i have been with the graffiti advisory board for the last seven and a half years. i really, really enjoy and love and take my responsibilities at the visor he board very, very seriously. the graffiti advisory board -- mod whole lot of people pay attention to it because san francisco is about art and new culture and graffiti is a form of art, but we are concerned when that art becomes and listen and so there is a difference between graffiti art and then to listen and we have an elderly home whose home has been terrorized, they are a bunch of gangs (unintelligible) disrespect. they cost the property owner a lot of money; utilize a board has three different committees, in education committee, abatement and enforcement. we are tasked with it challenge issue in the city. the three different committees have to put our hands together and figure out how to control the problem and i have the best interest of the city. i have been living in san francisco for 30 some years, a single mother and educated in here from kindergarten through college. i have also worked in san franci

the legislation i'm introducing today will bring the graffiti advisory board admin code up to date and help them to continue our efforts to combat graffiti citywide. this is a code cleanup to make the gray if ity advisory board more efficient. legislation is not always about writing new laws, steam -- sometimes it's about fixing the old one. graffiti cost san franciscoians over $20 million a year. it hurts residents and business owners who are often forced to clean up the crimes they fallen victim to. i want to thank my colleagues for supporting my legislation last year along with the multiple city, departments and the graffiti advisory board. we are launching new more effective and methods to combat graffiti in san francisco. my second item is the ash bury community and gas line ruptures. this is a hearing request about the five gas line ruptures and two sinkholes that have disrespected and endangered the community in the last few months. the city under the management of the department of public works, began an infrastructure project this spring to install new water mains, replace sew

the legislation i'm introducing today will bring the graffiti advisory board admin code up to date and help them to continue our efforts to combat graffiti citywide. this is a code cleanup to make the gray if ity advisory board more efficient. legislation is not always about writing new laws, steam -- sometimes it's about fixing the old one. graffiti cost san franciscoians over $20 million a year. it hurts residents and business owners who are often forced to clean up the crimes they fallen victim to. i want to thank my colleagues for supporting my legislation last year along with the multiple city, departments and the graffiti advisory board. we are launching new more effective and methods to combat graffiti in san francisco. my second item is the ash bury community and gas line ruptures. this is a hearing request about the five gas line ruptures and two sinkholes that have disrespected and endangered the community in the last few months. the city under the management of the department of public works, began an infrastructure project this spring to install new water mains, replace sew