but washington square is the only green space serving a dense community. it is heavily used and the only way to repair it from this aclosure. and, since renovation, we haven't let our own vehicles on it. next slide, please. this has not been an easy decision by staff. we have been put under a lot of pressure, but staff believes that the correct decision is for the organizers to find alternative nearby locations for the cars on this day on pavement. and that the commission should not decide to allow this one-day event to require the park to be closed limiting access to the only green space adjacent to chinatown, north beach, and other downtown neighborhoods. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you, dana. so now we will have time for public comment. so if there's anyone on the line who would like to comment on item seven, the washington square park permit appeal, you'll need to dial star three to be added to the queue. >> ashley, we have eight people on the line and it looks like people pressed star three again. so three hands raised currently. >> clerk: okay.

washington square. i'm going to washington square. they're showing 'princess diaries' at washington square. bring your blanket and bring your jacket too because you know it gets cold at night in san francisco. today, we're swearing in two amazing people and i'll start with larry griffin who as many of you know because he has been actively engaged in city government working for the office of labor standards, but he's also actively engaged with labor and working to make sure that the city is held accountable to support its workers, that we do all we can to provide equity and fairness and his work as a former board member of the booker t. washington community center was really incredible. this was a center that when i first got my job under the mayor's youth employment training program we went to this center booker t. washington which we hung out here and there depending on if there were cute boys there that day. but we went there for our orientation and there was always, i mean, we were always welcomed there and what it's been transform

part of this event is the auto show in washington square park. it will hopefully be our 25th auto show in the park. we believe this will help the city and county of san francisco to come out of this pandemic and celebrate all things italian. we bring in thousands of people for the parade and car show. this will help the economy, all restaurants, bars, delicatessens, and bakeries in the area. it has been a north beach tradition for over 150 years. recently i attended the san francisco old car picnic in speedway meadows, and the recreation and parks gave a permit to them for over 200 cars in the golden gate park. we are asking for 30 to 40 cars only. with the renovation in 2019in washington square part, we are excited to showcase the park and san francisco nationwide we have revised our plans to protect the green spaces and water systems so we can leave the park in the same condition when we depart. again, we're asking for a permit for washington square park on october 10, 2021, to showcase italian cars in the park. thank you for your time. >> >> c

but washington square is the only green space serving a dense community.to repair it from this aclosure. and, since renovation, we haven't let our own vehicles on it. next slide, please. this has not been an easy decision by staff. we have been put under a lot of pressure, but staff believes that the correct decision is for the organizers to find alternative nearby locations for the cars on this day on pavement. and that the commission should not decide to allow this one-day event to require the park to be closed limiting access to the only green space adjacent to chinatown, north beach, and other downtown neighborhoods. thank you. >> clerk: okay. thank you, dana. so now we will have time for public comment. so if there's anyone on the line who would like to comment on item seven, the washington square park permit appeal, you'll need to dial star three to be added to the queue. >> ashley, we have eight people on the line and it looks like people pressed star three again. so three hands raised currently. >> clerk: okay. so each speaker will have two minutes

going to washington square and standing side-by-side with strangers and feeling connected. i wanted to sketch ideas for what he memorial might look like and i actually imagined it memorial at the world trade center site -- [indiscernible] and then i built a small model and photographing it on the rooftop of my apartment building. -- the absence of the towers -- reflected -- i did this probably in 2002. i came back to it about a year later when the competition was announced. -- [indiscernible] and broke it down into four smaller city blocks by extending greenwich and fulton street. about half of the 16 acres were set aside for the memorial and the other half are the rebuilding of the world trade center. these images you see -- the competition and delineated where they thought the memorials should fit with -- which was some 60 feet below the surrounding streets and sidewalks. i found my own experiences in new york and how important civic space was and how -- union square in washington square, we bill them and they billed us. -- identity comes from -- [indiscernible]-- i felt

washington square. i'm going to washington square.incess diaries' at washington square. bring your blanket and bring your jacket too because you know it gets cold at night in san francisco. today, we're swearing in two amazing people and i'll start with larry griffin who as many of you know because he has been actively engaged in city government working for the office of labor standards, but he's also actively engaged with labor and working to make sure that the city is held accountable to support its workers, that we do all we can to provide equity and fairness and his work as a former board member of the booker t. washington community center was really incredible. this was a center that when i first got my job under the mayor's youth employment training program we went to this center booker t. washington which we hung out here and there depending on if there were cute boys there that day. but we went there for our orientation and there was always, i mean, we were always welcomed there and what it's been transformed to in term office

but, also, marry it together with what i saw in new york in places like washington square which was how important the spaces were to allow new yorkers to come together and respond as a community. so that's creating an open, civic space that is part of the urban fabric of new york drove so much of this design. >> you know what we hear in the background there, michael, it's the sound of water water falling and water is a big part of the design it serves several purposes one, it's infinite and always flowing. it's always there changing shape. the other is that it takes away the noise of the city and creates a kind of peaceful, as you say, an empty space in the middle of the city taunt that, if you would, for a moment. >> yes you know, in a sense when you're here at memorial plaza, you're in new york but you're also removed from it simultaneously i think the water and the noise and the ambience it creates and the environment it creates allows you to be within the city and at the same time look at the city as if you are from outside of it. and i think a place that is dedicated to memory and

washington square. i'm going to washington square. washington square. bring your blanket and bring your jacket too because you know it gets cold at night in san francisco. today, we're swearing in two amazing people and i'll start with larry griffin who as many of you know because he has been actively engaged in city government working for the office of labor standards, but he's also actively engaged with labor and working to make sure that the city is held accountable to support its workers, that we do all we can to provide equity and fairness and his work as a former board member of the booker t. washington community center was really incredible. this was a center that when i first got my job under the mayor's youth employment training program we went to this center booker t. washington which we hung out here and there depending on if there were cute boys there that day. but we went there for our orientation and there was always, i mean, we were always welcomed there and what it's been transformed to in term officer this $35 million

, but the parks that we do have are as we know, you know, remarkably precious assets whether washington square and willy woohoo wong playground that you cited in your statement that in our committee packet and, of course, the living room of chinatown and the northeast corner the port smith square which thank you to the voters of san francisco on the eve of a long needed and much awaited renovation, but those precious assets that serve everybody from low income seniors to folks living in, you know, very cramped conditions have been protected by a voter approved ordinance, proposition k the shadow ban around that offered 35 years ago put on the ballot and, today, there are many developers particularly in the downtown area and some of their political supporters who want to repeal that ordinance, but, meanwhile, it is the law, voter-approved law and i think polling has shown that the voters are in no mood to repeal it which is why developers have not managed to get it on a ballot because a repeal would lose. but some of those parks have indeed gotten additional shadow even though they are deemed t

the only way jack would have it in the streets at the cafe and in washington square. stay tuned for that with a brass marching band. i would like to join supervisor mar who you will hear from later in-turning in memory of my friend of 20 years and my former d3 black history month honoree officer karl pane who passed from a long hard battle with cancer over the summer recess. karl was a renaissance man with homegrown public self. incredible story. he was veteran serving in the marines, cable car gripman. ringing contest champion delighting the locals and tourists with his skills on the bells. he had the unique distinction of ringing the san francisco cable car bell at the first 49ers super bowl. he became the face of the city's fund-raising efforts after a long needed deferred maintenance on the iconic cable cars when dianne feinstein was mayor. he ended serving as rec and park ranger after several decades as a police officer at central station who had the distinction of being the oldest recruit ever in the history of the sfpd going to the academy at the age of 50 afte

the only way jack would have it in the streets at the cafe and in washington square. stay tuned for that with a brass marching band. i would like to join supervisor mar who you will hear from later in-turning in memory of my friend of 20 years and my former d3 black history month honoree officer karl pane who passed from a long hard battle with cancer over the summer recess. karl was a renaissance man with homegrown public self. incredible story. he was veteran serving in the marines, cable car gripman. ringing contest champion delighting the locals and tourists with his skills on the bells. he had the unique distinction of ringing the san francisco cable car bell at the first 49ers super bowl. he became the face of the city's fund-raising efforts after a long needed deferred maintenance on the iconic cable cars when dianne feinstein was mayor. he ended serving as rec and park ranger after several decades as a police officer at central station who had the distinction of being the oldest recruit ever in the history of the sfpd going to the academy at the age of 50 afte

at portsmouth square at washington and kearny streets. kumasi: a poll finds that two decades after 9/11 nearly half of americans say our country has changed for the worst. it comes to mark the grim 20 year anniversary on saturday. jobina: the abc news washington post poll analyzed americans' thoughts on terrorism in the wake of 9/11.49% say that the united states is safer now . that is among the weakest ratings regarding antiterrorism. over the years confidence has slid the most among republicans with just 41% saying that america is safer from terrorism today. one thing that most americans agree on is that 9/11 had a lasting effect on the united states. 86% of people said yes to that statement. analysts believe that the results were influenced in part by the tumultuous withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. kumasi: thank you. health care during the pandemic is expensive. the first western country to tax its people for covid costs. julian: a push to recall several members of the san francisco school board moves forward. first we check

the headline from today's washington times, yunken focuses on economic issues and squares often not debate. glenn young kim, the republican. terry mcauliffe, the democrat running. here are some of the exchanges from last night. [video clip] >> i have been a strong advocate for everybody to get the vaccine. that is why i launched a public service announcement to encourage people to get the vaccine. i believe that right now, we face a real difference between my opponent and me. although just five weeks ago, he was pretty much in my same position, encouraging businesses to make their own decisions. but he changed that when it became politically expedient. i think what we need to do right now is make sure that everyone in virginia understands that getting the vaccine is the most important thing we can do. that is why i invited teri to do a psa with me so we can encourage all virginians to get the vaccine. when i'm leaving virginia, we are going to make sure virginians understand the best way to keep themselves healthy, provide all the best information and encourage virginians to act. >> your t

the politics of washington are becoming squarely in focus. it is a concern you?oncern you? are the risks being priced into these markets? randeep: good morning. to begin with, oil has come up 1.5%. that's giving the market some pause to show that these energy markets mark -- are not purely out of control. gas futures are coming down again, quite a positive to europe. issues in washington are going to be over at some time. another 19 days before the u.s. runs out of money. been here before. the confluence of all these offense are playing positive. the republicans don't want to approve the stimulus package. they are using this as an anchor to try to get some leverage in the negotiations. just a reminder, it requires 60 senators to pass the budget. francine: how much more of a correction are you expecting an equity stocks? randeep: it will be hanging over us in the u.s.. i can't see it playing a huge factor. we've been here many times before when president obama was in power. the overhang is there. our kids have risen to this point. in the longer term, they find a r

that he had packed his truck with enough explosives that we could blow up several square blocks of that part of washington, d.c. so, again, don't be confused. the january 6th part-time bomb suspect, not the same as the august 19th capitol hill would-be black truck bomber who said he was there, demanding to see president biden and he was there to start the uprising so all the democrats would have to resign and go to jail and then president trump would be president then, and then trump would pardon him for his bombing and all the pro-trump activists in order to put trump back in office. two different bombers we're talking about there. again, even further is necessary because neither of those two attempted bombers should be confused with this other one. a man named lonnie coffman. you see him in the black square there circled by the fbi. lonnie coffman did come to washington on january 6th as part of the pro-trump mob that attacked the u.s. capitol that day. his red gmc pickup was found that day parked near the u.s. capitol in an area that had been closed off in part because of the pipe bombs found in the lo

that he had packed his truck with enough explosives, that he can blow up several square blocks of that part of washington d.c.. again, don't be confused the january 6th pipe bomb suspect to the same as the august 19th capitol hill, would be a black truck bomber. who said he was demanding to see president biden and he was there to start the uprising, so all the democrats would have to resign and go to jail, and president trump would be president again, and trump would pardon him for his bombing, plus all the pro trump revolutionaries, where he was activating, would come attack d.c.. in order to reinstate trump in office. two different bombers we're talking about, here don't get confused, but again, even further disambiguation is necessary, because neither of those two attempts at capitol hill, bombers over the past few, months should be confused with this other one. a man named lonnie kaufman. you see him in the black square there. circled by the fbi. lonnie kaufman did come to washington on january six, as part of the pro trump mob that attacked the u.s. capitol that day. his reggie mc pick up was found

what happened on january 6 in washington has to state squarely in front of us.raordinary event and we are going to be wrestling with the fallout from that for some time to come. we have been through periods of unrest before and we certainly have the capacity to pull ourselves out of this. host: waiting for the house to come in with a formal reformist session, but until then we will get to as many of your questions as we can with paul barrett. his report, "fueling the fire, how social media increases political polarization." caller: good morning. i am happy to talk to mr. barrett. i am more concerned about people protesting individual be and dropping the use of these formats. if anything, just effect to me -- just the fact to me that your idea can be sent multiply on and on -- can be sent multiple times on and on is a real problem with facebook and twitter. the message can go on and on with the way these formats work. host: i will let you respond before the house comes in. guest: there was a period in early social media where these platforms were seen almost in a

the fence would screen everybody so that in a multiple entrances around the square, and you realize, people who know washington first avenue, independence, and constitution, one can be concerned about people coming up to the capital -- the capitol and doing things like planting a device that we would not want. if you had 24 hour access to that whole ground, 24 hours a day, all you would do is have a pass-through on one of the screening points and then you could lounge -- lounge on the grass and you would have picnics and we would not be popping it up and down. the advantage of a barricade like there is now, a fence is time and distance. you give authorities an opportunity to respond to someone, but what i wanted and size, i am not saying a fence that keeps people out, i am suggesting a very tasteful, decorative, welcoming to barricade to let you comment through a checkpoint. i do not think that is unreasonable. i think that it is frustrating to think that we are always going to be able to pop this fence up and it is functional, not very handsome. it is not very welcoming and i think there are better ways to do

washington. that is one thing about politics. if you can't inspire, you throw out two square -- scare. kristen: let's talk about that, the fact governor newsom has pegged him to trump. hasn't that narrative been enhanced because it is larry elder, as opposed to someone like kevin faulkner who is seen as a moderate? phil: that shows also the power of celebrity. kevin faulkner did a good job as a mayor of san diego and would've been a viable candidate. john coxe, a businessman who has repeatedly run for office in california, never successfully, so let's go with kevin faulkner -- if it had been a moderate republican, it would've been a different story, but larry elder emerged because he's a conservative talk show host who has this whole network across the nation and the state of california that we in the media don't pay attention to, but it's out there. he's raised the second-biggest amount of money. he had that sort of celebrity going into it that outpaced all the other contenders. for a while, gavin newsom's numbers weren't looking too good. jane fonda of all people was thinking about e

who ordered the square to be cleared, what tactics, the washington post video investigation where they use satellite imagery zoomed in on the emblems on different law enforcement officers uniforms to figure out what happened that night and curfew expired and protesters went home, wouldn't have been a story for a minute and it was protesters who continue to keep this in the news even though the protested not gone away they anticipated. the tactical make sure you make the press work for you and craft an image, with the instagram age, they were really good at paying attention how things looked and make sure they look the way you wanted them to. with women in wyoming voting, wyoming was the first state where women can exercise the franchise, i as a women were given the right to vote, they weren't given anything, they fought like hell for it. the men in charge haven't recognized that fact. wyoming was the first and the fact these were nicely dressed polite ladies and a child with a picnic basket and feel very safe that imagery was important because the anti-plaps were trying to define the i

close of president trump and going back to lafayette square we have seen screening at military leaders, civilian and in uniform and the protest in washington, d.c. in the combat troops to confront the protesters, we see president trump issuing his own memo outside of the usual channels to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan and november 2020 a critical moment in the book because it causes people like chairman milley to realize that this president could go outside of the channel not only on withdraw when it comes afghanistan but putting his sharpie signature on some document that it leads to a situation with dire consequences. that same behavior and conduct with president trump's anger and theory over his defeat to biden could lead to challenges and to perhaps a crisis or catastrophe with u.s. nuclear or should he calls in the kernels who run the strike operation and the pentagon were room and he says follow the procedure and make sure i am part of this procedure i need to be on the net, bring median if you get a call from anybody call me, milley is not in the chain of commands but he wants to be part of the procedure and he supposed to b

strain from exploiting suffering of migrants for political gain so can you square all that terms of what's going on washingtoncult to do that the president has never been to the border, vice president has been there one time to el paso, certainly not where the surge has been and you have never number of congressmen who haven't been there. when i saw the department in 2018 and 19, you have the democratic party in congress down the border we conduct weekend, week after week and border patrol facilities talking about conditions emergency care in the hole for the issue they are all silent so to political. >> aoc is not at the border she's not at the border. >> i don't know what to tell you. in 2019, she was in a border patrol facility hours talking to the migrants working to understand if it's crazy. >> i've got to move on to this, 21000 migrants possibly having to the border,.estimates of 16000. the president can fix it, he's got lots that they are ready to fix it. what's this. >> there is no deterrence, no consequences associated with illegally entering the united states under the biden administration and have

square. with seats in the book of president trump screaming at military leaders, civilian and in uniform about the protest in washington, d.c. and his desire to bring combat troops and washington, d.c. to confront the protesters. we see president trump issuing his own memo outside of the usual channels to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan in november of 2020, a very critical moment in the book because it causes people like chairman milley to realize this president could go outside of the channel not only on withdrawal when it comes to afghanistan and put his black sharpie signature on some kind of document that it leads to a situation with dire consequences, but that same kind of behavior, that conduct coupled with president trump's anger and fury over his defeat to biden could lead to challenges to press even a crisis or catastrophe within u.s. nuclear arsenal. that's what on january 8 he calls and members of the in in in c, the brigadier, the kernels who run the strike operation, the pentagon's war room and he says follow the procedure make sure i am part of this procedure. i need to be on the net. bring the in.

square. quote, trump was adamant i wanted the storied 82nd airborne, stationed at fort bragg, north carolina, the military's elite crisis responder, to arrive in washingtonsunset when a protest was planned in lafayette square. the president was getting increasingly contentious. esper worried that if he didn't put something on the tanl trump might formally order him to bring the 82nd to d.c. he needed the president to calm down. mr. president, esper said, let's do this, we'll alert the troops and start moving them north from fort bragg, but we're not going to bring them into the city. we can get the guard here in time. if we can't, if it gets out of control, we have these other forces. milley agreed with esper's approach. neither he nor esper wanted a potentially bloody, unpredictable street confrontation between black lives matter protestsers and highly trained, elite military forces. i have read this five times and what startles me is why they entertained this with him. why didn't they say no? >> i think that comment about we presume that the president of the united states and other senior officers of government, the women and men of integrity and princ

washington and jefferson and madison, marshall was more dirt poor. his 14 brothers and sisters shared a two room log cabin which was 400 square feet. that was on the hard scrabble virginia frontier where his father scratched out the small farm. his only formal education, the single year before he joined the regimen of 17 to be five at the age of 19. marshall thought in the great battle of norfolk where the british level norfolk virginia, the largest city in the large estate in the union. in the image of the city on fire, was burned into his memory read he witnesses at the fragility of human society and the imperative of the strong military to defend us. anything chafed his conservatism. he was a progressive conservative. in the mode of hamilton giving birth and he believed the strong central government protect the nation security in the privacy of individual liberty and property rights. he also favored modernizing influence of commerce to replace the slaved economy. in valley forge, george washington officially was impressed by the young man that he pointed marshall the judge advocate general of the u.s. army before marshall had ev

square. it's going to go along this road, first street northwest. if you're familiar with washingtonrom the supreme court. it's going to wrap around the capitol, go around the west front and the west front is where we expect this rally to take place. the house speaker nancy pelosi is very clear that she supports these efforts not to take any risks ahead of this rally on saturday. she said in a statement today, quote, there is a wish by some to continue the assault on the u.s. capitol with misinformation and malice. the leadership of congress on a bipartisan and bicameral basis has breeched breached by the capitol police board on the nature of the threat. keep in mind pelosi hosted a briefing world war kevin mccarthy, and mitch mcconnell on monday to go over all of these plans which in addition to the fencing, the national guard help also includes the entire capitol police force being prepared and on call and ready to go on saturday just in case. and a part of what we've learned about some of the law enforcement concerns leading up to saturday is the possibility that some of these pro

square to be cleared. law enforcement was there, what tactics did they use, this massive washington post video investigation zoomed in on the emblems on different law enforcement officers to figure out what happened that night and curfew expired and the protesters just went home it wouldn't have been a story and it was the protesters who continued to keep this in the news even though the protests had not gone the way they anticipated. there are 19th-century roots to this tactical make sure you make the press work for you, make sure you craft an image that works for you. this is something we think of as an artifact of the instagram age but suffragists were really good it paying attention to how things look and making sure they looked the way you wanted them to. women in wyoming voting, wyoming was the first state where women -- i got that they were given the right to vote, they were never given anything, they fought like hell for it, they were american citizens, men in charge finally recognized the fact so wyoming was the first and the fact that these are nicely dressed polite ladies with a picnic basket and