for the san francisco symphony, alfred hertz would make all the for the san francisco symphony, alfredld make all the difference. >> narrator: under hertz, the san francisco symphony built a reputation for quickly using the latest technology to bring music to audiences beyond the concert hall. >> and through the remarkable achievements of modern electronic recording, a performance like this may be enjoyed in our homes whenever we please. >> narrator: in 1925, the symphony made its first recording with the victor talking machine company. [ orchestral music plays ] >> now, that violin solo was played by louis persinger, who was the concert master. it's a very impressive achievement given that the recording technology wasn't really up to that. but it is the san francisco symphony. [ orchestral music plays ] >> narrator: a year later, the symphony debuted on radio with the first weekly series presented by any orchestra in the country -- a program that ran for 30 years, reaching its height under music director pierre monteux, who conducted the symphony from 1935 until 1952. >> tonight, we g

whereas the theme of this year's san francisco carnaval, live your fantasy, i think that's what i'm doing, celebrates the magic of life in the san francisco bay area and our city's legacy of acceptance, tolerance and equality for all people. and whereas california's largest annual multicultural celebration, the san francisco carnaval, will take place in the historic mission district for its 33rd year to showcase the very best of latin america and the caribbean cultures and traditions. now therefore be it resolved that i, ed win lee, along with the board of supervisors, in recognition of the celebration of our diversity, proclaim may 28 to 29, 2011, as carnaval weekend in san francisco! >> so, greetings. i would get to follow the mayor. well, of course let me start by saying to mayor ed lee, on behalf of san francisco cultural arts traditions, on behalf of the artists and per for mars that take part -- performers that take part in carnaval, in part of all the carnaval community, we thank you very much for this proclamation and we are deeply honored that you showed up here today personally

health to the executive committee of san francisco community corrections partnership for the purpose of developing an implementation plan for criminal-justice realignment. president chiu: colleagues, same house, paul? this resolution is adopted. >> item 31 -- resolution designating an interim basis the san francisco adult probation department as a county agency responsible for post-release committee supervision. president chiu: same house, call? the resolution is adopted. >> item 32 -- or is amending the san francisco administrative code for time-limited paid administrative leave. president chiu: same house, called? the resolution is adopted. let's go to item 53, so we can hear items 34. -- list of item 33. >> item 33 is a motion directing the board of supervisors to hold a public hearing with the board sitting as a committee to consider adopting a resolution for the report of delinquent charges for code enforcement cases with delinquent assessments of costs and fees. president chiu: let me ask if there are any members of the public who would like to speak. code enforcement cases wit

this contract with at the san francisco community health authority, a key partner with the city and countythe administration of the healthy san francisco program, as i am sure that you are aware, this allows the uninsured to get access to comprehensive health care. it has been a public-private partnership since the beginning. we have an excess of 20 private providers. kaiser permanente a, the community health authority participate in this program. we provide medical reimbursement for health care services. it could be primary-care services, specialty care services, and emergency care services. for this contract, and we would allow the community health authority to essentially pass through funds from the department of public health to these providers that deliver valuable services. this contract would be for the final systole -- final fiscal year and a total of $15.9 million. it would cover over 46% of our healthy san francisco participants. over the years, many individuals in the program have increasingly selected nonprofit partners to receive their services. we certainly believe that that

i served as president of the san francisco police department association and as a san francisco policeofficer, i received two medals of valor for my work on the street. i patrolled just about every corner of san francisco. a safer city requires bringing all of these elements together. i'm proud to have burned the support of senator dianne feinstein, the attorney general , lt. gov. gavin newsom and many, many others. i hope i can earn your support also. please join us on our web site. thank you. >> election day is november 8th, 2011. that is the last date to vote in person and a deadline for receipt of the vote by mail ballots. >> hello. my name is ross mirkarimi, i'm the supervisor of the fifth district of the board of supervisors of san francisco. i am running for sheriff because i want to improve public safety throughout san francisco. when i was elected supervisor in 2004, i inherited the district with many neighborhoods that notoriously had the second-highest violent crime rate throughout all of san francisco. i set out to make sure we take back our streets from crime. i did so wit

the san andreas fault. also, the excavation of two large tunnels. one on the east bay, one on san francisco bay.suing rapidly, we have a full use of a number of key facilities that are adding seismic liabilities and separation of flexibility is. just two examples here. we have a new treatment facility, the largest in california that is operating. with so much work currently in the field, there are challenges that are typical of a large, infrastructure program. unforeseen conditions is something that we encounter a lot. we can make some assumptions as to the typical conditions that you will encounter. often in the field these conditions, previously assumed as changes, are very hard to control. project sizes that may lead to changes. much of the designs are based on documents coming from the early 1900's. that is an extra challenge. we have encountered new regulatory requirements during construction. storm water management, for example. we need to adjust our documents. with some of our contract documents, including these thousands of pages in the investigation, it is almost impossible to have them

the weekend. everything you do by way of sacrifice is worth it all for this great city of san francisco. no they will be backed up by this mayor and administration, -- know that you will be backed up by this mayor and administration and board of supervisors. your friends, family, the residents of san francisco hold you number one in the appreciation that we have and the wealth -- love of the city family. you are joining a great department. we want to make sure we do our best. you are joining a world-class department of firefighters, paramedics, and all the other wonderful things that we do. i want to impart that i am personally appreciative of the sacrifices you have made thus far. i will also appreciate everything you do from here on. i will do my best to continue leading this city and making sure we recognize all of the contributions made. we want to keep this city family close so that we can depend on each other whenever we have times of need. i want to signal to the public and your families that this is a day we want to remember as one where we celebrate your entry to this department,

sense of the terrible events of that day. san francisco than 3,000 miles away from the attacks. we felt the devastation and loss keenly here in the city. we will continue to remember and honor those who perished. it is important to me and the people of san francisco that we remember and honor the fallen, including hometown heroes like betty and mark. betty's phone call was the first indication that america was under attack. she relayed vital information to the ground crew. mark wrestled with control of flight 93 rather than allow hijackers to fulfill their mission. 10 years ago, we also learned about the final moments of san francisco resident melissa's hughes who was a victim of terrorism in the towers. to read about her final moments is just as heartbreaking today as it was 10 years ago. events of september 11, 2001, changed the world and redefined our nation in the scope of the tragedy and also in the demonstration of to pass in -- compassion and generation in the days and weeks that followed. around the country come individuals stepped

showing at the san francisco conserve tore of flowers. unless next time, get out and play. >> i am not a big speech-maker, but i relish the idea of coming here today to share with you a very special graduation. i want to begin by saying it has been a wonderful, exciting time being the mayor of san francisco for these first seven months. i have had the privilege of working with the chief and his wonderful staff and the fire commissioners. i know they're here to celebrate this unique opportunity. we're joined by supervisor carmen chiu. the last time there was a firefighters graduation class was 2005. it has been a long time. i understand that over 5000 people applied for these positions. those 5000 people along with you know that these jobs are precious, meaningful to our city, and hard-bofought jobs. i am here to congratulate those of you who have been part of this class. i want to recognize and thank the trainers. each and everyone of you have now departed and in printed -- imprinted on these recruits, skill, attitude, commitment. i want t

we have quadrupled the number of solar roost in san francisco and doubled the number of megawatts from five to 10. lastly, i am car we have created a green economy in san francisco. when we started, we only have to we will solar companies. now, we have 30. that's 450 jobs that were created during the worst economy since the great depression. small business is the no. 1 driver for jobs in san francisco. that is why i want to create a small business office that will serve the needs of small businesses to help them navigate the city so they do not have to worry about the bureaucratic issues in terms of taxes and they can do what they do best, which is run their business. last, i have proven we can do this by bringing in outside management principles, by making our office more efficient and more accessible. the accessible quarters office brought in over $300 million in the last six years above our budget. that is money that would pay for public transit, public education, and by public safety. by making government more efficient, by getting your ideas, we know that we can make government be

we need to and the plantation model of housing in san francisco. we need a piece of the pie, not pie in the sky. i would like to use eminent domain to take over the san francisco housing authority. you can see my idea at my website. please join us. thank you. >> the league of women voters and sfgov tv have collaborated to bring statements by 14 candidates for mayor of san francisco. next up, bevan dufty and tony hall. >> i am on the to be running for mayor of our great city. i served for eight years on the board of supervisors representing district 8, but i was also director of neighborhood services for five and a half years, and i ran the city complete department, and i always said an angry customer was my best asset in helping to see what was working and what was not working in our city. it might be streetcar that did not show up or was 30. it might be a pothole that caused a car to break its axle or a bicyclist to break their elbow or a family struggling to make it in san francisco like my family struggled as i was raised by a single mom growing

, we pay tribute to her family, the spirit of san francisco that she so exemplified and the courage ofonstantly reminded of. so on behalf of my colleagues in the congress of the united states, waint to congratulate san francisco and the mator and the officials of our city on this beautiful, beautiful occasion and when congress comes into session again i will be sure to tell them of this wonderful day as a matter of public record of the pride we take in san francisco and of our people, our monuments, and of today, of coilt tower. thank you for allowing me to be part of this special event. >> all right. it's all right. only the speakev of the house of representatives could compete against this. so thanks again, speaker pelosi. and to everybody. how many fomings here are -- folks here are from out of town? and how many of this it's first time you've been up here? you have chosen wisely and picked an outstanding day. welcome. i want to thank obviously all of you for taking the tame -- time to be here and be part of this rather extraordinary day and i know we say that often. we tend, though

i would like to introduce father john green, chaplain of the san francisco firefighters, and the chaplain san francisco police department for the invocation. >> we live among heroes, the heroes of the past, those firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, and civilians who gave their lives on 9/11. we live among heroes today as we remember tony and vinnie, firefighters who gave their lives for our city this past june. we remember all of us who have served the city daily, giving our lives in service to our fellow citizens and giving of ourselves in many different ways. we live among heroes. today, we do not assemble so much with a sense of grief for those who have given their lives as much as with a sense of pride that they did their jobs well and they gave their all. as we gather together in this city, we ask almighty god to remember us and bless those who have been heroic in the past, those who are heroic today, and in a real sense, to give us the strength, the honor, the dignity, the pride, and the courage of the san francisco police officers and firefighters. it is a great pleasure

and the san francisco firefighters local 798, unit two. item number six, or in its adopting in implementing amendment number four to the 2007-2013 mou between the city and county of san francisco and the sentence is the police and officers association, a unit p- 1 and p-2a. and the 2007-2013 mou between the city and county of san francisco and the municipal association of fire. item number 8, or in its adopting and implementing amendment number four to the 2007-2013 mou between the city and county of san francisco and the san francisco police others association, a unit p-2b. item number nine, adopting and implementing amendment number 4 to the 2007-2013 mou between the city and county of san francisco and the municipal executives association, police, by extending the term to june 30, 2015 and by implementing specified terms and conditions of unemployment for fiscal years 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we have a member from the department at human-resources. if i can ask you to speak on t

we have the san francisco unified school district. we have marked as bookstores, who will be selling this -- ms. colvin's book, written about her, by philip house. we have sponsorship from the african diaspora, and the friends of the san francisco public library. i serve as part of the african- american interest committee that helped put this program together, and i want to thank all of you for coming, and i want to thank sfgtv for taking the program today. we want to thank the department here at san francisco public library, and we are having a reception in l58, and we want to thank read your catering for providing some delicious food for us to nibble on today, so will you please join us and say thank you again to mrs. colvin and also to byrin bain for telling his story, but thank you for coming so that we can say thank you to miss colvin for being a living history maker. join us. thank you. ♪ lift every voice and sing >> i'd like to welcome ing everybody here today, october 25, for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of coit to

san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has brought thoughtful leadership to our city. we're pleased to welcome the president of the san francisco board of supervisors. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i am pleased to be with all of you today. i want to think the immigrant rights commission and all of the many partners here to talk about a very important topic. 13 years ago, i lived in washington, d.c.. i worked for the senate judiciary com

the same for san francisco. bake-off whole, the sierra area, this is looking up into the summit of the sierra. the forecast is looking good. mostly sunny skies and the chance for isolated thunderstorms tomorrow. the storms will be hit and miss. the fog is moving inland for this evening. it will fill in the entire bay as we go into tomorrow morning. we're starting off with a mostly cloudy and the fog to clear more quickly than what we have today. look of fog and sunshine with temperatures well in a few degrees into the '60s and '70s with 87 of the south bay as well as. by 4:00 p.m., a lot of sunshine and temperatures reaching necessity. >> mid-90s by wednesday. >> why this weekend at the box office apollo 18 came in third place. it earned 10.6 million. and second place and spy thrillers, the debt. it earned 12.4 million. at number one again this weekend, the help. to the movie has passed $100 million. " but next, the san francisco restaurant specializes in grilled cheese. >> the founder and creator. >> the meld sp

faults across the bay area and san francisco. the granddaddy of all of these is the san andreas fault. it is the longest. it can generate the greatest earthquakes. >> it is just south of san francisco. it goes offshore down here. >> from my house to the fault is about 3 miles on average. >> the closest area in san francisco to the fault is this area here in the southwest part of the city. people said that the closer you are, there are conditions that exacerbate issues. >> the fault's effect on development depends on the fault type and soil component. the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9. the 1957 earthquake was 5.7 on the san andreas. the loma prieta was 7.1. i

how many native americans in the san francisco bay area? t's see -- one, two -- [laughter] over 60,000. how many in oakland? 29,000. it is just really need for the san francisco bay area, northern california, california -- it is really neat to recognize native american heritage month with these four that we on this day. again, i know them well. and i can call them my friends, even though one of them is lakota. at this time, i would like to turn the microphone over to john of kqed. >> thanks, carol -- banks, ea -- thanks, earl. i'm president of kqed media. i'm glad you are all here, and we are glad you are all here, and kqed is proud to be joining in partnership with the san francisco mayor's office of neighborhood services and the san francisco native american health center and the native american aids project in celebrating american indian heritage month. we proudly celebrates the diversity out northern california by commemorating american indian heritage with more than 60 programs this year -- this month, in fact. these programs are highli

the coit family owes its presence in san francisco to two tall, distinguished yankees. first came my great-great uncle howard coit, an enterprising man in the still young state of california. a member of the san francisco stock exchange in the 18 70's and 1880's, he met and married lily hitchcock, that lovely lady. a century after howard coiment married lily hitchcock, my father moved here with huts wife, barbara wheeler, from dallas to san francisco. like his great-uncle, my father also was drown bit promise of business opportunity here. my parents nurtured the family's links to this great landmark, becoming mascots of sorts to the telegraph hill dwellers, attending the coit 50th anniversary in 1983 and the rededication of pioneer park in 2001. my father would be here talking to you today but he passed away four years ago. he was very proud of our family's link to this but very humbled as well. coit tower's 75th anniversary is important because it returns attention to this art deco landmark, a symbol for a progressive city then and now. from lily hitchcock coit's beques

as a member of the arab-american anti-discrimination committee, we feel san francisco is the reverse. we bring people to medjool. it has employees and nonprofit organizations that are as diverse as san francisco. we appreciate your support for the recommendation. thanks. president olague: thank you. roberg boyle, megan grace, mary salome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you so much for allowing me to come and make brief comments. i am an environmental professional. i have worked on ceqa for the state of california. i currently do environmental review work on an international context. i have lived in san francisco for approximately 11 years. i am a member of the buddhist center. the buddhist center is important because it is not just a religious institution. it is a community institution as well. our doors tend to be open to the community. it is a place where you can go for solace. it provides access that is very important. you have seen this -- i think this is where i put it. i think they showed you this before. i just want to make, wearing my hat as somebody who has done ceqa

>> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the forum featuring the five candidates for san francisco district attorney. we appreciate the efforts they have made to share their perspective on this very important office. i am president of the bar association and san francisco -- senior counsel at wells fargo bank. i want to thank the league of women voters for being our co- sponsor and for their help running this event tonight. thanks also to the san francisco government television for their lives dreaming of this form and for taping it to show san francisco voters during this election season. thanks also to our moderator for formulating the questions asking tonight. he has met with several people to develop questions that will hopefully help you determine how the vote in the november 8 election. many thanks also to the criminal justice advisory council who helps with creating the questions and putting the event together, and also many thanks to the committee of the bar association of san francisco and its share, who also help put this event together. i would first like to introduce cynthia fos

this crime against the united states and the city and county of san francisco transpired september 2001 when the board of supervisors for the city and county of san francisco introduce a resolution to close golden gate park staples and we open in the most efficient way possible. that was 10 years ago. here we are still, no public or sporting facilities in the city and county of san francisco. purely a political move by the left to affect this city and its constituents. the criminals that allowed this to take place are sitting in front of me as i speak. they must be brought to justice, and bringing them to justice is a matter of national and local importance. there is no excuse for the continued dilapidation, non- use, and lack of opportunities for equestrians in the city and county of san francisco. these criminals will be brought to justice, and they will pay for the 10 years of exclusion for what is basically a constitutional right in the united states. this constitutional right is self-evident in our constitution. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make ge

i really appreciate your presence and support of the san francisco fire department. the supervisor was chair of the budget committee. it was not an easy task. we appreciate her diligence in that role and how she understands the importance of continued funding for public safety. last but not least, to mayor lee. he is -- i am proud to be achieved for almost eight years. i am so proud to be working under the direction of mayor lee. he is a colleague and friend. i am so proud he is with us in good times like promotional ceremonies and graduations and in difficult times like in june with a loss of vincent and tony. thank you so much for being here. i will be back to give you your oath of allegiance to officially welcome you into the department. i look forward to seeing you grow. congratulations. you have our support 100%. all i ask is that you give your 100% each and every day you come to work. [applause] ♪ >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling