may have been using the term great highway for decades and decades, indicate that the street is called la playa. i did that research, so the only way to effectuate the official name change is to go through this formal process of a street name change. supervisor mar: from army street to cesar chavez and other street changed names, can you walk us through the process that usually happens if residence or others want to change in name of the street? >> typically what we do is either a board member will sponsor the street name change or there will be a petition by residence for the street name change. the public is notified in that area of the proposal to rename the street. and we're given an opportunity to get public comment. basically what has happened, you have seen a couple of streets all over town, some in the

castro district, some named after -- let's say it is a street near city lights. same sort of process. this is a little easier because it is an extension of an adjacent street. what is harder is when you are renaming the street that is in the middle of two other streets that have different names. supervisor mar: because supervisor carmen chu and katie from her office sponsor this, you do not need to go through a petition process of the residence, is that right? >> the process is what we used, which is notifying everyone who lives on the block and giving them an opportunity to voice the pros or comments and whether they would like to rename the street or not. it is a policy matter of the board, as long as agencies such as mta, parking and traffic,

dpt, dpw do not object. i will turn it over to the deputy to make sure on back. supervisor mar: if a supervisor does not sponsor or departments have concerns, could the residents still gather the petition and bring it as a policy issue, even if the supervisor who's in -- a district isn't it impacting is not the main sponsor? >> absolutely. oftentimes, neighborhood groups might have the petition. when the petition is submitted by neighbors, is a pretty good- sized feet. when a board member sponsors it, it is part of our course to proceed and go through the review process. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: colleagues, can we pass this without objection? thank you. thank you, everyone. ms. miller, call item number 3.

>> item number 3, or in its accepting the is remarkable offer a public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay south blogs 41-43, eight two, including improvements for public use. supervisor mar: maybe call item three and four together? can you call item number four? >> ordinance dedicating mission bay park block p16 for public use, naming the new part "mission bay, and spark." >> again, we have barbara from dpw. >> good afternoon, i am from public works. what you have before you, more to show you a map for perspective. this is mission bay. a very, very large development area that i am sure you are aware of.

you had a request to accept public improvements. as part of mission bay south development project area. the first is block 41-43, which is at bowen st. peter the second is p16. i will show you a picture of the area in question. it is between third street and the boulevard. public infrastructure, we're talking about asking for acceptance in basically the roadway and the subsurface infrastructure below it. you will see that looking towards the freeway in the distance. and then the opposite direction. the director of public works has determined that the construction

and the design of p41-43 phase two were done in conformity with infrastructure plan. city planning has determined that it is in conformity with the general plan, and the redevelopment agency has done likewise with regard to its acceptance of being built in conformance with the south -- mission base out redevelopment plan. also you next the subject of the second item, which is the acceptance of p16, which was between cherry francios and third street. that is one view of it. the grassy area. another view includes the

sidewalk. and another more park-like view. again, as in the case of block 41-43 phase one, the director of public works has determined that it was built and designed in conformance with the infrastructure plan. the planning commission, director of planning, has determined that it is in conformance with the general plan, and the redevelopment agency has, likewise, determined that it was built in conformity with the mission bay south redeveloper plan. supervisor mar: where is the mission bay commons park going to be located? >> the mission bay commons park

is -- park p16 is only about one small piece of a 43-acre park system for mission bay. less than an acre. supervisor mar: ucsf children's hospital center -- >> that would be down here between 16th and mariposa, straddling third and owens, right around here. then we have salesforce over here. 41-43 is a portion of owens street, and the park is here. supervisor mar: let's open this up for public comment. thank you. is there anyone from the public

that would like to speak? >> i just want to say when i was little, my father and i, we belonged to the mariposa boat club, but it is no longer there. mariposa boat club. ♪ when the lights go down in the city and the sun shines on mission bay won't you make it bettero iter oh, they need your health. won't you help them today help them with the land na na the land they need your help on the road and down in the park

won't you do that today? whoa whoa ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. anyone else from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. can we live item number 3 without objection? thank you. and item number four without objection? thank you. ms. miller, please call item number 5. >> hite number 5, resolution approving the redefinition of 22 selling spaces on grant avenue first-rate artists certified by the arts commission. >> we have mr. howard from the art commission. >> thank you for getting me before you at this time, because this could have been a severe crisis for the street artists. to go back a moment, in 1977, the board of supervisors designated some 30 spaces in that three-block section of

grant avenue for the street artists. and the artists have used it ever since. supervisor mar: from geary to sutter. >> from o'farrell to sutter street. 30 spaces, and they have been lucrative spaces. i am grateful to be informed by one of the street artists that it seems like 20 to of this basis, the curbs have been repainted as yellow zones. according to the ordinance, you cannot have a yellow zone and there. unless the board of supervisors exams the space. you do have the authority to do that under ordinance 388-83. you can exempt a space from one more regulations so long as the exemption does not interfere with the purpose of the regulation. you have done that traditionally for the last 28 for many, many

street artists' spaces, particularly the winter holiday spaces. with i am asking is that you formally redesignated those 22 spaces, and i have listed them. redesignated them with the exemption from the yellow zone requirement, and that is police code section 2405c82, which would prohibit -- >> [inaudible] supervisor mar: sorry. >> that is all right. again, i am asking that you please read designate those spaces but in i am grateful for you for hearing me right now. if you go with this and we can get the full board to approve it, that means that the street artist will use it and use it

for christmas time, otherwise it would be terrible for them. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward with a positive recommendation without objection? ms. miller, is there any other business? >> there are no other matters. supervisor mar: meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional

video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns

resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with the majority of votes. more than 50% without the need for a second runoff election. in san francisco, ranked choice of voting is for the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sharon, just -- district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, this is a recorder, and public defender. ranked joyce voting does not apply to elections for local school and community college board members. number the election of state or federal officials. ranked choice of voting does not affect the adoption ballot measures. when voters received their ballot, either at a polling place or an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards with contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state

propositions and local ballot measures. for ranked choice voting contest, voters will receive a separate ranked choice ballot card. it will have instructions to rank three choices, which is new. the ranked choice ballot is designed in the 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 elect their first choice in the first column by completing the aero pointing to their choice. for their second choice, voters selected different wind by completing the arab pointing to their choice in the second column. for their third choice, voters elect a different candidate by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. voters wishing to vote for qualified write-in candidate can write it in on the line provided. and they must complete the arrow

pointing to their choice. keep in mind, it voters should select a different candidate for each of the three columns of the ranked choice ballot card. if the voters elect 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 of voting works. initially, every first choice vote is a candidate. any candidate that receives a majority, more than 50% of the first choice to vote, 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 numbers of first choice votes is eliminated from the race. second, voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote to transfer to their second choice. there, all the votes are recounted. fourth, if any candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, he/she is declared the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes is repeated until one candidate has a winning majority. now let's look at an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. in this example, we have three candidates. candidate a, b, and 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 vote cast. candidate a g-205% ofb the votes% received 40%. and c received 35% of the boats. because no candidate received a majority, the candidate who received the fewest number of first choice votes, a candidate a, is eliminated from the race. voters to pick a candidate a as their first choice candidate will have their but transferred to their second choice. and the voters to pick and a, 15% chose candidate b as their second choice, and 10% chose c as their second choice. these votes are then applied to b and c, and the votes are recounted. candidate b now has 55% of the votes. candidate c as 45%.

candidate b has more than 50% of the votes and is determined as the winner. >> thank you for watching. we hope you have ranked choice learned ranked choice of voting and was elected. you have seen the ballot, learned how to market, and learned how the 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 be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org.

>> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to

recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio.

they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility,

adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is a piece of sheet music

up there that i have embroidered third. there is a pamphlet about hearing dea -- nearing death. this is a dead rabbit. this is what i am working on now. this is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. it is for a very special friend. >> while we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. >> i am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. when he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. it is probably one of the least thought of compositions. people are getting rid of this stuff. it holds no real value to them, because they're disposing of it. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel.

what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question. for me, being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface.

it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. so being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. >> how do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the three-dimensional? maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. >> everything is in the process of becoming. things are never said or settled. the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans

be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. >> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be encouraged to apply. thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in

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