san francisco. lastly and my other colleagues have things they want to say as well. there is a concept that has been in this course around police accountability and the justice system called the new jim crow established by michele alexander who worked fwr the aclu and she has gaup through the data and history that is in place in the country. we had a huge civil rights movement that was able to change laws and take away the segregation that was happening in our communities especially in the south but cross the whole country. the civil rights movement also led to real advances but then later we put in place a lot of policies that led to more people be incarcerated and disproportioninately people of color african american and latinos. they get into a cycle of disenfranchisement and cut off from housing and get get housing and can't vote so we create what is in place a whole system of segregation and disenfranchise ment that is equal to what was established in the south under jim crow. that is all acros

we are by far, the largest cultural institution in the city of san francisco. and the whole bay area in fact. we now have the highest visitor satisfaction scores of any museum west of the mississippi. period about exams. so not only a leader in the bay area leader nationally in attendance, but also especially in delivering our mission and satisfying our guest. which are really excited about. we also are place where every child in san francisco going to school, no matter what school it is, public-private parochial, charter, does not matter, all them come to the academy for free. we are very excited about that. also, last week we had the biggest opening of a new exhibit since our opening called color of life which is funded by google.org and the pisces foundation right here in the bay area. which is a new exhibit celebrating the diversity of life to art and color and design. it is a wonderful new exhibit invite all of you to come check it out sometime. just extraordinary. a few things you may not know about the academy that i like to tell you as well. for example

san francisco is affordable for families and insure every san francisco shares in our cities rising prosperity. as usual, it was doctor king who said it best, we may have come on different ships, but we are all in the same boat now. because hope and opportunity after all are really at the heart of the place, this idea called san francisco. many of us came from somewhere else or our parents did or their parents before them and whether it was [inaudible] city or-the county clerk or world plains texas, what brought us here was a sense of hope that san francisco more than most places offered greater opportunities to build a different and a better life. we are changing the world once again where all lives matter and we are a beacon in the world too often torn apart by differences. here in san francisco we celebrate diversity, we just don't tolerate it. as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the united nations charter and because of the secretary generals goal to end all forms of discrimination and insure that each and every member of the human family can enjoy their fundamental human ri

to the city of san francisco! >> reporter: city hall got dressed up in spectacular fashion tonight. the 100-year-old building turned into a movie screen celebrateing the city's history through every decade. it was not just about visual effects. acrobats dangled and pushed themselves up the pillars. >> that was magnificent. it was the best thing the city has done in a listening time. >> being a san francisco native, like, this was amazing. it was very unexpected. it is unbelievable. >> reporter: city hall's big birthday coincided with the official welcoming gala for the u.s. mayor's conference happening inside. 280 mayors from around the country are in town including oakland. >> have you ever checked out this many celebrations in a day? >> no. i think this tops the most celebrations i have had in a single day. but what a great source of pride for the bay area. >> reporter: it was the second party of the day for many warriors fans. >> i have a lot of love in san francisco. born in oakland, a lot of love there. two g

we saw a number of people we recognized from san francisco city hall. herrera, leno, one of the same- sex couples at the center of the issue for the past many, many years. as our sky fox takes a broader view over san francisco city hall it seems as though it's going to be almost a back to work day for many in the city but there are events planned there at san francisco city hall this evening at 6:00 also at san jose city hall tonight. a lot of people sort of buzzing and now for those people who are celebrating, it's going to be tough to get back to the business of a regular workday or schoolday because certainly, this decision changes everything. >> yeah. we also heard from mayor lee and kate kendall. mayor lee said did you feel the earth shaking this morning? talking about the supreme court decision. kate said that she hopes that this decision goes beyond same- sex marriage but instead moves toward, you know, dealing with other issues in terms of race, housing equality. she mentioned that, as well. want to go back to -- we are going back out to -- >> l

i have worked on san francisco beautiful, that drives, economic development in the city. i have health develop operational standards, in the shelters as well as the full bay area and i worked as a city planner in san francisco, many years ago, i worked on amendmentses for the master plan for the south bay shore area, to white papers and members of the community, that was quite a lisle ago. >> i'm a believer in transferable skills you also have experience here as well i also appreciate your effort and work here. thanks. supervisor tang? >> thank you appearing forth today, we wanted to ask you questions, you were not able to attend, thank you for being here i think supervisor avalos asked a couple of questions, i had for you, the seat that is vacant right now, or seat two that is up for appointment today should reflect the concerns and needs of low income neighborhoods, in the community and, i wanted to see if you could speak to that, how you see yourself addressing the needs of the low income community, i know you touched on it but because the seat called that out >> i thi

is working on to make san francisco the best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand so customers can bring their used clothes to the store and deposit

across the city in san francisco. they are the boys and girls in kindergarten through classrooms that want to live in san francisco and want to raise their families in san francisco and want to be part of the infrastructure and part of the talent people in san francisco. the announcement that the mayor said today is to invest in the rainy day fund. it's critical for us because those minds are nurtured with dedicated commitment in the classroom. the rainy day fund has allowed us in the times to keep the educators and staff in schools. this is important in a plan in a fiscally responsible way when that time comes and we have methods to interact the negative effects of those down turns. i can't emphasize enough how important it is for afternoon school program and extended learning programs. we know that learning doesn't stop when learning leaves to classroom. they learn in the environment. how wonderful it is in this city there is no wait list. that every student can be part of an after school program, they will get to b

san francisco is losing 2 hundred latino families every year san francisco is a city where one every 5 students in the public school district a homeless and san francisco has the highest push out rate of african-american we're arriving post katrina new orleans in our african-american displacement san francisco is a city it it values exists but is the whitest city in california that is the context under which we propose this pause on developing luxury units rationalizing opposition is necessary to common sense policy is a political decision that we noted and the nation will notice voting against this profit over people prior tiger's a developer to make their negligence millions over grandmothers and city workers and janitors and domestic workers and everyone that self-make hundred and 50 k a year that's a disappointing position we need to save the last 13 sites to build affordable housing this measure at the end of the day is hundred percent about building housing but about building avenue, i urge you to vote with our conscious and not our pocketbook vote for the you. >> >> thank you.

or san francisco. this is a live shot outside of city hall back here in san francisco. tara was mentioning the crowd is continuing to grow out there. lots of support for gay marriage. a huge celebration. really, no matter how you put it this morning, if i can editorialize a little bit, this is a historic moment in our country's history where we move forward from here. from this point forward it will be interesting to see how we move forward. tara was trying to get gavin newsom to come down from satisfy hall. he sent out a tweet saying the day has come that loving couples can get married regardless of their constitution. thank you. he will have a lot to say not only today but this weekend as it is pride weekend. >> and on the phone, professor russell of santa clara university. we have seen so many people talking about the day we got married. i would not be surprised if there are more marriage proposals there on the steps of san francisco city hall. this doesn't go beyond marriage. there are so many other considerations. legal issues, hospital issue, survivorship issues.

.) >> we're going to wrap up i think but we'll see with representative the city college of san francisco city college is right in my neighborhood such an important institution for the city and county of san francisco and with this leadership that will continue to provide the tremendous service please welcome board member alex randolph (clapping.) >> hello, everybody welcome to our pails at city hall as one of the newest opening gay elected officials in san francisco i can't tell you how excited i share the space with our openly gay raphael who couldn't be here unfortunately fortunately i share the stage with our pioneers that previously served at the college board leslie and others and the first openly gay who lead the cause and, of course i was excited to support and yesterday we voted to appoint susan our person at city college for the first lesbian chancellor at city college despite what you read in the news media i have no doubt city college will be there for the next decades to provide education to our community i want to relocate recognize that city college was one of the first col

>>> >> >> city of san francisco >> public safety and neighborhood services committee >> please stand by... >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> city of san francisco >> public safety and neighborhood services committee meeting. please stand by... >> >> >>> >> >> >>> good afternoon, everyone. this is the public safety and neighborhood services committee meeting. my name is eric mar and to my left is david campos and julie christensen. >> >>clerk, please , city clerk: please silence all devices. >> we have three items today. >>supervisor eric mar: we will hear public testimony on that item. and following the hearing on racism and bias on the san francisco justice system we'll be having a major hearing on the jail rebuild sponsored by kim and breed. >> item no. 1. addressing hearing on bias in san francisco justice system and investigating officers complaints and district attorney's report. >> thank you, we have a number of speaker cards that i will be getting to. we also have a list of not only department law enforcement and department reps, but we have a list of members from the community from s

>> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco timma board occurring june 23, 2015, will begin shortly. >> the city of san francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco timma board occurring june 23, 2015, will begin shortly. >> >> we will call to order, the meeting of the treasure island, mobility agency, and i am scott, the chair of the transportation authority and today we will be conducting the first meeting and adopting rules and also electing a chair and a vice chair. if i could, before we do roll call, and entertain a motion to elect a temporary chair to conduct the first portion of this meeting >> commissioner breed? >> i make a motion to elect scott weiner as the temporary chair. >> is there a second to that motion and could we take a roll call on that. >> a roll call on that motion. >> sorry? >> first and a second? okay. >> great, and so, we will proceed. and mr. clerk could you call the roll, for the meeting? >> on item one, roll call, avalos. >> here. >> breed. >> here. >> campos. >> absent. >> christensen. >> present. >> cohen? >> absent. >> farrell in >>

francisco is stronger than the force of money and greed this is a pivotal moment in the city of san francisco we live in a city that more than that 3 thousand students are homeless and the ellis act displace the elderly and leave us with the lottery population of children we live in a city with the lowest population of black people in any major city in the u.s. and at the time it takes for the families we need affordable housing not luxury condo is it so the same motivated land grayish and appropriations those are the symptoms of exam will xavier capital our government choose property over people this historically go neglects our community by handing out millions of dollars for the corporations and distancing vice chair referral and taking money from developers let me remind you, you work for us there's no time for failing asset you're with us or against us prominent judas and scott wiener. >> ma'am address your comments to the board as a whole (clapping.) >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (chanting). >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hi, i'm here represen

>> issue. >> homeless in san francisco is a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this site city staff to connect you to homeless places to return to family dine is up for medi-cal and all those things that are complicated for people. >> the other exciting thing city

we are also here to represent the city of san francisco as a whole. and when air b and b right now, an easy political scapegoat, represents less than half the total listings here in the city of san francisco, if we continue this item that we look at legislation and parts of the legislation that will address this issue as a whole. if more than half the units listed in the city of san francisco are on a different platform that are not regulated by this legislation or are not touched because they don't own the data then we need to take a more holistic approach. if we continue this item which i hope we will, that we address it in that manner, as a whole. >> supervisor campos. >> supervisor farrell, you and i have worked together and i respect you. it happens we have a different perspective. i think what's challenging about the point is that air b and b wasn't talking about other platforms until now. it wasn't saying that when it was air b and b that was writing the law, wasn't thinking about other platforms at that time. and the reason why we are talking

many culleges joined mayor lee and san francisco bike coalition at city hall and their own executive director [inaudible] saent photo showing [inaudible] this week as well the central subway project celebrated a mile stone. the contractor for 1.4 mile twin tunnels for the pauject completed work. the final element of the contract including 5 crass passagess and head walk [inaudible] and construction pit. the photo's looked great. at a total cost of 251 million there work was completed on schedule and within budget. work on the stations continues with revenue service anticipated for december of 2018. congratulations to mta and entire project team. i would also like to take a few moments to recognize the [inaudible] authority staff who will be retiring next month after 16 years to the service to the agency. as you all know lee is deputy director for capital projects and during thiz tenure made many many sig contributions to the agency and city of san francisco and the region and improving transportation for everyone. i bow i speak for everyone at the ta and for many people at other city

a fight we have about housing is about money and san francisco trying to purchase the city of san francisco with money from outside. it has nothing to do with housing and the night here is about money and in the mean time the poor people not only in the mission district which is not only latino, it is a mixed culture that lib in the mission district. same thing is happening in hunters point. the black people that suffer all the situations many years doesn't have no representation in here because they will not be able to live there. similar to what is this. i don't care if a thousand people talk here, the supervisors will vote against the moratorium burkts you have a responsibility to the poor people of the country, not to the rich people [inaudible] >> thank you, next speaker >> thank you, sir. next speaker please >> my name is chunel william and director of organizing and re-search for fob nob i represent thousands of students and young people who come to

. >>> celebrations in the city san francisco full of revellers this weekend. the supreme court ruled yesterday that same-sex marriage should be allowed in all 50 states. we are joined life from the castro district. i would say this year the pride parade has to be more special. >> reporter: the celebration underway for pride weekend. this is one of the stops. we came over here near civic center by the main stage where there is a lot of activity here this afternoon. ♪ >> reporter: bands have been playing since about noon today and the party well under way, and san francisco's city hall one day after the high court's decision allowing same-sex couples the right to marry across the country, and usually the celebration drives about 1 million or more people, and this year we are hearing it could be bigger. they say they will not have real numbers until late tomorrow, but couples are saying they are feeling good about being out here this weekend. >> it's the one day that i think you see people being free and being themselves and even in a society like san francisco

the city of san francisco through the office of early care and education has throun the program a life line in operational grant. you'll hear from [inaudible] and sthaf that the cost is rising in san francisco and what this means for them. mean while the rate they receive continues to be a single rate for all programs in cl regardless of the cost of operating in high cost urban count asies. urge you to restore 2 million for the operational grants and we'll keep doing our part working at it state level to raise the rates. thank you very much >> thank you next speaker please >> good morning. my name is [inaudible] preschool teacher for faces of sf. we need to continue to quality to keep our teachers in the classroom. if we have no teachers we won't be there to help the children. we are asking for help and support to help the children learn and grow and have a positive roll model to give back. if we don't have our teachers in the classroom we can't teach the children. they want to take field trips and like to continue the art project squz continue what they like to do, but without help we

bart will be running extra trains to help people get into and out of the city. >> a warm day in san francisco. tonight it's called off a bit. but what about tomorrow during the big parade. abc7 news drew tuma as more with live doppler 7hd. >> the first half of pride starting off on a nice note. you can see low clouds moving in. by 11:00 we'll have a chilly breeze and temperatures in the mid-50s to lower 60s. the parade tomorrow, starting off, clouds, cool, 58 at 10:00 in the morning. still cloudy, low 60s. by 2:00, see the sun come out. warm into the mid-60s, and then by 6:00, sunshine but a cooler breeze will kick in and temperatures will drop to 63 degrees. the clouders going to have hard time breaking up in the bay area. we'll have the full forecast in a few minutes. >> an update now on breaking news in sacramento. several days of 100-degree temperatures are helping fuel what firefighters are calling explosive fire behavior north of downtown. this grass fire burned at least five acres. the gus is it's now contained. right now strong winds causing flareups. several structures did burn and s

stein in san jose. 71 in foster city. san francisco a mix of mid-60s. north bay, santa rosa up to 71. tri-valley, no 90s just a few mid-80s. again, it's all relative. it will be warm tomorrow but monday and tuesday, that's really when the heat starts to crank up. tuesday and wednesday will be the hootest of days this week. triple-digit heat for our east bay valleys. san jose temperatures top out near 90 wednesday. san francisco, that's where it will be comfortable. any time of the year we start seeing 70s on the map, a treat because we can be cold this time of year as you know. >>> we're going to take a break. back with sports. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area. the giants get a win but the team had no desire to celebrate until they got good news on their starter. let's get right to the highlights. a lot going on. rockies and giants. tim lincecum on the hill trying to bounce back against the dodgers. top of the second. giants down 3-0. lincecum hit by a comebacker. buster posey's heads-up play throws out chris russ son. take a look at tim lincecum taking

a better place for san francisco and for city san franciscans here. that's what's carried out every step of the way. to follow this and hear more of this stuff today and see there is absolutely nothing that's come up in all of these years of investigations and serious people involved in this, there is nothing that even vaguely ties him to maybe conjecture that he may have had a jamba juice with one of these people that live on pacific heights. i know mark and raising a family, running a campaign, he wasn't sitting around at the bay club having mimosas. he was out trying to get elected. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> charles marsel. i just want to say that i'm disappointed the supervisor didn't come here and make his case. i'm saying that's really the problem is that he perhaps was advised to stay away and i think that was a mistake because i think there are unanswered questions that he could have come here to address directly. i don't know if you could have asked him questions or if that would have been appropriate, but i sure think there are a

him and dollars and investment in good businesses and good jobs in the city of san francisco. we also are really boldly looking at the future. we took a quantum leap in the academy when we opened our new building in 2008. were prepared to do another quantum leap now. when parking a bold new mission to focus on sustainability. will be the world first museum devoted to the areas of environment and sustainability at our new mission statement as you can see here, is to explore, explain and sustain life on earth. when relaunching 10 year major crosscutting initiatives around california's unique ecosystems, but also correlates and rainforests just part of the steinhardt signature assets that the city supports. will becoming leader especially in california ecosystem but also these heart and lungs of the planet the coral reese and rainforests upon which all life on earth really depends. were very excited about that. we are also excited to become a global public science education and science learning. it will but san francisco even more on the map to be a centerpiece of global educatio

we will hopefully deliver the results that we as city of san francisco deserves. i'm excited about this. i'm going to continue to make sure that i work with the mayor and work with our department to provide them the resources they need and to hold them accountable to use those resources in a quick manner to ensure public safety. this is a really great and really incredible investment. i don't recall this type of investment made before and we are going to make this investment to change the department for the better and move in this direction and i'm excited about not just for the city but the men and women who serve our fire department who wants to save lives and want to have the resources to do their jobs to serve the residents in our city. this is going to make it better for them and overall this is going to lead to better results for the residents of the county and city of san francisco. at this time i would like to bring forward the fire commission andrea evans. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i also just want to thank everyone who is here. to me, at the e

>>> >> >> city of san francisco >> june 5, 2015, >> city of san francisco ethics commission >> is under the weather and unable to appear today to the extent there needs. the deputy executive director will serve in that roll. item no. 2. which is the principal agenda item which initially when this agenda discussed is a presentation regarding the potential need for an implications of imposing limitations on candidates and controlled ballot measure committees and/or legal defense fund. i believe we have some guest who are going to provide us with some input. thank you. >> that's correct. good afternoon commissioners, jessie, menary deputy director. as you recall earlier this year the commission investigated a ballot measure which are not directly related to campaign office. this is ballot committees which raise fund for ballot measures. the purpose ballot measure committees which raise funds for and opposition to varied unspecified measures usually a number of election cycles. and three, legal defense funds which allow candidates to raise funds for legal expenses to be candidacy. there is

joe and marlin monroe may be the most famous couple to marry in san francisco city hall, beauty where politics and passions meet. >> i know pronounce you husband and wife. [ cheers ] >> and there are 38 couples who are married at san francisco city hall. >> per day? >> per day monday through friday. >> oh my goodness. >> perhaps no one knows more about city hall weddings than ellen schumer. >> how glorious it must be to walk through city hall and surrounded by this. >> by weddings and look you're also surrounded by children who participate in family weddings. the main thing it's truly a sign of love, love of each other in a building that promotes love. >> when mayor james sunny first opened the doors in 1915 he envisioned it as a palace for the people. a county clerk at the time, issued tens of thousands of marriage licenses over the course of his career. he was known for not standing in the way of a wedding, no matter what concerns were raised. in 1921 a vocal instructor ray youngman claimed he was forced to marry a former student at gunpoint. according to the "san francisco chronicl

issued the jurisdiction nicole is the city and county of san francisco we held a public hearing after notice in the san francisco chronicle on april 21st and held a hearing on may 1st, 2015 no comments from any members of the public through the public hearing process to say a little bit about the project the school is seeking $10 million to prepay the authorities to live okay school in the principle amount of $750,000 for the finance and refinance construction and improvements facilities at 1580 mariposa that are owned and operated by the bar and will finance and reinforce the bar for capital expenditures for equipment for 5055 mariposa and the real estate released by km located on mariposa street including the compass extension 1501 mariposa street so, anyway pay the costs and other recommended costs approval of that legislation has no fiscal impacts to the city and county of san francisco and to give you a little bit of background on the bar live outcomes school founded in 1971 k through 8 funded by a forward group of thinking parents that wanted to have direct interaction it was or

and all of san francisco has the chance of some drops, temps in the upper 60s. north bay and east bay and tri valley highest risk of lightning strikes, napa and santa rosa towards the tri valley. we'll keep 85 in danville and a little warmer in livermore with 86. so we stay with this trend of numbers out of the 100s for the next couple days. but then by friday and saturday the biggest thing in the forecast to focus in on is if you live in the tri valley we go up to 95 on friday's forecast, and we'll be in the low 80s for saturday as well. so a lot happening in the bay area. we keep a close eye on the doppler radar and let you know if we have anything falling and touching the ground at 6:00 p.m. >> looking forward to it. thanks, jeff. >>> still ahead, shrinking the size of your luggage. the new proposal that may have you shopping for a new carry-on bag. >>> arson investigators are hoping surveillance video helps them catch the person responsible for a fire at a north bay car dealership. they say someone deliberately set four brand-new chevy volts on fire last nig

king for your service and commitment to the city and county of san francisco. two amazing men weaving amazing legacy. you are both you will both loved and will be missed the rest estimates. >> thank you present rate supervisor campos. >> thank you. have a couple of items. the first item is a follow-up to two a piece of legislation that we voted upon recently. that is my emergency legislation to do a cost on the luxury housing in the mission. that legislation dealt with not only a pause on luxury housing, but with the issue of demolition and can conversions at -- distribution repair space. you know that measure did not pass two weeks ago, the issues that were brought forward to that measure remained very much issues in the mission. as the mission community continues to plan, as that community works on solutions to address the housing crisis that is facing that community and the rest of the city we need to continue to move forward to make sure that we have a better understanding of how we can address the issues underlying this crisis. so, with that in mind, for t