dvocate for this area of the city as she will be for chinatown, for polk street, for venice, cover all parts of the entire district. i know she will do that because she's got that spirit and that commitment. i know that she will also reach across to all the members of the board of supervisors and be a good compatriot i'm at a good supervisor that works with the others. as she clearly has a support. and so, i'm excited to introduce to you someone who has been a very good figure here, but also an active person, capers district but also someone who is now going to be in the public round representing all of this district neighborhood and supervisor. please, let me present to you the next supervisor for district 3, julie christiansen. >> [applause] >> okay let's take this moment

and just take a breath. i'm usually hounding the past to talk to them. it's kind of interesting to go the other way around. people asked how far i'd be willing to go to look after district 3 and i hope this answers the question. i want to thank mayor lee. when a person puts this kind of trust in you it's kind of awe-inspiring and i am truly humbled by the confidence that he has in my ability to take on this important district especially because i know how important this district is to him traditionally. i'm very grateful for that. it's interesting to me that mayor lee started out as a community activist and as a civil servant and only entered politics when he felt that was the way to do more. i know were all grateful

for that and i take it to heart because although it was not my original intention to come into politics, i decided that the way that i can get done some of the things we need to get done in district 3. and so i am honored to put myself in the service of the city. district 3 , interesting place. i know just ask arlette showed everybody thinks there's a special. ours is special. we are the cradle of san francisco. it's where the city started in our neighborhoods were the first neighborhoods of the city. consequently, we are exceptionally dense compact area. we supply a lot of housing to the city of san francisco and so while the city's attention is a lot on the shiny baubles to the south and to the west of us, we are doing our bit to provide housing for thousands and thousands of people. and that -- we traded

we've traded our parking, our spacious apartments, even our backyards. we've traded that for a coziness and a compactness. we've traded it for a community and for affordability. i think for all of us who love the charm of north beach imac we also recognize the fact that it's affordability is what keeps it covers and keeps it interesting and what makes it district 3 and so surely, one of the main goals for anyone in my office needs to be to keep our neighborhoods are affordable to keep the families and the seniors that i work a lot with, to make sure that they can stay here to keep the wide variety of people that we have, the aetna ethnicities the economic levels, the professional pursuits, we are proudly diverse neighborhood. we want to stay that way. affordability also means accessibility and some of you know, i've been involved in transportation efforts to try to make our

residences at our jobs more accessible. we supply a lot of jobs in this neighborhood, especially lower and medium skill levels and we want to make sure people can get to work. we want make sure that workers that within our neighborhoods can get to their jobs elsewhere. it's not a good thing to the 30 on not being the emblem of stalled transit across the city. so, we need to work on the infrastructure in our neighborhood. we love our streets. we love their walk ability and their charm and we want to find a way to keep our street safe and fun to be on. a joy for visitors as well as residents. so we need to work on the infrastructure that will allow us to remain mobile in the district. because we are so dense, we don't have a lot of open space so our parks have been a passion of mine. we are grateful to bill ginsburg and his department for working with us on the joe dimaggio

playground. is he is luis here? in the library who helped us this beautiful new library and did many of the people that stand behind me. and so, we need to take extra care to provide services to the people that live in this neighborhood. that is a passion of mine that's surely not going to change. we are the golden goose for the city. we have the shopping, we have the business centers, we have the tors and centers. i think surely every visitor to san francisco comes to district 3. we welcome them. we do our bed best to provide for that but making sure we can do that and was that's pleasurable for both visitors and for residents is another important task. so, all of these things by before us. i think those of you who know me, i hope no me as an honest and fair and passionate person. always willing to have a chat. that surely is not going to change. it's kind of fun being waged here. i feel like my neighborhood family in front of

me and my city family behind me. the supervisors and the department personnel mayor's office, they have worked with us so well in the past on important neighborhood projects and i surely hope that will only improve. and i am grateful to all of you. a special shout out to my husband, greg smith. there is quite? there in the back and my sister, eileen a christiansen who got very early to fly in from portland to fly in today to be here today. who represents a loving family elsewhere. but, this is a pretty major decision and having greg's support in all this is key. i certainly could not have even consider this without him. so, it's that the medic 28 suffragette and these have lots of years of practice i'm afraid. but, but also to all of you. really guys, this is our date this is your day. a lot of us have worked together for a couple -- >> [applause] georgia signed

sealed delivered. >> signed sealed delivered. so we work together. some whispers long as 20 years. i think that's -- nothings going to change about the way we do things. we have search for opportunities. we have solved problems. we have, in a civil and respectful and progressive manner dived into the really tough questions for our district and whether it's making clay tower accessible or providing adequate levees services with or whether it's creating the kind of open space we want to keeping our streets safe, keeping lombard from being crushed by falling ficus trees we know how to work together and we done it well and

the victories of our efforts are all around us. my hope is we have many many more to come. because of a powerful lever in city hall now and you know all worked very hard for you. so, thank you all very much for your support in the past. i'm going to need it in the future and thank you to the mayor into the city family for their support. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you so i think julie is to get some well-deserved congratulations and kisses from her friends family. and if there's other questions i can take them to decide. thank you very much for being your ticket by day in san francisco. thank you. >>

>> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from

one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle it is a great educational tool. since then we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part we worked

with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve so they can really focus on their body of work. >> when you are talking about recology, do you have the only

sculpture garden at the top? >> it is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. it is the only kind of structured, artist program. weit is beautiful. a lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. the pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. we talk about recycling and conservation. they can meet the artists. >> fantastic. let's go meet some of your current artists. here we are with lauren. can you tell us how long have been here so far and what you're working on? >> we started our residency on

june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. i am continuing my body of work kind of making these hand- embroidered objects from our day-to-day life. >> can you describe some of the things you have been making here? this is amazing. >> i think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. i have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. it is also very windy down here. there is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. there is a pamphlet about hearing dea -- nearing death. this is a dead rabbit. this is what i am working on now. this is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. it is for a very special friend.

>> while we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing and it is on top of a book it is ridiculous and amazing. >> i am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. when he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. it is probably one of the least thought of compositions. people are getting rid of this stuff. it holds no real value to them, because they're disposing of it. >> we're here in another recology studio with abel. what attracted you to apply for this special program? >> who would not want to come to the dump? but is the first question. for me being in a situation that you're not comfortable in has always been the best. >> what materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was

available here? >> there are a lot of books. that is one of the thing that hits me the most. books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. also being a graphic designer going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. >> job mr. some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. -- taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. >> the first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. it was actually a poster. it was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. in terms of the flatwork i work with a lot of cloddish. so being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts it is part of the process of negotiating the final form.

>> how do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the three-dimensional? maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. >> everything is in the process of becoming. things are never said or settled. the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every

four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. >> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be encouraged to apply. thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪

ation thank you very much regular meeting of the board of education of the sfusd for january 13, 2015 is now called to order roll call please. president fewer mr. haney thank you mentioning dr. murase mrs. jordan and ms. wynns and mr. walton and sonata and mr. chang and please join me in the

pledge of allegiance. >> thank you superintendent i believe you have an announcement? >> thank you, president fewer this is announcement this is the announcement that the superintendent of schools makes following a swearing in it is announced that the following pledge before any business of the agenda of the january 13, 2015 meeting the president and board called this announcement i'd like to announce that hydra mendosa-mcdonnell and dr. murase and mr. smallest were sworn into office to 4 year terms by mayor ed lee supervisor for gail and senator isadore the third respectfully the swear in took place tuesday, january 6th at the time tenderloin school and on behalf of the 57 students and the 8 thousand employees

congratulations to all you commissioners welcome to the commissioners especially commissioner shamann walton and welcome back dr. murase how about a round of applause. >> thank you superintendent as be spifkd we'll readapt our rules at the first board meeting thus may i hear a motion for an annual board of education rules. >> move adoption of the rules. >> thank you i don't believe we have speakers signed up this evening my comments from the board or superintendent seeing none i think we're ready for a roll call vote. >> ms. sonata mr. chin. >> mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell

dr. murase and mrs. jordan and minnesota and please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, walton. >> thank you. >> now we'll have the election of the office of the board of education as a reminder to the board and public this type of election is by voice vote a second is not need and permissible to vote for he or she board members you'll be voting by name if there is more than one nomination then you'll say yeah. or nay i declare nominations for the office of the president for the board of education for the year 2015 are there 0 any nominations. >> mroefrn. >> i'd like to vote for dr. murase for the president of the board. >> okay any other nominations?

and if there are no further nominations for the office of president i declare the nominations closed emily murase has been nominate as board president and roll call >> president fewer yes. >> i'd like to make a motion that we elect cross examining president by ac mansion by the vote which i think is the second to the motion. >> did someone second. >> okay. all right. i think we can do that, yes so if there's no objection all right. that's great okay so i announce that emily murase has been elected president of

the board for 2015 (clapping). >> i declare nominations are now on for the vice president for 2015 are there that any nominations. >> okay hydra police vehicles. >> i'd like to nominate mr. haney for the board of education vice president. >> commissioner haney has think outside the box nominated for the office of vice president are there my other nominations all right. ms. casco. >> can i make the same motion we elect mr. haney for vice president by a voice vote. >> can we have a second. >> that's great seeing no

objections congratulations to the president and vice president (clapping) i think i was supposed to announce that commissioner haney has been elected vice president for the board of education congratulation and i'll relinquish my chair to the folks with pleasure (clapping.) so i just also wanted to say thank you to my colleagues for putting up with me this year it's been an honor to serve as the president with the 57 thousand children we serve everyday thank you very much. >> (clapping.) if i may i--i don't know who i ask this president murase to say a few words as your transitioning. >> i want to thank president

fewer commissioner fewer for her leadership we took on large projects that resulted in some really positive results she lead the charge for the great courage as at unified school district past policies that about deeply impact our young people during this year transitioned by bringing together prop c that got passed unanimously by a great margin to believe it was past which we think is structurally to have a president that took the lead as well and we were also able to settle with our teachers union and we were all pretty happen with considering the six so where did she go oh, tell you are. >> president fewer thank you

for your leadership and look forward to our continued work in the school district. >> thank you very much. >> (clapping.) ms. norton i want to add my thanks a year ago it is a very, very tough job to be president i did it very, very well, so thank you. >> okay. thank you very much i want to thank my colleagues for their support and especially to welcome shamann to our family by custom the null president and vice president will give brief remarks i want to shout out to my lifelong mentors to the skufbt to the late don who we lost last year my third grade teacher that faced the

production of gilbert and sullivan with the third grades or graders to my french teacher for the leadership emancipation proclamation and to my high school english teacher the foster i didn't lewis that made me fall in love with shaepz as the president i have big shoes to fill from ms. norton to president fewer the board has enjoyed a stream of very strong x i want to especially thank president fewer for her leadership much has been devoted to a strategic planning process that was launched beginning with president morton called vision 2025 in collaboration with our partners we asked we were asked to reimage public education in san francisco for a new

generation and i courage everyone to read the vision 20 twooir 25 plan on the website our work in the coming year will mirror the approach we used to develop 12 it will be inclusive and interact active and spider we'll look to all of you our families and guardians and parents teachers and paraprofessionals and counseled and administrator and central office staff and community and city and corporate partners and most definitely our students to help to shape this education with us we have the perfect prudent to lead the charge i look forward to work with supermarket and colleagues towards the vision 2025 i wanted to ask the vice president to say a few words on the announced. >> it's a little bit which a different view i want to thank

my colleagues i'm honored to be elected to this position i know we have a lot of hard work this is my beginning of any third year on the board i've served on this board with president fewer and learned a lot about you from you and about you, too (laughter) maybe more than i want to know and before that president norton and murray i didn't congratulations i look forward to working with all of you and take on the big challenges in front of us and commissioner shamann walton i'm glad you're here i'll have to now share the boardroom but looking at to getting to work. >> thank you very much next item on the agenda is approval of board menus p there are no minutes to approve tonight and following a

presentation to the board of education that superintendent report superintendant carranza. >> thank you, president more and more rose and geefrg or good evening to everyone a joyful and happy new year although this is the second week of school it's been in session sins the new year and this is my opportunity to say happy new year and welcome back to 9 second seniority we're hit the nail on the head in 2015 and as evidence of that this past saturday numerous unified school district leaders including the board of education, had the opportunity to champions the bayview hunters point neighborhood to promote our willie brown, jr. middle school the reports were stellar they knocked on doors talking about the great opportunity the status quo and the s