again and put oa more concrete. a month or so later they tore up the yard again. what they have finally done now is we do have two children playgrounds, and the building, which i hope is permanent, and the podium is there. i just do not know why all of the cost was spent. on the other hand, the city has saved money, because on persia, which is a thoroughfare, tree- lined, the cleaning day is monday, and it did not clean it any other holiday so they can save money, and i think that is very wonderful. [applause] good morning. i have had the great privilege of being a youth leader at out of sites used center. i serve on the youth advisory board. over the past year we worked on designing the first parklike in excelsior, which we finally got built, thanks to a grant that we wrote. we also work with the excelsior action group, and over spring break we were able to hire 12 high school in turn sought to help finish the designed, and also construct the parkway. it was a really great
good afternoon. this is located in an rh-2 district. this is restoring a single- family residence and construct a new four-story two-unit building. the department has not received any public comment in a position or support of the project. if there during the 30 day public notification or the notification for the discretionary review hearing. the department has reviewed the project against the objectives and policies of section 317 which govern presidential demolition. as the project provides one additional family housing units and does not demolish a historic resource and make the general plan objectives or the policy objectives of the general plan. i would be happy to answer any questions. president fong: d r requestor. project sponsor, please. good afternoon. i am the project architect. i m here to answer your questions. president fong: public comment, then. speakers. good afternoon. i am the homeowner of the house that is directly behind the property under discussio
9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city s population. the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call
safety. all of us have been around. i m not getting any younger. neither is our police force. captain goldberg, thank you very much for being here today. his cohorts are younger. they will be here, but we need to move on, so we ve got to make room for classes for our training. we also are paying attention to families. we are working very hard to create family-friendly policy that will lead to good investments in our city. by the way, i know you said may be giving away to some rich folks. i turned to my supervisor did we give some money to larry ellison i did not know about or to twitter? ok, but we are raising that money in the private sector. to cover our costs for america s cup. that is why we have recreation and park here. they know that. we have to raise $32 million in the private-sector to cover the cost in that, so they are going the public/private partnership in that way. we will go into more details about it because i know there are perceptions out there that we are
she kept her eyes on the prize that is education. as well and was well aware of education and its importance for the future of black america. my mom was educated from kindergarten through eighth grade in washington, d.c.. which is recognized as the mother church of all black catholics. washington, d.c. was south of the transfer the mason decisiodixon line. st. augustine was established in the late 1850 s during the separate but equal and in most cases on equal time. this school was started by the first order of black roman catholic nuns, the oblate sisters of providence out of baltimore, maryland. their purpose was to educate black children. these nuns persistence and unflinching sacrifice influence my mother s life and my life. my mother was in high school when the march on washington occurred. the weeks leading up to the march, my mother participated in many peaceful demonstrations and picket lines in front of the white house. again, this is another example of unshakabl