(clapping) >> thank you so much i must say we're jealous in german when we hear the demand for that less metering await caps if we did that in german you can subject your 2rb9 in the yearly bill people would be very, very happy by in german the difference of solar electricity and other it would be too large of incentive but we have a large group that works well, that the legislator and the government and a slight advantage that the democratic's say almost two-thirds the

legislation we can only dream of so thanks so today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have

the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear

the on a house. where would we find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of

smoke and carbon monoxide detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using

candles. what would you recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else.

>> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay

safe. >> 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 all kinds of organizations all across the country. >> thank you very much for showing us around today. i really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our "culturewire" team.

(clapping) >> okay good morning, everyone. . i'm dr. you won't marshall. the executive director of the boys club with the radio program a member of the san francisco police commission welcome to the san francisco housing authority congratulation ceremony. we shall here to distribute the graduates of the san francisco unified school district who live in public housing. we we kickoff this on sunday night when the mayor and i hosted 3 of the young people on the streets radio program it was great and continuing it today with the celebration here at the city hall honoring the young

people and their families. so we're a little bit late looifrmg i'm going to move the program on let me get right to it and bring you the mayor of city and county of san francisco mayor edwin lee >> (clapping) >> thank you, joe. commissioner marshall or as i call the head of street soldiers in san francisco welcome everyone. at city hall i wanted to make sure you felt city hall's appreciation for the efforts that those students have accomplished. you know, i know it's not easy growing up in our public housing developments. i know that from perm experience but i also know this in running the city for over 23 years in various forms we've been out there at the shared responsibility with our parents

and the housing authority to make things better and now a group of wonderful agencies like our scapegoat and our public works department and public utilities commission a lot of youth groups through our various programs. to try to help you make a better success in our lives i've very proud of the students here today because we want to be of help the city officially wants to help you. i pernicious want to help you as well that's why i appeared this weekend with joe on the street soldiers program to acknowledge the successful students i've got to meet 3 of the esmeralda and jackie and their so articulate i know i think you're going to go well beyond your dreemz i see in

you the spark of success and i want to say thank you to the entire group of agencies that are sitting here with me beginning with board president david chiu our school board and assistant superintendant gerrero is here and our wonderful housing authority and its commission is here we have so many community groups from the school board to the community agencies that want to see you succeed and naeksz in addition to recognizing our efforts in graduating this 2014 year we're making sure that we introduce you to ail the different resources so you understand that it you are full residents of our city and making sure you succeed so how about a good paying summer job anyone want a good

paying job yeah. well, we've got those jobs to transition you i want you to think about your college ability as well because the differences in income between someone that graduates from college and someone that didn't it's over one million dollars in our professional life so join the million dollar club and make sure you take care of that if it's not immediately very soon in the future we have good paying summer jobs thirty percent of them transfer into year random jobs our police departments is helping out as well as our building inspection is helping out all the wonderful agencies the mayor's office and we want to take care of your health to your education to our

economics of having a job because we know that it is a lot of barriers in front of you and want to erase those barriers today is an appreciation for your families and friends and make sure you success i want to say thank you to the parents the brothers and sisters the public housing association that's here represented here because everybody is trying to make sure you succeed. i also want to say a great thank you to the community-based agrees awhile you've been students we wanted to make sure your safe and successful as students make sure our connecting u.s. bancorp up with the j v s or street youths all the agencies to make sure we're working with you throughout those years we're going to be

there from all of this time to when you hopefully graduate from college but in between job opportunities are there. and i'm going to ask you that when you become the multi billionaire success stories come hire me when i have to have another job at the sometime. but also to say again, it really takes a village of a lot of people to create success you're our shining stars graugsz congratulations to you and remember this moment i was reminded 44 kwloorgz i graduated from high school and got to go up to my high school and see all the other people that have gone through i looked at that as a pro tem time when i i was trying to understand what's good morning in the real world how

can i make sure my petitions with the passions but i was remembered a lot of people needed me my family my brothers and sisters wanted to be sure they had someone to invest in and say look i may have had a hard time by i want my brother or sister or sibling to succeed. you've got a lot of people banking on and to be successful but people who invest in you want you to succeed and do everything possibly. congratulations to the 2014 our public housing graduates thank you four getting through all the barriers and thank you to you're famous and friends >> thank you to all the city agencies and the departments

here helping make sure that success is real keep the doors of opportunity open for your friends talk about this to your other classmates congratulations to you for being here (clapping). >> i'd like to introduce barbara smith the executive director of the san francisco housing authority (clapping). >> thank you, thank you. good morning, everyone. well, it's very exciting for the housing authority to be here. we are filled with pride and prier pleasure to celebrate our accomplishment from high school today. you've all learned one of the most important things in life

pursue your dreams clearly demonstrated your willing to take action and be precedent and not give up despite roadblocks. you've learned there's always a way through and around obstacles when you pursue our options and keep that confidence and will to reach for your dreams and stay trying true to your dreams we're truly proud of you thank you for reaching our goals and pursuing our dreemz. now i get to do one of the most exciting parts of this celebration and that is to provide scholarships for the graduates and those are on behalf of the housing authority. so i'll call that marcus,

marcus. (clapping.) marcus congratulations go he's from albany he's our senior who graduate from chapter high school and going off to tech college in susan vail on a scholarship i know that his mom and family are especially proud of you today and everyday for your accomplishments >> thank you (clapping). >> and now i'd like to call up angela martinez from plaza east (clapping) she's one of our seniors that graduated tb june jordan on her way to ucla in the fall

(clapping). >> your mom and family are especially proud of your accomplishments and your radio debut on sunday night with the mayor. congratulations and willing to you (clapping) yes. jacqueline from west brook i think she's not here yet; is that right? we have another person from pa terror annex (clapping) she's one of the our seniors that graduated from the academy and is going off to i'm sorry that's jackie barns she graduated fromgalactia low high school living in the dorms at

the cal state hayward in the fall (clapping) your mom and family are very proud of user you and congratulations and guideline to you (clapping) esmeralda rodriguez from alice griffith (clapping) all right. our senior that graduated from phillip and salisbury ton high school going off to 70 state and esmeralda had her debut with the mayor on sunday we're proud of your accomplishments and our mom olympic is here and our family is proud of you congratulations (clapping) so do we actually have the

scholarships i'm looking at we'll be providing those to you. okay. so we'll be providing those to you shortly and congratulations. (clapping.) >> don't worry folks the money is going to come i'll make sure the money is coming. a lot of folks absolutely i next, we have this management you've been president of the board of supervisors i think you've been president there longer than than i have been in the plod police department >> good morning who's excited for the class of 2014. i know there are a lot of folks to thank but i'm going to ask a

couple of individuals to stand up can all of you who are apparent of students could you please stand up to be recognized. thank you (clapping) i had to do that because i think for monthly anyone to graduate you discounting do not appreciate until years later how much sacrifice it took to be parents. i'm so excited for the class of 2014 the future is in your hands i look at you, you represent not only the diversity of san francisco but the diversity of the world. and when i look at the audience of your adult partners i see the future youths i see for example, the teachers here and among you will be teachers that will educate the next generation