, but when you have part-time city administrators, the mayor's part-time, the city commissioners are part-time, you know, they were relying very heavily, understandably, as many city officials do, on their annual audits that were occurring, or perhaps not occurring. >> 21 annual audits, and -- and no warnings of any red flags. nothing. i'd read these audits over every year, and there was never, never any indication that -- that they found anything that -- that we ought to be taking a look at. >> another piece of the puzzle is that evidence came out during the civil litigation that the auditor had a personal interest in rita crundwell. she had had him over for dinner. he had asked her out on dates. so perhaps his eyes were a little glazed over in looking at the numbers. >> narrator: could the entire town have been seduced by crundwell's charms? how could they have not known $50 million were missing from the town's coffers? >> to put this in context, when the city was a smaller population, a smaller government, when, you know, the large box stores didn't exist in the community, when th

entitled by the city. it includes a high rise power and commercial units and museum in the base of the building. it's being built on plan land partially acquired from ocii. this shows the base. it was agreed to provide substantial community benefits and it created an operate endowment for future costs. upon completion of the museum space the developer will deem that space to the city and the city will enter into a lease with the museum and the museum is responsible for the tenant improvements in their new space. towards that end there's approximately $6.8 million remaining in ocii 2010 grants. in terms of the status of the commission project construction completion is anticipated later this year an documents was issued this month and the developer expect to deliver the museum space to the city later this fall. this is at the base of the tower nearing completion and closes the museum space. the former agency entered into a grant agreement in 2010 to help with costs for the space. the grant agreement created

proposition f would further increase the city's business taxes if the city loses either of the child care tax or homelessness tax lawsuits, but it would exclude money collected from these increases when determining baseline spending. it would also increase the city's spending for the next four years. if you vote yes, you want to overhaul the business tax structure. if you vote no, you do not want these changes. >> i'm here with jennifer brooks, a proponent of the measure. we're also joined by starchild, a libertarian, and an opponent of the measure. we're going to begin with some opening statements, and we will begin with star child. >> yes. this is starchild, the libertarian party of san francisco. we believe that tax adding on right now is just absolutely the wrong time. there's so many businesses suffering under the lockdowns. i live in the castro, and it just seems that every other business is closed and boarded up. the measure, furthermore, is so confusing. it's, like, 125 pages long, and reading through it, i couldn't even tell on my own what it was going to do. so i'm substant

and the anticipated costs to the city. and then make a determination that such costs would be in the best financial interest of the city. so with regard to as-needed professional service contracts, this ordinance will require that the department issuing any contract service order under the contract must document this selection process. the selection documentation must address the following -- how the workers' services are required to meet the department's needs. how the proposed contractor is uniquely qualified to perform the services, or to explain why the nature of the services required use of that specific selected contractor. and, of course, with the anticipated costs to the city will be. and then make a determination that such costs would be in the best financial interest of the city. the amendment that i am introducing, and this is why we had to continue it from last time that i appeared here because we wanted to work out this amendment -- it was drafted in close coordination with the office of contractor administrat

a very large city has to be said one of the 3rd i think the 3rd largest city in turkey on the coast of the sea our correspondents sin and cos your who is in istanbul cinema what are the latest figures were hearing from the authorities this is quite a significant earthquake several buildings have been brought in are there any updates on the number of people who have been caught up in this. you. can hear that 4 buildings have been completely collapsed after do earthquakes and 4 civilians were killed under the rubbles search and rescue teams were able to rescue the 70 citizens from on their derogate then we know that 100 at this 120 people have been injured of course. in these kinds of times and the figures and the scene changes in minutes so we don't know what happened in the last health an hour after we heard this information from the governor he said that there was a partial. tsunami in cities started this strict of. there are some flood pictures on social media that you see this is in the safe it is sorry he said that it's not a big one it's totally contained and one citizen was in

this is an asset to the city not just that the neighborhood but the city. i get a $100000.00 i would be on his track just plowing. clean out here in the soil learning about helped by eating good. saved my wife and i i can't imagine doing something else. these urban farmers from detroit have not yet transformed motown to grow towns with the seeds day and others of so promise a rich and fruitful harvest in the years to come. well that's it from oz don't forget your find more films from the series on the rewind page at al jazeera dot com but for now thank you for joining us and see you again next time. we want return. with updates on the. documentary. millions of dollars of people's money being taken in for their whole lives. just down the drain one day on al-jazeera. toba on how dizzying was only 8 months left until election day candidates are warming up for the big day with a series of debates with a diverse range of stories from across the al-jazeera correspondent had some plans none of the stories that have impacted and janet states with britain seemingly

be seen in the city scape today. mocked or old market square with its off a list in the historical center of the city over the past 30 years the square has been reconstructed to resemble its former state. st nicholas church is one of the few buildings around here that didn't have to be entirely rebuilt after the war. ravaged influence standing in front of the st nicholas church behind tearing plots down from the church was designed by concentrating on an architect who did quite a lot of work in this area why it was destroyed in the 2nd world war well that is to say the dome was destroyed it was rebuilt in the 1980 s. on the occasion of shingles 200th birthday then after reunification the church was renovated shingle staircase which we stored so people can now go out onto the roof you have a very nice view from up there. for example you can get a good look at the old city hall another of the original buildings that was refurbished in 2010 and now houses the museum of the city's history. the rest of the neighborhood al

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in the city. i have experienced levels what i perceive as anti-blackness from my peers and colleagues and folks that work with me and don't always feel there's a recourse to address that. i appreciate this process and time. i will try to be mindful of time and move quickly. as supervisor walton mentioned, mayor breed issued directives in 2019 and those directives led to the development of a diversity equity and inclusion task force. the human rights commission was asked to help facilitate those conversations with the idea that folks would come in and share ideas and concerns and consolidate their feedback. we failed to gather consensus on next steps. what i will highlight is the role that hrsc held. that first meeting was focused on the pieces that supervisor walton just shared around the directives from mayor breed. recruitment, training, reporting and communications. the meeting was convened. folks were invited it supposed to be a blend community-based organization, labor, city employees, really

proposition f would further increase the city's business taxes if the city loses either of the child care tax or homelessness tax lawsuits, but it would exclude money collected from these increases when determining baseline spending. it would also increase the city's spending for the next four years. if you vote yes, you want to overhaul the business tax structure. if you vote no, you do not want these changes. >> i'm here with jennifer brooks, a proponent of the measure. we're also joined by starchild, a libertarian, and an opponent of the measure. we're going to begin with some opening statements, and we will begin with star child. >> yes. this is starchild, the libertarian party of san francisco. we believe that tax adding on right now is just absolutely the wrong time. there's so many businesses suffering under the lockdowns. i live in the castro, and it just seems that every other business is closed and boarded up. the measure, furthermore, is so confusing. it's, like, 125 pages long, and reading through it, i couldn't even tell on my own what it was going to do. so i'm substant

in the city. we're really talking about dry ice as an alternative and rat contraception? okay. it's -- well, it's 2020, so i guess anything's possible, and hopefully, the supreme court over time will not ban rat contraception as being a problem. so i want to conclude by saying i support chris geiger's efforts, and i support your anticipated action to approve the reduced risk pesticide list for this year. thanks very much. >> thank you for your comment. and president stephenson, i'm seeing no other callers in the queue. >> okay. seeing none, let's move to a vote -- or actually, do i hear a motion to -- hold on. i'm just going to hear a motion to pass resolution 2020-003-coe adopting the 2020 reduced risk pes pesticide list for city properties? i have a motion, and a second. let's move to the roll call, please. [roll call] >> motion passes. >> and i just want to always thank the policy committee for the work that they do, and chris and your team for the hard, hard work that you do almost every singl

this is an asset to the city not just that the neighborhood but the city. when i get a $100000.00 i will be going to check just lowry. the now here in the soil learning about helped by eating good. save my wife and i i can't imagine doing something else. these urban farmers from detroit have not yet transformed motown to grow town but the seeds day and others of so promise a rich and fruitful harvest in the years to come. well that's it from get here find more films from the series on the rewind page at al jazeera dot com but for now thank you for joining us again next time. with updates on the. ticker. this is. dollars and people's money just being taken in for their whole lives from . an al-jazeera. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps i

but the city's not what he remembers. it's a strange feeling because the city is very. different you know i mean it's choir you don't have that sort of. folks that are coming in to see photos and you know this varies from all of the artists basically have new yorkers the most part so there's a part of it that's that is refreshing as a part of that it's a little sad but you know i know that we're strong. city folk and it's true that we're going to strike soon i'm praying on it. when she has time to meet also looks in on her neighbors. today she meets james in the lobby. to. both things thank you. but all we read in. oh ok they have like the devotionals with it too so i have the super bowl for the bushes will be due to hold just me who just. please. jay has diabetes and his left foot had to be amputated shortly before the pandemic like him a disproportionately high number of black americans suffer from preexisting conditions and are especially at risk during the pandemic. i just thought it physical. the mom trying. to make a i was not out of rehab because those considered

illegal migration route but when you come to the urbanization of the city the city center the downtown is highly. highly cons and there are very high buildings it's mostly concrete so it's a crowded city and because the city it does not only serve as serve with tourism but also with invest free and other services sectors in the suburbs and what or when you go outside just to think for the density of the buildings are lower and the height of the buildings are lower but the city center that we're most to see on the pictures right now are highly populated and too many because there are too many buildings over there which increases the risk of human loss. as these buildings a collapse and as i said so far we have north. it's of casualties but. i think that people flocking to the area. they are looking for their relatives or loved ones under this rubble zellers absolutely and the pictures that we're showing our viewers right now we do see crowds of people forking out onto the street this usually happens when there is an earthquake because it's safer to get out of. of a building we are showi

in the city. i have experienced levels what i perceive as anti-blackness from my peers and colleagues and folks that work with me and don't always feel there's a recourse to address that. i appreciate this process and time. i will try to be mindful of time and move quickly. as supervisor walton mentioned, mayor breed issued directives in 2019 and those directives led to the development of a diversity equity and inclusion task force. the human rights commission was asked to help facilitate those conversations with the idea that folks would come in and share ideas and concerns and consolidate their feedback. we failed to gather consensus on next steps. what i will highlight is the role that hrsc held. that first meeting was focused on the pieces that supervisor walton just shared around the directives from mayor breed. recruitment, training, reporting and communications. the meeting was convened. folks were invited it supposed to be a blend community-based organization, labor, city employees, really

members, the city employees and the public, the meeting rooms of city hall are closed. however, the commission members and staff will be participating in today's meeting remotely. this precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders, declarations and directives. commission members will attend the meeting through video conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. please note that today's meeting is live cable cast on sfgov-tv and streamed live online at sfgov-tv.org,/ethicslive. once again, streamed live online at sfgov-tv.org/ethicslive. public comment will be available on each of the items on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. comments are opportunities to speak during the public comment period and are available by calling 1-(415)-655-0001. again, the phone number is 1-(415)-655-0001. access code is 1465252262. again, access code is 14652522 1465252262. followed by the pound sign. and then press pound again to join as an attendee. you will hear a beep whe

be seen in the city scape today. the mock or old market square with its all ballistic in the historical center of the city over the past 30 years the square has been reconstructed to resemble its former state. st nicholas church is one of the few buildings around here that didn't have to be entirely rebuilt after the war. was standing in front of the st nicholas church the highlight tearing puts down on the church was designed by confrontation an architect who did quite a lot of work in this area why it was destroyed in the 2nd world war well that is to say the doing was destroyed it was rebuilt in the 1980 s. on the occasion of shingles 200th birthday then after reunification the church was renovated shingle staircase which we stored so people can now go out onto the roof you have a very nice view from up there. for example you can get a good look at the old city hall another of the original buildings there was refurbished in 2010 and now houses the museum of the city's history. the rest of the neighborhood also cha

the tenderloin has the highest concentration of children in the city. it also has the highest number of overdose deaths and that is not acceptable. once the pandemic improves, the kids of the pandemic deserve to be able to go to the school, playground, go see a friend without being caught in the middle of a drug deal or a person overdosing on the sidewalk. this won't solve the problem, but it's a step work taking. i hadn't to thank the hard-working men and women in the san francisco police department. their diligence laid the ground work to put together this creative approach to public safety. i want to thank the team in my office that worked hard to come up with a way that will deal with a longstanding problem. i also want to thank our mayor for her tremendous support and leadership during this incredibly challenging time for our city, as well as supervisors peskin and haney, for their commitment to combating this problem. with that, i would like to introduce our mayor, london breed. >> mayor breed: good morning, everyone. thank you, all, so much for b

this is an asset to the city not just the neighborhood but the city. when i get a $180.00 and i will be going to check just larry. being out here in the soil learning about help by eating good. it's saved my life. i can't imagine doing something else. these urban farmers from detroit have not yet transformed motown to grow town the seeds day and others of so promise a rich and fruitful harvest in the years to come. well that's it from oz don't forget your find more films from the series on the rewind page at al-jazeera dot com but for now thank you for joining us and see you again next time. she's said she's mental disease accounts for 50 percent of the advanced children and. let's. listen let's go to sleep and childhood education. seems to. cease. current tensions between countries along the river nile have their roots in a colonial past from egypt's point of view cannot attend non-agreement full ticals victory for the new political realities on the ground or increasing the sense of uncertainty over clooney as the rhythm mild there was a need to do th

the harder the buildings in the city will be. now the expert tries simple counter measures 1st external thermal insulation panels . we want to see what effect this has on the building ultimately insulating the facade not only ensures that heat stays in the apartment it also keeps heat out of the apartment. next comes a coat of light colored paint this reflects the sunlight and so troops the heat out . brightly painted insulated the house then gets a layer of green or. on its roof before being bathed in another half hour of $1000.00 watt sunshine a couple of shade providing trees round the protective measures. behold this time our hypothermic resident is still on his feet no wonder with an interior temperature of almost $23.00 degrees. since now about $23.00 degrees in the apartment and compared to the temperature of around 30 degrees at the start of our experiment that's a big drop in the world. which all goes to show that paint can play an important role in easing the city's he problem. as can green spaces in a city. and they do

of the city. for the last several hours we've been there we just shelling just came in a few minutes ago just before you cross today and it's been like most of the morning it was like. into the my last mine so this is the most intense bombardment the city has ever experienced since the end of the war 19 months before. there's been skin civil damage to a lot of buildings in the city center. one of the other hotels had all the windows blown out with the last bombardments. we had to put come to see some of the damaged buildings. so there is clearly an attempt to cause destruction obviously in the city most people could not manage to get out now like i said just hiding in and bomb shelters so many and i mean here is that the azeri forces the targeting civilians have you seen that to be the case. well i can . step on a given that is the main. media and there are civilians here and there is bombardment of buildings in which there are civilians ours included in this hotel so yes civilians are feeling the

over the city. impacting mostly seniors and people with disabilities. so i suggest to that deliberation that there should be no changes on market street for at least five years. it's taxpayers' money. and try to improve things on van ness and gary street. suffice to say that the pandemic is stressing us, at least when we go out and use the public transportation, and it should be less stressful. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. okay, operations. next caller, please. we have about 15 listeners and about seven members of the public in the queue. two minutes. >> caller: supervisors, i wanted to thank supervisor peskin with comments about barbara taylor and to name the press room in her honor. after all, that is where she lived the whole time. i'm calling today about the contract, and calling on the board of supervisors to provide some transparency, some explanation for what is going on with this inexplicable build. it's been two months since the membership approved the deal an

artillery shelling the city right now this is the least safest place of all of the region. as a says 9 people have been killed and dozens more injured after one of the cities outside the immediate complex came under attack with armenia also alleging shelling of its territory. they're going to get the 2nd could be. corona virus vaccine is to complete its final stage of testing. there among the volunteers taking part of the infection rate in the country sets new. marshals to monitor compliance one of our strips in public places we mixed reactions. there's already many restrictions in place anyway it wouldn't make any difference to me i don't know what actually went out there right now. either thanks for joining us here on. the ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is entering its 3rd day parties already faltering monday morning after a 1st night of calm air raid sirens were again heard in the capital of nagorno-karabakh pitches that show some of the devastation. earlier hostilities. over the weekend. accuse each other of violating the trees saturday with russia's meat. ati

city would prevail because the city's use, the current use, is considered subordinant to the city's use. and another important point is expressed contractual indemnification from koret, the original deed does not provide for ende inthis, and koret must indemnify the city in those circumstances. and it also created the -- the amendment creates greater protection of the new review and approval rights. the original deed just barely touched upon these rights. so this new amendment provides more robust language concerning that review. and, finally, in the event that there's a pipeline break at this section of the city's right-of-way and the city found it necessary to damage koret's improvements to get at that repair, perhaps damage their parking lot, the city under this new amendment would not be required to repair and restore the improvements to its original pre-repair state. now that summarizes the primary points of the amendment. but the p.u.c. did then was engage in the services of an economic and land-use consulting firm called century urban to look at these rights exchanged in the

destruction of the city manila was the most devastated city during world war 2 after war so in poland but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never truly recover it. over the decades with the growing urbanization pollution and do reputation for violence businesses moved to other areas of the could she really lost that. and you cannot buy back down its counterpart that's what we are our cultural history to make money like. that at the same time hopefully we leave with that expectation of being the capital of the country. people don't remember that we all came from the from. it's centrality was a people went to school here our economic activity was based we have to get acquainted again with that and respect that history but article buildings museums and historical parks remain a reminder that not all is lost in manila at least for now similarly in dugit al-jazeera manila. you're watching al-jazeera these are top stories the true picture of president donald trump's condition remains unclear after conflicting reports from the whit

city can look back and a period of time that the city could -- if the city disapproves the condo conversion that there's a period of time, 18 months and an applicant can reapply. so the 2007 court of appeal decision was looking at the evictions of tenants to form a tenancy in common, which at that point was generally a first step towards condominium conversion. >> commissioner imperial: >> clerk:is anyone interested in crafting a motion? commissioner fung? >> commissioner fung: i don't think that anybody disagrees that the history at this particular property is quite contorted. and a lot of things happened that probably couldn't happen now, given the changes in the law and in the policies that would apply to the sub-division in the condo map. part of the issue for me then is what is fair to the current owners who weren't even involved in this particular process? yes, the names of the previous developers who created this mess are well known in the city for the things they did. the -- but my thought is that in terms of what is fair to the -- the current property owners, i would be prepared to

. >> shifting homeless people from the city to the suburbs. the plan facing pushback from cities county leaders in the east bay. >> this was a ridiculous request. >> they are everywhere but it would not want to see more coming to pleasanton. >>> plus a new plan to go back to school. we are live with the new timeline for one of the biggest bay area counties. >>> is adding extra room for gambling the right way to increase revenue? the moral dilemma tonight over one south bay ballot measure. >> that neglect, domestic violence that results. >> it is going to add millions of dollars to our city budget. >>> right now on the kpix 5 news at 7:00, streaming on cbsn bay area, a plan tonight to move dozens of homeless people from oakland to downtown pleasanton. some neighbors and county officials are saying, not so fast. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm kate cook. >> reporter: city council members in oakland want to use some open space at the alameda county fairgrounds for an organized encampment but as you can imagine, the idea is not -- defini

to the city and the board of supervisors, and to authorize the city administrator to require departments to provide plans. call the number streaming on the stream, 415-655-0001. and the meeting i.d. is 1467653310, and press pound and pound again. if you have not done so already, please press star 3to be added to speak. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, ms. major. we're joined by the chief sponsor of this item, which has long fought for this change in public policy, the president of the board, supervisor norman yee. with that, i will turn it over to president yee. >> okay, thank you, chair peskin for your co-sponsorship, and thank you, supervisors safai and preston. as a city, we have committed to vision zero goals, to end pedestrian fatalities by 2024. this year has been especially tragic, giving that we're living through a global pandemic and should find respite in being able to walk, bike, without fear of being hit. another issue that has come to light light is something we need to self-reflect on. as a city, we're doing everything we can to be safer when we are on the roads in city-o

this is the asset to the city not just that the neighborhood but the city. when i get a $180.00 and i will be going to check just plowing. clean out here in the soil learning about helped by eating good. it's saved my life. i can't imagine doing something else. these urban farmers from detroit have not yet transformed motown to grow town the seeds day and others of so promise a rich and fruitful harvest in the years to come. well that's it from don't forget you're find more films from the series on the rewind page at al jazeera dot com but for now thank you for joining us and see you again next time. rewind return. with updates on the best of al-jazeera as documentary. needs. to. be. fool's gold this is millions and millions of dollars of people's money trish being taken in for their whole lives for my money i'm just down a drain and $1.00 day on al-jazeera. out of his parents' house after he got me he says he found more space to begin discussing after a run of eating it last year it's now his home along with his wife daughter and health but the israeli gove

artillery shelling the city right now this is the least safest place of all of the region but as john says 9 people have been killed and dozens injured after one of the cities outside the immediate complex came under attack with armenia also claiming its territories were shelled. then i'm going to get the 2nd day of what could be the most awaited drug in the war on russia's coronavirus vaccine is poised to complete the final stage of text with an option here among the volunteers taking part in the infection rate in the country sets new records and the u.k. prepares to employ so-called covert marshals to monitor compliance coronavirus frictions in public places we hear mixed reactions. there's already taken many restrictions in place anyway it wouldn't make any difference to me i don't know actually where they're quite scary down. below they're just going through in the afternoon here in moscow you watching r.t. international now with the cease fire in the corner carol back faltering russia and armenia is foreign ministers have met for talks in moscow so get out of said that russia exp

this is an asset to the city not just the neighborhood but the city. i get a $180.00 and i would be going to check just flat rate. being out here in the soil learning about helped by eating good. save my wife and i i can't imagine doing something else. these urban farmers from detroit have not yet transformed motown to grow town with the seeds day and others of some promise a rich and fruitful harvest in the years to come. well that's it from oz don't forget your find more films from the series on the rewind page at al jazeera dot com but for now thank you for joining us and see you again next time. we want return. with updates on the best al-jazeera documentary. this is millions of dollars of people's money being taken in for their whole lives for the money. just down the drain and one day on al-jazeera. pakistans k.s.c. $100.00 a surge more than 36 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the water is going dispensable to economic activity but industrial uses the worst thing a test of fresh wate

nationally the cities, u.s. conference of mayors, national association of counties, all of us trying to figure out and working in partnership how many calls, carolyn knows this, and the mayor may as well. how many calls with valerie jarrett, president obama, secretary napolitano, secretary johnson, shawn donovan at hud. every cabinet secretary hosting some kind of call to try to help us as cities. we were not alone in this. and i have to say today as i talk to a bunch of mayors and another mayor does and carolyn does as well, but many of these cities today feel that they are on their own. they are just out there, struggling, trying to make something happen and that washington has really kind of checked out. and that is a big difference between '08 and 2020. >> it's a difference from natural disasters and other -- >> well, here's the thing. you had states literally on ebay competing with each other trying to buy personal protective equipment. you had cities scrambling on their own with their hospital systems tryi

the city as well. it is a challenge, but it gives an opportunity to challenge the small businesses and workers alike. >> commissionerins, are there a other comments? i want to say, i think this is super exciting. if i was chair what i would have suggested is starting a fund or a grant to start the infrastructure to actually create something like this. i think something like the golden gate restaurant association could actually have this as an arm of them working together and an arm of supporting businesses. we then could give these grants and start the infrastructure and developing the app and all those kinds of things and actually starting on this. that would be great. i can see this really taking off. it is true, during this economy, all the delivery that is happening and i'm looking at these restaurants offering this through these economies, not only compensating their workers and also job security. also, our small businesses are dependant on them. yet, they're gouging their small businesses. i want

access to the city remains heavily restricted. cal fire is advising the public to be on heightened alert, be on this red flag warning. >> we still have a hard month ahead of us, at least through october. historically, in california, we have some of the largest buyers. >> reporter: you are looking at a live picture of the fire burning above highway 128 outside calistoga. at this time there is no fire or fire damage within the city limits of calistoga. all evacuation orders remain in place for napa county. >>> california's energy grid operator has declared a flex alert for tomorrow. asking people to conserve power in the late afternoon an alert also re power companies from doing scheduled maintenance, which could lower the surprise of power. the interim system operator says if people will conserve, it will help prevent rolling blackouts. >>> now to the coronavirus and the reopening of outer playgrounds in parts of the bay area. one city is opening all outdoor play spaces tomorrow. >> the city of concord is opening up all 19 of its p

the city of london into a ghost town people come back into the city. so we can get back to some. we have one book the christian. welcome to the day donald trump is back at the white house and back in action after 3 days in the world surveyed medical center being treated for coverage 19 the president tweeted today that he's feeling great and ready to take on his democratic challenger joe biden in the next debate his doctor says the u.s. president is doing extremely well and reporting no symptoms of covered 19 but there is no word on whether he is still infectious or when he last took a test despite this the president is continuing to downplay the seriousness of his infection and the threat of the virus itself telling americans don't be afraid it was a determined donald trump wearing a mask he emerged on to the steps of the hospital. 4 days after he shocked the world by announcing he and 1st lady millennia had tested positive for coverage 19 trump was back after the short helicopter flight to washington crossed the white house lawn and strode up the stic

the tenderloin has the highest concentration of children in the city. it also has the highest number of overdose deaths and that is not acceptable. once the pandemic improves, the kids of the pandemic deserve to be able to go to the school, playground, go see a friend without being caught in the middle of a drug deal or a person overdosing on the sidewalk. this won't solve the problem, but it's a step work taking. i hadn't to thank the hard-working men and women in the san francisco police department. their diligence laid the ground work to put together this creative approach to public safety. i want to thank the team in my office that worked hard to come up with a way that will deal with a longstanding problem. i also want to thank our mayor for her tremendous support and leadership during this incredibly challenging time for our city, as well as supervisors peskin and haney, for their commitment to combating this problem. with that, i would like to introduce our mayor, london breed. >> mayor breed: good morning, everyone. thank you, all, so much for b

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and the anticipated costs to the city. and then make a determination that such costs would be in the best financial interest of the city. so with regard to as-needed professional service contracts, this ordinance will require that the department issuing any contract service order under the contract must document this selection process. the selection documentation must address the following -- how the workers' services are required to meet the department's needs. how the proposed contractor is uniquely qualified to perform the services, or to explain why the nature of the services required use of that specific selected contractor. and, of course, with the anticipated costs to the city will be. and then make a determination that such costs would be in the best financial interest of the city. the amendment that i am introducing, and this is why we had to continue it from last time that i appeared here because we wanted to work out this amendment -- it was drafted in close coordination with the office of contractor administrat

around the city. on hot summer nights with out of 3 the temperature difference between a city and its surrounding can be more than 10 degrees celsius. what's needed is cool air from the surrounding area but what happens when a current of air meets an obstacle that's would under way as well be in this researching with the help of water light shining on tiny white particles suspended in the water reveals currents in the tank. here the current flows unhindered but then it hits a building. you can see there in front of it that there's turbulence and the current flows over the top of the building and there's more turbulence behind it and this is what happens when an air current is confronted with a building this is just one building but in a city up there are lots of them and that means all kinds of air currents. through mix. does cold air flow over a building or around it and what happens if there are obstacles in its path rubin illuminates these issues too. if a building faces the wind its width and heig

to protect entertainment commission members city employees and the public the city hall meeting rooms are closed however members and it is taken pursuant to the local state and federal orders, decorations and directives and commissioner members and employees will a continued through video conference and participate to the same extent if they were physically present. public comment will be available on channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. opportunities to speak during public comment are available via th

part of the city of oakland. >>reporter: the supervisor represents the district and says this isn't a case have not my backyard, it is about how to best serve the needs of the unhoused in oakland. a better idea is to get a large encampment in the parking lot of the oakland coliseum. >> over 10,000 spaces there totally underutilized at this time. >> basically with the alameda county administrator suggested in the letter sent back to the city yesterday, find a site jointly owned by the county and city. that a council member says the site needs to be kept open for future business opportunities like a new professional sports team. >> we've got to create jobs so many of us won't wind up being unhoused. residence are not in trouble with the idea of moving oakland's homeless into their community partly due to concerns about social issues and addiction. >> drugs everywhere but i don't want to see more coming to pendleton because we are a peaceful community at the moment. >>reporter: what happens next? basically the lette

flooded streets near the city of his man. some damage was also reported to buildings and roads on the greek island of sawmills hospital direct to the scene some people with light injuries had been treated the trim that was also felt in istanbul you know we we are hoping that the numbers will not be escalating and we hope to hear the news about more people being rescued but the fact that some 20 buildings have collapsed is. a big news and i'm afraid the number of casualties may rise. crisscrossed by major fault lines turkey is one of the world's most earthquake prone countries at least 700000 people were killed in 1909 when a large quake struck the city of izmit southeast of the stamboul and around 500 people died in an earthquake which struck the eastern city then 9 years ago but they said craig about 6000 people live in the area of severe shaking 71000 in the area a very strong shaking of 3200000 in the area of strong shaking rich implies that in fact the number of casualties is likely to rise possibly substantially but one

of the city. it's a an area that routinely sees mansions being sold and when i visit requested hered. it was the very last parcel of land and truly the last of its kind in the upside potential and in my view, this is to san francisco and the lgbtq rights movement across the world and it should be recognized and preserved that's why i'm bringing this item forward today and i want to thank shane watson and the historical society for quickly rallying the community around this one and historian who co proteasome the historic statement in 2016 and shane called the community with preservation as friends and former care delivers and that lead to the launch of the martin house group by the historical society as well as the resolution before you today and we wish and the board has a aren't to for any property and this triggers review by the planning department and a recommendation and to include the property as a landmark in the code so this is the beginning of a process and a critical step to make sure th

pull permits from the city. it obviously damages the public trust but brings up the possibility that they are continuing to do the exact same thing they have been charged or indicted for. i think in the case of mr. santos. we are going to have concerns and we don't want to give somebody a contract engaging in corrupt behavior or facilitating corrupt behavior by allowing them to directly pull permits from d.b.i. you know, i hope that is something we can look at closely and address. i don't think it is right for our city government to be giving money out or permits out to people who are engaged in corrupt behavior and are under indictment or investigation for it. my staff is delling me i may be -- telling me i have a hearing on this upcoming. maybe supervisor peskin was involved with. i hope we can find a similar solution to prevent that behavior as well. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor haney for that. when we go to public comment, mr. clerk, any callers on the line? >> please let us know if there are any call

complaint against the city. i thank you for your attention and cede my time back. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. mr. coo, could we have the next caller. >> can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> thank you so much for your presentation [indiscernible] -- i am a black employee at the department of homelessness and supportive housing. i am a member of the black employee alliance, also a racial equity officer and someone who currently continues to deal with anti-black racism. i would like to share a quote of the center of what we are dealing with right now. "it appears that my worst fears have been realized. we have made progress in everything, yet nothing has changed." i want to acknowledge all of the different presentations from the different departments, but i want to say before i list the demands sent that if we aren't willing to name what this is, anti-black racism and that it permeates through individuals and leads to systemic anti-black racism and that is not going to be something that we can just meet ab

kate: the city marked one year since the terrible attack. it was a day not only to remember the victims of the shooting but also show a sign of solidarity for the jewish community. some memorial services took a more critical stance, highlighting failures made by police in the investigation after the attack, but also why some have been turning toward the far right for years. the german society that it had a responsibility to protect the rights and values that germany stands for and to stand up as well against any kind of hatred in the country. "we stand together. we are strong," he said. phil: german chancellor angela merkel and the mayors of the country's biggest cities have agreed on a new package to help the spread of coronavirus. germany fears a second wave of the pandemic after infection rates in several cities, including berlin and frankfurt, have passed a key threshold and have triggered tighter restrictions. >> from her office in berlin, angela merkel's video with mayors of key cities sent the message germany urgently needs to prevent