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Spent towards education for the kids. Or for food for the elderly or homes for the homeless. And so there are many, many things we could think of to better use that money. But instead we are becoming reactionary to someones whim and desire to disrespect our properties [bell] its not one cure of the problem, it takes a village to resolve it. I am happy that we have the city and the residents and all of us to control vandalism. Thank you. Thank you, any other members of the public that wish to com...

San francisco. And i am really delighted and in support of supervisor breeds legislation to prevent graffiti vandalism and shift policies to penalize vandals than victims. Back in 2007 when i joined the graffiti advisory board. It was said that the city was spending over 20 million in the control of graffiti vandalism in the city. And that money could be better spent towards education for the kids. Or for food for the elderly or homes for the homeless. And so there are many, many things we could...

Of course the at one extreme, if you go into a project by kind of just a bunch of workers and over alls come on the site and you figure out what to do, its totally out of control. You can, the other extreme is spending a lot of money figuring out everything in advanced in a remodel means explore tory demolition which could cost more than the inefficiency of discovering. You just have to attempt to make an appropriate judgment for the level of preplanning on your particular job. Thats why another...

Against graffiti vandals. I hope that you support this effort to hold graffiti offenders for the damage they cause this city. Its a step in the right direction to shift the burden from the victim to the offender. And it sends a message that San Francisco is able and willing to take steps to address the offensive and destructive graffiti problem. This is the right thing to do for the city and thank you for your effort and time. Thank you, next speaker please. Good morning, madam chair, london bre...

Properties [bell] its not one cure of the problem, it takes a village to resolve it. I am happy that we have the city and the residents and all of us to control vandalism. Thank you. Thank you, any other members of the public that wish to comment on this item . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Again, everyone thank you for coming out today. I am excited that we have an opportunity to really change the face of San Francisco by reducing graffiti throughout our city. I am looking forward to ju...

And penalties. I think one thing we have do a better job of is Public Outreach on this and inreach as well. One of the things over a period of years, we havent been proactive and encouraged and expected people to report graffiti. All employees, not just operators. But we need to do that. And we have been working with pd, not only to make arrests, but also to use our existing arrangement with them. To get more Police Presence on the system as a preventive measure, not just for arrests. But to det...

Graffiti problem. This is the right thing to do for the city and thank you for your effort and time. Thank you, next speaker please. Good morning, madam chair, london breed and board president chiu and board of supervisors tang, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak. I am here to represent, i am a member of the graffiti Advisory Board and a longtime resident and Property Owner of San Francisco, where i live and work. I have been a member of the graffiti Advisory Board for over six ye...

When it resumes shortly, as i said, about ten minutes from now. While we wait, more on education now as the new school year is just getting underway for many School Systems around the nation. We look at challenges facing Public Schools in a discussion on this mornings washington journal. Host guest at our desk is the director of the National School Boards Association. As we dive into the topic of local School Boards and todays education debates, first, tell us about your group and its mission. G...

Lombard could not be here today. I want to welcome all of you and thank you for take the time to celebrate the grounds breaking for potrero block b. Bridge was seconded by San Francisco to partner with the residents of the potrero community and literally redesign the landscape that you see here. Together, we embed on the long over due and critical task of figuring out how to figure out the potrero terrace andaneck. Hours of discussion, design charettes and focus groups with the community resulte...

Francisco to partner with the residents of the potrero community and literally redesign the landscape that you see here. Together, we embed on the long over due and critical task of figuring out how to figure out the potrero terrace andaneck. Hours of discussion, design charettes and focus groups with the community resulted in rebuilt potrero. An ambitious vision to redevelop the site in a master plan with 1600 Housing Units, parks and open space, new street grid other thanning retail and Commun...