the woman's commission, i think that chief sur understands the impact of the violence in the city and the work that the district attorney has been taking lead on and also in our neighborhood in west portal, there is the neighbors making for vigilence and the human trafficking in district four has been identified of the problems and from time-to-time i think that they are suspicious behavior and i hope that the police are doing the right thing and investigating. thank you. >> thank you, we actually have time for about four more speakers so i am going to call the last four speakers here. hastings, (inaudible) glikston and john ferrill. >> >> my name is (inaudible) freeman and i live in district seven and i am happy to live in district seven and i am also a (inaudible) party of san francisco and we are interested in making sure that the

taxpayers get their money's worth. and so, what i want to mention is that kind of basic over the government services, like roads, and they are not in very good shape and every town, driver, fills up their car with a gallon of however many gallons of gas and a certain percentage of every gallon comes back to the city and the county of san francisco, for the roads. where is that money going? so, i don't see any improvement. there was a measure which we opposed but regardless it has been passed and i don't see it improving in the roads they are still bumpy, lumpy, pot holes, and i would like to see a basic improvement in that, that is just something that people paid for automatically every time that you buy gas. and the other thing. while are there so many street

lightses out? someone mentioned ocean avenue, occasionally going down and there are numerous street lights out. why aren't they being fixed. i actually have called the 311 and they are good actually, and if you record it they will come back and get somebody out there within a couple of days and it is fixed. and so that is good, actually. but, why are there so many other street lights out? i mean that residents should report them in the neighborhood, but if they don't, they will (inaudible) government placed the lights out and they could report it. and just (inaudible) and i think that i am almost out of time. where you can park, you know the painting and red and the white and all of the different things, you cannot paint them and you cannot see these, they are so faded. thank you.

>> good morning, mr. mayor, and supervisors, and department representatives, and especially good morning to all of the activated citizens here. i am coming to you from the san francisco foundation, and to our five program areas. we do branch for non-profit organizations all over the city and in the five bay area counties. i wanted to come together to especially emphasize the importance of ongoing support to the arts and the arts and non-profits in the city and in these districts. i also like the one before me, i do have a lot of concerns about the cut backs that have happened in the various departments and yes, within the arts, and grants for the arts in the cultural grants commission and i hope that in the future we will be able to restate these and i want to draw attention to the fine work that is happening in the districts like the cultural center which provide a secular place for gathering of the

cross cultures and in that organization, we do all kinds of programs and including the annual cultural festival and they have a gathering for about a women from those cultures. and it is really wonderful work that is happening and the immigrant immigration and cultural expression and i also want to call attention to the (inaudible) that uses theater arts to teach them art skills and how to cooperate with their peers and develop the organized project and to build their self-esteem and wonderful things happen and i hope to see ongoing support for them. thank you. [ applause ] >> hi, good morning, city family, i'm john (inaudible) and i have a real estate company, and the 5th generation san franciscoan and for the city i was a former assess or, and the mayor's budget analyst

and the analyst for (inaudible) for years. my father was former controller who (inaudible). and let us see the integrity of the city revenues, and our revenues generating the departments should be audited for potential revenues, for example the city is losing a minimum of 10 million annually this does not include the other loss such as the transfer tax of 12 and a half million from the recent sale of lucas to disney in 2012, due to the unconstitutional loophole in the trust act. for example, the giants are a high profile assessment, we love the giants they built their ballpark for $355 million and leased for $400 million in 2000. the current assessment is $180 million, at least 200 million under assessed and a loss of 2 million annually. did you know that the giants

were the only (inaudible) in the city that has depreciated while other ups two percent. if the giants getting a two million dollar break what are the (inaudible) expecting. i get upset when i see the people in the trench woresried about keeping their jobs and being fired when we are not looking at all of the revenues that we should be taking in. it is our city and we are here to work together and we need to ramp up the revenues, after the (inaudible) and rose recommendations been implemented i could go on all day. thank you very much for your time. >> [ applause ] >> (inaudible) former city garden ner for 14 years. i am disgraced at what happened at (inaudible) it should be grass and it is ridiculous what happened in (inaudible) and other places. we have 200 gardeners compared to what we used to have over 14 years in the department and

this time, which i knew, and i need to take it is a disgrace when the standard (inaudible) has a f, and gardeners last year and it is a disgrace when i have to (inaudible). it is dirty and the streets look like a third world country and it is unacceptable. yesterday, the grass got mowed. (inaudible) and like we saw this morning, to claim to get to... why don't we have a meeting and a great photo op, and visit reality. and the hotels have been torn down years ago and still stands. and 47,000 to cut ler and it is a dump and we are told that it needs to be fixed and still not fixed after a year. and so the people in wheelchairs, and (inaudible) on the east side of 9th avenue between south and (inaudible) it is a beautiful, i think that the water department building falling apart that should be torn down and made condos or something out of it. the sand going all over the beat, i mean, (inaudible) it is

still does not get taken care of very well. (inaudible) outside looks terrible and we also know that... the restaurants over in lake (inaudible) which i used to be (inaudible) complex where it still stands and it needs to be fixed. i wish that i could say more positive things but if these things don't get done all that rhetoric means nothing unless it happens, thank you. >> thank you. and thank you, to everyone who shared their comments with us. and i apologize that i could not get to everyone and we will be collecting your input and where do we go from here and i will be bringing up supervisor ferrill to talk about the process. >> and thank you all for being out here today and for all of your comments. i want to say very proud to have two colleagues on my board, supervisor tang and yee who are doing a great job for their districts and representing your ideas and concerns and so thank you to my colleagues. just to give you a quick

perspective on the budget process over the next few weeks in may we are going to continue to hold hearings and we meet every wednesday at ten in the morning and one in the afternoon and so if you like to come by, feel free to hang out all day, on wednesday in city hall if you like it gets to be entertaining sometimes. >> at the end of may or early june, the mayor is going to transmit his budget to the board of supervisors and his budget, during this course is both the mayor and the budget director kate howard are going to be continuing to work very, very hard to put together a balanced budget during the month of june, the board of supervisor ss going to take a look at that budget and analyze that we have our own budget analyst that he knows very well and harvey rose mentioned and we are going to take a look at it and come back with the potential tweaks and maybe we agree with everything and maybe we don't. but the goal is by law we have to have a balanced budget and we want to do that and make sure that it gets passed through the board of supervisors by the middle of

july. the next two months are busy in city hall and we do have budget and finance committee meetings every wednesday, twice every single wednesday, feel free to come by, but more importantly continue to make your voices be heard these are great comments today and we have gone through a number of town halls across the city and i want to say that today is some of the most diverse set of comments from throughout the districts thank you for being out here and i look forward to continuing to work together to make the city a better place, thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, supervisor ferrill, in closing i want to thank all of the city department heads, representatives and mayor and, supervisor yee and ferrill and howard and all of you for coming out and sharing your concerns. and i want to thank the assistant principal here and thank you for helping with the logistics and making sure that the meeting goes smoothly, i want to thank everybody and if

supervisor yee and mayor lee would like to have closing remarks. >> thank you, supervisor tang, i want to echo that, i am real happy to have you out here on saturday morning getting your opinions and it was good for us as supervisor and for mayor lee to hear what your concerns are and the issues of pedestrian safety and the quality *f life and district four and cutting across the city. and these issues are impacting from the youngest to the oldest. and we heard from the seniors what they need, we heard from the educator in terms of what impact and early education has in terms of the quality of our education system. and san francisco, so, thank you very much. and hopefully we will... the budget that we pass will reflect many of the issues that you brought up to date. thank you. [ applause ] >> everybody, thank you, again for your input, i want to thank all of the department

representatives for their patience in listening to everybody. and it is what supervisor ferrill said, you have a lot of diversities. and i assure you each and every one of your comments is going to be repeated over and over again, as we deliberate among ourselves about what we need to invest in and i do want to say that overwhelmingly, all of you want a safer city. and we are going to work on those. because you can't do anything in the city, unless you feel safe. so, i heard that that is probably one of the highest priorities coming out of this meeting, but the other things that you said are just as important and i will want to thank the people that have supported the translation of your views, and to make sure that everyone here has a great weekend. but know that we are going to work hard to make our budget reflect all of what you need to make this city successful. thank you very much. [ applause ]

>> all right. thank you everyone for coming. >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look.

the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to

being tucked away in a corner. >> be experience begins with the glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you may be able to see one side over the other. it features a couple of suspended sculptures. each was created out of a series

of flat plains run parallel to each other and constructed of steel tubing. >> it is made up of these strata. as the light starts to shift, there is a real sense that there is a dynamism. >> it gives the illusion that this cultures might be fragments of a larger, mysterious mass. >> the environmental artwork livens it with color, light, and the movement. three large woven soldiers are suspended. these are activated by custom air flow program. >> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly.

and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas. both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double as musical instruments. serving as a backdrop is a mural featuring images of local birds and san francisco's famous

skyline. >> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness. i really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond. in addition to the five new

commissions, 20 artworks that were already in the airport collection were reinstalled. some of which were historically cited in the terminal. it includes major sculptures by the international artists. as a collection, these art works tell the story of the vibrant arts scene in the early 1960's through the mid-1980s's. the illustrate san francisco's cultural center and a place of innovation that is recognized and the love throughout the world. one of the highlights is a series of three left tapestries. they are on view after being in storage for 20 years. these tapestries representing various gardens. from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep

shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with world-class art and culture. for more information, visit for more information, visit

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good evening everyone. i'm ed lee i'm your mayor and, yes i'm i taller than you thought. my pleasure to be with you tonight we have the 6 and 7 townhalls throughout the city to give you an important part of what we think about balancing the budget. let me be subtle canned indicted with you this city is on its way to economic recovery but we want everybody to be developed in this recovery. i'm glad to be joining supervisor rep 5 and 6 and, of course, supervisor mark farrell who's the chair of the committee

for the board of supervisors. we're all making sure we're think spend the appropriate revenues but we do the budget it's the reflection of the values of what this city is all about we try to anticipate and listen to what the community says it important to you. kate howard our budget director is going to go through what the budget repute but we want your feedback and we're holding those meetings around the city. i want to thank the riesh for oh, their site but giving you the biggest thanks coming out

tonight. i know there's a lot of kids in the room so they want to and that we're the safe city and need the economics of the city to be sound but most importantly to be successful for everyone. maybe you came from other cities by you believe that when you have decided to live in this wonderful city you also want to be part of a successful city and that means that anything you do should be reflexive of the welcoming of the city. so we're going to get going. i want to thank the department heads but we want to give the bulk of this time to all of you. and want to thank the office of the - the ambassador and they're

here tonight to help people whose language is not the first language by to make sure you tell us what's the most and highest propriety. this is important to us. last year and the years in the past we've listened carefully and we've had a more sensitive budget and that's our part. is a let me turn this over to supervisor representative districts 5 (clapping) >> hi i'll be brief like the mayor i can about how we allocate our resources. members of the board we look at what's most important to

allocate our revenues the type of programs and i want to highlight a few things i'm going to be paying attention to. the department of health and family has said that the population in district 5 of children has decreased and therefore the amount of funding for districts 5 is decreasing. i have some real concerns about making sure that we have quality programs and it can't be just about the number of served but the quantity. our at risk populations the kinds of things we deal with the reason we exercised a decrease in our homicide rate is because of all the great works of many of the folks in our district.

i'm going to be paying attention to and in addition to the young people who are homeless in the hate. i think we have to look at the numbers of young folks who are over the age of 18 who are homeless who ran away because of abusive relationships. we have to make sure we're looment resources to make sure we're addressing that issue. and one of the others things i've made clear is public housing is a priority to me. i'm proud to say that the mayor is working really hard. the issues of public housing is not an overnight problem nor will it be an overnight solutions. and the people those conditions

impact that's a real priority for me. and one of the things we continue to negligent is our vulnerable senior population where seniors are being taken advantage of we have to protect our most vulnerable population. i'm more excited to hear with you have to say and thank you all for being here. i want to turn it over to the budget chair mark farrell. >> thank you supervisor. don't we have a great new colleague in districts 5 everyone? so i'm the periphery for districts 2 and i'm serving as

the budget chair on the board of supervisors. as mayor lee mentioned we're doing those hall meetings one on the internet and it's important to hear your concerns and your priorities in the communities. from my prospectiveful from the committee one i'll have an open and transparent process we have committee meetings every week. number 2 we're going to manage our finances in a responsible manner. we're rover asia a city but we want to prepare for our kids as well as and we want to make sure that our budgets reflects the