one of his top priorities is to stimulate the local economy with jobs and he has empowered me with implementing the new local higher policy. i promised that i would not focus on the process, but on a measurable outcomes in the areas of the employment and job training. i and others in city government are inspired by the mayor's energy and can-do spirit. it's my pleasure to introduce my friend and my boss, mayor lee, the 43rd mayor of san francisco. [applause] san francismayor lee: good afte. i've been going around this whole city and talking about how many promises we make year in and year out as a city and how many do we really deliver on? this is one of those pr

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors.

the average wage is more than jg to the local economy. they are local and our hospitals create thousands of ancillary jobs benefiting the commercial districts that surround them. california pacific medical center is the second largest private employer in this city. it is led by the chief executive officer, dr. warren browner, a physician overseeing the $2.5 billion rebuild of cpmc. here to introduce the mayor of san francisco, please join me in welcoming dr. warren browner. [applause] >> thanks, steve. it is now a great pleasure for me to introduce our new mayor. i think everybody knows mayor lee has been a diligent worker in senior management met -- management under many mayors. he was appointed our city administrator in 2005 and then appointed again in 2010. he was unanimously selected the interim mayor by our board of supervisors on january 11 of this year. mayor lee has promised all of us to be inclusive, to tackle things head on, and to move the bar for. we are all in need of that strength of conviction at this point in time. please j

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. we had a couple of speakers who are here to support the program today, so the first one i'm going to introduce -- i'm not the world's greatest public speaker, so bear with me. first of all, let me start by giving thanks to a few different organizations that have helped out. one is trader joe's.

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the stre

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in the way it is now. . this has just been like an amazing growth

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we explore what it means to the aged, in today's society -- what it means to be chicana in today's society. chica chic features an array of artwork by five leading chicana artists that addresses a range of issues such as integration, sustainability, and integration. using a distinct visual approach, each of the artist's response to the shifting needs of their communities in ways that offer unique perspectives and multiple points of entry. >> the exhibition is to bring together the voices of a new generation chicana artists, all of whom reference the works of the civil-rights movement in their works, but they are also responding to a new cultural concerns and new cultural circum

one of his top priorities is to stimulate the local economy with jobs and he has empowered me with implementing the new local higher policy. i promised that i would not focus on the process, but on a measurable outcomes in the areas of the employment and job training. i and others in city government are inspired by the mayor's energy and can-do spirit. it's my pleasure to introduce my friend and my boss, mayor lee, the 43rd mayor of san francisco. [applause] san francismayor lee: good afte. i've been going around this whole city and talking about how many promises we make year in and year out as a city and how many do we really deliver on? this is one of those promises that has been talked about a lot. i've had a lot of discussions with a supervisor of lavalos abt the promises we made ever since we started funding these projects. every time we go to the voters, we are saying, you will get something out of this. you will get jobs. for some reason, they do not appear. promises get made and a lot of times, they just get forgotten. we are actually building these processeprojects. this park will und

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's n

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> being a pedestrian in san francisco is not easy for anybody. >> [inaudible] people push tables and chairs outside the sidewalk. >> i have to be careful not to walk the sidewalk. it is very hard. >> sometimes people get half way across the intersection. >> you have to be alert because there is always something coming up that you need to know about. >> i learned to listen to the traffic patterns. sometimes i notice the other pedestrians, they are crossing, on occasion, i have decided i'm going to cross, too. i get to the middle of the intersection, and i find out that the light has changed. >> we need to be able to work and go from one place to the other and have public transportation. the world needs to be open. >> people

[applause] the rebuild, obviously helps our local economy. ll be over 3000 jobs created as a result of the lalre our local hire san franciscans. that goes a long way to one of -- hiring more of our great people in everything we do. over 10% of the contractors are local businesses already working on the contract, with more to come. this hospital is the busiest emergency room in the city. and because of this rebuild, it will triple in the size of a number of emergency rooms that it has, and it will be equipped to double the capacity of to 120 beds. with the size of the hospital being rebuilt, with the seismic standards it will have, with the way we approach that as a city family with our great private leaders in the sector joining the city, i cannot but repeat to you -- this hospital and the foundation that it has had to help it is the heart of the city and county of san francisco. that is why i enjoy this. if there is anything i know this year even these first few weeks on the job, my love for the city has grown even deeper. thank you very much

as local businesses, we support the local economy. we also support the concept of hiring local residents. however, there exists a combination of restrictions which make compliance highly impractical, if not impossible. these include california state laws regarding electrical installations and our apprenticeship standards. chairperson avalos: please continue. i would love to hear more of what you have to say. >> state law mandates the electric work in california to be formed by a state-certified electricians. there are approximately 450 electrician's living in san francisco. of this pool of certified electricians, 285 are union electricians, which we are contractually bound to hire. these union electricians are distributed among one-hundred- plus contract is bound by the local hiring ordinance, which prohibits hiring outside of the hiring hall and does not allow dispatch by geographical location. all of those items, we are trying to work with to remedy and help us meet the requirements. new hires come from our apprentice applicant list.

last year's marathon pumped $2 million into the local economy.hat is a benefit for the city, as well as helping the city's image. there are a lot of police officers and city personnel in charge of traffic control and some of the security out here. the cost of all of that is about $180,000. however, the city of oakland isn't paying for any of that. the event organizers and sponsors are. live in oakland, allie rasmus. >> runners headed north towards rockridge. now heading east towards the oakland hills, and will eventually head back west towards international boulevard. runners circle around lake merritt before hitting the finish line. >>> good morning to you. giving you a live look at oakland this morning, where we continue to see the gray skies. they will be back again for today as we watch another round of rain roll into the area. but this storm is going to be a lot weaker than what we have seen. we may only pick up a few one hundredth of rain. the north bay will see a better chance. the rain already falling in some cases. san rafael, mill valle

president and the staff of the bank in terms of our understanding of what is happening in the local economy. and in the regional economy. so most, most of the work is advisory. i mean we vote on the election of the president of the bank. which is probably our most important job. and we vote on the recommendations with regard to monetary policy and what will happen with interest rates. but that's based on the expertise and the expert advise of the president and his staff. >> what kind of things do you feel strongly as a board member? and they know that kathryn wylde is going do this? >> i would say my main contribution is trying to help the fed be more accessible to the average person. to help people understand what it does and how important it is. the fact that the new york fed is the banker to the central banks of the world. the golden arm basement of the new york fed is not american gold for the most part. you can go down and see the names of every country in the world that have their gold stashed there because they trust that institution. and i think for a long time the american people a

one that stands out for me is education, economic and work force of the element, stimulating the local economy. we have the third street merchant corridor and an opportunity to revitalize what i consider to be the main artery of the bayview district, of the southeast quarter. third street is a pretty long streak. from at&t park, it goes all the way to candlestick park. there is a lot of opportunity. don't squander that. we wanted to be a healthy mix that reflects the cultural history of the southeast part of the city. >> what are your thoughts on how the city can deal with the budget issue? >> we are in a very difficult time financially as a country, as a state, as a county. we have a multimillion-dollar deficit. what i see is we have competing priorities. >> ok. >> there's a whole host of non- profit and service organizations that provide a service and a social safety net for people. if people are not able -- they're not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. i would like to see the city continued to move

local economies face economic ruin it they do. they are offering drastic price reductions to win back customers. we decided to go to the airport and ask vacationers where they are going and why they decided for or against these destinations. >> to be booked egypt, now we have booked again. >> all of the of people is just a matter of time. i would go there. >> i would not do it. there is not enough of an incentive for me. >> by german colleagues went anyway and they were happy and content, saying that they had never had such a nice holiday. >> i have been to tunisia and morocco. i do not know if human rights arheld in high esteem there. but they are not the worst countries. >> there are so many other activities going on. it is crazy to boycott a place just because of violations. >> i have been to china i cannot say that human rights are respected there. on the other hand, i did not go to south africa until apartheid was ended. >> vacationers, tourists, they can see what is going on in the country. i think that they can have an effe

the local economy is spread across the five boroughs with small business and retail and colleges. our job base is spread across five boroughs that came together. that makes up new york city. primarily the heavy economic lift is in manhattan. the burroughs provide housing and local employment and neighborhood shopping. >> how does one become a member of partnership for new york city? >> our membership is the chief executives of companies that are headquartered or have a substantial presence in new york city. they have to really -- mr. rockefeller's principal and the involvement once you have to be engaged. you do not just send a check. our interest is in attracting top business leaders who are committed to the city personally who want to get involved with the issues that affect the city. that has become much easier because one of our partnership members became mayor bloomberg at the end of 2001. he has attracted everybody who is serious about international business andy understands the importance of this city. what david rockefeller saw -- he was one of the first to articulate was

city officials say it shows a different side to the city while boosting the local economy. >> they estimate they will have $2 million sent today in the city of oakland. >> business owners say the bay area is a desirable place to visit. people from 35 different states and six different countries participated in the weekend event. race organizers are are hoping to make it a national event similar to the new york and boston marathon. >>> 6:27 now there are only four teams left standing in the mens ncaa tournament. yeah they are happy. the fans of virginia commonwealth still celebrating this morning after their team beat the anothers and made -- beat the odds and made it in. they will face butler university on saturday. one of the las vegas gambling experts says the odds were 13,000 to 1 to winning. >>> time now 6:27. it's a way top raise money during these days of very deep budget cuts. new stops for tour buses could help spruce up one san francisco neighborhood. >>> in vacaville this morning police are investigating an explosion at a mans house. >>> welcome back to the morning news. they just

jobs much once everything is built, the city projects it will bring 62 million a year into the local economy and 2 million of that would be generated for the city's general fund. >> it creates a sense of community and connection to the sports teams as well as creating jobs and economic development so it's a win-win for everybody. >> this project is privately funded , and right now they're still in the process of getting permits. once all that work is done, then we'll have a better sense of a time line of when this stadium will actually be built and open to the public. recording live from san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ahead, a dog making national headlines because he's still alive. this is a critical day for football fans, whether they'll be an nfl season this fall the question. >>> any rhine heading rain heading our way? we'll get the full forecast. >>> a deal announced at the white house could mean changes to our local highway. >>> new developments this new time in the fight over president obama's healthcare overhaul. a federal judge issued a ruling a short time ago declaring that stat

it would also put san francisco at the leading edge of thinking about how gardens fit into the local economy. i would love to answer any of the questions you have. we would very much appreciate your support. have a great valentines day. >> any further public comment? >> i am actually here for another item but i live half a block from the hayes valley farm. i moved in before i knew the farm would happen. i would have to say since the farm has been created the process of the creation and the existence so far dramatically improved the quality of life in the neighborhood. i say it as someone who does not volunteer on site. i haven't had a chance to buy anything and who doesn't have kids. definitely i have noticed it connected my part of

ground-breaking legislation to strengthen local hiring, addressing high unemployment, and boosting our local economy. thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: good morning. good afternoon. it's great to be here. mayor lee, you are speaking my language. it's wonderful to hear. i'm excited about where we are right now. we passed legislation late december. became law. that was only the first guard. we had to move all of our state departments to work together to make sure that we had an implementation for local hire that was going to work and trickled down to the community level. being here today at the playground in hearing the children's voices at a playground where i've played ball -- i always thought that this would be about creating big, municipal buildings, big monuments. we know that it trickles down to the neighborhood level. there are probably people in the city build classical have been to this park as children and to have taken their kids to this park. they may be part of the work that is constructed here. they will come afterwards and use the facilities they built with their own hand

it shows a different side of the city while boosting the local economy. >> they estimate we'll have $2 million spent today in the city of oakland. >> business owners say the bay area is a desirable place for a marathon and runners and families to visit. people from 35 different states and six different countries participated in the event. >>> squeeze into the slammer. why bay area jails could be getting more crowded in the near future. >>> and a controversial part of the bay bridge is getting high praise this morning. why contractors lover the s- curve. >>> as we go to break. here is a live look outside. we are looking forward to sun and warmer temperatures this week. steve paulson will have another check at your temperatures coming up in a few minutes. >>> in vacaville this morning police are trying to discover the motive behind yesterday's powerful explosion. >>> well last week and the week before was rain, rain, rain. i'm happy to say this week it will not be that way. how warm will it get? >>> also week two of the barry bonds' trial starts today. which of his closest friends is set

transactions, which total about $12 billion to $14 billion a year -- that money will stay in our local economies. right now, there is a lot of media attention about this money going up into the banking system, and the banks responding by limiting your ability to use your debit card to $50 or $100. a consumer said that if a bank did that, they would eat their debit card. the are not really thinking that is going to happen. i do want to remind the public that the money that stays in your community is circulated in your community. any reduction in the cost of these transactions will provide significant benefits. these are the benefits that pay prevailing wages. these are the benefits that pay for health care. this is money we have to invest in our community and spend in our community. this is money that stays in our community. please support the durbin amendment. that is my report. thanks. commissioner o'brien: any other commissioners with commissioner reports? seeing none, next item. >> item 17, general public comment. commissioner o'brien: seeing none. >> item 18, new business. commissioner clyde

economy. we're looking at opportunities on how we can use federal dollars to support the local hiring ordinances. it's not clear from the fta as to their position at this juncture. i know my colleagues, as long as myself, will be in d.c. next week. i have a meeting with the fta administrator on wednesday. i will be talking to him directly as it relates to central subway and this local ordinance. >> [inaudible] >> let me say this. this is common throughout all federally funded projects. we've always had a provision that says that we will implement all of our local laws to the extent they do not violate any federal rules and regulations. it's as simple as that. what we are trying to do is make sure that the feds understand what we're trying to do. there are a lot of provisions. when we crafted this local hiring ordinance with the board -- there's a lot of flexibility. you have to look at the language. the flexibility allows us to work on federal contracts without conflict. there are many aspects of this, whether it is our reach, whether it is educating the family of contractors to use city build,

they are major contributors to the local economy and our vital cultural assets that increase health and happiness for citizens to pay government taxes. we are gathered to night to share our stories of electronic dance music events and the positive impact they have had on our lives. our right to dance, assemble, and freedom of expression is protected by the constitution. unless we continue to make our voices heard, it is easy for those rights to get swept under the rug. i would like to commend supervisor weiner who has introduced a resolution recognizing our social, economic, and public-health value. this is a huge step in ensuring the city will be working with us. we have about to celebrate. thank you for that. on that note, no the community is paying attention every step of the way. we expect accountability, fairness, and harm reduction, instead of eliminating the events we care so deeply about. i would like to thank the commissions for hosting this hearing tonight. thank you. commissioner zukerman: i am going to call five people at a time. if you can line up, that would be great. our

they fill up hotel rooms, and they pour money into the local economy. it is actually estimated that a rave in one area brought in about $40 million for the county. there was also aid money for japan. a regulated party can be shut down, and unregulated one can be happening. it is my note important thought -- it is important that they are not shut down. thank you. note president newlin: next speaker, please. >> thank you. i am honored and humbled to be here. my name is -- and i was introduced to music and dance when i was a child. including hip hop in the 1980's. i went to the school of the arts in san francisco. music that made me feel, touched my soul, and let me see what could be created. this is electronic music, and it has never left my heart. this is a part of my role that i share with people. the music i chose. it was the whole experience, and we fell more in love with it together. i became part of the scene over one decade ago. the moment i walked in, i knew it was made for me. peace, love, unity, respect, and responsibility is our mantra. i have

we need to help the local economy. i do understand neighbor's concern. >> is there any additional public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. vice-president miguel: to me, this is a little bit difficult. there are several questions involved. i would like to ask the architect, how are you handling your garbage? >> commissioners, the rear patio was not only house the refrigeration instrument but we set aside for storage. also, this is something that restaurant ownership passed to manage. this is from the patio. they will bring the dishes inside and put them into the dishwasher. eventually, we will have to move that garbage bin to the front street. we will use rubber wheels on that. >> thank you. the conditions of approval seem to me to differ from other conditions of approval, particularly where there is patio seating involved. they do not reference hours of operation. >> that is correct. the department would be willing to add suitable hours of operation controls. it could be from 10:00 until 10:0

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. there are three things we want you to take away. how to open a air way and when to do it and control bleeding and treat shock and we want to talk about disaster medicine an death by trauma and by that i mean the body is acted upon by outside force and first is instant yainous and occurs in minutes and are we going to do much for this person? not so much. maybe in the predisaster situation and making the place safer but once someone is hit with something heavy and die within minutes you're not going to happen, and the next is occurring within minutes of the injury and bleeding to death or having their air way blocked or some unrecognized medical problem and this is the group we're going to help, and the third is die afterwar

god i don't know their day and wrong across appalachians coal fields mining jobs are vital to local economies my husband has worked with messi for just eight or nine years and they all. we really appreciate last day that's where we get our money in that you know our way of living but traditional deep mining requires more workers than mountaintop removal since nine hundred fifty the total number of mining jobs has steadily decreased from approximately one hundred twenty thousand to less than twenty thousand today over the same period coal production has steadily increased many coalfield residents are also concerned about another byproduct of coal production slurry pons. the slurry impalements the way that we dispose of the refuse that comes from the cleaning of coal. which is literally nothing but dirt and rock coming that's what you're separating from the coal so that's what you're disposing of it's not toxic it's not you know as people many people would like you to believe that there's something only it's the indigenous dirt and rock that is caught up in the coal seam and that natural materi