city. we looked at this last year due to a management letter issued by our city auditor's for our report. that is in response to that particular management letter. we, in conjunction with treasury, did a risk assessment of all of the attributes and looked at the 10 highest risk areas. we completed 10 this year and will complete 10 in the next fiscal year. we instituted a payroll audit program to look at are we paying our payroll appropriately according to law, according to our ammo you -- our memo use 00 o -- our mou's. our goal is to revamp -- is to revamp at least six departments. in our capital improvement area, we would like to look at the four different bonds we have. that includes the clean and safe neighborhood parks and earthquake emergency response. we anticipating -- we anticipate doing quite a bit of work in this area, internally or externally, to have a general look at how our bond money is being spent, looking at our construction and the relationship with our contractors and dpw and various departments. as supervisor camos k -- campos knows, we had other items look that under

at of its and -- at audits, we also look city-wide out what audits have occurred over time. we look at a matrix and work with the coordinator's office to maintain those programs. in terms of the work plan, we function on a calendar year rather than the fiscal year. the board of supervisors did approve of our work plan for 2011. we are coming forward now because we have completed all audits we have previously been working on, to put the remaining program for 2011. this is through december of 2011. it also is not the entirety of what we have available in terms of resources. chairperson campos: i was wondering on whether you could say a little bit about that and what supervisors can do. supervisor farrell: how much is left in terms of hours locked off? where are we going to be with these main ones? >> if these audits are approved, we have about 300 hours left in the bank for the next six months of the year. if these were approved, we estimated they would take about 2000 hours. that would leave 1600 hours remaining, which should be sufficient to take on another project. the mot

it is a good looking city. john wells was really specific about not setting it in the south or anywhere where people would say, listen to the funny accent. those people are like that. he wanted this to get under people's skin. that is why chicago was a great choice. tavis: i am laughing whether people welcome your thoughts. >> they used to say that. tavis: we'll see. your career has burgeoned and blossomed over the years. primarily connected to your independent film work. unless i missed something, this is your first tv series. >> it is. i have done tv. i was on "er." show.an arc on my wife's but the first time i have done a series. watching felicity do it " desperate housewives" was an eye opener. all of the things that frighten me about it, the same character ad nauseam, made it look fun. tavis: so you are watching felicity, how much she loves it. as a transfer to you? >> it has. i am not a great show and i have the role of the century. for the first time, sometimes i will hold the line so that more time to m

if you look at the 10-year capital plan, we looked at city street lights, and we cut those by $18 million over the next 10 years. we look at transmission and distribution systems for hetch hetchy and cut that by $100 million. we look at maintenance of our power houses and cut that by $25 million. if the transmission system fails, if the powerhouses fail, you have no programs, no substantive general fund, no solar program. all of those programs are canceled because there is no money to fund them. at the same time, we look at renewable generation for city facilities, renewable generation for non-city facilities, and energy efficiency conservation programs for city facilities, which is pretty much a direct general fund subsidy by taking care of lighting, hvac and other types of programs. we cut all three of those programs by a similar amount. in each case, they went from mid-$40 million to about $50 million over the next 10 years. we thought that was judicious. we still think it is. if you look at the non-power side of hetch hetchy, it is basically a flat budget over the next few years. we d

budget, we have a pension and we have relationships with all of our different parts of the city to be able to look further forward. this is the first time i've introduced a five-year budget planning for the city, and that meant a completely different dialogue with people. some people said, you mean i don't have to struggle with you this year just whether or not we're going to survive, whether it's a community-based agency helping us with aids or another agency helping us with our environment? they didn't have to ask that, because we invited them in to say, let's talk about this year and let's talk about the next four years and how we can collaborate with each ofments that's another different tone. but it also says we want you here. it also says we can evolve with you and we can help build and build capacity where there isn't. and if you've got a great purpose and a good program and you can implement it well, then we should be planning for that capacity to work with the city. the city will not be able to do this all alone. that's been proven time and time again. the cities who have tried that will

and in the big picture, when you look at city finances, things are starting to look of a little bit out there in the economy. we are aware of that. we're not out of the woods, but there are glimmers of hope on the horizon compared to where we were over the last two or three years. we are in slightly better shape and starting to see some of our revenues as the economy begins to pick back up. it is stabilizing, not dropping as they have been. we're starting to see a little glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel. at the same time, while the revenues are stabilizing, we have other things that are going on that have financial challenges for this year and for the foreseeable future unless we take some actions to correct our structural budget challenges. we're losing money from the state and federal governments as they tackle their own budget deficits. we have used a significant amount of federal money to balance the budget for the last couple of years, including money from the federal stimulus package that has gone away. we are on our own, and as i am sure you are aware, the state budget ha

become a large economic boom, and we need to pay attention to how much that benefits us as a city. >> it looks like we are just about out of time, and it sounds like there is a lot happening in city hall today, so we are going to wrap this up. >> there is. >> always. are there any other issues or things you would like to share briefly with respect to your new position as supervisor, or thoughts you have about san francisco before we wrap up our conversation? >> i touched on it earlier. for me, personally, especially coming from my background outside of city government, i knew my role on all the economic activity in san francisco, focusing on jobs, but also, a lot of quality of life issues. young families, what is like to live here as a san francisco, and what we can do in city hall to make life better for san francisco residents. to me, that is a huge deal. i think we have lost focus on that in city hall over the past few years. it is something i want to focus on. to me, it is a huge priority, why i did this. i will be very true what i talk about on the campaign trail. representing a. 2, but a

we are looking at the city's expenses next year, and they are much greater than the income we have. by law, we have to balance the budget. [speaking spanish] 30 years ago, city government was responsible for the majority of services that we are now receiving. 30 years ago, nonprofits started serving with the goal of having -- instead of reducing costs, provide services to the community. so we have city working in partnership with nonprofit agencies to provide the services you are all provided -- child care, public housing, legal services, support for the elderly, things like that. [speaking spanish] some of the things that are at stake right now is the proposed cuts are to homeless shelter closures. i am speaking in terms of the specific numbers we will be able to pass out later. also, proposed cuts to legal services to elders. there are proposed cuts from 20% to 100% for some after-school programs that do health promotion and also homework help. there are proposed cuts of 15% to women who suffer domestic violence. the list goes on and on. next slide please. all right, so -- [speaki

i want to make sure that when you finished your first year and are looking for a job, look us up at city hall. we have some internships. we have some things going on that you can spend time this summer helping us do. look out around you, talk to your friends and tell them to be proud of what they're doing. just because some people say, " you are in college, maybe you are spending your time the wrong way peter -- spending your time the wrong way." you are spending it the right way. i want to thank you for focusing on battery yourselves and better in your community. thank you very much. -- battering yourselves and your community. thank you very much -- bettering yourselves and your community. thank you very much. >> thank you. we want to bring up the western regional general manager for microsoft. thank you so much. [applause] >> i could not be more honored or excited to be able to represent microsoft at this event. it is so important. and this is one of the most exciting parts of my job. today, we are partnering with the san francisco unified school district, the sanford cisco education f

just as we look at implementing our by plan -- i know we are looking at city-wide, but i offered to see that a great deal of the resources go in the center part of the city, and a few would go out towards excelsior and son said, and to

i would hope that we looked at the cross pollination of these most vulnerable populations in our city and did not be a d-10 issue, but we look at empirical data for were the highest risk populations are, where emerging populations are in terms of immigrant populations. public safety, jobs, health are synonymous with the highest level of needs in our community. we know that. i would ask respectfully, supervisor -- you know i love you. i would ask respectfully that we respect our people first. and we look at generating revenue and ideas. not saying what we need. we're talking about synergy and strategy. we're talking about a more aggressive position in terms of pursuit at the state and local level. i would respectfully ask that when president obama comes to our beautiful city that there be a request put before him that we look at the city and county, which is the city and the municipality, ok? we got some showers here that need no where else. to -- we got some powers here that ain't nowhere else. we are a city and county. we are a consolidated neighborhood. we may have missed our opport

and shape of our city looks like. one thing i am proud about in this project, which i cannot take credit for, is the immense community outreach and input and process them and through this development, and to talk to folks who were formerly homeless who felt like their input was heard and taken into account into with this new neighborhood would look like. up to 2400 units of affordable housing for the city of san francisco, something that our city definitely needs. something to be clapped for. [applause] an unprecedented number of units going to formerly homeless communities as well. sherri williams and many of the community-based organizations will continue to not only provide affordable housing but actually support the community as well. we are looking at a mixed income neighborhood in treasure island. treasure island will have an impact on the city. i want to think ross mirkarimi and david chiu for introducing some changes to the development agreements, which will help to mitigate some of these impacts. of course, t

budget, we have a pension and we have relationships with all of our different parts of the city to be able to lookfurther forward. this is the first time i've introduced a five-year budget planning for the city, and that meant a completely different dialogue with people. some people said, you mean i don't have to struggle with you this year just whether or not we're going to survive, whether it's a community-based agency helping us with aids or another agency helping us with our environment? they didn't have to ask that, because we invited them in to say, let's talk about this year and let's talk about the next

they look at the entire city budget to find solutions. all we can do is look to the health department. i certainly sympathize with your feeling about this. >> thank you. i am happy to say that maria sue from the department of children and families is here as well. next speaker. >> my highest priority in the city is to see that our vulnerable populations are protected. i want to express appreciation to mayor lee for an approach that has been unprecedented this year in holding many meetings with community-based organizations to hear our side of the story and also to have transparency and stop some of the cuts before they happen. the cuts to organizations will cost us more in prison and hospital costs in the end. we need to fix that. we need to take more of a revenue approach. i realize this is potentially long term. banks caused the mess we're in. banks and large corporations need to do their fair share to get us out of this. yes, we need tax reform. i am not a fan of the piecemeal twitter approach. let's put this on the ballot next year. le

we are also a tourist city and how our city looks is critical for those who come here as well as those of us who visit here, and we cannot diminish our city in this way. nothing says poor neighborhood like a neighborhood with no trees. that is exactly what will happen if we defund the city's program, and for people will not be able to afford the maintenance of these trees, and the neighborhoods will suffer, and our whole city will suffer, so i urge you to find the funds to keep the tree program going. thank you very much. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak and thank you very much for calling this hearing. i have spent a lot of time studying and getting involved with street trees over the years. i am the author of a book about the street trees of san francisco, so it's something i did a lot of attention to over the years. i understand the need for shared sacrifice, but there's something unique about the tree situation that makes it different from other areas. there has been a plan to cut nutrias in each of your neighborhoods. loo

supervisor avalos: do you see, looking at overall city guidelines that you probably operate under, where would you draw the line? >> by statute, we have valid consideration voids -- proximity to schools, proximity to libraries, proximity to public parks, proximity to boys and girls scouts centers, and clubs, so those are all things that would be -. -- negative. government-supported housing. we could go on and on. in this case, this is a pretty vibrant -- pedestrian commercial area. many times i have come before the committee and said we have a nice business plan, but it does not fit the location. we have a great operator, good business plan, but we're struggling with the location the strip -- they chose. in this case, it is the opposite. this is not a concept i would like to see all of the city, but if someone comes in with the right business plan for the right location, we are going to look at it. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. this item is still open for public comment. with any other members of the public like to comment? seeing none come forward, we will close public comment. >> -

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multi-year time scale and report back on the city's progress integrating climate planning and environmental justice. the members of the advisory panel look forward to working with the city and private sector employers in identifying further specific actions to promote green jobs in san francisco. on behalf of the panel, which includes myself, kevin daniher, laurie bernstein with goodwill industries, teresa, and elliott hoffman with true market solutions , inc. thank you. [applause] >> and last, but not least, we have our representatives from the business advisory panel, christina page with yahoo and melissa. [applause] >> good afternoon, mayor lee. we were asked to just comment very briefly before sending our letter on the experience that companies had in the advisory panel. on behalf of yahoo, in addition to finding this dialogue both inspiring and thought provoking, it doesn't sound very reassuring because we discovered that the stea's climate action plan shares a lot of the beliefs that we have in constructing our corporate environmental strategy about how you attack this proper of climate change. the first is, how urgent is this prob

looked at google and the exchange solutions. we had our architecture group which is made up of c.i.o.'s around the city, look at all three solutions and went through a several-year process considering the technologies that underline each of the solutions, the benefits to the city and at the end of the conversation it was unanimous between all of the c.i.o.'s during the city that the exchange platform that the city wanted to adopt for a lot of reasons. one of the things i wanted to stress the most for us making the decision is we have a strategic vision for the city of where we want to be over the next five years. and the exchange solution for us sit very well and where we are going in terms of our office products, what we like to use for microsoft word and excel and powerpoint. we have a robust share environment in the city where a lot of departments have adopted and starting to use share point. we are starting to rapidly deploy applications now on platform, starting to use that. so as we come down to an email solution it wasn't a point decision whether we -- i think the city is taking into considerati

in fact, here is a look at cities for you. 91 is the expected high. 90 for cupertino. look for 70 tomorrow for half moon bay. 90 redwood city. san francisco, upper 70s to right near 80 degrees. mild in the city. 90 petaluma and 92 for napa. oaknd la,85. 87 for union city. and interior east bay, this is when we get concerned about the high heat with the pets and folks susceptible. 94 for concord and 96 brentwood and 78 for santa cruz. my accu-weather seven-day forecast, tuesday is the hottest day in the forecast. and it is also the first day of summer. so tuesday, temperatures near 100. 90s around the bay and 70s near the coast. we will get a break in the heat and clear things back down. >> gonna get hot. >>> talked to rick quan who is in for shu and the u.s. open. it is a guy they are calling the new tiger woods. >> rory was hot all week. and the a's bring out the brooms as landon powell goes deep for the first never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment

cities. we really are looking for some of the best practices in education and workforce development, in integration of diverse populations and affordability and quality of life issues in cities and regions and also -- and sustainability, in which encompasses a broad range of things. it's primarily environmental sustainability. the overarching theme which i think is particularly pertinent here in the bay area is regional governance and cooperation where we try to emphasize move each of our cities that they really need to figure out in their broader economic region, not just within their city limits. so how do you coordinate with the communities around you to advance some of these policy issues, whether it's transportation, environmental improvements, economic development, education systems, workforce training, etc. these are some of the issues that we really want to publicize the best practices so that practitioners such as ourselves can bring these ideas back home and really move an issue forward. i think here in the bay area, bringing this group of four european experts here has really been an int