. >>> good afternoon, tom [speaker not understood] executive director of livable city. i guess one of the questions you might be asking yourself is why does sfmta manage parking in the city? why do they have meters at all and why do they enforce meters? if you have listened to sfmta over the past decade as to why they manage parking, why we need variable pricing, why we need meters and so on, they say it's not about revenue. it is about intelligent management of parking. it's about reducing and cusping departments of neighborhood. all the traffic that results from that. [speaker not understood]. they say it's about sub poderthing neighborhood businesses and a thriving retail economy in neighborhoods. to give you an example, chicago when sunday meters were revoked, the merchants had been lobbying to get it back. so, they said it's essential to preserving neighborhood vitality, making sure [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. people distracted, people making lots of right turns has implications for collisions and for traffic conflicts in our neighborhoods. b

livable cities. accepting the trophy on their behalf is beth bern and liza [speaker not understood]. third place winner is alexa internet and accepting is stephanie anderson. the smallest, 25 to 100 employees, the first place winner is hdr architecture. accepting their trophy is jean hanson and matthew rig by. second place in that category is interior architects, and it's eric zimmer accepting their award from interior architects. third place is footster, and that's the from the winners circle the second year in a row. and we have hanna [speaker not understood] from [speaker not understood] with us today. for the highest level of employee participation in a larger size company, that's 101 to 500 employees, the fourth place winner is nekto therapeutics. we have brenda chu [speaker not understood]. they won fourth place [speaker not understood]. congratulations in every single year. 38% of nektar employees participated. that's over one-third of their full workforce. for the highest overall c.o.2 saving

save time and money for freight carriers, improve air quality and create more sustainable and livable cities. so clearly the agencies within the department of transportation are not communicating their policies with one another. we have one d.o.t. agency trying to direct more large trucks on to our nation's highways during the daylight hours. and then we have a second agency that is pushing funding out to cities in order to keep those same large trucks from operating during daylight hours and to encourage them to operate during overnight hours. why would we want to prevent or discourage large trucks from being able to operate during overnight hours? simply makes no sense. now, on the other hand, my colleague from new jersey says that don't worry, we kept in the study, we kept the collins study in the bill. well, if it's been studied so extensively as he claims, then why is there a need for the study? you can't have it both ways. you can't say that these regulations were thoroughly studied and supported by scientific evidence but, gee, we need a study. i mean, which is it? i think that what t

forestry current rec and park [speaker not understood] all of which to try to enhance the livability of the city, improve the cleanliness and our tree maintenance. public health, i've mentioned it these highlights already as well the public safety highlights i have also mentioned ~. that is my very high-level summary of what's included in the mayor's budget. and i'm happy to turn it over to the controller to speak about the controller's commentary on the mayor's budget also known as the revenue letter unless you have questions. >> supervisor wiener. >> quick question. of the 4.3 million -- i'm sorry if i missed this -- how much of that is discretionary versus locked up in some [speaker not understood]? if you don't know off the top of your head you can give it to me later. >> i don't have it off the top of my head, but typically the revenue letter may speak to this. it's usually somewhere around 1-1/2 billion is truly discretionary. the remainder locked up in [speaker not understood] or mandated state and federal programs. >> okay. and i think it's just important for the public to understand the

city budget. the mayor really focused a lot on his investments and opportunities for all san francisco residents, including investment into affordable housing, service increases to make san francisco more livable, maintaining and improving or city's social net and you'll hear today regarding the takeback of our firsz year community service cuts. the budget also continues to grow the city's reserves to offset the impact if an economic downturn does occur and the city's reserves for economic stabilization loss will grow over the next two years. the city projects to have a $234 million across its general reserve budget stabilization reserve and rainy day fund. the 25th anniversary of the he tie sis c virus looking back to look forward, our own doctor with the center for public health research has been selected to present on hepatitis c at the center for disease control at their public health ground. he'll be speaking on steps toward ending he tie sis c in the u.s. and he's been working with us internally in looking at our own role in working with ensureing hepatitis c clients do get access to care. a really important that we've been very much involved in is that the u.s. department of health and

you know i don't think lot of people realize that wal-mart actually came in here city council voted they wanted a livable wage vetoed it what it talked about this issue and why you are passionate about about a wal-mart free city well you know wal-mart has a history of. you know crimes against against labor unions working working class people paying fair wages coming up short on giving people full time employment so they can you know peel back on the you know on the health care and the other retirement benefits and things like that it's not a good situation for them to come here you know with wal-mart in effect is a plantation you know and for me really means some of the council majority blacktown to bring a plantation scheme to a black town is like it's like a slap in the face to me. so you know i tried to work with the with the activist community did a lot in with the help of a few organizations. but eventually you know we lost the effort to keep wal-mart you know out of the city limits because quite honestly just a lot of politicians and there were a lot of organizations progressive organizations back

city. thank you. >> supervisor wiener. >> yes, thank you. and i try to be very clear about this. i'm in full support of making sure that the affordable housing that we currently have is livable and usable and that people have access to it, but we also have a large and growing population in this city who are not currently in any form of affordable housing. they're being evicted. they're at risk of eviction. if they lose their housing they're out of luck, particularly a lot of seniors. and it's important that as we rehabilitate the existing housing that we are also using the money that we are going to use for creating affordable housing and use it in an efficient and expeditious way so that we're actually bringing that housing online because it is taking too long to produce it now. so, we have a lot of diverse housing needs. i just want to make sure we're addressing all of them in a timely manner. thank you. >> okay, colleagues, any further questions at this point? ms. howard, do you have anything more right now? >> i want to stay thank you to the budget, deborah newman who worked with us on this report. [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. >> mr. chairman, m

livable neighborhoods in this appeal. we're here because the superior court found that the city violated the requirements of the california environmental quality act because the e-i-r's discussion of alternatives was conclusory and unsupported by fact and the findings rejecting alternatives were conclusory and unsupported by fact. the court set aside the certification of the e-i-r and approval of policies with potential for physical environmental impact. and the city -- excuse me. the court issued a writ ordering the city to refrain from approving the enjoined changes in the 2009 housing element until it complies with c-e-q-a and significantly. the writ states that the writ will remain in effect until the court determines based on your return that you fully complied with c-e-q-a as to the matters set forth herein. i mention this so that you don't overlook the fact that the city may not reapprove the 2009 housing element under this writ. the writ which is served on the city requires the court determine whether you've corrected the deficiencies before you can reapprove the housing element. and i see in item 24 you passed th

cities working together would save money on enforcing the ordinance. after that he would like it focus on a living wage. >> people have been barely making it. even though this is not a livable living wage -- [ talking at the same time ] >> cover some of their expenses. >> reporter: the mayor says the idea is well received by neighboring cities. they are working out a plan to to talk to -- to talk to the mayor. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we know the identity of the teenager shot and killed yesterday at a birthday party. again-year-old nathan torres was shot in the chest -- 15- year-old nathan torres was shot in the chest. people didn't recognize the shooter. he got away in a blue nissan driven by a woman. a motive is not yet known. >>> tomorrow morning the ntsb will released its finding on what crashed the flight of asiana airlines. ktvu's ktvu's tom vacar is here to tell us what he learned. >> reporter: it happened out here. what the ntsb says tomorrow will be the cause of last year's crash at sfo that killed three and injured 200 and here is why. >> reporter: the findings will be conclusive because everything necessary from the pilots to the recorders to the t

design in terms of livable, walkable streets, and that is what was approved by the board of supervisors. and we learned about a month ago, and that unbenouned to any of us, two of the city departments the fire department and the department of public works had between themselves agreed that the streets will be widened to 26 feet, clearance on, i think, basically all of the streets including the residential, side streets and this change, in addition to being inconsistent with the plan that was approved by the board of supervisors is a total violation of accepted street design standards and the various policy pronouncements of the mayor, of the board of supervisors of the voters that we want the livable and walkable streets that are safe for all users including pedestrians and we know that we have an epidemic of pedestrians being hit and killed on the streets and we know that although, enforcement and education for road use are very important, that all of the education and enforcement in the world is not going to get you very far, if you don't have well designed streets and we have a history in this city of widening streets and whether it is geary or chavez or other street

livable streets and mta have done so much to improve that communication. i see that director cheng wanted to make comments on that. >> thank you for making the presentation today on behalf of the city staff and agencies who are all working on this topic. project delivery has been not only a focus of the last two 2 years but really the last several years we've seen the city step up and start delivering much more consistently and working with one another and working with your office and see what is working and not only the areas that director reiskin mentioned. we are working along the areas around ceqa reforms and changes that are happening at the state level which really san francisco through our planning department and various agencies led the way with how we can look at ceqa to protect the environment and also align with what we are trying to do with statewide mandates with compliment change and around transportation policy. this is also started to have an impact with the cal trans reform process whereas looking accrue is the nation where the standards and director reiskin was president of the national association of cities and transportation officials. we are really pleased that

cities and towns from setting their own minimum wanls. >> our elected officials decided to ignore our efforts to try and create a livable wage for a large group of low-wage, low-income workers in the city in attempt for us to have a wage we can live on and support our families on. >> we have seen state legislatures blocking city efforts to raise minimum wage before, but largely led by republicans in states like oklahoma, florida and texas. democrats are not only opposed to the $15 minimum wage but leaving it to voters to decide the issue. the question about what providence should do, ballots have a strong track record of passing. this year campaigns are under way to put minimum wage on the bl ballot in alas karks south dakota, arkansas and illinois as well as cities including san francisco, oakland and san diego. these campaigns come at a time when even those in the finance community are starting to call for raising wages for the lowest paid workers. tomorrow the white house is hosting a summit on working families with state and local lieders to explore workplace policies that can help women and families. in an interview with parade mag

livable solutions that engage and support san francisco's many vibrant communities. i'm happy to sponsor this legislation today. i believe it will have many positive long-term benefits to our city'szas and open spaces. this legislation gives the city a tool to activate plazas with events like farmers market street, limited live performances, movie nights, local food and retail opportunities. this legislation will enhance opportunities for economic development, partnership with community members and proposes streamline and permitting process for stewards to the plaza making activation easier and more sustainable. colleagues, you have in front of you a copy of three nonsubstantive amendments to the administrative code and the -- these amendments simply clarify, one, a 90-day rfp time period for city plazas which mirror the time period already stated for street plazas. the second amendment, because this item was continued at the planning commission, the program target implementation goal of april 1st is now out of date and they're now setting an implementation goal date of july 1st and the goal of adding three plazas to the program by the end of 2014. it is now amended to read "by t