270,000 people in the technology sector. it has the hardware component of high tech. so the single rigid capital is not only [inaudible] some firms in the valley but they're setting firms in san francisco now and it is one of the most successful ecosystems in turning research into possible companies. also has a very high level educational team so silicon valley has double the us average of people with a masters degree or above with 21 percent. so 20 percent of the workforce is oakland valley has a masters degree or above. also, representing the southeast raleigh carried also another perennial top performer. it has sought employment growth for the several years and also saw saw its job creation rate accelerate in the

past year and over the past 12 months was fourth in the category in the country. let me just briefly mention some of the small performing metros. as i said, fargo was number one, very diverse economy for small metro. it has healthcare. it has financial services. and another thing, we'll see what happens given the declining oil prices in terms of the oil boom but overall, looking at the numbers, it truly was a remarkable performance by san francisco and let me introduce the man who has been leading that effort. am not one to typically stands up and tells us what great jobs mayors are doing but i tell them what they should be doing but mayor lee is showing us what should be done and deserves a lot of the credit for this growth in technology and other creative services and improving the quality of life in the community. mayor lee.

>> [applause] >> ross, thank you for that wonderful presentation and jim, it's also pleasure to work with you and they are counsel. the milken institute. thank you for showing that san francisco continues to be the best city to live to work to play. i am very very honored to be its mayor. i get to work with quite a few great talented in our city and some of them are in the audience. that help me continue making the city a success. i want to say too that this is up in the case. i've been around long enough to know that. you know, my favorite line in this discussion, ross, that our job growth is really an unrivaled accomplishment quote unquote. we forget sometimes just not very long ago how hard it was to match

imagine this. how unprecedented this recovery is, given that when you look at the other cities that we are compared to, you know that we are very limited geographically. so we have to be pretty inventive as to how we do this. we have worked hard. there are some basic things that i'll share with you as part of the panel today as to how we may have gotten there but we were not seeking to be the best city. i think were just seeking to make sure we got out of this recession. well and that we are always going to be talking with our business partners because when am i main questions with the business community is, calmly look around the corner. help us as a city, as a region, prevent ourselves from being thrust into another recession. what are the jobs and the industries that sustain itself throughout any economic challenge that the nation might confront? now these days the world economy could impact us. so, we work hard. to earn this

title and i think that now that we've created more jobs than any time in our city's history, were not going to sit on this group were going to really try to move forward. those of us that have lived in san francisco and seen our city and our regions growth, know this first-hand. we know that businesses in our downtown, and our soma, are growing. we've seen those companies from the valley so we moved to an extent in san francisco. we have seen this as a positive thing. there is amazing success stories of not only those that have grown here but now those that have started here have become tycoons in the business community. salesforce twitter yelp and so many others. you know this amazing story also says to us that we are excited

and i'm excited because it isn't just one sector. this is the thing that i will keep over and over again. industries like healthcare, click biotech, tourism, construction, manufacturing and more but we also see technology very strongly woven into all these different industries. this is the excitement that i continue to share with our chamber of commerce, without sf technology companies with all the different sectors. is that it isn't just one, it's all about. and that gives us a tremendous opportunity because all of these sectors have helped people get back to work have created the revenues that we can invest right back into our neighborhoods into our small businesses, into infrastructure, into the people to create this city to become a continuing attractive city. because without that investment

, you're going to quickly see that the very talent that the companies have recruited here, and one of the greatest assets that we have is our count -- but that don't won't be here unless we continue thrusting forth a diverse city. a city that's exciting to them that keeps their minds focused on being successful and being integrated and being a world-class city. so, when i say that were not sitting on our success, i also saved we are building upon our success. you know, we raised the minimum wage. that's a excitingly good thing for people really feel that they can't afford to be here. we are investing in transportation. we are implementing a very serious tax reform. how could you have a tax system that was literally taxing jobs when you're saying i want those jobs in our city for everybody? we are

investing in our city's youth and families and education system. in unprecedented level. i was with the school district the other night as they swore in the school board members that were just elected and i spent the entire evening with the school district. i wanted to demonstrate how important education is to the entire city. we are building housing. you are going to hear me, this year and any other year, whether i'm elected or not, it's going to be housing housing housing for middle income for workforce housing, convertible income lovers. we are going to make sure that the resident benefit from a successful city. you know, san francisco is proving and it will continue to prove that you can have a strong economic growth city and still be a socially progressive leader for the nation. this is important i think to the conversation, to the rest of the country. i'm going to be talking about that over and

over again because we can take care of a lot of people who have struggled in the economy was bad, but it's good practice to where investments should be. the two simply are not mutually exclusive and we can and will continue to support not just economic development, but our people. our families. our youth. our homeless. are kids who didn't get the attention and now they got our full attention. we want them to succeed and all of our residents 60. so, with this story i just want to add value to that you'd were not sitting on the success just because your number one, we need to be number one in many other categories in particularly, what sort families and our youth and that's were going to continue to get with that, got to participate in the panel discussion and thank you very much. >> [applause] >>

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ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are great stories for on opera. i was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. a friend of mine said well, what

would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. why isn't it are that i have the support now we can do that. i realized that was something that wasn't being done in san francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in san francisco to have organizations well, i thought that was going to be our speciality >> you create a conceptual idea for setting the opera and you spear ahead and work with the other sdierndz to create an overview vision that's the final product felt opera.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was very inspired to work with him because the way he looked at the key is the way i looked at sports looking at the daily. >> so much our mandate is to try to enter disis particular work there's great dancers and theatre actresses and choirs we've worked with and great video artists is a great place to collect and collaborate. i had a model they have a professionally music yes, ma'am assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor i'd be able to work with them and it's helped my growth i had a dream

of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial >> it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas technically and work with activity artists and designers and video all over the on any given project to further the way we tell stories to improve our ability to tell stories on stage. that's part of the opera lab >> i was to investigate that aspect of renaissance and new work so that's why this piece it is important it was a renaissance composer. >> there were young people that are not interested in seeing traditional opera and like the

quality and it's different it has a story telling quality every little detail is integrated and helps to capture the imagination and that's part of the opera how we can use those colors into the language of today. >> so one of the great things of the stories of opera and story combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. >> that's what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know really great you have to have

both some people don't like it and some people do we're concerned about that. >> it's about thirty something out there that's risky. you know disliked by someone torn apart and that's the whole point of what we're drying to do >> you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> 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

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. >> welcome to the smraul business commission meeting on monday, january 26. it is 2.09 and we are starting the commission meeting. this meeting is televised live and we want to thank sfgov tv for televising the meeting. please for the public turn off all cell phone and pagers. item no. 1 is roll call to order. commissioner adams, here. commissioner dooley here. commissioner dwight, here. commissioner ortiz-cartagena said that he would be running a little late. commissioner yee-riley, here. commissioner