robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> what i think about the arts in san francisco, i thinkystem that has many different constituents and components. you have many large organizations, mid-sized groups, and smaller organizations looking to prevent their ideas to the public. part of the ecosystem includes a parade of committing. individuals have to partner with the organizations. today, we are speaking with one of the important components of that ecosystem which is the role of the art incubator. we are fitting with [inaudible] joining me to talk about this is jessica robinson love, the executive director. welcome to culture wire. >> thank you for having me. >> can you tell me about your organization? >> we serve as an incubator for artists who are experimenting, departing from, and developing their performance work. we support this through an artist in residence program, through festivals, and also through a variety of commission programs and shorter showings. >> what prompted us to come and visit with you is that in the month of november, you have brought to life as you have

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, but i'm sure it wouldn't be, uh...easy. different man: i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. [laughs] >> park commission. >> commissioner harrison, commissioner lee, commissioner martin. >> let me make a couple of announcements. item #2 and #three are going to be put on the agenda after item 14, to try to move the agenda items and have a vote. there are commissioners here who are under restricted time schedules. we're going to try to move as quickly as we can to respect those limitations. the use of cellular phones and other devices have been prohibited at

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. apologize for the late start. we have four members, so we had to wait to get a quorum before we could begin the committee meeting , so the thank you very much for your patience. i would like to call to order this meeting, this meeting of the ad hoc committee. this means that all members of the board have been invited, and we welcome the commissioners who are not members of the committee, as well as the staff. this is the meeting for monday, september 13, 2010. 4 board, the attendance areas and elementary to middle school feeder patterns and a general education transportation policy, so we will with the staff presentation, and and public comment. so there are a lot of people here tonight. w=i am glad you are here. the subject is very important to all of us, so we are going to the answers are available, and we will begin with the staff presentation. superintended? >> yes, before we turn it over to arlene and archie, i really do want to commend one person for taking on this challenge and j this great input over a lon

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility.upervisor mirkarimi: good afternoon, welcome to the local agency formation commission. i am the chair. i like to wish everybody a happy yom kippur. i hope everyone has a very good day. can you please read roll call, madame clerk? >> chariperson mirkarimi? -- chairperson mirkarimi? commissioner campos? commissioner dufty? commissioner avalos? supervisor mirkarimi: i like to welcome commissioner pimentel to her first meeting. i would also like to thank sfgtv for producing and carrying this event today. the key to all the staff. can you please read item number two? >> approval of minutes from the july meeting. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection, move. item number three? >> report on community aggregation activity. supervisor mirkarimi: mr. campbell, welcome. >> thank you, commissioners. i am part of the program, referred to as clean power. . we will talk about the actions we have undertaken. in particular, we h

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robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writerssco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i'm totally lost as to where i am. the announcement system calls out the stops, but to help the customer, i caught the destination, transfer points, and requested stops. and

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. mayor newsom: thank you. sorry about the delay.gs i wish i could tell you that i was just doing, but i cannot. i do not want to get ahead of myself. there are some exciting things in a town that is doing well despite the macro economy, with treasure island, a hunters point, at the transfer terminal, the work been done and the. and port -- the work being done at the pier and pork. there are a lot of companies growing in this city. a lot will be making announcements about their growth and commitment to our city. that is the spirit that brings us together at the swearing in. that should be the spirit that focuses and unites all of us. that is about collaboration, coordination, partnership. not just the public and private partnerships. it is also the public partnerships. it is about getting people to work and reducing anxiety and stress, creating opportunity and building the future of this city by focusing on investing in people and place. i am very grateful that you all took the time to be here. i see you wait too many commissioners t

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> hello, commissioners, good afternoon.bell, neighborhood parks council. i am the deputy director. we want to congratulate the park's trust and the commission on such a success of last night's event, and just to express that we are absolutely reinvigorated by seeing so many park supporters come out and really step up and have a great time last night and we're excited to continue the good works with the parks trust and the commission and the parks department. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> is there any other public comment on the president's report? being none, public comment is closed. we're on item number three, which is the general manager's report. president buell: why don't we put that item over until we have a general manager. >> sorry i didn't see him come in -- or not come in. so we're on item number four, which is general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the commission and

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> it has been amazing. have been so gracious and so supportive of what we're doing. the energy here is fantastic with so many couples getting married. it's just been an absolutely fantastic experience, so wonderful. >> by the power vested in me, i declare you spouses for life. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to actually be able to get married and be a part of this time in history and time in our history is amazing. >> this is a momentous occasion for us to be able to actually have this opportunity to have equal rights. >> we have been together for 14 years. everyone is so welcoming. it's been all set up and people have guided us from step to step. it's been easy. there was live music. people are so friendly and excited. so excited for us. >> it's really great. >> yeah. >> and salvador is party a here to known as party a. >> on the out it looks pretty simple. you come in, you made your appointment. you pay. you go here for your license. you got there to get married. you go there if you want to purchase a cert

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. . >> forgot no. 2. silver is nothing.aving made it and so we beat foreman. i love the competition. . >> american made has really taken it on themselves to green american cities. >> we have a new organizer for the city and county of san francisco. oh, mayor as well. yeah, that's part of the job description. yeah, mayor of san francisco. >> the city is extremely concerned about the emission of green house gasses and making san francisco a sustainable city. >> we need to find other ways to create energy without harm to the environment and this is one source. >> we have over 2 megawatts of solar on various city buildings. we are looking at tidal power and we're

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire."de, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned wit

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> ladies and gentlemen, i want to welcome you to the newestterials stores. we are very, very excited to open our new facility here in san francisco. we have been here for a while, but this new facility is wonderful. it is going to bring wonderful things to the neighborhood. our president, who is the president of our retail stores, is going to make a number of comments on how we work with the community, and also our students and teachers. thank you. [applause] >> welcome. welcome, mayor newsom. welcome to another art materials grand opening. despite the economic unrest we face, we are growing, serving, and creating jobs in all the communities where we have a presence. in fact, we are one of the few family-owned businesses in the u.s. that can say that while celebrating our 100th anniversary. how do we do it? we put people and communities first. while we are one of the largest independent suppliers of art materials in the country, providing the broadest assortment and low prices, it is really our service and community involvement that sets us ap

it happened last night at brotherhood way and lake merced. 19-year-old robert makum of her cue less and nick salmento of daly city were killed. three other people are hospitalized with life- threatening injuries. >>> the family of a man who died after being attacked on the streets of oakland received a generous gift. several east bay organizations have raised $75,000 for the wife and son. they were attacked by two teenagers shopping last april. the money was donated to help the son continue his studies. two 18-year-olds were charged with the father's murder. >>> two animals infected with west nile virus have turned up in san mateo county. a dead squirrel was found august 17th and a dead raven was picked up a week later. health officials are worried that the virus might be circulating in the county. >>> a critical clue brought to the surface that could finally tell us what went wrong in the gulf of mexico. >>> and the long awaited delivery that has everyone at one bay area zoo tickled pink. ,, copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games wit

robert borrman, the founder of r.e. borrmann's steel co. in east palo alto and 57-year-old daly city resident adeline urbina-suarez. national transportation safety board are still working to determine what caused the plane to crash into the lagoon. dirichlet's a trend of finance who shot and killed a man outside a hotel on sunday night to discover the body early yesterday morning here behind every suites hotel and daly boulevard officers were the hotel sunday night around 8:30 p.m. to break a pool party of the scene they heard gunshots but they didn't see any victims the victim was found next day the victim 26 road julia may run short of some of that party. place a three-four new people or at the party rain now they're trying to determine if the hotel had the our performance early event. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. was a live look good side of san francisco, cloudy, agreed surf to the morning. where will your back. an analysis of eight california thousand people a day switching to chevrolet? room for eight and all sorts of space behind the third row

robert daly, kevin drew, the of the facility. >> i work with the department of environment and we areoil. 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] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go.