what was embargoed for about one month. i have to say that to have the superintendent and

i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban

setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in this 317 acres. the park, as a general rule, is heavily used in the mornings and the evenings. one of the favorite places is up by the upper reservoir because dogs get to go swim.

it's extremely popular. many fights in the city, as you know, about dogs in parks. we have 317 acres and god knows there's plenty of room for both of us. man and his best friend. early in the morning people before they go to work will walk their dogs or go on a jog themselves with their dogs. joggers love the park, there's 7 miles of hiking trails and there's off trail paths that hikers can take. all the recreational areas are heavily used on weekends. we have the group picnic area which should accommodate 200 people, tennis courts are full. it also has 3 playground areas. the ampitheater was built in 1972. it was the home of the first blues festival. given the fact that jerry garcia used to play in this park, he was from this

neighborhood, everybody knows his reputation. we thought what a great thing it would be to have an ampitheater named after jerry garcia. that is a name that has panache. it brings people from all over the bay area to the ampitheater. the calls that come in, we'd like to do a concert at the jerry garcia ampitheater and we do everything we can to accommodate them and help them because it gets people into the park. people like a lot of color and that's what they call a park. other people don't. you have to try to reconcile all those different points of view. what should a park look like and what should it have? should it be manicured, should it be nice little cobblestones around all of the paths and like that. the biggest objective of course is getting people into the park to appreciate open space. whatever that's going to take to make them happy, to get them

there, that's the main goal. if it takes a planter with flowers and stuff like that, fine. you know, so what? people need to get away from that urban rush and noise and this is a perfect place to do it. feedback is always amazement. they don't believe that it's in san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park,k, ♪ meet cathy, who's lived most verywhere, from zanzibar to barclay square. but patty's only seen the sight, a girl can see from brooklyn heights, what a crazy pair! ♪ cathy: oh my, patty. did you find all your files? patty: finally! who knew it would be this much work when richard and i decided to retire! cathy: well, what are you going to do first?

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wacky place i call home, san francisco. a city that prides itself on the cutting edge of new ideas. you are home to the birthplace of live science and i bet half of you forgot the united nations was founded in the city and county of san francisco. to make this point -- what makes us a special place is the capacity to live and propser together over every difference. that is the economic paradigm that makes this city so vibrant and me so optimistic. it used to be that a company would open up and everybody

would move to that city. now, companies go to where the talent is. the paradigm and efforts in san francisco create the conditions where people, regardless of race, religion, rich, poor, and regardless of their sexual orientation come here to live their lives in a way that is fully expressed. this is the economic purpose. resources of all our plan to invite the best and brightest into the city that was probably best described as 47 miles surrounded by reality. this is a magical place, where we do not just celebrate our differences but unite around our common humanity. i think that is one reason that

you were in a city with the lowest unemployment rate of the cities and counties in this state. this is very high but this is doing better than any other county in california. this is a city and county where people are making a historic investments. the home to twitter and ustream and the wikipedia foundation and the brand new headquarters at 8th and brannon at zenga. but are announcing their new headquarters here in san francisco. a few years ago, they had 398 employees, and now they have 1200. and they have made a seven year commitment to the city and they will grow north of 2000 employees. this is not where everything

ends. zenga, you know this. i want to congratulate them on their wisdom. their long-term commitment to the city. we are making a long-term commitment to them. and the same with the sales force that is growing exponentially. dolbe labs, around the corner in this city. this city is starting to see all the high-tech companies that were in other parts of the state of california and across the country coming back to rediscover what is right with san francisco. and i am here because, not just because i am the mayor, but i am is somebody who lives here. i care about the fate and the future and i care about this city.

i am here to tell you baps the best days of san francisco are ahead of us, and they are not behind us. and there is a lot of excitement and interest -- and enthusiasm happening here. and i would like to talk about those of you who are operating companies outside of this city, please take another look at san francisco. i would like free to think about the state of california and the talent that is here. people and creativity and talent, creating these conditions to invite the best and brightest from across the world. the proximity to berkeley and stanford, research and development that is here and human capital. we know what is happening in connecticut and boston and san diego. they understand these

ingredients. the organic growth as part of the dna, and the lifeblood of san francisco. i am here as the mayor, to promote this wonderful city. i am here as a small business person. i look forward to getting back into the business world and i hope that i will continue to find growth and opportunity to invest in the san francisco bay area. and i am here to tell you that now is the time to invest in the city. the opportunity to find a big space has never been self- evident. could not be like those companies that have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per month going to the south bay. you could spend less money by going to where the employees

already are by opening and expanding in the city of san francisco. i am a little bit uneasy, being here. but i will say this. i just came back from the debate of the lieutenant governor. i am here to thank you for all of your hard work. thank you for your creativity and your ingenuity. thank you for the willingness to take risks. learn from your mistakes. thank you for understanding that mistakes are portal of discovery. and you always miss 100% of the shots that you don't take. thank you for giving people hope and expectation and wonder that is the quality of imagination inside each and every one of you. thank you for making san francisco and the state and this nation such a special and unique place. thank you for the work that you will be doing, this is the head

of all of us and inside each and every one of you. thank you. the tech crunch. thank you for hosting this here, and thank you to mayor bloomberg for saying this in new york. but in san francisco we are equally competitive. michael in the east coast, we want for you to recognize the unique advantages. proximity, the gateway to the pacific. california. the sky is the limit. i am grateful that all of you are here and are taking the time. thank you, and have a great conference. >> we will have to have the debate on which is better.

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