and i met with my supervisor, mark farrell. it would be great to see this included with television for the sunshine taskforce. this seems to be critical. we have a quorum at this meeting. the sunshine task force has a problem with a quorum. maybe it is because they do not get paid. the audit at sunshine showed us that the task force saves the city may be hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits. it is really important, especially since we have a problem with organized crime at city hall. i would like to close with the idea that there is a particular case number -- president chiu: thank you very much. >> members of the board of supervisors, i am the director of san francisco open government. i have two items i am going to talk about. the first goes to why i introduced myself as a roman catholic. i take great offense at some of the comments i have heard. just recently, but consistently, anyone who challenges our city attorney is accused of having something wrong with them. even the pope is not infallible all the time. he is on

now, supervisor mark farrell. ." -- supervisor farrell: thank you. i would like to recognize the president of our planning commission, rodney fong. [applause] >> a little about rodney. not only do i consider him to be a good friend, but [inaudible] certainly within the walls here at city hall. that is our current president of our planning commission. a little bit about rodney. i am proud to have him as a resident in district 2. he is a native san franciscan, a father and husband in town and committed to raising his children in the next generation of san franciscans in our city. his background and family background is pretty amazing as you think about san francisco. in 1962, his grandfather sold that family farm and purchased the smyth anderson mill building on the original fisherman's wharf and he recommends -- represents the third generation to own and operate the wax museum. over the last 50 years he has built the newseum into a thriving complex. i remember going there as a little kid. he directs business and activities for the enterprises and is i

we are also lucky enough to have supervisor mark farrell as well. maybe he is having a pastry or something. there is a lot of traffic between here and city hall. that is a bad joke, i know. we also have supervisor eric mar here with us this morning. all the supervisors are sitting together. we are also lucky enough to have the chief of protocol for the city of san francisco charlotte schultz. last but not least, we have tony sun, chair of the asian arts commission. that's good started this morning. i am going to get off the stage and and things off over to jay hsu. he is going to tell us a little bit more about what we're doing today. >> someone needs to hand me the remote. terrific. brand implementation is a journey. the asian art museum embarks on a new journey. to reinvent ourselves, to engage a broad audience. the broad audience is very much at the core of what we do here and who we are. why now, you ask? as the aging world influence grows, so is understanding its culture. more than half of the global population lives in the asia. to look at our

we have two committee members that are supportive of bruce wolfe and i know mark farrell, you have strong feelings about members that have supported against the city attorney's advice. i feel comfortable, however, moving forward with that motion. we can certainly take a roll call on that seat. do we have any suggestions? we have two seats left, trying to keep track. supervisor farrell: chris hyland was mentioned by all of us. he's someone i would certainly support and i remember from last year, everyone was enthusiastic about him. so i'll throw that out to my committee members as someone i would want to support. chairperson kim: ok. actually, we all mentioned chris, trevor, david and todd. i note that all of us mentioned all four of those individuals and we have two remaining seats. so i don't know if we have a suggestion of two applicants amongst these four, so, again, the ones i heard from all three of us that we would all consider trevor mcneil, chris hyland, todd david and david sims. so if there is a suggestion moving forward, two names out of that group? >> i think one of the questi

mark, his wife, his children. i appreciate this opportunity. supervisor farrell: i'm beraing g - -beri -- bearing gifts ehrehere, so hold on a second. president chiu: that concludes the special order for commendations today. can you call the 3:00 p.m. special order items. >> pursuant to a motion approved april 2012, the board of supervisors have agreed to sit as a committee has a hole for items 28-35 comprising the special order for public hearings, persons interested in the proposed resolutions authorizing the acquisition of a temporary construction license at the property, a known as 55 stockton street by eminent domain for a public purpose of constructing a central subway extension project and other improvements. president chiu: will now sit as a committee as a whole to conduct public hearings on the proposed resolutions of necessity to acquire certain property interests and a vote on the resolution themselves. we are considering proposals to require construction licenses at 55 stockton street, 150 stockton street,. the mta seeks to find the licenses for the c

. >> the great will farrell giving con consolation to vice president biden. and the offense for the bain of romney's existence. mark halperin. let's look at the new ad for iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, colorado, and virginia. all battleground states that focus on a steel company bought by bain capital, let's watch it. >> i was a steel worker for 30 years. we had a reputation for quality products. we weren't rich, but i was able to put my daughter through college. >> having a good paying job that you can support and raise a family on is hugely important. >> that stopped with the sale of the capital to bain capital. >> bain capital was the majority owner. they were responsible. mitt romney was deeply involved in the influence that he exercised over these companies. >> they made as much money off it as they could, and they closed it down, filed for bankruptcy without any concern for the families or the communities. >> like a vampire they came in and sucked the life out of us. >> you know, mark halperin, it reminds me of karl rove. you take the opponents strongest suit, and you last away. is that what they're doing here? b