so if you have any recommendations in terms of areas you want to see covered, we will follow up to make sure there are some presentations in terms of language and different business communities but would be best served by having a presentation done in languages other than english. >> who is doing this out rereac? >> the department of environment, so it is not our staff doing about. behind that is a one-page fact sheet for businesses but are distributing. go to our want to provide you an update -- i want to provide you an update. on july 16, a supervisor put in

their request to see what the city is doing to help small businesses, and that hearing will be july 16, and our office has been involved in helping organize the hearing, and supervisor david shochu, we will hear his arguments, so those items will be heard starting 1:00 on july 16. we have hired one meeting with our office, a planning commission, and the mayor's office on disabilities to take a look at our internal regulations and processes that conflict with each other.

they can make businesses vulnerable to lawsuits, so we have had a preliminary meeting and are going to be establishing some procedures for what we can do when there are conflicting regulations, how to resolve those so at the end of its business is complying with regulations and we are not interfering with their ability to do so. the legislation will pass out of the senate on may 29. it is still needed to be heard at the state assembly. i understand the process is to refer back to the judiciary committee after which there will be details worked out.

they left it simple and vague because they needed a timeline to get it out of committee. otherwise the bill would have to wait another year to be reintroduced and worked on, so this would give rosan opportuniy to hopefully, not of the hearing on july 16 with some recommendations of what the state needs to work roon so the conflicts we are seeing apple local level -- at the local level are the result of state regulations, so there is an opportunity to make recommendations. i want to print your attention that the city has received a

joint ground with several other cities around the country to do of food systems innovations gannoscan to see what can be doo the grant is going to do an analysis, but our office has been asked to provide input and information on things we see the and may need to be discussed and involved as this moves forward and is developed, which is there will be quite a few businesses involved as well. give we talk about tax legislation. in europe are wanted to let you know -- i wanted to let you know what is in the budget we have

talked about. there is a separate budget item, and where that will land will be worked out once we know what gets approved, but what we are proposing in addition to holding onto the one position, that we have increased $15,000 to do a more thorough survey and a budget to be able to televise the twice monthly meetings. i want to make sure you are aware of that, and i have been interviewing for the staffing position, and that decision will be made soon, and hopefully we will have to the position filled shortly. our management of state, we have

increased the number of cases we have heard this month, and we are working on developing an on- line tools. it is a pretty basic and simple tools so if you say, i want to be an auto repair shop, this will give you a big list of the licenses and permits of what you will need, so we are working on nasdaq. -- working on that, so hopefully we will be making an official announcement, so that concludes my announcement triggered >> item 11, legislative report.

>> nothing to report, because it was memorial day. gooaxe-12, -- >> item 12, presit report. it >> i just want to thank you. this was the best of all the different events, so i appreciate it. the small business committee appreciates everything you do. i agree that all the commissioners were there, and that is so cool thing, so i want to thank you for your participation and everything you do. >> item 13, vice president of reports -- vice president's

report. >> i want to concur with everything that was said. i attended a contractor and breakfast recently attended by the mayor and a lot of department heads, and what i wanted to say is they're going forward it would appear there is going to be lots of opportunities in the construction sector for people to find work of one nature or another and to let people know to check that out here radioed

if they have questions they are welcome to come to the small business center, or they could come to me. it is worth pursuing. the second thing is to let people know one of the obstacles for small businesses is a thing called bonding, and there are city programs available to facilitate and helped contracts to get assistance with condit. the city provides assets to support small contractors, so i want that to go out there and let people be aware of innocent = = -- aware of it, so that concludes my report. >> next item. >> item 14, commissioner reports.

>> i attended the meeting and was really interested and informative zero ago i learned a lot from that program, so i am glad i attended. i also attended a meeting. to talk about chain stores and the impact on their business and to give them some support to come into the neighborhood again. i think that is it. goocommissioner riley: i attendd the neighborhood and work group meeting. in all of the departments were involved and work with the neighborhood to assess and work

together to help small businesses, and i also invited working solution to make a presentation of the asian american bakers association and richard asian-american bankers association, because i felt a lot of small businesses apply for a loan and do not qualify, and somehow they might end up using a credit card to support their business, so in order for them to know the fun we have managed by working solution, the presentation was done very nicely, and the bankers were delighted to know there was suc- business owners. when they have a business owner fed did not qualify for our

regular business loan, they go to working solution, so working solution can help with assistance as well as funding money. that is it. thank you. >> any other commissioners? next item please. >> item 15 is general public comment. do we have anyone from the public wishing to make a comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 16, new business. next item. good night and 17, adjournment. >> do we have -- >> item 17, adjournment. do we have a mission to adjourn? >> i move. >> meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

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>> thank you. good morning, everyone. thank you very much. as many of you know, i'm a person that doesn't like a whole lot of drama. but i do want to make sure that we take this opportunity to enjoy. this budget is one that's important to all of us, it certainly is one to me and one that reflects a lot of great

work. first of all, let me thank everybody for coming this morning. certainly board president david chiu for helping me co-host this and carmen chu and her work with us already started and will help guide us, along with board president david chiu on all of the hearings that the rest of the board will have. i want to thank each and every member of the board of supervisors as well. you've been weighing in and we've been creating a different dialogue on the front end to make sure that all of our constituents know what we're doing, more transparent, and ultimately where our values are. i also want a big shout-out and thanks to everybody in this room. there's a lot of department heads and commissions and labor representatives and representatives from our non-profits and community members as well. thank you for engaging us in this really dedicated six-month process. i want to go back to the very

first neighborhood budget hearing that we held about almost six months ago. it was one where i was asked at the very beginning, what does the budget mean to you? and i wasn't the only one. there were several supervisors that were there, and we all said pretty much the same thing. it really is a reflection of our values as a city and it's one that we want to work hard at, but ultimately it is who we are and it's a combined effort here, a collaborative effort. so it still is that way, and you'll see from the highlights that we'll be announcing today, as reflected in this budget, it still is a reflection of all of our values. so good morning, everybody. thank you for joining me here today. again, thank you for board president chiu and budget chair carmen chu and all the others that i've identified here today.

i also want to say at the outset this budget reflects countless hours of work. a lot of work behind the scenes. in addition to all the neighborhood budget meetings that we had, there were numerous, numerous staff meetings. kate howard's done a wonderful job with her staff. they've met with all of the different departments -- [applause] this is her first full year budget working with us and she's done a great job and her staff has done a great job. it isn't just putting numbers together, it's listening to each of the finance personnel from each department, it is engaging in the numerous meetings that we have with community, it's engaging with staff of the various supervisors, the non-profits.

we had special meetings help, it was health and human services and housing and homeless advocates and others. she was there and her staff was there at every turn making sure that we listened and it reflected in both number-crunching and challenging what the priorities are and so forth. also want to give a shout-out to steve cava. steve, wonderful with all your work. [applause] it's not easy. you and micki callahan, it's really not easy at all to face a year when there's 27 contracts open, trying to face everybody in the room, trying to make sure that we can make promises we can keep. having been a former employees relations director, i know that keeping promises with our labor representative is critical to building trust and to make sure

that we carry out and we honor all that they do every single day in carrying out services for us. to all the department heads and your wonderful staffs, thank you. i also want to make sure i acknowledge all of our labor unions, all of our representatives. for years you've worked with us and sacrificed and bemoaned the bad budget years, but you've stepped up in every occasion. for the department heads and non-department heads who we've shared challenges with, thank you for sacrificing so many years. and now we get to, i think, a budget that has some relatively good news and a good foundation. this year we begin the hard work of presenting the city's first two-year budget. and we began that year with a $263 million deficit for our general fund. and then the coming year, the

second year of $375 million shortfall. that's what we faced at the very beginning. but because of the fiscal discipline that we put in process, a discipline that's reflected in the great work of ben rose enfield and his staff and the controller's office that keeps reminding me of the credit ratings of our city and that we must make sure that we do things in a very solid financial way, we made investments in job creation and we made commitments to reform with that guidance. now san francisco's economy is recovering and reserves are going. in fact, during the last nine months the controller has reported that our revenues were $172 million more than projected. this is good news. this is good news, but it did not come without commitments, without sacrifice by everybody and all the groups represented in this room. i would like to again thank owe

employee unions for working with us to find a common goal, saving more than $28 million in your contract negotiations with us. i'm happy to report that i'm presenting a responsible and balanced two-year budget. while we spare the city the deep cuts we've experienced over the last several years and one that i present to you in a san francisco economy that's recovering, in this budget you will see investments. investments that ensure that people who live, work and visit our city feel safe, investments that protect our social safety net that supports seniors and youth, low-income and working-class families, investments that support our neighborhoods, our infrastructure and our commercial corridors. this budget reflects a lot of collaboration and partnership with our san francisco community. one thing we agreed on early was that in a time of state and federal cuts, protecting our

social safety net is more important than ever, and in this budget i've rejected all service reductions in our health department and human service agencies. [applause] s i've included full restoration of federal cuts to programs and services that serve people with h.i.v. and aids. the loss of redevelopment has been a severe blow to our city, especially for this first street corridor. so we will invest in economic initiatives in the heart of bayview to stabilize businesses and attract new ones. [applause]

we will also continue our investment in central market and especially sixth street, where the elimination of redevelopment has left a gap in services. with our community partners and including the very spirited arts community that's been so wonderful in helping us lead that effort, we'll support businesses in that sector, attract new ones, and keep the area clean and safe. we will also invest in the youth of sfsk and in their education. i will propose releasing the $6 million in rainy day funds to support our public schools, to offset the state's deep cuts to education. [applause] most importantly in this budget we are putting san franciscans back to work. you've heard me say on many occasions recently our unemployment rate dropped from 9.6% in early 2011 to 7.4% today, our lowest since 2008.

[applause] we, as a city, along with our business partners and every neighborhood, we created 22,500 net new jobs in san francisco in just the last year. [applause] that's good. that is really good, but we need to do more. with this budget we are continuing to invest in strategies and incentivized job creation, training, and place our residents for their jobs for the 21st sent re. we are creating a climate that gives entrepreneurs and investors confidence in our city, allowing them to work with us to innovate, grow and create jobs, whether they are in neighborhoods, small businesses or tech start-up or a thriving global headquarters. in neighborhoods, we are more than doubling grants available to small businesses, and we are including $4 million for neighborhood commercial

districts through our new invest in neighborhood strategy. that includes job squad and the recapitalize the small business revolving loan fund. we are bringing staal to the neighborhoods -- city hall to the neighborhoods where it belongs, to support small businesses. my proposed budget includes $4 million in smart capital investments and $441 million in smart capital investments in our city's 10-year capital plan to improve and invest in the city's infrastructure. [applause] over the next two years we'll invest in and improve or water system and continue investing in our waterfront. we will also continue to invest in our parks. and i've joined the members of the board of supervisors to introduce $195 million bond

measure to keep our parks clean and safe. [applause] all told, over the next two years enterprise departments will spend more than -- will actually support more than 8,700 jobs in san francisco by infusing $1.3 billion into our local economy. as our economy grows and as we add jobs, we must redouble our efforts to expand housing opportunities and build more housing for people at every income level. i get it. i know there's anxiety out there, because rents are start together creep up again in every neighborhood as our economy recovers. but the answer to scarce housing and rising rents is not to stop growing our economy or creating jobs. that's why we proposed the housing trust fund measure for this november, to create a permanent source of housi