making sure as well that women can also get higher levels of employment in the construction trades. that's one thing the reports emn trades. that is one thing the report looked at. we need to look good veterans as well, veterans who are in need. the challenge is still ahead. i look forward to rolling up my sleeves and a working with the administration to make that happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. as you heard, supervisor of loews and merely talk about the city build students -- supervisor avalos and mayor lee talking about the city build students. we're proud to work on our construction project. i now next want to bring up to the stage jason chan, a current city billed student. this class is going to graduate in june. -- a current city build student. at this class will graduate in

june. [applause] good morning. thank you, mayor lee, office of workforce and economic development, and all the instructors and students who nominated me to speak on behalf of our program. i am truly thankful for all your support. my name is jason chan, a current city build academy student, my late 20's, a local resident of san francisco. for the past few years, i was down into my leg. economic crisis and a lack of work. i had lost my confidence and opportunity was simply not there. the situation made me feel that -- i only have myself to blame for the whole i am in. then i heard about the local hiring ordinance, the possibility of landing some stable work, and at the same time i learned about the city build program through my brother-in-law who is a former graduate of the program.

this program looked like the ticket to get into a good union jobs. my family was already working in construction, thought to myself, heck, i can use this program as a way to redeem myself and to build a brighter future. city build has helped to build my self-confidence. instructors truly care for us. most importantly, they're honest about our personal growth, development, and the construction trade. i also met a lot of peers who without this program, society would have given them out. people in met in double the people i met in this program i feel that they're the real everyday heroes. they are willing to work, rain or shine, in the most dangerous and backbreaking fields and make something out of themselves. i had never seen another program similar to this. heck, i wish i knew programs like this when i graduated from high school, when i was a

fumbling and declared in college. as much as people talk about the local hiring ordinance and how you have to hire that particular percentage of workers, city build should not be simply mandated in giving someone a job, but instead, to train someone for a lifetime career. this program simply does that. it creates opportunity for us. opened many doors to an industry that many san francisco and residents would not have dreamed of. we should grow and improve this program together, make is so it can be a model program to train our future and to show local bay area residents how to build and reinvented ourselves to maintain our glory years by the locals who live here. i would like to thank you, mayor ed lee and the committees

staff, local unions. we cannot thank you enough for your support. indeed mentor at city build academy helping me and my city build brothers and sisters, making dreams come true. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jason. next, i would like to bring up a member from local 261. as jason manchin, this city build academy is with our great pressure but local 261 -- as jason it mentions. we appreciate our working relationship with local 261 and dave. dave. >> thank you. first and foremost, i want to thank mayor lee for his leadership room and his commitment to providing opportunities to san francisco residence.

i want to thank the heads of departments. naomi kelly, mohammed nuru, supervisor avalos, for the ordinance that is in place now. that will provide the conduit for the job opportunities. i also want to acknowledge the students from city build i also want to congratulate my brother pat mulligan on his new appointment. with regards to the students of city build, i often go out there and speak before the class. i tell them what it takes to make it in this very competitive industry. you just heard from one of the students. you know, it is not just a job. it is a career. that is how they should think of it. that is what this academy provides, the skill set. i come from the rank-and-file. i wish they had an academy like this when i was out there. it does give you a heads up, a

competitive advantage. and again, it is and 18-week course. obviously they are here and i want to acknowledge their commitment and dedication to it. that is it. thank you. [applause] >> ok, thank you, everyone, for coming. we can open it up for a few questions. or maybe we will take some questions -- we will finish and we will take some questions on the side. thank you.

>> good afternoon. welcome to the cleantech ecosity. i am vice-president of defense that they cleantech group. when have a very special award. i would like to introduce the ceo of the cleantech group. >> thank you, everybody.

thank you for being out here. it is my great, great honor to be the guy who gets to give an award to make your end lee -- to make your -- mayor ed lee. the cleantech tracks a lot of data, and that points to the imprints of california and the importance of san francisco as the epicenter. for that reason, we choose to hold our annual lecture conference right here in san francisco each year. it is happening right behind you. to give you two hints as to what went into the data, 208 clean tech companies retract as top ones in our debt of us are here. of the cleantech 100 list, our top list of companies, 11, more than 10%, are located here in san francisco, more than any other city. we also are well-aware of all the different programs, from

green buildings to the climate program to everything else, so we are as honored as can be to say congratulations, and please join me at the podium, mayor ed lee. congratulations on this award. >> thank you. thank you very much, everyone coming out. it is my pleasure and enthusiastic banks -- thanks to this wonderful organization that has now been here for 10 years, helping us think through and plan and inc. lot more partners. i want to also recognize ford, there sustainability program that mike is here to talk through. i just sat in one of your cars be as enthusiastic. i have already told your cells per cent to talk to our fleet manager to make sure we get a few of those -- i tell your sales person to talk to our fleet manager to maturity of those on our fleet.

i think it is up for me to come back and visit the whole group, because every three months they are extending in our great city. i would like to see the next product that they have up there. but autodesk and ford are great partners today on this clean tech innovation we have in our city. to have so many companies gathering and then to announce this great award, the clean debt capital north america. this is a wonderful award for our city. it is not just the award we are enthusiastic about. i am in it is a bad -- enthusiastic about all the efforts in getting that award. there are so many people who put faith in our city. and i call it investor confidence, because that is what we really need to build, a new industry of investor confidence in the city that is really centered around our a very human thought here, and that is something that i think keeps the city so alive.

that is that we want to leave this world, no matter what we are in. i am in government right now. i know so many people in business and others, and we want to leave this city in the next generation better than what it is today. that is a goal. that is a goal that should hit every single industry in the city, from tourism to the medical field to all the clean tech industries we are inviting in. that if we can say to our generation and to my kids that i am going to use my time to make sure that every aspect of the city, whether it is waste, a compost recovery, or energy efficiency, or solar or business in itself, that we measure our self by how we have improved. and that takes a lot of effort. you know, when we're setting a goal that we want to be 80% below our 1990 levels by 2015

and today we're already at 12%, that means a lot of great effort. that means that when i get in my car every morning, even though it is a 7 volt now, right, at least i can say the first 35 miles are without a drop of oil. i am proud of that. i am proud of being part of that culture. the next step is to get to 100%. and it is my job as part of the investor confidence to make sure that we set the groundwork for the 100% electric vehicles so that we do not use a drop of oil. because, ultimately, that is going to save our planet, going to save our city. then we get into all the other industries, whether it is solar, energy efficiency, just the myriad of things we're doing with our utilities, and registering in every industry that we want to be the lead. so this award is earned every step of the way. and i will tell you, as a former public works director, i sat around the table with our

architects and engineers, and years ago i felt the enthusiasm they had when they said i am going back to school, a director. i am going back to school to earn a degree as an architect, as an engineer. i want to be a part of this great wonder, this direction we're heading in. that is why today we celebrate 35 million square feet of office space that is under some kind of lead certification in our city. that is a tremendous accomplishment for our city. that is also why i spend a lot of time saying that, not only am i enthusiastic about electric vehicles, but our whole public transit system operates from clean energy. that is why i will always say that those voices that suggest that we tear down hetch hetchy, they're not talking about where the cleanest hydroelectric power is derived from. it would not only the energizer

for our public transit system, which it is, and our public spaces like city hall is, but again power of electric vehicles that will be the next generation, even power up bicycles that have energy to get at those steep hills. that is going to be coming and forthcoming. we have a lot to celebrate about. as he said earlier, to, this award reflects and follows other awards we have. and the world council on green buildings gives us an award, gave us an award last year for being part of the greenest city buildings and greenest city building policy that we have in north america. that is well-deserved. we are the greenest city, according to siemens as well. that is another part of a great effort here today on this conference to see what next we can build in our economy that is part of the grain economy. 208 clan tech and investor firms

in our city is a wonderful accomplishment, one that supports our efforts here. we're going to do more on that. we're going to expand on our solar companies that are already here. and that is a great topic while we have the umbrellas out. our solar companies. because when we fill up the reservoir and at hetch hetchy power, we're going to also make sure that we're going to continue on this very wonderful theme we have about attracting some of the best-seller companies around the world to be here. with our own efforts, and china sf, we're going global. we have got five of the largest seller manufacturing companies located in san francisco. that is another accomplishment. they're coming here for a purpose. the one to be part of that culture. so i know that there is a lot of companies that have already established here in san francisco, and if you are thinking about whether you should locate here, let me offer you this other enticement.

you know, there is a great culture being here. there is talent. but there's also entrepreneurial and innovative in system -- ecosystems that we are creating here in san francisco. that is a great attraction to locate here in san francisco. you want to be part of the culture. foremost on my agenda as well. no company ever wants to be located in san francisco simply to be a san francisco company. they want to be here because there is a global and a bit of ever going on here, that when you launch a company here, you're going to be a budget access to global market that we want to develop here. that is why it is so enticing to be the mayor of san francisco at this time, because i want to create a global economy for all of our energy efficiency, our solar companies, our clean debt companies, all their investors. we're working as 18. we suggest to you to locate here because it will be part of a

global economy because we wanted continue establishing here. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, not only for the enthusiast them cover the very foundation we are creating, we have more to go, more to work with and put together. thank you for locating this wonderful conference here. [applause] >> thank you so much, and congratulations mayor lee. we have an award to give you. i have to get my apologies to joe and mike. in the excitement of mayor lee and the award, wanted to ask two important partners to make some remarks. joe is with autodesk, the most important design companies that are leading the charge in bringing designed to cleantech, an important partner bringing investment and incredibly important software to cleantech. a couple words from you. >> thank you. how about a hand of applause for our great mayor ed lee again?

[applause] thank you for standing in the rain and braving the weather to be with us today. it is a great event. i want to thank you for selling bringing it with us today. also to recognize all the great work being done by our mirror for his strong support of the double-byte our mayor for his strong support of the clean tech industry. rain or shine, this is a beautiful city. i think you all have to agree. i am is our you're standing under umbrellas. first, i would like to thank the cleantech forum for the opportunity and the privileged to share the stage here with the honorable mayor lee because many of you know, autodesk is a leader in 3d design, engineering entertainment software. our customers use our software to design, visualize, and simulate the ideas before they are ever built are created. autodesk is also a very strong supporter of the innovation and

the environmental advancement of clean technology pioneers. we provide them with world-class software so that these companies can help stimulate their ideas for the digital models and further tests. we have several cleantech partners with us here today you are participating in the ecocity. they include pine nobility, electron volt, springboard, by a diesel, and green light motors. our program supports clean tech companies worldwide throughout europe, north america, japan, and singapore. today, almost 50% of those companies are located in california, and over 50% of those companies are located right here in the san francisco bay area. it is clean tech innovators like these two are going to solve our greatest problems and who are going to great innovations that

we're going to need to solve our most complex environmental challenges. so we are deeply grateful to the great city of san francisco, and under the leadership of mayor lee, we're delivering the platform for the company's that thrive and also to continue with their innovation. so it is with a tremendous source of pride, not only personally but also on behalf of the 600 employees who work in san francisco and who call this great city their home, that i want to thank you, mayor lee, and also want to co-presented to you the cleantech award here in san francisco. [applause] >> mike, please come on up. >> thank you very much. i am the director of the gulf electrification infrastructure at ford. first of all, thank you for having us.

thank you, mayor lee, as well. >> thank you for your support. >> this a few brief words. first and foremost, the 35 miles or so, i know my goal is to make at 100 miles in terms of electric. hopefully that will be your next project. >> ford is available, right? exactly, there are drives available in the focus elector brighter their pickup we're happy to be here in the city of san francisco. happy for the award you are receiving today. the theme of today is global -- empower global partnerships. that especially rings true for ford. because we believe that partnerships are our way of getting the electrification and vehicle electrification to be successful. just a couple of examples. you may have heard of a company that is our partner for public infrastructure but in fact, many of our customers and cities receive free charging stations

through the program we have with that partner. in fact, the units that are in front of city san francisco, in front of city hall, are actually those units. the second partnership by wanted to mention is one i will be talking more about tomorrow. it is with sun power. this is a really need a partnership. not only can you drive 100% on electricity with our focus electric, but for a reasonable amount of money, you can actually put solar on your roof that has been sized for that big goal and can provide you with essentially frequent electricity for the next 25 years. essentially that is the warranty on the system. we're happy with the partnership. we think that the blend of sun power and solar and focus electorate can be a powerful combination. we have also partnered with other companies as well. and these companies are not just companies.

their electric utilities, municipalities, and they are ngo's as well, including cities like san francisco. i wanted to personally take this moment to applaud the city of san francisco for leading the way in electrification under mayor lee's leadership. and really, the last example i want to share is whenever i travel around the country, i use examples that i get from the city of san francisco as some of the ways they want to understand how they can become electrify -- what do they do? how do they do it? i use many examples from this great city. i wanted to applaud you again for that. we do have the focus electric. if you do have extensive empty water bottles, we take them over there. with a partnership, we recycle those. and the cloth seats in the focus electric are made out of that material. if you get a chance, come over and see that. and we had our gatecrashers -- we have our mobile app.

thank you. [applause] >> we do have an award. congratulations, mayor lee and the city of san francisco. [applause] >> i am rich with enterprise community partners. it is a little disconcerting to be surrounded by barbed wire.

[laughter] i was going to start by flipping a coin, but i figured only a portion of the audience would get the joke so i will not. i love the events like this. it is kind of a moment where there are no cost overruns, no change orders. there are no issues of tenants and property management. it is all wonderful. it is all a great project. i think we all need to -- it is a good idea to celebrate those moments as long as you possibly can. let me do my quick ad for enterprise. what are the largest investor in affordable housing in san francisco, the bay area, and california. we have $250 million invested within half a mile of this site. to invest particularly in the nonprofit developers and special needs of housing. it is a very much to what we

feel we want to do and to our mission. that is very important to us. we have worked with chp and bridge many times. we're very proud to be part of it. i tried to think of what i was going to say on my way over here. in my cultural and religious tradition, passover is coming up this week. there is a traditional story of elijah. many of you know the story, and no a different version of it. you can come up to maine later and say that is not the story. the story is that he lied to the profit will come back once every generation -- that elijah will come back once every generation as a poor man and see how he is treated. if he is treated well and society has reached that point, we all get redemption.

it is a wonderful story to think that everyone you meet could be elijah and you need to treat them with respect. my thought was that if the elijah were here today, he would be very happy. maybe we would all get redemption. who knows? affordable housing is very difficult to do in california and getting more difficult. any group that is able to do housing like we will have here is my hero. we put in millions of dollars into projects, but the true heroes of the projects are the developers, project managers, directors, property managers. there are tax issues, property management issues. investors and lenders, we all have 18-page checklist to close the deal. subsidies are very difficult real-estate deals. they take the sophistication beyond most real-estate

developers. on top of that, they come to the board with passion and commitment, patience and courage that is unheard of. we are proud to be a small part of this. we congratulate you for a fantastic project. thank you. [applause] >> i am representing wells fargo bank. wells fargo believes in affordable housing and making sure they invest in the communities in which they have a presence. they have both here in san francisco. that is part of the reason we are participating in this project. more importantly, the city, the redevelopment agency, and chp allow us to participate in the project. this project would never happen without incredible leadership that occurs at the city level. the mayor's office of housing and redevelopment agency have

the foresight to say supported housing for people who might not otherwise be able to live in this wonderfully developing neighborhood -- it is because of their support that this is occurring. that is sort of an only in san francisco. i congratulate the city government for doing that. for a bank, is tough to find borrowers you feel, but it will take something to a conclusion. bridge is a wonderful non-profit developer. we have done many projects with them. they have great expertise in construction. chp is a wonderful organization. they serve a population that is particularly challenging. they do a great job of it. we are very pleased to participate with them. i do need to mention our partner in providing the construction financing is silicon valley bank. donna kelley is here. they worked with the federal home loan bank