did marc benioff personally try to recruit you? >> marc benioff called and we met with him. lacob, my partner, met with them. together, we fashioned an arrangement. it was expensive and we decided that this was the place to make the move. it offered us a higher degree of certainty, a timeline that was most effective, and really the kind of accoutrements that were hard-pressed to get at other places. >> when you talk about being privately funded, how do we think about where the money comes from, that whole process? >> did you ever get a rotator cuff injury? you turn your hand and reach in the back pocket and pull it out? that is the kind of money it is. it is all privately financed by the ownership and by the partners involved with the enterprise. without looking at public funds, we are going to be an active participant in the city and a good listener to the marketplace. we are going to be very responsive. the idea is we are a private citizen building a private venue for the benefit and purpose of all san francisco bay citizens. it really gives us the opportunity to control o

the ceo marc benioff says other tech companies should do the same. >> they need to realize the real happiness they will have is from giving back to others. >> reporter: it's that spirit that has helped this project move forward according to mayor lee. >> it isn't really about corporate expansion. it's about more volunteers in our education system. it's about more people-centing to the things we need to get done in the city. >> reporter: the tower is located next to the new transbay terminal also under construction a project congresswoman nancy pelosi convinced the feds to help support. >> i can get what i get for the city is not just my being able to sell something. it's the consensus that it's here, the model to the country that san francisco has always been a public-private nonprofit partnership. >> reporter: this is one of several locations forced elsewhere in downtown san francisco. when this tower is open the company will have over 2 million square feet of office space. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> two san francisco 49ers due in santa clara courtrooms today a little m

marc benioff says other companies should do the same. >> they should realize the real happiness is givingack to others. >> reporter: it's that spirit that's helped this project move forward according to mayor lee. >> it isn't really about corporate expansion. it's about more volunteers in our education system. it's about more people that are going to contribute to the things we need to get done in our city. >> reporter: the tower is located right next to the new transbay terminal also under construction, a project congresswoman nancy pelosi convinced the feds to help support. >> why i can get what i get for the city is not just my being able to sell something. it's the consensus that its here, the model to the country that san francisco has always been a public-private nonprofit partnership. >> reporter: this is one of several salesforce locations in downtown san francisco. and when this office building is complete, they will have over 2 million square feet of office space. in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5 >>> just how dangerous is it to walk the streets of san francisco right now?

marc benioff is the c-e-o of satellite their radar shows high clouds. you can see that coming in from the west both parts will burn off as we head into the afternoon. the cloud cover will remain in the coast line. temperatures will cool off dramatically. we will see temperatures mainland the 60s along the coast still looking at fairly warm conditions inland. we will see mid to upper '70s for the east bay interior spots. sam until today checking in at 74. upper '70's down and the south bay. overall we're looking at very warm conditions for this time of year. here's a look to 7 day around the bay forecast. by early next week keeping sunshine around looking for to very mild and pleasant conditions over the next seven days. a very pleasant conditions out of the road. not tracking the hot spots. though we are seeing a back up in a couple of caspar cash lanes. perhaps is a shift change. as to turn our attention to the san mateo bridge drive times are still clocking in at 12 to 13 minutes. wrapping up our bridge check at a look at the sam richmond san rafael b

sales force founder marc benioff is giving $100 million to ucsf children's hospital and children's hospital oakland. the money will support existing clinical research as well as help attract new expertise. the donation also means a new name for the east bay hospital. it will now be known as ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland. >>> when you go to a restaurant, how much do you normally tip? 15%? 20%? well, now there's a restaurant that refuses to accept your tips. after customers eat and drink at brand 158 in glendale, there is no need to do the usual calculations. customers see it on the menu. they see it on the receipt. no tips accepted here. >> service has not suffered. employees are happy. the prices speak for themselves. >> i know that i can just be myself and be at ease with the customer and i'm not trying to make some money off of them. you know, it's good. >> here's where it goes. waiters and waitresses apaid higher wages up front because of the no tipping policy. one more thing cash payments are also discouraged here. they say for sanitary reasons. by the way, brand 158 isn't th

i'm not part of such of thing, but such a thing is being organized by ron conway and marc benowitz. >> benioff. >> benioff, excuse me. i'm not familiar with the details of it, but they are trying to do exactly what you have said for the benefit of san francisco. >> i don't know if you caught it. at the very end of it, the tail end of his question, he injected the premise that the tech community is exacerbating the problems of poverty in san francisco specifically. >> well, they're not. they're just making enough to pay higher rents, but i don't see that as exacerbating the problems of poverty. >> thank you. i wanted to say as a reminder to our radio audience, this program is presented by the commonwealth club's inforum "connect your intellect." for more about inforum and its upcoming events, please visit us on facebook or follow us @inforumsf on twitter. tonight, we're hosting tom perkins, "the war on the 1%," and we have another question in the audience. please. >> hi, mr. perkins. i'm a student at stanford law school, and in my free time from playing video games, two of the things i do are -

i'm not part of such of thing, but such a thing is being organized by ron conway and marc benowitz. >> benioff. >> benioff, excuse me. i'm not familiar with the details of it, but they are trying to do exactly what you have said for the benefit of san francisco. >> i don't know if you caught it. at the very end of it, the tail end of his question, he injected the premise that the tech community is exacerbating the problems of poverty in san francisco specifically. >> well, they're not. they're just making enough to pay higher rents, but i don't see that as exacerbating the problems of poverty. >> thank you. i wanted to say as a reminder to our radio audience, this program is presented by the commonwealth club's inforum "connect your intellect." for more about inforum and its upcoming events, please visit us on facebook or follow us @inforumsf on twitter. tonight, we're hosting tom perkins, "the war on the 1%," and we have another question in the audience. please. >> hi, mr. perkins. i'm a student at stanford law school, and in my free time from playing video games, two of the things i do are -