be some strategy in place that helps, i think, replete the number of personnel that we may be losing, but also benefits in the fact that these are san franciscans who would really like to work for the city and county of san francisco, who know the communities in which they would serve, and i think the long-term employees of the city, where they would be developing relationships that we all could, i think, benefit from. this legislation would also go before the school district, too, like other pieces of law that we have devised that had joint partnerships. there will be weighing in of those entities as well. ideally, what could happen is one example is it we had an academy in the san francisco unified school district or the police, similar to their police activities league, their pals,

the debt program, but it would actually be part of the unified school district where it could earn some credit, and as people who have earned credit may want to go on to city college where they have a well-known criminal justice program and burn their -- earn their aa and perhaps after that pursue a career in the police the bombing, that they would have to pass muster of all the clearances, psychological tasks, -- a career in the police department, that they would have to pass muster of all the clearances. that would then give them a leg up potentially, to somebody who has endeavored through high school and then through city college or whatever other secondary education they may have, post-secondary, in order to get in, that speaks loudly that this is a strong prospect of somebody who should be considered for potential of one. this legislation just helps unify from the different entities of city college, school

district, and the city and county, and colleagues, i would be more than happy to answer any questions if you would like. and i would just like to say that i have had very positive and constructive discussions with chief gascon and the police department and department of h.r. and the school district and those who run the police athletic league. very appreciative of their enthusiasm and optimism. the chief says he really liked this idea. he frankly was surprised san francisco does not have something in little more institutionalized. >> i agree with you again. 343. the police activity lead -- we just graduated 28 young men and women on friday, ages 13 to 18 that now will be intense in

both english side and bayview station. leadership skills, the goal attainment -- it was a fantastic class. it was a four-week academy where they learned a lot about themselves. again, we came from an environment where the explorer program is probably referencing exactly what you're talking about. each police station in los angeles had somewhere between 25 and 40 explores in each of those stations, leadership skills, and a lot of those explorers went on to beat full-time members of the police department. i think it is something that is severely needed here, and it is something i think can take a lot of discussion. it needs to be acted on. i concur with what you're saying. we lose people for retirement purposes. it would be nice to bring them in from the ground up at a younger age and to groom them in law enforcement if in fact that is what they desire to do for a career. i agree with you. that program needs to be propped up as soon as possible and needs

to start going out into the community, bringing the young men and women in to give them an opportunity, and at the end of the day, even if they do not join law enforcement, it is a career build a, a goal a tenor, and i think it does allow for the self-confidence, and it is a win-win, whether they joined the department or not. supervisor mirkarimi: i quite agree, and i again want to express my compliments with the police apartment. i think of that programming, but it has not blended into the city's institutional system in a way that i think it should get recognized and help that particular student final potentially towards a perspective career and the way that it may eyeless angeles or in other cities. >> most importantly, what it also does, once they are sent out to a particular district, with his men and women now are working administrative positions, they are doing certain things with in the building, quite frankly, that we

have sworn officers doing that it will not need to do and we can get more cops back out on the street. they serve a fantastic function as far as administrative is concerned, and they take upon a lot of responsibilities that would allow us to put more uniformed officers back on the streets, so it does pay dividend, even in the beginning, even if it were not a full-time employee. they are getting involved, and it does take some of the work load off of us and allow us to put more cops back on the street. >> -- supervisor mirkarimi: part of it is we are apprenticing people who know san francisco, who had a relationship to it based on their residency, but quite likely, on the generations of families who have been established here. that in and of itself can benefit the goal of community policing, something we have been talking a lot about. for community policing, i would say that this would be a primary strategy to bolstering that, but

also an antidote to the, what has been over the past few years, recruitment outside of the city, which has been growing quite a bit. >> i agree. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i do not know if there's anyone else hear from the police apartment. i see members here, and i do not know if they would like to speak as well, but thank you. i also see someone from the u.s. commission here. -- the youth commission here. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. we just wanted to articulate that the yout commissionh is very much in favor of this ordinance. it is exceedingly exciting. this is exceedingly common sense in our opinion. we support this for three reasons -- young people really want jobs.

in october 2009, some 9000 san francisco unified school district students who were surveyed, 84% of them said yes, they want job training and career preparation class is. second, and supervisor mirkarimi was speaking to this, what is unique about this ordinance is it tries to unify the san francisco unified school district's existing pathways and academies with the kind of p training kind ofal is doing -- the kinds of training that pal is doing here on a whole, they're very successful. i have a memo that speaks to how great pathways and academies are for high-school students. in big, comprehensive, public high schools, it is really important to have a cohort and

fellow students who have similar interests, similar passions, and the third pillar of our support is yes, community policing involves getting young people from san francisco's community, so thank you very much. i thank the committee, and we look forward to talking with the police department. thanks. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. i have no other primary speakers, so mr. chair, i would be more than having to turn over the public comment. supervisor chiu: public comment. mr. paulson. >> i want to say -- ♪ climb every work force mountain ford every stream until you find your academy dream , in every work force mountain ford every stream

soar in the sky fly and ford every stream until you find your dream ♪ supervisor chiu: thank you for always giving us the sound of music. any other public speakers on this topic? seeing none, public comment on this item is closed. supervisor mirkarimi: colleagues, i would love it if you certainly move this forward with recommendations. i see this ordinance just again institutionalizing what are some ongoing practices, but it focuses on the missing links of vocational training, and that is where i hope we endeavor to unify city and county with unified school district, city college, and ultimately speaking with hiring and recruiting practices in the public safety sector of our city to give our young people a chance to have a job with something that they

might seek, summer -- some real career potential, and i think the dividends are completely without any ceiling. supervisor chiu: thank you. i want to thank you for your leadership on this important topic and for moving forward what i think is a very good set of ideas for our young people and for work force development. colleagues, can we move this forward with recommendation? supervisor elsbernd: let me just say that i'm happy to vote for this order is because all this ordinance does is say, " apartments, ride a plan." there really is not much action. there is not really much to this or events at all, but to be clear, it suddenly, the plan turns into something else, i do not want this ordinance to be held over our head as some sort of unfunded mandate. that is a much broader addition, and that truly is the real discussion the needs to have to

implement this, the question of funding. anybody can have a plan written, but it is funding the plan. i just want to get it out now -- voting to have a plan does not mean voting to fund because inevitably, voting to find means defunding something else, and we need to have a discussion about budget priorities when we do that, so i'm happy to send along with recommendation, but be very clear -- in no way, does that mean i am ready to fund this -- in no way does that mean i'm ready to fund this. supervisor mirkarimi: that is fine in terms of the appetizer to the on trade. that is how we view this legislation. in the recruiting budgets, the police department, the fire department, etc., they would have to or we would then have to impose summary shifting -- impose some reshifting of dollars. this meant a lot of sense, which is why this is the first step in bringing together city and county -- in this case police department -- school district

and city college where funding may not necessarily be required but shared because of ongoing practices already, but make no mistake about it, if we really want to, i think, amplify this in a way that gets to the heart of shifting our recruitment strategies, then recruitment budget priorities will have to be reoriented. that is not what this legislation does, but do not be surprised if down the road we may come back with either or events or budgetary discussion -- with other ordinance or budgetary discussion. supervisor chiu: all the work done by the general fund departments are creating this plan, make sure it gets itemized. this would be new. this would absolutely qualified. if this is about the school district doing something, the school district should start paying a little bit more on their in-kind services. with that, why don't we move this item with recommendation to the full board? madam clerk, is there any more

business in front of this committee? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor chiu: thank you. with that, this meeting is adjourned. . >> forgot no. 2. silver is nothing. there is no having made it and so we beat foreman. i love the competition. . >> american made has really

taken it on themselves to green american cities. >> we have a new organizer for the city and county of san francisco. oh, mayor as well. yeah, that's part of the job description. yeah, mayor of san francisco. >> the city is extremely concerned about the emission of green house gasses and making san francisco a sustainable city. >> we need to find other ways to create energy without harm to the environment and this is one source. >> we have over 2 megawatts of solar on various city buildings. we are looking at tidal power and we're beginning to look at geothermal power. >> we're on the roof of the moscone center of san francisco and we have 2500 panels that power the center. >> here we are using real energy, energy from the sun, free energy from the sun coming in right here. this converts directly into

electricity. >> all these technologies cost money. they don't make economic sense. solar never made economic sense. bio fuels never made economic sense. it's when it was adopted that it started making sense. >> some of them have challenges, that take a long time to prove out, but there's no reason that the challenge of where we will get tomorrow's energy in the united states should not produce a very, very large. >> san francisco is unique in the united states because we serve our own power needs. >> the city of san francisco is well positioned in that we are perfectly located to take advantage of any renewable category. >> we tend to be the last one to figure it all out. it's real people that are saying, enough's enough. . >> the answer is going to be in

renewable. the sooner we do something about it, the easier it will be it resolve. >> we're not just talking about what a city can do, we're doing it. >> san francisco has set very aggressive goals for greening the city. >> i'm not just naively optimistic, i am pragmatically optimistic that we governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was

established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other

distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayor's part award? >> i am very grateful, moved. i always want to be in the company of illuminaries like cesar chavez. people making a difference, but to people's hearts. giving people a sense of tangible hope. one thing is to be famous, it is quite another for people to like you. i am grateful for this award. it is another blessing. i do not take it for granted. this is an incredible city. everywhere i go, i tell everyone

that this is the atlantis of today. there is no other city in the world -- i have been everywhere. there is nothing like san francisco. in fact, to me, it is not even the united states. you can see how fox network always attacks us. we do not have an inferiority complex. we just do not follow blindly. we question authority. as i said before, a person for person, there are more artists and con artists in the bay area. >> you are someone who has identified so strongly with the bay area. a lot of it reflects the values that you also identify with. i know that you have been promoting an idea for a work of

public art that could be pretty transformative. could you talk about that? >> peace brother is something that i saw, i think in the 1980's there was this lady. she started back there and converted -- she went to the neighborhood and was collecting the guns from some of the gang members. she had it melted and turned into angels. we want to do the same thing and take it to the next level we want to build a boom box by his feet, he will be 7 feet tall. this will be made up of military guns. the boom box will be playing some great songs. marvin gaye. john legenlennon. bob marley.

sam cooke. >> songs that really touch people deeply. >> i have come to a place where i call it the sound of maternity. bob dylan calls it eternal young. i think there are certain songs that help you live without fear. when you are living in fear, you invest in violence. fear is expensive, just ask president bush. inn love. and what marvin gaye says is true, war is not the answer, only love can conquer hate. these things are not cliches, they are truisms. if we implement them, you will see a transformation in the bay

area, richmond, oakland, the mission. all places where we need to dismantle the violence, the fear, the unnecessary pain that goes on. >> you are a person that has lived a pretty miraculous life. pretty extraordinary what you have accomplished, the range of people you have been able to touch with your music. you chose a beautiful word in spanish for your foundation -- miracle. could you talk about what the foundation has been able to do? >> we are able to empower and give young people a way for them to develop their own decisions. i started with my own vision. there are people like andre agassi who helped finance.

desmond tutu. in essence, in the bay area, like on larkin street, i want to see people invest more in people. i love the giants stadium, but i want to see cumins investing in a humans, instead of expensive. expensive buildings. i love to see the mayor and governor invest more in education than in incarcerations. so i am committed with the music and the platform that i have, if i have to, to give a little spanking to those who need to break up. we spend way too much on weapons. all the money that we spend on tv advertising, gears of war,

that is stupidity. in new zealand, they passed a law that said that you could not sell it. all those games about killing people. they do not want it. to me, i'd equate that with columbine, with war. once you desensitize a human being, you cannot tell the difference between shooting someone in a video game and a real person. some people can be gentle and kind. i can be ghetto when i want to be. i grew up with the black panthers doing peace and freedom benefits for them. so on the one hand i like the softness of spirituel the day, but i also like the energy that you need to be a warrior where

you need to be. i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground. compassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the grove to see other music.

you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in the way is me,

myself, my story. for me, that is why music is liberating. when you hear "imagine" anywhere in the world, people sang the lyrics. as soon as you hear the melody -- same thing with a bob marley song. i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson. mike alma mater was the streets of san francisco. i would dare to go to school. where i really hung out was at the fillmore. that was my university, checking out be the king, and james brown, a cream. finding out how they were able

to penetrate people's hearts. with their music. once you do that, something happens to their eyes. they become brighter. they start crying, they do not know why. they start dancing. it is like when a woman gives birth. =mmfirst, she cries and then she laughs. later on, she dances. and that, to me, is the beauty of what san francisco is about. >> one final question, and we are going to link it to your music today. such a rich legacy that you are giving us. you mentioned to me that you are working on a new album. could you share what is coming up? >> i love to dream when i am awake. kand so i had this dream of

working with india arie and yo- yo ma to do the george harrison saw; and "-- song. this is the definitive way to do this. we are all in it together, we do not leave anybody out. t conviction, i am one of the few people that you can recognize by one note. god gave me that universal tone, and that is what we want to implement in all the songs. thank you. >> carlos santana, thank you for accepting the 2010 mayor's part