this tree is a home to a number of birds that live in park merced. they haven't performed their due diligence in providing you, me or the public a bio diversity report as to the significance of this tree and the habitat it provides to these birds. another argument that i would make is that the option in h the event that mr. buck and the department of bureau of urban forest tree believe this tree poses a risk to the public, they haven't provided an option of cabling the tree if they think it's going to fall. there's nothing in his arguments that pose that solution, that the tree can be cabled. finally, commissioners, this block is slated to be torn down within ten years, if you believe par merced's demolition schedule. why not leave the tree standing? there's no evidence that it poses a risk to the public. let it stand, let it live its life out in park merced until the wrecking crews come. i'll leave it at that and let you hear from mr. buck and then any here member of the public. thank you. >> is there someone here from arbor well? anyone here for th

never once received and application from park merced. in 2007 they were removing trees? juan circle which was the first time this ever came to the department's attention that park merced didn't realize they needed permits in order to remove a significant tree so they haven't been on our radar since 2007. no one ever called in a complaint so we've been looking at a lot of sites and earlier this year we issued a fine to park merced for the removal of a number of trees on gonzalez drive and it's currently pending. we're currently scheduling an administrative hearing for them to address that. we are going to systematically go through every street in park merced. we've let them knoll that. know that. we expect them to replant all trees and that's where we're currently embarked upon. >> that was along the same lines -- are you finished? >> yes. >> park merced has been before this board several times in recent years and if they've knocked all these trees down and not replaced them. right now you find them -- >> it is penldzing. pending. they have written an appeal. some of the

in two weeks. >> thanks i came to this hearing being generously conflicted again, we approved park merced a key part of the question we were not going to lose an implicit exception and they were going to be remembered rerld unit so here i think it is something to consider because if you can replace two rent controls units with 6 rerld units this is something i think we need to think about i know i'm milking this is a little bit more challenging to do that there the developments i will be interested in thinking about because the idea of demolishing sound rent control housing stock and replacing it with non-rerld housing stock this doesn't set well with me. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you actually supervisor wiener touched on some of the points i was going to make i wanted to ask questions of the planning department i think there are a number of positive things as mentioned by staff the creation of 6, 3 bedroom unit is extraordinary and having looked at a lot of massive development in the district i represent it is still nice to see the developers made the commitment so we see it's largely

is the enforceability of the agreement with the project sponsor i mean those of us who oppose park merced did so for the fact that even with a strong development agreement there are still questions about the enforceability within that context let alone the context we're talking about here beyond how it this will with work with the legality of the approval of what supervisor wiener was saying and certainly be open to more discussion in hearing more from the project sponsor but the issue of enforceability of such a condition will be critical for me and john gibner, deputy city attorney again supervisor i would recommend that if the board is interested in pursuing that option and having that condition you continue it i'm happy to come back and talk about the how enforcement will work and what authority the rent board has if they imposed that type of condition i said the 90 dazed for the appealed exteriors in january that the board has a little bit of room if you want to continue to explore that option. >> first of all, i don't know if it's a good idea the demolition of rent control units is

at lily wong right now they have been around for over a decade in some places -- closer to two and merced heights and no one has been here in a super long time and so some of those are functional still. you can still play on them, but the trends and in design and whennure compare the quality of those play structures to mission playground on valencia street it's a dramatic before and after so we can certainly talk about what i think a replacement cycle should look like. i think the department has learned a lot over the past decade about how to improve the durablity of the playgrounds that we build and also the ease of maintenance. we made a number of policy decisions over the past 10 years. for example a decade ago we were ordering playgrounds from germany and fancy things from other places and we discovered the replacement time when you break it there is a lag time to order a replacement part from a high end designer in germany when the yard is here in san francisco and it broke last week and all the parents are understandably aren't you going to get it fixed in the next month or so and s

on a personal note my children grew up around merced heights playground and we remember -- i remember the tiny tot s program which gave me two hours of mental health therapy just having my kids provided a safe fun and educational activity for my children, and so with that we support this and we adopt the task force report and we're just waiting for you to say yes, i worked on the [inaudible] and the library at ocean view under the leadership of mayor willie brown at that time and we're looking at banks who are supporting us so we strongly want you to keep it going. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item only? seeing no one public comment is now closed. >> commissioner mcdonnell. >> i'm not sure if we're ready for a motion, so i have one more comment but i would also lead into -- >> well, let me say before you do that i want to join the chorus of commissioners and others thank you for the service on the task force. it means a great deal and very much appreciated. mr. ginsburg. >> i wanted to thank you do mcdonnell f

in two weeks. >> thanks i came to this hearing being generously conflicted again, we approved park merced a key part of the question we were not going to lose an implicit exception and they were going to be remembered rerld unit so here i think it is something to consider because if you can replace two rent controls units with 6 rerld units this is something i think we need to think about i know i'm milking this is a little bit more challenging to do that there the developments i will be interested in thinking about because the idea of demolishing sound rent control housing stock and replacing it with non-rerld housing stock this doesn't set

dorothy strictland and i i are part of the 800 block club and have been stewards and advocates for the merced heights playground for more than 21 years. we have followed the failing playgrounds task force closely for about eight months. we were impressed by the facilitator, task force members, the recreation and parks staff and the parks alliance and say job well done. also we appreciated the opportunity for active participation of the public throughout the process. we wholeheartedly support the report given by dawn and ask that you adopt the recommendations of the failing playgrounds task force. thank you. >> thank you. >> dorothy, did you want to speak? >> good morning everyone and i just want to really express my very, very much appreciation for our task force. the task force was so inclusive of the community at every point of their analysis of everything they did and we learned an awful lot and it's much appreciated. they have done a tremendous job. >> thank you. >> it was a wonderful experience. >> thank you both. >> next speaker. >> good morning commissioners. matt o'grady, the ceo of t

and we as a neighborhood organization that as long as we stay whole as a community, both ocean view, merced and ingleside, that wherever you decide is fine with us. thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. harris. yes, sir? >> hi, my name is michael cameron. i also live in the tenderloin and i'm also pretty much in agreement with the line that. but larkin street, the drug dealers would just move further down between larkin and polk. i would like to see the boundary lines at least of polk street because that would be different people they are serving. from larkin street from the park, it is extremely dangerous and they are also very crafty. i really appreciate that you guys are willing to accept community input on this because i do understand that, you know, every area has only so many police so the gap can't be too big, but just one more block wouldn't be that go of a difference. and it should would be a help for us in the tenderloin. thank you. >> thank you, mr. cameron. any other public comment? >> hearing no other public comment, this item line item is now closed. mr. second. >> city clerk

dijo barack obama que la decision de sony de cancelar la pelicula, fue un error, no se puede vivir a merced de un dictador que ordena paralizar acciones en cualquier parte del mundo >el fbi no dio mucho detalle si revelo que los criminales se valieron de la misma infraestructura utilizara anteriormente >>esto tenÍa el fin de supresiÓn del derecho de los cuidadanos hoy se conocio que sony recibio nuevas amenazas por parte de piratas si es que pÚblica la pelicula el cualquier tipo de formato < y a quienes como el presidente barack obama lo acusan de cometer un error al cancelar la pelicula dice michael linton, porque ningÚn cine queria colocarla >>mÁs alla de la respuesta de la ciudadania, espera que el castigo de la administracion de barack obama contra corea sea contundente >>buenas noches, el precio de la gasolina sigue bajando como en missouri que bajo dos dolares y es que ha

. >>> a merced county man has reason to celebrate this christmas after receiving a life saving kidney transplant. the two families have known each other for years. it is the second time one has given the other the gift of life. >> this time of year is filled with emotions for and tish ma lard. the joy of celebrating with family is mixed with sorrow because their 20-year-old son was killed during the holidays. >> he was going to school to be a firefighter and he was in an atv accident. it was 10 years ago this month. >> they decided to donate his organs because they knew that was his wish. months later tish received a letter through the transplant network that happened to arrive on her birthday. it was from janice mckinon. his pancreas saved the life of her son, jake. the family made plans to meet. >> she knew nothing about us. she didn't know what kind of people we were. it turns out we are just like them. our families are just alike. >> the bond has become even stronger over the past decade. the families gather in the bay area each december for a christmas tree lighting in honor of c

. >>> a merced county man has reason to celebrate this christmas after receiving a life saving kidney transplant. the two families have known each other for years. it is the second time one has given the other the gift of life. >> this time of year is filled with emotions for and tish ma lard. the joy of celebrating with family is mixed with sorrow because their 20-year-old son was killed during the holidays. >> he was going to school to be a firefighter and he was in an atv accident. it was 10 years ago this month. >> they decided to donate his organs because they knew that was his wish. months later tish received a letter through the transplant network that happened to arrive on her birthday. it was from janice mckinon. his pancreas saved the life of her son, jake. the family made plans to meet. >> she knew nothing about us. she didn't know what kind of people we were. it turns out we are just like them. our families are just alike. >> the bond has become even stronger over the past decade. the families gather in the bay area each december for a christmas tree lighting in honor of c

friends at merced heights and edna they have been -- you can be persistent and do that pleasantly and not pleasantly and thank you for your pleasant persistence and steadfastness on getting this playground done. >> commissioner mcdonnell. >> yes thank you. so one of the wonderful children that ms. james described getting therapy from i actually went to high school with at lowell high school so every time she walked into the room it felt like my market was walking into the. >> mother was walking into the room to get this right so with that endorsement i am thrilled to make a motion. >> second. >> there is a motion and a second. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> unanimously approved. [applause] >> and we are now on item 9, general public comment continued. anyone who did not make comment under item four and would like to make general public comment now? seeing none this is closed. item 10. commissioners matters? any commissioners matters? any public comment? seeing no one public comment is now closed. item 11 new agenda business setting. any public comment? this item is closed. item 12 c

but no movement on their part and even if we could guarantee as supervisor campos said like a park merced type of solution i'm not sure i'm that open administrative being that my hope as this bystander body is thinking about this and looking at the rule 37 of the code i'll say wherever there's the project sponsor demonstrated that the residential structure is not un10u7b89d and people are living there right now point number 7 whether the project removed rental projects subject to the arbitration it clearly does and there are a couple of others clear discretionary guidance to the planning commissioners, i feel like under the don't guess section 317 we s have to vote to have this appeal i ask you to join with the residents not only like sue from the sierra club but from the richmond that feel you have wealthier individuals buying and displacement of protecting folks this is a concern and rejecting the planning commission decision in favor of boarder levels approach looking at section 317 of the planning code i urge you to vote to the appeal and and a as described seconded supervisor breed f

it happened yesterday at an elementary school in merced county. they were talking to the principal about a student. he told them that student was not registered at the school. one of the men distracted the prescription pal while the -- principal while the other cut his face leaving a four inch gash. the men ran and the school was locked down for at least 20 minutes. >>> happening today two hours from now president obama will announce ashton carter as the next secretary of defense. he would replace out going secretary chuck hagel who announced his resignation last week. >>> the warriors are amazing. they have tied a franchise record with their 11th straight weapon. clay thompson led the goal with 23 points. warriors lead the nba with a 16- 2 record. they play the bulls on saturday. >>> golden state had a new man on their roster. he didn't play. >> reporter: he's 20 and from a town of 20,000. plunged into the pageantry and pandemonium of an nba game. >> i'm expected to make up any minute now. >> reporter: frost was court side for the pregame shoot a

. >> it was uncomfortable for maurice cooper who had to come home to a dark apartment along lake merced working all day wondering if he would have power. >> want out about 6:30. >> it's been all day? >> yeah, all day. surprised coming up here. thaw the lights would have been on by now. >> no lights. no elevator. he invited us in. but we had to take the stairs to his seventh floor apartment. >> huh. >> once inside, the search for light was on. >> here is one flashlight. this was not working. >> pg & e crews working overtime to get customers restored. stoplight were out. and pockets of the city. at the height of the storm, san francisco had 85,000 customers without power. charles jones found a way to pass the time with his neighbor. >> we have been talking about sports. from sports to, broadway plays. to taking the train down to southern california. >> power is being restored. slowly but surely here in san francisco. but, going to take time. reporting live in san francisco. cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. the storm didn't diskrim nate. battering almost every corner o

looking for two gunmen who terrorized two men in a home invasion robbery at 3:00 a.m this morning in park merced. a neighborhood next to san francisco state university. officers say the suspects entered probably through a window, woke up two young men tieing them at gun point. police say they stole wallets, kril phones and abike. good news is that no one was hurt. >> convicted drunk drivers may soon is to prove they're sober before starting their cars. they'll have to blow into a tube to rev up the engine. >> every time i hear of another cash i want to make a differce. >> nina walker's 22-year-old daughter,ginger was killed in a crash. ginger left behind a 3-year-old n. >> 50,000 californians have been killed by drunk drivers. we must take action. >> state senator jerry hill's legislation would require all drivers even first offenders to install ignition interlock devices >> in arizona louisiana they're interlock laws reduced dui fatalities over 35%. >> senator hill says what is significant n california repeat offender as kt foa third of all dui convictions every year. opposition comes from defe

it is still raining in a few areas near merced and fresno. further to the south, the rain is now shifting. we are going to see some troublesome weather today. not like the storm is completely over with. l.a., you got heavy rain nearing you, coming down from santa barbara. this will be right over los angeles as we go through your morning rush hour. of course, you know driving in the rain and rush hour in l.a. is never fun. we could end up picking up one to two inches of additional rainfall. i'm not going to have horrible problems with that. we will have some issue and will still be windy. i guess the big story heading into the weekend, now that we're done with our storms is the warmth. we have 60s today in colorado. and some of that warmth is coming across the country, no signs of any snowstorms or cold outbreaks. >> is it still december? >> all the way to christmas. >> santa came early. i like it warm. >>> from the south, in the news this morning, an amber alert search ended with a dramatic standoff on an overpass in san diego. deputies say w

going out for residents -- in merced. in daly city. >> the driving is what i am worried about. annually be covering that here on the kron four morning news. we will get to the traffic right now. >> thank you, darya. >> it is slow west bounds four. and heading into antioch. and it does clear up in pittsburgh and bay point. that is not bad at all. >> 680 looks great and walnut creek. >> slow pocket out at alamo and to the 685. and you are also open and clear for 580 west. now, it is delay free. >> 20 minutes from the altamont. heading out. >> thanks a lot. before the break. we will get a live look here at a fire in illinois. this is downtown chicago d they are battling the fire. big building that houses a restaurant. at least we know there is a restaurant in there. look at the heavy flames and smoke that is pouring from the building as they night the fire in chicago. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. . >>> 9:39 right now. one of the survivors is speaking out. he contracted ebola while treating patients in sierra leone and his body was so ravaged by the virus but h

we are representatives from merced heights, graton playground and mclaren and golden gate that kaism to the meetings and participated in the exercises and thoughtful and constructive in the feedback they provided. i would like to thank all of our staff who brought tremendous creativity to our approach. we tried a lot of new things in the way we structured this task force and the xdzs and the materials we prepared. steve our facilitator who is the facilitator for mission delores and brought that experience to his efforts with this task force and also in particular we had a unique approach in this task force and we co-hosted with it the san francisco parks alliance and i would like to thank the staff of the parks alliance. we spent months in planning to make sure this was a successful experience for the public and both the committee members and i think greg moore from the conservancy says sometimes you need to go slow to go fast, and we took the time we needed to prepare and be thoughtful and focused about the issues we wanted to put in front of the committee members and i think that h

. >> fans seem to be turning on him, here a fan with a montana jersey in merced, burning kap's jersey. derek carr is the toast of town. three td passes and ability to find the open man, sacked only once and leads to a drive keeping the offense off the field he's got a great upside and you saw a great contrast between the two. >> there are still mistakes but so much attention to detail we just did our job. a's fans are reeling and today, brandon moss was traded the 31-year-old dealt to cleveland today. and moss coming off hip surgery and you can bet the pitcher out the door. madison bumgardener named player of the year with a five-inning save in game seven. >> earlier today, steph curry took issue with coach looking for a franchise record 8 straight road win. first with one of the team's 11 first half fields off jack levne. and guides to the puck. and despite only shooting three of 15, they led by nine at the half, right now up 89-67 in the fourth. we'll have highlights coming up. finalists for heisman trophy include amari cooper and melvin guard. you can go ahead and give that to mari

i know many of your colleagues will be camped out in merced trying to heckle you when you bring those projects forward. so, commissioners, i'm very sad to report that jonathan will be leaving us the end of today, more or less, and going on to a partner agency and which hope to see more of him. maybe the campus will expand here in san francisco when we do maritime or something. so, jonathan, thank you, and your family who i'm sure has made a lot of sacrifice for all you've done for the port and may you always come back and enjoy the wealth of your labor. so, thank you. (applause) >> so, a little out of order here. we shouldn't have done this with the presentation with general myatt. like to take public comment on the items before us during the executive director's report. so, those of you wishing to make comments, please line up and come forward. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm dianne [speaker not understood] with planning and development division and actually i wasn't knowing whether i would have a chance to thank and congratulate general myatt and the whole fleet week team bec

looking for two gunmen who terrorized two men in a home invasion robbery at 3:00 a.m this morning in park merced. a neighborhood next to san francisco state university. officers say the suspects entered probably through a window, woke up two young men tieing them up at gun point. police say they stole wallets, kril phones and a bike. good news is that no one was hurt. >> convicted drunk drivers may soon is to prove they're sober before starting their cars. they'll have to blow into a tube to rev up the engine. >> every time i hear of another cash i want to make a difference. >> nina walker's 22-year-old daughter,ginger was killed in a crash. ginger left behind a 3-year-old son. >> 50,000 californians have been killed by drunk drivers. we must take action. >> state senator jerry hill's legislation would require all drivers even first offenders to install ignition interlock devices >> in arizona louisiana they're interlock laws reduced dui fatalities over 35%. >> senator hill says what is significant n california repeat offender as kt for a third of all dui convictions every year. opposition comes

in all, 85,000 customers lost power in san francisco from downtown to lake merced. the utility says it's hired repair crews from oregon, washington and southern california. more than 100 businesses on pier 39 spent the morning without electricity. when the lights came on, the fog harbor fish house scrambled to open for dinner. >> it's really challenging to bring people into the restaurant if you can't cook or do anything. so just the waiting game. >> reporter: the outage hit the financial district hard closing bart's montgomery station for hours and paralyzing some muni electric trolleys. sharon chin, kpix 5. >>> the downpour may be over but the flooding is likely for low-lying areas especially along the russian river. everyone who lives near the river is being told to brace today. that includes people in and around rio nieto and guerneville. the river is a foot below flood stage now. it's expected to crest about 1:00 this afternoon 3.5 feet above flood stage at guerneville. already there's some flooding along the river and some of the tributaries. by the time it cr