>> 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 mar: the meeting will come to order. at the chinese new year, year of the dragon, everyone. welcome to the land use committee meeting, i am the chair of the committee of today is monday, january 23, 2012. to my left this supervisor wiener and to my right supervisor chiu replacing supervisor cohen.

>> be sure to turn off cellular phones and electronic devices. items acted upon will appear on the supervisor agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: i announced earlier that the overflow room is to 30, if somebody sign the card, will be let back into the room. i wanted to first announced that the second item for the india base and industrial park, that item will be continued into the next meeting. listen to public comment, but only after we have heard the first item. the sponsor is supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: i want to thank everyone, whatever your

view is, you support, oppose, or otherwise, for coming today. and the the people that expressed interest in this legislation, i think it shows the importance of this public space in the castro neighborhood. today, we are considering the basic and common-sense legislation to put some limited in needed rules in place in the two most important spaces. the castro has very little public space, and while there are great parks, the castro lacks a significant public space. it is largely closed to the adult public because it is a baseball field. as a result, the plaza's live very significant role in the community. there where we go to hang out,

meet people, enjoy music, have a cup of coffee, to protest injustice is, and to assemble as the neighborhood. they are not large, they are rather small, particularly given the population and number of visitors to the neighborhood. it is critical that everyone be able to use the elisas, that they be available to the entire neighborhood and that no activity monopolizes the plaza at to make it difficult for others to use them. most public spaces are freely available and also have rules. we have an entire pirko the governing the parks system. there are many rules in place for sidewalks. of them under my and freedoms of

the community for results in over the top flames about what will happen if the current legislation is adopted. through a quirk in the law, they are not covered by many of the rules that we typically applied to public spaces. of the it is has created a significant number of new public spaces throughout our terrific program. we have taken parking spaces, and this program has been expanding. we will have dozens of new spaces in the coming months in years. it is time to make sure that these new spaces have basic rules in place. the legislation is very basic and quite limited.

contrary to some of the dramatic claims of some of the opponents, the legislation is not draconian, it does not exclude anyone, and it doesn't even remotely affect the right to assemble. that is what the legislation has received such broad support. it has been endorsed by the valley neighborhood association, the triangle never association, the castro upper market community benefit district, the castro committee on patrol, her head of the merchants of death for castro. it provides specifically that the plazas will be open 24 hours a day. it prohibits camping and sleeping because those activities are inconsistent with the vibrant public space usable

by everyone. it requires the people selling merchandise obtain a permit, which is the rule and other public spaces. printed material is excluded and by expanding the exemption in response to concerns from the aclu. the legislation limits performance of work, particularly around landscaping. it does of an enormous amount of work in both houses to keep them clean and usable. the legislation prohibits smoking similar to other public spaces. it for him with large conveyances like shopping carts that take up significant space in and undermine others use of the plaza. it removes the removable tables

and chairs that night. it is not a change. it reflects the reality that they need to bring them in at night so that they are not stolen. here is what the legislation does not do. i am talking about the unfortunate misinformation campaign. the legislation does not close the plaza. the will continue to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. the legislation does not prohibit sitting on the benches, the benches will continue to be available for sitting. the legislation does not impose a requirement. the police department asked me to include such a provision that the decline because of leave it would be inconsistent with the purpose of the parks program.

i am surprised to see a letter from the harvey milk organization saying that cooper had been sitting is not just ironic, in this respect of the community's legacy. that is north of the fund and the legislation. of the one to briefly address the the information sheet of leave the coalition on the homeless this is unwilling asserts that this legislation is already covered by other laws. that is not the case. in the penal code already prohibits sleeping encamping. he read that section, it is a stretch at best and how that applies. -- it is a stretch at best and

that it applies. the police code section 869 relating been getting a permit does not apply to plazas, it has a list of locations and does not state plazas. in addition, relating to a prohibition on smoking, it also does not apply to plazas. finally, the business and professions code, it has been suggested that it pre-empts that legislation, this is untrue. in addition, it is important to note that in the enforcement provisions of this legislation,

it gives a much more effective way to enforce an administrative issue. i will go over them briefly. we tightened the language of the agreement, it titans language of love of the uses of the plaza for a major committee events, had how dtw can restrict access. it titans requirements and language around permits for merchandise to address concerns. we already have an exemption in the legislation and we are

expanding that exemption to other goods. it also expands the exemption to include not just wheelchairs' but any device to include the children's toys. i have distributed those to my colleagues, there are a number of copies i would give to my clerk if anyone likes to see them. before we move to public comment, mr. chairman, i would ask if my colleagues have any comments to make. supervisor mar: i wanted to say thank you for everyone turning out, i hope that people are civil at listen to different perspectives. if people cannot speak out from the audience if others are speaking and also when the supervisor is speaking. we have a city attorney who is

here that i have a number of legal questions to ask and i am appreciative that he already started to discuss some of the different issues brought up in the literature. and the amendments of that the supervisor has laid out, we have many copies if people want them. if anybody has any questions, they should see the clerk of here. let me give it back to his supervisor leader -- to supervisor wiener. we need to limit the time to 2 minutes a person today. supervisor wiener: if you have not filled out a speaker card, please do so. when you have 30 seconds left, you will hear a soft about, and when the time is up, you will hear a loud bell.

if someone ahead of you has said something that you agree with, you can save you agree with that. i will call names of people can live up so we can move through public comment efficiently. [reading names] i apologize to anyone whose name by butcher. i will do my best. [reading names] will the first speaker please approach? go ahead. >> and the executive director

have of the project. over 100 people at a sleek on the pews and in the church during the day. i am opposed to this measure, mostly because i don't think san francisco needs more cynical and mean-spirited that gun laws. i think as well, we need to protect open spaces. if someone wanted to do type g or hang out for a couple of minutes or couple of hours, we should preserve the space for all people. lastly, the idea of sitting, people can set all the time? supervisor wiener: yes, on the ground, on the benches, and on the cheers during the day.

>> it insults the legacy of harvey milk. he was against stit-lie in the 1970's. >> i'm jackie henson, a dyke that lives in the neighborhood. i really don't have that much access to my community. it did not feel that way at 50, but as it got older, it got more difficult. i can't be all around smoke, i have physical limitations that caused me personally. it makes my personal life smaller and smaller.

we have done a survey with over 1000 people at the trans march and at the plaza. 80 percent of those people were bothered by second-hand smoke as well as being aware of the fact that second-hand smoke is harmful. the gay community, they wanted to free them to breathe air without the second-hand smoke from cigarettes in cigars. thank you. >> supervisors, we do not need ordinances like this that will not