i have often said this city can be the city for the 100%. that is, everybody can have a chance to fulfil their dreams and make sure they can have a stable economy for themselves and for their families. i think we're on the verge of discussing things that would invite other members of our city family, our department heads of that work in the tax section or in planning or in land use, to be involved with a discussion, an ongoing discussion that would potentially invite an open up our economy and modernize it even further. i think we're at a task where, quite frankly, a year ago, for example, david chiu and i do not know the outcome might be except that we were in fear that a company called twitter might leave our city and that thousands of jobs will leave us behind. so we took a little risk and suggested that we might be able to revamp our tax code for the benefit of job creation. and little did we know a year later that that invitation has caused over 125 companies to locate themselves in our city, creating thousands of more jobs, creating an

[applause] someone i learned a lot from being city administrator, our previous city administrator. k you for being here. i am so thrilled to share the stage with so many of our elected officials, our mta board, our supervisors, but certainly, foremost in my mind has been our wonderful senator dianne feinstein, who really have the compassion for this system. before i introduce her, i just wanted to just let you know again how valuable this system is to us and what it means to us today, but in recognition of that, before we do that, it still is -- i mean, we've got 63 bus routes that are managed by our mta. seven light rail lines. the historic f line streetcars, of course. 700,000 daily borders of our mta -- daily boarders of our mta. of course, senator, as you so well articulated just moments ago, no mayor can ever escape a comment on a daily basis about somebody's quality of ride in the city. because it is so much part of our daily lives, but it is also a reflection early generations of innovation. because we go back many, many years ago when the system was created, and, you know, y

for those of you that submitted but did not get to speak, we will be taking them back to city hall and it will all be read. thank you all for coming out tonight. two of the department heads. lastly, i will hand it over to our great moderator, tina. [applause] >> you all have gotten a lot of thank yous. thank you, from me. all of you, it is terrific you are coming out, being collaborative and having your voice is heard, because they are listened to. those cards will go right back to the appropriate department heads. thank you, like the mayor said, for not bringing i and throwing them. i have one announcement. doyle drive will be closed on april 27 through monday. april 27 -- my glasses. 27, 28, and 29, reopening of 5:00 a.m. on the 30th. this is just a heads up. they are bringing in heavy artillery things that will make a lot of noise. i hear that some of the equipment is coming from new york? new york. maybe it is a good weekend to stay in the city or whenever you want to do. that is a heads up. thank you for coming. good night. [applause] >> san francisco recreation and parks departme

it would be the largest hospital project our city has seen in decades. would probably be the largest land use project discussed this year. it is right on the edge of my district. it is seated at the intersection of several separate as oriole -- supervisorial districts. there are issues around displacement, the impact of a large hospital on the surrounding neighborhoods, and whether the size of this hospital and plans in the city wide picture of health care access. i am sure we will have robust discussion about this in the coming months. >> are there any other issues that concern you that we have not discussed? are there any other interests you plan to concentrate on as supervisor? >> one thing every supervisor works on is the relationship between our neighborhoods and city hall. i am blessed in district 3 to have a rich network of neighborhood associations, merchant groups, and nonprofit organizations that i interface with regularly. they often had difficulty navigating city hall. i am trying to help develop neighborhood councils that bring together thes

we need to determine what kind of this city we want to have in the future and what the absolute scale of the requirement would be to sustain that city without expectation in outside support. then making it clear that the citizens of this city have an obligation to see to it that the skeleton is sustained. anything else that comes on top of that should be viewed as gravy. but you cannot let the skeleton died. -- die. [applause] >> thank you all for your comments. although legislative aides who are here tonight -- >> [inaudible] >> pardon me? >> ok, i did not receive anything. >> basically, ed lee, i love ed lee. sorry. it does, dear mr. mayor. my name is timothy edward doyle, social security number [unintelligible] in the ccap county adult limited assisted person recipient. my question is -- why has the fiscal figure not been tied to inflation or increased in the past 14 years? waxman name is richard. earlier i turned in a speaker card. >> ok. >> thank you. i want to have the department's attention. there are more smoke pot and flowers -- smoke pots than flowers in the square. recently the spacing was not fixed o

talking about the city has to be everybody's process and agenda. if you do your part and graduate from college, the city will be there for you. whether it is great transit, entertainment, schools. the next generation is looking to what we are saying. they will inherit a city that has to be better than when i started. thank you very much. i look forward to your questions. [applause] >> thank you to mayor lee. i am the vice president of communications for the aaa insurance exchange and your moderator today. we have a number of questions. i will start with a high level question. what is the most challenging thing you have had to do as mayor? >> wow. everything has been challenging. nothing is easy. i do not think there is any one particular thing that has been more challenging than the other. i thought i was much more of a natural at collaborating with everybody, but given the amount of things we have to get done, i find it challenging to bp high level of collaborating with everybody that needs to know what is going on before we make the decision. i am

the audit at sunshine showed us that the task force saves the city may be hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits. it is really important, especially since we have a problem with organized crime at city hall. i would like to close with the idea that there is a particular case number -- president chiu: thank you very much. >> members of the board of supervisors, i am the director of san francisco open government. i have two items i am going to talk about. the first goes to why i introduced myself as a roman catholic. i take great offense at some of the comments i have heard. just recently, but consistently, anyone who challenges our city attorney is accused of having something wrong with them. even the pope is not infallible all the time. he is only infallible when he speaks ex cathedra, issues an encyclical, or something along that line. otherwise, he is a normal human being. if you really believe dennis jarrett is infallible, he should represent the city every time it goes to court, because he would never lose. i am glad to see mr. chafee back, and am glad he is talking about the pub

city. it comes from their heart. i really have found a staff to be incredibly responsive to the needs of all of our neighborhoods and residents. not only did they take on incredible work of repaving our streets and cleaning our streets and alleyways, but they also do a lot of work to hire our residents. they do a lot of service projects. i asked colleagues for your support on the recognition of these men and women. we have seen many city leaders come out of this department, whether it is our current mayor . their current department head is an active president in his neighborhood. his home has -- is often viewed as a community center. the second, i am happy to co- sponsor the request on social heritage districts. our office is working with stakeholders to explore the creation of two specialist districts. -- special use districts. the current communities and small businesses that exist in this area. it is an emerging field of work and i am excited about the collaboration's that have already occurred. i look forward to working with supervisor olague's o

moving the meetings to city hall can be a good first step. in the long run, however, a more closely tied housing authority and city should really be the goal. putting in a strong effort to create housing in san francisco that is successful to people of all incomes and prices and life. the housing authority is currently -- assertedly a critical partner in making progress towards this goal. i look forward to working with your office and the housing authority commission to explore how we can accomplish this. president chiu: our final question is from supervisor campos. supervisor campos: we did have a very successful sunday streets in the mission. the mission neighborhood service -- is one of san francisco's are a rich artistic and cultural centers. we know that one of the things about the mission is backed it has unique contributions for many -- it has many unique contributions for many neighborhoods. some of our local arts organizations have been struggling financially because of outgoing cuts to arts funding by the city and private sector fund

i will be investing in their success. if they're successful, our city is going to be successful. if they are successful, the lawyers are coming. [laughter] other sports and other entities will come. they will want to partake in the spirit of success that has always been the spirit in our small business sector. it is my pleasure t oadd to the awards ceremony by announcing my small business week honoree. this year if it goes to sunset. come on up jim. [applause] this is probably a little different than you would expect. sunset shapers is not manufacturing the biggest technology machine. they make surf boards and shape them. now in addition to the success of selling those, they also sell a lot of fashion accessories and jewelry because it is a lifestyle. as soon as i learned how to use my ipad, then i will learn how to use a surf board. i have got my priorities straight. [laughter] they have evidenced this innovative, creative spirit. whatever you do, there is a market if you do it well. if you make fine handcrafted quality in san francisco, they will sell well. jim has been success

it all falls on the city and county, so we have to be an investment-friendly city and have a relationship with private industry to make sure we create jobs and get a better tax base. that is what i am working hard on doing and i hope you will let us know what you think is the most important thing we need to pay attention to in this budget. we will hold these budget meetings and a lot of other meetings and hearings. the board of supervisors will hold a series of meetings. you have a lot of input and we will make sure it reflects the kinds of priorities you suggest for this year. thank you very much for spending this saturday morning in this lovely area of our town. [applause] supervisor chu: before we begin, i want to think a lot of the folks to help to make this possible. the volunteers, the mayor's office, the office of civic engagement doing translation service, the mayor's office on disability and media services and sfgtv. supervisor elsbernd: we have a number of the department heads. the ground rules are simple -- hopefully when you walked in, you sign din and the of a question, you h

city officials behind me. thank you for your leadership. once again, target is proud to be the sponsor of what you do with apa heritage month. as an asian american born and raised in this wonderful city, i think san francisco concelebrate is like no other city. we're proud to be part of it. asia-pacific american, is time to celebrate our rich history with our employees and the work we do in our community. target has given 5% of its revenue every year. that equals about $3 million every week. education happens to be the cornerstone and heart of target's giving. we have collaborated with several organizations this year to celebrate the month of may, including the asia pacific fund, asian american festival, and the asian american museum. there is a common theme this year around education, honoring students, teachers, and educators. this coming monday, we have partnered with the school district. our employees will be visiting title one schools drop the sunset and richmond neighborhoods donating over 5000 books from local as and authors. each student will receive books. we have

every day, staff would update and public meetings that are being held in city hall. from that way, everything beyond the initial link would be pre- programmed to open to specific language. the meetings for that day would be translated utilizing the software. the issue with doing this is the accuracy of the translations. you will get literal translations and not specific colloquial speech, i guess. land use might turn into a ground functions. these are things that have to be thought about. however, one will be able to get the gist, and will be able to find the locations and get the majority of the information to get where one wants to build. this is a way to get around the need for staff to constantly translate on a daily basis. this is what we would like to proceed with, and we think it will get us very close to where we want to be. and as google also-translate gets more accurate, we think this will progress further over time. supervisor chiu: i have a number of questions about the topic. are you familiar with how the ethnic press covered this ordinance in 2009 when i

again, supervisor farrell that generally would be the host city for the super bowl for the 40--- should be 49ers be able to convince the nfl to bring the super bowl to the bay area. lastly again, all current stadium session employees would be offered positions with the stadium authority. >supervisor farrell: next, we have campbell from the budget and legislative analyst's office. i know he is doing a tap dance with budget committee right now. >> in the afternoon, supervisors. we estimate that there would be hot in that game to the city. if they were to exercise the option to terminate the lease we estimate that benefit to the city because of 2011-2012 revenues, they are taking into account that it was a very high revenue year for the city from the forty-niners. in terms of the variables, they did not come up with a number for that. we consider this to be a policy matter because it would be a policy decision for the board. >> had a policy questions? let me also say that we have wells larsen the this year. as well as the material from the public comment. i like to open up for public comme

this policy is at best shortsighted where we are going outside the city for things that can be provided inside the city. at best, it is shortsighted and at worst, it is hypocritical. the competitive disadvantage to create hurts my business. the same is true for many city providers. i would urge you to take a look at that and look at how much revenue as being blood outside the city and necessarily before considering additional taxes on small businesses that are already struggling. it is extremely hard to keep a small business in business in this city. we are all here because we love it and we want the individuality we get to express because we agree with the politics and beauty of san francisco. but it is incredibly difficult to stay here and maintain the ideas -- ideals and maintain a successful business. local businesses provide a tremendous amount of jobs. when you talk about making jobs, small business is the place to do that. hamstringing as with a gross receipts tax is not going to help the situation whatsoever. you could look at statistics on a turnover of small businesses in the

we worked with the city to see if there were any ways we could get out the word. we hope to work with existing programs or be added as an additional transportation solution. in general, we like to involve the city and city leaders in our announcement of coming to market, and it has been working really well. >> i know you have community managers all over the globe. what's going on there? >> airbnb goes to network effects. we are all over in -- we are already in 19 cities all over the world. we just provide the tools on line, and local residents throughout the world decide they want to be part of the movement and part of airbnb and list their homes on the site, and local travelers decide they want to go somewhere and look for those. the amazing thing is it is really driven by the global community. we just like to help that along by contributing to community events and the ups and educational experiences to help host become better hosts, and quite often, actually, we have events where the travelers who are in town can attend. one such event is happening this thursday. inh -- t san francisco have nominated their

city than parks. she has been a parkside champion from her first minute on the job. supervisor olague -- >> i am really have to be here. they think this is a testament to the city's commitment to keeping families in san francisco. if we're really serious but keeping families in san francisco, then this is how we achieve that goal. by creating beautiful spaces like this. i mean, look around you. it is a beautiful park. everyone here participated in creating this, and they should be very proud. as supervisor wiener and everyone here has mentioned, the mayor, everyone, we cannot be here if it were not for the input of the community. community engagement is critical. i want to thank all of you for scrap -- for sacrificing your time and efforts in creating such a beautiful vision. also to the landscape architects who donated his time, i just wonder if this is all pro bono. [applause] that shows that at the end of the day, it is not always about profits. it is about creating community in creating it together. then we end up here. so i think the children are ready to go and enjoy all of the swing sets and all of it. the

city to succeed. if it is successful, you will feel that much more committed to being part of the city. we invite you to be part of that. we do that through s.f. city. my chief innovation officer is here. we are one of the only cities in the country -- i hired a chief innovation officer right from the mayor's officer -- from the mayor's office. he is right on the pulse about technology and how to contribute to the quality of life and our city. one of the ideas i have, i get to start a task force with all of the mayors across the country. all of the other mayors for dissipate, -- participate, hundreds. we get to advise the president and congress as to what our cities need. part of that, i ask them, how about i start a technology and innovation task force for all of the mayor's tax introduced companies like dropbox to other mayors across the country so they can take advantage of technology. they may not have the kind of creative environment that we have in san francisco. i know new york, boston, gainesville, florida is trying to get it. chicago, emanuel is trying to create a technology cen

city. maybe they will make their stake here. these panel members have decided to make their stake here. they risked reputation, may be small amounts of money. if they had a lot of money, they may not have had to start this. they have also done it for the right reasons. they want to experience the city in a different way, but one that is in the tradition of san francisco and is reflective of mine, welcoming more people to share in the economy. hopefully the right reasons will create more jobs and get more entrepreneurs involved. i have often said this can be the city for the 100%. everybody can have a chance to fulfill their dreams and make sure they can have a stable income for themselves and their families. i think we are on the verge of discussing things that would invite other members of our city family, department heads, those who work in planning or land use, to be involved in an ongoing discussion that would potentially invite and open up our economy and modernize it even further. a year ago, david chiu and i did not know what the outcome might be, but we were afraid a company called twitter might leave our cit