mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buen

mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i want to welcome everyone here today to this great event, the final papers to really implement our new treasure island. all of the people behind me, i want to spend the time thinking them and everyone involved. when you have a project that has lasted decades, where you are working with federal agencies, the navy, all the funding that we did not have, developers that we had to make sure were together time and again with us, residents and had the confidence that our city could not only treat them well but also plan for their future, with them, working with them. groups such as the homeless, those on the lower end of our housing afford

mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. this is the regular meeting of land use and economic development committee for monday, june 6, 2011. to my right is supervisor:, to my left is supervisor wiener. we are also joined by supervisor mirkarimi. before i ask the clerk for announcements, let me say that there is an overflow room in the main chambers if anyone cannot get into this meeting room. are there any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. completed speaker cards to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items at the dupont today will appear on the june 40 the agenda. >>

mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. >> as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we'll be presenting the findings. [applause] >> welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city's climate action plan. and these panels consist of businesses, community organizations, advocates and nonprofits. so they're going to come u

mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. supervisor mirkarimi: i think that the deliberations that came out of the last few months on the question of tax breaks and tax reform have helped us arrive at a particular place that gives us this entree to determining, maybe with our toe in the water, of what it might look like to actually recall tax structure. for most of my adult life, i have spent completely here in san francisco. now about 27 years. i was born in chicago. my father had emigrated from iran to go to school in chicago where he met my mother when he was attending university of chicago. that is where i was born. my mother, growing up in that -- growing up for me in the 1960's and 1970's -- was very invol

mr. paulsen, for five minutes. mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. paulsen: i want to congratulate a school for the lieu schemia and lymphoma society for contributing. that's more than any other school in the country. every year, mr. speaker, elementary and secondary schools bring mayor spare change to the leukemia, lymphoma pennies for patients program, and they donate it as part of that program to find a cure for leukemia, for lymphoma and other blood cancers. leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer in children and young adults under the age of 20. thanks to this program, schools across the country have been collecting important resources to fund available research and provide patient care. programs like pennies for patients teach young students how they can impact the lives of their peers and the community they live in. i am incredibly proud of the students at oak point for all their hard work and service, and i congratulate them. i hope they ha

mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. one year ago last week the white house proclaimed that the summer of 2010 would officially be known as the summer of recovery. now 52 weeks later unemployment remains painfully high at 9.1%. the housing crisis has not improved. nearly 14 million americans are out of work. as i travel my district in minnesota from bloomington, to coin rapids, i hear from minnesotans and small business owners understandably concerned. my constituents were told that $1 trillion stimulus package would keep unemployment below 8%. they were clearly sold a bill of goods as unemployment has now been above 8% for more than two years straight. house republicans have a plan to jump-start our economy and create jobs. our plan takes commonsense steps to reducing legislative burdens, regulatory burdens that will help small businesses, that will help entrepreneurs. actually takes common sense to fix an out-of-date tax code so our employers are more competitive around the world. we also take steps to pass three pendi

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor, progressives, and moderates coming together for solutions to save jobs and city services? here. in san francisco. by the way, this has also been done with the account of the impact on working men and women in town. this is done deliberately. this is done smartly. during those long, long meetings during which we crafted this proposal -- i want to thank warren hellman for helping lead this charge. i want to thank all the sector unions. the public safety, the lawyers. everyone was at the table. i want to give an extra shot out to the chair of our public employees union from local 21. i am surprise

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor,

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor, progressives, and moderates coming together for solutions to save jobs and city services? here. in san francisco. by the way, this has also been done with the account of the impact on working men and women in town. this is done deliberately. this is done smartly.

mr. paulsen. and one thing we forgot during the america's cup.ay be a need for a singer for that project. is there another member who wants to speak? public, disclosed in we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. do we have any other business before the committee. >> there are no other items. >> thank you for the attention. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a mo