we presented to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> thank you. i understand you have other skills that i may need, like hypnotherapy and emotional healing. those are things that usually need after i meet with the board of supervisors. [laughter] [applause] [applause] >> i forgot my cheat sheet. that was a waste of time. i do want to acknowledge a couple of very important organizations. one is wells fargo. thank you wells fargo. [applause] the other is union bank. thank you very much, at union bank. for those of you who do not know the global arts is a fiscally sponsored program of the women's intercultural network. they just came back from a u.n. conference on women. we will tell you a little bit more later on. [unintelligible] i knew there was something i've was forgetting. one of the important things that happened with this event, the international institute of education partnered with us to help us make this -- thank you very much. that is what they did. they helped make this a very important event. one of the things they did, they have this i

. >> so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> well, thank you, ms. what occurred -- whitacre. i read your bio, so i understand you have other skills i might need like hypno- >> of the community clean team gathered in district 11. after the rally, the mayor and the supervisor at 20 teams went to work at a new mold around young trees. school children worked with adults while the youngest volunteers were entertained. the bill planters and learned about waste reduction. led by the department of public works, the main focus was on a tree maintenance. the city is looking at the health of the new trees, making sure they are able to stand on their own. this year's arbor day was dedicated to the memory of an environmental activist they used the planting as a community building activity in kenya. san francisco's leaders plan to the new tree in the playground. the remembered her during the opening kiof

we presented to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> thank you. i understand you have other skills that i may need, like hypnotherapy and emotional healing. those are things that usually need after i meet with the board of supervisors. [laughter] [applause] [applause] >> i forgot my cheat sheet. that was a waste of time. i do want to acknowledge a couple of very important organizations. one is wells fargo. thank you wells fargo. [applause] the other is union bank. thank you very much, at union bank. for those of you who do not know the global arts is a

. >> so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> well, thank you, ms. what occurred -- whitacre. i read your bio, so i understand you have other skills i might need like hypno-

. >> so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> well, thank you, ms. what occurred -- whitacre. i read your bio, so i understand you have other skills i might need like hypno- >supervisor kim: good morning. welcome to the tpja meeting of march 8. go ahead and call roll. >> you do have a quorum. item number three, communications. i am not aware of any. item number four, board of directors new and old business.

. >> so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >>

. >> so we present to you the ed lee mural. [applause] >> well, thank you, ms. what occurred -- whitacre. i read your bio, so i understand you have other skills i might need like hypno- >> [roll call] your mics are off. they're on now. [roll call] commissioners, the first category are calendar items proposed for cant wans. item one is case number 2011 .1293c. proposed for continuance to april 12, 2012. item number two, case number 2012 .0084 ddd for 2735 to 2737 baker streets, this item is currently on calendar proposed for cant wans to april 26, 2012. however, staff has informed me that the d.r. requesters are asking for continuance to be further out and you can take that at the call of that item. or after we announce all the items. item number three is case number 2011 .0148 e. the mini and lovey, proposed for continuance to june 28, 2012. commissioners, i am not aware of any other item on this calendar being proposed for continuance. president fong: is there any public comment on these items? seeing none, commissioner miguel? commissioner miguel: i move the i

lee and ask her to come up and say a few words. >> hello, everyone. a pleasure to be here and an honor. the historical society will be 60 years old next year. this mural is a mural that was made in 1952. on the occasion of the opening of what we would describe as one of the two significant transformational projects of chinatown. it was commissioned for the opening of the public housing in 1952. it depicts 100 years of chinese

lee and ask her to come up and say a few words. >> hello, everyone. a pleasure to be here and an honor. the historical society will be 60 years old next year. this murale occasion of the opening of what we would describe as one of the two significant transformational projects of chinatown. it was commissioned for the opening of the public housing in 1952. it depicts 100 years of chinese american history. it reads from left to right. the original is donated to the historical society. it was restored by the historical society. it hangs in our wells fargo learning center. members of the public are welcome to visit the actual mural. what i said about transformation is so important. we are standing in chinatown which was rebuilt after the earthquake and fire. virtually every building in chinatown except for old st. mary's church was rebuilt after the fire and earthquake. there have been few sites that have been we developed since that time. one exception is this building right here. it was truly transformational in that it constructed decent affordable housing for china totwon's overcrowded citizens. the advocacy for that housing took 20 years. advocacy fo