i do have one speaker, richard palm? >> good evening, commissioners. general manager. it is hard to talk after all the awards ceremony going on. that is terrific. i want to approach the subject of -- there is our recent problem coming up the past to do with dgnra have off-leash running around problems. i look at it from a different angle. we have parks. there will be of flooding of people into the parks with their dogs. it will likely get into trouble. the rangers will come. it will get into issues. i spoke up at the dog advisory committee when it was through sfrpd. i do not like using the meadow areas. we have playgrounds their four children. so, it is a concern. they are planning to close the beaches. they are flooding into such a landmark, and i like it very much there. ibm -- i am a hot young fellow, and i will not speak up for that. i wanted to talk about the fees for the parks, where there are costs to you off-leash areas, and any john or jane doe wants to use the park, you get on the computer, go to the location, and then you pay the fee beforehand. and if there

gone through the palm nowily and politics and in thed last session the institutions, and now basically a public medi sphere, the media and popularck culture and i turned back over to richardanelt panel todayk about this. donna byrd here, thank you for being here today. will griffin, thank you, present ceo of hip hop on demand as well as spike lee, founder of 40 acres and film works that everybody knows. what a great panel to talk about the subject today. as you know, the entire subject we look today in the state of race in america. i want to start by asking you what the state of race in media is. if you could give me your thoughts, and spike, by the way, i forgot to mention, he has to leave at 4 for a plane to catch heading up to new york, and there's a reason for this, and you can explain what you have to be there for. >> well, i have to be there for my man. tonight, chris rock is making his debut on broadway. the name of the play is -- please excuse me for leaving early, and i thought i would be in the earlier panel, but i have to leave, so please excuse me, thank you. >> i wanted him to announce the name of that play. [laughter] spike, you're doing that. why don't you