so that's what lee hirsch's film was really all about. he's taken 5 families and he's documented it and yesterday over 3,000 of our students had a chance to view and many of them i think cried because they know it's happening in their own school site. and just because we get a label sometimes in san francisco that we're progressive or that we know better, it's happening also on our own turf to unacceptable levels. i wanted it share with you i'll be doing my part, i'll be doing more than my part. i've indicated to melinda and certainly ann marie and her coordination of this, we will be on the forefront with our school district and our administrators and our commissions to work together with the bay area to end this, to talk about it and expose it and to continue really carrying out a promise that we have made as leaders in our very dynamic bay area. we will not tolerate intolerance and we will expose it, get rid of it, and we will educate our kids, the next generation who will hopefully inherit a better world. we've got to set those condit

we had a question and answer session at the end of the movie and lee hirsch was there, unsolicited, he was not a plant, a student stood up, he was probably an athlete, strong, good-looking young man, he stood up and said what can i do when i get back to my school to make a difference? can we start a club, can we have an event, will you support that? it was a superintendent's dream to have a student say, what can i do? we want every student to go back and say we're going to do something and make it part of what we're going to do against bullying. the one thing i will share with you, ladies and gentlemen, this is not an issue that is just a school district issue. this is an issue that is a community issue. ironically yesterday as we were preparing to have 3,000 students come to 4 or 5 different venues across san francisco to watch this film, the evening before and the morning of the film yesterday we were in very close communication with the superintendent in marin county schools because there had been an incident where some pictures had been posted on facebook that were very compromisin

recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black ass, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that

. >> i had a question, my brother lives close to this area, to miss hirsch who gave us her presentation. the area from lake shore plaza to before 23rd avenue, i'm wondering why that area was chosen. i did notice the bike lanes. it's an $800,000 grant. i have curiosity about why this stretch was chosen and how it enhances the i am improvements that have been in the pass like the bike lane. >> certainly, these scene scene intersections were chosen largely because of the need as well as the fit with the funding source. these highway safety improvement grants require a very stated driven cost analysis and to the kinds of accidents happened and kind of treatments and the kind of values determined to reduce accidents and that's how we selected these intersectioned. they do have a repaving project insulated for 2014. we are working to minimize disruption to that area. >> thank you. very much. >> supervisor yee. >> yes. i want to alert the public and thank you for being concerned about pedestrian safety. we are going to have a meeting some time in march and i welcome people to come and to expre

. - he has a little tabby named judd hirsch. - so how did you hurt your shoulder? it seems... - oh! - you may have dislocated it. - this guy decked me 'cause the blacks liked me more. - yeah, we were playing basketball with these awful black guys, and he displeased me, so i took him out. - yeah. - you know, i am actually legally bound to report any instances of domestic violence between partners. - what? - you think we're "herm-sexual" partners? - you think we're hermisexuals? - what would give you that-- i mean, look, i guess we are best friends. - sure. who isn't? - and if we do live together... - it's easier when you share a hot pot. - and i guess we do sleep in a murphy bed together. you know, but we're not sexual. though i guess a lot of couples are actually not sexual. so i guess in a way, i mean, we are sort of a gay domestic partnership, and i am abusive. both: huh! - never thought about it that way. - never thought about it that way either. - i'm either going to great this shoulder... - uh-huh. - or i need you guys to go. - jerk him off. - ha ha. good at bizness. from comed

. >> i had a question, my brother lives close to this area, to miss hirsch who gave us her presentation. the area from lake shore plaza to before 23rd avenue, i'm wondering why that area was chosen. i did notice the bike lanes. it's an $800,000 grant. i have curiosity about why this stretch was chosen and how it enhances the i am improvements that have been in the pass like the bike lane. >> certainly, these scene scene intersections were chosen largely because of the need as well as the fit with the funding source. th

i am brian hirsch, structural engineer, resident and business owner in north beach as a consulting firm. quite frankly, i think the overall subway planning has been poor from the very start. having said that, it looks like it's going to go ahead anyway and if it's going to go ahead, do it right. it's going to get to north beach eventually and perhaps even to fisherman's wharf. if so, do it now and extract at the pagoda theater, not bury it in chinatown at some cost. because in the future, it will be extended. and it will benefit the city to have a complete transit system rather than just a partial one. it would be absurd to stop it at chinatown and burry bury it there. that does no good. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors my name is julie christinsen and i'm in favor of the proposatch my favorite line is the adage we use about planting trees. it's never easy, but for our part of the city it needs to be done. i think a lot of the people here really want to talk about whether there should about a subway or not. you think we're a little past that discussion. what i want

market and to make one quick point about american exceptionalism argument in 1990 according to charles hirschand who is a historian and demographer only 9% of americans according to last name were of english descent. 9% of americans in 1990 were english descent. we all speak english, we have an anglo-saxon common-law system, english influence culture. the largest ethnic group in united states right now by last name is german. we don't eat bratwurst at every meal but that is a great idea. we are one of the most heterogeneous and diverse countries and world. that is what i think of when i think about it. >> i agree with half of what alex said. it is really true that when you look at immigration enforcement particularly when you look at reform proposals people talk about we have fact taxes and fines and then we are going to measure the english-language proficiency to much else, who believes the federal government will do this constantly well? coherently separate out among 11 or twelve million, lot of the immigration advocates know that. they're issues move this off of the table and legalize the