the elements that i have mentioned are going to be gone up from the new design. supervisor david campos started a so-called community process that was to make a decision about what would be the fate of the mural. this was essentially a semi- secret process that had is essentially no agendas, no publicly-announced meetings, no recorded votes, no limits, and essentially no progress reports. when the library users association tried to figure out what was going on with this process, we asked for the mural lyle, and these are examples of what we got. tons and tons of redaction. redaction, redaction, redaction. here is a page where the mayor

of bernal heights, informally known, the home office and cellphone redacted. he died a year prior to our getting this document. yet here it is, redacted. we were told this was to protect the privacy of the people involved. that is not open government. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. but the episodes are coming up on the dance party. that is on kofy. also metv. coming up soon, sundays at 8:00, cable 13. welcome to year of the dragon. i found this at the flea market. i do not know if it is meeting right yet -- meteorite yet. but it is a dinosaur.

and i found this great book. that brings me to my public comment. the bells of san francisco. i did not know what was sunshine week. what should we say? ♪ let the sunshine let the city sunshine and the sunshine in ♪ and with this book -- ♪ you can ring my city bell ring my bell dangling -- ding a ling you can make it swell. bring me said witches and food as well. -- sandwiches and food as well you can take me to mel's you can make it swell

you can ring my city bell ding a ling i hope your house you do not have to in cities here sell i hope you do not have to sell ding ding i know we sold our own for $25,000 we did sell, way back when i would like to win that old bell today ♪ you -- yo man. it is on the new york times if you want to look it up. dance party. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is kathryn hill and i have a song to share. ♪ it's not just a bar closing down this kind of thing has been

happening all over this town a family business closing its doors so our landlord can make a bit more leasing out space to a big box name making this neighborhood look the same i am going to put up a fight so i can say i tried to hang onto what is mine 47 years, i have been working here counting my dollars earning the blue-collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47 years when i was a boy i came to this land i worked very hard i worked with my hands i did what i had to do loving my wife

i build a better life i came for hope all those years ago before the spirit broke 47 years i've been working here counting dollars burning the blue and white collar now i'm supposed to go without any say for these 47 years sitting in the bar tonight looking at is crystal lights i think of how built this place all the time it takes saving pennies counting dollars burning the blue in my collar -- earning the blue in my collar ♪ [laughter] --[applause] >> i have a public document i

would like to put up. it is going to be a coincidence that 9/11 this year will be 911 days into the sabbatical cycle. another coincidence is that it will be 30 months plus 11 days from the 11th anniversary. the dictionary of a coincidence is a dictionary definition is occurring at the same time, taking up the same position in space at the same time, in effect agreement, identical. his hobby is coincidence with his vocation. i think of an incident that happened on palm sunday. people started yelling and screaming really loudly in this incident known as palm sunday. the pharisees were not really happy about that. they told jesus to keep it down. as this incident happened, there

was another incident i forgot to mention. jesus rhoden on a document -- on a donkey. they had the second incident of him riding on a donkey. i forgot the third incident that happened on palm sunday. it is recorded in some 118 -- psalm 118. this is the day the lord has made. i beseech thee, oh lord. send now prosperity. blessed be he that cometh in the name of the lord. jesus wept over jerusalem. he said if you had known of this divine day -- he was referring to the data had rejected the chief cornerstone. daniel said when this event

would happen, the precise year this would take place. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would just like to say that i want the citizens to stand up for what is culturally important for the city, to stand up for what is historically important to them, stand up for what is important to them culturally. we have an opportunity right now with the gold dust lounge which is getting a lot of press. where the dust settles, no one really knows. but this is not a turning -- this is an opportunity to save part of san francisco city. if it is going to lost, -- going to be lost, it will be lost forever.

it is a topic that could change the way things are this -- arkin -- are conducted down in union square. i want the people who live here to take the stand. -- a stand. president chiu: any other members of the public want to speak in public comment? if not, public comment is closed. madam clerk -- colleagues, what i would like to do is to go to our closed session at the end of today's agenda. so if we can go to our adoption without committee reference. >> items 25 through 29 are being considered for unanimous adoption without committee reference, but a single roll call vote. president chiu: would anyone like to sever one of these items? i believe items 25 and 29 need

to be severed. unless there is anything else, madam clerk, could you please call the roll on items 26 through 28? supervisor weiner: i severed item 25. president chiu: will call. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. item 25, opposing assembly bill 1678, regarding restrictions on food trucks' parks and in the two schools.

-- in proximity to schools. supervisor weiner: i want to thank all of you for the significant support that you have all expressed over time for the opposition to this bill. fortunately, the opposition that has been able to organize in san francisco has sent a loud and clear message, and the author of the legislation, assemblywoman bonnie from carmel, who is a thoughtful and responsible legislator, has significantly amended the bill in a number of ways, including grandfathering in the local regulations that exist as of next january, which would include hours, and statewide reducing the required distance of school trucks from 1,500 feet to 500 feet, and making it apply only to public

schools, in addition to some other changes. although there are still some changes to be worked out, this is a pretty dramatic change to the legislation. as a result, i move to table item 25. president chiu: colleagues, any further discussion? i am sorry, supervisor weiner, but i did not touch the last of what he said. supervisor weiner: i moved to table. president chiu: seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, that shall be the case. >> item 29 is a motion authorizing corporation of britain proponent and opponent ballot arguments and rebuttals ballot arguments for submittal to the voters at the june 5, 2012 consolidated general municipal election. president chiu: our court had solicited suggestions for this

motion. no one has volunteered to right arguments for either the garbage collection disposal measure or the coit tower measure. supervisor weiner has agreed to provide arguments with regard to the garbage collection measure and supervisor elsbernd coit tower. are there other suggestions? if not, i would like to entertain a motion to that effect. motion by supervisor elsbernd, seconded by supervisor farrell. we would strike the words with regards to support for language and the opponent measure. supervisors elsbernd and weiner will do that.

can we amend without objection? and then on the underlying case as amended? we did the last item with a unanimous vote. can we take the motion as amended to be approved, house, called? -- same call? as we have approved going into the closed session of item 27, can i have a motion without objection? >> item 24, the motion of the board of supervisors convene in closed session on march 13, 2012, with the mayor's office and the department of human resources regarding negotiations with labor unions representing city employees. president chiu: can we go into closed session without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. if we can ask members of

president chiu: . ladies and gentlemen, we are out of our closed session on item 24. could i entertain a motion to not disclose the deliberations we had in closed sessions. motion by supervisor farrell, seconded by supervisor avalos. with that, madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams? clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor campos for the late dorra shin amonte and for the late jake wilson, bulldog mayor of haight street.

president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? clerk: that concludes the business for today, mr. president chiu chiu president chiu: . cleex, we are adjourned. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪

[applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a.

her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on

clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup.

established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single

work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy.

it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪ >> when stephen de staebler died, he was working on one of the biggest shows of his career, matter and spirit. it is a retrospective look at the many faces and faces of the life of an innovative artist from the california clay movement.

stephen de staebler's developed in an area dominated by abstract expression. even his peers saw his form. >> he was able to find a middle ground in which he balanced the ideas of human figuration and representation with abstraction and found it even more meaningful to negotiate that duality. >> another challenge was to create art from a meeting that was typically viewed as kraft material. his transforming moment was an accident in the studio. an oversized vertical sculpture began to collapse under its own weight and spread onto the floor. he sought a new tradition before him, landscape sculpture. >> you feel this extended human form underneath the surface of the earth struggling to emerge.

eventually, it does. it articulates his idea that the earth is like flesh, and the archaeology and geology in the earth are like the bones, the structure of the earth. this tied in with his idea of mother earth, with the sense that we are all tied to nature and the earth. >> a half dozen bay area museums and private collectors loan the massive sculptures to the museum for its matter and spirit retrospective. but the most unusual contributions came from stephen himself. a wall of autobiographical masks and hence from the early decades of his private study. >> he had one of the most beautiful studios i have ever been in. when you walk in, your first impression is of these monumental figures that you see in the exhibition, but if you went into the back corner of his studio, there was a series of shells with these diminutive

figures. he told me, these are the heart of my studio. these little, and held intimate study is that he referred to as his sketchbook. a painter might make drawings. stephen de staebler made miniature sculptures. >> during the 1970's, he was inspired by the monuments of egypt. he assembled a large rocks of clay into figures that resembled the ancient kings and queens. he credited a weathered appearance by rubbing glazes' into the clay while still wet. the misfires from his killed were brought in his backyard in his berkeley home. he called it his boneyard. in the last year of his life, he dug up the artifacts from his own history, and the bones were rearranged, in the were slimmer figures with wings. >> even if you knew nothing about his life or career, you sensed there was an artist

dealing with this fundamental issue of life and death, the cake, netting back together, and you feel there is an attempt to deal with mortality and immortality. there is a seeking of spiritual meaning in an existential stage. >> during his 50-year career, stephen de staebler worked to form and out of the clay of the ground and give it a breath of life. matter and spirit gathers the many expressions of his meditations. and gives the viewer and insight into the artist's life. learn more about the retrospective on line at

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