san francisco are expensive but notice ably less than san francisco not everyone who works here will be able to work here we want to build as much affordable housing here because people prefer to else here goss close to their jobs and middle-income or upper middle-income housing people leaf san francisco because of other factors it is a quality of public schools because of the lack of larger housing so those are things we have to work on to meet those problems what of the also very disappointing was the retail industry record a very low attraction level retail is another leg of the business community we didn't emphasis but people historically come to shop they come for the uniqueness of the product they can go to other areas but see the same stores if you want to go to a really exclusive high-end or valencia or other stores that's a san francisco experience we have 80 be supportive of retail obviously that group feels the climate is not very good for them and the good news was i think remaining the employees is not a problem because people want to be in san francisco there's culture

communication manager based on in san francisco our motto added san francisco is we focus on demand reduction campaign in china and vietnam we also rec recognize that the u.s. continues to be a large market for irony the second in the world and san francisco used to be a primary market we thank you, supervisor wiener and commissioner chan for your leadership we know first hand from our colleagues that government officials that business leaders are looking to what is happening in the u.s. and the states as california we strongly support this resolution in support of ab 96 thank you very much and thank you very much mr. valentin. >> i'm pat valentine in a different capacity not as an ushering u urban activist but my 20 years work on the board in california i've learned over that period of time to effect change we have to change the dna of how people think about the animals and species this is a great step that the board of supervisors and at least this committee is taking in supporting ab 9 six the law has a two-fold purpose to eliminate the market for irony but send a strong message of where w

she was a proud native of san francisco. fanny, she was born in 1915 and grew up in the fillmore district. and in the russian neighborhood. sandy met her future husband a new york native on muni. they were married on june 1, 941. they lived on webster until richmond in a home built by her father. they lived there happily only half block from golden gate block and a mile from the golden gate bridge for their lives. sandy was part of the community activities and a member of the sister god sisterhood and a member of the san francisco chapter where she served as treasurer. she worked at the memorial blood count bank and she and bob worked at the scene -- senior center. she lived a long century of a life from 1915-2015 among loving family and friends here in the most beautiful city in the world. although she will be deeply missed she couldn't have asked for more than living in this great city. thanks to her family for raising attention to her life. the rest i will submit. city clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisors tanning

san francisco against rape and san francisco desk women in action, the filipino the reilly center women enter culture network and women's aids thank you >> i want to acknowledge our we have a lot of partners i want to apologize to our elected officials but help me welcome our first lady anita lee we have with us supervisor jane kim and my supervisor from district 68 we have supervisor supervisor norman yee from district 7 and supervisor scott wiener you won't miss him and now i'm pleased to introduce to you really the person who is the magnet that makes us do the work executive director of the san francisco department and the status of women dr. murase when is the president of the san francisco school board. >> how's everybody doing today were we can do better than that how is everybody doing today a few thank you's want to thank my staff that were here earlier in the morning and dj and susan has been working tireless for the last few months. (clapping.) >> and mayor ed lee, of course, and marily and others from the mayor's office who made today happy. (clapping.) and we have saving liv

in 2008, almost 84 percent of city of san francisco voted a bond to rebuild san francisco general. it's a testament to how much they have helped and we did not have all the funds needed to build a world class hospital and supply it with world class fixtures and equipment. bond funds cannot be used for that. the city has committed $175 million through our own capital improvement fund but there was $65 million need and through work of mayor lee and san francisco giants has tried to work to fill. so this contribution from dr. chan and mr. zuckerberg, it's truly amazing and they have heard our cries for support and they have so gratefully provided this gift to the city. this gift will compliment the city's investment and specifically their gift will purchase psychological monitors to improve the tracking of patients vital signs and provide earlier detection of deteriorating condition and also purchase ir equipment to help dying and treating the lease invasive state of the art technique. it will equip 18 groups and decrease the time a person spends in the emergency department and reduce

or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ food in san francisco isn't just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming w

he was the grand duches of san francisco, named best drag queen by the san francisco bay guardian. eddie starred in a number of short films with his partner, which were played at film festivals throughout this country and also featured in the 2005 documentary "blood, sweat and glitter." that followed performances preparing for miss tranny shack, including eddie's cles friend and upstairs neighbor, steven. eddie was known for his warmth and sense of humor and this gentle spirit shone out to all who knew him or saw his performance as cookie dough. donations are still being collected under the name cookie dough at gofund me. cookie's celebration will be held at the victoria theater starting at 6:00 p.m. i have another in memoriam and this is an in memoriam for an institution, a legend in the mission, alfonzo, a mainstay of the district and activist whose important work took his life from san juan to new york and back and finally landing 30 years in san francisco. he was known for his trademark brown fedora and elegant style died of lung cancer. he was born in puerto rico and grew up i

us in the san francisco. i think in my opinion this account is going to serve as a report card as how we are doing in san francisco and also a road map going forward. we are going to be able to see whether our numbers have decreased or increased over the past 2 years. obviously there is though one size fits all solution to this issue as we continue to examine this over the years. i will be going out myself in the homeless count on thursday evening and look forward to that experience and will be a part of that data collection effort. two of the things i know we are going to be talking about both by supervisor wiener during roll call on the passing of bob morales. i was very shocked to hear that. he was the first person i met her coming to city hall. a great person, incredibly sad to hear of his loss on a personal level but also for the teamsters as well. then also to back up supervisor cohen and wiener on their hearing around police staffing levels. i look forward to participating in that as well and i will be

san francisco department of environment. and last but not least san francisco rec and park . [cheers and applause] back to muhammad. >> all right. a few more people who are in the house that we should acknowledge. i see mr. tom cotton there from the port of san francisco leading the port. i see ms. san francisco in the house. welcome. i see first lady anita lee to volunteer today. i see barbara smith from the housing authority and tom and leading building inspections and make suring they're safe and for everyone to enjoy. am i missing anybody else? oh okay. i don't think he needs any introduction. like with all of our events we're in partnership with many city departments and from day 115 years ago when we launched this clean up. >> >> with volunteers and to keep our city clean a partner that has been with us for every event. we work together side by side. public works is out in the streets and the plazas but in the parks we have a different team lead by phil ginsburg and please welcome him to say a few words. >> good morning. let's pick it up. it's beautiful. we're going to

francisco economic the corporate haurdz and financial institutions and larger in san francisco because they've been in san francisco for a look at here and thirdly the 3 elements of what todd custodial the export of the economy those are - theirs performance based how improve they can do well relative to other police radios or parolee the fourth piece in the local economy is the local survey those o are the companies that serve in san francisco many, many ways the fate of the industry is tide to the success of the other but local factors that dooz do or don't support the businesses we're taking a long term view this is the long industries in the 2004 to the. (off the record.) essentially from the lowest point of the burst to the lowest point of the recession we're looking at two points many the same cycle to see over the course of business cycle how has things changed they've not changed much the continuation over the decades the horizon ac excess thousands the growth from the bottom of one recession to the bottom of another recession it grow over 4 percent which is rallied in the over

and south of market and the tenderloin parts of san francisco. i am impressed with the people who are in support of her, many people involved in the entertainment industry as well so that's my preference and i do want to put in some strong words for jeremy wallenberg as well. i found him to be charming, a great deal of experience in san francisco and a lot of different neighborhoods and has a wide breath of knowledge of what the commission does as well as his connection with a lot the diversity of san francisco as well, but i think i would like to put my support behind dory so that's my take and i would like to hear comments from my colleagues. supervisor tang. >> all right. i guess i will go next. thank you supervisor avalos and thank you for your interest and everyone waiting patiently for your items today as well. i agree with a lot of what supervisor avalos said. i think when i think of entertainment -- i heard comments during public comment they wanted to address so number one i think entertainment comes in all different shapes and sizes, an

francisco food in san francisco but food across the bay area. >> this type of market with the local savors the high-end products is great. >> i know people can't believe they're in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i don't have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. >> how long has this been operating in san francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of the best places to get it coffee. >> we have intrrnl consumers that know of this original outlet here and come here for the coffee. >> so let's talk sandwiches. >> uh-huh. >> can you tell me how you came about naming our sandwiches from the katrero hills or 27 years i thought okay neighborhood and how do you keep it fresh you can answer that mia anyway you want. >> our broadened is we're going not irving preserves or packaged goods we take the time to incubate our jogger art if scratch people appreciate our work here. >> so you feel like out of captured the airport atmosphere. >> this is its own the city the airline crews and the bag handlers and the

i want to thank in particular the san francisco police department greg suhr and san francisco fire department chief white for their help to execute this on sunday morning. before we wrap up, we've got a couple more things to do. i just want to mention some of the logistics. at the end of the prepared remarks here, we are going to have people who are involved with constructing the building. we are going to have, we have people who are experts in what will happen on the move on sunday. we have tours around the he technology and so feel free to take time to tour with any of the guest here. to close, we thought about having a ribbon cutting but it didn't seem true to san francisco style to have a ribbon cutting. so we thought about what we do with our cancer patients when they complete their cancer treatment. the tradition is to commemorate the beginning of a healthy new life following cancer care by ringing a bell. so what kind of bell did we need here inform -- for this special moment? we needed a new bell and thanks to the san francisco municipal authority we have a cable car bell being runnin

she moved to san francisco to be part of the transgender community. she felt a sense of solidarity and support that she had not previously experienced growing up and that's why she came to san francisco. i think we read about her life and experience in the paper. she was active in her church, devout in her faith and was a tremendous resource to the community at large. taja volunteered at a food pantry and community center and regularly attended meetings for causes she supported and she was committed to raising awareness to issues affecting the transgender community especially issues that involved health and disparity in that community. taja was known for being a charismatic and out spoken person for life challenges. taja loved music and fashion. she had a first job and was a fan of madonna and prince. she was strong, independent and selfless. she worked hard and never hesitated to give whatever she had to people. she will be remembered for here work, generosity her fighting spirit for social justice. her mother described her as having been beautiful i

francisco and particular ones that support our supportive housing units in san francisco. i'm particularly encouraged of what last thursday's announcement can mean for our low-income and vulnerable populations in san francisco, housed in our public units. once the details of the pilot are released i want to make sure our city is on record supporting the project and we're doing everything possible to pursue these for san francisco residents in our own city. i want to thank our respective departments for working on this issue with me and getting prepared for the multi-family pace rollout and rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor farrell. >> supervisor kim, you submitted, correct? supervisor mar. >> thank you. colleagues, i would like to announce this thursday, february 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the cliff house, i'm helping to facilitate with the national parks service a discussion on the future of ocean beach. the tradition of ocean beach bonfires. this is an important meeting that we are asking community members, the national park service and others for suggestions on how we ca

gay of 2008 in san francisco. she has been recognized and honored by the california state senate by bra virginia theatre and by s f pride with the community grand marshall two years ago. we had the highlight of honoring the mutual investor in bravo theatre which was a lot of fun. last october, she did the honor of serving as a celebrity judge with our great pumpkin carving with the kids and in the end, she declared all the kids were winners in her normal gracious way. i will say bebe, the lg b t community is an accomplished community is can be very tense sometimes. i will say the one thing among others that really sticks out in my mind about you, all of the things i know about you and i've seen you interact with people, i've never seen you be anything but absolutely nice and gracious and professional. even when you're fighting like crazy for something that is so important, you always do it in the absolute, most gracious way and you are a treasure in our community and we love you. so congratulations. thank you. [ap

citizen of san francisco. our city is in a state of emergency with the recent violent deaths of 13 young men of color and 32-year-old mother of three, who was shot and killed while getting her mail from her mailbox. it is for these reasons that i strongly recommend the task force introduced by supervisor malia cohen, district 10, where the majority of the shootings. >> sir, you cannot comment on the task force at this time, i'm sorry. >> that this task force be filled with members of the community. >> sir, i'm sorry, you can't comment on the task force. i'm sorry. >> okay. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, madame president and board of supervisors. my name is pastor from the western edition -- i'm just here's a member of the san francisco black and brown organization alliance. we're aligning our communities. we have young men, young women that are dieing in the streets from bayview-hunters point to the western edition, tenderloin , we have got the western edition. it's touched everybody.

francisco to include transgender women within the leadership it's highly appropriately that san francisco doesn't have transgender represented at this point. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors madam president madam clerk i'm here to speak to my black african-american brothers and sisters it's illegal to approach an infant but okay for black youths to kill each other black african-americans are not a live species how can a black african-american defend the killing of one another because crime is a form of opposition blacks fall victim to crime the president offers protection and retribution it's a dark hyper that introduces a man and woman to his or her his e.r. home sharer for the passion for freedom and girdles and boys don't wait two late to pray you've got to meet our undertaker do wait for someone to walk up and call your name and you can't answer i believe that all rap artists in america is an assessorsy to black on black war crimes the message you've been sending is the tool they've been very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speake

patrick is moving forward. >> thank you, i'm jim patrick with san francisco. i want to make a comment on this proposal for the sponsorship. i believe there are several issues we need to look at. one we constructed this proposal we heard this morning that we are in events of one or the other. we have to sell a product. when we sell a posted note. we don't discriminate who we sell our product to and we have to watch so we are not placed in a can then resell the advertising value. he resells it. or something like that. i don't know propose unless and we should extract as much value. i think it's for 10 years to rebid it and rather than being stuck with a negotiated settlement. thank you. that concludes members of the public that wanted to -- 3, 2, 1 (clapping). >> (clapping) good afternoon, everybody let's rise let's have a revolution. (clapping.) i'm here with many of our sisters that are going to welcome you to to and welcome to is revolution today not yesterday not tomorrow today. >> (clapping). >> in february we rise in country hundreds of countries around th

san francisco eaters are interested in cuisine. there adventuress. the fact theyuse great use great ingredients and make gourmet food makes unpopular. >> i have been dying to have these. >> i have had that roach coach experience. it is great they're making food they can trust. >> have you decided? >> we are in the thick of the competition? >> my game was thrown off because they pulled out of my first appetizer choice. >> how we going to crush clear? >> it will be easy. probably everyone has tried, something bacon tell us delicious. >> -- people tell us is delicious. >> hopefully you think the same thing. >> hopefully i am going to win. we're in the financial district. there is a food truck right there. every day changes. it is easy and fun to go down. these are going to be really good. >> how are you going to dominate? >> i think he does not know what he is doing. >> i was thinking of doing [unintelligible] we are underrepresented. >> i was singing of starting an irish pub. that was my idea. >> one our biggest is the corned beef and cabbage. we are a

temperatures still fairly mild, showing you 60's for san jose. san francisco, 62. overnight lows will be back down into the 40s to near 50 degrees and patchy fog. in fact, the fog, a little more widespread, making a comeback right near the immediate coastline, pushing back into the bay. that gives you a clue what's happening tomorrow when we cool things off into your sunday forecast. also, a few extra high clouds out there as well, with partly cloudy skies. high pressure really strengthened today up above our heads, way up above in the atmosphere. we had the record heat for today. coastal fog develops into your sunday morning and still a few extra high clouds as well. partly cloudy on sunday. we'll trim back temperatures easily a good 5 to 10 degrees. still the warmest locations could be right around 70. look what happens, though, lots of clouds over the next few days. we're tracking a potential change in the weather pattern. that rain line could be approaching the bay area as early as thursday. better bet by friday and into next weekend, with rain chances going up

: san francisco is not just high rent. it's the highest. now passing new york as the city with the most expensive rent. a one-bedroom apartment has a median rent of $3,400. and as people desperately search for housing, a new study reports there are about 18,000 properties in the city off the market half of them second homes for people who live elsewhere. >> some call them zombie neighborhoods when you have whole buildings without of town people that own them but don't live in them. >> reporter: supervisor eric mar is working on a plan to tacts properties and put it on the ballot in november but says he will have to iron out legal issues with the city attorney. >> i attacks on people who don't even -- a tax on people who don't even live in san francisco who own these luxury condos would be a disincentive for people hoarding these multi- million dollar condos and hopefully allow others to purchase them and live in them. >> i don't know any neighborhood in san francisco in a is a zombie neighborhood. >> reporter: a realtor sa

>> good afternoon and welcome to the joint san francisco public utilities commission and local agency formation commission meeting of the board of supervisors and commission. my name is john avalos chair of lafco and joined by public utilities commission ann caen. and lisa. we are broadcast by sf sf govtv staff. madam clerk call the roll. >> avalos, present, breed present, commissioner campos, absent. commissioner crews, present mr. chair, you have a quorum. >>supervisor john avalos: okay. that's a quorum for lafco. we can call the roll for the puc. city clerk: president cane, present, courtney, more an. we have a quorum. >> we have a quorum for puc and lafco. item no. 3. city clerk: opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joint meeting. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, this is a meeting that is long time coming and great to see that we are meeting together early in the year. this meeting is to get an update or hear back from ner next and the report from pg & e application for a green tariff action as to what we are trying to do for cleanpowersf and how we can do fe

francisco to include transgender women within the leadership it's highly appropriately that san francisco doesn't have transgender represented at this point. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors madam president madam clerk i'm here to speak to my black african-american brothers and sisters it's illegal to approach an infant but okay for black youths to kill each other black african-americans are not a live species how can a black african-american defend the killing of one another because crime is a form of opposition blacks fall victim to

francisco and thrive that based on the kind of businesses in san francisco officers those types of businesses like the creative industry sector and the tech sector and other mediums on one hand and the experience for visitor industries on the on those are strong for a number of years particularly like a lot of growth it the technology sector but another piece of our economy the local sect that is growth slowly the trade and manufacturers industries and a lot of sporting neighborhood services during the period we looked at 2004 to 2010 those industries lost jobs 0 while the creative industry and the visitor industry gained jobs that's the simplest way to describe it not only from 2004 to 2010 but over a long term that change in the industry composition is data active for the groemz of the city our two strongest cluster in the experience industry cluster has very different employment profiles virtually everyone that works in the industry has a 4 years degree or a bachelor and has a high wage over $35 an hour and that's meeting the profiles by craft only 50 percent of san franciscans don't have

in san francisco, we are at 52. 40s in san jose. so typically this time of the year we should be at 61 degrees in san francisco. 61 in oakland. and we are going to average about 7 degrees above normal for this time of the year. with the sunny skies a string of 60s will be noted around the seashore today. mid- and high 60s peninsula. mid-60s santa clara valley. to the east of the bay all the way up to 69 degrees, to the north of the golden gate bridge low and mid-60s. rain in the forecast. frank. we'll talk about that next time around. >>> the fight over morality causes in the san francisco archdiocese reached a new level. ryan takeo explains why some want a state investigation. >> reporter: this is the latest move to pressure the archdiocese. we are here at reardon high school in san francisco near city college. this is one of the high schools impacted. the san francisco archbishop plans to add morality clauses to upcoming teacher union contracts and a teacher handbook. they call for teachers to live by church teachings at school an

francisco general hospital leadership had the foresight to understand that the san francisco polyps was age and an innovative model was needed to aid the special needs of the population and they choose dr. lou sail to lead and start and fulfill this dream and vision of a unit this is opening in february of 2007 the unit has confessed cared for over 12 thousands patient and has helped people across the country to come and see the outcomes they've been able to achieve i have to say thank you so much if the general for allowing us to learn as well in december the unit will move up to the 78th floor of the brand new building we saw in the video and to the rooftop this will aid our seniors in a speedy recovery so, please welcome dr. people's 3 i can't remember lou say to the stage to honor him (clapping.) looking for him i know he's sheer thank you. >> when i first saw the amending novelist me of the hearts recognition my first thought was for the entire acute health care without those none of those would heap so i'm deeply honored to accept the award before i thank the ac i want to say

the services so for 23i7bd like san francisco this is a financial position there's the potential that the funds duo can a backfill but it is not an option other county don't think those revenues for some of the operable costs one of the things the fcc talked about the inmate walter fund is a small part of the fund it's a large part of the funding towards programs that reduce recidivism and also the sheriff's wanted to share with the fcc with the 40 san francisco experience is outlining how our reductions of inmate calling rates has been reduced on the far left our surcharges well above $2 and into the 3 and go up to $0.60 a minute last fall we drastically reduced our calling rates for about 24 percent on average for 15 minute calls making sure that no surcharge went over a dollar 25 and the local calls that are the most pruvent were at $0.10 and minute and $0.15 a minute and the international is 21 and $0.25 pr then substantial the fcc came out with the new recommendations stating there will be no surcharges so what we've now put in our rfp there are no surcharges local calls will be

and as we've already noted, it's no surprise were releasing this today in san francisco, so san francisco is number one this year. yes. >> [applause] >> in a moment you're going to see what a remarkable accomplishment that is as i go through some of these metrics. what i would like to do is acknowledge my co-authors who are with us today. minority rights and whose here. could you please stand. she's here back in the waiting. she did our work of putting the metrics together and a lot of the analysis and also join us as armand petrosian's, is an adjunct fellow with the institute. he projected two years ago that san francisco would move to number one so he decided to change careers away from being an economist and move back to san francisco to run the family business which is a sub center at in the west portal area. armand, carrier somewhere. there he is in the back as i do note that soap unitas, a 20 in the west [inaudible] area and armand cannot only sell you a sub he can also be be some economic advice. so, in the 2014 index there are really two top stories and they are technology and sha