get us moving on it. i want thank you very much. it is getting bigger every time we work on it. i know everybody here from the governor on down, we are working hard to make sure this is successful. from the event authority, from the work is that going on and the organizing committee, from our friend in the community. i know sofia is working hard with our communities to link them all up in the subcommittees, to the rest of our sprrs. supervisor mirkarimi: and ross mirkarimi and david chiu are here. we are putting our head to go in putting together this agreement. we have to prove there is going to be an increased economic activity as a result of this event, and there will be. there is going to be over $1

billion of economic activity. 8,800 new jobs, 700 of them for construction alone. that is the kind of economic activity that is going to be here. it is not just a great boating activity. all of the labor people here know it is going to be a great economic boost. the port knows that, the city knows that. our office of economic development knows that. that is why we are all here together. we want to make sure we do everything right. by the end of the year, people like ed risk and john and the planning commission will have the finley draft done. we are moving forward to make sure all of this gets put in place. i want to let you know that i am grateful. lieutenant grateful, willie brown, speaker perez, and i am very grateful, governor, for you signing this, because we do need that economic stimulus. this is our own stimulus. to do something for ourselves, for our region, for our city and ultimately for our state.

we've got to pull ourselves together for this event and show the rest of the world we do it right here. we begin around in november. did you know that america's cup, the races actually start in san diego in november? i'm looking forward to it because on november 9th, i am going to jump on that boat in san diego. thank you very much, everybody, no coming together. [applause] >> i will fill the void. i saw a mic. i don't see these very often these days. [laughter] let me welcome all of you back here. we have had many events, and it is wonderful to see everybody. i want to pay respects to mayor lee and his outstanding team he has organized. his challenge is evident, implementation. it is one thing to set something up, have the agreements, have the announcement with larry ellison and the team itself, but it is another to actually implement

it and make it real. he is doing an outstanding job in partnership with outstanding leaders here, no one more important than mark. he has put a public face on it and created a public interface between city hall and the citizens of san francisco that need to step in and help support our general fund by off setting some of the costs associated with putting it together. i see lucy, who is one of the first people we called after i called willie brown. the first thing you have to do is call willie brown to make sure are you are on the right path. he committed himself and understood immediately what this would mean for our state. i am very proud of his effort behind the scenes to steward

this bill along with so many others that are here. i congratulate you for your hard work in getting this bill on the desk. we thank the governor for signing the bill and doing it here in san francisco and highlighting again what is at stake. let me very briefly remind you what is at stake. we are in a state with close to 2.2 million people that are unemployed. second highest unemployment in the united states. if you look at the june numbers, we have counties in this state, 21 of them with unemployment norton of 15%. in imperial county, their unemployment went to 30.%. that is staggering. that is within our own state. that is not some place outside the border borders. that is the border of california. just like washington, d.c. doesn't create jobs. it is regions and city. you have to have a mac row

economic strategy and a micro economic strategy. in so many way, what we are sell brating here today is that kind of -- celebrating that kind of economic stimulus. actually, the $1 billion number in economic activity is modest. we want a baseline raw not overstated report. that report is important to look at. i keep reading this $1.2 billion figure. that was not in the report. this was a minimum of $1.3 almost $1.4 billion in this city and region. but $1.8 billion across the state and country. not just the 8,800 jobs in this city and region, but close to 12,000 jobs across our country. those are real numbers because the america's cup has been vetted in the past. they have done post economic analysis of what other host

cities have generated, and in every case they noted that their projections initially understated the ultimate realities of the race. so i have great confidence and expectations. not only are we going to see more of this activity out on the bay behind me, which has gotten more of your attention than my words, but also we are going to start seeing the region come together in a way the region needs to come together across the collective effort, organizing around this bid. i will just say one final thing. one of the great things about an effort like this is that everyone raising their game. so you have the direct benefit of the work we are going to be doing on the pier and port, but it is the other things we are doing, dusting off old plans that are now interesting again. even the folks at caltrans recognize they have a project they have to complete behind us by 2013 and put emphasis on making sure they hit their declines as well because they

want -- their declines as well, because they want to showcase that to the world. when you know all eyes are going to descend upon you, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to come in. those kinds of things go go to spirit and pride. it is that new sense of spirit and pride that define this effort and all the great work we are doing. i am grateful for this important moment and thankful to all of you that really were the inspiration and the driving force behind this effort in the first place. thank you. [applause] >> it is my great honor to introduce to you mayor brown. [laughter] >> governor, mr. mayor,

lieutenant governor, and mr. speaker, it was almost 30 years ago, i believe, when somebody first said something to me about the america's cup. it was somebody related to lucy . and it was because san francisco and the san francisco yacht club was going to sponsor a team. i had no idea what they were talking about, but i was speaker, and i couldn't admit that, and i paid close attention. because you see, instantly san diego stepped up, and dennis connors and his crowd really began to make the evidence of the america's cup totally and completely a reality and to make it possible. it obviously was a great success.

the state of california governor participated in that effort as well. so when mayor newsom called me and said we want to do something about making sure we get a real shot at the america's cup, and i want your involvement, i said what is it going to cost me. he said you don't worry about the cost. mark burel will pay for it. and i of course will volunteer any time mark is picking up the tab. so i became a part of that effort. it really is, as mayor newsom and the other speakers before me have so generously indicated, it is going to be a real shot in the arm for the series of economic development activities over the next three years or more. if that was not a reality, jim wouldn't be here.

there is no way he would bostonner to show up unless it was regional in every respect. he has abandon the city in terms of exclusivity. he is greater than that. and i am delighted to see that happen. i saw will travis out there. he reminded me that he defeated me once on something i wanted to do. i wanted to make a new airport runway. i know that alarms some people, but you wouldn't have a problem if you had done it. but he stopped it. but it has and it is a real spirit, and the business of making sure it happens. it works only because from the governor's leadership through the entire power operations in sacramento, to the local under ed lee, the process that david chiu and the board brings to

bear, it is a reality. i can't wait to see those huge boats. those things that can't go under the golden gate bridge. newsom is credible with facts and numbers. the only one he missed was the size of the boat and whether or not it can go under the bridge at low tide or high tide. the masts are so great, there is going to be some real question about whether or not they can actually get you said the bridge at certain times of day. i am told by lucy and others who are very familiar this will be the first time that people will really be able to watch in real life, and in real time, and not just on television an america's cup race. i anticipate, and i think we all should anticipate, governor, lieutenant governor, mr. mayor, and mr. speaker, that this is not the only time san francisco will have it.

we win it in 2013, and we keep it in perpetuity, and we keep on keeping it like it was one time kept on the east coast. that is the goal. because it then becomes an intimate part of the entire delivery system for all of california. i'm just delighted to be allowed to hang with mark and try to produce the resources that need to be done. i must tell you that my word are on behalf of a whole host of other people who follow mark's leadership. and in conversations with diane feinstein, she wanted you to know that she is equally as involved and as committed as any of us who are on the stage. thank you. [applause] >> i think that ends the program. we have heard a definitive statement of where we are going.

i think it is great, and i think we can keep it in perpetuity as long as we keep these political leaders in perpetuity. thank you. [applause]

>> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you

know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable

car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there.

>> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that

runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go

within our population there are people who simply do not have access to the internet, who do not have the means to access information the way that others have, and i think that it's really imperative for government to make sure that we play a role in closing that technological divide. so you have to strike that balance between maintaining that character, but also welcoming in the new people who bring their own -- >> absolutely. >> so i love that. i love that mix, that balance that comes with it. it's hard to strike the right balance, but -- >> it really is. >> but it's there. >> i was born in guatemala and came to this country as a kid. i was brought here by my parents. and essentially grew up in l.a. and then moved up to the bay area, where i went to college. i went to stanford. my background for the first few years out of school was a

practicing attorney. i worked for -- in the private sector for a number of years and then i went and worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general council of the school district here in san francisco, and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. [speaking spanish] >> i think that san francisco really represents the best that this country has to offer. it's a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and it's a place that not only

tolerates, but actually embraces diversity, a place that is very forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues. it always felt like home, and i felt that as a gala tino man that this -- gay la taken no man, that this is a place where i could be happy. now doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding experience. it is really remarkable how amazing our neighborhoods are, how amazing its people are. i have a progressive outlook in terms of how i see things, and by progressive i mean we have to make government and make the city work for everyone, and that means that it's not just those who are doing well, it's also those who are not doing so well, those who have the least. but it also means making sure that the city works for the middle class. >> good evening, everyone. good evening. thank you all for being here. and when we first got into office about two years ago, we started talking to the mayor's office of workforce and economic development and trying to figure out how we can help

different corridors within our district have a better sense of what that neighborhood should look like, what its main concerns and priorities should be and a strategy for the community. and that means business, residents and the city working together to make whatever that vision is a reality. ultimately if there is a guidance on how i approach government, i believe in good government, i believe in transparency, i believe in accountability, i believe in making sure that we follow best practices. i think that oftentimes transcends the left, the middle and the right. it goes beyond that. and that's why as a supervisor i focus so much on contracts and how the city spends its money, which is not traditionally a progressive issue.

but i believe that we have an obligation to make every penny count. thank you. [applause] we are still going through a very tough economic time. we are still not where we need to be in terms of job creation and economic development. so government, i think, has to work with a lot of different folks, not only the business community, but also the community groups to see how we can create economic development that works for every san franciscans. >> one of the topics is -- [inaudible] >> as a member of the police commission, i learned that the most effective policing is the policing where you have the police and the community working together. so you need training for the police officer who's already

there. it is important to have police officers on the street and having that police presence, but at the same time, there has to be a connection between the police and the community. so i think we're on the same page. you have to make sure that you create an atmosphere where people feel safe, and i think that to feel safe they have to feel like they're in partnership. i really believe that when you are blessed with the opportunities that this country gives you, that you have an obligation to give back. i really believe in public service. i could be in the private sector and make a lot of money, but i believe that i have a duty to try to make things better for other people and to pay back to a country that has given me so much.