transformed as a result of this, people who are going to raise their kids here, who are going to buy their breakfast, lunch, and dinners in the community, who are going to get their friends to come and visit them in our wonderful great city who will live their lives proudly with their investments, whether it's a family or a small business or their own work right in our own city. we have done that because the board and the mayor's office decided quite a while ago that we're going to cooperate on local hire. we're going to make this happen for ourselves and we're going to make sure we hold ourselves accountable. so not only is this report important, not only is the review steps important and the collaboration, but we're going beyond that. we're setting more goals. towards the end of this month, the goal turns to 25%. a year after that, it's up again because we continue to hold ourselves accountable and we know now that it works, that it can work even better. we can get more people. we can double this group behind

us next year. we'll have more smiling faces, more people paying taxes, more kids in our schools with hope that they can come out and get good jobs in this city. i also want to make two more announcements. as this, as the goals of this ordinance get more challenging yet more accomplishable. i want to let you know we're bringing more people to come in had to think through some of this stuff. i would like to lead with supervisor avalos' help in creating a local hire advisory committee, get more people involved with us to make this even more successful. communities, folks, advocates as well as government people. and then i want even more of a dedicated leadership and thanks to the leadership already that naomi has given and o.e.w.d.

and the wonderful staff focused on city build and the lower hire ordinance, we're bringing in a very experienced person to head up city build. his name is pat mulligan, he is from the carpenters union. [applause] >> pat, congratulations. i know you're going to use your years of experience in helping us get this done. we're excited that you're aboard because you have not only the experience, you have performance under your belt as well. i know you're serious about helping us creating more hope with more people. that is going to be a continuing story of his leadership and his involvement along with everybody else to complement. nobody is leaving the table. everybody is bringing more people in because i think the best thing is people smell victory. it's like being in the final four, you know. it's not about bringing less people to the table, it's about bringing more people because we

smell the possibility of more success for a lot more people. but i begin today after a year of old struggle and challenges and reassurances and now finally performance, i want to continue thanking supervisor avalos for his leadership when he first said let's make this more serious. let's get this real job done. let's get this thing on the road in a better way. so we got a lot of good things to celebrate, but we have a lot more work to do, a lot more projects to identify and a lot more stronger relationship with our voting public that these projects are going to be even more meaningful as they're getting built. you're going to see construction. you're going to see a lot of people that are going to be very satisfied with the results of these projects. so thank you very much for celebrating with us this year. we look forward to the advancement of this ordinance. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i have the honor today as mayor

mentioned, thanks to rhonda simmons and her leadership and the office of economic and workforce development. she along with many people from the community and many people from the unions introduced us to pat mulligan who was a financial secretary for the carpenters local 22 and a member of the building trades association and we are very pleased to have him come on as our local hire director and will oversee city build. with that, i would like to introduce pat mulligan. [applause] >> thanks, naomi. tonight under service administration and the citizens of san francisco regarding this important measure, i thank mayor lee for allowing me this opportunity and i look forward to working with the existing staff and all the candidates and graduates of city build. thank you, thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, pat. now i have the honor of introducing our board of

supervisor john avalos. it was his leadership, his vision, gosh in 2010, that shepherded this policy through the board of supervisors and we enjoy working with him on this local hire policy and the implementation phase. he has not only saw the legislation, but he has actively engaged in making sure that it is implemented in san francisco and we enjoy working with you. supervisor avalos. [applause] >> thank you, naomi. thank you, mr. mayor, mayor lee, for your leadership on local hire. we are putting san franciscans to work. we are rebuilding san francisco and we're putting san franciscans to work. back in the depression, we had high unemployment. the response from the governor was the new deal. and finding projects to rebuild this country and put people to work. in san francisco, when we had high unemployment, we looked at what we could do with our

public works projects and our construction projects to put local residents to work, to make sure that we can actually fuel our local economy by hiring local people. that's what the essence of local higher has been and what it was about. we had a big change. we had to go from good faith efforts of the past to create a mandatory requirement on local hire and change was not easy. i cannot say enough about how much community and labor worked together to make local hire happen. it was the carpenters union, it was the laborers, bright line defense. there were contractors, asian contractorsant latino contractors, contractors large and small to make this legislation happen. it was that kind of unity that really was successful in creating this great change. that was just one part, though, was creating legislation, getting it past the board of

supervisors was one part. the greater part of it has been making sure the implementation happens and mayor lee, rhonda simmons, naomi kelly get so much credit in making that happen. we would not have been that successful as we have been without that great effort. so we're seeing now what the goal was for this past year was 20% local hire and we're actually at 34%. that is a remarkable achievement and that is the testament of the great work and great involvement of this administration to make local hire happen and i give great credit where credit is due in that process. i also wants to thank all of the trainees for city build that were part of this program. [applause] >> and mayor lee is absolutely right that this project, this ordinance and the work that we do around local hire, a lot of it is about your future and the future of your families here in san francisco and what you're going to do is that if you're working on this project or other projects you will work on

in san francisco, you will be able to look back and see the great work that your hands have built in this city. what a remarkable thing to think about. what a remarkable thing to look back on your day's work or your year's work and see a park, a port peer, an air -- pier, a tower that is built. thank you for that work. thank you for making that change in your life. this ordinance is here to make sure that you have a pathway for that and for future residents to do that as well. i want to thank mayor lee again, naomi kelly, rhonda simmons, our partners in labor, especially the operating engineers local 3, the carpenters union number 22 and 261 for making this a great success. i look forward to how we can improve on this. i do support the local hire advisory committee. we need to make sure that we have the pipeline as full as it can be for local residents and

making sure as well that women can also get higher levels of employment in the construction trades. that's one thing the reports emn trades. that is one thing the report looked at. we need to look good veterans as well, veterans who are in need. the challenge is still ahead. i look forward to rolling up my sleeves and a working with the administration to make that happen. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. as you heard, supervisor of loews and merely talk about the city build students -- supervisor avalos and mayor lee talking about the city build students. we're proud to work on our construction project. i now next want to bring up to the stage jason chan, a current city billed student. this class is going to graduate in june. -- a current city build student. at this class will graduate in

june. [applause] good morning. thank you, mayor lee, office of workforce and economic development, and all the instructors and students who nominated me to speak on behalf of our program. i am truly thankful for all your support. my name is jason chan, a current city build academy student, my late 20's, a local resident of san francisco. for the past few years, i was down into my leg. economic crisis and a lack of work. i had lost my confidence and opportunity was simply not there. the situation made me feel that -- i only have myself to blame for the whole i am in. then i heard about the local hiring ordinance, the possibility of landing some stable work, and at the same time i learned about the city build program through my brother-in-law who is a former graduate of the program.

this program looked like the ticket to get into a good union jobs. my family was already working in construction, thought to myself, heck, i can use this program as a way to redeem myself and to build a brighter future. city build has helped to build my self-confidence. instructors truly care for us. most importantly, they're honest about our personal growth, development, and the construction trade. i also met a lot of peers who without this program, society would have given them out. people in met in double the people i met in this program i feel that they're the real everyday heroes. they are willing to work, rain or shine, in the most dangerous and backbreaking fields and make something out of themselves. i had never seen another program similar to this. heck, i wish i knew programs like this when i graduated from high school, when i was a

fumbling and declared in college. as much as people talk about the local hiring ordinance and how you have to hire that particular percentage of workers, city build should not be simply mandated in giving someone a job, but instead, to train someone for a lifetime career. this program simply does that. it creates opportunity for us. opened many doors to an industry that many san francisco and residents would not have dreamed of. we should grow and improve this program together, make is so it can be a model program to train our future and to show local bay area residents how to build and reinvented ourselves to maintain our glory years by the locals who live here. i would like to thank you, mayor ed lee and the committees

staff, local unions. we cannot thank you enough for your support. indeed mentor at city build academy helping me and my city build brothers and sisters, making dreams come true. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, jason. next, i would like to bring up a member from local 261. as jason manchin, this city build academy is with our great pressure but local 261 -- as jason it mentions. we appreciate our working relationship with local 261 and dave. dave. >> thank you. first and foremost, i want to thank mayor lee for his leadership room and his commitment to providing opportunities to san francisco residence. i want to thank the heads of

departments. naomi kelly, mohammed nuru, supervisor avalos, for the ordinance that is in place now. that will provide the conduit for the job opportunities. i also want to acknowledge the students from city build i also want to congratulate my brother pat mulligan on his new appointment. with regards to the students of city build, i often go out there and speak before the class. i tell them what it takes to make it in this very competitive industry. you just heard from one of the students. you know, it is not just a job. it is a career. that is how they should think of it. that is what this academy provides, the skill set. i come from the rank-and-file. i wish they had an academy like this when i was out there. it does give you a heads up, a

competitive advantage. and again, it is and 18-week course. obviously they are here and i want to acknowledge their commitment and dedication to it. that is it. thank you. [applause] >> ok, thank you, everyone, for coming. we can open it up for a few questions. or maybe we will take some questions -- we will finish and we will take some questions on the side. thank you. >> thank you for all joining us tonight. i am the good government policy director here at spur but it is

my distinct pleasure to welcome such an amazing panel tonight, as well as the mayor of our fine city. this is the innovation mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. can everybody hear me? welcome. welcome to spur. i always enjoy being here. because every time i come here, some part of my brain gets woken up pet. earlier i had a wonderful opportunity to exchange with our panel members about what they're doing and how they're doing it. there is one great theme. i think these panel members are here as part of their own entrepreneurial spirit. they own companies, but they love the city as well. they know the spirit of the city. it is one of innovation. one that invites people and their views enmeshes it up with old tradition to see if we can

make an even better san francisco. my fellow collaborator, president david chiu, is here tonight. scott wiener. we have two other supervisors who may be coming later. supervisor jane kim and supervisor mar farrell, who might join us later. we're all part of the initial group of policy makers at city hall who want to hear ideas and views of this new economy, this collaborative consumption economy, a shared economy, one that we are very interested in because it has assets that have already peaked our interest. about our -- piqued our interest. about our environment, about how to do less with more, how to make an expensive city more affordable to more people. how to utilize the strength of the city as a great tourist city that maybe not that affordable to too many people and how we can get more folks to come and experience the wonder of the city. and then hopefully they make

their stake here. these panel members of decided to make their stake here. they risk reputation, may be small amounts of money, because of the had a lot of money, they may not have had to start this. but they have also, i think, done it for the right reasons. they want to experience this city in a very different way, but one that i think is in the tradition of san francisco and is reflective of mind, welcoming more people here to share in this economy. and hopefully for the right reasons, we create more jobs, get more entrepreneurs involved in the success and richness of this city. i have often said this city can be the city for the 100%. that is, everybody can have a chance to fulfil their dreams and make sure they can have a stable economy for themselves and for their families. i think we're on the verge of discussing things that would invite other members of our city

family, our department heads of that work in the tax section or in planning or in land use, to be involved with a discussion, an ongoing discussion that would potentially invite an open up our economy and modernize it even further. i think we're at a task where, quite frankly, a year ago, for example, david chiu and i do not know the outcome might be except that we were in fear that a company called twitter might leave our city and that thousands of jobs will leave us behind. so we took a little risk and suggested that we might be able to revamp our tax code for the benefit of job creation. and little did we know a year later that that invitation has caused over 125 companies to locate themselves in our city, creating thousands of more jobs, creating an ad as mayor -- an atmosphere and environment that will welcome the new technology and innovation.

to reinforce what we have been saying, and i think it is real. we are the innovation capital of the world. with your help and with your involvement. we would like to have the rest of the city catch up and be part of it as well. and we think we can have that conversation at city hall, but we will need your help. we will need you to represent the new industries as these companies are here today to keep the dialogue and that collaboration at a high level. it is the ongoing dialogue, just like the one we are leading already about a new tax structure for this city that does not punish the inventiveness that we want to have in the city. so i would like to just open with that introduction. welcome all of you here. i think you are going to see and hear an exciting introduction of all these new companies in the discussions we have. but they are going to raise questions that we do not have the answers yet. but i do believe we have the

spirit in this city to welcome solutions with your involvement. we will have the ability to do this online as well as in these forums, and i will be part of this ongoing discussion. because i want to see all of you interact with the city and make sure to is reflective of what you believe the city to be. an open society, one that is inviting to new ideas, and one that our of policy-makers along with the mayor can engage with you. thank you for being here. and thank you to spur again. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i think we're going to hear from supervisors scott wiener. >> thank you. this turnout, i think, shows a significant this is to the future of the city. we were with a smaller group right before this. one thing that i stress and i will stress to you is that san

francisco is a city that -- sort of, we haven't economy going on where we are in many ways to cut -- we have a dichotomy going on. in many ways, we are cutting edge technology and are really ahead of the curve. we attract a lot of people here, like you, in think our forward- thinking and want to try to do things in a different and more innovative way. we're also a really old school city. and change here is really challenging. for those of us at city hall, and david chiu and i talked about this a lot, when we're trying to do things differently, you can get a lot of reflexive push back, whether you're talking about putting cars sharing on the streets or whether you're talking about changing the zoning to be able to create new types of housing to make the city a little bit more affordable and inclusive. you have those kinds of difficult conversations.

so much of this is about really educating the city as a whole, from all generations, from all perspectives, that where we are going right now in san francisco, in a lot of ways in terms of our transportation system and housing policies, is not always very sustainable. and if we want is to be sustainable, if we want to remain a cutting edge and diverse city that draws all sorts of people here, we're going to have to change. we are going to have to consider new ways of doing things that maybe a year or two ago we were not even comfortable thinking about. so there is a big education process that has to occur, and i know we're all going to work together to make sure that that happens. i know we can move in the right direction. i look forward to that work. thank you. [applause] >> in rounding out our trifecta, which underscores the importance of what we are talking about, is our very own board of

supervisors president, david chiu. [applause] >> good evening. if you are like me, you did not come here tonight to hear from elected officials. i look forward to hearing from these innovators in a moment. i wanted to join my colleagues in ensuring all of you, our current generation of entrepreneurs, that we're looking forward to working with your hand-in-hand to figure out how we create san francisco not just as the capital of innovation that the capital of a sharing economy. i say this as someone who, for nine years before i joined the board of supervisors, i actually started what was a web 1.0 company. what makes our city special is everyone of you have ideas that will not only change our city but will truly change our world. our mayor is responsible for managing the 50 + executive- branch departments that will be interfacing with many of the substantive policy areas that you and i. my colleague scott and i along

with my nine other colleagues, we are responsible for legislating and figuring out how we, as a city, addax -- adapt to the new technologies are coming out with. changing the way we all live, as "time" magazine said recently. one thing we say is city hall, as those san francisco, often times so goes the rest of the country. and as goes the rest of the country, so goes the world. and i really believe we're starting sending very special today that is going to do that for our entire planet. thank you very much for being here. looking forward to working with you. [applause] ♪ hi