we have issues and budget cuts. we need your help to rebuild the building. it is awful. i want you to help all of us get our building and then. in case there is an earthquake, how to the building people -- we need your help. we have 130, and in the air. that is why i came here. i just came from our meeting. go tell them that we need funds for our building. >> i submitted a card, but i

don't know if you will get to it. i wanted to express my gratitude for the support of the memphis model for crisis intervention training. i am on that committee to formulate the training. i have just spent told that the major cuts are now coming from behavioral health. there was a loss of 22,500 business. we could have the best training for the police in the world, but if there are no services, how are you going to prevent tragedies and, says and everything else? it is just unacceptable, and it happens in good times and bad.

[applause] >> if people could be as concise as possible so we can get through as many people as possible, we don't have to leave people waiting. >> i was an outreach worker route substance abuse issues for three years before i lost my city funded job last year. i want to let you know that i still have people call and ask me to check in on other young people that are not doing well. they will check in with other young people. it has really affected young people in this neighborhood. i hear you're concerned about wanting to have a safe and

secure home-place. it doesn't explain why it has been so hard to receiver apply from your department. if we can generate a good faith effort to make sure that this remains open to homeless in the transitional period and continue to need access to that space. i am concerned that the new recreation model is not actually going to be accessible. i was as concerned that the time as i am out that there are not things for young people in this

neighborhood. a number of people have some pretty good ideas about how we can actually continue to see that your needs for revenue armets and that we have a space where there is a safety, community agreement, and young people are taking responsibility. and to make sure it is open for those that can't show up at a specific time every week. i would really like to hear a commitment from you to sit down with people to use that space and to generate registration policies that he had used at that space belongs to. [applause] >> we have been trying to get them to provide better security

and a long-term solution. and we were promised lighting in february of 2010. and the last the herd, there was not any money for it. but they spend a greater amount of money fixing a tree. what was the thinking behind the choice of that security? gosh where were of the challenges of the areas under the portion of market street and around grand view. the money spent on montgomery street home by telegraph hill was to repair a street, it was not in a safe condition. we did work with members of the

committee to identify ways that we can better address the area. i know i have seen the drawings for lighting and fencing. we don't have the funds available to do the kind of work. we're doing our best to address graffiti and illegal dumping. we tried to intervene there as well. it is one of many challenging areas around the city where we have recurring problems. >> we are past time, so we're going to take three more questions. if you have a question that has already been covered, as someone afterwards.

>> i moved here from chicago in 1977. lived in this beautiful community the has been richer than any house i might have done. i eventually had a career in the mainframe and hai lived there 27 years. i was forced to move into much more humble circumstances. this is happening all around me. i have friends with modest jobs , others who are on disability

that are barely surviving. on their rental housing is going to be privatized. we are surrounded on water -- surrounded by water of all three sides. what we have is being turned into condos and forcibly displacing people of modest means. it is almost like class warfare. for people to be able to get caught bill permits unlimited numbers, all of the rental housing, and the justice of it. i love you like to be able to celebrate those caught the conversions. i would like to let you know what effect that has on people, and there is a reason why there is opposition to that. [applause]

>> i appreciate that. in terms of right now, there are a large number of owners that are in the lottery and the length of time under the 200 unit cap has become longer and longer. we have owner occupied buildings that are struggling with their financing. i support providing relief to those people, but it should only apply to owner occupied buildings where there has not been an eviction history. about four years ago, the board of supervisors passed an ordinance that would greatly restrict or ban, the conversion when there has been evictions in the building.

just being clear about what my position is. >> i have a quick question about commercial vacancies. can you talk a little bit about what you think the outlook is? dodge the question was about vacancies on market street and whether restrictions on chain stores are part of that. we are starting to see some of them get filled, and i think it will continue. in terms of the restrictions, i support the current restrictions that allow the storage ago and only if you get a conditional use permit from the planning commission meeting

that the committee has a say. there have been some that i have supported. it will be a case by case a situation. you can ask me or anyone else in question. but we are past the end time. >> i am a victim of foreclosure where a company forged a loner that i paid off and has successfully gone to the foreclosure process. a question is, how are you going to stop this? what are you doing to prevent this from happening enforcing it? the other question is for the police chief. they have proceeded either

steal or sell my belongings. the police say they are doing [inaudible] >> in the restructuring of the office, we're looking at a mortgage fraud and inappropriate conduct by lenders. before we leave today, i will talk to you and take a look your case at. for the larger audience, if you are where they want as being foreclosed and you believe there are inappropriate lending practices, we have created a unit to deal with mortgage fraud and want to get those cases so we can look at them. i would like to get your information before we leave today.

>> give me your name and number and we will look into it. before you leave, and give me your name and number. >> everyone, i want to thank you for coming tonight. i wanted to thank all of the city officials for being here tonight as well. thank you. [applause]

>> in the year 2020 to see everybody traveling the whole city using their bicycles. that would be great dedication, don't you think? [applause] today, i know that all of our supervisors -- while this was not a noticed meeting, it was a very noticed meeting. the department heads that have been here with public works and rec and park and mta and others, the commissioners writing this, and we had a great conversation with different parts of the roadway that we had with the

very soft area of golden gate park to the pathways and the panhandle, and we really hit into traffic. that is the really challenging part, which i intend to work with our supervisors and supervisor mirkarimi to make sure we try to experiment with the ways we can have dedicated bike lanes. that would be wonderful to have, wouldn't it? and we need to calm that traffic down and make sure that we have state pathways, and then we went to the widow. that is a fun part. i know andy wanted to go directly on the hills. we pulled him back. but i know he is in shape. he is going to speak in a minute, but there are a lot of people in shape, and then there are people like me. we need that we go. and then market street, those

really dedicated bike lanes. i am definitely in favor of expanding it from octavia all the way to the very building. we should have dedicated bike lanes there. [applause] we are experimenting with turn lanes so we can dedicate more sequential use of that street. and then there is an economic part of it. as you know, we have worked hard with the supervisors to make sure that we have amid market change. all of those employees i know -- you are going to see more than 25% of them riding and to work. there will probably be 50% or 60% of the workers we encouraged to locate and beyond big-market. they will be riding to work a lot. we need to expand those lines to make sure we work with it. i know that each of the supervisors will have a minute to say, but before they do, i wanted to welcome also our

business partners, people encouraging their employees to ride to work. we have jeff from wells fargo. you are still with us, right? come on out here. we have peter from green apple books. where is peter? peter, come on up here. these are also the employers working with the city, working with our supervisors, all of them, to make sure they do the best enjoying our efforts. even when we do these, it has been public/private partnerships that actually keep and maintain this. i want to be your with everybody to announce that we have already been working on how we can fund more of these, so with the jfk route that we wrote this morning, recreation and park and mta have been working with our transportation authority through the board of supervisors, and

they found a grant that would immediately allow them to plan for the jfk route to be implemented. by the end of this year, mta and rec and park will have a dedicated bike lane on the jfk drive by the end of this year. [applause] that is a really great announcement, and we will have more of them. that is just a first, and i think a number of announcements we will try to make and continue to find funding for anti public/private partnerships going. with that, i want to bring up andy. maybe peter and tom and joe, if you want to say a few words because i know andy is going to speak about his great hiking experience, his racing skills, and all of the things that he does. come on up. >> very briefly, green apple books recently got, thanks to the by coalition and the city, a bike corral right in front of the store. [applause]

they removed a car parking spot, which is a pretty big, aggressive thing to do appeared on the other hand, the loss of one car gave us space for 10 bikes, and that iraq has been pretty much full every day all day, so i appreciate the cooperation of the city and making that happen, and i have to point out that it was done with almost no red tape. i filled out an application and got a phone call, and they put it in, so kudos. [applause] >> wells fargo has been a wonderful partner with the city. i was with them last week. they had all these volunteers out helping us repair homes in our mission and excelsior for seniors, so it is a wonderful cooperation we have with wells fargo. how was the right coming in today? >> when a great way to start the morning. i wish i could start every morning like this. we have more than 9000 team members at work, so coming from marin county in the east bay

from the south bay, so we are actively working with them and helping reduce greenhouse emissions. one of that is by the commute, so we are actively encouraging bike riding to work appear almost every one of our administrative offices has bike racks outside of it to help support our team members, so thank you, and thank you, mayor. >> joel. travel sf. our tourists and visitors are noticing this experience. what are you saying? >> travel and tourism in -- is san francisco's number one industry. 80 million people come here every year, and more than 1/3 are from international countries that are used to riding bicycles. the more we can make the city accessible for cyclists, the more people can get out to walk or ride the city. it is the best way to see our neighborhood and see the wonderful thing san francisco has to offer, so we are working to make sure that san francisco is accessible to everybody by

bicycle. thank you. ed lee the -- mayor lee: the next speaker is not only a bicycle enthusiasts. he sponsors racers. he has the right uniform. he is in shape, challenging everybody, and also doing great work with our city, building our general hospital, helping to build our new puc administrative building. this is andy ball from webcor. come on up. >> mayor lee was great to ride with this morning. it was a wonderful way to start the day. let's hear it for greenland's -- green plains -- green lanes and churros. [applause] it is one of will to have a building that reduces carbon emissions. webcor has been building a

foundation for cycling for the last 11 years by supporting 8350-member cycling team. we have a professional team. we set by women to the beijing olympics -- four women to the beijing olympics, and we have national champions. we have been very successful. now, we are advocating for cycling. commuting, for kids to be able to have a safe way to get to school, more bicycle lanes, a better understanding that there needs to be recognition of the cyclist and -- as a vulnerable user on our roads, and that is starting to change the laws to make that recognition, so we have roads now designed to recognize the fact that people ride bicycles on them and walk on them. transit-oriented villages where people can have the ability to walk, to cycle, get transit. that is what we believe the future looks like. san francisco has embraced that. it is wonderful to see the new bicycle lanes. when we were out today, we felt safe, and we believe that

everybody gets on a bicycle, no matter what walk of life, should be able to ride the bicycle and feel safe while they are doing it. let's hear it for san francisco. we love them. [applause] mayor lee: now, we have our board of supervisors. next time we do that, i would rather do it on a bike. that would be a lot more fun. supervisor chiu: good morning. and would like to work today? is anyone a member of the amazing san francisco by a coalition? thank you, and thank you for showing the world how we roll. 15 years ago, i started to bite -- bike to work for the first time, and i have to admit, it was a lonely experience. i do not feel alone anymore.

last year, the board of supervisors set a new goal for the city. by 2020, we want to have 20% of all trips throughout the city on our bicycles. in order to do this, we need to imagine. we need to imagine a bicycle network from the bay to the bridge, from the east to the west, from the north to the south. we have to imagine separated bicycle lanes, finally getting bicycle parking for all of us, finally having bicycle signals. we have to imagine sake of conditions for our 8-year-old's and 80's -- 80-year-old's to go to work. i want to thank my two great tour guides. we had a great contingent from

the richmond this morning. it was great to see ed lee on a bicycle or 7:15 in the morning. why do seven out of 10 san franciscans get on a bicycle each year? we're going to improve that every year. it makes us a healthier and stronger and more vibrant city. the richmond district has not only great businesses like pete from green apple, which just installed the great crowd, but we hope to see many more of those all around the city, and i really will be working with the mayor and my colleagues on the board of supervisors to insure that the jfk drive dedicated improvements are instituted before the end of the year. they should have been done before, but we are going to make sure they are down by the end of the year. thank you so much to everyone for being here today and bicycle coalition for keeping us a biking friendly city. thank you. >> thanks, everyone. i want to say thank you to north dakota, mike, the entire group that came with me from district 2 -- i want to say thank you to

andy. give me a call anytime. i'm happy to do it again, and thank you to the bicycle coalition and everyone here improving the infrastructure of our bike lanes, whether it be for the america's cup for our daily lives in sanford's is go. as critical to our future, and i look forward to working with everyone here to make that a daily part of our reality in san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] supervisor chu: good morning. i rode in today on a tandem bicycle in the back. i promise i did tattle on the hill -- pedal on the hill. [laughter] thank you for that, for helping me see san francisco in a new way. when you go on foot, it is a little too much to cover. when you go by car, you miss so much, so i just want to say thank you for giving us this

opportunity every year to really experience the city in a different way, to smell things in a different way, understandings in a different way, get our coffee and bagels in a different way, so i want to thank you for that. i love my furry helmet. [applause] i do not really love my hat hair, but i hope that one day, we will be able to have a san francisco were even i, and an experienced biker, will feel comfortable and safe writing in san francisco. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: i am the proud supervisor district 5, home of the first part with, all of the first dedicated bike light after the injunction on felon and sonic, and absolutely the epicenter were bicyclist go from east to west to our city, but i want to take this opportunity to shore up this one

message -- it is time we take back masonic boulevard. it is time that we actually step up the city's game in making sure that masonic is safer bicyclist and pedestrians and that we all descend on this cause right now before anyone gets hurt, and it is time mayor leemayor lee said, -- timeline -- time like mayor lee said that we institute those two main arteries. [applause] >> good morning. this is my first bike to work day. [applause] i have the honor of representing district 6, which includes where we're standing today. includes mid-market. it includes second street, south of market, tenderloin, and treasure island, and this is a district doesn't have the best and safest bike lanes in san francisco, and it should have them soon. i grew up a city girl, so i

never learn how to buy growing up. i have only been biking twice. i want to thank the coalition members that have dedicated their time teaching me how to ride. peter was my bike coalition tour guide today. we got to see some of the green lanes, the boxes, and we also got to ride in some of the areas where there were not biplanes, and i got to feel how unsafe it was to have trucks and cars trying to jostled around you, and i definitely want to work towards getting lanes that would make someone like me feel safe to ride to work. thank you. [applause] supervisor wiener: let's hear it for district 8. [applause] i was really ky