i mean, it's all interwoven. [inaudible] governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayor's part award? >> i am very grateful, moved. i always want to be in the company of illuminaries like cesar chavez. people making a difference, but to people's hearts.

i mean, it's all interwoven. [inaudible] >> this is a dpw corporation yard. i work for the bureau of street environmental services used to be street cleaning. we are a new age. >> here we are. >> here we are. >> clean. >> these are our communications dispatchers. hi. okay, no problem. you are welcome. bye-bye. >> all the information about the location, the nature of the complaint and we dispatch it. >> near the steps. >> by new they have started a hundred calls for dispatchers. >> once a get a request if they are not on the air i will page that unit. these are the radio channels. we have 14 channels. i will give a service request. >> there is a lot of expertise that goes into a call. i think we can have you dispatch and track. >> 448. >> 448. >> 19th at california. >> can you give us a little bit of a view. >> we have the city broken up to different districts. we will go to zone e. we will go to iowa street. put me to work. >> okay. >> bend it over like that. we chop it. >> while you do this if you come across something that looks hazardous, material wise, >>

i mean, it's all interwoven. [inaudible] >> 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 different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth. i anticipate the project to be something that opens a dialogue to public interest in these ideas. so the work is really made to be seen in this environment. it's been show in museum, in gallery, but never in a public setting. and it's kind of ideal for

aspects of congress and parliament to the operational aspects, not necessarily the personal aspects, interwoven, at my case at least, with constant references of change, and why change had really emerged in a much more rapid way for 200 and -- well, for 180 years, the house, at least, had more or less operated under its standing rules. nowadays, the house adopts its rules every two years, but constantly waives them or deviates from them, which i think is unique among parliaments in the world. >> william mckay, what's the biggest difference between parliament and the american system? >> i think the biggest difference is that, at the center of the westminster system there is a paradox. because without a separation of powers you've got members elected to the house whose job individually on the government side is to support the government, but whose job as members of the institution is to criticize the government. this is a riding of two horses, which becomes more or less acute, depending on the political temperature. but it's always there. now, for the past -- oh, i don't know -- 150 years, govern

he helped us go through and make sure that safety was interwoven everything we did. he was specifically for us. >> is the knowledgeable about cementing and centralize service -- centralizers and negative tests and all of that? >> not an expert but definitely he understands. but his role is more occupational. >> that is what i'm trying to get to, you don't have a separate group that is outside the of your -- thank you. >> any other questions? >> i have something i forgot to talk to you about. in. >> let's discuss these weekly cost meetings? did you participate? did you know what they were? >> no, i know that they had cost meetings mainly with the engineering aff and financial. >> on the financial side or they discussing? >> i don't know, i did not go to the meeting. >> can you refer to number one prize for it in front of you, the very last one in front of you. bp acnmdi19481. okay, since you did not go to the meetings can you please help me determine who did it and it's is a weekly cost meetings: houston-based support staff and bp rig leadership and the rig clerk. i a