Aaron owe control and teach at university of texas in austin. Im pleased to share this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about this quite important topic are three fantastic historians all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gauge of yale. And balker of duke and p professor allen of Northwestern University. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and then introduce each panelist individually before they speak 15, 20 minutes apiece and then well open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. Were here today to talk about the ore ethic origins and effects of what we call the deep state. This is not really new. Today we call it the deep state, in earlier eras activists spoke about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms varied throughout the ages they usually share a lot in comment so the arguments that typicall
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on the street artist program i will move on to the symphony fund. so on a high level, the arts commission hasline pleased to have partnered with the san francisco simple thoan since 1935. i think it s a landmark that san francisco voted to institute a municipal symphony. in close advisement with the city attorney s office, we believe we are in complete compliance with the charter and the law. the path-through, the earmark like we have for the police department, the municipal earmark from the charter goes directly to the san francisco symphony in it s entirety resulting in 12 community events, symphony events including dolores park and other parts of the city. and the gift that is received by the arts commission from the san francisco symphony is in compliance with the admin code or the arts commission s ability to accept gifts under 5.100 of the city charter. so and it s our feeling that that is a great partnership and it is the gift is greatly valued and supports our general
didn t do that going forward you could always ask the board of supervisors for a supplemental appropriation. sure every department could do that all the time. but i mean how does that relationship work? is it an assumed, an unspoken given that that s the dollar amount that you re going to receive from them? we currently have a four year mouf. that mou was brokered prior to my arrival but it was i believe signed and approved in the fall of this past year. so the current mou outlines the next four years. it s my understanding that historically there have been different conversations in terms of outlining what the agreement would be. that mou is drafted in close concert with the city attorney s advisement. okay. so, again, just from your perspective, in terms of the charter language and 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 other
those areas of how to improve as an agency. i m committed to ongoing improvement. i m open to ways in which i can be more accountable to the public and board of supervisors and make our staff available to the public when there is opportunity to invite people to our meeting. i would love to see broad community and at the full commission level. so i appreciate your consideration of the findings and recommendations and your support as we move forward to kind of solve some of the challenges we see here and championing a new day at the arts commission. president farrell: well thanks for your response and your time and i guess welcome and look forward to working together for sure in times to come. and any questions? all right. so thank you very much. i know there are a number of other city departments that were present before and i know we had a delayed start so i don t know who is left. but if there are folks that are left that want to come speak, we see you there. anyone, i w