the next awardee, a resident of this beautiful fillmore district for 45 years. overnment and community relations consultant, first vice president of the san francisco nw a -- naacp branch. please acknowledge your next awardee, reverend arnold townsend. [cheers and applause] >> he told me brief, good luck with that. i am a preacher. this is what i do. and if you want me to be brief, don't give me a microphone. [laughter] >> no, i will be brief today, not tomorrow. let me just say, thank you so much for this. i am just so grateful, chief, that in my mind, thinking about the sfpd involved in putting together black history presentation, that says to me, we've come a long way. we have a ways to go. but you heard people talking about all the community leaders that got together some years ago, when it was rough in the fillmore. it was so rough in fillmore, one night i had on my shawn john sweatsuit, and that was in style then, and my jordans, and i went to safeway one night, in one young fella says you look like a youngster, and i said in my head, i am not walking down

can develop a plan to preserve the sites in the fillmore. gentrification lead to the downfall of african american businesses in the city. >>> coal fax is back overnight. reopening both direction with no chain controls. heavy snow and zero visibility forced the chp to shutdown 100 miles of road from colfax to the nevada state line. driver were reported to have waited up to 18 hours because of the closure. >>> something have you got to see to believe, this afternoon some snow in maui, take a look at this. snow is blanketing this tree and all over the ground in the state park. several thousand feet above sea level but still a snfacomes as powerful winter storm is fulling away from the island. >> i thought snow on mountain is rare. >> all the snow that we had last week in the bay area mountains it's cool to see the snow in hawaii as well. we are tracking a few showers on high def doppler this afternoon mainly for the north bay because of a weak disturbance pushing through. in the north bay from st. helena, petaluma, navado, you can in vern he inv

hello, sera, sir, welcome to the fillmore heritage center.ook at this gentleman right here, let's give him a round of applause, please. [applause] >> happy black history month. >> yes indeed,, how about another hand for kimi tee, that is right. you are absolutely right to. your voice has finally got a face. [laughter] greetings, i wanted to pour libations, i want to first of all say thank you to chief scott, honorable mayor london breed, all of our 11 men and women in blue, i would like to pour libations so that we can remember those who came before us, but before i do, in the african tradition, i would like to ask permission from the elders to continue, if you would like me to continue this libation you say -- [speaking foreign language] >> i will take that as a yes. how about a little something something. [♪] >> yes, the drum. and now we pour libations. libations is the pouring out of liquid in honor of those people who have passed away. with one person pouring liquid into a plant or a vessel, our voices vibrate through this water and it be

it was started in the fillmore district. >> my dad would want to share books with his friends and he never got his books back. he said let's start selling books. will white people let you sell black books. >> it's not about them. it's what we need. >> after 50 years in business f francisco location in 2014 due to rising rent. it looking for a place in the city but oakland is going strong. >> maureen sullivan is a teacher librarian that came here looking for books. >> i went there when it was in the fillmore. it's an institution. too bad it's no longer it's in san francisco. i'm glad it thrives in oakland. >> she bought books for her students for black history month and new authors come in regularly. >> i've known about this place for years, i've been coming since i was a college student. it was a natural progression to come here first. if i can get book into marcus bookstores i've accomplished something. >> right here rosa parks signed her book. muhammad ali signed his book. barry white, bb king. >> not to mention the groups that formed here when this week store doubled as a meeting

louis, missouri, but she is homegrown in as far as she grew up in the fillmore and lived -- >> since supervisor peskin: since the age of 2, and lived through the battle days of redevelopment. and despite growing up in a neighborhood that was tough, twanna faced it all down with zeal and perseverance, and she thrives at st. paul's catholic high school, where she was a member of the girl's athletic association, varsity basketball team, and served as vice president of the peace club. outside of school she volunteered at mt. zion hospital and at the golden gate chapter of the red cross, and ultimately after graduating from college, entered into a noble, honorable profession of nurse, where she is a registered nurse, and i can honestly say, that is a job that suits ms. granger quite well, because she can make anybody feel at ease and carries her bedside manner in an incredibly beautiful way. she later found her calling in chinatown, as i previously said, and helped organize the ping u.n. tenants as a member of the ping u.n. residents improvement association, which we all in the neighborho

here as well the california music and culture association, the sf cannabis retailers alliance, the fillmore merchants association and neighboring merchant and the pop-up in our store right now supports us. the shoe store two doors to the west and love on haight, studio evolve and the emporium and the dozens of people standing behind me today. commissioners, we hope to have your support as well. >> thank you, mr. johnson. >> okay. we'll now take public comment on the item. supervisor brown. >> good evening. i'm here with supervisor brown district 5 supervisor. i know these can go late and i'll be brief. anytime someone comes in to [speaking frenc supervisor brown's office when weather they want to open a shop she says talk to the community. when you're done talking to them, come back to me and tell me what they say. supervisor brown obviously cannot comment or indicate any support or denial of this c.u. but what she can say is the group that is the applicants for this permit today. it was easier for them because they're deeply tied to the community. they've been in the community a long time.

affordability recently expired at the fillmore center in my district, and other h.u.d. inance projects and early inclusionary projects are due to expire over the next decade and more. these projects represent hundreds -- and thousands of affordable units. mo hcd is working hard to ensure permanent affordability for as many tenants of the fillmore centre as possible, as well as other yet to expire projects. but for others, those who can't stay, we need options. that is why i want to make sure we are providing affordable housing preference for tenants who, through no fault of their own, face a loss of housing, simply because an affordable restriction is expiring. my legislation proposes to expand the displacement tenant preference to include tenant, whose rents will increase to 40% or more of their income during the loss of government issued affordable restrictions. i look forward to working with you to pass this legislation as quickly as possible, as we have to have this important additional protection in place for tenants. my second piece, i'm also introducing legislatio

i also want to highlight a black history month celebration that will happen at the fillmore heritage ntre this saturday, february 9th, from 12 bm until two p.m., and through our community engagement division, actually the sfpd has taken the lead to, and we have a san francisco human rights commission and others that are helping us host this first annual celebration at the fillmore heritage centre. it will begin at 12 p.m. mayor breed will speak, as well as supervisor vallie brown, the gathering will highlight african-american people for an african-american achievements. we will have musical performances, spoken word, food, and more. we are inviting the public to attend that event. community engagement division highlights for the week include the presidio day hike with an elementary school. this was on february 7th. we had our officers from the bayview were taking youth from bayview to a college and career fair in oakland this weekend as well. for the month of january, highlight on some of our community engagement events included our police activity award that happened on january 11th

they were pressing him to question all black men in hoodies in the fillmore. he replied his officers are trained to not raytially profile -- rashtially profile the black men. it is not only wrong but it needs to stop. i want to relay my comments tonight. thank you. >> good evening. i wanted to show a picture of you guys at the event. the spd. it is not on. >> please start the clock. let me see if i can find it. i am going to keep going. that is derek brown that did everything. i want to get to the picture. those are the kids. wait a minute. okay. you guys are there. i was proud to see you guys up there. what i am trying to say also i was disappointed last week about how everybody walked out in the whole thing. it embarrassed me not only that i was speaking about you know the division that is happening up here, and what do we have coming as the people? what do i have coming as a person that comes here every wednesday? this is the first time in 13 or 12 years i have seen this happening. people walk off the panel so what do we have coming as the public as we see s

we created more magic in the fillmore and the be magic for bayview magic.rogram that helps to work with young people at an early age, to open the doors to opportunity and make sure that they never, never engage with the criminal justice system in the first place. it has changed so many lives. the program that he has helped to implement, the program that we help to fight for when there were threats to cut funding, and didn't understand why the public defender's office was hosting a social service program. and they had a vision. they had a vision to change lives. he had a vision to really push forward and reform our criminal justice system. it was definitely an honor. when i became a member of the board of supervisors, to work with him on so many reforms, but especially our most recent -- recent initiative between the legislation that he helped us spearhead, and we got it through the board of supervisors, and now it is a national model that people are looking at all over the country, and the way that we address what we know is a clear inequity in our criminal

of quick comments, i wanted to acknowledge a place that we worked very hard to make sure open, the fillmore heritage center in honor of black history month is actually having an event this saturday, the 9th, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and an event to follow from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. our chief of police is going to attend, and our mayor and supervisor vallie brown. i wanted to just let you know that halcyon has been moving forward quite well. there's been tremendous collaboration and hopefully at some future date, we can bring them back and they can share their successes with everybody. thank you. >> i just have one thing to say. there is definitely something in the air in the city around entertainment. i just keep seeing -- it's being seeing as a cultural and economicne economic necessity for the city for the first time in my career. we literally had the police tonight recommending that a -- that a permit holder that they had reservations about should be -- should be moving forward. this is like cats and dogs living dog, red ants and black ants giving up their ongoing war. i think it's

he's a founding member of a nonprofit that works in san francisco in the western addition, in the fillmore, and he owns a restaurant in san raphael, in addition to his insurance practice. kel ae is the new manager, so she is -- kelley is the new manager, so she would be taking over the day-to-day operations. david donati would help with wine, and i'll be running the construction management and ensuring all the improvements are done. mike's experience with restaurant operations is primarily in the restaurant in san raphael where he purchased it and turned it around, brought kelley in to rebrand and refocus the operation, and it's been very successful since he took it over and then she said it down and make it even more successful. so similar to the approach we're going to -- would recommend at the java house if we're fortunate enough to have this approved. dave was focused in the wine industry. he's a member of the team and also focused on turning around food and beverage operations. the four things that we think are going to help the operations at java house are to add an outdoor patio bec

. >> reverend brown is also asking the city to help develop a financial plan to acquire the fillmore heritage center to ensure its survival. >>> check out this rare sight in las vegas. snow! high winds -- look, the snow looks like it's going sideways. some were clocked at 50 miles an hour brought that snow into las vegas. last night's storm is also blamed for knocking out power to at least 15,000 people. this marks the first snowfall in vegas since late 20 fine, it's like a snow-cane. >> wouldn't bet on that happening too much in vegas. >> and certainly not here. we have wind like that coming our way. not any snow, but really, really strong gusty wind and rain here. is a live look at doppler 7 showing cloudy skies right now. the skies will become increasingly cloudy overnight. here are some patches of blue in the sky looking southward from mount tam, but we have lots of clouds. these are our forecast features. strong storm arrives late tomorrow night. it will produce heavy rain and gusty winded on wednesday and the rain mei-linger into thursday. overnight look for clouds to continue i

came here to find books the larger publishers do not have. >> i used to go there what it was in the fillmoreation. too bad it is no longer in san francisco , and there is hope that that will happen again sometime soon, but i am really glad that marcus books still thrives in oakland. >> reporter: she bought more than two dozen books for her students for black history month, and the others come in regularly, like this former silicon valley tech manager who just finished his first novel called uncle requesting a friend. " . >> i've been come here's that i would like a college student, so yeah, for me, it was a natural thing for me, natural progression for me to come here first because i figure if i can get my book into marcus bookstores, that i have a couple something in my life, truly. >> rosa parks signed her book. writer mohammed ali signed his book. barry white, bb king, >> reporter: not to mention the group that formed it with the bookstores doubled as meeting spaces. many groups still exist today. >> the black policeman's association started here. association of black firefighters, black

kamia's work strengthens the fact of community building throughout the western edition fillmore. she may transition from mo magic but not going too far. her new role at the mental health specialist san francisco black infant health program, kamia holds a bachelor's degree and m.s.w. from san jose state university. she is currently pursuing her clinical work, social work license with plans of being fully licensed by the end of 2020. she is an incredible community leader, sister, daughter, and mother to two beautiful toddlers. casson and valor. i'm honoring you, but also sad you are leaving mo magic and there will be big shoes to follow, someone to fill those shoes. so, kamia, can you please come up? >> president yee: before -- before miss tucker speaks, supervisor walton would like to add a few comments. >> supervisor walton: i wanted to co-sign for this honor. i've had the privilege and the pleasure of working with kamia for years and i see her mother and her father in the audience, and she is just an amazing person, amazing woman. you can tell from supervisor brown's description,

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heart gospel choir is now over 45 years old maybe you will remember the followers sacred heart church. that was on fell and fillmore when that church was closed the members went to st. bernard parish that's on the page avenue we're also joined by members from the choir from st. paul with the shipwreck church which is down at the end of 30 streets james town and long with our lady of viewers church which is right over the hill it touches point we've got three catholic church is back. maintain the african-american musical tradition within the traditional catholic liturgy but he buried multicultural multi-ethnic congregations today and is dying crawl through the director of the same problem the shipwreck >> my apartment burned down 1.5 years ago in noba. my name is leslie mccray, and i am in outside beauty sales. i have lived in this neighborhood since august of this year. after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and find out about various programs that could help us get back on our feet, and i signed up for the below market rate program,

astute observation about the gutsiness of taking on tax reform: "you can't catch a hail mary pass if it isn't thrown." as we take on this task, working with leadership, senator fillmore and representatives spendlove and quinn, the principles of fairness, simplicity, sustainability and common sense should guide our decisions. all the goods and services that make up our modern economy, all the goods and services that benefit from our business-friendly, well-managed state, should contribute to our tax base. that is the definition of broadening the base. and as we broaden the tax base, we will slash the state sales tax rate. we will cut it by 64% from 4.85% to a mere 1.75%. that is a tax cut of $225 million, especially benefitting lower and middle income families. this would mean that nearly nine out of ten taxpayers will pay less sales tax tomorrow than they pay today. [applause] now let's talk for a moment about education, our number one budget priority. we have developed an educational road map that is doing for education what we did for economic development: steadily moving us towards becoming the nation's top education system. we now graduate 87% of high school stud

the second application. that's for mediterranean at 2210 fillmore street and they have additional locations at 288noay street and powell street and all are included in the application. levon opened the restaurant in 1979 at the 2210 fillmoore street location. his middleeastern cuisine was inspired by his lebanese family recipe. the family-run business remains headquartered location. their food is made from scratch daily using the freshest ingredients. fresh produce is of the utmost importance to the restaurant. they have identified 2210 fillmoore street to the cluster of historically significant storefronts, circa 1890 building is noted and 26 powell street as eligible for the california register. staff is supporting the application along with the three locations in san francisco and recommending the following features to be preserved. the art deco front door and stained glass window at 2210 fillmoore street, middle eastern cuisine and scratch cooking, the employee benefits including bonuses, full health covering, 401k and time-off schedules. the affordable prices, the copper panels made by artists carlos pi

seems to have effectively separated our two trees from the 61 trees being removed under sfmta fillmore project also known as red lane project. i'm sorry sfmta isn't here tonight tell us why they're removing 61 trees as part of this project. in particular, about the overheadlines. because the overheadline have been a long time. i'm really curious as to whether this is to accommodate double decker google buses. i'm sorry, they're not here. i believe that if these trees have to be removed, that we need larger stature, at least 48-inch boxes and if there happens to be and electrical wire -- there maybe as one of these trees, a street light. if that counts, i think we ought to consider moving the street light so we can get trees back that approximate much as we can, as soon as we can, what we have now. i would ask you -- i don't know how we do this -- i would ask you to direct them, d.p.w. and sfmta to stop fragmenting the program and give community a hearing on the timing of the removal for all the 61 trees that's part of sfmta project. direct sfmta to be at that hearing. i guess i ask you

established communities we're not going down the wrong road of urban renewal that the mayor mentioned earlier a western edition fillmore etc. we are going to preserve that community displaced. no one. we're going to harness the value of that land to help pay for this ambitious endeavor by increasing some density and instead of sending the poor folks out to the higher income communities will allow those higher income households to come to hunters view. and invest in this community and create a new mixed income community what our master planning architect dan solomon calls a normative san francisco neighborhood where people of all colors all incomes all ages all abilities all backgrounds live side by side and it makes san francisco a truly special place so we are so pleased and honored to be part of that journey and to be with you here today. i know he departed from the script they're a little bit but that's that's from the heart. that's what it's about. and i'm just really proud to be part of this team in this group of people who've made that happen. so let me just say thank you to all the distinguished speakers here to

i didn't know who she was the first time i saw her at fillmore on stage. somebody dragged me down. she was terrific. i said who was that girl in the green pants and they told me her name and little did i know -- i think she must have been on six or eight times. >> you had a great connection. you had a great connection with all your guests. >> not spiro agnew. >> maybe not some of them. >> he was the dullest guest, runner up. >> dick cavett, thank you so much indeed. >> oh, my god. don't mention it. whatever that means. >>> and now we turn from a young man who came out of nebraska to take the tv world by storm to a young man who came out of swazi land to take the movie world by storm. he is richard e. grant and he is having his moment. after 40 years and more than 100 films, the much loved actor is getting serious award show love including his first ever oscar nomination for his unlikely role alongside melissa mccarthy in "can you ever forgive me?" . here's a clip. >> this is quite something. >> these are wonderful. >> i thought so too. >> name your price. >> you were looking at one

the union had just over 3000 words. this would swell to over 10,000 under millard fillmore, who appears from time to time, irregularly in this class. it would average about 19,000 under the progressive theodore roosevelt, and hit a high of 22,614 words under the conservative william howard taft. our most loquacious modern president is bill clinton and his speeches delivered before congress would average about 7400 words, just to give you a comparison of the different. the last time a president submitted a written address was jimmy carter, upon leaving office in 1981. and that written address was, in the modern era, significant, 33,000 words. his final, orally-delivered was about 3400. president trump's was not the greatest, not the smallest. >> what is the difference between the written and the oral addresses? can a president still submit a written address? prof. ubertaccio: the answer between what is the difference is only relieved that they are longer, but that is just by style. there is nothing constitutionally ordained in the idea that a written state of the union would be longer than an orally-delivered state of th