howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very dif

howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> [roll call] please be advised that the ringing of cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices are prohibited during the meeting. any person responsible for them going off will be removed from the meeting. please be advised that sell phones on vibrate provide interference and be request that they are turned off -- and we request that they are turned off. >> i do have one item of note. may 17, 2011, the board of directors unanimously executed the purchase agreement for the acquisition of property at 900- 93 stockton street in san francisco for the subway p

howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening.

howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. [stomach rumbles] vincent: sounds like you could use some van goghgurt. it's fortified with arts-rich nutrients to improve your math and reading skills... catch! boy: van goghgurt...thanks. so what's the deal with your ear? vincent: always with the ear, huh... announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org

i also wanted to -- howard grayson, who is a longstanding activists -- activist in the city and a long-term member of the harvey milk club. he passed away two thursdays ago. i want to recognize that he will be sorely missed. i think that is it. president newlin: item eight, new business for future agenda items. the what? excuse me. did you want to do a report? a short report? a very short report? [laughter] we have had a lot of action items tonight. >> i will save a few things. i want to rehash what has been going on in broadway. probably the issue we have right now is with department 24. i would like to maybe sit down with them and hammer out -- we have had a lot of problems. they have just turned over to new owners. we are getting large party buses coming in. it is at capacity. they get off the party bus with a prepaid ticket and cannot get in. it is creating huge problems on broadway. it is overcrowded as well. we have been making sure they are in compliance. lastly, we got a letter from someone that is out of town. i will read it briefly and let you know what we are doing as far as that

first, i have an in memoriam request for howard grayson. a tremendous activist with the democratic party, progressive, labor. he is someone that was incredibly passionate and for the causes and issues that we share. and if someone who was an incredibly nice and gentle man. i have a resolution that comes on the same topic that the supervisor just spoke about relating to the importance of food policies on the state and local level. today will be nationally recognized for those that raise awareness on food issues to help strengthen the sustainable food movement and give a platform to organizations to talk about them and raise awareness. along with supervisor mar and supervisor mirkarimi. i am also introducing legislation i have been working on for a better part of your to help address the layers of bureaucracy often confronted by the 80,000 small businesses in san francisco. one area is the fact that many of our small businesses receive annual license renewals. there are hundreds of different types of licenses. there are four different buildin

first, i have an in memoriam request for howard grayson. a tremendous activist with the democratic party, progressive, labor. he is someone

first, i have an in memoriam request for howard grayson. a tremendous activist with the democratic party, progressive, labor. he is someone that was incredibly passionate and for the causes and issues that we share. and if someone who was an incredibly nice and gentle man.