to respond? >> it would not change -- supervisor kim: it would not change our position. the planning department has been in discussions with us. they know our position. i do not see how another meeting would make a difference. we have been in discussions for over a month. on the day of to ask for a continuance was a little surprising. i would have been more than happy to discuss this last week. today, i cannot support it. i would like this to go to the full board. this is just a resolution supporting the basic principles of the policy that went through close to a seven-year community process. there was a lot of room for many people to interface with the community members impacted by the planning we do. i have a lot of concerns about what sean has brought uppe, concerns about small builders

and developers. i would like large builders to be included in this. that is stop what came out of the community process. i would love to work with small developers to develop a mechanism of predictability. i would not want anyone to put their money on the line for a small property development and have it thrown away because of something they are not able to predict four or five years from now. i support as building community housing in the city. we talk about it. we talk about our general plan. we do not try to put in any mechanism or tools to ensure we are building for all of our residents. there was a very important point that we want the city and neighborhood to be accessible to all people. i take that to heart. we want this to be accessible to all people, despite incomes, to be close to the center of san francisco. i think this policy pushes that

forward. chairperson mar: supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. chair. i support the planning process that is under way in western soma. i simply would like to see a more robust conversation between task force members and planning staff about the language. i believe the proposal that planning staff is putting forward is reasonable. i would support its inclusion. supervisor weiner: thank you. i do want to thank everyone who spent many years putting this and other plants together for the western soma area. i have deep concerns about some of the aspects of this plan, as have been very articulately stated by the planning

department and by other speakers. i am not sold on the concept of metering. i do not think it has been tried anywhere in san francisco, or anywhere else, to my knowledge. i am just not convinced. i am concerned it could have unintended consequences. i am also very concerned about the job metering. i understand the importance of a linkage between housing and jobs. but to define it in this area could create some distortions we do not intend. when this comes to the billboard, i think it is highly unlikely i will support -- to the full board, i think it is highly unlikely i will support the resolution. however, given the sponsor wants to forward it to the full board, i am going to respect that desire. i believe we should forward to the board without

recommendation. chairperson mar: let me ask supervisor cohen if that is acceptable. i believe you were saying you would support a continuance. i would just like to say i do feel like some dialogue and discussion with supervisor kim's office and the planning staff is something that should happen. there was a meeting mentioned. i would like to see some time for people to sit down and hammer this language out. i think a continuance is something i would support. is there a reason why you would want this to go forward without recommendation, supervisor? supervisor weiner: i think it is more i am deferring to the sponsor. supervisor kim: can i respond? we have been meeting with planning for the past month.

if you are asking us to have another meeting, we will have another meeting. but we will be coming back to you with the same resolution. chairperson mar: i guess out of respect for the autonomy and self-determination of the task force, i also think that moving it forward without recommendation is wise. but with respect to the supervisor whose district this impacts as well. is there a motion to move this forward? supervisor weiner? supervisor cohen: ask for a roll-call vote. >> on the motion to move forward without recommendation. supervisor cohen: no. supervisor weiner: aye. chairperson mar: aye. >> we have two ayes and one no. chairperson mar: thank you.

let me know which meeting -- this would go forward in the next scheduled meeting, but not this coming tuesday. so that is at least after, i believe, the meeting with the community-based organization and the planning staff. thank you. could you please call the last item? >> item 5, ordinance amending the planning code for parking in the south of market and mission bay district. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. rodgers, were you going to present on this? supervisor kim is the sponsor. >> i would defer to the supervisor unless you would like me to summarize the ordinance before you speak. supervisor kim: i would prefer

your preference. >> this legislation was originally introduced by supervisor chris daly in 2010 and i agreed to sign on as a sponsor in january. we have been working closely with livable city and neighborhood associations to develop iparking requirements. this is intended to have better consistency with adjacent districts and to require non- hotel parking in the mixed use district adjacent to downtown, to maintain a fee structure which discourages long-term parking. i would like to thank the planning staff and our city attorney for their work on this ordinance. judy had to do a lot of last-

minute work. we have met with several key stakeholders in mission bay, which includes the mission bay community advisory committee, the port, and the giants. after meeting with the stakeholders, we understood there was already a planning process under way. we have asked the planning department to remove any proposed modifications in this area until the process has been completed. so we have taken out certain blocks. given this change, i have an amendment to make to the title to remove mission bay district from the title of this legislation, also striking it wherever it is referred to in the legislation. second, we had concerns from small businesses. this came to us from the small business commission about the requirement to participate in a

transportation management plan. there was a concern this might unintentionally burden small businesses. this version has already included language that limits the applicability to larger venues and limits applicability to neighborhoods -- to neighborhood-serving retail. the last amendment i would like to introduce today is a little language change on the waiver of the off-street parking requirement for historic streets. we are just asking to insert this language back into the amendment of the hall and delete page 36, line 20. it was originally in section m. we moved it to section q. we are asking that come back -- that to come back. this was after talking it

through with the city attorney. chairperson mar: thank you. ms. rodgers, did you have anything to add? >> as you heard, this ordinance is -- was before the planning commission and month and a half ago. they recommended approval of the modifications the supervisor has put in. we appreciate supervisor kim's work on this proposal. in general, the legislation before you remove scar -- parking minimum requirements and establishes maximum limits. it also requires that non- residential and non-hotel parking in districts adjacent to downtown maintain a fee structure consistent with a c3 structure that discourages long- term parking. in addition to making the

amendments, the city has been rushing to make all the amendments to conform this legislation before you with other legislation this body has recently approved. there are six ordinances that have been approved since this was originally adopted. the legislation before you has been rectified so it will not inadvertently deleted and the recent amendments. -- any recent amendments. the commission recommends approval. thank you for your time. chairperson mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? mr. rasoulovich? >> thank you for hearing this today and thank you for bringing this forward. "we were trying to do with this legislation -- what we were trying to do with this legislation -- there has been a lot of rezoning.

that left a bunch of holes in soma. there are areas with and acquited zoning. this makes them consistent with one another and the adjacent districts. this plan will change some of these controls. it will mean that any interim development is going to be more in keeping with the way we would like to go with the eastern neighborhood. the other thing it does is it removes a few catch-22s we put in the planning code. there are things we say we want people to do like preserve historic streets, or we want them to retrofit. this allows a process to create exceptions. if a project owner wants to save a tree or do a retrofit and

change the parking, there is an administrative process they can go through. it will help advance the other goals of the city and remove conflicts which create for project sponsors when they try to do the right thing. they can remove the historic tree if they want. but this will smooth the way for them. it is part of creating a livable city, a livable and walkable city. this will also make a lot of dwelling units in this neighborhood conforming. a lot of non-conformities put tenants at list -- at risk. if you lose your house and, often you cannot rebuild that. -- if you lose your housing, often you cannot rebuild it. we urge support today for the ordinance and thank you for your time. chairperson mar: thank you.

mr. collins? >> tim colin, here to speak in support of what the amazing livable city is doing. we like for this is going. for the record, the housing action coalition for a long time has said we favor the elimination of parking minimums. do not require it. put in parking maximums. we love housing, but wind up fighting about parking. the idea of making housing conforming and bringing rationality to the process, we support. we urge you to move this proposal along. thank you. chairperson mar: if there is no other person who would like to speak from the public, let's close public comment. our city attorney. >> city attorney's office. after reviewing the proposed changes for today, it is

suggested that we combine the best of these provisions regarding significant landmark trees. i would suggest a slight amendment that combines them to give context to the zoning administrator's decision. what i would recommend is that you retain subsection m that appears on page 36, line 20. add to it the following language, which was from the deleted section. you would have a new sentence that would say the zoning administrator's decision shall be governed by section 307 sub i am sure require either the recommendation of the department of -- sub i, and require either the recommendation of the department for conformity to the plan.

it combines those sections together. we will prepare this. supervisor kim: i am supportive of those amendments. chairperson mar: thank you. supervisor weiner: i would like to move the amendments that supervisor kim submitted earlier, including the amendment reticulated by the city attorney's office. chairperson mar: without objection. supervisor weiner: i would like to move the item with a positive recommendation. chairperson mar: without objection. is there any other business before us? thank you, everyone. meeting adjourned.

>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this?

>> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it.

>> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it.

>> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature.

almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

>> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the

museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of thousands of people into the building. we welcome school groups, interests -- tourists. >> the addition of the museum to the cultural pantheons of san francisco has been phenomenon. you have fabulous exhibits. there is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein is a local woman. she was raised in oakland. she was an extraordinary individual who helped create --

many people call for the mother of modernism. years ago, i was introduced to someone doing research on her. i thought it would be an extraordinary exposition to take her and understand her at all for complexity. that is what we have on view during the summer of 2011. >> it is full of wonderful drawings, paintings, and sculpture. >> there is incredible art on view. we have photographs. we have sculpture. we have a lot of different things. we have a little something made for her by picasso. there are five different ways of looking at her life. it is not in chronological installation. it is looking at how she is portrayed in help artists,

painters, and photographers presented her and how she thought about her own style and presentation. many people think she always had short hair. it was not until she was 52 that she cut off all of her hair. the second element is called "domestic stein." alice b. toklas was her lifelong partner. they had several different homes. we know about their home in paris, the famous salon. you get a taste of what their domestic life was like. >> one thing recreated is the fabulous wallpaper. the black-and-white photos do not convey the color. >> in doing a lot of research, you discover a little tidbits. with an exhibition, at the find ways to make it come together. we found beautiful photographs

of the interior of their home. then we found a tiny scrap of the wallpaper. we saw how blue and vibrant it was. we had a designer recreate the image of the wallpaper. we had it made into wallpaper so we could all experience what it would have been like to be in their home. it is dynamic and fantastic. they seem very monochromatic because you only know them through black-and-white photographs, but they had such a vibrant life. that is what the exhibition is also trying to show. the third one is the art of friendship. picasso and matisse were part of their second family. there were people she admired and worked with. we introduced the visitors to her second family in a sense. the fourth story is called celebrity stein.

what a lot of people do not know is when she left united states in the early 1900's, she only came back once in 1934. we also have a section of every single first edition book she ever published. >> it is incredible to see all the first edition books. >> it is really impressive to realize not only was she a grand dame of paris, but she had an incredible writing practice. she was a prolific writer. the fifth level really looks at her legacy and how artists continue to be inspired by her image, work, and concept. >> this is a compelling reason for people to visit the jewish

museum. you also have life and theater. >> we are a non-collecting museum. any time you walk in the building, you will always be treated to a range of very different and wonderful exhibitions. in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan. she was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in

this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood. we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so honored to be part of "culture wire." >> to learn more about the exhibition and other upcoming events, visit the website. thank you for watching "culture