i also pulled him that we did not have any trash cans in our city. we did not really continue that dialogue. [laughter] >> the question that everyone in san francisco is asking now, i'm going to ask you as a formality. are you going this year? have you ever missed one? have you ever wanted to? >> no. [laughter] at one time, i was very much needed -- i am still needed, from time to time. although, if i and my partners have done our job, we should not be needed that much. i am like anyone else out there. it is a big place. it is hyperactive. not only are there 100 things, but they are all happening at one time. thousands of things happening at one time. i feel dwarfed by it. it is humbling. i have an idea of what is coming up, but you have to realize, burning man is very much a spontaneous creation, and the emergent phenomenon. that means you do not really know what is going to be there. we fund art, but that is only a fraction of the art that happens. we had a guy a few years ago show up unannounced with a 10- story modular skyscraper. i just want to

cities. we have fewer joe then than any other major city in the nation. -- if your children than any other major city in the nation. it is so much more acute because we have so many few were to begin with. supervisor farrell: the lowest percentage of any other major city in the country? >> yes, it has been true for several decades. manhattan is now at 15 something. at 2000, our proportion was 14.5%, manhattan was 18.5%. even looking for comparisons, that would be the best i can think of. i want to talk about it in the context of this growing trend of economic inequality. again, we are concerned mostly with low-income families. it measures income distribution in the city. if one person in the city that all of the income, this measure would be 1.0. if it was distributed evenly among everybody, if it would bezero. -- be zero. it shows a tremendous leap in inequality in the city. it is a trend nationwide. it is accentuated in san francisco, a very acute. it has a lot of different applications including families. it creates this two-year community. -- two-tiered community. it leads to the awful certa

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that deputy city attorney stepped out and we were just a signed a new one that we met with yesterday who assured us she will respond in writing to their request before our next meeting. any questions like this, we got an immediate response from the city attorney's office. it is my belief it just happened because of the changeup with the deputy city attorney. >> hopefully, you would avoid something like that by having a plan in place, but it's not just the city attorney's office. you sense information in the first quarter and still have now received a response. why do you think that is? is there someone that you deal with directly or how does it work? >> to my knowledge, there is no when we deal with directly. it was reported after we sent a letter it had been some months that it had rewritten the schedule. additionally, i want to say about that tokens that this is a resource issue. the shelter is provided with tokens. >> -- supervisor campos: there are many of these issues that i know they're going to be dealing with expeditiously, but one of the points is during the quarter you are referring here, the committee had seven active members of 13 members. what does that mean

with each of the members of the board of supervisors in an overall effort to improve outcomes for any city sponsored shelters, supportive housing and public housing. there is there is a tremendous environment now at city hall. this is an unprecedented era in which our economy and city will grow again. i spoke to supervisor campos this morning and he spoke about not missing this opportunity to ensure that as things to improve, we focus on individuals who are most in need and those who remain at risk through lack of employment or housing, becoming homeless. i want to ensure you that the shelter monitoring committee is very important. i look forward to hearing these issues. it is frustrating at times if you do not have the coordination grid luckily, the coalition of the homeless has been working closely with me and alerted me of the key issues. i have been in discussion with muni. there are trying to run to schedule, but there were some other issues. that is one of the major responsibilities of my office. to make sure we have intergovernmental coordination to answer these questions. the issue

, but it is also one of the strongest clean hydroelectric power sources, it infrastructure, that any city across the country has had. i want to make sure you know that as this public dialogue begins. do not be misled on the discussions by people who will connect something that we want to have, which is sustainable water, but not by tearing down our dam. finally, i want to end with a discussion on america's cup. yesterday, we made the announcement that pier 30 and 32 are no longer part of it. i think the public discussion and discourse around the investments that we do need to rebuild the piers, including the horrible conditions at 30 and 32, it got away from the focus, which should be on hosting the 34th america's cup, one of the greatest sports event we will see. it will probably be the only international sporting event and all of 2013 in any part of the united states, and it is coming here to san francisco. it will be a blend of technology, with boating, will be viewed by new technologies to introduce us to generations of new sailors, and using our waterfront and bay in the right way. i

about the occupied -- occupy movement and how it has been handled, can agree that not oakland, not any city should be expected to tolerate lawlessness or violent anarchy. [applause] thank you. she started the effort to make clear that oakland will not tolerate it at all. but amidst all of these things, there are some good signs in oakland. i'm sure that the mayor will tell you about some of them, and i'm sorry this keeps moving. you know that the "new york times" recognized oakland as the fifth best place to visit in the world. [applause] behind london, but ahead of tokyo. the tagline they used was -- "restaurants and bars amid the grit." if you want to see what that means, go down to jack london square, have a drink at last chance saloon and go right next door to daniel paterson's new restaurant, and you will see the stars of the future. you may not know that "newsweek" recently recognized oakland as the second best can do city in america. in looking at 200 cities, they evaluated an interesting set of criteria, and i want to read through them very quickly because i think you will find them

they're probably more in this city than any other city in the country. it may not be a major consideration. there are a lot of other factors affecting this. with also want to look at maintaining a diversity in the population. low-wage earners, who also providing many of the services that we depend on. maintenance, we don't want the low wage earners are leaving the city. we want them to raise the families here. the real question is, how do we shift resources and approaches in the infrastructure and the most important, development capital. what is the game plan? where do we start? i'm sorry that this did not have all lot of specific data. we were trying to present this as a snapshot with the family fight issues. we would be glad to provide you with significant information later on. supervisor farrell: next, i am going to ask chris from the seine and cisco unified school district to come up. do you want to talk real quick? i know you have to leave by 1:45. here we go. >> i will tell you, we are focusing on trying to help the solution. >> we have the populat

it is meant to prevent any city agencies including the police department from discriminating against residents based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and immigration status. >> officers are not going to be asking citizens or residents about their immigration status. we are making sure that we are reaching out. we do not want residents involved to be fearful. simply because of their status. or perceptions of their status. >> police are prohibited from questioning or apprehending a person solely for an actual or suspected violation of federal immigration law. the mayor signed the order of one week after baltimore was included in the federal government's secure communities program. the call for information to be shared with the fbi and immigration agency. the federal program sparked fear. >> i made it clear i want -- all of baltimore's residents and want to make people know they should be safe. >> the mayor sign that executive order on march 2. we have more details about more information on our website, wbaltv.com. tv 11 news. >> people trying to further their education being sca

i've had no previous or outside political contacts and i'm not associated with any politically influential group in the city or individual, in that regard. i was never a political fundraiser, donor, or a member of a political advocacy political association, community group, association or any entity organized to gain influence over governmental decisions and i am not now. i have not worked in a campaign in a substantial way and not made a contribution to a campaign in this city. the one-year will restrict employment options while i wait for an opening in a city department which will take an unknown amount of time. i've been unemployed for nearly two months now and i believe i'll have a challenge finding contract consulting work with the one-year ban imposed on me. that's the background. i just, because i understand a broad waiver is a relatively new proposal to the commission, i wanted to provide more information as i did in my addendum about the terms that are pivotal in making a decision on granting a waiver or not. i just wanted to reiterate that the commission must give consideration to the waiver as mu

. >> it could have been any city. we like to think it has become hot. but we wanted a lesser market, a city that people did not think of as a sexy city like new york or chicago or san francisco or l.a., but more of a blue-collar, but somewhat cosmopolitan place. tavis: it is so relevant to our contemporary moment -- middle- aged american losing his or her job, having to start over. there are millions of americans who have that. i can see the relevance of it. this may be quintessential answer, i suspect. you have a legal background in real life. i assume that is why you have been so expected to the legal side. w. i love allothe la it changes. it gives you the luxuries as a writer to go in a different direction. but i also love law. i think it is society's best way of legislating social and ethical behavior. it is not perfect at all. in fact, it is extremely flawed. but it is the best system we have. i think, as a writer, what i like to do is explore social and ethical issues and character. and the law is a great springboard for doing those three things s

any time. i think we're in a very difficult city. we have tons of permits, tons of different apartments to go through. i wish there were a way to streamline the process, just to make it easier for them to be here in san francisco. >> what are your thoughts about expanding the tax breaks, giving business to other areas in your district? >> i talked a little bit earlier about raising taxes and raising revenues and fees, and for me, the tax exemption is something i do not philosophically supports. yet, i often represent part of san francisco that has been neglected for decades, and that is the midmarket corridor. we have over 3 million square feet of commercial real estate. a lot of it has been vacant for decades. the building twitter is going to be using, it has been vacant since 1968. we have to start looking at what tools do we have to revitalize the area, and what i like about this legislation is we are not just giving a tax break to come in. you have to create jobs. you pay your payroll tax base, but if you move to midmarket and cr

water, but it is also one of the strongest clean hydroelectric power sources infrastructure that any city across the country has ever had. i want to make sure you know that as this public dialogue begins and do not get misled on those discussions by people who will connect up something that we do want to have which is a good sustainability of water but not by tearing down our dam. finally, i want to end with a discussion about america's cup. yesterday we did make that announcement that pier 30 and 32 are no longer part of it. the public discussion and discourse around the investment we do need to rebuild the piers including the horrible conditions of 30 and 32 have gone steered away from the excitement and the focus we should be on, hosting the 34 american''s cup, where the greatest sports events we will see. the only international sporting event in 2013 in any part of the u.s. and is coming right here to san francisco. that excites me to no end. it will be the blend of technology with boating and viewed by new technologies to introduce us to generations of new sailors and using our water

any more. it should be part of the way we think in this city. when we create opportunities for businesses to thrive here, when recreate jobs, when i invite twitter to stay in the city and have that decision resonate, working with supervisors like mark farrell, and jane kim, we all work together. we have to think several steps ahead. the most exciting thing is to have a san francisco resident land these jobs and get the foundation by which they will be successful. that is what we mean when we use the world sustainable. those words are not part of us either. they were for the environmental movement. what does that mean for us? it is really about making sure our local government works to create the conditions which our kids are successful and the very businesses that we give breaks to, and then we help establish success for, and then we invite to come into our city. today is going to be another great announcement. i want to thank you for all the work you are doing. i want to thank colon for joining us as well, helping us put together a fantastic gr

we are committed and dedicated to being as prepared as any city in the country. and i think someone once defined preparedness as the amount of time it takes to get the necessary personnel and resources in place to recover from any calamity. and here in san francisco we are absolutely committed to having that period of time as short as possible. his time before becoming mayor, mayor lee was actually the chair of the recovery body to engage public-private partnerships, get infrastructure to be more quickly restored, and i know the p.u.c. is absolutely light years in front of where they were years ago with regard to layers of re dunden as i to make sure we have water and we just had fleet week last year where the military assured us the dal is a nation process via reverse osmosis is capable of making sure we have water to drink here. with that said, we'll get on with the program and keep working hard to keep san francisco prepared. [applause] >> thank you chief sir, and hayes white, thank you both very much. we are filming today's sim pose yum, and it will be on res

, but it is also one of the strongest clean hydroelectric power sources, it infrastructure, that any city across the country has had. i want to make sure you know that as this public dialogue begins. do not be misled on the discussions by people who will connect something that we want to have, which is sustainable water, but not by tearing down our dam. finally, i want to end with a discussion on america's cup. yesterday, we made the announcement

property, the city issued a request for proposals from outdoors signage companies in the spring of 2011. this request specifically excluded advertising for alcohol or tobacco products, in any way, shape, or form, either direct or indirect. following that process, we had five potential bidders interested in this light. negotiations with the highest bidder failed to produce a permit and a fashion that the city was comfortable with. we then went to the number two bitter, and that is what is before you today. total outdoor, west coast media actually tendered the proposal in the spring of 2011. the terms of the permit is an initial term that sticks out to the end of 2016, with the and 35-year options. those options are at mutual agreement. as i mentioned, they are we vocable. there are some writes about the city retains to terminate, and those have to be fairly extreme in nature. the payment stream is a little bit complicated. there is a base minimum guarantee of $63,000 per year. there is an initial bonus payment of $30,000 made during the initial execution of the permit, amortized over an initial term, and then there is a percentage, 35% of any net over $180,000 per year that