all matters pertaining to item 7 below, closed session, including public comment on vote whether to hold item 7 in closed session. president mazzucco: please call #6. >> vote on whether to >> we have commissioner chan, commissioner kingsley, moving to item number eight. to elect whether to disclose the item 7 held in closed session. all in favor. next item, please. >> adjournment.

all in favor, thank you very much.

>> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in

my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they're all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so derived from all of this great artwork and storytelling of the past. the research i put into all of my books and work is a product of how we do things that a-- at pixar. sometimes you will see him depicted monkey-like or as

superman. i wanted to honor his monkey coloring. i decided to paint him white with a darker face. it is nice to breathe new life into it in a way that is reverent and honors the past but also lets them breathe and have fun. it is almost a european notion to bring these symbols and icons from southeast asia. they decorate their deities. it was a god they interacted with every day in a human way. the most important thing has been to create work that is appealing to me. i want to see vishnu to pick did in a modern way.

it dawned on me by reinterpreting the deities in a way that is modern and reverent to the history, i am building a bridge for young and old audiences to make friends with the culture and these icons to learn their stories. ♪

>> hello.

welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month.

>> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris.

so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace. we are walking along, and there is a weather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the

golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it. they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco. thank you for joining us. it was nice to meet you. and thank you for telling us about your beautiful mural.

thanks for watching "culturewire."

supervisor mirkarimi: welcome to the public safety committee. i am ross mirkarimi. joining me is supervisor campos. supervisor cohen is a way and

will be excused. we have two items on the agenda. thank you to sfgtv for their ongoing excellence in coverage. first of all, why don't we take the excuse of supervisor cohen? supervisor campos: motion. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. please read item one. >> item 1, resolution authorizing the department of the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $198,676 through the united states department justice, bureau of justice assistance, for a program entitled "intellectual property crime enforcement program" for the grant period of october 1, 2011, through september 30, 2012. supervisor mirkarimi: if anyone

would like to speak on this, please come forward. >> i am the grants and policy manager for the san francisco district attorney's office. funds awarded -- were awarded by the department of justice office of justice program bureau of justice assistance. these funds were made available through the prioritizing, resources, an organization for intellectual property crime act of 2008. the san francisco district attorney's office was awarded just under $200,000 for a single year grant award. our office will utilize these funds for two primary purposes. the first is to strengthen a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement to more effectively battle copyright infringement and high-tech crime. the first goal is to develop capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute high- tech crime cases in this ever-

changing landscape of technology. to complete these primary goals, the office will build a for an examination infrastructure for the investigation and prosecution of these crimes, conduct outreach, education, and training to raise awareness, and facilitate collaboration between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. specifically, the grant will fund personnel for one senior investigator position, training, supplies, and consultation with industry experts. now, conrad rosario from the economic crimes unit will describe in detail the value of this grant to san francisco. >> good afternoon, members of the board. i am and assistant district managing attorney. i oversee the high-tech crimes

unit and was involved with the creation of this grant. the grant targets two specific areas, and that is the collaboration between federal agencies and san francisco district attorney's office as well as creating with and our office and infrastructure that permits us to successfully investigate and prosecute cases involving high technology crimes. high-technology crimes relates to anything from that the people's personal information that might be stored within a particular victim's company to more complex types of investigations, including network intrusions, hacking, and any type of theft of property that requires the use of high- technology equipment. i welcome any questions from the board members if you have any, but specifically, there is a

great demand in the city and county of san francisco for the use of investigative and prosecutorial resources in the area of high technology -- high- technology crimes. i have had vast experience in prosecuting and fielding investigations involving high technology, and in the city and county of san francisco, despite the fact that we are situated so close to the birthplace of high- technology innovation, san francisco, from a law enforcement investigative standpoint, does need ample resources to supplement and enhance current programs for investigations on high- technology crimes. we hope this grant specifically gives us the ability to work closer with agencies that do have high-technology investigative resources, but it also gives the san francisco district attorney's office the

ability to create its own forensic lab and dedicate an investigator from the district attorney's office who can be trained in conducting investigations and examinations on cases involving high technology. i think it is a great opportunity from our city because so many people are victimized by high-technology crimes, not just companies, but crimes like identity that can be a result of a network or -- network breach or intrusion. being able to track the suspects and being able to assist companies with how the data was breached -- this grant specifically gives us that capability. there are any questions, i would be glad to answer, but i think at this point, that is how i would like to describe the grant. it does include not just equipment for being able to support an investigator, but it also requires us to do outreach

to create communities aware -- community awareness, how big the companies can protect their data, how victims can protect their information, and it also gives us the ability to train vertically an investigator, specifically in the area of complex height-technology investigations. -- high-technology investigations. supervisor mirkarimi: how big is the cyber unit? >> the unit right now consists of one prosecutor, and that is me. we had an investigator who has been trained to do forensic analysis, but he is not a dedicated investigator. this grant gives us the ability of dedicating and hiring one investigator to be trained, specifically for the purpose of conducting investigations and forensic analysis. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. comments or questions? seeing none, any public comment on this item?

step on up. >> ♪ slating down the city we are going to find you your high-tech and we are going to take it away secret agent high-tech man secret high-tech agent man they had given you a number it is the no. 198 and we are taking away your name we are going to find you, man secret high-tech agent man we have given you a number and i wish good luck to you ♪ supervisor mirkarimi: all right, any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor campos: make a motion to move forward the recommendation. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. so move.

please read item two, and i want to welcome supervisor mar. >> item two, resolution supporting adoption by the san francisco sheriff's department and the san francisco juvenile probation department of a policy restricting use of local funds to respond to civil immigration detainers. supervisor mar: thank you, chairman mirkarimi. i introduced last week a resolution that i hoped could be supported by the broad coalition of community activists, immigrant rights organizations, and criminal justice folks as well. it encourages and supports the sheriff's department and juvenile probation department in reducing entanglement between local law enforcement and immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e. entangled in harm's public safety and interferes with policing strategy by increasing fear in the