the falsification and the fact that there has been no remedy at all provided. i was this that adviser to the six army commanders. i cannot review in three minutes the way i would have done them, but i certainly know how to conduct an investigation. this is the list of residents in the area, over 1700, not counting residential hotel units. none of them seem to have received notices. i contacted hundreds through managers and not one notice. then in addition, they altered the mailing list. laurie martin's is an officer of the membership chair that refuse to take my membership for a long time so i cannot vote against her. the secretary has the addresses left off the opponent directly across the street where abc contacts them.

it is not on the list they gave to abc. there were other falsifications provided to abc under penalty of perjury. abc by law, and this is a country of loss, is required to have a mailing sent out to the 500 foot area. they said each individual did not get a notice could walk down to abc and file -- supervisor avalos: think you very much. -- thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is walnut paiilma payne. i was called by the non-english and limited english speakers senior housing.

they are really scared. they told me they are scared to go out at night. hopefully they will not be so scared if there is assistance for them. right now it is inundated with undesirables. so what happens at night is something for seniors that is hard to think and go out and enjoy it, so i hope you will really consider helping the seniors. i am not talking about even abc, because the seniors really need help, and the language is a barrier. i would like to help them, but i am so stretched out having so many seniors talking to me about it. i would like you to really pay

attention to them and see what you can do to elevate -- help them to not be so fearful of what is going on. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is [inaudible] . i am a patron of koko's and also a friend. i want to address the notion that having a bar in the area brings the bad element, because i do not think it is true. i do not have a car, so i walk everywhere. i walk around the streets and nob hill several times a week, in the areas that i avoid are the areas that do not have any kind of business that is open at night. those are the streets that are the scariest. if i am walking home, i am going to walk past the area where bars like the mark are or where book

but is because that feels safer to me. i have seen street people sleeping in empty storefronts on a daily basis. etching keeping stores in the area will improve the area and not make it worse. i think it is a totally erroneous notion that bars bring a bad element to the area. i also thinking will losing ko's and the people there will be a total loss for the area. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i have been a resident of the lower polk neighborhood for five

years. i have been a customer since they opened. as you all have seen, the people speaking against this are people speaking in general about the bar scenes or the bark concentration of the corridor, but the people familiar with the business are -- are all extremely positive about the positive impact of koko in the neighborhood and how it has been key to the community. it has granted me the opportunity to know about community event come and eat my neighbors and get involved with the lower neighborhood association. my next-door neighbor used to go to koko's until she passed away everybody the chance this will be a positive force in the neighborhood instead of a negative one. there is my saying in my home

town that the just should not be for the seniors -- centers. thank you. -- not just for the sinners. thanks you. >> good morning. i am james moran. i was formerly employed with the koko cocktails' until a lease was given up for a gigantic corporation or hospital that is 75 feet from my house. the move to the upper area for this business would be an incredible opportunity for the neighborhood to gain a community that does not seem to have a spot yet up there that we can all congregate in. the owners here are all

residents of this wonderful city for many years. i have had the incredible opportunity to work with them and see the way they run business from the inside and outside. i was going there before i got the opportunity to work there. they run an incredibly good business. i have been in this industry since i was eight or nine years old. i can tell you right now i have never seen anyone run a business as well as they do. it is a credit -- we cannot tell you as a community how much they have turned around that law. i have been to the block before they took over and after, and it has been a 180. to have of this and that that actually has a model for keeping the community together and not just an outside presence, which i think a lot of my fellow committee members seemed so concerned, is something that

they can all really get. if you see the way to run the business themselves, there is no doubt this is the biggest piece of the community that i have ever been a part of. i cannot tell you how much i support, and i would also like to have a job in this hard time. if i could please my own employment tired times, that would be great. >> thinksupervisor avalos: thak you. any other members of the public that would like to comment? you have already spoken, sir. sir, we have heard your comments before. thank you very much. if there are no other members of the public that would like to comment, we can close public comment. aactually my impression of koko's is a really strong

neighborhood-serving business. looking at the changes that have happened because of the new development and displacement that is occurring for this establishment, as well as it -- which creates an exception for this one business to remain in the neighborhood, and as well as the business doing a lot of really strong community work as well and supporting neighborhood artists in neighborhood youth, providing a lot of work -- organizing with merchants in the area to help finalize the corridor, to me it makes a lot of sense that we can approve this license. i would like to, if you are ok to move it forward rec recommendation. the committee report at the next board meeting. we can take that without

objection. ok. thank you for your work. we will see you soon. if you could please call item no. 3. >> item 3, resolution authorizing the department of public health to submit a one- application for calendar year 2012 to continue to receive funding for the comprehensive hiv prevention programs grant from the centers for disease -- disease control and prevention program. requesting $8 million in hiv prevention funding for san francisco from january 1, 2012, through december 31, 2012. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. >> i am the deputy director of hiv prevention for the sentences go department of public health, and we would like your approval on this resolution. this is our annual application to the centers for is disease

control and prevention. it represents $8 million with which we supplement with general funds. this is to put the programs on the ground through community- based organizations. supervisor avalos: the availability seems to be a little bit less than previous. >> it does. the national hiv strategy has looked at realigning funds for the united states, and fortunately and unfortunately san francisco has done a great job with hiv prevention in the past 30 years, so we are experiencing a reduction in funds while funds will be reallocated more in the southern areas of the united states. we will expect a decrease in funds for the next five years. we think we are in good shape to get that, because we have such a strong program in san francisco. supervisor avalos: thank you.

very good. if there are no other questions, we can go on to public comment. >> good morning. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i would like to speak in support of this resolution. the reason being is that i fully support the new administration of barbara perseus. i feel the department of public health needs all the help and money it can get. -- the reason being is that i fully support the new administration of barbara garcia. i feel that this money is well used, and obviously it will address all -- the ending problem.

-- long-standing problem. as long as they do what they do, then this problem in a certain sense will never be solved. according to my interpretation of what is going on and the department of public health, it seems like every penny is necessary. one of the reasons why i feel this way -- in fact there was a recent announcement that the cfo would be retiring, so that is another instance where they have to bring in new talent, and obviously there is always a problem of trying to blend everyone to work together. also, i would like to mention as an example of department of public health needing help, the reason -- the recent examiner of the examiner, the help lieade says "broken system."

inside, the article is titled long waits keep therapy patients hurting for care. that is the latest front page article for the department of public health. i think this measure would really come in handy, at least to help the hiv section of the department, and then hopefully they can devote more time and resources toward san francisco general hospital and laguna hospital. it has taken me five years to advocate for improvements to the department of public health, one of them being certain audit for san francisco general hospital. supervisor avalos: this item is referring to an application to

the center for disease control. if you could keep your items to that, that would be great. >> i feel like any help the department could good, especially hiv, it will help avert a series that and funds to problem areas and the department. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. if there are no other comments by members of the public, we will close public comment. we will take that without objection. madam clerk, no other items? >> no, mr. chairman. we are adjourned. thank you very much.

hello, and welcome to the department of elections ranked-choice voting instructional video. this video is part of the department of elections' ranked-choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco voters about ranked-choice voting. today we will learn what ranked-choice voting is, and who is elected using this new voting method. we will also talk about what the ranked-choice ballot looks like and how to mark it correctly. finally, we'll see how the ranked-choice voting process works and show you an example of an election using ranked-choice voting.

so, what is ranked-choice voting? in march of 2002, san francisco voters adopted a charter amendment to implement ranked-choice voting, also known as the instant run-off voting. san francisco voters will use ranked-choice voting to elect most local officials by selecting a first-choice candidate in the first column on the ballot, and different second- and third-choice candidates in the second and third columns respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with a majority of votes, more than 50%, without the need for a separate run-off election. in san francisco, ranked-choice voting applies to the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sheriff, district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, assessor-recorder, and public defender. ranked-choice voting does not apply to elections for local school board and community college board members, nor the

election of state or federal officials. ranked-choice voting does not affect the adoption of ballot measures. when voters receive their ballot, either at a polling place or as an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards that contain contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state propositions and local ballot measures. for ranked-choice voting contests, voters will receive a separate ranked-choice ballot card. the design of the ranked-choice ballot card and the instructions to rank three choices are new. the ranked-choice ballot is designed in a side-by-side column format that lists the names of all candidates in each of the three columns. when marking the ranked-choice ballot, voters select their first-choice candidate in the first column by completing the arrow pointing to their choice.

for their second-choice, voters select a different candidate in the second column by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. for their third-choice, voters select a different candidate in the third column by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. voters wishing to vote for a qualified write-in candidate for any of their three choices can write in a candidate's name on the line provided and they must complete the arrow pointing to their choice. keep in mind a voter should select a different candidate for each of the three columns of the ranked-choice ballot card. if a voter selects the same candidate in more than one column, his or her vote for that candidate will count only once. also, a voter's second choice will be counted only if his or her first-choice candidate has been eliminated and a voter's third choice will be counted only if both his or her first- and second-choice candidates have been eliminated.

we have talked about how to mark the ranked-choice ballot. now let's look at how ranked-choice voting works. initially every first-choice vote is counted. any candidate who receives a majority, more than 50% of the first-choice votes, is determined to be the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice votes, a process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes begins. first, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice votes is eliminated from the race. second, voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote transferred to their second choice. third, all the votes are recounted. fourth, if any candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, he or she is declared the winner.

if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes is repeated until one candidate has a winning majority. in this example, we have three candidates: candidate a, candidate b and candidate c. in this example, we have three candidates: candidate a, candidate b., and candidate c. after all the first-choice votes are counted, none of the three candidates has received more than 50%, or a majority of the first-choice votes cast. candidate a has received 25% of the votes, candidate b has received 40% of the votes, and candidate c has received 35% of the votes. . because no candidate received a majority, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice votes, candidate a, is eliminated from the race. voters who picked candidate a

as their first-choice candidate will have their vote transferred to their second-choice candidate. of the voters who picked candidate a as their first choice candidate, 15% chose candidate b as their second-choice candidate and 10% chose candidate c as their second-choice candidate. these votes are then applied to candidates b and candidate c and the votes are recounted. we see now that candidate b has 55% of the votes and candidate c has 45% of the vote. candidate b now has more than 50% of the votes and is determined to be the winner. thank you for watching. we hope that you have learned more about ranked-choice voting and who is elected using this method. you have seen the ranked-choice ballot, learned how to correctly mark it, and learned how the ranked-choice voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked-choice voting, please contact us at:

department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: wwww >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that

provides a way for the public to get involved. the director of public affairs recently met with the founder and liquor -- local gallery owner to check out the first art care project. ♪ >> many san franciscans are not aware that there is a civic art collection of numbers almost 4000 works of art. preserving the collection and maintaining it is something being addressed by a new program called art care. it is a way for citizens to participate in the preservation of the civic art collection. with me is the creator of the art care program.

welcome. the reason we wanted to interview you is that the artist in question is peter volkas. why is he so important to the history of san francisco art? >> he is a very famous ceramic ist. knowing the limitations of clay, he got involved in bronze in around 1962. he was teaching at the university of california, berkeley. >> your gallery celebrated the 50th anniversary of continuous operation. you are a pioneer in introducing the work and representing him. >> i have represented him since 1966. i was not in business until 1961. he made a big deal out of

working in clay. the things he was doing was something never seen before. >> it is a large scale bronze. it has been sitting here of the hall of justice since 1971. talk about what happens to the work of art out of the elements. >> the arts commission commissioned the piece. they did not set aside money for repair. it has slowly changed color. it was black. it has been restored. >> it has been restored to the original patina. >> there was no damage done to its. i do not think there were any holes made in it.

they have been working on it for six or eight weeks. it is practically ready to go. i am very excited to see it done. >> over the course of the arts in richmond program, we have added almost 800 works of art into the public space. maintaining that is not something that the bond funds allow us to do. this is why you came up with the idea of art care. >> i hope we get the community going and get people who really like to be involved. we will give them a chance to be involved. if you are interested in art, this is a marvelous way to get involved. there is work all over the city where every year ago. -- there is artwork all over the city wherever you go. my idea was to get people in the neighborhood to take care of the

pieces and let the art commission have the money for the bigger pieces. >> i was talking to the former president of the arts commission yesterday. the 2% ordnance is something he helped to champion. >> it is all over california and other states now. we really were the forerunners. it is a wonderful thing to bring the community into this now. people have seen art being put into the community. this has not been touched by any graffiti. it just faded over time. it is so open here. there is nobody watching this. i think that is a plus to the community.

i hope the graffiti people do not go out there now that i am opening of my mouth. >> i want to thank you for the 50 years you have already given to the city as an arts leader. >> i started in to briberon, i's only been 45. >> you have championed his work over these years. >> it has been exciting working with him. it is one of the highlights of my life. >> thank you for being part of "culture wire" today. >> to learn more about the program and the list of public arts in need of maintenance, visit the website. thank you for