pass legislatively. so we want you to do it by executive order. we will help juggle the funds, but this is called making a summer youth jobs a priority. which the president did in the grand way that he did. a priority, elevating it. united way, corporate america, small businesses, educators, public agencies, and the rest to be part of it. so we would have liked more than $250,000 for our whole country, but this is an exam or, a model. and again, as the mayor said, the private sector may even exceed what the match needs to be. but this is really important, and i have always said when you combine our educators, our public sector, our private sector, our nonprofits to help young people who might not

otherwise have an opportunity. the training, the education, the opportunity. you are doing the most important work that we can do for our society and for our economy. for our economy. it is a practical pay off, too. i really believe that. so what all of you are here with all of the enthusiasm and all of the excitement, the jobs and all the dignity that goes with it. as eric said, to show up and be responsible, to understand what it means to work and to command respect, it is just, as i said, not only about survival, not only about six says, it is transfer much of. mr. mayor, i congratulate you on this transformed into a vacation. i salute the president for just going out there and doing it,

even though it was part of the americans jobs act as the second approach to this. the first thing, the recovery act, and then the jobs and that was rejected. but he decided to take the risk, take the leadership to make it a priority. we still have to fight for the money in the appropriations process and the rest, but it is there. the usual what happens in washington during that time. but nothing, nothing will be more important in that fight than the example that is being said here. this leadership role that san francisco once again, as it did on jobs now, as it is doing now on the president's initiative, all hands on deck. so not only are you doing what you are setting an example for the rest of the country, and you are proving the point that the

president was right when he took this initiative, made it a priority. as he would say, and he says it all the time, it is ok -- thank you for the congratulations. what is really important, we talked $250,000, $2500 at least and san francisco. what is really important is what happens to one young person at a time and the change it makes in their lives and the contribution its helps them make for all of us. congratulations, mr. mayor. congratulations for our private sector, public sector, nonprofit, united way, to all of you. this is, again, of national significance. i am very proud of san francisco. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor, and thank you leader pelosi.

i almost called you speaker. i do not know if that is a mistake or a prophecy. we will see. [laughter] [applause] i will take a moment to say to the young people -- young people in the room, stand up. no, the real young people. not the older people who wish to be young. [laughter] [cheers and applause] stay standing for a moment. young people, look around the room. these are older young people. [laughter] committed to your future success. i want you to appreciate that. and older younger people, i want you to see these young people. this is why we are in the room today and white is so important we do whatever we can do individually, institutionally, so one more time, one more hand for our young people. [applause] you can be seated. so you're going to hear now from a few more leaders or committed to you, who have risen to the

challenge videos are going to call on them now. first we're going to hear, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors because they're all committed to this issue, we're going to hear from president david chiu. then we will hear from our superintendent carlos garcia. then we will hear from the ceo of united way, my boss, ann wilson. with that, david chiu. [applause] >> good morning. i am so pleased to be here as one of these older young people. and i am really glad that eric recognized the youth who are here, because when i look out on to this room, and all of us were here on stage, we spend a lot of time in this room, this is possibly the most diverse room that i have seen today. we have young people, we have adults, we have folks

represented every sector in san francisco. we have business leaders representing every industry in our city. we have neighborhood leaders. we have folks from every community. that is the rich diversity of san francisco. i want to thank all of you for coming to this all hands on deck moment. eric took a moment to reminisce about his time as a young person. when i was in high school, i spend a summer working as a janitor at the local public high school. it taught me how to clean anything. i cleaned desks, lockers, bathrooms, classrooms. it taught me how to trim bushes and lawns. i learned how to take out the garbage -- mohammed nuru. [laughtefrankly, these are all s that i use every day here at the board of supervisors. [laughter] now, all that being said, we know we have significant challenges. the mayor talked about some of these statistics but a

statewide, we still have an unemployment at 11%. but among our young people aged 16 to 19, 35%. this is the type of unemployment, the rates that we heard not just during the great recession but during the great depression. we have a crisis, and we have a set of challenges did not want to thank my colleagues from the board of supervisors, particularly supervisors olague, campeau' -- campos, chu. we had a hearing yesterday and heard tragic stories about how unemployment has led not just a dead and careers, but in some instances to is a very real tragedies. but instead, today, on a much sunnier day, we are here to do something about it. i am proud that san francisco is coming together, all of these sectors here in this room. i am proud that the bluest city in the bluest state is working

to further president obama's vision. we are building the future leadership of our city. i want to take a moment to recognize -- i have had interns for now civil rights attorneys, tech entrepreneurs, who are now helping to run government. and i know that with the help of this program, some day they are not only going to take over my job, they're going to take over mayor lee's job, and they're going to take over soon-to-be speaker pelosi's job. thank you for being here today, and we look forward to having a wonderful summer 2012. [applause] >> good morning. i will tell you, this is really exciting enough for me, it is kind of like a dream come true. i mean, to have the speaker here, to have mayor lee here, at the business folks here. when i got here, i remember in 2007, we were talking in our strategic plan of creating a

vision for our school district that would not just be k-12 but actually preschool through adulthood. and as i leave in july, i think about we have come a long way. we have come a long way to put all the pieces together, to get all the turf wars out of the way, and to do the right thing for children. and that is the kind of city i think all of us are proud to live in, because it is not a city that just talks about doing things. i do not know about you, but with the media and everything, after a while you're sick and tired of hearing everybody talk. you know, it is like the peanuts cartoons where people talk, the adults, you did not hear words, they just go wah wah wah wah. that is kind of what we have been hearing for a heck of a long time. here in our city, we're not just talking about it. we're actually doing something about it. as superintendent, it is exciting, because it fits into our strategic plan. imagine san francisco with the

highest performing large urban district in the state of california. our test scores and the last 11 years have done wonderful things. and we're very proud of the last two years. we know that this year we will get the same results. that is that we're actually closing the achievement gap for african-american, latino, and pacific islander students here. [applause] and that is really exciting and great, but the part that has been missing for us is that -- the constant thing that keeps me up at night is that i sometimes believe we are educating kids for a world that no longer exists. think about it. we all talk about the good old days. first of all, they were not that good. the good old days are right now, young people. do not listen to as older people telling you about theu good old days abouth- -- about the good old days. no, it has never been better than it is today. in spite of this recession we're going through -- hey, we're

going to get over that. you're going to have a brighter, a better future than anybody else in this room has ever had. it is obvious. because where else -- when i was your age, city hall did not come together to talk about what they could do for summer jobs. businesspeople the not come together, care enough about young people to say we are going to work together so that everybody has a job. leaders did not come together. here we are all our together as a san francisco family, because darn it, we are a san francisco red things get done. we care about the young people. we care about this great city. we know the likelihood of this city rests upon our young people. and if we do not get them to be not only learning in classrooms -- that is great, but that is a little bit isolated from the real world. the real world is when partners, like the folks here today, we want interns. we want people to work in the summer. we want them in the offices and even in the sewers. i am up for that.

you know, to have those opportunities that are real, to find out what careers exist. i'd love to read futurist. it will tell you that 85% of the jobs for students entering kindergarten, 85% of the jobs they will do have not even been invented yet. i hope that the young people this summer will get an opportunity to see what the adult folks are doing, what kind of work. and add to it. do not just go there to learn about what you are going to be doing. learn about how that can become even better. what tweaks need to take place to make that even a better product? i know you may not believe you have the power to do that. but bill gates, jobs, everybody, they did not think they had the power to do it, and look at the world in which we live today. it was changed by young people's imagination and ability to adapt to the new world. that is what we are here for. we're here to lift you up and help you get there, because you

have got to make this world better than what we have left it for you. because we have created a heckuva lot of problems. quite frankly, i want you to be 10 times and modern -- smarter than we are. because i retire soon. who else is going to support us, right? are you up for the task? i hope so. and have a great day. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, superintendent. my name is ann wilson, and i am with united way the bay area. it is such a privilege to be here and looking out. this is what community is. and it is so inspiring. as has been mentioned, the diversity in the room and the representation from all the sectors. this is what community is. this is a very big family meeting. and the fact that you young people who are in the

think about what kind of investment you can do to help those young people get to that place. thank you very much. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i grew up in a rough neighborhood surrounded by it negativity and a high crime rate. i did something positive and motivating to take my vision off of what was surrounding me. when i was 14, i started working in a youth employment program. the first time i got paid, i was, like, wow. however i going to spend it? at that division was priceless. -- that vision was priceless.

we need this kind of programs. it makes a wonderful and powerful impact. i am an example of it. it made a big difference in my life and i feel it would make all the difference today. taking a chance on the upcoming 80tyouth, it helps them not only create life goals, but career goals. it helps them gain a focus, work ethic. it is a domino effect. sorry. it is a domino effect. when we help youth, they can become successful and help the next generation. i want to thank you because i appreciated so much.

i have siblings and i want them to follow in my footsteps. it helped me stay off the street and it helped me do something positive in my life and i am a successful young woman. thank you. [applause] >> earlier, she said, i do not know if i can do this. she was just fine. the mayor is going to comment challenge you in just a moment. we did not just dreamed this up last night.many members on yourm stepped up to partner with united way. it was any wallace and koran debrhonda simpson. it was dcyf.

we've had a tremendous partnership and team. [applause] mr. mayor, we are ready to be challenged. >> ladies and gentlemen, there is a lot of hope in this room. it is time to fulfill that hope. we're going to have some fun. i did not get a chance to watch that show much. my wife tells me about it. we will hear about commitments from all of you, try to join or match or beat the 2500 jobs that our city folks have already committed. i know all of you have great pride in our city. jobs that you create, at the impact that your leadership has, i want to start off by thanking all of the companie