.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisor norman yee and supervisor fewer thank you for being here we have detrimentally from the sfmta, we have the general manager of rec and park phil ginsburg and i get that wrong change your name the director of the department of the environment deb reaping and we have the traffic commander online suicidal and we have folks from supervisor safai's office the da's office and i think we got everybody thank you for being here. and thank to our sponsors and kelly and others and the bayview rapid transit and recotton and the sfmta thank you for your support. >> (clapping.) >> so walk to work today is, of course, about walking that is very simple act that putting one foot in front of each other or cheers throughout the streets it is more that an amazing day not only people keeps us healthy and prevents chronic diseases that are plea of not guilty our country but built communities on the street walking is thing helping economically and keeping us healthy for decades to come >> (clapping.) >> and

for everyone so, now my pleasure to introduce a friend and partner in our state legislature david chiu (clapping.) thank you, mr. mayor for your leadership welcome to sunny san francisco as i've been in the state legislature i realize how much i take for grant walking i used to walk to work i have asked 90 mile commute that would packing take me two days to walk rather than walking through the beautiful neighborhoods running into people in the state of california i recently came to learn how easy to take the physical acts of walking for granted as you may know 200 muscles in the body it takes to walk because of my 13-year-old this weekend started to walk. >> (clapping.) >> he started to run a little bit of a problem but another thing we take for granted when we walk the streets nothing happens it is wonderful by taking it for granteds those of you in collisions and family members or loved one that have been in horrible tragedies on the streets you, you know this is 0 not something to take for granted i want to thank you for moving with vision zero with the mayor for your leadership and

the matrix with the recommended positions from staff we have in support ab 342 opted by assemblyman chiu on page 2 of the matrix with the automated enforcement pilot program for san francisco and i understand that you'll have a brief presentation after i've concluded in addition two measures the staff is recommendations oppose as senator from the central valley on page 10 a reintroduction of a failed bill last year that pertains to the position of a skyline professional within a public agency contract it is the belief that our prevent contracts in the future for allowing the requirements that the design professionals will provide defense on in claims against the public agency very difficult bill to work on last year but it failed passage and is back at this point in time and the other measure the sb 42 - on page 10 of the matrix this would under present law the fine for failing to stop fully at right turn signal direction is $1 and reduced to 35 for moving or turning left the so-called california stop that is seeking to relieve the fine on. >> with that, i conclude my presentation. >> th

.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisor norman yee and supervisor fewer thank you for being here we have detrimentally from the sfmta, we have the general manager of rec and park phil ginsburg and i get that wrong change your name the director of the department of the environment deb reaping and we have the traffic commander online suicidal and we have folks from supervisor safai's office the da's office and i think we got everybody thank you for being here. and thank to our sponsors and kelly and others and the bayview rapid transit and recotton and the sfmta thank you for your support. >> (clapping.) >> so walk to work today is, of course, about walking that is very simple act that putting one foot in front of each other or cheers throughout the streets it is more that an amazing day not only people keeps us healthy and prevents chronic diseases that are plea of not guilty our country but built communities on the street walking is thing helping economically and keeping us healthy for decades to come >> (clapping.) >> and

chiu here, renne here, kopp present, hayon resigned last week from the commission, so we have a vacant seat that the mayor will be filling. surely we help. first we will take public comment on matters appearing were not appearing on the agenda. >> thank you chairman. members of the commission. [inaudible] friends of ethics [inaudible/off mic] i think she had almost a full six years because she had part of an earlier term and she was a stalwart member of the commission. >> for the record i'm told charlie-i think i second that. i think any commissioner that served at this time is responsible for helping to bring the commission light years ahead and it's good to see commission growing up and i think commissioner hayon certainly participated in that process and encouraged others to follow such as commissioner kopp. also, help us secure the appointment of a new stellar staff, so i want to thank her for her service. >> commissioner dooley opened out in. so we were talking about the ongoing fraud being perpetrated on the citizens of san francisco by the office of the mayor. from the findings

chiu here, renne here, kopp present, hayon resigned last week from the commission, so we have a vacanteat that the mayor will be filling. surely we help. first we will take public comment on matters appearing were not appearing on the agenda. >> thank you chairman. members of the commission. [inaudible] friends of ethics [inaudible/off mic]

>> yes, yes i would. >> thank you. >> commissioner chiu >> director pelham have a question for you as well as the comments. in the beginning of your report you noted that on page 3, the 50-24% of committees in the audit 11 audited and overall anywhere from 8-64% of the expenditures were audit. is there a benchmark or best practice of a measure that other commissions have either hit or aspire to? >> well i can speak to my experience when i was with the los angeles ethics commission. their law requires committees to be audited if they spend raise or spend over $1000. so was a mandatory-there's a floor and everybody about that is required to be audited. >> may i interrupt for a second? >> yes, commissioner kopp >> is that by rule or by ordinance? >> yes >> which? >> by statute. i think that can be can bea variancevery effective way by providing accountability for campaigns but i think we are not yet there because we need to take a look at our auditing process. i believe they are thorough. but i think >>that's the question. do you think that's the preferred method, or, is it preferred to

chiu says there are more than 6,000 in tested kits right now in california. his bill now heads to the state senate. >>> in sacramento sheriff's deputies say they have a person of interest in custody in connection with an attack that killed an 86-year-old woman and seriously injured her 61-year- old friend as they were out for a walk. police have now detained an 18- year-old man, and they reveal that both women were sexually assaulted. reporter vickie gonzalez spoke to a family friend who was calling the victim a hero. >> reporter: an 86-year-old woman killed during a brutal attack during an early morning walk is being remembered by longtime friends. >> she has family in japan, but we are her -- essential her family here. >> reporter: vickie butler tells us 86-year-old petris built a life in north high land. >> she was just a fun lady. always smiling, always happy. >> reporter: a beloved familiar face on the street, she called home for decades. >> she's walked here for 30 years and lives in this neighborhood and has felt safe in this neighborhood. >> reporter:

we had some of assemblyman david chiu. board president walton. assessor carmen chu committee college or board president shiah selby. a lot of stefan fronds in a variety of other folks who participated in the judging and was super event. then last saturday evening was america's [inaudible] 15th universe. the one of our closest partners.. i got to join them at their celebration it was an opportunity to honor their achievements. and celebrate this organization that is delivered just an incredible program to more than 15,000 children in low income areas of san francisco and around the bay. as you know there a nonprofit soccer and literacy program that focuses both on development through sport but also through writing and public speaking and poetry. they have made a super impact. is emily here? i'm not sure she's here today we will bring them back but i really want to thank emily [inaudible] for all that organization does for san francisco skids. also last week your san francisco bay socks, or our girls baseball program, participated with a proximatel

from san francisco state delegation from the office of assembly member phil 10, assembly member david chiu and state sen. scott weiner, if you could come to the stage and mr. mayor and congressman, you could come to the stage that would be great. representing all of you commissioners will be johanna wald, who is currently the vice president of the commission on the environment. so come on up, johanna. [applause]. >> good morning everyone. my name is alex walker i'm here on behalf of state assembly member phil ting and i'd like to introduce my colleague with me today. >> hello. on victor release and deputy district director with center scott weiner >> katie r bona a summary member david chiu's office. >> on behalf of our legislative delegation, who as a [inaudible] can veer today because they're working on behalf san francisco values to sacramento into the state of california we want to bring on their behalf resolution separating the 20th anniversary of the commission on the environment on behalf of the delegation i like to present this to our esteemed colleagues around the state and take a

.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisor norman yee and supervisor fewer thank you

assemblyman david chiu says there are more than 6- thousand untested rape kits in california...and no clear information on how many are collected....and why some aren't tested. the kits contain d-n-a evidence from victims. opponents argue the reporting requirements would be too burdensome for police departments. (grant) employers can now legally pay women less than men for the same work... based on their previous salaries.. a federal appeals court announced the decision today.. the ninth u-s circuit court had overturned a lower-court ruling that said basing pay off ápriorá salary was discriminatory.. this ruling came from a lawsuit filed by a fresno school district employee back in 20-12.. the court panel says employers can use past salary information as long as it is within reason and as long as the business has a policy that justifys the pay. (catherine) president trump says that he 'absolutely' considered breaking up thesan francisco- based 9th circuit court of appeals.. the president is still angry about rulings blocking his travel ban early this year...and now he's upset about a

. >> commissioner chiu >> i have a question about [inaudible] payments ordinance. i believe it was passed and goes into effect in january of 2018. is that correct? >> it becomes operative. the term used in the ordinances becomes operative january 1 that means that the date by which were supposed to have a system they'll be up and running to accept the form 803 payments that will be used for officials. we need to develop a outreach plan and the forms to make that process happen. not done that yet. >> in terms of becoming operative in january 2018 we have enough one way to make that happen? >> we will have to and that dictates what a process we implement on january 1. >> commissioner kopp >>: talk what the staffing. the people of san francisco ought to know is that this is a sorry record caused by our civil service process. as of july 1, 2016 this commission is authorized to have for investigators.. there was one at the time. that one later departed. now there are four. it is now nearly april 1. that means 10 months. i'm not going to get into a philosophical argument

state senator scott wiener and assemblymembe rs david chiu and phil ting attended.he event was held at mission high school. dozens of people showed up to discuss california's role in the resistance to president donald trump and the new administration. immigration, healthcare, and housing were all discussed. lawmakers talked about their recent actions and those who attended voiced their concerns. it doesn't appear as though anything got out of hand. (justine) turning to weather now, meteorologist lawrence karnow has our forecast. lawrence karnow: the clouds returned and the temperatures cooled a few degrees today. there were even a few showers that popped up in the north bay. you can see the weak weather system moving thorugh the state and the scattered showers too. highs today were cooler than normal and mainly in the 60s. we'll just see some passing clouds tonight and into tomorrow morning but then more sunshine tomorrow afternoon. i don't think we're done with the rain just yet. i'm tracking another possible rain maker and i'll show you the latest coming up in a f

. >> joining us to talk about what happened is the bill's author, state assembly member david chiu. when this was proposed, i was there and you were there. we had the mayors of san jose, san francisco and state assemblyman. everybody was saying that this was a proven way to reduce speeding, reduce fatalities and other collisions. it is proven. it goes to the first committee -- >> the second committee. >> the union representing the highway patrol comes out against this. what happened? >> it was very disappointing. we have support across the spectrum particularly from law enforcement locally and the california police chiefs association. unfortunately, there are some law enforcement unions that are concerned that this will impact discretion, take away jobs and nothing could be further from the truth. >> this bill was for a test program? >> correct. in san francisco and san jose. >> correct, no highways. so what does this have to do with the job security of the highway patrol officer? >> i think they were concerned about slippery slopes down the line if we allow cameras to be used here,

. >>> lawmakers on the state transportation chitty are debating the mayor to use -- assembly man chiu is -- the auto mated cameras would take photos of vehicles going more than ten miles-an-hour over the posted limit. then, the system would automatically send a ticket to the registered owner of the vehicle. >>> the golden state warriors are set to take on the trailblazer, but they'll have to do it without their head coach curry. >> ker is not going to coach the team. he's asking -- he says chronic back issues are to blame. sports anchor jason with us. it's interesting, we talked about this earlier. i found that people are confident in the warriors. >> yeah. >> this is a feeling bad for coach kur and wishing he would come back, but not being as concerned about the rest of the playoffs. >> we had last year to look at when the warriors went 39-4. they went -- luke was more qualified than the guy who is stepping in for ker. it's a big deal. the little bit offer cub ageings -- he's out for tonight as he said, but he was at the shoot around, so he's there and he's with the team. he has his

politics in san francisco and i was i think i fella vote shy fast forward a decade my successor david chiu passed a similar ordinance and after that ms. turner or supervisor scott wiener did a pilot program and my predecessor pioneered a similar albeit it adu legislation for district 3 and in as far as great minds think liquor the chair and i had similar legislation that came down to a coin toss with the b anthony dollars to interesting enough and our two pieces of legislation laterally end up condo to one another and the subject of ongoing conversations and amendment that will be discussing in the week ahead the state legislature passed a law that become effective on january 1st, i was informed by the deputy city attorney that typically our law was out of compliance so what is before us today is what the city attorney recommends to bring this back into compliance that was heard by the planning commission on february 23rd and again briefly on a thorough procedural matters last thursday and some of the most important suggestions that planning made i have gotten the zoo to incorporate and th

the proposal by san francisco democrat david chiu called for a delawares program using cameras to catch speeders in san francisco and san jose. the cameras would snap photos of cars going more than 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. it was opposed by privacy groups concerned about mass surveillance of cars and trucks >>> stock markets got a boost from election results in france over the weekend. on wall street banks and industrial stocks led the rally. dow climbed 216 points. nasdaq was up 73 points to close at a new record of 59.83. and the s&p 500 gained 25 points. all the indexes were up at least 1% today. >>> the stock market surged more than 4% today with traders betting former investment banker emmanuel macron will win the runoff election on may 7. macron is considered a moderate. he will face the far right populous candidate marine le pen. macron has promised to keep france in the european union providing stability to europe and its common currency. le pen has campaigned to leave the european union, crack down on immigration, and expel islamic extremists. >>> a crew of robber

.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisor norman yee and supervisor fewer thank you for being here we have detrimentally from the sfmta, we have the general manager of rec and park phil ginsburg and i get that wrong change your name the director of the department of the environment deb reaping and we have the traffic commander online suicidal and we have folks from supervisor safai's office the da's office and i think we got everybody thank you for being here. and thank to our sponsors and kelly and others and the bayview rapid transit and recotton and the sfmta thank you for your support. >> (clapping.) >> so walk to work today is, of course, about walking that is very simple act that putting one foot in front of each other or cheers throughout the streets it is more that an amazing day not only people keeps us healthy and prevents chronic diseases that are plea of not guilty our country but built communities on the street walking is thing helping economically and keeping us healthy for decades to come >> (clapping.) >> and

the action strategy in place also on vision zero i mentioned i believe that last month supervisor chiu introduced that gives san francisco and san jose the pilot of the automated speed enforcement that is proven and cost effective in ahsha safai lives the update we've been working with the advocates and the community groups like the san francisco bay area families for safe streets to make sure this tool has been proven and once i think in 40 jurisdictions across the city u across the country to move through the california state assembly and last week the board of supervisors and the sfmta unanimously proved the resolutions for ab 342 and it is likely to have the first hearing next week in front of the consumer protection agency for march 28 we sent a letter referencing in the letter the fact we've worked with the key privacy advocacy groups that have generally concerns about cameras used by government and i believe we have very stringent protections that will pass in terms of the concerns so look forward to that hearing and continue to move this bill forward not only our vision zero ac

.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisor norman yee and supervisor fewer thank you for being here we have detrimentally from the sfmta, we have the general manager of rec and park phil ginsburg and i get that wrong change your name the director of the department of the environment deb reaping and we have the traffic commander online suicidal and we have folks from supervisor safai's office the

politics in san francisco and i was i think i fella vote shy fast forward a decade my successor david chiu passed a similar ordinance and after that ms. turner or supervisor scott wiener did a pilot program and my predecessor pioneered a similar albeit it adu legislation for district 3 and in as far as great minds think liquor the chair and i had similar legislation that came down to a coin toss with the b anthony dollars to interesting enough and our two pieces of legislation laterally end up condo to one another and the subject of ongoing conversations and amendment that will be discussing in the week ahead the state legislature passed a law that become effective on january 1st, i was informed by the deputy city attorney that typically our law was out of compliance so what is before us today is what the city attorney recommends to bring this back into compliance that was heard by the planning commission on february 23rd and again briefly on a thorough procedural matters last thursday and some of the most important suggestions that planning made i have gotten the zoo to incorporate and th

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo

politics in san francisco and i was i think i fella vote shy fast forward a decade my successor david chiuat ms. turner or supervisor scott wiener did a pilot program and my predecessor pioneered a similar albeit it adu legislation for district 3 and in as far as great minds think liquor the chair and i had similar legislation that came down to a coin toss with the b anthony dollars to interesting enough and our two pieces of legislation laterally end up condo to one another and the subject of ongoing conversations and amendment that will be discussing in the week ahead the state legislature passed a law that become effective on january 1st, i was informed by the deputy city attorney that typically our law was out of compliance so what is before us today is what the city attorney recommends to bring this back into compliance that was heard by the planning commission on february 23rd and again briefly on a thorough procedural matters last thursday and some of the most important suggestions that planning made i have gotten the zoo to incorporate and they are ready to speak to and i will hand

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo

february after a lot of work with stail stakeholders in the 6 months leading up assembly member chiu introduced. it is over 8 years since there is legislation that will allow automated speed enforcement. we have a huge battle. the bill is set in prifenacy and consumer protection on april 18 and assuming it passes out of committee it will go to assembly transportation on the 24th. certainly can talk btd the deep dive with many stakeholders. we would not bow here without the support the advocates with us and leading us and your leadership. it has been the difference maker and partners at public health. just the doimation and the fact we are still fundamentally battling to make the case speed is a problem. we have not won the battle. happy to share anymore details off line or here but recognize thg time and other items i will stop. >> okay. thank you for the update and you know, i just want to make the public aware that the city leader ship the mayor, the board of supervisors and ta commissioners have strongly supported this effort of ab 342 and yp to also give a shout out to families f

.) >> i want to thank some of our special guests mayor ed lee and assembly david chiu and supervisororman yee and supervisor fewer thank you for being here we have detrimentally from the sfmta, we have the general manager of rec and park phil ginsburg and i get that wrong change your name the director of the department of the environment deb reaping and we have the traffic commander online suicidal and we have folks from supervisor safai's office the da's office and i think we got everybody thank you for being here. and thank to our sponsors and kelly and others and the bayview rapid transit and recotton and the sfmta thank you for your

politics in san francisco and i was i think i fella vote shy fast forward a decade my successor david chiu passed a similar ordinance and after that ms. turner or supervisor scott wiener did a pilot program and my predecessor pioneered a similar albeit it adu legislation for district 3 and in as far as great minds think liquor the chair and i had similar legislation that came down to a coin toss with the b anthony dollars to interesting enough and our two pieces of legislation laterally end up condo to one another and the subject of ongoing conversations and amendment that will be discussing in the week ahead the state legislature passed a law that become effective on january 1st, i was informed by the deputy city attorney that typically our law was out of compliance so what is before us today is what the city attorney recommends to bring this back into compliance that was heard by the planning commission on february 23rd and again briefly on a thorough procedural matters last thursday and some of the most important suggestions that planning made i have gotten the zoo to incorporate and th

chiu here, renne here,

chiu here, renne here, kopp present, hayon resigned last week from the commission, so we have a vacanteat that the mayor will be filling. surely we help. first we will take public comment on matters appearing were not appearing on the agenda. >> thank you chairman. members of the commission. [inaudible] friends of ethics [inaudible/off mic]

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo

february after a lot of work with stail stakeholders in the 6 months leading up assembly member chiu introduced. it is over 8 years since there is legislation that will allow automated speed enforcement. we have a huge battle. the bill is set in prifenacy and consumer protection on april 18 and assuming it passes out of committee it will go to assembly transportation on the 24th. certainly can talk btd the deep dive with many stakeholders. we would not bow here without the support the advocates with us and leading us and your leadership. it has been the difference maker and partners at public health. just the doimation and the fact we are still fundamentally battling to make the case speed is a problem. we have not won the battle. happy to share anymore details off line or here but recognize thg time and other items i will stop. >> okay. thank you for the update and you know, i just want to make the public aware that the city leader ship the mayor, the board of supervisors and ta commissioners have strongly supported this effort of ab 342 and yp to also give a shout out to families f

february after a lot of work with stail stakeholders in the 6 months leading up assembly member chiu introduced. it is over 8 years since there is legislation that will allow automated speed enforcement. we have a huge battle. the bill is set in prifenacy and consumer protection on april 18 and assuming it passes out of committee it will go to assembly transportation on the 24th. certainly can talk btd the deep dive with many stakeholders. we would not bow here without the support the advocates with us and leading us and your leadership. it has been the difference maker and partners at public health. just the doimation and the fact we are still fundamentally battling to make the case speed is a problem. we have not won the battle. happy to share anymore details off line or here but recognize thg time and other items i will stop. >> okay. thank you for the update and you know, i just want to make the public aware that the city leader ship the mayor, the board of supervisors and ta commissioners have strongly supported this effort of ab 342 and yp to also give a shout out to families f

reached in the meeting with the transportation and our legislatures want to acknowledge supervisor chiu and supervisor scott wiener and a lot of folks made that happen but really the lead for this project has came into from right here in san francisco and one of the hallmarks of our mayor has been to forge collaboration amongst city agencies within the government and with the community and because of complexity of that project there were probably a dozen city agencies and newcomers state agency and the federal government as well as important stakeholders including some of the ones that occupy the building around where we're standing it took that kind of collaboration in other words, to get to this point i want to start off by introducing the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you ed reiskin good morning, everybody. welcome to the groundbreaking of our van ness corridor bus rapid transit i want to say thank you to everyone on stage and offstage since 2003 with the prop k been working hard to get this project done well and right a lot of community groups thank yo

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo

health workers under the leadership of our folks and under the nurses under the leadership of mary chiu thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> next in honor ever national poetry month we do this every year it is my pleasure to welcome from the americans scores bay area an after school program that celebrated 15 years in the bay area two students one from the moscone elementary and another elementary that represents the radio poets and kilo and leslie with 15 more students all over the city performed in the all poetry with 50 other children and selected to center their poems on 91.7 graduations kilo and leslie thank you. >> (clapping.) >> thank you for your creativity and inspiration and after we have unfortunately leslie was not able to make it tonight but after chloe's perform the director of public affairs will share should remarks can we welcome chloe oh, there she is take it away chloe. >> my name is chloe the name of my enemy is life in mexico is glories my dream i love it i - what i likening collins clobbers and yum, yum, yum i like chopsticks in any chinese food i like small busi

reached in the meeting with the transportation and our legislatures want to acknowledge supervisor chiu and supervisor scott wiener and a lot of folks made that happen but really the lead for this project has came into from right here in san francisco and one of the hallmarks of our mayor has been to forge collaboration amongst city agencies within the government and with the community and because of complexity of that project there were probably a dozen city agencies and newcomers state agency and the federal government as well as important stakeholders including some of the ones that occupy the building around where we're standing it took that kind of collaboration in other words, to get to this point i want to start off by introducing the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you ed reiskin good morning, everybody. welcome to the groundbreaking of our van ness corridor bus rapid transit i want to say thank you to everyone on stage and offstage since 2003 with the prop k been working hard to get this project done well and right a lot of community groups thank yo

but loved my job at the time as an attorney i was very authentic and sure enough assemblyman david chiuou know when was the right fix and working together with - despite the fact i begged you for years to run for periphery in the district and you said no, no, no and essentially forcing me to do that administrative review you promised me you'll stick with me every step of the way and the move forward to san francisco to help me run you stick with me every step of the way to the campaign and stayed to contribution me over close to 15 years i've walked and learned from you become not only a better advocate for our community but a better person because you're one of the best people i've ever met in my life and supervisor kim said working with our best friend is one of the biggest privileges and working with you has been that i see you every single day and proud of you before you worked at city hall and city government and cannot wait to see what you do afterward i want her to take 5 hundred jobs in the community can't wait to see which one you choose but thank you and tell you how much i lo