new york city's mayor michael bloomberg is leaving, too, after more than a decade at city hall. >> new york city has never been stronger than it is today, and i think it's fair to say that our future has never been brighter. >> reporter: in the final speech of the term, he said his city today is drastically different from the one he took glover i think it's safe to say that it's clear that the golden age of the suburb is over, and it is being replaced by a new urban renaissance redefining the future. >> reporter: violence, governmental dysfunction, decay. in the 1970s new york lost more than 10% of its population. it was a center of a growing trend of cities around the country where middle class residents were fleeing fast to the suburbs. >> if you want to change the world, run for mayor. >> i, michael r. bloomberg do solemnly swear... >> ly after the september 11th attacks he took over investing . it would be his legacy and inspiration to other metropolitan areas around the country. today crime is way down in new york. perhaps in part due to a tough and controversial policing policy c

today the city is shrinking and broke. to solve its financial crisis detroit will have to cut city workers pensions. illinois just pass emergency legislation to tackle $100 billion shortfall in its pension obligations. that's huge money and people will pay the price. on this edition of inside story we'll look at the trade-offs and solutions when balance sheets teeter to the brink of disaster, and we start in detroit. >> let me just say that the judge has spoken, and i do think it's a tough day for all of us here in detroit [♪ music ] >> once the nation's fourth largest city, the heart of the auto industry and the soul of american music today's detroit is a portrait of urban decay and facing a water shed moment. it is the largest municipality in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy. a federal judge ruled the city is not only insolvent but in a decisive verdict declared that pensions will be included on the chopping block. dave bing is the outgoing mayor. >> the only way we stayed alive, quite frankly, is through cuts. we cut

we know when this law has worked our city's contract practices can keep tax dollars here in the city which will do most good for our residents. we know when 14b works we know that san francisco is doing all we can to end discrimination and to ensure that we are not contracting with businesses that discriminate. the hearing that i'm calling for will help us chart a progress in full filling our cities policy on discrimination and we hope in the light of legal adjustment to better award and administer a contract that is better and fair and effective to provide equal opportunities. as san franciscans we all must do a better job and i like -- look forward to working with. you my third item is an environmental ordinance. with recent typhoons and we've all seen an impact of global warning and we have seen our efforts to reducing greenhouse gases and reducing addiction to plastic bottle water. in the 1990s the industry experienced an enormous growth but before that everyone managed to stay hydrated. in 1996, the average public drank 1.6 billion bottled wear -- water per year. today americans

. >> the city of opportunity finding itself in bankruptcy. >> all over the country, entire cities areoing broke, and nowhere is it more apparent than in stockton, california, which as of 2012 is the largest city to declare bankruptcy in u.s. history. ♪ >>> hi, how you? >> hi, how you? welcome. >> thank you. >> checking in? >> checking in. spurlock. >> is this your first time to stockton? >> it's my first time. >> very good. >> nice! wow. wow. this is a -- this is like a really -- this is a really nice hotel room. this is like a really nice view. look at this. this is the arena, the waterfront. waterfront park. i mean you look at this and you wouldn't think anything is wrong. look how nice this is. this is so pretty. it's beautiful. look, there is ducks. anywhere there is ducks, good things are happening. i mean, it's hard to believe this is the largest bankrupt city in america. it's like a really nice, empty hotel. i really think i might be the only person staying here. for a city that just declared bankruptcy, stockton doesn't look all that bad. but looks can be deceiving. the whole

city. there was sit-ins and protests by community groups and unions related to the stunt, school closings, and other issue, but he showedded a knack for avoiding and ignoring them and didn't seem to have suffered too much political fallout. as he watched the swinging and clapping singers at the birthday party, he didn't notice a crinkled orange paper banner bobbing in the crowd of rebellers that said history judges the mayor 1 mcfor closing mental health clinics. he got that early on in tenure. as wall street inspired protests swept the nation, it was a fit, and brief highly lucrative career as an investment banker. a staffer for the maw your or museum noticed and told the man holding it to put it away. it lowered into the crowd, and they shook hands and well wishers near the birthday cake. a voice cut through the clatter, causing heads to turn and the banner raised again. mayor, i wish i could do the voice burned into people's memories, but i'm not going to try. the mayor, please, don't cl

city. there had been protests like community groups and unions related to the summit to the school closings and other issues. but he had shown a knack for avoiding and ignoring them and so far he didn't seem to have suffered too much political fallout. as he watched the singer is the birthday party, he didn't seem to notice a crinkle paper in the crowd. is that history will judge the of 1% emanuel. he got in early on in the tenure and as occupy wall street had left the nation it was a natural fit for the finance collection and highly lucrative career as an investment banker. a staffer for the museum did notice the banner and told the man holding it to put it away. he complied lowering it into the crowd. the song ended and he began shaking hands with another multi tiered birthday cake. a voice cut through the chatter causing their heads to turn as it was raised again. i'm sorry i wish i could do the of place which is burned into so many people's memories but i'm sorry i am not going to try.

engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the city in the course of city operations, pursuant to a contract with the city; and workers performing moving services under city contracts at facilities owned or leased by the city. civil service commissionn12341234 president david chiu: same house same call. this resolution is adopted. item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environmental justice - lease no. l-13816 - ecocenter]sponsor: cohenresolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for lease no. l-13816, for the ecocenter at heron's head park, located at jennings and cargo way, item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environmental justice - lease no. l-13816 - ecocenter]sponsor: cohenresolution authorizing the mutual termination agreement between the port and literacy for environmental justice for lease no. l-13816, for the ecocenter at heron's head park, located at jennings and cargo way, pending item 20: 20.131092[lease termination agreement - literacy for environment

but there's many, many thousands of people in our city and in cities across this country, 80,000 people in san francisco that have difficulty reading or cannot read. and i think amazing projects like project read help to address that challenge for many, many people in our neighborhoods. that's about roughly -- what is that -- one in -- one in ten of our city's population we're talking about. people to people approaches addressing this issue are i think the most amazing and inspiring, and project read has lived up to that example. i just wanted to say also that as a teacher i was a learner of [speaker not understood] and i know he said that once people learn to read the word, they learn to read the world. and it really opens up your eyes. literacy and reading, but also in seeing things in new ways. and i think project read is a great example of opening up the world to so many, many people and families in our city. the event tonight will highlight this at 5:30. the project read provides trained volunteers;, i think there's been about 4,000 tutors over the years that you've trained to help

mode share is greater here than those cities and many cities throughout the country. this year we suffered and felt the consequences of inaction as a city with bicycling and many deaths and emily's death and others that we know about dangerous and not just soma but in the city and young professionals that have perished and to eldr elders as well and i think there is a more imperative and many advocated this and make the city safer for bicycling and other modes of transportation as well. also bicycling needs to be safe for families to feel comfortable to bike in the city as well so that's a goal. the responsibility to fund the bicycling infrastructure really falls on all of us as the board of supervisors but also for the mayor and the city departments as well, and i believe that we have failed in that regard as well according to the reports. the mta, the mayor and certainly our board of supervisors i think have to come together hopefully with this hearing but also and beyond to put our money where our mouth is and to support demands that have been coming from different

and in every single part of this city, residents suffer as a result. and we have 2.2 billion dollars in deferred maintenance and that number is going to grow significantly in coming decades if we don't serious about investing in the system and making sure that we are taking care of the infrastructure and that is exactly what this package of recommendations does, it will allow us to shore up the system on to fill in a lot of the gaps, and the capitol funding, and so it is a very positive thing. and you know, in terms of equity, you know, as commissioner chiu stated, the task force meeting yesterday, there are no republican or democratic roads and there are no progressive or moderate or whatever else bus stops in san francisco. and our transit system serves everyone, and it serves every part of the city. it is struggling, in every part of the city, it is the same vehicles that are going crisscrossing through rich neighborhood and poor neighborhood and middle class neighborhoods, there are low income people in transit dependent people in every part of our

public space in our city is extremely -- it's an extremely valuable resource. we've increased the use of better neighbors planning, complete streets, strategies to meet transit safety and neighborhood revitalization goals from the masonic to 6th street, we are providing the safety of pedestrians and bikers as well as improving our transit, it is these benefit that is ie aoem asking the budget analyst office to study, between like lanes, bus rapid transit projects, street festivals like sundays streets and farmer's markets, we're using our streets in more creative ways, it looks as streets as the river of life in cities, the place where we come together and the pathway to the center. i would like to look at how these types of improvements have an economic benefit to our merchant corridors and our neighborhoods. the analysis is also designed to satisfy the request of the small business commission to analyze the impact of the bus rapid project, so i look forward for me excellent work from our budget and analyst office. also on november 21 at the neighborhood servi

it called for data coordinators to be established in city agencies throughout city government. but none of these things after many, many months have occurred and this is why supervisor farrell has moved forward with his legislation. i do hope that all of the agencies throughout the city that have data can understand that we are serious about wanting to modify our open data standards. we are serious about releasing every open data set that we have. this is how we improve our government. this is how we make our government accountable and transparent and colleagues i also ask for your support. >> thank you, president chiu. so, colleagues, can we take this same house same call? thank you. [gavel] >> >> item 32, madam clerk. >> item 32 is a -- >> i'm sorry. looks like there are a couple comments. >> i apologize. i actually wanted to go back to item 29 and rescind the vote. i apologize i need to make a minor amendment. >> okay. supervisor kim would like to make a motion to rescind, seconded by supervisor campos. without objection, the vote for item 29 is rescinded. [gavel] >> supervi

in the city have a stake in this. >> diane estherbrook in the city of detroit, we thank you. >>> detroit's bankruptcy developments have wider implications for the rest of the country. in illinois lawmakers narrowly passed that state's own pension crisis. en estimated $100 billion shortfall, the worst by far for any state in the union. they pushed back the retirement age for workers using a sliding scale. retirees will see their cost of living increases replaced by portion of benefits based on the number of years worked on the job, and current workers could stop their pension plans and switch to retirement plans. the state's public sector say they will challenge the illinois law in court. >>> it affects only illinois state workers but right now pension funs for chicago city workers including police and firefighters are short of meeting their obligation by $19.5 billion. chicago mayor rob emmanuel said, the pension process is not solved until relief is brought to chicago and local government across the state. that concerned police veterans like lieutenant maloney. he joins us now from chicag

is the fourth expensive city, and the city has swelled by 25% in the last ten years. primarily new young residents who typically rent on the very same street oh two miles south rising rent is changing lives. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: kimberly is a long-term resident of a building called heritage at shaw. it used to be lincoln west west moreland, and was run by section 8 housing program. drugs, prostitutes, gangs. >> the crime was really bad, so many shootings that was going on. yeah, we stayed in the worst part of it. >> earlier this year private companies that owned the building opted out of the city's partnership. now it's renovating the units one by one and is charge high marketplace rents. it's only a matter of time until her family's public housing voucher won't be accepted, and she will have to find somewhere else to live. the voucher covers two-thirds of the rent which can fluctuate depending on how much she makes each month. >> we might have to move. we should be able to reap the benefits as well, enjoy the new building instead of being pushed out. >

we are talking about cleansing, of the ethic culture, of this city. so, please, today, look at giving all of that land that you got that is vacant, sitting there doing nothing, rotting away, give it up and turn it over for housing for teachers and all people in san francisco. >> can i go after somebody else? >> i have four minutes? >> cool. >> very short director housing rights committee and i i wanted to first off really thank commissioners fewer and mendoza for bringing this forward and the time has come so thank you very much and i, am really tired and it has been a long, hard day andvy been working on fighting evictions that have been result of speculation and i have been talking to the tenants about the evictions and the rent experiences and counseling them about the rights and talking to them and dealing with the tremendously horrible repair situations that are not getting resolved and it has been a hard week and a hard month and year. and i wanted to go home, you know hours ago, but it is important enough for me to be out here tonight, to tell

city and county of san francisco ~. item number 3, resolution approving a mills historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between pacific heights, llc, the owners of 2550 webster street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ city and county of san francisco. item number 4, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between 1019 market street properties, llc, the owners of 1019 market street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ item number 5, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between brian jackson and thomas ranese, owners of 3769 20th street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute th

when we approach the city or when staff approaches the city it's not a generic wish, it's something very concrete. >> i'm okay with that. >> okay. do we have that language proposal clear? >> did we get that? >> i think you could have it as a second resolve so be it further resolved that the commission hereby strongly urges the city and county of san francisco to take into consideration the concerns and demands of the relevant communities, including but not limited to fillmore and hunters point. >> that sounds great. >> would those recommendations come from us, is it our job to get those recommendations attached to? >> i think we do not have to answer that question today. you know why? because part of the reason why i've been so vague about the whole process is there cease on the properties that will transfer to offices of so we need to look at how that's going to work. okay. >> i move a resolution that has that language in it. >> i second the stipulation. >> thank you very much. madam secretary please call the roll. >> johnson. >> i. >> the vote is five i's. >> thank you very much. we're

today's symposium is part of a commitment that our city is making. i wanted to let you know all the things we're going to continue the housing for everybody. last week, we you wanted up the helen rogers and my good friend reverend hall was under its a public-private partnership that's now to just conclusions in the wonderful home for more than one hundred of our cities protecting and homeless seniors. 25 of those units are set aside for the seniors. and last month we broke ground to house youth that was formerly in foster he care we were in chinatown breaking ground for homeless families and protecting residents. all of those housing developments have supported services on site to make sure our residents live healthy lives. it won't stop there. let me repeat it will not stop as a matter of fact, 25 percent of all the housing that's being built in san francisco 25 percent of them are affordable that continues a strong commitment from our city. last september of this year we annuity more resources to stop unlawfully evictions for our citizens and becau

is a wealthy city.spend a lot of money on social services in our city. ~ but why are these social services not impacting people's lives the way it's changing people's lives for the better? i want to make sure that we work with residents and we work to help them grow within public housing and to not be plitioned out of the city as a result. i think that's one of the big issues. the other issue is connecting people to job opportunities. long-term employment, stable employment, employment that gives people dignity, that gives them pride. i mean, everyone wants to take care of their family. and sadly, people are sometimes pushed into a life of crime because that's the easy route to obtaining money. i mean, it was really easy for me as a kid to choose to sell drugs because everyone around me was selling drugs. wasn't easy for me to get a job because i didn't have a lot of examples of people working other than my grandmother who was working as a maid, or other folks i saw working at the grocery store. so, for

and make the affordable housing possible for more people in this city. thank you. >> i am an organizer and i am here because we are living in a housing crisis, this is ridiculous, like i don't know anybody who can afford, 2,000 for a studio, and i don't know anybody, i don't know if i have met anybody. and so i think that it is really important to acknowledge what the city has made really bad decisions in which the highest bidder has been the one that has been able to develop. in a city that our families have built and my dad was a laborer for 30 years and i have been a community organizer for 20 years and all of these people have the same story and help to create this beautiful city that we live in and so i think that the most beautiful thing about being here is seeing the school district and the office of housing and we need to have all of the departments of the city come together and address this crisis, because it is not fair that kids don't have a place to do their homework and a place to cook and a place to feel safe, you know? and so i think that

also because it's such a diverse city use. it's over a quarter of a million people walk this corridor on an everyday basis. it has a huge diversity of population. it has small businesses, large businesses, as well as financial as well as restaurants all along the way, established and new. we wanted to signal this was part of that revitalization. i know supervisor wiener is very happy with this because he along with supervisor chiu has been asking to do more with communities of ethnic diverse backgrounds. this is a demonstration of what we can do in a major corridor. we have a vision that other corridors in other of our diverse communities can also benefit similarly as this will be. and again, it's the right way of doing it. it is the kind of public private partnership that we've been seeking with companies like ruckus wireless to help with us, dt will be maintaining it from here on to make sure it is accessible to everybody. like i said earlier, it's one that we will keep market street as something that department of technolog

financial troubles so why is kevin or robbing from their retirement funds to pay off the city's death more on that in just a moment and while medical marijuana is now legal in the nation's capital actually signing up for d.c.'s program is easier said than done how do washington's medical marijuana laws compare to others across the country and what can we do to make them better and nelson mandela the prisoner turned president of south africa well bringing and and to apartheid has died of a special tribute to him later in the program. you need to know this mitt romney should be proud of what's happening in detroit that's because during his time at bain capital he perfected the type of glorified ix. story sion and tough tactics rick snyder and kevyn orr are using right now to rob city workers of their hard earned pension plans when it was running bain during the eighty's and ninety's the company made its money by forcing companies into debt and then basically robbing them blind for every last bit of cash they had being would take out a loan for say a billion dollars and it would use that

and, again, just communications with city departments. there were a couple departments that only -- i think the ones where it was more complicated conducting the interview or city departments where they only have one form they fill out that affects small businesses, or organizations where really they only deal with small businesses a couple times a year. having an annual visit to each department would help a lot and also i think just, you know, including these city organizations newsletters or reaching out to them and saying, we'd like to describe your organization and the role you play in our next newsletter. so, that was a very fast presentation, 25-page survey. we really enjoyed this project. again to summarize, the objection levels were very, very high. people loved working with -- they knew everyone that worked in the organization by name. and one director in particular i think had good experiences working with regina when they had to work their ada issues, when they worked on policy issues, they were always very pleased with the rel

, that brings people to the city. and i have employees that live in the city that need to get to work i have folks that need to get to court and go and go. i need transit. and i want to just say that on market street, i bought a building between polk and van ess where you need the courage and the bullet proof vest to get to work every day and i stayed there it seems to be a great place, twitter finds it to be an ideal location to be but it always wasn't. and what made the difference is the way that market street has evolved. and one of the most important going to collapse. transit is like water, if you put in a block in one place, it will move another place if you give that need another avenue it will take it and as a small business person, thank you for holding this meeting and thank you for helping my people get to work and my clients get to my office and to keep the city alive, thank you. >> thank you. >> next? >> mary lauren hall. swarts, and kaplin of >> i am with the alliance for biking and walking and an organi

this is the transportation for the city. it's clearly a billion dollar investment just in our bus fleet. you heard some of the features today. this has additional safety features both on the outside of the bus. it has state of the art cameras, not only to help with toll lanes and exclusive transit lanes only but to see everything on the bus. cameras on the outside to help guide the drivers as numerous people have said we've worked closely with all the constituents and stake holders to design this bus. the number one cause of munis delay. we are having these buses roll on the streets as opposed to hit the streets. we want rolling. this is a big step for us but only the first one. as you heard of other programs the help of the mayor, his administration, our board analyzed -- and the leadership of ed. this is going to make a difference in moving us forward. i will be happy to tell you more about the buses but more anxious for to you see them and take a ride. this is a collective effort and also we all own a stake in this bus an

we know it's going to help everyone succeed in our city. i have two visions that are beyond where we are. first has to do with market. i know mayor lee shares this as many of us share this on market street. not only with congestion on our roads, we want to see a huge number of people on market street, spending time in cafes, shopping and enjoys what it is to be a san franciscans and what it will be on the major thoroughfare. i have more ideas, it shouldn't be just market street. every street? san francisco should be like market street. we would like to bring free wifi to all of our communities. if we need to do republican -- renovations in our streets, we'll put in the infrastructure to make sure we are wiring every corner of our city, every street in our city so every household and residence can succeed and i look forward to working with our mayor and all the departments and the private sector. happy holidays!. thanks for being here. >> thank you, david. now i would like to invite the supervisor of this beautiful district scott wiener. [ a

now we have a city hall family smart enough to lie for each other. now we have david chiu having us arrested. now the lies don't matter because only money matters. in fact, it's been a rough 50 years and the lies cost more than the money. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> if you want to pull the mic. a little closer to you. >> sure. >> perfect, thank you. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the board, my name is [inaudible] aluciano, and also with me are some of my co-workers of at&t ballpark, i've worked concessions at the giants games since 1976. in 1993, volume servers which is now known as center plate took over the concessions from harry and stephen. we all went to the union but we didn't have job security in our contract language. in order to keep our jobs, we all had to agree to take a $4 an hour wage cut. it's taken 20 years for us to get back to that rate that we had there before. we want to make sure that the situation never happens again by winning job security language in this contract. the wor

we are one of the most walkable cities in america. and we are a city of neighborhoods. and it is part of the great attraction, the fact that we are geographickly small means that you can do a lot of what you want to do in san francisco, on foot. which is a great thing. in terms of cycling we are one of the most bicycle friendly cities and it is a fast growing mode of transportation in san francisco and we have seen a lot of growth of creative ways of getting around and we launch the bike sharing a couple of months ago and san francisco has been a leader in car sharing. and a lot of other services are developing to try to make it easier for people to get around the city. but we are also not without our challenges and i made reference, already, and i will and i don't think that i need to talk about the challenges that we have with the muni and despite the fact that we are a very walkable city, in terms of pedestrian safety, we really compare pretty unfavorably to many other major cities in the united states, really the exact opposite of where we want to be. and our bicycl

president david chiu: supervisor campos for the city attorney. speaker: i don't know if the city attorney would like to chime in. what i would say supervisor yee is that i think this is a tool, but let me say this, that as supervisor march indicated, -- we believe the forum can deal with these issues. it's not a one-sided situation. nothing will happen if a frivolous case is presented and the facts don't really support and allegation of harassment. the other side that is opportunity to submit their open perspective and their own evidences as to what actually happened. does it mean that it's possible that someone is going to bring a frivolous claim, that's always a possibility. that's a possibility in superior court as well. but the point here is that we want to provide an opportunity to be legitimate concerns brought forward. if the concern is not legitimate then the administrative law judge will be able to let the rent board know that. so, i think the possibility for an abuse is something that exist regardless of what we are talking about. but i

a world class city with a world class heart. and with that, we keep ensuring everyone that we continue to be the city of st. francis, so now let's proceed with questions, thank you. >> thank you, mr. mayor, our first question will be asked by our district 1 colleague, supervisor mar. >> thank you, mayor lee for being hair, the displacement is on the minds of many san franciscan, from the budget analyst report on the eviction crisis between 2009 and 2013t richmond district adds a whole has had 79 el sack evictions and 202 no vault evictioness placing my district among the highest of all neighborhoods in these categories. we also have a very high percentage of renters who are seniors and people with disabilities, many with serious mobility issues. the richmond district and the entire west side of the city lacks tenant focus services that are concentrated on the east side of town. given the tremendous need for tenant services and the geographic inequity in their distribution within san francisco, i would like to begin exploring hop