other cities are doing better than we are. that is an important issue we have the highest rate in the city, and you're probably higher than any other city. " we have spent on pedestrian safety over the last four years is close to $13 million. >> how to balance the needs of the district compared to the city? supervisor kim: it is interesting representing a district and a collection of neighborhoods. for me, it is interesting because i represent the city of san francisco. i mean you represent those who live in the district. i care very deeply about what is going on in terms of racial tension between asian and african american communities in the bayview or whether we're talking about muni were talking about public safety issues in other neighborhoods -- i think it is important for me to support the issue's going around the neighborhood. i think most san francisco residents do not identify themselves by their district. >> once again, the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including whether to raise taxes and fees or whethe

he is very familiar with the incredible work that spur does with the city, because of his work as a city administrativor,a lot of us from his vantage point of the mayor's office. i would like to recognize the department heads and elected officials. i know i've seen some of you here. thank you for coming out to support the fund workover our city employees. it is a privilege to me in particular to be here because i have had the opportunity for the last several years to be on the selection committee for the good government awards. it is really a treat. as a human-resources director, i get a lot of bad news. some of that gets in the newspaper. with all due respect to our brethren in the press, it's always a good story to write about bad behavior that may happen in a city department or that a public employee may have engaged in. we are the largest employer in san francisco. it is only natural as some of that bad behavior may fall on our doorsteps. it is refreshing to see some of the wonderful work people are doing, who really personify the ethos of san francisco. i want to celebrate that. on

in our city. that is a very good starting and it is my strong intention to make sure more people find that it. 8% means there are 37,000 people still without jobs who are residents of san francisco. i will be working hard. jobs is my number one focus because jobs for youth, for people looking mitt careers, returning veterans, it would be really helpful if the city did everything it can to make sure there are jobs and all kinds of areas from tourism to the medical field to the technology field with which we are partnering up with in a lot of ways. in return, we get companies who are succeeding a little bit better. they joined me this past friday with their school district, with our city college and other institutions to create a target of 5000 summer jobs for our kids. all of you should make sure you talk to the kids aged 16-24 this summer and get into the program. we are creating 5000 jobs for our city departments to have 2500 of them to private sectors like the zynga, at&t, bank of america, wells

as a board and as a city, we are a sanctuary city that takes steps to ensure that we are not racially profiling and counter- terrorism activities. we have spent years impacted by violence and law-enforcement officials. we have developed innovative community policing for community-based violations -- the community response organization. implementing something like this here would not only be counter to our values as a city but will also erode years of work that we have put in an building trust between communities and law enforcement. i share the mayor's frustration as many of you do with the violence in our city. i know all too well the factors that contribute to violence and the devastating impact it has on our community. i also know that we need to talk and work together to develop creative strategies to address these challenges. i will leave our resources and public policy efforts are better spent to make sure that we have enough officers in our district station to attend neighborhood meetings that are riding on unique and walking the corridors. we also want to increase our support

hard to find in this city. we have exhausted our search of city assets and turned to the private sector for the best opportunities we can find. supervisor kim: in terms of the 901 rankin site, i understand the organization will be subleasing that out and we as the city will gain in net revenue of that site, first collected in to the tenant relocation and tenant improvements of that site. is there a mechanism you have discussed in terms of how they lease the site in terms of either minimums or a way of determining what is a fair rent? >> in all honesty, i would estimate -- i look at my colleagues, and i think two of the six years was spent on that. how to fairly set a schedule. not knowing what the market might be 30, 40, 50 years from now, yet rich enough to give us protection that their maximizing the sub net revenues and i think we struck an excellent balance. there is a leasing scandal that has to be submitted and that sets forth a market trend rate that is periodically adjusted based on a review and we defi

and within the city.in my research, the landscapes that flourished and endure are rich in urban fabrics. revealing the choices of residents and visitors alike. the settings are admired for the multitude of ways that they support being in place in the city in the neighborhood, and in the room. in viewing of the long, tradition of the city building, these have been the norm. it is not until the middle of the 20th-century that development and design move from building fabrics to building objects. after world war two, middle- class americans were encouraged to move into the suburbs. with miles of highways and subsidies for family homes. city centers were depopulated and buildings were abandoned. federal funding supported raising city land, either to build new infrastructures, or for urban renewal. it was at this time that there was a cultural paradigm shift in the rebuilding of the cities. everything was a clear sight, without historical or cultural or formal connection to the larger context, which is the cit

. -- that hrc plays in the city. do you have any concern about the impact -- you talk about 12 fte's remaining at hrc and something like 29 moving over. i want to make sure that the very important the backhrc has played remains -- that hrc has played it remains. >> that is a concern, but we have been assured by the mayor's office, having been a former director of the human rights commission, that we do not need to be concerned. my concern until recently was the work order. we received funding from the departments that are involved in the work. now hrc has moved to we general fund department. i think there will be a work order back to the administrator for some of the functions, but after that, it will be a 100% general fund department. that is difficult, and could become difficult if we get into different types of budgetary positions in the city. we also have retained an administrative person who will continue to do our small amount of financial and budgeting work. that person will also be tasked with about 50% of he

we need to look at what we do as a city and was services we offer. we have 26,000 city employees. our payroll and fringe benefits for city employees accounts for over 60% of our budget. if we are not willing to look at that issue, i do not think we are going to solve -- i know we will not solve our long-term financial issues. that, to me, is the biggest deal. second, it is about job creation. jobs are not just putting people back to work, which i think is the highest priority, but it is all the ancillary benefits we received, whether it be payroll taxes, an increase in property taxes. people who live and work in san francisco also shop at local restaurants, so shop at the local retail stores. it is a huge economic impact in san francisco. in my opinion, it is getting our costs under control but also promoting economic development so we have a financial engine that will continue to promote us year after year. >> what are your ideas on dealing with the issue of homelessness in san francisco? >> i am one that thinks mayor newsom did a great job thinking proactively about what we need

in addition to the infusion of funds from the city, -- to the city from the corporation, to a system covering rental costs by replacing a location or if we so choose, debt service if we purchase the replacement site. there are certain triggers in the least that need to lead to the relocation. the city has to find a suitable site. the corporation has to have certainty they have an anchor tenant to take the newly constructed space. we than mutually move forward subject to board approval of the transaction regarding a suitable replacement site that will return to this committee, as likely, and to the full board. we are looking very closely at to particular sites we think are well-suited to meet thne

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sf-city has approaching 300 member companies in the city of san francisco. these are all tech companies that now represent well over 90% of the tech population in san francisco. so we are very representative of the tech commont. we adopted five pillars where we are going to be involved in san francisco. the first pillar is jobs. the second pillar is transportation. the third pillar is philanthropy. the fourth pillar is policy, and the fifth pillar, which we are here to talk about today, is public safety. sf-city got involved last week with the future grads program, which is going to take kids off the street and give them internships during the summer. this is a program founded by greg sur and the sfpd. but we thought it would be very appropriate for sf-city to get involved in helping san francisco's police department leap row frog -- leapfrog technology and be a national showcase for the use of technology. why not do that right here in san francisco, which is the innovation capital of the world as stated by mayor ed lee at your inauguration. and we are going

to use city car share. we have a very good vehicle pool where we're reducing vehicles, we have a city hall and vehicle pulled. we're trying to get those in different corridors where we have groupings of offices and working with those departments. we have new technology that is helpful to us in identifying where we should put up vehicle pulls within the city and virtual pools where there -- you have these different cars in different locations that we could maybe not use that often the work with different departments where they can share those vehicles. we're working with departments through the city fleet manager and through jackie fong to work with those departments in coming up with solutions to reduce the department's fleet where they can keep their business operations moving. >> thank you. i appreciate the work. i also notice that you have one new position dedicated for purchasing for hsa. a pretty high volume of purchase requests. i was wondering if this is new demand or something existing. what is gene

cpmc's commanded to the city is undeniable. -- commitment to the city is undeniable. it will double the number of earthquakes saved beds in san frantic life learning academy supports cpmc possibility to build a new facility. construction of another hospital will serve to further strengthen the relationship between so many disadvantage youth in their hope for a brighter tomorrow. the experience they have collected at cpmc has been invaluable to their growth as people. thank you. supervisor mar: next speaker. >> ♪ don't take your hospital love away from me if you go, then i'll be blue you can take away the sutter tax breaks remember when you made psychiatric just right and cathedral hill has the highest heights think of all that we have been through make it better, won't you thank you ♪ ♪ something in the weather hospital moves the tracks and no other hospital i do not want to leave it now the are you going to fix it up and how long to do that, please let's go through the hospital, let's go to the hospital hop let's fix up your benefits, too.

i would like to explore what efforts the city can do to help city college so our system can continue serving our students, especially from low-income families, immigrants, and the public of san francisco. the rest i will submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor kim: is a possible to be referred a little later? >> a believe you were the last on roll call for introductions. supervisor kim: i made a said middle for a hearing request. i apologize. i am requesting a hearing on the final mission bay parking strategy plan and the overall sf park strategy. from the beginning, i have been a supporter of their efforts to reduce traffic congestion and regulate parking through piloting programs. and i think we all want to find ways to reduce the time people spend looking for parking. as a transit for a city, we are committed to encouraging people to get out of their cars and explode other modes of transit. as many colleagues know, i know several of my colleagues have attended meetings about the management plan and their impact in our neighborhood, i have attended several of th

i have always loved this city.hink 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 could someone like me have an opportunity to go from having nothing to go to stanford, harvard law school, and to be an attorney. it really is a way of giving back. i really believe that when you are blessed with the opportunities that this country gives you, that you have an obligation to give back. i really believe in public service. i could be in the private sector a

given to the school district from the city and city's taxpayers. this is taken the form of prop h, public education enrichment fund, rainy day fund as well as additional funds including money that the mayor authorized for last summer season current summer to provide supper school, that had been cut by the state. we need those funds in order to ensure high school students, all students in san francisco can be successful. and while we are in a much better position than many districts, we're not facing school closures now. we are still facing ongoing investment chipping away at the safety net and public schools needed for all students to be successful and to address the racial achievement and opportunity gap. prop h has been pulled year after year deferring millions in dollars of payments to the school district for some unknown future date. and there are over 50,000 children in san francisco public schools drastically underfunded system. too many are being set up for failure without the necessary supports is, like opportunities for credit recovery, wh

hurwitz: currently, city tunnel 1 and city tunnel number 2 would be feeding each half of the city. so you'd lose half the city if you didn't have a replacement. narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we fi

for the city plan, the city supports will be capped at the blue shield level. we encourage all employees to make intelligent choices about their health. >> that is for employee only? >> the dependent care benefits stay exactly the same. there is already an incentive to make intelligent choices there. we believe we have presented a package of contracts that are extremely fair to the city and to taxpayers which acknowledge labour's support and concessions in years past, which are modest -- almost no growth in year one and we recommend respectfully the committee approved them and send them to the full board. supervisor elsbernd: was there must discussion about well mess? -- well mess? -- wellness? >> yes. council members, including most of the biggest unions in the city, we will be looking at models were we can save money in a number of ways, but we are looking at other jurisdictions, including chicago and los angeles were there has been a carrot and stick approach where you are looking at baseline treatments and rewarding people who are taking preventative care o

sometimes it comes out of other city department budgets. mostly it relates to legal support services and outside counsel. supervisor kim: it would be great to have a breakdown. they all sound alike were these services, but it would be helpful to get a sense of them, and we like to look a cost effectiveness. >> just so you know, it might be helpful -- last year, we went through the budget process -- over the last couple of years, i always a few myself and our office as somewhat different from a lot of other departments. we do not have a lot of capital and fiscal products. so we try to really make sure that we are consolidating how we deal effectively with outside vendors services. for example, we put our lexis nexus services and renegotiated our rent at fox plaza to make sure we were minimizing the potential impact on the greatest capital that we have, and that is the people in the city attorney's office. i would be happy to show you the trend as well. i can show you what we renegotiated and where it came from and how we got to those numbers

that is the way the city should go. in your remarks, you mentioned that this is a missing city, and it will move, progress, and change, and people should understand that. more than anything else and parsley to you, and my wife, who is sitting in the back can testify to this, i was really taken by the fact that i could call you a true gentleman. no one else would have taken the time. i am not your appointment. you have your own appointments on the commission. but would have taken the time first thing friday morning to call me, and it really touched me. thank you. president chiu: thank you. [applause] thank you, commissioner. our next accommodations will be presented by supervisor mar, and i want to know who he will be recognizing in both of his presentations, individuals who are deserving of recognition. supervisor mar? supervisor mar thank you -- supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor chiu. we will be declaring chinese appreciation day, and we are joined by several supervisors as well. i wanted to ask, first of all, beat

city has a deficit of $100 million or more. than has occurred for a number of consecutive years. the mayor and the board of supervisors has opted to defer up to 25% for both the first five commission and is the school district so the 25% for this coming fiscal year has a value of $17.7 million, leaving a direct allocation of $53.14 million. so for the unified school district, there is also stipulation in the charter that allows the city to provide in lew of cash -- lieu of cash in kind services. this coming fiscal year, cash allocation will be $32.68 million or $7.75 million in in-kind services. these are services provided by the city to the schools on school property. so the total -- >> what are examples of -- >> nurses and direct service providers. we also found in our review of the plan of the unify school zrick's proposal does meet the requirements and intended uses of the charter and we noted that the funding is used for hundreds of staff equipment, materials and professional development within the school district. so in l

as a city is a minister, he represented gavin newsom in defending this city's proclamation.n asian pacific american history when he was elected as the city's first asian-american mayor. ladies and gentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor

of the heavily urbanized city. new york has managed to keep central park natural. there is no artificial turf, and no night lighting. san francisco should do the same and i believe especially because it is within the coastal zone protected by the california coastal commission. the coastal commission will require this area to create natural. i would like to focus on four issues that render the eir legally inadequate. first the eir fails to consider the hybrid alternative at all. for some reason, the city staff refused to consider this very rational hybrid alternative which meets all the project goals and avoids all the impact and gets even more player hours for the kids. that is restoring beach l.a. with good grass, good drainage, and gopher controls and renovating more lighting. this would create more play hours. the irs does consider simply moving the project to west sunset entirely. interesting, the final eir starts -- states the west sunset alternative attaints most of the project's objectives, avoids the signif

we are the city for the 100%. we will work together. i will make sure the city. discourse is positive. we will not forget the foundation that provides us with economic growth. let's move forward and let's move forward together. thank you very much. [applause] >> i guess that makes it clear why mayor lee's approval rating is soaring. thank you, mayor, for your leadership and vision and since we're running over, i will do just a very quick wrap up. prosperity together as possible. but it is only possible when business, labour, and government work together. that was our theme today. that is the goal for the year ahead. we could not bring new programs like this without our great sponsors. let's get around the's to jpmorgan chase and all our top sponsors -- let's give a round of applause to jpmorgan chase and all our top sponsors. thank you to our board members. thank you for support. it is going to be a great year ahead and think you for coming out this morning. -- thank you for coming out this morning. [applause] >> we did not expect the house to be so packed tonigh

the city, for local hire. on the question of an exclusionary, i want to support the mayor's office of housing and not restricting where fees go to. i was thinking through its and thought that you do not want to set the precedent that inclusionary housing fees can only be spent in the neighborhoods in which they are generated. that is a tricky balance. i do value of the importance of having mixed neighborhoods, economic diversity. i am happy to see that this neighborhood has so many dedicated parcels. there is an opportunity to create that kind of neighborhood that we want to see. that is my comment. commissioner moore:

i have lived in the city since 1968. so much has been said, but i can't think of any good reason that would justify putting artificial turf and extreme lighting anywhere in our beautiful and a magnificent golden gate park. william m. hall, the famous surveyor the plant apart design would roll over in his grave and cry. do the right thing. >> my name is susie, i am from district 9. i am here as a soccer mom, a soccer player, a soccer trainer that is watching in trading on these fields every single day. with all of the talking points. my son who is 13 and plays every single day, he has played at franklin square, garfield, crocker, balboa, sacred heart, her and now we desperately need 14 more acres of synthetic turf? what we have played on is a small sampling of the artificial surfaces that we have in the city already. i was hot and beautiful practice on grass and i want kids to play all the time, it is part of my business in training them. most of the fields were empty and i got to hear birds and snodgrass, it was a wonder

who is bringing resources to this city. i am a public-school teacher. there is a lot of talk about affordable housing. how much will the city get if the project fails? nothing. there is talk about traffic concerns. cpmc has done a tremendous job making intersection's a safe place for everyone. we will get they can sidewalks, of violence, and vandalism. what about st. luke's? it could shut down altogether. zero residents have to travel outside the city to get access to a hospital? overconfidence will cost all of us in the end and it may cost us this hospital. i urge you to approve. >> thank you for your service to the city. my name is doctor jeff gardner. i am also a pastor in san francisco. i have enjoyed listening to the voice of the people. the people, as shakespeare would say, are the city. i have the utmost respect for them as fellow citizens. i hear their concerns but i see these fears with highs of hope and faith. without a vision the people perish and some have issues outside the vision and scope of the nest. the rea

our city is lucky who has a police chief who knows the city. his testimony should carry tremendous weight. the issues are clear. the evidence is overwhelming. this is not an issue. this is not an issue that's health. it's not an issue of anything other than simply keeping kids in san francisco. it requires, i believe, a unanimous vote, a statement to the citizens of this city that the tactics that drives kids out of this city are no longer acceptable. so i thumbably asked that you consider a unanimous vote against the appeal and in favor of the project so they can move forward before the generation that you saw tonight is too told play there. thank you. >> thanks, speaker. >> thank you, supervisors and park and reck. my name is keniata scott. it's a pleasure to be part offer -- of this process. i need to give you a little bit of history. i initially when i spoke to park and reck was for the field and not for the lights. that was my decision at that time. where i am now, it's all abouter quity, access and account -- abouter quity, access and acc

because we cannot be the greatest city in the world or the most innovative city in the world unless all of our communities share in the richness of this city, and that's been my theme and i know putting justice to work in the workplace is a great part of that. i want to again thank the legal aid society and the employment law center for doing all the great work that you do do. thank you for having me here today. it's an honor to present the matthew tobriener award for public service to belva davis. this award was named in honor of our legendary california supreme court justice matthew o'tobreaner and serves to annually recognize individuals who have strived to ensure that justice for those who are most vulnerable among us is had. the late justice matthew tobreaner was revered as a legal scholar and humanitarian who did not hesitate to speak out on behalf of the disadvantaged and marginalized individuals. in fact, he expressed some time ago the very fundamental principle, whatever hardship poverty may cause in society generally, the judicial process must make itself available to the indi

city council member peterson. city council member molly marker. city council member brad pierce. city council member bob lageer. and barbara. [ applause ] >> so as the mayor continues to -- the mayor continues to introduce the city council members, we'll get back in. as a matter of fact, he is done. let's listen in now to may juror steve hogan, mayor of aurora. >> i know the city council members join me in expressing our tremendous sorrow to the victims and their families impacted by this horrific tragedy. the thoughts and words i express tonight are those of my colleagues as well. the theater is in ward 3, the ward of council member marsha burgens. the apartment is in ward 1, the ward of council member mel li melissa miller. but this horrific incident touches all of aurora. it touches a community, a state, and a country. for aurora, this is also one of those moments that bring out the best in our community and who we are as individuals. tonight we honor loved ones, no longer with us. tonight we support the survivors. tonight we reach out to each other and love each other and lov

-- done for our city.present this to our friend, tony bennett. ♪ >> ♪ the fabulous tony bennett home the world all seems to know sang a song about this town and it left our city of low -- aglow grammy awards, and the awards, and a kennedy nominate a star on hollywood and vine all to honor his legacy he's a painter his picasso he's got the class of fred astaire and today, we are gathered here to show you just how much we care you hold our hearts in san francisco so many songs you've sung to me and the rags to riches what a sound and a man who sings never retire of san francisco i love your album "duets" both i and ii for there is no one quite like you you are the heart of san francisco one of the greats we know it's true for when you graced us -- our town of san francisco our golden sun will shine on new -- you ♪ [applause] mr. bennett. ♪ it only takes a tiny corner of this great big world to find a place that you love you have brought us so much joy you are a golden boy we love to have you here in our grea

a question to the city attorney. with regards to the budget analysts recommendation on business tax code, that item is not before us. it may simply need the administration code? >> i think that the budget analyst is referring to provisions in the budget. then correct, the tax code is not before you. >> if we were to make an amendment on the budget analyst separating it, you would have to introduce that item? >> correct. supervisor chu: given that the item is not before us, i would suggest that we cannot make an amendment at this moment. the budget analyst report recommends that we move forward with these items and that exemptions to the authority will be coming before us department by department. do we have a motion to send these items forward to the full board of supervisors for this coming tuesday? without a motion, can we keep that without objection? kept without objection. thank you very much. please call items four through 12. >> item #4. hearing to include financial update and information on budget instructions

the city, for local hire. on the question of an exclusionary, i want to support the mayor's office of housing and not restricting where fees go to. i was thinking through its and thought that you do not want to set the precedent that inclusionary housing fees can only be spent in the neighborhoods in which they are generated. that is a tricky balance. i do value of the importance of having mixed neighborhoods, economic diversity. i am happy to see that this neighborhood has so many dedicated parcels. there is an opportunity to create that kind of neighborhood that we want to see. that is my comment. commissioner moore: i would like to say that -- we had eight -- coming up with a combination on hickory and the more traditional building facing the south side, i think it is phenomenal. not even talking about using three architects. i think it is a wonderful example of how to really create tively use the freeway. all of the legal foundations in place for labor, for affordable housing, etc., i am comfortable with a

another california city is seeking bankruptcy protection. bernadino makes three in less than a month in that state. is it part of a growing national slide for municipal insolvency. enveloping communities all over the nation. big areas including chicago and detroit, said to be considering some kind of move. another city that could be on the list soon, place vice president biden calls home. tonight we'll talk about the economics and the politics of american cities drowning in the sea of red ink. first up, chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> everything important to my life i learned i learned in scranton. >> his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, dear to president's heart cannot obscure how dire the financial crisis is. >> i can't pay money i don't have. >> the mayor, doherty, democrat, and the democrat controlled city council cannot agree how best to make up the $16.8 million in red ink the city faces leaving doherty to slash paycheck for the city 400 public employees to minimum wage level of $7.25 an hour. >> my members are suffer

the city attorney's -- the city's attorney should be coming to the homes and to the market. i think they know the family research center at 158 broad. there have been continuous problems at these places and nothing gets done and no letters get sent. there needs to be a follow up if they want to do things correctly. i would like to say that dcyf and enloe w. de -- abnd mowde, we definitely do not get our fair share by any stretch of imagination. we need job training and jobs for our youth. we need officers to come into the neighborhoods and get out of their cars and go into the family resource center, into i.c. buckman, and into the places that offer services and the actually working together with them. i thank you for the healing circle and i hope it is one of many that may continue. and also, the translation services that they have been offering that they have been asking for because the community is diverse and changing and in order to get the word out, we need the translation services. [bell] i hope that we can get some kind of follow-up in the community, whether it is th

. 50 2% of the revenue generated in our city. 52% of the revenue generated in our cities from small businesses. when you look at challenges, when you look at mid-market, then you start feeling investment confidence when small-business is started locating theire, and their willingness to collaborate with the arts organizations and start to bring relief into the very hard core area of our city. it was not just the big companies. they are getting a lot of credit for that. who was there to start the revival? it was our small businesses. that is why as soon as i stepped forward and got elected, i looked back at who could recognize readily. it has got to be our small business community. regina and steve said we could use help. the revolving loan fund was used up. instantly would put the money in there. we that the board of supervisors to revive it. we have $1 million committed today along with wells fargo $500,000. it is there and will be used fast. in the next budget for the next team of years, we have already got plans for the whole $5 million. as long as it is there, people will use it. we know s

cities are toppling like dominos and finally for bankruptcy we'll show you what happens when a city takes on more debt than he can ever hope to pay off. and get ready for a food fight of epic proportions. being fried up and served on a silver platter by gay rights groups and now cities like boston and chicago are telling the food chain to stay away the details ahead. it's thursday july twenty sixth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. old campaign season is in full swing and president obama now has six months to fulfill his election promises and he made a lot of them let's take a look at some of the big ones and how he scored on his report card. the first thing there by emily and sasha dogg done we gave him an a credit card bill of rights accomplished that also gave minae remove troops from iraq he gets an a minus you know it's the end of the war but military contractors are still there next one reform the health care system we gave him an average grade of c. he tried but didn't get all the bells and whistles he promised get unemployment below four percen

other initiatives going forward are the sanctuary cities. the profiling of african- american -- arab, african, middle eastern people at the airport. also our anti-building programs of which we will generate the first anti-bullying video produce with the department of public health. as a training video for all city departments. job creation for summer use. this year we have one person -- one per semester of d.c. if -- dcyf. this is between eight and 12 entrance. people in interns from law school and also from public policy university. -- university. we have between six and eight insurance. our premier policy we're proud of is we created a lot clinic. -- a law clinic. they provided us to full time and turns out of one of their law classes. the professor coordinated the class and it culminated in a public hearing which will have a report generated. if you have questions about the of transition which is the primary thing we're talking about, i would be happy to answer. we think it is good. we is -- a think is good as an agency. it is about time.

city county-by-county si-- city debbie hunter holof. city council member bob roth. city council member melissa miller. (applause) city council member marsha verslis. city councilmember redi peterson. city council member molly marcard. city council member brad pierce. city council member bob legare. city council member bob broom. and mayor pro-tem barbara polard. >> i join you tonight not simply as the mayor of our great city, but as your friend and neighbor. i know the city council members join me in expressing our tremendous sorrow to the victims and their families impacted by this horrific tragedy. the thoughts and words i express tonight are those of my colleagues as well. the theater is in ward 3, a ward of council member marsha bersens. the apartment is in ward 1. a ward of council member melissa miller. but this horrific incident touches all of aurora. this is one of those moments that test us as a community, the state and a country. for aurora this is also one of those member meant that bring out the best in our community and who we are as individuals. tonigh