lafco staff, commissioners. thank you, madam clerk. >> 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. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and

challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky.

i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make

healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy.

>> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing.

>> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend

that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we

>> yes. it would not be a tuesday if there were no appeal. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, have you very seventh, 2012. clerk, please call the roll. >> [roll call]

mr. president, you have a quorum. supervisor chiu: ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: colleagues, i understand that supervisor," -- campos is not here. he is excused without objection. are there any communications?

>> no. supervisor chiu: please read consent agenda. >> items numbers one through nine, acted upon with a roll call vote, unless it is discussed by request. supervisor chiu: would anyone like to sever these items? roll-call vote. >> items #139. -- one through nine. [calls roll call vote] there are ten ayes. supervisor chiu: those ordinances are approved on final reading. item number 10. >> item #10. ordinance amending the san francisco environment code by: 1) amending section 1702 to extend the restrictions on checkout bags from supermarkets and chain pharmacies to all

retail establishments and food establishments in the city and county of san francisco, an. supervisor avalos: this was extended to allow for outreach to the community. our office had done significant outreach on this issue. i want to thank my staff for having reached out to dozens of merchants and 15 organizations that work within the district. i also want to thank the department of the environment to help to sponsor a public meeting where we discussed this matter with dozens of attendees. as we did do a lot of outreach, all of us agree that we need to do more, regardless of the outcome of today's vote. to continue that outreach, i have proposed an additional amendment to this legislation to conduct outreach to stores and provide multilingual

information to employees and customers to distribute recyclable, composed of all, or reusable bags. i have circulated that amendment, as well as a second amendment the addresses a second concern raised in my district, particularly chinatown and elsewhere, on using plastic bags for delicate and larger items. specifying that the bags that were required for those would not be covered under this ordinance. with that, i would like to make a motion to amend those items. supervisor chiu: is there a second? second to the motion, supervisor mar. to the amendment? no. seeing no comment on the amendment, can we have a roll call on the amendment? >> rol[roll-call vote]

there are 10 ayes. supervisor chiu: to the item as amended, i would like to call up the director of the department of the environment to talk about some of the issues that we discovered over the last couple of months, as we worked our way through the legislative process. my first question is around the question of outreach. you heard loud and clear from the board that we all wanted more outreach, particularly several months ago. can you talk about the efforts that your office has been involved in to make sure that we are reaching out to understand people's concerns? people's concerns? >> absolutely.