you'll note the connection here with preston brooks. south carolina had a reputation which was well-deserved in the run up to the civil war as sending the most ardently and aggressively pro-slavery members to to the house. eventually, one thing led to another, and the two men started to throw punches at each other on the floor of the house. at that point, everything starts to break down. this document here that i have on the left of the screen is from a publication called the congressional globe until 1873. this was the that was a bound volume that came out every year onheescribed events that had occurred on the floor of both houses of congress. the globe would hire reporters who would summarize what all members would would say. and as you can see, this is how it's summarized at the time. at this moment, a violent personal altercation commence down the aisle to the righof the speaker's chair between mr. keeton, mr. groh in an instant the house was in the greatest possible confusion. members in every part of the hall are. the estimate he

there shortly after senator charles sumner of delivered his speech, the crime against kansas preston brooks, a congressman from south, beat him across the prints top homer ran quote from brooklyn's henry ward beecher, whose brother had been pastor to winslow's mother at boston's street church. the symbol of the north, the pen. the symbol. the south is the bludgeon. and then homer began design ing wood engravings for illustrated newspapers, a medium which had been invented just 15 years earlier in, london. and it now come to america. his designs were distinctive. their rhythmic geometry, humor and suspenseful narrative ambiguity. making these prints was an even more collaborative process than lithography, as they required not only skilled draftsman such as homer working both on paper and on tightly grained woodblock books. but a second man, a wooden graver who complete the process by into the block where homer had drawn. so each of these is a work of collaboration, including in this case, a work that depicts not any boston storefront but the store of charles f hubie on washington street. hub

eric brooks our city sf a local issue it is important we need and i sent texts to supervisor preston's office. now that global quarrelling suggest so serious and we are getting more heat wave in san francisco we have local rental housing ordinances which require heat to be maintained. but don't require cooling to be maintained and as we get more and worse heat waves we need laws on the boxes that require cooling in buildings especially people with comp myself immune systems and the eldzerly. i would like to see lafco take that up that is another issue that is close low related to local clean energy bill as well we need to replace gas boilers with electric heating systems that are easier to control the temperature of -- each room so we are better protecting people's health. i wanted energy that issue for the future and hope to see that. thanks. >> thanks for your comments. look for example other callers. there are zero callers in the queue. >> thank you. now public comment is closed. and there is no action to take on this matter. is there any other business before us today? >> there is

into commissioner preston's office on that and hope to hear back soon moving forward with adding cooling requirements to city codes. thanks. >> thank you for your comments eric brooks. there are no other speakers in the queue. >> thank you madam clerk. is there any other business before us today? >> the only business ahead of the commission is to adjourn this meeting. >> alright. thank you all so much and our meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] >> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay

into commissioner preston's office on that and hope to hear back soon moving forward with adding cooling requirements to city codes. thanks. >> thank you for your comments eric brooks. there are no other speakers in the queue. >> thank you madam clerk. is there any other business before us today? >> the only business ahead of the commission is to adjourn this meeting. >> alright. thank you all so much and our meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] >> today's special guest michelle ginsberg. >> i'm chris and you are watching san francisco riegz the show that focused on reguilding and reimagining our city our guest is the general manager of the san francisco rec and parks, with us to talk about new parks, music and other developments. mr. ginsberg, welcome. >> thank you a pleasure to be here >> nice to see you again. >> last time was during the pandemic and virtual. so it is good to be back here. >> indeed. before we get in specifics, let's start with a broad question, how can will park's system play a part in the economic recovery? >> well, our parks system playing an important role throughout the pandemic. parks were here when people in san francisco needed them

into commissioner preston's office on that and hope to hear back soon moving forward with adding cooling requirements to city codes. thanks. >> thank you for your comments eric brooks. there are no other speakers in the queue. >> thank you madam clerk. is there any other business before us today? >> the only business ahead of the commission is to adjourn this meeting. >> alright. thank you all so much and our meeting is adjourned. >> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive. you never know. someb

into commissioner preston's office on that and hope to hear back soon moving forward with adding cooling requirements to city codes. thanks. >> thank you for your comments eric brooks. there are no other speakers in the queue. >> thank you madam clerk. is there any other business before us today? >> the only business ahead of the commission is to adjourn this meeting. >> alright. thank you all so much and our meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] [music] digital literacy is something severely lacking in our world today and it takes a lot to understand that. food water and shelter have basic necessities so long we forget about wifi and connection to the interenet and when you go into communities and realize peep ople are not able to load homework and talk to teachers and out of touch with the world. by providing the network and system we are able to allow them to keep up in the modern age. >> folks still were not served by internet throughout the city and tended to be low income people, people in affordable housing. people of color and limited english and seniors, all those are high concentrations in affordable housing, so we thought given that we had a fiber ne