There is definitely not enough open space. The proposed property is accessible by a number of muni lines and especially by the hyde street cable car lines. The project has brought citywide support and i hope that all of you will support it as well. Thank you so much. This you very much. Next speaker, please. Good morning supervisors. My name is tyler, an intern. Im in favor of this vision. This is a great opportunity for all San Francisco. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Im going to call a few more people. Hello, im didi. I live downhill from the reservoir near galileo. Im a retired schoolteacher. I have 10 grand children. So i think i know something about the parks and kids and the benefit this would have for all. The area is bounded by van ness. Chinatown is one of the most densely Populated Areas in the country and it is as weve talked about, its severely under parked. Although technically the political district 2, the majority of residents would most likely use the park live in
Leaves a soft relationship, but it is general funds and at the same time if the hotel tax goes into dpr againroom funds and went opfaum [inaudible] you would think arts group would get a little more support. What do you think the reason is . When f we have more general funds and the arts group get less money actually i think that would be a question for the mayors budget office. The way it works everything since there is a change in the code where these are general funds revenue there is a dedicated amount put into the budget and as we did this report it was projected to be 11. 4 million over the next few years, but that is in the discretionary budget decision and dont know if the Mayors Office would have another answer to that question supervisor [inaudible] as i think all decision that come before the mayor and the board of supervisors, these are decision made on a year to year basis about priorities and how to allocate the general funds including the Hotel Tax Funds. I point out thi
Like the big hit was at the minority groups. I think the numbers where we look at percentage of underrepresented groups receiving allocations that is the total money available that year oppose today the actual amount of monies are also going down over the years, so there are 2 different factors. The otherit doesnt reallythank you for the analysis. The general question i have is, even though whatever gets allocated to grants fl art, it isnt necessarily tie today the hotel tax. This leaves a soft relationship, but it is general funds and at the same time if the hotel tax goes into dpr againroom funds and went opfaum [inaudible] you would think arts group would get a little more support. What do you think the reason is . When f we have more general funds and the arts group get less money actually i think that would be a question for the mayors budget office. The way it works everything since there is a change in the code where these are general funds revenue there is a dedicated amount pu
Shulman coulden be here, but from grants from the art is con wong as mr. Wong is being set up i know our City Attorney probably has advice for us about Hotel Tax Fund resources and how the city allocates those resources and im wondering if mr. [inaudible] could give a comment about that sure. [inaudible] the office advised the board a cual years ago about various law suits involving the hotel tax. The specific answer for arts funding is the hotel tax isnt specifically allocated for arts funding. That funding comes from the general fund and as howard mentioned the amount of the fundsing is a discretionary decision for the board and mayor. It is based on a large number of factors including the amount of revenue coming into the general fund thank you mr. Wong thank you for having me. Good afternoon supervisors and chairman. My name is con wong and Senior Program manager for grants the arts. I would like to acknowledge a few of my colleagues here. [inaudible] pointing them out because shou
Shows fundsing between 1999 and 2012 13 and you see the downward slope. This chart shows a comparison of San Francisco demo grap grafics to grants of the arts funding in 2010. What is interesting in here is in 2010 grants of the arts awarding 21 percent to racial minority grumes and 58 percent of San Francisco demo graphics in that yearof the population in that year was classified as people of color so there was a disparity there. In this slide you see the relationship between grants the arts and cultural equity grants. Many of those receiving grants fl arts also received cultural equity grants. There is no formal relationship between the 2 arts programs. In conclusion grants fl arts doesnt have criteria specifically for funding underrepresented groups, nor does it have a methodology for defining underrepresented. As result this report used the back ground of key staff and the organizations mission. There are many possibles reasons why people of color organizations declined since fisqu