we will have economic hurts sometimes in the city. that's how we get people to work. that's how we keep them busy. that's how we keep their future prospects of being in the city alive. i know about the census. i know what people are leaving the city. i understand why -- we did not do this earlier. we did not catch all the gaps that we have. things are changing. they are changing today. we are beginning right now. we have begun. we have already implemented a lot of this, even on projects that we have caught already. we have passed those departments to make sure the spirit is already in place so they can take advantage of a ready work force and take advantage of the intelligence and training that we are doing with all of our contractors. we will have great contractors working with us. i know manny is here on behalf

of many other contractors. there will be a whole contracting family that knows how to do this well. the warning goes out to those contractors that do not know how -- be ready. we do not want you making mistakes. we cannot afford the gaps. we cannot afford any gaps, ok. you have me here at the helm. we are ready. march 25 is coming. we will implement this in every project -- i think it is over $400,000, but we will catch the smaller ones, as well. we are doing the right thing. i want to thank everybody for not only listening to my long speech, but also understand in the spirit and the law that we now have in the city. thank you very much. [applause]

>> next, i would like to introduce supervisor avalos. he led the way to foster this ground-breaking legislation to strengthen local hiring, addressing high unemployment, and boosting our local economy. thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: good morning. good afternoon. it's great to be here. mayor lee, you are speaking my language. it's wonderful to hear. i'm excited about where we are right now. we passed legislation late december. became law. that was only the first guard. we had to move all of our state departments to work together to make sure that we had an implementation for local hire that was going to work and trickled down to the community level.

being here today at the playground in hearing the children's voices at a playground where i've played ball -- i always thought that this would be about creating big, municipal buildings, big monuments. we know that it trickles down to the neighborhood level. there are probably people in the city build classical have been to this park as children and to have taken their kids to this park. they may be part of the work that is constructed here. they will come afterwards and use the facilities they built with their own hands. local people, local impact, local benefits. that's the spirit of this legislation. it's wonderful to see and it gives me great hope for what we can do for this city if we put our hearts and minds together. under mayor lee's administration, too senile me

kelly pulling together our city departments, the office of labor standards enforcement, the puc, the mta, to work closely with contractors, to work with the city build group -- that's the kind of work we need to see the real implementation of a local higher. i'm very hopeful. i feel very confident we will have very meaningful experiences for all the parties involved, from the workers looking for work to the contractors will be building, to the city departments to make sure we have the best services that we can have in san francisco. i'm so gratified and exciting we are doing this right. i look forward to all the folks continuing to work on this effort in the years to come. thank you very much. [applause] >> next, i would like to introduce supervisor campos.

supervisor campos: thank you. good afternoon. i will be brief. welcome to district 9. makes sense that this amazing project would happen here. thank you, mayor lee, for making this a priority. from the beginning, you made it clear that this was at the top of your list. thank you, supervisor avalos, for your amazing work. thank you to the community partners. thank you for labor for working to make this happen. thank you very much. i do not think you came here to listen to politicians give speeches. the one thing i will say, this is more than just about job creation. this is a public safety issue. in my view, we recently saw in the mission a lot of violence happening. unfortunately, a lot of gang

activity. there's a role for the police to play in that. one of the things that i hear, this concept that nothing stops a bullet quicker than a job. some people want job opportunities. this is what this legislation does. it gives so many people of san francisco who did not have those opportunities the ability to put food on the table. they're unemployed, not because we havdo not have the talent -- they are the best work force in the world. we disney the opportunity to make that happen. thank you, mayor lee. thank you. [applause] >> next, the general manager for the recreation and parks department. [applause] >> hi, everybody. i will also be brief. i just wanted to welcome you here. the ground to stand on right

now will soon be a brand new playground where the children to our right will be able to laugh and engage in joyous place. thank you, mayor lee, supervisor avalos, supervisor campos. we're proud to be one of the first projects out of the chute. we have a $13 million renovation plan that will include 3000 additional square feet on the left of this building. there will be some indoor- outdoor space where people can get out of the sun. we will have a brand new soccer, football, and lacrosse field to your left and to my right and a beautiful new basketball courts. the project will also include a lot of improvements to our ada

accessibility. we will have solar panels on the roof. it's a been tested project. we're thrilled and prowl that we will be able to hire some of resistance -- then we will be able to hire a san franciscans. our department has worked very hard to make sure we're giving them every opportunity to work. this past summer, we hired over 100 local people as part of our jobs now stimulus program. during the summer, we will hire 100 local children to help us with our summer camps and summer programs. we are absolutely joyed to be a part of this program. we want to thank the city family and the city community and everybody was a part of this legislation for allowing us to be one of the first projects out of the chute. thank you very much.

[applause] >> next, i would like to introduce manny flores, the representative for carpenters' local 22. >> ok. i will be brief. you heard the mayor and he said it all. this has to work. what is really important for these kids and these san francisco residents is the training. that's what the carpenters' union has. we have our apprenticeship program. it's very important to make this work and it will work. bring on these jobs. we will put them to work and we will train them. thank you. thank you very much. congratulations. [applause] >> i would like to introduce michael, a current student at the city build academy.

he first heard about city billed through add. he found himself unemployed during the -- he grew up houses away from this family. he knows the family well and often frequented this park while growing up. michael. [applause] >> thank you, everyone, for coming out this afternoon. i'm proud to be chosen to speak for my fellow students at city build. about two years ago when i lost my job, there was no hope. i was looking for work. i was having doors slammed in my face. i've educated. i'm a veteran. i have a strong back and i will work hard. i could not find a job. my spirits were low and i found myself getting food stamps.

i ran into judy and mindy. ronny told me about city build. the more i read about it, the more i thought it was a fit for me. my grandfather taught me how to use tools. i used tools old-school way, no motors. i've never been on a construction site. what i'm learning now at city build is not going to give me a job. it's like to give me a future. it's going to give me a career. [applause] they have been referred to as children, these kids back here. they have the enthusiasm of kids. they are excited about this. our youngest is 19. i'm not the oldest student did we have a student who is 53 he has a strong back and he kicks my buck -- who is 50. he has a strong back. i want to thank mayor lee for

continuing to support and fund this program. this program is 6 years old. we are in our 12 rotation. to date, city build has graduated 490 students. they have been placed in the 26 trades in san francisco. when these students are graduates, they are your future plumbers, electricians, painters, carpenters, laborers. they are going to build san francisco. that is what you see behind me, my brothers and sisters in the labor union. [applause] we will build your trans bay terminal. we will build your branch. we will seismically retrofit your fire houses. we will build this playground. why? because of this legislation. what it means to us -- it directly affects us. we now have a better chance of getting a job. there's light at the end of the

tunnel for us. each year -- excuse me. 20% of every city funded project, 20% has to be filled with san francisco residents. each year, that goes up by 5%. by 2017, every project funded by san francisco -- 50% of them will be san francisco residents. we will build a future san francisco. this is san francisco's future. why? because we are residents of san francisco. we are proud to be from the city by the bay. we are city build and that is what we do. [applause] >> thank you, michael. any questions?

>> you mentioned the central subway project. there's been a lot of data on whether the local hiring ordinance will apply to that project. can you explain how we can get locals to work on the project? >> good afternoon. i'm the executive director of the san francisco mta. currently, there is a policy with federally funded projects that you cannot encumber them with local hiring ordinances'. however, we are in the process of talking with the federal transit administration. if you look at our cities across the country, we're all facing these challenges in terms of creating jobs in this down economy. we're looking at opportunities on how we can use federal dollars to support the local hiring ordinances. it's not clear from the fta as to their position at this juncture. i know my colleagues, as long as myself, will be in d.c. next

week. i have a meeting with the fta administrator on wednesday. i will be talking to him directly as it relates to central subway and this local ordinance. >> [inaudible] >> let me say this. this is common throughout all federally funded projects. we've always had a provision that says that we will implement all of our local laws to the extent they do not violate any federal rules and regulations. it's as simple as that. what we are trying to do is make sure that the feds understand what we're trying to do. there are a lot of provisions. when we crafted this local hiring ordinance with the board -- there's a lot of flexibility. you have to look at the language. the flexibility allows us to work on federal contracts without conflict. there are many aspects of this, whether it is our reach, whether

it is educating the family of contractors to use city build, to look at where the work force is coming from -- a lot of those aspects will result -- they will get jobs to our local residents. >> thank you to everyone for attending the press conference today on local hire. there's an opportunity to talk to some of us afterwards. thank you for coming. [applause]

>> good morning, everybody.

i thank you for attending this, i wanted to share with you what my supervisor -- and thank you very much for being here. thank you, everybody, for joining on this occasion where i get to reappoint some very valuable citizens of san francisco who are sacrificing some very good personal time. i know what sacrifice and personal time is. i can understand that now. we have six wonderful people that are going back on five of our very important commissions today. i wanted to begin by introducing a longtime member of our commission. thank you for taking out this job again. george has been a friend for many years. he has also been a friend of this commission for quite some years. he has been practicing law since

1960. you have been serving in a number of capacities including the american cancer society, the co-chair of the cherry blossom festival. the citizens league, trusties of the world affairs council. the japanese chamber of commerce as well as the leader of citizens -- citizzends leagu -- citizens league. you have also been part of our great cultural fabric including playing the piano and being able to do the j-town jazz ensemble. the key for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget. -- thank you for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget.

i know you came from michigan, we both came from snow. he moved here and you have been here since. you own your own gallery, and you have been housed in a number of contemporary art there as well. you have been working with our hardest locally -- at ranging from local to international. from working with yoko ono, it has been wonderful. you have been placing women in the spotlight. it has been a great value to us. the overall mission is to enrich the community with special projects and events. you have been a wonderful participant in our commission on

aging. you have been there since 2007. your appointment this year has just reflected the wonderful level of service to us. to a master of arts, chair of the african american partnership. it is a wonderful back drop. i know the will continue to be important to the backdrop on aging. sonya, i have known you since you have headed the hispanic pages. being on a health commissioned,

at st. francis memorial hospital, you continue to work as a part-time worker. you have been a share of the laguna honda hospitals joint conference committee as well. you have been serving on the commission since 2008. it will be heavily bras with financial constraints. -- barraged with financial constraints. you have had a long history of working with the city since the willie brown days. you have been part of public health, a focus on universal health care.

you have been working with them for those years, working with the foundation. your also pointed on the health commission since 2008. we need you and your expertise to try to close the gap. i want to thank you for stepping up and being part of this administration. this is your first reappointment to the commission. we need the services of lawyers. you have been a very good lawyer at the time. you are a member of the firm.

you have expensive -- extensive experience. if i have to use that service, you know i am in trouble. we talked about my desire to make sure the families are well represented. you contributed to that dialogue and dii want to thank all of you for coming out today for joining us as well. and with that, let us proceed to the official of that i have not yet memorized. if you would all stand and raise your right hand with me, if he would repeat your name, at the

end, we will go through and announced the commissions they will be participating on. i do solemnly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states in the constitution of the state of california. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely and without any mental reservation or purpose of

evasion. and the duties that i am about to enter, [unintelligible] for the city and county of san francisco. thank you and congratulations. [applause]