city collaborative. clifford, thank you for teaching me how to accept my greatness. tia, you can cuss me out any time, sweetie. karen, thank you for hanging in there with me. and to the rest of the central city collaborative, thank you for allowing me to shine. and my church, oh, my god. i can walk to oakland, that's how important they are to me. and it's wonderful when you believe in freeing people you can free people. and god has allowed me to do that. and i can only say that if you're passionate about something, continue doing the work. just go and do the work and greater things is ahead for me. you know, i'm looking for a job. (laughter) >> but i want to thank each and every last one of you for allowing me to stand here and tell my truth. i've been suicide free for 12 years. [applause] >> and i like it! [applause]

and because of this great city, because of the diversity of our city, you are the reason why i sit in san francisco superior court and it is my goal to not only keep our legal system but our city as great and as diverse and welcoming and all-inclusive. if there's one thing i can leave with, it's not so much that i want to be remembered for any of the accomplishments in my drear, career, i want to be remembered if i can paraphrase something from dr. king. what difference can i make for those who are beside me and those who come behind me, i want to make a ch an g e. so thank you very much. [applause] professor: thank you. congratulations judge jackson. [applause] >> okay. next up is supervisor farrell. >> thank you president breed. colleagues, so today, i have a real honor to recognize and introduce someone who has been a great pillar in our city of san francisco for quite a while and i'm very proud to call a district two member and that is pamela joiner. pamela, come on up. so just a little bit of background on pamela. pamela is born is chicago. she has been a 20-year resident to our

he's been showing a great heart they think goes along with all of our city employees. they always have a chance to demonstrate for more than what the job calls for and that's why we have such a great city and i want to say thank you to you and your staff. thank you to what you have done to make it easy for everybody and your commitment being engaged with our community, not just the business community, but i will tell you without this strong relationship that we are developing with our business community you won't get creative jobs. you won't get good conversations about investing in education, investing in our hospitals, investing in our communities, strong neighborhoods. all of that wouldn't happen unless there was a strong belief in our collaborative spirit in the city so i am very happy to just sarks announcing this on valentines weekend and everybody make sure you grab a cookie and chew your way to a good heart and we announce this has been a very good successful launch of ongoing relationship we want to continue having with our business community so that we can cr

pay choke for this families ladies and gentlemen, thanks to you can thanks to the people of the great city the city state our state of the city is strongest and getting stronger. (clapping.) it is is a unique moment in our history the city is busing with energy and pride not just because the warriors have the best record in the nabbing or the giant or world champions again and again and again (clapping) you know the ideas that conceived no incubator that microbe to the bayview from south of market to central market has spurred economic prosperity in our city our neighborhoods bustle again with young families and thriving small businesses our skylines 2r06r78d with the commercial towers 5 new hospitals under construction today soon to be joined by the central subway and chanted moscone center for the golden gate warriors a wastewater treatment plant and new neighborhood along the central waterfront that employees thousands of construction workers well, thank you to the hard working men and women to the construction trades the laborers and operating engineers and entertainment and electrical

in 1999, he was named one of two educators in the country by the council of the great city schools. two years later, paige was honored as the national superintendent of the year by the american association of school administrators. following his time as secretary of education, dr. paige served as a public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. in 2006 he authored the war against home. and in 2010, he published a black/white achievement gap, why clothing it is the greatest civil rights issue of our time. dr. paige is the eldest of five siblings and has a son and a daughter. dr. paige resides in houston because he couldn't find a house in charleston, south carolina. not so funny. with his wife, stephanie allens paige. please help me welcome dr. rod paige. [applause] >> thank you, senator. thank you so much for that warm welcome. but he left out part of my history so i have to share that with you to begin with. i was also a football coach. jackson state university of cincinnati and then again at texas southern. it was at texas southern where i learned hu

it will be great for the city great for the town and i'm looking really forward to showcasing our great city. >> congressman, let me take you back a little bit. we're down -- we're finalists along with new york and ohio. columbus ohio. were you surprised at all or did you expect the city would be awarded the convention? >> i just thought we had the best show we could put on for the democrats -- our democratic nominee for president. they love this -- they love the logistics, they love the location amazing large parking lot that they could do a lot of tailgating and the proximity to the event right down through broad street. the hotels easy to get to restaurants easy to get to. airport, easy to get to to the site. and they just like the logistical part about it. and not only -- they love our town, we showed them a good time and they came here with the site committee. every one of them are in washington with me, and for the last week they kept telling me they all gained ten pounds and we fed them real well. everywhere we went on the bus, we had cheesesteaks and pretzels. they loved us and

the community for stepping out and being a part of our cultural celebration in this disagreeing great cityank you very much i 7, 8, 9 to recognize carmen chu and others and like to acknowledge the t o of hilton hotel john let's give them a round of applause and invite willie brown up to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> he is the real emperor. >> the year of a hours the white hours was escorted out and in comes the ramming the year of the rams lunar new year as the mayor has said commences as of now and in reality every year in san francisco we start the year out with every aspect of the chinese cultural celebration it is always started reason an administrative and goodwill and good health and hopefully great wealth this year is no different the year of the ram i'm told that there is the year of the anyone questioning can he i'm doing i'm going to have to avoid coming that one for fear that is an error i want to say each and every one of us need to enjoy the entire 14 or 15 days period of the chinese new year unlike almost any other places in the entire nation and mr. mayor for wh

ceremony before we adjourn i'm to once again thank the community organizations throughout this great city that support of the license number in charge stamp event i especially want to thank 3 organizations that have been recommend at today is event the chinese chamber of commerce the chinese consolidated benefit haven't society and the oc a thank you all very much (clapping) we can't do it without you those organizations have participated every year annually with the license number in charge stamp ceremony since 1993 when the postal service unveiled it's license number in charge stamp for the year of the rooster here in san francisco in 1992 we actually start but 1993 was the first unveiling i want to thank the line dancers and the police department color guards their in their support as partners in celebrating the license number in charge year from the beginning i'd like to thank i'm looking for any notes we have the sponsoring for the dancers claudine the sponsoring. >> the i would like to thank the chinese sxhoeltd consolidated benefit haven't society for the line dancers on a housekee

our sleeves and show the dnc and the nation what we have known all along that philadelphia is a great city that can fill memories to last a lifetime. and tom wolf says this is great news for the commonwealth will generate millions in activity in the state. and philadelphia will shine in the national spotlight. we continue now with "action news" reporter david henry, he is in rittenhouse square gathering reaction from none politicians this afternoon. >> reporter: yes the politicians are not the only ones celebrating out here this is a big source of pride for philadelphians they love the city and love living in the city when they heard the news except for one person they were all ecstatic about it. >> i think it's terrific it will be great and good for the city. bring in money. and give us some publicity. >> i think it's high time philly gets more attention. when you look at the city it's looking old and we need a facelift this kind of event will help philadelphia come back to the limelight. >> philadelphia needs to be recognized as a major city, i would encourage politicians to come up. >>

city and national exposure. people don't know a lot of how great the city is and i think it will help. >> i think philadelphia shrug recognized for a major city and politicians that want to come here i would encourage that. >> it's time to get more attention. this will help philadelphia coming back to lime light. >> and some of new york's is up newspapers are be moaning that city's loss of convention to tld philadelphia and some are saying the dnc did not want to get near eric garper and the police department issues and the dnc says that is non-sense. he sounded like a good sport today. >> we want to congratulate our friends in philadelphia i spoke to mayor nut are a few hours ago. he's a good friend of longstanding and known him many years. i'm happy for him. i'm not happy of the outcome disappointed by definition but happy for him. he's a great guy. it's a great city. >>> while many new yorkers assume delegates would take brooklyn bridge from man at an hotels to barkley center in brooklyn it will instead be the ben franklin bridge that takes delegates staying in south jersey to wells fargo center in south philade

although she will be deeply missed she couldn't have asked for more than living in this great city. thanks to her family for raising attention to her life. the rest i will submit. city clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisors tanning -- tang. >>supervisor katy tang: in regards to what i will introduce today the family violence council to increase awareness and understanding of domestic and family violence and it's consequences. so the three primary goals of this is that we are supposed to be coordinating services and improving communication between those in domestic violence and child abuse and elder dependent abuse and secondly trials and data related to family violence in san francisco statewide and nationally and last to advise the board of supervisors, the mayor and courts about these trends of violence and family issues and addressing child abuse and domestic violence. it was created in 2008 and since then the council has sparked really great improvement in san francisco. no. 1 advocating for the children's advocacy center national tr for the art and center for abused child

obviously i stand on their shoulders when i'm the mayor of this great city. i truly appreciate it. i also want to let dramon and harrison that i used to dunk. of course, after dunkin donuts, right? i used to stick my tongue out and run down the court and like harrison, i used to sky jump and nobody could touch me. of course i woke up after that. but i say this to rick and the entire warriors organization from the very ownership and the day it was announced, we were feeling that it was going to be a huge difference in approach, not only in just building the arena but a relationship with the communities. you've done that. and nick used individuals in advocating in the community and your presence of time and the values we want the kids to grow up with the values and strong teamwork, a dedication of excellence, of supporting each other because that's how we are going to succeed in the city and this represents that. with this uniform, my gosh, don't be surprised if you will find thousands of people in the chinese new year's wearing it because it's going to be that popular and they'll wa

only passing this but moving forward to general hospital and making it what it needs to be for our great city. so the second item that i have quickly is an invitation to you all to the city. supervisor cohen and i are hosting an event on monday february 23rd, in celebration of black history month. black history month is a time that we reflect on our past. a time that we show appreciation to our culture and to a lot of the contributions of african americans to the united states as well as work to support our communities and work to bring people together for an incredible cultural experience of togetherness. so supervisor cohen and i will be hosting this event on february 23rd in city hall in the rotunda and the public is invited to attend. we will have african american restaurants in san francisco, african american desert makers in san francisco, african american performers just to highlight some of the things that are important to us in our communities to celebrate our history, to celebrate our culture and we hope that you will all join us on monday february 23rdrd. thank you madam clerk, the

joint meeting with us and looking forward to the dialogue to have our cleanpowersf launch for our great city. thank you. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you, commissioner breed. i appreciate the work that you've done with the mayor's office on helping move this forward and i agree, december 31st, is way too late and my comment was suggesting that we get to the mer to get to the launch. i know that is a lot of work, but i think we've done a lot of work to help things move quick lau e -- quickly to launch as soon as possible. are there any other public utilities commissioners who would like to comment? okay. seeing none, you can press that button if you want to. let's go to the next item, please. public comment. no remarks. we'll have ample opportunities to talk about what we've talked about today with our opening remarks. with that, i see no other members coming forward. director kelly. >> oh, i'm a commissioner, great. i get to vote. i just wanted to say a few words and again i really echo everything that was said today and i do feel that it's a timely meeting joint meeting and as you know,

city to live to work to play. i am very very honored to be its mayor. i get to work with quite a few great talented in our city and some of them are in the audience. that help me continue making the city a success. i want to say too that this is up in the case. i've been around long enough to know that. you know, my favorite line in this discussion, ross, that our job growth is really an unrivaled accomplishment quote unquote. we forget sometimes just not very long ago how hard it was to match imagine this. how unprecedented this recovery is, given that when you look at the other cities that we are compared to, you know that we are very limited geographically. so we have to be pretty inventive as to how we do this. we have worked hard. there are some basic things that i'll share with you as part of the panel today as to how we may have gotten there but we were not seeking to be the best city. i think were just seeking to make sure we got out of this recession. well and that we are always going to be talking with our business partners because when am i main questions with the business commu

the bridge to make sure that unified school district gets all the support and resources from our great city our former mayor and lieutenant governor newsom has been a champion and we're setting a partnership u partnership that will become the rule we know and understand that school districts can't do this alone our growth and success and challenges are better met together over the last few years i've expend my professional growth and success and challenges whether letting go of my oldest child to go to college in spain to propositions and policies that will guide our work over many years in the future and now to the loss of dear friends and colleagues and to the near gaekt e death of my own sister growth and which he imagines and successes are here the most tragedies in new york rims us that growth takes a long time and success is measured incremental and challenges are hereer when we don't respect the lives around us those are greater reminders while investing no our young people is our collective impersonator one prudentially is a that talents the future and renders the present inacceptab