we are an international city. so companies like zynga that are established, they know that they have an opportunity to establish a worldwide headquarters in san francisco. we are an international city. we understand -- just like this week, we're hosting the third senior officials' meetings in preparation for the asian- pacific economic cooperative council meetings that are happening right here in san francisco, because they know we are a gateway to the whole eastern hemisphere. so you're companies that start here have a great opportunity to become international headquarters. that is what i want to see. i wanted to the global market happen right here in san francisco. >> you sound a little bit like -- i do not want to see the dirty work, republic, but you do not sound like a liberal democrat. and you cannot be mere without being a liberal democrat here. >> every mayor across the country as the pigeon to economics. that is the number-one thing. if we do not have our cities economically sound, we're a bad investment.

we are an international city. we want to maintain the world class feeling we always have. really want to thank hilton for this additional work that it is doing to maintain that world- class status. so you welcome the chinese visitors for business or tourism, and you give them a good breakfast because at the end of the day, they might want to know about stake or pasta, but the breakfast would be their traditional thing, and they will feel comfortable doing that and come back. that is the main thing. we would visitors not only to experience the first visit. we want them to keep coming back. there's a lot of business to be done that is consistent with what our city is doing with our china-sf program. we're recording chinese businesses. we have over five of the major solar companies in china locating their offices in mission bay already. we have more to come. we're working on their banking business so they can come here and establish banks so that trade can go on, and it will be more comfortable for them. so thank you to hilton. congratulations on hilton huanying, and huanying

we draw our inspiration from being a diversity, a beautiful city to live in, and an international cityit is a place where people come to discuss and nurture new ideas. we are important people, always working to make things better. it is in that spirit that i want to talk about our efforts on central market. i made revitalizing central market a signature economic development initiative, and the keystone is the central market payroll tax exclusion. the payroll tax exclusion incentivizes companies to both invest in midmarket and create jobs. i want to recognize supervisor kim and board president david hitchiu for their work with me. this is part of a broader strategy that includes redesigning the street and sidewalks for the better market street initiative. that is a streetscape overhaul that will result in a more attractive, walkable, and business-friendly corridor. the project is in its planning phase right now, and it will be implemented from the ferry building two octavia boulevard in 2015. and the street is -- when the street is repaid. public safety enhancements along market street.

central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city. at the red lines, these are the congestion. this is the pattern of workers who go to work in the morning and in the afternoon. most of the workers come from outside of the city of amsterdam. they come mostly by car, but also a big part from public transport. what was the conclusion of all the businesses? if we go on like this, we have a real big problem in one, two years, maybe a l

visited the russian capital requesting foreign help speaking on the sidelines of an international policy formally russian city of. prism of it have said he's concerned about of the situation is far from simplistic. the resolutions we would approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things aren't just black and white and the anti-government protesters in syria are not followers of some refined european models of democracy some of them are to put it straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists the situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests russia may support certain moves but only if they don't boil down to the one sided condemnation of the government and president assad we should send a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiating table start talks and stop the bloodshed. in libya the head of the country's interim government has arrived in the capital tripoli for the first time since it fell to rebel forces most of the country is now controlle

we're an iconic city for this country. we host international events such as the upcoming america's cup. we had the world series most recently. the all-star game. we had dignitaries and world leaders that come to our city almost on a weekly basis. it is imperative that we are members of the jtpf so we can partake in the exchange and know what is going on in the region around us. at the international airport which is outside the county lines. it is important we are part of it. we continue to monitor our officers and follow dgoa 10. and has been very successful. i would like to mention it was also mentioned a few weeks ago, there was concern the fbi had intended to fully block a portion of our general order 810. i contacted stephanie douglas. she assured me she intends to fully comply with general order 8.10. she said she would never put our officers or signed -- assign cases that would put them into violation of that order. having said that, i hope you have a better understanding as i have learned more about the portland resolution. and how we wo

sides to start talking and avoid another conflict speaking on the sidelines of an international policy forum in the russian city jaroslava president's movie it said he's concerned about events in syria but the situation is far from simplistic. the resolutions we would approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should be addressed to both sides things are just black and white the antigovernment protesters in syria are not followers of some refined european models of democracy some of the most to put it straight extremists and. terrorists the situation is not that simple we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests russia may support certain moves but only if they don't boil down to the one sided condemnation of the government and president we should send a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiating table start talks and stop the bloodshed. all the syrian government claims the unrest has been orchestrated by armed groups to destabilize the country doctor talk makes them are from philadelphia university in jordan says both the authoriti

to start talking and other media style conflict speaking on the sidelines of an international policy forum in the russian cityup the arse president medvedev said it's uncertain about advances in syria by the citrus far from simplistic. the resolutions we would approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things are just black and white for the antigovernment protesters in syria are not followers of some refined europe. but it's sort of the book to put it straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists the situation is not that simple we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests which russia may support certain but only if they don't boil down to one sided condemnation of the government. we should send a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiating table start talks and stop the bloodshed. the west has been pushing for hardline approach the syrian government imposing various sanctions but professor evan theory of an international relations expert thinks harsh measures may not put th