mr. barbee. john barbee. >> good afternoon, i'm john barbee. we have no problem with the interior renovation. the problem is with the trash containers and the design of these bin enclosures. we're very beset by scavengers in the neighborhood, they're very bold and resourceful. when i set my trash out, i get six competing parties who come by that night and raid the bins. some are responsible and kind of pathetic, others are visibly crazy or obviously substance abusers, they drink out of bottles that still have something in them, so that's unmistakable. the temporary enclosure these people have is still open at the top. the scavepjers can come in and raid. it's terrible for us because when they do this, they empty the general rubbish bin all other the sidewalk, things fly all other the place they don't clean them up, we are responsible for doing that. and it's an ongoing problem to have bins exposed seven days a week. that's awkward. you know. it creates problems for the general neighborhood. also because we are an historic district, counterintui

and i know john is here with his family. his father. mr. osaki and his daughter, san and wife, julie, let's give it up to john osaki. [applause]. >> before i say anything. can we real quick give it up for john adachi. you know. i really want to think jeff for his leadership. his willingness. you have extended your office and given us this opportunity to create positive change in your schools, in our streets and i really want to thank you for that. i want to just make a couple quick announcements. to my colleagues. i am show proud what we have accomplished. we have given a voice to many who have suffered in silence. i want to acknowledge 2 individuals who have carried out our mission. you met angela chan from the asian law office. can you give it up for them. i also want to say to be members of the safety america partnership. our efforts have been over lookd and unappreciated, but i know what tremendous contributions we have made to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am looking forward to continuing that in the future. it feels acwa

the one piece of information that i got from john is that -- mr. haley, is that if we did not use this level of overtime we would not provide the 98% of service we are providing, it would sink to 96 pk or below level service. the bottom line is, if we don't use overtime, you are impacting service delivery. >> one additional fact i want to point out if a statistical standpoint, scheduled overtime, built into the skell jewels, built off the contract an scheduling capabilities but built off the work rules and policies in our contracts, is approximately 80% of the overtime that you're seeing here. there's actually the remain 20g% is kind of what you call management discretion or unscheduled overtime that we do have some clear day-to-day responsibility in terms of controlling. as we go through these contract negotiations, once we hopefully have a negotiated contract or arbitrated contract, that will change the rules of the game in some way in terms of overtime usage, sick leave usage, all those things that we have discussed with you as a board. >> so th

join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circumstances. >> the works in the show include a large canvas depicting a woman washing the beach with her hair at the u.s./mexican bor

join us next time when we will be back with one of our 11 mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> i get really concerned one ip -- hear people say the payroll tax is a job killer. maybe in some industries the payroll tax might be a disincentive on business going forward, but i would not be surprised if we came out of the whole discussion about remaking our tax for next year that it involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have b

we do have a presentation from mr. hailey regarding the twin peaks tunnel operation speed. john? >> thank you. good afternoon, again. twin peaks tunnel. the question has been raised about the kind of service and are we run aring it on the proper street in the tunnel. and is this something that we've looked at for a while. i think it's important that we put on the table the pro vile the tunnel is a critical part of our system three lines to traverse the tunnel and the tunnel is two miles long. i wanted to make a point on the tunnel. not the fact that it was dedicated in 1917 and opened in 1918 for purposes of showing that i know that world war i ended at that time. but something to say that the tunnel was designed as a streetcar operation and there's a little difference between a streetcar and a modern light rail operation. so as i said towards the end of world war i as the city expanded moved westward, the opening of the twin peaks tunnel remain as critical part of our light rail infrastructure. one of the things to note on there -- 18 minutes travel time from west portal to emba

[applause] and i could go on and on with the -- mr. mayor to be of the people who are here celebrating with you on this very historic occasion. and it was all made possible by this fine collection of people to my right whom i've introduced by name and now let me ask the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, a man who chaired the historic meeting where the vote count was done without the assistance of our folk who normally count votes which is kind of the way i prefer to have votes counted in elections. you get better results. the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] president chiu: good afternoon. so mayor brown, i want to tell you the score of the game upstairs. two numbers. 11 to zero. [applause] this is an historic moment for san francisco. and i want to first start by thanking my colleagues at the board of supervisors. we may not -- please clap for them. we may not always agree. but on this great man, edwin lee, we came together and thank you for that. [applause] i also want to thank the many

i saw you last night at john's grill having a good time. where did you stay the night? is this thing on? what can you tell us about 105 years of life? you were only a couple months old. >> just what they told me, the rest of the family. >> your father started a battalion. >> in 1886. 1896. >> i was hearing your experiences as a stock picker. >> yes, i am still playing. it is a pleasure. >>. were you made $1 million from a loss $1 million, made $1 million. -- i was reading where you made $1 million, lost $1 million, and made $1 million. >> that is the stock market. >> you look like you are feeling better than last year. [laughter] do you have any advice for someone to live 105 years? >> that is what they all ask. i do not know. >> if it comes to you, let me know. we're all curious. how about a hand for our earthquake survivor? [applause] where did mayor lee go? let's talk to people. one more time for the motorcade and bill del monte. [applause] mr. mayor. let's go this way. all right. step up here. it is slippery. it is great to see you. how are you enjoying your first 5

and if hadn't been me, it would have been john. it would have been any number of other very good reporters, because we had made that decision under mr. harwell. i was very lucky in being assigned, 'cause i was 25, and i was, in some cases, a year older than the young people themselves. and it was a story i had-- by then, i'd been in the south four or five years, and this was the story i'd really come-- i'd been waiting for something like this to happen. and what is important about the young people we're talking about today is, it is a reminder that with all due respect to martin king and many of the other extraordinary ministers in the southern christian leadership conference, that was really, to no small degree, a children's movement. the infantrymen, the people who took the risk in dreadful venue after dreadful venue, whether it was selma or all those terrifying places in mississippi, they were young. they were the ones who were risking their lives. when the freedom rides took place in 1961, john was by then robert kennedy's righ