we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more than half of the global population lives in the asia. to look at our own san francisco bay area, one third of the population are of asian descent. also, a challenging economy offers us the opportunity to take advantage by being bold and taking risks. w

we can hear from the department now. >> i am eric mar, involved in the tobacco program. qaeda base summary here what -- kind of a summer here. this business is a market. -- just a summary here. this came to the board of appeals and a 25-day suspension was row. the business sold cigarettes again to a minor on june 1, 2011 and we and received a 70-day suspension for the sale of cigarettes. and applied to come to the board of appeals. a summary of the neighborhood. that is kind of a family neighborhood. and i surveyed the area myself. located in this area, there were three elementary schools and middle schools within two or three blocks. also recreation center it that was frequented by teenagers and youth, it is one block away. also, there is james lick middle school located six blocks away. and immaculate conception high school which is eight blocks away. it is kind of a family neighborhood. i want to give that background. the health department, the code allows for up to six months of suspension for a second time violation within one year. we issued a 70-day violation, a 7

my name is eric mar. i'm joined by supervisors elsbernd, kim, cohen, and farrell.o like to thank them -- take a moment to thank sfgtv for broadcasting as this moment. please call the next item. >> approve the minutes of the november 8, 2011 meeting. supervisor mar: without objection, approval of the minutes? do we open this up for public comment? is there anyone from the public at like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection, let's move this forward. madam clerk, please call item 3. >> recommend acceptance of the audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2011. >> good morning, commissioners. this starts on page 5 of your package. as you all know, and fiscal policies of authority, we are required to undergo annual audits. the authority awarded an audit contract three years ago, and we have cynthia, a partner, here with us today to walk you through the fiscal audit report. i will turn it over to her. supervisor mar: 90. thanks, -- thank you. thanks for a great audit. >> thank you. as discussed on page 11 of your package a

. >> in january, at the board of supervisors meeting, eric mar at the time of the hearing has said itl be appropriate for the gentleman to say exactly what he has stated. but my main focus is the concern -- i did make a reflection, but i wanted to sitdo

. >> in january, at the board of supervisors meeting, eric mar at the time of the hearing has said itl be appropriate for the gentleman to say exactly what he has stated. but my main focus is the concern -- i did make a reflection, but i wanted to sit down with him and review the project. thanks very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> ♪ long and congested road and lead me back to your heart you left me standing congested there from the very start do not leave it congested there won't you fix this mark

my name is eric mar, and we also have scott wiener and malia cohen, and we also have with us today supervisor chiu. hopefully we can finish this first item within the hour. if not, we will have the -- before we start on the first item, supervisor wiener had some comments. supervisor wiener: as the chairman indicated, we will be starting at 2:00. if you are here for that, you could come back. supervisor mar: so ms. miller, item number one, and president chiu is the chair. supervisor chiu: thank you. as i think many of you know, are waterfront holds a special place in the city. from the 1960's to the embarcadero freeway, we have had many battles. early next year, we will vote on another controversial project. this entails 145 luxury condominiums, which can only be built if the board decides to increase the 84-foot height to limit on that side to 136 feet. this would be the first high increase on the northern waterfront in almost 50 years. as you can imagine, this proposal has generated significant debate, as well as along the city. as i heard more about this, i had growing concerns about it. th

i just want to acknowledge supervisor eric mar.tely he wasn't able to join us today because he is still in a land use meeting at the moment. and so i do want to recognize him because he would love to be here. today, it's my honor to be able to announce the community impact award. the primary reason why we do have this award is really to recognize the community organizations and the impact they make in our community. especially where the differences that they make in the media really have a profound and lasting impact on how our communities are perceived and how we go forward. and so today, again, it is my honor to recognize these folks. but before we do, the people who -- or the organizations who are finalists in this category include hyphen, round of applause. [applause] kqed. [applause] and new american media. [applause] apparently, tonight is hyphen's night. so congratulations to hyphen. [applause] a quick word about the organization. it was founded in 2003. it's a volunteer run nonprofit news and culture organization that illum

my name is eric mar, and we also have scott wiener and

i am disappointed that eric mar is not here. i play golf. i play golf in sharp park. i have proof. i only started playing golf eight years ago. do i have written motorcycle all over the country. my friends and loved ones tell me it is too dangerous. so, i decided to take up golf. it was expensive. so, i played at harding park. but now i play at sharp park. i find it affordable. when i go out there, i mean lots of people. african-americans, jeff again -- japanese americans, chinese americans. people of all ages. young people. senior citizens. this is a wonderful place for us to take off. for someone to come out here and try to take this away for all of us, i think that that is abominable. i used to work in silicon valley. i made some good money. the economy there is bad. i have not worked in 10 years. i find myself playing golf. i like playing golf. i am not too bad added. i would hope that you would save the park for those of us that like to play. we are a very diverse community. we like to play golf. one thing that i find ironic. city of san francisco supervisors tend to talk to t

my name is eric mar, and we also have scott wiener and malia cohen, and we also have with us today supervisor chiu. hopefully we can finish this first item within the hour. if not, we will have the -- before we start on the first item, supervisor wiener had some comments. supervisor wiener: as the chairman indicated, we will be starting at 2:00. if you are here for that, you could come back.

so i am proud to stand here with my colleague, president david chiu, eric mar, and you're going to have all the other supervisors as well supported adult day health care. i want to thank the mayor for his work on this as well. it is something we had to do together to protect seniors and make sure we have our families behind them as well. thank you very much. [applause] >> all right. now we have the president of the board of supervisors coming up to talk to you. our very own david chiu. he does a fabulous job, and he is going to talk to you about saving adult day health care. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for representing the beautiful mosaic that is san francisco. i want to tell you that along with my colleagues at the board of supervisors, along with the mayor, san francisco is coming together on this issue. we have to make sure that something that happened that was very special in the 1970's, when california stood up and said we want to look to the future, we respect and value every one in our community, when we created these centers. we wanted to make sure that we

i would like to say happy holidays to my mom and dad, mar lean and eric and my sisters barley and kaleee and kale in woodbridge, virginia. >>> welcome back. new year's eve. almost here. 6:43. good morning, happy friday to you. olga breese is in for howard. let's talk first night. >> uh-huh, it's going to a marvelous fistfight if you're a warm weather lover like myself. we have plenty of winter, plenty of december and january cold to get to. but for the finish of the year looking pretty good. we have some southerly winds this morning. that's kept our temperatures fairly mild overnight. we are in the 30s at this hour with partly cloudy skies. we'll bring in some more cloud cover later on in the afternoon. but for the start this morning i think you do need to be prepared for the cold because we are in the 30s for most of the region. quickly move into the 40s say around 11:00, 12:00. we should be 45 degrees and higherment most of us are going to top out in the middle range 50s by the afternoon. and it looks like a pretty quiet night ahead. mainly cloudy skies tonight. but at least our temp

>> eric: shattering all rule of capitalist with the mar marxism.istribution of the wealth and obama. i'll tell you what mitt won't say. you can run, but you can't hide from your overplanned socialist america. >> greg: i was going to bob. >> bob: did you just read? >> eric: i wrote it and i read it. >> bob: rules of capitalis capitalists? >> bob: move out of here and get to a capitalist country as soon as we can! it's amazing to me how rush can continue to say you need to say all the things about obama. rush may have all of his support on the 20 million people on the far right. if you call the president of the united states a socialist in the middle of a campaign. >> eric: i didn't say he was. i said the policy is for socialist america. >> greg: he wants mitt to not act like mitt. like if you have a ken doll but you want to stretch armstrong so you pull on the ken doll and the arms come off. it's terrible, the police come and there is therapy. you have a pet. >> eric: wasn't that the "b" block? "a" block? bob says the far right, are we trying to fid

supervisors who are working with the mayor to save this program, and we have with us supervisor eric mar, who got the podium and the set up for us today. he is a man of the people, and we appreciate you. >> thank you, everyone. are we an aging-for in the city in san francisco? yes. thank you for standing strong to