kwan, you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> thank you, commissioners, john kwan from public works once again. well, the department recognizes the difficulty that mr. ascarrunz has in this specific case. again, the department received information from him for a renewal on november 4, 2011. ok. on our letter when we -- on the courtesy letter we provided at the various applicants we have on record from the san francisco police department stating clearly after june 7, 2011, all permits expire and you have to renew or reapply under the current public works code. this was to try to provide a certain level of fairness to future applicants and also current applicants. there is nothing currently that would prevent this applicant who had a s.f.p. permit denied by the department to apply for a new location through the new process. again, recognizing that this was one of those odd situations where according to our records the police department permit was issued september 8, 2010, it was a very short time frame and could very well be the police department wasn't able to place this information withi

kwan. president garcia: thank you, sir. >> she showed me the whole book and i said no you have a permit, we cannot deny you, we will just apply immediately and we will activate your permit. suddenly mr. kwan sent me a denial. president garcia: maybe he can clear this up for us. thank you, sir. any questions? next case. >> we'll hear from mr. kwan now. >> good evening, commissioners, john kwan from the department of public works. as an administrative note, the permit currently under appeal is 11 mff 018590085. specifically as a matter of correction. again, i have to go back and provide a little background related to the mobile food facilities program. the mobile food facilities program was a piece of legislation passed by the board of supervisors in december of 2010 which became effective january 2011, in the legislation it was very specific upon the passage of legislation, all applicants with current permits from the police department must, within 90 days, come to the department of public w

my name is john kwan, property. we see that there is the set back on both floors. why are we having only 3 feet? commissioner fung: we have already made our decision. president goh: it sounds like an argument. commissioner fung: i am afraid we have already made our decision. >> i strongly disagree. commissioner fung: i understand that you disagree. secretary pacheco: your motion is to grant the permit with commodification and a three-foot setback for the extension be provided, which is adjacent to the appellants' property line. commissioner fung: that is correct. secretary pacheco: on that motion, vice president garcia, commissioner hwang -- commissioner hwang: i just want to say that i would have voted for it without the modification. secretary pacheco: president goh. president goh: aye. item 12 was postponed. director >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it i

my name is john kwan, property. we see that there is the set back on both floors. why are we having only 3 feet? commissioner fung: we have already made our decision. president goh: it sounds like an argument. commissioner fung: i am afraid we have already made our decision. >> i strongly disagree. commissioner fung: i understand that you disagree. secretary pacheco: your motion is to grant the permit with commodification and a three-foot setback for the extension be provided, which is adjacent to the appellants' property line. commissioner fung: that is correct. secretary pacheco: on that motion, vice president garcia, commissioner hwang -- commissioner hwang: i just want to say that i would have voted for it without the modification. secretary pacheco: president goh. president goh: aye. item 12 was postponed. director i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'..

i don't think jean kwan can shift it. i think it is jean kwan against jean kwan. >> surely somebody is going to step up. >> that could be anybody. you recall how gray davis lost his job. >> it was a joke he would step in and he did. and speaking of that he had a rough year didn't he, arnold. >> he had a revealing year. >> i would say maria had a rough year because that is serious public embarrassment to know you were cheated on in front of yourself for that long. >> well, in america, obviously we have different standards in we really do whole elected types up and celebrities up to a higher standards than ordinary people are able to achieve. are old arnold schwarzenegger was in that category and he literally tried to keep the lid on. >> that would be a reality tv show, on another reality tv show, moving to washington, obama, good year, bad year, what do you think? >> he has been picking him up, now showing himself as the president trying to cut taxes. good with that. >> i am over joyed with the fact he is surviving over th

. >>> and gun violence on the minds of some volunteers who want to recall oakland mayor kwan. the supporters gathered signatures outside an oakland grocery store. there are actually two petition drives going on. the city attorney said that the first group gathered 20,000 signatures, gathering their measure on the november ballot. the recall also brought out some of mayor kwan's supporters. >> i have been -- believe is -- that the mayor should be recalled. >> i think it is wrong to pick on one person. i think he is trying to do a job. >> our calls to mayor kwan's office were not returned earlier today. but in an interview earlier this month, kwan told us she thinks she can beat the recall. >>> and in san francisco, the search continues for whoever stole a school monkey from the san francisco zoo. a $5000 reward is offered for the safe return of banana sam. the zoo increased security after a thief or thieves cut through the exhibit and grabbed the monkey sometime earlier. right now the monkeys are kept inside. the spokesperson said that the thieves may not know it, but the monke

surrounded kwan's taxi yesterday holding hands and shouting shame. kwan is there for the u.s. conference of mayors meeting. protesters have been demonstrating outside her hotel for days. police realized what was happening and forced the protesters to move. >>> the goal was to make this the biggest occupy protest yet. and sf pd had its hands full crippled the financial district today. they caused problems for customers and employees at several banks. tracy grant joins us now where the group is gathering once again. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the latest update we got is 18 people have been arrested today. i want you to take a look out here today. this is herman mraz is a. a lot of these same people were actually living here before the camp was broken up. now they're making sure their presence is still being felt. >> when the resistance becomes a duty. >> reporter: traveled to san francisco's financial district first thing this morning to chain herself to the front doors of wells fargo bank. she was not alone. many others blocked the bank's doors making it impossible f

mayor kwan, i want to assure you we are going to open this bridge when you are still mayor. as for mayor lee, i guess we'll find out in a few weeks. we are going to open it as quickly as possible. we certainly hope by late 2013, or sooner if possible, and let me conclude, if i could, because we'd be introducing brian peterson next, the project manager, that i sure hope now that we've got all the steel in place, we can really put the pedal to the metal. congratulations to all the workers who have gotten us this far and let's get the last stretch done now. thank you. >> before i introduce our last important speaker, i want to close my comments on a safety note and acknowledge other partners that are here, the california highway patrol. i do know that seward is here for the california highway patrol and i want to extend my appreciation to them. at this time, i would like to introduce our last speaker, the project manager for this great project. brian peterson. >> good morning, everyone. it is a very exciting day. i appreciate the attendance we have here. it's a great day here.

. >>> the occupy oakland mess continues to dog mayor kwan. there are now 2 petitions circulating calling for her recall. committee to recall jean kwan now began collecting signatures yesterday. similar petition by the committee to recall jean kwan and restore oakland has been circulating since last month. the first petition to collect are required 20,000 signatures would appear on the ballot. >>> city of san jose in the spotlight tonight as it hosts the figure stait skating championship at hp pavilion. a big honor that has given us big names figure skating. we are leif in downtown san jose tonight and it's a great event and great to have it here. >> it really is. you don't have to follow figure skating to appreciate what is going on here. i was blown away watching some of the really young athletes out there on the ice. they are the future stars of figure skating. tonight they got to see the legends. opening ceremony here at hp pa ville i don't know for premiere skating event that san jose now has the pleasure of hosting for a second time. big

. >>> the occupy oakland mess continues to dog mayor kwan. there are now 2 petitions circulating calling for her recall. committee to recall jean kwan now began collecting signatures yesterday. similar petition by the committee to recall jean kwan and restore oakland has been circulating since last month. the first petition to collect are required 20,000 signatures would appear on the ballot. >>> city of san jose in the spotlight tonight as it hosts the figure stait skating championship at hp pavilion. a big honor that has given us big names figure skating. we are leif in downtown san jose tonight and it's a great event and great to have it here. >> it really is. you don't have to follow figure skating to appreciate what is going on here. i was blown away watching some of the really young athletes out there on the ice. they are the future stars of figure skating. tonight they got to see the legends. opening ceremony here at hp pa ville i don't know for premiere skating event that san jose now has the pleasure of hosting for a second time. big

[gavel] director goldstein: we are calling item number 11, jo r -- jordan kwan vs. the department of building inspection for 791-79327 avenue, protesting the issuance on october 7, 2 with us -- 2011 to alter a building. we will give three minutes to each party. please step forward. and thank you for your patience sitting through this long evening. we appreciate it, both sides. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is jordon -- jordan kwan. we are at 791. we have tried to get an agreement. my initial request was with that thought for a setback from a property is known. on december 19, i suggested a five-foot setback on it two stories instead of a single story, which allows them to have two stories, which they have rejected. they mentioned this adjacent to their house only has an four- foot setback, so i said, what about afour-foot setback to the property line? they also said no. nearby, a property to the north, there is also a permit in the process, and i look into that, and i would like to assure you this drawing -- to show you this drawing. on this house, there i

decision to be made by the city council and mayor kwan. >> worry about so many notice to so many people. >> yes, i do. i think unfortunately we have to because there's bumping and no legislation has been introduced yet and basically the court says on february 1st redevelopment goes away. >>reporter: oakland crisis is especially bad because unlike other cities here redevelopment money is spread across the entire budget. it even pays for half the salary so the mayor council and top administrators. governor brown sympathize with oakland polite but maintenance redevelopment agencies must go. >> there's a lot of good thing. i used redevelopment when i was laramie self. but all good things come to an end. >>reporter: meanwhile in oakland organizers of 2 recall effort working together 20,000 signatures each to. gulf for the ballot. >> do you have any faith that this mayor can lead thishave to. >> no this mayor can not lead this city out of the crisis at all. >> as for the 200 city employe employees who will be laid off it will happen very quickly they will be out of a job by first first. in oa

my name is jordon -- jordan kwan. we are at 791. we have tried to get an agreement. my initial request was with that thought for a setback from a property is known. on december 19, i suggested a five-foot setback on it two stories instead of a single story, which allows them to have two stories, which they have rejected. they mentioned this adjacent to their house only has an four- foot setback, so i said, what about a four-foot setback to the property line? they also said no. nearby, a property to the north, there is also a permit in the process, and i look into that, and i would like to assure you this drawing -- to show you this drawing. on this house, there is a 3 foot setback to the north and also a setback to the south, and also, i talked to the architect, and he explain to me that most of the houses that have two-story extension will follow the existing house line from here, that the setback will follow through like that, and as you can see on the other side the existing house wine and it will follow the line, and i would like to assure a two-year -- to show t

a vi flustered mayor jean kwan voiced her frustration. >> "occupy" oakland has to stop using oakland at its playground and people in the community and the "occupy" movement have to stop making excuses for this behavior. >> at the height of protests during the day, demonstrators pushed off police. some throw objects and police responded with bang grenades, and several conflicts eripped like this one near 14th and broadway. i talked with one woman who watched this action. the says the police are being too heavy hasn't. >> sometimes protesters get upset but i think it's wrong. it's like taking a sledge hammer to kill a flea. >> after watching demonstrators throw objects at officers and then break into city hall and damage city property, city leaders are at their wit's end. >> in my opinion amounts to a domestic terrorism when these people start taking buildings and start costing incredible amount of resources. >> one of the buildings the group rushed was the downtown ymca. police removed one group and encircled another group outside. the police say they plan on holding and charge all of

i would submit that gene kwan is susceptible to this reality. -- jean kwan. she would be in a stronger position. a close election awarded by ranked-choice voting makes the incumbent vulnerable, period. if you're going to have run off, and i participated in a runoff in 2002, if you're going to have a runoff, i agree. five weeks after the election stinks'. i would submit that you have a runoff on the tuesday before thanksgiving. that gives where the top two candidates are momentum from the election and you can have the thing completed before the holidays and a result that is not influenced by the ability of well-financed campaigns to be able to do the polling and taylor a message that can destroy somebody, which is what has happened in the past. with regard -- i am in favor of the proposition, no. 4 and i am against item 5. if i can say why. with regard to the education, no amount of education would have been able to vet candidates in the election of 2006 and revealed that one of them did not live in san francisco. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am a six-year

for her part mayor kwan is optimistic that her crime fighting plan will work. even though it is being lawchblinged at the same time her city have to cut so deeply. >> challenging. i have no other idea what other cuts will happen but we'll prioritize these 100 blocks. >>reporter: facing a possibly off is nothing new for oakland employees like raid ryan but still can't help feel like they are caught in the middle. >> look across here and you have occupy and you look over here an you have city hall and seems like each day there's a new story. >>reporter: now mayor kwan is flying to washington dc tonight to attend a mayor conference for the rest of the week. it was a pre-planned trip but she will not be in town as the lay off notices are received. that said, no decisions will be made this week. that process begins next week. in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> all right more to get to. mark your calendar for the 3 day closure of the bay bridge next month. coming up on 7 news. cal-trans sits down with us to explain when and why. >>> also tonight. u.s. marshall land their ma

. >> there was a rally in support of jean kwan not only fighting a recall but dealing with a major fiscal crisis prompted by the loss of redevelopment dollars. >> no recall. >> members of this construction union say recalling may mayor jean kwan will only make matters worse. >> this is, when i read the news, and it's not a good thing. and we spent over $1 million? i don't think so. >> it's devastating for the organization. >> this comes a day after city administrator announced to oakland will send 1500 layoff notices to half employees. that is thanks to the loss of $26 million in redevelopment money. in the end 200 employees will lose their jobs. decisions to be made by the city council. >> do you worry about notices going out to people? >> yes. i do. i think we have to because no legislation has been introduced yet. >> oakland crisis is bad because here, redevelopment money is spread across the budget. and pays for half of the salaries of the mayor and top administrators. governor brown sympathize was the fight. and maintains it must go. >> all good things come to an end. >> in oakland o

. >> in oakland mayor jean kwan is proposing a budget and elimination of more than 100 jobs. we have more and is there any good news in this budget? >> there is a little bit gf news. an hour ago unveiling a way they say could eliminate $28 million they say now they can do that by cutting about 105 full time positions that is about 50 fewer than this time, last week. this is after receiving notices of possible layoffs with proposed budget they say by reorganizing and consolidating they'll be able to achieve that level of savings with fewer layoffs. it would merge human resources departments and parks and recs departments into one. there will be job losses and pretty much everything related to redevelopment including a number of positions and public works. >> what you're seeing here is a proposal that has much fewer layoffs. that is why we organized this broadly. you'll see we're going to have less administrators and in the end we did our fwoft make sure there are no cuts to core services. >> i don't think that february 1 that is going to evaporate. >> and this has everything t

(laughter) now, police discovered that his meal had been poisoned by a business associate kwan guong, also a friend of the show. who's accused of adding a toxic plant to the cat meet stew which you may remember is how the c.i.a. finally got alf. (laughter) now, i want to assure all of my chinese tycoon viewers that this poisoning was an isolated incident. we are not-- repeat not-- recalling the line of premium canned cat meat stew that i endorse in china colonel tuxedo's happy joy power cat. (cheers and applause) remember our motto, folks, reliable sting of pleasure trustworthy of lunch. (laughter) colonel tuxedos is the number-two most popular brand of cat meat stew in guangdong province and let me stress, my cat meat stew contains no poisons-- that have been activated. (laughter) warning, do not heat my cat meat stew. well, folks, hard... (laughter). it's hard to believe that's all the time we have for this special un-american news chinese edition. or it could have been the korean edition. i guess i'm confused. but i'm not a racist-- i have an asian friend. we'll be right back. (che

kwan, do you have dp order 71944, article 5.8 of the public code in front of you, sir? >> yes, sir. commissioner garcia: there's an i -- it would be page four, i- 2. the language is on page 5. and you think there is a distinction to be drawn between like food and similar service? >> there has been a historical argument throughout the various cities that we discussed as it relates to food. commissioner garcia: i want to know whether or not the concept of like food -- also it talks about the fact that it is a similar type of food product. i am asking you if you think that is in counter distinction of like food. is that one concept? >> it is 1 in the same as the with the department interprets its. commissioner garcia: the sentence is written that the interpretation that one ought to give is that someone is selling food to go, it is a similar type of operation. it seems as though they try to encompass both concepts theory it seems to me as though the idea that these are operations where the food is to go, it would be in direct competition. >> i would agree that the wording and the phras

mayor jean kwan showed us most of the damage during the break-in. some damage the mayor was not able to show us was on the 14th floor. she said one tried to damage the room and then force their way out on to the roof. she says her tolerance for violent demonstrators is over. >> they're looking for police brutality. they're constantly provoking the police, like this is how they're trying to make their movement. >> more than ten hours after their arrest, some demonstrators cheered as they were released from the city jail. most of the people were taken into cuffed after they rushed the downtown ymca. >> a crowd of people that started rushing into the y because -- seemed like they were going to throw tear gas. >> another person arrested there said he didn't see any vandalism and didn't hear any clear order to disspeakers. >> i would guess they charges would be dropped because it's so bogus. if they gave us an order to disspeakers, an hour before handas a place that was ten blocks away, that was unclear. and you can't really charge is with failing to dis

. >> oakland there, jean kwan is planning her next move against the violent occupy protest. who she wants to talk to about it. >> for the latest news, weather, traffic, find us on bo o nbc bay area. >> a good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside. activity already picking up out there as we take a live look in the south bay this morning. it's 6:12. >> oakland mayor jean quan will try a new tactic in dealing with protesters. the mayor will ask leaders to intervene with the local demonstrators. the mayor says the latest violence this weekend was the result after splinter group. the city may ask the courts to impose a stay away order. 400 people were arrested saturday night. >> also in oakland leaders will vote on how many jobs they have to cut as a result of lost redevelopment funding. last week city workers showed up in the council meeting to fight to keep their jobs. 2500 people received layoff notices though less than 100 are expected to actually lose their jobs. >> 6:13 now. homeless activists are raising red flags over san francisco's plan to ban camping in p

. >> during an early morning show and tell tour, mayor jean kwan describes the damage to city hall. >> i think it was probably the architect's model. we got it from the museum. >> the original architectural model. >> that's what they think. >> which would make the model more than a century old. other damage was a smashed window, graffiti, and the california and united states flags were yanked from their place on the mezzanine. >> i'm tired of them using the city city as a playground. i think oaklanders are getting tired. >> that's the charred remains of northwestern flag that some demon straighters pulled down and burn out here on at the front steps of city hall. thit this is youtube video of demonstrators waving the u.s. flag and then setting it ablaze and stomping it out. during the city hall break-in, dozens of people were being arrested following a different break-in at the downtown ymca. i talked with one san francisco resident who is one of about 70 people arrested at the y. >> there was no order to dispercent. i was never read my rights, never told what the charges were. they s

ig kwan nas think they're not bad either. a rhino iguana who has buddy with his best bud logan. >> are you having breakfast together? you are. buddy likes it? >> normally buddy, he eats just vegetables, but in this case -- >> watching him stick his tongue in there and pull up ki x, so cute. >> these two are like best of friends. this family has had budder as a pet since 2005. he started off not so big, not so gigantic as he is now. >> oh. >> almost looks like a scene from "godzilla" wrecking this train set. buddy having a snack, no big deal. >> like we've got a hot tub. what more could a lizard want. >> take a beth. >> this is the greatest pet video ever. >> yes. >> not cuddly, but he's very cool. how happen times -- are you going to snuggle and cuddle? >> did you see him hugging him on the couch in the first picture. >> you can pet -- >> you can snuggle him. >> look at that. he's very athletic and limber. >> this must be buddy's favorite tv show. he's getting a close look to the screen, trying to get as close as he can, show

and just last week as i, along with mayor kwan and mayor chuck reed were being interviewed at the silicon valley leadership c.e.o. forum about technology, and about what our cities are doing in the region, there was david louie covering that information, that news, trying to highlight for the peninsula and the east bay and other communities in the bay area what our three mayors were doing. what we were doing with business, how technology was part of that. he's been the first minority elected chairman of the board of national academy of television arts and sciences in 1984. he's an emmy award winner of course. but more importantly, i think, is that he's used his position all these years and also as a member. asian-american journalists to promote others. that's really to me the key to success. when you get to a position of dignified contribution, you then open the doors for others. that's what i continue to aspire to in this position. so i want to thank the judges for putting forth david louie as a finalist. for janana hero. we've grown up with jan. evening magazine from the mid 1970's to t