august 19th, 1981, i ran away from the meridian home for girls just outside philadelphia to the streetsf the fort lauderdale strip. i was 14. june 11th, 2011, 30 years later with 5 years sober, i started walking home. with my walk, walking up the east coast, i would walk about 10 miles in the morning, and then in the afternoons i would visit homeless shelters, treatment centers, battered women shelters. i'd go back into the alleys, under the bridges, and tell my story and share hope. i started sandraswalk.org to spread little mustard seeds of hope in places that there were none. and there's a lot of fantastic things going on in the recovery community, and i think the stigma of coming into recovery and the fellowships, and you can't do this and you can't do that, kind of wards people off. it scares people off from coming into recovery, because they think they're going to be sentenced to a church basement and a coffee pot. (music playing.) we have recovery concerts. we have sober comedy events. we have the 12-step music fest in the keys. and there's a lot of fantastic things going on in t

but caltrans insisted on meridian and started buying homes and tearing them down.one freeway backer died of a heart attack. all right, we got this, our man in, and from then on, every two years, it's been a struggle to keep that city council at least 3 to 2. poussaint: the meridian route threatened to destroy over 1,000 homes and 7,000 mature trees. in 1973, the freeway fighters gained a national ally, the sierra club. together, they took advantage of new environmental protection laws and sued caltrans to provide a full environmental impact report. they won, and the court also restrained caltrans from buying more homes. the judge estimated it would take about a year for caltrans to produce a report. instead, it would take four drafts and 25 years. one of our other city managers said, "it's a good thing we have caltrans on our side," because they were so inept that it really helped us. poussaint: in the early '80s, freeway backers pushed through a state law to allow construction without south pasadena's agreement. but freeway fighters also gained powerful new allies

home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridianas maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ >> 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 i

home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridianas maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense

home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridianllenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ >> good afternoon and welcome to the october 26, 2012 meeting of the local agency formation commission for the city and county of san francisco. i am david campos and i am the chair of the commission. we have our clerk is linda wong and we want to thank the following members of sfg tv staff for covering the meeting today. madam clerk if you could please call the role. >> commissioner avalos. present. commissioner olague absent. commissioner mar, present. commissioner pimen

home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators these three, meridianas maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ shortly. >> president farrell: good morning. welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. my name is sean elsbernd, chair we are joined by supervisor scott wiener and board presidentid chai and today we have supervisor mark ferrell sitting in. our clerk is alisa miller. please read one and two. >> alisa miller: item 1

home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridianas maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate

homes and resume their normal lives. >> talk about an incredibly complicated situation here. ben wedeman, thank you. we'll come back to you momentarily. >> joining me now is stuart holliday, president and ceo of the meridianacy organization that works with the state department. he's going to talk about the efforts for a push for truce. ambassador, two hours ago the question was, how close are we to a cease-fire? the question now, after this bus bombing is, how far away are we? >> well, i think it's important to recognize that it's in the interest of the international community and both parties to get a deal. so there are going to be efforts to derail these talks. apparently they were close and there were efforts to try to get some closure. but this is an escalation. but you have to remember that the agreement is about rockets coming out of gaza and egypt protecting and securing the border, and having some sort of guarantee from the united states and egypt. at this point, i think that it remains to be seen whether this attack again which hopefully won't be followed by another one, will slow those down, derail those. you can bet that israel will -- will step up and respond accordingly. but i'm not so sure t