it would not be appropriate for me to put them into the public record, but we can reasonably expect in-public response from 140 van ness. i've been like to see a table today, but if it is not turned down by the board of supervisors tomorrow, but it is reasonable to ask people about vested interests. the answer always comes back as a note. also, the contract year is very slippery. as it now stands, this contract will be administered by kit -- administered by caltrans. it may be permissible to go beyond 20 by 60, but this

contract, i have been after the billboard industry for years and stranger things have happened. alerting the system to digital -- digital billboards. this is just a flavor of the type of pressure is behind there. if it will be 20 x 60, it should read that way. the city stands to make a lot more money if illumination is somehow permitted through our local procedures. there will not be a lot of worry over the relocation permit process, when all of a sudden you thought you did not sign anything, but we have. i did not want to go beyond my allotted time to indicate that

this is contrary to broader policy perspectives, including the change in zoning, which the mct3 designation restrict billboards -- sorry, 300 square feet on a relocation permit. this sign is four times that size. say no to this contract. supervisor olague: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am the city planner and also a board member of san francisco beautiful. i am here on behalf of san francisco beautiful board members. there are extensive and i will try to fit them into a few minutes.

and we are not opposed to the contracts such as this one. however, we are challenging the direct conflict occurring, including police in a rezoning, as mentioned. also the policies established by cac. i would like to invest in a wonderful mix use development next door, but you never know. we are not challenging the legality of these efforts at all. 10 years ago in march, 79% of the people of san francisco approved the sponsor of the initiative, which prohibits new billboards on private property. but i understand this is public property. november of 2009, voters approved the disallowance of any

new buildings on public property, deciding that other goals superseded additional billboards. this building houses the planning department. it is sad to see a degraded, as it produces likely miniscule revenue while disparaging the use is proposed under the octavia market plan. this building will be exudes civic pride, and does, and should, as it has a unique set the place and undoubtedly the planning department neighborhood, with development staff, we certainly hope so. we urge you to vote against the billboard contracts. thank you very much. >> i am a private citizen.

where does it end? do you have a list of every single public building that is not a landmark that could have this type of billboard on that? not only city buildings, but school district buildings. are we setting an unfortunate precedent? there was a scrap about five, six, seven years ago when there was a billboard that showed up on permitted just north of the planning department on the other side of otis street. it took forever to get it down. it was very controversial and was kind of an embarrassment, for this to be the planning department, the planning department, which regulates signs, or is supposed to regulate signs, and that is some reason to excuse them. this is going to be a very lucrative political billboard.

which supervisors will take this site. i put that out to you, because that is the real world market street has some political billboards. there is a little bit of -- ok, this is a billboard, but it is political as well, potentially. i do not think we should sell our birthright on public buildings for this kind of stuff. we have a revenue problem? when does it end? of what is the justification for saying that every school that is not a landmark can have billboards? i do not think it you can draw the line if you do not draw it here. this is the planning department, folks. thank you. supervisor cohen: any other members of the public it would like to comment? seeing no other members, public comment is closed. colleagues?

>> -- supervisor chiu: -- supervisor olague: i would like to ask a question. 20 by 60, is that written in or not? >> i would have to refer to the size of the contract. >> and leased premises is the side facing the wall. it is 99 feet by 28 feet. regulatory sizing is 20 by 60. we could choose to amend -- at a minimum i would like to -- there is a proprietary interest. >> one way to ask that. >> ideally, i would like to see more public process, where we would have input from the market octavia group, who spent so much time gauging in planning in this part of the city recently. but based on where we are in the

conversation right now, at minimum i would like to see an amendment that specifies that. but i think that this is an important conversation that highlights the fact that the devil is in the details. but it would appear that we will be caught up in this situation and at some point we can hopefully have a conversation about what the city can do to regulate some of the billboard activity that goes on on publicly owned land. i would like to thank for this being brought to attention. supervisor cohen: thank you. is there a motion to move this? supervisor wiener may make a comment. supervisor wiener: as i said last time, i do not take a

categorical view on billboards. i am supported in some situations, not so much in others. i am supportive of advertisements in public property on some places, not others. to me it is a case by case situation. i have every confidence that the department struck the best deal it could. i know that there was a process and i know that the economy is bad. i know that we only allow limited signs, said there is a variety of reasons why the pricing has been reduced from one quarter of a million dollars to $63,000. i am assuming that the department could, and i know that there are reasons in terms of cost to the billboard company, and so forth, that absolutely makes sense and justifies the price from a market cents.

the question for us is not whether this was the best deal we could strike, or whether it is a rational pricing, but if it is the best price we could get, is it good enough given the countervailing situation? that is something that i struggle with. though it is not in the big scheme of things a lot of money. i continue to have concerns, but i do believe that we should forward this to the whole board without recommendation. that is my motion. supervisor olague: ivan like to amend the contract, if you're willing, tuesday 20 x 60. >> what can we do and what can

we not do? >> the board does not have the authority to make an amendment. the parties could agree with you. supervisor olague: thank you for that. i would support no recommendation also. supervisor cohen: so moved. madam clerk, are there any other items? >> there are no further items. supervisor cohen: thank you. all right, ladies and gentlemen. this meeting is adjourned.

>> thank you very much for that kind of deduction. good morning, everyone. i want to thank john, wade, steve, and the entire chamber for the invitation to address you. i know i am the last speaker, and after that panel i am eager to have to go back to work. sarah, thank you.

cady, and george, very appreciative of the dialogue. as you can tell, when you hear about all of that, i could spend hours going through all of the tech companies what they are trying to do. ultimately, it is about job creation, and i get excited about that. it does keep me getting up very early, murder this of how i get there. if i can create one job every day for somebody here in san francisco, that will satisfy me greatly. guess what? there are hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake. i will continue to make this my mantra because i think it is the right thing to do for a great city. i want to also acknowledge the members of the board of supervisors here today. they were announced earlier. we all work as a team and it has never been about the mayor, him or herself, and i have learned that working in concert with the

board that we have clear tones of communication, making sure that we speak more and more in the language that is important for this city. language and policies and ideas that create investor confidence in this city. that is what i have been talking about more and more. we have got to have a city that is investment-confident, that one -- that one does not have doubt. if it is your family, small business, someone joining another one's business, we have got to have that level of confidence to see things through for you, so your investment is one that is positively welcome, taking care of, and prosperous. that is how we get to the theme of today's breakfast of prosperity and sharing of that prosperity. i want to take a moment to thank my friend john. he has been at the helm of the

chamber for the past few years. he has been an important aspect of the work that i have done over the years. as you know, i started at the human rights commission and then i went to purchasing, which was the most fun i have had. who could not have fun buying a billion dollars in supplies every year? then the former mayor brown gave me the heart to work in public works, engage in conversations with everyone about what was wrong with our streets and making them right. it was in that toughest job that i had that i have a lifelong friends, people who care enough about the city that picking up somebody else's trash is nothing when you can work together and dream about how better the city can become. i want to recognize john because

he is one of those few people who i can properly engage in trash talk and still talk about the city in a positive way. thank you, john, for your wonderful service. [applause] when i came to all of you a year ago, san francisco's on the planet rate was 9.5%. we just heard a fantastic presentation by j.p. morgan and their analyst as to how we come about in making that change. at the time, we faced a $380 million budget deficit, and we were struggling on how to meet the increasing cost of our pension and health-care obligations. remember that discussion about our pension? we have come a long way. it is not even mentioned anymore but it is still prevalent, and so are our health-care obligations. one year later, our city, the supervisors, mayor, elected

officials have all come together with the help of great city department leaders that are also here today doing everything we can to make sure that we tackle the pension issues and make sure that our budget is balanced. more importantly, we put people back to work. that is the most important thing all of us have joined together in doing. in the last 12 months, guess what we have done? we created jobs for an additional 17,300 san franciscans, bringing our unemployment rate down from 9.5% to 7.6%. that is in just one year. thank you for your help on the [applause] at. -- for your help on that. [applause] two weeks ago, we got another piece of positive information, news on the economy. our revenues became $129 million

in greater, than projected in the first six months of the fiscal year. that is wonderful data for san francisco because, guess what? for some years now, it has been deficit, deficit, deficit, no increase, no revenue, and all of you know how wonderfully negative that discussion has always been. now we have some positive light. i stand before you today, just a year in office, in my first year as mayor, to say that the economic recovery is under way, it is a real, and economic policies and strategies we have pursued are working, and they are working well. our city could not do this

without the partnerships of many of you who are here today. san francisco is back on track and but we must stay the course. what i mean is, even though our revenues have surged from the economic growth that our tech companies have provided, a traditional companies that have been here for so many years. by the way, let me do this. i have been known as the attack may year -- tech mayor. how one thing that i have come here with, puget you have always been excited for the city. we come to you. you helped us on a tremendous number of thing last year. i want to thank all the members of the chamber as well. whether it is a wells fargo, a pg&e, recology, the numerous

sponsors that continue to come here, you have been part of the life blood as we welcome in the clean technology and biotech. you want to make sure that we are growing a family steeped in tradition of people that love this city, that love every neighborhood, and who have experienced all the great positive dialogue, but have also been concern about negative dialogue, sharing in every aspect of the city has. i know many of you have joined with me some weeks ago when we celebrated the 50 years of tony bennett and his wonderful song. we have much more to celebrate in the coming years. i hope you all join the chamber in making sure that we share this prosperity. having said that, knowing that our economy is improving, i want to make sure you know i will be

at the home with the board, making sure we are not tempted to return to spending habits and short-term choices that got us into trouble in the first place. we have two-year budgets, a renewed sense of obligation and responsibility, talking about our infrastructure, things that allow our tech companies to be successful. we have to solve some serious transportation issues in the city, and that is why at risk in and i spend hours saturday morning at a technology hackathon. not trying to create a new application but try to solve some traditional problems with our taxis, making sure that someone can get a taxi, rather than waiting in being frustrated, another aspect of our transportation issue that we would try to get solutions to. more than ever, we have to double down on reform, on

innovation, an investment. that is why i will continue to announce we are the innovation center for the whole world, right here in san francisco. soon enough, there will be cited to reflect that in the city. we had to break with some traditional things from announcing that in the most broadway, letting everyone know that this is the center for a lot of things to happen. reebok to keep that innovation strong, keep the dialogue, as the panel has been talking about, keep salesforce growing, twitter growing here, keeping us all engaged as technology helps us to solve many of our problems, and finding solutions that we have not thought about. once and for all, we must treat government and our responsibility as mayors, as families do, find savings where we can, reduce unnecessary spending, and importantly, in

best. invest in our people and our infrastructure. as said earlier, i will continue to talk about jobs. i do not care if i'm called the most boring guy that got one thing. i will repeat. i come here every day to the office asking whether or not i created another job for somebody else. when you learn about the statistics that sf city is sharing with us, if it is jobs for seven siskins, it is worth to get up early for, sacrificing late-night meetings, working on the weekend -- except my golf. [laughter] we are attracting tec, biotech, clean tech. we are supporting local manufacturing. we are going to be making more things. fashion is coming back. technology with passion will be an exciting areas that we can

hopefully unleashed soon. i will also tell you this. there are areas that we do not pay attention to that are not only stable, increasing, and wonderful when you hear this, but did you know -- and i got this from the recent reports from our hospital council recently -- did you know that our health care industry in san francisco generates economic impact of over $15 billion a year? our own health care industry. 99,000 jobs. that is a huge contribution to our economy. i do not want them to be silent any more. our health care needs are important, and we will be getting that cpmc job done very shortly, wade. [applause] with our elected officials and board, we need to continue to

reform the peril tax. we have got to incentivize businesses to create those jobs. -- payroll tax. the conversation in the board has been very good because we have not forgotten those that are not skilled as well as others. we have got to get that employment training center up, we have to invite those who are living in the tenderloin, amid market, south of market, the traditional groups that have struggled, they have identified issues in the past, the digital divide. they were not caught up to the lunch alt -- level of education and technology they needed to be. we have got to help our returning veterans get those skill sets. people who are in the middle of their careers get those skills sets. that is why employment training is so important. we need a stronger training partnership. we also need private and more public investment in our

schools. i will be talking a lot about that with the new president of our school board norman yi, carlos, organizations at the school board. i will be talking about how our schools can participate in this employment training and make sure there are generations of kids who do not lose hope in this city, do not look elsewhere when the best jobs are created right here. all i have to do is do their part. when they do that and complete their job education, that will be there for them. i want to say one thing about our infrastructure, something that i want you to remember as you leave today. i just want to mention something about hetch hetchy. some people out there are suggesting we can tear down that dam and still survive as a

city. i want to let you know, as insane as it is, it is, in fact, insane. [applause] there will be some leaders that approach you, others around the city that suggest tearing down hetch hetchy is a good idea. they will start talking about water sustainability issues. but know this. not only do we have the cleanest water, not only have we spent serious amounts of money upgrading seismically the whole system to deliver that clean water, but it is also one of the strongest clean hydroelectric power sources, it infrastructure, that any city across the country has had. i want to make sure you know that as this public dialogue

begins. do not be misled on the discussions by people who will connect something that we want to have, which is sustainable water, but not by tearing down our dam. finally, i want to end with a discussion on america's cup. yesterday, we made the announcement that pier 30 and 32 are no longer part of it. i think the public discussion and discourse around the investments that we do need to rebuild the piers, including the horrible conditions at 30 and 32, it got away from the focus, which should be on hosting the 34th america's cup, one of the greatest sports event we will see. it will probably be the only international sporting event and all of 2013 in any part of the united states, and it is coming

here to san francisco. it will be a blend of technology, with boating, will be viewed by new technologies to introduce us to generations of new sailors, and using our waterfront and bay in the right way. i spoke to larry ellison directly for a good few moments. we reiterated our excitement about the race. it is on for this year for the smaller boats, next year for the larger ones, and we do expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city. we have figured out, through the work of the event authority and host committees, all the different plans we have to use properly our open space, transportation lines, making sure we create positive then use. i want