Good afternoon. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, february 27, 2018. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Clerk thank you, madam president. [roll call] cohen not present. [roll call] [roll call] tang not present. Madam president , you have a quorum. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] madam clerk, are there any communication S Communications . Clerk yes. Supervisor tang requested to be excused. Is there a motion to excuse supervisor tang . Can we take that without objection . Without objection, supervisor tang will be excused. Madam clerk, lets go to the next item. Clerk approval of Meeting Minutes for january 23, 2018. Supervisor breed colleagues, can we take that without objection . Those Meeting Minutes will be approved after public comment. All right. Lets go to the Consent Agenda. Clerk items 111 on consent. These are considered to be routine, however, if a member objects, an item ca
Okay. We are back in open session, and welcome back, everyone, to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting. Is there a motion to not disclose the conversation in closed session . Moved by supervisor yee, seconded by supervisor fewer. Colleagues, can we take that without objection . No objection, the motion passes. And since we have no more business before us today, madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. Todays meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the following victimed, on behalf of supervisor peskin, mr. Norm larson, on behalf of supervisor ronen for the late miss alice gonzalez, on behalf of supervisor kim, for the late miss jessica evans, on behalf of supervisor stefani for the late miss ming chapin. On behalf of supervisor cohen for the late mr. Howard eugene smith, chiropractic doctor, and on behalf of president breed for the late mr. Dennis osullivan, mr. Theodore cohen, and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late miss sharon hewitt. Thank you, madam
I knew i had to get out. Win i had moment but there is no time when it is fire. Shot of the police car with the man inside. He was placed in handcuffs before being put in the car. Officers cover up the car with a blanket when they saw our cameras and he tried to shield his face from us. Residents say he recently was seven add throw day overviction notice and they tell us he had said i am going to burn the place down. Police say it is under investigation. A firefighter was hurt and taken to the hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion. They got the call at 2 47 this morning and they say it was a huge fire and they had to go into defensive mode. It wasnt safe to be inside but the fire now is out and they are calling the building a total loss. A longterm if a check on the forecast. Mike . We have live doppler 7 hd and there is in radar return but a lost cloud cover. It is milder than it was this time year but, still, cool and we will start with the bay and talk about temperatures in the
Shouting and banging on the walls and they are not surprised he is accused of setting the building on fire. Many of them now are learning from people who have been inside that their homes are completely destroyed. When firefighters arrived at 2 50 they had to fight it from the outside because it was so big. As they tried to put it out, one of the residents confessed on camera, that he used a lighter to set fire to the building. Im the one that started it. I take full responsibility. What happened . Crazy. They tryied to make people think i was crazy. He was rescued from the balcony and then police took him into custody shielding him from the public with a blanket and charged prado with arson. Im in shock realizing i probably lost everything. Seven people lived inside the building in alameda. Though all got out but twwyla had to jump. Grabbing her purse and cell phone. Waking up to this is devastating, really. Couldnt even take anything. I had to get out. Residents say prado was on a ra
Incline with several cars with flat tires. If you are just waking up, all morning long, since 4 00 this morning we have had a big rig with an early fire now out and the big rig is still there and a mechanic is working on it eastbound, a sigalert, and it is the reverse commute direction and you will find slow traffic westbound from address toward livermore on the Altamont Pass. The future of californias Largest College hangs in the balance this morning. Today, city college of San Francisco turns accreditation report, the school needs a passing grade to stay open. Katie marzullo joins us live from the newsroom with a college divided. Everyone wants city college to stay open. 90,000 students are counting on it and faculty and staff want to keep their jobs. The groups cannot agree on how to keep the doors open. That is the administration versus the students and the staff on the the deadline they protested and chanted and shouted. The commission for community and junior colleges put city co