but the anniversary of the great earthquake was remembered. >> i would like to ask for a minute of silence. >> let's have a moment of silence. >> they meet for the annual reflating ceremony. he was joined by winnie for an

afternoon celebration. we are here to commemorate all that it signifies. at each anniversary the leaders meet to prepare for the next great quake. bob welcome everybody to the anniversary.

i got to say, the mayor gets it done. gooa round of applause for our e chief's wife. you look terrific. do we have sydney close five? -- close by.

we will pass the microphone to the mayor for a couple of quick words. we have a fire chief and the police chief. >> good morning, everyone. 106 years since our earthquake. we do have a grandson?

she was with us in 2009. goopublic works is here. this reminds us of the 3000 people but passed away in 1906 from the devastating earthquake, but the rebirth of our city is with us.

i have been in all of these other positions where we are always prepared. and we are already engaged in recovery efforts. we were there with a whole staff. we have six we assure you that when the next big event happens, that water system will be there for us to deliver water with that 24 hours. a huge change from depending on this fountain. we are handing it off to generations of youth in the city to understand -- make sure they're prepared. go to our website, it tells you all the things there. iti is about having those items

prepared.w we will survive. that is how we get ready and celebrate and honor the people who left us and make sure our city is ready. thank you for being here. congratulations to our survivors. >> very nice job. behind me is a good friend and a great firechief. you go back 106 years. braxton morning. -- good morning. one of the survivors could not

be with us. those are amazing changes. it does give us the opportunity to remember what happened. we commemorate those who suffered losses in their lives and hardships. we also celebrate the city that was nearly swept from the map. the fires raged for three days and caused rates -- great devastation. we take the opportunity to educate everyone. it is a pleasure for me to work under the direction of mayor lee. he is a public safety championship. he is a prepared as champion. he lives it. i have seen his kids and his workplace. it is all about teamwork. i am proud to be working with chief suhr. and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here.

we appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it.

we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now.

[siren]

>> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all. there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give the countdown. as we hang the reece, i will give you a count here. have a look at me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1. ♪

[singing] ♪ ♪ >> a great day, everybody.

thank you. the san francisco chornicle. and the history association. and the neighborhood emergency response team. the american red cross. and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they?

>> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot find. the library has been here after great disasters. there has -- is a special book that won an award this year. here is the book. i downloaded it on my kindle. it can check out copies of the book mobile. nex>> thanks for being here. start walking slowly. welcome to san francisco, everyone. ♪

supervisor chu: good morning. my name is carmen chu and i want to welcome you to the district 4 in district 7 town hall on the budget. i am pleased to organize this alongside with the mayor. the big purpose is to be able to hear directly from you and get

your feedback about what you want to see in the budget. we have done this one year before in the same spot and had a different format, one where our department had spent all of time what they talked about and we did not hear from you, the community. today, we want to flip that and hear from you. we're going to have very brief comments and we will introduce the department heads in the room today. then we will launch right into the neighbor's presentation. with that, why don't i introduce my co-conspirator in this budget town hall. supervisor elsbernd: welcome to beautiful district 7. we are technically in district 7, so welcome. we want to keep these introductory remarks brief because we want to hear from you. this is your opportunity, one of

many. you are here today and we are here today, but from now through july, call us, e-mail us, we need to hear your input on what you want to see in this budget and don't think if you don't get it out today you will have more opportunities. carmen and i are excited we have the mayor here today. it is a real honor to have him out here and an honor for all of you to have your opportunity to speak to the person who between now and june 1 is crafting our budget and it is going to have the largest influence on what we see it in next year's budget. with that, the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. mayor lee: thank you, supervisors, and welcome to our zoo. i would like to think tonya peterson who is here. thank you for hosting us.

we are safe because the zoo director is here. it is great to be out here and we are enjoying the wonderful weather. this is the fourth of six budget town hall meetings we are holding all over the city and i want to thank both supervisors, and carmen has been at every single one of them. she will be helping the mayor to establish and craft to make the best decisions about are very complicated city budget. but i want to say that it begins, and the budget -- i was here last year when we had a lot of input from you and that in but did make a difference. we are listening very carefully. that is the only way i feel i and the board of supervisors can run this city well, is to listen to what the people in the neighborhoods and running small

businesses say, going out there and getting your input. i want to say thank you to all of the various department heads with us today because they have been spending their saturdays and weekday evenings with us as they listened very carefully. they have commissions and commissioners who are here today giving us input, so we will have a lot of input and i hope you feel your government is listening because that is the way we ought to be making sure the budget reflects the highest priorities of our cities. we know some of those things already. we want to keep this city safe and make sure it is solvent. these are things we talked about last year. because in the last year things have improved a little bit, i want to let you know we have a ways to go to get out of this deficit, but we are making progress. last year, when i was talking about that budget, our unemployment rate was at about

9.5% to about one year ago. today, it hovers around 8%. we're trying to get it below 8%. what that means is 17,300 people found jobs in our city. that is a very good starting and it is my strong intention to make sure more people find that it. 8% means there are 37,000 people still without jobs who are residents of san francisco. i will be working hard. jobs is my number one focus because jobs for youth, for people looking mitt careers, returning veterans, it would be really helpful if the city did everything it can to make sure there are jobs and all kinds of areas from tourism to the medical field to the technology field with which we are partnering up with in a lot of ways. in return, we get companies who

are succeeding a little bit better. they joined me this past friday with their school district, with our city college and other institutions to create a target of 5000 summer jobs for our kids. all of you should make sure you talk to the kids aged 16-24 this summer and get into the program. we are creating 5000 jobs for our city departments to have 2500 of them to private sectors like the zynga, at&t, bank of america, wells fargo, they are all making a commitment to hire and have paid internships the the summer. we're working hard with everyone to make sure the city is successful. we want to continue that. this year, we want to make sure you are involved and you know the way to find solutions is to innovate and make sure we are working in a public-private setting.

i want to make sure our city as a whole is investment friendly, that we create an investor confidence in our city. when we do that, as you realize, we are not getting more state funds. it is cutting all the time. governor brown and the state legislature cannot figure their way out to greater revenues except for tax proposals they are proposing. but in the meantime, they have been cutting a lot of programs. it all falls on the city and county, so we have to be an investment-friendly city and have a relationship with private industry to make sure we create jobs and get a better tax base. that is what i am working hard on doing and i hope you will let us know what you think is the most important thing we need to pay attention to in this budget. we will hold these budget

meetings and a lot of other meetings and hearings. the board of supervisors will hold a series of meetings. you have a lot of input and we will make sure it reflects the kinds of priorities you suggest for this year. thank you very much for spending this saturday morning in this lovely area of our town. [applause] supervisor chu: before we begin, i want to think a lot of the folks to help to make this possible. the volunteers, the mayor's office, the office of civic engagement doing translation service, the mayor's office on disability and media services and sfgtv. supervisor elsbernd: we have a number of the department heads. the ground rules are simple --

hopefully when you walked in, you sign din and the of a question, you have already filled out. we are going to alternate district for question, district 7 question. they will pull them out randomly. carmen or i will come to you when your name is called in to be the opportunity to ask your question. we would like to keep the question between two and three minutes and we will keep the responses brief. try not to ask a question that necessitates a 20 minute answer. anything we are unable to get to you, we will have your contact information and complete the answer if we do not do it today. but let's try to keep everything as respectful as we possibly can. supervisor chu: just quickly, can i ask the department representatives to please stand. if you could just say your name and department quickly. >> public works. >> city administrator.

>> child support services. >> mayors education adviser and chairing the budget committee for the school district. >> emergency management. >> department of public health. >> fire department. >> deputy chief from the san francisco fire department. >> housing authority. >> recreation and park department. >> public libraries. >> human services agency. >> department of aging and adult services. >> mayors house -- mayor's office of housing. >> mayor's office of disability. supervisor chu: we have a number of different presentations and our department heads are here to answer presentations -- to answer questions.

thank you for coming. we do have a number of presentations today. each of the presentations are from respectively district for and district 7. a few folks we wanted to come up and say some words on behalf of the neighborhood. first, we will begin with district 4 and a founding member of the friends of west sunset and has a lot of thoughts around family and recreation services. mayor lee: if anyone needs translation services, raise your hand and we will get to you. channel 2 is cantonese and channel one is russian. if anybody need to rethink our raise your hand and we will get to you. >> , longtime president of district 4, the sunset district. -- i would like to comment on how the city is putting effort into updating the playground and recreation areas, including the

west sunset playground. these areas are desperately needed to keep more families from xing san francisco. but more needs to be done to end this. this park located on a busy thoroughfare would be a positive sign for everyone that drives 19th avenue that the city is committed to keeping families within san francisco. once we update all of these areas, we must put the effort into programs and activities that will benefit the residents of these areas. only through these means will we be sending a positive, progressive sign to residents that the city is committed to keeping families in san francisco. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we give him a round of applause? [applause]

the next speaker is the president of the hour sunset merchants association. >> thank you. as the president of a small district business that runs from 19 to 27 avenue and irving street with 127 small businesses, we think things considered for this coming budget, including changes to the payroll tax, i would urge city government to consider the fact that investing in small business and allowing small businesses to flourish which is incredibly difficult in san francisco is something that needs to be given a lot of thought. small businesses in san francisco represent a lot of san francisco's individuality. an expression as much as a mural on the wall or a museum. it is how residents who live and

work your give you pieces of themselves that keep this place individual. that is why we do not have a ton of chain stores. the city also puts us at a competitive disadvantage by virtue of the additional fees and taxes we pay. we are at the mercy of being 15% to 20% higher priced across the bay etc.. i would like to point out because it i am also a city under myself. the problem is it is a little bit short-sighted the way the city spends its money. by spending money locally, by san francisco spending money here, you retained the sales tax and retain a larger portion of the revenue because money spent at local businesses purses large chains, 67% stay