supervisor elsbernd: thank you, mr. mayor. the mayor was right there behind all the numbers in every nuance, and really throughout the process. i cannot tell you how much i appreciate that. let's thank mr. helmland. here we are. admittedly, i was a cynic. i was not sure this process would deliver. it absolutely has. this is a real reform. this is a real proposal that every single san franciscan can be proud to support come november. i think it is important to state we will save up to $800 million over the next 10 years. that is real sacrifice from our public employees. this is our current employees stepping forward and making real sacrifices. individual families will be sharing the burden. that is something that needs to be recognized and shown tremendous gratitude. i fully expect the voters in november will show that gratitude. i know the members of the board who are here appreciate that. so, thank you to the mayor. thank you to the public employees who are here for stepping forward. [applause] mayor lee: part of this effort h

maybe mr. mayor or mr. wagner. >> thanks. i will touch on the revenue issue and turn it over to the mayor. there are a lot of initiatives that we are pursuing aggressively on the revenue side. some of them are traditional revenues. some of them are revenues you would not necessarily think of when you think of pursuing revenues. as greg from the health department said, we have been very aggressive in pursuing new ways to drawdown state and federal money. over the past two years, this year included, we will be able to say that we generated an additional almost $200 million in federal money, part of that from the stimulus, part of that through programs in the city, to help prevent cuts to our local services. so, we're being very aggressive on revenues. rec and park has a strategy of pursuing revenue options. some of them are difficult decisions. they prioritize revenue over reductions. we have been working with the supervisors, working with the city family, to look at what options are available. the mayor is working on a general-

mr. mayor, i would like to welcome you back to our third session of policy discussions with you. i would like to give you the opportunity to make an opening statement. mayor lee: thank you supervisors and the audience here for the opportunity to answer the questions from the board of supervisors. the last time i was here, we presented a budget proposal. i wanted to repeat to extend our offices help in anyway to make sure we work together and continue working together to make sure the budget is not only balanced but it is a budget that reflects all the needs of the city and keeps our city strong. i just want to extend my thanks to each and everyone of you again as we approach some of our town hall meetings and getting input from the residence. that has made a big difference in the way this process has been done. i look forward to working with you to the conclusion of the budget. with that, i enjoyed reading these questions. there are a variety of them from housing to municipal to health care, so

mirkarimi -- mr. mayor. mayor lee: thank you. i cannot think of a better way to celebrate the kickoff of small business week than to be right on valencia in the small business just started that has been the recipient along with some 27 other small businesses that have worked really hard to get to a place where they can be and allow the city to contribute and help. we did not hear a lot of times -- we hear a lot of complaints about how the city has not been doing things, but thanks to our small business commission, which is here today, and they're wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts -- their wonderful work and their director who has been advising me on a number of fronts, and supervisor wiener, who had a chance to open up a farmer's market in glen park with me yesterday. we never do it alone. whenever our city is working together, we have to find people who know how to communicate with small businesses, drill down to what they need, and then work with our policy makers like the small bu

mr. mayor? mayor lee: this is a good time to make sure you know this. there is something new we are going to do this year for departments and community-based agencies. we're going to start looking at five-year plans. we have to. it is what barbara just said. we cannot

[applause] supervisor campos: mr. mayor, i want to say on behalf of district 9 and the mission, and thank you for being here. thank you to all of the department heads. you have a commitment from this community that we want to see a city that works for all of us. we want to see a city that will be viable in every way. this community once their safety net protected. they want basic services protected. we want to work with you. they want to thank you for all the progress made already. we are committed to working with you and been there every step of the way. i would ask you to make sure that when it comes to the budget, your involvement does not in here tonight. you have to continue to come out. we need you to come out to the committee meetings and city hall to make sure that your voices are heard. it is not just for you. it is for your neighbor and everyone who lives in our district. we need to make sure that city government hears. the fact that we're here as the board of supervisors and the mayor is telling you the importanc

[applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i appreciate it. i will not repeat all the things, except to acknowledge our wonderful staff. stick your hands in the air as well. thank you. the themselves will also be contributing in the cost sharing. and of course, it has been wonderful to come together with labor in the city, and the way we do with especially in san francisco. i get to do what some people regard as the more boring parts, which is actually talk about what we did. as the mere mention, -- as the mayor mentioned, a keystone of this program is cost sharing by employees. that is giving us an immediate release starting at approximately a year from now in fiscal year fy2012-2013. the cost sharing will depend on the health of the pension fund. real contribution rates, and based on the level of employee earnings, they will assist the city. it will become the employe e contribution. we cannot projects what our -- we cannot predict what our pension rates will be next year, but they certainly will not be going up and our employees will be par

mr. mayor, perhaps, or the other departments? >> i do know that most, if not all the departments here have actually had a copy of that report and read through it, like i did. we have to reverse that trend of out-migration. it is challenging because it goes through a history of things we did not do well. we've done things right as a city and there are things we have to correct. i am working with your local naacp to forge an implementation plan and take note of all the things we have to do from education to job training. there are issues like recidivism as well, and also to support families. there are a lot of things in there that cross all of our different departments. it has to do with all the things we're doing tonight, to make sure we do them better and to make sure we have in our minds and in our plans of how people leave the city and why. housing is extremely difficult right now. i understand what people went through when forced with foreclosures. it has made life harder. it has caused people to move to oakland and other area

mr. mayor, i do not know if you want to share any final thoughts as we let the masses in. mayor lee: first of all, thank you for including me with all of these other prestigious individuals, but more importantly, i am honored to talk with all of you. my immediate impression of all of you is you are going places. you do not know that now and maybe you have a lot of doubts, but listening to you, you are already analyzing what your own life is doing the very first years you're doing it. that is the beginning. that is the excitement of college. when i was in college, i allowed my mind to float, and i learned things from different teachers because i did not know what i was going to do. the chance in college allows you to change, allows you to find out not only what you are but what you are comfortable with and where you want to build a career. you are already exhibiting that because you know how to analyze. that is the number one thing. the other thing is you are giving yourself a chance to make choices. there are a lot of people not making the choice to go to college. some peop

[inaudible] [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor, for your leadership on this. during his time as dpw director, during the community challenge grant program, and now as mayor, it is great for us to see a mayor that gets it on what matters to our neighborhoods and is encouraging all of the departments to embrace things the way he did. thank you for your leadership in enabling things like this to happen. someone else who really gets this is the supervisor that represents this area. he is very much focused on the importance of keeping the streets and sidewalks cleans welcoming, and beautiful. i know he was regretful he was not able to be here today. he did send a representative from david campos' office. >> i want to thank the mayor for his kind words. as a member of the committee, i would personally like to show my appreciation and thank julian and the friends of bernal gardens for their work so that we can enjoy these beautiful places for generations to come. on behalf of the entire community supervisor comampos, in the board of supervisors, i would like to presen

supervisor cohen: mr. mayor, can you please articulate your position? >> my position should be clear. local hire is the law of sentences go. it became so last month. i of make -- i have made sure that every department is compliant. we have a number of programs. we're working with all the unions to make sure they are in compliance and we have the contractors. there should be no reason and no excuse. i represent the city, and there is no doubt in my mind. this is a priority. i am unequivocal on local hire. that is the policy i believe in. and we will get those jobs into the community where we deserve it. and we will make sure that we do it. i am working with those large contractors. i do not see problems. we got people to solve those problems. everybody is around a table, including supervisor cohen. it is the law. it is the policy. we are embracing it with every single department was contract authority. supervisor cohen: for my position, it is the law, and i will continue to support those who supported me. are we clear? >> [unintelligible] you have a resp

mr. mayor, thank you for why you and pg&e are doing for the children of san francisco. these are difficult times when things are caught and scaled back. physical education does not have to be something you do when time of the day or one half hour of the day. it is a lifelong skill but all of our students will be able to use as they grow older and hopefully get better on the golf course. we want to thank you on behalf of all the 65,000 san francisco unified school district students. thank you to pg&e for giving us an opportunity to introduce the sport of golf to the students of san francisco. as a san franciscan and a father, i will come out here and continue to train and practice and try to get that hole in 10 down to maybe of hole in five. i want to introduce a supervisor in the physical education department -- thank you. and her name is michelle. michele, could use that up, please? -- could you step up, please? >> i have a humble gift for pg&e from the physical education department of san francisco unified school district. we want to present you with this black for --

. >> thank you, mr. mayor. good morning, everyone. i am trent rhorer, director of the human resources agency. as the mayor said, we've had tremendous success with jobsnow. we employed over 4100 low- income, unemployed job seekers, as well as folks who were receiving unemployment. this was underwritten by more than $60 million in federal funds. unfortunately, expired september of last year. we revive the program using more than $9 million of state, local, and federal funds to help the same pool of unemployed job seekers. two-thirds of the program has been successful. we've been able to place over 460 people in public sector, subsidized positions, as well as with our nonprofit partners in the city. i think the shortcoming of jobsnow2 was on the private sector side. we initially designed the program to offer private sector, principally small businesses, $2,500 to hire an individual. we had about 70 placements, and with the help of my colleague who is standing behind me and my staff, we doubled the subsidy amount. that is what we are anno