clarence trend -- clarence thomas transferred after dropping out of the seminary. was the first time they had critical numbers on campus. what happened was father bob brooks and the college never feared on academic standards. all of them had to work as hard or harder in many cases. ted wells and clarence thomas tended to close the library according to everybody at talk to. they made concessions socially and understood how difficult it was. the college paid for a station wagon for them to get up as often as they could. he paid for them to have the s u. he allows them to live together on a black quarter which is very controversial. he has one of the editors of the crusade at the time and i remember reading a lot of articles that students were upset about this segregation they called it. when i talk to the men it was the idea that at the highest level at the college they understood people cared about their success. they understood people had faith in them and understood with father bob brooks there was an open door. he has that philosophy for 2,000 students who were t

and one of the defense witnesses was clarence thomas. so you're sitting there, now i'm looking back 40 years, and for those who don't know, ted wells is one of the most prominent litigators in the country. >> he is. he was lawyer of the year, i think, a couple years ago. >> yeah, really a very prominent person and, obviously, know about clarence. so to be in a situation where you're observing this, even then ted was incredibly impressive. i mean, he really was impressive. i think he was a year behind me, so he was maybe a sophomore or a junior at this time. but just to deal with, i won't call it a repercussion, but what came out of the blacks leaving campus and the rest of the community trying to deal with it, and, you know, we got through it, and it worked out okay but it was a difficult time. >> yeah, and you forget how passionate people were. i think we tend to put ourselves back in our college days and forget that, you know, these were kids. they were 18-year-olds, 19-year-old kids, and the judgments that you make at 18 and 19 are qu

one of the defense witnesses was clarence thomas. so you are sitting there -- not looking back 40 years. for those who don't know, ted wells was one of the most prominent litigators in the country. >> he was aware of the year a couple years ago. >> first day of the thing about clarence. to be in a situation where he observed this in events had with really impressive. he was a year behind me, said he was in his sophomore or this time. but just to deal with -- khaleda repercussion, but what came out of the black leaving campus and the rest of the community trying to deal with it. we got through it and it worked out okay -- >> you forget how passionate people aware and i also think when we talk about our college days and we tend to split ourselves mentally back there and these were kids. their 18-year-old coming into your kids and the judgments you make it 18 and eight teener quite different. the emotions you feel in some of the things they ask for bordered on the ridiculous especially the muslim students came to look at the grocery lis

suddenly the tables turned on clarence thomas and there was a public spectacle. you expect that to happen? >> absolutely, i expected some reaction. and i knew that there would be a lot of negative reaction. but let me just go back and correct one thing. remember, there was controversy even early on in the confirmation process. the american bar association had looked at his record and gave him one of the lowest ratings that it had ever given. there were a number of individuals from civil rights organizations who had come forward to testify that this was not a good nomination, that this was a nomination that was going to set us all back as a country. so that was there. but then, as you say, nothing really like what happened once my testimony took place. and i stand by that testimony. it was the right thing to do. and i'll tell you why. people say, well, it was a sexual harassment claim against him. but really it was testimony about the integrity of the individual who was going to be appointed for a lifetime position. >> what was interesting to me at the time was th

clarence angwin, john angwin and frank morris all disappeared from the rock.nd for a half century the mystery has remained. did they survive the waters and live out their life? >> reporter: the decision to close alcatraz had actually been made in 1961. the rock was too expensive to maintain and operate and it wasn't really needed anymore. but nobody said anything about the decaying concrete and the ingenious escape that had gone on in 1962. >> forbidding alcatraz prison has its name for in inpregnability from escape. >> reporter: frankly morris was a 31-year-old bank robber and the presumed master a mind of the escape. he was served by two brothers,anglin. the cement áeut was -- itself was 6-inches deep. they could climb down the walls to the water where they encountered the possibility of freedom or death. no one knows for certain what happened once they made the water but one thing is for sure, they got off the island. the escapers left behind everything they used to break out. today all of it is still being held as evidence. at the time of the escape it was

. >>> clarence, we'll start with you. you see that video, that takes some shots from santorum from times years back. how will voters react to that video now that romney is using it? will they see him as being hypocritical here? >> well, for santorum's sake, he can hope that the voters have short memories about how romney was the conservative candidate four years ago. this year he's viewed by much of a party much too moderate. it shows how much the party has been moved to the right. that's important in i willinois which traditionally has been a great state for moderates. santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't thi

meet clarence thomas. how dear of you -- [inaudible conversations] >> oh, elizabeth, you're dear to come. how day -- dear of you to come. >> ah, bless you. i love it. and bob would be here, you know, the crowds are a little bit hard. >> he doesn't want any part of this. [inaudible conversations] >> anyway, we loved your christmas card. you didn't have to do that to wyoming, go over to nebraska, go to laramie -- >> you know, we were, we made it to deadwood. >> did you go to the wyoming game at larmy? >> no. did you go over? >> no, i didn't get down to it either. okay. what are we doing? [inaudible conversations] okay, here we go. call the cops. >> great, thank you. >> this is bizarre. [inaudible conversations] >> oh, annie. this is more fun than -- [inaudible conversations] >> how you doing? >> bill, you -- ornery -- you're the doctor, aren't you? [inaudible conversations] hey,ny that. >> how are you? >> god in hen help me, i'm 80. did you see ann think? she's here. >> david said to me -- >> you -- [inaudib

is that something that will make clarence thomas have to recuse himself?> there's been a lot of discussion about that, and also sonja sotomayor, when she was solicitor general for the white house, handled health care things. there is talk that she should also recuse herself. both have taken the high ground, hey, dude, we are supreme court justices -- i don't think they used dude. but they said we are supreme court justices and we are above that, we can vote fairly and there hasn't been agitation on the part of the other justices that would take that peer group pressure to get them to recuse themselves. chief justice john roberts has pretty much come out and said both sotomayor and thomas are well suited to consider this case. >> given that medicaid has been around since the 1960s and that the federal government has been issues all sorts of edicts to the states over all these many years, why has the u.s. supreme court decided to weigh in on whether or not congress has the right? the federal government has the right, to issue an edict in this case, mandating

he goes, i was talking to the duck. >> clarence is an older gentleman, old man you can call him. a giddy old man. happy. happy to be here. >> diagnosed with hyperverbal. >> we can't all be winners now, can we? you have to be people like me to make you real winners in life look really good. >> butterfield kind of jumps from one subject to another subject really quickly. he was really hard to follow in conversation. >> you know me, i'm kind of ignored. kind of being married for 26 years i'm really used to being ignored anyway. >> we start asking him direct questions. and he would answer about something completely off the wall that we weren't even talking about. >> i love germans. they're great. but you don't want to be locked in a cell with one for like five months. which i was. >> butterfield was an anomaly, because just approaching him and just speaking with him, he's very jovial. he's very happy. but on the other hand, you start hearing details about his case and you have to wonder, what is this man's mind-set? because it's so dark. it's so disturbing. >> if i don't see 20 bucks

so i'm just questioning why clarence thomas is allowed to even hear this case. my comment is, you know, it just amazes me that like the previous caller the exact mandate that was brought up that newt gingrich was very much for that mitt romney put in his health care bill in massachusetts that the her talk foundation they love id it. about 99% of congress are millionaires or mull millionaires. why you mentioned a good word, means test. i've been asking this question for years. why is social security medicare why is none of this stuff mean tested and you hear these republicans republicans, why are we paying their health care? >> we're going to leave it stand right there. here's a tweet from treedom dude. next comes from robert in las vegas on our republican line. >> caller: my statement is part of the -- part of the major problem with the nonpayers is at least here in las vegas is the illegal aliens. it's about 95% of the people that don't pay here in our hospitals are illegal aliens. i imagine it's probably that way across the country. so even if this was to go t

just con da leeza rice or clarence thomas. free pass because he is a black man that knows his place. >> same song for 50 years. their policies don't work so they throw out rhetoric. i brought a quote for you from a great social thinker. he once said a tongue is the fire. a world of inequity and defiles the body and sets on fire the course of nature. what happens here. we know from children if you tell a child all their life you are not going to be anything then that child says well, i'm not going to be anything and this is the strategy of the left to convince people to just go back into their quiet corner and not say anything because they will attack you from every kind of vicious vile word that they can. >> sean: as particularly conservative women and particularly african american. >> absolutely. >> sean: a quote well known and talking about clarence thomas and wishing that his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter so he he he can die early of heart disease. >> the man is on the court and i hope his wife feeds him lots of eg

just con da leeza rice or clarence thomas.ause he is a black man that knows his place. >> same song for 50 years. their policies don't work so they throw out rhetoric. i brought a quote for you from a great social thinker. he once said a tongue is the fire. a world of inequity and defiles the body and sets on fire the course of nature. what happens here. we know from children if you tell a child all their life you are not going to be anything then that child says well, i'm not going to be anything and this is the strategy of the left to convince people to just go back into their quiet corner and not say anything because they will attack you from every kind of vicious vile word that they can. >> sean: as particularly conservative women and particularly african american. >> absolutely. >> sean: a quote well known and talking about clarence thomas and wishing that his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter so he he he can die early of heart disease. >> the man is on the court and i hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter

that's why i dedicated the book to my father who cut me off and clarence thomas at the same time, both of their guidance in my life coincided. >> that's a good segue back to the hearings. >> yeah. i went from my wait job and i started watching the hearings wanting to wait for the take down of clarence thomas. i watched the television set and the television set told me this was a bad man and the newspapers told me and he was bad man. and i remember eleanor schnell, patricia showed her saying we'll take a stance against this guy for serial sexual harassment. i watched these hearings wanting to see somebody mauled. i watched the entire thing. i went from wanting him to be taken down to wondering where's the beef? what's going on here? i don't understand what i'm watching here. i don't understand the color commentary that's on the screen. where they are saying oh, this is outrageous. i didn't understand the bumper stickers that were going by me on the street saying i believe anita. i said i believe anita what? what's going on here? i don't understand what's going on here. everything i knew

i was parliamentary to because clarence thomas n. was one of those classmates. i have not read much about the interaction between justice thomas and father brooks. that's just got be intrigued. i am a business journalist. not a classic business story, but i am always interested in and mentoring. it took quite a while to get justice thomas to speak with me because he did not necessarily trust the agenda that i had which was, i would like, in fact , to talk about 1968, '69, '70, those years. and what amazed me was when i did go in to see him for the debt the passion that he had from across, the feelings and emotions he had about father brooks. i'm not sure who was that his presentation last week when he got his honorary degree. that came up again. when you can track how he feels about holy cross verses what he has said about his experience at yale, there is a profound difference, and that think one of the big differences with his classmates, and it was the way he felt treated at the college and certainly the way he felt treated by far the brooks. and so i basicall

just con da leeza rice or clarence thomas. a black man that knows his place. >> same song for 50 years. their policies don't work so they throw out rhetoric. i brought a quote for you from a great social thinker. he once said a tongue is the fire. a world of inequity and defiles the body and sets on fire the course of nature. what happens here. we know from children if you tell a child all their life you are not going to be anything then that child says well, i'm not going to be anything and this is the strategy of the left to convince people to just go back into their quiet corner and not say anything because they will attack you from every kind of vicious vile word that they can. >> sean: as particularly conservative women and particularly african american. >> absolutely. >> sean: a quote well known and talking about clarence thomas and wishing that his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter so he he he can die early of heart disease. >> the man is on the court and i hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter so he dies

. >> whether we first met clarence butterfield he had been incarcerate mord than a year at the orange county jail in southern california. like most jail inmates, he had not been convicted but was incarcerated awaiting trial. i had pled not guilty to the murder of his daughter. but that didn't stop him from telling jokes. >> how about the d.a. takes a duck under his arm bartender goes you can't come in here with that pig. he goes it's not a pig it's a duck he said i was talking to the duck. >> clarence butterfield is an older gentleman, old man i guess you can call him, a giddy old man, happy to be here. >> diagnosis hyper verbal. we can't all be winners. has to be people like me to make winners of life look good. >> butterfield jumps from one subject to another subject quickly. he was really hard to follow in conversation. >> i'm kind of ignored, being married for 26 years i'm used to being ignored anyway. >> we would start asking him direct questions he would answer about something completely off the wall that we weren't talking about. >> i love germans, they are great you don't want

clarence thomas transferred after dropping out of the seminary said it was the first time they get a critical numbers on campus and i think what happened is father brooks and the call which never feared an academic standard. all of them had to work as hard, harder in many cases and i think ted wells and clarence thomas tended to close to the library at night according to everybody i talked to. but where he did make concessions was socially, and he understood how difficult it was. he gave them a used van, the college paid for them to get off campus as often as they could, he paid for them to have eight bs you and allow them to live together on the blood quarter which was controversial. i know we have one of the editors of the crusade at the time and i remember reading a lot of the articles that were basically students were upset about this almost resegregation they called it but he understood was difficult and made concessions and when i talk to the men i think was the idea that the very highest levels of the college dean understood people cared about their success, people had faith i

be -- jimmy, clarence thomas. how dear of you -- [inaudible conversations] >> oh, elizabeth, you dare to come? how dear of you to come. >> bless you. >> and bob would be here -- [inaudible conversations] >> anyway, we love your christmas card. you didn't have to do that to wyoming -- >> well, you know, we were, we made it to deadwood. >> did you go to that wyoming game at laramie? >> no, no. did you go over? >> i didn't get town -- down either? what are we doing? [inaudible conversations] okay, here we go. my god, call the cops. this is bizarre. oh, amy. [inaudible conversations] oh, bill, you ornery old senator. you're the doctor, aren't you? [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? you don't look a day older. >> god help me, but i'm 80. have you seen annie? >> that's what david said to me -- >> did you heal up completely from the propeller -- you don't know norm. >> i do, i just said hi to norm. we met as 12-year-old boys at the japanese detention center, he was behind barbed wire. >> i know. >> he'll never for

it happened to herman cain and it happened to clarence thomas. it doesn't stop. doesn't the liberal media, why aren't liberals outraged at these attacks that happen routinely to african-americans. i could spend the whole night playing a tape on this? >> i remember once being on the show on this network, i was going at it with liberal black guy, all of a sudden, he says i'm a black porch monkey. i understand the depth of insult. it was incredible. i think the heart and soul that star was picking up earlier. when you look at why the liberal allow this rhetoric to take place, it's because they understand that they control the black vote. that is why i think they went after herman cain the way they did. herman cain knows there are black people out there that are socially conservative that is open to hearing another message. if you think about education, the fact that almost half of the black and his panic kids in the country don't make it through high school, wouldn't you think the civil rights leadership would be marching down the street demanding school choice, dem

he said don't think about how clarence thomas need to rekuz. a whole book was written about how he understands the entire branch rests in the public trust. thai say it. they do say it. each of the justices across the spectrum say it loud and over and over again. you see something like today where it really looks like maybe that's just talk and you think, they act like they are anxious about how we feel about them and then they do something like bush v gore. do they think we don't notice or do they think we believe the words and not the action. that's the tricky part. >> we got to rely on the eyewitness testimony from you. thank very much. >> thanks. >>> that's a very weird story. that's still ahead. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart ways to sweeten. same great taste. splenda® essentials™. multi-policy discount. paperless discount. paid-in-full discount. [yawning] homeowner's discount. safe driv

i'm clarence, a 4g hot spot.ve a pay pal donation to that homeless man and then all of a sudden you get high speed internet access on your phone on ipad. mark is going like this, no, no, no. critic, not just you, are saying a campaign is disturbing. dehumanizing and it's offensive. the marketing company behind the plan is called bb-8, say not backing down. he says this, homeless hot spots, the worry is these people were suddenly just hardware, is a quote, but frankly i wouldn't have done this if i didn't believe otherwise. why do you think it's so offensive? i have my reasons. you tell me yours. >> it's exploiting poor people. there's this idea this this country that to help poor people we can shame them, get in a position to need help from anyone, it's okay to do it. >> what if i said they did this in conjunction with a homeless advocacy group called front steps and that all the money that someone donates to that particular homeless person goes to that specific person. it doesn't go to the marketing company, it

for the late clarence saki. president chiu: thank you. the board, the meeting is adjourned for today. thank you, colleagues. [gavel]

at this point, justices scalia is likely to join with clarence thomas to strike down the individual insurance requirement so it's on kennedy and john roberts. >> if you are looking for a job you may want to head to the job fair in san francisco sponsored by abc7. it gets underway in less than an hour on market street. you need to dress for success. katie was there with a preview of some the jobs available. >> good morning. you wouldn't know it by the weather but let's call it spring and whole new season of job opportunities. take a look at the last hire event. this was in concord at the end of february. there were so many options and organizers are looking for the same today. they are going to be 12 different employers here from lots of different field. they have 400 job openings between them. everything from entry level to management and lots of management. >> we have lots of management positions. lots of i.t. positions. we even have 13 director and assistant positions and one vp position. >> a lot of variety, you can see employers are starting to set up this time this morning. federal reser

he said don't think about how clarence thomas need to rekuz. a whole book was written about how he understands the entire branch rests in the public trust. thai say it. they do say it. each of the justices across the spectrum say it loud and over and over again. you see something like today where it really looks like maybe that's just talk and you think, they act like they are anxious about how we feel about them and then they do something like bush v gore. do they think we don't notice or do they think we believe the words and not the action. that's the tricky part. >> we got to rely on the eyewitness testimony from you. thank very much. >> thanks. >>> that's a very weird story. that's still ahead. greater risk of stroke. don't wait. go to afibstroke.com for a free discussion guide to help you talk to your doctor about reducing your risk. that's afibstroke.com. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resou

at this point, justices scalia is likely to join with clarence thomas to strike down the individual insurance requirement so it's on kennedy and john roberts. >> if you are looking for a job you may want to head to the job fair in san francisco sponsored by abc7. it gets underway in less than an hour on market street. you need to dress for success. katie was there with a preview of some the jobs available. >> good morning. you wouldn't know it by the weather but let's call it spring and whole new season of job opportunities. take a look at the last hire event. this was in concord at the end of february. there were so many options and organizers are looking for the same today. they are going to be 12 different employers here from lots of different field. they have 400 job openings between them. everything from entry level to management and lots of management. >> we have lots of management positions. lots of i.t. positions. we even have 13 director and assistant positions and one vp position. >> a lot of variety, you can see employers are starting to set up this time this morning. federal reser

that's clarence thomas back in 1991. >> don't forget scalia. >> the thomas one you took a leading rolet of questioning anita hill's credibility. because that case has gotten more attention more recently. i wonder what the benefit of 20 years hindsight, do you look back at that and still believe that anita hill was not telling the truth in those hearings? >> i believe when he she testified in the morning, that she did not remember metzenbaum's staff telling her that if she came forward, that thomas would withdraw. she changed her testimony in the afternoon. and i think in the morning, she was not telling the truth. that it was supported by the fact that she changed it. >> do you think that she was sexually harassed by clarence thomas? >> well, i don't know. the hearings were in 1991. she was testifying about something that happened in 1981. the key question in my mind is what happened was it a disquali disqualifier. she and thomas were with the department of education. he went to eeoc as the chairman. she followed him. she left and went on to teach at the oral roberts law school and inv

he said don't think about how clarence thomas need to rekuz. a whole book was written about how he understands the entire branch rests in the public trust. thai say it. they do say it. each of the justices across the spectrum say it loud and over and over again. you see something like today where it really looks like maybe that's just talk and you think, they act like they are anxious about how we feel about them and then they do something like bush v gore. do they think we don't notice or do they think we believe the words and not the action. that's the tricky part. >> we got to rely on the eyewitness testimony from you. thank very much. >> thanks. >>> that's a very weird story. that's still ahead. as a chef we are always committed to our suppliers... you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my

in 1924 clarence mackay bought a small predella panel, "agony in the garden." in 1928 jules bache acquired the portrait of giuliano de medici. a broker himself, bache would have identified with that great family of renaissance bankers. other collectors bought works which were by or believed to be by raphael, including the portrait of a young man, now in the hyde collection at glens falls, new york. but by any count, the most successful of all these american collectors of raphael was andrew mellon. a leading force in banking and industry, mellon went on to become secretary of the treasury and later ambassador to england. he also had a second career as a collector. mellon acquired his first raphael in 1928: the large cowper madonna. at that time, the idea was beginning to take shape in mellon's mind for a national gallery, one which would rival the great european galleries. clearly, such a collection had to include raphael. in 1930 mellon was presented with an extraordinary opportunity. the soviet government agreed to sell two of their best raphaels. one was the

we never heard from justice clarence thomas, but what we know of him, we expect him to overturn the mandate. very much in favor was justice ginsburg. also seemed to support it were the other liberal-leaning members. justices kagan breyer, and -- who am i forgetting? one other. today, the swing vote really seemed to be the chief justice of the supreme court, john roberts. he seemed to express that skepticism about just how broadly congress can mandate people to purchase something but he did say that health care is different than buying a car. it is something everybody needs so he could be the key vote. >> we will have much more on this at 5:00. court proceedings wrap up tomorrow. that is the latest outside the supreme court. back to you. >> today's poll question -- should the supreme court uphold or strike down the president's health care law? we want to know what you think. way in on our website. go to wjla.com. >> a lot more news coming up. disgraced former imf later dominique strauss-kahn tied to a new sex scandal. how it is linked to washington. >> diabetes control my life. i was worried

for the late clarence saki. president chiu: thank you. unless there is anything else in front of the board, the meeting is adjourned for today. thank you, colleagues. [gavel] >> good morning, everybody. i am the manager -- we will kick it off first with a message from our cities librarian. the director of the san francisco library system. [applause] >> thank you. this is fantastic. good morning to everybody. i am a little jealous. i said, this is not my house. it is your house. welcome to all of you. this is indeed your house. i am a little jealous because i did those of green t-shirts. -- dig those green t-shirt. we are proud to be part of youth advocacy day. that is where it begins. congratulations to each and every one of you for being here. i cannot say enough about our great librarians. we need your feedback. today is going to be one of those great opportunities to tell us all about what you need and what makes this city a great. have a fantastic day. it is my pleasure to be hosting you. [applause] thank you. >> good morning, everyon

for the late clarence saki. president chiu: thank you. unless there is anything else in front of the board, the meeting is adjourned for today. thank you, colleagues. [gavel] >> welcome. can we have a role call? >> commissioner hyde. here. commissioner lee: here. >> commissioner joseph is accident. she is ill. item one is public comment. this is when members of the public may i address the commission on issues of interest to the public. with respect to the agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. is there anybody here in the public that would like to address the commission that is under our purview but not on tonight's calendar? i cannot believe that. i will go on to item two, approved the minutes. we will continue the minutes from july 12, 2011. we do not have the quorum of proper commissioners here. i would like to get a motion to approve the minutes of december 13, 2011, january 10, 2012, and february 28, 2012. >> i moved to approve. >> is there any discussion? >> second. >> seeing none, c

thomas -- the pre-new deal court is clarence thomas. years ago, i would have said the only justice who would have supported striking down a mandate on this very novel idea that we want to set the clock back and really unwind the view of the commerce clause, the only person i would have said it would support that would beat clarence thomas. it is fair to say the other eight are theoretically in play. host: clarence thomas, nominated by nominatedh.w. bush, took the seat in 1991. detroit, don, democratic caller. go ahead. caller: looking at this, i wonder if i've awakened to some orwellian government. it's hard to believe the government will force me to bite insurance or else. insurance companies, who in my opinion are kind of criminal, because they deny health care at every opportunity and they raise premiums every chance they get. i will be forced to do business with companies whose practices i disagree with in principle. this is really amazing to me. there's going to be trouble. i can promise you that. host: you are calling on the line

for the late clarence saki. president chiu: thank you. the board, the meeting is adjourned for today. thank you, colleagues. [gavel] >> 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 it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >>