supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her hair at the u.s./mexican border. the painting encourages the viewer to engage with the current debates over i

but john avalos, a former aide of supervisor chris daly, came up as an organizer with the biggest public employees union in san francisco. he was a former social worker. so he might get that lock there, but could he win just on that alone or do you have to reach out to a broader audience. >> quickly, was chris daly board of supervisor? thinking about running? >> he was thinking of running and he said if someone like dave campos didn't get into the race, he would run. i think that's one issue, one reason that john avalos might have gotten into the race because chris daly is so -- how should we say this? there are a lot of people who don't like him. and there are a lot of people who do. but they wanted someone who could maybe work with a broader audience. >> and in addition, to talking about politics, the other thing that's all over your heart is talking about baseball? a very special baseball day for a very special person. >> right. now i think if willie mays wanted to run for mayor in san francisco, i think we could call the race right now. he might have a good chance. but it is his 80th

we want to thank you, our elected civil servants, suffers ross mirkarimi, supervisor john avalos andnt, for your dedicated service and commitment on sunday, this past sunday, on mother's day, standing with us on the steps of city hall honoring mothers who have lost children to senseless gun violence. we thank you, our supporters, from the san francisco police department, who also provided services and took time out of their busy schedules, inspector valerie matthews, captain john sanford and lieutenant julian hill of officers for justice who provided the beautiful roses for each and every mother that was present on the steps of city hall this past sunday. i stand before you because of a very concerned about the recent cut to the victims' services fund which is now at $5,000. i just left a funeral of this young man who was killed in oakland, as you know, the healing circle is not just for san francisco, we collaborate with all persons who have lost loved ones to homicide. his mother could barely bury him because of the victim services fund being cut statewide. this is my nephew, timot

, san francisco cultural arts traditions, our elected family, supervisors wiener and campos and john avaloss on his way and mirkarimi who is soon here. wanted to say thank you for being here and bringing the community here into city hall. and we're always grateful when our mayor is here to join us tonight. thank you, mayor. i'd like to introduce the treasurer of the organization that's done so much work to make sure that all of us could be here tonight. superviser james camp, thank you for being here. also we have our president of the school board here, i think you're here some place. i'd like to droot treasurer of the organization who has done so much to make sure that all of us are here tonight and are able to celebrate on the weekend in may, carnaval. elena. >> thanks. on behalf of the san francisco cultural art trassdigs board of -- tradition board of directors, i'd like to thank everybody for being here today and it's been a lot of work but we're very happy to tell you that carnaval is very strong and we will be having a great carnaval this year on may 28 and may 29. but -- [speaking s

among those opposed is supervisor john avalos who has been calling for a ban on drugstores from sellingalcohol. the supervisors were also set to take up an ordnance that making illegal dumping in public property a nuisance. the city spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year cleaning up debris left on properties. >>> the cupertino based giant says that processes will make the new line of imax30% faster. they will sell for just shy of $1,200. >>> stocks dropped today. the dow gained less than a point, the nasdaq was down 20 points. >> and when it comes to the weather forecast and what to expect tomorrow, let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> the temperatures will get warmer for your tomorrow. tomorrow as you move about, the hottest day of the week most likely. thursday will be slightly cooler. last time at this time the golden gate bridge has gusts at 20 miles per hour. right now they're gusting 17. they're going to be clocking into the north-northeast 12 hours from now. that's going to be the change, the mechanism that warms up up. the temperatures are going to go mid-80s

[applause] then not necessarily in alphabetical order, supervisor john avalos, supervisor david campos, supervisor carmen chiu, supervisor malia cohen, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, and supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott leonor -- wiener. a number of your friends thought it appropriate to reach out to cover the span of mayors over the last fifth leaders, a small fraternity who you are about to join. leading that is lieutenant governor, who will brain some remarks. it was the man who served as a supervisor and whom the voters rewarded by making him lieutenant governor, and he was received by his colleagues at one minute after 1:00, when his tenure was evicted, and he gave an accounting of himself and the time he has been mayor, and now, welcome to the new mayor, gavin newsom. >> sit down those that have seats. let me welcome each of you for taking the time to be there. it is good to be here, and it is a wonderful occasion, and the people that need to be thanked the most are the people of california, because i would not have been lieutenant governor, a

the john avalos local hiring measure was important in making sure we get residents, but even in my district, there are pockets of poverty and many people out of work. supporting those unemployed and underemployed people, supporting struggling small businesses in a difficult economy, and i support the small businesses versus more chain stores that seem to be coming into the store fronts, but i try to be sympathetic to local businesses because they make up the diversity of our local neighborhoods. those are some of the challenges that face our businesses. >> are there other issues specific to your district? how do you balance the needs of the issues in your district against the needs of the city as a whole? >> i know that our district has a higher proportion of seniors than some other district, and there is a brand new senior complex and wraparound community services complex called the institution on aging bridge housing complex, but it is going to concentrate a lot of the senior services and nonprofits. about 180 units of affordable senior housing in our district. i am actually a baby boomer

i want to thank the mayor for coming to district 11 and supervisor john avalos and his staff for coordinating this event. a few of our organizations came together to talk about community development, needs and strategies in district 11. we are excited to share with you what you came up with. in the face of a struggling economy, as you can see in our own backyard, home foreclosures and business closures next door. we wanted to the knowledge first that despite these challenges, we continued to rebuild ourselves, families, organizations. as a vibrant community, working families with deep roots in district 11, an immense pride in the excelsior and entire community. there is a need to protect the critical services. we also want to make sure city officials recognize the importance of not only continuing but expanding city investing in our neighborhoods so that we can continue to build and strengthen the neighborhood based strategies and implementation of community plans to build a sense of community. we want to talk about two aspects of community development, and i want to bring up stephanie. she w

we're here with supervisor john avalos, from district 11, which includes the excelsior, and will sign, our mission, and crocker amazon neighborhoods. supervisor avalos was elected to the board in november of 2008. we are going to get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome and thank you for joining us today. tell us a lot about your background, where you grew up, went to school, the job you worked. >> i was born in a town called and los angeles. it was a lot of working-class folks. my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast for six years before going back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got

. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> i get really concerned one ip -- hear people say the payroll tax is a job killer. maybe in some industries the payroll tax might be a disincentive on business going forward, but i would not be surprised if we came out of the whole discussion about remaking our tax for next year that it involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the diff

applause] >> our next award is a business award, and we would like to invite supervisor john after loss, who will be -- avalos, who will be presenting the business award tonight. [applause] >> our next honoree is ruben santana. he is the founder and president of rubecon builders, incorporated. founded in 1993 and based in san francisco, rubecon is a leader in health care, pharmaceutical and biomedical construction. they also perform commercial and industrial work in both the public and private sectors. mr. santana and his company are committed to giving back to the community in which they serve. please join us in welcoming mr. ruben santana. [applause] >> our next awardees for business is a son and mother duo, who are extraordinarily well recognized for their achievements with mama art cafe. mr. paulo cabezas opened mama art cafe in 2004. he's cure rated over 70 art exhibitions. it's been dedicated to the international and local artists. in addition to the promotion of high quality organic and fair trade coffee under the brand "mama," which i'm sure his mother enjoyed, they've received numerous awards and rec