mr. gavin newsom. you have abused the community that use that park. if you are making decisions about what type of people will go on those trails and you're putting motorized transportation in there. go to hell. go to hell, you people. >> is there anyone else that will like to comment? public comment is closed. commissioner levitan: i have a question. [chime] my time is up. [laughter] the first is, why do these vehicles have to go on the pathway? >> one of the wonderful things about them going on the pathway is that it allows people with disabilities to experience areas of the parts that cannot otherwise get to. the route to brings us to the very west end of the park which is very hard to get to unless you have a mechanized mode of transportation for folks that are either elderly or young. i should not say that, elderly or disabled. the other reason is because it allows us to experience parts of the park better not on the main route. lots of people make it to the japanese tea gardens. very few people make it to the redwood forests and. -- forest. >com

mr. gavin newsom, and he put together this action plan. i want to know who's in control. >> ♪ i want to know, yeah who's in control right here in san francisco yeah i ask the mayor but he really didn't care you know why he's out the door he's tiptoeing up to sacramento and i'm going to talk about you all the board of supervisors some of you are a bunch of liars and you all are going to pick the next mayor the redevelopment i'm going foff to sue and -- to have to sue and make a settlement all the money they spent we don't know where it went and it ain't no accident and now they're gone you know what housing authority they just ignore me then we got the h.r.c. force forgs the human rights you better listen to me it ain't no mystery just check your history and look around blacks are leaving town what's going down blacks are leaving this town where's willie brown i guess we're going to have to talk together to jerry brown yeah you know what thrs the second -- this is the second time and i bet he knows what's going down in this town right now i

if you do not take care of the four and the six -- i would get up, and gavin would be sitting next me, and i would say, "mr. newsom, you are going to go to hell if you do not take care of the poor and the sick." everything you are doing, every minute of what you are doing right now is what it is about in life, and that is giving back, especially to the sick and the four. this man got it. he got into office, and he worked day and night in an area that is extremely unpopular to the wealthy people that give you contributions. the bottom line is it is very difficult. you can admit it. you are lieutenant governor now. we are statewide. there's a bottom line. you run, and it is about the sick and the port, and you do not get a lot of people sending you checks, but he kept with it, and he understands it probably better than any elected official in the united states of america, and now, we are lucky enough to have him on the state level so he carries the ball forward. [applause] in 2003, you could have never told me that one of my proudest acquaintances in my entire life is mayor gavin newsom. [applause] mayor newsom: tha

gavin newsom's leadership. so please put your hands together and give a warm san francisco welcome to our mayor, my mayor, gavin newsom. >> thank you. newly elected so i've got to now call him mrent. thank you, president brooks. i want to thank the commissioners for being here and of course our director, susan leyall, recognize her extraordinary leadership in putting this to the. as they say, god's delays are not god's denials. we should have been here a decade ago. i had the great privilege of just getting back a couple days ago from the world's economic forum in suite err land. it was an extraordinary experience for the first time in the 3 or 4 years that i've been here, there was no snow up in the alps. it was completely green as if we were there in the summertime and what a back drop for a discussion about global climate change. in stark contrast to just a couple years ago when there were just a few panels like this on the topic. now, overwhelmingly, the consensus is we have got a crisis of extraordinary proportions and we need leadership not just to identify the obvious, but to act locally. indeed, that's the spirit of this conference. it's one thing to talk about ideals;