One is difficult with even animals. Why would an animal be in solitary there. I thought perhaps we could have another crane or others to accompany such animals. And the fish that were put in there, the koi fish, theyre doing good, keeping the bottom clean, but theyre prolific breeders, so i dont know which animals are attracted to getting the small fish, but thats part of that wildlife to it. Thats the food chain. Sometimes if you see the crane there, it doesnt even look like its alive, so i thought maybe you had another one there. Hopefully, i can get that from the zoo, where they find another matching crane. But i also heard from the director of operations it doesnt want them breeding, so you got to have the same gender. President buell thank you. Secretary anyone else who would like to make Public Comment under the zoo item . Being none, this item is closed. This was discussion only. Were on item 8, the joseph l. Alioto piazza, approval of a temporary art installation. Good morning,
Any opposed . Motion carries. We are now on item 6, the San Francisco zoo. Hello, good morning. Tanya peterson, director of the San Francisco zoo. I am happy to i an announce that the january kids for free program was successful and over 12,000 children came to the zoo for free during the month of january. Tsz it is february. Love is in the air, so twoforone admission for the senior citizens. As we discussed earlier, i do not qualify. If you are 65 or older, two for free in february. Speaking of sweethearts t new male and female, the male on the left and female snow leopard on the right, we brought them in and were match maker of sort. The first meeting went well and now they are into speed dating. We are hoping speed dating. Hoping to get a cub soon here. Speaking of cubs, our bears turn one. We will have celebrations over the president s weekend. And as you may recall, we had online bidding auction for their naming rights. The names will be revealed this weekend. And time in our educ
I am paula murphy. I lived in San Francisco for the past 25 years. For the past 10 i have been playing tennis in San Francisco mostly on public courts. Jumping off what peg said i want to focus my comments on what a huge benefit having lights at golden Gates Tennis Center will be. Imagine you work for a living, which i think most of us do, that you cant afford to be a member of the private club, and you play doubles. Mosmost of us of a certain age y doubles. You know, what are your options for playing tennis other than weekends . You get into your cars or on your bike or whatever, Public Transportation and go across the city and all four of you meet there and you just cross your fingers and hope that nobody is playing. Often times there is someone playing, there is people waiting. Then you decide, okay, are we going to wait two hours and stand here or try to go somewhere else . Then you all get in cars or on your bike and go somewhere else and hope the same situation doesnt await you.
Examine what has happened. Is there anyone else who would like to make Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, this is discussion only. Thank you. So we are now on item 7. The Recreation Park Department budget for fiscal 20182019. And 201920. While derek is setting up the presentation, let me extend a thanks to derek and his team. This is a strong budget, and this is the first he has done as the head of the finance administration and worked very, very well with the staff and the Community Stake holders. And notwithstanding, a little bit of financial instability city wide, we are proud of this budget. Good morning, Vice President low, commissioners. I am derek chiu, over eight months ago i started the recreational Park Department to attend glen canyon opening and the random Museum Opening and recently saw the new civic center. And this is a terrific place to work. And im very excited to be presenting the first budget. I stepped into some very
Suspects tonight a mother and son are in jail, accused of using their home and another apartment as brothels. People living near the suspects helped tipoff police. We are at the jail where they are being held. Reporter we talked with neighbors who live near the two, they are accused of running a prostitution ring out of a house they live in together. Neighbors said theyd seen suspicious activity for years, they agreed to talk with us but only if we didnt identify them on camera. Hightraffic of men every half hour. Reporter the family was so concerned about all the men coming and going, they started writing down license plates of the cars that parked at the house. We knew what was going on because of the activity. Reporter this is the house, police say the mother and son both lived here. We tried to talk with a young woman who answered the door. Hello, is faye or david here . They are not here. Reporter to they live here . Do you know about anything that happened with their case . Yes,