that the permit fee waivers would apply to the structural component of the awnings as well as this linage. this is overseen by the planning department. i am happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> i think this is a great idea. we have done a lot of improvements on six street and it really makes a difference into the general activity. i wonder if you projected the cost. >> i don't have planning department numbers but they did an average for the month of may. we have $15,000 for the month. we believe that the budget impact is minimal but also the trade-off is that we are educating people that we need to have permits to do this type of work. we see business owners slapping on a banner. also, there are investors that have to go out to enforce and make sure that there are no lights that result from the bad awnings. we see this as a good trade-off. >> maybe what we can do is a follow-up. if this is a successful program and as a lot to regenerate this area is, this might be something to do not just for one month. >> we agreed that we would come back about how the program went. >> t

how i have to also look beyond it if i want to write about other characters who are not part of a linage that has come from the internment camp experience. so in a long way of telling and responding to the question, it's simply there inside of me. just like part of your history. so it's easy for me to write about it. the key is that if i write about it now, both in terms of me as an artist and just for the interest of the audience, i have to find a new way to explore it. i have to find some way that affords new information to the people and a new approach for me so it doesn't get boring. i've written about this stuff for 30 years and if you are an artist, the point is not to keep -- for me, anyway -- to keep saying the same thing. the idea is to keep challenging yourself so you are always on sort of the edge of your own knowledge, you are always on the edge of your art form so that when you write and you write about a theme such as the internment camps and you have written about it before, you are always sort of exploring new ways to attack it, to approach it, so it keeps its relevancy t