we have to make sure things are connected. secondly, we need a comprehensive policy that deals with those disparities. we talk about disparities, but let's think about a policy that the city can truly embrace that looks at health disparities in district 10 and district 5. we cannot let these artificial barriers separating us. i am dealing with the african- american population. it does not matter if ibm in district 10 or the fillmore. i am still sicker than other parts of our population dealing with these illnesses. we are dealing with the black coalition on aids. if the way the contracts are designed, it is indeed someone from the fillmore comes over to get services, we are not supposed to give the services because of the way the contracts

are designed. i just think we need help with things like that. last, but not least, and i really want to emphasize this -- bca has been around for 25 years. this will be the first year that we will not have hiv prevention services for our community. that is just unacceptable. i need help. supervisor cohen: i need you to get to the question. >> i did. all three of them. you know, can we get some help around the budget that looks at social capital? can we get some help that brings together all of our programs across districts? and lastly, my agency, can we get some help providing hiv prevention services to the african-american community? [applause]

>> very quickly -- kurt you will be next. james, you will ask the question next, after kirk. >> i think we can do a policy city-wide. we talked about budget coordination across departments. i think we are doing better in terms of that, but we can do better in how we manage our dollars. as an example, there will be 30,000 individuals on medical, but we may need to change the models where we do our work. particularly because of the noon rfp that came up -- that is something we will be addressing to the hiv prevention office, to find that the gaps are going to pay.

that is something we are going to address with you. >> thank you. >> i did probably offer a small and interesting example about how the city sometimes does budget averaging social capital. the recreation and parks department has an outstanding partnership with the department of children and youth and families. they gave us funding so we can hire 125 kids from district 10 to help us provide summer camp for younger kids. and they're also providing us with funding to make sure our kids have healthy meals to eat. i think that is a way, at least internally, that we're trying to leverage different funding streams to provide public safety and fun summer activities, healthy foods, and

jobs, all for one partnership. that is an example of the city attempting to leverage social capital. supervisor cohen: thank you. we are going to go until 8:00. persons who want to leave, feel free to do so. the mayor and department heads will stay as long as they can. ok. >> hi. i do not have a question come up with the mayor said he would like device on how to handle the budget. i think we need to stop giving away a multimillion tax breaks to billion dollar sexy, glamorous internet companies that are not our true committed partners. we are the people who hire locally, who provide jobs, who

pay our payroll tax without whining about it, did not threaten to move to brisbane, and always want to be here. the companies you are trading with now and offering tax breaks are going to be public companies sen. they will answer to their stockholders. they will outsource their jobs, god knows where. in a move to north carolina lake bank of america. it will probably hire a few people in bayview. but most of these jobs are going to go to computer geeks from oklahoma and seattle and they are not going to hire locally. our future is not with them. it is our local businesses. i saw a headline in usa today last week that 300,000 jobs that were created last month were created by small businesses. i know that's the city always pays homage to small business,

but you are just talking the talk and not walking the walk. 10 or 15 companies like mine, in a general contractor, another of our members has 70 staff, and the only auto parts store in the city. we have a grocery that has 70 employees. we each pay about $40,000 a year and then there will taxes. we will be gone. this will be a city full of computer geeks. it is not a question. it is advice to stop giving tax breaks to those companies. supervisor cohen: all right. thank you. [applause] your turn. >> hi, my english is not very good. >> i will be interpreting for

mr. lum. [speaking foreign language] >> breathing is for everybody -- greetings to everybody. [laughter] >> [speaking foreign language] >> we think the new mayort newhank the new mayor -- thank the new mayor for giving us this opportunity.

and we want more money for the community. >> [speaking foreign language] >> mr. lum is the president of the asian american community center. in our community, we have lots of new immigrants. we have to help them to establish.

>> for the last 11 years, lots of new immigrants, especially the chinese, teams do the valley -- came to the belly. and they do have a dream. our community -- the new immigrants will realize the american dream of having a good job, owning a home, and paying taxes. our organization consists of

president, vice president, and 13 board of directors. they are non-paid. they are just serving the community. supervisor cohen: commissioner, is there a question?

but right now, these city being subsidizing this organization -- >> right now, the city being subsidizing this organization. ed but this year, $7,000 was cut off. the appropriation was $50,000. we have to conserve more and more new immigrants. supervisor cohen: ok. >> every day, there are about 20

people asking for translation, looking for a job. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. >> thank you very much. supervisor cohen: you are welcome. i have an anonymous question periods weights -- i have an anonymous question. wait. >> i have to leave. supervisor cohen: one question, sharon. >> excuse me, supervisor. i would like to think our marriage and department heads -- our mayor and department heads. i have to leave. and i am not getting paid. i heard you say people who have to leave, leave. my question is simply this -- thank you, and i would like to say thank god, and we have an opportunity, in the opportunity is what i think i heard in the

comments reflected by others. we all have needs. i would ask do the following in anchoring this discussion and subsequent discussions. that we not think in the short term, but we look at this as an opportunity to build ongoing capacity. my question is simple. we missed an opportunity, mayor lee, to submit a federal application, and one of the things i would hope that we would do in this and subsequent meetings is that we not make our communities interests competitive. with african-americans leaving this city. we already know that. we need a strategy for that. historically, for the last year and a half, we've not had any institutional anchoring in our

rfp's, rfq's to ensure we are sustaining a commitment to make sure the most vulnerable -- vulnerable people are here. the one and tell them the ethnicity of your caseload? it is african-american. we have a large population in visitation valley that has moved into what has historically been african-american communities and we have a burgeoning tension, and we do not have to. i would ask that we not hear from the parks, but we hear from the people. the people who have to deal with this. when they -- the good to 16th street, 63, district 6. i would hope that we looked at

the cross pollination of these most vulnerable populations in our city and did not be a d-10 issue, but we look at empirical data for were the highest risk populations are, where emerging populations are in terms of immigrant populations. public safety, jobs, health are synonymous with the highest level of needs in our community. we know that. i would ask respectfully, supervisor -- you know i love you. i would ask respectfully that we respect our people first. and we look at generating revenue and ideas. not saying what we need. we're talking about synergy and strategy. we're talking about a more aggressive position in terms of pursuit at the state and local level. i would respectfully ask that

when president obama comes to our beautiful city that there be a request put before him that we look at the city and county, which is the city and the municipality, ok? we got some showers here that need no where else. to -- we got some powers here that ain't nowhere else. we are a city and county. we are a consolidated neighborhood. we may have missed our opportunity to be a model for the redevelopment agency. one second, ma'am. 50% of the money has gone to affordable housing. we are not doing ballparks. this is the fact. we need that affordable housing. it need that for black people

and people -- we need that for black people and people of color and so third-generation immigrants can live here. so, i am thinking that one of the things that we did do to deal with public safety, to deal with land use issues is to now start a commitment for jobs, housing. supervisor cohen: sharon -- >> lets make sure the twitter people are connected to creating affordable housing so people can afford to live and work here and give us their taxes. i want to thank you for tolerating the. because i have to get back to the union. my organization has not been funded in one year. so, i know what it means to live in these times. we all have to get used to that. our focus should be revenue generation. we should put more pressure on

the fed's. let's create a model and think about the long-term strategy. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> respectfully, thank you. and thank you to this city. and i would like to state thank you to god. we have an opportunity. [applause] supervisor cohen: all right. still ginzberg, i have -- phil ginsberg, a question for you. this is an anonymous question. >> which is that are really passionate speech about revenue and tradeoffs. i would rather charge to see an

area brother then shutter its. the botanical garden is one small strategy among many a times to replace the money we need to cut would revenue, so we can provide services to our community. we did note joy out of charging -- get no joy out of charging fees. but our primary mission is to keep our parks clean and safe. the botanical garden is a treasure. 25 acres of bliss. 55 acres. tin gardners. do you know how many gardeners i can afford? 3. difficult choices. we get no joy in charging fees. we will fight, fight, fight to raise revenues so we can continue to provide services to our community. supervisor cohen: ok. we have five minutes. i am going to give mayor lee an

opportunity -- >> [unintelligible] we need to hear from you, supervisors, the mayor, and everybody here. we need to hear from you all. i ask respectfully you make a comment about that. supervisor cohen: all right. that is a fair request. is there anybody on the panel who would like to address this. >> we fully support the program. i think the best news for our department is because of the 2008 and the money we of been able to obtain from the state of california, we are building new direct centers -- rec centers. you talk about social enterprise. here is finding that can begin to address our $1.6 billion of

means, and to a higher san franciscans. i had the pleasure of working with the mayor and many people at this table. the rec center will be our first project of the gate. we have the sunset rec center. we're fully committed to having san franciscans rebuild our pulls and our parks. -- pools and our parks. >> [unintelligible] >> i think the vast majority of people who work in my department are san franciscans. i do not have the precise number. i am going to say way over 70%. our department is unique. we of multi generational -- i of

a number of 30-year employees. a number of kids who got jobs in their summer programs that turned into full-time jobs. rec and park has a pipeline within itself. we are focused on hiring san franciscans. supervisor cohen: why don't we -- fred? >> just on the local hire issue, we supported as well. we had 26% last year local hire, which represented $8.1 million in earnings. we have a web-based program that allows us to hold contractors and developers accountable for our goals, which are at 50%. this year, we are looking at

developing a policy, even though we're already at better than 20% that has been adopted. >> and mayor lee will be the last -- >> [unintelligible] supervisor cohen: excuse me. just a minute. i am giving everyone else and opportunity. just a minute. >> [unintelligible] you did not answer anybody else. i am asking you. supervisor cohen: mr. mayor, can you please articulate your position? >> my position should be clear. local hire is the law of sentences go. it became so last month. i of make -- i have made sure that every department is compliant.

we have a number of programs. we're working with all the unions to make sure they are in compliance and we have the contractors. there should be no reason and no excuse. i represent the city, and there is no doubt in my mind. this is a priority. i am unequivocal on local hire. that is the policy i believe in. and we will get those jobs into the community where we deserve it. and we will make sure that we do it. i am working with those large contractors. i do not see problems. we got people to solve those problems. everybody is around a table, including supervisor cohen. it is the law. it is the policy. we are embracing it with every single department was contract authority. supervisor cohen: for my position, it is the law, and i

will continue to support those who supported me. are we clear? >> [unintelligible] you have a responsibility to represent everybody. not only the people who voted for you. the people that you now represent. you have all whole district of representation, my dear. we want you to listen clearly. [unintelligible] obviously, a lot of folks are not here today. we want to make this clear to year, -- to you, that as a representative of the people, you do not say that about who

supported you. because you do not know the supported you. that is what it is all about. it is about hanging around with people. you do, with your energy and your intelligence and durability -- your ability, you have an opportunity. this specific location and most homeowners, if you have the ability to change things. 4 x 4 with concrete grass to places with families and development. i look forward to working with you. that is what brings you here. that is what takes you out.

i love you. supervisor cohen: thank you. let's work together. thank you, everyone, for coming out tonight.