Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. A report criticizes the port of San Francisco for the management of the scewaterfront, including americas cup and the washington Street Development proposal and says the Mayors Office has too much influence and the Port Commission should seek more public input. Here to explain are San Francisco chronicle city hall reporter and elaina smidt. Welcome to you both. Thank you. Elaina, a key finding is recent activities have been strongly influenced by the Mayors Office. What are some of the critical projects that have been strongly influenced and what impact has that had on the public . I think that the influence, the projects that weve looked at recently were the americas cup, 8 washington, the Warriors Arena and when we looked at it, we were looking basically to see how they were developed in terms of who came together to kind of create the project, what was the dollar flow in the project, what did it mean to the port, and what we found was that
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. A report criticizes the port of San Francisco for the management of the scewaterfront, including americas cup and the washington Street Development proposal and says the Mayors Office has too much influence and the Port Commission should seek more public input. Here to explain are San Francisco chronicle city hall reporter and elaina smidt. Welcome to you both. Thank you. Elaina, a key finding is recent activities have been strongly influenced by the Mayors Office. What are some of the critical projects that have been strongly influenced and what impact has that had on the public . I think that the influence, the projects that weve looked at recently were the americas cup, 8 washington, the Warriors Arena and when we looked at it, we were looking basically to see how they were developed in terms of who came together to kind of create the project, what was the dollar flow in the project, what did it mean to the port, and what we found was that
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. A report criticizes the port of San Francisco for the management of the scewaterfront, including americas cup and the washington Street Development proposal and says the Mayors Office has too much influence and the Port Commission should seek more public input. Here to explain are San Francisco chronicle city hall reporter and elaina smidt. Welcome to you both. Thank you. Elaina, a key finding is recent activities have been strongly influenced by the Mayors Office. What are some of the critical projects that have been strongly influenced and what impact has that had on the public . I think that the influence, the projects that weve looked at recently were the americas cup, 8 washington, the Warriors Arena and when we looked at it, we were looking basically to see how they were developed in terms of who came together to kind of create the project, what was the dollar flow in the project, what did it mean to the port, and what we found was that
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Can we rest easier in the afternoon today howard . Reporter it has gotten a little bit better. Good news here the last of the Winter Weather watchs have expired, although Garrett County still with a warning. We had a little bit of ice here, most of it was on the sidewalks, grassy surfaces and the roads not all that bad. The bulk of the rain also moved east, we are looking at a couple of areas of sprinkles redeveloping. So now we are more spotty showers for the afternoon. You can see certnly it is coming in. There may still be a pocket of light icing in northern frederick county, but temperatures are starting to inch up above freezing in most areas. 33 in hagerstown, cumberland at 32 degrees with 40 in fredericksburg. We are in the mid30s now, so we are starting a slow climb toward low 40s. It is a dreary looking noon across dc. However page county, some other spots, i have had reports a little bit of sun is peeking through. Well see a few peaks of sun and passing showers, high temperat