specifically dedicated to maintenance, you guys are complying with that. i feel that the earmark fund that goes to the symphony produce symphony events, the dolores park concert and others and we partner to kind of advertise those to the public and to distribute tickets to those events, and i think that the gift is greatly appreciated from the arts commission in terms of the support that it offers us for our unrestricted use in terms of supporting other community arts. many of those programs include musicians and artist and so we re able to grow our capacity both through our cultural civic grants programs because of that gift. okay. so with that, i would just conclude to state that, again, we re very appreciative, i think my coming in, in terms of the transition period that the organization, this has been a great way to dive deep on a number of policy issues. we ve agreed with a number of the recommendations in each of those areas of how to improve as an agency. i m c
commission is clear on expectation but there is also a structure for accountability at the community level in terms of everybody who has access to those buildings in the community locally that those buildings serve. supervisor chiu: thank you. moving on to the street artist program, just to address you know, we re making we ve responded to the recommendation of the of the artist program and we would propose it remain at the arts commission. it is not our purview to decide that but we heard loud and clear from street artists with a 40 year history with the arts commission and who at two points in time, one a couple of years ago and now, signed a petition, i believe two years ago it was over 200 signatures, who felt they wanted artists overseeing the making of their work, that it was critical as arts people that the oversight function needs to be by other artists who understand that craft and the artistic value to that. most definitely these artists are entrepreneurs.
funded by billionaires. but the san francisco bay super pac you may not be heard of and may be breaking the mold a little bit. monty? reporter: well, good evening. we re outside the offices of the super pac where there s a phone banking event happening. this is not funded by millionaires or billionaires as you said, but rather funded by many small donations. in fact, organizers claim that so far they ve raised $1.3 million from almost 65,000 individual donations. the super pac was started by the san francisco based phone company credo mobile which has given millions of dollars to political causes. their mission is not to support democratic candidates, but rather to defeat what organizers have deemed the tea party ten. upstairs they even have a cardboard cutout of one of the lawmakers, dan lundgren, who represents a district covering sacramento county. we re going to target ten, the most vulnerables who have the most extreme views across america. we re in ten congressional
league for five years, since mid 2007. i would say 90% of what i do came from the teams we play with and against. i ve had not i have not had much contact with paul what i have had has been helpful and professional. with a tricky situation last year were a team captain died in a ski accident and the whole league was very kind and helpful way they dealt with our team. we are all very grateful for the way they have dealt with us and communicate with this week to week. for what it s worth, i would very much like to stay playing was norcal as an organization. thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? good afternoon. my name is vincent. i have known paul for probably about 12 years. i played with him in the league, and honestly, he is a great guy. i know from speaking to him that he is extremely sorry about the violations that happened. he also wants to correct them. i think he should get the given a chance to do that. i have to say that knowing both organ
billion. september 2011, the mta submitted its request for the full funding grant agreement, which is the major financial milestone for the project. thus far, the board has allocated $9 million. today, the expenditure totals 173. the full agreement is expected july 2012. there has been some discussion about what happens with the allocation, but in a way that signals fda s intent, they awarded $85 million to the project in fiscal year 2011- 2012, and that is the fiscal year that ends in september. the phase in which the final design is complete, and it is happening concurrent with construction. the first two packages the tunnels and stations are complete, and the systems package will be complete in made next month. construction, as i mentioned, is under way. the first contract is complete, and the second contract in the area of union square i m sure you noticed the activity there. it is 85% complete. the tunnels contract the total board machines have already been awarded