And interactive in german for free with the w. D d do didnt. Think. It is just a 16. Year old without beethoven i cant even begin to. Top. Post september 16th. W. Well the news from the world of culture the design of a brand new museum about exile has been presented here and also coming up today. With the lockdown easing in moscow says are emerging with you were by the coronavirus demi. And has that ever been a drive through museum before while there is now in rotterdam. Butts we begin with the announcement this friday of the winning design for a new museum here in berlin it is a museum about exile which of course hundreds of thousands of germans experience themselves in the 1930 s. Under the nazi regime the Nobel Prize Winning author had to move initiated this idea for a museum nearly 10 years ago and she was there on friday with a number of dignitaries including the former german president gul patron of the project as they set everything in motion more in a minute after a look back a
Supervisor fewer good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the july 29, 2020 regular board and finance Committee Meeting. I am sandra lee fewer, chair. And i am joined by supervisors mandelman and walton. Our clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk, any announcements . Clerk yes, madame chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed, however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local, state orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through video conference. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. You can call 14156550001, meeting i. D. , 146 812 0226. Again, 146 812 0226 then press pound twi
Next speaker, please. Yes, hello. Speaking for equity for older students sm wstudents. We can be reached at equity forr older students dot org. The issue is public land being sold privately forever. City college is in very dire straights. The board of trustees and administration have made massive class cuts including the almost complete disruption of the older adults program. Three hundred classes cut last fall. Five hundred in the year before. This year, huge cuts in the esl program. Campuses are closing. Now theres to be another cut to existing use and potential growth including Affordable Housing and other uses by city college. We urge you to consider that many of the staff and teachers of city college are opposed to this as well. I would lake to bring your attention to two letters that were recently sent to the committee. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Im in support of the reservoir project. I hope you move this project forward. Its exactly what we need into san
Mid 80s in San Francisco and 90 in oakland and upper 90s for san jose and 108 in concord. We have excessive heat warnings and heat advisories that will be in effect from 11 00 a. M. Today all the way through wednesday 9 00 p. M. And thats for most of the bay area except for the immediate coastline. So this will be a prolonged heat wave for us. Here in the bay area. Well talk more about what you can expect as we head through the next several days where you live, coming up in a few minutes. And due to the dangerous heat, state officials have issued a statewide flex alert for today. Were all being asked to voluntarily conserve energy between 3 00 and 10 00 p. M. If you need a place to cool off, there are several cooling centers around the bay area. Palo alto will be open from 1 00 this afternoon until 6 00. And cooling centers will also be available in san jose at may Fair Community center. The Camden Center on union avenue. You can also stop by the Roosevelt Center and doors open at 1 00
Country now a new museum is planned in the heart of berlin to tell their stories of exile. Camel back to our main and metta theme is to present the experience of exile what does it mean to leave to be in transit that state of limbo what is it like to arrive in a foreign land will you be accepted or shaken by homesickness. More than half a 1000000 people were forced out of nazi germany like writer on a zeta in 1933 the nazis burned her books on the run from the gestapo she fled to mexico writing explores the trauma of the statement. And Nobel Prize Winner thomas mann the novelist found a new home in california the villa aurora became a home away from home for exiled german intellectuals from director fritz long to play right back to play. Its an incredible saga of different fates people who scattered across the world and who didnt just save their own lives but brought about an unbelievable cultural transfer because it wasnt just anyone who left many of the exiles came from the intellect