i'm always proud of the board of supervisors is doing is looking out and making sure the city of saint francis has a really robust social services and whether it's for aids services and i can't agree more with how important it is to come together and make sure we reverse terrible cuts coming from other places and making sure our homeless residents are taken care of and looking out for our future work force and those who have not been as advantaged. i appreciate the colleagues and as a board we stand for that. and again i want to thank you for what we've done tonight and look forward to going home soon. >> supervisor compos.

>> i wanted to recognize my staff and i think we should all have your staff in the chambers to stephanie and thank you for the work and stephanie in particular, thank you for the time you have spent here and i also want to acknowledge the staff of all the offices and mr. chair in particular, i want to say that your staff has done a tremendous job and you should be proud of captain stephani and margo kelly. it's hard to be an effective supervisor without having an incredible staff and i think that the fact that everybody has commented on a tremendous job that you have done, it's not just only a reflection of you, it's a reflection of them. so i echo everything that has been said and the fact that we're here so early is a testimony to the

work that has been done by the chair and by every member of the budget committee, thank you for the sacrifices you have had to make in the last few weeks. he want to make two -- i want to make two points. moving forward, i think there's -- there are some changes that can be made in terms of the process, how budget works in terms of the board and the mayor and one of the things that i think we could do going forward is maybe getting the budget even earlier so we have more time to digest a lot of the things that are here. with that said, i think this chair and this committee did a tremendous with the process. i want to thank you chair and how you have interacted with the districts. it's not easy to do. of course the mayor's office and kate howard and your staff. thank you for the professionalism and the hard work and we couldn't do this

without ben rosenfeld and rose. and their amazing staff and the city attorney who is here as well. thank you for the legal counsel that they provide. i want to mention a couple of things because i think the budget is the most important policy document that we can pass as a board and there are gaps and there's always things that i certainly wish that we had done and hopefully we'll have an opportunity to address some of those points and certainly the cost of living increases, one of those that i think we need to continue to watch because our workers work very hard and it's an expen sifb -- expensive city so i feel for that. but this budget is a reflection of how unique san francisco is. not only have we restored the

hiv cuts as supervisor wiener said, and thank you for your staff on that. you're doing things through this budget like projecting the transgender community in areas like the mission that had been sent to physical attacks and the fact that you're preventing that kind of violence is something that said a lot about who we are as a city. the fact that we're including in this funding for transgender health for the basic procedure that our transgender brothers and sisters need as part of basic help, that's a testament. you're adding health care to undocumented people who wouldn't be covered. that's the city we are and i'm proud of that. so nothing is perfect, but i think that this is something we should be proud

of. of course to the community who are still here with the workers. thank you for your work because you're the ones who make it possible for us to be accountable. and so last is to reiterate again, mr. chairman, it has been a pleasure to work with you. you should be proud of what you have accomplished and i think it has been a special week for us in san francisco and it's appropriate that we close with this moment as a board behind this budget. thank you. >> supervisor kim. >> i'm not sure if my mic is on. thank you. supervisor compos talked about the budget being -- and i think that this document is a good reputation

of our values. i want to thank avalos -- supervisor avalos for -- thank you. it's not late enough. late enough for me to change, but not as my last two years. but i want to appreciate the leader of ship of supervisor avalos, real legal negotiating around a lot of -- of 11 dint supervisors and our needs and working with each of us in insuring our priorities were in. i had two and they were amongst our most vulnerable population, it was the seniors and youth, and i'm happy to see that we were able to restore of the cuts that were happening to these most vulnerable populations whether it's after school or academic enrichment for our young people or nutritions and other services for seniors. i think that's

important. in terms of our city wide priorities, our sity had one and it -- our city had one and it was housing. this city as we had mentioned is becoming unfordable and it's important we support our affordable housing and low substidi program. and i'm excited that has been put in for year two and it's going to make a difference for those in san francisco. the second priority was of course our hiv cut. this is something that we have feel heavy among. i'm glad we were able to restore cuts that didn't happen locally but happened at the federal level. that was heavy for all of us and supervisor wiener were leaders on that. i was happy to see some of our city wide restorations around our wreck centers and parks. i

think that was a great addition to this budget as well. so i will thank our office staff, april venaron and ivy lee for working with our district 6 stakeholders and i'm editing our list to make sure that our top priorities were put into this budget and they stayed late on both nights and i want to recognize that april did have a loss today of a very dear, close friend and she stuck it out for the day and i want to appreciate her and her family for that. thank you. >> okay. thank you colleagues. i thank you for your comments. we have some procedurals items. i want to add to the comments of my colleagues, thank you for your support through this process. it has been an interesting learning experience and we got through it and we have something that we can be proud of. i forgot

to mention, stancross, thank you. and the aids of my colleagues, thank you. we don't get it done without you and thank you for sticking it out. >> i want to thank you avalos for trying to gather that information. thank you supervisor for all of that. >> and to all of city staff that's here from our city attorney's office and controller's office, our mayor's budget director and your entire team that is here, and all of personal time you sacrificed, thank you forgetting this done. this is a remembering flex -- reflection of you. colleagues, we have a motion or could i have a motion to amend the budget as indicated in the summary amendments fiscal year 14-15. >> amended. >> we can do that without opposition. so moved. >> we got past that one. motion to accept the mayor's

technical adjusted by the mayor's budget. >> move. >> we can do so without opposition. >> motion to table item number 1 on the recess agenda the resolution to suspend the reserve. we can do that without opposition. not funny. >> motion to approve items 1, and 2 on this thursday morning agenda's to approve the proposed salary ordinances and authority the controller to make adjustments to implement the committee's adjustment and pass a budget. can i have a motion. you can do so without opposition. motion to prove items 3 and 4 approving the treasure island authority and the investment infrastructure. motioned by supervisor wiener. we can do so without opposition. >> i want to thank anyone

involved. have a great night and we'll see you in budget committee in a few weeks. [ applause ] >> any other items? >> we are adjourned. out to bri

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located in the height of the cast strow district the eye kong bay bridge and on towards the east bay. cone oi shakes park is one the city's best kept secrets on lake twin peaks it's hardly crowded on a day any day you will run into a new lolls and hop on a bus to get there without any parking worries and lolls bring their four-legged fronds run freely with other dogs and a small touch of grass for the small dogs and wild flowers carpet the grasslands keep on the look out nor hawks and ot >> thank you, for that wonderful introduction, this is exciting for me as david

indicated both my daughters are graduate of lowell high school. [ applause ] so i know how your parents feel. i am excited today the last time i was at a high school commencement was for my daughters. i want to say that this is exciting for me because as i was listening to darle and the other speakers that had a moment to reflect on my high school years and i will talk for a few moments about that. those exciting days. but i did want to say that i was walking over here with my director of employment and workforce opportunities and i took a deep breath and said todd you have to find 613 more jobs. and that is what we do in san francisco. we look for jobs for you and we make sure. this city is successful so that

when you come back to your studies you are ready to go. >> the principal, and thank you so much for inviting me, and the faculty, and the staff, and the administrators, school board members, and of course, the students, families and friends. >> i would like to begin my remarks by sending my sincerist condolences to the family of (inaudible) chan was happened was a terrible waste and calls us to action to do better and we will do better. we will make that street safe for everybody. >> and i know that (inaudible) was a beloved member of your community and was in our thoughts today even as we celebrate your achievements. and i would also like to take the opportunity to recognize

five phenomenal lowell high school staff members who are retiring today. they have helped shape your high school careers. dr. ray hill, lowell science teacher for 17 years, congratulations dr. hill. tony, mona, math teacher for 41 years. >> wow. >> i have to say tony that i love my math teacher. vanessa guest, an english teacher for 13 years. cynthia mitchell, secretary for 39 years. thank you. >> and finally someone who has kept you safe on the campus,

ron hodges, security, 41 years. thank you all for your dedication and your commitment to the youth at lowell high school and to our great city and now, good evening, for lowell high school graduates class of 2013, go red and white. [ applause ] [ cheers ] >> i got my red on today. and with 613 students graduating today, i would like to say congratulations to all of you, you truly represent the incredible promise that our great city of san francisco is. thank you david, for your very kind introduction, as one of lowell's student leaders you must be very proud to be standing here in front of your class who will be graduating with you, thank you for being a great example to your fellow

classmates and to our city's youth and i hope that kayla your senior class president and david your student body president as well as the entire lowell graduating class of 2013 become the great community and civic leaders of san francisco future. because of being your mayor, i think that the people of the city every day for the opportunity to serve san francisco. it is a privilege to wake up each morning and to work for you, a people the our city and to do everything that i can to help all of us be successful. and as your graduation day is a day when you set off on a path to success you will use what you learned at lowell to tackle the great challenges next in your life, to make the differences in your world and the impact in the lives of your peers, family, your friends, and your community.

looking back at my graduation day in high school, i remember feeling excited, scared, nervous, and inspired to make a difference in the world and just like you my journey started on this very important day, graduation day. and you know, each of our lives brings different challenges and each of you will have your own individual challenges. for me, i lost my father, when i was a sophomore in high school, so i knew that my days ahead were not going to be very easy. in fact, i made up my mind as a graduate of public high school, that i was pretty much going to go it alone even though my dad was a cook and my mom was a seamstress and she had five other kids to take care of and

i did not want to be a burden. so, i was going to do what i think all of you are trained to do at lowell high school i was going to work my rear off to make sure that i could prove myself. and if i did it on my own, more pride to be taken. as a graduating senior, i had a vision to make this world better, a better place for my family as well as my community. after graduate froming public high school in seattle i went to a small liberal arts college in the state of maine, i went from seattle to maine. i had to sees the opportunity even if it meant moving away from friends and family and moving away from what i was familiar with to take on new challenges looking back at those years i made the right move because the learned the

east coast, i learned now where my daughters are at so i could tell them what they were about to face, and i know that this country is tied much more than just land. going from east coast you get a lot of experiences, after four and a half years i had enough of the east coast and i moved back to the west coast here to get a law degree at uc berkeley and i knew that san francisco would be become my new home. as some of you may know my background is as a civil rights lawyer working right here in san francisco. back then, a generation set out to make sure that we all recognized our greatest asset as a nation, our diversity. and together, in those years, we locked arms and stood in a doorway of the international

hotel. to prevent the wrongful eviction of senior chinese and filipino immigrants who had no money and no place to go. [ applause ] and today san francisco has some of the best tenant protections. we sued the san francisco fire department, to get women and people of color a chance to be a firefighter, to serve, the public of san francisco. and to dedicate their lives to public safety, today we have a city's first female fire chief and our public safety agencies are more diverse than ever, and just as proud and good as any other generation that this city has ever seen. i joined with others there that were just as dedicated and committed as i was to make a difference for the residents of san francisco. together, we helped to make san

francisco a different place, one that embraces and celebrates diversity. and today, san francisco is one of the most diverse cities and one of the most diverse regions. in fact, in the world's most diverse democracy. i never thought that i would ever in my lifetime see an african american as president of the united states and i never imagined that san francisco would have an asian american mayor. [ applause ] so as mayor, one of my many goals during my term in office is to empower all of the residents and make our city even more responsive, efficient and accountable to the voice of all the diverse communities. i gather the importance of the ties in the need of our

community and every day i am trying to make san francisco a place where everyone succeeds, a city for the 100 percent. i am honored to be working for the community, and fighting for the community, and trying to help the community and our city be a better place for everyone to live, work, visit, and do business. today, san francisco's economy is recovering. our unemployment rate has dropped from 9.6 percent when i first came into office in 2011, to an astonishing 5.4 percent today. [ applause ] we put san franciscans back to work and gave them back the dignity of a paycheck so that they could support their families. but it is still not good enough. and i will remain focused on making sure that no one is left behind. that is why we created programs like tech sf to insure that our

long term unploid and youth have access to education, training, and job placement assistance. we have already trained and packed scores of people in technology jobs and the first graduation is this june. last summer, i proudly joined mayor pelosi to take up president obama's challenge of taking up summer jobs for activities for at risk youth and we surpassed our own goal, we got 5,201 summer jobs for kids last summer. the summer jobs plus program and now thanks to another great partnership with the united way this summer. we are working even harder to make sure that we find the paid job opportunities for 6,000 youth in our city. yes, we want to insure that all of you have opportunities and skills needed to compete in the

21st century economy and workforce. that is why with the shared goals with the superintendents of our school and boards and we continue to make it the expectation >> and with the kindergarten to college program we are able to establish a college savings account for every kindergarten student, can you believe that? as a city? yes. >> and we are working to insure that every student especially students of our middle schools have the resources and opportunities to graduate ready for college. and since day one i have been committed to our cities' family and our children and our youth and i will remain committed because i see education and training not as an expense, but as an investment. my wife, anita and i have been

parents to both of our daughters so i know first hand what it is like to be a parent here in san francisco. and i want to thank you all parents to being here. because they could not have done it without you. i know that. and what sacrifices your parents made, i know that. because they are investing in you as part of our future and helping you pursue your dreams. we all want you to succeed. because as all of you embark on the next leg of your journey, i want you to remember to come back to san francisco. i want you to come back, i want you to work here, the innovation, capitol of the world. i want you to come back and i want you to raise your families here and i want you to buy a house and maybe a couple send your own kids to public school right here in san francisco. i want you to come back and be the next generation of leaders like the great that have help

to build san francisco like the houses and the fishers and so many more that fight for the community and build the strong neighborhoods and yes these names you know because they were in your shoes, they were also graduates of lowell high school. [ applause ] >> san francisco is the greatest city in the world, i know it. i know it. and wherever you go, we will get to brag about that because we are and we know this. and they love the city, and we love the city. so when you succeed whether you become the next fortune ceo or a noble prize winner or a supreme court justice, remember to make your community and your city a better place for all. i leave you with this advice as you begin your new journey, my vision began when i was graduating high school senior. and now, it is your turn to

make your vision a reality. make an impact on the future, and make your community and this world a better place. be bold, and to quote one of my favorite movies, boldly go where no one has gone before. congratulations class of 2013, go out there and change the world. thank you. [ applause ]