school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory that was rome is of another day i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan i'm going home to my city by the bay i left my heart [applause] in san francisco high on a hill it calls to me to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars the morning fog may chilly air -- chill the air i don't care my love waits there in san francisco of of -- above the blue and windy sea when i come home to you san francisco your golden sun will shine for me ♪ [applause] >> that was great, right? fabulous performance by those young people. what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tony bennett today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you and your so

you are a huge part of the san francisco giants. have not arrived until you have your own bobblehead. [laughter] last year, we created a created abobblehea -- a tony bennett bobblehead for tony bennett night. it has a voice chip, and when you push the head, it sings "i left my heart in san francisco." tony painted a heart, part of the heroes with hart's program, and it is permanently on display at union square. next time you are at union square, check it out. it is really quite beautiful. it is only fitting that on this 50th anniversary, we create a permanent place in honor of tony at our ball park. we are going to rename suite 1, the most majestic in the park, sweeping views of the day and the city -- it is now going to be the tony bennett suite. come by for a visit. [applause] we love you, tony. [applause] >> thank you, larry. i have to find a way to make it down to that sweet this season -- suite this season. i think we know the most popular place to watch a giant game is going to be this city. our city is blessed with many wonde

i think that with san francisco -- what san francisco needs to think about, we talk about startups. if salesforce gets bigger, what are the obstacles to do that? a lot of things that we were talking about our basic quality of life challenges. that become more relevant to a larger company once that -- you look at our demographics changing. the demographics were much closer to the start-ups. we are in demographic mohde whee will hearing people, the head of to do with the daily commute. these are things that basically, education is a huge issue. these are the kind of court challenges the chamber is tackling. these are the things that will make or break whether salesforce.com will hire the talent. that can make or break whether we can be successful in that vision. >> i will ask you

about 25 years in san francisco. i am in the tenderloin, and it is a one-but apartment, and i share it to help pay the rent. we only depend on our social security. that is all of our income. if they say it is an affordable units, then it should be lower rent, but we pay one-third of our income from social security, which is still kind of expensive. affordable housing is important to me because of low rent, and we can save some money for our food and clothes. i think you can make some improvements for affordable housing for low-income people. we must think about a lower rent for seniors and lower income people that cannot afford housing. i ask you, supervisors, to support us and find a way for more housing for people like me as opposed to continuing to build expensive housing. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, ms. salazar. >> hello, supervisors. i am -- 81 years young. a retired teacher. i had been teaching in the public school for 45 years. i arrived here in san francisco in 1989 after my retirement. i have lived

the next one is plan c san francisco p.a.c. the next one, san francisco women's political committee. the next one is the harvey melk lbgt democratic club p.a.c. the next one is educating voters for jobs against avalos and aa dochy for mayor 2011, coalition for police unions and the final one is the alice toglis lesbian and democratic gay p.a.c. >> i'll ask you to do the second one, as well. shake the box and who does the picking? would you be willing to -- we'll ask our public assistant to make the selection, please. >> me? >> i get -- >> i get to pick one. >> i'm going to use my good hand. >> that seems appropriate. >> and the winner is, terry baum for mayor 2011. >> thank you very much. we have a second group that we would ask you to do and mr. pillpel has volunteered under duress to do the third group. >> good, i'm running out of -- >> we don't want over-strain you. >> so this group, we have 10 committees. >> and this is the group of above $50,000 and up to $100,000. >> the first one is the municipal attorneys association ye

san francisco conservation. we are very small. with funding being stretched right now, we are happy to commit to one. >> we celebrate one, absolutely. we thank everyone who committed. if you can do more, please do more. we added 813 jobs in the room today. [applause] 2500. we have a little ways to go, so we can get there. tell your colleagues, tell folks in other companies. inspire them the way you have been inspired today. thank you so much for being here today. we will have a great summer because you were here today. one second. those companies that made a pledge, please come to my left. we want to do a quick photo op. thank you so much. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this ci

thank you for performing first in san francisco.ause] tony, you have helped us celebrate so many milestones in our city. you have helped us after earthquakes to come back and revive the spirit of our wonderful city. you have designed the wonderful art pieces to raise funds for those who need that service. you help us to reopen. after earthquakes, you have helped us climb -- not half way, you have helped us climb all the way to the stars with the -- a nation of our cable cars. you have just -- i in your career, you have generated more love and more nostalgic for our bay area -- more nostalgia for our bay area than all the songs and all the movies and all the television shows associated with us combine. for that reason -- it is really for that reason, tony, that it is my pleasure if you would please come up, to declare today, valentine's day, february 14, 2012, as tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] and also, on behalf of all of us and with all of our love and with all of our hearts together, to present to you the key to the

jobs for san francisco, health care for san francisco, and planning for san francisco. y'all have done a lot of work to set clear standards when it comes to housing and traffic in -- impacts. when it comes to the city has set standards around local hire, all that is undermined in this plan which can easily go around the san francisco local hire requirements which does not mean a lot of jobs and in the end, the only jobs that are guaranteed in this agreement are 200 jobs less than 5%. 200 jobs out of the thousands of jobs they're projecting to be local, permanent hire. they're treated as a construction project. this is two permanent hospitals that will be here for decades and they're not dealing with permanent jobs. they will be here for decades after the five-year construction projects. that needs to be dealt with as well. thank you. president fong: thank you. is there additional public comment? >> mynas gerry adams. i am the neighborhood interest chairman. -- my name is jerry adams. lifecare refers to the obligation to house and provide medical health care for resident

no company ever wants to be located in san francisco simply to be a san francisco company. they want to be here because there is a global and a bit of ever going on here, that when you launch a company here, you're going to be a budget access to global market that we want to develop here. that is why it is so enticing to be the mayor of san francisco at this time, because i want to create a global economy for all of our energy efficiency, our solar companies, our clean debt companies, all their investors. we're working as 18. we suggest to you to locate here because it will be part of a global economy because we wanted continue establishing here. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, not only for the enthusiast them cover the very foundation we are creating, we have more to go, more to work with and put together. thank you for locating this wonderful conference here. [applause] >> thank you so much, and congratulations mayor lee. we have an award to give you. i have to get my apologies to joe and mike. in the excitement of mayor lee and the award, wanted to ask

so that it is just not for the super wealthy and takes away from san francisco because san francisco is about people like me, and that is what makes it a great place. thank you. supervisor: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> my name is steve wu, and i am here with brothers and sisters from housing organizations and also here with our sister agency, the community housing partnership. we are here with our residents to tell you about the human cost of the affordability of san francisco. if you come down to our neighborhood, you can witness every day people sleeping on the streets or sleeping in overcrowded situations, six, seven people to a studio or an sro, and it is an ongoing cost on the human lives in our neighborhood and other residents of san francisco. at the same time, we are faced with all the information provided in front of you today by city staff, but projects like 8 washington, which are accessible to multimillionaires and only the wealthiest of san francisco, and so we have a problem which really needs to be addressed, which is the out of control development of market rate h

i think that with san francisco -- what san francisco needs to think about, we talk about startups. if salesforce gets bigger, what are the obstacles to do that? a lot of things that we were talking about our basic quality of life challenges. that become more relevant to a

i'm definitely a forerunner for my community and san francisco as a san francisco resident, graduated here and my daughter gets her master's next month. i believe in san francisco and i believe in the commissioners. please vote for the right thing. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is joe fang. i would ask you for a little patience and forgiveness if i sound a little incoherent. i barely stepped off the plane coming from hong kong. so it's 3:30 in the morning right now. i have been coming to these meetings for a couple of years now and i have also been traveling to hong kong, china, and other parts of the world for many years. i don't know when this project was first started, it must have been at least four or five years ago, but in these four or five years, you know, i have watched entire cities in china spring up out of nothing. i'm just amazed that a business like this, that a project like this that is going to bring nothing but good to the city of san francisco, we sorely need this project, a project like this. not too many businesses would have the patience to endure to go th

in san francisco. and i do want to thank my colleagues for being patient by not asking their questions yet, and i do know we have a lot of questions for the mayor's office on housing, so stick around, and we wanted to get to public comment, and i have about 50 cards, and i have not picked up the next staff yet. you have to the limits for public comment, and i will call the first 10 names that have on a card, so if you can come and lined up, and i know that two minutes is not a long time. i apologize for the amount of time that we are giving, but i do want to thank you for your patience and for being here today, and first, i want to bring up keep camp. i apologize if i can read your card very well. jack, bruce, patti, -- conti, angelina, rose, jason fraser, henry webb, and steve wu. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is keith kemp. i lived in san francisco. free my people, free my people, free my people. those who would abuse the brothers and sisters. they will never be allowed to feel brave and secure

the san francisco bay area filipino-american communities ...legacy of innovation, respect, and an unapologetic advocacy for equality. >> representing the philippine a women's network -- and >> may i call the members of the filipino women's network to come on over? this certificate is for all of you. i think most of them are here already. when did the bodies and that the philippine population in the u.s. are filipino women, you can just imagine the contributions to the economy of america and what it is all about. i want to thank abs-cvn, the council general, and the city of san francisco, mayor lee, for this wonderful honor. thank you. [applause] >> this year, our next honoree broke barriers -- tonight, we honor bay area fashion week. >> over 25 designers, 40 models, and the finest designs, celebrating our art means celebrating our story. it is a documented, and as our designers showcase, this year we saw the first ever bay area fashion week. the event was made at a charity fashion extravaganza, hosted in the south bay. the san francisco bay are

the san francisco tech shop is one example. for a small monthly fee, you get access to construction, $1 million in machine tools, and access to contract manufacturing to bring prototypes to market. also consider the case of member-owned and controlled cooperatives. there are many in the bay area. the u.n. has declared 2012 the international year of the cooperative because of their proven ability to give every day people control over their economic destiny. we have a vibrant co-op seen -- scene in the bay area. san francisco can do more to support them through the cooperative model. the main reason we're here today is because this new economic mode calls for new policies. i encourage you to check out policies for a shareable city to see the implications policy was for this new economy coming in with different services. some things we covered our house parking and zoning regulations do not really account for car sharing and parking sharing. hotel regulations are outmoded for new businesses. food and restaurant regulation does not

san francisco conservation. we are very small. with funding being stretched right now, we are happy to commit to one. >> we celebrate one, absolutely. we thank everyone who committed. if you can do more, please do more. we added 813 jobs in the room today. [applause] 2500. we have a little ways to go, so we can get there. tell your colleagues, tell folks in other companies. inspire them the way you have been inspired today. thank you so much for being here today. we will have a great summer because you were here today. one second. those companies that made a pledge, please come to my left. we want to do a quick photo op. thank you so much. >> we are very pleased to be meeting here in san francisco. in this facility is named after a distinguished member of the california senate. it is our great honor that the mayor of san francisco is here to address us great mr. mayor, thank you so much from taking time -- is here to address us. mr. mayor, thank you so much for taking time. >> welcome to san francisco. thank you

> we started bank on san francisco at six years ago.wanted to make sure they know they have options, which would be more successful for them. ♪ >> check cashing stores can be found all over the city. they're convenient locations, with a hidden price. -- the convenient locations, with a hidden price. >> i got a refund check and they took out $200. >> i understand they have to make money, but they are a little high. >> people who used check passers -- cashers, they could pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees. >> i do not have that kind of money. >> i would not have to pay it if i had a bank account. >> bank accounts are essential. >> most banks require information that may limited the pool of qualified applicants. encouraging them to return to on saved check passers. -- unsafe check cashers. they are more vulnerable to a robbery, loss, or theft. qualifying for a bank account is no longer a problem. >> great, thank you. >> even if you've had problems with an account in the past, or never had an account, or in not a u.s. citizen, ban

san francisco and the bay area. the america's cup used to be exclusive. now, it is inclusive. san francisco will enable the next generation of sailors and youngsters to enter when this is a constructive support for all. as an international citizen, i can tell you personally that the groundswell around the world about the america's cup finally being hosted in the best place for sailing, the san francisco bay, in the world, will be echoed. to conclude, i ask you, or i implore you as a small-business owner, the secret ingredient of every success story. faith. fade that the city will get more taxes, more revenues, more jobs, more prestige. this event is a great event for the city. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you ♪. next speaker. >> good afternoon. a consulting company. i was impressed with the aforementioned presentation. i heard scaling back. i heard reallocation. i heard allocation, building, construction, and as a minority business owner, making sure that women under, minority and, disabled veterans al

it was members of the san francisco board of supervisors who came to ask them to open san francisco general hospital, which they did. they ran it for four years until a very familiar thing happened, and that was the county board of supervisors had a dispute about how to pay health care bills. the sisters said we've had enough of that and went on to create st. mary's hospital. as you can see, very familiar with how the city works. even then, over 150 years. it is an important issue. we're glad to be able to provide it. we're glad to be able to be here and to recognize some super creative people and the super creative programs. the committee which reviewed folks and review projects had a tough time picking who should be chosen and who should be recognized. the list is fantastic. spur, of course, has worked for years and sponsor of this good government awards for a long time to make sure that the folks that work so hard that do not get recognized every day -- you do get recognized. firstly, from the business community, i want to say how proud we are to have you and how proud we are for the wor

san francisco have a handful of what is needed. these are the hospitals proposed for cathedral hill, and they must be completed, and the rebuilding must start as soon as possible. the people of san francisco what to have modern earthquake facilities that they can turn to for help. i am happy that we have agreed on a series of the best outcomes and i asked you to support this plan and all of the benefits this will bring to the city. >> gentleman, if you are ready? >> thank you. i am brandon lomax, of sheet metal 104. we have strong ties to cpmc. i attended a program -- designed to train you and put residents of san francisco who are out of work into construction. i had a chance to join a great company. i scored in the top 10 of all applicants. this keeps the money in the community. i was happy to hear that the mayor's office had worked to reach an agreement, that works for both the city and hospital. we need to keep jobs in san francisco and this will allow us to do so. this will create jobs and open up doors for city bill. please a

flynn, assuredly the gold standard in san francisco. thank you for what you have done, and my immediate predecessor, let us with a great deal of compassion and dignity through some extremely difficult times over the past several years. thank you for being with us. was it over the course of the last hundred years, and unique as a perverse workforce, forged by women and men as innovation and dedication, as reflected the melting pot of cultures that make up our very vibrant city. throughout this centennial year, we're taking moments like this to look back at the first 100 years. our transit system is like none other in the world, to celebrate where we have been and where we plan to go in the future. muni was a contributions to san francisco will continue to do and very challenging times. tomorrow, and unique, and the entire and she returned to the task of increasing mobility options -- muni and the entire mta return to the task of the increasing mobility options. the intrepid spirit of the people of san francisco epitomizes the city's muni

and what they will look like in san francisco since we are, san francisco is a population of, with a greater proportion of retiring people and we need those skilled nursing beds. if we don't have those skilled nursing beds or enough met in san francisco, we will have to go outside san francisco to get our care for medicare patients and we need skilled nursing. so this is still a concern with the nurses and i would like you to please look at that carefully, that portion carefully since we do talk a lot about births and heart attacks and the more glamorous parts of the nursing in the hospital and i don't want to see the elderly and the medicare and the medical patients neglected here. thank you. president fong: is there any additional public comment? ok. seeing none -- [laughter] president fong: the six-hour public comment session is closed. [applause] president fong: there are a number of speaker cards that didn't turn up. i'll be sure to pass these along to the commissioners. we'll open it up for commissioner questions and comments and if it's ok with you, we'll try to maybe go throu

san francisco is a real leader. san francisco puc in balancing the need for it humans and the environment. you have done some amazing things. the watershed approval program. you committed to dollars million to the acquisition of dos rios. that was purchased over a week ago after 10 years. that area is going to be restored, you will be invited to a big celebration on may 21. you got it already come a great. bat -- we're also proud of what the puc does. you are doing great stuff. these other agencies, is a very different culture and i think -- i do not think it will do you a lot of good and it will put you in bed with people who do not value the environment the way we do in san francisco and the bay area. i encourage you to think about it all a bit more if not just say no. we will go our own course. thank you. president moran: do have any comment on that? >> i would be happy to. one of the things about san francisco is our and unique situation. we're a coastal urban city with our customers. we have a lot in common. we

i speak as a san francisco resident and a san francisco small business owner and a trade partner to both cpmc projects. both projects are in need of upgrading, seismic upgrades and just new facilities, period. i think the residents of san francisco deserve it. the projects would help revitalize our cities -- city's economy. it would boost hiring jobs for san francisco natives and all sorts of progress for the city in a failing economy right now, you know. i vote yes and encourage the chair to do us well to vote yes and get this project going so we can have some safe hospital facilities in the city and county of san francisco. thank you. president fong: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is robert lopez. i work for mission hiring hall community relations. we have been in the mission since 1971. we're a direct placement agency. we started out with construction referrals and that's the connection with us getting people to work through construction. we have two programs there, city build academy which you may have heard of and the construction admin training program. the ci

we know that san francisco, there are a lot of families living san francisco, especially middle-income families because they do not feel the city loves them. they do not feel the love in the city anymore. it is a huge problem in san francisco. we have the lowest number of children than any other major city in the u.s.. by providing free transit, we can take a necessary step to support youth who are struggling to get by in this challenging time. that is why we are asking you to consider the free muni for youth. we want to see the city invest in our young people, invest in our families. we want them to feel valued and important. we ask you to provide free muni for all. thank you. chairman brinkman: thank you. >> hello, commissioners. thank you so much for the opportunity to come and address you. i am a commissioner with the san francisco board of education. last year, the san francisco board of education unanimously passed a resolution in favor of free muni for all youth. the governor is proposing not to reimburse us for any transportation whatsoever. free muni ensure that every student

and xtech is to hold it here in san francisco. -- the next step is to hold it here in san francisco. [applause] we have these buttons. you need to be wearing these. thank you for coming, thank you to shelley for putting this together for us. thank you for helping to take women globally and giving them a voice. that is our mission. [applause] >> we have to keep that spirit -- and we had to keep that secret for a long time. like a lot of you, she would rather be on vacation, but she is up doing work, even when she is not feeling well. thank you all for coming. i posted on facebook i would probably sound like they'd been a downer with all the statistics, could you send me some of your favorites of lifting statistics? this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. this is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread

this is happening all over san francisco. i'm afraid our planning commission and planning department does not appear to be on the same page as the rest of san francisco when it comes to affordable housing. it brings up what i call the poster child of unaffordable housing. the planning commission has approved a luxury condo development for the top one-half of 1%. " i need you to focus on affordable housing. >> i will get there. the planning commission is rewarding the developer with enormous bulk and inappropriate mass and four times the number -- >> please focus on affordable housing. >> how can the city be serious about making housing affordable windy like8 -- when deals like 8 washington are pushed through the pipeline? that is what is happening at the planning commission. we need to change the culture, change the pattern, rethink what san francisco really needs. it is not luxury condos. it is affordable housing. moderate priced housing. new developments like those we have mentioned are not paying their share to that end. t

i work in san francisco. i have been working as a health worker since 2004 and i have some proof here. every year, i have been hired as needed. i have been there the years. and every year, we will get the position. i was blessed last year that there was an opening. we have to take a civil service examination, and i was blessed and was able to pass the civil service examination, but my point here is that i have been working there eight years, and that passed the examination. one question is not pertaining regarding our job. we don't have security or health benefits. we don't have a schedule. they give us -- in sonority, we have the -- [chime] we have a lot of additional work. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i'm an imaging technologist at san francisco general hospital. i am in a group of eight individuals that work full-time, because we are limited to the 1040 hours. there is a new group of individuals i come to this position. they replaced the individuals, right now there are eight individuals coming in to repl

i have lived all around san francisco. i want to be a part of that cac to keep you guys on the right track. [applause] >> [reading names] chairman brinkman: are those people here? >> we are with the families united collaborative. we are speaking as a group. we are a citywide collaborative of families who live in single room occupancies. i am a staff and one of the organizations. they will be speaking cantonese and i will translate. >> [speaking cantonese] >> my name is nancy and i am a. organizer at the collaborative. -- i am a peer organizer at the collaborative. my daughter goes to school. she is a junior and every day, she took four muni trains at the minimum. she is turning 18 very soon. after she turns 18, she will have to buy a $62 passes every month. that would be $744 per year. that makes us in eligible for a lot of the tax credits. that is a lot of burden for my low income family. >> [speaking cantonese] >> my husband and i work really hard so my kids have could convert -- education. a free bus passed lets them kn

it is not a pro-san francisco bill. the senator -- we are working with him on a number of things and he's a terrific senator. but on this particular issue, i do not think san francisco is on the same page as the senator. >> we had it as watch because it is a policy called. we want to send a strong message to the senator or see if it just fade away. supervisor wiener: my personal view is that we should switch it to oppose. supervisor mar: i support opposing it as well. supervisor wiener: i'm sorry i interrupted you. maybe we can do a motion to amend. what was the number of that bill? >> sb1545 on page 19. supervisor wiener: is there anything further from staff? is there any public comment on item number three? >> i was going through this agenda item and i went through 63 + agenda items. we're not taking a stand on all of them, but mentioned as part of the agenda, what i see here is the constituents of san francisco must have access to the detailed information. i don't know how many of you go to sacramento, but when they

i arrived here in san francisco in 1989 after my retirement. i have lived in the tenderloin ever since for 24 years. i lived in the alexander residents, where most of the seniors live. they are all low income. i am very much interested in affordable housing, as i can hardly make both ends meet, so affordable housing for seniors like me is very much welcome in my life. i think the city is doing well to help seniors to live, but there is a problem, and that is rent. i think it could be cheaper, and to do that, the supervisors should find means to fund the housing. to help seniors like me to pay less for rent. there is less money for affordable housing from the state and the federal government. it is time for san francisco to create local money to build more and keep affordable housing for low-income people. i ask you to help us stay housed in san francisco. thank you. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. i am going to call 10 more names. i am sorry. 10 seconds. i am going to call some more people can line up after you speak. kile, ben, joshua, d

san francisco the giants a-oakland a's game. we look forward to communicating with you in the future about this project. thank you. ♪ >> thank you for all joining us tonight. i am the good government policy director here at spur but it is my distinct pleasure to welcome such an amazing panel tonight, as well as the mayor of our fine city. this is the innovation mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. can everybody hear me? welcome. welcome to spur. i always enjoy being here. because every time i come here, some part of my brain gets woken up pet. earlier i had a wonderful opportunity to exchange with our panel members about what they're doing and how they're doing it. there is one great theme. i think these panel members are here as part of their own entrepreneurial spirit. they own companies, but they love the city as well. they know the spirit of the city. it is one of innovation. one that invites people and their views enmeshes it up with old tradition to see if we can make an even better san francisco. my fel

i am an advocate with transitional educating san francisco. i am also here to speak from personal perspective as well. first, i am really in support of the summer jobs effort. i really appreciate my sisters comments right here that she just made. i am very much concerned as well about the most disconnected young folks. i feel that one of the unfortunate things that can unfortunate things that can happen with these kinds of