what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. the national league of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and for being here because we're releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. each person in this room is here for a reason. you're interested in what is happening in cities all over america. perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. you really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. or you just want to make sure that you're in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. for all of these reasons at its core, the city fiscal conditions is about the connection between the needs of communities and the ability of local government leaders to address those needs in the communities. i'm often asked,

ico atlantic city in $1000.00 is one such multi-billion dollar project a modern showcase city designed to ease the load in lagos but it's causing other problems the costs are astronomical most people won't be able to afford to live here critics fear that small cities like this one will become residences for the country use elite. of a more i'm john paston tasini a country economist and manager of the cities that work initiative at the international press center in kampala good to have you with us so we hear that the science cities are quite expensive if they're that expensive to be developed who are the investors so i think there's 3 main sources of investors particular when you talk about sort of african and new cities one is very much the state model or the state to state funding model here for example china is playing a very large role the 2nd are public private partnerships between private companies in the state but the 3rd and the most most of the cities are being financed privately and actually here the big question is coming from real estate investors and and and technology comp

by the city taking a lead in integrating these in different areas in the city, they serve as tetsing beds for which species work the best in which microclimates for our city. we can then share this with our private sector development partners. we've been inspired about work in los angeles about incorporating native plants and healthy landscapes into our affordable housing areas. equity is a huge focus of this work and how do we get landing scape -- landscaping and the right type of that into our environments. this is important to us and we're excited to dig into that. also city-owned land as well as private-sector projects, we're taking a look at all our current codes and thinking about how can we require more greening and the right types of greening and how can we provide really clear tools, so that as one of your constituents gets an infraction because they've paved over their front yard and they need to have half of that front yard be permeable and 25% be landscaped. this is a picture of a golf course where we have a lot of areas in and around where we need people to stand and wal

they lived in the city for 500 years.then that they were the end of the middle ages when reagan's book was an offering and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews began to increase. their 1st. it's going to be off and it all culminated in 1519 when the approximately 500 people living here were driven out. simply expelled from the city using real. bertha they demolished the abandoned buildings just a few days later probably so that no one would ask what had been there before. and on the resulting square they built a church which is the noise. which is why it's called noise or new. plots. above the surface today there's nothing to see of those demolished houses but the sellers are preserved underground. the excavations at $95.00 plots took 3 years during which time archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big means on send the structure can only be accessed on guided visits but don't let that scare you off it's really worth it. time to hop on over to the othe

but i do know last year, i collaborated with zach at city college, and he did field trips to city college. and also, we wrote and are writing again a strong workforce grant, which part of the it is our prepipeline work into middle schools to show them what they might engage in high school and beyond. >> could someone address this eighth grader at the earliest opportunity? >> well, we would have to explore this in a little bit more detail and see what would be a good fit for a course? and what we would want to make sure is wherever we put an eighth grader, they would be able to be successful. we don't want to throw an eighth grader into 13th grade work and set them up where they won't be successful. we're trying to very intentional? and i think you can see with this partnership, we've been very intentional, and i think with this partnership continuing to college, we want to continue to move in that direction. i find your idea with eighth graders to be very intriguing, so i think we should explore it. >> president cook: thank you. yeah, the -- we've done it on saturdays with ninth graders a

naomi kelly, city administrator. thank you for having me today to talk about the office of emerging technology. as you heard, this process got kick started in earnest on april 27, 2018 when the board of supervisors passed a resolution asking the city administrator's office to convene a working group to focus on san francisco's response and emerging technologies. the resolution enacted 12 principles for regulation emerging technologies. you can see these principles on the slide here. the creation of the open working group was instrumental in order to engage the many players in the space. as you heard president yi talk about the tech companies. and government agencies. the working group also informs recommendations on our regulatory and permitting processes. it provides a foundation of framework on how it could also become how are permitting and regulations process could be nimble and also protecting our infrastructure in residence. also the working group resulted in final recommendations to myself, the board of superv

a drastic divide has developed between cities that are foraging and cities that are failing. we have and have not among cities not only within them. so i wondered, how did we get here? i also wondered where were the resources that once made the u.s. a country highly functional mass transit, that has a significant here i think. up-to-date roads, bridges and tunnels. where was the commitment that led the nation to at least a third in the housing act of 19 1949, irresponsibility to provide decent home and living environment for every american family. might there not be something to learn from how we got to this place? i started looking around for an ideal subject for my book and i had checklist but most importantly, i thought an individual whose life would allow me to tell to intertwined stories, both how a person and a nation went about trying to idolize american cities and the mutual influence they have on each other and on american cities. it didn't take me long to stumble upon ed. he had a great influence during the 1960s and turning around a long deteriorating boston. soon

the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. the partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are transportation dependent. we ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. we make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. >> bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. it is not only a form of recreation. it is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom. i really appreciate it. i am very thankful. >> we teach a class. they have to attend a one hour class. things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars. after that class, then we would give everyone a test chance -- chance t

resilient, and that is what child friendly cities are all about, a city designed with children and youth in mind is a city that is sustainable and safer for all residents. last year, i attended the child safer city conference in vienna, austria, and heard about all the wonderful things cities like san francisco were doing all over the world. but what i found so fascinating is that cities were reimagining public spaces to be playful, imagin imagi imaginative and accessible to children of all ages. can we imagine what san francisco would be like if we placed children at the center of all the decisions that we'd be making, influencing the build environment around us. imagine every city street where a children could bike and walk on their own to school without fear of being hurt in a dangerous environment. imagine every new housing unit being designed so that families of all types to could expand multigenerational units that accommodated children, growing teens, and parents who are care giving. imagine public space being inviting to children so they could actively and creatively explore beyo

we put up eyes all over the city. i think with street violence intervention we need to look forward to the future for us, 15, 20 years down the line from now. with the help of the supervisors that can be accomplished. we need this. our young men and ladies need the love, guidance and support they don't get at home, the meal they don't get at home and the extra talk. i thank you in every way. god bless you. i love you. thank you. >> thank you. lastly, we have supervisor haney. please share your accommodation. >> thank you, president yee. it is still filipino american history month. it is the last few days here. i am very proud to present a commendation to two people who are committed to preserving and elevating the filipino community in our city. the master mind behind the undiscovered san francisco creative night market and two of the most hardworking people i know. they produced undiscovered as a collaboration between cultivate labs and make it merry in partnership with the filipino cultural district. the concept is

i said city hall will never be the same. no one knew the city and charter better than buck, even when i worked with bill barns in supervisor elliott's office, bill would say we need to ask buck. i would see buck in the morning sometimes in the cafe knowing he had already swam. i also swim the bay but never got to swim with buck. i am certain i would not have been able to keep up with him. i would like to extend my condolences to the city attorney's office and his family. he was the kind of person when you saw him, he made you want to be better at everything. he made me want to be a better athlete, better at my job and just a basic human decent human being. i have been here for 12 years now, every time i ran into him it was a pleasure to see buck, and he will be missed. >> supervisor haney. >> i want to share my condolences with bucc's family and friends. i i want to thank you for sharing him with the city and with all of us. i am a new supervisor. i would always hear his name out there from other people in the building, and

city. trees are no everywhere and we steward other lands in the city which are remnants of san francisco's natural ecosystem, such as bernell hill. and so, indeed, urban forestry and ecological restoration and all of these activities of managing plants, managing trees and planting new trees, all important aspects of our city's climate action strategy and so, withizero, 80, 100 roots, roots symbolizes climate mitigation and adaptation. and so the other thing i wanted to say about that was just simply, obviously, trees and other plants store and sequester carbon and, in fact, these are three trees other than streets that do a good job of that and this is one of the, you know, main services that trees provide within the city is storing and sequestering carbon but there are many other services that trees provide. i'll just go over those one by one. even supervisor mar covered this presentation already. so obviously great for mitigating the heat island effect that cities create with our concrete

in 2019, the controller city survey found that a majority of residents said the city is moving in the wrong direction. the mayor's initial -- initiative is going in the wrong direction perform the occupant of room 200 should be the mayor of san francisco, not the mayor of wrong directions. thank you. [bell dings] >> supervisor ronen: next speaker. >> hi. rick hall from hill. a member of the cultural action network and president of liveable california, speaking for myself and for the mission district, where we work to oppose anti-gentrification that's going on. we speak about supply and demand. and we never addressed the demand side. but we know we're overbuilt on market-rate housing. and way underbuilt on moderate and low-income housing. you know, we're essentially in a hole. and we do not need to -- the mayor's initiative to accelerate office development and exacerbate all of our city problems. office -- the people put prop min place. now it's just about to kick in, the mayor is undercutting it to accelerate high-end office production. no matter what it says about, well, it's going t

our educators in the city. and also eliminating the conditional-use authorizational process for 100% affordable housing and educator housing projects. and requiring the projects be approved within a strict timeline. so our office began working on this legislation early this year, in order to make it easier to build affordable housing in outer neighborhoods like the richmond, that have seen little investment in affordable housing. it actually really builds out of the success of the sali legislation, which i'm you're familiar with, that former supervisor jane kim passed last year, in order to make it principally permitted to build affordable housing in service, arts and industrial districts. we also worked closely with the united educators of san francisco, in order to develop a pilot program for educator housing that would serve the needs of educators in san francisco across a wide range of both income levels and household sizes on land, that is owned by either the school district or the city college district. w

i've long been interested in city planning issues. after graduating from stanford and 79, i obtained a law degree from harvard and a masters degree in city planning from mit. i wanted to live in san francisco so i took a job with the big san francisco law firm, practicing land-use law. representing primarily companies and seeking entitlement for the headquarters and other facilities around the bay area. in 2,003, my 100-year-old firm abruptly went bankrupt. it was a brutal wake-up call to me about what was important and how i wanted to devote my energy going forward. i threw myself into community life serving as a volunteer board member for the numerous organizations in our community. two that really resonated at me was jcc of san francisco for many, mercy housing california because of the work foundations that they do for community centers and four affordable housing. two incredibly important needs in our community. representatives of both are here to speak on my behalf. i also moved into academia, teaching law at stanford law school

businesses come and go in the city.nesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you cou

he cared about this city. he cared about the people of this city.e cared about doing good things for san francisco. when i first sat down with him as supervisor and told him that public housing was my priority, of course we bonded over our shared experience of growing up in public housing. he said, yes, we will work to make the condition of residents and public housing better. i will tell you since i've been mayor, we've been going to a lot of those public housing developments where the promises of our city have been fulfilled and the conditions have changed significantly. it's because of his leadership and his work and his love and care for people. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: his work for our public school system and our children, his work for public safety and for making sure that we are a city that focuses on making the right decisions, especially for future generations. you know, most mayors wouldn't say this, but since i've been mayor, i am really a beneficiary of all of his hard work. so when i go and i do those ribbon cuttings. when i go an

not everywhere in the city, but in the central part of the city they do. they pay early care and education commercial rent tax and they pay other fees. if you look at the left-hand pie, you will see the total cost of building new office space in the city, the city sees about 25% of what it costs. the rest of it being obviously the physical cost of construction and things like that. to do this study, we work with a couple of consulting firms. we work to develop six prototypes that would be representative of office space being built in central soma, where we are seeing most of the office development. we constructed a financial model for each prototype which just looks at estimating all of the cost of building the office estimating the revenues which is basically the rents that the developers are going to get. and then looking at what the return would be to the developer. the rule of thumb here is that you would need a yield of about 6.8% per year to make the sources that the developers go to for their money, pension funds, other sorts of capital forces. for

i have a city drive candidate to speak on behalf of city drive. >> it is an honor. i am emotionally devastated. my husband and i both lost our jobs. then the mayor came and spoke to us, and she put in some help for us. we received help from owd, faces sf to apply to muni. we were taught classes for license. ithey drove us at 5:00 in the morning for the test. i felt the support from the mayor. she took the time and effort to help us in time of need. as a result, currently i drive a trolley coach in san francisco and i am loving it. (applause). >> from one loving family to another, thank you very much. [applause.] >> muni is hiring still so good job, good benefits, good retirement and part of what we will do is help support you throughout the city drive academy, right? we also know that sometimes the challenge with people going through these programs is they can't afford to participate in the program. that is something that we are trying to change so that money is never a barrier to an opportunity that can help change your life. as someone who basically came from a co

of these new city new set new billions of people rather is something that the current all the cities just cannot have could be the kennel comedy there's no simply no space so the new the profile of the people that are going to move to the cities will very much depend on the industries that are going to be settling there and the jobs they they present and these are most likely going to be in the digital industry but not all these new cities are actually successful and pudong is a very success example for great success a big financial hub near shanghai but then there is another one for a city in malaysia for example that it doesn't work out that well what's the criteria for success i think there's no real criteria for success i think what it takes is time timing and a very big government push for a city yes it's yet to take off but portrait jiah this 1st next gen city so to speak is thriving well now another one or goes called come by she come by cian in a mongolia was one of known as one of china's ghost cities now at the start or does come but she had very few people to start with bu

but also, who's paying for what and are there opportunities for the city to step up here or city college to do a little more here or us as sfusd and to leverage, you know, resources that we're getting? because i think it's a big pie, and i want us to look at it that way and own our piece, as well. >> right. that makes sense and i really appreciate all your support on that. >> yeah. thank you very much. >> all right. trustee randolph. >> just a few quick comment that was inspired by the commissioner here. i think you make a very good point about middle schoolers and elementary schoolers. i think the earlier you talk about certificate programs and c.t.s and trades, the more excited the students get. i want to point to, for example, long beach and l.a. i think that's why commissioner collins and i are so excited. long beach and other districts around the country, middle schoolers actually design a symbol -- sign a symbolic contract when they enter high school. so part of that is they visit college campuses, they learn about college, and they sign a contract to themselves and to their peers

through the city. so we have learned from other localities and metro regions with a gu it on right and wrongn our case we are betting big and we are embracing it. we are putting all the blocks around where the stations are going to be going so that when this thing comes online we are able to tap into that so we are doing a lot of mixed use at this point where we satisfy the need for increased residential space and at the same time having to ensure it creates the sales tax as well and we don't realize that when it's just housing. also because of the investment we are doing and the fact we are out there clothing business to come into our city, we are seeing a lot of interest right now from developers more so than i would say the city is around us and it's pretty unique and exciting for us. something we haven't experienced for a while but the stability in government that we have in our staff, the training we've done with our staff and the economic development ensure that they go out there and have the rig

the city has failed to do anything. the board of supervisors approved this project based on the fact that off an old plan of 2008. now my question to you has there been any changes in the city of san francisco in the mission since 2008? in the last 11 years? there has they need to reject this project. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, we'll move onto rebuttal. we'll hear from the appellants. you have three minutes. >> thank you. the general plan does require the adequate study is done. this isn't just something for ceqa. mission area plan has its own requirements as well. you heard about the housing. and you read our brief. it's listed in the brief. but regarding this foundation, potential foundation work, commissioner honda, you would know, if there's an existing foundation that is 8 feet deep and has been abandoned is there a possibility that that's going to need to be excavated? this is not been addressed in any of the documentation that has been provided. so there are grave concerns that

explore the city and discover leone's inside those spots. but locals also benefit it's something that is very important to us because. actually there are people leaving and so. to open this treasure is a locket picture to the public but also to preserve the. i . another part of smart your ease your weight these digital signs can rotate 360 degrees and share up to date information for instance on festivals visitors can connect smartphone and big r.v. to the. train stations especially useful for those without cars other bikes available for rent at various points around the city. of course. the concept of leo is to give visitors a guided excursion through the city by bike instead of i told us. we'd like. to just go and to make this go over the city. respecting the monks if you want to visit silently. smile tourism is designed to make a city more pleasant for those visit to get and for those who need it. it's clear that digitalization is fundamentally changing travel the reality check we can see the world's most beautiful cities without having t

several other cities. but as you mentioned there are now 5 people under arrest, 4 of them for murder and conspiracy. the murder of 5 people at a dinner and a halloween party has led to arrests. there's day morning. authorities conducted raids in 4 cities including this complex in marin city and made 5 arrests. those arrested include 28 year-old lebron wallace of san mateo 20 year-old czech has sweeney upper in city 20 year-old jason aisles of marine city and 30 year-old shimron mitchell of antioch been arrested for murder and conspiracy and are being held without bail. 21 year-old devon williams son of the late ho was arrested for being an accessory. >>there's nothing that can can make right or make everyone feel as they did before this happened. but we're hopeful that seeing police developments in this case gives people a sense of comfort and firsthand knowledge that that the police have been working as hard as they've said they have been on this case working day and night for the last 2 weeks and that's

architects and engineers is called for to save the city. or. the most a project is an elaborate and expensive attempt by the italian authorities to say venice. concrete foundations weighing many tons have been sunk at all 3 looking in in let's. get in there but i'll try and floodgates at high was if these can be raised as far as the boston level requirements. there is no doubt that if it is ever completed the most a project will be an engineering masterpiece. but skeptical voices warn against euphoria. and most yes the most a project is important but it's not the sole solution it's inconsistent i believe to want to protect the city from super floods without at the same time protecting it from decay grow. that is why another idea is to raise the subsided bed of the lagoon and with it the entire city. what sounds like a crazy plan was developed by researchers at the university and neighboring padder well. we don't well still play. on our own ass circular shape we do with a young earth or don't know me interests and we inject the water into it. he

the american cities climate challenge as part of the american cities initiative. a suite of investments that empowers cities to generate innovation and advanced policy that moves the nation forward. this was a very intense trip. we literally spent basically every day up until about 7:00 p.m. learning about congestion price in both england and stockholm. just to give some of my takeaways. if you look at london which is a city of 8.8 million people. the purpose of instituting the congestion pricing was really about congestion and environmental impacts. they had a robust rail system and they really were supported by business community as they decided to embark on congestion pricing. they have been instituting this price since 2,003. i would say from their perspective, it was considered successful in reducing congestion in the early years and now they are working on making some changes as people have gotten used to the pricing. the congestion is increasing again in london. they are looking at evaluating their current system trying to see what they could do different.

saving half the city from simultaneous cities. this is not a matter for debate. the city made a commitment to preserve the sea wall for saving the east side from sea-level rise and the west side deserves no less assurance being saving with a dedicated water source and delivery system. this is a good start to keep the board involved in monitoring the actions of city leaders who are charged with protecting the lives, property and resilience of the city of san francisco. but it does not go far enough or fast enough. the state of urgency must include additional hearings on one pg skepticism e power shut arches. what are the back-ups in place and for how long will they have fuel to function? >> i'm near full support of firefighting water capabilities. i would like to thank supervisor marr for sponsoring this legislation. i fully support this to have the budget and legislative an analys provide an analysis of the capabilities. this refers to high pressure throughout the bill, it own references high volume in specific areas and i would u

in almost every city, cars ta ke block. every city, cars take up more space than any other road user. the idea of the super blocks is to reclaim the streets for pedestrians over cyclists, or even just for hanging out. the plan takes nine blocks and forms one big super blocks, which are closed off from through traffic. only cars that need access through traffic. only cars that need a ccess a re through traffic. only cars that need access are allowed in, and the speed limit is reduced to ten kilometres per hour. parked cars have to go underground. so instead of busy junctions, you have parks, picnic benches, and play areas. so far, barcelona has built six of these, but the plan is to extend it to over 500. the super blocks were designed by salvador river, but they have been implemented with gusto by this administration, who put their feminist philosophy of participation at the heart of it. seeing what a city like barcelona would look like if it was designed and built by women is stilljust a fa ntasy. and built by women is sti

with city risk management office, we worked with two city contractor offices, a.g.c. and ucon as well as ucons safety expert, and we reached out to other contractors that bid on city work as well as other chapter 6 departments. >> i thought i heard you say the word a.b.c. in there somewhere. >> no, sir. >> okay. a.g.c. did you -- one more question. did you reach out to any of the, say, unions that represent workers that do so much of the work at the p.u.c.? >> no, sir. >> let me begin. i'm randy parent. i'm a deputy city attorney. i'll try and be as brief as i can. this is reasonably complicated. >> mr. parent, we -- i don't want to have a -- i don't even think -- we're running out of time, so if you can make it as brief as -- and complete as possible. i don't want to lose my quorum. >> no problem. i will trunkate what i had planned to say as best as i can. let's go to the first slide. historically, the city, going back before wsup, transferred through contracts all responsibility and liability for safety to contractors in order to avoid liability to the city. with ws

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the water has once again turned on the famous lagoon city. the tourist favorite has been flooded for days the few people still out i don't rubber boots or hip waders on sunday water levels reach one meter 50 submerging more and more of these stories city center shops and hotels are flooded half of the city's churches are just the crypt of this and mark has told me underwater. the famous left her house also flooded. and venice is sinking into the ocean. if we continue to dredge cruise ships that obviously the water can flow into it faster. the canals that have been dug to allow cruise ships to dock in the harbor are. preventing the water from receding properly flood areas are supposed to be protecting the city. the so-called most project was designed to stop flooding 3 lagoon entry point. construction began in 2003 but the barriers still haven't been completed corruption and mismanagement of plague the project costing the taxpayer over 5000000000 euros. are furious at the delay. this is all nonsense it's all lies the project is pointless but i

develop a program hosted by the sea 40 climate city leadership group known as reinventing cities. the city included the subject properties and to the competition. the city received three strong proposals for the use of this property in may have 2018. and a team of ten experts including some in the city and some outside of the city, including architects and housing experts rated the proposals in the spring of this year. following a subsequent vetting of the two remaining highest ranking proposals, before you is the final recommendation for reward of an exclusive negotiating agreement. the most responsive bidder is a team led by the kelsey's, supported by mercy housing on the architectural firm. their proposal is to develop 102 units of affordable inclusively designed rental housing on the site in a building of six stories over basement that would be no heavy vicki akil are parking bikes. twenty-one of those units will be set aside for the disabled which would be a substantial increase of new construction, affordable units tailored specifically to the disabled community. fifty-one o

at city hall room 400. the public is now asked to comment on items 3-a through 3-d. >> good evening, everyone. i just want to say that i appreciate what mr. henderson and others said about the conversation about the annual report. that was good to listen to the discussion that you all were having surrounding those issues. those are some of the issues that we've raised. a lot of times, we come in here and it seems like we're being critical, but we're just trying to make sure that folks do their jobs just like we're held accountable. this is the only outlet that we have, so it was good to hear that, as well as the public defender have that type of conversation. one of the things that i want to suggest, one of the reports that i heard today is there's these little copies that you have. i think that, for example, you know, the incident where they were talking about the person told to go back to a country, well, ultimately, all of that stuff is printed, i believe in openness reports. and so all of those summarie