i also want to emphasize tim paulsen stood up for working families. that included rebecca ryan, roxanne sanchez, tom o'connor, tim paulsen, and we are joined by the fire chief joann hayes- white. i want to make sure i recognize throughout the process that our city attorney contributed to all the legal questions that came up. knowing how difficult these aspects were, they stepped up to help us review all these proposals. with that, this press conference is concluded, and we will move forward. yes, we will take questions. >> [unintelligible] >> first of all -- [unintelligible] in this proposal, we're talking about 35%. how can we afford that? mayor lee: it does, but obviously we have a long-term view on this. our talks relations indicates -- our copulations indicate this over 10 years. a lot will depend on how -- our calculations indicate the server 10 years. a lot will depend on how our investments do. we've always said employee contributions would be the major part and for a lot of current sacrifices are reflected. >> 35% -- it never gets to 35%. [uni

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor,

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor, progressives, and moderates coming together for solutions to save jobs and city services? here. in san francisco. by the way, this has also been done with the account of the impact on working men and women in town. this is done deliberately. this is done smartly. during those long, long meetings during which we crafted this proposal -- i want to thank warren hellman for helping lead this charge. i want to thank all the sector unions. the public safety, the lawyers. everyone was at the table. i want to give an extra shot out to the chair of our public employees union from local 21. i am surprise

after a few months, it was "ok, talk with us. " tim paulsen, from our labor council. >> thank you, mr. mayor. as you say, this is historic. i speak to my colleagues all over the country, and there has never been a partnership with a city family that we have seen like we have seen in san francisco. usually, someone has to run good idea or they're doing it unilaterally. and there's all kinds of friction. here in san francisco, we really have done it as a good way. where do we get business, labor, progressives, and moderates coming together for solutions to save jobs and city services? here. in san francisco. by the way, this has also been done with the account of the impact on working men and women in town. this is done deliberately. this is done smartly.