us -- shall be constrained to honor us. kinsman, let us meet the common foe. although far outnumbered, let us show us brave. let us deal one fierce blow. before a slide the open graves -- [tone!] pressed to the wall but dyi dyit fighting back. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> thank you. i am a man never -- i am a member of the arab council of san francisco. i have lived and worked in san francisco for over 20 years. what i am going to address to this committee is about the safety of our community. your approval of this report will assure that the residents of san francisco will be feeling safe. i had the privilege of defending workers in san francisco. we had to fight against the power creating a climate of hate and fear. we want to make sure that the city of san francisco continues to raise the flag ship of protecting civil rights. and to and muslims have the right to feel safe and free -- arabs and muslims have the right to feel safe and free in san francisco along with every other minority in the city. i believe this is a no-brainer for this committee. we wanted to make sure that this goes through without

us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone that draws as well as he does. it is perfect, following the contours and making the shape of the body. >> your gallery represents artists from all over, not just the bay area, an artist that work in a lot of different media. how to usepresent? >> it is dependent on people are confident with their materials. that is a really important thing. there is enough stuff in the world already. >> you also have in his current show an artist who makes sculpture out of some really interesting types of materials. let's go over and take a look at that. here we are in a smaller space. project gallery. >> artists used the parameters of this space to find relationships between the work that is not out in the big gallery. >> i noticed a lot of artists doing really site-specific work. >> this is a pile of balloons, something that is so familiar, like a child's balloon. in this proportion, suddenly, it becomes something out of a dream. >> or a nightmare. >> may be a nightmare. >> this one over here is even harder to figure out what the initial material is. >> this is made out of puffy paint. often, kids use it to decorate their clothes. she has made all these lines of paint. >> for the pieces we are looking at, is there a core of foam o

robert lyles show uses us if city leaders say no t will cost them in a big way. >> it has come down to the last second. this has been a con ten shows debate with some on one side, saying an expended wal-mart would lead to greater shopping experience and more jobs. on the other side, they are saying this isn't a wal-mart expansion, this is a political choke hold. either agree to wal-mart's demand or the company would leave this city financially dry. seconds ago, the city council agreed they are going to expand this store. >> it could be blackmail. >> harsh opponents of wal-mart saying they want special consideration or they will wipe dry. >> it would be in control of their makers. they are pretty much on the property. >> he is referring to the store at i-880 and 237. wal-mart wants to blow out the walls. it would become a super center by adding a supermarket. >> i'm a working mom and it's nice to to one stop shopping. >> a foot present too big, they rejected the expansion plan with us. but wal-mart didn't take no for an answer. >> stan claire county doesn't take a wal-mart. we have thre

us. >> reporter: we talk about the chemistry of all of this. you put this display for us to show us really kind of what you are doing. this is the cooking oil you get get from restaurants. >> that is true. it comes in with cooking oil with a lot of food and water in the bottom. we have a process that removes that food and water. we add the chemical. you can see the stuff that has fallen out. the reacted oil is put through a wash process that then looks like this. we run that through our filters which gives us bio diesel. >> reporter: you are saying this can be used in any truck that uses diesel? >> yes. >> reporter: you cannot use it in your gasoline powered car. >> reporter: which is unfortunate if it is cheaper. >> it would be nice. >> reporter: the other question has people saying really i'm going to put this in my truck? no problems. you have people that are using this. >> this is not new. the technology is 200 years old. back in june last year, we bought a used truck about five years old. converted it over to bio diesel by filling it up with fuel. >> reporter: i want to show yo

use that vacant space. >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the