sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew ofs. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker. the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how h

those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is that i feel build one brava is to call rollmissioner kingsley, present. commissioner turman,/?5)qzg] he. with have the cheese of police ms. joyce -- >> welcome to the wednesday, scheduled san francisco police commission meeting. with matters involving patrol specials, and we have some closed session matters involving discipline. without further ado call line item 1, theç concept calendar. >> received and file action. request of captain david las ar to accept gifts of sevenb approximately $875 for use of the san francisco police activities league law >> supervisor chiu: do you child from the captain regarding thevd4&, ? any questions regarding this? any public comment?ú>bt1+ regarg this? >> i move that we approve. >> second.  item 2. callvcun: >> general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdict

those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is >> good morning.nd welcome to the budget and finance committee. my name is supervisor john avalos, the chair of the committee. joined to my right by supervisor jane kim and to my left by supervisor sean elsbernd. the clerk of the committee is mr. victor young and mr. clerk, can you share with us your announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will be forwarded to the full board of supervisors meeting of november 20th, unless otherwise stated. thank you. >> i wanted to acknowledge our sfgovtv staff who are work on this hearing. that is nona and jesse larson. could you call our first item. >> item no. 1, resource approving and authorizing an agreement for the purchase of parcel of real estate located at 1550 evans avenue and 330 newhall street consisting of approximately 4.6 acres improved with 50,593 square feet of office and industrial buildings for the san francisco public utilities commission for a purchase price of $15 million, adopting findings

those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is >> when there's good children's theater,t is good theater. if it is good theater, you would like it. even if it is for children that, is what i think. i know for the velveteen rabbit, i feel it is a story for kids and much older people. it is about being a young child and loving a toy or friend and it is also about what it means to get old. >>> in 1986 my son was 2. i decided i would like to adapt the velveteen rabbit. mind you, i had never read it as a child but heard it as a mother. my first time was a bedtime story recording. it was through that that i defined the theme and really determined how i was going to produce the story. is it true listening to it. when i made the dance i watched my son, since i have been taking him to live performances since he was 6 years old. he loved it when he saw his peers or when someone was reading to him or he heard language. early when the bunny first comes out they go, ah, the rabbit. i think talking, flying, something they can relate to. and the adults love nana. nan na is the main adu

those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is ms. wong here.hank you. >> stand and join with the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the erasxxmj4(p&c"p% flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under;oh b?÷ god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. pngeddle thank you for joining us today. our one and only meeting in november. so this is thanksgiving, that's coming up. so just to remind you that usually on[/g;a50e thanksgiving week is generally the -- where you scheduled the second meeting and we don't have the second meeting. so for all of you that are anxious tokñ?ñ? get to a second meeting, i'm sorry. we won't be able to have a meeting in november. item a, approval of board minutes for the regular meetings of june 12, 2012, june 26 2012 octo is there aú÷ qzñ?ñ? motion? >> move adoption of they( >> i second. >> any corrections? roll call please. >> thank you. ms. lee, y-ñ?ñ?es. ms. wong, yes. ms. feuer, ms. -- dr. murase, yes. >> that's five ayes. >> item b preparations to

those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is >> good morning. and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority finance committee. i am scott weiner, the chair of the committee, to my far right is commissioner elsbernd, and to my left. and to my left is commissioner carmen chu and i want to thank from sfg tv lowe, and karm anac for the video services today. matter clerk are there any announcements? >> no announcements. >> item two? >> approve the minutes of the october 16, 2012, it is an action item >> is there any public comment on item two? >> seeing none, it is closed. is there a motion to approve the minutes? >> could we take that without objection, that will be the order. item three? >> item three, recommend exercising the first one-year option of the legal services contract with nossaman llp and increasing the contract amount by $350,000, to a total amount not to exceed $1,310,000, for general legal consel services and authorizing the executive director to modify contract terms and conditions. >> this is an action item. >> g

yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when i came in, i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclectic mission district, as well as serving the mission. those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is >> hi, i'm jane konig, a member of the league of women voters. along with the league and sfgovtv, i'm here to discuss proposition a, a ballot measure that will be before the voters on november 6th. city college of san francisco has 9 campuses in the city and serves approximately 100,000 students each year. the state has reduced funding to ccsf by core academic courses, provide work force training, provide an education that prepares students for 4 year universities, keep city college libraries and student support services open, keep technology and instructional support up to date, and offset state budget cuts. i'm here with alyssa messer, an english teacher at city college of san francisco. she's the ppt of aft2121, the faculty union, and a proponent of proposition a. also joining us is starchild, a loca

sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue -- slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous it

think that is something that has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. ♪ >> when people talk >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading seri

. >> reporter: raymond brava is fired up. he is on the schedule tomorrow night, but plans to walk out and join a one-day strike. >> this is the only way we could get walmart to listen. this is the biggest shopping day of the year, black friday. and if we get customers to support us, walmart will listen. >> this nothing but another union-funded publicity stunt. >> reporter: walmart released a statement today. while protests are expected to take place at walmarts across the country, walmart insists its workers have among the best jobs in retail, and expect black friday to be a huge success. >> our more than 1.3 million associates enjoy working at walmart. they like the opportunities they get by look working at the company, and they're excited. >> walmart, walmart, you're no good! >> treat the workers like you should. >> reporter: but as they took their demonstration inside the store, chanting up and down the aisles, their claims seemed to resonate with at least some shoppers. this family pledged not to return until things impro

. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex

una carita muy angelical, como siempre me dice mi mamá, del agua santa líbreme dios, porque de la brava inauguró la tienda. >>> cómo es eso. >>> y hablaba francés. >>> había de todo, elefantes, osos, es una tienda que le gusta mucho a las mujeres. >>> y que pocas podemos pagar (risas) >>> window shopping. >>> exacto, vas a la tienda y nada más la ves. >>> yo entro a una tienda así y digo, dios mío, cuánto va a costar todo. >>> nada más ver el arbolito de navidad. >>> exacto. >>> y hablando que pocos podemos pagar cosas caras, miren ustedes el perro más caro del mundo. >> es bú, la perrita vidente. >>> no, miren este perro que fue vendido por casi 1 millón de dólares, se llama ... es un mastín rojo tibetano, con excelentes genes y será un perro de buena crianza, es un perro de las razas más antiguas de la china y el dinero puede ser recperado, porque es macho y sirve para crianza de otros cachorros, cosa que veo muy mal, porque hay muchos perritos que los mandan a dormir, así que, adóptenlos, no hagan este negocio, yo encontré a mi perra y la adopté. >>> después de la predicción de eayer

. >>> está hirviendo esto, la sofreimos un poco, está brava, la dejamos ahí unos minutos para que agarrevo un total de 303 votos electorales... en el voto popular que estuvo tan renido, obama tambien logro la ventaja... anoche mitt romney aceptó su ♪. >>> amigos de despierta américa las decisiones que tomaron los votantes en algunos estados son sorprendentes, al aprobar distintas propuestas ,maría eugenia payán con nosotros esta mañana para darnos detalles de las resoluciones, muy buenos días, adelante maría eugenia payán. >>> muy buenos días, no solamente el presidente barack obama celebró ayer, sino también ,los consumidores de marihuana, porque se aprobó en maryland el uso de marihuana con fines recreativos, esto genera un conflicto con el gobierno federal porque se considera la marihuana como ilegal, también fue aprobado el matrimonio homosexual en maryland y maine, primera vez que se aprueba este tipo de matrimonios por propuestas, en total hubo 166 enmiendas en 38 estados. >>>ppero qué significa para washington y colorado desde el punto de vista financiero la legalización de la mar

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. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music, having a full- scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york, going on to the edinburgh festival, the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri co