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]

>> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a

declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had

to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly stopping these meetings as a politically active figure. doing everything they could to ground the campaign in domesticity. >> despite their efforts, the link made it tough whenever voters were in the big city.

a specialist in francisco. >> the problem with san francisco is that women's suffrage as an idea was associated. >> susan b. anthony joined the provision party. a deadly idea in san francisco. liquor was the foundation of the economy. and >> anything that touched on the possibility of prohibition was greatly and popular. >> the first campaign was a great effort, but not a success. >> the war was not over. less than one decade later, a graphic protests brought new life to the movement.

>> women's suffrage, the republican convention in oakland, this time it was the private sector response. 300 marched down the streets of the convention center. women were entitled to be here. >> joining together for another campaign. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club. if she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature.

the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised

women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an

exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it

would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.

>> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪

i have been working with them on the last two years on the award and the exhibitions. the book looks at the full scope of the awards they have sponsored. ♪ it has been important to understand the different shifts within the award program and how that is nearing what else is going on in the bay area. -- how that is mirror beiing wht else is going on in the bay area. ♪ there are artists from different generations sometimes approaching the same theme or subject matter in different

ways. they're artists looking at the history of landscape and later artists that are unsettling the history and looking at the history of conquests of nature. ♪ artists speak of what it means to have their work scene. often you are in the studio and do not have a sense of who is really seeing your work. seeing your own work at the institution have gone to for many years and has an international audience is getting the word out to a much larger community. ♪