ms. hanson, who has been a wonderful commissioner, was only able to serve through the end of february, so they have one vacancy. if we could move it forward as the committee report, that would be great. supervisor kim: great. motion forward with positive recommendation for ms. dorothy liu. this item is now closed. thank you to the members of the public for coming today. this meeting is now adjourn. before that, quickly, i want to thank sfgovtv for taping the session today with transcriptions available for members of the public. thank you. meeting adjourned.

ms. hanson, who has been a wonderful commissioner, was only able to serve through the end of february, so they have one vacancy. if we could move it forward as the committee report, that would be great. supervisor kim: great. motion forward with positive recommendation for ms. dorothy liu. this item is now closed. thank you to the members of the public for coming today. this meeting is now adjourn. before that, quickly, i want to thank sfgovtv for taping the session today with transcriptions available for members of the public. thank you. meeting adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >

ms. hanson, who has been a wonderful commissioner, was only able to serve through the end of february, so they have one vacancy. if we could move it forward as the committee report, that would be great. supervisor kim: great. motion forward with positive recommendation for ms. dorothy liu. this item is now closed. thank you to the members of the public for coming today. this meeting is now adjourn. before that, quickly, i want to thank sfgovtv for taping the session today with transcriptions available for members of the public. thank you. meeting adjourned. >> 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 t

ms. hanson, who has been a wonderful commissioner, was only able to serve through the end of february, so they have one vacancy. if we could move it forward as the committee report, that would be great. supervisor kim: great. motion forward with positive recommendation for ms. dorothy liu. this item is now closed. thank you to the members of the public for coming today. this meeting is now adjourn. before that, quickly, i want to thank sfgovtv for taping the session today with transcriptions available for members of the public. thank you. meeting adjourned. >> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. we had a couple of speakers who are here to support the program today, so the first one i'm going to in

ms. hanson, one from larry nelson. one of the themes is about substance abuse and treatment centers. the city has done a solid job of providing substance-abuse treatment centers. these seem to be on the chopping block due to budget cuts. their concerns that the gains that have been made in helping people turn around the lives, especially in the sector, will now be undermined. how can the department of public health and the city justify these cuts? next, with regard to the "-- closure of community health centers, what is the plan to compensate for that health care need with that perspective closure, not just for residents of district 5, but in the surrounding areas where there is the greatest economic disadvantaged communities? >> hello. i am gregg, the chief finance officer for the health department. let me put this into context. the health department has the largest budget in the city. we have the largest amount of general funds. as a consequence, we are given the largest budget reduction target each year. as much as we would prefer not to have to make any reductions at all, if we d