in our cities. they are vital to our job creation. certainly, i enjoy, when i go out on the weekend, all of our corridors and making sure we pay attention to them. all the collaboration has to happen to make them successful. when visitors are through with all the golden gate bridge and taking pictures, the green background, and others, as well as fisherman's wharf, many of them are asking, what else is there? they are excited about our neighborhood corridors. i am excited every weekend when i get out after my round of golf. so these are the highlights of our invest in its neighborhoods, our job squad program. we want to make sure we announce that in the neighborhood where i think people are going to field is a very quickly, and now if i may introduce our host supervisor, jane kim, who knows this neighborhood very, very

well. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i truly have the honor of representing this neighborhood that we stand in today, which is the tenderloin. i love, love this neighborhood. the reason why i love this neighborhood is because of the people that make it run. they stand here today. besides the small businesses will be introducing, i want to recognize a couple folks here. one of the most important elements of the tenderloin, which is something that a lot of community folks have fought over the last several decades for, is affordable housing in the neighborhoods. i want to recognize randy from the tenderloin housing clinic. [applause] don from the tenderloin in a neighborhood development association. and those from housing partnership. we have one of our most beautiful hotel residential owners. kathy from the cadillac hotel. if you have not gone, usually on the second friday, they host a

monthly jazz concert series free for the neighborhood, along with the north of market community benefit district. nina is here to represent north of market cvt. it is amazing program we have, and i invite you to come to that. i also really want to thank the partners in our city that have worked so closely with our office to continue to make the tenderloin what it is, which is a vibrant neighborhood with services and small businesses and housing. i want to recognize mohammed nuru from dpw. he works 24 hours. we have a lot of requests from the tenderloin, and mohammed nuru is always there. i know the captain is not here. i think we have the best police captain. sari, carmen. i think we have the best police captain in the city. he is not here, but he does an amazing job in keeping our neighborhoods safer. , to recognize the work of the men and women who serve our

residents. we work really closely also with jeff buckley from the mayor's office. he has spent years being an organizer and service provider in the tenderloin. answers every single one of our calls. of course, naomi kelly and bill barnes from the city administrator's office. thank you for working so closely with our office. we care deeply about our neighborhood. it is a rich neighborhood that deserves a lot of our attention. and to keep it to be what it is. to talk a little bit about our neighborhood, we have several of our small business owners to talk a little bit about what their experience here, particularly in little saigon, which is a cornerstone of the tenderloin neighborhood. it is amazing what little saigon is for the tenderloin in terms of the vibrancy of the small business and the activities. also, the people they employ here. also, our businesses are truly family businesses. every owner we invited also

brought their children, their kids with them as well. the first family i want to invite was steven and kathy from turtle tower. they keep city hall going, because the fetus on a daily basis. i wanted to see if they would come up. [applause] >> hi, thank you, everybody. >> thank you, everybody. i am very proud to be here. one of the small businesses here in the tenderloin area. and this area, to us, is a very important one. right here, we have a lot of the offices including federal. we have this going on everyday in many towns. we're very excited about this city. a lot of people come over. here in little saigon, we have

tried the vietnamese food as well to represent the real saigon. hopefully to make it better and better every day and bring more people here. that is what i want to say, thanks for the help from this city, the supervisors. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. thank you, mohammed nuru. >> awe. [laughter] >> good luck. thank you. >> said it is to follow a in a little bit on what the mayor said, a turtle tower will be expanding. please look for us but we will expand to three doors down here.

about 2013, there will not be any problem waiting in the rain are in the sun. we will have a perfect coverage and shelter. thank you for everybody's support. this place means a lot to us. now that we are a part of the community and a prominent merchant for little saigon, we hope we will develop more jobs and provide more services to everybody. thank you. [applause] >> kathy is a product of our public schools here in san francisco and not only speak us in delicia -- english but speaks vietnamese, cantonese, and spanish. she will probably be taking my place. the next small business helps city of going in feeds us, burmese kitchen. i wanted to bring up dennis and his son winston. [applause]

>> thank you for inviting us. to what to everybody here. mid businesses across the street from the federal building, called burmese kitchen. i started out eight years ago with this name, selling the sandwiches. the first type. what we're doing, we cannot survive, you know. finally, four years later, i was thinking of extending a different type of food in the area. so i finally started out with burmese kitchen in the past, we must give up a couple times.

within a month, somebody tried to break in during the nighttime two times. so i almost gave it up. but i had nothing to do after i gave it up, so finally i stuck with that and i kept moving on. this is moving really well. safety is really well. thank you to everybody. [applause] so, thank you for inviting me and letting me have a chance to talk about that. thank you very much. [applause] >> dennis also imports his ingredients straight from burma and truly cares about the food he made this -- he makes. i wanted to recognize two more people. mr. chew and his daughter who has been working closely with

our office on revitalizing this neighborhood but also, philip from southeast asian community center. they have been a stalwart here in the tunnel in supporting small businesses, particularly those owned by immigrants. >> thank you, supervisor. as you can tell, we're very excited about this program. i also want to recognize our city family. tom from the arts commission. joselyn from the entertainment commission. a member from grants for the fourth arts. neighborhood empowerment neighborhood. i am sure there is more. now have the honor of introducing the chair of the budget committee with the board of supervisors, supervisor carmen chu. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. my name is carmen chu. i was just told that if i do not agree with this, i better speak now. [laughter] luckily, this is something that

i am very pleased and happy to be here for. i actually had bird droppings on myself before. when i asked my mom, she said, how often does that happen? so maybe that is a sign of good luck. so that might be a reminder of all the work we have to do. i think one of the things i am very proud of is, mayor, you going out to our neighborhoods and putting your words were your pocket is, making sure we are spending money were you said you weren't. >> we would not let lani got to the taraval street in my neighborhood and your dog away from the ocean out to 19th avenue. we saw many things along the way. areas of this repair. blocks were we had many vacancies, as well as buildings converted to a different uses. then some small pockets of the vibrancy. i really wanted to say thank you for making this investment. if there is anything we could be doing more for small businesses, i would support that. i myself grew up in a small

business. my parents ran a restaurant. i was there helping out and helping to wait on tables and cleaning the restrooms at a small wage through college. i understand how hard and difficult it is to run a small business. anything we can do to help comme our small businesses vibrant and to support our families, that is very important. finally, the part that is really exciting, even today was the district's sixth show in terms of the merchants and came out, the fact that this is going to be city-wide in nature. one of the things that i know that the office of economic and workforce development has really done is to make sure they are looking at places and really saying, what does each community need? it is not one-size-fits-all. each community is different. as you can tell what i am wearing today, this is sunset district of tyre. medina district 6 attire. we all need something different in our businesses. i wanted thank you for

recognizing the uniqueness of our neighborhoods, and i look forward to working with you. thank you and congratulations. [applause] >> and now i had the honor of inviting randy shaw from the tenderloin housing clinic to come up and speak. >> thank you. of course, what you think may yearly who has been done in the neighborhood a lot. there are a few other business people here. phil's coffey, who is opening up a new branch. we have depak patel who owns the heartland to tell the on the street. he is working to restore a five- story neon sign. he is picking up most of the costs. we also have one of the largest property owners in the neighborhood here. i am sure there are others that i have missed. having spent a lot of time with

tenderloin small businesses, we put together of town tenderloin, a walking map. the historic district with all these businesses on geary. a great corridor. in the course of my staff meeting with every single business between polk and taylor or o'farrell and geary, i can tell you that we needed jobs squad. those businesses in the area, they are working all the time. they do not know what is available. they can i go to hearings. having people going out to them is going to make a huge difference. i also want to call a people's attention to this part of eddy street. it is a two-way street starting here. that was not the case just three weeks ago. a document was enacted by the board of supervisors. proposed an two thousand five. and acted unanimously by the

board in 2007 called the tenderloin little saigon transit plan. the first phase was not implemented in completed until two weeks ago. it makes eddy and ellis two-way street. it is a small business. the kurds are going too fast to see the businesses. they did not stop and look. we now have ellis street two ways. is at risk in here? i did not hear him get announced. but i want to thank him. when he took control of the product, he made it happen. rachel is here. she also helped with the little saigon plan. it makes a big difference because we have too much traffic in the tenderloin, and to the bed for business. bedcpmc development agreement will make all of -- the cpmc

development agreement will make them both two way street. it will bring 135 pedestrian street lights in this neighborhood. a lot of people say it is not safe here at night. that is because it is so dark. we have the fewest streetlights pitiless places of five on a blood. we average one into, at most, three. within a year of that agreement being finalized, we will have 135 street lights more in the tenderloin, which makes a big difference. [applause] anaya also want to mention way down on ninth street, as you go down larkin, it becomes ninth street. that is where it twitter is moving in. it has market hall. all those people, a lot of the restaurants here are really crowded during the lunch hour, but they're not necessarily as crowded for dinner. this evening business, people the knowledge to come down here, it is not sick. we won all those twitter folks when they get off work, come on

down to turtle tower. burmese kitchen. all the places up that street. this is a great place to eat at night. so give it a chance. mayor, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. that concludes our press conference. the mayor is available for a few questions privately afterwards. so thank you. [applause]

supervisor chiu: i fully appreciate the concerns raised by some tenant leaders. i would never supported the project if i did not feel comfortable that tenant rights have been protected here with parker said -- part merced. i say this as one of the few tenants on the board of supervisors, who has been a staunch advocate of tenants before i was elected and with my votes on this board. my parents immigrated to the united states in the 1960's, and i was the first kid born in the u.s. my parents sacrificed everything so that their kids could have the opportunities that they wanted when they came here. i grew up in the boston area, live in different parts of boston, went to a catholic high school in dorchester, which is a section of boston. because of my parents work and the opportunities they gave me,

my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. it was intense. i stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a master's in public policy there. those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in public service and public policy issues and government. i ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special about what san francisco is. >> we've been talking for years about how important it is to build new neighborhoods, to develop affordable housing, make sure we have transit-oriented sustainable green development that really is worthy of a 21st century san francisco. what we're doing today -- and, frankly, what we're doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. thank you all for being part of this, and i look forward to that mid-cutting. i moved to san francisco 15 years ago for all the reasons that we all love our city.

our cable cars. our hills. the diversity of our neighborhoods. and have loved every minute of being here. >> like many of you here, i did not actually grow up in san francisco. i grew up in another part of the country that was not quite as tolerant or quite as diverse. san francisco drew me, as i think it through all of us, because we live in a very special place. i just want to say on behalf of the board of supervisors -- we have a special responsibility and a special leadership role in the world. as we come together, we symbolize all of this date we have in humanity, the faith we have in the fight for civil rights, the faith we have, frankly, as a common family. >> i consider myself someone who shares the progress of value that need san francisco's -- many san franciscans hold dear.

>> i do believe that a majority of this board share the same progressive values, and i think there is a danger and an overly narrow definition of what is progressive. we have to remember that being progressive stance for values of inclusiveness, of tolerance, of acceptance, and we need to think hard about how we characterize various votes of either being within that definition or outside of that. >> before i ran for office, i worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and a civil- rights attorney and really got to understand how much of a beacon to the rest of the world san francisco is for social justice. i also been spent a number of years helping to grow a small business, got to understand the innovative spirit here in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood association leader and also as the chair of an

affordable housing organization and learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and facing a really special tools that are the urban villages that we live in. sen for assistance -- facing really the special jules -- jewels that are the urban villages that we live in. san franciscans during campaigns read everything they are sent in the mail. love to meet candidates. a gauge with them in conversations. i also learned how important it is to build bridges between communities, particularly communities of diversity we have. i was just incredibly honored to have been elected in november 2008. my district really encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. as a result, i think my district is really emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political

perspective that you could possibly want in district 3. so oftentimes, the interest of my district and the city really are quite a line, so i do not have to think about this difference is probably quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. i in particular want to thank the mayor for his decision to protect our nutrition programs. this is something that i think we all believe is incredibly important at a time when we have seen massive federal and state cuts, for us to hold the line locally and stand up in the city of st. francis for our seniors and our nutrition programs and families. i think we have a lot of challenges right now. we are still in the midst of the great recession. we all know way too many folks who are struggling in a minimum wage jobs pirouette of folks who have been laid off at work. i think as a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and more economic development. i know that all of us are committed to ensuring that we

have a budget that not only provides basic city services that we have come to expect but make sure that we take care of our most vulnerable. whether it be our at-risk use, our seniors, are disabled, our working families, folks who are out of work. i know something that every public servant who is here is committed to. adding with all come together as a board, as a city. we should come together as san franciscans, and, colleagues, at this time, i hope, and i asked that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. this is also a historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in santa francisco, for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know the ed and all of us of asian-american decent feel the

legacy. i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese- american community or an asian american community. this is about the american dream. the idea that anyone of any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and sunday be at the very top of what our community is about -- and someday be at the very top of what our community is about.

chairperson chu: good morning, and welcome to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i'm joined by supervisor:

shortly and -- i'm joined by supervisor kim and supervisor wiener and supervisor avalos. supervisor cohen will be joining shortly. >> please silence all electronic devices. documents should be submitted to the clerk. item two will be withdrawn from its risers' agenda unless otherwise stated. >> chairperson chu: will you cal item one, two, three. >> item number one, proposed budget and an annual appropriation ordinance for selected departments, as of may 1st, 2012, fiscal years ending june 30th, 2013 and june 30th,

2014. item number two, proposed annual salary ordinance for selected departments, fiscal years ending june 30th, 2013 and june 30th, 2014. item number 3, proposition "j" contract/certification of specified contracted-out services previously approved for enterprise departments. irresolution concurring with the comptroller certification that services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work. item -- aye. -- chairperson chu: would you also call item number four? >> item number four, operating

$587,756,000 for waste-water capital improvements at the public utilities commission for fiscal years 2012-13 and fiscal year 2013-14. item number 5, ordinance appropriating $171,001,000 for proceeds for water revenue and income from the public utilities commission for the capital improvement program. item number six, appropriating $141,171,000 for hetch hetchy water and power capital improvements for the public utilities capital improvement program. item number seven, and water revenue bond issuance and sale not to exceed 163 million four

hundred thousand dollars approving the issuance and sale of water revenue bonds by the san -- the county and city of san francisco. item number 8, power revenue bond issuance and sale in the amount not to exceed $12,300,000 for capital projects benefiting the sfpuc enterprise. item number 9, an ordinance for wastewater revenue bond issuance and sale not to exceed 520 two million $810,000. item number 10, reserve funds for the public utilities commission in the total amount of $20 million to fund the electric reliability payments. item number 11, the lease of