social economic equality for every member of our community (clapping.) and we should not rest until we see the fact my good friend beven duffey we proudly opened an lgbt community shelter for lgbt adults this is a a that's a good they know our work is not done until we address the fact we're people that are homeless are front yard to be in the shelter they're encroaching abuse and discriminated our work shouldn't end until we have no more homeless in san francisco and every single member of our community can achieve they're encroaching potential until the american dream is real for all

of us thank you. >> thank you, david we're not done. (clapping.) >> providing tremendous leadership on the board of supervisors and tremendous leadership to the city please welcome the do president supervisor president breed (clapping.) okay. well on behalf of the london breed i accept this award. >> thank you very much for recognizing what i've done for the city (laughter) >> one of my favorite city leaders i love what he's contributed and the support of our entire community our treasurer jose cisneros. >> good morning. >> i join you in being proud i'm proud to tell you over 10 years i'm a gay open gay latino here

in san francisco. (clapping.) >> and i am proud of what we've done to make this possible i want to share one thing i'm permanently proud of the last year i was in a legal marriage with my partner mark like so many of you we've been able to make our relationships just as responsible and legal and important as just the same as everyone else in the country thank you fewer proud of the u.s. supreme court and have a great weekend (clapping.) >> we're going to wrap up i think but we'll see with representative the city college of san francisco city college is right in my neighborhood such an important institution for the city and county of san francisco

and with this leadership that will continue to provide the tremendous service please welcome board member alex randolph (clapping.) >> hello, everybody welcome to our pails at city hall as one of the newest opening gay elected officials in san francisco i can't tell you how excited i share the space with our openly gay raphael who couldn't be here unfortunately fortunately i share the stage with our pioneers that previously served at the college board leslie and others and the first openly gay who lead the cause and, of course i was excited to support and yesterday we voted

to appoint susan our person at city college for the first lesbian chancellor at city college despite what you read in the news media i have no doubt city college will be there for the next decades to provide education to our community i want to relocate recognize that city college was one of the first colleges to provide an lgbt class both educating our community and history and i can't wait until the day that kate and some of you teach about this day and movement and the history we've made thank you so much for supporting continental and being here and happy pride (clapping.) >> so i want to finish up with

another acknowledgment and have a poll he was not he's not here but standing side by side with senator leno and helping us what the lawsuit jeff and equality for california is the reason we're here (clapping.) and now a short poll i wanted to know in this auditor who got married in 2004 raise our awesome in 2008 who is going to get married this weekend (laughter) (clapping). >> so the good news the good news you don't have to because we can (laughter) but - you're telling us lives and future so many better because we can let's celebrate

and know we're not done it's going to be an amazing pride weekend thank you for everything (clapping.) to you folks oh, there i go before you leave can i have you cocky promise you're going to want to see this promise you're going to want to see this promise you're going to want to see this. (clapping.) >> so you would think you would think with an interesting entrance like that he's gay look this guy this guy - this guy took a huge political risk for

this community he did that for the right principled reasons he knew justice needed to come and he decided to give it a little push our former mayor lieutenant governor the fabulous one of the men he most admire on the planet gavin newsom (clapping.) >> hey everything i'm sorry i'm late i know you've got a lot to side and celebrate and is more importantly a lot to be proud of today i heard words wednesday night that obama made me reflect and think about this moment president said he said encourage comes in many different forms encourage comes in a time of

war encourage comes from quiet pioneers, encourage comes from mandel and others and the courage of many of you that encourage to be who you are courage to stand up and make that remarkable statement to a friend or loved one i'm gay this is who i am and who i love the courage that so many of you had when i walked down the hall and said mom i've got something to tell you that's the courage we're celebrating here today and had it not been for all of you and the millions and millions of conversations that were held in the millions and millions of conversation that were won there would be no

supreme court digestion like the one day thank you to all of you for you're telling us quiet courage and our pioneers for your belief in each other and you're telling us belief in this month foundational principle that love is what it is all about marriage matters families matter and that's what we're firmly today a day of administration a celebration of everything that makes i think this country is special place and how appropriate and i'll close how appropriate that right behind us mayor ed lee and others are going to walk in and celebrate the founding of the united nations that happened 70 years ago how appropriate the spirit of the united nations is the

spirit of this moment about pluralism and a recognize that we're all better off when we're better than off and celebrate our interesting derivatives but at the end of the day what makes this country not good but great is when we reconcile those differences and celebrate the things that bind us that maturity that dr. king talked about we practice pluralism we celebrate we don't 0 tolerate your diversity this is the great difference of our state and nation i'm grateful to be back i'm grateful to be invited back to city hall mayor ed lee thank you i'm grateful to kate kendall to joyce 92 stat and my chief of

staff never going to leave in the city steve to mayor ed lee to the extraordinary assembly linkage of elected office official is from harvey milk to the attraction of tom mormon and sxhaent and many, many others i've forgotten but no maples negligent we stand open our shoulder and grateful for your leadership and grateful for the extraordinary work to get us to this moment and let me close with that you know for me, i have 3 kids and it was an interesting thing you know you you'll new to this here's what happened with i think about you're telling us kids i have a

5 and 4 and one-year-old the phone rang this morning and like 703 and the first picture came up is my 5-year-old daughter and all i thought about was her and how proud i am that she's going to grow up in a country that recognizes what you've always known that recognizes the jowls of every single one of us and recognized this fundamental ideal that we're all human beings that care deeply about making that work making our lives work and getting through the day living out our lives but do it with 12kib9 and with respect and what an extraordinarily world she gets to live in and in closing a

reminder of this today is the antidote to skoichl to any kind of despair you may have you're telling us frustration you're telling us sense of powerlessness this show do away with that every single individuals has extraordinarily power we have to stand on principle and step up and in and if you do it extraordinary things can happen don't ever despair or give up or building a challenge is too big are the hill too tall to climb today is an fifshgs of all of us in our unique capacity to do the best is yet to come in this country thank you all very much for

being here >> ever wonder about programs the city it working think to make san francisco the best place to work and will we bring shine to the programs and the people making them happen join us inside that edition of what's next sf sprech of market street between 6th is having a cinderella movement with the office of economic workforce development is it's fairy godmother telegraph hill engaged in the program and providing the reason to pass through the corridor and

better reason to stay office of economic workforce development work to support the economic vital of all of san francisco we have 3 distinctions workforce and neighborhood investment i work in the tenderloin that has been the focus resulting in tax chgsz and 9 arts group totally around 2 hundred thousand square feet of office space as fits great as it's moved forward it is some of the place businesses engaged for the people that have living there for a long time and people that are coming into to work in the the item you have before you companies and the affordable housing in general people want a safe and clean community they see did changed coming is excited for

every. >> oewd proits provides permits progress resulting in the growth of mid businesses hocking beggar has doubled in size. >> when we were just getting started we were a new business people never saturday a small business owner and been in the bike industry a long needed help in finding at space and sxug the that is a oewd and others agencies were a huge helped walked us through the process we couldn't have done it without you this is sloped to be your grand boulevard if so typically a way to get one way to the other it is supposed to be a beautiful boulevard and fellowship it is started to look like that. >> we have one goal that was the night to the neighborhood

while the bigger project of developments as underway and also to bring bring a sense of community back to the neighborhood. >> we wanted to use the says that a a gathering space for people to have experience whether watching movies or a yoga or coming to lecture. >> that sb caliber shift on the street is awarding walking down the street and seeing people sitting outside address this building has been vacate and seeing this change is inspiringing. >> we've created a space where people walk in and have fun and it is great that as changed the neighborhood. >> oewd is oak on aortas a driver for san francisco. >> we've got to 23ri7b9 market

and sun setting piano and it was on the street we've seen companies we say used to have to accompanying come out and recruit now they're coming to us. >> today, we learned about the office of economic workforce development and it's effort to foster community and make the buyer market street corridor something that be proud of thanks to much for watching and tune in next time for. >> we all know a major earthquake will eventually hit san francisco are reproerl presented san francisco is making sure we are with the public safety buildings.

>> this consists of 4 consultants the police headquarters with the from 850 with a brand new fire station number 4 to serve mission bay swimming pools at office of economic workforce development in the fire station thirty. >> is the the hall of justice on bryant the new home for 2 hundred and 50 uniform and voiven compresses we all it was opened in 19 so sociothat is a 50-year improvement as far as structure and work environment had that will be a great place to work. >> when construction began in 2011 this was with an clear goal to make sure with the big one heights the resident will will have a function police

department those are the highly seismic standards it is up to operate up to 96 hours from the police department perspective that building is self-sufficient for a main made arrest in all disastrous zake ever after we will run our operational from here no matter what happens this building and the people that serve the businesses will continue to function building is designed to meet lead goal certification and also to art installations on the campus that was designed and constructed to better sense of ability so for example we're using solar water heaters we're also urging gray water for reuse inform flush water and rainwater for the cooling and irrigation

locked on third street and mission rock is it serves the motorbike neighborhood and motorbike i moiks is a growing neighborhood and the intent of the bond to have please and fire serves to serve the community. >> hemming helping to keep the building and the stay safe was the not the only opportunity it creates many jobs with 82 bleb businesses overall san franciscans contributed one hundred and 87 thousand hours to help to complete the project it shows the city of san francisco the elected officials and police officers and more importantly the voters that paid for the building this is what we can do with when we wrorpt this is a beacon when we need to build new extra we can trust them with the money and the plan they did a

good job the san francisco public is a reminder of the importance of being presented and will continue to serve the residents for decades to come >> 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 enco. >> good evening and welcome to the wednesday, july 1, 2015 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the preferring will be commissioner president lazarus and joined by commissioner vice president honda and commissioner fung and commissioner swig and commissioner wilson to my left is deputy city attorney responsibility bryan with legal advice and the legal vaunted mr. pacheco and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director we're joined by city departments to my right is carl a for the department of public works and the department of public works bureau of street use