goal and what we need to do to continue striving to meet our longer-term goals is the director, melanie nutter. >> thank you for all the great work you have done in the mayor's office to enable the city success on addressing climate change. i am thrilled to be here today as a representative of the department of the environment to announce the progress we have made. we have made progress on greenhouse gas reductions and our waste reduction efforts in san francisco. i do want to thiank mayor lee for his incredible leadership and support on stability. sustainability issues. i am sure all of you know the climate change threats we're facing in san francisco being a city surrounded by water on three sides. under a do nothing scenario, sea level rise could lead up to 90 miles of major bay area roadways as well as our airport as well as many businesses in the area. the impact would not only be environmental, but economic and social as well. cities could face up to $48 billion of infrastructure damage and significant public health impact could occur in san francisco. i do not need to tell all of you th

nutter. can you talk about some of the programs to make college here affordable. >> sure. i think that when melanie talked about not only at the secondary level, the top program having an impact on the k through 12 experience, certainly you see as was mentioned earlier, many of our colleges and universities trying to get away from the loans. we have been talking to the local institutions here trying to increase financial aid from a grant standpoint. we have a number of great colleges and universities, not only here in pennsylvania, but in the tri-state area, 101 colleges and universities. i meet with the college presidents, college and university presidents on a regular basis. we talk about this issue of afford ability. one, we want more young people in philadelphia to be able to attend a college or university in the tri-state area, try to hold on to our folks and tuition often is a major barrier. the mayor's office of education, our philly goes to college program, we are helping young people get access to the grants and trying to stay away from loans and work with our colleges, our universities to