i want to thank sfgtv for there service. madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. if you could call item two. >> this is an action item. commissioner campos: at this point, i would like to open up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take that without objection? madam clerk, can you please call item three? colleagues, i have a very brief report today. i would like to begin by welcoming back our executive director. glad to see you are recovering, and we certainly have missed having you here, but we are appreciative of the facts that you are first and foremost taking care of yourself. we wish you the best of luck. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the amazing work of your staff, including the deputies, all of these senior staff for the transportation authority who have risen -- who have represented you very well. i want to thank them. in terms of my report today, i would think the most significant thing that this happened since our last meeting is the financial cl

i want to thank the court today and members of sfgtv. >> please make sure to silence also found that electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any document should be submitted to the clerk. the items will appear on the july 17 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. can recaitem #1, authorizing the of 9800 square feet for 21 months for the department of emergency management and the office of the assessor recorder. president chiu: this is a pretty straightforward resolution to authorize release of 9800 square feet for 21 months for our department of emergency management and the office of the assessor recorder. if the department representatives have any other comment in regards to that? pretty straightforward. supervisor farrell: we will open to public comment. any members of the public wish to comment on this item? public comment is closed. can i entertain a motion for this? president chiu: to the committee report. supervisor farrell: a motion by president chiu, as a recommendation for the next board of supervisors meeting. without objection. do we have an

i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.orgr reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. thi

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you ha

we would like to thank the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. if you could take roll-call. >> [roll-call] >> we have a quorum. >> if you could please call item no. 2. >> is there any member of the public who would like to speak on item number two? can we take roll-call? >> [a roll-call] the item passes. supervisor campos: please call item no. 3. >> the shares report. this is an information item. supervisor campos: as many of you are aware, last week, our governor, jerry brown was in town for the bill that green light the high-speed rail program. for those of you who have been following this matter, it was a very close vote and in the end, the different parties were able to reach a compromise that brought enough consensus to have enough votes to pass this very important piece of legislation. i was unable to be at the signing ceremony but i want to thank the executive director for representing the authority and i want to recognize commissioner jane kim who was at the event. present were not only the governor but the high-speed authority chairman w

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabil

to announce the first annual public-service announcement award, jack chen, general manager of sfgtv. and the executive director of day. please give them a warm welcome. >> being the first year that we're doing the apa contest, we had a total of 15 entries working with the academy of art university. the entries were very creative in promoting the apa heritage history and apa month. sonny will talk about the criteria that we use. >> it was selected based on the following criteria. the impact of promoting the heritage month, and finally, the originality of the concept. we received a total of 15 entries this year. i want to announce the winner. sean -- is he around? [applause] >> can we invite him onstage with us? we will first take a look at his injury. >> way is asian pacific heritage month. in recognition of cultural impact. it is a time of united pride for the first -- the diverse people of the asian continent. >> japanese, vietnamese. >> no matter what your background. >> i am english. >> it is a celebration for everyone. >> will have him come out and talk about his injury. >> this

. >> i would like to thank our sfgtv staff, general furlough, and jesse larsen, for broadcasting as today. -- jennifer lowe and jesse larsen for broadcasting us today. >> item number one, to add limitations on eligibility application deadlines for the receipt of assessor, reporters report. and to reduce the application fees for the mills' agricultural contracts. >> thank you. supervisor wiener. >> today, we are considering legislation that i am sponsoring to improve access to amend the minister of code by which we enter into mills act contract. this will improve and streamline the process of that we provide incentives to homeowners to maintain their stored properties in san francisco. -- their historic properties in san francisco. i will also be speaking with the san francisco heritage to formulate this legislation. i see that mike piller from heritage is here today to speak. " -- but the planning and other commissions have supported to -- have voted to support the mills act as well. the bills that maintain the property it in an appropriate way by agreeing to a strict, 10- year maintenanc

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> 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 legacy of integrating art into the airport environment with the addition of five new commissions that are as bold and dynamic as the new building. >> this project was completed in record time, and we were able to integrate the artist's early enough in the process that they could work with the architect said that the work that is completed is the work that really helps complement and instill the space as opposed to being tucked away in a corner. >>

those boards and commissions and to be aware of the fact that members in the auditorium and members on sfgtv are also watching them. to have someone showed a total animosity not only says that message to that individual but it sends a message to every other person in the chamber and every person watching on government television. it's as we did not want your comments, we did not appreciate them, and if you see the wrong thing to us, we will attack you. our response is ok, the ordinance clearly says members are free to express their opinions, to respond, and i want to thank you for the responses i have gone although i may have not agreed with each one. i respect the fact there were given and it is that give-and- take that really encourages people to participate in government. i think one of the things that i see separately is the fact that many people to not go to boards and commissions because they really do not feel that the board and commissions care about what they say. i have heard them do it. one time in a police commission meeting, they went to item no. 2 and covered a and b and went i

we have sfgtv folks who are hoping as well. madam clerk, could you share with us your announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents should be completed as part of the file and submitted to the clerk. items submitted after today will appear on a july 24th board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: thank you. if you could please call number one and two. >> item number one is the hearing regarding the impact of california's public safety and realignment policy on the city of san francisco as well as the county. item number two, a resolution approving the post-release community supervision 2012 implementation plan. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. i appreciate it. i want to thank supervisor eric mar for britain these two items before us. -- bringing these two items before us. and of course, the group and executive committee for their report as well. since the sponsor of this hearing is supervisor mar, i will yield

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and we also have two members of sfgtv doing work behind-the- scenes. thank you both for your service. could you call items #one and two? >> item number one is a hearing regarding homicide and gun violence in the ocean view, merced heights, and ingleside, and southeast neighborhoods. item number two is a hearing on the committee response network 2012 summer coverage plan. >> thank you -- a very good. these are hearings that i have called. i have been very troubled by the high rate of homicide in san francisco. while we might say that homicide are down overall, in certain communities, homicides are up and with a incredible uptick especially in the african- american community, and the latino community, but especially the african-american community. in my neighborhood in my district, i have been very troubled by a homicide of a household of five members. in the chinese community we at had four. homicide have happened very close by that side, a couple of blocks away. and two others within a mile. it is clearly showing that we have a community in crisis. it

. >> do you know -- >> sfgtv will turn it on. >> i am delighted to be here.i don't know if my students feel this way. the problem i have aside -- how can civic leaders balance the measure between architecture and the historic character of neighborhoods? i know that she has said thank you but i want to repeat this. i want to thank margie for assigning me this problem, and i want to thank john for saying that we should look into so much, and the areas between second and sixth, and my thanks to tim fry, david winslow, and i also want to thank you very much for putting this into what i know is a busy agenda for the evening. thank you very much. my husband was also planning commissioner in our home town. he comes home upset with the architects did in front of the podium and spend all evening lecturing him. if you feel that there is a question along the way that you would like to interrupt, let's make this into a discussion. the aia expected me to talk about how tad on to historic buildings. maybe i would talk more about finding building features, or how we locate

the sfgtv staff covering the meeting, we want to thank them for their work.e also want to thank all of the members of sfusd and the members of the county who are here. if you could please call item no. 1. >> a hearing on the universal -- on the school district plans for a transitional kindergarten. supervisor campos:

we would like to thank the sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. if you could take roll-call. >> [roll-call] >> we have a quorum. >> if you could please call

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we want to thank sfgtv, which will make this transcript online. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the court. items will be acted on the july 17 agenda of the board of supervisors, unless otherwise stated. chairperson kim: we have a number of items with general public interest, so thank you for your patience as we move through those. i would like to follow up on the item number o ne -- number one. >> item approving or rejecting the nomination of cindy wu to the planning commission. chairperson kim: commissioner wu is here today. you were just with as a fuel months ago, because you were filling the rest of a term that was once filled by commissioner olague, now one of our supervisors. could you tell us about the past couple of months and what your priorities continue to be? we may have a couple of questions. commissioner wu: it is great to be here again. you are correct. i was just here five months ago, in an appointment to fill out the rest of ms. olague's term. it has been a lear

somebody is a citizen and they actually want to pay attention to government and listening on sfgtv or sitting in audience having someone go through it really does not help. i look at this and say we have flagged projects that are at risk or have sound and -- shown indications that it may, at risk for missing timely deadlines or have delivery issues that could result in some of it scope, schedule, cost or funding changes. i heard nothing about what projects were behind, how far they were behind, what was being done to catch up, what needed to be done to catch up, when the deadlines were, what the cost would be if we did not meet the deadlines or any of the information that i would think would show up in this. we discover a brief overview. we of this project of this project, and a few not very salient facts, and it really does not address much of what is in this article. if you are going to be meaningful about this, there is no reason to do anything when you consider most of you do not pay attention to whether people are speaking, and if this event is intended for the public to get info

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and wo introduce governor jerry brown of california. i think. ok. in ibm research, one of the things we talk about is our laboratories. i have been all over the world, live in different countries. i am a relatively recent transplant to california. i would like to let the governor know that i am happy to be here. it is a good space. recently, governor brown has spent a lot of time, focus, and effort making california a better place. focus on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, decreasing the budget deficit, and real focus that we appreciate in northern california on clean energy. for example, moving the state's goal to be 33% clean energy producing. it is my privilege to welcome governor brown to the panel. [applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective

thank you so much for joining us today on sfgtv "meet your district supervisor."e have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪

i think talking to all those people on sfgtv -- get over it. you are among the 99%. the 1% -- as the board president said when talking about the big water development -- "the deal was in." we knew how you were going to vote. the bottom line is, we really don't give a damn what you, the citizens of this city, have to say. if you give up -- if you get up and make comments about it, we're going to ignore your. if you get to the point where you know your rights under the sunshine ordinance, which it says on each and every one of these agendas, we will fight you tooth and nail to keep you from getting the information you need to make meaningful and intelligent public comment. for example, i have been fighting for the last year with the city librarian to get financial arrangement information about the financial arrangements between the public library and the friends who raised $5 million a year and spend $6 million a year, and you cannot figure out what they're spending it on. when you look at the records, they will withhold the records from you. when you finally do get so

. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been

. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us onacebook or twitter and we >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itsel

we want to thank sfgtv staffer covering the meeting today. carolyn and jesse. madam clerk, please take roll- call. >> commissioner of a los, absent. supervisor campos, present. supervisor olague, present. chairperson schmeltzer, present. chairperson pimentel, present. we do have a quorum. supervisor campos: thank you very much. please call item number two. >> item two, approval of the lafco minutes from the june 15, 2012 special meeting. supervisor campos: colleagues, we have before us the minutes of the june 15, 2012 meeting. i like to open it up to any member of the public who would like to speak on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. if we could please take a motion. motion by commissioner schmeltzer. second by commissioner olague de. we can take that without objection. madam clerk, please call item three. >> item 3, community choice aggregation activities report. status update on cleanpowersf program. and a status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commission. supervisor campos: i will turn it over to michael campbell of

our meeting is televised by sfgtv. [unintelligible] >> please turn off any cell phones or electronic devices. any speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items discussed today will be a book on the september 4, 2012 supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: please call item no. 1. >> i am asking to accept and expend the polo fields for the golden gate park. >> thank you. this is my item. this is an important resolution. the board needs to approve a gift from the baker street foundation to accept and expend this gift to hire one of the gardener for assistance in maintenance of the polo fields. because of budget cuts, they are only maintained on a part-time basis. staff determined adding gardening staff was a high priority to preserve the quality of the turf at the 16-acre sports and events complex. it is particularly critical with the upcoming large-scale events at golden gate park. without attention, gophers and heavy traffic will undermine the quality of the turf. the rec and park commission voted to accept this gif

i want to call out on the folks on sfgtv broadcasting. please share with us any announcements. >> there are no announcements. commissioner avalos: item to police. >> item 2. approve the minutes of the june 19, 2012 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner avalos: any questions or comments? public comment. two minutes. seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve? motions farrell, seconded by commissioner cohen. without objection. next item, item #3. >> item 3. citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning. today's agenda has three items that were viewed last month by the cac. item six, the discussion will focus mostly on the allocation of the funds of the port, demolition of pier 1 and 2. the cac, that is why the items are being considered prior to the informant of reports being completed. the port explained the timing1!ó with the america's cup. it was also required from the bay conservation and development commission'<1xç to accommodate d provide mitigation measures. the ca