richard moore was a man of many talents. he helped launch kqed's original "newsroom" in 1968. woman: ♪ it's a strange, strange world we're living in ♪ shafer: he was also one of the founders of public radio station kpfa in berkeley and a prolific documentary filmmaker with more than 110 films to his credit, many of which he narrated. moore: there are now more people in california than in any other state in the union. shafer: in 1963, moore invited the writer james baldwin to san francisco to chronicle the lives of the city's black residents. he also made films about duke ellington and photographers ansel adams and dorothea lange. as a young man moore was one of the san francisco renaissance poets, crafting poetry in his writing shed. friends describe moore as a lifelong pacifist a belief reflected in his poetry. moore: i have knelt in the four dusty corners of my life and have been shown the bloody hands of the keepers of the promised land. shafer: moore published his first book of poems at 90. in a 2009 interview, he described what inspired his creative efforts. moore: that t

commissioner richards. >> move to continue to july 9th. >> second. >> on that motion commissioners to continue item 18 commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu and so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you in general public comment. >> any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. meeting adjourned

moore. >> commissioner richards. >> no and commissioner wu. >> no. >> okay. that motion actually passes under a procedural matter. >> 3 to 2 this matter will be calendar for august 6th. >> commissioners just for the benefit of the public in our selves item 12 a on grand view discretionary review that matter has been withdrawn zoning administrator will hear the variance matter once you adjourn our hearing if those people departing the chambers can do so quietly we have other matters to take care of. >> commissioner our consent calendar. >> i would actually like to resend my vote in support of august 3rd and vote against the island to actually vote no. >> call the question again. >> that's happened before i have the same rights. >> we have to through the chair reopen the item and then take a new vote. >> okay. >> let's do that. >> through the chair. >> commissioners we'll return to the consideration of item proposed for continuance items ab for the case and cu a at brooirnt street which is proposed until july 2nd we had a there is a motion and a second commissi

richards. >> i agree with everything commissioner moore and commissioner wu said if this was a more substantive issue i wouldn't support waving but this comes before us we'll not have much to add i hope we can put on the list having the mayor's office of housing come to explain this. >> commissioner antonini. >> move to waive the commission review of ordinances lists listed in this legislation. >> second. >> on that motion to do you want those regulations waiving the right to review oar commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero. >> the commission will >> good afternoon and welcome back to the planning commission regular hearing for remind the members of the audience that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. commissioners, we left off under your regular calendar item 10 pca zoning district properties on oceanic a zoning map amendments. >> good afternoon. dr requester river i'm from rh2 to ocean avenue neighborhood neighborhood transit district i'

motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson no commissioner moore no commissioner richards no commissioner wu commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes 4 to 3 with commissioners commissioner johnson marry commissioner moore and commissioner richards voting against we still have the matter of conditional use. >> go ahead and move conditional use authorization that will allow a restaurant.org as a mom mass what a component to allow a non-residential exceeded 2 thousand square feet within the north beach commercial district in the north beach special use district the 40 bulk. >> second. >> on that motion. >> commissioner johnson. >> so is this contingent on the planning code amendment going through just checking. >> yes. commissioners a draft motion that specifies the confuse only became available if and when the board of supervisors passed a legislation when it occurs. >> i'm supportive thought you conditional uses and i voted no on the amendment because of the structure but i'm hoping something will pass. >> commissioners this one on the motion

president fong commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards we do expect commissioner hillis to arrive late commissioners we have first on the agenda is commission matters item one deposition felt draft minutes for may 21st joint hearing with the rec and park and the draft minutes for the 2015 regular hearing i'll like to note the joint hearing minutes will be amended commissioner hillis and commissioner johnson were absent and the draft minutes for the may 21st will be amended to correct typos i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment on the draft minutes of may 21st not seeing any public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini. >> move to approve the draft minutes for the regular and joint special on the agenda- a joint meeting with rec and park. >> is there a second. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners on that motion to definite the minutes commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanim

commissioner antonini on that motion commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4 to zero and places you on item 8 commissioners questions or comments and commissioner moore. >> i'd like to ask the director for input walking downtown yesterday others lunchtime i realize there are a number of uber cars circling the block and we have advance and do pass consent to parking spaces you were a substitute taxi company not enjoying the zones identified for the parking of vehicles to transport others i'll looking this as contrary to our transit policy first, because one transit is supposed to be what we use downtown in the middle of the day the circling of uber cars is more than questionable particularly when others cabs are waiting in the appropriately identified zones i want to make a comment i believe the increasing number of uber cars is started to visualizely be in contradiction to our transmitted first policy. >> thank you commissioner richards. >> yeah. this morning chronicle i picked up an

second. >> commissioner richards. >> second. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further on that motion to september 10th commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes the new date is september 10th. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further on items one ab we can move on to the consent calendar consent calendar and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. you have one item under consent cu a at rhode island street conditional use authorization i have no speaker cards. >> is there any public comment on item 2? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner antonini. >> move to approve. >> second. >> on that motion to approve commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to z

commissioner president fong commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards we expect commissioner wu to be late and commissioner johnson for absent commissioners, the first item on your agenda proposed for continuance item one is at california street is proposed to june you figure out 2015 and next rezoning properties and zoning map are june 18, 2015 case 3 at pine street conditional use authorization is proposed for definitely continuance i have not 0 other items proposed for continuance i'll check on those any public comment on this item? for the items proposed for continuance not seeing any public comment is closed. >> and any commissioners feel like making a motion commissioner moore. >> (inaudible). >> thank you commissioner on that motion to continue matters as proposed commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero and places you on commissioner matters draft minutes for the rules committee and the may 14 regular hearin

richards. >> actually. >> sorry commissioner moore then commissioner richards. >> this is an existing progress report the site is the crown jowl when you look at the waiting of the site i'm supportive of what is happening but i owe to a few challenges the thing i'd like to ask that we pay attention to say we develop the project o to put emphasis on the corridors down south and 16th street as the major open space sits on the larger side of the stadium the stadium itself didn't come down to the streets as the actual ground floor we want to make sure we do what all good san francisco neighborhoods you, you're not discovering it because something is in the way it is important to have that as a strong basic principle even the quiet side of the stadium not tying you on your direct paths to the bay and the open space second thing i'd like to ask and pose a question the podium and plaza retail and continues to be an esteeming difficult thing to design successfully as it is parking lot a vent retail we have many days of the months and year we don't have event we still want to get people to the retail so - you see

commissioner richards >> move to approve. >> second. >> second. >> anyone that motion to certify commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places under on items 15 abc and d case market street you will consider adaptation of finding under the environmental quality act and the conditional use authorization good afternoon mark with the planning department the item 15 market street and before we did project sponsor comes up and presents i want to go over some of the entitlements of the project requiring commission must adopt the second finding for the do you want authorization code section allows the project to have an exception provided the commission makes specific finding and the project requests expectations for the rear yard ground level and oath street loading the exception is in our packet in short the department buildings the exceptions are warden and meets the code the project requires

second. >> second. >> thank you commissioner richards on that motion to continue this matter commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero. >> commissioners that places you under on department matters directors announcements. >> commissioner good afternoon i don't have particular announcements but ask kate from the district attorney's office city attorney's office to talk about a state superior court. >> commissioners from the city attorney's office you've probably heard about it may be a a lot there was an important land use decision the california sfrikt held that the inclusionary housing are generally police power laws that maybe adapted as well as they have a reasonable relationship to the welfare the court recognizes the its critical housing needs and no way a municipality can't have new development to set aside proposed units for sale as a at a price that's affordable some background fact the 90s adapt an ordinance 4 housing projects to set aside 15 percent as affordable housing and san jose excluded rental h

richards a. >> if we take the plan what commissioner moore was it have been we're asking for a basic stuff we don't have to call it out every plan as elevation and we have to get to that that point on spills. >> commissioner richards if i may by continuing this item and previous matter for inaccurate plan it is accepted a message to property owners and staff not to bring inadequate plans for dr thank you. >> commissioner moore. >> thank you for summarizing that so sunk singularly we've spent four years of the clarity and the guidelines we have that that t should be easy for small projects to just follow the driving directions turn left for elevations it is all simple and couldn't be spelled ousted more singularly xhoergsz there is a motion and a second to continue. >> commissioner antonini arrest commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes amazing 7 to zero and place on our final agendized item general public comment i have no speaker cards. >> seeing none, public commen

continue this to june trying. >> commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero. >> and places you under general public comment there are no speaker cards. >> any general public comment seeing none general public comment is closed. meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to this presentation. i'm san francisco purrs since that time we've helped people clean up their criminal records. we created this to help you understand how this worked. we'll plan or explain all the steps. after watching this program you'll know what to expect after completing the process. hi there are i'm deputy and i'm part of the clean slate team. the first thing we will need to know whether your despicable to have our convictions dismissed can't be on parole or currently charged with a crime or serving a sentence and it must be from san francisco. while your colleagues will get to know your circumstances there are 3 steps. getting the clean slate process started it simple you can get them done in

a recommendation to initiate. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards no commissioner wu commissioner president fong no. >> that motion passes 4 to to with commissioners commissioner richards and commissioner president fong voting against commissioners that places us under our discretionary review calendar for item 10 for case this is a staff initiated discretionary review. >> golden gate bridge commissioners michael smith planning department staff that is the discretionary review for the project at 372 sucking sick street the construction of a two story edition at the rear of a split-level single-family unit the department initiated the dr it was previously reviewed by the commission pursuant to the discretionary review action memo what dr was requested by the adjacent neighbors to the west with the dr action memo the commission voted plus 6 to one to take discretionary review and approve the permit inform one have the circle last year stalkers or staircases and remove the east deck adjacent to the master bedroom and 3 provide access to the new roof de

commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner moore and commissioner richards we do expect commissioner hillis and commissioner johnson we don't expect commissioner president fong to be present commissioners, that places you under your is items for continuance item one at 1444 discretionary review is proposed for continuance jill july 16th

it july 9th commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero commissioners that will place you on item 8 for case at harrison street this is a large authorization and if those are persons exiting the champs could do so quieting and respectfully we have other business to take care of today thank thank you. >> before you is a request for a large request authorization for the harrison that includes the don't guess of the commercial building and construction of a mixed use building that includes 28 hundred square feet from the front on harrison and 7 that single room occupancy the ground floor that fronts the street includes the residential lobby and a corridor that connects the bicycle and entrance off harrison street the project didn't propose any off-street parking but provides secure bilking space and an additional outdoor two spaces with provided. >> side courtyard on the second-story through private decks for the units that face harrison street and 3 thousand ro

. >> commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards and commissioner wu. >> so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero. >> and places you under general public comment there are no speaker cards. >> any general public comment seeing none general public comment is closed. meeting ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you

there's a motion not to take dr arrest commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. >> and puts us on general public comment for which i have no speaker cards. >> any general public comment this afternoon not seeing any general public comment is closed. and this meeting is adjourned@p >> we love our parks, but we love... >> and the community who is really the core of it all, came together and said what we need is a place for our teenager to play, not just play grounds for the kids and soccer fields but we need a skate park that will keep the kids home in the neighborhood so they can play where they live. >> the children in the neighborhood and it will be a major boone. and we have generations, the youth generations that will be able to use this park in different places. >> the best park in san francisco right here. >> creating place where people can be active and lead active, healthy life styles that are going to just stay with them for life. ♪

. >> commissioner wu commissioner antonini commissioner hillis and commissioner moore commissioner richards is present and we expect commissioner johnson and commissioner president fong to are absent commissioner first is items proposed for continuance a and b for the case x cu a 2000 on bryant street are property continuance jill july 2nd, 2015. >> that is the only item proposed for continuance i have a few speaker card. >> we'll take comments on whether or not you support the continuance (calling names). >> good evening. >> not other mike. >> good evening good afternoon. i'm a local neighbor of the there proposed project others york is where i live i ask you continue this in november there is a mission 20/20 that's been in the w works with the stay and their coming up with a plan for how to deal with the affordable housing problem of lack of affordable housing in the mission and this is a big project it is one city block it will convert pdr into housing we have an issue with jobs in the mission so the pdr to conversion is part of the mission 20/20 plan so i will request rather than puttin

. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 67 to zero. >> want to take a break. back to this meeting like to remind the members of the audience that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. mrirdz and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. commissioners we left off under the regular calendar under ab c and x on turk street for conditional use authorization and good afternoon. president fong kate connor planning department staff you with a two construction buildings with 2 hundred and group housing rooms that is zoned r.c. 40 with square feet of lot area one 45 leavenworth has 6 hundred and 75 quiet is of lot areas they're vacant with a total of 64 parking spaces the pardon will go giving us a presentations i want to focus on regulatory issues in order to proceed accident project requires the granting of two entitlements a county project authorization phenomenal leavenworth and eq

commissioner president fong commissioner antonini commissioner hillis and commissioner richards we expect commissioner moore commissioner wu to be absent and commissioner johnson to arrive late commissioner first is the continuance calendar for the 24th are promoted for continuance until june 25th and next case capital avenue is proposed for continuance until july 9th and further under our discretionary use authorization calendar commissioners we've received confirmation that item 10 maple street a discretionary review has been withdrawn. >> okay. any public comment on the items proposed for continuance okay. seeing none public comment is closed. . >> move to continue items one and two to the dates specified. >> second on that motion to continue. >> commissioner antonini. >> commissioner hillis commissioner hillis and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4 to zero zoning administrator, what say you? continue item one to the date specified. >> thank you commissioners that places you under our consent calendar at this time, members of the public may address the c

there's a motion not to take dr arrest commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. >> and puts us on general public comment for which i have no speaker cards. >> any general public comment this afternoon not seeing any general public comment is closed. and this meeting is adjourned good afternoon everybody and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for may 19, 2015. madam clerk can you please call the roll >> supervisor avalos, present. prezpdant breed, present. campos, present. christensen, not present. cohen, present. farrell, present. kim, not present. mar, present. tang, present. wiener, present. yee, present. madam president you have a quaurm. ladies and gentlemen, can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. madam clerk are there any communications?

. >> commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore no commissioner richards so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 5 to zero zoning administrator, what say you? on the variance, close the public hearing and grant the question knowing the shape and as well as 9 grade changes with the elevation. >> thank you the benefit of the public and the commission the conditional use item number 18 on 19th street street we've received requests to continue that and the commission will take that up when it is called commission on 168 ab for the case 24th street conditional use and variance please note that after hearing and closing public comment the commission continued they will until june 11th to redesign the open space and green space and to scale back the project to fit the character of the neighborhood that matter was heard and public comment was afforded so the project sponsor will be allowed to talk about changes, if any and any members of the public will be afforded one minute for their testimony. >> good afternoon planning commission mr. washington the southwest team lead

commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore continues include to work with the facade. >> commissioner richards commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and place on items 9 ab for the case the north beach special use district planning code text amendment and 627 vallejo conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon. i'm kevin with planning department staff the item before you is the qualifying to establish a restaurant known as momma's with a grocery business known as little momma's if i could have the overhead for a moment this is the exit storefront on vallejo street it was last operated off the market at a speciality grocery store with a function of a restaurant and another market before o'connor's in 2004 the restaurant would be a second locates for momma's on stockton street for over 50 years as the location it focuses on breakfast and lunch and brunch and operates until 3:00 p.m. this is a floor plan of the proposal it shows the demising the speciality grocery component that will operate within the space but a se

moore. it goes beyond the flag. richard nix on's southern strategy.ng to whites on racial issues. >> i think that has certainly changed among my constituency of conservative evangelicals in the south. sometimes presidential candidates and others when they think of evangelicals they think of tv evangelists from the 1970s and don't recognize that conservative evangelicals are committed to racial segregation and racial justice and committed to the fact that these are our brothers and sisters in christ. this is my family over here across the street. so any using of race as a way to divide us as a wedge issue is not going to work with people who believe the bible and who believe in christ. >> dr. moore, professor brinkley van jones, thank you so much for being with us this morning. great honor to have all three of you here. we'll have more on the debate over the confederate flag in just a minute. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper live in charleston south carolina. the massacre of nine people inside this church behind m