and this fact sheet, for example, as pointed out, points out where you can perhaps not use your cell phone on like an elevator, whatever. also limiting cell phone use by children. i mean, i see parents letting their children -- i'm talking about young children in this case -- use cell phones all the time. i have a son now. he's in his 20s now. if i had this little fact sheet, it would have made things a lot easier. sometimes kids, teens don't listen to their parents, so to have something like this is a help that you can refer to or have at home. so, i think this would save lives, save illnesses and save overwhelming health costs to have this law in place and i urge you to not cave in. thank you.

hi, i'm ellie marks. i representative the california brain tumor association and [speaker not understood]. i've been involved and emotional about it for about four years. your legislation was fabulous. you board of supervisors worked with [speaker not understood] with the experts, with the industry. then you voted unanimously to give the citizens of san francisco the right to know. we have 25 other cities and states wanting to do the same, waiting and watching what you have done. please uphold what you have done. your ability to govern is being taken away by a difficult spickable industry and the chamber of commerce. we cannot let that happen. [speaker not understood] marks who you probably all know, stated in his obituary, he left three little children behind that he felt his cell phone was due to his brain tumor was due to his heavy cell phone use. my husband is a victim of this and [speaker not understood] congress speaking about this nationwide against this industry.

i have many, many others that have contacted me who are dead now or dying from this. please continue with what you're doing. don't cave to this industry. that is not in keeping with san francisco's principles. the health costs involved in this will be far greater than any cost which you may incur, which i don't think you will because the new f-c-c new notice of inquiry is really changing the course of this for you. i want to end by saying [speaker not understood] the author of anti-cancer, very prominent doctor, was dying in pares and he saved on his deathbed the city of san francisco for what they had done. thank you. ~ thanked the city of san francisco for what they have done. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, and happy earth day to you. we'll be celebrating that shortly saturday here in san francisco. i'm the coordinator for the

presidio heights residents for public safety. we encourage you to keep the lawsuit going. and you have an elected humanistic progressive value. we would like to see that continue in the city of san francisco. let me add a little additional information about this issue to the not knowing. we just went through proposition 37 in the state of california. the corporations put up nearly $50 million to defeat the right to know what goes in your mouth. people have a right to know what goes in their ear and the consequences of this. if you fail to keep this going, this lawsuit, you would be denying your humanistic and your progressive values. the people of san francisco would appreciate your awareness, to stop corporate [speaker not understood], corporations have their influence on our evolution. you need to take into consideration your children's children's children for future

generations. ~ the impact of this is so critical that the corporations are going to spend a great deal of money to defeat this. they don't want us to know, and why shouldn't we know what is going into our ear, what is going into our human body? i emphasize to you stop public ignorance. increase it by enlightening. thank you. hello, supervisors. thank you for having us here today. san francisco is the first city in the world to enact this piece of legislation, which is approved by the entire board of supervisors. we met with the city attorney's office yesterday and told them 25 other city, states, and countries around the world are waiting to see what happens with the outcome of this lawsuit. the proposed settlement agreement calls for terminating this ordinance that was passed by the full board.

according to mayor gavin newsom, the ctia, they buy science, they buy apathy, and they buy politicians. gavin newsom said san francisco is not for sale. san francisco has not lost this lawsuit and can still win. it's a health fact sheet [speaker not understood] by judge alsop. the u.s. 9th circuit court went ahead and in a cursory nonbinding decision declared the health fact sheet controversial and therefore a violation of the cti [speaker not understood] amendment rights. the city's website states clearly as a first city to adopt the precautionary principle, san francisco trixv to protect the health of its residents, visitors, and local environment. lastly, i want to mention that i find it surprising that the committee will not allow members of the public to yield their time to well respected doctors that have traveled across the country to be here today with us. i do ask you to please vote against approving item number 8 on the rules committee agenda

today and thank you so much for your consideration. (applause) >> [speaker not understood]. is there anybody else from the public that wants to testify? seeing none -- please get a card. come on up. hello there. this is my first time doing public comment. and, quite frankly, [speaker not understood] i'll just do what i can because i'm a san francisco state student journalism major and [speaker not understood] minor. and these folks came from across the country and came to san francisco state to do a presentation on the science and all of the huge social implications that come behind having cell phones being next to your body. i mean, for the first time they had a measuring device where

they're testing out with my phone. once i made a call or text or anything like that, it went off the charts to a level that is not at safe human levels. and also they're just talking about how women who put a phone in their bra and how that has caused breast cancer and mastectomies. what i want to say here with my time is in the iphone, its was shown to me yesterday, was you just go here through the settings and you go through the [speaker not understood]. you go through the legal notice and you basically go through all these layers and you go to rf exposure. and it says here, a specific absorption rate refers to rate denial. to reduce exposure energy use the hands free option such as the built-in speakerphone, or

other similar accessories. carry iphone at least 10 millimeters away from your body to ensure exposure levels remain at or below [speaker not understood] levels. as you know huge portions of the population do not have it with them -- they have it right next to their bodies. so, a decision you make here does really have historic implications. so, thank you for your time. thanks for allowing me to have this time. >> thank you. (applause) >> any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> thank you. at this point, colleagues, is there a notion to convene in closed session? >> so moved. >> okay.

>> deputy city attorney john givnev. during the closed session the committee voted to forward items 5 through 8 to the full board with recommendation. >> okay. colleague, i have a motion to not disclose what happened in closed session. >> so moved. >> sly a second? moved. madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, mr. chair. >> if there is nothing further, the meeting is adjourned. [gavel]

(music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music)

>> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed slightly.

i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone, especially the arts, it's phenomenal how new century has grown where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. during this period we got ourselves on national radio presence; we started touring, releasing cds, a dvd. we continue to tour. reputation grows and grows and grows and it has never stopped going forward. msk(music) >> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy

when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program, that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music)

>> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time.

i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are.