by mayor ed lee and i am grateful to that community and i am grateful to the mayor and the board of supervisors who are considering this nomination. i vow to do the best job i possibly can for the city and i have -- as i have done from the outset of my city career. i will continue to draw inspiration and guidance from the black woman in our history and culture who have paved the way for me and others with their relentless fight against prejudice and intolerance and hate. there consummate energy, intelligence, and courage and their unshakeable persistence, unflinching sacrifice and unwavering faith. i have angels on my shoulder and they're my sisters. thank you and i wish you a happy and joyful black history celebration. [applause] thank you. >> thank you for those profound words. now, for all of you whose names were mentioned by naomi in her remarks, we split up the list so she covered half the room. i am not going to announce it. there are a few other people. mohamad in the public works department, rhonda simmons, give them all around of applause as well. at this time we have a special present

for that i am truly grateful. that [applause] cue. -- thank you.elonte will make the next presentation. -- -supervisor olague will make the next presentation. supervisor olague: i am grateful for an to the african-american community. growing up in the valley of working-class women, my parents and my father was a farmworker, i took a lot of inspiration from the sacrifices that the african- american community made for the benefit of all of us. as someone said, we stand on the shoulders of giants. i wanted to say that it was difficult because there are so many incredible people in district 5, so i could not narrowed down to one. like supervisor kim, i am indulging myself and we will honor to people. the question i went around to different members of the community, who has not been honored that you feel should be? the two names that coming up were the owner of racella's and carmen johnson. if you honor one you have to honor the other. they send in their biographies. i will read as much of the page and a half as i can. there's a lot of really inspiring

and i really just want to emphasize how grateful i am and how grateful we all are to nancy pelosi, whoent to congress in 1987 and in her maiden speech on the floor of the house talked about how she was there to fight hiv/aids, and she has fought it in an incredibly heroic manner for the last 25 years. we all owe her an enormous debt of gratitude for her leadership on this issue and for the unending funding that she has brought into sentences go to allow us to maintain our commitment to those living with and at risk for this disease. so, thank you, a leader pelosi, for standing with us and continuing to stand with us. i now want to bring up my colleagues, supervisors david campos and supervisor christina olague, as well as dan bernall speaking on behalf of the leader pelosi. >> thank you very much, supervisor wiener. let me echo what he said about leader policy, who will always be speaker pelosi, but we have been very lucky in san francisco that we have had representatives -- representation in washington d.c. -- washington, d.c., that has advocated for the agency community, and has made

and therefore i am very grateful to our program sponsors, texas a&m university. whoop! american university of public affairs and american university libraries, the george bush foundation, always generous to the library. thank you to the foundation and i would like to thank the white house historical association and he stephanie sale and jim si singleton. introducing our panel, our program and panelists tonight is andy card, acting dean of the bush school of government and public service, can we give him a whoop? >> whoop! >> mr. card was appointed in july of 2011. he is formally dean card served as chief of staff to george w. bush from 2000 to 2006, he was assistant to the president, deputy chief of the staff and the 11th secretary of transportation. thank you, sir. >> thank you. [ applause ] i'll give you a boston accented howdy. it's great to see you, and it is a spectacular program tonight and we appreciate warren finch welcoming us all here, yes i'm the acting dean of the bush school and the bush school at texas a and m, we are proud of our students and the performa

but i would say that it's awful hard to be grateful for something which you felt you would like to be able to do without asking anyone. >> well, mrs. roosevelt, we heard a lot about criticism of american policy and what we have done or tried to do. is this something new? i mean, is this something to do with this administration, the truman administration, or perhaps even your late husband's administration? >> when the war was over and we began to have to help people to build up again, and we were the ones who had not been bombed and had no homes destroyed, we had difficulty in getting new homes, but we didn't have to carry away acres of rubble of old homes that once existed, and we had our whole production unit intact, and practically no other nation in the world was in that fortunate position. >> so this is history rather than politics? >> this is history rather than politics. there is some envy in it. there is peopley who say they will never be grateful for what we've done, i think there is gratitude. but gratitude is sometimes swamped by the sins of why was this done? was it done in

saying how grateful we are to the voters and how grateful we are to you and your staff, who have done an outstanding job. >> the roll call please. [calling votes] president yee: thank you. vice president norton. vice president norton: i want to acknowledge our new head of special education. this is her first board meeting. unwelcome. i am sure you are just loving it. do not let this scare you. >> just a short meeting. president yee: i do not call the public hearing in the quality public education act waivers. a motion and a second? so moved. a reading of the recommendation of. >> good evening. if it pleases the board, i will read the requested action and not the background information. i am the executive director of policy and operations. i am with jill, the director for federal and state programs. >> you have been a valuable asset and i really appreciate it. >> this is a special order of business, the subject of quality education investment act waivers. the requested action is that the sfusd will hold a public hearing for the purpose of the submission of applications for a waiver of

you are right, richard, people are putting grates and grills everywhere. these must a propertiline wall that is not perpendicular. >> it's not columbus avenue and it's typical of every door on the street. >> this, just one of my favorite pieces of serendipitous--this is art. >> i don't think it's serendipitous. someone really carefully-- >> they didn't think how to accentuate the entryway. the meters are all replace, all brand new electrical meters and whoever, ran them over the main entry and terminated it gorgeously. >> i guess it's going into the alley, the side entrance. >> it's beautiful. >> somebody really, really tried. >> we should find out who did the work. the tags are probably on those boxes there. this is an interesting entry down at the--what is it called? the warehouse. >> the oriental warehouse. >> they left the old building wall and built inside it. >> i thought the city had a policy not to use reflective grass, but this is on redevelopment land or agency land. >> i think it could be just the lighting. >> really? >> yeah. it's another examp

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then there was the unity festival in 1975, when i was still living at the park, where the grateful dead and the starship played for free. an amazing time. my favorite weekend of the year is the first weekend of october. i would never miss it. that is because of hardly strictly blogger's. when i started going about five years ago, what i remembered was that it reminded me of a simpler san francisco, a simpler, gentler time, a friendly time, where there are no hassles. never seen a fight. i have been there for hours and hours and hours. i have never seen it came during -- never seen angry and pushing people. i was amazed at how big the bike lock up was, and this is a wonderful lesson for our city, and we need to cherish it. we really do. let's help people have better festivals and more festivals in the park. supervisor mar: sir? >> i remember when my father taught me how to ride bicycles. you may remember this. ♪ some parks may be large or small go ask the parks commission when they were just small, when the park place tells you which concerts to go, and you might been there, and you are

for that i am truly grateful. that [applause] cue. -- thank you.

we are very grateful for that presentation. however, raise management being intricately involved in the planning is part of a better partner as well. >> next slide, please. >> we issue our environmental impact report on july 11 of last year. august 5 was the freezing of the public comment period. we had a thorough and exhaustive effort to respond to those comments. the planning commission heard the item and certify that it is clean and the appeal has now been calendar for the full board of supervisors next tuesday, january 24. i hope we will come back to the mta board of directors to adopt ceqa findings and take appropriate findings -- action. at the bottom of the slide we referenced the process under nepa. that includes the regulation for the coast guard to manage traffic along the bay as well as these permits to use park lands and that process is moving forward. it will take longer to publish their documentary different departments. you'll see that later this spring in may 2012 and hopefully a final findings in june 2012. a q

so we're very grateful once again to welcome the first lady of the united states, michelle obama.n even imagine the burdens that you carry as the spouse of the leader of our nation. we thank you and pray for you and honor your work on behalf of the health of our nation's children and all americans. >> mr. president, did you hear the little thing about the national championship? you know, this year is alabama. last year it was auburn. it never stops. >> it never stops. >> you see what i have to put up with now? it's hard to be a razorback fan, but we're working on it. that's right. what most people don't fully realize that government is a team sport. we're all thankful to have our tireless and passionate vice president running all over the country and all over the world to accomplish our country's most important work, vice president joe biden. the next person i want to introduce is my wife, jill prior, the best person in the world. you've already met jackie evancho. she's going to sing one more song in a few minutes. i think after that she has to leave here and go study for a spell

i was so grateful that dr. hernandez called to welcome into the job and the important work that the san francisco foundation is doing. our city has the value to continue to replace and rebuild public housing and make them communities of opportunity, communities that people want to live in. i am so grateful and touched my colleagues and members of the board, i believe there is a level of willingness to work together that is unprecedented in the 20 years i have worked in city government. the talent and people behind me who work for the city is at a level i have never seen. the people standing behind me are not seeking personal or political gain at the expense of this city. these are people who want to succeed in doing a good job. each supervisor and person here with me as part of the city family faces challenges in responding to homelessness and families and individuals in crisis. part of my responsibility is that i know what it means when people express frustration and say, why can we not do something about this