are happening. if you have somebody that needs introduction to cost recovery training, again, we've probably been in touch with them already, but let us know if there's somebody who looks like that. >> thank you, peg. other announcements? >> maybe just a reminder about the [inaudible] >> thank you. >> will reopen monday, 5:00 a.m. >> thank you chief. yes. >> question -- i've heard there's going to be an early closure of the golden gate bridge on may 1. [laughter] >> thank you, ken. >> i want to start off by thanking you for your kudos.

monday tuesday of this week -- boma is an excellent partner and has also helped us get the word out to your members on what to expect. you've clearly done a lot of groundwork on how to respond, to make sure that the activities are facilitated and not problematic. so i thank you for that. we have been meeting with the golden gate bridge authority and c.h.p. regarding the potential first amendment activity that may occur on the golden gate bridge on tuesday. c.h.p. is the lead law enforcement agency for that. the golden gate bridge authority is all over it as well, national parks, and we have a component of it as well. so there's several working plans in place to facilitate that, as with all first-amendment actions. making plans for how to facilitate and plan for things that might go awry. it is an event that has a

beginning, middle and end, intended to draw attention during the morning commute hours. so i would be mindful of it but know that there's already plans in place. and the labor council has been engaged in the conversation regarding what the plans are. so thank you. >> thank you, deputy chief. other announcements or questions 1234 any public comment 1234 seeing none, i think this meeting is adjourned. thank you very much for coming. [meeting adjourned] . . . .

supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. my name is eric mar, the

chairman of the committee. to my right is supervisor cohen, to the left is supervisor wiener. we're joined by president chiu. >> completed copies or documents should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the may 15 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: i would like to give crops to s -- props to sfgtv. i believe item no. 4 might be continued at the cult of the sponsor. we will come to that in a moment. >> amending the transportation code to eliminate restrictions on clarifying the -- it is a violation. president chiu: today, i have an

ordinance that will hopefully end one of the great mysteries of muni. the question of why there are some doors on buses that can't be used to get onto buses. this amends division 12 allow riders to board the doors as long as they have proof of payment. hopefully this is a proposal that will help speed up muni. it has to become more efficient for us to have a world-class transportation system. this effort sounds simple, but it has been a long time coming. it is a test that never happened, the rear-door

boarding. groups like the san francisco transit riders union pushed toward that, and i hope that it will become a reality. we have one minor amendment that we need to make on page 2 of the ordinance to add of the word cable car. a reliable streetcar, motor coach, charlie, etc.. -- cable car, etc. >> thank you very much, president chiu. ed riskin, director of transportation. i have a chance -- a presentation here that was given to the mta board a week ago and received a there unanimous consent to recommend this to you, to the board of supervisors.

i would be happy to answer any questions the u.s. to the public may raise. we are undertaking a number of things. it is another tool that we are getting ready to employ. it would make us the first in the country to go to boarding of all vehicles.

the reason for doing yet, and maybe it makes sense here is that we have a very high number of boarding at any given time period. we are at the top of there with new york in terms of the frequency of boarding. it has a measurable impact on the speed of the system. it is really the essence of what we're trying to do. it is to allow people in an organized way to be able to go through the back door and not have to queue up at the front door.

there is a change in behavior, and it is legitimizing current behavior, which is commonsensical solutions. it will be a mockup of the site age - - signage. we are looking at universal sides that will change that messaging to the public. we will be working with the media and through various outreach mechanisms.

and really why we are doing this is to make the system work better. while this is not a pilot, it is something that we will be monitoring very closely. we are bringing in any changes, operational revenue very carefully and we will look at it carefully as needed. it would recommend removing current restrictions and reaffirmed the policy on board.

i would be happy to answer any questions. >> i have heard different complaints that the standard scanners sometime malfunction. it looks like to scan and and then transfer. is the equipment operating function need to make the system work? >> we were an early adopter of the clipper system. people would go on and see that there would be a red light or it would not be functioning. it was a big problem for the

potential revenue loss and it also makes inspection very difficult. the responsibility to fix that they did last august. that legacy of the early implementation, by and large, the reliability of those units is very high. we measure and to monitor those on a daily basis. supervisor wiener: thank you for bringing this forward, i want to complement the agency for making tangible steps to look forward.

and the hare inspectors and the other part of it. they have been doing robust community outreach. i think that it is terrific and i thank you for your leadership on this. >> on the extremely long buses, it seems it will help in the long blocked areas. if there are no other questions

-- president chiu: i do have a technical amendment, adding the word of "cable car." >> can we move this forward? >> item two, approving. as a nation --

>> think you for this opportunity. i came before you last year and you designated for six months of these two spaces off of stockton street. these spaces came about because of the central subway construction that has adversely impacted seven spaces that we have half of stockton. i am here today to ask you to extend or read designate for another six months the two spaces on post street. and if necessary, i will come back six months from now. but we will see what happens with the central subway construction.

supervisor mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? can we move this forward without objection? ms. miller, please call item no. 3. >> resolution approving an agreement for an easement. supervisor mar: the sponsor is supervisor cohen. john updike? supervisor cohen: thank you, mr. updike. >> thank you, supervisor cohen. acting director of real estate. i'm joined by the mayor's office of housing that will give you the overview of the project. i will speak to you about the technical aspects of the item before you today. the location here is tat 1 kashmire, an overall shot of the location. a more particular look and the

area impacted by this proposed easement runs right here on the edge of the cul de sac. simply put, what we have about 850 square feet of these men to be granted. it is determined as part of the resolution before you today is granting -- if it furthers the public interest and therefore, there is no cost involved in the transfer. it is a perpetual easement, but it includes the right to terminate has the terms of conditions are brief in some way. so that, in a nutshell, is the real estate item, and i think john can give you some contact has to why this is before you

today. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the project manager, and most of you are probably familiar with hunters view, a redevelopment of an existing hubble housing project. the easement 04 you will provide a long-term access to a maintenance of kashmire connection, there will be landscaping and lighting that will cut back the stocks in two different neighborhoods. kind of eliminating the isolation that currently exists. it connects hunters a view to the other area. it can act in three ways. it seeks a greater level of

social interconnectedness. that leverage is non-city funding sources by 2.5 to 1. the city provided about $200,000, the state $500,000. and it provides connections were people can learn where to go. supervisor mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? public comment is closed. colleagues, let's move this forward without objection. any objection? with recommendation, yes. thank you. the last item on our agenda is item 4. please call item 4. >> hearing on the municipal transit agency's progress on

improving taxi service. supervisor wiener: we, at the request of the mta, would like to move to continue this item to june 11. that is the motion that i make. supervisor mar: left open this up for public comment before acting on that motion. is there anyone that would like to speak? supervisor wiener: sorr yoy you had to come out. supervisor mar: can we continue this until june 11 at the urging of the supervisor? is there any other business before us? >> no. supervisor mar: meeting adjourned.

>> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around?

>> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto.

with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to use some of what you look for in artists you represent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the

world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes.

she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam or something in the middle of these pieces that she built on top of? >> i'm not telling. >> ah, a secret. >> this silver is aluminum foil, crumbled of aluminum foil. her aesthetic is very much that quiet, japanese spatial thing that i really admire. their attention to the materiality of the things of the world. >> this is a nice juxtaposition you have going on right now. you have a more established artists alongside and emerging artists. is that something important to you as well? >> very important in this space, to have artists who really have not shown much. now let's look at other aspects of electric works operation. let's go to the bookstore.

>> ok. >> in all seriousness, here we are in your store. this is the first space you encounter when you come in off the street. it has evolved since you open here into the most amazingly curious selection of things. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for

nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only one earth. this is a print edition. there are only eight total, and what we wanted to do was expand the idea of printmaking. this is really an art object.

there we go. >> besides the punball machine, what do you produce in limited edition? >> there is the slot machine. if you win the super jackpot, you have saved the world. >> what about work? >> the right design, it was three volumes with lithographs in each volume. the cab of count dracula with 20 lithographs inside and lined with beaver fur. really special. >> let's move on to the print shop. >> ok. the core of what we do is making things. this is an example. this is a print project that will be a fund-raiser for the contemporary music players. we decided to put it in the

portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. >> so nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. >> the return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. this is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. >> you also make prints for the artists that you represent. over here are some large prints by a phenomenal artist. >> he writes these beautiful things. anyone who has told you paradise is a book of rules is -- has only appeared through the windows. this is from all over coffee. we are contract printers for