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DESCRIPTION:On Monday 1/25/2010 at 4:30 PM there will be a press conference in front of 
 the Bay Area Video Coalition to report the closure of the 1720 Market St. 
 station and the financial arrangements that the BAVC management has made to 
 privatize the stations\n\nPress Conference on Privatization, Mismanagement 
 & Misappropriation of SF City Funds\n\nMonday 1/25/2010 4:30 PM\nOfficers 
 Of the Bay Area Video Coalition BAVC\n2727 Mariposa Street/Bryant\nPress 
 Conference And Action\n\nStop The Privatization of San Francisco Community 
 Access\nKeep The 1720 Market St Station Open\nBay Area Video Coalition 
 Folding SF Community Access Into Private Non-Profit\n\nThe Mayor of San 
 Francisco Newsom and his Department of Technology transferred the operation 
 of city community access station channels 29 and 76 to a new operator the 
 Bay Area Video Coalition BAVC. This private non-profit corporation has 
 closed the station on 1720 Market St built out at a cost of over $1 million 
 and is now planning to spend millions of dollars on building out another 
 station at their own offices with higher charges for community use. This 
 has already driven out many producers and programmers at the station 
 despite promises to the city and the community that they would protect the 
 programming. \nThe press conference will outline the serious financial 
 mismanagement by BAVC and the lack of proper oversight by Mayor Newsom’s 
 Department of Technology. The Executive Director of BAVC Ken Ikeda  at a 
 recent Board of Supervisor’s hearing admitted that they had no intention 
 of operating on the RFP of $170,000 that the city provided for the 
 operation of the station and what other applicants agreed to  yet they now 
 propose a budget of millions with the use of city funds for rent and 
 equipment at their offices.\n\nConvened by\nCoalition For Free Speech and 
 In Defense Of SF Community Access\nSAVE San Francisco Community Access 
 Station\n(415)282-1908\nhttp://blip.tv/file/2933399\n\nFollowing the press 
 conference producers and community supporters of community access going 
 into the meeting at BAVC offices at 6:00 PM.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/24/18636151.php
SUMMARY:Press Conference on Privatization, Mismanagement & Misappropriation of SF City Funds
LOCATION:Officers Of the Bay Area Video Coalition BAVC\n2727 Mariposa Street/Bryant
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/24/18636151.php
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