i live in the richmond district. i was appointed to the mta citizens advisory council by supervisor mar. thank you, supervisor, for appointment to that and for inviting me to participate in this event. when it comes to transit, municipal transportation agency is an enterprise agency, so it is -- there are budget discussions around the transit agency, but it is supposed to have its own budget, that is past due balance annually. the mta already did its budget and balanced it, but there are ways the general fund budget can impact the mta. when i come to the issue of transit, on a personal level, i look at the big picture. in our current transportation system, we do not have enough money in general every year. we are cutting corners here and there in the agency. we might be cutting service, we might be raising fees. we might be raising fares. so, that is one issue -- an ongoing issue with the agency. we are also not using energy efficiently. we need to have enough money to run the system and we need to use our energy effi

she and her husband were instrumental in the beginning of the richmond district neighborhood center. that was 36 years ago. totally a grass-roots effort to save the school district law from being turned into condominiums, and turning it into social services for the richmond district, which there are very few social services. we now have served over 3000 people per week in all of the schools and other sites around the richmond district. we do that on a $3 million budget. our main focus at the neighborhood center is that we are trying to keep families in san francisco. all of you have read over and over again how we lose our families. you see corridors of the city where there are many strollers about, and then you say, happens to all of them? they move out when they want to buy a home or go to a good school. we have to get the word out that we have good schools. we are proud of our schools in the richmond district. my children went to alamos school. i personally would not run a program that i would not send my own child to. i challenge all of you to have that same mantra for yourselves,

[applause] also, many leaders from the richmond district that our office's work closely with over theyou'll hear from them a little bit later we hope that the budget process will be one that is very sensitive and transparent, especially fair for our communities. district 1, the richmond district, and the other neighborhoods of district 1 feel strongly that seniors and the aging population of our district are critical, part of the critical safety net. we have a number of speakers that will be speaking later. nick and linda from the golden gate senior service center. seniors in our aging population is critical. also, for transportation and transit needs, we have a leader from the sierra club in the richmond district. sue is on our committee for a transit as well. i want to acknowledge that children and families are critical to the nature of the richmond district. i am happy to be working closely with the richmond district neighborhood center and the staff there. they will make remarks later. the community-based organizations, the schools, the parks, and the many neighborhood clubs and o

so i pray that that is not the t fate of richmond burning. but to get back to your question, in the book, and i think in a way of approaching history you have to deal with -t with the evidence at the time, and not, and try to -- you try to not deal with what happened afterwards in the business of heritage. that that's kind of a present day you know, disagreement, but if you go back to the time and read what the people there say, the war was about -- well, it was about slavery.ise it was about sectional rights. henryse wise was the virginia o governor who became a very strong cessationist and was gs. ready, before the war, ready to fight for southern rights and southern slavery and a combination of things, you can't separate the two. people in the south wanted to r defend their way of life that included the institution of slavery. it's true that a lot of ordinara people that fought for confederacy were doing it now because they had these theoretical ideas about slavery. about defending their community. so it's a very -- it's itical complicated

this is the 90th anniversary of our richmond district ymca. we have a special proclamation we have provided today. the tremendous staff at the ymca, when i go into the 18th avenue, there is a tiny little parking lot back there, but it is a warm place that allows me to de-stress after difficult board meetings, but also a place to hide out and work the weight room. there is tight she, -- tai chi, pilates, yoga, ballet, and programs from the middle schools as well. 90 years is a tremendous accomplishment. born in 1022 -- 1922 after the influx of families after the earthquake that move out west -- it creates tremendous opportunities for our families in the richmond district. i think the first location was near where the richmond branch library is, close to geary, where the antique -- where the at&t building is. i hope we can expand it to a much better space in the future. there are currently over 4000 members like myself of the richmond district ymca. the programs include youth development and how the living. i really support the healthy families a

we're not a member of the richmond. [tone!] we're asking you to consider the other residences. they have 391 people. we have 309. their 64% white. we're 74% white. they are 27% asian. we are 9% asian. they are 4.8 hispanic. we are 6.8%. [tone!] their neighborhood more closely reflects the demographics of the richmond and they would be a better fit. we're not related to the richmond and like to remain a part of district 5 as we have been from the beginning. >> thank you. >> gillian gillette? >> thank you so much for the opportunity to make comments. thank you for all of your work. it is extraordinary the san francisco has so many citizens willing to step up for hours of testimony. my hat is off to you. thank you for the action you took earlier this week to close the block into 8 and into 9. i think it was a mistake you corrected. we're all grateful for that. i want to suggest today that you make another move, that you consider not continuing to gerrymander the neighborhood are live-in -- i live in by not going west on randall and then back east on 29th street. just stay north al

i'm impacted by it as well as the residents of the richmond district. i know in some of the documents we have, it has some streets that are limited, and my hope is you can consider some of the streets in the inner richmond in particular that are also impacted. but thank you so much for calling the hearing. >> and mr. chair, if i could make one more comment, which is some of the things that i've been working on were specific to my district. but the tour bus policy that mr. robbins is about to discuss does have more citywide application, as does the legislation i have around loud speakers. i do think that if there are particular neighborhoods like alamo square or richmond or others that wants to think about additional restrictions in those neighborhoods, those are things that i would obviously be happy to work with you, supervisor olague or supervisor mar, in order to implement that. part of the conversation today is around the citywide management of tour buses. maybe it might make sense to hear from mr. robbins. >> eventually we may want to lock at certai

opposed to the -- the doe'[s richmond district. i don't know that we need to make specific reference to doe in this section. ms. tidwell: can i make a suggestion that we clarify that i write down the deviations' currently in these districts, and then we can work on incorporating the other comments that we decided to do? we will come back with a final draft before we get to this. i will e-mail it and then i can include it. give me some time to draft. >> as and give you time to make the draft? >> the rest of the needs 10 minutes to include and create a more final draft before we get to the question of what should go in each district. mr. mcdonnell: ok. let me suggest this as a weekend fully utilize the break for all the editing we need to do. there is another question that memberpilpel is raising. we will need to visit that. we have two sets of information. we have what is in the draft, and we have what is on the one- page that the consultants provided. member pilel is suggesting -- pilpel is suggesting we go district by district. mr.

and the defeat of the confederate forces defending richmond. he told them that his plan would involve defeating the enemy's capacity to make war and he would do so through the use of maneuver as opposed to costly headlong assaults against confederate bastions. the seizure of what was known as strategic points by the napoleonic scholars of the day would enable him to grab the initiative and force the confederates to respond to his initiatives. and what he laid out then was a giant flanking attack. not a headlong assault from washington right down the telegraph road along the line of richmond, fredericksburg railroad to richmond. no. no, he would go down the chesapeake bay after touching base at fortress monroe in hampton which never, ever surrendered to the confederates, his plan was then to move up to the rappahannock and then move inland. cutting off joe johnston's forces up there around manassas and centreville. he said he'd need 140,000 soldiers to do that and obviously priority on navy assets to move them down through the bay to virginia. we

is the richmond a good place. say are you on top of an old farm pond or creek or garbage dump? it can have profound impacts in the settlement over long term and if there's an earthquake, that can amplify the ground shaking; is that right? >> absolutely. it can affect the behavior of the home. one of the things pat brought up is the wide garbage door opening i guess it's an issue you guys call soft story? >> exactly. >> what is that? >> it means the upper floors are rigid and in an earthquake the building will wanted to drift sideways a certain amount. if the upper floor the rigid and it doesn't occur there, it occurs on the first floor and if it leans so far the build willing lose stability and collapse. that's one of the projects the city is working on to try to come up with an economical efficient way to retrofit the doors so they don't become projects unto themselves. >> i think there's a limited likelihood in the middle of the block, buildings are going to collapse. you have buildings on either side holding it

. >> mayor lee, supervisors, thank you for inviting members of the richmond area to speak today. i want to say something about seniors in the district. i manage the senior center on a daily basis. we have our programs, music, billiards, we have a drum circle month -- once a month. hippie hill in golden gate park inspired our drum circle. i want to tell a story about two of our seniors. we have one gentleman who was born in korea. he came to the united states as a young man. he was born with cerebral palsy. he is wheelchair-bound. he has limited use of his two hands. he comes to the center twice a week and does part with us. he draws pictures of his church. his church has stained-glass doors and palm trees. we have several hundred pictures of this church because he draws it again and again, he loves it so much. his state is so great. his friend is roberts yip, a san francisco transplant, a merchant seamen. he had lived in the richmond district for 30 years, owns a house about two blocks away from the senior center. he takes care ofinsun. insun takes medication. robert helps them. h

many different small-business owners on the richmond have struggled as a result of many factors that include the threat posed by that growth of large industries. i was successful in passing an ordinance that supported small businesses by limiting a formula retail pet stores on the geary corner. it was intended to include more active storefronts. for technical reasons, that aspect was moved from the original legislation. this is trilling legislation from that. in november of 2011 i introduced the proposed ordinance that would amend section 26 3.20 of the planning code to provide for a special height exception of 5 feet -- parcels along geary boulevard. the planning department has recommended expanding the legislation to provide the 5 ft. exception for clement street from [unintelligible] to funston avenue, one block west of 12th ave. the commercial district, clementon street anto 18th avenue. and balboa between second and eighth avenue and over by the balboa theater. after the introduction of this legislation in november, i heard from residents of the jordan park area of district 2 and

and by the end of the day, the audience here in richmond will vote on person of the year 1862. lots ahead, all day coverage here on c-span3 on american history tv. and during breaks in the event the in richmond we'll take your phone calls, talk to the historians about their selections, and give you a chance to weigh-in with your vote as well. you can do that on the phone, and do that online. if you're on twitter, you can follow us at american history tv -- specifically today, if you want to tweet, use th the #poty1862. also on facebook, we've already posted the question, who do you think was the most influential person of 1862? facebook.com/cspan. coming up next, they'll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to get the program under way. live coverage on american history tv on c-span3. >>> good morning. hello, everybody. why don't we get started. good morning. my name is matt thompson, chairman of the board of the museum of the confederacy. and on behalf of the museum and the library of virginia, i welcome you to our 2012 symposium. this is the 15th year

. >>> caltrans workers inspecting the richmond san rafael bridge after a truck fire shut it down temporarily. that is the truck you are seeing now. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. laura anthony is live near the bridge. any lanes still closed? >> reporter: there is one lane still closed eastbound direction where the fire occurred after 10:00 this morning. we are standing on the richmond side you are looking across to the richmond san rafael bridge as we speak, one lane on the eastbound side is open. this fire happened in the middle section after 10:00 this morning it sent plumes of smoke high into the sky you could see it from miles around the bay area. they have reopened one lane in the eastbound direction for a time there were two lanes closed in all directions but they were able to reopen it quickly. we can show you live pictures from the area you can see traffic backed up into marin county, even though one lane is open, they are still assessing the damage. caltrans is going to inspect the bridge to check for any damage to the structure itself. obviously, they ar

we want to take a live look at the richmond, san rafael bridge from a distance. you can see traffic flowing on the upper deck. the left eastbound lane should remain closed for about the next hour. a new search is underway right now for morgan hill teenager, sierra lamar. lorraine blanco joins us to show us where the search is now taking place. >> reporter: serve crews arrived here in san martin. it is an area the sheriff's department said it hadn't searched thoroughly left. deputies literally left no stone unturned today, as they shined the light on pipes and debris. >> the places chosen today have been done upon inspection. just looking for places that haven't been touched enoughk or touched at all, and now putting someone on the ground in those spots. >> reporter: sierra lamar has been missing for 20 days now. she was last seen march 16 in morgan hill. although they haven't discovered any major leads, this is still considered a rescue effort. >> it's just unfortunate, with this case in particular, the sierra lamar case, since the beginning, up until now, we do s

highway 121, 37 even the richmond san half yell bridge should be getting rain now as well as the golden gate bridge lighter, still winds are gusty. >>> we have four injury accidents in the south bay, including two overturned accidents. here's a live shot of northbound 280 near highway 17 south of -- out of the santa cruz mountains bear creek blocked because of a downed tree 17 still open. northbound 280 flooding reported at bird and there's a new injury crash northbound 280 approaching 11th street. let me show you the maps. there's a new injury accident north 280, 11, south 101 alem rock overturned crash. northbound traffic heavy for most commuters, couple injury accidents on 680, overturn truck north 680 capital heavy there, south 680 also another accident not causing too much slowing at this point. >>> 6:02 now. this morning east of the bay area residents are cleaning up after a tornado touched down in san joaquin county. a viewer caught this image and sent it us to. the twister packing 100 mile an hour winds destroyed a shed, tipped over a 53 foot trailer and buried a pick-up truck s

at the edge of lands and in the city, in the richmond district. i want to thank the park service for listening to outer richmond residents as they created the best terms and the structure. it is the place we can learn about the first peoples that were here in san francisco. it is a tremendous educational institution that will allow children and families from throughout the city and beyond to learn about our sustainable environment and all the great programs we have. please join us for this celebration on saturday. also, and wanted to congratulate the early childhood education folks for their walk around the block and around city hall today. it is the second annual what advocating for early childhood education. families, child care providers, and truck here centers throughout the city -- there is a week of activities going on. i urge you to join me in supporting that and the commissioners as we advocate for early education throughout our city. i think the rest i will submit. thank you. >> thank you very much. i have two things i would like to do. fi

when somebody gave us something and said, these are the descriptions, since we were talking about the richmond, we actually have neighborhood boundaries in the only bloc that is outside of those boundaries, it was actually submitted to us. this is an instance where you might want to make the decision to say, this is actually whole. we do have evidence, even if we don't of lines. i think the understanding was that you would not just stick to the lines that were submitted. >> makes sense. >> i think so. mr. mcdonnell: ok. >> i am flagging in yellow the ones that are not on the consultants list. that is on her list. the elementary school, telegraph hill, north beach, north waterfront. mr. mcdonnell: i am not sure why there yellow. >> to the point of institutions verses neighborhoods. we can certainly delete these. mr. mcdonnell: i am unclear on what we're doing now. what i propose we do, we will try it again, we can use the consultants description as the basis for additional subtraction -- addition or subtraction. only consider the list for the purpose of adding to the consultants. ok? district 3

there is a meeting in the richmond that the public library at 6:00. it is about entertainment and what not out in the richmond area. >> your turn. >> c-mac's security guard training went well. they had 27 students from a lot of clubs around the city. i think it is a good start. i think c-mac will do another training in maybe six months. that looks like there is interest. >> commissioner lee, a quick question. they did the power to arrest. does c-mac intend to do the additional 40 hours? >> they have been informed that they have to do the continuing education. there is continuing education on the other 32 hours. >> some people ask me that question and i didn't have an answer. >> they can do that on their own time. the information was sent to us. all the forms and everything, those are the next steps. >> anybody else? seeing none, that concludes the tuesday, march 27 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you for coming. thank you for coming. [dog barking] [rocket whistles] [boom]

. >>> caltrans workers inspecting the richmond san rafael bridge after a truck fire shut it down temporarily. that is the truck you are seeing now. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm kristen sze. laura anthony is live near the bridge. any lanes still closed? >> reporter: there is one lane still closed eastbound direction where the fire occurred after 10:00 this morning. we are standing on the richmond side you are looking across to the richmond san rafael bridge as we speak, one lane on the eastbound side is open. this fire happened in the middle section after 10:00 this morning it sent plumes of smoke high into the sky you could see it from miles around the bay area. they have reopened one lane in the eastbound direction for a time there were two lanes closed in all directions but they were able to reopen it quickly. we can show you live pictures from the area you can see traffic backed up into marin county, even though one lane is open, they are still assessing the damage. caltrans is going to inspect the bridge to check for any damage to the structure itself. obviously, they ar

we live in the richmond district. but if my son attends either one of the schools, i have to spend a lot of time taking my kids and also taking three buses to the school. and both of them have to get up very early and i think they will be too tired to attend school. i hope the school district can provide the program in chinatown and also richmond so to allow the kids born up to november 1, between november 1 and december 2, to attend tk school near our house. thank you. [applause] >> could evening. -- good evening. my name is -- my daughter was born on november 11, 2008. she is eligible to attend tk next year. but right now the school district only provides two tk schools. because i live in richmond, whatever school we are going to, the district will be too far away. the commute time is about three hours per day. i hope the school district and open a tk program in the richmond district. right now, even though my girl will attend kindergarten next year, however right now i am concerned and upset about this. [applause] >

the southern confederacy. it made it possible for of richmond. it changed the whole complex of the war and that is why it seems to me he might well deserve attention as the man of 1862. we have by design ten minutes for questions and answers. i guess professor rawls will moderate those. >> professor rawls is going to change the way we're going to do it, bob. you're going to come down here. >> okay. >> and sit so that the tv audience can be seeing you better. >> first the public q and q, and then he is going to come down here. okay. got it. first the public q&a. and we have stationary mikes on either side. we can't pass the mikes. so if you have a question for bob, please stand up and go to one of the mikes on either side so that the tv audience can hear you. public q&a, bob. >> all right. i'm hoping that stanley or charles will rise to the defense of tar heels everywhere. i should tell you fellows i'm an honorary north carolinian. the more ravian bishop of north carolina got the governor to sign a prok -- proclamation. and i do not have plastic fl

the richmond enquirer, decried the unbecoming vanity, displayed by the wardrobes of the richest merchants unsuitable for a nation fighting for its survival. the way was for the government to regulate all trade. this of course flew directly in the face of that doctrine of state's rights. state rights i'm told to say. the increasingly desperate condition of the rebel armies and weakening confederate economy led to a popular clamor for the richmond government off to talk over regulation of trade entirely. in february 1864, jefferson davis got the confederate congress to pass a law that requires all outbound, blockade runners, to reserve half of their space for government owned cotton. a month later he urged on congress, a law, forbidding importation of any high value and profitable luxury goods that had been the common cargos in the first two years of the war. it was a long list. i will share some with you. see if you can catch a hint of the theme here. here's what was banned, ale, beer, rum, brandy, billiard tables, furniture, carpeting, tapestry, carriages, lace, jewelry, dolls, toys, glas