my new. high masa. oh, nice. oh that's so good. fund. ambitious. that's why i bought that. that we have nine. that was a good. you were. this is blank. i saw you, that ambition you got. oh. you know, so there's liquid inside. thank you. i got it all over my. oh. no problem. yeah. better that. good afternoon. how are you? and welcome to the meeting of the arts commission on monday, august 5th, 2024. may

i ask everyone, including myself, to put their phone on silent? yes. okay thank you. as i've said, i've embarrassed myself before this commission too many times by not following the rules that we have established. so i'm calling this meeting to order, and i would like to begin by asking commission secretary manraj dhaliwal to call the roll. president collins present. vice president shioda present. commissioner beltran present. commissioner benavides present. commissioner brenzel is absent. commissioner carney present. commissioner ferris here. commissioner hakimi here. commissioner liu. here commissioner mosley should be on his way. commissioner rothschild is absent. commissioner schnur here. commissioner shelby is absent. and commissioner ex-officio. so is absent as wel. we have quorum for today's meeting. also for the record,

director of cultural affairs ralph remington and chief of staff alyssa ventri are in attendance. are there any agenda changes? no no. now, i would like to, some public meeting instructions. i'd like to welcome all persons interested in this meeting to attend in person at city hall, room 416. this meeting is airing live on sfgovtv two. comcast 78. astound 26 and at&t u-verse 99. i want to remind us of the policies and procedures for public meetings. at this meeting. we are bound to follow the structure and agenda of our agenda, and to adhere to the best practices set out in the good government guide. at every public meeting, there will be an opportunity for general public comment where members may comment on any item pertaining to this body. public comment

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at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting at art info at sfgov. org our office will make every effort to accommodate all requests. also, just for record, commissioner mosley will not be attending today. and president collins, please proceed with the meeting when you are ready. thank you. sir, i would like to start the meeting by reading our land acknowledgment statement. the san francisco arts commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original occupants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land. and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, nor lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside on their or in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush community and by

affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. as the department dedicated to promoting a diverse and equitable arts and culture environment in san francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the american indian community. i would now like to call agenda item number two. agenda item number two is the approval of the minutes. it's a discussion and possible action. i would first like to ask for a motion from the commission to approve the july 1202 four minutes. so i have a motion so moved. commissioner beltran, second commissioner schneider, thank you very much. i'll now ask for any public comment on agenda item number two, approval of minutes for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item two. as a reminder, your time will start

when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you. is there any commissioner discussion or comments on the motion, the approval of the july 1st, 2020 four minutes. i'm seeing none. may i ask for the final motion? all those in favor? i aye, opposed. motion carries unanimously. i'm now calling agenda item number three. agenda item number three is general public comment. this item allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the commission's purview, as well as to suggest new agenda items for the commission's consideration. i'm now asking for any public comment on item number three, general public comment for those

joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item three. as a reminder, your time will start when you begin speaking. you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. we have a few public comments. welcome. we're on item three and your time will begin when you start speaking. thank you. my name is douglas ingman. it's an honor to be here, i served 15 years as a planning commissioner and a board of permit appeals commissioner. unfortunately, a while back, and it's my first time before the arts commission. i'm here on not a matter on your agenda, but a matter that's vital to the future of this commission. and you may be aware of this already, but there is a ballot measure that's going on the november ballot that abolishes the arts commission from the charter, and it goes away unless the board of supervisors, based on recommendations from a special committee to recommend its reinstatement, not as a

charter commission, but as a regular commission with advisory powers only. this ballot measure also eliminates the health commission, the library commission, the public works commission, the small business commission, the commission on status of women, the building inspection commission, the human rights commission, historic preservation commission, and about a dozen others wiped off the charter, the all other commissions, all 135 of the other commissions that are not retained in the charter go away after 16 months of the vote of this measure, unless they're reauthorized by the board of supervisors by ordinance. so basically, at least 70 years of history is being wiped out in this one ballot measure. the ballot measure also gives the

mayor, supermajorities on all commissions. it's not an issue here. since the mayor appoints all the commissioners, it reviews any board of supervisors review and approval of any mayoral appointment, and it removes any compensation or benefit to any commissioner serving on a commission. it's a little bit hurts me in my heart because when i was on the board of permit appeals, i got $15 a meeting for parking fees, this was drafted in secret by a committee that's affiliated with a mayoral candidate. if you read the newspapers, you know who that is. it gives its intent is to give the mayor power by reducing public participation through our commission process, this is not the way good government works. there is an alternative measure to review

commissions, not abolish them in advance, and then make decisions in a public process to see whether some might need not be in existence anymore, or might be consolidated, that's going to be an alternative measure. i wanted to bring this to your attention, because we found out that not all commissioners are aware of this. and there is a handout that i've given to the secretary that gives us more information. thank you for your time. thank you, mr. engman. hi. we have another public comment and your time will begin when you start speaking. okay. hello commissioners. my name is margaret brodkin and i'm here for the same reason. i am outraged by this charter amendment. and i have have seen our commission system from many different perspectives. i've been a department head that the children, youth and their families. i am currently president of the juvenile probation commission. that i am

not here in my capacity as a commissioner. i've been on the first five commission and i have worked on ballot measures for five different commissions related to the well-being of children. i've seen this issue from every perspective. this is terrible public policy, and it's a terrible way to make public policy, you know, when it's done in secret and no one knows about it, that there's something wrong with it. so i we are here to urge you to become informed about it. i you can call me email me. margaret margaret brodkin.com part of a campaign to now get names on ballot arguments. and you can all sign a ballot argument as an individual for citing your participation on the commission for identification purposes onl, and you can recommend to us other people in the arts community who would be concerned

about the loss of a major part of the arts infrastructure for this city. i've never seen anything like this in the whole time. i've worked on public policy issues in san francisco. this was literally done in secret. people showed up on the street to get ballot, get signatures. the signature gatherers didn't even know what they were collecting signatures about. there is almost no one who really knows its 72 pages long. no one is going to read this thing. i read it and it broke my heart. i'm reading and all i'm seeing is just 72 pages of things crossed out. things that represent, in my case, years of work, blood, sweat and tears to get a commission, for instance, that oversees the problems of kids in our youth guidance center who are locked up, who no one pays attention to until we had a public body starting in the mid 80s, that really looked at those kids. now, very few people know about

it, but it's a very important part of our civic infrastructure. the same is true of a number of other bodies related to the well-being of kids. so i'm here to ask you to potentially sign a ballot measure to send us names of people who will be willing to sign a ballot argument, and to look at the literature on this, become involved in this campaign. and i also want to tell you that, number one, the mayor has been really clear. we have all talked to sean elsbernd. they are really clear that you can take a position on this. the mayor is not taking a position. you are free to take whatever position you want. according according to the mayor. and that's very important because, you know, we all want to stay on our commissions and that there is no threat to your

seat on the commission by taking a strong position on this time is up. so i look forward to hearing from you, thank you very much. thank you very much, director. commissioner brodkin, do we have any additional public comments? yes. and your time will begin when you start speaking. good afternoon. my name is elliot encarnacion. i spoke to this commission at last month's meeting. and you have heard from my colleagues in the san francisco symphony chorus and two other occasions in the last few months, as we attempted to draw attention to the crisis of leadership at the symphony and request oversight. by this commission, which gives so generously to the symphony every year, you are probably all also keenly aware of the continued press coverage and growing concerns from all quarters fellow donors, sister orchestras and choruses around the country and the world are artistic luminaries, symphony patrons and our instrumental colleagues in the orchestra. today, i'm here to renew a request for oversight for this commission to appeal directly to the symphony

leadership in its capacity as a major source of funding, and joined the growing chorus of concerned artistic patrons. the symphony chorus is a major artistic pillar in the bay area, but a relatively minor financial burden in the symphony's ledger. the symphony has relied on the professional excellence of this chorus for decades, carried on the shoulders of only 32 paid professional choristers represented by agma, our labor union, and over 120 volunteers. this paradigm is completely unique. our peer symphonies in chicago, new york and los angeles employ all or nearly all of their singers under professional union contracts. the 32 agma singers of the san francisco symphony are paid less than half the relative wages of our lowest paid instrumental colleagues, with no additions for seniority. for position and no health insurance or pensions. the entire chorus accounts for only about 1.5% of the operating budget. symphony management has, with apparent total sincerity, proposed an 80% cut to the chorus's budget, about $800,000. such a cut would not only be devastating for the 32 agma choristers and their families. not only be completely demoralizing for the 120 semiprofessional volunteers who

rely on us not only destroy this ensemble's ability to tackle titanic classics and innovative new programing, but most gallingly such a cut would not even make a dent in the $12.5 million operating deficit. the symphony is projecting for this season. their proposal is a reactionary and recklessly and reckless, specifically suggesting, for example, that beethoven's ninth symphony or handel's messiah could be and should be performed with only eight agma professional singers apiece. this would be equivalent to replacing all but the first stands of the string players in the orchestra with volunteer players. can you imagine the impact this would have? our contract expired a week ago and we have not met with management since july 11th. they have postponed further negotiations with agma until late august. there is seemingly no urgency on their part and little, if any, responsiveness to the recklessness of their proposals, and they have refused to answer questions about how other departments or leadership are to share in cost cutting. it seems they only respond to demands from major donors with finances as their only motivating factor. on behalf of my colleagues, both

paid and unpaid, i ask that the arts commission as a whole or individually write to the symphony management and insist they look for financial savings elsewhere in the institution. i ask you to review their financial statements, which we are more than happy to share and believe. you will come to the same conclusion that these kinds of drastic reductions are premature, unwarranted and foreboding to the symphony's future. i invite you to contact me directly and my colleagues directly. i iron musical artists org to learn more about the situation and how to support the chorus. thank you, thank you, thank thank you very much. any additional public comments? i see no requests for public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you. i'm now calling agenda item number four, which is the director's report, and i'm introducing the director of cultural affairs, mr. ralph remington, thank you, president collins, good afternoon, commissioners. i hope you all had a wonderful start to your august, july was a very busy

month for the arts commission, to start off this month's report, i'd like to share a few highlights from our recent events. on july ninth, in partnership with the port of san francisco, the arts commission unveiled a new temporary sculptural installation by thomas j. price, titled as sounds turned to noise on the embarcadero promenade at pier one, next to the ferry building. the nine foot bronze sculpture, depicting a young black woman dressed in jogging attire, will be on view through january 2025. civic art collection and public art public. i'm sorry a civic art collection and public art program director mary chu was in attendance at the unveiling ceremony to speak on behalf of the agency, along with representatives from the port, on july 11th, we held a press conference in chinatown to officially launch the chinatown artist registry request for qualifications in partnership with mayor london breeds office

and chinese culture center. c.c.c. mary chu was also in attendance at the press conference to speak on behalf of the agency, along with mayor breed, supervisor aaron peskin and jenny leong from c.c.c, we will be co-hosting a series of technical pre-application workshops offered in both english and chinese languages. a virtual workshop will be held tomorrow on tuesday, august 6th, starting at 5 p.m, and an in-person workshop is scheduled for tuesday, august 13th from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the chinese culture center. the deadline for artists to submit qualifications for the registry is september 11th, 2024 by 5 p.m. on july 18th and 19th, i attended the monument lab summit with our monuments memorial senior program manager angela carrier in philadelphia, pennsylvania, consequently, my hometown. so, the summit brought together thought leaders influencing and

innovating the monument landscape through groundbreaking forms of commemoration, acknowledgment, justice, and belonging around the theme of past is presence. it was a an extraordinary event, eric alexander from the mellon foundation was amazing, what she the words that she expressed, how she really is doubling down on the monuments and memorials project because she thinks it is one of our most important things that we can leave for the future and how we can impact the public in a greater way. so it was fantastic, and powerful, all of their panels, every single one of their panels was very powerful. and that's an odd thing to say from a conference, because usually conferences, some things are great and some things are not so great. and this thing every panel was amazing, on july 23rd, i attended john legend, a night of songs and stories with the sf symphony. that was he was fantastic. on july 25th, i

attended a summer garden sessions event at the battery rucker show, a musical tribute honoring prince and minneapolis funk. my adopted hometown minneapolis, minnesota, with martin luther mccoy. and i saw our former commissioner mccoy there as well. and she sends her regards and her love, and i also took last friday, took a tour of the neon show from chez benz by curator and co-owner of chez benz, kelly ezell, at the museum of craft and design. and that's a wonderful show. i urge people to go out and see that, while it's there, we are also happy to announce that doctor maya angelou monument portrait of a phenomenal woman will be installed at the main library this september, please save the date and join us for the unveiling and community celebration scheduled for september 19th, 2024 at the main library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m,

it's going to be a it's a long time coming, and we're certainly glad to be there in support and proud of lava and what she has done and what she's bringing to san francisco, we're also excited to announce that starting in september 2024, the arts commission will host constitutional conversations, a series of town hall sessions that will examine culture through a broader lens. the first of these sessions will focus on the theme of freedom of expression, and will take place on september 27th in the green room in the war memorial veterans building. the session will be moderated by myself and paul henderson, and we will be joined by a group of panelists, which will include arts president collins, commissioner hakimi, human rights commissioner executive director cheryl davis, and glbt historical society executive director and former commissioner roberto ordenana, the first town hall session will also be part

of a national activation led by race forward americans for the arts and the world cities, culture forum during the inaugural cultural week of action for race and democracy, taking place september 27th through october 5th, 2024. so that's really exciting. and it's what started out as a as you all know, i on on behalf of the arts commission, i sit on the board at race forward and as you all may know, we also have a relationship with the world cities culture forum. and as a result of my introduction of race forward to the world cities cultural forum. now, this what started out as a national event, is now going to be an international event. and so this event is now going around the world during the same time period. and as a result of our intervention with race forward and world cities culture forum. so just to let you know about that, and this is going to be an ongoing annual event. so it's a

chance for arts leaders from all around the world to impact their environments and their municipalities, and by focusing on race and democracy in very deep and impactful ways, by doing it through culture and cultural expression. so community investment updates, the community investments team is currently seeking applicants for our cultural ambassadors program to help promote upcoming 2025 arts impact endowment and cultural equity grant opportunities. cultural ambassadors will play a crucial role in raising awareness of sfax grant information sessions and help encourage artists to submit their grant applications this fall. the deadline is april. i mean, sorry, the deadline to apply is monday, august 19th. by 5 p.m. are some gallery updates, reminder that our current main gallery exhibition, praxis of local

knowledge, is on view for just a few more weeks until august 17th, 2024. this is a group exhibition that explores the diverse narratives of ancestral stories, movement and memory, and features the works of four artists kimberley acebo, artesh, miguel azab, daniela rivera, and trina michelle robinson. a public a public voice una voz publica is on view at city hall on the ground floor in the north light court, through september 27th, 2024. as you know, that's been there for a little bit, so go see it before it closes at the end of september. some public art updates. public art staff are currently accepting public comments for art proposals for the following projects. mission bay school public art project. accepting comments until 5 p.m. today, august 5th. potrero yard modernization project bus ramp and mariposa stairwell. public

art opportunities. accepting comments until august 19th by 5 p.m. and city side park, treasure island accepting comments until august 19th by 5 p.m. all proposals will be available for review in person at various project sites and on our website. some air updates i'm happy to share that we recently welcomed a new staff member, theo lao, who joined our gallery's team as our new program associate. welcome, the, i'm also happy to share that we have begun interviewing, candidates for the deputy director of programs position and plan to have a candidate selected by the end of august. some other announcements, budget update on august 1st. mayor breed signed a balanced budget to fund key city priorities to help move san francisco forward. i'd like to thank deputy

director of finance and administration sarah hollenbeck, and all staff that were involved with preparing our proposed budget over the past few months. throughout the budget process, and especially kevin kwan. so thank you, kevin. thank you, sarah, and thank you, finance team and all our team as we work together to put this put this show on the road, strategic planning update, as we have previously shared, we have selected ams planning and research as our new strategic planning consultant and are workingith them to finalize the contract. we look forward to resuming our strategic planning work in mid-august, and ams will soon reach out to participants to set up meetings. and with that, this concludes the director's report for the august. for august 5th, full commission meeting. i'd be happy to take any questions you may have. are there any questions? on the director's report, i have

one this janine shiota. yes. i saw the, as sounds turned to noise. great. great installation. thank you. for putting that in. it's so beautiful. and i saw some signage because i think that. but it was on paper, and it was on a fence behind, and i think it said don't climb or touch. i don't, but of course, people are. i saw so many people taking pictures in front around, you know, one woman was literally holding her legs. so, and i it was so it was great. it was really great. so i wonder, and also, you know, i saw i heard people asking, you know, oh, who did this? how did where did this come from? so i don't know if there's, any way for information like qr codes or i know you can't put things in the concrete

on the port, so i was just asking that question. so it's interesting. we just had this conversation today, and mary and i were talking earlier today, so and i was also talking with como about it today, so, a couple of things, the, the purpose the artist really wants signage to be unobtrusive and does not really probably would prefer not even to have it, but i don't know. but we have it way in the back, on the fence, and that's because he just wants people to happen upon it. like a person at usc every day. and oh, you wouldn't realize you know how elegant this is, that you're surprised as opposed to this is a piece of work that we want you to see, mary, if you have anything else you want to add to that, i don't know. is that good or you want to add some more, director of public art, mary chu and or. okay como. director,

communications as well. hi commissioners, i just wanted to add also that the gallery and the artists, as ralph said, are very specific about the information that they want to have on the on the plaque. and therefore it's very minimal. but i also wanted to turn it over to coma because it seems like he might have additional information on that. thank you. mary. good afternoon, commissioners coma, director of communications. so the signage, that is currently up there is just temporary. we're getting some larger signage that will be installed to probably make it a little more visible, the new signs will actually have a qr code where, members of the public will be able to scan and get more information about the artwork so we can add more information and context about the piece. but it was a request from the port to add language, asking members of the public not to climb onto this sculpture. we invite members of the public to interact and appreciate the artwork, but not necessarily climb on and interact with it in that way. but yes, some

additional signage will be installed in the next couple of weeks. thank you. there's a possible liability issue because if they fall off of the thing, then yeah, obviously. right, so yeah. jd, thank you. director remington, i was so fortunate to be at the launch, and, and there was a lot of excitement about it. and i think one of the most powerful things about it is how effectively it engages the public, people just walking by, and it's because of its scale. i mean, you can sort of tell in that image that, that was presented during the presentation, you know, it's almost twice as big as a normal human would be. and so when you come upon it, it's really surprising. but not only that, but, you know, the dress of the figure and the face. and one woman came up to me because i think she saw that i was somehow involved. and she goes, that's stephon curry's face, right? isn't that his face? and was insisting she recognized his

face in, in the statue. so i said, actually, it's a composite of people. it's not a specific person, but just the fact that there's that curiosity and engagement and makes people stop and think about it. and what it means shows what a brilliant piece it is. so and, you know, it's funny, i was down there this weekend taking some pictures with it and, and no one was stopping by. in fact, when i walked by, i just kind of walked by it because i was looking for it. and i said, oh, there it is. and it had just gone past it. and then i walked back and it took some pictures and nobody was interacting. and then as soon as i was taking pictures, people started lining up to take pictures. so there was a line then for everybody who wanted to take pictures with it. so that was really interesting. i was like, wow, it's kind of like if you're walking down the street and you look up in the air and everybody starts looking up in the air and you're looking at, you know, it was kind of one of those things so very interesting. so one of the things that the child psychologist piaget talks about is how people animate something.

so you'll have five kids and you'll have the same three cars when kid picks up the car, everyone wants that car because some that child has brought that car into something that's animated. and so what you're seeing is the power of animation by recognition. and that's, you know, when i saw this piece, i had a similar experience and it was when i interacted with it that someone else did. but it gets back to, you know, kind of early childhood development and piaget's philosophy or theory on activation like that. so this piece has a lot of dimension to it. this janine again, the day that i was there, there was a full rainbow, from the bridge all the way to treasure island, kind of framing the statue. it was unbelievable. and people were taking pictures, you know, they saw the they saw the

statue, they saw the rainbow. they saw everything. and then they were like, oh, wow, this is. and then they would go by the statue. it was crazy. did you take one? did i take one with the rainbow? my, my husband did. yes love a copy. yeah. yeah. okay are there any more comments or discussion on the director's report from the commission commissioner hakimi? just a quick technical issue. so, on our web, on our instagram, i can actually repost all of the events that are taking place at your post, but i can't repost a job announcement. is there a way that because that requires me to go to another page and then copy the link, and so i was wondering, is there a way? come on, can you approach the mic? sorry about that. thank you. because i've been trying to do that. but i can't, so i was sure. thank you for bringing that up. we'll look into that and ensure that all commissioners are tagged on there. so you will be able to directly share it, but we will look into ways to make sure it's all shareable. thank you, thank you. thanks commissioner hakimi,

i'm seeing no further commission comment. is there any public comment on the director's report? for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item four. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no request for public comment. public comment is closed. thank you. i'm now calling agenda item number five. these are our committee reports and about committee matters for discussion. first i will call item number five sub item number one the civic design review report. and i'm now introducing committee chair abby schneller to present the civic design review report. thank you. president collins, the july civic design review committee reviewed one conceptual project and one phase one project. the sfo terminal three west

modernization courtyard for connector scope was reviewed for phase one, we're going to call it c4c to, abbreviate this. it seamlessly integrates into the airport's existing hierarchy, acting as a spatial link between terminals while incorporating a mix of passenger and tenant functions. c4c serves as a pivotal connection, reinforcing the airport's narrative and its established structure. c4c design has been slightly modified from a four sided building to a five sided building to accommodate a larger footprint. each of the five facade features a special combination of fins, fritted, glass, and mullions. depending on the sun exposure, and other factors. it's really interesting because as they were explaining to us, it made such perfect sense that it became a five sided building as opposed to a four, particularly as you look at it here with the structure of

what's going on within the full terminal. so i think it's a really good, urban plan and site planning thought process. and because some spaces are the operation and some are the airline lounges and others are the passenger passthroughs, they all have different types of features and they all are working very sensitively with how the sun is going around the building at all times and what your view points are. so they really did an excellent job of that. and the north side maximizes views to the airside and the south side minimizes projections and increases opacity for solar protection. and the west and east side optimizes shade with vertical fins. so basically what i just said now you have the details of how it all works. and so that was that project. and then what was really interesting is we got the conceptual proposal for the millbrae campus improvements and the millbrae campus is, it's for

a full scale renovation of the existing millbrae yard water department facilities, and that includes a new master plan with extensive site work, a new laboratory administration building, a wellness pavilion, a full gut renovation of the existing administration building, and an adaptive reuse gut renovation of an existing retail store into a into new industrial shops and office spaces. what they had done before was there were certain they had like, some of the big box stores had rented, from from the site so that they could collect income because they didn't need that. now they need that for expansion, and they're just because they're big box stores. they are perfect for the shops. so they're going to reuse them. and, you know, redesign them to work for that. but they're not having to go through a huge new, you know, start from

scratch type of project. so i think it was a very smart way of going about. and we'll see as we go through the process where it gets to, the buildings are inspired by the site drawing inspiration from the forest garden and existing language of masonry walls with wood roofs, broad overhangs and canopies, exposed exterior timbers and indoor outdoor connections through a shared material language of mass timber construction with exposed elements, extensive glass facades and strong expression of wood, glass and masonry. the common language of the building elements serves to unify the entire campus into a cohesive project. i have to tell you, there's the fact this this redwood forest right in the middle of it. so it's going to be this incredible oasis with the buildings around it, and the whole thing, working with the mass timber construction, this is a big new thing that's going on now, with a lot of

architectural buildings in terms of steel versus mass timber and different ways of re utilizing existing materials as they develop. so we'll see where they go with this part of the project. so this was kind of a exciting meeting for us seeing all these new exciting big projects. and, i'll leave it there. and is there any public is there any commissioner comments or questions? so, one of the things that i think is just amazing about this is to understand the infrastructure of our city, you know, we are a city and a county, but we also have these lands that are part of our history, and as you described this as an oasis in, in millbrae. abby would you add a little bit more color to the kind of history of this site, well, this, this is part of what goes on with the whole water system that we have with hetch hetchy and bringing the pipes down and coming in and this is

really the central point at which things are distributed from here. and, i think they had this site. didn't they have this site like before the, before sfo, right? yeah. and it was this i mean, it's this huge acreage and this redwood forest in the middle of it is just incredible, these pictures don't quite. you know what? i'll have to go out there, patrick. one of us are going to have to go out there and take pictures of this. incredible. oh, i did yeah. so so i knew you had. yeah. that was the lead on go for it. but there's also very high security out there because it's hetchy is going through there. there's a giant what 60 foot in diameter right of way for this huge big pipe where the whole water system is coming in. so it's really a very special place. but it's they've really done a great job of tying it all together. as you mentioned, materialisticall. yeah, i would just comment that

i had the opportunity. i think i mentioned this at our last meeting to go to the hetch hetchy reservoir and the o'shaughnessy dam, and it was made possible because of our relationship to the public works department. if anyone gets the invitation, take it, because you understand so much of the growth of san francisco is as a result of our ability to have captured the power. but first, the water and also the history of the hetch hetchy valley. i say that we owe a debt to history because of the appropriation of that land. so the more good that we do, and there's also a $2.5 million arts budget associated with this. yes. so there you know, you can never repair the loss of this, but what you can do is to understand that the burden of the past sits on our shoulders. and when we listen to that land acknowledgment agreement, this is where this commission really helps to touch basis to bring to life, you

know, through these projects and their visibility and their art. you know, what what we have inherited by dint of the loss of so many people. no. and also the moccasin administration project, which you also were able to see, which is, you know, as the as the pipes come down, then they're processed there and then continue on their journey down to millbrae. so it is fascinating to read and understand and see and actually experiencing all of it. so and historically, ironically, the historic el camino real goes right through the property. so we have the, the great hetch hetchy water system landing right at the el camino real. so it's tying california history together in several ways. very much so. thank you. and that those narratives, you know, commissioner carney, are important for us to keep alive. right. and the arts commission can have a role in that.

absolutely. are there any other comments about this, is there any public comment on this agenda item, civic design review for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item 5.1. as a reminder, your time will start when you begin speaking, you'll see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you very much. i am now calling agenda item number five, sub item two, visual arts committee and i am introducing committee chair susie ferris to present the visual arts committee report. thank you, president collins. i am presenting the visual arts committee report for july 2024. it will be a very short report, the july visual arts committee had a very long consent calendar, but a very short

agenda, we did review and approve the sf ac gallery's upcoming exhibition, but the galleries will be presenting that right after this, so i will, let them share the pictures and more information about that. and that concludes my report, are there any commissioner comments on this report. so seeing none, is there any public comment on the visual arts committee report for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item 5.2. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you'll see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone like to make a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. i'm now calling agenda item

number six, which is the sfac galleries 2025 city hall exhibition, the discussion, we will have a presentation of the sfac galleries for upcoming 2025 exhibition at city hall. and i am introducing manager of education and public programs of the sfac gallery. may soon. wadsworth. good afternoon commissioners, so i'll be presenting on our upcoming city hall exhibition for 2025, that's right. first slide, so metaphors of recent times, a dialog of the personal, the political and the cultural is an exhibition organized in partnership with photo alliance, a san francisco based nonprofit dedicated to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation of contemporary photography. this exhibition is presented in two parts. the first is centered on photo alliance's insight. insight 2020, a portfolio developed in 2022 to celebrate

the organization's 20 year anniversary and curated by the organization's co-founder, linda connor. it features 20 prints that speak to the challenges, hopes, and the resilience that humanity faces as we grapple with a host of profound issues ranging from the covid 19 pandemic to the black lives matter movement, from climate change to mass migration and from the new culture wars to ongoing struggles with ageism and sexism. the second part will feature works selected through an open call managed by a photo alliance, which asks artists to submit work that responds to the images in the incite! incite 2020 portfolio and to expand on the issues and imagery presented. the open call actually starts later this month, so we can keep you informed on that, all the slides presented here today are from the incite, incite portfolio. a little bit about the curator. so the curator of this exhibition is beth davila waldman. waldman

is a cross-disciplinary artist based in the san francisco bay area. she earned a ba from wellesley college and a bfa from the san francisco art institute. she's been awarded residencies at the kala art institute in berkeley, the 18th street art center in santa monica, and playa institute in oregon. waldman serves on the board of photo alliance and on the curatorial committee for monte vista projects in la. and then a little bit more about photo alliance. photo alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support to supporting the understanding, appreciation and creation of contemporary photography. as mentioned earlier, their events have been the meeting place for the san francisco bay area. photo community since 2002, they foster connections through public lectures by noteworthy photographers, a variety of workshops, portfolio reviews, and other timely public programs and symposia. thank you. thank you very much for your report, is there any comment from the

commission on this agenda item, please? commissioner beltran, i just have a brief comment that i am so gratified and thrilled that you are recognizing the work of photo alliance. which has been a real survivor, given what has happened with the arts and in terms of and even the field of photography over the last 22 years, since they were started in 22,002 by, linda connor, who's also just an icon. right. so thank you. thrilled to see this commissioner share her. yeah, i, ditto commissioner beltran. i feel very strongly about photo lines. they're amazing. linda connor is incredible. and the fact that they have survived, i just i couldn't be i'm so looking forward to this. this is going to be exemplary. and they are an incredible, incredible organization. so hats off. and coming from a photographer of note yourself in buildings and

architecture, i think that's an important part of our commission. you know, just pausing for a second to talk about or just to mention, you know, commissioner schnur's portfolio. so i really appreciate that, you know, that coming from your body of work, you really understand the importance of connecting that in a very powerful way. thank you. are there any other comments or discussion from the commission on this report? seeing none. is there any public comment for those joining in person? please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item six. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone would like to make a public comment on the current agenda item? seeing no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you very much. i'm now calling agenda item number seven, the consent calendar.

it's important for us always to understand is that we have time, you know, always to review these items. often we are looking at them en masse, but it's important. so i will ask, you know, as we look at this, that we think about any recusals and having time just to sink in, if you have a recusal at this time, please let us know. i'm seeing none. and so now we are going to take the consent calendar items, and i'm asking now for any commissioner discussion or comments as i ask for, the consent calendar. also, is there a motion and a second for approval of the consent calendar, commissioner beltran, are there two separate motions? it looks like one and two. seven, one and two. we're looking at agenda item number seven, which is the consent calendar. i'm sorry, number seven okay. yeah i know, and it looks like there's two motions

seven seven, one and seven sub two. are we taking them in combination i i'm maybe i'm looking at the wrong on page four. i'm looking i'm no it's no it's all of those together. it's just divided up into. let me say this. it's always good to have a lawyer to look at everything and to make sure that because i have often made mistakes and i stand to be corrected at any given time. but you are heard, commissioner beltran and i. so move. commissioner beltran, is there a second? and i second. commissioner, thank you very much. is there any that was cute. yeah. we have to listen to each other because we all have the best of intentions. yes. so, is there any commissioner discussion, is there any public comment on agenda item number seven, which is the consent calendar for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item seven. as a reminder, your time will start.

when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone you'd like to make a public comment on the current agenda items? i see no requests for public comment. public comment is now closed. thank you. i am now calling agenda item number eight. just have a final motion. oh, i'm sorry. all those in favor? i opposed? i was batting a thousand, motion carries unanimously. thank you. i'm now calling agenda item number eight, which is new business and announcements, this is a discussion on current administrative, budgetary, legislative and programing developments and announcements. first, are there any commissioner comments or discussion and new business, this is commissioner beltran. i just wanted to announce that i am absolutely thrilled that i completed a public art project, an environmental public art project down for the epicenter, which is the east in east palo

alto, working with 12 to 15 year olds to create a andy goldsworthy like intervention at and also the peninsula open space trust foundation, which we just finished a week ago. and it's spectacular. and hopefully in the next couple of months you will be able to actually see it on google maps because it's pretty large scale. wow. we took a we took a huge circular, medial strip, and they literally went in there and rearranged the rocks into a design that they designed themselves. so it radiates from a tree that's at one of the edges. and they did just a phenomenal job. so that's great. i love it and learned about andy goldsworthy. exactly. this is commissioner schnur. i wanted to mention that we were fortunate enough to, commissioner hakimi and myself, along with quite a few of the,

arts staff. led by mary chu, to, see all the, new acquisitions in the final. the final stage completed final stage of the, of the harvey milk terminal. and it was really spectacular. and also, you know, to be able to get through security, they had it all arranged so we could easily get through security and get to the other side to see the art on both sides. but also several of the artists were there. and so they got to talk about their art and we could celebrate them. and it was really a very special, event. and i was thrilled to be able to be there, as i'm sure, commissioner hakimi wants to say a few words too on it, but it was very it was incredible seeing everything and hearing what the artist had to say. and susan pontius was there, so it was wonderful to see her again, to thank you, commissioner

hakimi, i just i was going to mention i'm glad you brought it up, because it really was an amazing experience, standing over there and recognizing that this is, probably one of the most amazing public art galleries than anybody can walk through. and at the moment that our city is have is finally recuperating somewhat, but we're still far away from where we need to be. it is incredible, symbolically, to just stand over there and say, the moment that people arrive in san francisco to see this, this magnificent exhibition and the amount of work that went into it, and just standing over there and seeing i'm a late, late comer. so i wasn't here for most of the projects that were going on. so for me, it was new to see a lot of these amazing sculptures and art work, work of art and our staff, the work that they do and the artists. we got to meet a couple of the artists and it was really it was a humbling moment for me to recognize the

responsibility that i carry as a commission on this and this seat. so i just want to thank everybody. it was really it was one of my favorite moments of sitting on this chair. and it was nice to be hanging out with you see your husband too. so thank you. i just want to say thank you for this opportunity. it was really an honor to be there. all right, this commission, i just wanted to chime in. i happen to take a flight out of sfo. out of t3, which is the next one to be renovated. yes, but i specifically asked our lyft driver to drop us off at t1. yeah, so i could walk through. and the great news is that a lot of that art is publicly accessible without having to go through security. and so we literally spent half an hour just walking through t1, looking at all the pieces, you know, outside of security, because we hadn't even sort of checked in yet. and it is quite spectacular too. so exciting. the turnout gorgeously so. i encourage all of you, even if you're not taking a flight to go out there.

it's a good point because going or coming or you're dropping off people, you get up. and that's why i'm saying it's an amazing public art space that we should be celebrating, because i have not seen anything like that. ans coming and going. so it's not, you know, you know, it just it was an incredible experience. so yeah. and the, the quality of the artwork, this is not just any artwork. it was really substantial amount of work. so. well, what was also, exciting about it too, is with susan there and several of the staff who have been through the full process. there were older pieces that had been moved around and placed and displayed, and they were even more vital and powerful than they had been in their previous positions, the other thing, like, commissioner beltran, if possible, i try sometimes to get to the airport like a half hour earlier and

drop me at one of the terminal farthest away. so i can walk on through. and particularly the connector between two and three, which is so awesome. yes anyway, i urge you, if you have the time, i know it's hard, but if you have the time, it's well worth it. so one more point that actually, aside from the art, what was fascinating is when we walked through this, stores that were there, they were not your typical corporations. they were actually very well known, san francisco based, unique places like the green apple, which is an institution in san francisco, and the coffee was not your pets and your, you know, so it's like the entire experience is really local san francisco, where some of the other terminals are more corporate. so it's really nice to actually just feel that you're in san francisco. so great work. whoever did everybody's an amazing work. thank you. sfo does a good job and i'm going to chime in because i just found out from

tara earlier today and discussing the same, opening, which i was very sad to miss. but the public can go any time. you just have to make arrangements with sfo. you don't have to have a ticket, but you make arrangements and they will take you on a tour of the public art. well that's wonderful. yeah. thank you. i forgot that was good. are there any other comments or discussion in this new business and announcements? i've got one more, please. collins i just want to invite everybody, we missed you at castro this past weekend. it was a beautiful day. art walk, sf support, small businesses, local artists, local performers, and our neighborhood communities and business corridors. and castro was beautiful. so we invite you guys to come out fillmore is next september 5th. and then after that we have glen park on

october 7th, so please join us for either one. those will be our final ones for this year. and yeah, we'd love to see you guys come out and support. thank you. no more from the commission. is there any public comment on this agenda item number eight for those joining in person, please proceed to the public comment podium and fill out the public comment information card. we are currently on item eight. as a reminder, your time will start. when you begin speaking, you will see a visual timer on the podium and receive a 32nd audible warning before your time concludes. i'm requesting comments from those who are in person. is there anyone who would like to make a public comment on the current agenda item? i see no request for public comment. public comment is now closed. usually i want to strike this gavel and call this meeting to an end, but i want to thank the commission for its engagement, its involvement, and i'd really like to thank our incredible staff. you know, that churns this stuff out with world class and the type of grace and dignity, you know, of making san

francisco's art scene so alive and growing. as commissioners, we are privileged to be able to sit in these seats. but the privilege is because of the humility that we have for our staff. so thank you very much. yes that i will strike that thi. thank you. thank you.

>> here is great wall hardware, 3500 square feet of retail space. we carry about 22 thousand items in here and countingfelt it never stops because i have a thing. when a customer says, do you have this and i don't have it, it bothers me. i won't have it. so, it is just one of those things owning a hardware store, people expect you to have everything and you try to if full thill fulfill that need. native san franciscan. born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital. my family moved to the sunset in the late 70's, so my mom and dad thought, we are already doing construction, why don't we open a hardware store? it is nice dove tail to each other, so that is how that got started.

we started this store in 1983, and we have been going every since, so now it is 40 years. i like serving my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different from other businesses. most businesses you want to buy this or that and eat this or that. a hardware store is different. people come in and usually have a problem and need a solution and looking for you to navigate them through that problem and offer them products that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great. i love this neighborhood. there is different etnisties and cultures here. we all intermingle and mix together and get along fine and i like that about this neighborhood t. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and beautiful and near the zoom and park and stern grove. great schools and parks. what's twl not to like? i am always looks around the corner the next thing to and crank it up

more and make it safer and more enjoyable. bringing in new businesses. support them. great wall hardware, open 7 days a week, monday-friday 8 to 6, saturday is 10 to 6 and sunday is 10 to 3. >> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪♪♪] >> under california's new law,

adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal. if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪♪♪] >> to legalization of cannabis could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be

a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a sales tax on the retail level. >> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year. anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge. >> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as

the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store. >> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the

seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪♪♪] >> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth.

and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law.

>> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them. >> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis. >> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different

licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10 departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project,

this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant. they want to work with the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities.

>> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that

alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪♪♪]locals. >> (music). >> the work go ahead offered i didn't the rec and park friday's

local young people between 14 and 17 to be part 6 the workforce and eastern responsibility and professionalism and gain job skills and assignments in neighborhoods parking and recreation centers and includes art and crafts, sport, cooking, gardening and facility support and so many more. >> (multiple voices). >> i think we're part of the this is the fact we're outdoors and it is really great to be in nature and workreation is great first step to figure out what you would like to do workreation covers real life working skills

and expansion can be allowed (unintelligible) it is a really great program because um, students get placed all the time for what they like. join us in the experience and opportunity and i really like the workreation program it is fun to workout at the summer camp with all the kids each is different and the staff is really nice. >> why? is because i used to go to the local park often when i was a little kid. with my mom i often had to translate for my mom i applied in the hope to provide assistance for other people with first language was for the english. >> i like this job we have fun

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and-it is more american and then coffee, local coffee. i am one of the chalos. so, my father is gonzalo [indiscernible] chalos means--i always been involved in food industry. we used to have a food restaurant and then i been in different parts of the world in spain, in the u.s., back in the days food industry, so it is my thing. and then, it was my-follow her to her country so that is why we opened chalos. >> i was born and raised in the sunset district. moving back from being abroad so long i have been over 8 years. this neighborhood meant a lot to me. when we saw the space, i was like, that's it. this area i'm very familiar with.

in the last 5 to 10 years it changed a lot. it is really good for young families. you dont need to leave the neighborhood anymore and what i like most about it, most of the businesses have local residents within district 4, the sunset area with their own businesses so it gives the community feel to it. one neat thing we have here is we have fride and baked-one of the only [indiscernible] everything is made from scratch. everything made fresh. we make the food when you order it. we have 15 different flavors. a lot of vegetarian, investigateen and churros are made every day. we have a new addition, a breakfast burrito made fresh, that is the key to success. cheese, tater tots and bacon or

breakfast sausage t. is a big burrito. that is a big hit. we have a full expresso bar. the most popular drink is the--it is very popular. but we have solid expresso drinks. chalos is open wednesday to sunday, wednesday-saturday 9 to 5 and sunday 9 to 3. [indiscernible] normal activity on taraval. [music] >> [music] you are watching golden gate inventions with michael. this is episode exploring the excelsior. >> hi i'm michael you are watching golden gate inventions

highlighting urban out doors we are in the excelsior. pickleball. let's play pickleball! pickleball is an incredited low popular sport growing nationwide. pickleball combines tennis, bad mitton and ping pong. playod a bad mitton sized court with paddle and i plasticic ball. starting out is easy. you can pick up paddle and balls for 20 buck and it is suitable for everyone in all skill levels you see here. the gim is played by 2 or 4 players. the ball must be served diagnoty and other rules theory easy to pick up. the game ends when i player or team reaches a set score 11 or 21 point bunkham win bright 2 pickleball courts are available

across the city some are and others require booking ahead and a fee. information about the courts found at sf recpark. org if you are interested in playing. now i know why people are playing pickleball. it is so much fun you play all ages. all skill levels and pop on a court and you are red to g. a lot of fun i'm glad i did it. all right. let's go! time for a hike! there is i ton of hike nothing excelsior. 312 acres mc clarin the second largest p in san francisco. there are 7 miles of tris including the there was fer's way this spreads over foresxeft field and prosecute voids hill side views of the city. and well is a meditative quiet

place in mc clarin p you will siendz labyrinth made of rock:now we are at glen eagle golf course special try out disk golf >> now disk golf! so disk golf is like traditional golf but with noticing disks. credit as the sport's pioneer establishing the disk ballsorption and the first standardized target the disk ball hole. the game involves throwing from key areas toward i metal basket. players use different disks for long distances driver, immediateerate. mid range and precise shot, putters.

players begin at the t area. throw disks toward the basket and prosecute seed down the fare way. player with the lowest number of throws the end wins the game. disk golf at glen eagle cost 14 dollars if you pay at the clubhouse. there is an 18 hole course this is free. du see that shot? i won! am i was not very good now i have a huge respect for disk ball player its is difficult but fun. thank you for joining me in the excelsior this is goldenate adventures.

we have so many neighborhood in district 5 each with their own character and history. >> in the district a long time and almost 30 years in district 5. active in my community and i have been an attorney right's attorney representing and helping folk who is are trying to stay in their homes and folks trying to resist evictions and really just continued to be able to thrive in this community. i did work outside city hall for a long time. finally a point