very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journalism because so much of it gets passed over. we think it is also important to start off on a positive no. with that, i want to start off on a positive note tonight. i worked with very. we were on staff

local powers as all or nothing. who would complete the existing tasks that were proposed to go to local power? commissioner miller: i think the plan is that he would issue another rf or use other consultants we have available to potentially perform the. this is an sfpuc contract, so i am not sure you have anyone else other than local power on contract for that work. i think they would have to, sfpuc would have to issue an rfp. supervisor campos: commissioner schmeltzer. commissioner schmeltzer: if this contract does not go forward and if local power is not engaged to do this work, how does that affect your program? that is assuming we get a term sheet and place in the program is meeting the other time scheduled goals. >> mike campbell with the sfpuc. thank you for that question. in our discussions with the advocate and local power, we have been reviewing the work skill. one of the issues is that there is a difference of opinion in terms of what is necessary. my professional opinion is that a lot of the scope in ther

because there is a regional regulation that says that all our local authorities need to have a local mobility plan. i heard this morning about a problem like neighbors complaining when things have to be changed and the whole debate that is coming up then. but i think we have it similar because it's our local mayors who sometimes are hesitating to put into practice -- that's one of the reasons why those cycling routes sometimes get stuck, because you have a regional cycling route, but local authorities, we have 19 in brussels, local authorities do have to give permits for that. there is a lot of criticism on that and i heard my dutch colleague say one hour ago, you can get stuck because at local levels people don't like it, although your regional plan is to be so good. that's true. on the other hand, i think that it's a good democratic process to really to go at the low-cal level and convince people why it's good to have those new infrastructureses. this is one of the typical, in old belgium towns you would find it now, it's the flow of cycling. it's what you do if you have a one-way

this year, 62% going to local artists. tell me how the arts commission -- was happening before and why after some public pressure to we see more contracts being awarded to local artists? >> with all due respect, it has not been a response to political pressure. this program has hovered at about 75% bay area artists being commissioned by the arts commission over 30 years. the process the arts commission uses -- supervisor chiu: you said 75% over the past 30 years? >> that is what staff has informed me over the long term. the bay area artists, which include san francisco, was hovering at about 75%. supervisor chiu: why has that dropped significantly in the last decade? >> it has not dropped in the last decade. the years you are planning to, want to show you what we use in selecting artists. it's a very competitive process and is driven by a community- based feedback. whenever projects we undertake always includes a component of community feedback and planned participation. supervisor chiu: can you explain that? i hear the ex

we have a commitment to working locally with a local artists. we only higher san francisco and community-based artists. we focus on children and families. we focus on economic development. i am really speechless and thrilled at the opportunities in front of us to continue our work with the bayview opera house and to continue our work with the local school and to develop relationships with the local business community. i would be delighted to show you what we've done thus far in a deal and other communities. i really, in response to the comment this gentleman just made and also the work that juliette has been doing, we really will be looking forward to hearing from the community. how can we make a long-term plan for turning the area into a cultural district for the community and for the city and for the world? thank you. i am thrilled. president vietor: thank you. other public comments on this item? >> commissioners, i filled out my pcard just so i am on record for following the process. let me share with you, commissioners, a few thoughts. we ar

he is -- this is his local library. i will not tell you what his address is, but he can walk home after this is done. if anybody is going to get this library done right, with people from the bayview benefiting from it, it is going to be freddie carter. what we did is rather than award one big contract that other folks could be competitive for, we broken up into a lot of pieces so that we could maximize opportunity for local business. we have a large number of local businesses. i think we already have tens subcontractors from the bayview who are going to be working on this project. one of them already started and cleared the space here. we want to give a shout to oliver transbay. another great firm benefiting from your tax dollars. derek has been making sure that we do the out reach so that we do not miss an opportunity for companies to participate. and then we are working with our partners within the government. one of the mayor's former departments, romulus, has been working with us. we have odierno rodriguez, ken, and

servicemen claim they get along well with the locals. the fact is however that villagers nearby are not as friendly as the americans claim they are plagued by the constant roar of cargo planes taking off several times a day. yeah there is an airport near here most of the planes fly and some distance away but quite a few come here too and first lots of them flew around here but when people started complaining they turned it down a bit even so airplanes come and go around the clock. relations between locals and the us military went downhill after a tragic incident between private sector rehab field and a few servicing truck driver. alexander even off was shot and killed by the private . on that day his colleagues came to me and said alexander was shot dead by an american soldier what shot dead how come we don't know. it is still unclear why the private behave the way he did according to how field he fired in self-defense because he claimed you know if not attacked him with a knife however several pieces of evidence do not cooperate that th

you cover your local community. do you feel at all, as a non- profit, a bit -- dare i say -- not threatened, but some kind of competition has come in from the big boys? you were having a nice conversation earlier. i listen in. do you see yahoo! going local, for example, as a plus, or do you see them as competition? how did you see that? >> first, full disclosure, yahoo! is a content partner for oakland local. they distribute our content on their website. there is some back and forth. some people are wondering what the corporate industries are going to do in a hyperlocal space. i do think there is space for everyone to work together. one of the questions i'm interested in hearing about is whether the corporate entities are interested in working with local entities. we have been working with oakland for the last year-and-a- half, and i have a background in oakland activism, and it has still been difficult for us to get headway as an organization. that kind of community involvement takes a 24/7 kind of commitment. that

relations between locals and the u.s. military went downhill after a tragic incident between private zachary hatfield and a fuel service some truck driver. alexander even north was shot and killed by the private. on that day his colleagues came to me and said alexander was shot dead by an american soldier a lot shot that how come we don't know. it is still unclear why the private behave the way he did according to how field he fired in self-defense because he claims you know attacked him with a knife however several pieces of evidence do not cooperate very. much it's nonsense given that alexander was one hundred eighty centimeters tall and had filled one hundred sixty four and they say metal chair had a bullet hole in the back we were told that the bullets went from top to bottom which simply proves that alexander was something he'll. bishkek appear to if he did public demands that the u.s. base be closed but mannus is a crucial strategic hub for supplying coalition troops in afghanistan. the issue of the american presenc

we represent the green party and the local grassroots organization. i would like to clarify what the advocates are asking for. what we're asking for is not a change of any of the current terms of the contract. that is not what this is about. the scope of work document that you have looked at which is about 19 pages, that is a product of ourselves, the advocates for local power, and the staff of the puc working together to come up with the tasks under the current contract that would be played out under this contract extension. this does not change any terms at all, all it does it specify that the puc staff is planning for this contract to do under the current contract. this is just a description of the work tasks. maybe there are some things with the legal thing, if that is a problem, we would just call this a set of tasks words. at any rate, to get to the substance of what was brought up in the previous item, so what this two page is from advocates asking you to attach that scope of work to your resolution, not as an amendment but just as indicating t

so instead of having money coming from two sources for these local, you know, for local government and education and stuff, now it's only going to just come from one place and not be anymore. so it's a loss to these localities. >> we have realignment on the one hand. is this alignment? >> maybe it's reverse realign realignme realignment. i don't know what you'd call it. maybe the courts will decide what you'd call this. but, you know, oakland mayor gene quan, mayors got together in oakland this week and said this is not going to stand. oakland, modesto, supported a lawsuit. they're pushing the supreme court to which this lawsuit was filed directly, to at least put a stay on this part of the budget by august 15th while it decides the rest of the case on the merit so it doesn't go forward any sooner than that. >> belva: what about the fact that regions or cities are being asked to pay a certain amount of money, i guess, to stay in the redevelopment business? is that it? >> you could call it a shakedown i suppose. if you were so inclined to do so. that's certainly the way the league citie

the violation hearings will be held locally. the serious and violent cases will be heard by a board of parole hearing and then can be violated for up to 180 days, by law. it used to be a year. and there would spend their time in local jails. so that is the jail pressure. but the sheriff's office will speak about that. the post-release supervision cases, the same thing, with the exception of instead of being heard by the board of parole hearings, now they will be heard by the court. and that will impact both the public defender and the district attorney in terms of providing representation of the violations, and it will also impact adult probation as we will be responsible for all the recommendations. it also, under the law, will require the courts to be the judicial officer that is actually presiding over the hearing. if individuals do not have any violations, but these post- release supervision cases, after six months, the chief adult probation officer has the discretion to terminate successfully the post-release supervision pe

and if it's local hiring, i mean, then, it's double, i think the standard since this is not a local company. it's not fran-based. so i would expect -- san francisco-based. so i would expect there would have to be double the expectations that gives us something that we hope that they deliver. since we're only talking to one company in this case, an a company that we're familiar with. then we should see a brokering of what should come out in the final reporting. >> ok. we have a motion to continue. i don't know if it's been seconded. let me say that now that we have a full compliment of the commission. i was open to the idea of continuing but again i believe that it's important for us to move this forward. i appreciate the comments from the commissioner. i think it's important to be dealt with every penny that we spend and that we provide specificity in terms of the deliverables and that we don't spend anymore than we need to. to strike a balance in terms of moving forward with the understanding that we will not spend more than what is needed. and with the understanding that it's been agreed

artists and ensure local artists exhibitions. there are multiple ways of looking at it, not just in terms of a local lands. but we do have to find a way to support our artists. many of the move to new york or los angeles because they feel like there is not enough support for the arts here. even minnesota has amazing state infrastructure supporting their artists. i'm interested as to how other cities and states support artists and we might want to look at so we did not go down what you are warning about, which is it could hurt our artists if we start to establish some sort of percentage. >> now that we are on this topic, one of the areas that has been a great concern to me since i arrived three and a half years ago is the expense of having a space to create in san francisco is higher than just about everywhere else. the effect of that has driven artists out of the city, and to many surrounding areas, sometimes across the country. i would love to see an initiative that would help encourage the creation of some parts incubators were

i grew up in the local neighborhood. i did my under deprad wait work at fisk university, where i studied political science with a concentration in public administration and worked eight years largely in the public sector. then i earned a master's degree from carnegie melon in pittsburg, pennsylvania. i spent some time as assistant executive director for a non-profit. we did work if a lot of kids in the neighborhood. i have done fundraising for candidates and issues. i have experience with the federal reserve bank of san francisco. when i look around my neighborhood and see the changes that are happening, i so there is no neighborhood grocery store. i see that small businesses in particular are coming and going, and they haven't been able to really sustain themselves. from my work experience in working for the city in the mayor's office as well as in the non-profit, i had a good sense as to what some of the challenges were. when i look in the future, i could see more challenges coming. i thought i had a set of experiences

help local officials tap resources. that's what quentin talked about . officials will provide techinal and planning . at ing there and tell them how to use the money. >> right, right. quentin said there is a couple of burrcrats it is actually dozens, talk about fun house. >> is that a lott? >> that is a lot and makes no sense. you have programs springing up. detroit, forbes has a great profile of detroit in the recent issue of the magazine and show how detroit is coming around thanks to federal funds . they are using hud funds to bull doze houses in areas that are falling apart. do they need somebody from washington to tell them how to do that . >> apparently yes. it took them years. >> no, business leaders and entrepreneurs are getting excited about it. >> hold on a second. >> let me move on to mark. mark, one thing we learned that local officials can deal with their own communities better than the other folks. >> i think local officials can help but here they need outside help and i think it is prudent. we always talk about how great the private sector

shop local. walk to your local restaurant. walk to the beach if you live close enough. take the bicycle down there. you will be fine. and let's make sure that we keep our local businesses supported. >> i think the first lesson is that when everybody gets together and pulls in the same direction, we can do almost anything. >> reporter: the l.a. county supervisors say the unexpected bonus is that many southern californians actually enjoyed their time over the weekend that was spent avoiding freeways. >> i think people really love what this weekend created, from -- from a lack of traffic to spending time with the family to getting to know the neighborhood better, this was a very special weekend. >> reporter: so are you ready for carmageddon 2? >> hopefully i'm nowhere near it. >> i don't really care. >> reporter: bushed care, metro officials say -- but you should care, metro officials say, because the warnings will be more important next time. randy paige, cbs 5. >>> the heat wave gingriching the midwest is so bad, one governor is asking for divine intervention. heat warni

and the police -- for but local 798 and vdot poa. on nert, i support the resolution to make sure the funding to be not cut. i think nert is a dynamic program, one that deserves the funding, adequate funding. i think the proposal to cut it would subvert its potential in its major contribution. a few years ago when i was on the budget committee, and as i have been every year that i have been on the board, there had been a chance to cut nert then, and it was in its youngest days back then. there was resistance and then. but over the last quarter years, there has been great demonstration of how effective nert is. san francisco depends on this infrastructure for psittacine brigade, for any man-made and natural disaster. it is -- san francisco depends on this infrastructure for citizen brigade. so, enthusiastically, if it had not been mentioned, i would have motion did. i think we should restore the funding. supervisor chu: thank you. ok, supervisor i to -- chiu. supervisor chiu: i want to echo what my colleagues have said. it has been a t

now, people who are sentenced to state prisons, many of them will be held locally, which means that local authorities are responsible for monitoring and tracking those cases for longer periods of time. the third and potentially most important impact on our office is that we see that we now need to develop expertise in alternative sentences. we recognize that simply relying on local jail in lieu of state prisons will put us in a situation where we go from pact state prisons tupac local jails, which, you know, is unacceptable and certainly would not help us with regard to the recidivism rates -- we go from packed state prisons to packed local jails. our office needs to develop expertise along the lines of services. we have about six things that we are prioritizing taking on. the district attorney's fees realignment as, you know, a new era in a criminal-justice for the state of california, and given that it is a new era, we need new approaches. the way we have addressed public safety issues has not been sustainable up to this point and certainly will not be sustainable using the same approac

an update will be given on how local hiring has been going on since it has been approved by you, the board of supervisors. and i wanted to say, because i do not think that will get up here again, those of you that are watching and knew my brother, daniel young, he passed yesterday morning, and his body will be at lewis, and i think that funeral is on friday. daniel young was born and bred here in san francisco. his birthday was november 1956. that was my baby brother. thank you very much. supervisor mar: thank you. i am sorry for your extended family. >> supervisors, you know that supervisor john avalos and some of you supervisors who are in favor of local hiring did a lot, maybe for the first time, to safeguard employment here in san francisco. and i have heard guillermo come over here and make some statements, but i would like that whatever this adjudication was done with assemblyman hill to whoever was part of the deliberation that this be put on the internet for us to know. we have many projects in that area, san mateo, linked with the sfpuc. and we will like to know how exactly

and then the number one to the 2010-2012 teamsters local unit. item number 24 amendment no. 1 to the 20102012 transport union workers of america local 200. item number 21 to adopt the first amendment to the 2010-2012 ford of transport -- the non mass transit authority -- an item number 22, adopting the amendment no. 1 to the 2010-2012 for the transport workers union of america, local 228. adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 unit 8 -- and adopting an and the no. 5 to the 2006-2012 for unit 1188, 324. no. 25, for a minute -- 24 -- >> this is item two-five, 7-24. we will turn this over. >> good morning. does so from the department of human resources. these are all the amendments with the alternative health savings agreement, to the provision that we had negotiated in the spring of 2010. when we bargained with the various groups at the public employee labor council, we agreed that we would seek certain health care savings starting in fiscal year 2012. we have the city only paying up to the second-highest for the employee only coverage, and the