welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting. we are now at roll call. >> thank you. we have a couple of items. we think the information is important for the city to have, and the second ordinance provides transportation be reimbursed for employees who work of the airport. the rest i submit. >> i am submitting this relating

to lun hiring the five offered. -- whiff the hiring the i offered. we realized there were a lot of people who were if ratepayers, and we wanted to make sure we were going to do is expand for those who made contributions with their tax dollars. this was signed in last friday. i had two meetings prior to the mayor meeting, so this really

recognizes how flexible the legislation was and how it is something that will work for all of our region. that is my item for introduction. >> i wanted to congratulate supervisor of the los -- supervisor avalos for working on the. next week i will be introducing and now in memoriam for one of our chinese heroes who passed away. she was an amazing woman who just passed away, and she had a legacy of fighting for women and a history of supporting all kinds of struggles from china to

chinatown and in san francisco and the bay area. the rest i am submitting as well. supervisor campos: ideas have not -- supervisor chu: i just have two things i want to bring up. about a high-speed rail, and i would like to close with in memoriam. he departed on may 28, memorial day weekend. he was born in louisiana, the eldest of four.

he became a san franciscan after his military service, and he married margaret, whom he was married to for 66 years. the city and our country he served as a director for 48 years. he was employed as an electrician at the u.s. treasury. he also was a commander for disabled veterans military order of her fall hardest -- per call heart, -- purple heart.

he leaves his wife, daughter, and a lot of grandchildren. >> i would like to submit an in memoriam for the fire fighter, and i know the community is really mourning their losses. they were relieved 11 members of the department -- who they were really lovely members of the department, and i am sure

everyone will be a memorial on friday, and i am looking forward to seeing you there. i am also calling for a hearing on the small business fund, which has been a tremendous asset to small businesses in san francisco. >> if we can do that in memoriam without objection. >> i wanted to submit a motion to withdraw a charter amendment for board of education members. i initially submitted this when there was an election in june. second, this is an announcement. a good friend of one of our

legislative aides went missing when days ago -- 10 days ago. it seems to me the case may not be homicide, but the family believes she is alive, and their sixth police officers from hayward. they are really competinpleadinr support. our condolences and often prayers go -- when thoughts and prayers go to the family. >> i have already submitted, but i want to wish a special congratulations to my daughter's

class. >> but concludes a roll call. >> assault -- let's go to general public comments. first speaker. >> [speaking for languageign la]

>> congratulations to our supervisor.

if you look in here with me, you would know why i refuse to speak today. you want to talk about treasure island. i support treasure island. gavin newsom, when he had 105 million to control treasure island. you make our dreams come true. i asked him in 2009 to allow me -- trying to come and visit me and stay with me. the other issue i would like to tell you -- his name, white.

she has lost two of her people. our supervisor is talking about. here, i bring it for you. ladies and gentlemen, i want to be here on friday. if you want to be responsible for his victory and you want to our fire fighters to die like heros, i love them and i would love to see you there.

>> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. it is important to understand the real cost of privatization. not only through business interests think that they own the sidewalk, but they have implemented a community benefits so that they could have the contention for the sidewalk. nothing is more emblematic of this abuse than the san francisco public library where private fund-raisers call themselves a public-private partnership think that they own the library. the way to stop this is the open government accountability laws that have moved under the heading of sunshine laws. as far as the city hall family

is concerned, money is king. community is what the private tears are buying with their money. if corporations paid for the benches in the san francisco supervisors chamber, then you would understand that you would not be able to say that you could not criticize the corporations because they paid for the benches. you would probably still recognize that as an improper restriction of freedom of speech. that is what the library commission and the library department says. the public will have to sit on the floor. that is why they wanted to destroy the library. not only do they own the library, they own your right to speak out. that is the goal of privatization. democracy is under attack. private philanthropy buys their

influence and the public does not even get the money. that is why the lies cost more. >> madam speaker. >> and do you feel like you are being forced to listen to this broadcast? i hope you will exercise your free will. your teacher failed you. i miserably failed you. you have until two weeks ago. this was wrong. 20 tackles -- that equals 1000. this appeared on the wall after 70 years.

daniel was brought in to interpret this mysterious handwriting on the wall. this had an equivalent in hebrew of mana. mana would be it 1000 equivalent. [inaudible] in ezekiel 45, that says that one shuttle equals 20. this is half of a mana. >> thank you. >> 500, for a total of 2500. the reason why i say that is

that when nebuchadnezzar the this forces 70 years. this number, 2005 hundred 20 is a very important number. -- 2520 is a very important number. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. i am here to talk about item 61. our taxi director, she directorwith two cab company presidents on a fishing trip to another country.

we got a charge. at the moment, we spend 30 hours at this meeting and we will be in the meeting tomorrow for six hours. i request you to understand our problem. there are issues with the two credit card machines. not one, but two. three machines that i have never heard of. i came to request of scott, a proposal or suggestion. to postpone it for a month at least until we can complete our talk with them. this is a very difficult situation bank is approved.

we do want to see this approved. that is mentioned by the supervisor about the southeast part of the city. i have been threatened my life in that area. 25 more cabs is not going to improve the service. that is a dispatch issue. please postpone this proposal. >> seeing no other members of the public that wish to speak, general public cummins disclosed. >> item 61-66 are being considered for immediate and unanimous adoption without committee reference. if a member of requests discussion of the item, it will be discussed separately. >> would anybody like to sever any of these items?

>> 61. >> could you please call the roll on the adoption calendar? >> item 60-66. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> those motions are approved and adopted. item 61. >> item 61 is a proposed taxi fare increase under proposal. >> i just wanted to briefly point out a few things about the resolution given some of the feedback. first of all, this resolution

does not in any way say that there should not be character. they say that this should be coupled with a service increased. the mta is moving in that direction in terms of decoupling of the two. we are seeing actual progress. this resolution has helped provide that momentum. they understand that they need to put the two together. we have heard from the gentleman today as well as others that that would be acceptable to a lot of cabdrivers. in addition, this resolution states that cabdrivers deserve to make a fair wage. that is very explicit. there are a lot of reasons why cabdrivers are treated unfairly. the gatekeeper charge. i know that credit card fees are

a problem. there is a lot of common ground here. if we are going to make cab service more expensive, we should be approving service at the same time. that is the gist of this motion. i respectfully ask for your support. >> roll-call vote, please. >> no. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> no. >> n. >> no. >> we have seven ayes and four nos. >> this resolution has been adopted. could you read the en memoriums?

my apologies. >> i am not point to send it to committee. it is a non-binding resolution. seven members of the board of supervisors voted for it. >> let me restate that again. the resolution has failed. it would have required eight votes. mr. clarke. >> on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late renee. on behalf of the full board for a firefighter. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> this meeting is adjourned for the evening.

>> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented

programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director.

tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression. >> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that it has become clear from science that all of humanity originates in africa. how does that influence the education programs or presentation here at moad?

>> obviously, being able to attenuate that, and there is a sign at the door that says, "when did you know that you were african?" our point is that we share a common dna, and it connects us on a number of different levels. this institution is an institution available to everyone, a resourced for everyone. >> you have both permanent and temporary exhibitions, right? >> we do. our temporary exhibition program is one that we are restructuring. i have been here now for about a year and a few months, and as a former curator, i'm very interested in this aspect of developing the visual arts program. part of what we are looking at is using the four core seems that define our program -- origins, migration and movement, transformation, an adaptation --

as a framework for our thinking about the kinds of exhibits we present. >> we want everybody to come and see the permanent exhibition. there might be a special opportunity to visit with the current show that you currently have, which is constructing the jazz tradition, which is a very striking exhibition of quilts. >> it is a compelling exhibit on a number of different levels. visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way to be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects,

and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz. there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts. they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the methodology from traditional " making has changed from how traditional quilt makers use the medium. >> our visitors can visit the web site, which we will be showing on the segment, so follow the link to the website, and get all of the latest

information about all these events related to this exhibition, and, of course, you guys are very active. throughout the year, with all kinds of special programs. >> yes, we are. this is what i'm so excited about. >> this may take us off track a little bit, but a couple of things i wanted to highlight is that the creation of moad is one of the flagship creations of the redevelopment of san francisco. it is housed inside -- what is the building? the regency, right? >> the st. regis museum tower. >> the st. regis museum tower, which is one of the development projects that was promoted by the redevelopment agency is what allows the city to -- and the development agency to give form and establish moad in the yerba buena