maintaining it from here on to make sure it is accessible to everybody. like i said earlier, it's one that we will keep market street as something that department of technology on behalf of the city would like to do for it's residents, for it's businesses to allow them to have that access. so, what are other candidates? certainly our school district. we already have about 27 public libraries have all been wired up and as you heard several months ago have a partnership with google to wire up one of our public parks, city hall, regional parks and we have more to do. we want to update the public housing sites as well to provide access to people who couldn't afford to do this on their own and that's reflective

of some of the values that we have. that is important. making accessibility to everybody in the city is important to us as we roll out more and more of what i think is the connectivity for our future. now, having said this, i also want you to know that last year we signaled that our city would join on a national movement and when the fcc gave a mega bit challenge to the rest of the city. i happen to be the head of the task force innovation and technology for mayor's and we signaled our support for that challenge and also signaled our support for broadband and more internet connectivity for all over the country. we want to do this for every neighborhood as fast as we can because this will help education wise, small business wise and the more free and affordable it is, it will

definitely help a lot of our communities with different economic levels to be connected so that they can be part of the 21st century. and then as we get the education, unions involved this will definitely help our job skills particularly for our kids in the future. i want to thank the department of intentional for their leadership on this. i want to thank all the agencies that have worked together to produce this, our police department as well because i know they will work collaboratively with transportation. i know that we want to do more and this is where i continue to join the efforts of supervisor wiener and supervisor david chiu. mark, you have done a great job starting us out. keep going not only with market street, we have other corridors in the city to make sure that everybody becomes part of the 21st century. this is the

innovation capital of the world with a special emphasis on those that need it and are part of the 21st century. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor lee. now i would like to introduce somebody who has been a friend of technology at this service since i started and who is thinking out of the box to try to help us simplify and accelerate president david chiu. [ applause ] >> thank you, mark. happy holidays! i am so excited about what we are doing today and part because when i first ran for office in 2008, i told my constituents that the vision of having free munis in san francisco is what i was interested in having and i was having a conversation with former mayor for this and i

want to thank our current mayor lee and the city agencies for working with us and supervisor wiener for really moving forward and getting this done. i also want to make a note that our current head of technology is the fourth chief who i have spoken to about getting this done. i don't know how you managed to do it in the first 6 months but congratulations for what you have been able to do. [ applause ] >> i want to mention that this weekend we has hundreds of folks dressed in santa claus outfits running through here in the castro, i want to thank selena because you were the ones that delivered santa's gift in helping make this vision a reality. in the 20th century, access to roads, electricity and water was how communities and cities succeed.

in the 24th century it's access to broadband. we noticed, and we know that we are not leading the way and not even in the top 10 countries in the world when it comes to high speed broadband. as mayor alluded to that we have a challenge as a city and nation capital of the world we need to make sure that we have the most fastest and most accessible broadband wechlt -- we know it's good for our economy, education and infrastructure. we know it's going to help everyone succeed in our city. i have two visions that are beyond where we are. first has to do with market. i know mayor lee shares this as many of us share this on market street. not only with congestion on our roads, we want to see a huge number of people on market street,

spending time in cafes, shopping and enjoys what it is to be a san franciscans and what it will be on the major thoroughfare. i have more ideas, it shouldn't be just market street. every street? san francisco should be like market street. we would like to bring free wifi to all of our communities. if we need to do republican -- renovations in our streets, we'll put in the infrastructure to make sure we are wiring every corner of our city, every street in our city so every household and residence can succeed and i

look forward to working with our mayor and all the departments and the private sector. happy holidays!. thanks for being here. >> thank you, david. now i would like to invite the supervisor of this beautiful district scott wiener. [ applause ] >> thank you, mark. thank you mr. mayor. welcome every one to district 8. this is the upper market which is sometimes the forgotten part of market street. we see a lot focused east of octavia. i'm thrilled that this initial roll out of free wifi will extend all the way into the tas castro from the ferry building. we have seen a renaissance in san

francisco of public space of having new and graed -- great and better public spaces. we are in the plaza which was the very first of the program that began about 4 years ago where we decided to really start creating new plazas and having new public spaces. this plaza has been in incredibly successful in the castro and having free wifi here in this public space and other public spaces and in our parts is an incredible part to make sure that people can use these public spaces and that people can congregate here and get work done here and tried -- read the paper and whatever else they want to do. i'm glad that we are celebrating here in the plaza. next year we are going to be wiring the sidewalks on castro street which is part of the strategy to keep improving these places.

thank you very much and congratulations on the work. [ applause ] >> thank you, scott. and now i would like to invite the technology visionary that helped us accomplish this corridor. selena lowe from ruckus. please join me. [ applause ] >> good morning. ruckus has been selected by the city of san francisco as the technology foundation for this milestone launch of wifi along one of the most beautiful and famous thoroughfare in the world. i want to personally thank mark and the team for the support in collaboration that we enjoy in

putting this and designing and implementing this network in record time. the launch of this service as mayor lee said is just the beginning and we are really really excited by the opportunity. at ruckus, we share a vision with the city of san francisco for a reliable wifi u actuality that provides not only free public access but also can serve as an economic stimulus for private and public online services. we believe this project will become a model for cities everywhere in the world. today, we are turning that vision into a reality. the mobile internet has changed everything in our life. anyone can tell you that

wifi has become the preferred way to connect to the internet. we all use wifi daily perhaps hourly, perhaps constantly. wifi access is now viewed as a utility just like power and water. therefore like power and water, it has to be reliable, pervasive and fast. that's where ruckus is coming. ruckus is a solution provider for wifi services and equipment. we have wifi networks deployed in many public areas including new york, los angeles, shanghai, beijing, hong kong, tokyo, london, paris, etc. now having san francisco select ruckus for

this challenging high density wifi environment along market street is really another level of achievement for us. our technology is specialized in dealing with high capacity broad coverage, challenging environment , public environment that includes buildings as well as lots of interference. we have technology to deliver that and confident that we can provide a great service to san francisco. at hulk -- ruckus we are excited about the opportunity to bring the millions of residents and businesses as well as visitors wifi access as well as new online services to the great city of san francisco. thank you.

[ applause ] >> well, before we ask the mayor to officially activate symbolically with his big switch. be careful, mayor. i want to acknowledge the people that made that act possible. one thing i realized in the last six 6 months is that the number of players, the level of collaboration and partnership of complexity with players was the key to make this a reality before the end of the year. not in any order of importance, i have to thank my boss who has been believing for a second that this would happen. good. now i can say it's good. kelly

from the puc, we get the power from the puc. we had a special partnership with mta, ed riskin's people and i want to particularly acknowledge lauren green from mta who has been fantastic and the city attorney and of course the whole team from selena. i can't name them all but your founder and ceo has been absolutely phenomenal. of course we have here our friend and ceo director who has given us a dedicated one gig line to the internet just to market street so it's fewer and it makes a difference to the performance. of course in the department of technology, i cannot stop and acknowledge our

new cto manager and mike mccarthy, joseph john who is in the department of technology safety group with mike denning, bruce, john daring and the technology people, matt, and brian roberts and so many more. it's time to enjoy this great wifi on market street and now we can relax a little bit guys, you've done it. please join me now. mayor, i would like you to activate the power on wifi market street. >> i know what you are all thinking. so we are going to put this back at candlestick park once the lights go out on monday just as soon as we do this. [ laughter ]

5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. [ applause ] >> it's on now. >> >> >> >>

>> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending

earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth.

>> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes.

>> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they

are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of

life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter

scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested

is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for

>> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks.

beatty their chest onstage. >> she was energized by the scene and proved up with other girls who wanted their voices to be heard. touring the country and sharing gen-x 7 as a. her mainstream reputation grew with her novel. theses san francisco public library took notice and asked her if she would begin carrying a monthly reading series based on her community. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers. they're just coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome.

at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a

core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup. established authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in

san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for

free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪