in the shelters so they are paying a certain amount of money for each meal. i was told they only do 50 cents per meal at one shelter, and then the other thing, we need more conversation regarding the transgendered issue. there is a shelter that they just opened up. we need to do more to help the chronically homeless. they are taking up a lot of money. if we could just help them get into housing in the shelter system, that would open up more money. i they will need to talk about the changes system and possible upgrade, possible break down. i have a list of things that we should be considering an working on to make the whole system better. part of it starts at the shelter.

i just feel that was the foundation for the homeless to build a better life. there are other ways that it can be done, but i think we could start there. commissioner elsbernd: thank you. this item has been continued to call of the chair. there will be another public comment on it, and you can raise your points at that time. item 7. >> item 7. hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending november 23, 2012, to the shelter monitoring committee. there are three seats and 9 applicants. >> commissioner elsbernd: based on the crowd here, we may not make all the appointments because it does not look everyone is here. since you are here, we want to give you the opportunity. christian wilcox? simon martina's? -- martinez. >> good morning.

i am here for the shelter monitoring committee. i want to pursue the committee. i have been working for the past nine months. i do translations for the spanish speakers. i think i am a good asset for the community of sanfrancisco, for the city of san francisco, for people who are having issues with the shelter. commissioner elsbernd: you have submitted your application and said you qualify for seats1, 3, and 4. one of the requirements, you have been homeless and the past few years with a child? >> yes, i understand that. i do qualify. i have been up and down.

commissioner elsbernd: can you tell us the name of the organization to which you have been depriving direct services to homeless? >> with the committee on shelter monitoring. i work with mental health, under cultural competence, the department of health. commissioner elsbernd: one other question, your resume has an address that you live in oakland. or a petition says you live in san francisco. -- application says you live in san francisco. >> commissioner elsbernd: just need to know if we need to do a residency waiver for you. seat 4, you need to be nominated by a community agency. do you know who nominated you? >> yes, bernice. commissioner elsbernd: great,

thank you. >> thank you so much. commissioner elsbernd: kathy treggiari is not here. linda pettye is not here. mr. pitts. >> seat no. 1 has been vacant maybe a year and a half. although he might not necessarily have the proper credentials, it would be good if that seat was filled. the thing about it is, like i mentioned before, i did have five letters from different organizations regarding my work, regarding homelessness, homeless issues. some people say i have been combative.

i am definitely an impassioned. we should have services that work for the citizens that we are paying for. it should also help the homeless exit homelessness. i have done several things between the 10 meetings, feeding the poor and homeless, just a little bit of what i could. just to throw this out zero quick. i do not know if you have it. i did submit five letters. this is part of it. that is just one of them. this one is from several members

of the local homeless coordinating board. the other one is martin depores. commissioner elsbernd: we have that one. >> i do not think i submitted this one, but this one is from david beale. he came and spoke on my behalf as well. i think the thing that i do parlay his pontificate about myself. [laughter] i am here, i have a lot of new and innovative ideas as to how we can make this shelter system better. i think it is radically needed. i think you need somebody that has had my experience of at

least three years attending different meetings and being very vocal about how things could change and would be changed. i feel like i have studied a lot of the documents regarding it. i just really wonder if some of the other members have studied the documents, like the shelter training manual, the ordinance creating the shelter monitoring committee, the bylaws, the 10- year report on ending homelessness. i do have a certain amount of expertise regarding the shelter system. i definitely have read -- would you call it -- the round robin report. that is an important document as well. commissioner elsbernd: thank you, mr. pitts. i do not to deborah.

the elisabeth -- elizabeth. ramon lacayo. >> good morning. i was born in san francisco but i would move to nicaragua. i was there to help impoverished citizens to provide them free medicines. in 2005, i was the director of the campaign. i worked with the illiterate nicaraguan citizens. in 2008, and 2009, i became a public defender in nicaragua. now i am back in san francisco. i am eager to work with the homeless community. i have heard that -- i have learned that they need somebody to hear them, to make them feel that they are not just a bowl of soup. i want to also help the spanish

speakers, being a spanish speaker myself. i want to help in all i can with the san francisco homeless community. i am committed to finishing my term if appointed. any questions? commissioner elsbernd: you live outside of san francisco now? >> yes. commissioner elsbernd: mr. upshaw?no. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the matter is in our hands. commissioner farrell: as a matter of process, i would be open to either scenario. given that we have a lot of applicants and just a few people here, do we want to wait to hear from everyone to appoint folks, or do you want to take action today? there are probably problem with both. commissioner elsbernd: i suspect

there is some sort of communication breakdown because we only have three applicants here. it may do a disservice to the other applicants if we took action without giving everyone the opportunity. i am inclined to continue this item to the call of the chair and let supervisor king worked with the community to make sure that everyone gets an opportunity. >commissioner farrell: i support that. commissioner elsbernd: respectfully, thank you to eu3 who showed up. will be something that i remember. if you cannot make the next hearing, it is understandable. supervisor farrell and i will be able to attest to your presentations. supervisor kim also have an opportunity to review your testimony on line. out of a abundance of caution, i think it would be proper to make sure that everyone gets a fair shake. madam court, are there any more items to for the committee? >> there are not. commissioner elsbernd: this

committee is adjourned. >> thank you for coming. this is a culmination of a two- year journey being in stealth mode and finally you releasing our game to the world. i would like to address our ceo, jeffrey hunt. >> thank you, mr. mayor peter i am the ceo of title games. it is an honor to have you and everybody here today to welcome you to our new home. also, today is a very great day that we're celebrating, we closed our latest round of

financing of $10 million, which is an exciting milestone for our company. it is a startup founded on a simple principle that quality, creativity, and originality rules all. to us, quality and creativity is reflected in the art, technology, and the entertainment that we craft. our goal is nothing short of revolution many facebook games, but to achieve this, we require the right people and the right environment. when thinking about where to establish our headquarters, our top two concerns were the ability to find top talent and the desire to surround ourselves with like-minded companies. simply put, san francisco is the nexus of technology and creativity. creative individuals, be they engineers or artists, love living and working in san francisco. what is more to recruit --

recruiting talent from neighboring counties, let alone at countries, is an easy sell since working in san francisco is a lifelong dream for many people we want to be the next great technology success story for san francisco. san francisco deserves more companies like twitter, zynga, a pivotal last, companies that are high-paying at a time when other cities and countries are trying to reinvent themselves. other city in the world competes with san francisco when it comes to the people that live here. san francisco's vibrant and creative culture makes it the ideal environment for innovative start-ups like this. when you combine san francisco's people with the forward-thinking policies and efforts of mayor lee, there is simply no other choice for a company to call home. thank you very much for your time, mayor. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jeff.

now i would like to introduce edward hyatt from pivotal labs to migrate south for company, that will be moving into the building in [applause] a few] >> thank you in shatila for inviting me. we have just least the floor above this, the fifth floor, the whole floor, and we will move in in january. very exciting. we're currently in the bankrupt building over on market street. we have been there about four years. we're busting at the seams right now. there are about 85 employees in that office. about 150 worldwide. we have seen huge growth over the last two to four years. we were actually founded in san francisco in the late 1980's. we have helped hundreds of local clients, start-ups, small names and big names. we have seen this acceleration in growth in the tech seen in san francisco, especially south of market. we needed a bigger space to move into. the interesting thing about us

is that our growth depends on two things. one is enough clients locally to support the growth. in of tech startups. and the ability to hire quality people locally. we are our people as a consult the alleged insolvency. we have seen amazing growth in the tech industry. silicon valley has always been a great place to be. san francisco seems to have really taken off, especially in the local start-ups seecene over the last few years. it will continue to grow and will continue to exist for five plus years. in terms of hiring, i want to echo the previous statements about the quality of people that we find in san francisco. there is a war on talent with software developers. we continue to find amazing and motivated people. experience and passion you do not see anywhere else.

we're confident and comfortable in signing a long lease like this. we used to be in the flood building and then the bankrupt building. and now here. it is an obvious step in our evolution. we're very excited. thank you. [applause] >> thanks, at root canal i would like to introduce victor coleman, the ceo of hudson plaza the, the developer of this great building. >> thank you. good morning, and welcome. thank you, mr. mayor. as a landlord in san francisco, we're very active landlords. to sit here and have the ability to have time as tenants is pretty gratifying. we will see how the relationships go. but we hope we grow. we hope that we are attentive. i mean to have ideal tenants like this in our portfolio. we're active and aggressive in san francisco. we're a huge landlord now.

we believe it. it is only here in soma. we believe in the marketplace and the people. we believe that is why we're here. it is a great way marketplace. our portfolio expertise is throughout california. this is a place that we see the most amount of growth. when we have pivotal tenants like that that want to grow in our portfolio, and makes guys like us to have our day-to-day jobs pretty easy. the fact a san francisco today is seen the evolution of growth from social media, technology, media entertainment right here in our backyard is really a positive sign for the future growth of employment growth, development growth, and future successful companies coming here. hudson is that it is here for the long haul. we're proud to be the owner of this building and many others in the marketplace. we hope you continue longstanding relationships and bring your friends down here and these more space from us and our

properties. the mayor and i would be happy to see that happen. thank you very much. it is a pleasure. welcome to our property. [applause] >> before i entered as the mayor of our great city, a well-liked and let everyone know we will have a brief q&a following his grief talk. if you have questions regarding today's announcement, please feel free to ask. if you have questions regarding anything else, please save that for later. i would like to thank the mayor for coming to our office today. it was very exciting and a huge deal. it means a lot. our mayor, edward lee. >> thank you. [applause] thanks for being here. you know, jeff, what you're talking about, and edward and victor, this is a reconfirmation that our policy in san francisco is really working. almost on a weekly basis. we have another tech company coming in, taking up space, and creating jobs. our practice has been and our

policy in the city that -- has been that we want our tech companies to start here in san francisco, stay here, and to grow with us. we're growing those jobs tremendously. take the gaming company, for example. if you months ago, you were in 5000 square feet summer. here, your 33,000 square feet. you have 63 employees. in 18 months, is what i understand, in the next 18 months, you're going to grow from 63 employees to 185. that is exactly the type of growth that we need and want to have here. some of the other ones, whether it is play haven or pivotal labs or kiva, which will be able to see because they're knocking out walls already and doing stuff. it is kind of funny, because i was here about a year-and-a-half ago and my favorite pasta place

downstairs. we were actually looking at this space when the aquarium was going to relocate back to the academy. we were looking at this as a possibility for our medical examiner's office. because it had laboratories but ultimately, the determination was it was not enough space here. i am glad, because the location is absolutely perfect for technology companies. it is located very close to all the main thoroughfares. people can bike here. the have the public transportation. the have access right across the street to all of our large conventions when they're in town. it will be easy for them to access as well. i think the tech companies are becoming the largest conventions that we have in the city. it is one of will to see this here. this whole building is going to house some 93,000 square feet already with space up to 625 technology jobs right here in this building. i am excited about this building. but i will tell you, our real-

estate experts have told the city there's 40 additional technology companies looking for 1.9 million square feet of space right here in the city. that is equivalent to four trans america buildings put together. so we have in front of us a very big need, but it is one that we're glad to fill. i am so happy that we signaled it would companies like twitter and others that we are a willing city to accept our technology starters to start up here. and we will revamp the payroll tax, to make sure that as you grow, we're going to be job- inducing, rather than job- punishing. we signal that with the board. we signaled that we're willing to also get the exemption to companies that were just turning ipo to make sure we were not punishing their growth as well. these are reflective of the very business-friendly, very big incentive for investment into our city.

that is what the other cities need to learn. if you're going to get these jobs and of these companies here, you have got to be investment-friendly. you have to have policies reflect that. and you have to do the help that our of is that economic development is doing what hutton properties. working together to support not only the real estate part, but i know the technology companies want to focus on their business, focus on the development of their products. so the more help the the property and a real-estate companies can do by way of connecting them up with great spaces, spaces that can be interactive with the other companies, the more ingenuity their engineers are going to have. this is an exciting time. our policies are working, and i am excited that this is another example. next week, we will probably have another company name it -- moving in that we will get to announce enthusiastically. the social gaming irina, technology, those are the new jobs, along with bio life

sciences. they are the first -- they're the 21st century jobs. i'll be working hard with our educational institutions to get our work force is ready. part of my 16-point plan is to also allow people in their mid- career is to be able to learn the skills and make sure they take advantage of our city colleges and change what are underemployed now to new employment opportunities at the technology field will offer. we're doing everything we can to support this. you see the results here. i know that idle games and pivotal labs will stay here for a long time. there will be hiring great talent, and we are here to support them. thank you very much. [applause] >> as i said, if you have any questions pertaining to today's announcements for either the mayor, jeff, victor, or edward, please ask away. anyone, anyone?

do not be idle. [laughter] if not, i guess we will proceed with a tour of the office and check things out. thank you for coming, everyone. really appreciate it. >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political

issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take that time is containers and in the black sea to representation of a mexican guy wearing a sombrero and caring a somali horn. it struck me that these two large, very subversive complex cultures could be boiled down to such simple representations. chico and chang primarily looks at four topic areas. one of the man was is whose stories are being told and how.

one of the artisans in the show has created an amazing body of work working with young adults calling themselves the dreamers. another piece of the exhibition talks about whose stories of exhibition are actually being told. one artist created a magnificent sculpture that sits right in the center of the exhibition. >> these pieces are the physical manifestation of a narrative of a child in memory. an important family friend give us a dining table, very important, and we are excited about it. my little brother and i were 11, 14. we were realizing that they were kind of hand prints everywhere on the bottom where no one would really see, and it became this kind of a weakening of what child labor is.

it was almost like an exercise to show a stranger that feeling we had at that moment. >> the second thing the exhibition covers is how the allocation is defined, a great example on the theme, sculpture called mexicali culture. another bay area artist who has done residencies in china and also to what, mexico. where immigrant communities really helped define how businesses look of a business' sign age and interior decoration, her sculptural piece kind of mismatches the two communities together, creating this wonderful, fantastical future look at what the present is today. first topic is where we can see where the two communities are

intersecting and where they start colliding. teresa fernandez did a sculptural installation, utilizing the ubiquitous blue, white, and read patterns of a rayon bag that many communities used to transport laundry and laundromats to buy groceries and such. she created a little installation kind of mucking up the interior of a household, covering up as many objects that are familiar to the i and the fabric. fourth area of investigation that the exhibition looks at is the larger concerns of the asian and latin communities intersecting with popular cultur one best example -- when he's exemplified is what you see when you enter into the culture.

>> this piece refers to restaurants in tijuana. when you are driving, to speak chinese and you read chinese characters. you see these signs. i was trying to play with the idea of what you see and the direction you read. when you start mixing these different groups of people, different cultures, i like the idea. you can comment on somebody else's culture or someone else's understanding about culture. >> one of the hopes we have for visitors is that they go away taking a better understanding with the broadest and the breadth of issues impacting both the asian and latin communities here in california and how they spell out into the larger fabric of the communities we fabric of the communities we live and work in.