We have the latest from the white house. Weve heard from the president of the United States and the Vice President of the United States, the pressure just a little while ago summoning reporters into the oval office where he was seated next to henry kissenger. The president addressing this that a question from a reporter asked about his decision to fire james come qul. Heres what he had to say. Why did you fire director come . Because he one doing a good job, simply. That is a much broader reasoning for firing james comey than was offered by the Deputy Attorney general who said in his letter released last night that he was critical of james comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email situation last fall. The president there offering a blanket explanation, saying comey simply wasnt doing a good job b in general. A sligt deaf rinse well ask about later this afternoon. Also, the Vice President was on capitol hill today, he was asked by Kristen Welker who in fact ordered this review
Legal assistant im im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director. Were going to be joined as by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and shes joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and Scott Sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the Planning Department and Planning Commission Electronic Devices are prohibited. Please carry on conversations out in the hallway. Permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. Have up to 3 minutes no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or Business Card to the clerk. Speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. If you have a question about the
Hon. Commissioners director forbes and port seven thank you for allowing me the opportunity to tell you about pier 39 birthday celebration. In the late 1970s savvy San Francisco businessman Warren Simmons dreams of building an urban park along the citys underdeveloped waterfront. October 4, 1978 simmons dream became a reality. When he transformed his dilapidated cargo pier into pier 39 and eclectic collection of Specialty Shops restaurants and attractions. The First Public Private Partnership project built along the embarcadero since world war ii pier 30 on pave the way for future development on alongside the bait. In the beginning the property was built in controversy and various legal battles. After opening to the public it was evident that tenant sales were much lower than anticipated. Due to these issues and only three years after opening to the public pier 30 or so to warren souths forte was to take undervalued and underperforming Retail Properties and bring them to their full pot
Report good afternoon members of the commission. Members of the public and port simon lake forbes or director. The first item is to congratulate pier 30 on august 30 ninth birthday. It was october of 1978 that pier 39 opened on schedule i here to here in San Francisco. At its opening pier 39 had 50 stores, 23 restaurants, a diving pool and street performers. Today it is a twolevel open air festival marketplace which owes 60 Specialty Retail shops 20 attractions 14 restaurants including the rock cafe and bubblegum shrimp cold pier 30 on offers breathtaking views of the bait out because Golden Gate Bay bridge and the 300 berth marina and live daily entertainment. One in three visitors to San Francisco goes to pier 39. Today we have kept the paper here. Shes the Senior Vice President of marketing for pier 39 and shes come here to talk to us about the yearlong celebration that pier 39 is kicking off an Senior Vice President she is responsible for the continued development and implementatio
Asked him to encourage his classmates to be more like him. He was shot dead on his way to a cookout saturday with his mother crystal as a way to bring the Community Together and combat violence. His death this weekend was not an isolated incident. These children also fatally shot in the violent weekend across the United States. In moments, his grandfather john will join us exclusively and we will also speak to former nypd commissioner bernie kerik for a broader look at the crime surge in america tonight as major cities continue to see spikes in violence amid calls to defund the police. Lets begin tonight, founder of the d. C. Chapter of the Guardian Angel organization working with police to prevent crime and thank you for shortenin joiningr hearts go out to the loss of your grandson. Thank you for having me. Im curious, i know your daughter spent literally spends her life trying to settle these disputes between hardened criminals and in the end it costs or the life of her other young s