spoken in our public schools. our latest group, the winner of our spelling contest is a young lady from nepal. oakland is a city that is constantly reinventing itself, whether it be in the end of the transcontinental railroad with dozens of hundreds of different kinds of european immigrants across the country, or the home to the borders that gave birth to a jazz movement, or today, as the most affordable place for new immigrants coming to the bay area to live. each of them leave a mark. one thing that i would say, when you come to oakland, is that of lenders -- is that oaklanders are pretty passionate about our city. i was teasing ed that he and i

have probably made more public appearances together then my husband and i have in the last couple of months. i can assure you that we work really closely together, which resolves a couple of major longstanding issues. what we may not have in height over the last two mayors, we certainly have in sight, and we have a tradition -- we certainly have in fight, and we have a tradition of fighting together. [applause] there are a couple of things happening in oakland that you may not have paid attention to, but in the in, asking you to invest in oakland in a different way. yes, i do what your dollars,

it is no secret that oakland is the port city in the bay area. our report is pretty much back to pre recession levels and terms of imports, exports. we export about as much as we import.

i had a stake in -- which is an organic meat producer based in oakland. this represents some of the changing american habits. this is very interesting, i have some relatives in china. they are worried about pollution and you have this growing market for california organic foods. that is amazing. i take bart all the time.

in the global world, i would bet you that we are on more national papers in china then we were in the u.s.. i caught my first congratulations. i got my first e-mail with an hour from a cousin of mine who is living in shanghai. this is a global economy. then we will be hosting a conference for the region to talk about how we can improve our import and export markets and this is a part of the future. we talked about hospitals being built in san francisco.

we are taking over -- we are catching up on the retail and oakland has been underserved. there is a lot of complicated reasons for that. we are going to be giving special developmental incentives for retail development along the corridor to try to return some of the retell back to oakland. this is one of the most

profitable. there is an under search need in oakland and this is a good time to come in. this area is extremely underserved. almost every woman in oakland told me that they needed more shopping. that is a powerful source of funds. we are the cultural and entertainment center for the east bay. we have people moving into the valley because they want a city with great transportation. our global warming exhibit is a national model for teacher

education. we had some amazing opportunities. we are trying to make a premier entertainment area. we went to the restaurants and the art galleries. oakland is ready for business. we are well-positioned.

i told the luncheon in oakland a couple months ago that we will be restructuring our insistence on economic development. basically, and good investments downtown and regional infrastructure. this is a major -- in the mayor's office.

we are looking at ranges from two-five years. we are doing very well with stimulus brands. we expect to see major industries. they can get 90% paid for. we can have a concierge service. we will take some with the forms to you, fill out those forms, and find and architect and construction company if you want. clearly, oakland has become the

home to major new cream companies. they are now leading a cluster of about half of the software companies. pandora it is on my iphone. we are developing a cultural climate of business over there that you will see a lot more new york and softer porn -- we will see a lot more in your and softer products. i have led a lot of the urban coalition says.

i am leading a campaign and there is a card on each of your tables. in this city where unemployment for african-american youth is 28%, this is twice the national average. among african-american young men, only about 30% are greg tweeting from high-school.

i want you to adopt one of our schools. i want to have mentors for the kids who are chronically truant, who have problems. i am asking you to look at in giving 8 -- to the public school teachers. and bring them into shadow your employees for a month. when they go back, they can have real world experience. of course, give your young person an internship. if you give a young person up an opportunity to shadow someone and the possibilities and if you

give them an internship, they're more likely to graduate from high school, they're more likely to go on to college. that is the kind of experience we want. oakland, but this was the number 8 the city with the most woman entrepreneurs. there is an engineering at the academy that cents for kids to mit the in any of the high school in the east bay. they also said more kids to harvard than any other high school in the east bay. they have a very famous pre engineering program. for many years i was worried that there was no women and very few african americans.

how did she get interested in engineering? they said, well, we did a chatelin day. you inspired by a woman engineer or a minority? one of the girls said, he was a pretty boring white guy. there are kids in oakland that

don't have the internet. i cannot imagine a kid today without the internet. we still have that digital gap. you can help me close that gap. there is a struggle to have some rights in this country -- in this country. we have fought against the remnants of discrimination against the chinese-americans. growing up in a state where education is free and well funded, that -- every child should have the

ability to get an education. this is what makes america different. this is what makes a oakland pretty energetic. this is something that we can to. whether you have read some oakland, this is something that you can help me do. thank you. [applause] >> thank-you. that was wonderful. anyone in san francisco who has not recently taken a look at what is going on in oakland, i encourage you to go have dinner

at -- and i think that there should be a bus tour. to introduce major league, please welcome to an angel, the president and ceo of golden gate university. -- to introduce mayor lee. clacks good morning. if we are proud of our 110 years of being part of the heartbeat and dna.

it is my pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco. it has been a pleasure to see how he has tackled his priorities and brought stability to san francisco. formally the city administrator, he was appointed unanimously as the successor mayor to the board of supervisors. he is the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history and i would like to congratulate asian-american deal of -- du 0o that we have -- i would like to congratulate the asian-american duo that we have.

ed lee was confirmed by the board of supervisors. in that role, he has spearheaded government efficiency measures and reforms that reduce the size and cost of government. he has supported the infrastructure for green city government. the first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the city's first whistle-blower ordinance. after that, he served in several positions including the executor of the director of human rights, the director of city purchasing, and director of the department of public works.

prior to being appointed to the city administrator in 2005. at this time, we will show a short video clips and then we will introduce the mayor. >> it is my pleasure to

introduce the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. [applause] >> good morning. thank-you for that introduction. i would like to welcome i very good friend to san francisco. i want to acknowledge our board president and some of the other supervisors. one of the tenants that i have in helping run the city is to do this test team work and i have enjoyed this special relationship with the board of

supervisors and i hope it continues through the whole year. i have known gene for many years. but we both worked very closely together. i want to continue congratulating her on because we're working very closely. there are many things we can do together to build in the area. i am very excited about that. i have been excited for seven weeks. everywhere i go, everyone has been asking what i have been doing and how i have been feeling and i must say it began

with a bang. during my inauguration, but -- comes up and says, do you want to go to the white house? of course, we are off to the very first state dinner. i am meeting with president obama and president hu jintao. that was fantastic. while we were there, both of us did what we were supposed to do and what we could do and that is we met with every one we could about the business of our cities and in particular, i got to meet my very good friend, the commerce secretary i grew up with in seattle, washington and i applaud him for all of the money that they could possibly give us and we are already working on that and he said that china sf was one of the most integrated programs to ever -- innovative programs to come to the west coast.

i got to meet the hud secretary and in the short time with all of the other mayors, we were able to talk about our building of housing at affordable housing and of the great partnership that we will have as the enrolls and has unrolled the federal homeless program at how that can match up with our program as well. we met with secretary -- and talk about job creation and discovered that we are working on linking up our community colleges and making sure that all of the students go to college but continue to get degrees so they don't drop out at the rates they have been. of course, meeting with the other mayors across the country, getting to meet mayor daley in chicago and learning what he has done over the years and leading

some might have been johnson and what they're trying to do -- and need some -- and the meeting some like kevin johnson and what they're trying to do. also being able to thank the president of the united states for the investment that they are giving. and along with the lieutenant governor. the president came here last week. he was here on the tarmac waiting for his visit to silicon valley. in that five minutes, not only thanking him for the support of the budget but also extending offers to take the money that florida's does not want to have. they don't want that money, california can use this.

that was a very open dialogue. i have been very busy. i have parties and i have been sharing those with many members of our great city. i have a $380 million budget to balance as do many mayors. we will do it to keep our city solvent. pension reform has to be done because that is leaking our general fund. my job is to get everyone working together in one direction and not multiple -- on our electoral -- electorate. you have seen the america's cup.

the excitement generated is true. if you have been paying attention, you saw a barge come into the area. that was carrying the catamaran. when you see this constructed, this will exceed the height of the golden gate bridge. it will become the symbol of the excitement that -- will bring to this area. $1.4 billion of economic investment, just under 9000 jobs, 700 and construction, hundreds and hundreds of businesses will be produced. this represents how this city becomes and always has been successful. that is part of my whole budget plate. we must have a safe city and a

city that is successful. today, we are beginning dc "processed. in working with the port and all of the other agencies dealing with transportation, we will have a great foundation in beginning the work to host this international event. we are working with the natural talent that san francisco and the bay area has. we have one of the most natural and the theaters. this is not an event that occurs only in the short month in the fall of 2013. the individual races will go on

for a year spanning the year beginning in 2012 and all through 2013. already, other countries are trying to find out how they can schedule their practices in the bay area. you will see that going on. i have been working on jobs. all of those projects we have talked about is an indication to jobs and make sure that our business is a top priority. i want you to do the same things here but i cannot ask you to do it if i have not done my part as a mayor. my job is to make sure that businesses are here, they are growing, and we have a strong economic climate. last year,