it will restrict me personally from expressing myself, where i express myself, where i show my music, the thing i love i have developed. they you for your time. -- thank you for your time. >> good evening. my name is hannah. i am 23 years old. i am a volunteer at the exploratorium. i have been going to raves for the past five years. what you're trying to restrict is a culture that has been around for over 20 years. unlike some fads that have come and gone, this does not seem to be going away, nor should it. both my younger brothers have autism. i was never able to communicate with them through the normal ways in which we do, with words. it was always to sounds, usually without any words attached to them, which is what electronic dance music immediately went into. from an early age, my way of communicating with my brothers was through listening to this music. in terms of community, and never felt like i was completely part of something until i came into this electronic dance music scene. we're talking about things that are very similar come up with regard to talking about drug usage, l

i could only express it on my own. it was not until the person invited the to a rave -- until a person invited me to a rave a few months ago that i found other people who loved electronic music. before that, i felt embarrassed to listen to this music. no one thought it was cool or anything. they just laughed whenever i talk about it or played it at a party. if it were not for raves, i would still be alone in my room and have very few friends to talk to about it. thank you. >> i just want to thank you, members of the entertainment and give commission. i also want to thank everybody who came here to support raves. i am from santa barbara. i support electronic dance music. i also support the electronic arts. to me, it is more than just protecting electronic music festivals. it is also protecting other competitions like beat juggling and scratching. they use pre-recorded music and make new music. i also want to restate that closing these town will only hurt the community, making more underground events. these events are no

i'm repeating what jeremy has expressed. the notch -- the neighbor has a shrubbery tree along this property line for privacy, and that's the dilemma that we continually are example expressing is that the neighbors insist upon having privacy, but at the same time they want openness, so we're caught in this dilemma. i think the decision to cut back the notch eight or nine feet is appropriate and it gives us a deck that is at least functional. thank you. president olague: thank you. is there any additional public comment? >> i'm jim, one of the neighbors, it was my understanding that miss moore said that the building was too wide at the back. and so they were trying to narrow it somewhat, you know, to ameliorate some of the damage that it's done. we really thought it was the new part of the building, you know. that was our understanding, not just eight feet. so we were somewhat confused. seems like it was changed after we left. so i didn't understand how that could happen. thank you. president olague: thank you. is there additi

so on presidio avenue we have a larger massing expression. rlt taken from the building across the street here which is stronger horizontal, broken up by vertical windows. as we come down the block the massing decreases just as it does across the street is. with this composition we have the entry in the center is, the mid part of the building and that has a vertical expression that allows us to transition to the community center. and then with this we have a base, a middle, a top that is predominant in the neighborhood. with this base, middle, and top on the ground floor we have tile, pretty much a water course design detail at the base with plaster above. we have aluminum windows, painted aluminum windows, but with this base we actually activate the street with uses of, first the manager's office and the residential commons which you see on the other side of the street, which is pretty much a standard pattern in the neighborhood where you have large swaths of parking garages. then as we to to sutter street on the horizontal dimension, first f

there is a rich freedom of expression tradition. i hope san francisco will work with the community to take the focus on harm reduction and keep these events safe and available for everybody. thank you very much. [applause] president newlin: just come right up. >> my name is monica salazar. i am 37 years old. i think you for allowing us to have a voice today. i just recently moved to san francisco, but i have been coming to the city to dance music events for many years. i absolutely love it. it is part of my life. i grew up in the '90s, going to ucla. i lived in l.a. and was quite frightened by the raves because i did not do drugs and thought it was a crazy scene, but i love the music and always held let close to my heart. as i became older and let go of the fears and judgments of people and allowed and embraced that community to come into my life, i was able to appreciate people that actually produce these events and bring international deejays to the u.s., and became very close with many of the deejays and the production crews and

as also expressed, we know that moving into the neighborhood we are going to be expressing concerns about parking congestion. the office building has 75, now experiencing 300-plus in the neighborhood. i sympathize with the thabes that may have concern with that. as expressed, our garage does have 18 internal parking spaces. we will also probably stock the garages with additional cars with an attendant to provide direction. in regards to the concern from the neighbor about the noise next door, i spoke to the neighbor myself and expressed my sympathy to the noise that she has experienced and the years that they lived there. if you look at the drawings and study them, it is not a grand entrance by any means for people to congregate. it's just an entrance to a staircase and elevator. the concerns of noise. there should be no reason whatsoever that people would congregate in front of the building, and also to the concern of the neighbors, we'll probably express that specifically to our church body, that we need to congregate indoors or take it somewhere else and not in front of the building. a

this is the only way i feel that i can express myself peacefully and happily. i do not know how many strangers are willing to give a gift for free or to help them. whenever i see someone about to overdose or anything, i'd give them water. i did for them and pay for it. i get them to security or the bathroom. i have witnessed this a couple times, and i have been think many, many times in return because of the acts that i do out of my heart to care for people. if you take this away, this is like taking away my soul. i have been doing this since i was 15 years old. before i even went to one. i did not even know what i was celebrating. but i knew what the music meant to me. but i had a peace and love in my heart but i felt what i listened. there are no drugs in my system at all. people do overdosed on drugs, but that is their responsibility and where they grew up from. actually, rate for me it provides a place where i can become something that i would be judged for on the street. i go to work, where i have to work professionally, and i cannot wear nail polish. i ca

banning events, like previously expressed, with just cause them to move underground. kids are going to party, no matter what we do. if they do not have basic place to do so, the results can be unpredictable. president newlin: next speaker, come right up if your name has been called. >> i am gery edelstein. i am a research fellow at california at space science lab. i am here with my professional peers to demonstrate the broad diversity of citizens who support electronic dance music events. state-permitted public musical events are a substantial and historic part of our identity as sentences since. it attracts tourists from all over the country, benefiting local businesses, and enhances the desirability of the bay area as a place to live and work. i have personally met with scores of folks at these events who came to town specifically to have fun at these events. the travel a long way. as a recruiter of professionals and post secondary students, i can attest personally to the allure of this diversity in attracting those kind of people to our area. access to civic venues

they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression and america. i'm ken paulson. we're joined today by a singer with a great heart and a great voice: judy collins. [applause] (collins) thanks, ken. nice to see you. good to see you. thank you. i say "a great heart," because you are probably as well-known for your commitment to social causes as your singing career. and you've been pretty successful at both. how many times have you been arrested? [light laughter] i've actually been arrested three times, and two of them were for my civil rights. i was protesting the war in vietnam. i was arrested on the steps of the capitol, and i went to jail for that. and there was another incident there in a protest against the war in vietnam. i was also arrested on an airplane for using a cell phone, but we won't talk about that. that

we cannot be more expressive than that. we have been looking into state relocation law and have been consulting with a state relocation law specialist the manages projects all over the state, and it is interesting to note that on the whole, this agreement provides better protections for tenants that are globally would be provided under state relocation law. -- that arguably would be provided. there are things not offered under state law. this is a permanent rate controls subsidy that we are offering, not as relocating tenants, and all of the replacement units. this is not something the relocation law would require. in fact, all it would require is a rent subsidy lasting approximately four years, and then when you are done with those of 41 years, the unit that attended goes into is effectively allowed to go back to market rent, so in many respects, guaranteeing rent- controlled is a much better provision for the tenants, and then finally, and i have gone over this, and there are many more amenities than would be required und

i want to express my opposition to the proposal of cpmc hospital. they do not plan to serve low- income patients. we in the community cannot accept this project, cpmc serves our needs. cpmc should increase access to all kinds of hospital care. it should be for seniors and low-income families. they should increase access to health care. if cpmc continues to operate for low-income families, it will be better. thank you, your honor. >> [reading names] >> good evening, commissioners. i live in the tenderloin. i'm here to express my opposition to cpmc hospital that does not serve the community. in the tenderloin, lots of seniors and low-income people use medi-cal. less than 10% patients seen were under medi-cal. how can the community approve this hospital when they do not also, i understand that cpmc is a non-profit organization. that exempts them from paying taxes. they're one of the most profitable hospitals in the state. cpmc charges the most money for their services compared to other hospitals in san francisco. how can they be a nonprofit? what we ne

we'll understand there is a request to continue this item so concerns could be expressed directly and off-line. while we are really excited, here are some specific concerns that people in the community bring up time and time again. first, how much has mta spend to achieve its small-business numbers? second, the hiring performance for small business. third, how much money has mta spend to prepare people to work on the local subway? we understand that this is $0. of for you are, why have they spent nothing on local hiring. 5, how much did mta spend after being shut down due to a lack of residents working on the budget? 6, and finally, how much work force experience doesmta actually have? 84 your time. -- thank you for your time. chairman nolan: next speaker, please. secretary boomer: jenny lamb. chairman nolan: good afternoon, jenny. >> we wore a co-author with the bright lines defense project, last august, and that report was examining the last five years worth of public projects and how many were put to work on those construction projects, and what we found is that it is just not work

>> the same sorts of labor concerns have been expressed. we have the awarded contractor, they have expressed in writing and interest to comply with our local hire ordinance on their own with no enforcement ability on our part to step up and make every effort. they are working with the two units -- the two unions their signatories with and -- the electrical and labor unions. >> is there any advantage at all to delaying? >> on the city hall and davies? we are delaying a so far and could continue to do that. we are delaying hoping there would be some answer forthcoming on jurisdictional issues. since they have not been forthcoming, there have been a variety of folks -- should be trying to get those jobs out there and organize the discussion, don't just stop everything waiting for a decision. that's why we were suggesting going forward. if we are going to delay, the only other thing would be is to take the money out of the budget for that and use it for something else. we could use of for something to create jobs now because she don't just want

it might not hurt to have the mta take a position and express it on that as well. we will be as active as we can. supervisor mirkarimi: the needs to be amplified, obviously by others within the city government. supervisor wiener: i have been in conversation with the mayor's office to make sure our city lobbyist is aggressively lobbying against this measure, and the city needs to speak with one voice. not just having the t.a. out there, but making sure that the city and the mayor's office is aggressively lobbying against this. supervisor mirkarimi: quite right. any other comments on either the report -- on either of the reports? seeing none, we now open up for public comment. >> my name is francisco da costa. i want to bring to your attention the third street light rail where we spend $700 million. it stops at fourth and king and lands in the middle of nowhere in the visitation valley. the reason why i am bringing this is you can pat yourselves all you want to, but what the transit first city once is good transportation -- with the transit first city wants -- what t

they found no complete my for expression and any of the 697 facial expressions the allies. they found that 14 my her expressions are in the lower or upper half of the face. they occurred with equal frequency. this study shows that micro expressions occur rarely. they occur in genuine displays as well. the occurrence of my her expressions and a true expression make the use of the airline settings questionable. they state current training may be misleading. i would like to address a point of view expressed by a recent article on the spot program. he stated that he no longer publishes all of the details of his work in peer reviewed literature because those papers are closely followed by scientists in syria and iran. i object to a strategy not to publish research for three reasons. first, the enemy may be aware of results for research. if we took this argument seriously, we should not publish any lie detection research. it may ultimately help the enemy. second, it is my understanding that the theory of my her expression that these are automatic displays. if that is the case, i

but they are going to have fewer outlets and fewer ways to express themselves. that is just not the right way for us to proceed. i did offer a resolution today supporting youth entertainment and youth access to night life in san francisco. i am going to continue to work on that. i look forward to working with the entertainment commission, the youth commission, and others. my office is always available when these issues come up if you think that the agency is not acting appropriately, or maybe is a little misguided in how they are applying rules. please let me know or let my staff know. we want to be of help and want to work with you to make this the kind of city we all know it can be. thank you very much. commissioner zukerman: thank you. it department representatives want to say anything, now is the time. >> are there any more presentations? >> this is from recreation and park. >> thank you. >> hello, commissioners. i is found out i had to do this three hours ago, so forgive me if i do not know what i am saying. i am facility coordinator representing the recrea

and this letter generally expresses support for e.i.r. and basically looks forward to further consultation with the city. thank you. >> further consultation with the city in those regards. there were a couple of minor issues. one regarding requesting signage on the island to indicate to motorists that they may need to wait for a while to get on to the bridge. other than that, this letter is not in my view, does not express any new issues that we have not already dealt with in the e.i.r. regarding the effects of tsunamis, both the commission and the board have received briefings in previous hearings on this issue and the e.i.r. analysis properly concluded that the level of flood protection is adequate to protect against all flood hazards including tsunami. regarding hazardous materials on the island, there was an issue raised regarding potentially new sites where radiation may occur. there is, as described in the e.i.r., there is an extensive regulatory framework in place that would provide for remediation of sites if new materials are dis

there are many forms of art and many places in the city where you can express yourself. there are many opportunities in berlin. >> of germany's the nightlife capital berlin is an ideal habitat for ricardo's products of a. the mirror balls are in the same venues where the creator spent their free time -- bars, clubs, anywhere where there are party is going on. >> you don't have to speak perfect german to get by here. there are plenty of ways to survive as an artist and express yourself. >> ricardo charges an average of 400 euros a piece for his customized new balls but that is not enough to make ends meet so he moonlights as a deejay, preferably in clubs where his handcraft is inaction. as long as berlin remains a this stimulating, he says he is staying put. 170 museums in one city -- a figure that dazzles saiid balbaki. also the current focus of the work of the lebanese painter and conceptual artist. >> i have been creating a conceptual art on the subject of museums for four years. museums and their roles as institutions, the credibilitit f archeological finds, and our p

the need for a transitional housing was well expressed today. it received far less attention than it should have. it takes action to do anything in this field. it is very difficult to get refinancing together, the developer is together, to put everything in place an order for it to happen. this is a miniscule attempt, but it is the only thing we have got going in front of us at the moment. it is not going to take care of the problem, but it will be one shot and hopefully in addition to everything else, it will raise public consciousness in that regard. i will not support the compromise. the loss of nine units is untenable to me. i know that the mayor's office of housing did say that they will try to make up the funds. makeup of the funds is my problem. that means of those funds will not go to of the support of housing. that is exactly what it means. those funds don't come out of thin air. i can't do it. this is a supportive and affordable type of unit. as far as the parking is concerned, i don't understand the argument whatsoever. also, this is

bus these expresses occurred with similar frequency in true and falsified expressions. so this study shows that microexpressions will occur very rarely, to the extent they do occur they occur in genuine displace as well. the authors to this paper conclude the occurrence of microexpresses -- expressions make them questionable. they also state the current trade promotioning that relies heavily on the identification of full face microexpressions may be misleading. finally, i would like to address a point of view expressed by dr. exman in a recent article in nature on the program. he stated he no longer publishes all the details of his work in the peer review literature because those papers are closely followed by scientists in countries such as syria, iran, and china which the united states views as potential threat. i object to deliberate strategy not to publish research for three reasons, first, the enemy, whoever they are, potential terrorists or criminals, may be aware of results from research applies to all the research. so if we took this argument seriously, we shoul

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another one is the express. in this particular corner that was measured, we wait for the train to take people in this particular quarter. almost 60% of the time, so that is going to reflect it. the other one i wanted to point out, because it reflects the on- time performance on the rail system is the kt line. it is the longest, and one of the reasons it is hardest to keep on time, because it has no flexibility once you leave. there is no switch, which means we do not have the ability to make an adjustment. on the other hand, during the same quarter, the j line was 76%. part of that is because we have the ability to react and make adjustments. part of the reason that it declined in this particular quarter is, i think going forward, what we need to do to make the on-time performance improved, but the number one and the most basic thing, frankly, is that we have to make sure that we minimize, absolutely minimize the runs. you have for mr. mason talk about the trade programs we have in place right now. we have done

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-- and the needs of the community and what have expressed. i recognize that not everybody will be totally satisfied, but we are happy if 80% are completely satisfied and 20% are willing to go with us through the process. thank you. >> i have a quick question for you. you mentioned that you are doing psa's. i am curious, which outlets are you utilizing? >> various radio stations, in chinese and spanish as well. we have used the television stations, the community announcements. our public engagement office is helping project office of cuban occasions, i am sorry, they get the psa's out to the television and radio. >> commissioner norton, did you get your questions answered? ok, thank you. are there any public comments? public comment? ok. well, public comment is closed. ok. thank you everyone who came to participate in the discussion. madam clerk, are there any other agenda items? ok, thanks. this meeting is adjourned. thank you.

gruber that of >> i wanted to follow up further on the concerns that cabdriver's had expressed at your last meeting. there is a major company, as i understand it, is giving up drivers social security numbers to make credit processing company without consent. i believe that this is a violation of law, as are many others tendon on his credit processing program. the issues that brought the drivers out, the electronic surveillance, it was evident that there were many other things that drivers were concerned about. as you heard, they have no health care, disability benefits, retirement, and a position for which they get very little respect from the companies that they work for or this agency. there is a ray of hope in this picture that i see, the driver that is supposed to be implementing the deleon sales program. the amount of evidence gleaned from this program will not be sufficient to provide any kind of evidence. it might be a hard pill for you to swallow, but there should be a split of all residents calling in from the sales program. instead of the split right now, which is 5% on a 20%

celebrating the value that has brought so many of you to the forefront in terms of your unique expression in sharing a city that is constantly trying to allow people to live their lives out loud and become fully expressive. celebrating every single day, not tolerating every single day. a city that appropriated, a city where carlos was able to grow up, because his parents knew that there was something special about this city. allowing him to further his education, continuing a proud tradition that was instilled in him by a -- as a young boy. that was the stewardship an example of his parents and father in particular in terms of his artistic talents that he advanced and nurtured, promoting with his children. we have all been the beneficiary of that legacy. our lives have been elevated and improved. we all talk about the end of the day and what it is all about. we all have unique stories that make up our lives. the idea is for each one of us to add value to other people's lives, helping them make their story just a little bit better. we have all had experiences where we have been elevated, o

people are coming up and expressing communication problems expressing frustration with this scenario that is totally unrealistic. i would like to know where the power is with this board and with you? basically, we need to hear your voice. we need to hear on the radio in the news everyday. it has to be if we want to promote what we are doing here in san francisco. we are looking here to be the leaders. just because the district amount hands over money and you ask them to decide how to skin their own hides. that doesn't mean they have autonomy or equity. people are coming to you to try to see if they can get a reasonable decision and definitely some powerful voices here about what we need to do as citizens, thank you. going to give you a snap shot and how we are working to close the achievement gap. the second largest school and students we are working on now. those students are coming to watch. our population and i fear if we redouse our size, we'll limit the opportunities. we are looking at losing nursing time. over 50% will qualify for free lunch. i would hesitate to cut any service

they may very well express them.f you follow up what happens on numerous occasions in the military part of the job, you have to do a lot of difficult things. have you to do things but they come together and do it. that's why we have such an incredible military. your comments about the initial stage of the training bear that out. yeah, we have concerns but we'll make it work. that seems to be the direction it is going. it is not going to undermine what the military is doing. again, as all you gentlemen would acknowledge, it's not the first time it occurred to anyone in the military they are serving with gays and lesbians. that's been known for a while. so i appreciate your work. i think the training you're doing helps make sure this will be a successful implementation, but i, too, am 100% confident with the military, all of the services, will keep doing the fantastic job they are doing and be better for it because we won't have to drive people out of the military who are doing a good job just because of the sexual ori

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commissioner kingsley: well, commissioner marshall, keeping in mind what all of the commissioners of expressed about working within the overall policy and structures, a structure that we as a commission feel is important as well as retaining flexibility for items that come upped as well as keeping in mind that we will have a new chief at some point soon, i think that we can accomplish all of that in terms of honing in on what our red tier would be, as well as new items that we bring up tonight. perhaps we go item by item and have a vote if we need to get to that point in terms of getting items into that. vice president marshall: i am fine with a couple of folks working on it. i do not know if you want to go through the whole list like we did at the retreat. assigning priorities, five or six things, continuing on to page two we could do it here, but i would be happy with a couple of folks working on it and then bringing it back. commissioner kingsley: one of the things is whether or not we agree with certain new things being added to the list, and this is something that commissioner slaughter r