mexico city these are cities where. twice as large as moscow thank you martin well put some powers approaching thirty million if you think about regional not just the city but regional tokyo you're talking about twenty million people doing so so these most this population has doubled in my lifetime it used to be eight when i was a kid right at sixteen right now and so it was so to think that there are undoubtedly there is some kind of limit but it's noble exactly where it is in moscow problem and it's russia's problem is everything is so centralized here that if if you really want to get something done you really need to be here this is where the money is that maybe there's not exactly three percent of russia's money isn't most that's right so it's not like our keep growing until there's money elsewhere well let's hear more about it right now from spotlights he learned that. the u.s. is so strictly regulated and its citizens it was far from easy for non muscovites to come and live in the capital the collapse of the sovi

citi. we do not want to lose the momentum for the tech agenda in san francisco, and we think this is an exciting day for us. we heard from ed in his neck inauguration when he declared san francisco the innovation capital of the world, and that is the charter that sf citi wants to but -- promote. his inauguration speech was not just a speech, but a call for action, and the tech community is responding today, less than one week after he gave that speech. we represent the new economy in san francisco, and with this partnership, we hope to create thousands of new jobs. that will be our first quarter. -- charter. we witnessed mayor ed delete during his inauguration be the first elected official as far as we know who ever treated during their inauguration. not only did he tweet, he tweeted an infographic. a couple of people stayed up all night creating this, and guess what, it is all about jobs. both of them are here, and we want to thank them. [applause] before i tell me more about s.f. citi, i

citi. the governing board members initially will be representatives from salesforce.com, zynga, and jawbone. there will also be an executive board for other companies to contribute donations to s.f. citi for the day to day operations. everyone in the tech community could not be more excited than our vice chairman of s.f. citi, none of them heather hardy, a folk hero. [applause] >> she is already standing, so we cannot get her to stick out. heather was ceo of techcrunch, the company that announced 90% of these companies -- they announced their existence. techcrunch is the fabric of technology here in san francisco. heather just less rigid left the company and agreed to take the volunteer position as vice chairman of s.f. citi. before that, she was at news corp. and went to harvard business school. we are not holding out against her. in the meantime, we have an executive search going on for an executive director. in the meantime, it is important for everyone here to know that we have five peo

sells city-on property. the real estate division and the office of economic and workforce development cannot conduct a separate formal or public planning process to determine the best use of parcel f. the sales agreement does not require the boys and girls club to obtain a certificate of occupancy until seven years after the date of sale, and the city will not receive the $2.5 million sale proceeds until 30 days after the conditional use permit is approved or 24 months after the proposed resolution approved. therefore, we consider the decision to be a policy matter for the board. >> my apologies. i think the holidays might have got the best of me. i am having a hard time locating that document. i am happy to follow up, and we have asked the city attorney to join me. supervisor chu: let's go to public comment. then we will come back to you. are there members of the public who wish to speak on this item, number 10? >> good morning, supervisors. my name is douglas dep, and i have lived in san francisco for 59 y

the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that our city was named after. st. francis believed in compassion for those who have less -- had less than others. those of us with opportunities have to give back. part of that entails taking care of the most important among us, the folks who have need, including our homeless. >> let's talk about the transportation situation in your district. you mentioned that transit could be better. how is parking and traffic? is there enough muni service now? >> you are talking to the one member of the board that does not only car. i get around my district by muni, bicycle, or hailing a cab. our transit system is truly challenge. our bosses are late one out of four times. -- our buses are late one out of a quarter times. they're still not as clean and safe as we'd like. we can do better and investing in our muni system. we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. i support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling

>> i think the big ask is to listen to cities more and do more for our cities. we've got great needs. we're a big part of the gdp in this nation. we all have huge unemployment problems. we need help from the federal government to get our people back to work. we need infrastructure investments. this nation has 70,000 bridges that have one or another kind of deficiency. investing in bridges would put people back to work and get hardcore unemployed immediately to work and we begin to relieve some of the problems we see. >> you follow the politics here. mayor nutter, you do as well. you understand that there are limits to what the obama administration is able to do whether it is infrastructure or whether it is the social safety net. a major stimulus plan. there's been other things. he's dealing with a congress that says less government and not more government. >> helping cities, helping us do our jobs is what will help america. 80% of the population lives in the city. 85% of the jobs are in cities and metro areas and as mayor gray said 90% of the gross domestic prod

another example is the jobs squad which will enable city staff to get out of city hall and work full-time in the city's neighborhood districts, offering assistance and advice to small businesses to cut through red tape and start creating jobs. i will be announcing the specific details within the next several weeks and i and my proposed budget later this year. in the case of the balboa theater, we have been able to take advantage of the san francisco shines program to make a grant. the theater for assaad is in the process of being renewed. we are hopeful that this upgrade will enable businesses to stay afloat. thus preserving these crucial neighborhood jobs. the sf shines program is one of several financing tools that the city offers to neighborhood businesses. we also have the small business revolving loan funds and the section 108 loan program for larger projects. the sf shines and roblin loans fund are out of money and need to be recapitalized. in the coming weeks, i will propose an expansion of these financing tools to increase our capacity to launch and strengthen small businesses in

they love this city, too. last friday i joined the team at code for america to bring hack culture into city government. for the first time, you will see hackatohns at city hall, where we will engage some of the world's most innovative minds. from transit to better service delivery for residents, we must innovate our way to solutions. [applause] in doing so, we must always make sure that we innovate for everyone. whether you speak english, chinese, spanish, or all three. whether you are young, old, or have a disability, this is san francisco. true technological innovation must leave no one behind. [applause] the need to innovate and take responsibility for our own fate is nowhere more evident than in the challenges that we face with the elimination of our redevelopment agencies by the state. let's be candid. the legacy of redevelopment in other parts of the state, even our own city, is far from perfect. in recent years, we have leverage the power to build more than 11,000 units of affordable housing, create a g

from the city of san francisco, i grew up all over the city. i am here on behalf of local artists, and many that are underserved by a lot of the events that are thrown through of the city, in the sense that the local artists still have to scrounge in to be the concept of a struggling artist. the city of san francisco is known and by its creativity. imagine san francisco without creativity is like a child without creativity. this event is a great event that will help the many artists as to work with the youth guidance center. many are lacking opportunities. many are very creative and they don't have these types of opportunities with they can reach the world. i urge you to get on the good foot and really try to push forward us being able to give the youth opportunity as well as local artists. >> thank you for talking about this really important issue. i am the president of the san francisco arts democratic club. i have been living and working in the city with a lot of these folks over the years. this presents an opportunity to shine with our arts

and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of shola. over 50 october of of all trips daily made by bike. and for regional use of the bicycle. got some figures compared to a car. then you can see that schoolchildren use the bicycle very frequently for education. and still businessmen use the car a lot. and social recreational reasons. a reason for using the bike and shopping. we like to go shopping on our bikes. come to that later. and when it comes to gender. who's using the bicycle. i'm told that the netherlands is very typical on this. we have more women on bikes then -- than men. and the most intense users are girls from the age of 12 to 18 and that's easy to explain because i once was a girl of that age and to me, mabika was that age and to me, mabika was my ticket to freedom.

welcome to city hall, your city hall. i wanted to make sure -- i know supervisor mirkarimi is here. supervisor jane kim is also here. they are both here because i know both have a strong commitment to our youth in san francisco. i want to welcome all of you here tonight for two reasons. one, i know we are going to give some awards out for our youth leaders, but the other reason i wanted to make sure you had a good invitation to come to city hall tonight was because we have been waiting for one of you to register, wondering if you are going to run for mayor or not. there is a vacant seat for youth to lead the city. i think you can take this job and run with it. this city needs to be more kid- friendly, more youth-oriented. i think you could have a big input to make sure that what we are doing will be there for you to raise families as well. i want to congratulate all the nominees tonight. all of you who have been participating in this competition for the fellowship have been doing great work. i have been reading through some of the accomplishments that you are a part of. i got to mee

they automatically transferred to the city unless the city determines that they don't want them. that is the context of this legislation. under the proposed legislation, it would transfer housing assets to the mayor's office of housing and the non housing assets, any responsibility for the three major development projects to the director of administrative services. this would be candlestick point, some parts of mission bay and transbay. the city would be responsible to meet the obligations of these forms of redevelopment obligations and the increment financing that would have to sit on to the redevelopment agency and would be transferred to the city to pay for these obligations. under the legislation, the assumption is that there will be remaining property tax revenues to the city for general purposes once the obligations are met and the property taxes have been distributed to all of the taxing industries. at this point and time, financing information is insufficient to determine what the full impact is of resolving the redevelopment agency. for the first six months, there is a r

there are people in the city administrators and city attorney's office and so on and so forth.eally no part of the city is likely to remain completely untouched by this and this is what has come of this budget deal that was struck last year where the legislature -- >> there are about 400 similar cities across. >> oh, yeah. >> belva: why this one so rapidly? >> oakland perhaps the money is more deeply embedded in oakland's infrastructure. but all cities, los angeles is also moving to shut down its redevelopment agency and grapple with the loss of funds down there. we had two state senators today introduce a bill that would delay the effective date from february 1st to april 15th to give skiz a little bit more time to grapple with this but nobody is saying the money will be kept. the money is going away under the deal struck with the legislature and the governor. the cities are reaping what they've sown. they went to court to try to stop this budget deal and the seizing of the redevelopment funds and the original deal had a provision that would allow the agencies to continue to e

you drive around this city, cities large and small. on a muni bus that goes on time, dianne feinstein, you will enjoy third streetlight rail. dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and on. it's an steroid list of accomplishments. you know everything she has done in the senate, but i want to just thank senator feinstein to just thank senator feinstein for all of the work she did to

today we are honoring our acting city administrator amy brown who is leaving the city and county of san francisco for a new position. amy is someone who i first met almost 10 years, maybe more when i was an aide to former supervisor hall when we were working on legislation for harding park. he was the deputy city attorney. over 10 years we have worked on a number of projects together. it has always struck me, the intelligence and integrity. i knew i was always getting a tremendous work product in that every angle had been taken a look at and most importantly, it was provided in an honest manner. selfishly, i am going to miss losing a district 7 resident of such great regard. a neighbor who i have joked with, she lives so close to me when my son was a newborn. she could have heard him crying in the middle of the night. you have just been truly a remarkable public servant. you are someone who i think a lot of city employees looked up to. not just those who work with you but those who observe you because of the standard of excellence with which you serve the city. there is no question that

by the end of this year, we will be to run the city. in conclusion, it is such an exceptional honor for me to serve the city and county of san francisco. it is committed to members like you that makes san francisco the greatest city in the country. here in the mission district, i am reminded of the neighborhood i grew up and and the amazing journey my life has taken me. from an immigrant kid who dropped out of school to be the district attorney in the greatest city in the world. i am humbled and honored to be here with you today. my commitment to you is to tackle large challenges in the courtroom, classroom, and community. together, we are on our way to making san francisco the safest big city in america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome father donald godfrey. >> let us pray. god, our compassion and justice, on this joyful occasion of this swearing in of george gascon, we ask you to bless the george, his wife, family, and wrens. empower the district attorney with the gifts of an ever deeper desire for truth, fairness,

reserved and will will serve the city of san francisco. i am so excited to be able to work in our city, where we think there is the most innovation. our fellowship program takes start of culture and puts it inside city government. we help cities write apps, we help them understand how start- ups were, we use the lean start a methodology, and we helped change the culture within city government. what we are doing now, enabled by s.f. citi, are some new platforms. so many people applied to be part of code for america. it if you have ever wondered whether the tech industry cares about government, i can tell you i see it every day. we had 525 people apply for 25 slots. and that is applying for the opportunity to work for a small stipend, move here, and work under challenging conditions. beyond that, there are hundreds of thousands of people who want to do this in their spare time. we are building a platform that would allow the city of san francisco to put out its needs and have people code on projects to make apps for citizens. that is, the co

in moving the city forward. i agree with an approach that focuses less on a site issues and more on bringing people together to address the problems that we face. because there are simply too many conflicts and issues, including the creation of good paying jobs, which i think should be one of the top priorities, and i am sure it is a concern to many of the constituents in district 5. strategies to deal with changes in redevelopment and its impact to our city. improvements to public safety in district 5, and the exploration for obtaining more affordable middle, lower, income housing. these are the basic kinds of issues i want to tackle. with all of your help, i believe we can make the kinds of lasting impacts that will improve the daily life for all of us here in san francisco. finally, i want to conclude with a pledge to the residence in d- 5. i know you did not elect me, but i promise you i will work hard to earn your respect and trust. i am prepared to go that extra mile on your behalf to improve the neighborh

, and it was city administrator. it was ed lee. he was the last person i met before went home for the holidays and then came back to be sworn in. this position is so very important. there is an immense amount of work and responsibility that you'll be able to take a leadership role in. first of all, i really appreciate the support that you have given me in my first year of office. i think you are an incredibly lovely person. beyond that, i think that you are the most qualified person to be appointed to this position. i am really excited to see you soon as our city administrator here. i appreciate your thoughtfulness, your dedication as a public servant, which is incredible -- incredibly important in this position, and also that you are a mother and a woman of color. this is historic for the african-american community. but really for all of us. we want to have the best people in a position such as this. i am incredibly touched by the amount of support you have in the community and the stories people shared about how yo

we want this city to show its best foot forward. to the extent we're involved in any of these discussions, that will be our point of view from their bedside. that is as good an impression. >> i would urge you and everyone else involved in the -- america's cup to keep an eye on that. we want to make sure that people after 10:00 p.m. there are other things for them to do in ways to enjoy themselves. we want to put our best foot forward. supervisor mar: the arts and cultural organization could play a role. also on other days so many people in town. you started to tell us about an -- a plan. the more you could share with us as the eir has come for that would be hopeful. it is clear we have a number of the arts organizations coming up after our senior planner for the port authority. >> the definition. i will take a couple of minutes to go forward. i would like to describe how hard is located. you undoubtedly are familiar with the view of the public art. --before the rocket ship, there was a 30 5-- 35 foot spider. and there was a mother a

in this case, the city. we have issues and challenges we face, and caring people who are problem-solving oriented. if we tear those two groups of people together, some amazing things have come up. we have had that over five and a people over this past year -- 500 people over the past year, over 10,000 hours of civic engagement, and nearly 30 application that have been developed. code for america, what they are doing, is taking it to the next level, where we take these ideas and substantiate new business, and drive job growth, and disrupt government. you have seen a transformation in the consumer space. we have not seen a transformation in government. there is no reason why we cannot do that. >> problem solving. what is on the top of your priority list? how this code of america going to help you in that? >> we have got a lot of problems, obviously. they get worse every time i listen to what the state is going to do with their budget, certainly, with the fed's are cutting off. i have a whole list. muni comes t

you drive around this city, cities large and small. on a muni bus that goes on time, dianne feinstein, you will enjoy third streetlight rail. dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and on. it's an steroid list of accomplishments. you know everything she has done in the senate, but i want to just thank senator feinstein for all of the work she did to make this city better and i say this all the time. in baseball like, unlike politics, you get credit for saves. politics you don't often get credit for saves. the work she did to save this city from cuts, the work she did to fight for this city are extraordinary as well and that goes on an accomplishment list. i don't have time for that. i want to just close with this. my wife just finished a film called "misrepresentation." this is not an argument in favor of that film. we're 92nd in the world in legislative positions. in cuban they have woman more in legislative positions, in iraq, afghanistan, and china, an interesting fact. think about dianne feinstein. first w

and county of san francisco north of daly city. i would like to urge you to vote with me on this to override the mayor's beat out and i welcome your support. thank you. president chiu: any additional discussion? why don't we take a roll-call vote. >> supervisor wiener, no. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chiu, aye supervisor chu, no. supervisor elsbernd, no,. supervisor kim, no. supervisor olague, aye. six ayes and five nos. president chiu: the ordinance is not approved. item 12. >> a motion adopting findings and approving the conditional use authorization on property located at 2041 larkin street subject to all conditions imposed and additional conditions imposed by the board of supervisors on december 6, 2011. president chiu: is there a supervisor from -- representative from planning here? i don't think we have technical limits in front of us. we do have the technical limits? assuming we do, why don't we make a motion to excuse supervisor olague? do we need to take a roll call on that? >> on the motion t

experience as a leader in city government.ies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said through many corners of the city, whether it is a town hall meeting or just your regular family association dinner, the hundreds i have been too -- i really feel proud of our asian community as a whole for allowing me to serve this great city and for all the years of struggle and coordinating and push to keep the doors of government open and to keep opportunities for many generations of asians to serve this wonderful city. thank you. i continue

the city cannot ignore. i do want to thank the coalition and the families connected with the coalition for coming forward, for telling their stories, difficult stories to tell about being marginally housed oregon difficulties dealing with education situations. there are numerous stores already in the san francisco chronicle and the examiner about family homelessness in san francisco, and people coming forward to tell the stories, it is very difficult. but those types of synergies between advocates telling their stories and media picking up on them are ways that we can actually shed light on our troubles and how we can come up with a response. i was very pleased to see, this morning, the story in "the chronicle" about a family making commitments to help families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. i think those types of support that come from time to time are essential for us to be able to support struggling families and to show the kind of city that we truly are. so we owe a great thanks to the effi

to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] supervisor kim: i am joined today by supervisor farrell and supervisor campos. we also want to thank the staff at sfgovtv. are there any announcements? >> the items on the agenda -- supervisor mar to the local agency formation commission. supervisor kim: it was previously held by a supervisor mirkarimi. motion? we will open up for public comment. >> we are part of the coalition a regular instead of alternate member. we have not heard back. i don't know if there is anything to do about it. supervisor kim: is there any other comment on this item? >> i would like to oppose this appointment. i feel that supervisor mar should be spending more time in his district. i think some people feel that way. i don't see them here. at least

citi. at 5:00 yesterday, we had 72 members. this morning, we had 85 members. from 7:00 -- yes, we should clap. [applause] why don't any member company not standing, stand. [applause] this is s.f. citi, really not the people up here. it is the member companies that have adopted us. s.f. citi -- the power of s.f. citi is in our membership. from 7:00 this morning, the following companies have also joined who are not on a placard. yelp, rippleseed, advent, yammer, and we have added a new organization to s.f. citi, the black founders, who are here. every time we have a new member company, it will go on our website. please watch the list grow. our member companies today represent 90% of the tech jobs in san francisco today. need this to say, we represent the tech community. let's talk about the structure of s.f. citi. i am going to be the chairman of the governing board of s.f. citi. the governing board members initially will be representatives from salesforce.com, zynga, and jawbone. there will

[applause] my number one commitment to this incredible city was -- by the way, it is my city by choice. i know mario of you are proud for being born here, but i tell people i am an american by choice, and there is something to be said about that. and i am a san franciscan by choice. my wife and i love the city like no other. i have great memories of los angeles, will always be a part of the scene and city, but this is our home, this is where we are going to be. my number one commitment to make this city safe, that i would venture to work every day to reduce violent clark -- cries by aggressively prosecuting those accused of the most heinous crimes. murder, rape, and others. violence in civilizations are both in conflict. i will not tolerate a justice system that moves too slowly or not at all when someone dangerous is before us. since taking the helm in january, after someone that i have a great deal of respect for, tremendous work for their office, who has struggled for many years, without any technology, and with a tremendous amount of internal problems, i wanted to make sure that i

that being said, when i came into city hall, i was shocked at the fact we are a city with a proximity to silicon valley, yet, while we spend $200 million a year in i.t., we have had seven disparate e-mail systems, three dozen data centers, and winnie the consolidation in technology, but even more importantly, we were not part is in the best and brightest minds here in san francisco. over the past year, i have attended a number of hack-a- thons, and was impressed about the ideas of how to fix muni, making our commercial buildings greener, using vacant spaces, figuring out how to catch cabs. in the last couple of months, i figured out how we can legislate this as part of san francisco. mayor lee had a better idea, which was to partner with code of america to utilize the non- profit and private sector to come together with entrepreneurial minds. i want to figure from conaway for your leadership, not only helping to cede some of the greatest part we have here in the city, and working with a community that wants to work with the government. we have talked about in gauging the technology co

citi -- the power of s.f. citi is in our membership. from 7:00 this morning, the following companies have also joined who are not on a placard. yelp, rippleseed, advent, yammer, and we have added a new organization to s.f. citi, the black founders, who are here. every time we have a new member company, it will go on our website. please watch the list grow. our member companies today represent 90% of the tech jobs in san francisco today. need this to say, we represent the tech community. let's talk about the structure of s.f. citi. i am going to be the chairman of the governing board of s.f. citi. the governing board members initially will be representatives from salesforce.com, zynga, and jawbone. there will also be an executive board for other companies to contribute donations to s.f. citi for the day to day operations. everyone in the tech community could not be more excited than our vice chairman of s.f. citi, none of them heather hardy, a folk hero. [applause] >> she is already standing, so we cannot get her to stick out. heather wa