what did millard fillmore do? >> it was introduced by henry clay, the disappointed guy who did not get to be president. the goal is to solve the nation's problems. as it emerges in congress, it is a series of separate bills, not one bill. among other things, it will organize the new mexico territory that includes arizona, the utah territory which includes nevada and utah and parts of colorado.and wyoming. it would admit california into the union as a free state. it also would prevent the sale, the open auction of slaves in washington, d.c., but it would also give millions of dollars to texas. it would subdivide a portion of the mexico and give today what-- new mexico, and give what is today west texas to texas, which previously no one believed or longed to texas. texas.nged to and most importantly, created the fugitive slave law of 1860. it is an outrageously unfair law in which alleged fugitive slaves are not even allowed to testify at hearings on their own behalf. if a free black is used in new york, the man can

marcus books needs to stay in fillmore. i grew up and was living in chinatown. it looks different from chinatown but right now, i'm living in the west edition are i see that fill more is very much different than when i was the. there's hardly any remedy in advance of a black business are the chicago barber shop is gone and this is the last black business to the past. i'm also my immediate issue is housing affordability but i see that horrify but i need to - i need to empower those folks and marcus books provides that kind of presence. i saw the spirit and it's different having the children walking in there and that's different for the black communities in the west edition to connect them to the past. thank you >> thank you. i'm very active in the japan community. i've defltd into the history and the culture information we're not just japan town we're fillmore western edition and we've shared so much and one of the key places we've shared is the city believe. the building started out on post street. it was a hotel with a pool hall underneath. and in those days th

big changes are coming to the fillmore. the mo call it a redevelopment blues. >> reporter: over the years they have tried to jazz things up in the fillmore district, once northern california's jazz capital. but it appears the music and what it represented to the city is fading away in the collective mind and ear. >> the fillmore has lost its black vibe. >> reporter: it has had many lives. in the '40s rowhouses were knocked down homes to black families, jobs and jazz, redevelopment to modernize. in the '90s to make up for that the city started to lend out what eventually would be $60 million to reestablish the jazz scene here. >> money that was spent trying to revitalize this area and bring jazz back was a waste of money. it was a loss. >> reporter: frank bennett promotes events in the fillmore. he sees the demise of a club and restaurant as one of the nails in the coffin. the new chicago barbershop is gone, a black mainstay state toking for its life. >> that's part of the roots of what happened here in san francisco and so

and john fillmore, and the proposal includes a three car garage at the existing level of the building and creating a garage opening that will require removal of the curved concrete bay and currently interrupted by a pedestrian an door on the south side. and the door would be 8 feet wide by 6 feet and 8 inches tall and it will be placed flush with the facade. the concrete base would be repaired and replicated to infill the area currently occupied by the pedestrian an door. the staff is determined that the proposed work is compatible with the character defining features of the subject building and the landmark district. the project will retain the res denial use on the lot and creating a garage to support the contemporary use of the building and all aspects will be retained and preserved and

. >> i want to say we've talked about transit systems there's the gary and fillmore intersection that has a tunnel in there and commissioner breed has raised a lot of great suggestions in the project like supervisors before her and another supervisors in many ways the project has great profundities for better land use and entity and really addressing problems created by boulevards and freeways cars that cut different neighborhood in half like the fillmore district. commissioner breed couldn't be on meeting today but i suggest we start to develop a concept for the authority to discuss how the tradition inland use could be reimagined in that intersection for the city. i'm hoping we can move forward especially people. divided like the african-american and asian-american community. any other comments colleagues. let's open this up for public comment. anyone wish to speak >> just to let you know imperative mary at last week's meeting it was decision they've taken no vote on it they didn't want this to go anywhere. they brought this up but no vote. so talk to your colleagues that were on th

it would include the option to provide a filed at fillmore in order to reconnect the community that maybe as much of a land use and community issue as a transportation issue by those optioned will allow this to be done. side lynn b r t would be provided and the center lane b r t to 22 avenue and a consolidated bus service further to the west. other maples of accelerating deliver including looking at number one traditionally means of delivering the project. maria mentioned the designed risk and we've done that on the vanessa project we we can the same thing can be done on gary. we're confident we know what the alternative is and that's the time to begin van the work. we're looking at the non traditional means of construction. the construction management guaranteed management these are variations of construction methods that are generally proven to speed project delivery and they tend to be a little bit better of job allocation. we're also looking at strengthening our project management approach. we're moving forward with integrating the authority into a single team. i will say that the rep

officers chased of fillmore, kevin i sent and sergeant mary gray responded to the scene as back of units. elderly male victim told responded officers that his son had stabbed him, and that he was somewhere inside of the house at 636 funston avenue. he said his son was suffering from mental issues. officers quickly determined there were other family members inside the house with the suspect. officers knew there could be for their victims of they did not act immediately. officer fillmore and sergeant grey enter the residence and started walking up the stairs while announcing san francisco police department. officers could see the carpeted stairs and walls inside the house were covered in blood. at the top of the stairs was always there ran perpendicular to the stairs. there was still no signs of the suspect or family members. officers made the decision they would have to clear the upstairs room by room. officer i. singh and hernandez went to the right. -- esein. as officer carrasco and heppler went left and saw a body lying prone at the end of the hallway. they saw the body was drenched in

what i'm trying to say is even though we're in different neighborhoods, chinatown japantown, the fillmore, it's real important because environment doesn't have neighborhood kinds of territory. we all breathe the same air. we drink the same water. we worry about the same toxins. so, it's really important for us to be able to be part of that. asian americans in my community, i'm a senior director organization, they're pretty much natural conservatives, environmentalists. they are good at saving. the whole trick is for us to educate our seniors. and again, i really applaud you that you're having an agenda item today and a community meeting at bayview hunters point. if i read this correctly, i would encourage you that if you wish to have meetings in the japantown, fillmore chinatown area, richmond, sunset, it just heart ens everybody. important today in term of the tv telecast, our community gets to share. with the education, with our community, we simply have to have them turn on, see the issues in froth of you, and we really want to be parrth of that. thank you very much, commissioners, for

that is proposed is vetted by the transportation agency to insure the minimal impact on the two fillmore bus line that ends in that intersection and the operators for the garage on 20th street. and the yard is required to be 23 percent depth and provided at the first floor and the proposal includes a rear yard that does meet the required depth and area of the site, however, the project does include the ground floor dwelling units and therefore, the project mot identification, and the planning to allow the otherwise co-complying rear yard on the second floor instead of the ground floor that is the only mot identification ... modification. it is designated as a tear b site and therefore, the on sight requirement is 16 percent and the project, therefore will provide 11 on sight affordable units and regarding public comment to this project. the department received 11 letters of support for the project from the neighborhood residents and groups and organizations including the dog patch neighborhood association and one call expressing some concerns. in order for the project to be approved, the

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we'll close that item >> commissioners that will place you under items for continuance case 206 l at fillmore street consideration to spaekd the landmark dedication. any member of the public wish to speak on this item and a seeing none, i'll bring it to the commission phenomenon consideration of continuance >> i move to continue to august 21st. on that motion to continue (calling names) so move forward commissioners that passes 7 to zero and places you under your regular claurnd. the mini park presentation >> i'll be using tour overhead. >> govern tim at the request of the commission we invited rec park to present a short overview of the removing of the redwood trees from the mini park. we're happy to continue the defendant and i wanted to insure you we were in constant communication >> thanks i'm the director of operations of the recreation and park department. i'll be making the informational prengs presentation this afternoon. i'll be using overhead photos to illustrate my presentation. this is about cologne row mini park. it's one of our - there we go. (laughter) all right. i think we're

it needs to be kept in fillmore and i wish you all could vote for it. >> next speaker >> ladies and gentlemen of the audience and supervisors good evening i welcome my opportunity to speak in behalf of the marcus bookstore. i'm a taxi drive with a medallion i know his wife and his two sons. i think this is the wrong opportunity for this gentleman to take vaguely of the african-american community and this bookstore which is a historic landmark. it's also a source of a lot of african-american literature in this community. i think with a little bit more push or shove from this board mr. weiss maybe going forward with his name being recognized or without being pushed into the stands that causes lawsuits on both sides. i don't want repercussions where we fires me or something speaker i think the bookstore is a library of sort of and i think it's good for the community at large but a source you have historic documents and books for the city and county of san francisco. so i think you can do what you can by talking to the man and his wife instead of pushing and knocking on doors. some of you should

as you probably know, otis redding was in san francisco to perform at the fillmore in the summer of 1967found himself for a week on a sauselito house boat. on the bay came the inspiration for this incredible song. a couple months later he recorded the song and tragically passed 2008 way in a plane crash in 1967. this song became the last recorded song by otis redding. it is an incredible song, it is so befitting and it is something we thought would inspire everyone who comes to this wharf, not just today, but ongoing. and the otis redding family has graciously allowed us to use some of his famous lyrics here at the wharf. they will be permanently engraved at one of the markers down at the far end of the port. i'm sorry, of the park. and they will be here to inspire visitors and locals alike as they come to this place on our amazing bay. and otis redding left a legacy greater than just his music. he left his wife zelma and his wonderful children, four of whom are still with us. and this is otis redding iii also known as a genius. (applause) >> and he came all the way from los angeles to h