first time in the one hundred and 2 year history of the pga championing that will be played in the great city of san francisco this would not be possible - thank you (clapping) this certainly would not be possible without the great collaboration with the city and county of san francisco the pga tour and the pga of america and mayor ed lee and thanks to you and phil givens berg and tim this seems like another step in a lot of the things we've been able to accomplish working together in the past 20 months and look forward to a great future for the pga of america and iceland be remissed if i didn't say thank you to our chief officers (clapping) at the pga of america quite honestly we got this deal done fast and it was certainly not without they're great efforts but i think the thing that's important for everyone to understand the pga officers and the pga board of directors have been committed to trying to find a site for west coast pga champing for basically, the passing past year we couldn't be more proud of the fact it is going to take place at the harding knowing park. we know the friends the

can i speak to her passion and dedication to this great city. i would be doing a disservice if i didn't mention her exceptional ability to be straightforward and her ability to not only ask the tough questions, but ask the right questions. her qualifications and background i think speaks for itself. she understands land use and understands development and has a strong finance background. in addition, she understands the dynamics of san francisco. i think she has been in situations where she has had support of the community and also had to work with folks here at city hall. she has been a tireless advocate for affordable housing and worked on workforce development and for communities in need and also worked on transportation issues as well. christine is a true public servant and i urge her nomination to the full board. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is marly lee mandi har. christine and i are fellow commissioners with the community of investment and infrastructure, the successor agency of the redevelopment commis

because of the diversity we can't be a great city unless the talent of all our community are unleashede gay lesbian transgender community so i'm proud to celebrate let's get on with a whole weekend of celebrating thank you very much (clapping.) thank you mayor ed lee. i just notice we have another dignitary that last year speaking the president of the board of supervisors president chiu (clapping) we're honored to have senator mark leno that has spoken at all our ceremonies we're thankful for that. thank you senator >> thank you patrick and pauline and all who have come out our freedom band. >> wow. (clapping.) we want to thank lou and thrilling who knew there were so many pink flowers in san francisco. and also thank our volunteers that got up to make sure our triangle was on twin peaks i don't know how patrick got everyone up so early (laughter) >> those are not balloons they're coming condoms. >> but looking at the pink flowers and pink champaign and the marching band and family and friends you would think we're celebrating someone's birthday. >> yeah. we are. >> we'll have things l

must say take a second here that i would be remiss if i didn't acknowledge the first lady of our great city ms. lee thank you so much as well (clapping) >> we talk about this great powerhouse and we talk about how many designations we serve out of san francisco i want to remind everybody that the reason we did that is because of you in the room and our customers the great package ridge and the great business community in san francisco we can't thank you enough the hometown cowering in san francisco united airlines and nobody else. folks with that, i want to turn my sights open the ambassador and all the work he and, of course, the mayor's office did this wouldn't be possible not only from the people if china but the mayor's office and frankly we wouldn't be here ambassador you want to come up and join us i'd appreciate it, sir (clapping.) i'm mr. lee and mrs. lee. mr. pacific and distinguished guests it's my great pleasure to be celebrating your airlines a celebration of san francisco. on behalf of the council gentle i'd like to express my congratulations to airlines and thanks to all the g

it was about, hey, cleveland is a great town, a great city. akron is a great city. and i want to give back. and we're willing to welcome him back. you know, it's not about winning a championship. we win a championship, great, fantastic. but it's about saying that cleveland is great. now we've got johnny manziel, we've got the rnc, and lebron back. hey, don, the question is, when are you coming to cleveland? >> oh! well, it's got to be when it's warm, because i don't like the cold. i moved to chicago in the first week of winter and was like what did i do. so just as cold in cleveland as it is in chicago. let me just say this. you talk about what his love for, you know, ohio. but keith, i mean, don't you think that article is a little bit orchestrated? obviously, some people giving advice. here's what you say, here's how you work on this. if you want to go back, you need to do these things. >> listen, this is the decision, the reducks is what it is. he got better add advice, a more mature guy, more mature player. he understands today that doing and saying the things h

we're proud that the treasure island will be for the city and beyond a great benefit. with our many partners claiming the treasure island authority and the 0 deprivation and the workforce development have come together it's because of this collaborative effort we're on schedule to make our target will construction date of summer of 2015. i thank you all especially eric and other for their leadership in getting the job done and done well, with sensitivity to the community. those west rams will provide access and improvements and act as a bridge across the bay. we also create jobs. i am proud that we're critiquing prevailing wage jobs with san francisco companies and retained with those investments. i want to recognize the golden gate bridge company and thank them for the 12 percent dbi contempt on this project. thank you all for being here. i'm happy

for this work for the sugar tax campaign because i really believe that san francisco is really a great city. and it's only going to be greater and strive to a better place if we make sure the young people and the adults and the senior citizens in the city are provided better resources. this from the institute and another group participated in doing the is survey for four different communities. we did one in the bayview, the heda aight, and we found out that 99.98 percent believe it's really easy to access soda. 95.96 percent believes also easy to get sports drinks. 93 percent believe that energy drinks are very easy to access. that's really overwhelming percent of not only young people but also senior citizens. really everyone believes they can access this. compared to 100 percent juice, 53 percent believe they can access which is not good because we want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to access fruits and vegetables and organic and 100 percent juice. so i'm really in support of this and i know that my committee is also in support and i want to say thank you for doing the gr

it will be a great time. city officials will take things seriously with the large crowd that's expected, you can expect some new security measures all to keep you safe. however right now officials are not giving out any specific details but they say there are some things you can do to make their job a little easier and help keep everyone safe. >> as far as security, obvious obviously, clear bags. stay away from the coolers. stay away from things that we can't see inside. those kinds of things we don't eat because it will help us and tax our ability to sit back and get some stuff done. >> officials say you can expect additional security cameras on the parkway tomorrow but their locations are secret. >> the government is warning that al-qaida linked terrorists are ratcheting up their efforts right now. they say the terror group is trying to target planes at airports oversees. specifically planes with direct flights to the united states. officials believe terror groups may be trying to create

she will bring fairness and hear both sides of the issues and i think the city has done a great job of nominating her and will serve the city well. i'm happy to support and speak on bobbie wilson's behalf today and welcome your support. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is john buchannon and very happy to support bobbie wilson. i have worked with bobby at two different law firms. she's a great person to work with. as a boss which she effect il ively is because she's a partner and i'm just a staff person. beyond bobby's professional excellence i have been impressed with her work with the lgbt community and as a gay man with two small children i was moved and profoundly impressed of her work with the san francisco same sex cases and bobbie wilson's stance for the rights of gay marriage which led to decisions. our country is a be the place because of bobbie wilson's place. i'm keenly aware of the importance and fairness in city government. if bobbie wilson would have the opportunity to serve on the board of appeals, she would bring professionalism and common sense, street

reflect on the progress as well as the challenges over the past 10 years i can't thank enough the great city staff and the nonprofits and the community-based advocates that worked everyday to help us together to collaborate in addressing homelessness i know i know i've demonstrated over and over with the collaboration of the public sector we'll do better i'm proud to announce a new refreshed enter agency commitment to end homelessness and with that let me introduce a partner at the board of supervisors who i have become more and more close to because his ideas attack when they. supervisor mark farrell our leadership on laura's law is going to be so hope e helpful to to the city your outreach teams and you being who you are i want to thank you and bringing the boarding and the mayor's office and all the agencies that are working hard to end homelessness. supervisor mark farrell (clapping) >> thank you mayor ed lee. it's an honor to be here today and with the city department heads as mayor ed lee mentioned if he wanted to be serious about reducing our homeless population in san francisco it ta

first of all, i wanted to thank mercy housing for the housing our residents they've been a great partner with the city if you look at across the street they are housing seniors and today, of course, we're giving a special tour on 1184 th street that will be new homes to our residents. that's why we're here for our city's homes e homeless families and individuals. there's no doubt our city has changed many lives around the years we've be focusing on the future to insure we remain a city for the one hundred percent that's why i've been working hard to make sure we attract investment and create jobs and investment no our city when our residents have access to good paying jobs they're to succeed and with the low employment rate weaving we're going to make sure that happens and our focus on housing we'll help all our residents. i've set a goal for rehabilitating thirty thousand homes before i 2020 with at least a third of fooshtd affordability to low income families. with our commitment to the rapid rehousing were trying to make sure that resident don't become homeless to begin with today, we're here to ut

what is your vision, sir, of this great city, you want to bring us back to the 80s. bad days of the squeegee men and rampant crime and leg warmers, that's what you want? >> the leg warmers weren't so bad. but it's a progressive vision, an inclusive vision, creating a city of opportunity. >> progressive means socialist, you're a socialist. >> progressive means creating opportunity. >> you are a socialist or you are not a socialist, you raised money for the sandinistas in the 80s. you are a socialist, you are a communist. >> stephen, in this country with vast income inequality, and growing income inequality, we actually have to change our course. >> why do we have to change course. those of us who have the income do not wish you to change our course. >> well, that doesn't surprise me. >> okay. >> but look at new york city, the worst income inequality since 1929 and a situation where more and more of our people can't afford to live here. 46% of all new yorkers at or near the poverty level. we can't continue with a divided society. in fact, we want to create some unity.

aside from my family, there's nothing i enjoy doing more than serving the citizens of this great city. the legislation before you is important not only to me and my family, to all families of police officers and firefighters that serve this city. i respectfully ask that you pass this legislature that's before you today. >> thank you for sharing. next speaker, mr. donahan. >> good morning, my name is dan and i'm a proud member of the firefighter. firefighters local 798. i have served san francisco, i served on the san francisco democratic central committee, 2002, 2004, 2006 and i certain under mayor gavinson from 2005 and 2011 and i'm devoted to the county and city of san francisco. i was born here, i work here and i have and will continue to have every intention to continue to serve just like you folks serve your district and the city and the county. on june 12th, i suffered a seizure. on june 18th, i had brain surgery to remove a brain mass later to learn it was grade two -- i'm one of the lucky ones. i'm a cancer survivor and i have a new perspective on life. i look at things differ

city of san francisco is using the most innovative technology available. these devices allow people to remain out in their communities, doing things like shopping. it is great to be able to walk as a pedestrian in this city and cross streets safely.end. >> so hello and welcome to each and every one of you in the room i'm mike i'm the vice president of united air representing this hub many hour town on behalf of myself and coworkers i've stations over thousands over the world we'll truly, truly want to bring in this with a bank today. folks i'm honored with special guests i want to acknowledge a couple of very, very important people first and foremost the mayor of our yee great city folks mayor ed lee (clapping) >> and, of course, our ambassador unfor the people's republic of china. (clapping.) and also a special guest from the san francisco inspirational airplane our chief operating officer mr. north america veer and folks with

but open space is less than 17 percent if we prepare ourselves with some of the great cities in europe such as london. those cities are more than a thousand years old. we are only about 200. if we don't preserve what we have the opportunity to preserve now, we are certainly not going to have chances to do it in the future. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is tina moylan. i remember three

but open space is less than 17 percent if we prepare ourselves with some of the great cities in europe such as london. those cities are more than a thousand years old. we are only about 200. if we don't preserve what we have the opportunity to preserve now, we are certainly not going to have chances to do it in the future. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. my name is tina moylan. i remember three 3 years ago meeting with supervisor farrell and part of this business -- working group. working group in poor neighborhoods in san francisco. i like end it last week to wind is surfing in the tsunami which wouldn't happen. we had open meetings. i always felt what's good for folsom california is good for sacramento or what's good for san francisco is good for russian hill and vice versa. i have been to dolores park. all of us have gone to golden gate park. parks is necessary for kids. i never thought i would never see this day. i said to supervisor farrell, if you can make this happen, i think you should start turning water into wine. [ laughter ] thank

great cities have great parks and we have the ability now today to act of that inventory. people have called it the mission delores park of the north. whatever we want to call it, it's likely going to be the francisco park, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform a neighborhood. the three year collaboration with the francisco park working group has not only included the neighbors, but again, all the citywide organizations that have come to support this