turned around and as the south -- and i see out of the rocky mountains, i could see a gap where the piedro river flows south and through that gap i could see the desert of northern new mexico and just over the horizon, just about 120 miles away, is chaco canyon, the largest anastazi site in the southwest, just over the horizon. and in between these towers and chaco canyon there are fire signal stations up on top of buttes. every fire signal station is in view of two other signal stations. each of those, four, on and on and on so that a fire would be lit at one spot and everybody would know, you could send messages for hundreds of miles. you could send messages over mountain ranges. there are fire signals all over the four corners, rows and fire signals. i talked to the guy who first discovered these signals and he was just out there mapping archeological sites with a crew in the 70's and he kept coming across these hills that had some kind of -- a little bit of architecture but they couldn't tell what they were. and they decided they are just not going to put the

i see taco bell. i see purple, red, blue, green, orange. i see cheetah revera on broadway. as american as the lee's, the kennedys. none sound american to me. i am not a shamed. jose can you see. i pledge allegiance to this country. land of commercialism. if i can win gold medals. if i can sign my life away. ain't no language. this is my country too. i believe in free dom and diversity, need to get the hell out. [applause] >> i have one more performer. can you believe that? i am so excited. he is a very kind man to be here. he's a total icon. tales of the city. his book that was made do a city. he's here on his book tour. thank you very much. well, i would not have missed this evening for anything. you and i both know these things can be boring. not tonight. i like to read, since i'm back home from a tour. i would like to read the chapter that my editor wanted me to remove. i have to set it up for you. michael toliver is 55 years old. they have gone to florida because his mother has died. and they have been out to the rest home, to the bear bar in orlando. they meet a black

i do not see it in the paper work. g the possible excavation, juin one of these pages that was associated with the package, i am seeing iand i emcea point, which was no. 1 in the package, and it shows a site plan. the front right corner of the curb, and that is 00, so everything is related to it 00 -- to 00 elevations. this would be about 19 or 20 inches above the reference point curb,e2mñ and thero references for the rear yard. it seems to be an up sloping lot. the only thing i can assume -- it seems to be an up-sloping lot. the steps to the left-hand side of the property, it shows8dsá-juj5ei0 which would typically be#q about 7.5 inches, so it seems weg climbing above 5 feet to get the rear yard, so that would suggest that is that much excavation. commissioner fung: at a minimum. the problem is that we do not know how it sits on the site. thank you. president peterson: commissioners, the matter is submitted. if l bring you up. commissioner fung: commq&ujjá$5e against a permit that has been çissued. at least in the bas

i can't believe it? you see? i am capeable. don't call me dummy.ow who do you think schnur i am a girl with just good grades. >> the morale of this story is that no matter what people think about you, all you have to do is show who you really are. even if the situation isn't good for you, you must make the best effort you can and you will succeed in this life. jenny chuasiriporn did -- life. [cheers and applause] >> all right. yell about the shooting, about the killings. mothers don't remember reality. phone call. angers, her client. who the media pictures fighting and screaming. wife drops the bottle. neighbors. let mep put some ink in your mind. blue, red, purple, green, black, so many colors of ink i'm going to start an art gearly. google me. violence is my silence. >> all right. i see a room with darkness. i see the color white. poems are made in darkness. poems are p white. poems are shadows. all poems are what you want them to be 79 all poems ar another -- another way to express yourself. i stay active. if i see something i like i'm snatching

. >> see, i told you? mine was the best. i told you, dummy. besides, let me see what you guys have. >> you know, i'm leaving. after school, alice and delores park thinking about human behavior. >> i don't know what people want to -- from me, for real. i have to say i think people just want me to be perfect. but you know what? i am capable of doing anything. it doesn't matter who i am or the way i look. what matters is the effort. i will study more. >> alice studied hard. she gets automatic a's. she's on the honor roll! -- she gets all a's. she's on the honor roll. >> oh, my god. i can't believe it? you see? i am capeable. don't call me dummy. now who do you think schnur i am a girl with just good grades. >> the morale of this story is that no matter what people think about you, all you have to do is show who you really are. even if the situation isn't good for you, you must make the best effort you can and you will succeed in this life. jenny chuasiriporn did -- life. [cheers and applause] >> all right. yell about the shooting, about the killin

maybe i misunderstood. >> i like the solution, but that is not what i am seeing documented here. commissioner fung: framed in, it did not say a one-hour window assembly. that is what i read intimate commissioner -- that is what i read. commissioner garcia: is that legal for him not to have any light? >> that is not something that would be required. this'll be to provide light. if they were to provide light where the building is, they would not have any light. commissioner garcia: but would that room remain legal the for the purposes of a bedroom? there would be another building built there? or no window at all? >> in my package, i am seeing that there is a light well, which seems to be an exterior wall. what you see in the second picture, the exhibit b, has an exterior wall. commissioner fung: we asked for that information. >> it seems to be a budding that room there from what i see in that picture. commissioner garcia -- it seems to be a budding -- about -- abutting the room. commissioner garcia: putting a window in that spot? >> it would require another permit. commissioner garc

i do not have time to talk here, but i see you guys wasting government time. sk the president to give me two more minutes to talk about crucial issues in our community, which is district 5. you could do it. it is in the charter. if you cannot do that, how will you decide who will be our next mayor? do not play with me right now. i need two minutes. let me continue on. the city and county which passes your money on to redevelopment work support. that is in my community, and you have a director that is about to be resigned, but that office does not do anything for our community. i have a million things to say that i cannot say enough. there needs to be oversight in city government. there is a disconnect with our government and city hall. there is a disconnect between you and the mayor. he does not care. a lot of you do not care. i happen to be an african- american. commissioner chiu: thank you very much, mr. washington. >> ok, listen to this, ask you -- commissioner chiu: unfortunately, i need to provide everyone a uniform time for public comment. >> everybody is

commissioner clyde: my only comment is -- is that i would like to see -- i would like to see us move forward on some exemption for -- for some kinds of entertainment. -- you though, i believe that we should be crafting a teixeira hold and -- a -- above which threshold, a conditional use is required and under the threshold -- it is not required. entertainment is allowed. we just draw rules that prescribe creativity, that people -- people put in creative interesting business plans and then all of a sudden, someone objects out there and it is just -- very difficult. i mean, that being said, i agree, i don't see much wrong with it but i would -- would still like to see concurrent movement on -- >> such as a cafe that wanted to do music. then they got to go to the planning commission in order to -- to make it happen. >> they got the girl with the guitar singing for 2 1/2 hours -- >> why a girl? >> i'm just making -- i'm just trying to appeal to our male dominated board of supervisors, i guess. i don't know. >> but -- you recommending there is a threshold? >> i'm saying that it is -- when i

now i cannot see you. want to thank the commission, organizers, and tell the panelists how great we are for your insight and advocacy. my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist. i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes

i am just watching to see if i can see flames hit further. i don't know. i can not see it. >> has anyone come by and any authorities come by or told you what is going on or that you have to go back or are you pretty much safe where you are right now? >> right now, i think we are okay. we have seen a lot of fire and ambulance and different emergency vehicles driving up san bruno avenue. and i see planes flying over the area. i just see one going straight through the smoke right now. there are a couple of them up there. three of them i can see. >> how much has the fire spread? >> i can not tell. i can't really tell. it looks like it is all continuously from the same spot. so -- >> so that initial spot was just so you know we are watching live right now on the air that one spot just keeps going and going and going but it is not -- if we take a different example such as oakland hills firestorm that was a fire that traveld and grew and multiplied. this just looks like from what you could see that same spot keeps going and going. >> it is a big spot but it keeps

i see her all the time. she was in my office just yesterday. i don't have that kind of sway. i don't have tenure yet. but everybody listens to you. you're my advisor, my mentor. can't you fight for me? look, you have to understand. falsifying your data was a serious breech. oh, come on. everybody does it. yeah, well, not everybody gets caught! cardoza: you know if she touched anything when she was in there? i left her alone for a few minutes when i talked to the department secretary. all right, we're gonna have to process everything that's in your office. tripp: and you and i are gonna spend some quality time together, till we get this thing figured out. i don't need protection. i have a lecture this afternoon. it'll be a... i'll be in a room full of students. i guess i'll be auditing that class. we've been looking for you, ms. walls. you weren't looking hard enough. i wasn't hiding. prime suspect in a double murder and an attempt at a third. you still think i'm you're killer. you had motive and opportunity. delko: innocent people are usually c

the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we w

the biggest divide i see in who gets served with what news is actually a class divide. i feel like if you are middle or upper middle class wealthy, the way that news, particularly--take something like economic news that we all care about--is tailored and targeted for you, depending on demographic. >> mm-hmm. >> if you don't have a certain income level, you might as well be invisible, and that's the biggest divide i see. so there's not a lot of news in the public interest that's really from a more grass-roots perspective. >> dan, you've been very critical in the past of some aspects of the news, to include your alma mater, cbs news, where there have been a lot of job cuts, where a lot of the correspondents who used to work overseas, report for your broadcast, no longer exist. is cbs or these other organizations that have cut all these jobs really still capable of serving the public interest? >> they are capable of doing so, and you've touched on what i think is the important point not just for journalists, but for the public at large. part of what's wrong with american jo

i have the opportunity to see this happen while i am still lives. i look at this award as an opportunity for me to find a place for my craft and keep the art program going. >> the director of the program address the crowd and ask for each member to consider donating funds to help save some of san francisco's most important neighborhood landmarks. >> as one of san francisco's living treasures, we respect you and, frankly, we are in off -- awe of your 50 years of tireless effort as an early art on from for north. >> i would like to be perhaps the first donation to our care and present you with a check to get the ball rolling. >> because i know that the arts commission is very sincere about this, i'm going to make a personal commitment of $10,000. [applause] >> what is significant about the program is the way it is set out allows us to treat the artworks that have the most need, the ones that our conservative have pointed out as the most vulnerable as opposed to ones that might be the most popular were the most miserable -- the most visible. >> it is a

i intend to support it. seeing no other questions would ask for a motion. >> point of clarification, because i served on the selection committee i had believed i should recuse myself in interest of transparency. i mentioned that to members of the stow lake coalition and they somewhat insisted i vote. >> it is my understanding the city attorney tells us that is quite acceptable. >> all right. just for the record. >> the chair will entertain a motion. >> the chair will still entertain a motion. >> so moved. >> all move that we accept the staff recommendation. >> it has been moved and seconded. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes. >> yes. >> commissioner lee. >> yes. >> commissioner martin. >> yes. >> commissioner sullivan. >> yes. >> yes. >> the motion passes. thanks very much. thank you one and all. we are going to take a 10-minute break. i hope we don't need a >> item eight is the san francisco 49ers. >> the department, i am hoping people will come up on this item as well but perhaps not. the item before you is a prop

when will i see you again? precious moments. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i just want to say thank goodness for district elections. i want to speak about the recreation and parks department commission and the need that they have through the parks department commission. there has been several instances where there has not been what i believe it is legitimate public outreach. i believe we have a happy outcome. what he realized is downtown, south beach, our open spaces are rare and cherish. the changes impact all of us. i and stand -- i understand that we have constraints, however we should not be selling our public spaces without a good discussion. i'll encourage you to pursue having the board of supervisors appointed commissioners not reparations and paris, along with other commissions. thank you. >> thank you. >> i work with the inner-city adolescent network. we provide programs for the use such as continued education, job training, job readiness. i'm here today to ask for support

that brings us next -- i do not see the number on here, but i believe we need a -- >> that is correct. commissioner marshall: motion to disclose or not disclosed. >> nondisclosure. >> second. >> public comment? none? let's look to item 8. >> item 8 is an adjournment, for which we also need a motion. >> so move. >> second. >> the meeting is adjourned. >> de police commission concludes business at 8:41 p.m.

first of all, i wanted to second the sentiments of ms. jackson. it is good to see you, commissioner ellis. i am looking forward to the discussion of community benefits. since it is not on the agenda, i want to ask if there is an update on the state of solar in san francisco, and how we are going to get the committee to work on the next round of puc project. i know a lot of us are eagerly waiting to see the sunset reservoir switched to get turned on and get a walk through for some of the community folks to get people back into the solar frame of mind again. can community folks go out and see how it is shaping up? >> now might be a good time to jump out of order. ed harrington, our general manager, has some announcements to make. >> as you know, the first announcement was that we have selected a general manager for external affairs. that position was vacated earlier this year when laura left. if you recall, we were changing the position to not only be in charge of relations and communications, but also take the lead on environmental sustainability issues and the comm

i hope to see that inc. when we look at reform. i would like also to use this as a test case in the zone if we have restorative just as practices. how would you change the culture of discipline bursa's punishment -- versus punishment in our schools? i think part of a a barrier is the language of the bureaucracy of our system. i hope that when you are meeting with parents and speaking about the zone that we break it down in a way that is not intimidating and actually has a real personal meaning to what is going to happen to their children in the transformation and what parents can expect. my next point is that we have been working very hard to give different services to reform what we do around parent engagement, bringing it to an empowerment model. some of the things you outlined that you may have in schools might be something different than what the system as a whole has said to support a cultural shift from dependency to empowerment. i wanted to keep you in mind that we should probably have updates about the direction of parent en

see to be very successful i think. and that's why i think you for your best this is. basically for russia we also see . a key part of a blow to the bush all the delegates all we've spoken to at least agree that this is not just a free jump it's more about a t. exercise this is a genuine opportunity to profit. the investment forum has already been a success with a number of business deals been signed precious cross that region has signed contracts with both russia and foreign investors valued at more than ten billion dollars o.j. case three match a passion kerry coral sea bank or among those willing to participate in that region is development saga and is currently in talks with russia's call make us and less to take a final decision on cooperating with too much of engineering project by the end of this year. well the forum has focused on modernization in many spheres and that includes news of a traumatic turn around the fortunes of russia's car industry. we did preserve critical technologies in skilled labor during the crisis is in now thanks to the fact that we have d

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i see randy shaw here. i am glad he is here. he has been a great partner for this city and a partner for these efforts. pulling this up into the tenderloin area, the new tenderloin museum which had its grand opening if you weeks back. i love these reporters from the new york times. they come down and say, "you are doing walking tours in the tenderloin? you are celebrating the historical contributions of the tenderloin? you are marketing this area to tourists?" we say absolutely right. eat your heart out. the history of the tenderloin is our history. it is something to be proud of. there is a lot that is right in these neighborhoods and this particular neighborhood. at the end of the day, we celebrate his work, your work, eds work -- ed's work, and all of you here. we are proud to be here today. now come back and shop and eat. [applause] >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a se

i see her all the time. she was in my office just yesterday. i don't have that kind of sway. i don't have tenure yet. but everybody listens to you. you're my advisor, my mentor. can't you fight for me? look, you have to understand. falsifying your data was a serious breech. oh, come on. everybody does it. yeah, well, not everybody gets caught! cardoza: you know if she touched anything when she was in there? i left her alone for a few minutes when i talked to the department secretary. all right, we're gonna have to process everything that's in your office. tripp: and you and i are gonna spend some quality time together, till we get this thing figured out. i don't need protection. i have a lecture this afternoon. it'll be a... i'll be in a room full of students. i guess i'll be auditing that class. we've been looking for you, ms. walls. you weren't looking hard enough. i wasn't hiding. prime suspect in a double murder and an attempt at a third. you still think i'm you're killer. you had motive and opportunity. delko: innocent people are usually c

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i see amy here from the office of economic development. a lot of different folks worked together to -- to make these projects happen i want to make sure to acknowledge them. one that i haven't yet mentioned, though it has been referenced, has to do with public art. public works is -- is you know, typically a profession of civil engineers and hard tough stuff, pipes and asphalt and concrete. we realize that in order to -- to really make the -- these projects attractive and inviting, that public art can really be an important element to do that, to compliment the great work our architects do. i want to ask joe maddon from the arts commission to come up and say a few words about the beautiful public art that you may have noticed. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> good morning. good afternoon. it is a pleasure to be here. congratulations to the residents of -- of visitation valley on your beautiful new streetscape. i want to say that it has been a measure to collaborate with our colleagues from d.p.w. and p.u.c. on the project. and i also w

i see, you know, the larger picture, you know. things have been rocking, you know, in this country as far as the arts are concerned. but specifically, for me, i think i'll always have my supporters and detractors. are there occasions when critics see things in your work that you haven't seen, and you walk away and go, "you know, i buy that; i--i embrace that"? absolutely, you know. there are times when that happens. there are times when, you know, the man or woman on the street comes up and sees something that i didn't see. and i must say, one of the things that i enjoy about my work, and it's very rewarding to me, is that i--i get a lot of good responses. and by the good responses, i mean open responses from the popular press, from, say, the new york post of all places sometimes, or daily news, you know, magazines and media that attracts an audience that does not know much about art, that does not know anything about my work. and yet it draws these people to the work. and those are the people that i listen to, the man and woman in