>> thank you very much, next speaker. >> my name islessly and i live in the tree tops with the squirrels and birds. i'm in charge of an organic garden overlooking the canyon. we have a large growing area build that come from the toddlers that come from the preschool that's located in the canyon and during the summertime that preschool turns into a summer camp that's existed for 70 years here in san francisco and has thousands of kids from the age of 7 to 12. so all these people are quite short in stature other than the 1-year-olds. and so most of the spring that's done in the canyons is literally on the level of the small children and the dogs that come through the canyon. and it's a very popular area to take pets because it's a beautiful walking area. so my ongoing concern has to do

with the use of herbicides in the canyon, and when families send their children to a preschool in the canyon or they send their children to a camp there or you even think about going to the park, you think you're going to a healthy place and i think that's becoming less of a truth. believe it or not there's actually a sign posted below the community garden on the trails that there is a spring of herbicides between the 13th and 18th of june and there's winds in the canyon and it's an organic garden and we're all growing fooled so what stops the wind from blowing the herbicides up into our community gardens which, is only feet away? i'd really like to focus on the herbicides going forward and the use of them in the bond issue. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name is jerry risk and i was a teacher in san francisco

for many years and i live in miraloma park and spend a lot of time in mount davidson with our children. with my wife, friends, when somebody comes to visit, we always go up there. very proud of that forest. when you think of mount davidson, on one side it's scrub and things are dry. you look on the other side of it, it's wet, it's moist, with all this aroma, wonderful trees, a good variety of trees. birds. berries, and it's getting -- it's starting to change. some of these trees, they're getting cut down. wonder who's doing it? and then i find out about two and a half months ago that there's this organization, n.a.p. that has a sort of a

mission to change things back the way they were say 150 years ago, 140 years ago. and this whole idea about pesticides -- i had an experience with that in the schools where they zeeds -- decided to go ahead and splash it around the corners of the room and it was coming from the district and they told us not to use that around kids. 72 hours and they were using it. i don't trust anybody who's walking around with chemicals on their back. and my last comment that i want to make is if you have five trees and you take them down it might be because you're interested in their he'll. if it's 10, maybe you're still interested in their health. but when you take down 1,600, you're interested in clear

cutting. >> thank you very much. the last three speaker cards. jane risk, anita bowman and chelsea parrish. >> hello, supervisors. how are y'all doing today? apparently we're going to continue this over to next week so i'll make this short. i'll try to come back next week. really the bond is good. through the con semmings i've been around it. it's been something i've personally taken that needs to get done because our park system needs us to move forward. this is about access to our parks and getting our parks fixed where they need to be done. it's something very important. if anything, the board needs to pass this just to get it on the ballot and let the voters have their choice to decide, which hope lifully the voters will decide for it. it just needs to be there. that's all i can say to you guys. i can't say anything more than that. >> thank you.

next speaker. >> my name is jane risk and my family -- family has lived on moublet davidson since 1972. we walk on the trails through the forest all the time. even though we've been living on mount davidson, our community has never been informed until very recently about the natural areas program and their plans. i gave each of you a copy of the natural areas program map. on which we lined in red the areas that are designated for cutting so you can see that the entire heart of the mountain is supposed to be cut and the trees will not be replaced with other trees. if you look at the very small print you can see those trees are going to be replaced with

native grasses and shrubs and we strongly object to that. we also are sierra club national outings leaders and we've been working with ken hoger, who is the hiking leader for all sierra club local hikes or has been and we have the support of many sierra club members who agree with us that the trees on mount davidson should not be cut in order to replace them with grass and scrub. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker? and there are two speaker cards. anyone else who hasn't spoken and wants to speak, please feel free and line up. jim thinker stop and carolyn johnston. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start by thanking the supervisors today for their leadership and vision as well as recon park for their community outreach.

my name is cell chicago -- chelsea parrish. i'm with the trust republic land. it works to con serve land for people and create parks across america. i support the parks bond because it is necessary to maintain san francisco parks in order to fulfill open space needs for the residents. the state of disrare that many of the parks fall into is a testament to their heavy use. restoration is required for the continued quality for both san francisco residents and visitors. thank you. >> thank you. thanks for coming. next speaker. >> i have some slides. >> i'm a frequent user of the natural area, mcglarne, glenn

canyon, sharp park, spring grove. and i just want to talk about why it's so important to address the national areas program as part of looking at the bond. the 2004 assessment showed that people used the walking trails and biking trails as the most used facility and the most important to them. as well as when you look at what the voters or the residents have said is the most important thing for improving in the parks, that's the walking trails and being able to visit nature, which is just exactly the opposite of what the natural area program is doing. so if you actually -- so there's another slide. so if you actually go to the natural areas, basically we've taken 24% of our park land, which is basically everything other than golden gate park, the golf courses and like the soccer fields. almost everything else has been designated to the natural areas

program, and basically those places where they talked about kids playing, instead of being that it's an important habitat that everyone has to stay on the trail. the trails are being closed. you're getting fences put up. it's executed from proposition c for the maintenance standard. turns you see the pesticide signs, which is not inviting for visiting nature. then to add insult to injury, you have a 2008 bond which was supposed to be about restoring trails. when you look at the plans, almost all of the money that has been used nor that program, which, by the way, has to be used in the natural areas program, was for deconditioning the trails. i just think it's really important because these programs are important for people to put that language for the natural areas program. >> thank you. next speaker? >> i'm representing chinatown community development center and also representing the

committee for better park and rec in chinatown. i urge you to move forward the bond ordinance. we are very excited in our district three. the jody imagineo playground and those are included in this bond. it is the most crowded area in the city. i'd love to talk about trees but unfortunately ill be happy if we get a piece of open space. the playground in the heart of chinatown is often overused. but improving, renovating joe dimaggio and chinese playground will be of great benefit to the chinatown community and i also want to acknowledge the bond and recon park statue and are leading a very con ten shouse but interesting and productive

bond process, both in the community and also throughout those meetings. it is not easy getting to where we're at at this point. we have something that should be a legacy project, if it will be before the voters in november and get passed. i think in five years' time, as we have seen now, looking back from the 2008 bond, we have a lot of legacy that we've created because of the trails and bond. so thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi, my name is elisabeth my meek -- di meeko and i'm a resident of she wood forest, mount davidson and i think i speak for my fellow neighbors when i say the big attraction to us owning a home in that area is the forest. it's where we walk our dogs, children -- from where we sit,

it seems to be a misguided initiative. i don't understand why money would be spent to remove trees when there are places like mcclaren park which desperately need those funds. i don't understand the native thing because there are palm trees lining market street which aren't native. the trees on mount davidson, they hold moisture, which addresses the water conservation issue, it enriches the ground, provides wind protection. there hasn't been any research done demonstrating that any of those trees are dangerous or that there's any benefit to getting rid of them other than returning it to its native state. we're against it, all the people on robin hood drive. that's it. >> any other members wishing to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed.

colleagues? supervisor elsbernd:? >> i would like to say a few things. i think it's important to respond to some of the things we've heard in public comment. no pun intended but to the folks who are frankly threatening this bond over less than 2% of the total bond, i think you are losing sight of the forest through the trees. i absolutely hear the disagreement, i hear the frustration. i hear the anger and disappointment about natural areas. natural areas has not been approved. there is an e.i.r. coming. there is a public process on approving that program. to put a gun to the head of this program over something that amounts to less than 2% of the total bond ask -- is -- that's one of the most significant threats i've seen in the 12 years i've worked here at city hall. and to the folks in glenn park

who are here. glenn park is going to get $12 million for its rec center. i spent a lot of time in glenn park. that park needs it badly and i've heard from more people in that neighborhood who desperately want to see their park taken care of that are concerned about there. to the folks in miraloma park, you all know i've lived this. -- there. born and raised there. both of those playgrounds where prime candidates for the $15 million pot for di lap at a time dad -- dilapidated playgrounds. to think we would deprive the tens of thousands of citizens from those redone playgrounds other something that amounts to 2% of this bond when you have so many opportunities to express your frustration and to make change to the program really blows my mind.

that said, i'm happy to work with supervisor weiner to try to find language to amend this. there is a part of me that wants to call your bluff because i think this is so bogus, but this is the process and i'm more than happy to work with you on this, but to let less than 2% of a bond stop it from going forward is one of the boldest things i've ever seen. >> ok. thank you, supervisor else bern. excuse me. public -- else bernlt. public comment is closed for right now. we were talking about holding a special meeting next thursday. so c0u8d i entertain a motion to continue this item to a special meeting to be held on the 21st? >> i'll make that motion. >> and we can take that motion without objection.

so moved. madam clerk, are there any other items? >> no, there are no further matters. >> ok, thank you. meeting is adjourned.

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the

nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for

a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are spiders that exclusively kill and eat other spiders. they are under the microscope here. research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real

scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on

culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isn't related to the bed. album covers can come from anywhere. ♪ ♪

>> class actress was great. we have been having so much fun. i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? >> we do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv.