critical part of our cultural district along the van ness corridor, where we also have the san francisco symphony, oprah and ballet and maybe one day a san francisco school of the arts as well. we know that student housing and the construction of student housing is an incredible need, especially in this housing crisis. at this board, we've talked about how to build more housing so students are not competing with our everyday households, families, seniors, in our competitive housing stock here in san francisco. i first want to acknowledge the san francisco conservatory of music for answering our call and looking to build housing near their campus, and also ways for students to walk to school and not increase congestion in the area. also to make sure that in procuring a site, where there's rent-controlled units, that they had spent this time over the last couple of years individually meeting with all of the tenants, assuring that they would get adequate housing during construction and that then a right to return with rent control back to a unit in this actual building. it was a very sensitive subje

my name is kate i'm from the san francisco symphony i'm the director of front of house services. i want to thank supervisor kim for this initiative. we're pardon me of the war memorial performing arts center campus with the opera, ballet and opera house and millions of people come every year. and we are desperate to have a safe and clean environment for those that are getting off of public transportation. and getting to our building. it's critical for us to continue and to combat some of these issues, we've started a free shuttle for patrons with the opera and ballet. they can get a ride from the bart. we get so many complaints that don't want to come to our building because of this state of the streets. and we are in deep support of this to take effect as soon as possible. i want to thank public works for all the efforts that they have done. this will support them so much in making major change. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i live in the heart of all of this ugly smells, toxic to the point that it made my health a little bad these last six months. because i have

. >> reporter: when it comes to art in san francisco, get to the symphony hall or war memorial. you take bart to civic center. >> a lot of folks want to take bart, but there's some difficulties of getting from the bart station to us. >> reporter: there is talk of closing some entrances at civic center bart. the notoriously filthy and scary station including this one in front of hotel whitcom across from the center. >> it is very difficult for folks to take part and to do anything that would sort of stand in the way of that or create another barrier would be really bad. >> reporter: bart's board member who represents this area says he has heard the complaints about civic center bart. >> i sit down with the folks at the orhmium, and they show me had the letter i saying am never coming back. >> he says it is a necessity in using measure rr funds to put a new power substation at civic center. >> there is a real shortage of power between 16th street and civic center. >> reporter: dusty also says it doesn't make sense for the embarcadero bar, which is far busier to have eight entrance

reporter: when it comes to art and cull cure in san francisco, if you don't want to sit in traffic, get to the orpheum, the war memorial opera house or symphony all, you take bart to civic center. >> we get a lot of calls from folks to want to take bart but there's sometimes some difficulties of getting from the bart station to us. >> reporter: there's talk closing some entrances at civic center bars. >> it's already difficult enough . it's already very difficult for folks to take bart and do anything there. it would be bad to create another barrier. >> reporter: a bart board member heard the complaints about civic center bars. >> i sit down with the folks at the orpheum and the theater and they show me the letters from people saying i'm never coming back, i'm canceling my subscription. >> reporter: he said it's a necessity to grow the system using measure rr funds to put a new power substation at civic center. >> at least a real shortage of power between 16th street and civic center. >> reporter: he also says it doesn't make sense for the embarcadero bar which is far busier to have only eight entrances while civic center has ten. >> i did no

san francisco -- is celebrating its 40th season. >> [ singing ] ♪ >> tomorrow night the chorus will perform bridges at davie symphony hall.night only event that features songs designed to examine a -- and celebrate the past, present and future. we happen to be joined by doctor tim felix. thank you for joining us. i've had the very good fortune of hearing the chorus many times out and about in san francisco. i love the joy and exuberance. this is a bit of a different program. isn't it? >> it is. when we do what we call outreach wars sing outs, we sing everywhere. we sing on street corners, city hall and for a number of places, 40 to 50 times a year. those are mostly what you have experienced, fun and even protests, but great fun. when you do a two our program, we delve into topics and themes much deeper than we can on the outreach. >> part of why you are bringing this to symphony hall is talking about the deep south, a place that many people in the bay area may not have ever been to and of only heard about. can you tell us about your experience? >> one of the things that was the most impressive was the communities that hav

reporter: when it comes to arts and culture in san francisco, if you don't want to sit in traffic to get to the orfem, the war memorial opera house or symphony hall, you take b.a.r.t. to civic center. >> we get a lot of calls from folks who want to take b.a.r.t. but there's sometimes difficulties of getting to the b.a.r.t. station to us. >> reporter: there's talk closing some entrances at civic center b.a.r.t. the infamously dirty and scary station. >> it's already very difficult for folks to take b.a.r.t. and to get over here, to do anything that would stand in the way of that or create another barrier, it would be really bad. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. board member who represents the area says he's heard the complaints about civic center b.a.r.t. >> i sit down with the folks and they show me the letters from people who say i'm never coming back. i'm canceling my subscription. >> reporter: he says it's a necessity to grow the b.a.r.t. system to put a new power substation at civic center. >> there's a real shortage of power between 16th street and civic center. >> reporter: he said it doesn't make sense for embarcadero b.a.r.t. to have eight entr

san francisco will be able to order beer and wine as well. >>> happening today students from marjory stoneman douglas high school will perform at new york's carnegie hall. members of the school's wind symphonyk over the weekend. they will perform this afternoon at the 2018 new york wind festival. the band was one of six schools in the nation chosen to perform at the prestigious venue. obviously the high school thrust into the spotlight on valentine's day when a gunman opened fire killing 17 people. >>> if you are a fan of the hbo show big little lies this may be an opportunity for you. the award winning tv series holding an open casting call in monterey. it's this saturday from 10:00 to 4:30 at the embassy suites in sea side. auditioners are being asked to bring a 3 by 5 photo of yourself, a pen and great attitude. that's something you should always have. >>> north bay high school theater group is getting a huge lift thanks to the new nbc series "rise." >> the american canyon drama department received $20,000 yesterday, half came from money raised by a special screening in napa for the new theater inspired show "rise." the car damon gillespie showed up on campus with a check that thrilled e