i explained i would be reporting his behavior to the san francisco arts commission. at that point we disengaged. >> you still have 24 seconds. >> i'm good. >> i'm sure. i am a talker. i have to watch myself. >> if you are done, i have one question. in his brief, there was a confrontation in regards to whose vehicle was parked illegally in front of the fire hydrant. and then somehow, you said they were two cars, i thought there was only one, but then in his brief it says that you walked to get a ticket book and then were upset that the second vehicle had moved. can you give a little light or shed as to what happened there and why you were not able to cite that vehicle at the time? >> i had no intention of citing the vehicle. i just wanted to solve the problem which is usually how i approach things. >> nice of you. >> so one of the vehicles moved, and i disengaged and i came back , way back further, not to get my ticket book, but to wait for backup. i don't even know if i had my ticket book with me at the time. i am not super heavy-handed with citations. >> the second

i was director from the san francisco art commission from 1983 to 1990. i also ran an art center for the city of los angeles and did education programs for san francisco museum of modern art, and i'm here to speak about the artistic quality of this great work of art. i've also been president of the treasure island museum twice and remain on the board. this is a 25-year saga, the saga of this beautiful fountain. antonio sotomayor did something that's not been done before. he made a terra cotta map of the world as seen from the pacific using the colors found in nature. the oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams are all glazed in blue. you may notice in the last slide that the areas around the pacific shoreline are in light blue and then graduates to dark blue to insinuate depth. in the middle of this, there are several charming whales spouting from their spouts as they do in the ocean. it's a wonderful work of art. it's an important work of art and would do so much to treasure island to have it restored and placed in a spot for so many to enjoy as it was so many

.>>> a new effort is underway in san francisco, according to the san francisco examiner, the art commission plans to release it next month, for artists who proposed a statue, it'll be placed outside the library on market street. a previous proposal was set to unravel last year over objections to its design. maya angelo later became the city's first black female streetcar conductor.>>> happening today, the final curtain comes down on beach blanket battle tonight. the stage show started ckput on 17,000 shows since. the show is known for its over- the-top costumes, and especially the it is able to reference pop- culture and new stories. in 45 years, the show has changed dramatically to keep up with current events, there will be two formants is tonight, both have been sold out for months. >>> it is the end of the line for one of the surf shops in san francisco. for a long time, they were able to hold off online shopping because most people wanted to feel the weight of the board before spending hundreds of dollars. and the cost of shipping the board was also high. one surfer, bob wise made a rec

san francisco. i'm the president of the san francisco fire commission for the last 25 years. before that, i was an art commissioner. i am also an executive director of the japantown task force. i am here today as a public citizen. i am here to take the time to thank our supervisor, vallie brown, for all of your advocacy, all of your tireless work in terms of our endeavors. it's very, very important to have someone that knows the neighborhood, and i know you know the japanese neighborhood, our history, our culture, our challenges, as well. we sorely are going to miss you. i've got to be honest, i'm worried about our future. just as a point of information and transparency, and i do hope there's no retribution or any ill effects upon me or the japanese american community, but the supervisor elect who's coming into office, in the eight years of him trying to accomplish that endeavor, we've never been able to have a conversation with him. we ask you, members of the board of supervisors, to help us introduce ourselves to that supervisor, dean preston, but also, we're going to ask each one of you supervisors

approval with a public art component valued at an amount equal to 1% of the hard construction costs for the project. the sponsor has commissioned a berlin-based artist and a san franciscoased artist to develop this proposal. generally the public art is a 1l sculpture integrated into the mission street faÇade of the building and the public art by catherine waggoner are 5 feet wide, 8 feet high, aluminum panels, integrated into the south van ness sidewalk, which are both publicly accessible, this leading to the section 429 for accessibility and disability the project's conditions of approval require the final art concept and locations be submitted for review by the planning director in consultation with the planning commission. the project sponsor is reporting today to the commission on the design of the art concept and welcomes any comments the commissioner the public may have and this concludes my presentation. i will now turn it over to the project sponsor. thank you. >> thank you. project sponsor please. >> high, everyone. my name is jessica and i am the owner of jessica silverman gallery in the tenderloin and a former arts commissioner of nine years. i also the art

that narratively function the way that photos do san francisco as the commission came out and you visited me and one of their prerestricts was to find an art with enough work to fill a large says that a quad down the hallway downstairs and we hung that quad to feel like a train station that constant sensation from all different directions some of the major characteristic of the landscape festivities the blur of the train their 70 miles per hour and they're not perfect as opposed to to what landscape will look like it creates a dichotomy for people insides the train not just the story of the subject it is not just the visual design the composition juxtapositioning, etc. not just all autobiography boo-hoo it creates pictures with meaning within them and then some of the portraits feel awkward some of them feel welcoming and the person that mime making the picture is really comfortable and other ones feel awkward and weigh i didn't and tense that sensation is counter to what we feel like makes a successful portrait that sensation makes that work it is hard to be an artist in a city is 100 percent focused an business the cost of living is expe

work for the city and people of san francisco, but rather to have a lifetime revocation from having mr. molina being able to apply for a license from the arts commission forever is a little harsh. and mr. molina, if this vote goes the way that it seems to be going, you better be on your best behavior if you ever hope to fallback into the good graces of the arts commission to have a permit. if you want to appeal that permit, you would not want to have anything on your record which would dissuade us from granting the appeal. with that, i am granting the appeal for a 12-month suspension. after the one year has passed, the permit holder can apply for a permit. >> clerk: can we clarify for a date, june 30, 2020 would be a full year from the suspension. >> commissioner tanner: from today, yeah, a year from december 4, 2019. >> president swig: yeah. >> commissioner santacana: is it correct, do you do applications once a week? >> so currently, the applications are done quarterly but we're probably going to move to twice a year. >> commissioner honda: and when is that date? >> we are in a salesforce implementation at the moment, so i'm hoping to have the next

new effort is underway in the city of san francisco to commission that statue honoring the late author and poet maya angelo. according to the examiner the city's art commission planned to release the second look next month. it would be placed on larkin street. a previous proposal for a statue unraveled last year over the objections to the design. they moved to san francisco as a teenager, attending washington and later became the city's first black a female a streetcar conductor. >>> the countdown is on and there are just hours left in the decade. live in san francisco with a preview of tonight's new year's eve celebration. >>> there is a new vaping controversy this time inside the office of juul. we'll tell you about reports inside the company's headquarters. >>> and changes are coming to youtube. the new policy in how they affect videos for children. >>> good morning to you, it is tuesday, december 31. the last day of 019. i'm claudine wong in for gasia. >> i'm mike mibach. the bay area rings in the new year in just 16 hours, but several cities around the world are celebrating right now. live pictures from beijing. we saw sydney, australia earli