we are pleased to be here. thank you. [applause] >> we want you to notice that the thermometer is going up. ups. >> thank you very much. nice to see you, mr. mayor. i have been with ups for 34 years. i will be retiring soon. i would like for, you know, one of the youth to take my place. we will commit to 15 new permanent jobs over the summer for the san francisco area. >> thank you. [applause] wells fargo bank. >> thank you very much. thank you for being the catalyst for this wonderful program.

we believe that strong communities are great for everyone. businesses, the public sector, all of us benefit when communities are strong. we are honored to be able to participate in this program with a pledge of $50,000. thank you very much. [applause] >> at&t. >> thank you for your leadership on this very important issue. at&t was also one of the initial participants is with the president on this very significant initiatives. we will pledge 20 interns over the summer and a contribution of $25,000. [applause] >> excellent. why is my thermometer not going

up? all right, mr. mayor. jamba juice. >> we are very pleased to be here. we have pledged over 2500 jobs across the nation. san francisco, we are hiring 30 over the summer. we will have 13 internships in our corporate office. we will have 200 jobs in the bay area for the summer. [applause] >> mr. mayor, starbucks. >> hello. good to see you. i represent starbucks coffee company in my home town of san francisco. we are pleased, as you know, we are all over this great city. the stories presented, you inspired us.

we commit to 25 jobs in san francisco. not just the jobs, but investing in providing these young adults the training that will help them today in the summer as well as many years in the future. we will also partner with our stores across the bay area to get a commitment from them as well. thank you. [applause] >> those folks are who we knew. anyone else want to make a pledge? this is that moment to raise your hand. we had a hand. you are? >> thank you for the opportunity. it is very exciting. i am pledging to increase my work force by 10% over the summer. two internships per location.

[applause] >> we are growing. >> over 500 merchants in san francisco currently. we are looking to add five jobs for the summer program. [applause] >> hold on one second. rob black. >> executive director for the golden gate restaurant association. i am so proud of the team that the city has put together to lead this initiative. it has been something we have been working on for several years. thank you for your leadership, mayor. it has made the difference. it is so great to see some of our members stepping up.

we will add another 15 internships with our members this year. [applause] >> we would like to pledge five jobs to help increase recycling in san francisco. >> thank you. the fantastic. >> the university of california san francisco. we are pledging 118 summer internships. [applause] >> that was 118. >> i have worked for over 20 years, we love people grown up with us. we are pledging 15 jobs, not just for the summer. >> thank you so much.

>> we partner all year long would it san francisco unified school district on their academy of hospitality. we have at least 15 positions through that program and hotels in san francisco. and also at the hotel council, we have a paid internship. [applause] >> i do not want to skip anyone. >> as a founding member of real estate for tomorrows youth, we will pledge six summer internship positions. [applause] >> excellent. robert collins. >> i am a part of the tech committed to. we are a small team, eight

people right now. we would like to add two more internships for the summer. >> excellent. >> we specialize in constructing a management and public outreach. i want to thank the mayor for during this. it is very critical. i want to make a special call to the small-business community. i want to encourage you to pledge. we are pledging two internships for the summer and one new position. i want to thank the members of our larger business communities for going the extra mile. [applause] >> i am very proud to be part of this program. as part of this, we will have 15

aninterns this summer. >> we are running out of time. >> thank you for leading this initiative. i was a founder and a veteran. my company -- over the next two years, we are going to create 300 jobs. for the summer, we will commit to creating 10 internships. [applause] >> thank you so much. right here. >> hello. i am the founder of a small da enim factory.

i brought my team here. my apprentice, my business guy. i am offering five internships that will graduate into jobs. >> excellent, excellent. >> good afternoon. i am also a member of the burgeoning tent seen here in san francisco. -- tech scene here in san francisco. we came today initially pledging three. but we will now double that to 6. [applause] >> how are you doing? we are benefiting greatly from all of the great innovation in the city. we will hire 250 bay area

youths. [applause] >> fantastic. >> we are representing air b &b. we have 10 paid internships this summer. >> 10 more. anymore? we are out of time, actually. anyone else before we conclude? yes, please. >> we have been a great beneficiary of the city's program. we have done a lot of hiring through good will come up san

francisco conservation -- and good will,, san francisco conservation. we are very small. with funding being stretched right now, we are happy to commit to one. >> we celebrate one, absolutely. we thank everyone who committed. if you can do more, please do more. we added 813 jobs in the room today. [applause] 2500. we have a little ways to go, so we can get there. tell your colleagues, tell folks in other companies. inspire them the way you have been inspired today. thank you so much for being here today. we will have a great summer because you were here today.

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>> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things.

you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me. and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared. [whistle]. we do a lot of investigations and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an

animal out of a horrible environment and feel good. >> where does this animal go after this? >> they go for the shots and then the kennel. >> and if they just found this, and once we enter everything in the computer and they can track to find out if the dog went back home. we hold them for five days. >> this is a stray dog and it came in today and we immobilize it and then put it in a room with food and water. >> and then evaluate for medical behavior and see if anyone is interested in adopting then. >> we want to be sure that their behavior is good for the

average adopter and not aggression problem, toward people or animals. >> and if they growl and don't bite the hand, she passes that. and good girl, in case she has something in her mouth, we get it out. and one more test, called the startle test and it startled hear but she came to me. and passed the handling test. >> for the mental exam i feel for lumps and bumps. and the ears and see if they are infected and look at the eyes and be sure they are clear and don't have cataracts and look at their teeth and heart.

this is the first job that i feel i make a dvrngs. -- difference. and we may do 40 to 80 animals a day for treatments. and do blood work and skin scrapings and cultures to diagnose different diseases. and x-rays, i can take an animal that would be euthanized at a different shelter and fix it and get it ready for a home. >> we have a partnership and we let a professional groomer run a private business from our facility and in turn grooms our shelter animals. what is the big deal of that? when someone comes to adopt an animal, if it looks good,

chances are it will be adopted more. >> and we groom and clean the ears and the works. >> typically a shelter wouldn't have grooming? >> not at all. and these dogs are treated with the utmot -- utmost care that others can't provide. this is a shampoo to bring out the luster. and i feel satisfied in helping the shelter pets be adopted and to be a part of such a wonderful staff, from the top all the way down. if she passes our evaluation, she will stay until she's adopted. if you are interested in adoption and don't want to put them to sleep, that means at a last resort, we will give you a call before putting to sleep.

you are not bound to the dog, and we would give you a call, and it's an actual adoption and cost $107 and it will be your dog. >> the volunteers to meet are the unsung heroes in this field that take the animals to hope and nurse them to get strong enough to come down and rehome. without volunteers, i would have to be honest to say this wouldn't be much more than a pound. we thank god that we have the number of committed people coming down and helping us out, it makes all the difference in the world. >> when you want to come in and volunteer, you go through a general orientation, about two hours. there is a lot of flexibility.

and the various programs available, are baseline dog walking. you can work with the cats. you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens. >> you always have an appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have? yes. and it's things that you learn, we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog

socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most adopters come to look in the afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with the animals?

>> unbelievable. from the guy that is came to the house and everyone here, they are friendly and knowledge believe and -- knowledgeable and they care about the animals. >> and it's a great place to visit and look at the animals and maybe fall in love and take one home. and look at our grooming program and volunteer program and many say, hey, this >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could

be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped