And the night market in sunset might just be the biggest one yet. Abc7 News Reporter tim johns was there food shopping and music were all present in San Franciscos sunset district friday for the first time ever, the neighborhood hosting an asian inspired night market. Night markets bring people together. They make streets safer. They give a boost to small businesses. Supervisor Joel Engardio is the man who brought the market to life. He says he got the idea after visiting similar night markets in taiwan on a normal friday night. The streets of the sunset can be pretty quiet, but as you can see, thanks to the new night market, they are very much alive. I love it. Ive never seen anything. I grew up here in the sunset and this is the first ive ever seen a night market happen. So its really special. Paula mak says she thinks events like this are exactly what the city needs to combat its struggling image, not just for local residents, but also for small businesses, many of whom said the mar
Assigned to both investigate and prosecute, repeat and group offenders of retail theft in San Francisco. But one California City that wont be getting state funding, oakland. Thats because the city missed the application deadline. In a statement to abc seven news, the city explains that the Oakland Police department and other Community Partners submitted their materials on time to oaklands economic and Workforce Development department or cd unform. Fortunately, d did not timely complete the submission. Obviously this outcome is unacceptable to the city and the department are reviewing everything that happened to ensure it doesnt happen again. The Oakland Branch of the naacp responded with a statement that reads in part, we are shocked, perplexed and furious that the city of oakland forfeited millions of dollars in Crime Prevention funding by missing a state deadline. This was an epic failure. Our elected officials and government staff dropped the ball because they were not focused it, a
For them thats not a way to reduce the gap but the market rate and parking we analyzed this was appropriate their within the Design Guidelines that has a maximum of one parking space per unit and this is well below that thats less than 10 percent will have access to the parking so its within our guidelines. So i understand maybe the financial explanation but im talking about a public convenience prospective that i mean folks that live and everyone has use for parking spots and transportation. I guess am i missing something theres more personal conveniences being afforded to the market rate side of thing through the chair. Commissioner, i think part of the issue theres a share of costs between the market rate developer and the affordable later developer if i reduce all the parking to reduce the percentage the the affordable has to cover from the reduction in the a m i mike why dont you add to that as elizabeth mention we have a set of controls that specify the maximum of one parking spa
Welcome to our special rules Committee Meeting for thursday june 27,2013. I am supervisor norman yee and will be chairing this meeting. To my left is supervisors cohen. To my right is supervisor breed. The clerk today is linda wong. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, Jessie Larsen and Jennifer Lowell who record our meetings and make transcripts to the public online. Madam clerk are there any announcements . Yes mr. Chair. Please silent cell phones and. Can you call item one. To amend the charter of the city for Retiree Health Care Trust Fund for Retiree Health care cost for employer subtrust are fullied. Allow for disbursement are greater than 10 and the payroll cost even if not fully funded. For the guidelines recommended by the controller with the citys governement accounting standards board actuary and by the mayor and to the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund board permit by a participating employer governing board and make the control of the city treasure
Welcome to our special rules Committee Meeting for thursday june 27,2013. I am supervisor norman yee and will be chairing this meeting. To my left is supervisors cohen. To my right is supervisor breed. The clerk today is linda wong. The committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, Jessie Larsen and Jennifer Lowell who record our meetings and make transcripts to the public online. Madam clerk are there any announcements . Yes mr. Chair. Please silent cell phones and. Can you call item one. To amend the charter of the city for Retiree Health Care Trust Fund for Retiree Health care cost for employer subtrust are fullied. Allow for disbursement are greater than 10 and the payroll cost even if not fully funded. For the guidelines recommended by the controller with the citys governement accounting standards board actuary and by the mayor and to the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund board permit by a participating employer governing board and make the control of the city treasure