he is the executive director of liveable cities, whose major nonprofit partner. lastly, i want to find all the partners from our city sister agency -- agencies. and last of all but not least, the sfmta staff for getting this program together. i want to thank every one of them for their contribution. so we will see you this sunday, and looking forward to biking, walking, and if you can make it, get there by transit. [applause] >> this concludes the press conference, but i did want to invite you -- we have the president of the north beach merchants. >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art terminal. let's take a look. the new terminal service and american airlines and virgin america was designed by a world- renowned architecture's firm. originally built in 1954, the building underwent massive renovation to become the first registered terminal and one of the must modern and sustainable terminals and the united states. the public art program continues its 30-year leg

he is the executive director of liveable cities, whose major nonprofit partner. lastly, i want to find all the partners from our city sister agency -- agencies. and last of all but not least, the sfmta staff for getting this program together. i want to thank every one of them for their contribution. so we will see you this sunday, and looking forward to biking, walking, and if you can make it, get there by transit. [applause] >> this concludes the press conference, but i did want to invite you -- we have the president of the north beach merchants. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened

he is the executive director of liveable cities, whose major nonprofit partner. lastly, i want to find all the partners from our city sister agency -- agencies. and last of all but not least, the sfmta staff for getting this program together. i want to thank every one of them for their contribution. so we will see you this sunday, and looking forward to biking, walking, and if you can make it, get there by transit. [applause] >> this concludes the press conference, but i did want to invite you -- we have the president of the north beach merchants. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring togeth

going do this in a way that saves us time and makes us official and makes san francisco the most liveable city we can be. on behalf of the board of supervisor and i know supervisor weemer is here, i want to thank the chair of our t.a. and the mayor and all of the city staffers who have been working four years to make this happen, we look forward to the day when we can drive around the streets, spend less than three minutes looking for parking and get on with our lives. thank you for being part of this wonderful announcement. >> i mefpksed we could not do -- mentioned we could not do something of this magnitude with a strong partner and one is the department of transportation authority. i would like to call up the vice chairman, who is a strong champion of improved transportation modes in the city and choice of modes in the city. >> good morning. today is my 2-year-old's birthday and we are looking for parking all morning just to drop him off to childcare, and i was just -- why is this the case? we didn't even have a white zone to drop him off. it's wonderful to be here. i want to say congratul

with that, let me introduce the executive director of liveable cities and a member of the bart board of directors, tom middle of which -- radulovich. >> we have two goals -- to make this city a great place for the people who live here, but another is to make san francisco and is a blur. i am a proud san franciscan -- transplant, but a proud san franciscan, and i think san francisco values are our greatest export. i think the america's cup is a great opportunity to highlight both of those things -- how to make this a great event for all of the attendees, but also a great event for all the people who live near the waterfront and for san franciscans. we do not want to overload our streets with traffic. we want to keep this a livable city as we do this huge event and make -- bring mass numbers of people through. the other is to be an example, and a lot of people have talked about this. every event wants to be the greatest ever. i want this event to be the greatest ever feared with any other city is doing a large sporting event, i wanted to go to san francisco's people plan and say this is

he is the executive director of liveable cities, whose major nonprofit partner. lastly, i want to find all the partners from our city sister agency -- agencies. and last of all but not least, the sfmta staff for getting this program together. i want to thank every one of them for their contribution. so we will see you this sunday, and looking forward to biking, walking, and if you can make it, get there by transit. [applause] >> this concludes the press conference, but i did want to invite you -- we have the president of the north beach merchants. president chiu: midafternoon. welcome to the supervisors' meeting of april 12th, 2011. >> [roll-call] mr. president, there is a quorum. president chiu: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? i want to take a quick moment to well, -- i understand there is a classroom, the berkeley school of law. want to welcome our future lawyers and interpreters of the law. colleagues, we have been provided meeting minutes for the march 8th and march 9, 2011 meetings. can i have a motion t

he is the executive director of liveable cities, whose major nonprofit partner. lastly, i want to find all the partners from our city sister agency -- agencies. and last of all but not least, the sfmta staff for getting this program together. i want to thank every one of them for their contribution. so we will see you this sunday, and looking forward to biking, walking, and if you can make it, get there by transit. [applause] >> this concludes the press conference, but i did want to invite you -- we have the president of the north beach merchants. supervisor mirkarimi: good morning. welcome to the public safety committee. thank you for the slightly delayed start. we believe supervisor campos will be joining us shortly. would you please read the first item? >> item 1, resolution authorizing the department of emergency management to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $750,000. supervisor mirkarimi: ok, this is a resolution from the department of emergency management. please. >> good morning. the accept and expend before you today is for the am

liveable streets is incredibly important to this. i'm grateful to the city as a whole for offering this fun, safe places for people to get out and play. that is all i have to say. thank you. [applause] >> as susan mentioned earlier, one of our major partners and nonprofits is the bicycle coalition. they are responsible for helping us organize all of the volunteers, and we are totally indebted to them. we would not have happened without their support. i would like to introduce the executive director of the bicycle coalition. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, first of all, to all our friends in chinatown for welcoming us back. my first sunday streets started out back here. was it three years ago? it is amazing it has been that long and we have grown so much. i want to echo and really recognize what mayor lee said. this really is about connecting our neighborhoods. when do we see folks from neighborhoods across the city coming out on their bicycles, their skateboards, their strollers, on their two feet, and walking, enjoying linking neighborhood to neighbo

that didn't happen by accident, and the creation of liveable cities required vast undertakings, which we're still not down with in the developing world. these their great challenges that actually lie ahead. so if you go back to 1900 new york, boy born in the city could expect to live seven years less than the national average. today it's two years longer. i'm not sure we fully understand this for older new yorkers. some say walking plays a large role it in. for younger new york, it's clear why death read rates are lower, it's modify accident, taking the subway after a few drinks, and lower rates of suicide. one of the interesting thing is while new yorks aren't likely to say they're happy, they actually don't off themselves at the same rate that anymore low density areas do. but that actually required investment, and the local governments at the start of the 20th century were spending as much on water as the national government was spending on everything except for the mayor and post office, and these investments were real and were important. while clean water required an engineering