that are taking place in our community. it is one of those people that over the years had assisted all of us, some of us at the ground double talking about environmental health in the cities. barbara garcia, someone who all of the respect. someone who understands the community well. partnering her with the new commissioner would help us to implement. she will be fined commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. >> thankthank you for being her.

>> i hope you will forgive me if i go over time because i'm representing some of my colleagues because i did have to leave. thank you for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of bell and to comment on her nomination to join the commission. i am the chargers of the wynns auction center at the general hospital as a 20-year resident of san francisco and a 10-year employee of san francisco general hospital, i have a vested interest in seeing diversity reflected in all the values of san franciscans citizens. it -- i had the opportunity to meet when the then commission president introduced as will be working on the very first lesbian and transgendered

legislation. at that time, i was partnering with kathrin dodd, who is currently running hhs. at that time, i was the executive director on the status of women, who also co-sponsored this event. it was the first ever groundbreaking form to address the needs of lesbian and by sexual and transgendered in san francisco. the last time i was in this room was to accept the certificate acknowledgement for that work. as an employee and faculty member, i have had the opportunity to work with the outgoing commissioner katharine waters for the last decade, and i have found her voice and contributions to the commission in neurosciences and as a woman of color to impact positively the people of san francisco. as many of you know, our current

national climate that is proving to be less than tolerant -- >> if you could wrap up your sentence please. >> young women are silenced by rhetoric and unable to speak about health care, and i believe that she is someone with a track record of leadership that san francisco has always needed. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm here to support bill taylor mcgee, who is a part of my sisters old circle, as we say. there is a group of us that whatever we're going through and whenever we need, we can count on each other to each other's braintrust and each other's support system. she is a huge part of that. wading through that heartfelt hearing that you just had,

congratulations, supervisor kim, on doing that, too. it means a lot for wary are now. having sat on the topics of the board, i'm definitely a voice that's behind bell. she sat on the women's conference that we had last year and talk about women's health. i have followed her around the world with her travels, working with women in africa and the aids issues prevalent there. you cannot deal with aids -- right now, african-american women are the most highly effective. you cannot work with hiv without embracing an entire community, lgbt, heterosexual, it is irrelevant nowadays. it is a killer and does not matter -- does not care whose name is on the death certificate. bell is the kind of person who

dig in and does her work. sheep -- she is an incredible woman we're very lucky to have her going to the health commission. >> thank you. >> i'm executive director of the san francisco mental health board. i'm also writing in the life cycle ride in june to help raise funds for aids. i have known belfort over 10 years. -- bell for over 10 years. and all of her work on the for women's issues, and one part that has not been mentioned too much, and i appreciate, supervisor campos, you're bringing attention to the health care, but one role that is also not often mentioned is the oversight for mental health issues.

in the years that i have known her, she has an astute understanding about mental health issues as well. coming from the mental health side, we really need the help commissioners to be paying attention to mental health issues as well as primary care needs. we feel like the stepchild that is somewhat forgotten. it is really important and critical to have people on the commission that are knowledgeable and aware of mental health needs. the other thing within mental health, there's a lot of disparity between males and females. the residential care, we are serving map -- males at 65% and females at 35%, and we do not know why. we would appreciate her input. >> thank you for being here. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, and in

supervising -- any discussion? supervisor campos. >> i want to thank ms. taylor beneath the -- miss taylor mcgee for patients coming before the rules committee. i have seen many applicants come and go. i do think this is one of the most impressive applications that we have seen before the rules committee. i offer my congratulations to mayor lee for making an excellent appointment. i am truly honored to make a motion to move this forward as a positive recommendation. and i look forward to working with ms. taylor mcgee. >> thank you. >> i'm happy to second that motion. >> thank you. i want to thank ms. taylor mcgee for your willingness to work on this commission. for me, coming to realize my work and representing the tenderloin and the market in

treasure island, help is an important public issue to our constituents. and i have a lot to learn. i really want to work with the help commission, and i think it's great that the mayor has appointed someone with your level of expertise and in working with the communities directly in san francisco. we really do need the level of expertise that you have. as well as our international experience. i'm happy to forward that to the full board as well for the health commission. i know we have a motion here to move forward on ms. taylor mcgee. thank you for being patient. what i would like to talk to about is what we can do to address homelessness in the future as a city. >> the clerk informed me that my motion is a motion recommending appointing the mayor's appointment of bell taylor micki -- bell taylor mcgee on

the term ending january 1st, 2016. >> we have a motion and a second. we can do that without objection. thank you and congratulations. [applause] this item will be heard, not the following tuesday, but the tuesday thereafter at the full board. >> thank you. madam clerk, could you please call item no. 3. >> an ordinance to the san francisco accord to -- health code to create a security taskforce in which members are appointed, increase the number of members, and make findings, including environmental findings. >> we actually had a request to continue this item to the call of the chair because there were some changes that needed to be made to this ordinance. but before the we do that, i want to open it up for public -- public comment to see if there's any public comment on item number 3. seeing none, public comment is

closed. may we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? >> so moved. grex we have a motion and a second. we can do that without opposition. madam clerk, is there anything more on the agenda? >> no. >> seen nothing further, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

>> this is one of the museum's

longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪

i have been working with them on the last two years on the award and the exhibitions. the book looks at the full scope of the awards they have sponsored. ♪ it has been important to understand the different shifts within the award program and how that is nearing what else is going on in the bay area. -- how that is mirror beiing wht else is going on in the bay area. ♪ there are artists from different generations sometimes approaching the same theme or subject matter in different ways. they're artists looking at the history of landscape and later artists that are unsettling the history and looking at the history of conquests of nature. ♪

artists speak of what it means to have their work scene. often you are in the studio and do not have a sense of who is really seeing your work. seeing your own work at the institution have gone to for many years and has an international audience is getting the word out to a much larger community. ♪ >> you probably think you know

all about the exploratorium. but have you ever been after dark? did you know there was a monthly party called after dark? science mixes with culture and adults mix with other adults. no kids allowed. every week there is a different theme. to tell us about the themes is melissa alexander. tell us about some of the previous themes we have had. >> we have had sex ploration, sugar, red, blue. many things. >> what is the theme tonight? >> rock, paper, scissors. we are having a tournament tonight, but we have also used as a jumping off point to explore lots of different ideas. you can find out about rock,

paper, scissors as a game as a reproductive strategy. you can interact with a piece of art created by lucky dragon. you can get your hair cut from a cool place called the public barber's salon. they use scissors only. you can find out about local geology, too. >> that sounds like fun. let's check it out. >> this is the most common rock on the surface of the earth. interesting thing is, most of this rock is covered over by the ocean. >> error congested a cool presentation on plate tectonics. tell us about what we just saw. >> we wrapped up a section of a lesson on a plate tectonics, here at the exploratory and -- exploritorium.

>> are you excited to see people here having fun and learning about science? >> the people that come here are some selected to begin with, they actually enjoy science. i teach teachers to have fun with their kids. the general public is a great audience, too. they're interested in science. >> we have a blast every time. they have different names. >> they have a bar and a cafe. everything i need. we are excited for the speaker. >> it is nice to be in the exploratorium when there are not a lot of kids around. >> before tonight, i never knew there were major league rules to rock, paper, scissors. i am getting ready to enter into a competition. sarah's here to give me some tips. what do i need to do to win it? >> this is a game of chance, to

a degree. one of the best ways to bring it home is a degree of intimidation, maybe some eye contact, maybe some muscle. it is a no contact sport. sheer i contact is a good way to maybe intimidate to see if you can set them off, see if they throw something they did not mean to. >> i am going to see what happens. >> i got kicked out in the first round. [applause] >> given up for sunni. the rock, paper, scissors champion. >> what are you going to do now? >> i have been having so much fun. i got my tattoo. before we go, i want to thank melissa alexander for having us here tonight. how did you know san francisco needed a night like tonight?

>> thank you for coming. everybody loves the exploratorium. we are reluctant to push the kids out of the way in the day, so i knew we needed to create one evening a month just for the rest of us to have a good time, the adults. >> absolutely. where can we find out what is coming up after dark? >> that is easy, exploratorium .edu/afterdark. >> thank you. thanks for watching

>> 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. ♪

>> 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.