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tv   BOS Land Use Committee  SFGTV  April 24, 2021 11:15am-11:30am PDT

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>> good afternoon. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 19, 2021 regular meeting of the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i am supervisor melgar joined by dean preston and aaron peskin.
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john carroll is our clerk. i would like to acknowledge sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. mr. clerk, any announcements? >> thank you. to protect the public and board members and city employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and community rooms are closed. members are participating to the same extent as if present in the chamber. public comment is available for each item. sfgovtv.org is displacing the comment call in number across the screen. you have an opportunity to speak during the comment via phone by dialing 415-655-0001. following that enter
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1 carlton b. goodlett place. it is in your agenda. items acted upon today will be in the april 7, 2021 board of supervisors agenda. >> would you please call item 1. >> resolution initiating a landmark designation under article 10 of the planning code for diego rivera's fresco titled the lagory of california painted in 1931 and located at 155 sansome street. >> we also have the planning department on stand by for
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questions. >> supervisor preston. >> this is the second time in recent memory i have initiated landmark status of another of the three iconic murals here in san francisco. the one which i am happy to report we initiated is about to be heard by the historic preservation commission and will be coming back for land mark des designation the san francisco art institute and of course there is this one at 155 sam son street on the 11th floor. "the allegory of california." there is a third one in supervisor melgar's district
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that she is looking to initiate in what has become known as the diego theater. this one is actually the first of his works. it is in the historic timothy designed stock exchange tower. it is in the historic city club of san francisco. that includes not only this work by diego rivera commissioned by a great american artist in his own right but includes works of english artist harry dixon and other classic works. while it looks huge, if you have been in there and that is a publicly accessible area in the
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city club, this is a relatively small mural by rivera's standards. mr. clerk, my staff gave you an image. maybe you can put that up on the screen. i see it now. as you can see from this photo that adorns the staircase inside of the building and like many it wraps on the ceiling, you can see it at the top. at the center is a huge female figure with the spirit of california. the female figure at the center
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was modeled after the tennis layer helen moody after whom the playground was named. she was born in the bay area and held the top position in women's tennis for almost a decade. the state of california is supporting its citizens is depicted showing the natural bounty, the fruits and her hands there on the right-hand side of the image. below are men with a blueprint of mathematical tools, lumber yak, model air plant. elderly plan with farming utensils, farm workers and the forefront of if fresco depicts historical figures important to
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the development and art in the state of california including the of scaffold and victor barn hoff. he focused on blue-collar workers, which was in line with the socialist, not communist beliefs and was meant to highlight the workers that kept the state afloat and moved it forward. i look forward to your support of this initiation and hopefully in the near future we will have landmarked all three of rivera's treasures for the city and county of san francisco. as i mentioned earlier the one we previously initiated will be
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in front of historic preservation commission on may 5th. thank you planning commission staff for their work to develop a report on that one. i am happy to hear from planning department staff. i want to thank my open staff. >> thank you very much for that thorough and fascinating presentation supervisor peskin. mr. carol, let's go to public comment, please. >> thank you, we are joined from the department of technology checking to see if we have callers in the queue. press star 3 to be added to the queue if you wish to speak for this item. if you are on hold please continue to wait until you are prompted to begin. you will hear a prompt informing
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you your line is unmuted. for those watching on cable channel 26 or through sfgovtv.org, if you wish to speak call in now by following instructions on the screen. dial 415-655-0001 enter id1874819510. pound twice and star 3 to be entered to speak. could you let us know if we have any callers in the queue? >> there are no callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> seeing that there are no callers, public comment is now closed. motion to move out of committee with positive recommendations. >> so moved. i also had my name in the chat
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to be added as cosponsor. >> me as well, please. >> mr. clerk, please call the roll. >> on the motion that this item be recommended offered by vice chair preston. vice chair preston. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> chair melgar. >> aye. >> madam chair, three ayes. >> the motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. mr. clerk, are there any other items before us today? >> there is no further business. >> thank you so much. we are adjourned. thank you. >> thank you.
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>> hi. i'm chris mathers with channel 19, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, i'm going to be talking about exercising during the pandemic. first, i'm going to tell you what i've been doing, and then i'm going to be checking in with some friends and family. i've been riding my bike. all i take is a pair of gloves and a mask if i come into contact with anyone. i try to ride my bike during
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the time i'm sheltering in place. i try to ride for at least 30 minutes. surfing is my other regular outdoor activity. california state guidelines recommend you don't drive more than ten minutes for a spot to exercise, and although i'm close to ocean beach, i'm a bit wary to go there, so i'm using the time to do some maintenance. filling in gouges and dings, and sanding it down. i'm also repairing holes in my suit. fellow sfgovtv producer chris
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took his first yoga lesson a couple of years ago and used to go to a class regularly before the lockdown. he and his wife set up a space in their garage for exercising. this routine is from an on-line class by power yoga. deann and andy have been using the ping pong table that they bought off craigslist and set it up in their back yard. ellie has been using this home gym to stay fit. it has everything she needed. and lastly, if the weather is bad outside, you can exercise your mind by doing a puzzle, sudoku, or just by reading a good book. here's a quick recap. since i started this episode, the guidelines have changed. for instance, jack may be able
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to go golfing with some restrictions. go to sf.gov to get the most up-to-date who told you we were going to be here? it was supposed to a secret. i got a call thursday from mayor breed saying "i want to come down." and it literally brought a tear to my eye. before i introduce his honor, willy brown, who i want to tell you a quick story. there was a rumor he was going to run for mayor and i ran into him in north beach and i just put my hand out and i said would you make your first campaign promise and he said "yeah, whatever it is. what do you