the average wage is more than jg to the local economy. sands 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

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.

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. hey, mark. hey, mark. hey. where've you been? i lost my cat. aw. that's not right. yeah. so i made this cat magnet to try and get him back. cool. does it work? kinda. [meow] nice. yeah. but that's not my cat. i gotta keep working on it. see ya see ya. see ya. announcer: anything's possible, keep thinking. get started on your own inventions or just play some games at... [stomach rumbles] vincent: sounds like you could use some van goghgurt. it's fortified with arts-rich nutrients to improve your math and reading skills... catch! boy: van goghgurt...thanks. so what's the deal with your ear? vincent: always with the ear, huh... announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org

the strengths are diversity of our economy, the fact our local economy has outperformed most of the stake, part property-tax base remains strong, and as a city and county combined, we have diversity that others did not have. generally speaking, the fiscal management within the confines of the fiscal year has remained very strong. we have demonstrated that time and again with revenue compared with the budget, the mayor and the board quickly responded for many years with solutions to keep the budget in balance. those are the strengths. the weakness which are driving to downgrade or a mixture of things. ithe city has drawn very heavily through its reserves and fund balances. we have drawn down over $100

created over 4000 jobs with over 800 companies which brought $55 million of new activity to our local economy. we were extremely disappointed and congress not -- decided not to continue the program last september. because of the partnership with the mayor's office and the mayor's commitment to jobs and particularly with our private sector leaders, we have been able to move this forward with a combination of continued local, state and some federal funding. i would like to single out scott, the number for the program has been lagging in the private sector, particularly with small businesses. thank you for bringing this to our attention. we ask you, our media partners, to get the word out. there is still potential for hundreds of jobs to qualify between now and june 30th. i think the latest estimate is about 300 new jobs that could be created if companies take advantage of what we've got here. with that, i would like to thank our partners as well as our friends and small-business as we hope will be using this program to put our people back to work. >> good morning. i'm the founder of small busin

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. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> th

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. >> many people are not aware of this building was built in 1936. as a board to preserve the history and make the students aware of that history. the partnering between sfmoma and the arts commission means they will be more aware of the artwork that we have here, the artists that painted a, and the history behind this itself. >> students came from george washington, and it was wonderful to have them on a panel. people from the school board, those who have been painting for years, some conservative errors from the getty. to have them tell us about the works of their school was important. it represents african-american artists to during the 20's and 30's used an incredible body of work. it is one of the most incredible works o

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." 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

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 streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what depa

it began to float local economies. they did an enormous amount of work. they wanted millions of trees. i looked over into alabama across a great forest of trees that were 70 years old. they're planted in huge numbers. imagine the kind of wildlife that becomes. they did an enormous amount of work and when the war was here, there was ready to go fight. this was not what this was intended to do. there are a few statues. they built a lot of lodges and visitor centers. these are just beautiful. amount of landscapes of ccc. this is the park. they did the work in them. the civil works administration was short lived. it was to get the people through the winter. and it was under the administration of a remarkable social worker from iowa named hary hopkins. he was the forerunner of the wpa and the prototype for it. this is a page from the cw a and it showed kids

system, providing an active downtown link with downtown growth and $1 billion introduced into the local economy, representing an unprecedented return of federal dollars in federal investment. a big thank-you goes out for working with us. thank you. >> -- supervisor campos: if i may, there are certain conditions that staff is recommending on page 186 where the mta would respect those conditions. >> my recollection of the board action today is that they are included in the reference and foliate knowledge by the program, which fully intends to comply with the proposed conditions. as we have shown through the prior conditions imposed. >> one of the conditions is the same schedule and cost funding plan adopted by the authority board. is that an action that needs to be taken by the board? >> that action will be taken this afternoon. supervisor campos: rate. thank you very much. supervisor chu: i was surprised to see in camp -- condition no. 2 the delegation of staff. again, i want to understand, did management not understand who was responsible for these management pieces? is there a reason that need

we need to create a better economy for our local artists.his is a city that has many thousands of small businesses. as someone who used to run a small business, the city can do a much better job of nurturing that sector. that is part of the life blood of who we are as san franciscans. >> we could do better. are we on the right track? >> i think we are in a transition right now. we have an interim mayor and a new board of supervisors. i do think we have a new tone at city hall to move things forward. we have a lot of challenges we are facing. i am doing everything i can to put us back on track. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? >> i have been a huge fan of the america's cup. i am proud of this board came together unanimously after a fairly contentious debate to support bringing the america's cup to san francisco in 2013. it is estimated it will not only be an incredible sporting event, not only showcase our city and the natural amphitheater of the bay, but

we have hit bottom and our local economy and have begun to see some modest growth. to the extent that the recovery is more robust and faster than what we are assuming, these numbers will improve. to the extent we see additional said the downturn in the later years, the projections will material affect the numbers down. the report also assumes constant service levels. this is based upon the current year budget. it assumes no major changes to service levels, number of employees, nonprofits, and the like. obviously, as the budget is balanced, that will affect future numbers. the report assumes no change and the labor contracts, and the open labor contracts, medicines cpi. there negotiated -- it assumes the cpi. they are negotiated on a regular basis, and the ultimate outcome of the negotiations are known. lastly, the one that has the potential to change the most is the assumption regarding the state budget. the state of california funds just over 15% of the general fund budget and we are heavily reliant on state funding, in particular for health and human services and

[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

the seevent an important sporting event that will have importance to the local economy, create jobs and will bring positive changes to the san francisco waterfront, whereace an unintended consequence of the race facilities can be the displacement of a number of san francisco small businesses. many of the potentially affected small businesses are destination businesses and contribute to the character and vitality of the city. the small business commission recognizes that the disaccomplicement of many of these businesses may be a necessary consequence in order to hold this international event. when relocating businesses will face significant up front permit, entitlement and impact fee costs, including fees charged by the planning department, department of building inspection, department of public works, sfmta, public utilities commission and other city departments. the office of economic and workforce develop andment the port of san francisco have dedicated staff including a dedicated point person to work with the americas cup race event authority in producing this event. therefore be it

. >>> the royal wedding is helping the local economy as well, and we have live pictures of oakland. moo! >>> well, the world's largest cell phone maker will cut 4,000 jobs by the end of the year. nokia says it's facing stiff competition from smartphone rivals. for more business news before the bell, let's go to nicole lapin. >> reporter: you forgot to say sleepless nicole lapin as well. futures are flat this morning as investors don't seem to take any major positions ahead of the fed's rate decision this afternoon. of course that comes at 12:30 p.m. eastern time. the fed is widely expected to leave interest rates on hold and stick to plans to buy billions in government bonds through june. ben bernanke will hold a press conference at 2:15 p.m. eastern time. the first post briefing ever in the fed's 97-year history. so we're excited for him to meet the press but before that decision we get data on durable goods earnings from boeing and oil giant conoco phillips. after the close we hear from ebay and starbucks. >>> youtube is planning to expand its movie rental business to include more

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

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

for by the developers or by infrastructure bonds or whatever and then repaid by stimulating the local economyese huge investments by the p.u.c. might make sense. but there's already conflicts about the amount of affordable housing required or other public benefits, such that there's no guarantee that city, the developers or the p.u.c., which is what i'm concerned about, is going to be repaid for this investment. [chime] president olague: i just wanted to clarify that this is the only opportunity to speak to the e.i.r. you will have an opportunity to speak to the project at another time in the hearing. >> my name is dick millett. i'm a former president of the boosters neighborhood association. i'm speaking for myself. i just noticed in the little handout here, the project description doesn't address parking. it does talk about 8,000 homes, 500 hotel rooms, 100,000 square feet of office space. i don't believe the ridge can handle it. i don't think the ferries can handle it that don't exist. i question are we going to charge a toll to help out the bridge, which keeps going up and up, or half a t

respect to the biotechnology industry, including whether or not that has helped to revive the local economy, whether it has created jobs, whether it has created an increase in property tax revenue for the city and whether or not it has helped to create a biotechnology industry, and i request this be forwarded to the government technology industry. finally, i request to be joined along with supervisor wiener on congratulating the bay area reporter, the local lgbt newspaper, that is celebrating its 40th anniversary. i speak as an openly gay man, when i say that the publication from my own experience serves such a critical role in the life of not only the lgbt community, but all of san francisco. as an openly gay man first moving into san francisco, you saw that as a great resource to know what is going on in the community and to this day to find out what is going on with the community and issues that impact the community, that is the place to go, and we are very lucky that such a publication is here in the city, and i know they will be celebrating this week, so i want to congratulate them, an