city's charter? i think our collective decision at that point was, no, let's create a mechanism where we can adopt financial policies as a city. the mayor and the board can adopt them. but if we find ourselves needing to change them, we have a mechanism to change them without having to go back to the voters. this is brought to you in that vein. the third piece of legislation deals with coordinated planning timelines. as we have talked about a little bit here today, the city has been engaging in a host of new financial planning activities and budgeting activities and furniture policies over the last two and half years since proposition a was passed. this legislation conforms all of the admin code requirements that existed in the past with these new procedures. specifically, it ships are multi-year planning efforts as a city to a single calendar on and every other year basis. our capital plan, five-year technology plan, city-wide financial plan would be prepared and brought to the board of supervisors for consideration at the same time every other year. second, it harmonizes the three- year budget projection for the city

this is a city that has many thousands of small businesses. asomeone who used to run a small business, the city can do a much better job of nurturing that sector. that is part of the life blood of who we are as san franciscans. >> we could do better. are we on the right track? >> i think we are in a transition right now. we have an interim mayor and a new board of supervisors. i do think we have a new tone at city hall to move things forward. we have a lot of challenges we are facing. i am doing everything i can to put us back on track. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? >> i have been a huge fan of the america's cup. i am proud of this board came together unanimously after a fairly contentious debate to support bringing the america's cup to san francisco in 2013. it is estimated it will not only be an incredible sporting event, not only showcase our city and the natural amphitheater of the bay, but it is estimated to bring in over $1 billion in economic activi

community, as a city. what happened when the 49ers won those super bowls year after year? that was a huge deal for our city and our community in san francisco. what happened with the world series this year when the giants won for the first time in over 50 years? incredible. everybody was celebrating. and that is a huge deal for our community in san francisco, but i think, economically, not only jobs in terms of construction of stadiums and what have you. economically, you know, for those people who do not believe or do not really fully appreciate what type of economic drivers the sporting events and teams are, go down to soma during a giants game. come to the marina when the blue angels fly in town. what it does to the local streets and bridges. come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the community aspect, the intangi

i mean, we have miniparks that already exist in san francisco, and we struggle as a city, and you struggles a department, to try to keep them clean, said, and operational. i understand it does produce dealer endeavor is going to be privately-funded through parents, but long-term-wise, and you're speaking to a supervisor who has mclaren park in the district, the city's second largest park, and we struggled to keep it open. >> it is a great question. thank you for allowing me to enter. we have 220 neighborhood parks throughout the city. we have great need. it that speaks to the nobility of the endeavor before you today, where you have a group of parents that are coming forward to help us fund raising pay for the construction of a playground where it is needed, allowing as perhaps to actually focus, whether it is trust for public land type project like balboa park in hayes valley. we just apply for funding to the state of california in partnership with the trust for public land for hilltop playground. adding these parents come forward today on a project for waterfront playground, it allows us

adding with all come together as a board, as a city. should come together as san franciscans, and, colleagues, at this time, i hope, and i asked that we unanimously vote for ed lee to be our next mayor. this is also a historic day for the asian-american community. for a community that has been here in santa francisco, for over 160 years, i am a product of that community. i know the ed and all of us of asian-american decent feel the legacy. i want to thank all of you who have been part of this historic moment to make this happen. and say that this is obviously not just about a chinese- american community or an asian american community. this is about the american dream. the idea that anyone of any background of any color from any part of the globe can come here and sunday be at the very top of what our community is about -- and someday be at the very top of what our community is about. supervisor wiener: what we have here is a very important project and a very important mission and a completely reasonable objection of neighbors who are co

a great place to be. how do you balance the needs of your district versus the needs of the city as a whole? have an incredibly diverse district. it encompasses north beach and chinatown. we have the city's famous hills. we have for the world comes to work, the financial district's, where the world comes to shop in union square, where the tourists spend time on fisherman's wharf , and the wonderful polk street neighborhoods. my district encompasses the ethnic and economic diversity that exists throughout the city. i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. you can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right

san francisco, which has a huge history of free expression and free speech, just like around the bay area and berkeley as well. we have a city that has been demonstrating for years the ability to promote free speech. a police force, moving with force against the occupation would be something that would be very harmful to overall -- our image of san francisco, as well as the inhabitants of the city. i have seen very mixed messages come out of the administration. that night, they said we had all indication there was use of force to dislodge us. the next day we hear, no, it was not about the police department moving against the occupation. it was only a training exercise. i do not believe -- no one gives any credibility to that expression that this was only a training exercise last wednesday and thursday night. we had real indication that forceful action was being considered, and we need better leadership than that. we need clear indication that as the occupation is here for the moment and here for a while, we have to be about to work in a flexible and open way with our departments, cooperating with the people in the occupation

we are at a stage in this process where we need to move forward as a city. we were serenaded previously with regard to san francisco general hospital. maybe there is a good analogy there. there are fair questions to ask. should we build a new hospital? maybe we should join with uc and mission bay. those are good questions and those questions are being asked. it is now time to move toward and all the hospital. the same goes for where we are with phase 2 of the t-third light rail. should we be on third, fourth, shallow subway, deep some way, how should connectivity with the rest of the system be? how will it impact operating cost? should we do the project at all? all good and fair questions. they have been asked, answered, long ago. we are in the ground, we are ready to enter heavy construction, and it is time, i believe, for us to come together as and resistance, and send a message to the people of san francisco and federal government, that we are ready to leverage that investment we made in phase one to begin the next phase. we are ready for the maybe tens of

it is your opinions that measure the polls and the direction of what we're doing as a city. ultimately, and i know all the other departments will agree with me -- you are going to take over this city. you are going to take it over. you are going to take my job. you are going to take their jobs. you are going to do better than we did. the reason is because we know that we can only do so much, and we have limited time in the offices that we have. but for right now, for you, where you are at, you can give us the best advice about where we should go as a city. you can give us the advice about better legislation, about better programs, about being more sensitive to families in this city, and to our youth, to the future leaders that this city will have pirie whether you are a police officer or police chief, firefighter, or you may become a doctor or nurse or a teacher or you may become a librarian for the batter for the next giants team, or you may become a social service worker, or you may become a major -- mayor, in all of these efforts, we need your input. we need your advice. i

i know that we can do better as a city and change things about how we are running the city. that is why my campaign is organizing thousands of san franciscans every day. on our website, we had 100,000 hits. i would like to tell you more about how you can join me to change this city together. thank you. [applause] >> my name is leland yee. i want to be your mayor. i have experience and a proven record of accomplishment. 23 years, i have worked on the board of education, hoping to improve education for the board of supervisors in with in your state legislature. i have worked hard to endorse -- to improve education. teachers have endorsed by candidacy. the sierra club has endorsed my candidacy. i have worked hard to protect and expand health care, which is why nurses have endorsed me. one of the other things that is important in my candidacy, i will be 100% independent of power brokers. i, with all of the experience and discussions i have had with you, have come up with five policy booklets. it allows you to hold me accountable. over 130 propositions on how to improve sentences

so that they know that we, as a city, as a community, built this library.e contractor or a department that you never see. we are doing it more and more with our local hiring ordinance. we grabbed the talent from within. we can build a world class libraries for everyone else to come to. that is what i enjoy doing, that is why i am here. i am also here to praise the library commissioners who are with us this morning, friends of the library, the manager who will be here. the library is our future. we are constructing -- reconstructing libraries all over the city. every time we come to the community, libraries are welcome because they are the new community center, the safe place for people to be. then you can allow your mind to go through these books. and it is not just books these days. computers, digital ways of learning. we can be global citizens. not just in bayview. you can live in bayview, but you can be a global citizen in your library. understanding that our whole effort to be a global city is directly part of every community, that is what maintains our

we have to come together as a city and move forward at the central subway. >> thank you. [applause] >> i agree with what the supervisor said, which is we have never regretted it ever building a light rail system or subway system. i have never heard people complain about the tunnel that we had to build in the 1920's. i am sure when those were built, we had complaints, issues, concerns, yet most people now on the west side of town are very fortunate they have a rail line. we are doing 8 town halls on the different municipal wants to talk about how to improve transit. we do not hear did not build the sub, they are asking, what is our subway coming? when people talk about 1.7 miles, we are seven by seven city. that is almost one-third of san francisco. you are building a subway system over one-third of san francisco, one of the densest neighborhoods. for the people who say they do not need it, they have never ridden 30 stockton in their life. if you ride it once, you'll be convinced that you need it. i[applause] >> alright, everyone has weighed in. we have time for one more q

interaction we have had together. >> all right, thank you. >> a follow-up question regarding that issue, as a city attorney, do you have a legal right to a vice mayor lee -- to advise the mayor to file this on time? >> that is what the law is. it is clear that you have to do it within five days. it has been done by mayor newsom. it has been done previously. and if major lee had asked me, do i have to file this within five days, of course i would have told him they had to do so. but it has been common knowledge. it is none by the board of supervisors and by every state department. i have had to file them, too, for contracts that i approved. in that same time span, i have missed one. i cannot speak for what other members of the board had done. but it is very clear in the law and very straightforward. >> thank you. this is a lightning round question, so raise your hand. do you support the central subway rail extension to chinatown? ok. i am going to start by asking you, dennis herrera, you did support it at one point. now you very publicly do not supported. what you tell the people of oregon, perhaps

it is important that we as a city address that situation. i am asking this matter be referred to the budget and finance committee. lastly, i want to make a note. as we know, it was halloween yesterday. i think most of us throughout the city had a peaceful celebration and enjoyed ourselves. but the ability to do that is made possible by people who serve the city. we have a tragic accident in my district, where we have three police officers who were responding to very serious service call in the mission. those three officers were involved in a very serious car accident, where there was a loss of control of the car. for those who have seen the vehicle, i think, from what i understand, it is fair to say it is a miracle that all three officers survived. one of those officers had been released. another is at sf general under observation. another officer is right now at the intensive care unit. as the supervisor for district 9, that includes the mission, where this incident happened. i want to think this opportunity -- take this opportunity to thank

i want to thank all of you for coming together as a city, as a village to say that we are -- [inaudible] example of 21st century development in san francisco, of microphone systems that will work steadily, of making sure that we are bringing not just 21st century companies that reflect the very best of innovation here in san francisco, not just the very best of creativity represented by an organization and theater organization, and [inaudible] but what are the diversity that is san francisco. i want to thank you for being part of that. thank you for working together. thank you for moving this city forward. thank you for being here, and let's get some burgers. [applause] >> we had a few more speakers that i think it is important to hear from here when we think about doing public safety in this challenging neighborhood that it has resisted a lot of changes over the years, we are incredibly lucky to have the leadership and the knowledge and long-term understanding of the police chief, and i would like to ask him to say a few words. [applause] >> i certainly do not want to take a lot of eve

proposition d is a charter amendment that would change the way that the city, current and future employees share in funding. it will also require an elected officials to pay the same contribution rates as a city employees. it would increase retirement contribution rates for most current city employees based on city cost. for future city employees, and prohibit

who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high speed internet, as well as the skills and the knowledge to use those tools effectively. . >> the city is charged with coming up with digital inclusion. the department of telecommunications put together a 15 member san francisco tech connect task force. we want the digital inclusion program to make sure we address the needs of underserved vulnerable communities, not communities that are already very tech savvy. we are here to provide a, b and c to the seniors. a stands for access. b stands for basic skills and c stands for content. and unless we have all three, the monolingual chinese seniors are never going to be able to use the computer or the internet. >> a lot of the barrier is knowledge. people don't know that these computers are available to them, plus they don't know what is useful. >> there are so many businesses in the bay area that are constantly retiring their computer equipment that's perfectly good for home use. computers and internet access are helping everybody in the community and people who don't have it can come to us to help with that. one of the biggest problems we

that is not where we want to go as a society or a city. as we all said, there is no such thing as thingmuni. -- no such thing as free muni. it is their job to go to school. it is our job to help them get there with the least amount of stress. i support having a staff person working on this to find the money and resources. i am glad there is support beyond the mta board. i am very encouraged by this. [applause] >> i want to thank the speaker is that king today and spoke on behalf of supporting in the free muni for youth. you give some compelling argument to. you have touched my heart in terms of what is going on out there. i grew up with immigrant parents and we could not afford it either. you brought back a lot of memories. the thing i like to see is, from a department standpoint, we take a look at this program and i want to see an analysis about here is the operational standpoint that is going to happen. we want to make sure we maintain a service level three we do not want to say, it is free for everyone, but you will have to wait longer t

a neighborhood that has grown with the tech companies that haul it home. there are more than 1500 companies in san francisco, as i said earlier, with the city's tech industryocated right in that neighborhood. soma is also home to the convention center, which is a centerpiece of our city's tourism. dream force -- as the beginning of the month, september 1, we held the ninth annual dream force in san francisco. it brought over 40,000 visitors to san francisco on just a four- day convention. $42.9 million of economic activity went on in our city as a result. it was such a large event that, yes, we gave them howard treat -- street. no problem with that. we will be doing the same thing with oracle as well. mosconi. for san francisco to keep posting conventions, it is critical that we expand the mosconi center's existing footprint. so through exceedingly careful planning, which includes the establishment of a tid, a revenue source for a planned expansion has been created. working with the city and private partners, sf travel is set to begin an ambitious expansion into mosconi east, which will insure vitality of our tourism and convention sector. the tourism indu

the site was also chosen because it has existing antenna from one of our competitors as well as a city of san francisco gunshot detector which is also located there. this site is necessary for at&t to close a significant coverage gap. as explained in the details provided to the department as bottom presentation. the gap is caused by the demand for mobile data usage. this is consistent with the 8000% increase that at&t has experienced network wide over the past four years alone, and at&t expects total mobile volume to grow 8 to 10 times over the next years, and to put this estimate into perspective, that means all of the at&t mobile traffic volume during 2010 would be equal to the traffic volume for a mere six or seven weeks in the year 2015. i should mention that at&t has conducted significant community outreach on the site and provided many opportunities for members of the committee to have their concerns addressed. there was a meeting on june 2, 2011, and over 70 community members were present, and the meeting was conducted with both management -- mandarin and cantonese translators a

a number of different city agencies formerly responsible for it. we received over 2000 complaints of varying levels of complexity from the very mundane to the very substantial. we believe that as a result of those complaints, the city has a stronger controls in place, city resources are used more efficiently and it is part of what helps us governed the city. specifically, we received and investigated claims by city contractors that initiate lawsuits by the attorney's office. we have investigated and discovered improper management and human-resources practices. these have resulted in improvements to process, termination of employees and other disciplinary actions. we have investigated and received complaints and employees' conduct inside business on ticity time. unauthorized use of vehicles. and lastly, other of allegations involving over time used by city managers and employees. and you for your attention today. i would like to thank the civil grand jury for the report. while we disagree with some of the tone and the findings, a think there are recommendations that we are working to implement that will improve the effectiveness of the program. supervisor campos: thank you for

as a practicing attorney. i worked in the private sector for a number of years. and then i worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general counsel of the school district of san francisco and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. >> you have lived in san francisco for awhile. why did you decide to live here? supervisor campos: i have always felt that san francisco is unique. i have always loved this city. i think that san francisco is -- it represents the best of what this country has to offer. it is a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and is a place that not only tolerates, but actually increases diversity. it is a place that is forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues, and it has always felt like home. as a gay latino man, i felt this was a place where i could be happy. >> why did you get involved? supervisor campos: i think a lot of the past to do with my being an immigrant. i am very grateful for all the opportunities this country has given me. only in this country c