union square merchants and open space. the shadow impact on union square is significant. we understood that shadow impact on the transit center. it seemed a worthwhile trade-off with the increase transit service. that did not mean to open the door to this and other projects , which is caused by the height of the tower. i asked you to please send the environmental impact bat for further study. thank you. president fong: sir, did you have -- >> good afternoon. my name is howard wechsler. i and the council for the residential owners association. i believe you should have all received the comment letter and traffic report that we submitted on friday. i would just

union square is a valuable resource for us, both from a city standpoint and a fiscal standpoint. to make third street more of an obstacle will have a significant impact on the union square merchants and open space. the shadow impact on union square is significant. we understood that shadow impact on the transit center. it seemed a worthwhile trade-off with the increase transit service. that did not mean to open the door to this and other projects , which is caused by the height of the tower. i asked you to please send the environmental impact bat for further study. thank you. president fong: sir, did you have -- >> good afternoon. my name is howard wechsler. i and the council for the residential owners association. i believe you should have all received the comment letter and traffic report that we submitted on friday. i would justli

the two car is mainly union square and chinatown. the three car covers russian hill, not hill, and parts of fisherman's wharf. for car has the embarcadero and north beach. the central district is a truly a center of business, commerce, and tourism. we are home to 20,000 hotel rooms in our district and have 24 schools and 24 parks and or playgrounds in the district. this is in a very small

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

with the central subway going forward, there's a stop at union square and there is a spur at union square for geary light rail. this is what the people voted for back in 1989. also, if you have a chance coming to the short range transit plan. the only way to alleviate traffic congestion is a light rail system, not a bus rapid transit. if you get the bus rapid transit going of ford, you're never going to get the money for a light rail. what the people have been wanting for over 50 years. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any other member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. can we call item no. 12? >> item 12, public comment. this is -- supervisor campos: this is for any member of the public wishes to comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. seeing none, public comment is closed. -- we will be going into legislative recess until september 25 and we will have a finance committee meeting on september 11 and a plans and programs meeting on september 18. madame clerk, can you please call item no. 13? supervisor campo

it isn't just the ads and billboards, union square has lost at least two major builds since 1963 since alfred hitchcock filmed, birds. jimmy stewart lives in an apartment near one of san francisco's most famous tourists attraction. one day he comes home to see kim novak waiting at the door. if he came home today he probably won't see it due to the expanding vegetation up front. the current owners are probably happy this cinematic landmark is almost unrecognizable to visitors coming down the road. enricos another landmark covered by trees. and the red call box on the left is still there. but in the background, there's now a unique landmark piercing the sky. >> when we come back, on a second look bob shaw says the san francisco you sometimes see in the movies bares little resemblance to the city we know and love. >>> san francisco has long been a favorite shooting location for film makers. sometimes when you see the finished product you can't believe it's the same city we all know and love. ktvu's bob shaw first brought us this report in 1996. >>> it's a miracle these people ever got out

the two car is mainly union square and chinatown. the three car covers russian hill, not hill, and parts of fisherman's wharf. for car has the embarcadero and north beach. the central district is a truly a center of business, commerce, and tourism. we are home to 20,000 hotel rooms in our district and have 24 schools and 24 parks and or playgrounds in the district. this is in a very small geographical area. we average 5500 calls per service per month. we cover union square, chinatown, the financial district, north beach, russian hill, telegraph hill, the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. our main supervisor is supervisor david chiu and supervisor marc farrell has a pocket and supervisor james kim has a pocket along geary street. the population is about 75,000 residents in a 1.8 square mile area. on any given day, the population swells to about 350,000 people because of all the people coming to work in the financial district. the demographics in the central district -- female is about 50%, males 49.8%. it's almost even. age 17 and un

you remember when we had the celebration to bring back the cable cars in union square and all over town, and you were there. and here is our pal, a bell ringer of the cable cars for 10 years, and he was there on that day, so what happened? >> i had the honor and privilege of meeting mr. bennett. he wrote on my car with me, and we've run down the high-speed hill with the turnarounds, and he sang a few lines of "i left my heart." >> that song? >> yes, and i just wanted to tell him thank-you for all he has done for this city. >> tony bennett, a household word in san francisco, and for me, all the years i have lived in this city, tony bennett has been like the next door neighbor. wherever i am, whether it is paris, whether it is wrong, whether it is nice, whether it is beijing -- whether it is rome, whether it is shanghai, whether it is some place in africa or some place in russia. if i say, ♪ i left my heart ♪ they immediately say tony and them. that means the national anthem for san francisco and literally for america have come from this extraordinarily talented human being. >> ♪ i

[laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to

we have beets in north beach, chinatown, union square and fisherman's wharf. the embarcadero wants it so bad, they pay for it. no taxpayer money there. also at central, we speak 40 languages. russian, spanish, swedish and of course english. not only do we practice community policing, but we practice global policing at central station. recently, a cultural exchange with the beijing university public security university. this is a university in china that trains its best police administrators. they offer bachelor's, master's and law degrees in china. so they can be a police commissioner. but we have information sharing regionally. that asians them, we were in constant contact with police departments along the peninsula. not only regionally, but we were in contact with police departments in boston, new york, wherever there is a high asian population and even internationally, we were in contact with the hong kong police and china police. i would like to say we celebrate a community at central station. thank you, commissioners for listening to my overview. are ther

[laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer thait can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to m