the number of people i know talk about issues being germane to san francisco. the problem is it is a slippery slope. there are things germane to san francisco residents from citizens united to foreign policy in things that happen abroad. they can have -- they can affect us in san francisco. but that is the type of stuff i do not think we should do in board chambers. my preference would be to deal with local issues on their face. but i can also see that i could be playing a game of what the mole on a weekly basis -- whack- a-mole on a weekly basis, and it would waste time. it is not because i do not agree with the resolutions and the point behind them. it is about the general public views the board of supervisors. i want our board to be respected in san francisco. when articles get written about resolutions we promote here at

the board, a think it diminishes us as a board. i am going to read a quick e- mail i got in the middle of last week's meeting. it is not from a constituent, but a resident. it says "i came across item 40, which would encourage the grammys consideration of additional music genres. i felt such a thrill out realizing homelessness, pot holes, and crime had been resolved. otherwise, i cannot imagine supervisors would waste taxpayer dollars considering it." when i read that and hear that from a constituent, that diminishes us and our capacity at the board of supervisors. in the future, i am not going to make a profession out of this. but i am going to continue in the future to call out the ones i think are embarrassing to our board and make sure we continue to be respected.

but i am going to vote in favor of this today. thank you. supervisor kim: i want to request to be added as a co- sponsor for the citizens united resolution. supervisor mar: please add me as well. supervisor campos: colleagues, any other comments? do we need a roll call? supervisor avalos: i would also like to be added and i think we could have had is about a while back. supervisor campos: anyone else? can we take this same house, same call? this resolution is adopted. can we call item 31? >> resolution urging the restatement of the 31 categories of music that were eliminated by the national academy of arts and sciences for grim consideration on april 6, 2011. -- for grammy consideration on

april 6, 2011. president chiu: i feel in many ways the same way as supervisor weiner, except for the people in our city who are directly impacted. it feels strong, the impact on them. i will repeat what i mentioned. at the request of local musicians, respected, grammy- nominated musicians, i move to table item 31. it is at their urging, because we can focus on other ways to create more diversity in the music industry, and respect for cultural forms, whether it is cajun music or native american music. i did want to also say that i am going to continue to work with the music industry, like the executive director of the recording academy, to bring

awareness of how music and the industry is an economic driver for the city. i also have a hearing today for an economic study analysis of the critical role of the music industry and local artists, nightclubs, and the entertainment industry, as an economic driver of the city. i also continue to do work in our cultural centers to support the inclusion of neighborhood art in the america's cup, and working hard to strengthen our equity arts programs. i move that we tabled this item. president chiu: colleagues, supervisor mar has made a motion. can we do that without objection? without objection, that is the case. madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> for the redevelopment agency. on behalf of supervisor olague

for the late dr. robert kamen. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our meeting for the day. president chiu: at this time, we are adjourned. >> i think a lot of times we look a community and we say, there is this one and this one, and we all have our own agenda, when our agenda is to create great work. if you're interested in that, you are part of our community.

>> it is a pleasure to have you here tonight. >> we are trying to figure out a way to create a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of, the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons from presenting dance, producing theater, presenting music, having a full scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have

that were produced in new york, go unto festivals, go on to the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things, when you see artists who think there is no or else of someone being interested in me being a woman of color telling her story and getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. artists becoming better artists. what is great about surely coming back to brava, we have this established, amazing writer who has won a slew of awards and now she gets an opportunity to direct her work. even though she is an amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is also being nurtured as a director, being given space to create. >> and the play is described as ceremony and theater meet.

in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is that the completion of an epic. the purpose of this ceremony is to celebrate. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. they have given me carte blanche to do this. it is nice for me in the sense of coming back 25 years later, and seeing my own evolution as an artist and a thinker. the whole effort even to put the indigenous woman's experience center stage is very radical. because of the state of fear, it is a hard road to hold up an

institution. it really is a hard road. i am looking at where we're 25 years later in the bay area and looking at how hard it is for us to struggle, to keep our theaters going. i would like to think that i am not struggling quite as hard personally. what i mean by that is that in tension, that commitment. what i see is that we're here to really produce works of not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture and women of color artists. i think that that is something that has not shifted for me in 25 years, and it is good to see that brava is still committed to that kind of work. you know? ♪ >> happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> windy will talk about the

reflection of the community, we can only go with what we have on our staff. south asian managing director. african-american artistic director. latino outreach person. to us, aside from the staff, aside from the artists that we work with him being a reflection of oz, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that, just that sense of a trend. i tried to make about the work that shows the eclecticism of the mission district, as well as serving the mission. that is what i feel brava is about. ♪

>> at sfgtv, we have don and nona. the had the announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak, please turn in a speaker card. if you present documents, please provide a copy to the clerk for the file. items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on february 7, 2012 unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. i think a number of folks have asked whether we will be calling items out of order, but we will be calling items in the order the appear on the agenda. item number one, please. >> resolution accepting bequest by the late leila boroughs, authorizing its expenditure by the mayor's fund for the homeless for the purpose of

assisting san francisco's homeless and extending appreciation to ms. burros for her gift. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> good afternoon peter i am the director of the housing and homeless division for the san francisco human services agency, and i am before you today to ask your approval to accept and expend the resolution from the estate of the late leila boroughs. this comes at a wonderful time for the homeless programs in san francisco, and how we plan to utilize the funds if the property is sold in a timely manner is to add on to our current homeless family initiative, which was started back in november of 2011 with the infusion of funds from

salesforce.com to help our homeless families. currently, some of the funds that are being used, along with the salesforce funding is what is known as hprp, federal stimulus money. it stands for homeless prevention and rapid rehousing program, which has an ending date of june 30 of this year, 2012. so it will allow us to continue on with providing rental subsidy and homeless prevention funds to our homeless constituents. supervisor chu: thank you very much. you have a sense of what the value of the sale would be? >> from what we have gathered, it is in the $400,000 range. supervisor chu: ok, thank you. supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: thank you for

your presentation. it is great to have funds like this to support homeless services, and i want to thank the family of leila boroughs in that. to follow our financial policies though, this is one-time monies. so are we waiving our financial policies if we are going to be paying for ongoing -- we have to pay for capital and not for ongoing shelter services? >> no, this is not for shelter services. this is for homeless prevention services, which could be paying back-rent, late on electric bills, telephone bills. it could be moved-in grants. it is one-time, but if we use it for rental subsidy, it does have an end date for the subsidy. supervisor avalos: our subsidies are generally approved in the budget on an annual basis. >> that is correct. supervisor avalos: this is funding that will not be around

on an annual basis. the question for the comptroller is that we have our financial policies and talk about how we receive one-time monies, and how they are going to be used. i am for funding going for our housing subsidy programs peter i am not opposed to that, but i want to make sure we're following what we had approved last year around our financial policies and that we're using it appropriately. >> some of the rental subsidies, it does not have to be ongoing. there can be a gap for people who have lost employment, or it could be to pay back-red. it is homeless prevention services, of which subsidies are included in there. supervisor avalos: question for the controller. i like the fact that we're putting resources into homeless prevention. i have been a big advocate for the rental subsidy program. as far as receiving these funds and expending them for the

rental subsidy program, does that fit our policy? >> an excellent question. i will need to take a minute to talk to the department representative here to understand whether it does or not. supervisor avalos: i am sure there are capital costs that could go to words, you know, our shelter services, our shelter programs, our homeless programs, our health clinics that serve, as people. not saying we do not serve homeless people with it, but i want to make sure we do not come back and say we did not approve this expenditure in an appropriate way. >> just a point of clarification. when i speak about homeless prevention services, it has an overview of all of the things that you just mentioned. so it could be used for capital, could be used to pay back-rent, it could be used to pay keeping someone's electricity on and the telephone services on.

supervisor avalos: i would be supportive -- i am just one person on the committee. i would be supportive of keeping intact in keeping funding for our rental subsidy program for families. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor chu: i think there is an additional question. then we will go to public comment. supervisor kim: i am happy to hear that we have a fund that citizens can give to to augment our public taxpayer dollars. just a couple of questions. when did the mayor's fund for the homeless again? when did it open? >> back in 2003, i believe. supervisor kim: how much money is currently in the fund? >>