larry ellison and oracle can also choose to have a defender series. you would have two months of racing to have a challenger selected, and then they would race against mr. ellison in the regatta match itself, which be 10 days or so in total. -- which would be 10 days or so in total. there were got itself with last 10 days, and all of that -- the regatta itself will last 10 days. supervisor maxwell: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you. that is very slick. i heard it said that we are competing with italy and the king of spain, but what kind of resources are they putting up that we would be competing with, as supervisor mirkarimi mentioned? >> i can only speculate. i am not privy to those offers, but what i can say is actually one of the benefits of the san francisco offer is the process. the challengers know what we are putting on the table. it has been rumored that italy and spain independently are offering hundreds of millions of new roads to the team to support born in the america's cup to those venues. there are others in the audience that may

larry ellison's team won the cup in 2009 see they get to choose the location for 2013. all the supervisors except john avalos and one other approved the plan. >>> abel maldonado comes to newsom's backyard to campaign. >>> and it's happened again, another whale beach wash up to the coast. what scientists learned from it. that and more coming up on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

ellison, but you do not have to be reached to sail. all you need is a pair of sailing gloves and some issues that do not slip. -- some issues that do not slip. -- some shoes. i really appreciate your time to hear us. supervisor maxwell: next speaker. >> hello. my name is john. i work for an llc which goes wind turbines and photovoltaics, and i just want to commend you for the tremendous opportunity for the city of san francisco to be a city to host america's cup as well as the project that is associated with it. the green collar jobs are very much needed right now, and i am here to congratulate you, as i understand, it will create over 9000 jobs. that is very important. thank you. supervisor maxwell: all right, without any further ado, i do not see anyone else lined of for public comment, so i will close public comment. if you have any closing comment if you have something you want to speak to, we will give the opportunity to do that. >> thank you, supervisors. i do appreciate your patience with this hearing today, and i would like to

it is not going to be the philanthropic company giving larry ellison the money. he has already got the money. it is the corporate community recognizing this and giving it to the team the venue that is put together to run all of these, so with that, i want to ask her to come forward to a minute and talk about how many people have visited and what kind of responses we are getting. >> specifically, we have taken meetings with visa, united airlines, bankamerica, jpmorgan deshaies, cisco, blackrock, the others, and had conversations with several members of our bay area fortune 500 companies. our futures targets include chevron, and g e, and the list goes on for about two others, notand what this means into our waterfront, but at the end of the day, this is a business decision for them. it ismi and all they can do is provide introductions for the bmw oracle racing team and try to create a partnership, find those companies that are looking to make investments on global branding or the customer-client experience. so far, we have had very favorable reception. the team an

ellison had secured the world cup. i do not think that has been verified. he did win it and has that discretion to bring it here, but should that come here, i think that has a larger sort of thing to think about when considering all these factors, and then, finally, i just hope you make the best decision. so, good luck. commissioner fong: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i have been a resident at the golden gate way for over 30 years. i am here to comment on three documents that have been given to you. i'm not sure everybody in the room has seen them yet. they are the brand hawley lot letter, dated september 27. the sue c. hester letter, dated september 27. and the neighbors to preserve the waterfront at present golden gateway letter of today. i read these documents, and i assume you have as well. >> have not received them. >> ok, well, i really hope you read them. these documents are very comprehensive, and the statements in there are extremely compelling. based on the information presented, i do not belie

. >> oracle ceo larry ellison and his team won the cup earlier this year and will help pay infrastructure costs in exchange for development rights on the peers. the host city for the 2013 race will be announced at the end of the year. >> time now 5:57. just ahead at 6 a.m. where is she? an eight-year-old girl is kidnapped by a stranger. we've got the latest on the statewide amber alert and the pleas coming from her mother. >> a big change to one of the oldest rating systems in america. what you [ fema announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ to bring the family together on sunday mornings than with thwarmth and aroma of freshly baked pillsbury cinnamon rolls. [ wink! ] [ wink! ] ♪

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larry ellison's team won the last one so they get to choose the next location. all of the supervisors expect john abalos and chris daly approved the plan. the city of san francisco is competing with spain and italy to host the race. >>> 7:36. the giants begin their play jf series against the -- playoff series tomorrow night. manager bruce bochy must decide tomorrow morning which players will make the 25-man postseason roster. zito may not make the roster. he's viewed as a disappointment. >>> i'm not gonna want to -- gonna even ask sal about it. anything that would jinx this. >>> traffic looks okay getting up to highway 17. it's slow. it has been. this is not unusual. gone are the days of summer when this commute was always light. also we're looking at westbound 237, crossing 880. that traffic is going to be slow as it normally is getting over to 101. bay bridge about a 15 minute to 20-minute delay. i think most of us can deal with routines. no problems getting on the bridge in san francisco. >>> thank you, sal. this is one of those day with we start off partly c