thing we are hoping to highlight is the [inaudible] in the [inaudible] so many fatalities are to the elders we know that children and seniors are the most vulnerable [inaudible] if we have programs [inaudible] it is logical to extend the program for seniors, but also around having a target approach for where the programs are rolled out. i dont think there is enough done. senior centers and [inaudible] the ways our seniors use the cities jathat can open up a [inaudible] in regards to age appropriate curriculum, i'm excited to share this we have been doing cool interactive [inaudible] brodeway street and what we drew out is the program based actiffinties that get

children out and about to stud athe streets and get them to look at ways to improve it and safety tips. it is the culture shift we are look frg so we hope there is [inaudible] >> thank you mrs. hew. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is john [inaudible] you approved me to serve on for another 2 year term representing the pedestrian safety needs of seniors and people with disabilities. i also serve on the boardf fdr democratic club representing political needs orphseniors and beepal with disabilities. one point that i share from both of my constituents is the need of expanded expenses or funding for pedestrian and vision zero

safety for seniors. there is in the planning point now a senior center being cruthed at the intersection of 3 supervisor districts. 5, 6 and 8. we have gay seniors who will be living at 55 and 95 laguna at the intersection of human, market, gurarey, [inaudible] where is effective planning being carried out there in the walk first campaign, which i strongly love? how will it be addressed in the 200 thousand dollars? the coming residence in the complex of 55 and 95 laguna. we need to insure the pu edestrians moving in the facility [inaudible] safety as they travel in car, foot and

bicycle. please, consider that in your budget review. >> thank you mr. [inaudible] thank you for also attending our state meeting ing 2 weeks ago to advocase for a resident in the san francisco bay area. is there any other public comment at this time? seeing none public comment is closed. i donlt see closing comment. mr. clerk are there other items? >> iteal 4 >> any new items to be introduced? >> at this time i'll take public comment on item 4? seeing none public comment is closed. mr. clerk any other items? >> item 5 >> at this time we'll open up 2350 for general publiccoctant. seeing none close thank you to everyone who

presented and. we'll hold our regular meeting in may but appreciate we had a quick update on the budget before we move through the budget season. meeting is adjourned.

>> we are approving as many parks as we can, you have a value garden and not too many can claim that and you have an historic building that has been redone in a beautiful fashion and you have that beautiful outdoor ping-pong table and you have got the art commission involved and if you look at them, and we can particularly the gate as you came in, and that is extraordinary. and so these tiles, i am going to recommend that every park come and look at this park, because i think that the way that you have acknowledged donor iss really first class. >> it is nice to come and play and we have been driving by for

literally a year. >> it is kind of nice. >> all of the people that are here. ♪.

>> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and

quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of 6 hundred thousand in the 80 the population was 6 hundred and 75 thousand now, it's grown steadily and quickly the recent estimate is 8 hundred and 40 thousand the highest in the city's history and it's not only

san francisco it is greek the bay area has $2 million for residents and jobs then in the 80 and the growth is expected to continue by the year 20403.9 million people unfortunately, our housing supply does not keep up with the demand i might not realize the majority of construction is housing that's been suspended for years due to the 2008 recession while population is increasing the housing is only increasing that i 9 percent if we don't pursues housing the cost of housing about only increase how do we plan the regional allocation identifies the total number of housing unit by affordable level to support the new residents san

francisco incorporates it into the housing elements that guides the housing policies the arena data places it in the investment plans for the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the

medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous thousand of the unit were built between 2000 and 2012 what you

can't afford a million will home you're not alone in response san francisco mayor ed lee has set a goal of creating thirty thousand now e-mails homes by the year 2020 most will be in outreach of the san franciscan with federal and state funds drying up the san francisco ethics commission is, taking an iv i of actually roll is providing housing across all levels we're working diligently for everyone to live here and mr. chair protect the housing semiand strengthen goals against evictions we're commented for housing needs for all san franciscans to learn more visit highway everybody.

>> ladies and gentlemen if you will please give a round of applause for the honorable mayor edwin lee of the san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) on behalf of mc governmental of at any one city and county of san francisco the san francisco arts commission and the welcome to the u.n. sunnyvale of animal by the 81 wednesday artist.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> we have a number of people that want to pay tribute i'm going to ask the speakers to please speak briefly, of course with the expectation of the mayor he can speak as long as he likes. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so without further ado our honorable guests mayor edwin lee of the city and county of san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) well, everyone welcome to city the san francisco this is very special for me today because the artists one thing yee as pleased us in the front gardener with those wonderful whimsical

characteristics playful and dilate full and represents the art contemporary art we want to continue supporting in your city of san francisco and now it has an international appeal let me first. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> let me first of all thing director of o the gallery that made in opportunity happen in collaboration with the swin skirts optimistic artists young

lee we wouldn't have this ability without the artist himself we're celebrating as well as the national university of artist from taiwan that is here and all of this opportunity happened because of our support for the blending of art and business and cities internationally along with the incredible sport of golf >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and this is always why we have our celebrated director rec and park phil ginsburg and tom

from the artists commission and his wonderful community arts staff and the director from the age and art museum. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and, of course i'm the golfer in the group. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this nation will be here for the next couple of weeks there are 19 whimsical characterize i suspect that the artist how long lee we have whimsical characterize at city hall as well (laughter)

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> everyday i get it watch the hundreds of people take pictures whether they're part of wedding or visitor from across the world or local resident right here taking extensive fizz they appreciate this art. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> art is american people international language that more and more people appreciate because it brings us together and more and more we want to know what is on the minds of people whether they're in taiwan of other places of the world art can do that.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i always want to appreciate chairman johnson wong of the swinging skirts foundation because he is also been a very supportive of arts and sports and business that's why the artist women's group is here for the actor in the city. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i am a golf authenticity so if you know what happened then in the ladies professional government turnout that was is he very exciting to see a ball go over the ward 3 hundred and

50 times into the hole for a win. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> art and golf go along when you see me play golf it is which i am cool as well (laughter) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> let's continue to use the art of medium as good communication make sure we invest and support our artist and have beautiful cities like san francisco continue to appreciate the role of art in our international as well as our local lives. >> (speaking foreign language.) >>

thank you, again to the national university of artist the gallery and swinging skirts foundation and all the people that came together to produce this incredible art display and let's keep support our arts thank you very much (clapping) any member of the public wish to speak on any item speeding i think you can see it is not a bog i didn't the mayor administration is a hole in one thank you very much mr. mayor. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and now i'd like to introduce the head of the san francisco art commission mr.

tom. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> well, thank you mr. mayor for the wonderful welcome and all you do to make san francisco an art capital of the world it is my honor to be here to celebrate this art outside of our city hall. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and it is all right we don't have the sun out toy those vurpdz are shining. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i want to extend a warm welcome to our guests artist to dr. o and mr. lowell and welcome

to san francisco and thank you very much for chu's san francisco for this wonderful installation. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and to the nc gallery for the work to make that a successful display in making oversee works the display is a credible display for a incredibly city like san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> over the years the civic center plaza has been the stink tangible is leading artist like patrick duarte and now wong lee.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> those installations exist local resident and draw tourist as the mayor mentioned draws economic terrorist which in turn helps the local artist and art organizations to thrive in san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> bringing such high quality artwork into the sacred and public spaces send see the message that art is on a essential part of san francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we look forward to

continuing this tradition of showcasing some of the best contemporary art from around the world and making it assessable for everyone to joy. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> while this was a privately funded project we thank our private colleagues thank you inform phil ginsburg is here the is zoning administrator, what say you? office and the risk manager peter good afternoon, supervisors and peter perry fire his stewardship and the staff particularly joe who went behind the scenes to make sure the project move forward and all the arts commissioners making aorta

assessable in our neighborhood. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so again welcome i look forward to the photos by the artwork later. >> thank you to everyone. have a good day. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping) thank you tom and now i'd like to welcome dr. benjamin the director from the academy in california. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> mr. mayor mr. honking i'm

benjamin which we the director of the academy in los angeles on behalf of culture i want to thank you for coming today and present our support for the gentleman and congratulate the success of the skring dancers we opened in october and take care of the west coast americans and in the future other than this public performance and hopefully in the future we'll have more opportunity to work with san

francisco. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you very much. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> thank you dr. ceo i want to recognize the distinguished guests from the economic cultural office in san francisco (clapping) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> also from the stage i'd like to recognize some of the sport in the audience commissioner eric mar is here. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and also another great supporter of the art in san francisco ms. carol is here. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and now ass as mayor ed lee said that is about golf we'll welcome to the stage a gentleman

from the swinging skirts. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you very much thank you, mayor ed lee and we're very thankful four i allowing us to bring this art work to promote not only the gentleman with his wonderful art and the swinging skirts it is this week get to your tickets online online. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'd like to give a special thanks to jill with us behind the scenes really appreciate the person to connect to make it dream come true and also the rec and park depth for stepping up

we're thankful everything came together and hopefully coming brown back into the future. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you>> (speaking foreign language.) (clapping) yes. i want to point out mr. march chandler the relations in san francisco what it didn't know about international affairs is not worthy knowing. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and it was mark yesterday informed me that swinging skirts is not about women gofrldz but men gofrldz wearing skirts. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we just