Any item, we request you submit a blue card. Please address your comments to the commission during Public Comment. In order to allow equal time, neither the commission or staff will respond to any questions, but the commission may ask questions of staff after the Public Comment is closed. If there is item not of interest to you, you may speak under general Public Comment and that is item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate, you must evacuate the building in an orderly fashion with any exit. Our leaders will return to first floor and are not available for use. Please make your way to the closest area of refuge across the hall in the mens restroom. Let them know where you are and they will assist you. We are on item 2, president s report. President buell thank you. A couple of things. Even though commissioner low is not here, i would like this express my gratitude that he handled last months meeting when i was out of town and everything went quite well. Secondly, i wanted to read
David johnson Photo Processing Lab and create a reading space in the lobby of the center. We have received over 100 letters in support of the request and there have been two Community Meetings held on friday, september 27 and thursday, october 10. Based on the feedback from community members, organizations and rec and Park Department staff, the staff recommends that the Photo Processing Lab at the Harvey Milk Photo Center be named the David Johnson Photo Processing Lab and to create a Reference Library and reading space in his name as well. At this time i will take questions. President buell thank you. Clerk id like to acknowledge that david and Jackie Johnson are here. Theyve requested to come up last, so ill be calling them up after the other cards. I have michael and then barbara and then angela. My name is michael johnson. Full disclosure, i am an employee of rec and park. I work in the Park Rangers Division there. President buell welcome. Im sure ive talked to one or two of you. I
The largest fundraiser of the year for the jcccnc, the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Northern California. The event this saturday will feature Culinary Creations from the bay area, hawaii, and japan and will help the center continue to serve its 185,000 visitors every year. And we will end with a unique mission as a former child interned at the manzanar camp searches for his classmates. Well show you how he hopes to track them down. All that on our show today. Well, were big fans of books and the written word here; and thats not always an easy thing to promote in this digital age, but it is a Crucial Foundation in education and understanding your own culture and community. Joining me now is christina newhard, the publisher of sarisari storybooks. She was born in the philippines and moved to the us when she was 10, but has held onto her roots and is helping to pass it along to others. Sarisari storybooks are geared to english and many of the other languages associated with the p
Believe there is a public that here at this time. In castro valley, henry lee, ktvu fox2 news. New details in the deadly shooting at a ford dealership in morgan hill. Just a few hours ago, we learned more about the victims. 38yearold xavier souto and 59 yearold brian light. Investigators detailed their last moments with the gunman, 60yearold stephen leet including a struggle that police say may have saved additional lives. Investigators say leet had received word yesterday afternoon he had been fired vicki sat in his car for about 20 minutes before returning with two guns. They say he went into his Managers Office where he shot xavier souto at pointblank range. Authorities say another supervisor, brian light, try to wrestle the guns away before he was shot and killed. Brians actions are nothing short of heroic and those actions allowed people to flee, allowed them precious seconds they needed to flee after hearing the first shots. Throug actions that he prevented additional victims. Th
Historic preservation architects at trainer angel. And they are here today, and, they have been with us through thick and thin. And we really appreciate their their patience and their support and their confidence of us being able to move on. So as you know, no project gets off the ground without the support of many. And we have many, many people to thank here today. But before we get to that, we want to make sure that we continue to stay in the good thoughts of the many ancestors who made this building possible for us to preserve and use and enjoy for many generations, to help us with our appreciation. We are grateful to the members of the Japanese American Religious Federation or by its acronym jaaf, who are here today to share a blessing, prayer and chant to thank those before us, those here today, and those who will come tomorrow. So id like to introduce all of them and they will all come up individually. Starting with reverend rodney yano of konko church of San Francisco, reverend