the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is in itself forof 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 hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not struggling quite as hard personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i 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 about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. we have a south asian managing director, south african artistic director latino community out rich person. aside from the staff, the other people artists that we work with being a reflection of us yes the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when

should be proud that in this community we have the largest collection of mexican, mexican american, chicano, latino and latin american art. we have over 14,000 objects of our collections. the fate of this collection is in the fate of your hands. your denial of appeal today and your approval will allow us to build a worthy home to draw millions to san francisco. this will not only advance the quality of life to the city but also add to the economic and sustain ability in san francisco. thank you for your support. >> thank you president chiu, members of the board. i would like to take a moment to introduce two other board members to the museum, nora wagner, arturo, we congratulate you on your engagement. my name is andrew and on the board to the museum. i'm a bay area resident since 1963 born in mexico. i here to speak for new support of the 706 mission street mexican museum and residential project and to support the erinson building as proposed by the sponsor capable of city planning staff and city's historical preservation experts. i worked at one time when i was going to law school as to o

should be proud that in this community we have the largest collection of mexican, mexican american, chicano, latino and latin american art. we have over 14,000 objects of our collections. the fate of this collection is in the fate of your hands. your denial of appeal today and your approval will allow us to build a worthy home to draw millions to san francisco. this will not only advance the quality of life to the city but also add to the economic and sustain ability in san francisco. thank you for your support.

i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organization supporting kids and families, working for labor. i got to see how city hall could be an effective tool to create change. i looked at running in 2007, 2008, and somehow i made it. i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work

the worst chicanos the only white house of the day the radio guy unplugged. classic. never seen anything like this on call. anything. wrong. place. me he took a. you were making the point is electricity in this microphone there's electricity and. electricity in your blackberry or i phone and we see it you get it but it's the same electricity rate right it has a different appearance rate here like that is a single consciousness or spirit and man if this is these individual perceptual realities you are not the one who perceives your deal with this in which perception happens just like when i watch a television program with larry king or hulu. the picture is there but larry somewhere else so you know rumi the greats of people it says this is not the real reality in truth we are not here this is shadow jesus graces this is not where i am i'm in this world but not of it so our real identity is we are spiritual beings having a human experience this is what the great. said so do not confuse yourself with your human experience you're a spiritual being having an employment. hu

we've got chicano rice. we've got the pisa race. and we've got the white race.o when there's issues, we end up with racial, basically wars. >> check your equipment. >> go, go, go, go, go. >> get down! >> get on the ground! >> get on the ground! >> get on the ground now! >> i want them out. put your hands on the back wall. let's go! >> come on down here and have a seat. i want you to sit down, take your hands off your head. gentlemen, those of you sitting on the floor, there will be no talking. >> open 17. >> you, have a seat right there facing the glass. we fired a ford thunder. basically it's a flash bang and a shotgun round. that's to get their attention and to get them to understand we mean business when we come through the door. it's called a dynamic entry. we dropped them all right where they were. >> the five suspected shot callers are removed from their cells without incident in a matter of minutes. >> we had a group of inmates five of them that are heads within their own races and they're trying to run the pod. so all we did was went to jail intel, we fo

we've got chicano rice. we've got the pisa race. and we've got the white race.en there's issues, we end up with racial, basically wars. >> check your equipment. >> go, go, go, go, go. >> get down! >> get on the ground! >> get on the ground! >> get on the ground now! >> i want them out. put your hands on the back wall. let's go! >> come on down here and have a seat. i want you to sit down, take your hands off your head. gentlemen, those of you sitting on the floor, there will be no talking. >> open 17. >> you, have a seat right there facing the glass. >> when we came in, we fired a ford thunder. basically it's a flash bang and a shotgun round. that's to get their attention and to get them to understand we mean business when we come through the door. it's called a dynamic entry. we dropped them all right where they were. >> the five suspected shot callers are removed from their cells without incident within a matter of minutes. >> we had a group of inmates five of them that are heads within their own races and they're trying to run the pod. so all we did was went

most agricultural workers are chicanos.lot of them work for generations and generations, doing paid labor. the problem frankly in the 1980s was generally immigration increased rapidly because of the wars in south america. in started to see california, people from guatemala, people from colombia, el salvador. it wasn't just mexicans. when they get caught for being illegal, they always say, i am mexican. i think this is a huge misnomer to say illegal immigrants are mexican. this reform they are trent to do aw, is basically putting band-aid on a gunshot wound. i do not think both parties are serious at all about having a true solution. host: that was rudy in california. ron on twitter says the lead story in "the usa today" -- quite a dramatic change from a couple of years ago. arthur is a republican in north carolina. arthur, what do you think about immigration reform? i am really for real immigration reform. it consists of the following freeze allnts -- immigration and visas for 50 years with no exceptions, and second, export

are there republicans in chicano western it has to be a few -- chicago? there has to be a few. >> let me not answer that question but use it for what i would like to say, which is -- you have two major things going on here at a cross. the democrats had a lot on the congressional map. cultural issues worked on the republican side and they had democrats. thecoastal issues are democratic strong suit. you have the- , to aboutorida arizona. and then we have what is a detriment to the country. on the congressional side, the we have representatives pick their voters. while the cultural issues have shifted and the national math has shifted one way, we are trying to have a conference -- a conversation. which is why i think on this argument they can deal with a host of other issues. it has to be a permission slip to allow something to happen that you can impose. as long as the math is going to exist. >> you have seen a lot of chefs. most of my life i fought organized aber against allowing translators to come here because they were being threatened over there. someh

[indiscernible] are there republicans in chicano western it has to be a few -- chicago? there has to be a few. thatt me not answer question but use it for what i would like to say, which is -- you have two major things going on here at a cross. when ronald reagan was president, republicans had a lock elect orally on the map, and the democrats had a -- electoraly on the map, and democrats at congressional lock. cultural issues are switching to democratic strong suits. if you look at the history of where houses are going, florida where it was 10 years ago, when it will be 10 years from now, true about arizona -- go through it. then you have what has been a detriment. on the congressional side it is not the republicans have a lock, but we have a system where people are to pick the representative, but we now have representatives taking their voters. basically, people will be republican members of congress immune from the argument, which issues thateal with has to be a permission slip to allow something to happen that you oppose. >> you have seen a lot of shift. for most of m