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staff, and yes, we are still going around in circles on what time. commissioner walker: i support this conversation. i think it will be helpful to all of us. i would also like to ask the city attorney about what would happen when complaints are presented to us. what do we do? do you take them? that are presented in public comment? because there is an allegation hanging out their. and i do not want to do nothing with it. >> john malamut, city attorney's office. áthe city attorney's office represents the city through the appointed boards and commissions and elected officialsxlj city

departments. so, we don't respond affirmatively to allegations that are made at public meetings jj of the public. if, on the other hand, the dbi director approached our office to discuss a matter likezu thar a commissioner did, then we would go to the director or the commissioner in that way. we are also involved to some extent with complaints, and these are the ways the public -- éqfif it were largely a complete about the city, our office would get involved -- a complaint about the city, our office would get involved. but generally not from public comment. commissioner walker: generally, i think this deserves looking into. i am not saying whether it is

valid or not. but any allegations like that r by somebody. we dosy not have the capacity to doñ] it as a commission. so, i am not certain how to proceed. ñrcommssioner mar:ñrcj and thiss ñianother point i wanted to raie about this issue. department is represented by variousv. unions, i feel likeqa way they are partners with us, or should be partners with us in resolving these problems. so, i alsom -- and maybe, aga, we need the city attorney's advice on it. what is inappropriate -- what is appropriate -- how should the commission in call them? these allegations come at us, but it is not ju

/union at bing. it should be our work force is represented by various unions. i think the unions have to be involved. s acknowledgment@yy on theirkn pat that they also want to deal with it. because they cross over, you who they represent affects our workers. so, i do not see these problems as just worker management problems. i feel a little comfortableo3z t having h.r. involved. they should helpicñ us resolve these problems. commissioner mccarthy: ok. is there any more questions or comments? >> any commissioner --

>> surry. t(i wanted to say one more thin. i would appreciate an understanding of our process for hiring of permanent director. i am puzzled that no one said anything. i would appreciate if somebody --ñr part of what we are doing,o make sure we have a thorough search of. i know it isñr the ñrmayor's hi- commissioner walker: it is our higher. fá>> yes. i would like some idea of what we are doing. commissioner walker: how about an agenda item at the meeting? >> at this time,xd the commissin may discuss to take action on the state of the official ut on the

agenda of the next meeting for future meetings of the building commission. the next bic +qnmeeting is on december 19. it seemsñr like there have already been a couple of agenda itemsñr proposed. i would support those. i want to make sure we also legendize -- agendize this ability accessxd on the insertin of additional paths inspectors. also, just to that members of the board of supervisors know who weighed in on this issue. if we --ñr agendize those llpitems, to ameliorate some of the problems that small business

may be facing. so, we are going to agendize it. çkdcommissioner lee: i want to d on the matter that commssioner mar just mentioned, i would like to know what the roles are of these past inspectors? exs from these inspectorsñi? u"zmeaning, can the public apprh them to ask questions? from this? -- what can the general public get from this? commissioner mccarthy: we did have a meeting about this. we had testimony here. just a clarification. commssioner mar, are you

talking about the programñr or small businesses as a rule and the frustration they have doing business here, or -- commssioner mar: i think it is a continuation of the same agenda we should also clarify the roles of the inspectors. kwbecause we're in compliance . we may not be very soon. we need more inspectors, but i think commissioner lee also raised a good point. members of the public do not know what toñrxd expect from the inspectors. we have one now. if we get two more, 3, how can small business people use them? they don't know. commissioner mccarthy: correct me if i am wrong.

director, maybe you can talk about this, but what the commissioners are asking is how long before we are up to full speed withñr the inspectors? what is the game plan with regard to letting the public knowñr about the inspectors? what kind of access have we? ñrcan we have a counter that a couple times a week is dedicated to these kinds of questions? that kind of thing. along with all the,qr'gs coming yes. >> if there is no further commissioner,, is there any public comment on items 7a and 7b. q(ñsimenon, item eight, review d approval of the minutes of commission meeting april 18, 2012.

ñrall in favor? is there any public comment? the minutes are approved. item 9, review and approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of may 16, 2012. >>5g move to approve. >> second. >> are all commissioners in favor? in the post?is there any public? -- any opposed? the minutesñi are approved. review and approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of june 20, 2012. >> move to approve. >> second. >> is there any public comment? commissioners in favor of approving the minutes? i"ñany opposed? the minutes are approved. gcommissioner walker: can i also

thank you for catching up? we have been far behind. it has been a tedious job. thank you, sonya. >> and thank ann, too. >> and thank you,ñr ann, wherevr you are. >> is there a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> any opposed? we're now adjourned. is 11:10 a.m. wfb-- it is 11:10 a.m.

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences.

there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals.

>> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and

birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours.

i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪ ♪ >> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that.

what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv.

>> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license,

then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fisherman's wharf area. they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact.

>> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this

city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of products that use cell? >> we have these lovely constructed platters. we make these wonderful powder bowls. they can have a lot of color. >> york also using your license.

-- you are also using your license. >> this means that i can register with the city. this makes sure that our family participated in making all of these. >> this comes by licensed artists. the person selling it is the person that made it. there is nothing better than the people that made it. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i