incomplete, but partially incomplete without the voice of me and some of the other people who have been advocating for homeless issues for five years. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. [gavel] >> madam clerk, could you please call the [speaker not understood] calendar? >> items 8 through 12 are being considered for immediate adoption without committee reference. a single roll call vote to enact these items. if a member objects, a matter may be removed and considered separately. >> thank you. president chiu, item 8, please. >> madam clerk, can you call the roll [speaker not understood]? yes, so, can we take items 9 through 12 without objection? thank you. [gavel] >> item 8 is a resolution

supporting amendments to state law to return local control over to the ellis act to prevent the speculation and abuse of no-fault evictions. >> president chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. first i want to take a moment and thank all the members of the public that came to speak out on this resolution to support amendments to our california state law around the ellis act. you have told us some very heart felt stories about what we know is going on way too often in our city. we are in the midst of an affordability crisis. we have seen a sky rocketing rate of evictions and i certainly know as tenants i think we all know that this is something we need to address now and we have to do better at it as a city and as a state. as one of the members of the public mentioned, the ellis act was designed to provide some relief to long-time property owners that were looking to get out of the business. and what we've seen in recent years and certainly recent months is too many real estate speculators who are purchasing properties, evicting our san

franciscan residents and flipping those properties for profits. colleagues, i ask you to support this resolution and join supervisors campos, kohl cohen and mayor lee in calling for state reform for state haze in this law ~ to return to local control here in san francisco over the ellis act to prevent the speculation and abuse of these rules. and we need to work together because this is going to be a difficult task at the state capital, but we need to come together as a city and get this done. so, with that, colleagues, i ask for your support. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you. thank you very much, mr. chair. i want to echo the comment of president chiu and i also want to thank mayor lee for being a part of this coalition. it was actually unprecedented in recent history to see this level of commitment on all

sides of the political spectrum in san francisco moving to sacramento as a united front saying we need to change this. and i think that if there is any possibility that something could happen at the state level in terms of changing the ellis act, the only way it's going to happen is through a united front. so, i'm very proud to be a part of that. that said, i do want to follow-up on something that was said by one of the speakers and i want to thank the speakers for coming out. i think that as we try to make changes in sacramento that we also should not be afraid to push the envelope here in san francisco in making sure that we do everything we can to protect tenants and to protect people who have pep their lives living in san francisco dedicated themselves to making this city a better city and are now being pushed out. and the same way i agree that

we had pushed the envelope on areas like same-sex marriage. and when we were not afraid to do something that had not been done before, i think that this crisis calls for that kind of outside the box, you know, we're not afraid to do something different thinking. san francisco has a long history of leading the way, of pushing the envelope. and if we're going to make that change in sacramento, we have to make sure that we push ourselves locally. and, so, i want to thank the speakers because i think that so long as those stories continue to be heard, this issue is not going to go away. so, thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos and president chiu. and also co-sponsor supervisor cohen and the mayor's office, the mayor as well. so, colleagues, can we pass this without objection? thank you. [gavel]

>> madam clerk, could you read our in memoriams for today? he >> yes, mr. president. today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals. on behalf of supervisor wiener for the late bishop otis charles and mr. paul williams. and at the request of supervisor kim, avalos, president chiu, and on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, for the late mr. [speaker not understood], mr. donald yazi, ms. sophia lou, mr. eng, and ms. isabelle [speaker not understood]. >> madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body? >> that concludes our business for today, planning departmentthv. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome back. congratulations, supervisor tang. and we are 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.>g?s?s?c.