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let do city to city security intelligence gathering. for the last seven or eighth or nine years that's what new york city has been doing. i can't say i'm not a security expert that's the reason we haven't suffered another serious attack. i'm sure that's what it has to do with it. i've heard, i've interviewed people that say new york's intelligence is among the best in the united states. i don't think it's a coincidence that intelligence comes from city to city intelligence cooperation. there's no area i can imagine where cooperation among cities directly cannot enhance the solution of problems among politicians and mayors who are compelled to solve their problems if they're going to stay in office. do you can't away with the crap that goes on in washington today. simply say we're not doing it. e with don't know which plow is the best to use with so we're not going plow the snow. we have an ed logical -- who can sharp, the blades on the plow so we're not plowing. i can't do it. fundamental difference. so what i want to suggest then is th
let do city to city security intelligence gathering. for the last seven or eighth or nine years that's what new york city has been doing. i can't say i'm not a security expert that's the reason we haven't suffered another serious attack. i'm sure that's what it has to do with it. i've heard, i've interviewed people that say new york's intelligence is among the best in the united states. i don't think it's a coincidence that intelligence comes from city to city intelligence cooperation. there's...
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we now have over 40 cities that have joined us. in 2011 we partnered with gray area foundation on a series of hack-a-thons, 10,000 attendees, and created nearly 30 applications all being powered by open data. now in 2012 we have our legislation that you heard about. as you heard, we announced the chief data officer. we have a network of open data coordinators within each agency. and these coordinators, their primary responsibility is to provide insight, is to provide transparency into the data sets that they manage. and that's really important. we want to make sure that you guys have a clear understanding in our community about the data that we manage so you can tell us where we should be going next in terms of opening up our data sets. we also are doing some structural changes so that open data is really the default position for our city. we're making sure that data belongs to our city, not the vendor. and second, we're making sure that any software that we buy or build hatx a public api or some equivalent. we don't want to be hel
we now have over 40 cities that have joined us. in 2011 we partnered with gray area foundation on a series of hack-a-thons, 10,000 attendees, and created nearly 30 applications all being powered by open data. now in 2012 we have our legislation that you heard about. as you heard, we announced the chief data officer. we have a network of open data coordinators within each agency. and these coordinators, their primary responsibility is to provide insight, is to provide transparency into the data...
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it would require the city to consider not funding positions, so every 100 positions that the city fills costs 14.5 million dollars, just a lot of money, so the average wage and benefits for one of the city employees is about 140 thousand dollars, so to hold positions vacant, that could be part of this position. i would also note that i think the department of human resources, our partners in labor and the health service system have been doing some good work around wellness and i think that there is some opportunities there to try to manage our health care costs. and all of those things together will need to fit into this overall approach. the next strategy is really about revenues and for the chart below, it shows you potential revenue growth above what's already assumed in the projection, so there are a number of different ways to accomplish that including gradually increasing few revenues as costs escalate, identifying new fees where it's appropriate and then also looking at new taxes and other revenues. one example that i think people -- that i've heard many people talk about is the
it would require the city to consider not funding positions, so every 100 positions that the city fills costs 14.5 million dollars, just a lot of money, so the average wage and benefits for one of the city employees is about 140 thousand dollars, so to hold positions vacant, that could be part of this position. i would also note that i think the department of human resources, our partners in labor and the health service system have been doing some good work around wellness and i think that...
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i was raised in the city. this is our city. and if we can't afford to live in our city, how are we supposed to call it our city? and transportation is fine enough, it's good. we have the perfect transportation here. my parents have been working for the city their whole life and transportation is fine. we need affordable housing. we need to be able to live here. i want to be able to raise my family in this city. i don't want to have to move to oakland or to move to richmond to raise my family. i want to be here in my city where i was born and raised. so, thank you. >> thank you, ms. berliner. >>> good evening, supervisors. my name is fernando [speaker not understood]. i'd like to a first of all we fully support the integrity of the community based process in western soma including the innovative housing, the height bonus system that was developed. we reject a reduction in the affordable housing height bonus that the integral to stabilizing the community and we look forward to working with you and seeing you all working together
i was raised in the city. this is our city. and if we can't afford to live in our city, how are we supposed to call it our city? and transportation is fine enough, it's good. we have the perfect transportation here. my parents have been working for the city their whole life and transportation is fine. we need affordable housing. we need to be able to live here. i want to be able to raise my family in this city. i don't want to have to move to oakland or to move to richmond to raise my family. i...
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obligation under the city's charter. and i am just frankly very, very distressed at the way in which the city administration has handled this and i urge you to reject the resolution for the reasons that i have stated on which i could go on to state longer thank you very much. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar? >> has a question for you, if you don't mind. >> could i just ask. >> i just reviewed the 2004, willie brown and board of supervisors resolution, i don't think that it reference 30,000, where are you drawing that from that it is sufficient and adequate? >> that would help if i could see that and the other question is, how is the storage at brooke's hall being paid for? >> i can answer that question, but the librarian is in a better position to answer the first question if i may. come up here marsha and help me. as to the brooks hall is being paid by the city but i urge you to go over there and look at it. it is behind a wire enclosure piles of boxes that are deter ating and the books are not accessible and they are r
obligation under the city's charter. and i am just frankly very, very distressed at the way in which the city administration has handled this and i urge you to reject the resolution for the reasons that i have stated on which i could go on to state longer thank you very much. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar? >> has a question for you, if you don't mind. >> could i just ask. >> i just reviewed the 2004, willie brown and board of supervisors resolution, i don't think...
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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
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...
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of cities.iversity just announced the creation of the marron institute on cities and urban environment. the new institute will help cities aroundlet world become more lival and sustainable. joining me donald marron, the chairman of the lightyear capital. richard revesz, the dean of nyu law school, and will lead the new marron institute. and paul romer, the director of nyu sterns organization project. and our old friend mitchell moss, professor at wagner school of public service. many of you know in the audience how much i love cities and how much i love thinking about the future of cities. but we want to talk about this idea of a new institute with donald marron. so why did you do this and why did you put it at nyu? >> two words-- john sexton. ( laughter ) >> rose: the president of nyu. >> the president of nyu. he invited me on the board and we have had many lunches over the last five years figuring out what i would do. and at one lunch about a year and a half ago he said i have this idea. the w
of cities.iversity just announced the creation of the marron institute on cities and urban environment. the new institute will help cities aroundlet world become more lival and sustainable. joining me donald marron, the chairman of the lightyear capital. richard revesz, the dean of nyu law school, and will lead the new marron institute. and paul romer, the director of nyu sterns organization project. and our old friend mitchell moss, professor at wagner school of public service. many of you...
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both of these plans will guide us as we work to improve our city and our city operations in the years ahead. first, regarding the ten-year capital plan, it is hard to walk around the city and not notice a revitalized park or rec center, new or renovated library and better roads. and other improvements taking place in other districts in the city. these investments have not only made san francisco a safer more resilient city. they have contributed to the economic recovery by producing thousands of local jobs. the citizens of san francisco have shown their support for these policies. over the past five years r voters have approved $1.9 billion in general oply gaytion bonds for hospitals, parks, police and firefighter and our streets. ~ obligation this is equivalent to the previous 22 years of geo bonds combined and we're doing it in a responsible manner without increasing tax rates. the proposed plan continues the commitment to the built environment by recommending $25 billion over the next 10 years to address critical seismic repairs and long-standing problems. these include identifying
both of these plans will guide us as we work to improve our city and our city operations in the years ahead. first, regarding the ten-year capital plan, it is hard to walk around the city and not notice a revitalized park or rec center, new or renovated library and better roads. and other improvements taking place in other districts in the city. these investments have not only made san francisco a safer more resilient city. they have contributed to the economic recovery by producing thousands...
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this is special for our city.ss a deep appreciation for the asian-american foundation that is a part of this celebration today. along with those who have created their own resources to make this happen. and as carmen said the ninth year we had. we are very lucky to be in san francisco. and i will continue to say that every day i am mayor. everywhere i go and where i visit, there is always a group that has come from someplace else, and have found a home in san francisco or in america. and whether they are in the bayview or the mission. they are fascinated by our willingness to invite different cultures to blend in here. and to make a showing that people from all over the world can find a place here to live. to find success. and to find a good economic foundation. and perhaps to find successes they couldn't find in their own countries. this is the dream that everyone has had to come to america. and it's right here in san francisco. and we are making it happen for more people. we are growing our economy now. we are c
this is special for our city.ss a deep appreciation for the asian-american foundation that is a part of this celebration today. along with those who have created their own resources to make this happen. and as carmen said the ninth year we had. we are very lucky to be in san francisco. and i will continue to say that every day i am mayor. everywhere i go and where i visit, there is always a group that has come from someplace else, and have found a home in san francisco or in america. and...
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this is the inner city of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also pass around a few sheets. the important thing is that amsterdam is one of the five major economic central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city
this is the inner city of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also pass around a few sheets. the important thing is that amsterdam is one of the five major economic central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and...
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we are using that as the city wide effort to keep our city beautiful. sparkling and clean and educating youth and provide the scholarships and support for them and using culture -- about the cleanliness of our neighborhoods and respecting our neighborhoods all throughout our city. we are also engaging the bright technological mindsen joining us in s f city and join the chambers in creating jobs and training for those last year, last summer, over 5,005,000 and eight jobs were created for summer for our youth, paying jobs every single one of them and this year we expect to exceed it with your help and the help of other companies here and we need to create hope in every aspect for our youth as mayor khan said they are going to inherit the city and the successes that we are pawk talking about today, they are going to also inherit failure and is we want to have less failures with their invest and investment in them and in companies like sales force zooma and at which timer are all leading the evident with the 1800 other technology companies to help us create
we are using that as the city wide effort to keep our city beautiful. sparkling and clean and educating youth and provide the scholarships and support for them and using culture -- about the cleanliness of our neighborhoods and respecting our neighborhoods all throughout our city. we are also engaging the bright technological mindsen joining us in s f city and join the chambers in creating jobs and training for those last year, last summer, over 5,005,000 and eight jobs were created for summer...
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we are using that as the city wide effort to keep our city beautiful. sparkling and clean and educating youth and provide the scholarships and support for them and using culture -- about the cleanliness of our neighborhoods and respecting our neighborhoods all throughout our city. we are also engaging the bright technological mindsen joining us in s f city and join the chambers in creating jobs and training for those last year, last summer, over 5,005,000 and eight jobs were created for summer for our youth, paying jobs every single one of them and this year we expect to exceed it with your help and the help of other companies here
we are using that as the city wide effort to keep our city beautiful. sparkling and clean and educating youth and provide the scholarships and support for them and using culture -- about the cleanliness of our neighborhoods and respecting our neighborhoods all throughout our city. we are also engaging the bright technological mindsen joining us in s f city and join the chambers in creating jobs and training for those last year, last summer, over 5,005,000 and eight jobs were created for summer...
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us some analytics on how people move around cities and how vehicles drive around cities. so, currently we have 16 neighborhoods -- 18 neighborhoods covered in san francisco, and we get real-time data back that shows exactly how many people go by some of the busiest areas in san francisco. so, you can see here san francisco, on average total, i think we had 150 people cross our sensors on average for every sensor. in case you want to go into time density. so, we end up getting these really, really great visualizations of the busiest times and the least busiest times of people moving around san francisco. you want to go down into union square? you can see the data changes dramatically when we change the neighborhood. and just illustrates how different every neighborhood in san francisco really is. we're announcing today that we're providing some of this data to the city as a kind of public service to help the citizens here figure out how many people walk around their neighborhood. but mostly it's to help public service, like the fire department, the police department, the m
us some analytics on how people move around cities and how vehicles drive around cities. so, currently we have 16 neighborhoods -- 18 neighborhoods covered in san francisco, and we get real-time data back that shows exactly how many people go by some of the busiest areas in san francisco. so, you can see here san francisco, on average total, i think we had 150 people cross our sensors on average for every sensor. in case you want to go into time density. so, we end up getting these really,...
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this is how a city should work. just wanted to again thank supervisor wiener and acc. >> thank you, ms. stevens. mr. crizwell? >>> i don't know if my comments are going to be relevant or not, but i know that it's past. so, i'm here from new district 8 and that's pearl street, elgin park, valencia, guerrero, laguna and market. i'm here to speak about amending the ordinance to include that dogs be vaccinated and up to date on their shots. and that the dogs also be muzzled, spayed and neutered, especially the pit bulls, rot weillers and german shepherds. and if not the dog walker should be fined or taxed to do so. we don't want another tragedy like dianne whipple. if a dog walker sees abuse on the animal, it should be reported to the police. now, i have a neighbor that has a pit bull and he muzzles it when he takes it out. so, i think the dog walker should do the same. thank you. >> thank you. mr. paulson. >>>♪ and now you can walk the dog you can follow the regulation plan walk the -- walk your dog the best friend to
this is how a city should work. just wanted to again thank supervisor wiener and acc. >> thank you, ms. stevens. mr. crizwell? >>> i don't know if my comments are going to be relevant or not, but i know that it's past. so, i'm here from new district 8 and that's pearl street, elgin park, valencia, guerrero, laguna and market. i'm here to speak about amending the ordinance to include that dogs be vaccinated and up to date on their shots. and that the dogs also be muzzled, spayed...
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facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley
facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric...
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and keep our city beautiful. thank you very much. (applause) >>: thank you mohammed. you can understand his passion and his vision is why we are here. he is responsible for a lot of the programs that we are doing. i want to thank all of the city representatives and department that were here this morning. and also to have great support from the city family and community. these next two days should be very informative and i look forward to meeting with all of you. i encourage you to find current and former members of the graffiti advisory board. at this time could all the members that are present stand? okay. the rest will be here going over the course of a couple of days. thank you. (applause) just a little background. we've been working on this now for 8-9 months. you are far off in the distance. you think you see it but you are not sure. we had a lot of struggles, a lot of growing pains. it all came together. standing up here looking at all of you i really think that we have a good conference and you are going t
and keep our city beautiful. thank you very much. (applause) >>: thank you mohammed. you can understand his passion and his vision is why we are here. he is responsible for a lot of the programs that we are doing. i want to thank all of the city representatives and department that were here this morning. and also to have great support from the city family and community. these next two days should be very informative and i look forward to meeting with all of you. i encourage you to find...
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and greener city it can be. of you. (applause) >> all right. so, i'm up here to present the graffiti-watch volunteer award and the graffiti watch program is a program that started about four years ago. over 300 people enrolled in the program, and about 180 of very, very active people,. very, very active means those people go take time out of their busy day to go remove graffiti and make san francisco be graffiti-free. and in that 180 there are very, very few that get up early in the morning, early -- i mean, 3:00, 4 o'clock to go and make sure the neighborhood is clean before everybody wakes up to see a nice clean street or nice clean wall. and the awardee tonight and the winner is larry win ham, if he would come up and receive his award. a big thank you to him. [cheering and applauding] ♪ >> congratulations, larry. * >> well, i don't know about 3:00 or 4 o'clock, but -- [laughter] >> that's a little too early. just like to keep our neighborhood clean and just somebody once said the difference between art and gr
and greener city it can be. of you. (applause) >> all right. so, i'm up here to present the graffiti-watch volunteer award and the graffiti watch program is a program that started about four years ago. over 300 people enrolled in the program, and about 180 of very, very active people,. very, very active means those people go take time out of their busy day to go remove graffiti and make san francisco be graffiti-free. and in that 180 there are very, very few that get up early in the...
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compared to other cities in canada. expanded again in 2010 to include needle disposal and i said in the other session, this is what i am escaping from in edmonton right now. yay, san francisco. so we have a snow angel program where we ask citizens to voluntarily shovel the snow off their neighbor's lawns. so these are all the programs offered by the capital city clean up program. we started in 2005 as part of the waste management branch and this past year in 2012 we were moved to the community standards branch which is where we are housed now. so we have a very strong link with our programs between the programs that we offer and the community standards or community bylaw ordinances that we're operating under. the lation that we focus in on is 14614, that is the bylaw that governs litter pick up in the city. community standards 146400 is the graffiti standards bylaw. our bylaw is unique to other cities in that we don't focus on the definition of graffiti, we focus on whether or not graffiti is considered a nuisance on a
compared to other cities in canada. expanded again in 2010 to include needle disposal and i said in the other session, this is what i am escaping from in edmonton right now. yay, san francisco. so we have a snow angel program where we ask citizens to voluntarily shovel the snow off their neighbor's lawns. so these are all the programs offered by the capital city clean up program. we started in 2005 as part of the waste management branch and this past year in 2012 we were moved to the community...
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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
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...
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. >> thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to bring me talent from the arab america communities to make me and help me lune run the city. yes, it's incredible. union, i think i can talk about how wonderful diversity is, but we have to get the talent from our communities to represent all of the different thing that we do in the city. and you know, tonight, even though there is something called a baseball game out there, but these wonderful events that we have in the city whether it's america's cup whether it's fleet week, whether it's the 49ers playing or the giants playing, even eventually when we land the superbowl it all
. >> thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to...
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tower association, [speaker not understood], central city hospitality house, central city s-r-o collaborative, the chinese progressive association, the coalition for health planning, coleman advocates, community housing partnership, council of community housing organizations, democratic ccc, the dolores street community services, the filipino community center, god neighbor coalition, grassroots democratic [speaker not understood] panthers, harvey milk democratic rights committee, jobs for justice and [speaker not understood]. thank you for your work. now i'll turn it over to president chiu. >> thank you again, colleague. appreciate your indulgence in allowing us to present this collectively. today is a great day for the future of health care in san francisco, and as i said earlier today, i very much appreciate everyone who is part of the negotiating operating room that resuscitated this critical project. and i also want to echo the thanks that have already been described. there are so many folks that we need to give credit to moving us to where we are today, starting first and foremost with t
tower association, [speaker not understood], central city hospitality house, central city s-r-o collaborative, the chinese progressive association, the coalition for health planning, coleman advocates, community housing partnership, council of community housing organizations, democratic ccc, the dolores street community services, the filipino community center, god neighbor coalition, grassroots democratic [speaker not understood] panthers, harvey milk democratic rights committee, jobs for...
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he was a student at city college at skyline. he what also someone who worked with the mayor's youth employment program. and this is his graduation speech i want to read to everyone here. it's small so i might have difficulty reading it. greetings to my fellow coworkers and future leaders. over the course of the summer youth employment program i have learned elements of leadership, facilitation and personal growth. for a few weeks i was extended the opportunity to be shift supervisor where i led my fellow staff every day by arriving early, assessing the work to be done, and assigning tasks to my staff. thises wasn't always easy, but with perseverance we worked together and got the work done. 67c.103 staff member was given work plan at the beginning of the program where it outlined the expectations and gold for the summer. * our staff completed such things as college registration, job applications, resume building, site visits and other work experience related goals. * each these two months were nice and we all appreciate the oppo
he was a student at city college at skyline. he what also someone who worked with the mayor's youth employment program. and this is his graduation speech i want to read to everyone here. it's small so i might have difficulty reading it. greetings to my fellow coworkers and future leaders. over the course of the summer youth employment program i have learned elements of leadership, facilitation and personal growth. for a few weeks i was extended the opportunity to be shift supervisor where i led...
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welcome to city hall. i would like to invite all the family and now katie tang who is now supervisor. i would like to thank former mayor willie brown. he's graced us with his presence and thank me for not wearing the orange jacket this morning although i felt that i should because we got two people who i think represent world series types of personalities and contributions to the city. i would like to thank all the of the elected officials to our city attorney to the treasurer, department head, everyone you see before us that i think understand the importance of having both a colleague at the board. i have the pleasure on this momentous occasion of honoring of swearing in carmen and katie. congratulations. [ applause ] . >> as i said on many occasions it shouldn't surprise anyone in this city that women are helping me run this city in the most intelligent way, the smartest way and they both, carmen and katie have had a reputation, had decisions that they have made all through their professional career that
welcome to city hall. i would like to invite all the family and now katie tang who is now supervisor. i would like to thank former mayor willie brown. he's graced us with his presence and thank me for not wearing the orange jacket this morning although i felt that i should because we got two people who i think represent world series types of personalities and contributions to the city. i would like to thank all the of the elected officials to our city attorney to the treasurer, department head,...
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for various parts of our city. my city unfortunately chose not to enact that. so, with the fact there are no ordinances against it, fall completely out of the purview of the police code enforcement to deal with it. and that's kind of what i was trying to get across when we were talking about permission if it doesn't violate a local ordinance or state ordinance or any other, you know, legal piece, then we don't have any purview to deal with it. so, yeah, that is certainly a great tool to have. every time i bring it up to my city, by the time we get the city attorney involved, arts board involved, everybody else involved, they decide it's too much work to do that and we'll just see what happens. >> one more. let's hear from the san francisco arts commission. >> her statement frightens me. i'm an arts person. this is san francisco, we're in a unique situation in that we really do -- our whole city lich on creativity. and we like to encourage it and also manage it at the same time. the street smarts program that i mana
for various parts of our city. my city unfortunately chose not to enact that. so, with the fact there are no ordinances against it, fall completely out of the purview of the police code enforcement to deal with it. and that's kind of what i was trying to get across when we were talking about permission if it doesn't violate a local ordinance or state ordinance or any other, you know, legal piece, then we don't have any purview to deal with it. so, yeah, that is certainly a great tool to have....
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yesterday and many of the workers in the city came throughout the first and second floors of city hall we will move forward and not backward as we look at pay equity and comparable worth. i want to say there were effective signs used in city hall and the questions on big signs were for many women that were on the first floor, the grand stair case, the signs said "if i were a man would i be paid more? people of color that said "if i were white would i be paid more?" and i hope in san francisco the answer is no but i know there is a long way to go so i would like to thank everyone who is assembled here today and look forward to hearing the stories and understanding history and how our policy making impacts that history. >> thank you supervisor mar. we can go onto our speakers. i have a number of speakers that are going to be presenting. first up will be emily morase and mara keely who has a lot of history about the worker and the city around comparable worth and followed by vickey callahan. then we go into q and a and have other speakers as well but after emily might need to open it up f
yesterday and many of the workers in the city came throughout the first and second floors of city hall we will move forward and not backward as we look at pay equity and comparable worth. i want to say there were effective signs used in city hall and the questions on big signs were for many women that were on the first floor, the grand stair case, the signs said "if i were a man would i be paid more? people of color that said "if i were white would i be paid more?" and i hope in...
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used to run this city when us we pay every penny to the city in tax and you know our apartments expense active. i can't even have coffee in my car. the government is telling me so for me i'm on my way to hawaii in january january i'm not going to be -- i can't raise my son in this city. for you guys maybe yes. it can be a very good city. for us it's over if this continues. applause. so i'm on my way to paradise thank you very much. >> thank you, sir next speaker please? >> hi my name is brad -- i'm a driver and dispatcher i've seen for a long time i understand their appears to be a demand for more taxis i think the market maybe instead ly growing we've got new businesses coming in i understand that but what i ask you to do to stop us all from bleeding to death. maybe one or 2 hundred medallions at a time 500 could be a blow to our gut. if we're all going to be making less than minimum wage what kind of people are you going to have driving the taxis i don't think it's going to serve the city. that's a win-win the city will win the drivers will be a much slower bleed the market will hopef
used to run this city when us we pay every penny to the city in tax and you know our apartments expense active. i can't even have coffee in my car. the government is telling me so for me i'm on my way to hawaii in january january i'm not going to be -- i can't raise my son in this city. for you guys maybe yes. it can be a very good city. for us it's over if this continues. applause. so i'm on my way to paradise thank you very much. >> thank you, sir next speaker please? >> hi my...
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clearly there was also tremendous leadership within the city. we need to single out ken rich for the millions of hours that he spent working on this as well as with many department heads and, of course, our mayor. and then i want to take a moment and just thank supervisors campos and farrell. i know that campos, farrell, chiu are three supervisorial names not discussed together in a sentence but each of our colleagues plate a critical and equal role in the success we saw here today and it was an absolute pleasure to spend all the time that we did getting this done. to continue to add to some of the details of the deal, in addition to the basic structure of a st. luke's that is 50% larger and the cathedral hill that is half the originally proposed size, there are significant community benefits. so, in addition in the area of health care to the health karin ovation fund that supervisor campos has spoken about, and other measures that have been discussed, we have a commitment from cpmc to continue a baseline level of taking care of charity care in
clearly there was also tremendous leadership within the city. we need to single out ken rich for the millions of hours that he spent working on this as well as with many department heads and, of course, our mayor. and then i want to take a moment and just thank supervisors campos and farrell. i know that campos, farrell, chiu are three supervisorial names not discussed together in a sentence but each of our colleagues plate a critical and equal role in the success we saw here today and it was...
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john givener, deputy city attorney. so, the person appointed seat number 2 must be active in a labor organization. all of the -- there is an additional restriction on all three of the seats, which is the appointees to this body cannot be city employees or officers, and cannot be city vendors, contractors or perform work funded by city bonds. so, i understand the applicant for seat number 2 which one of the applicants for seat number 2 on today's agenda is a city employee. so, that person could not be appointed to any of the three seats. >> okay, thank you. >> [inaudible] a clarify question. for the person retiring from local 21 who is vacating seat number 2, that person wasn't a city employee? >> i don't know. i don't know anything about the person who is currently holding seat number 2. but generally city employees -- sorry? generally city employees cannot be appointed to this body. >> so, maybe it seems to me -- i'm under the impression bob muscat who currently has the seat that is expiring is a city employee. so, i g
john givener, deputy city attorney. so, the person appointed seat number 2 must be active in a labor organization. all of the -- there is an additional restriction on all three of the seats, which is the appointees to this body cannot be city employees or officers, and cannot be city vendors, contractors or perform work funded by city bonds. so, i understand the applicant for seat number 2 which one of the applicants for seat number 2 on today's agenda is a city employee. so, that person could...
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is a city that has five -- and one of them is in the era of development, in the city, we plan mainly developments around each of those -- it's taking off right now as under construction, we are planning out chlic seem and the chlic seem city, we are hopeful that we will eventually get through the development on the last -- san francisco. and -- south. but in terms of the issues of real estate, in august, oakland had the fastest turn around of residential construction in the country -- [inaudible/incomprehensible] average our rental market now ranks fourth in the nation for both and that is still not 70% of san francisco and so definitely there is a lot of investment there and fortunately, irents are on the way up and the commercial industrial, rental and down to four% vacancy. the vague 83cy is very similar and so we are seeing people beginning to pull the 2,000 condo and -- units that we had approved before the recession pulled and to start those up and so in 2,000, howing is ready to go and we have major beginning of interest in commercial space on the board way quarter and height
is a city that has five -- and one of them is in the era of development, in the city, we plan mainly developments around each of those -- it's taking off right now as under construction, we are planning out chlic seem and the chlic seem city, we are hopeful that we will eventually get through the development on the last -- san francisco. and -- south. but in terms of the issues of real estate, in august, oakland had the fastest turn around of residential construction in the country --...
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>> deputy city attorney john gibner. just a clarification that the amepdment to the title should remove the words and finding with consistency of general plans but you could leave in the difference to the environmental planning which are in section one of the ordinance. >> okay. >> colleagues this is technical amendment could you do that without opposition? >> yes. >> that is so moved. >> and could we have a motion to approve number eight as amended? >> so moved. and we can do that without opposition. >> thank you very much. could you call item number ten. >> resolution to authorize the mayor's office of housing to submit an application to the california department of housing and community development for funding under cal home program, the execution of a standard agreement as selected for such fund and any amendments there to. >> thank you, welcome. >> good afternoon, supervisors my name is ryan chiu for the director of development and housing. over the last few years the state has authorized funding for the cal home pr
>> deputy city attorney john gibner. just a clarification that the amepdment to the title should remove the words and finding with consistency of general plans but you could leave in the difference to the environmental planning which are in section one of the ordinance. >> okay. >> colleagues this is technical amendment could you do that without opposition? >> yes. >> that is so moved. >> and could we have a motion to approve number eight as amended? >>...
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the city, the three mainly cities in the region are expected to account for 15% of that growth. of that growth, san francisco is expected to take about 200,000 jobs and about 100,000 housing units. so, even though we're taking a fairly small percentage of the regional growth, it still requires us to take or they're looking at us taking a significant part of that growth. and the only way to do that in the city and the transit first city is to look really seriously at major transit infrastructure. so, and this part of town, of course, downtown south of market, mission bay, this is where much of the growth is going to happen. the areas in color on this map are the areas where we've done planning work to accept the vast majority of that growth. so, in rough numbers, about 20% of the city will accommodate about 80% of the growth. and again, the only way to do that is a fair robust transit system. this, of course, shows the high-speed train corridor which is actually where caltrain exists today. of course, the focus is in what i like to think of is the intersection between south of ma
the city, the three mainly cities in the region are expected to account for 15% of that growth. of that growth, san francisco is expected to take about 200,000 jobs and about 100,000 housing units. so, even though we're taking a fairly small percentage of the regional growth, it still requires us to take or they're looking at us taking a significant part of that growth. and the only way to do that in the city and the transit first city is to look really seriously at major transit...
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our city college system. i urge you as you probably are already doing, to talk to students and teachers and faculty members and also others in the administration as well so that we can do our best to support city college in this dire time. also today is a critical day. i know that international women's day comes on friday, but at the california supreme court oral arguments began today on the murder convictions of richmond district resident claire joyce tempanco. she was the victim of killing -- a domestic violence killing october 22. a [speaker not understood] struggled to achieve justice for her children. she was killed in front of her young children 13 years ago after a major failing of our criminal justice system which failed to protect her from her batterer and abuser and ex-boyfriend. i know that many women's groups from gabrielle a to san francisco women against rape to
our city college system. i urge you as you probably are already doing, to talk to students and teachers and faculty members and also others in the administration as well so that we can do our best to support city college in this dire time. also today is a critical day. i know that international women's day comes on friday, but at the california supreme court oral arguments began today on the murder convictions of richmond district resident claire joyce tempanco. she was the victim of killing --...
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this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated highly for losing weight. in the case of san francisco i believe we're so burglarized. the progress of our city is no accident. indeed we're vital, we're strong city because of the fiscally responsible direction we've teen, deliberate choice we've made to attract people into our city. whether it's a reform of our housing or infrastructure on the significant challenges we've faced we put the people's priorities head of city hall. and on this course my fellow san franciscans i believe with all my heart we must continue were while these truths have never been self-evident we have to speak of our f
this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated...
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and proud member of the city. i attended the mosque located at [speaker not understood] and i am a student and i'm also a part-time worker, legal worker here in san francisco and i work on immigrant issues. these bus ads have a dramatic affect on the muslim arab community here. as a son of a muni bus driver, it really -- it affects me on a very personal level. talking to my father and hearing his reaction to the bus ads and other bus drivers from other nationalities and/or engines, so much hate and violence in our city for everyone to see has a negative effect on our community as a whole. all applaud the steps san francisco has taken. these ads are part of a pattern, a nationwide pattern of hate and bigotry that goes from different cities, new york, chicago and our city to take this kind of stance, it shows the leadership and the right thinking of our city officials and leaders. and these ads have the effect on the community which is why i stand in affirmation for this resolution and hope to see the report get fun
and proud member of the city. i attended the mosque located at [speaker not understood] and i am a student and i'm also a part-time worker, legal worker here in san francisco and i work on immigrant issues. these bus ads have a dramatic affect on the muslim arab community here. as a son of a muni bus driver, it really -- it affects me on a very personal level. talking to my father and hearing his reaction to the bus ads and other bus drivers from other nationalities and/or engines, so much hate...