greetings to the members of the board of trustees, faculty and staff of san francisco state universityly and friends. good afternoon, class of 2012. [cheering] i am certain the in a san francisco state of mind today. nearly 800 graduates from 109 countries, right here, at the university of our great city of san francisco. and thank you again for that very kind introduction. u.s. and a wonderful partner for our city, -- you have been a wonderful partner for our city, actively shaping our education policy for the 21st century new economy. you are a true capt. of change. week as leaders need to live by the values of social justice. these reforms in higher education have impacted generations of students across the world. congratulations on your well- deserved retirement and a big welcome for dr. leslie wong, the incoming president, who will have to fill big shoes. i want to say to the alumnus today, as you go around the west of the world with your values reject -- around the rest of the world with your values as a graduate of this university, make sure people know san francisco is and alwa

pilpel: do we need to add san francisco state university? mr. mcdonnell: no institutions. mr. pilpel: i would add lake merced. mr. mcdonnell: jamie? if jamie says it is recognized, we will list. >> it is based on the department of elections definition. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: did we add clinton heights -- clarington heights? not the whole thing? park merced? mr. mcdonnell: ok. we are not attempting to create an exhaustive list. this is one that does not need as a vacation. district 8. -- need justification. district 8. >> i would combine diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: you would combine? >> just diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. leigh: i would strike open house and lgbt community center. mr. mcdonnell: removing them from this list. any additions? mr. pilpel: i am looking at it. it is changing. >> i withdraw the comment. mr. mcdonnell: ok. so, we have -- can -- >> can i suggest eureka valley? ms. tidwell: i just deleted eureka valley. some of those are encompassed with what the other neighborhoods are. mr. pilpel: i don't think i agree with that. i think eur

the only credible poll that we have that was done by a credible organization is san francisco state university percent of sanford says go voters understand crank troy's boating. the other ones have been paid for by the chamber of commerce, and that is unknown opponent to bring tourists boating, so i think the polls are not credible. you also put out a figure that sit in the last election there was one% over votes. the over boat rate was 0.41%. sometime in the memory you have more than doubled the number of votes that occurred in the mayoral election. you said there were up to 3% thrown away in the 2010 race. i want to show you the figure right here. this is the over boats that happened in the june 5 primary, which we just had, compared to the mayoral election in 2011. the big cars over here are the june primary-- big bars over here are the june primary election. over here we see the 2010 races. you can see these are for the u.s. senate races in june 2005 election. -- june 2012 election. the u.s. senate rates were way higher, and even higher than the district tend race, and it disproportionatel

san francisco living wage coalition. and for the sweat-free procurement advisory ordinance as well. unfortunately karl couldn't make it today but working with him led me to create a group at san francisco state university called the students for economic justice, currently at s.f. state. we found out the students aren't being paid the minimum wage because it's a state entity. we're being paid $8. we don't feel it's right. we feel it's a loophole. we feel it's our duty to do something about it. my other co-founder richard has come out to support me today. so i have experience. i'm young, i'm 26, but i'm looking for more experience. i'm also a dual citizen of salvador and america. when i've been in salvador i've been conscience of the sweatshops and now i have an opportunity to actually do something about it and be involved so i feel this would be a great opportunity for me and the city, and yeah, -- supervisor kim: good. thank you. >> thank you very much. supervisor kim: thank you very much. i'm seeing no questions from

we closed the transaction to sell 705 boulevard to san francisco state university. that transaction closed two weeks ago. so we have the funds and we have given notice to the holders of the certificates of participation who are intent to repay those. $75,000 per year through 200029, beginning next year. the mayor's proposed budget is included, as we expected. we hope the funding for the rainy day reserve, it also reflects an expectation that the 2013-2014 fiscal year will include a drop. all of these things helped to reduce the gap. on the other hand, we have these statistics that are so great. the major cuts could be up to $23 million in the middle of the year. superintendent garcia mentioned that there is a historically high level of school districts that are facing fiscal insolvency as a result of the statewide fiscal crisis. these are some overall statistics about the general fund reflected in the recommended budget. i am looking at rita and her team has done the heavy lifting to pull these numbers together. they deserve a lot of acknowledgement for that. i also

he successfully lead san francisco state university at the downtown campus and founded the college for extended learning. through his work at university for over 35 years, tens of thousands of adult students have had continuous access to education. he has been incredibly engaged in civic life, volunteering on many local and national campaigns, and with many north beach neighborhood of organizations, particularly the neighborhood where he and his wife lived for many years in north beach. he will begin the missed by many family and friends in the san francisco community -- he will be very missed by many family and friends of the san francisco community. >> supervisor campos. supervisor campos: first i want to report on the tremendous success of the pilot that the mission has hosted in the last couple of months on sunday streets, but district 8 and district 9. and until recently, district 6, which encompassed the mission. they have been hosing sunday streets of every month and will be hosting every sunday this summer. we were very pleased with the turnout. the thing about the sunday stree

as a sign language expert and interpreter, he established a death services program ast san francisco state university, provided support services for colleges. we don't call them disabled. they happen to have a disability. he joined pacific bell, helped organize honda the advisory group for people that happen to have a disability. he gave them put to that company on how to develop features that will help them do better. he became the director of death and disabled services. he was executive director for berkeley in 2001. under dmitri's direction, they have expanded it, they have done so many different things. i can't even less the mall. he sends people out that happen to be disabled and of a test things. before they get out there, to make sure that they are done the right way. so they can practically help people. it is my pleasure right now. give a warm welcome cojones -- to mr. dmitri belzer. [applause] >> thank you, dave. i just decided who will be giving this speech that my memorial service, that is a great introduction. i want to talk to them about how people with disabilities use computers. the f

san francisco living wage coalition. and for the sweat-free procurement advisory ordinance as well. unfortunately karl couldn't make it today but working with him led me to create a group at san francisco state university called the students for economic justice, currently at s.f. state. we found out the students aren't being paid the minimum wage because it's a state entity. we're being paid $8. we don't feel it's right. we feel it's a loophole. we feel it's our duty to do something about it. my other co-founder richard has come out to support me today. so i have experience. i'm young, i'm 26, but i'm looking for more experience. i'm also a dual citizen of salvador and america. when i've been

the only credible poll that we have that was done by a credible organization is san francisco state university percent of sanford says go voters understand crank troy's boating. the other ones have been paid for by the chamber of commerce, and that is unknown opponent to bring tourists boating, so i think the polls are not credible. you also put out a figure that sit in the last election there

i am also a student studying civil engineering at san francisco state university. i am here to support the rebuilding of cpmc because of the opportunities it will bring to our community. by rebuilding cpmc, doors will be opened for young aspiring professionals trying to pursue their dream careers. i am one of many young college graduates going back to school to obtain a higher degree because of the lack of opportunities available. i always thought working hard or you are passionate about would take you anywhere automatically. this is the american dream. for our generation, there is so much competition and limited opportunity. it does take a toll on your confidence. it is because of the cpmc projects the company was able to take me in as an intern. it has only been my second week. the value of being part of something big that contributes to society inspires me to continue to pursue a career in engineering. i never thought i would look forward to breaking up at 6:00 every morning. this internship has made it easy. please support the cpmc so that many young adults in

san francisco tonight. >> and there are a couple weekends ago, thousands graduated from san francisco state university, we talked to a few of those graduates. they shared mixed feelings about job prospects that through these numbers they can now help sellout the difficulty that these graduates are now going to be facing in this market. >> walking the line to be sofing a college degree can be one of the proudest. we talked to one just being handed her degree. now getting a job remains priority one. >> it looks like it will be harder than i thought. you know? it's not like for every 10 april politics you're sup tose tosed -- supposed to get a number back. >> she has a job on campus, but says that will expire at the end of the summer. >> what kind of jobs? >> nilg -- anything. cleaning. working in an office doing copying stuff. and janitor yil work. anything you can get. >> the graduates are facing tough prospects given job growth numbers and the tech firms have been getting hit n april, yahoo announced plans including 2000 layoffs. and hewlett-packard announced plans to slash 27,000 jobs. but according to t

. >> reporter: the clean oceans project set out to prove a new app created by san francisco state university can help find and track large areas of floating debris on the water. the technology powering the app was created by mountain view based kodar, using high frequency radars to find out which way the trash is moving. >> that's where floating material is going to con greg gait. we can't cover every inch of the ocean, but where these materials gather, you can find 15 times the material that you find in other places. >> using this technology when it's in the ocean, maybe when it's most dangerous, because that's when it's,degraded, broken up into small parts. >> and this is just the first step in their project. the biggest part is yesterday to come. they partnered with a japanese company that will create a machine that will turn plastic into fuel. >> with this technology, we can put that machine right on the boat, as we harvest the plastic, we can use it for fuel. >> they're dreaming big, that kind of technology will run hundreds of thousands of dollars, money they don't have. but in the mea