then this is another vehicle for additional money to be spent for this purpose. so, i want to see real solutions, long-term solutions and not bandaids with regards to public housing. we've come a long way, especially with the audits that the board of supervisors proposed. we've come a long way with the fact that the mayor is really interested in addressing housing authority differently than before. some of the recommendations have been really great recommendations, but i'd like to see us do a better job as a board in looking at the whole picture and not out of, you know, just a desire to do something, introduce legislation. so, i just wanted to express that i have real concerns with the inaccuracies of this resolution as well as the way that thing were done with regard to this resolution, especially having so many public housing developments in my district. thank you. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. you know, normally when a

colleague offers those kinds of concerns, they would actually give you the courtesy of talking to you about it before, you know, the hearing. so, it's the first time that i hear that supervisor breed has a concern with some of the specifics in the resolution. the term resigning was actually referenced to how the mayor's office has reported this. so, if there is any inaccuracy, i'm happy to amend that right now. normally i would continue an item like this so that, as a courtesy to the supervisor, but i actually think that it's really important for us to be on the record on whether or not the housing authority commission meetings should be televised. supervisor breed has a problem with that, she can vote against it. i'll tell you why it's important, because what we're talking about is an agency that right now is not open or transparent and how it's actually reforming itself. and the reason why this action

is important at the very outset of this process of reforming this agency is because i believe that whatever reforms are taking place, they should be made out in the open. that cannot happen unless they actually begin to have their meetings in city hall and those meeting are televised. the reason why it's important for us to take this action now and be on record today on whether or not to televise those meetings is because decisions are being made about the future of the agency today that are not being open and transparent. i have residents atal main i, i have residents at bernal dwellings that don't know what positions are being made by this agency. and having meeting televised, you're giving them the opportunity to know what actions are being taken. ~ in terms of money, the 30, 40, $50,000 it's going to cost to televise this agency, that is money that in the end is going to pay for itself.

this is an agency that has a budget of $210 million. an agency cannot be accountable, cannot be accountable to the people that it serves, if it's actually not transparent in how it does business. you know, we had a report from the budget and legislative analyst that basically made it clear that even within minutes it was difficult to get them. so, if supervisor breed is against the idea of televising these meetings, then she can vote against it today. i ask for a vote on the merits today. >> colleagues, i just want to clarify from the perspective of procedural, this is on the adoption of our committee reference calendar. so, our options are we were either need a unanimous vote for adoption today if it's not unanimous, then it's not adopted. or any supervisor could ask for the resolution to go to committee and that is not debatable. we can vote for this to have a week and have a substantive discussion next week. i want to leave those out as the options and i know that there are a quip l folks on the

roster. so, i'd like to acknowledge folks which they were on the roster. supervisor breed, i think you were already acknowledged. supervisor cohen. ~ >> thank you very much. i want to think a little about this. we actually took a vote and it was a unanimous vote last year. supervisor breed wasn't on this committee, but we as a body did unanimously support a resolution brought to us by our colleague supervisor olague saying that the housing authority meeting should be televised. i don't think that there is any discrepancy in that as this body is concerned. granted it is a new body. when i'm listening to supervisor breed, what i'm hearing not so much she's saying she wants to be an obstacle in preventing these -- this from being televised and wants transparency. i think it's quite the opposite. i think she absolutely wants the transparency. and if memory serves me correctly, part of the reason that the housing authority was

unable at that time to televise their hearings was a space -- there wasn't adequate space here inside city hall. the clerk of the board did work to try to find that. i would love to recommit, supervisor campos, we're going to be dealing with this issue in gao. certainly we can talk about it there. also want to acknowledge that i've talked to the budget analyst as well as the department of the chair, barbara smith, as well as the president of the new housing authority joaquin torres. all three of us are in agreement, you're absolutely right, it should be and i would even venture to say it will be. beer going to find a way to make this happen this is absolutely creditedthctiontion, we need to shine the light on what's happening when these decisions are made. ~ we're. i would say we need to go a step further and add the fire commission to that. thank you. >> supervisor campos.

>> i'm pretty aware of the procedural consequences of voting on this and votes not being unanimous. i think it is appropriate for us to be on record. i think if people like the idea they should vote for it. if they don't, they should vote against it. i think that it's important to do it tonight. >> okay. so, again, the options to the board, any supervisor can ask for this to go to committee. otherwise it does require a unanimous vote for adoption today. or there could be a motion to continue. i leave it in the hands of the board. supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to clarify my statement. it was october 12 -- it was october in 2012 that we made that vote. >> supervisor breed. >> thank you. i'd like to see this item go to committee. >> okay. to committee it will go. [gavel] >> excuse me, mr. president. i wanted to make another comment. >> supervisor campos. >> i just want to be on the record saying that i think it's a mistake for this board not to be on the record officially

today as this body being on record that this agency should be televising its meetings right away. the fact that we actually even have to talk about that to me is something that is a huge mistake and i think it's a disservice to the tenants of these housing developments. thank you. >> mr. president, may i just add that when you [gavel] down, the item is no longer before the board. >> so, again, under our rules, any supervisor may require that a resolution can go to committee. that is nondebatable. this will go to committee. so, with that, madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the board? >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals on behalf of supervisor mar for the late sifu everett lee. and on behalf of supervisor cohen, supervisor kim, and supervisor breed for the late mr. david glover. >> all right. with that, ladies and gentlemen, i believe we are adjourned. [gavel]

[adjourned]

>> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own

transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again.

facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new

geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters

finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable

railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national historic landmark. in february, 1980, muni metro were officially inaugurated. in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a

shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking

antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount

a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution.

i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana.

[laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness.

amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming.

♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ ♪ >> i am so looking forward to the street fair tomorrow. >> it is in the mission, how

are we going to get there? we are not driving. >> well what do you suggest? >> there are a lot of great transportation choices in the city and there is one place to find them all, sfnta.com. >> sfmta.com. >> it is the walking parking, and riding muni and it is all here in one place. >> sitting in front of my computer waiting transportation options that is not exactly how i want to spend my saturday night. >> the new sfmta.com is mobile friendly, it works great on a tablet, smart phone or a lap top, it is built to go wherever we go. >> cool. >> but, let's just take the same route tomorrow that we always take, okay? >> it might be much more fun to ride our bikes. >> i am going to be way too tired to ride all the way home. >> okay, how about this, we can ride our bikes there and then

we can take muni home and it even shows us how to take the bikes on the bus, so simple right here on my phone. >> neat. we can finish making travel plans over dinner, now let's go eat. >> how about about that organic vegan gluten free rest rft. >> can't we go to the food truck. >> do you want to walk or take a taxi. >> there is an alert right here telling us there is heavy traffic in soma. >> let's walk there and then take a taxi or muni back. >> that new website gives us a lot of options. >> it sure does and we can use it again next weekend when we go to see the giants. there is a new destination section on the website that shows us how to get to at&t park. >> there is a section, and account alerts and information on parking and all kinds of stuff, it is so easy to use that eveu